The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-10-12

friends, Rev. S,G. Irvine, DID, officiating.
After nice dinner the happy couple left
for Salem, where each of them have been
studying medicine under DIR, Rowland.
They will spend the winter taking courte
OF medical lectures, and will go East In the
| spring to enter Medical College. The
bride Is a youag lady OF fine accomplish.
ments, for years popular teacher la our
| schools, while the egnoom Is said 10 be a
young gentleman OF fine character, with
| plenty of business 10 him. The DEMOCRAT
extends congratulations.
A FIRE.-on the steep bank just east OF
J. G. Dillon's furniture factory and planning
mill large amount of old rubbish had &C.
cumulated. "Wednesday evening match
in the hands OF a small boy came In con.
tact with it,causing friction and flames. The
flames leaped upwards and weslwards to.
wards the factory and were too many tn be
extlnguised by hand power. A fire alarm
was given, stream was placed on the
flames, which were soon extIngulshed, with.
out any damage, except 10 the city's de.
pleted pocket-book A silent alarm was
all that was necessary In a case like that.
IMMENSE An immense block OF granite
from Gold Hill, Southern Oregon, weigh.
Ing about four tons, was brought TO this
place a week ago on fiat car and unload.
cd just south of the line works on the o. <
C. track. II Is intended to form the base of
the monument of Senator Nesnith. A
stonemason Is at work dressing the block
Il nt.s
| Polk county, where the remains of Senator
Nesmith arc inferred Lafayette Register.
Two BoArs.-The Corvallis GaEe.fe says
The VIM. NJ. TIoag and y. s. Bentley have
been thoroughly repaired, painted, etc,
from bow TO stern. All that Is necessary
now is more water and then the livest
river traffic In the history of the william.
cite will start up, and Il Is safe TO predict
that the q, II. boats viii "get there" to use
n very slangy expression.
a DRrNKEs cRIrrLE.-"A cripple with
both legs off at the knees was seen on the
streets yesterday badly intoxicated. II IL
the height Of folly for a man with a COM
plete set OF legs to get drunk, and when the
victim Is minus all or part Of hts under
standing he Is iit subject for a guardian. !"
-FioHoey.
A SAD. SAD CAsE..-A gentleman hunt.
ing land In Dakota, says an exhange, came
across deserted shanty with half dozen
boards nailed across the door bearing the
following inscription /: Twenty miles to
a neighbor, sixty miles to postofiiee, one
| hundred milcs 70 a railroad, one hundred
and fifty miles TO timber, two hundred and
| fifty feet to.water and seventy feet from
h.. God bless our home. Gone east 20
spend the winter with wife's folks"
A ScHEME.--Our citizens promiseuonsly
arc receiving letters from San Francisco
firm, Lane * Mahoney, offering to send a
crayon portrait free on receipt of a photo.
graph. Wen wager a chrome there Is some
catch TO the businesl Like wheel OF for.
tune men II Is safe 10 say the firm Is not
making crayon portraits for their health OF
so promiscuousIy as an advertisement
Irs SIzE.-The name of the steamer
Caracas" bought by the Oregon Develop
ment company In Philadelphia, will be
changed to "Yaquina Bay" The "cara.
cas-" Is 1850 tous, ala feet long, "a feel
beam, and 70 feet depth Of hold She ha,
engines Of goo horse power, and Is expected
to attain speed OF thirteen knots. She
was built In Philadelphia in 1881.
A Coon INvENTloS.--An Ellensburq
man, Geo. Roberts, has invented steam
track laying machine which greatly facili
tates work of laying railroad tics and rails
On being tested II has proven SC, good as tS
cause the Northern Pacific railroad com
pany to secure the refusal OF the first mach
Inc. and the inventor Is now building tws
more machines TO cost SI,7oo.
AT THE BAY Too.--Joseph Watson o
this place broughtinto the News Office or
Oct. Ist some very fine specimens o
strawberries, fresh from the bushes II
says that his vines began to bear on tia
27th of May and have continued to furnish
berries ever since.-Ne7vs.
A BIC APPLE.-A 80 ounce apple !
boasted of in Salem. II now stands Lin
county in hand TO bring in something tina
will beat this immense structure. In tn
mean time Marion county Is invited 4
produce tomato vine larger than the on
mentioned elsewhere.
BoRN.--On Friday morning, Oct. stf
1888, in Albany, to the wife Of II, A. Stan
ard son. The happy father is so wel
pleased over the appearance of the ncS
conner that he declares he will name hin
after the man Of good fortune, and call hin
Clcvc for short.
|
A FINE WAY.--A remarkably fine wa
for some aspirant to city Office to stan,
solid with the citizens Of the thriving bu
high heeled city Of Albany, would be 70
him to take hammer, and passing alonl
our sidewalks, give all the protruding nail
a sharp stroke downwards. He could com
mand any position in the gift of the peo
pie.
THE ONLY ONE.--A furnace has bee
placed in the basement of s. E. Young
new store, with registers suitably arrange
over the store rooms, and that Is the wa
the building will be heated this winter, th
only store, we understand, this side c
Portland heated in this manner.
THE DIFTERENcE.--You couldn't hir
an old Oregonian to locate in any othe
country but there are plenty of old set
tiers from other countries willing to locat
here. There's the difference. We have
climate that, when once acquainted with
no one will give up for any other climate
ABOUT THE SAME.--St. John and Ar
drew Jackson received within a few of th
same number of votes for President. Th
latter was elected The former lacked owe
100000 votes Of being elected. That
the way the U. S. has changed in abot
! sixty years.
VoID.--Grant county was in debt So
! 5oI.2o. In suit between that county an
Lake county the Courts have just decide
that all the indebtedness above 5000 W.