The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-08-30

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Irving's snw one of the understandable buria
caskets. which are attracting SO much NJ
tention. Not only Is the casket lndrsiruc
tlblc, being made Of cemeia W'th galVar.
xed weven steel wire frame inside of ia
cement, and arranged for seaiIng bui
! with It's plush outside is u very haudsom,
piece of work. The general Use Of ihcs,
caskcts will ohvlate the objection TO clos
residence 10 cemeteries ON saniiar,
grounds. The body remains intact and th'
easket Is SO safe that Il eau be placed II
vaults MS well as IN the ground ~lhii
easket viii fill a long felt demand. Fort
miller * Irving have been appointed
agents here for this easkel.
ArrER TIMBER LAND "a party o
about 80 men from the Willamette cam,
10 to Ashland last week and went out ic
the Dead indian country In search Of tim.
Der land says the 7Ydisss Parties In from
there say that they investIgaged all the
vacant timber and had concluded TO take
claims II the fine beltoi timber between
Deadwood and Lost Prairie. Members oi
.hc patty told Dead Indian residents tha:
they represented the big Michigan lumber
| syndicate, which, owns the immense lam.
Der r,ill at Tacoma, and that five years
would zee a railroad to the Dead Indian
country to tap the fine bodies Of timber
out there.
c. P's.-rhe Chinese pheasanls Of Linn
eouoty are falling like wheat before the
binder. No bones l. made Of the matter oi
shooting them at all. City and country
nimrods bag them daily aud the universal
verdict Is that there isno better eating In
the animal kingdom. Recently June
ton ciiyman killed thirteen In thrsehours
The only arrest the DEMOCRAT has heard
OF is that cf young man named Hack At
tialsey, at the instance OF Farmer Collins
The trial will come off next Monday.
Too MUcu FoR ALBANY. Gilmore's
great New York band OF seveniy-two mem
bers and twenty-five sololsts Including the
great eorne. players, d { Bent and Chas
Petit, number OF vocal artists and GIL.
more's Battery of Artillery, composing the
finest little cannon ever manufactured
compose Gilmore's Great Band, Il soon TO
visit Oregon. They travel In a special
train OF four cars. The sum of 81, 900 Il
required to have the hard perform In a
town.
RusrLISG WOMEN Mrs. Rev. Roork.
oi Salem, and Mrs Hall, Of Boston were In
Albany Friday on their way from up
the Ssniiam, where each located timber
claim. They had small dog with them
for protection. They secured a couple
fine claims and anticipate good results
from the inycstment womcn can do
something In this world II they will only
get In and rustic. and when they do rustic
there Is always more hustle than with
men.
DoS'r nv USEAsY.--The .NcsFs as we'll
as the Reuer, OF Prinevil.e, has tho fever
also. Here Il Is: we have been led To
believe that the oregon Pacific would be
finished to the SUNNI. Of the Casade noun.
lains this year. But II will not. The
truth about this thing has not been told,
hence the devil has no, been pu' TO shame.
Something Is wrong ani We don't know
what Il is" Keep cool. you unsophi.li-
Gated scribcs, railroads are not built In a
day. The steam horse will 20 plowlng
through Crook county ere you know u;
but Il takes time.
NEVER FAu.s.--Tbe 0regoziHa says,
drummers who have returned from up the
Willamette valley report having done a
better business than for years. Crops arc
good throughout the valley. and eonse-
quently money Is plenty and everybody IL
prosperous and happy, and dealers arc
looking forward TO doing large business
Merchants here expect to have TO carry
many OF their customers IN Eastern Oie-
gon andWashingion Till more prosperous
year.
a SrEcIAL MEEriN0. Last week &
special meeting of the city Council was
held for the purpose of taking action on
the petition of Fred Blumherg for the
privilege Gf erecting partial frame build.
Ing ajoining his brick just erected Pre-
sent, Mayor, Recorder. Marshal and aIl
bate the petition was granted with the re-
striciion that the building have Tin roof
II will have n brick rear, but adjoins the
frame butcher shop without a wall on the
west.
STRUcK CcrPER. On the little fork o.
the north fork OF the Santiam there has
Just been discovered mine that Is rich In
copper. The shaft Is down thirty feet and
a seven.and.a-haif foot vein OF copper Il
the find. The Silver Dollar Is the name oi
the mine and II will be further developed
Should the vein hold cut there Is fortune
in such mine as this.-Sale.a Journal
FINE WoRK.-An instrument cabinet
has just been placed In the very tasty and
neat Office OF DR. Ellis. II is the work oi
Mr. @ Dillon, OF this city, Is OF solid oak
about seven feet tall, and Is one OF the
finest pieces Of work ever executed in Al.
bany, comparing most favorabIy with the
best cabinets manufactured In the East.
The fact that Albany has men who can
do such work Is credit TO the city, and
should keep our citizens from ever send
Ing away for fine cabinet work.
BRIDGE RECEIVED. - The Waterloo
bridge Is completed, and a great many
teams have passed over 1t during the pas
week, and very certain it is the people o.
Waterloo and vicinity and In fact every
one who has passed over It Is we'll please
with IT, The honorable county board re
ceived the bridge on Tuesday week.
Waterloo Cor. Express.
| To HEAR TkLMADGE.--Dr and Mrs Ir
vine, Miss Lib Irvine and Mrs Henrietti
Brown went to Salem 10. Friday 10 hea
the celebrated T. Dewitt Talmadge, WI
lectures there to-nigh. on "Blunders
ST. and ST.. so IL the admission price. Sue
distinguished men do not visit the william
ette Valley every day, butin the matter {
wheat Yields New York offers no compai
ison -
WILL Now TO BAKER CITY.-M
: Frank Williamson arrived in the city froi
Ashland las. Thursday Mr. Luderman (,
whom he has been clerking is making a
rangements TO move his stock of boots al
shoes TO Baker City, with view to loca
ing there.
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