The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-08-15
LOCAL RECORD

ScIo. MIR Walter MeGhee, proprietor
OF the city restaurant, Albany, was In ouI
city Wednesday.
Lee Btlyeu went over TO Albany We'd
resday TO get his horse and ca,t which
Doty, the priater Of dead-beat fame, left
there.
County clerk Babcoek, OF Salem, was n
passenger for Albany on the o L train
last Saturday. lie has been M IN the
mining region, on the San,iam, 10 recruit
his health.
w II Graham, one OF Albany's knights
of the shears, and Thos Jones, of tonsorial
fame, visited our eiiv Tuesday, on bust.
ness and pleasure. While here they gave
the Press office cali
The total number Of acres Of hops In this
immediate vicinity Is about seventy acres.
The average yield per acre, It Is thought,
will be about 1900 pounds. S2t,ooo add
ed TO our circulating medium will not be
bad.
Our electric light plant was set going
last Saturday, to the great satisfaction OF
our citizens. We justly feel proud Of this
step forward In city Improvement. We
eau safely boast that no other town Of a
like number Of Inhabitants has as good a
system Of electric lights rs we.-Press,
SRA FoAN.-Thert Is universal COM
plant among visitors at the bay Cf poor
management of the post oaice. and cor.
resPondenee was recently published On the
subject. The cditSr of the Republican,
who seems to be und1r the l. Ms 6ngcrs,
has the following vaporingS on the suhjr,t,
which we give as We are ia Ihe habit at
gi ling all sides Of public matters; "p0st
master Hampton Is one Of the mos, pains
taking aud obliging pJs,maS,crs IN the
state. Tie does his best TO accommodate
the patrons of the office Tut there Is
always a crank or sm@Tdc who thinks
himself snubbed and ill-trralcd no matter
how promptly postmaster waits on him.
One of these important suobS Is campcd
about Newport In the brush and has
missed a paper lie jumps to the conelu-
sion that the Newport postmaster is to
blame and as a vent to his spleen he wrote
a mess of assertions to the Albany DkMs-
Graf, scoring Mr. Hampton. This snoozer
cannot make any resident of Newport
believe that Mr. Hampton has mis- treated
him OF anyone else, or that he Is the cause
directly OF indirect ~ of the miscarriage OF
any mail.
MINING MATTERs.--A few share; oi
stock In the Albany Mining X Milrng Co.
have been sold for as high IS ; q sharc
The old quartz mill that has h-cu iN!us
In the Santiam mines Tor maty tcls has
been bought by tn. Albany cotnp.ny and
Is being repaired preparatory fnr use. J he
new mill being made, which wss recently
ordered, will be shipped 10 the u,iucs in
about two weeks.
Mr. Thorne. representing mining ma
chinery, Is In the city tryiul 10 introduce
some Chicago machinery. Tor which he Is
agent. Smelling work' ars probabiitics
of the future for ALBANY, thOa-I az Ihr
present ,imc no arrangements arc being
made for them.
Expert miners who have exImined ,he
ore from the Albany mines pronounce Il
equal to anything ever taken from the
richest mines of California "r Montana.
"a CoME DowN" How 10 you d., sir,
l am glad to meet you,' stiI rather
seedy looking man stepping ia,o the
DEM cRAT Office. NV name is Chapman.
l used to he connected with he New York
Herald and the Associated Press ia New
York but am now booking into mining
matters, and thought would cal in and
see you. Iiow's business"
''Glad TO meet you" said 4 DgMocRAT
man, considerably elevated by coming IN
contact with so distinguished p1an,
"By the way" said the sirangi. after
moments conversation, can you ienc me
ten cents with which to cross the ferry. l
am rather tightly run nows but will pay
you back in a few DAYS"
The lives of great men all remind Us,
etc. was our thought a. he left the Office
with the dime. The fellow Immediately
went straight 70 a saloon, ,w here he planked
down the ten cents and called for drink.
FIVE FINGERS Or. Saturday evening
Mr. Edward Zeyss was saving a small
board with rip saw, when the saw struck
knot throwing the board against Mr.
Zeyss, but not so as 10 injure him. The
natural impulse was TO throw Ids hand out.
which he did. The left struck the saw,
severing the fingers at the palm. and the
thumb about In the middle DR. Maston
attended him and he Is now doing as ~ell
ascan be expected After wears Of exper.
ience In the business this is Air Zeyss' first
serious accident.
A SLASH BACK This census matter Is
getting interesting. The Portland Tele-
gram says: Seattle and Tacoma Are en-
loving considerable fun at Portlaud's
alleged census returns, but We notice a
large number of the citizens OF those boom
towns in Portland trying Ia raise money
to pay the interest, falling ID: on empty
ten-story buildings Oar p1pn.siiJn Is
very small, but we own our own town
after all, anil a-e al all events solvent. We
will yet sit on thc fence and sec several
funeral PROFESSIONS go by.
AR r ITEM On the I5'b OF tii
month c,-,rar, will b. let al G.Scr City
for bai' ling z5 niles Of railroad J; !, 10
90 toward the Harvey VAlly, aid a rail
road man tells the DsMuCEAr his 3pinion
Is that 1t will be part ~ the esistsf1 eT.
tension of tie Oregon pacilic, and 'bai ths
remainder of the road will IL. buill ~ the
Union Pacific to that city, joining that
roads line at that city. which, Is almost
directly east OF Albany. rs specializing
is cheap we give this item for is face
value.
A RAILROAD COSTRACToa.-G V Stey-
CAir, lDi pSNtidl gtAtb HAp ~ NNFtNtttis VI
construction, on the Oregon Pacific ia in
the city, after trip 10 ldahO and Mon
tana, but recently in Portland. MI
Stevens has the contract for extending
the Southern Pacific's Oregonian linf
from Coburg to Jasper, distance OF II
miles, where it will connect with the
main line, and will begin business in {
short time. The Southern Pacific is for
tunate in securing so experienced mar
for the business.
EIGHT BUSHELS MINUTE.-The bes
threshing record reported so far this yea
Is that by Thos Bruce, of 1900 bushels 0
wheat In one. day. They ran the mach:n
to its full capacity for one minute Saturda
down on the Painter farm on Frenc
prairie and when the sixty seconds ha
passed 1t was found that eight bushels o
Golden grain had been hulled out by th
aachine.-Statesman.
DELINQUENT TAxEs.-The following ar
the amounts Of delinquent taxes turne
over to Sheriff Scott for collection. Fc
1887, $3,573,2S; for 1883, 1886, "a; fc
1889, IS, ,323,4S.
Letter List.
Following is the list e letters rcinlinin
10 the Post Office, Albany, Linn county, o.
Ron, August 18th, 1890. Persons calling Il