The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-03
HOME AND ABROAD.
See estray notice.

Our engine house has new fire.
alarm bell, costing Si3S.
VIM. Gird seooped up many premi
ums at tho Hlllsboro Fair
Plummer plants his fnngs on Eugene
tonight and tomorrow night
Dallas Price has sold his Syracuse
farm and moved back to this city.
Mrs. L. r. Geary is Vice President
for Linn county of the Oregon Orphans
Aid Society.
Halls Vegetable Sicillan Hair Re.
newer removes scurf and all impurities
from the scalp.
The Methodists have had blind or.
I'ganist performing Mt their meetings
during conference this week.
Billy Twccdale couldn't rent house
''for love nor money" so he has set Ike
Conn to building one for him.
For big lump of sweetness, In the
way ofmaple sugar, we are indebted to
our genial friend, John Barrows, ESQ.
Rev. q. c. Stratton delivered series
OF eloquent and instructive lectures ut
the M L. Church during the past week.
Rev. j. Il. Damon and wife, formerly
of this city, have signed call for n
Woman Suffrage Convention at Olym-
pia.
The wife of Andy Carothers gave
birth to twins ta boy and glrn last
week, but the boy died In Il few hours
after birth.
We are glad to learn that the Union
Insurance Company of San Francisco
is chunky dory;" because we have "A
policy into it.
Linn county produces rubics, and the
Oregonian local has seen 'em in Port
land. Our soil will "fetch" anything
when well manured.
The Albanians are now "stuck" after
Yankee Piummer, all the way from
"Haud Muller" down To "Fare- e-ye-weli,
Brother Wadkins~ah.'
We last week inadvertently omitted
the name of Hon. |. y. Smith, OF Peo-
ria, among the list of attorneys in at
tendance mt Circuit Court.
hr. Paul Glover has returned from
Ochoco, whittier he took 100 head of
sheep. He reports grass excellent aud
stock of all kinds in splendid condi-
tion.
Blain, Young & Co. have full sup
ply of luscious cranberries, just received
from the Eastern States, for liberal
supply of which we are every much
The loss to the Overland Hotel by the
recent fire was about 5000, and nr.
.Hctzlcr's loss was about $50; while
Tweedale {, Pcebler's was about 500.
No insurance.
We acknowledge an Invitation To at
tend the Chicago Relief Ball at the
Hotel, Salem, this even
ing. \ grand time will doubtless be
hti and Terpsichore will revcl joy
ous'y.
We believe the circulation of the
DEMocRAT is now greater than any
other partizan paper in the State, save
the Portland Journals; consequently as
ln advertising medium it cannot bc cx-
2ciied,
Jacob NYe, Sen, one of the earliest
pioneers of Linn county, is dangerous
ly i'll at h.s residence in Sweet Home
Valley. nr. Sye is a years of age
and is probably the oldest Free Mason
ia Oregon.
\ touching feature of the funeral OBJ
,equies of little Charlotte Du Bois, last
Monday, was the appearance in the
procession of tile students OF the Al
Oany College. of which institution de-
.eas cd was beloved pupil.
J. II. Aetzier has presented Joe Web. /
of the "Ouesters''-with
III elegant arm chair. as IA token OF his
OF Joc's skillful manage
neut of the boys during the progress
IF the fire the other night, at which
said fire Mr. Metzler's property was III
the greatest peril.
We last Wednesday received a pleas |
ant call from President Finley, of the
Corvallis College, and Rev. J. II. Low
III, the newly appointed Southern
Methodist preacher OF this station.
The former gentleman informs US that
the College has upwards of so students
and is constan ly receiving accessions.
We are pleased to hear of the prosperity
Df that excellent educational ips.ttu-
4 IN.
Several persons are in arrears upon
D Ir subscription books for two or three !
years, and If they don't feome down |
with the colIaterals" pretty soon, we
shall engage special officer TO inter-
view them. This thing of furnishing
a newspaper to man year after year
and getting nothing in return is be-
coming decidedly moDotopous- in
point of fact there is great deal Of
sameness about it.----------
The editor of one Of our exchanges
IS sweet on croquet player, Hear
him;
.S"" plased croqnet with a winning way,
This damsel young and fair;
Witt smile so cute. and high-heeledbodt,
Aud a rose in her floating hair"
THE WEATHER.-Th exhaustive
theme has been recently attracting a
great keal of attention from the saien-
lists, philosophers, meteorologists and
of this section, owing to
the fact that it has lately become very
unstable and unreliable, and has
knocked the prognosticatory proclivi-
ties completely out of the oldest inhab-
liant. On last Friday theweather was
warm and delightfully."- pleasant, caus-
ing the oldest inhabitant to confidently