The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-03-08
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DIR. Geo. W. Gray is jubilant. It's u
girl this time.
John Schmeer now makes the best of
bread.
\. Look out for another large mail to-
night.
Special meeting of Corinthian Lodge
No. IL. A. r. & A.. NJ. this evening.
Freight trains are now running daily
between Portland and Junction City.
Considerable sickness about Halsey.
Several cases It IL feared will result fa-
tally. &NA
It's a girl, and was born to Chris.
and Annie Houk, in this city, on the
9Th inst. q
Our thanks are due Senator Kelly
and Representative Slater for valuable
public documents.
Hon. n. III. Cranor speaks tomorrow
at Harrisburg; and Dan. Gaby ut the
same time ut Scio.
Our devil says he 10 In favor of the
eight hour system. "Go to bed ut eight
and get up at eight" D..
Hon. j. b. Sperry, County Assessor,
is at present engaged in assessing the
taxpayers Of this city.
Albany only has4 saloons-doubtless
the smallest number to It's population
of any town OF the coast.
DIR. Hill has secured over $4,000 of
subscription on the endowment to the
McMinnville Baptist College.
Democratic primaries week from
tomorrow. Let every Democrat in
the county be ready to attend them.
Thanks to our friend Wm. Davidson,
of Portland, for n comprehensive PAM
phlet of the route and lands of the n.
z. II. r.
-four Radical friends don't quit help
ing the jai! birds out our Sheriff will
make some leedle dhroublcs NIT 'em;
aint il?
Charley Mealey still has the very
best selections of home and custom
made furniture and still sells ut very
low rates.
Wm. Tally, Geo. Bartges and
MeClung, of this city, are now at Port
land on the Grand Jury of the u. s.
District Court.
The Lebanonites are ~agitating the
question of bridging the Santiam at
that place. We bid them good speed
in the enterprise.
An Indiana girl, who has been Tilted,
bit off the thumb of her faithless lover
She probably wanted te secure as much
of his hand as possible.
DRINKS were lively last Friday and
the calahoose was nearly so full tina,
their legs stuck out at the windows for
chickens to roost on.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
That never to himself hath said,
TPIth kindiing pride and manly VIII,
"Tll pay my honest printers bill"
New subscribers swarming In upon
US like the locasses in Egypt. Th<
DEMOCRAT, during the campaign, win
be the best advertising medium extant.
4 beautiful swan was killed acros.
the river near this city last week,
which measured over : feet across it's
wings. Rather a remarkable bird fol
this latitude.
Sam. May, u gentlemanly and en-.
ergetic Harrisburg agent, gave us d
call yesterday. Sam is doing goot
work for the DEMOCRAT in Harrisburg
and vicinage.
Joseph Moist, who lives near Leba-
non i'm this county, has a flock OF An
CORA goats. They're lots nicer than the
, old-fashioned, aromatic billy goat o.
, our grsndfathers' days.
II While at Lebanon last Saturday ",
5 received n handsome list of campaign
subscribers. Roll them I'M We wouit
like to have the DEMocRATinthe hand,
? OF every voter In the county during To.
campaign.
,, John Conner, Banker, is now snugly
~ensconced in his new and elegant bank
, ing house, and is ready to attend t.
, any business I'm his line. MI. G. is /;
careful business man and one entire,
9 to be relied upon.
, Halsey has a Debating Club, II
. which the Heather Chinee was tn,
subject of forensic tits last night. w,
have not yet learned whether or not Il
. was decided that he should be sen
fenced to his 'own native land"
Kelly, the only one who was caughf
l of the three escaped prisoners, says h,
wishes now he had been a Republican
like his two pals, and then he would
r have got away too; but, being a Demo
crat, no one would furnish him q skiff
> We see that Mr.. Baltimore was las
Saturday in the Republican Conyen.
; ton promoted to a deIegateship as {
|. reward for accommodating the escaped
: Jail birds with a skiff. important ser
vices should always be thus literally
rewarded.
Hon. T. J. Sites, County School SUI
perintendent, informs us that the ap
portionment of school funds for Liur
county for the ensuing year is about
: $500 less than last year. He will give
: us a report of the apportionment fol
next weeks paper.
II A Joint High Commission has beer
/ appointed by the two literary societiea
: of the Albany College, whose duty ii
: is to prepare and submit articles O
' confederation for the union of the two
: societies into one body. The High
: Joints will report tonight.
0 In honor of the event of the birth o