The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-07-05


says OF the reported purchase Of the n {
system by the s r; "'rhe purchase Is sig
aifcant. II means that stanford and Hon,
ington have accomplished what Honr,
Willard made failure Of Willard saw
the great value OF the country south o
Portland from railway standpoint. II Il
a great agricultural region, and It's tvafi'
possibilities caused him to put great dea
Of money lnlo The Oregon and California
road and several branch lines. lie built thi'
road down the middle OF the valley, PASS
ing through some very flourlshlng towns
but soon after he had extended Il TO Ash
land the revcrscs OF tue Northern Pacih.
put an end 10 all his ambitious schemes
Ills expulsion from the presidency Of thai
road also lost to that company last OBJ
po; tunily OF building n local system In the
valley. The situation OF the company Ia
the Willamette country Ia even stronger
than that which 7, occupies In The Saera
mento valley, the San Joaquin, or In the re
gion OF country between this city and Oak
land and south through the Santa Clara
valley. Ia the whole stretch OF country II
has no competitor except the Oregon Pa
eihc, which runs from Newport, on la'
quina hay, eastward across i,s lines through
Corvallis, Albany and Salem"
| a DRsNM.--rhe following comes across
the ocean from Scotland but Il has such
good local application that we give II
"A laborer lately toll his wlie,on awaken
Ing, curious dream which he had during
the night. He dreamed tha, he saw com.
Ing toward him In order four rats. The
first one was very fat. and was followed by
two lean rats. the rear at being blind The
dreamer was greatly perPlexed a. to what
evil might follow, a. Il has been long un.
derslood that TO dream of rats dctoleS com.
Ing calamity. lie appealed to his wife
Ieoneerning lhis, but she. poor woman. could
not help him. His son, sharp Lad. who
heard his father tell the story, volunteered
TO be the interpreter. "rhe Tat rat" he
said, lis the man who Keeps the puLlie
house. that ye gang TIL sac niten. and the
twa lean anes are me and my mlIhcr, and
the blind ane Is yerssl, fath:r""
TnE AGRICULTURAL coLLEoR.--1h he
commencement a, the Agricultural college
at Corvallis has been successful one
The next year will bc begun In the new
building and the college viii be run as an
agricultural college In fact. with all n cd.
ern improvements. Several new bInid-
ings are heing planned. and four new pro.
fessors have been hired In addition TO the
old faculty, all OF whom arc retained. One
Is Yale graduate, another from Harvard,
another irom John Hopkins, and the other,
Miss Smell, recently Of California, will be
professor Of domestic economy, an entire
" new department In the Northwest.
NEARLY As Good.-The AIlO,IaH says
many good things. Here Is ono; ~ cir
Gus Is now travelling through the North
west !, has big elephant, and Salem
firm has contracted for a big advertise
ment on beth sides OF the big elephant,
| wherever It shows, so that people who 70
/ 70 see inc elephant will see the advertise.
ment too. This IA almost as good az put
ting the advertisement In newspaper,
but not quite"
A DRUNKEN CouPLE Last Thursday
a very drunken couple gave a very drunk.
en- show on First street. They were In very
drunken rig. with drunken feloes, and
drunken tire on one OF the whsels, which
Topped and topped and finally Topped
over the head OF street Arab that was
following IN the rigs wake. II was quite
disgusting spectacle. They disappeared
In the west, and probably went To pieces.
A FISE REGULATOR "A Seth Thomas
regulator has just been put In position In
the jewelry store of F NJ French which is
said to be the..fnest between Portland and
Sacramento, Cal. II Is OF elegant arehI
lecture and Il perfect In its regulation. II
has a I { pound mercury ball, and Il run by
a 3H pound weight. Mr French proposes
TO keep absolutely correct railroad lime,
received from the Lick observatory.
Two PfyE HoRsKs. .--Deico, one OF the
oneeo colts, recently trotted mile In s13
a, Seattle, and $1,000 was afterwards Of.
ferred for half interest In him. Me-
knight Bros sold him for $500 two years
ago. a full brother, "J J. c." owned by
Mayor Cowan, Is being trained by Mr.
Shannon. at this city, for the state fair, and
easily shows ago gait. He promises to
be one of Tie fast horses OF Oregon and
will be heard from In the fall races. Both
horses are now four years old.
CRAZY AFTER CIRcUsEs.-Wc thought
Albany people crazy about eircuses; but
The Dailes people completely annihilate
us. One farmer near there once tsek his
cook stove, the only one In the house, and
sold II In order TO take his family. Anoth.
er family that had TO apply TO the county
for coffin fer dead child, few days
afterwards all went, and young man
near there committed suicide because his
father wouldn't let him go.
| A COFFEE PLANT. Mrs. A. d. Morris
has sent TO the DEMOCRAT Office by the
Misses Morris, several twigs from a genu
Inc coffee plant, which she has been raising
at her nome on the Albany prairie. Ths
plant Is quite curiosity here, and the fact
that 1t grows well speaks for the remark
able versatility of our soil, as well as ihs
mildness of our climate. We hope TO bs
able 10 drink some Linn coffee some day
The REvETMENT FINISHED. The gov
eminent work on the reyetment aboy,
Corvallis Is finished and the men discharg
ed who have been at work on II. II Is be
lievcd that the tendency OF the river TO Gu
its way through that way will be efectu
ally checked by the work says local pa per
BIG GoosEBgRRIEs,--We have beef
boasting about our big strawberries TO
some time, now we will give our neighbo
down the river chance 10 compete o
another berry. Mr. w r Graham ha
handed US some gooseberries measuring
three inches In circumference, regula
giants, lie has also shown us some Golt
en- Queen raspberries that are jewels c
berries.
An OLD GAME.--The DEMOCRAT has
grand chance to get type writer. I'll
firm wants SO in cash and So in advcrti
ling. This is another one OF the ol
games to get some advertising for nothing
We also have grand opportunity to get
$I.5o book of 500 pages entitled "Tf
Johnstown Horror" for SIS or Sc worth /,
advertising. What we want Is -four, cal
bages and wood. We must live!
! KICKED TO DEATH.-Yesterday afte
4 noon about two o'clock, while Asbur
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