The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-12-28

get them Is at Hoffman & Joseph's.
Claus Sprschles having bought all the
sugar in the Sandwich Islands we will prob
ably have to sweeten our tea with molasses.
Mr. Eugene Buchanan, formerly Of Al.
bany, has gone into the commission, collect
ing and real estate business in Walla walla.
Judge Stott gees out Of Office in Portland
on the lst of January. He has higher as
piratisns than being Judge at $1,000 .
year.
NJ II Brown, who has been teaching near
Jefferson, has been engaged to teach the
Tangent school aud viii begin work next
week.
The ball given by No Is Christmas eve.
on account of the bad weather. was only
fairly attended, but is spoken Of as an enjoy.
able affair.
One of our citizens gave her husband =
Christmas present which will no doubt
prove a valuable one. It was tho DENocARr
for year.
Mr. Lyle Rice is now operator at Grants
Pass, where he has good position. aud Mr.
Gilmore has a position at some other point
on the o eRR.
The Willamette Association Of the Con-
grsgationAl church meets in this city at the
Congregational church on the 18th and 10th
OF January, 1884.
The person who keeps his resolutions to
do right resolves at all times of the year.
The annual resOlver forgets his list by the
end of the first week.
Three appAratuses for explaining the
action of the moon and sun, ETC., have been
received for the Central school. They are
very ingenius.
One of our citizens in making change is
said to give SIS dollars for a twenty dollar
piece. Lest the demand should be toe great
We shall withhold his name.
The ysung people are requested to meet
in the Methodist Episcopal church on Friday
evening of this week at = o'clock to organize
a musical and literary society.
Yesterday morning the river had raised to
ISL feet above low watsr mark and esntinu-
ed to be ambitious. During the night alone
two feet and half was added TO ths depth
of the water.
CIV Watts Is making arrangements to
get ont county directory, which he pro-
poses to make complete. giving it features
which viii nscessitats its being in the hands
Of every business man.
President John Taylor, the official head
Of the Mormon Church, is preparing an ell
aborate statement of the political and social
attitued of the Latter-day Saints, for the
January number of the North american Re-
vieD
The Occur d'Aleus mine foyer prevails
almost like that Of 20, and many are getting
ready to go there. Young man, hold your
horses, aad remember that bird in the
hand is sometimes worth q dozen in the
bush.
A clerk on First street the other day tried
> &c get barber to cut his hair On account OF
its scarcity, his head being nearly bald, but
the barber insisted that he ought to have
double price where he had to hunt for the
hairs
The finest Christmas present We have yet
heard of in Albany is one of the Mathushsk
pianos, sold by II Daniel, and given by
Mr. and Mrs w Cundif TO their daughter.
Mamie is bright, musical girl and deserves
having such splendid instrument as she
now owns.
The subject at the Y Pea Hall next
Sunday afternoon will be ''the second com
ing of Christ, st. John, 14-3 As this may
be the last meeting of the association all
friends of the association are requested to be
present.
The union services at the Court House
Sunday night were under the auspices Of the
vet u, Rev q Condit delivering the
Sermon. Mrs Chas Wolverton giving read
ing and Mrs II Townsend an account of
the work of the w 7 q. The room was
beautifully decorated with flowers.
&c King, the reform dictionary thief, who
jumped his board bill at the Revere House
in this city, was sentenced to three years ip
the peniten.iary by Judge Stott. He will
now have grand shance to preach his re-
form. doctrines, and work for the new party
he was going to establish.
Two good boys are reported as living near
this city, who recently went into the barn
with fifty cents apiece and spent the after
noon gambling. When they quit, according
to the story of the mother of tho boys, so
bright were thev each of thann had siY hits
Fact.
Christmas night while daughter of Mr
RAIDER was carrying lamp at home, the
Bottom fell cut pouring the kerosese COM
pletslylover her, blistering her some, but,
fortunately, though the lamp was kurning,
the kerosene did not catch. a doctor was
sent for, but the principal injury was fright.
That D V s Reid is appreciated as princi.
pal of the public schools of Harrisburg wal
fully proven on Christmas Eve. by the receipts
of really elegant and valuable present from
bis students, being Moore's and SCOTS com
pleted poetical works bound in sheep skin
Mr. Reid is spoken of very highly as an edu
Gator, and this present shows that Harris
burg people know what an excellent princi
pal their school has
! Portland has found the meanest man, Wer
he to be sent through the eye of cambri
needle he would not be able to see shore
The Telegram says of him: HE is ! dow
ltoWn merchant. Some time since one of hi