The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-16

Marslal NJ the GfCnlc lhst luesuay .
His observation-disclosures. Theo. Cart
wright, J. w. Anderson and Geo.
Weller were equally dilligent in the
discharge of their duties.
A peJdler was last week found
murdered on Soap creek, few miles
from this city. No clue to the per-
petrator of tile ghastly deed has yet
been found. =
A young man who was caught
straining his sweetheart to his bosom
at the Picnic, justifies himself on the
ground that he has right to strain
his own hd.iey. .-a~s
>The Benton county farmers are build
ing warehouse nc Spring Hill, OH the
river, three miles below this city. 1t
will have storage capacity of about
l5,O 900 bushels.
Judge Baldwin went up to Rose
burg to attend Circuit Court this week,
and Hon. Geo. Il. Helm and Capt.
Humphrey are over In Polk In the
same occupation.
We understand the Holiday line OF
boats have advanced the price OF
freight to that charged by the oppo-
sition. 1t seems that reduction to 81
per ton didn't "paii." =
d. T.. Tayler and Mrs. Harry Cooley
are delegates from Diamond Encamp-
ment No. 13, c. II. c., to the State
Temperance Union which meets In
this city on the 18th proximd. Il
a young lady In Grecnvillc, Tenn,
recently presented her lover with an
claborately-con penwIper, and
was astonishcd, the following Sunday,
to see him weating it Us n cravat.
A new lead ore Is said to have been
discovered In Sardinia, by Mart.
Brown. So says the exchange. We
are glad of IL, AZ 1t may help us out of
s 1me little financial embarrassmcnts In
the future.
II An Indiana man Is naming his chill
dren after the New England States.
He now has Maine, New Hampshire.
fVer mont, Massachusetts, an Conn ct =
cut, with flattering prospect for "Lit-
BE Rhode"
u Hon. Jno. Myrcs, State Senator from
Clackamas county, called upon us last
Wednesday. He seems 10 be I'm a
good state of preservation and Is as full
of the old fashioned, genuine stoga De-
mocracy rs ever.
! Westport, Connecticut, has abandon
ed the practice Of ringing bells on the
Sabbath, because there are so many
nervous old maids in town who can
not bear to hear any tongue or clapper
sounding save their own.
\ singular duel took place the other
day at Vicksburg. The weapons used
were knives. The sweet names of the
combatauts were Rosa Dent and Violet
Carter As the result OF the combat
the Violet faded forever.
The girls ought to have pity on our
Albany drug clerk and not talk To him.
In his excitmcnt at being addressed by
a young lady last Tuesday, lie came
near giving her bottle of plragoric
instead of ''sccnt water"
u Billy Richter and Henry Myers
made many n "piecc" for the Fire
/ Company last Tuesday Ly running a
mock photograph gallery. 1t was n
stupendous sell and created much
rfsilarity during the day.
A servant girl in Newark. N.~Is
named Bridget Regan. was arrested or
Tuesday for pilfering, and when
searched, six pounds OF butter with {
piece of lace and seven pounds Of sugar
We're secreted in her bosom.
All the ladies whom we noticed a
the Picnic last Tuesday were vergins
on the witching age OF "Swcet Six
teen" There may have been n few
who were further advanced in years
but they didn't float under our hopti
cal horbs.
4 base ball match between tn
Juvenile girls and boys of the Colleg
was feature Of Albany sports las
week. The boys only won the gam
! by scant score. This Is certaini,
Ahealthfni exercise for the girls an,
4 ought to be encouraged
The Committee OF Arrangements fol
the Firemen's Picnic-Messrs NJ. b
Crane. Jos. Webber, Chas. Keller
Theo. Cartwright and Thos. Ottley-
have covered themselves with a man
Nile of glory for their successful man
hgenent of that immense affair.
] Our Albany boys last Tuesday go
little revenge for having been $
terribly scooped up by the Monmouth
ers on Saturday. Our Juvenile bas
ball club. beat the Corvallis dittoes
and our Albany club Of big 'uns like
wise "walked the log" of the Cor
wallis dittoes. It is however due to tn
Corvallisites to state that these wer
not match games but simply friendl,
contests to add to the sports Of th,
occasion.
DIR. J. L. Hill, of this city, in tn
early part of the week received a tele
gram to the effect that one of tn
daughters Of S. NJ. Pennington, O
UmatiIla county, was critically i'll, ant
!, his immediate attendance was soil
, cited. Accordingly the doctor posted OF
by the next train and has .doubtles
arrived there hy this time. We trus
the case is not so bad as the dispatcl
seemed to indicate.
CRANE & RICHTER,
ricuInAllnIr nnnr Aalurnc