The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-20
HOME AND ABROAD,

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Turban hats are all the rage.
Halsey now contains 25 houses.
Bonnets are larger and more COTTAGE
shaped.
See notice of co.partnership among
new ads.
Read advertisement of "Peterson's
Magazine.
Carother's soda water continues to
''sixzle" at the old stand.
Only ten divorce cases to come before
our Circuit Court next week.
Dave Spangler is the proudest fellow
In the country. It's bouncing girl.
The Circuit Court docket Is the lar
gest for years, there being IL causes.
Bro. Titus has been touring through
the State, selling his artificial eyes,"
| The roiler.skating man will soon
open his truck rink in this city again.
Our county Jail has five elegant
rooms upstairs for the turkeys resi-
denee.
Conner's new bank building will be
ready for occupation in about two
months.
Willie Rice sells the best of cigars
and has news depot, all ut the tele-
graph Office.
Blain, Young 4 Co. have heaps on
heaps of new goods, and everybody In
the store Is busy.
The passenger trains now pass thro'
this city at 5:45 p. NJ. going up, and at
0 A. NJ. going down.
r. G.. Head, Esq, formerly an en-
ploye of the Portland Herald, has To-
Gated at Scio. Success to him.
AIRS. Judge Johns has been very i'll
for some weeks past, but we are glad to
state that she Is now convalescent.
Harper & Co. have large stock Of
picture frames, both oval aid square,
which they will sell immensely cheap.
T. B. Merry, Esq, of Eugene, favor
ed us with sight of his classic phiz
and symmetrical rotundity last Tues
day.
Seeding for fall wheat Is fast pro-
crossing in Linn county. A much
greater breadth of land will be sown
this fall than last.
The new jail will be one OF the hand
soonest dwellings In our city when fully
completed. Its inmates may be proud
Of their dwelling.
A IYaila Walla gal, after giving her
lover hasty smack, exclaimed, "Dog
my cats, II you hain't been takin' u
little rye, old hossr
Most of our Oregon towns are re-
spending to the relief OF Chicago
Where is Albany to be classed I'm the
category of "relievers ~
With the approach of cold weather
our State exchanges chronicle an unu-
ket. This will probably bring bn a
hard winter.
Talk about your square rootand cube
root, but the root Of hog at Sparta.
No, that rooted up s., 900 in gold which
its owner buried and forgot where, Is
the rootiest root yet rooted.
An eminent physician says he Is sat
isfied that the great increase of con-
sumption is due to the damp location
of dwellings and the growth of shade
trees which cnvelop them.
While Mr.. J. Gradwohi was carrying
a keg out st his store door, last Mon
day, he slipped and fell, when the
sharp rim of the keg coming down on
his hand cut one of his fingers Off
| Cowan's store at Lebanon Is in re-
ceipt of new invoice OF miscellane-
Gus goods of all descriptions usually
found in q first class retail store. Let
our Lebanon readers remember this.
The Song Messenger, published by
Root & Cady, Chicago, is at haud for
October, containing a liberal amount
of music and much literature pertain
ing to the same subject. This is val
liable publication.
| F. NJ. Wadsworth and family, who
went back to the East "for keeps'' last
fall, have returned to this city, being
satisfied that the country East Of the
Rocky Mountains Is no place for an ac-
climated webfoot to successfully re-
side.
The railroad has cleaned out Peoria,
in this county, by building up the RI
val town of Halsey, miles away
Peoria now contains only four families
and presents an appearance like unto
that of Goldsmith's Deserted Vii
lage."
The Chemeketa House, at Salem,
has now attained a reputation under
its obliging landlord, II. P. Earhart,
second to no hotel on the Pacific coast.
Our readers should not forget to drop
in at the Chemeketa when they visit
Salem.
Sage brush tea cures rheumatism
and makes hair oil. That's two more
uses than we ever supposed it could be
put to. Next thing we all know grass
hoppers and young lady fiirts will be
found to have been made for some wise
purpose.
Hunting seems to be very popular
amusement just now. We see quite a
number equipped for the chase every
day. On the whole, we take it, this II
good weatqer for hunting a good
many hunt all day without hurting
anything.
j There are three prisoners Sin durance
vile" in this county awaiting their fate
at our Circuit Court which 'scomes on
to be heard' next week. The trio OF
, Gagged birds represent the three crimes