The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-12-20

YARN bed fellows sougDt iori
Tomorrow IL the shortest duy.
Wheat ut Harrisburg, 65 cents.
A dancing school Is OH the taris.
The Earthquake was felt at Jefferson.
Many holiday sports OF the qui pire.
Powerful religious revival ut Jetier-
son.
Minee pies and doughnuts are in
| fashion.
Santa Claus, the Christmas King, Ii
almost In sight.
Legal Tender quotations, sslc buy.
ing; s9lc selling.
Wheat at Liverpool, l2@l2s 4d;--
Club, 12s 0d@lSs.
There are $4,000 bushels of wheat
stored at Harrisburg.
Thanks to W. IL. Queener, Esq, DEF =
uty county clerk, for useful favors.
The Odd Fellows have moved into
the hall just vacated by the Kasons.
4. b. Paxton is again proud "par-
ient.' It's little cherub of the fsmi-
nine gender this time.
AS holidays approach two-legged
grog-shops pernmbulate the streets in
more numerous quantities.
Christmas trees Will le In to be; r
about next Tuesday night. The young
sters expect n huge "crap."
The turkey gobblers hereabouts de-
clare that they havn't lost any Christ
mas and don't want To find any.
a. Carothers and \. B. Norris, OF
this city, are jurors In the L. :. Circuit
Court now in session Mt Portland.
Rev. DR.. T.. J. Dawn, pastor of the
NJ. l. Church, South, ut Salem, gave
us call during the carly part of the
week.
y Past Masters Lodge of Masons
will be beli Mt Masonic Hall In this
city this afternoon. All p. Ms are In.
vite 4.
I.li. Carter is agent for the Xome
Mutual Insurance Company, AMI gives
snecia, at, .ention 10 collections. Re
member this
Thanks To our Harrisburg agent.
Sam 9ay, 70 r va auable r-mittencss on
subscription; also 70 Kohn, Stern5ers
& Co. for favors.
H,n. 4. Noltner. Meyor OF Dragon
CITY and editor of that 'eriins Demo
cratic paper. the Ea'e ~. ''se' spent n
day with US last week.
Ex-Gov. Whitaker spen, n Gay II
our city during the week. He 'aS OF
his way to Salem, to resume his us'.'
as one of State Beard of Equalizat IN
Hon. Geo. II. Helm has been appoint
ed administrator OF the estate OF the
late Hon. y. II. Cranor. The notice
ofappointment will be found elsewhere
''Tolcano" was taken from this city
TO the Portland crazy asylum last Fri
day. That probably accounts for the
earthquake down there last Saturday
night.
\. :. Dubois has taken charge Of the
81. Charles Hotel. Ipe wish him the
fullest success. l4r. Brenner rctires,
followed by the good wishes of hosts of
friends.
y donation party and sociable in aid
of Rev. Mr. c. ". Shaw. pastor OF the
". T.. Chm ch, was given in the oil
Masonic Hall last night. y pleasant
time was had.
jerry Ream, formerly one of Al
bans best citizens, Is down from +, =
gene on visit. Time has dealt gently
with him during his four years absence
from our midst.
CIl. Teal called on us last ITednes-
day. lie says the Locks are finished
and as soon as the river IL sufficiently
high to afford navigation the boats will
pass through them.
Rev. y. w Sweeney, formerly Of
this city, is the newly elected School
Superintendent of WaIIa IFaila county
That county has done itself great bene-
fit in this selection.
The bulletin is unkind. II says the
Registey's poet OF last week ought To
be killed. One more promotion of
that sort will finish him without a re-
sort to physical violence.
1t is astonishing to see young girls
parading the streets of our modest and
unassuming town with tuckupbehind-
observation-disclosures larger than
they are. But we s'pose its the fash
ion.
Sheriff Parker has received from the
East supply of handouts and
shackles which he proposes to apply to
their proper uses when occasion re-
quires. They are elegant specimens
of "heavy jewelry."
If the new editor of Jacksonville
Times is as successful in making selec-
tions from our columns without giving
credit as the former one was we can
promise that papers patrons an inter
esting and readab bie paper.
What good joke our patrons would
perpetrate upon liz if they would make
US holiday present of all they owe us.
We could buy nice new job press and
many other things which we very
much need about the establishment.
And now as a last resort the earth
quake has been sent many of our de-
1inqnent subscribers as a warming
against continuance of their wicked
delay in not paying us. Will they lon.
ger delay to come forward and fix this
up?
If the carrier fails to leave your pa
per don't go to abusing the family COW
or kicking over the cradle about the
matter; but just leave word at this Of
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