The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-02-07

As the present DEMOCRAT was not ssiav.
llshed until tS6l,no old files OF that paper
would shed light upon the subject. But at
the time OF which we speak the Oregon
Democrat vas being published here, and
while we have no Gle oflt,we luckily found
a STRAY, weathe. beaten copy OF December
srd, 1901, from whcl, we make this cx-
tract arhe water courses, large aud
small, from which We have heard wlthIr
the plst day OF two, ha.e been higher
than ever before known. The Willamette
! river has been from SIX TO nine feet higher
than the oldest settler has ever seen Il be
fore The paper goes on to say that II
ceased rising about 1 o'clock the previous
night aud had fallen about six inches. The
loss of property Ia Albany was great,
amoenting To not short Of $4,000 A
dwelling occupied by Mr. Priest, the ferry.
man, washed away, etc, Among the losers
were Crawford Bros, y Beach Il Co Eos.
ter y Co., Hyperion x Flriehner, Conner
& Co. and Altfee. From this Il would
appear that the rains must have eommcne.
ed as early rs December ist or maybe ear
Her. The account Is uncertain and unsat
isiac,ory In It's details.
A Us CONCLUSION .ln speaking OF
making Y and eeonomlsing on rails In a
roa1 TO Astoria the Salem Journal says
awhile Salem Is getting ahead fast, Sa-
lem h not trying TO ket an unfair advan.
tage OF any other town, We believe such
cities as Salem and Albany have COM
| mon Interest In good trunk line To the sea.
And the y Is just what we have advneat.
ed.a
But II bellies the above by remarking.
sIs must never be forgotten that a road
from Eastern Oregon 10 Astoria via Salem
Is the most direct, easily built aud deeira-
bic line 10 the sca. Albany has already
seaport connection aud Astoria people
nust realize that their strong point OF be-
log great seaport town will not be made
more Important by division Of sea going
traffic with Yaquina.
In other words Salem would like to have
Albany take Il In on. OF the cold aud make
II poin. on great llne 10 the East Too
sleepy 10 do much more than live On the
states pap Il .ragleally shaxea It's sides,
blows wind from whitfield dry goods boxer.
and snbseribesouiy twenty or thirty thou
sand dollars stock IN railroad aud puts
the paper on The shelf Ills In order for
our sister city 20 DO some acting and relieve
US from all shout, ten headlines to birth
notice, as L were.
RAp cAsx o. GRirPe.- One day last
week young man, who lives not many
mites from Junction came TO town .a an
errand. says the Pilot. Before starting
home he proceeded 10 take aboard some Of
Jancslon's beat bug iaiee. lie called aiia
neighbors on bis way home, and being
quite lively and ,alkatIYe. he succeeded IN
inducing little girl Of some four sum-
mers 10 ST on his lap. After very few
moments the little lot slid OF his lap and
going 10 her mother who was Aittlng a.
cross the room, she whispered. sMaia-
ma, Mr. M-has the grippe awful bad. /"
"Oh, no' ! guess not" said the mother.
''what makes yon thiEk sof" "iteeause
he has been taking some terribly strong
medicine
FoR0oF IRA welt known albany
young mar, not much given TO beirg car
ried away by the gcniicr sex, to-day was
going home In street car In company
with a popular school teacher from a
neighboring town, With the dinners meat
By his side. They got OF at the proper
place. bat the meat went OH, being entirety
forgotten on account Of lgrcalsr attractions,
a fact which greatly amused several eve
witnesses, and We were ordered 10 make
note of the little transaction, and most any
thing Is grabbed nj these quiet days Its
thought there was one dinner withaseraps'
for ineat,a common experience TO editors.
Az Ex-co. JURORS A Johns, an old
resident OF Linn county, died Al Good Sa.
marian hospital Wednesday evening. lie
was sent to the hospital by Judge catlln.
He had been living at PrineyIiic several
years,and was 10 very poor health. The
deceased was at one time county Judge of
this county. lie leaves wife and several
children. Judge Johns came TO Oregon In
iSd4 and resided In Linn county until
1880. Ills d1ath will be learned with re-
grei by many old re.4aenss here.
OVER In Linn county last Sunday
beau went 10 church with his sleigh, In
tending 10 take his sweetheart home after
the services, but n chinook wind came
along and took off all the snow before the
preacher had exhausted his text.--Dallas
Itemlzer.
The above Is a good ilassraiion Of this
country. II takes a hardy snow to stay.
Our climate is as much opposed to the
element as Dennis Kearney and ] II
Mitchell 10 the Chinese.
A GAe.--You are liable to be asked this
question by most anybody:
add you hear about man getting hurt
in the Eastern or some other part OF the
city,
"Why, no; who was III"
"Only McGlnty.n
a DEMOCRAT man got caught, but has
since been looking up the authorities TO
ascertain where the joke Is. There Is
nothing In Addison equal TO the occasion
A Coon SIZED DEAL.--Not much move
ment in real estate among thecIty's spec
ulators for several weeks. In order tc
vary the monotony. though, a good sized
deal was consummated last week. N
Geo. T. Henderson sold to Mr. Z W Lang
his farm in the country consisting Of gao
acres for $4,000. While Mr. Langdor
sold TO Mr. Henderson two blocks In Col
tra's park addition for $1,000 and fifth
|. interest in Fairdale.
How MUcH.-An Albany paper say
that G Stewart has returned from n trlI
to Rosebrrg, and he reports that beginning
/, ten miles south Of Eugene there is:a foot o
snow, which increased southwark. Tha
man must have lost his bearings for ther
i has been no foot Of snow ten miles o
: twenty miles south of Eugene. - Engen
Register
Il A VETERAN MIR Edwin Night,a mem
1 Der of the Bandmann troup, is veteran
y the business, being now over fiity years O
age and having PLACED fully thirty year
He told DEMOCRAT man about hayin
, PLAYED the first grave digger with Murdocl
Jas Hamlet years ago, of having been Ii
Mary Anderson's troup and of his connec
ton with many famous actors. Wigh
looks much like sailor but In low corr
r edy acting he Is quite genius.