The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-05-07

A large delegation OF pEDmirent gentle
men from Lebanon and the Forks visited /
this city ON "Wednesday. res,aishlg unfit |
the following day. They csneies inter-
view the County Court IN las f1aater on |
building bridge across the Santiam as |
Lebanon. The whole country about I4eha-
non and the Forks arc alive totleonestioa
of the erection of the bridge. demanding It |
as q right. As the people furnish tbs
money for bridge building and all other
county work. Whenever their reasonable |
wishes ara properly made known 10 the
county authorities, they should az once be
grfhted. as said officers are only the SER
wants of the people. and were PLACED In
Office to carry out the behesss Of their mas
tiers. We are pleased to know that the
course of the REGIsTER in this matter has
met with the fullest appreciation of the
people. as it has pessistently aud upon all
occasions. insisted upon the. absolute ne-
cessity OF bridge across tire river at TINT
point for the conyenienca, of tha residents
IN that portion of the county. ,a.f
Bill Foren was In town on Wednesday
Bill is the arch hoodloosn OF the Forks.
Bill is, and he dtirsnst denyft. BIZ had a
patent ciotfespin, ~ Bin did. and he was
exhibiting his ..lnodel . for general IN
spection. After nearly the entire city had
'.seen . Tor rather fen the point, we struck
Bill on the corner. We were glad to zee
| Bill, of course; and Bill was glad to see
| us. as we are assured from the fact that he
ut once turned over that rated clothespin
for our inspection. We didn't hold that
new -fangiesl patent MORN two seconds till
the ..pints' had penetrated the index
finger of our left hand to the bone. We
carefully handed that patent back, and
hereby pronounce Bills patent a. grand
hunlbug--a bowling frand-a miserable
sell-aHd II he has or ever gets patent on
| it. we propose to stump the Forks agin,
the blasted Patent Office for granting a
| patent for so miserable an object OF per
verted genius. If anybody gets sold on
| that clothespin after reading this, then-let
| seiil, that's all.
Yesterday morning the County Court
granted the petition for bridge to span
the Santiam at Lebanon. The county is TO
pay half the expense of the erection OF
such bridge, provised that the county win
not pay more than &5.OO0 for sssch ptir-
pose. While thecounty viii pay half the
| expense, it requires that before work is
commenced on the bridge. tie subscribers
to the bridge fund give sufficient bossd 10
secure the payment of the other Haslf. No
one can grnmble at this. as the petitioners
have got all they asked. and our county
officers deserve commendation for their
prompt action in the matter. I'
Jno. Hurl went to Portland on Wetlnes-
| day. on business connected with the saw
mill of Hurd & Co., of this city. He says
the new pianer ordered viii exceed hny-
| thing in Oregon for quality and style OF
work turned out. The old original Oregon
planeist, Mr. y. b. Comley, viii boss the
new planer.
Rev. DIR. e. r. Geary, now resident
of Eugene City, came down to this city on
Tuesdays train. returning on Wednesday
Himself and family are pleased with their
new home.
A. Carothers & Co., have sold their
splendid soda fountain to parties in Salem.
'fley propose, however, to have n new
| one in operation. of flarger capacity, in the
course of a month.
Mrs. G. G. English Is kept very busy
at her new millinery establishment on
First street. Her discriminating taste and
clear Judgment in the selection of articles
in her line is generally acknowledged by
the ladies, who are loud in her praise-
Messss. Montague d McCally, of fIsebanon,
| are in receipt of a massive stock of general
merchandise, among Which are many nov
elites that viii be specially appreciated hy
| the ladies. Call and presamine. =
Messrs. Clement g Corsnn, Of Grass
Ridge, received the betting for their saw
| mill ON the Santiam, the first of the week,
and this min win soon be snatching plank
right from chs. tree. taia sa's
DIR. r. o. Smith Informs rs that al
| the tooth-puiiers in the State meet Id this
city the first or next month. Look ont
Tor your molaIs.
The merchants are having the dirt. from
their places Of business swept from the
sidewalk TO the center of the street. Thls
b certainly conamendable. s,ss .ss.. 3. s.
| The State Department was closed ron
Monday, aud no business transacted, In
honor to the memory Of Geo. A la Dow,
| who died on the LIST inst.