The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-30
HosrE Ann ABROAD.

HOME ANb ABROAD.
The people of Halsey are becoming
quite Modocky. Is
a. Cnrothers & Co., have now nearly
{, 900 bottles for soda water PURPOSES.
Joe Nixon has the. contract foi
fufpishing posts for the santian Ditch.
'tpeed, the 'sBoss Bee" runs .
htckster wagon, with Fyke as engi'
neer.
We received q pleasant call from
Rev. DR. Dawne, Of Salem, during the
week.. - sss
Judge whitney starts for Ochoco In
a few days In hope Of beneflting his
health.a
Several serious cases of lazlness are
nowconvalescent since our cool rains
set IA. a.zssi g
Henry Boon. Of Salem Bookstore,
has our thanks for late periodicals.
He keeps everything In that line.
Mrs. J. C. MendenhalI, OF Portland,
has been ruraiizing among her Linn
county friends for the past few days.
Since the copious rains OF the past
few days the grass, flowers and vegeta-
bles are turning summersaults with
delight. -.
Our police court Is lead and the
Police Judge Is quietly feeding his
flock upon his native health on the
Samiam. tsss4F sfeN.s % e rs
Arnold's job wagon ran away with
bis little boys last Tuesday, but didn't
break itself much. The Incident was
hardly an item.
There are some 90 men at work on
the Santiam Ditch Nearly all the
horses have the epizootic but still they
work right along. E's* Tes
..Secure the shadow ere the substance
perislf' torignalD by getting Paxton to
take your "picter." He throws q heap
of soul into his work.
Miss Ella Mccoy. q young lady of
about seventeen years, died In this city
last Wednesday, at the residence { { her
brother. J. F.. McCby. ~ - ~
Sam May, our Harrisburg agent,
dropped In upon us during the week
with small, installment OF "the
lever that moves the worid.n
We believe Albany beats the rest Of
the world for the number of Its home
less, prowiing, vagabond dogs. viii
somebody start a sausage factory here?
Our friend, J. B. Sprenger, proprie-
tor Of the ST. Charles Hotel, la Port
land, accompanied by hir family
visited friends I'm this section last
week.
John Schmeer now runs bread and
cake wagon daily through the city.
This Is an excellent advertisement for
John and q great convenience To his
customers.
We have been sent note for pubIi-
cation, signed by Bogus Charley. The
contents of ths note are as bogus as
the signature. and we therefore. de-
cline to illuminate. zss se4i4ss
The copious flow of rain last Sun
day night was worth fifty thousand
dollars to Linn county, with liberal
dividend to other sections OF the
Willamette Valley.
Keep sober and then you can talk
straight. One OF our druggists was
quite surprised the other day to hear
a fellow inquire he had any of.Mrs.
SoothIow's winsling Siyrp.'
We bow our Acknowledgements to n
lady friend for the present Of large
and superbly handsome boquet which
now adorns our editorial table and
sheds its fragrance throughout our
sanctum.
Meeting Of Bayiey Chapter, r.. A.
NJ, next Monday evening. Work on
NJ. E. and r. A. degrees. Grand II. p.
Bayley will he present. Let MEM
bers and sojourning Companions all
come out.
DIR. Gamble, the attending physician
OF the Indian who accidentally shot
himself last week, says that the hail
penetrated the lungs. but that he Is
getting on we'll and will be rs Modocky
as ever In a short time.
The Albany and Monmouth Bass
Bawlists play the second game OF their
match tournament Mt Monmouth to-
morrow. May our boys return Will,
rooster feathers In their hats and
bright iaureIs on their frontispieces.
A selfish California minister recently
refused.to perform the marriage service
for couple where the bride was his
own absconding wife. And that ag-
gravating woman said that he twas
just as mean as he always used to be-"
A fauit-fintIing corres spondent writes
US, among other things: "In your
paper Of last week is joke, the point
of which Ican't see." And no won-
der. There was no point to It. We
had to print good many jokes last
week, and couldn't get points enough
to go round. fff
Several friends have sent US new
names for the DEMOCRAT during the
past few days. upon all Of whom we
shower the printers richest blessings
for Of such Is that which induces
the female equine quadruped to pro-
mulgate; or In old Arkansaw parlance
"that's what makes the mare go.'
A triangular fight occurred at
Halsey last Friday between three pro-
minent citizens Of the place in which
one man was Stoyall to pieces with a
single Reed. iSuuire Porter was call