The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-07-26
LOCAL RECORD.

the singers were practlclng quartet TO be
rendered Mt the entertainment TO be given
by The woman's iiome Missionary Society,
the music pupils nt Miss Frances Gilber
marched into the church, and Lot,io kct
chum, on the part Of the pupils, presented
their teacher With nice Bagster Bible,
with the following address "MlSs Gil.
bert, Il affords me pleasure cn behalf of
your pupils and friends and In their name
to present YOU this token of their esteem,
and may We, your pupils and friends, con
tinue to cultivate the divine art OF har-
mony, whose first chord was the chorus Of
the mornlng stars as they took their places
IN the anthem Of time from the hand OF
Him whose name Is love. I'LL we shall joln
tho choir whose harps are gold, garment
white aud hearts made pure BY Ills Word,
which contains Hight 10 direct, food to sup.
port and comfort 10 cheer ne and may Il
ever prove Ia you and Ms as II has ever
been found to be the travellers map. the
pilgrims staff, the soldiers sword aud The
Christians chart" The names Of those
contributing are Mamie Campbell, Em.
ma Cougill. Maud Crosby. Lena Cox Maud
Hurlber,, Minnie VanHorn, Eva Rosco,
Mary Cunjif, Mrs Writsnan. Lottie ket-
chuw Daisy and Maggie Gesssndoricr,
Elmer BENJAMIN. q Conn., A,a Baltimore,
ETa simpson, Linda Miller,Ora Dnbruillr.
CrRIoUs Apvwg.--A young Eastern bak.
CT wrote 10 tho Eugene Journal Tor advice
about locating there, aud here Ia some Of il.
a poor kind TO huild M a country: "Eu-
gene contains about 5000 inhabitants, moro
less. probably less. There are too many bah.
cry and confectionery establishments now .o
thrive vel, hut perhaps by putting prices =
litilo below cost OF raw materials aud work |
ing for nothing and boarding yoatself sou
could gct share Of the business. That is the |
way those who 40 into business here that is
already oveFdone undertake TO get . start |
and grow up witi the country. whiie trying |
TO break down OF drive out those who started |
in business before they did. The Chinsman |
10 lively aud prosperous washee, |
alice timee." There 10 ample room for ten |
times the present population, and many lines
OF business IA which good livisss can be |
male. People would do we'll 10 come aud 500
before selling out whore they are.
CARRIER PIuEoSs.-"Mr Davidsohn
Va wv @NhbiAHAa Nffe"hef 1Hi&ttAt outl
German daily in the state, brought some
carrier pigeons with him. one of which he |
let loose at Denver, one at Ogden and one
win be turned loose at Olympia. lie has
heard from the one set loose at Denver |
II made the trip to Omaha In seven hours
20 miles an nhour."--.SlGtesmaa. This hard |
~ equals the following from Daggett, Cal, |
reported in the dispatches: "Conductor |
Parker. while at Ash iiiii, 800 miles out |
on the desert, saw a pigeon flying around |
a. though hunting for water. He tried |
several times to catch Il, but when close |
the bird would Il, away. Having small |
rifle along, he crippled one @ing, when he |
discovered that il was carrier pigeon, /
bearing love letter In n goose quill tied TO |
'hc right wing, dated New York and d.
reeied to q young lady In San Francisco.
\ IirsINEss GIRL There !. a Young
girl in walla Walia who l. destined TO
make her marx Some one gave her ten
cents one day. Sh= bought yard Of cal
leo. made Il into sunbonnet aud sold the
bonnet for 40 cents. She Invested the 40
cents IN more calico, made more b@nnrsx,
sold them. apd pretty soon had Sfo, With
this $40 she bought potatoes, planted them
| and came out with clear profit Of $50
Most girls would have bought chewing
gum and chewed and chewed and then
called for more, and a maiority of the boys
invest their money In cigarettes and
wouldn't save SO In a hundr d years
coMISo TOWARDS ALBAsY .-Messrs r
Habersham and Cooper. two expert
railroad engineers, with force of twenty.
| five men arc now at work locating the line
of road, says the Astoria Pioneer. by which
the Astoria & South Coast will reach the
willamette valley. One of the parties un.
der the supervision of Mr Habcrsham will
take a route leading along the coast, while
the oihe party with Mr Cooper at the head
will go through the mountain region. The
party came fully equipped for their work
and are provided with two good sized tents
and complete cooking outfit.
NEW BrfLDINGs.-Mr Thos Froman Is
building a new residence on his lots on
Baker Street. Mr. II + Merrill has the
plans prepared, j c Sehell, architect. for
handsome residence, with all modern i'm
proyements, on his lots on Ferry Street.
A large number Of new residences are be-
ing occupied and many are being planned.
The list for the year will be n good one,
showing steady growth.
A cLosE CALL.-Seyeral days ago we
gave an account of Mr. Roy Raber, OF Cor.
yallis, being in the city after trip to Mon.
tana and other places. He was also In the
east with Mr. Clark, an . p civil engineer.
The gentlemen while there had dispute
| about which route they should take TO
Washington and finally took Mr. Raher's
route. Had they gone by the road pro-
posed by Mr. Clark they would have been
on the III fatcd Johnstown train.
ANorHER STORY. The Linn County |
Bank have let the contract 20 Mr. ] S Nor
gan for putting another story on their
bank building, which will add greatly to |
the value OF the property. The hank of |
fees will be greatly improved and beauh-
fed, so thatit will present decidedly me.
iroI olitan appearance.
MoRE -WednesdayMr w F..Read
received from the Albany Milling ard
Mining Cos mines on the Santiam a quan.
tity of as fine ore as has yet been seen
here. II was taken out about City feet
under the ground, and shows that tile pros
poets improve as the tunnel lengthens,fifty
feet being about the distance now mined.
A CossPIRAcY.-HonJ ] 7 Apperson
has presented the State Agricultural col.
lcge with two Jersey cows. There seems
to be general conspiracy among some res.
idents of the state 10 make the college ag
ricuItural in fact as we'll as In name. This
will be further verified when the boys are
placed behind some plows, rakes, etc. For
tunately for them harvest comes during
holiday.
CAN'T Toucm THEM.--There are plenty
ofmcn around wanting work until you
want to hire them, when they become Ice
savers in the summer and patent fan manip
ulators in the winter. Several Albany
men say this has been their actual expert
ence. Few men remain idle long II they
have fhe desire aud pueh