The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-05
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utter scarce in this market.

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+ A little child of John Parker is lying
a at the point Of death. lrnrCi
Y IL. W. Smith, of Harrisburg, called at
, our office during the week.
, A daily freight train is now running
/. between this city and Portland. ~
The clouds have been threatening
dampness during the past week.
This market is atpresent overstocked
with ripe watermelons and ague.
Lewis Ray, Of Jordan Valley, Forks
of the Santiam, this year raised q head
of oats which yielded l,O42 grains.
A good many of our citizens went to
Salem last Tuesday to attend the grand
concert given by Madame Anna Bishop
in that city. 5.m
The Annual Conference of the M. e.
Church, South. convened at Browns
vile last Wednesday. The attendance
is pretty large.
AT the entertainment on next Friday
evening Mrs. Mart Taylor will sing, in
character, that heart-melting song,
"Little Barefoot Everybody should
go and hear her.
Geo. Settlemier is the agent for this
county for the celebrated Home Shuttle
Sewing Machine. He has a large
quantity of these machines on exhibit
tion in his drug store.
Last Sunday it was given out in the
Methodist church in this city that
there would be no more regularpreach-
ing at that place until after the next
Conference, when the vacancy now ex-
isting in this congregation willbe filled
by the appointment of some new min
lister.
The balloon fever is what is the mat
ter with our youngsters now. They
have sent up one or two paper balloons
every day since the ascension Of the
one connected with the circus. Some
of them are fast becoming skilled @ro-
nauts, and may, in time, rival the
famous Prof Wise. 3sFI6
Last Wednesday evening fine car
riage team, belonging TO the livery
stable of Montgomery & Gore, took a
little spin around our streets on their
own responsibility. They started from
the livery stable, and after running up
and down all the principal streets of
our city, finally came to anchor at the
graveyard, all safe and sound. No re-
pairs will be needed on either carriage
or horses.
When man in Albany gets wrathy
at another now, he Immediately in
vites the gentleman to choose his sec
ond and accompany him over the Vii
lamette into Benton county. When
they arrive at their destination they
settle their difficulty either by "fght-
ing it out on that line" or smoking
over it and going to sleep in the crab
apple thicket which lies close to that
"dark and bloody ground" We verify
believe, from little incident of that
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NOTHING finer has yet been pro-
duced in this country IN the form OF
magazine than the september ALDlNE'
Europe and America have both been
laid undar contribution tO furnish the |
most marvellously beautiful pictures
which the artists can produce. Mr a.
j, Bunner has series OF three mag
nificent viewsin the ROCKY Mountains
made expressly for The ALDINE. In
these days OF Yellowstone expeditions
and excursions to TINS famous REGION
these pictures possess unusual interest,"
A full page view OF Clear creek canon
Rocky fountains, opens up the won
derful grandeur OF those' hidden SOIL
tudes in q way to make them seem
real large picture OF the snowy
Range OF the sierra Maure IS wiz,
gloomy, and grand, whlle a sketeh OF
Viie w VI 'ii' A'ooNJ
gives one the impression that an the
worla IS maue Oh mountains a charil-
French artist, called "The Blue Bird"
shows a bewitehing young woman con-
fined in a strong tower to keep her
from her lover Mrs. Julia G r. Dorr
! l,n I,nR will
poem of considerable length entitled
"Rena Legend of BRUSSELS" 1t
has all the beauty and grace of Tenny-
bles r. X Weeks adds gem of a
noem called an Septemberp The
nrose contributions are all excellent,
and are written bv the best literary
talent of both Europe and the United
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