The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06
nonrE avn AnRoAn.
Chinese New Year. -it
County Court week.
Gnme law in full fnroe

high.
D. P. Mason, the Nasty of Scio, is
in town.
See dissolution notice of J. Beard &
Son, of Tangent.
Considerable talk of new buildings
the coming season.
Mumps is what's the matter with the
children of our schools.
We are now in favor Of back pay and
front pay-on subscription. a
The DEMOCRAT for the campaign
four months-for one dollar.
DR.. Alexander is slowly but majestic
ally gaining strength and corpulency.
The Grover came down from Harris
burg last Saturday with l25 tons of
freight.
James Orchard has just completed a
popular term of writing school at Mill
er's Station. i
The w. R. T. Co.'S boats are to make
regular trips hereafter between Port
ldHu anu GuSeue.
]. L. Cowan, our wide-awake mer-
chant friend from Lebanon, smole upon
us during the week.
1t is rumored that Vivian will appear
again at Pacific Opera House, in this
city, next Monday evening.
ST. Valentines Day comes on apace,
and Foshay is provided with full sup
ply of the little Cupidical billets.
Carey McLain is tenderly scraping
up the,mud and ridging it up like a long
grave in the middle of First street.
Mart Taylor gave an entertainment
at Syracuse school house, one evening
last week, to an appreciative audience.
DR.. Hendrix, one of Linns old Dem
ocratic wheel horses, was down from
Harrisburg the front part of the week.
Articles of Incorporation of the Alba
ny Manufacturing Company were filed
last week. Capital $4,000; shares
$500.
Our talented young friend, ]. X. P.
Weatherford, of Brow nsville, has re-
sumed the study of law with Judge
Baldwin, in this city.
The average Albany hoodlum now
makes the day unpleasant and night
hideous with constant rehearsal of
Vivian's latest songs.
| ~ To- nINt1rr IN,
the city during the week. We don't
know whether or not he was candi-
date for Road Supervisor.
N. Baum will shortly move into
Cheadle's brick, where he will have
more commodious quarters for his
large stock of merchandise.
1t is Dav e Spangler's wagon shop at
Tangent, which he wants to rent or
lease, and not his blacksmith shop as
many have supposed, Remember this.
Several deluded individuals now sigh
regretfullY for sight of of those siren
voiced "furriners" who huckstered
bankrupt goods through this region
recently.
We are pleased to learn that Mr..
Thurston Hackleman, law student
under Geo. r. Helms tutorage, is
making most commendable progress in
his studies.
Many men have this week been wres-
ted from the shades of obscurity and
clothed with the bright garb of official
preferment, by being appointed Road
Supervisors.
Jesse Irvine, Johnny Morris, J. A.
Pennabaker, d. F. Craig and hosts of
other citizens of "The Forksn are in the
city. We don't know which one of the
boys was appointed.
Our old democratic friends, II. L.
Brown, L. g. Rice, H. j. G. Averill and
]. H. Washburn, of Brownsville, let
the light of their countenances shine
on us during the week.
A young lady acquaintance of ours
says if her "feller doesn't send her
valentine she will get US to name him
right out in the paper" We therefore
give him fair warning.
Why are these things thus? No
weddings or births this week. Is there
a settled and preconcerted determina-
tion upon the part of this public to
euchre the local press out of legitimate
items?
Parties having more greenbacks than
they know what to do with can swap
them at this Office for big eight-page
newspapers, even up and no questions
asked as to how they got the green
backs. a
Prof. NcCaw has opened a school in
the city for teaching the art of short
hand writing, and will shortly turn out
a class of expert Bohemians. Two or
three of the DEMOCRAT corps are get
ting it bad,
Elder Mattoon, ofthe Baptist Church
of this city, last Sabbath administered
the rite of baptism to young man. A
large concourse of people assembled on
the banks of the Willamette to witness
the sacred and impressive ceremony.
Three persons whose united ages
number 30 years IAN average of 80
years each) have been buried in the
cemetry at Willamette Church in Or
leans Precinct, this county. They were
respectively Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Judkins
and VIM. Mcbride. Sen.
1t isn't SO: the Shertz family who
were mixed in the late Sweet Home
tradegy don't live in Sweet Home
proper, but on the other side of the
Santiam from there. We make this
statement in Difference to the wishes of
many respectable and order-loving citi
zens of Sweet Home Valley.
A Des Moines druggist sent his clerk