The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-01-25

The party at the Comstoek House last Fri.
day evening was = very pleasant affair
Enough attended TO make up four sets.
Take your coin TO the Farmers' and hic-
chanies' Store and Nolan will show you bot
tom prices fo- gents furnishing goods.
We are to have the annual meetings Of the
State Woman Suffrage Society and the State
Temperance Alliance in this city this year
Parents had bsst keep close watch upon
their children, as there are several cases Of
measles and whooping cough now in the city.
Oh, no Linn county amt on a spree nor
nOthin We average about two marriages
day up here When is this thing going to
stop!
The orchestra ont at the Comstock House
last Friday night was very good. II con-
sisted of violin. piano. clarionet, tuba and
flute.
Nod LoOnsy. of Jefferson, and Miss Hattie
Clarke, of Salem, were united in the holy
bonds Of matrimony on Thursday evening of
last week
Chinese New Year begins one week from
to-day. Our citizens had better begin making
Preparations to keep the powder smoke out of
their noses.
Why can't we learn economy of the Chi
nese! Six inches of door-mat and kitten
make, with thenas palatable soup for the
whole family
aye are the children of the devil" was
the text of divine in the morning aud in
the afternoon he said, 'Children, obey your
your parents"
Willamette Engine Co No. |. of Portlard.
is to have new engine house costing 5000.
Won't the boys feel prord when they get into
their new quarters:
Quite a number of our Masonic brether7.
went up to Eugene yesterday to be present
during the official visit OF Grand Master
Glow to the Eugene Lodge
Our City Council has changed ths style of
the crOss-walks They are to be oval in shape
hereafter, six feet wide, and three inches
higher in the center than at the sides
VIM. A. Cox Bro are now busily engaged
in plastering the new hotel Owing to the
damp weather they are not able to rush the
work along IS fast as they would Ike.
We asked young ladHthe other day what
she could give US in the line If items, and
she answered. ''oh. don't know; yes, yes
Nannies going up to Mats house to stay sll
night
Tom Winn fell from scaffold on TIE new
hotel last Saturday, but instead of falling 10
the ground, he struck second scaffold and
bounced head-foremost through window
into the hotel Lucky
People over in the towns on the West Side
Railroad are having big smallpox scare
aud not without reason either, as several
deaths have been reported over there from
that loathsome disease.
The Chinese boss tells us that the Chinese
lAborers in this part of the country are now
gathering in here in great numbers to take
part in the celebration Of their New Years,
which commences next Friday.
From very reliable sources we learn that
our old friend e. o. Norton, of Salem, is
really contemplating matrimony. Well, ne
hope it's SO, but who ever thought of Mort.
getting ''spooney'' fit upon him!
The Elder leaves Portland for San Francisco
next Tuesday evening at A o'clock. Fare
fr Im Albany to San Francisco by that steamer
i, Sl050. cabin, or $500 by steerase. From
P.rtland the prices arc $3.50 and $500
w. II. Dodd is working up the ''papes' for
the Radical nomination for County Clerk Of
Linn county. Should think he could secure
.he empty honor without much work. He
would make healthy pascal lamb anyhow.
; Lumber is very scarce in this city at pres.
ent, but if these rains continue. Allen, Rob.
inson 4 Co. will soon have logs enough lying
in the Calapooia above the dam, TO furnish
lumber to build plank road from here to
Portland
Chinese Charley thinks he will have the
best quarters in the state when he gets things
fixed up at his new place of business He
has had fine brick furnace put up in his
kitchen, and is now prepared to ''sleep and
eat" about $50 of his countrymen.
Cap. Humphrey propped his two omonths' old
boy up in high chair the other day and then
asked Mrs. Fl. ''what was the difference be-
tween the Indian chief now in Canada and
their offspring?' She gave itup. because"
said Cap, zone is Sitting Bull and the other
is sitting bully r.
We made slight mistake last week in
saying that Grsdwohl and Brenner bought
the Elkins property; it was Ben Brenner
alone and the price paid was $780, Brenner
has moved his family down here, and viii
soon be down himself and viii probably go
into business immediately.
We have received a newsy letter from
Crawfordsville, but as the author did not
send us his name we have to refuse it. lis
is a rule that cannot be departed from; we
have to stick to it to protect ourselves. We
hope the gentleman win favor us again with
letter, and furnish his name.
VIM. H sewaI, one of the convicts at the
penitentiary, had four fingers nearly severed
from his right hand last Monday, while work
ing circular saw. Our citizens viii remem-
Der him as the man who had just received the
contract for erecting No. l's bell tower In
this city when he was arrested. taken to
Portland and ecnT.eted On charge Of larceny