The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-07-11

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Fees County Court officers allowed.
LER,Nox.-One Of the latest business
enterprises talked Of is bakery, which
will be run by w II Tcmplcton, OF
Albany.
Louis Barzce, al jefferson, has been
engaged to teach the Sodavillc school NJ
u salary OF 500 per month,
The writer knows OF six houses that
will he built immediately after the
Fourth. Perhaps this il only Il tithe Of
the buildings that will be erected within
the next sixty days.
We have il from very good authority
that the O. RY. will pc built through
Lebanon; but ii our citizens would
memorabilia Mr. Huntington II might
give additional security and materially
expedite matters.
\ slight unpeasantness occurred
Saturday between Messrs Patterson and
l.ambcrson. which was satisfactorily AL
justcd hy one Oi the combatants paying
into the city treasury eight dollars.
The farmers along the line OF the mar
row gauge have been compelled to paper
their fences with trespass notices 10 keep
trains out OF their wheat fields. II you
want 10 keep the pesky ears out OF your
grain. pull dog fenncl until the train
hands can see where TO drivc.-E&press.
a PLrcKy GiRL On The grassy banks
of the raging Big Nes,ueea is to be found
4 rare jewel IN the form of a Young lady.
Five years ago this month Miss Matte
Jones, daughter OF ID Jones, flied on a
Homestead OF TOO acres of the choicest
land IN the Big Nrstucca valley, and has
made ,hG, her home since tls, time. She
has good frame house and barn, ten
acre, cleared sixty apple trees set out
and growing, three head OF calves ant a
number Of agricultural implements On
the 18th inst she went before the county
clerk Of Tillamook county and made final
.pr7of, mcsns ] c Norris and Louis I
Johnson acting As witnesses. II Is such
young ladies as Nlis, Matte who make
model wives, bat We opine that she will be
slow 10 trade Thousand dollar ranch for a
fifty cent husband Sheridan Courier.
Thar "BLug BUCEEr."-Tltc following
item from ,hc Baker City Democrat will
be of interest TO several around Albany,
who nave been there themselves on the
same Wild chase Frank Duprat I. pre-.
pairing 10 leave, say, the East OFcgopian.
PeIdcjon ~ a few ia with small party
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miles beyond Canyon City, where gold was
found In pay'ng quantities by party OF
Immigrants saass twenty five years ago.
They were pussucd by Indians and were
unable TO develop their find, which II Is
supposed has never since been worked.
JacC b Jenkins. vino will accompany the
expedition, was among the immigrants
mentioned and discovered the gold.
Scio WANTS rug K. R.-Petcr Smith
Z Coin aud J s Morris, OF Seio, were In
the city 10 day on their way home from
Portland, where they had been TO confer
with the officials of the Southern Pacific 4
Railroad co. in reference to running tneir
line through Scio, instead Of along It's
present course a change would only
make the line mile and a halflOnger and
would take Il through a much better and
safer country than heretofore, 40 say the
committee, ard would increase the freight
traffic. The officials agreed to send sur
reyors into the field and maze estimates.
Mr. Smith and his companions think the
prospects are good for the change.
WHAT THKY CARY. The following
regulations In reference to the running o
traits on the S. p. will be Of general pub
lie interest The overland trains carry
mail and express. take and let off passen-
gers at county seats and crossings, but at
no other points. The Albany local runs
ou. a short time ah :ad Of the overland and
carries passengers only. II there are pas
sengers at way stations who have through
tickets they are picked up Dy this train
and dropped off at the first stopping place
of the overland. The Roscburg train car
ries passengers, express and pouch mail.
Reference 10 the time card will show
when these several trains pass here.
ADVERTISING CoNTRAcr.-Geo NJ Mile
has made contract to advertise Lane
county, through the agency OF Lord &
Thomas, Chicago, for twelve months.
lie pays the sum Of $4.795. The adver-
tisement to run in nineteen religious
weekIies in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana,
Tennessee and Georgia, with combined
circulation Of 200, 000.-Eugene Guard.
POCKETS RTLED.--While playing in
the game Of base ball at Lebanon the
members OF the Albany club left their
clothes in room at the hotel and re
quested the proprietor to lock it. 1t was
not locked, though, and during their
absence some one entered it and went
through some OF their pockets. SIS in
money was taken from the pocket book
Of Frank Breckenridge and one or two
pieces Of jewelry were stolen.
a SnINGLE MILL. Mr. J II Armstrong
Of the Long Tom shiDgle mill was in town
Monday looking after lis business. lie
shipped a car load of cedar shingles to
ALBANY the irst of the week The car
contained 10000 shingles lie has re-
Gently employed an experienced shingle
maker from the East and now has five
men at work. He made fifty thousand
shingles last week. lie has worked up a
good business and is meeting with the sue
cess he deserves. Eugene Register
THE LOCAL critic of the EVENING d EN-
ocRnT, in trying to correct a dispatch in
the Oregonian. says that VIM Workmas
tea had an "apoleplic fit" He should pro-
cure a pocket dictionary and refer to Il
before trying to correct his superiors.-
Herald.
a paper that criticizes another on ac
count Of typographical error is In small
business, particularly one that lives in q
colossal glass house; and the local critic
does not acknowledge such hummer tc
be his superior.
WHERE STOP "A Eugene paper say
the overland train will stop only at thu
following stations between Roseburg anC
Portland: Eugene, Irving, junction, Har
risburg, Albany, Shedd, Halsey, Tangent
Salem, Woodburn, and Oregon City
Z Tickets to other stations along the lin
can not be purchased to go on this train.
Good dry fir wood for sale. Leave order
at this office.