The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-08-23
LOCAL RECORD.

Two Coon ScnooLs.--Tt Is with pleas
ure that the DEMOCRAT calls attention 10
the advertisement fthe widely and favor.
ably known Portland Business College, and
Its associate school, the Capital Business
College OF Salem. Both these schools arc
perfectly equipped for the work In hand
and offer superior facilities to those who
desire to take either business course or a
shorthand course. Hundreds Of their form
er students now occupy responsible posi-.
tions In various sections Of the Northwest
both as book-keepers and stenographers.
Mr. A p Armstrong, the manager of these
institutions, Is an experienced and success
educator, and is doing grand work in fit
ting the youth of our land for business
careers.
AT rHE DRPor.--
At the Depot Monday a DEMOCRAT
man saw couple handsome Egyptian
pheasants being shipped by ] + Dunaway
to Tacoma. A rarity, but hardly equal to
our Celestial birds.
Also FIVE rolls of leather on It's way from
the Eugene Tanning Co, TO Sem Faneisco,
Also large lot OF tin on It's way, In
charge of Mr. George Saitmarsh to the
farm of John x Smith, this side OF Leb.
anon, on the railroad, where II will be
placed on Mr. Smiths new and handsome
mansard rooted residence,
BUSINESS Coon. Albany merchants are
buying larger stocks of goods for the fall
and winter trade than ever before A live
business winter is anticipated. This will
be In keeping with trade up to the pres
ent time. The general verdict Is that Il Is
better than eyer before In the history Of
Albany. Merchants generally report in
crcasing sales, and all seem prosperous.
There has not been failure here for years
ami there Is no selling out at cost, except
to clear out old stock.
LEFT \ FoRTuNE.-Mrs l G Dickey
wife of fex-SheriH Diekcy, has fallen heir,
to about $4,000 by the death of her faith.
er In New York State. who left an estate |
valued at about 100000, which will be
divided among three children, Mrs Dickey
being one of the number. The DEMocRAr
was informed Of Mrs Dickey's fortune sew
eral weeks ago, but was requested not TO
mention the matter at the time. Mr. and
Mrs Diekey will 60 Eas, to attend to the
settlement Of the estate.
PoLIcE CouRr.-Sdturday Jos Demp-
sey was arrested for being disorderly at
Mrs Bush's house and was fined SIS and
costs, paid In the Caliboose.
Sunday fight on First Street, between
Lyon and Baker, In which John Dalton
and Jos Boles,two harvest hands, were par.
tlcipan:s, resulted Ia each being fined SIS
and cots.
There were six arrests las, week, most
being for vagrancy
1T Was A CRIME.-GOvernor Lowcry,
of Mississippi, has preached a sermon
against prize fighting gilmore weight than
all others combined He has given the
death blow to this brutal business in the
United States. Bull fights were excluded
long ago,and now prize fighting must fol-
low. Saturday John L Sullivan, champion
of the xorld, on whose animal brow the
hstic crown rested, was sentenced TO one ,
year in the Penitentiary at hard labor.
liz Was sINNocENT.-Recently a tramp :
printer in Albany was accused Of stealing
a couple of watches, and warrant was Is
sued Tor his arrest but being good tie
counter, he escaped ahead of the officers I
and hid in Salem print shop. II Is now {
learned that he was entirely innocent, TO =
the credit of the profession. His greatest :
fault was the. same old story, "he would !
get drunk" 4
BUSINESS CHASGE.--Mr Harry Stan
ard has sold his interest in the grocery
store of Brownell & Stanard to his part c
ner, who will hereafter run the business r
alone. Mr. Stanard eon,emplates returning .
to Brownsville to reside, perhaps TO rum :
farm which he owns near that place. Mr. ,
Arch blackburn, a popular clerk, will as
sist Mr. Brownell at his popular corW.
The HARNEY CoySTRY.-A paper says
people are leaving the Harvey country for
anywhere, Just so they get away. The ,
dry season was a death blow to crops, {
and the farmers being poor could not
stand II for three seasons in succession.
Some of them went even from the never
falling Willamette Valley.
TIMES CHANGE Eighteen years ago
we were offered the lots on which the |
Windsor hotel block now stands in Den
yer for S7s each. The lots could not be
bought to-day for $4,000. - 1aqEiRa Re
bHbhciaB. Don't cry about IL. We all apTre-
ciate the fact that you didn't have the S25.
THE ToURSAMENr.-Rese9e No held
a meeting last Tuesday and desided 10
send hose team to Tacoma to participate
IN the freman's tournament.-dsfOyian.
Il may be depended on that Il will be a
good team. Albany should get In and do
something now, for the time for training is
remarkably short.
HUMoRoUs-The following item from
the Independence paper IS so laughSble,
that we give It to our readers at the regu-
lar price ar p Boise asks the modest
sum OF $1,000 damages for a county road
through his farm near Dallas, which Is
assessed at So an acre."
SEwERs.-Lincoln. Neb., in advertising
itself, makes very conspicuous the fact that
Il has thirty miles of sewer. This con-
tains some food for Albany to digest A
city was meyer known TO have too many
sewers.and can have nothing that will ad- /
vertise Il more.
A YoUNo BIGAMIsr.-Polouse VT
has youthful bigamist. RE is not yet
old enough TO vote by several years and Is
the husband Of two wives. The last one
was only I3 years old, but nevertheless she
skipped with him and the authorities are
hunting them.
FoReER ARRESTED. A McMinnville
despatch TO the OyegOHfaS says +; "rhe
forger, RIpple,i is in jail here. lie Is want.
ed at Albany fer like odense." This is
evidently the man who forged A II Mar
shalps name 10 a check and sold II to Otto
Salinger several weeks ago.
SYLooIsTIc REAsoNISG.-An Albany
man reasons sylogistically as follows:
Albany Is full of boys doing nothing, 1t is
also full of Canada thistles. Put the
two togather and the city will be rid OF
two great nuisances, idle boys and useless
thistles.