The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-02-22

Street cars.
Good weather.
Win you build.
Lively times ahead.
Real estate market lively.
Wasbington's birth day Friday.
Sam May, Of Harrisburg. is in the city.
There Is famine in the interior Of knssia.
Keep yOur eyes open for s~indIers anddead
beats.
sle0. .00O, 900 Is 10 be spent improving the
Eeglish navy.
Speaking Of natural gas we'd like to know
where there's more Of Il than at Salem.
G Nv Smith 10 spending this week in Port
land on business and with relatives and
friends.
A fearful earthquake at Costa Rica ruined
hundreds Of houses, Thousands Of people be
ing left homeless.
Fifteen acres in the suburbs OF Vancouver
yesterday sold for $4,000 Not so good .
place N Albany either.
At parlor meeting in Corvallis recently
this question was debated: ''Ars drugs
necessary IN the cure of disease.'
The Albany police are now uniformed and
1
they are as useful ~ ornamental.
To-day is the twenty y-tifth anniversary Of
the Order Of knights of Pythias. The Salem
and other lodges will have silver snniver-
sAry.
Jos Webber, Sr, and wife, the latter Of
whom has been Visiting IN the city several
weeks, left for Corvallis today on their way
TO Portland.
Mr Thomas, of Minneapolis, is in the city.
He says Albany has the best prospects oI
any place in the valley, and he intends in
vesting here.
People talk great deal about TIE wealth
OF the Vanderbnilts and Goulds. We'd like
to know, just for a change, the exact wealth
Of the Smiths.
One Of the bills introduced in tins legisla-
ture provided that abusive language shoult
be punished the same ~ assault. OF ccurs,
it failed to pass.
Rev McDsrmoth, representing the Port,
land hospital, has been in the city with
view to establishing branch hospital here
an institution greatly needed
"What are all these people to do in town.
is question Los Angeles paper once asked
They ate boom as long as they could stand /
and then rode of on brakebeam.
A drummer who came .5own from Eet ano
. this morning said five men were arrests
there yesterday for attempting to break int
the bank. There proved to be nothing in
. at all.
Rev Acheson, of Oakvil.e, recently re
ceiyed letter from young lady 10 the cas-
. asking II there was any chance for her ge
t ting aposition in one of the dry goods stor,
there.
Every city in Oregon that has new bloc
: or public building erected begins to talk of
boom. This word boom is nuisance. I'll
less boom we have tho better They hs
booms at Los Angeles and San Diego.
Spokane Falls has II dry goods and 9
: grocery stores, Is hotels, "A saloons, Al re,
J, estate films, ii meat markets, Is cigar store
!, etc., etc., the city licenses from which we
So, 900 per annum.
II Portland's great daily knows on viii.
side its bread is buttered by big majorit
It is the most advertised concern in Il
" northwest. As sample, the last week
/, Astorian uses the name Oregoaidn forty ol
y times.
Coleman's hotel, the variety theater, \
Hendsrson's residence and several bar
N were burned as Eugene City yesterday NOR
ing. There was an insurance of $500 on
al Of the property, while the loss was sever
times that. 1t started in the rear of d
o theater, new institution, with bad repl
p tatioa, and was probably incendiary.
N Mrs Jones, mother of Harry Jones,
&c this city, is i'll at her home in Drain Stati'
S. with the smallpox. She had been TAXI
,v care of young woman supposed to have &
fever, but which proved 20 be this dread d
Ct ease Mr. jones' who had been in Portla
a went home last night accompanied by
ch nurse.
nd WEDNESDAY.
er New goods at w + Reads.
:. Ben. French, the Portll look sgent,
le In the city.
Prof, William Gore. Of Medford, las b
in the city.