The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-12-06

Not alone Christmas cards, In many an'
varied styles, In beautifully blended color
and ingenius designs but as we'll thei
albums, persnmety cases, toilet sets dres
sing cases, etc.show the same rehncdskil
In construction aud establishment. All
examination Of roshay & Masons hollda,
stock Is an art exhlhillen Of itself hut
Is not display of the ornamental alone hj
any means. . MANY useful articles are
rome the less valuable because attractive
to the eve but the more should be sought
A love of the beautiful even IN articles o
utility shows higher civilization aud nc
where are the people OF tho world more
generous OF their appreciation OF nice
things than In Albany and Linn county
Already the sale OF holiday goods at Fo
shay 4 Mason's Is very large and the tide
Ia increasing that way. The people know
good thing.
coRvALIis. johnson Porter, city re-
eorder, Saturday purchased ons-thlrd In
terest In the electric light plant OF l. l.
Hurd. General improvements will be
made by adding new dynamo and more
powerful engine and boiler.
Saturday II Bryson bought OF J Web
her his tn store aud brick building thirty
two feet on Main street, paying ten thous-
aud five hundred dollars. II Is considered
a high price, as the contents of the store
ars not worth much
Wa Wells Saturday purchased fifty
acres OF Oliver Witham, two miles west
from herr, paying six thousand dollars.
A PKcULIAR DEArrL--A man by the
nameof Sullivan died 'nearChieken Springs
wasco county, last Tuesday, very sud-
denly. Hehad been engaged In killing
hogs during The morning. ate hearty din
ner al moon, and returned to his work In
the afternoon. Several had already been
killed and dressed, and large one was yet
alive. Mr. Sullivan took the axe aud told
those with him he would knock Il down.
lie administered the blow and the hog fell,
and fell down himself aud died In ten or
fifteen minutes afterwards. lie was al
most In destitute circumstances, and
leaves large family.
IGNoRANcg or NEWSPAPER MAN.
'The Portland board Of trade Is furnishing
destitute farmers In Eastern Oregon seed
wheat, free OF cost" Brownsville Times.
We are simply astOnished at the ignorane
of Eastern Oregon, displayed by some Of
he Valley papers. We do not believe
hey do II through spirit of jealousy, but
-alher through lack Of knowledge OF Eas-
ern Oregon Is the reason OF It being so
grossly misrepresented, and we trust that
uch absurd notices as above will not be
circulated to the detrimeat Of Oregon's
most fertile aud productive portion. -
A,hena Press.
A o Uw.-At their meeting last eve
ling the following officers were elected;
a J Anslyn, NJ W.
a II Martin, Foreman.
john Kanix, Overseer.
7 Sites, Recorder and Trustee
Z A Parker, Finanoier.
a II Phelps. Guide.
w NJ Meyer, W.
] A Hyman, o w.
Drs Hill and Mastsa, Examining Ply /
iaian.
Crook Co.-The webfoot exchanges
re circulating a report that Eastern Orc
on sheep raisers are dlsposlng Of their
Iocks in large nuW bers. wender where
hey get their infoomation' In this eoun-
y very few stock sheep have been sold
hat were driven out Of the country.
A few weeks ago, Mrs Philips gave birth
o girl baby with five fingers on each
and. An extra finger was attached 10
aeh Of the little or last fingers and were
erfect IN form. Last week DR. Beiknap 4
emoyed the extra fingers and the little girl 1
getting along NIGEL y.-Review
The What's the news to-day. {
Election. That's about all. But II is
aite live one, and the air is full OF all
inds Of III nors, such As o r trains com
ng from the front with voters etcetcra,
nough to keep the pot boiling. The
DEMOCRAT goes 10 press at time when
/ is impossible TO foretell the result, and !
n account OF the increase In population
generally in the city even knowing ores
ave 10 admit that they are specializing. I
there are many little side issues playing 1
arts in the affair.
Nor CANDIpATE.-The OsgOnian i
avs. aDenocrais Of l.inA soufity, ap-
reciating the efforts Of Hon r A Irvine
n the interests of the people of the state
Thils representing them in the senate, are
ow talking Of him for the grbernatoral |
nomination next spring" We are author
red to say that Mr. Irvine, while duly ap- |
'rseIating the good VIII OF those who have
Ised his name in connection with gnber- |
iatorial honors,is not n candidate for that |
" any other Office.
DoING WELL.--"OE returning from lis
rip to Astoria Capt E J Laaning brought
back with him the finest specimens Of coal
gct seen here. taken fron the Nehalem
on The inc OF the Albany & AS
.oria railroad, near the YamhiIl line
Albany DEMocRAT. And there are see
ions and townships riah with that sort OF
material down this way Bro DEMOCRAT.
Your people are doing well by themselves
by hitehirg on to 1t it.-'rranscdpt.
KILLING CAYoTEs. John Carey killed
4 cayoie on Tuesday, Will Abbott killed
two cayotes on Saturday, and John Turner
killed one on the same day. At S. per
scalp, bounty, thsse.four bring In Sac. The
ayoies are reported pretty thick about
PoweiIs Butte, some one and half miles
sosth form this city and they are getting
away with the sheep pretty fast.-Scio
Press.
HAKRIsBUReELEcTIoN.--Atthe the city elcc.
ton at Harrisburg Mouday the following
officers were elected:
Mayor, Perry Hyde.
Recorder. G w Isham.
Treasurer, w w Briggs.
Marshal, 9 L Morris.
Councilman; A Looncy, T Roack, II
Sheriff.. c Sabin, r Porter and z Up
mire.
Coon FOR BROWNSVILLE. Let Lebanon
have her paper mill and Albany her ma
chine shops. II cur mires above here are
developed, which seems very rrsbable, W.
will be no longer little hamlet IL the foo
hills, but great city of wealth and inhu
snceM Harnett says Brownsville ha
good prospects to be a city Of 5000 inhabi