The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-06-25

Ban JOSH, Cal, June 10Th, 1875.

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San JOSE, Cal, June 10Th, 1876.
Editor Democrats
San Jose Is a beautiful city Of eleven
or twelve thousand inhabitants and is term.
ed the garden spot Of California. 1t is
beautifully decorated with the rarest grades
Of trees and flowers. The country adioin-
ing this place is thickly settled-as gener
al thing, you can find aman on every two or
three acres Of land, and most all Of them
raising vegetables. There are hundreds of
men getting rich In this business here on
two and three acres Of land. Heavy rains
deluged almost every part of the State Mon.
day and Tuesday, which wrought great in.
jury. II has ruined thousands Of tons of
hay and done serious damage to the unhar-
vested grain which will be heavy on the
farmers.
There is flume being built aboutfifteen
miles long in Santa Cruz County, for the
purpose Of rafting lumber to the coast. 1t
is estimatedthere will be about two million
feet Of lumber used in constructing the
fume. IT'S working capacity will be to
deliver from eight to ten thousand feet of
lumber per hour. The lumber standing
within paying distance of the fume is csti-
mated at about five hundred million feet. 1t
will be finished in about three months.
The State election which comes off this
fall, is causing great deal Of excitement.
There are three parties in the field, the In
dependent a branch of the Republican par
ty, is pretty strong, and the chances are
that the Republicans will get beautifully
waxed" at the coming election.
There has been celestial fair in San
Jose which closed on Tuesday. The Johns
have dropped their robes of purple and fine
linen, and come down to the blue jeans Of
every day life Hundreds of ladies and
gentlemen have thronged China town for
the past four days, observing with wrapt at
tention the strange rites of the sons of Or.
lent
Six hundred hands are now employed in
the Gilroy tobacco work, mostly in the
manufacture of cigars.
The Almaden quicksilver mines, twelve
miles from San Jose, are doing an extensive
business in the way of mining From eight
hundred to one thousand men are constantly
employed. T, e. P.
MAsoNIc.-At the annual Convocation Of
the Grand Royal Arch Chapter on the 11th
inst, the following officers were elected
for the ensueing year: ]. R. Bayley, G. H.
p; ]. B. Lee, d. G. II. p; ]. B. Congle
G. K; ]. F, Robinson, G. S.. c. II. Lewis
G. T.; R. P. Earhart G. Sec'y; F. N. Shurt
tiff, c. H; D. Fleischman, p s.; A. W.
Walters, CIR. A. c.; Mart. V. Brown, G.
NJ. 3rd "; A. G. Walling, G. NJ list Vi
s. L. Pope, Sentinel; Rev. H. W. Stratton
G. G.; M. v. Brown was appointed chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Cores
pondence.
The Grand Lodge, which convened on
the 14th, elected the following officers
J. B. Conglc, Grand Master; t. H. Cox
D. S. M; r. Glow, s. g. W.; ]. s. Schenck
]. G. W.; Theo. Wygant, G. Treas; R. P
Earhart, G. Sec'y; A. G. Walling, s. G. D.
R, S. Rcains, ]. G. D.; F. B. Dunn and D
P. Mrson, Grand Stewards; N. v. Brown
Grand Marshal = ]. N. Dolph, Crane
Orator; Rev. II. w. Stratton, Grand Chap
lain: A. Marks, Grand s. B.; H. Smith
G.. S. b. The Grand Master appointed
S. F. Chadwick Chairman of Committee
on Foreign Correspondence, and ]. Il
Bayley was reelected Chairman Of Com
mittee on Educational Fund. The repor
of the Grand Secretary shows that ther
are nearly 1000 Masons in Oregon
The instrumental concert given by tn
pupils of Mrs A. s. Mercer on last Sa
urday evening was brilliant success
The young ladies have been under her il
struction for ten months, and their pros
ress is really surprising. Every piec
played was exceedingly difficult and eac
pupil when called to the piano acquitte
herself amirably, performing with all tn
ease and grace of accomplished musician
thereby paying their most excellent teacht
tho h;gbes, commitment We will not
temnt u narticnlarize ~ every selectio
;vas ,r,,Iv heoutit,,I and well executes
Durirr The evening Mrs Mercer in fe
we'll chosen remarks presented The ella,
with dinlomas If is the universal r
mork that tbe concert was rare treat f,
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