The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-06-22


surrounded BY beautiful stretch of pral
rie country Ia high state Of cultivation
Here the Oregon Pacific crosses the Ore
gon 4 California railroad and the Lebanon
branch OF the Oregon Y California rallroae
switches off. Steamers ply between here
and Portland allthe year, except perhaps
couple of months August and Septem.
Der. II Is thriving place. There ar,
large milling establishments, foundries,
etc. The water power used for propellinp
milling machinery, and for other purposes
IN Albany, Is brought IN commodious
canal fourteen miles from the South San.
tiam, at Lebanon. The town Is supplied
with good system OF graded schools, IN
operation ten months ofthe year. II Il
also the site of the Albany Collegiate In.
stitute, an institution under the manage.
ment OF the Presbyterian church. The
public buildings, both county and city, are
elegant, commodiouS structures,
RECORDER $ OFFIcE.-TheR ecordcr'so OF
flee is being remodeled and enlarged in q
manner to suit the DEMocRAT, A large
arch has been cut through, joining the of.
flee on the south formerly occupied by DR.
Aubrey, making the office now consist Of
four rooms, the two middle rooms prac.
tically forming one. This affords plenty OF
room for large crowd, such even as \ sa-
loon case or the barracks young men would
draw on Saturday afternoon. Several
conveniences, such as stands, that can be
utilized by reporters, etc, will be intro.
dueed Parties reading this are requested
not TO investigate the matter, rs the work
is only ia its middle stages Mr.. Henton
solemnly requested MS not 10 say anything
about the matter for several days until
things are properly arranged but Items
are remarkably scarce, and this one suits
MS SO well that we follow the course fol.
lowed by newspaper men generally, willing
even to submit TO the displeasure of our
popular Recorder for the sake Of n real
live item that can stand alone without the
aid of pair of shears.
Coon Bye, O. Il c.--The letters o. * c
r. r. have been as familiar TO us for years
as the family Bible; but now we must say
good bye to them, they must be laid away
in our scrap books for future reierence
II will be seen By our time table that the
proper name of the road Is the Mt. Shasta
route of the Southern Pacific Lines. The
company has just ordered us to make the
change and we make II reluctantly. Not
/ much Southern TO us up hete in Oregon
aud we are more Mt Hood than Mt. Shasta
by hundred per cent But "let her 60
Gallagher" the new company Is an enter.
prising one and has barrels Of money Ia
spend, and futher IL Is big advantage tc
be the end of long road, for the proprle.
tors are always working TO get everybody
to buy as long ticket as possible. The
great Southern Pacific empties right here
in the Willamette Valley, and that means
with us. Any name soon becomes familiar
IL there Is clink To IL.
a GREAT ScHEME.--A man with pat
ent thills is soaring the people half to death
in Grand Rapids, Mich. The thiIls are cal
cuIated TO be used in driving runaway
horses, as they are made to become dc
tached FROM the carriage when the run
away Is in its giddiest period, allowing the
vehicle to stop and the horse TO run along
alone il ne wants TO. The wretchcd exhib
itor is accompanied by a woman and :
horse, and whenever she strikes town SIT
drives the animal upon the principal stree
and lets him run away. And how he doc
run The woman meanwhile waves hel
hands and screams. and acts like she wa
about 10 gointo n fit, while the spectator
crowd the street and stand frozen with
horror, when-presto, change. The hors,
becomes detached, gallops another blocl
and stops, and the buggy quietly slows ur
: and the woman jumps out and laughs, ant
the Advertisement u complete.
"OREGoS BEAUrY."-Many people 1
Oregon, and especially in Linn count,
will remember the beautiful chestnut ba
mare with the long name and tail owne
= by Mr. o. p. Adams, of Millers, in thi
= county, and which he sold to NJ. ID. Reec
of San Francisco. To such the followin
: dispatch from New York to the Examine
will be of regretful interest: "rhe Orego
Beauty, or long named horse, which wa
valued at $4,000, was suffocated by fire
} Brighton Beach last night. The horse Ia
e been at the beach two DAYS. IL had bee
, on exhibition throughout the West f.
: some time previous and was brought froI
: California by NJ. ID. Reed last week. Th
horse was beautiful chestnut, with whit
; name and tail, the former being nine fee
: long and the tail sweeping the groun'
The foretop was fonr feet long. Th
, "Beauty" was s years old, weighed T2s
pounds and stood sixteen hands high. TIL
: fire was caused by lightning, and starte
= in the lofts Of the stable, but was soon e.
{ tinguished. The Oregon Beauty was the
found dead, although in the next stall
worthless 'plug" stood uninjured."
i A MUSICAL GENIus.-One of the u
i fortunate ones at the Goldendalc fire W:
] Mr.. Miller, who was running mus
store there. Being an experienced piar
tuner Mr. Miller Immediately started o
to earn livelyhood in this manner. lie
: now In the city, and last Tuesday, at Blac
:, mans drug store, gave an exhibition of
playing, probably as remarkable as an
e thing ever heard in Albany. lie play
'r an organ and a piano at the same time,
'e piano with handkerchief spread over
ir and initiates circuses, farm scene, ct
=, with great musical correctness. lie h
y been engaged TO play at the M. Z. entertai
ment Friday night, and it will be treat
hear him.
:, REMoDELED-Mrs. Cheadle is entire
:. - remodeling her boarding house buildi
- y opposite Cherry s. Parkcs. Though NJ
" :, G. is first-class hand at grading sire
at >, and the like, in this case she hires the VIC
M done by experienced carpenters. I
building will look like new structl
when completed, and like its owner will
NJ an ornament to that part of the city.
FURNITURE ITEMs.-Mr. G. ]. Diil
- has taken possession of the furniture
"a tory recently run by Fortmiller s. Co.. 9