The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-11
HOME AND ABROAD.


N'ebfootish.
Wheat tumbling in lively.
Albany College has a new bell.
Judge Whitney is back from Salon
It thunlered like thunder last We'd
nesday.
Thanks to John Foshay for some peri
odlcals,
No wheat sold yet to amount to any
thing
Our town is runnin over with new
goods.
Uncle Jerry briggs is over from the
Sound.
Hon. John Burnett was in town yes
terday.
Charley Mealey is talking of moving
to Lower Soda.
Half of the grain in this county in
yet in the fields.
Knox Bntte Grange has just had
their new hall completed.
Duncan MCnteith left this week to
attend school at San Francisco,
! Game is plenty around Albany and
our Nimrods are having gay time.
Sam May, the popular merchant OF
Harrisburg, gave us call Thursday.
Dodd started a nice little item for us
last Tuesday, but it flashed in the pan.
w. H. Trotter, the rushing agent Of
the Statesman, called on us last Thurs
day.
Judge Baker paid his old home in
Yamhill county a flying visit few
days ago.
We hear. of three marriages on foot.
This speaks pretty we'll for the matri-
monial market.
This weeks rains tend great deal
to the growth of profanity in the farm
ing community.
John Henry Smith, Sec'y of Oregon
State Grange, P. OF H., gave us
friendly cali yesterday.
Those were good plums that Mr.. Cald-
well donated to this office last Friday,
and we are under mary obligations
therefor.
V. III. Caldwelps wheat averaged
34I bushels to the acre and his oats 80,
That shows there has been good farm
ing on his rancho.
If this rain lasts much longer $780,
600 will not cover the loss in this conn-
ty. Fully one-third of the grain is yet
standing in the fields.
Two French gentlemen (from Cork
were arrested and put in the jug during
the past week, for having imbibed too
freely of snake-bite remedy.
Charley Mealey and w. II. Brown
sta II today, for Lower Soda Charley
goes with the intention of locating a
claim in the Santiam Valley.
| S. S. Markham, an old resident of
this county, is now back here on visit
He resides in the Eastern part of Wash
ington Territory, and is doing well.
James Knox died at his residence at
Knox Butte last Tuesday, aged 50 years.
Mr.. Knox was one of the pioneers OF
this county, and was greatly respected
by all who knew him.
The following persons were married
!
at Scio, last Sunday by Rev. John
Ostrander: Mr., A. H. Logan to Miss
Melinda Miller, and Mr.. II. A. Klock
to Miss S. w. Kiphart.
Larry McLain is meeting with some
opposition in the street-sprinkling bus
isess. He says he can't buck against
the new firm because they don't have
to elevate their water before they use
it.
Andrew Cowan and family and And
rev Hill and wife started overland fol
California yesterday, in the hope that
a short stay in that State will benefit
the health of Mrs. Hill. We wish
them safe trip.
Here's connundrum for you: What
is the difference between Mrs. Tiltor
and sewing machine? Give'it up, de
you? Well that's what we done. Gt
and ask Leighton Blain or Win. Peters
we believe they have it copyrighted
A chinaman down under our Office
window the other day undertook to lif
mules foot off of his saw. Graciou!
Peter! What fall was there my
countrymen! 1t took about half 1
pound of Doc Aleck's famous cure-al
to work his teeth out ofhis stomach.
The Patrons of Husbandry (Old Maid
Society had a meeting last Friday eve
ming at "Pokey" Finlayson's. We un
derstand from one Of their number
that they had Splendid meeting, ex
periencing "a feast of reason and iloV
of soul,n but we are sorry to impair
the information to our young gentle
man friends that some of their name
were put upon the BLACK roll.
A.