The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-08-01
Misfirs,

McMinnyille's base ball club beat Va
| lem Saturday l6 too and on Sunday II
10 Il and Salem Is about as mad as over
the census. They would kick at sacred
COW.
Il G Cross, OF Salem, ndyertisea meats
as follows: boiled beef, g 10 \ cents; roast
beef, cents; good steak, 8 Ia 10 cents
beef by the quarter, 8 cents; mutton by
the quarter,7 cents; pork by the quarter,
7 cents.
In response 10 an inquiry will say that
| the nicely dressed young man strutting
along our streets ~ II he was Mayor oi
the whole city aud suburbs, WAS the fell
low sentenced To n months imprisonment
for larceny of IS from poor widow, hay.
ing just been released.
An Albany paper claims 20 have found
the boss mean man. lie uses wart ON
the back Of his neck for collar button
and cusses because there isn't one on his
! throat.-Astorian. The above with diff.
ferent names inserted, has been going
the rounds Of the press for five or six
years, and IL is now old enough 10 crack.
Rumors always make interesting
/ though uncertain reading matter. The
Z
that work will be resumed on the exten-
sion Of the Oregon Pacific the first OF
next month. Rumor il such liar
though. Another rumor says that the
| Union Pacific IN about To secure control
of the Oregon Pacific, aud maybe that II
| is not.
At no zine was "a: police court con-
Quoted ia a more admirable smanner than
al Fba. f-s. 4 ~
/ Paxton and with more dignity. Ills judg
menI Is a. clear as II hc had been practie
Z ing ~ criminal cn,.rt for years, and un-
common order Is pr served ,here.-r rrlc
/ gram.
/ 4 ChiLs'nan arriyrd at Tacoma few
| days since, and started up Pacific Avenue
| but had gone but few blocks when hc
had bowling mob at his heels. lie was
rescued BY police officer. taken TO tho
station house and placed on the next out
going train, promising to never show hl.
face in Tacoma again. For four year, a
! Chtnaman has no, been permitted To- stay
there for single hef.
frndleior viii have n very peculiar iaw
sui, & e. Hcndri !, received orders from
the toun,, Judge tn rsmosr sick horse
I living tn the ruIJ ot ia haeA near the np,
Z
/ ionad it neeessafv 3" TIL he animal dur
/ Ing the process 81 t.u,ovat. lie ha. nov
( received notice fiout 'hc owners attorney
/ that suit Will be bnnngl.t against him un
/ lcss he pays Sfoo, tsse value OF the hoFsr
/ forthwith.
/ II takes about S2u.noo to run prudieton
! The following saisFlrs arc paid i,s officers
/ City surveyor aud street commtssionrr =
4 a. 81 =
/! pump house engineers. 800 Marshal
/ Sio2o engineer fire department. $1,000
tm &C policemen q $500 each. S37oo Re,
cordet, 1000 driver fire department, 81 20
/ Attorney, $500 stokrr fire department
SI.o city Treasu'ef. s. 50 total, $II,4Io
| In Harney county the number Of in
hahitants found by the census enumera
tor IL less than the official number o
voters and school children. II begins T.
look as il the fact that man was cen
sus enumeratOr will work against him Il
whatever he undertakes hereafter, ,excep
perhaps in Linn county, where they die
their duty pretty satisfactorily, though
after MI, not completely.
We pause with CONSERVATION as ",
clip the following from the Pendlcton +
o. and invite the Lebanon Express mar
nse the following: ''Pendleton has a few
girls who can wrestle with large quiS
Of gum ms easily as the Vassar colleg
student. A girl dropped her gum on th'
sidewalk to-day, and pedestrian VIII
followed stubbed his toe on the obstruc
tion and fell, barking his shins."
A number Of people met at the oper
house in Salem on Sunday, and, afte
| 4
Resolved, That We cordially and earn
estly invite the Christian people Of Port
land and other cities and towns OF Oregon
to unite with us in the endeavor 10 per
suade the citizens Of their various locali
ties that the best interests OF all will b
accomplished by the discontinuance q
public games, excursions and places Q
amusements on the Lords day"
Mrs Martha Ann Bogart, the champion
economist Of the times, died at Elizabeth
n. j., few days ago. She had for man
years been living off the charity Of he
friends, and 30 devoted was she TO tn
art Of economy, that she carefully spill
matches, making one answer for tw
"lights" After her death bank bills ae
gregating $1,000 in value, were found !
tobacco bags carefully slowed among he
meager effects.
One would think to hear the ecrceche
, and yells and whoops generally about III
, census that there Is no such thing asr
liability In the Unit.d States. Senselessl
F, because few errors are made In place
the whole blasted thing Is called frauc
: How ridiculous. The truth Is II Is In moi
cases as nearly correct as such things eve
3 are or can be. In The case of Alban,
y r<, ,f,t,flh AZ ndin ha nf
} sheets, like the Salem papers, the return
are undoubtedly about correct and woul
be nearer SO II hundred or so were adde,
, The following from the Monmouth ps
!, per should set some of our Albany peop
to thinking We are willing to wage
|, four dollars against forty acres Of fat shee
! In Arkansaw that there Is not anotht
, town in the state where people are so s,
: ciable as In Monmouth. Hardly a-wee
= passes but we have party or lawn socif
bic. 1t is all perfectly prorer and we a,
9 pleased to state that at each one an enjo,
. able time Is had.
4 1t seems that remarks CLEANED fro
:, some of our exchanges that Iowa has
I, least one editor thai might be termed
= little weary He sends forth the follow
: Ing: The lark came up to meet the su
- and carol forth his lay the farmers sc
% took down his gun at him blazei ava,
The busy bee arose at S and hummed L
meadow DER; the farmers wife went 4
8 his hive and robbed him OF his store. II
e little ant rose early too, his labors 20 begi
> the greedy sparrow flew that way al
~ took his ant-ship In o, birds and be
and ants, be wise. in proverbs take
stock like me, refuse from bed 10 rise I
haf-past eight o'clock.
With thirty-six thousand populate
Portland will have TO take the third pla
In the Northwest unless 1t can ring in
suburbs like Seattle and Tacoma. AS
mater of fact 1t is probably larger th
either of those cities, though their pop
lation will be given at over $4o.ooo, VIII
Portlands Is stated at about 10000. E,
Portland, with 5000, will be the seco
city in the state, Salem third. Asto
fourth and Albany fifth, perhaps Alba
fourth.
Aumsville wants 1000 families to set
there. That would make it the size
Salem.
BoRN.-To the wife of Andrew Loon
three miles south of Albany, July 26tt
boy,