The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-13
HOME ANTS ABROAD.
Rutter scarce. t fiH-
Now MAKE garden.

The Grover is between here anc
Eugene somewhere.
: Tomorrow Cupid will revel among
tumultuous gizzards.
Remember, we do the best job print
ing, and the cheapest.
In some families in our city there is
hardly a mump apiece to go aouni.
The sound Of the carpenters sawand
hammer now fesounds in the land.
1t is J. Beard who continues the
warehouse business at Tangent.
Don't send us any valentines-its no
use. We havn't time to reply to them.
| wv. II, Mendenhallis lying danger
ously lin this city, with hemorrhage
of the lungs.
+ Joe Nixon, ex-County' Treasurer
now of The Forks, was visitor among
us last week.
I'VE are informed that the Odd Eel
lows of this city design building a hall
in the spring.
Wheat in Liverpool, 14s. In Albany
the price ranges between S5@9Oc., with
!, few transactions.
NThe Good Templars of this city made
a big haul last Tuesday night-ten
candidates were initiated.
DR.. Alexander was able to be present
and preside at the Central Grange
Association last Tuesday.
Judge Denny, of Portland, was last
week called to this city by the severe
illness of his aged mother.
To Mr.. VIM. Wigle, our agent at
Willow Forks, Umatilla county, We
are indebted for remittances.
Special meeting of Bayley Chapter,
R. A. NJ, tomorrow evening. Work
in NJ. E. NJ. and r.. A. degrees.
Dr. Golden writes US that he has
lett California for visit to Illinois,
but will return to this city in May.
l ReY. Jos Emery, of Corvallis, will
preach in the Congregational Church,
in this city, next Sabbath, at IL a. m.
NV. III. Gearhart has erected neat
new meat market just east Of Mealey's
furniture store, and has moved into it.
Montague g. McCally, of Lebanon,
have moved into their new store, and
J. L. Cowan has his nearly completed.
The hoodlums hGvnt got through
with Vivian's songs yet. They are
worse than the itch or o Radical ora
tor.
Several candidates are becoming ex-
ceedingly anxious for fear they cannot
'make their calling and election
sure"
Vivian performed at Pacific Opera
House last Monday night to a very
large audience. He went to Harris
burg and Junction later in the eek.
ADeputy Sheriff Jno. Parker, of this
county, took an insane man named
Michael Barnes to the asylum last
| Monday.
= MIR, B!oom, a Portland merchant,
has leased eMyer q Houck's brick
building, in this city, and will shortly
open store there.
- Foster talks of tearing down that old
rookery between Carothera' and Foxs
stores, and erecting brick building in
its stead. Good.
NElder Stephenson will deliver his last
lecture in this course on next Sunday
evening at o'clock. Subject-"The
Coming Conflict among the Nations"
Judge Haley, Hon. John H. Smith,
r. a. Irvine, w. A. Mcpherson, A. ".
ISStanard, D. Lewis and many other
Granger friends called on US during the
week.
r We take it back. Last week there
were four births in Lebanon Precinct,
and on Friday last Mrs. Joe Webber,
of this city, presented her leige with n
ten pound boy.
Our valued friend, Gus. Wheeler, of
Salem, swapped compliments with us
during the week. He was probably
up here to hand valentine to his
jimpson blossom.
The DEMOCRAT is still gaining popu-
larity among the farmers of the State.
TuriDrr tba ,,oSt ,,ooIy ,,,o HAVE oJJaJ
the names of several Grangers to our
subscription list.
We understand two or three persons
from Albany went down yesterday to
Portland to attend the Woman Suf-
frage Convention. Suffraging begins
at 10 a. m. to-day.
That essential commodity to the
existence of a live newspaper, called
"lokal-items," is almoet blank in this
community at present. VIII some-
Rody make stir of some kind?
NBen. Kohn, of the late firm of Kohn
Bros, left this city last week for
a visit to Bavaria, Germany. He de-
signs returning with quito a little
colony of his friends and relatives.
The Good Templars of Albany have
taken in IS members in the past two
weeks. They now number about so
members. This is good indication of
the temperance sentiment Of our COM
munity.
: Squire Arnold, clerk of Albany
School District, Is taking the census,
and says he has thus far found s0
children between the ages of4 and 20
years, in Albany, who have not attend
ed school one day in the last II
months. He thinks there are $50 of
these dellnquents in the District. Ugh!
DIsGUsTED.-A German friend of
ours who sells "elixir' and "benzine,"
is hugely disgusted with "dot gind ov
va1iatss vat ca lie for TO dbrinlrs nat don