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

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men were employed Ia mailing the boxes
together at the rate OF three boxes every
two minutes. Two horses and carts haul
ed up the fruit that twenty men gathered,
aud forty women, girls aud boys did Tie
wrapping and packing |, took this force
four days to thus prepare two ear loads Of
plums, one oI which was sei't TO Denver,
Col, and the other 10 Helena, Montana
Both arrived safely and sold like hot cakes
Tor Oregon plums andprunes lead the wo ID
wherever introduced. II Is a pointer for
Albany and sicinity that Mr.. Clark's fruit
farm Is the center of attraction far ali yisi.
tors TO that city Mr. Gross has set good ex.
ample here and has the abandonment place
In the Valley, but NC need more OF them
and extensive ones like Clark's. here Ia
a big field Tor enterprise,
woMaS BicycLisrs. .In Washington,
Philadelphia. Chicago aud Iuffaio there
are bicycle clubs composed Of women and
ons will soon be organized In New York
City They use the esafe.y" bicycle. In
ven,ed In 1880, and different from the reg.
ular bicycle only Ia The droP frame, The
seat Is we'll TO the front o. the hind wheel.
which IL but little smaller than the front
one, over which the handles are placed ai
an angle Sufficient TO allow them 10 be
reached with ease. They are much lighter,
more convenient, and fully as saicand can
be more gracefully ridden than the I'll.
cycle. which Il a. best a cumbrops. muscle.
stralning machine. This mode OF exercise
u becoming very popular among all class,
es OF people, and il considered as healthful
as horseback riding. The young ladies Of
| Albany, Of whom there are none more
healthy and daring even IN Chicago and
| Philadelphia should come TO the front and
be up with the times.
FouRrKHN MILEs BuILr. Mr. Stewart
who was interested Ina four mil contract
OF grading on the Astoria * Coast x n, IL
In the city and reports fourteen miles OF
the road TO Seaside completed. This leaves
fifteen or sixteen more mile. to be built,
and Il Is expected that |, will be done this
| year,as the money has been raised and the
contract Is To be let People there are be.
| coming jubilant over the prospect OF a nil
connection with tho valley. and as n result
real estate sales In Astoria arc beginning
To boom.
Tilted by his best girl says there Is scarcely
anything women cannot do with hairpin.
They use II TO pick their teeth, butte shoes,
clean finger nails, punch bedbugs ont OF
cracks, ias,en up stray bangs,elean out the
stem of their husbands pipe, scratch their
4 H. l. IA L.. Esk
sufficiently done. and about one million
other things the poor dciudcd men know
nothing about, and they do IL all With the
same halrpin too.
A DETECTIVE TirLs.-One Chris Dun.
bach, bought a Linn county farm some
time ago. and recently sold I, 10 a Kansas
man named Croft Dunbach claimed To
be single: but now eomes to Albany
woman claiming 10 be his wife, II true
she has dover interest in the property,
and Mr. CToft's deed would be much more
valuable II her name were signed to II, II
she proves 70 be Dunbaeh's wife.
SOAK gDuFeRaENcE.s-t'Eefn the amount
Of Independence displayed by Oregon
celes,ials il can hardly be realized that the
following prices prevail 10 ChIns; "A
farmer may be hired By the year for from
sS to So. with food, elething. head shaw
ing and tobacco, those who work By the
day receive from s TO 10 cents. with moor.
day meal. Al the planting and harvesting
OF rice wages arc from 10 10 10 cents
day without food"
ABURGLARY.-Some tine last Thursdsy
the Oregon Pacific depSt was broken open
by one or more strangers who have been
making a transient residence Of our city,
and several very unkind and unehristian
acts were done. Among others forty
nickels belonging to the company and the
only money In the ofice,were appropriated
Two trunks and valise were broken open
and the things scattered, evidently With a
view TO getting yaluables. But what was
stolen will not he known until the owners
call for the trunks. No clue to the burg
lars.
The OLD DgsIREs.-- rhe RepeiLe OF
Baker City. Is authority for the fact that at
meeting In that city, jus, before Sells cir.
Gus showed there man got up IN pro-
tracted meeting and said "Bcfore was
converted used to go to the circus and II
took me q week TO get o.erit. Now AK
your prayers for strength to enable me TO
keep away from Sells show that Is 10 be In
Baker next Saturday, though ] must con-
Tess should like 10 see the animals
Nor DEPAULrER.-Reeentiy a dispatch
appeared in the Oyegoaiaa stating that II
d Mile cashier of the Malta national bank,
OF Malta, Ohio, had disappeared, leaving
shortage In his accounts Of about 10000
and II was supposed he had gone To Eu-
gene. This proved the case; but It seems
that instead Of being a defanlter he Is In
possession OF bond showing his salisfac.
tory settlement with the bank. lie has
settled on farm near Eugene and Is looked
upon as an honest man.
CoRvAfLis.-Mr Bonner, recently from
Memphis, Tennessee, was In the city
Wednesday. lie Is looking for place TO
locate. lie says that he likes Corvallis
better than any town he has visited >.
Mis- Cameron, who has recently come here
from the east was cutting chickens head
of Tuesday morning and instead cut the
end Of her thumb smooth of. .--Lcadey.
| New REAL ESTATE OFFicE.--Hughes,
Brown & Co, of Portland, have opened a
real estate Office In the Cusick block, Just
north OF tho DeMocRAr Office, and pro
pose doing land flee business. Mr. G A
Vanderbeck will be associated with Mr.
Hughes in the management of the Albany
Office.
sPARKISc.- An Olympia young man
, sparks his best girl In Tumwater by tele-
phone. An EastGider beats that all to
smash He sits down with his girl jusl
under the telephone wires and then pours
/ out his soul in unison with the aeoliar
4 strains of the wires..-Oiymbiaa. An AL.
bany couple use the receiver for a stool
thinking chair is too wide.
' WHEN. Wien are the machine shop
/ and head Office of the o. p. to be movss
to Albany. When will you sell your whea