The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-11-15

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fully one thousand men being at work
Antonelle & Doe, Orman, Crook 4 Co and
! O'Conncr 81 Barr all doing lively work on
theiI contracts. With a Crook II the
crowd Crook county people should stop
road will get there at an early date In
good shape.
A CIRCULATING LtpwakT.--Mr J v
Taltis establishing a circulating library
In this city. For a subscription of $t.se
each member will have the use OF all the
books OF the library, the number Of which
will be regulated by the number Of sub-
scribers The plan Is good one and de-
serves the encouragement OF our citizens
The books consist Of good literaturc,a cat
alogue of which will be shown by Mr.
Talt
a BIG COMMISSION, IA day or two ago
a boy came over from the Mctolus horse.
back, aud, wishing TO dispose Of his horse,
made arrangements with Bert Powell a
young man residing near Lebanon, to sell
Il for him, Powell sold 1t, according to
the boys version OF the matter, for $40
but claimed tha; he only received $at
charging commission OF $i.so for the
transaction Nc gave the Cascades boy iity
cents. L Is possiblssyoung Powell has a
d. herent story.
STRpcx 4 BLIND WeMAN.--Lasi Friday
at Brownsville, Lyman Butts,a man about
sixty years Of age, and Mrs CLARK, an old
lady nearly blind, who has been assisted
by the county some,gotirtoa quarrel oyer
fence, when Butts attacked her, striking
her heavy blow. a couple men hap
pened TO see the act. Mrs Clark rushed to
Squire Hume's office, with blood on er
face and swore out q warrant against
futts, who was arrested and heavily fined
The DEMocRAr Is inforMcd that great In
digpation was expressed over the conduct
of Butts In striking decreP;t woman,
weSk mentally and physically.
MAPPINe ITs RoUFR-The news has
gone abroad that Baker City wants the
Oregon Pacific railroad, or n branch there
Of, and the free advertising that our city
Is getting from the press of Oregon,
Washington aud Idaho, is In our favor
even u VIC shouldn't get the road which
we are quite certain to do. The Grant
County News thinks 'it Il not possible tha,
the o p will abandon the proposed route
to Boise city through southern Crook
Harney and Malheur counties to make
the detourto Baker City, but branch con.
I r. a.
later be built by one of the linss."-Baker
city RevaiiIe.
AFTER MANY DAYs.--Whilc walking
In tho uilds of neighboring county 4
few days ago an Albany man met man
on horse back coming sown trail. The
rider eyed the Albany man and asked him
II his name wasn't. II was. Well he
owed him nine or ten dollars for goods
bought twelve years ago, and taking out
his pocket book linquida,ed for the same
The insident teaches that many men will
pay their debts when flush who get the
reputation OF being slow otherwise.
CHURcH SERVICES. The pastor Of the
Christian Church, corner s;h and Jackson
streets, will preach n series Of sermons on
the TYPES and Anti,yPes of the Bible, .
illustrated by large Bible chart, begin
ming Sunday evening, Nov 18TH. All arc
invited 10 attend and hear what is said on
these subjects. Sunday, the I7th, at II
o'clock will be devoted 10 the children ex.
elusively. Subject, Crooked Sticks"
a BUSINESS HEAD. When Chieagc
clergyman hung out his sign to the public
some OF his brothers were horriEsd al tn,
innovation, but when they discovered tha
the sign brought him about three coupler
per day TO be married, they stroked thei
chiLs in reflective way and declared tha
ne had great head for business. This re
minds US that good place 10 get a splendil
| quality Of groceries and some fine crock
cry ware Ia at Conn Bros.
a FARM SOLD. MIR II ID Murray, fo
several years in the dray basiness in Al
bany, who afterwards bsught farm ST,
miles north west OF Albany In Bento
County, has just sold The farm, consisiin
of 77o acres TO an eastern man for S6oo'
/ quite an increase on the price paid.
AcoUTTED.-JasG Gordan Cooper, char
ed with the murder of Thomas Davis, nea
Walla Walla, about year ago, was give
his second trial at Walla walla last weel
and on Saturday was acquitted. The vel
dict, II Is said gives general satisfaction
The defendant Is a former resident OF Lin
county.
WHERE WILL 1T BE.--Considerable iT
terest is manifested over the location Of h
Albany & Astoria r r bridge at this cit.
and It is suggested that It would be GOO
idea to locate II this winter when It Is &c
wet for active operations on the Tailroa
building itself
THE ALBANY MISEs.-A man has bee
in from the Albany mines after SUPPLE
and reports Frightening prospects Their
5000 more shares of stock were sold in
few hours and the work Of mining wi
proceed during the winter. A big futu
for these mines Is anticipated.
A BIG TREE = Monday afternoon I'll
Yaquina train on reaching the Sunni
found big tree across the track and Il
rails badly spread. They were delay
three or four hours, and as well the freig
train.
b. JERsEY.-We are assured that
butchershop will be opened in Scio by
professional butcher in few days. wi
|. a good meat market, bakcrshop aud resta
, rant, we'll be getting there, as to style a
! convenience, b. 'jersey-and they'll Z
here sooner or later~-Scio Press
4 WILL HAVE FENcEs.-The Southe
d Pacific Is making arrangements to fer
# It's railroad tracks in Oregon. Wire W
!. be used. This improvement is one 10
4 needed as aresut Of inauy aecinents a
the killibgof hundreds of head of sto
n A BUSINESS CeRSER soLD.-wednesd
c noon hr z B Putdom sold to John Fox
residehse property at the cornsr of Bal
| and Second Streets for $1,000. This I,
n prospective business corner and has
frontage Of 90 feet.
= 90 TO Hibier & Paisley for your Job pri
: ing. They do any and al tindaof work
e the Publishing and job printing line. Ga
j. work and icw prices.
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