The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-05-10
LOCAL RECORD.

FASHION NorEs.--Fashion Items from
eastern journals are now quite interesting.
Here are SEINE samples, II takes an In
terpreter for some men readers, thought
The new cloth dresses are trimmed with
wide gold or copper braid or heavy faille
aud moire ribbons, which are applied In
many odd ways, sometimes giving the
wearer the appearance of being bound and
strapped In ribbon letters, The favorlte
bridcmaid's costume for spring weddings
lsof white mousseilne de sole over white
pale rose, green, blue or yellow silks, with
short, full skirts aud Empire bodlces.
The preferred trimming for bridal gowns
Just now II old lace which has been worn
by some other member of the brides fam
ily upon n similar occasion :. =. Pretty
morning dresses for both house or street
wear the coming summer are being made
of white flannel with blue, red or brown
silk stripes They nave The gathered
French waists which show no darts or side
forms, slightly draped skirts, and the trim
mings are facings OF heavily twilled sarah |
LEAVES HIS TRACK The fresh young |
man who worked Salem and Astoria for
about $500 each In his Mercantile Reviesp |
few weeks ago, was kicked cut Of Pen. |
dleton In an attempt TO repeat the same |
performancc.--E. o. This same young |
man worked The Dal,es for sleek coupe |
of hundred and contracted with the Tunes. |
AoanfdiNecr for his Pendleton work. AS |
the work never came, Leither any word
from said young man, the above perhaps
explains --AoaRiaineer. lie also worked |
Eugene for nice little sum and disappear. |
ed rs quickly as possible after collecting |
his money. y.--Regisfer. The same drunken |
fellow, named Prescott, tried both Albany |
and Corvallis In December. and failed to |
get q nibble. There are plenty Of other |
fishermen around the state though.
Losr TIMe.-The following from the
Psosccy Is good illustration of life at the |
mouth OF the Columbia: mickey Fat
who went to sleep In Astoria ons evening |
a few years ago and awoke up the next
morning on a British ship several miles of |
the Columbia bar, Is In the city on his re-
turn from trip around the world. Time |
has not dealt kindly with Mickey. To be |
sure he retains the same regalla he wore |
when he left US, but there 10 a sorrowful |
air about him rs though he regretted the |
time he lost at sea, which he might have |
put In at drinking whiskey,"
SELLING THEIR LASDs.-"rhe read |
company are selling their lands along their
line-those that have been recently sur |
veyed and listed. More work of re.survey. |
ing and valuing is TO be done this season,
aud then the company will be prepared to
sell or lease any OF their lands. Part OF
their lands near the base OF the Cascades, |
and few sections In this vicinity have not
yet been put upon the market, but Il IL un-
derstood that this will be done as soon ne
the company can get around TO it.-Prine-
willie Ndrs.
WILD Music. For few moments Fri
day Albany was a wild mountain scenery. |
Two Italians with ar Italian bag pipe and |
an Italian flute made fearful din yet the |
some music. Their rendition of "Climb- |
Ing up the Golden Stairs" particularly was |
touching,a and II kept up long enough would |
no doubt &c appropriate. They were not |
very good collectors. Like country editors
they would take most anything. even corn
juice.
THE Cows SKioKtNC.-The question now
seems TO be, not whether We shall have an
ordinance agains. the cows, but whether
the cows shall have an ordinance against
us. For they have Common Council, too
and ono Of their ordinances Is that M per-
son shall be allowed to walk on the side
walks. A female marshal Of a COW the
other day kicked lady off the sidewalk.
Who would dare TO kick COW off the side
walk And they are talking Of starting
ereaiaery.-Lsadsr.
A BIG FELLow.-w II II Grant, an In
surance man, assaulted w . Pape, Friday
evening In East Portland and knocked him
down. The trouble grew out of COM
plaint that was filed by Grant In the Fort
land insurance compact, charging Pape
with violating certain rules OF the compact
Pape had Grant arrested and taken before
the recorder. charging him with soliciting |
insurance without taking out a license. |
Grant plead guilty and was fined Sro. |
Grant is well known In Albany.
| EvASGELIcAL CONFERENCE.-The con. |
ference of the Evangelical church con-
vened In Corvallis Thursday with Bishop
Esher, OF Chicago. in the chair. Rcy
Hershner was elected secretary and Revs
Bittner and Beilinger, assistants. r I'll
Vincent and Geo MCEiroy were licensed
10 preach. Spokane falls was selected as
the next place for the meeting Of the con-
ference,
BUMPS. "A young man has been lectur-
ing in Benton county, across the river, at
the school house,on phrenelogy. In exam.
lining some OF the heads he refused to tell
everything, saying 1t wouldn't do to make
some of the bumps public. Some day, we
predict he will become u great man like
Prof Morris.
BooM At OREGON CITY.-"Onc of our
prominent citizens, while engaged in an
evening game of cards at one of the sa-
looms, thought he was being cheated. In
sudden rage he shouted, 'Gfme liberty
or gime soupr and fred bullet from his
revolver. Luckily the chap he aimed at
ducked his uoddle and the slug went crash
ing through the door castings. No osrrests.
We are in the midst Of wild and wooly
IUOOnf, 10 sun. 1---COHTfeF.
THE DIFFERENcE.--An interesting fact
as showing the difference in value between
standard bred horses and those not en-
titled by breeding to that name, Is gathered
from the report of one of the large sales
recently held in Lexington. There were
two hundred and sixty-three standard bred
horses sold for $266,63o, an average oi
SIoIo; fifty non-standard bred horses
brought SoS3o, an average of only $roo 60
Linn county men will do well to consider
these facts.
A CELEBaATED MAN.-Lord Lonsdais
passed through Albany Tuesday morning
and weintended 10 be OF hand TO meet th'
celebrated gentleman, but failed to do so
They call him the amateur north pol.
hunter. He recently did Alaska high VI
and Is now on his way East.
STRUCK a SNAG.--The steamer "Occi-
dent" struck snag near the San tiam Tu
ceday, and will be laid up at Portland TO
| he kad ~, te<o~1 80 tr.n ..