The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-01-04

The acreage of wheat sown this fall Is 25
per cent more than year ago.
The County Clerk OF Multnomah county
makes about sl4.oOoa year, whew
Baker Gity has Chinese orchestra. All
Albany lacks is the orchestra part OF 1t.
Two dramas are being gotten up in this
city to be presented within few weeks.
Some of the Albany young men have the
bicycle fever, so that bicycle club is in
order.
ii Seneca Smith, of Portland, was ap-
pointed Judge in place of Judge Stott, re-
signed.
You are liable to be placed on the delin-
gusnt list if you do not pay your taxes be-
fsre long.
The emotional advertiser is not the one
who makes it pay best. 1t is the steady
WORK that tails.
Several Albany people have land at Va
quina Bay. and already the price of some
has bssn doubled.
New Tacoma has . balance of $500. 62, in
her treasury. Astoria, of sl3,094.s7. and
Albany of S0OO00.0O.
Dick Tucker Of Aumsyille has no thumb on
one of his hands. He was not born 30. 4
gun did it few days ago.
A boy at Soda Springs has been named
Napoleon Bonaparts, on account of his legs
being the bonapart Of him.
One half of the COED resolutions OF Jan. |,
have already been broken, particularly the
enc to pay the printer before abe 4th.
During 1888 thsrs were more marriages in
October in Lane county than any other
nenth, eleven being the most.
Rev P C Hstxler, the State Bible agent,
wiz preach at the Evangelical church next
Sunday morning at the regular hour.
Several Albany boys who went to the Bay
to work haye returned, not finding work to
do. It is not always gold that glitters.
The political pot will soon begin to boil,
and it might be well for voters to get their
ladies made to keep it from running over.
Too much water the past week compelled
the mills to shut down. The cold snap,
though lowered the river TO its usual dimsn.
sions.
New Years calls were made quite exten-
Sively in this city January lst, fully si1
going the rounds of ths half dozsn who re
ceived.
A third of the population Of Linn county
is in Albany. Harrisburg, Brownsville, Scio
Halsey aud Lebanon, As nearly as we car
reckon.
Nathan Cole, OF Portland, has gone East.
1t is to be hoped that he will remain, q
there is not enough land here to plant hin
in.
It is said that an officer az Olympia shot a
dog the other day which was so tough tha;
the ball rebosnded and hit the officer on tn,
forehead.
A young Eaglishman proposes to q
around the world on bicycls, starting freu
San Francisco. That is probably all he i
good for.
Begin the New Year by getting your gree
cries, fruits and vegetables of Hoffman 1
Joseph, where yoa will always find fresi
and good stock.
The fruit crop will probably be larger thil
year, which means that there will be . larg'
sale of fruit dryers. Not an apple shoult
be allowed to rot.
The supper given at Grange Hall New
Years night by the ladies' of the Csngrega.
tienal church was well pAtronizsd. and wa
an interesting affair.
The DEMocRAT is aE,Oays placed in tn
post ofice on Thursday eveHing. Subscrib-
srs who fail to get their papers on tim,
should remember this.
At the lecture by Rev Driver at the II ]
Church tonight there viii be no admission
fee, but collection will be taken up to pa,
the expenses of the speaker.
At the Portland post Office during 1883
1861 money orders and postal notes wsr
issued amounting to $349, 1885, and 81, IS
orders and notes paid, amounting to s79s,
921.5 So.
The Y P G A Hall has been given up b,
the association to the owner, and there !
no reason now why it should not be made
public hall The location is the best in th
city.
There will be preaching next Sunday q
IL o'clock a. NJ, in the Court House, by
F Floyd. All are invited. Also prayer meei
ing on Thursday evening at the residence {
Isaac Hayes.
One lady in this city has class of
scholars in s s, which filled her hands fu
on Christmas. We understand her scholar
are quite indignant at a proposition made
divide the class, which numbers nearly ha
of the school.
It would be funnyif that lady who SCENE
to pay 80 much attention to rich old bach
elor at church sociable lately should su,
ceed in breaking his stony heat and takin
him in out of the cold.
The New Years Oregonian is fine papel
being complete In its statistical and descriI
tive information, showing in plain figures ii
progress OF the Northwest. It should
kept for future reference.
On next Sunday morning the regular qua
terly meeting of the M E Church will
held at that time, Rev D Driver, P.
preaching. Services will also be held
morrow afternoon at o'clock.
/ Il is announced that Hon e B Metro
Supt. Public Instruction, will lecture on Il
subject, "The Promotion of Literature
lOur Schools, on next Thursday, Jan. l0t