The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-08-15

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Beginning of our new volume.
/ Circus coming. Look out forit.
Farmers are III the midst Of harvest
Senator Kelly has returned 70 Port
land.
S. W. Keith has an excellent rancf
at upper Soda.
Green corn and cholera morbns arr
now in market.
Wheat is coming into this city II
large quantities.
The leading conundrum-"who is Z
be the nominee?" 81 u
Harvest hands are very scarce II
this county at present.
Flnley's Soda Springs is still the
popular resort of tourists:
Mrs. Eli Carter and Mrs. B. Kohr
have returned from Yaquina.
The Albany Collegiate institute will
open on the lst of September.
What length ought lady's petticoat
to be? A little above two feet.
DR.. Aug. G. Kinney has returned to
Portland from an Eastern trip ifala
Hon. ]. H. Smith, Of Harrisburg,
smole upon us during the week,
1t is time you were beginning to
prepare your "ictas" for the County
Fair.
A large number of horses are al
ready in training for our approaching
Fair.
Thanks to L. M. Herren, of Marion
county, for supply of most delicious
honey.
The city treasury has had about $50
contributed to it's Golfers during the
past week.
A new hardware store is to be opened
on the southwest corner of First and
Ferry street.
Regular meeting of Corlnthlan
Lodge No. II. A. F. & A. M, to-mor-
row evening. H. e~
We notice that Merrick & Mcconnell
are putting up a new awning in front
of their saloon.
VIM. Thompson, of the Mercury, has
just returned from San Francisco with
a lot of job material.
New plays and new songs at Mart
Taylor's entertainment tonight. Give
him awhooping house,
Dave Froman starts tomorrow fol
q hunt in the Cascade Range, Talley
and Weller go on Monday.
Whew! Wait till you see our new
sign, now being painted by Margrat 8
Parks. o, no Guess not !!
Gov Grover and ex-Govs. Curry ar'
the leading spirits in assisting the Port
land sufferers by the. late fire.
We heard doctor of this city re-
mark the other day thst at present il
was "distressingly healthy" in this 10
cality. '-'''
The balloon ascension will be q grant
feature of the coming circus. Peopl'
will come tv enty miles to see the as
cension.
We think it is about time our citi
zens were taking some steps toward
sending relief to the sufferers by tn
late Portland fire. !t-t-
Linn will have IL delegates in TIN
Democratic State Convention. Sh
ought to make herself felt in tn
choice of a candidate. se q
Ben Kohn and wife returned duriDI
the week from Yaquina Bay. Mrs
Kohn has been boarding at the Oceal
House for some weeks.
The rush from this city and vicinit.
to the Sodas still continues. Ever,
Sunday finds Albany well represente'
at both Waterloo and Sodaville.
The Royal Arch "fellers" had {
sumptuous spread" at the st. Charles
Hotel last Saturday night. Bro. d.
) Bois knows just how to fix things.
We noticed lots of the Grangers bob
bing around town last Friday. They
comprised some of the most substan
tial and Intelligent men of the county
Messrs. Margrat & Parks, Albany
popular painters, are doing some hand
some granting on a lot of Mealey's fur
niture. These gentlemen are true ar
1
fists in their profession.
Dr. Gray has new dental machin
! which literally "khocks the persim
| mons" from anything ever before in
vented in the tooth carpenter line. ]
, needs to be seen to be appreciated.
We are under obligations to A. r
Wheeler, the gentlenianly agent 70
this city of the Fireman's Insuranc
8 Co., for the present of a MAP Of Port
land, showing the burned district.
Our thanks are hereby tendered t
Jno. Gilliand, toll gate keeper on tn
WV. g. c. M w. r., for courtesis
during our recent trip to Fish Lake
He Iabors necessarily to keep the fcs
, in good repair.
Wheat in Liverpool, 22s. 3d.; in Sa
Francisco, $1.9O. This is slight ad
vance. Our local buyers have settle
:. upon figure, though with this show
:. ing they ought to be able to pay froi
, 10 to rs cents per bushel. '5..
All the machinery which will !
nsed by the Albany Dramatic Associ'
= tion in changing the scenes In Ii
pantomime at their entertainment Il
! night was constructed by the seen
= : artistic, Mr.. J. J. Domes.
. Mr.. G. H. Mattoon, formerly
Brownsville, has located in this cit
and taken charge Of the Baptist churcl
He takes the place of DR.. X. 9. Hill
who Is on quite an extended visit
. his old home in the States. ~
HensIey, at Lower Soda, in the Ca
cade Mountains, has o field of 90
which averages feet II inches higl
/. He also has an extensive meadow frol