The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-02-14
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THURSDAY.
A magnideisnt day.
Me A D Iiuddleson, Of Jefferson, was In /
tbs city yesterday
Mr. Henry Newman has closed his barber
shop In the Vance block.
The first train from Portland The Drmo-
graf predicts will arrive by next Tuesday,
the lth instant.
FM Mitchell, school teacher ever In
Canada, has been In the city, having came
by way q the Lebanon and Marrow Gauge
roads.
Hon T N kizsr walked from this city 10 |
Halsey tho other day on his way home from
the Linn 10 Bnsinsss council.
High water will soon be forgotten In tbs
rush for real estate AZ high prices. Albany
has q bright future for the coming years.
Albany has reason 10 be proud Of her
electric lights. While evarywhere olse
along the river they had 10 shut down, ours
continued her steady blaze Of light.
Tho government reyetment nt corvAllis
was taken out BY the flood. Thia was re-
Gently put 10 At cost OF about Si0, 600, aud
lts absence threatens 10 change the course Of
the rivor.
Billy Arlington who PLAYED for the bene.
tit OF the Albany fire department several
months ago, IL now Ia Portland .'olsyipa, ),
Billy will be remembered o. ths broken down
minstrel who gave ons horse entertainment
hera.
iha fnnsral Of ID Il Allen, who died yes.
terday morning at Jefferson, took place this
afternoon At that city. Among thase Who
attended from Albany vert A D Woodin, s
W Keecs and y Train. former comrades In
the q X Of the deceased They walked 10
ofdsr to bc there.
Pomcroy, Wash. has some very stringsn
rules TO govern its fire department, and here
is one. "lfosa Co No have adopted nav By
laws wiaoh snposs iine Of two dollars for
absence from fire. and 80 eents fo- nou.at.
tendance at their regular meetings which
take place ~ the hose house on the fourth
Tuesday Of each mouth.
The session Of the county Court ysster
day was ons OF the shortest on record. Thers
was no contention about the Jefferson or an,
ether bridge and all such projects went over
The County siil first want 20 consider yer,
seriously how much Il has Io.t by the hiRl
(. waters. Tho present indication II that Il &
4 not very large amount.
: FRIDAY.
The snow blockade has not yet been raises
o between hers and California.
c A train yesterday vent fson, Eugene {.
!, Resebnrg. the track being put 10 condition
: between the places.
c Our citizsns have ceased spending thei
j. time watching ths river and business pro
q Deeds with its usual alacfity.
q Tho Richardson bridge across crabtre
= creek aud the Jordan bridge across Thoma
b creek were washed out by the recent iIooIs
s Dir Saoh has been t.leeraphed for /
come 70 Albany Immediately aud look aite
bic property AZ cloverdale, and viii proba
L bly, do 20 BY way Of Ysqnina City.
Mr Geo Stanard arrived in the city frou
Bfewnsvills last eyening aud has taken hi
place 1t the drug store Of Stanard * Cusiek
Aibany viii nov be his home.
The only damage 10 the gardens acrosa th
= river was the loss 81 fences and few Of IN
consenieneaa of life, snch as chickens. etc
: Strawberries and other plants arc un;nlured
q. II cot improved by the waters.
y Arrangements were Icing made 10 dsy /
\ get wires 20 Portland, which will be con
n summation devoutly desired. II was thoagil
y they scaid be secured daring the evening
o Missas BFiak. Wright, Uilsry, Gray an
4 Robertson aud Mrs Thsall, oil the publ,
" schools. visitsd the Lebanon school yessol
le dag, returning lsst evening. They VET
81 highly pleased at the way Prof Wright
u running ihings.
VI A man from across the sivsr s.ya abou
~ one hundred yards of tho hank at the ben
u just wess OF the city has been washed awa
d and that little more would tnrn the rivs
rs through Cioysrdals. Tho government wi
x have 10 build reyssmsnt II II Eeeps on.
y There are mau in Albany who siil perse
y cute themselves as much aa the man tol
~ about Ia tbs following. They nre the one
n who want other men 70 paw for improve
x ments whils they reap the benefit and wh
y borrow their nsighbers papers insteSd {
q taking one themselves sssen Williams. q
u Lansing. Mich, hns q novel way Of riddip
u his face Of xhiskera. Every Sunday morn
70 ing fo- the past twenty two years he has "a
le down bsfota the glass aud pulled the hal
out Of The lower part Of hss faca with pai
oi twcexers. He says that il hart like mos
anything at first. bat he doesn't mind il
htt aoss. lie is rs wears old, and is loadcl
d with nerve and grit. :
ArTKR THa FrooD. This mornIns
after clear. frosty night, the WIilamett
= had subsidized about eight feet from tn
highest point, falling four feet IN half
? day, and a. press time Il bad gone dow
tok feet. A trip along Water street wa
full OF interest. Sidewalks were upheave
OF taken away, the platform OF the Orrgo
y Pacific railroad was gone and the whar
was wreck. The Union Pacific shar
= viii make good irc-wood and the ofIic
was well washed out. In front OF II M,
= Hiram kium found two ten cent piece.
probably dropped by some poor draymar
2 and about twenty mea spent n
hour or two hunting for twenty cen
pieces. Sore cellars were we'll filed witt
dirty sediment, easily removed. Ths
damage to goods was only nominal, rs vel
= aa the general damage TO the city. AL
? hany'a location Is good one Tor floods.