The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-11-29
HOME AND ABROAD.

4hauSssEd EOblS aIc Ah cAptohea
bug.
Col. 10. Teal was in our city during
the week.
One o'clock Is now tho fashionable
hour for weddings.
Money plcnty-somewhere else. rs
there isn't any here.
Greenbacks going up. They're be-
yond our reach already.
See dissolution notice OF Bridgcfar-
mer & Rust, OF Halsey.
Quite refreshing shower Of rain Wis.,
tied this region last Thursday.
Wm. Peters wagon factory turns
out the best work ever made In our
city.
Vivian, the comedian, and his
troupe, played in tais city two nights
during the week.
\ little boy being asked, "What Is
the chief end OF man ?'' replied: 1.-The
end what's got the head on"
Our patrons ut Shedd eau pay their
subscription to Mr. Almond Wheeler,
OF that place. He Is our authorized
agent.
An Oregon City boy stuck 4 can OF
powder In the stove the other day. lie
will recover but his face i,ferribly dis
figured.
VIM. Jackson informs us that his
brother. Oliver, writes him from The
DalIes that the snow was inches deep
there last Friday.
Sabbath on the occasion of the funeral
sermon OF Miss Woodward, preached
by Rev. &. W. Shaw.
/ B'e have an Euglishman I'm Albany
who spells the word 'Saloon"
with y hess, a hay, hell. two hoes
and hen" Ke-rcct, George!
Only seven Radical candidates for
MARSHAL. All of them hut one will be
beat tomorrow night and he will be
decen;ly inferred about Monday even
ing.
Geo. B -HcClane, ex-publisher of the
Benton Democrat, called during the
week. George is good boy. and we
wish him success In whatever waters
he may hereafter sail his boat.
Sleeping cars are unknown in Eng
land.-E.rchdnge. Yes, and friend
of ours who has recently embarked in
the cherub business says sleeping ba-
bies are almost unknown in this lati-
tude.
Anybody wanting to lay in q full
supply Of the stomach ache can do 50
by going down TO Hiltabiders cider
factory and drinking quart or two.
We speak experimentally when We say
1t is stupendous success.
Almon Wheeler, Esq, informs us
that the Independent School house,
heretofore situated about a mile from
Shedd's Station, has been moyed to
to that place, and a iourishing school
will soon be running there.
A man from the country got the epi-
zootics bad on our streets the other
day, and the Marshal locked him in
the 'Jug" over night. He was next
morning quite convalcscent, paid for
his hospitable lodgings, and went
home.
This is the way George McClane and
Bob Head are butchered in the Ore
gonian: "George McCone has retired
from the Corvallis Democrat. Mr..
Meade is now sole proprietor and will
continue its publication" "McCone"
is good and Meade" is scrumptious,
you bet.
A Rock Island firm have had q card
in the Muscatine Weekly Journal
since last spring, and in paying for it
the other day they remarked that it
had secured Them twelve hundred dol
lars Of trade to their certain knowl-
edge. And yet there are business men
who say advertising does not pay.
JEALOUS husbands-arld wives, too,
for that. matter-will be happy now
The Postmaster General has decided
that letters can only be delivered to
the person to whom they are address
ed. The decision was called out by the
demand of husband for letters ad-
dressed to his wife, but was refused.
CLOSE OF TERM.-First term of pres->
ent Collegiate year of Albany College
closed this week, with interesting ex-
ercises. There was during the term
an average attendance of ninety stu
dents, and marked proficiency has
been attained by them. The winter
quarter commences next Monday.
NICE PREsENT.-W We are indebted to
w. J. Hiltabidel for the present of q
barrel of sweet cider from his vinegar
works in this city, 1t is as delicious
as the nectar distilled for the ancient
gods-in fact it tastes bully!
WHEAT TRANsAcTIoN.-W We are told
that one day last week a gentleman
purchased at one of our city ware
houses eleven hundred bushels of
wheat, paying go cents per bushel and
storage besides.