The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-09-01
LOCAL rIoKrNus.
Gus at Scio last Tuesday.

Much sickness In this baliwick.
Lots of holiness, but no wetness.
A willing mind makes light step.
Albany College opens next Monday.
The weather Is most oppressively
warm.
Elkins' Lebanon Touring mill is up
and painted.
Remember that Albany College
opens next Monday.
The sweetest and iuicyest steaks at
the Franklin Market.
Capt. Shields sells much goods at
auction at Cowan's store.
The last rose of summer shuflied off
its mortal coil yesterday.
Titus diamond specs go of like
buckwheat cakes and syrup 'lasses.
Crouse's jeewhollipper stood about
800 degrees in the shade yesterday.
New horses are going into training
at the Fair Ground almost every day.
Ladies' who faint In church are like
good resolutions-they want carrying
out.
Our firemen will take their fire en-
gine and apparatus to Portland next
Monday.
A Methodist Conference In film ois
has issued an edict against croquet.
That lets US out.
During the cheated term" now upon
US Carothers' Arctic Soda Is the most
seductive fluid extant.
The smallest man. and the "only
female contortionist" didn't draw much
In this city last Saturday.
An exchange apologies to q citizen
for calling him "too virtuous," when
''too vitreous" was meant.
Have you paid for the DEMOCRAT foi
the volume just expired? Ifyou have
this hint is for another man.
We are indebted to our young friends
J. ii. Irvine and Wm. Queener, fol
items from the Clerks Office.
To tighten the hair in the sea lp anG
keep it from falling off use Halls Veg.
etable Sicilian Hair Renewer.
The District School commences mex,
.honday with ". c. George rs Principal
and Miss Belle Gird Us Assistant.
"Interviewing his wife with a pitch
fork" is the way an Iowa exchange
heads an item on domestic infelicity.
The boys in this Office bow to Gus
Layton for watermelon favors. Gus,
you're an eminent loaf of burnt clay
/ There will be race at the Fail
Ground on Saturday, Sept. 8, for purs,
of $50. Single dash of u mile; free te
all.
Paxton still takes those rare and ra
diant Rembrandts at Brownsville
Don't forget that his time there Is linn.
tied.
C. Fl. Russell has come back among
Us to reside, and is now an accommo
dating counter-hopper in Gus. layton.
grocery store.
Bishop j. C. Keener of New Orleans
will preach at the Court House, In thii
city, Sunday evening next at half pas
seven O'Clock.
Y G. II. Stewart, our foreman, has re
turned from n six weeks recreatins
trip to the mountains, and looks 0,0Ot
per cent. better.
Chicago is queer place. She has (
river that runs up Hill, and her citizens
atten:i theatres in their shirt tails anl
j keep their hats on.
Remember the Nathan Troupe to
night. The Salem Mercury says 1t i
the best troupe that has played in tina
city for the past year.
Thanks to Nathan Bond. of the San
tam ferry, for watermelons furnishes
us and our companions while en- rout
for Scio the other day.
In race last Tuesday at the Fai
Ground-single dash of miie-Dr
Bailey's mare beat Gird's "Plow- Boy
about half neck's length.
j. Black George tells the difference be
tween Bascom and the moon: TIL,
moon is full only once a month an.
Bascom is full every night.
Mrs. Alb. Humphrey, OF this county
was terribly burned last week by som
fat which she was boiling. We learl
that she is slowly recovering.
The y-Mendenhall-RiIe,
hunting party had good luck In th
mountains. They Stayed much veni
son and victimized black bear.
The Rev. +. X. Young, Methods
Minister of Dubuque, Is the champion
croquetist and boss pitch quoitist @
Iowa, and of such is the kingdom q
heaven.
Our correspondence on the first pag
pays neat compliment to Col. b.
Taylor, the new editor of the Herald
whom Prof Emery met in Mexice
Missouri.
Ayoung man named Gallagher, whil
out hunting last Saturday near Sod
Springs, in this county, accidentally
shot and killed himseIf-the ball entel
ing the brain.
If the railroad people don't take bel
ter precautions against permitting fiji
to scatter from their locomotives, the
may possibly have some heavy dan
ages to foot up.
, r. 6. Head, Of the Herald, and ia
e McCown, of the Oregonion-both goo
j prints and jolly boys-lighted our san,
8 tum sanctorum with their genial face
during the week.
l w. A. Mcpherson, Efq., late of til
/. Mercury, called during the weel
Mac. is rare and racy writer and "
hope to see him soon again encased
the editoriol harness.
Thanks to Bro. Noltner, Of the FL
terprise, for voluntarily depositing