The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-01-06

| a good company, and wcfo the aauae "e
heretofore published except that Dr. j. A.
Davis. occupied the position of Nnans'er
instead Of c. ri. Stewart. resigned.
Tho installation of tho officers OF Albany
Lodge No. 1, TooF. occurred lat Wed
nesday evening. The hall was pack ed, anu
the exercises were Of the most interesting
character. Altor tho installation OF the
officers social time Was had by all present,
Our readers will take notice thatahout tho
frat of February they will have an cppoftan'
isy Afforded them Of hearing one of tho finest
cleeutionist's in Oregon. Miss 4. Il, l4ass
has been engaged to give ono oil her rare lit.
erary entertainments to our eitIsons about
that time.
Tho holidays are over, but tho trade
at the Star brewery il far from it on the
contrary it is better than ever, although tho
rush at his establishment during tho holi.
DAYS was encouraging. Mr.. Bellcnger'a
| Wholesale trade has become reliable and OK.
tensivo throughout the Willamette Valley.
Me- q. Il. Montague. OF Lebanon. begins
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prospects. and proposes to DO for the people
of Linn county more than he has ever done
| in the past. lie secs tho necessity of Gfst-
class general merchandise establishment in
Lebanon, and he is going to SEQ thathis shall
be such = one Is to please the masses.
Watts and Godfrey ordered magnificent
lot OF New Y ears calling cards from New
York about two months ago. They failed
to put in an appearance until Monday noon.
yet within very short time. such is the
lighting speed Of those gentlemen at their
business, the whole lot were disposed Of aud
printed in lirst-elass style.
The Central school opened Thursday with
two new teachers, Miss Matte Hamilton
has been engaged as one and Miss Tarrell,
as another. Miss TuTrell has not yet ar
rived. bat Is expected in few days. In
the meantime Mrs. Eggest IS filling heE
place. These two ladies' take the places oi
Mrs. Scralrori aad Nils Laura Houk. who
have resigned.
! In another column viii bo touad 4 weather
report for the year lssl. Il will be observ.
ell that the highest thermometer was only -
while tho lowest was - The total rainfall
amounted to 59.0i inches. and the total
snow fall IL - inches. The number OF days
on which il rained was Isl. 4 bettol
record cannot be shown By any State in the
Union
ID T Mason has moved into his new house
aad viii get settled down comfortably by
tomorrow evening lie has enc Of the
hanGsomest aud best dwellings in this city.
Zeyss and Hoehsse1ier aro responsible for
the COOL carpeater work dono on it Glenn
ent Dill the painting and Cox and Sprsnger
plassered il. ! better job throughout has not
been done in Albany.
\ shooting affair is reported having taken
place Il the Lower Bti1go on the Desehntses.
short time ago between Ike Moore, and
his broEher-in.law, al hoyingsoa. Moore
shot Boyingtou in the stomach. DR.. Rich.
The above report was obtained from a
| private letter dated =. Tie Daiies. Dec. 2B.
-PriHeritis .Ssscs.
Marx Stokcr with several others went
hunting after ducks two or three days ago.
They eaa.c To a creek, ard IS Marx iza't
the biggest fellow IN tho world, one OF his
companions volunteered to carry him across
| When in the middle OF the stream he slipped
causing aa involuntary baptism of Marx.
who says now that he hal rather get vet
than not, but nevertheless doesn't like to
have mach said on the subject.
Albany probably has tbs boaG facilities for
manufacturing interests Of any city in the
State. Its water power is rarely exselled,
and ~ the Portland Standard Justly says IL
capacity is ample - ruE all tAs maaufactGr-
ing enterprises now in existence in the State.
Notwithstanding this 1t Is lying almost dor
mans, and the wheels it should be turnine
are not yes constructed. Our people cannot
do too mach 10 enliyen these interests fer
they shouid eventually take prominent par
In our eity's traffic.
'Bury Me Near the OH Home. The lat.
est song and chorus by Win l.. T'hompsou.
siacs the death of President Garfield tho
sentiment expressed in this beautiful song
has become universal. The melody is very
hFetty, and already the piece has become a
great favorite. We advise all lovers Of pop
ular music to send 35 cents to tie publisher.
and receive copy By return mail Pab.
lishs1 By ". L. Thompson L Co, East
Liverpool, Ohio.
| Col. T. T. Lons, lectursi lagt Saturday
AMI Sabbath evenings as i PEA, Hall,
On the subject OF temperance, aud in the
interest OF the or1er Of Cool Templars. lie
was grsete sa5bash evening by large and
apPreciativs audience. The Colonel is said
to 10 q forcibe speaker, who deals with
4 facts, AMI is man who thoroughly under-
stan Ia the subject no is talking about.
After his address % new members were
obtained for the Good Templar's Lodge in
this city.
The Knox Butte boys says cur CORES pom
dent ought not to have given all the credit o
getting up that good supper to Moses Miller
Bob Chambers hal just as much todo witt
it and is the best cook of the two 1t il
supposed by some that our correspondent
was Young man who did not want tn
Knox Butte girls to know what good cool
Bob was for fear of spelling their owr
chances.
The holiday number OF the Californian
comes to us this month in very neat dress
and is decided credit to the Pacific Coast
geographically as well as literarily, Jas
O'Meara has sketch on Capt Aubrey, G.
) 7. Hopkins on ''The Restoration of Amer
, can Shipping, B. B. Redding on Immigra
) tion and hoy to promote II, Senator Sargent
9 daughter contributes an original story 0
owe WI Ping and there nrc several poem