The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-09-19
LOCAL RECORD.

Az ALASKA wepptNG The North
Star oi Sitka gives the following account
of wedding occurring there on Aug. sr
In which former Albanian took parti
Hon Orville + Porter, u. 5, Marshal, and
Miss Carrie Delphi, one of our csteemrd
and faithful teachers. were united IN we'd
| lock, Rev 4 L Austin officiating. Al the
officers teachers aud pupils OF the Mtss'oh
were present, as well as other friends and
relatives of the bride aud groom. There
was much excitement and great curiosity
manifested by the pupils. aud no wonder,
for one OF the grown up girle had never
before seen Boston (Auericanl wedding,
J The hannv coupl. were married IN the new
| large hall Of the boys reading room,
| wl,leh had been most Beautifully and ar
tis,lealiv draped with flags, aud decked
with evergreens Of yellow cedar, etc, for
the occasion. After the ceremony was
over, all The chttdrcn marched past The
happy couple TO congratulate them, and
one oi tho little natives as he shook hands
with the bride, said, "I am much ipl,' aud
| Judging from hia countenaaec, and the
| sparkling OF his black eyes, we think his
| broken English expressed trne sentiment.
As Mr. aud Mrs Porter left the hall the
children threw shower of kisses after
them. After sulnptuous repast IN the
teachers' dining room,the bride and groom.
headed by the brass band, some ofthe boys
having prepared torches for the occasion
aud followed by the teachers, marched
| through the town to attend a reception
given by his eXcelleney Governor Lyman
| Z Knapp. ' = Only single incident oe-
CURED to mar the happy seene. One of
the guests came staggering into the room
with large demijohn OF eastahelm (fndian
River watrr1 The case will be referred
to the Alaska Presbytery.
CRooK CovNrY. James Elkins. who
has been putting up the hay Su hts ranch
on Beaver. returned tc his heme at Al.
bauy this week.
TN Baldwin and family returned on
| Thursday from trip 10 the Willamette
valley. They were accompanied home by
MIR BaldwIn's mo;he~ N'.o will tpend the
winter with them.
Combs place, three miles above
town produced $500 bushels OF grain this
wear, Probably the largest crop thieshed
ia Oehoeo valley.
| Last Saturday two Immigrants, oae from
Wyoming and the other irom Montana,
passed through Pfincvilie esroutr 10 Coos
county. They said that they had starved
out IN lnosc states aud were going TO
country where they could raise grain
without irrlga,ing.
One morning the first &C the week.
Chas Cornwcll, who has been running
forge In Charlie Eikins' shop, skipped out
on The Dallcs stage, having first aold hts
household effects, icaying h.s wife andtwo
children 20 shift for themselves, and
many creditors to sh!lt without their ius,
dues
About the 10Th Of August G. " Barnes
saw two suspicious looking individuals at
Farewell "rnd driving south With band
Of horses. haying on them the brands Of J
w Howard, Springer Bros and other res
idcnts of the county. After tAlking the
matter up among tbs horEs raiscrs here
Il was concluded that the suspicious char
actcrs were thieves, and the horses they
were dri,ing were stolen. and that. Il was
best To send some one 10 l3ok after them 4.
Consequently Byron SPdugei started in
pursuit OF them Ia Thursday, and will
camp or tacir track until hc oyertakcs
them. - Prinevillc papers.
EUGENE-Thos Brandon. Of ilIisey.
was in town Monday, making arrange
mcnts 10 send his daughters 10 the Stale
l.Univcrsiy.
Henry iloIlenbeek was up from Albany
over SUNDAY. he cxpec's 10 move hts
family dawa abou; October FIRST.
4 man names McAlas,cr fell ffon the
top OF the west pier u the Spring fcid
bridge 10 thc ground. = distance 81 y teet
Monday evening. lie was picked up ior
dead, but came around all right the next
morning.
Staging between Eugene and the siu
sl1w seems 20 be good anI aging busi-
ness this summer as ther- are three stages
on titc route. Whisman Bros carry about
a dSzsn passengers every trip. Mr. An
drews has fitted himself out with rcw
wag n.
Ten thousand eight page folders con.
taining a wTitoup Of Lane county and Eu.
gene are nov being distributed by the
Board Of Trade Air wilkins, who has
gone to Chicago. has been given lot fo'
distribution Register.
a SUGGESTION Corvallis Street
Gar Co. has one source Of revenue not en-
Dyed here, ;hougi. something of the Kind
has been urged. At the end Of the track
is nice PARK aud band stand, where bant
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time had generally, among other things q
dancing platform being utilized by those
deligbting in that amusement. We men
zion this TO again suggest that the Albany
line should be extended to park some
here, either In Goltrs's addition,5in thc
eastern suburbs or In the west. or In all
Then let arrangements be made for amuse'
meuts of different kinds and 4 good move
would be made not only for the company
but for the whole city. a street car iin'
o pay well must reach out.
LEBANox.-Wednesday night six team
arrived overland from Kansas. They
started May lst.
l. NJ Wheeler is now sole proprietor 0
the Eureka meat market.
L w Mitchell, one Of the principa
stockholders Of the wagon road compan!
and J. n Deady, son Of Hon NJ + Deady
passed through Lebanon the first OF til,
week on their way up the road.
Wallace & Wallace, Of Goltra station
did remarkably good work with thei
! new steam thresher, having threshed il
run OF 81 = days 90, ,001 bushels OF grain
an average Of about POOP bushels per day
Their thesher is the new Advance, 3
inch cylinder, So inch separator and wa
run by 10 horse power Advance engine
-Express.
An INGRHIUs ARRANGEMENT. The build
ing OF the new Hotel Denny, Seattle
Wash, has devised unique method {
reaching the house. The hotel is on
steep hill, while the business portion {
the city and street railway are at a low
er level. SO tunnel win be dug int
the hill to a point under the hote
eighty feet below the main floor.
] branch Of the electric railway will ru
TO this point and be connected with th
8 hotel By shaft and elevator-one LEAD
ing to the Office and the other to til
sixth story Of the structure.
ANOTHER VIEw.-The DEMOCRAT make
a point to give all sides OF public opinio
tas expressed by its exchanges, regarC
less of its own opinion. Here is another
wallis Nash, who is just now bein
abused by certain papers OF Oregon Il
his connection with the State Agricu
tural college, has been one of the be-
. friends Of that institution, and to his e
4 forts is largely due the placing OF thu
= school on the firm footing it now Ell
joys-and the making Of it an agricultu
al college in purpose as well as in nam
o For this work the agricultural classes
Oregon owe Mr. Nash debt Of gratitud
. instead Of abuse"
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