The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-09-13
Sites & NUTTINa.
Eliters aad praprleturs.

ing home from the Press Association: "a
the train for Yaqulna was not due I'LL ?
m-there was ample llnle to look about an'
view the numerous improvements concern
Ing which the Albany papers have 81
much 10 say, The new woolen mill is !
fine elooking building Of stone and briel
and will soon be ready for the machiney'
II Is credit to Albany aud viii doubles
prove great factor In the building up oi
that city. The street cars, Albany's --latest
achievement viii no doubt cause Albany
to put on a great many metropolitan airs,
and they are sure 10 be well patronixe,l
for a more vlllalnous lot OF side walks can.
not be found IN Oregon -outside Of Rose.
burg. Root blacks were few aud far be-
tween-at least the Southern Oregon dele
cation couldn't find any--bvt vegetables
and fruits OF all kinds were In abundance,
A delicious "milk shake" was discovered
by Bro. Bell In one Of the candy shops and
OF course he "set 'em up"
Qua CoMrULsoRY SCHOOL LAW A
law passed by the State legislature makes
Il compulsory for parerts and guardians
to send their children who are between the
ages OF eight and fourteen 10 school at
least for twelve weeks In each year and
eight of them must be consecutive. A
violation Of this law by the parents or
guardians Is a misdemeanor and punish
able BY iiur VI not lees than IS or more
than $aS for the first onense, and not less
than $3s nor more than $50 for the sec
ond and each subsequent offense. In case
the bodily or mental condition OF the child
or children Is such as to prevent their at
tendance then those who have the care Of
such children are not liable to the provis-
Ions of this law.
Soar OF .FuSSY.-The following aflida
Wit, made before the County Clerk, Is pub.
lished In a recent issue of the Roseburg
ResIsa, and Is an easily solved conun-
drum ; awe, Jares NJ Keaton and Fannie
p McGathan, residents of Pass Geek,
Douglas county, Oregon, being duly sworn
each for himself and herself and not one
for the other, say that we are both un-
married and that the relation that we bear
to each other Is that of a brother and sister.
in.law. This affidavit Is made for the bene
fit of the public in general"
Too PoLITE A worthy contempor.
airy gives the following account CT n
"lady" ? fight "A couple ofour lady citl.
zens engaged in a regular Pugilists slug
ging match one da, this week, at the hop
yard Of Mr. Kirk, and as a result, Il is said
that hair-pins, dress goods, finger nails
great locks of hair, buttons, and screens
of blood curdling nature filed the air to
such an extent that the many campers and
the citizens of Brownsville ard surround
ing country, were alarmed, aud thought
the whole Indian camp was on the war
path"
INTERESTING ITENs-W $ Huntingdon
says railroads will soon make 100 miles per
hour.
Sydney, N S w, has the biggest organ.
Itcost $4,000 and has I16 sounding stops.
Brooklyn has a woman blacksmith and
female undertaken.
Conn Bros, are a popular grocery firm
Of Albany, Oregon. They keep first-class
goods, the latest In the market and sell
cheap.
WILL BE AT LEBANON Iela Gil
bert, Of Lebanon, will make her home in
this city during the winter, residing with
her sister, Miss Frances Gilbert. She viii
though continue to fill her position of In
structor Of music In the Sanliam Academy,
visiting Lebanon twice a week, beginning
on Friday, the I7th.
81 SAVED. - Now that we have no sa.-
oon, the parties who can not live without
their beer, had better go to Albany.-By
going there, one could save Sr.oo per day,
as n glass Of beer costs but FIVE cents there,
while II formerly cost 10 cents here, and
n man who cannot drink twenty glasses
per day Is no. as g6>d as An ordinary rat
hole.-BrOwnsville Times.
A FINGER Cur OFF.-Last Saturday
the little son of Mr. Moyer and another
boy were running lawn mower at MI
Meyers home, at Third and Calipooia
Street, when the Meyer boy got one Of hi'
hands In the knife of the mower. and just
then his companion pulled the mower for
ward, cutting off the little finger on one oI
his hands at the second joint.
Qua ScHooLs-This season there will
be FIVE schools in Albany. the Centra
school with seven teachers, the Colleg'
with Eve teachers, the Catholic with tive
or three, ard two Kindergartens, Mis-
Wheeler's with one assistant. and Mr.
Waite Mead's, eighteen teachers in all. Tn,
total attendance will be about six hundred
BOLD BURGLARY.-Mcnia lay night boil
burglar entered the rooms Of Mrs Mari
Davis and her sister, Mrs Richards u
stairs In Strains Block and took from
trunk two valuable gold watches an
chains, FIVE gold rings, about Ss in none,
and various other articles. Nothing wa
known of the burglary by the inmate
until this morning.
LEG BRoKEH.-- Saturday Mrs Marion
Propst, VINO resides few miles from Al
bany,was riding in a street car,when, sec
ing the horse give jump sideways
something, just south of the ditch, she bs
came frightened and rushed from the ca
jumping backwards to the ground, failin
In such way as to break her right leg 1
the ankle. Drs Maston and Davis set th
bone.
A PRoDIoAL.-Eighteen years ago N
Nc Laughlin, of Quebec, Canada, got In
passion and gave his boy Tom sevel
whipping. Tom immediatly left hon
and came out to Oregon. Now the o
gentleman wants his boy home again, al
brother Is in Oregon looking for hir
Do any of the readers of the DEMocRI
know Tom Nc Laughlin.
A NEW ScIo BLOCK Contractor, j
Shahan, and his efficient corps of mocha
les, are doing the inside finishing of I
Coins block in handsome and substa
tial manner. Mr. Hopkins, of Hopkins
Saltmarsh, Albany, has completed
contract of pdttiDg on the roof, etc, OF :
block-and the job is cred.table o
Press
Music TEAcHKR.-Professsr 9
Lorillard has accepted the position
music teacher in the Albany ColIegi
Institute The Prof is said to be a Il
musician and proficient teacher. All
string the services of a teacher shoi
consult Prof Lorillard at once.
HE woN'T DO IT.-The Salem .J0KT