The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-07-16
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Holiness subsiding.
Democrats--Primaries
4 Did you hear Hammonds
Lovely moonlight nights
You oughtto sec the hay fly,
Primaries tomorrow at o'clock.
Red hot artic soda at Carothcr's.
Carother's soda and ginger beer goes.
Charley Hirstel, of Portland, was with
us Monday.
Base ball has melted like a summers
dream.
Col. Teal has gone to his Harrisburg
stock ranch.
Jas. A. Yantis was among our Corvallis
callers ofthe week.
Rev. ] L Hill has returned from the
mountains.
L. M. Corum, of Grass Ridge, sports a
bran new boy.
Sam Young has about got away with
them measles.
Balsam says his sweetness says the
moon is nearly full
! A great hustle on the street Wednesday.
She wore it highup.
The Grangers are having large ware
house constructed at IIalsey-
Mrs. Mendanhall and her daughter Adah
are up from Portland on a visit.
l Corinthian Lodge tomorrow night
Business of importance to the craft.
If this weather doesn't moderate our
political compaign is bound to be sodnu
one.
Our gorgeous friend, Capt. w. W.
Martin, of Salem, has our thanks for more
favors.
Several interesting lokal-items have not
been crowded out this week, for we havn't
had 'em.
The new bridge across Muddy near Hal
sey' is about finished II is nearly 100
feet long
Our bosom friend d. W. Wakefield, was
up from Portland during the week, look
ing seraphically benign.
The reception at the residence orMr. and
Mrs, r. Cheadle, last Friday night, is said
to have been pleasant affair.
Notwithstanding the extreme heatness,
four fights occurred on our streets in half
an hour last Saturday evening.
Bill Talley came over during the week,
bringing 1000 lbs of wool. He reports the
fern trade looking up on Alsea
Last Friday Mr. John Sippy of Lake
creek got his hand badly crushed while
loading some heavy bridge timbers.
Hon. A. j. Dufur and Col 7. II. Cam
interviewed us in our sanctum last Mon
day. They both wore store clothes.
A bell weighing 400 lbs is on the way to
this city from the East, to be suspended in
the cupola ofthe new N. E. Church, South
Wadsworth & Parks are doing good
job Of pain thug on our newly upholstered
building just below the DEMOCRAT office
0nr Albany saw-bones are having good
run in these days of runaway teams, and
the wagon surgeons amt doing so badly
either.
There was the largest crowd ever seen in
the court house last Sunday night, 10 par.
ticapate in Rev. Mr.. lIammond's revival
meeting
Hon. Jno. H. Smith called Monday
He has been visiting the Benton county
Oranges during the past week, and reports
them fiourishing.
Rev. Hammond and passenger car load
of our citizens went ON special trnin to
Eugene yesterday where an interesting
meeting was held.
Our friend Dave Lewis, of Bovine Pouch
was last Monday pretty badly scattered
along the road below Lee Burkharl's, by
his team running away.
An old lady, Mrs Gilmore, tainted in the
vast crowd at the court house meeting
Wednesday evening, but recovered on be.
ing carried to the open air.
Thos. hontieth has purchased span OF
beautiful three year old bay geldings from
W. r. Galloway, 10 be used as match
carriage team. They are beauties.
Sheriff Rice offers $500 reward for the
apprehension Of the thief and the recovery
Of the money stolen from the safe Of the
County Clerk on tie 29th June last.
Mr. Hindman, Of Camp Polk, in the Gas.
cade mountains arrived in the city lasl
week with 200 deer hides. His boy killed
three deer at one shot few days ago.
A lady lost a sot of gold shirt studs at or
near the court house last Saturday night
and Andy Carother's will reward any one
who will leave them at his drug store.
Linn County Council, P. of H., which
met at Lebanon last Friday, was largely
attended. The next meeting will be held
at Brownsville on second Tuesday in
October
We learn that another large lake has
been discovered, about Z miles north Of
Lower Soda. It is said to be as large as
Fish Lake, and aboands in beautiful
mountain trout.
Harvest will soon be here, and lots of
men who now only employ themselves in
sitting on dry goods boxes to keep them
from blowing away will get better and
more Lucrative job.
For heaving's sake spare usl Don't
pass by, mopping your face with your
bandanna, and say. "Phewl t'sot. We
know that already. Tell us something
new for these colums.
Our jewholiker has wiltcd a nd we can't
tell the state Of heatness any more, hut its
just hot enough to run revival success
fully and afford practical illustration to
sinners of the wrath TO come.
There are more accidents from runaway
teams this season than we ever heard o
before. They must be fed better than
usual, or else they're in with the surgeons,
wagon makers and local reporter.
Col. G. A. Hill, County Clerk, lost car.
riage robe between Albany and Maxwell's
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