The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-16

! Corinthian Lodge tomorrow night
A Our friend Jake Fleischner is in the
city,
4 Judge Strahan called during the
\ week.
Theicoming sensatlon--the Astoria
excursion.
Thanks to Judge Walton, of Eugene,
for amalgum.
4 The "ones' cleared little over 500
from their late ball.
Items beastly scarce. Will some
body kill Chinamanl
The Albany and Portland daily ex-
press is being well patronized.
It's girl, and D. Mansfield and wife
are the happy proprietors of it,
There will be select dancing party
at Pacific Opera House tonight.
Freight trains SNOW leave Portland,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Mrs. Basil died at her house near
this city, of consumption, on Wednes-
day night.
Hon. Jno. II. Smith, Secretary of
the State Grange, gave us a call during
the week.
Hurd & Crouse's saw mill can hard
ly turn out lumber fast enough to sup
ply the demand.E bna r mFs
DIR. Alexander was able to appear on
our streets last Saturday for the first
time after his prolonged illness.
Thanks to our obliging Brownsville
agent, 0. P Coshow, ESD, forremitten-
ces; also to Mr.. a., G. Rice for bringin'
'em.
At the meeting of Albany Fire Co.
No. l, last evening, M. V. Brown was
elected President, vice NJ. B. Crane, re-
signed.
We are pleased to learn that Recor7
der Herren's wife is now in a fair way
for recovery from her late dangerous
Illness.
The w. r. T. Co.'S. boat, "Beaver,n
went up to Harrisburg last Friday.
This is the first boat of the season for
that place. W sL "
That old Democratic war horse,
Judge w. L. White, of Clackamas,
spent several days in our city during
the past week.
Rev. A. r. Medbury, of Portland,
has been delivering a series of sermons
from the Baptist pulpit of this city
during the week. ,.
Hons. Jas Blakeley and A. w.
Stanard, of Brownsville, favored us
with strong grip of their friendly
digits during the week.
w. L. Yantis, of this city, has in
vented patent railroad switch which
is expected to do away with the sys-
TEN of switching now in vogue.
Judge Haley, of Peoria, favored us
with a call during the week. The old
veteran looks like he was good for his
rations for many long years yet.
Oliver Jackson, one of the best boys
who ever got start in "Old Linn"
swooped down upon US last week. He
has spent the past year in Eastern Or
egon, ~
Albany Collegiate Institute is crowd
ed " ith students. If there is anybody
in the world who knows show to keep
school" successfully it is President
Warren, of administration. -
We bow our smilfngest to Mrs. c.
Houk for her compliments in the shape
of a most excellent cake. O, we're
bound,to live while our friends are so
bountiful in their munificence.
We hear floating rumors of a con-
templated "marriage in high life," to. !.
occur sometime next week. Now,
reader, this is s'under the rosc,n and
you must not tell anybody, you know.
In consequence of i'll health that ex-
cellent artist, Mr.. Margrat, has dispos-,
ed of his interest in the painting bus
mess to his former partners, Messrs.
Wadsworth & Parks, who will continue
the business.
One J. ]. Domes, mechanic of this
city, has suddenly disappeared from
the gaze of our citizens, leaving friend
Murray of the Exchange Hetet, and
various other parties hereabouts to
mourn his sudden taking off.
Any person who finds the handsom-
est penknife he or she ever saw will
confer favor by leaving it at this
office. 1t is ours, was present, and
the ghost of the man who gave it to US
will haunt the finder through life if he
doesn't bring it home.
The Coos Bay Nescs says; "Mart.
Browns paper came this week on the
half shell, but it was nltItune IN pdrUo."
Our devil says he doesn't like that in
He thinks "the paper was
as e Epturibus 90 Bragh de HAS Demo
cratic Hdbeds corpus christi as ever"
And we think 1 did neither.
Senator Hoult, who has recently
been lying dangerously i'll at his home
near Harrisburg, is, we are glad to be
able to note, slowly convalescing and
hopes are now entertained of his ulti-
mate recovery. Senator Hoult has for
the past year been much afflicted with
in his family, and we most
hope that he may be spared
further affiiction for many years to
come,
To FARMERS. Howell, Harper &
Co. have for sale the Statesman Grain
Drill, the only reliable force feed grain
on the Coast. Those imported by them
are made with many improvements
which adapt them to the peculiarities
of this Coast. The hoes can be changed
from a straight line to zig-zag. We
would say to those desirous ofpurchas-
Tn. n r,ood orroi1 drill dn not fail 10 /