The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27


complete w w Coles Colossal Circus will
be In Albany Monday. July 7th, whom II
will pitch its tents on Montelth's Oats, that
being the only place In the city Of sufficient
magnitude to accommodate the mammoth
tents Of the circus.
joseph o'Harra, An old gentleman, was ar.
rsssod last Monday for stealing linen dus.
ter belonging 10 Robert Oopsland, and q
towel, from the boarding house Of Mr. All
Marshall. These things he sold to Mr Mar
tin HeIfron. oHarra will have an oppor.
tunity Of thinking In silence for sometime.
not pleasant occupation for man with
white hairs whs has seen mlny yeArs Of the
ups aud downs Of life.
The mOed Of meris for promoting personal
aesthetics Is due TO j Aver 4 Co.. whose
incompatible Hair Vigor is universal beau.
tifisr OF the hair. Harmless, effective. agree
able, II has taken rank among the indispen-
sable articles Of the toilet. To scanty locks
IL gives luxuriancs aad withered hair II
clothes with the hue OF youth
Naturally enough comioal stories come
from Washington Territory in reference TO
women on juries. Here is one Of them "The
tailiif in charge ofA hung jury on which
there were several ladies informed the hus-
band OF oao of them, for joke. that the jury
had put the lights out. The way that doub.
fal husband made tracks for the Court House
was very amusing 10 the boYS."
A meeting sf the fire department Of AL.
bany. was called for last Saturday evening.
tho object being TO ascertain what the De.
partment should do with the numerous In.
vitations TO celebrate the coming 9th with
various cities. IL was unanimously voted
that every fireman should use his own dis.
erection aad 60 wherever he wished.
The Grst Of tho week Hoffman d Joseph
received a. tine an ice cream freezer a. IL TO be
found in tho state. II osst about 500 and
u rup either by power or hand. Byit twenty
tivs quarts Of the Gaest kind 81 Toe cream
can be frozen in twenty minutes, 30 that
large orders can DO filed on shortest possi-
bio notice. Ice cream 10 one Of the best
dishes OF summer. 80 that everybody shsald
make trial Of sons from their new fresEsr.
Ia tho 9Th Of July celebration at Corvallis
among other features will be pioneers foot
race by pisneers OF so years Of age or over.
who can't 70. Oregon prior TO 1853. Our
man is Tom Alphins. Of this county who
would be sure 10 win the prize IL he would
run. already having won the title of the
champion pioneer foot racer Of Lisn county.
The Washington county Enterprise is de.
funct, bat 10 died game. Nonsupport was
tho cause. Hero is the address Of the editor
70 his exchanges 'BrOthsr-with this
issue We haul down our flag. roll up eur tent
and set down on an old ink ksg 10 think
We have wastel our fortune aud worked
like tho devil for nothing Gentlemen, &C.
oePt our thanks and govern yourselves 40.
oordingly."
The small amount Of reliability that can
generally bePlaeod on newspaper statements
thA. they have the bsst circulation, and are
the leading paper Of their county or state Ia
well illustrated by the now dsfunet Wash
ington county Eatrprise. It's editor boast.
ed that il wAs known from Oregon 10 Maine.
etc. but on closing he admitted that he only
had q handful Of subscribers, which was the
cause Of his failure. That paper has plenty
Of imitators.
Ths rates Of Insurance on certain cit,
property has again been changed so that nov
all property outIids Of the following limit
will be rated At Ne. 4 rates. the bAsis .
wkien IL 75c. On dwelling houses, the olt
rate being 60s. the Willamette on the north
Hi street on the cash. the X X a.d Eleventh
on the south, and Que block west Of the San
tiam canal on the west This is done on &C
eouat Of the poorer facilities for getting wa
ter outAide Of those limit.
A hAlf.brsed frem Armels creek, near Nal
den. MsntAnA, was badly chswed up BY
: bsar while huntiag week or two sgo. Th
bears strske, besides musilAting ths Who'll
! side 0f his victims face. took out piece G
his iawtons three inches long. cut a. reguls
L As csuld be done with knife. His CEN
rAaes Sosn came to his rescue, fired . shot .
r the bear and il fed into the mountains.
Oregon hes an Enoch Arden story which
really wonderful. A man named Thompso
Waiting, living at Weathsrby for sever
y years, left his home in Indiana IN lS4s
having ct the time wife and three childre
From 1852 nothing was heard from him, n
! suppOsing he was dead bis wife remarrie
ot and on the death Of her second husband 81
% again married. her last husband dying
1885,. Now her first husband has gone ba'
III TO her, Lut unlike the story Of Enoch Ard
- this one ends In the proper manner. fer th'
D. are free TO live with each other. and pro
IN ably will.
:. The La Grande Record shrisks thus
=" about the frss locomotive that arrived
= that place "Aftsr four years Of ceasels
" anxiety, the black horse tears himself fro
= the mountain ranges and comes snorting Ia
. the valley OF Grand Ronds. Hs has be
- long time curbed. there being many {
oasiORs VIXEN il was thought doubtful II
ever made his appearance at all but
'.s realization Of hope is now reached, and
nc railroad is ct, TO and in Grands Ronde y
- ley, track having reached Ia Grande Tu
- day at noon"
Items like the following from the Taco
Leader, may be looked for in abundance,
Il there is many scape grace who will co
=. 10 the northwest ~ s D., the n
Il banker of c., was in Tacoma Saturd
:. Mr. D. doubtless feels more comforta
:. out in Washington Territory than he
~ upon certain occasion in Caldwell, Kans
when some Of the cattlemen depositors
his bank had rope around his neck
-. were bent upon jerking him skyward beca
=. Of his suspension Of payments"
it Great complaint is made by the farmer