The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-11-14

Send the Democrat to your friends in
the East and they won't growl at you
for not writing oftener.
A citizen of Walla TValla sleeps cold
since thief walked off with his
blankets and wife at the same time.
A couple of Corvallis typos floated
airily through the Albany atmosphere
last Sunday ina gay two-horse turn
out.
Bro. Dubois furnished most superb
collation. to- the Royal Arch Com
panions of this city last Saturday
night.
Baum will receive $4,000 by next
steamer-being the last payment on
the wheat which he purchased for
Friedlander.
See notice of city election, given by
Recorder Hannon elsewhere in this
paper. Candidates, prick up your ears
go in, and get waXed!
No potatoes in this market, and as a
consequence we blush to be compelled
to state that our merchants have sent
to Portland for a supply.
See the Governors Thanksgiving
Proclamation in another column. Trot
out your turkeys and begin to shake
mince pies from the trees.
We think this is going to be an open
winter, as pumpkin pies in this latitude
have not yet been sufficiently frost
bitten as to fall from the roost.
Rev. F. w. D. Nays will shortly be-
gin the publication of a paper at La
fayette,. Oregon, devoted to the
interests of the NJ. E. Church, South.
We would like to have our delin-
quent subscribers resume specie pay
ment at once, as we are now receiving
a new invoice of type which must be
paid for.
Messrs. Harper & Co., Blain, Young
& Co., Kline & Co., and other mer-
camille houses of the city, are now re-
ceiving immense supplies of new goods
by every steamer.
Ben. Holladay's railroad and steam
ship lines will hereafter permit no free
passes. This doesn't. affect Democratic
newspaper editors, but it is rough on
the next Legislature.
Eggs have advanced to 35c in this
market. The hens have evidently been
bulling and bearing the market and
trying to create panic in "ham and
egg" and "egg an toast" circles.
DR.. Tate and Walter .Monteith have
returned from the Sound. The health
of the former is much improved, but
we very much regret to learn that Mr..
Monteith is dangerously i'll at present.
W. II. Mcfarland has removed his
tinware store into Conner's brick,
where he will be glad to see all of his
old customers He will haYe a neat
establishment, as we'll as an extensive
one.
Elder Jno. Powell preached the
funeral discourse of Mrs. Josephine
Irvine. A-large concourse of friends
followed the remains to the Masonic
Cemetery and assisted in their inter-
ment.
Mr.. A Bush, the Salem banker, pre-
sented the fire department of that city
with 5000 for saving the Chemeketa
Hotel last Sunday. Mr.. Bush's liber-
ality is accounted for in the fact that
he is an old printer.
DR.. Cozad has taken up his residence
at Scio, where he desires practicing his
profession in the future. The Doctor
bears the reputation of being a most
excellent physician. See his card
among our new ads. to-day.
Mr.. A. Kenton, of Keosauqua, Iowa.
has just arrived in this county, which
he designs making his future home
He comes well recommended as first
class business man and upright gentle
man. We bid him welcome.
OF. TomDkins and ]. III. Smith, o
Harrisburg, Rev. Jos. Emery, of Cor
wallis, Hon. H. II. Gilfry of Salem,' A
w. Stanard, Esq Of Brownsville, ant
several other oId-time friends Wept OF
our bosom during the past week.
MCPHERSON says deer hunting in the
Calipooia Mountains is myth, {
chimera, base fraud on the body
polite. A full weeks scramble owe
the knobs and logs and nary deer is hi'
evidence Of the fact that such hunting
is worse than "the baseless fabric of Q
dream"
The devil has certainly turned him
self loose in the country, judging from
the rumors of rapes, seductions, incest
bigamy, adultery, etc., which we heaI
Oh every hand. fie law viii have tC
meet out severest justice to some Of the
perpetrators Of these gross crimes or il
may reasonably be feared that old Zach
Chandler's rule Of "liUtle blood-let
ting" will be the sad sequel to some o
these cases.
GRAND THANKSGIVING DINNER.
ladies of the United Presbyterian
Church of this city have determined t.
give an eminent feast of good things a
Pacific Opera House on Thanksgiving
Day, next Thursday week. A Dime
will be spread from one to sil
O'Clock in the afternoon, ant
at night "reunion" and sociabIe will
follow. The well-known culinary rep
utation of the ladies Of this 1enomina
tion is a sufficient guaranty of the ex
cellence of the dinner to which thei
patrons will be served.
A CLOUD OF WITNEssEs.-Quite
large number of witnesses in the Glass
Mealey manslaughter case went from
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