The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-20
HOME ANp ABROAD.
Now trim grape Vines.


AFive saloons and two breweries il
town.
Everybody joining the Good TEN
rlars. :
Thanks to Mr.. Dodd for late 'Frisc
-dailies.
Sunday is the birthday of Wash
ington.
Corvallis firemen trip the light fitp
tastic tonight.
VIM. Tally was down from Eugen
during the week.
An NJ. l.. Church, South, is being
built at Tangent.
Stewart knows how to make 'em
Euctuln factorUDa. Aa Wy
The blue birds and snow birds nov
have it day about.
Thanks to Foshay, of the Albany
bookstore, for favors.
Montgomery & Reed have opened
their elixir fountain.
\Harrisburg is to have brass band
The instruments have been sent for.
4 Bart. Crooks is putting up a new
residence in the east part of the city.
A little son of Fred Shredder, oI
Shedd, died on Thursday of last week,
The Chinese New Year has been the
pest of our order-loving citizens during
the week.
The Grover made a successful trip to
Eugene last week-the first boat for
three years, it Il 20 a-lA
Times are growing tighter and mon
ey scarce with people-one of whom
we are which.
We occasionally hear of new star
in the constellation of candidates for
county officers.
Read the notice of G.. G2rst, Of
Harrisburg. He wants a settlement
with his friends.
~ Prof. Warren commences new term
ofsinging school at the College chapel
next Monday night.
Y Chas. Hogue, of the eptcrprising
firm of Wheeler & Co., at Shcdd call
ed during the week.
Senator Hoult, we are pleased to
learn, is slowly recovering from his
nate protracted illness.
Sheriff Parker is notifying
the Supervisors of the honor that has
\been thrust upon them.
\ Jailor Humphrey has five prisoners,
and all express themselves as being
Comfortably provided for.
The Beaver left this city for Eugene
last Tuesday; The Shoshone went up
to Corvallis on Wednesday.
ASam. May, our eyer-obliging Harris
burg agent, and Geo. Brandenburg, of
Harrisburg, called during the week.
The straighten-up-Mary-Jan and
shoWzour-brcast-pin attitude has super
,ceded the Grecian Bend in these parts.
\The freight trains are taken off the
railroad, and freight cars are now
drawn with the regular passenger
trains.
This ssugar-making time-but there
aren't any sugar trees. There is con-
siderable sweetness floating about,
however.
For the past week the weather has
been "thc most capriciousestp Of any
body-no two days being alike, even
in length.
a skip of snow fell here last Tuesday
evening. 1t as suddenly skipped off
before the blaze of Wednesday morn
ing's sun.
y Geo. Brandenburg and Sam. May
were the Harrisburg delegates to the
Temperance Alliance. We saw their
credentials.
Paris ladies are wearing gray felt
hat turned up on one side, and with a
pink rose and long dropping feathers
as ornaments.
Mr.. A. G. Macdonald, travelling agen&
ofthat excellent newspaper, the S. f.,
Chronicle, is in the city, and gave us a
call yesterday.
a protracted meeting at Shedd,
under the auspices Of the NJ. L. Church,
has converted many persons during the
past two weeks.
The Jacksonville Times very sensi-
bly, urges the Democrats of that county
to unite and harmonize for the APP
campaign. ..I
A fee of $50 in gold glNddened the
heart Of the dominic who made the
hearts of Secretary Belknap and Mrs.
Bowers to beat as one.
~ stand-up collar of white linen is
taxing the place of the Elizabcthan
rutland the boys say it isn't near so
ruff for sparkln either.
a heather chinee was last Monday
to interview the Recorder
$ll,5 80 worth for too boisterous celc-
bration of the Celestial New Year.
~ Dubuque young lady gives up the
man she loved and took the one her
parents favored in consideration Of the
sum of three dollars and u siy-blue
dress. a
Fourteen Quincy fathers have signed
an agreement not to permit their
daughters to take music lessons until
said daughters know how to make
bread.
Judging from the loose and reckless
manner in which he scatters his valen-
tines, Cupid's fabled weapon isn't
much more effective than Jack
AphIn's blundprbpss.
1t Is the fashion to send tiny baskets
Of floweas IN preference to large bou-
luets this winter. 1t doesn't cost as
much, and notes and things eau bo
easily hidden among tho roses.
~our young friend J. J. Parsons, for
several years an employee in Fosters
mills in tl,ie cit,- ,,-rifoe ~ to so,,J