The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-01-10
LOCAL RECORD

a Cry MAr.--Mr c w Watts has just
had fine map 81 Albany drawn by A
Warner the surveyor. Il includes all the
additions, with quarter ,hils circles irsm
the Court House and Is well gotten ue.
MIR Watts IL taking orders and on securing
the same for two thousand copies win
have the map lllrographed by an expert
workman. The result win be fine city
map, complete In all It's details, Ia coors.
In emo corner of the map Will be wheel
with seven spokes. The hub is Albany,
the spokes the Southern Pacific X run.
Ming north and south, the Oregon Pacific,
east and west, the Lebanon road,the Al
bany ard Astoria K r and the browns
vile road. Il will show the city of as
quite railroad center. The hub actually
possesses dive Of the spokes now.
A FtNg Stow iSo The increase 10
busis ss OF a cisy's post cilce lndidlcates
the ow,h of the city This has been
pecul ariy so In Albany Al the present
rate of Increase Ii will only be a short
time before the office becomes a I'd class
Office $1,000 yearly receipts being necessary
Following have been the receipts since
March 81; quarter ending June 80, Si4os..
81; suarter ending Sept 80, $i4oo IS
quarter ending Dec. 81, Sts7o IS, a total
Of $474si4. II the next quarter equals
the last, NJ Il probably will. the receipts
for the year will exceed $1,000, a gain Of
twenty Ave per cent OYER the business ol
the previous fiscal year ending March 81.
II needs only TO be $1,000 for the salary of
the office 10 I've increased to Sisoo Verify. |
Albany gees ahead boomingly.
A PsEsESr.-Even a newspaper az
prcslatea kind words. They are the beat
Of Christmas presents. Rev. +. u. White.
of Mansfield, La. so we'll known In Albany
In renewing his subscription for lSeo.says;
wish you happy Christmas Your
(ourl Democrat Is read eagerly every
week. II Il newsy. ] congratulate you
and all concerned. | see Albany, where
lived several years,is booming right along.
Glorious Northwest, your energy, pluck |
and push, Is to be admired. hope reli- |
gion-"puie and unaetiied"--fs keeping |
pace With your development. We are
well and stationed for another year in |
Mansfield. We are happy and blest. For
six weeks Our weather has been superb |
As in the lap OF spring"
A RiDDLR.--An Albany gentleman has
handed Us the following riddle, which he
has carried In his poke, for several years. |
He thinks It good. Can you guess IL;
am just two and two, am warm, am
cold,
And the parent Of numbers that cannot
be told;
! an lawful, unlawful. duty. fault.
| am often sold dear, good for nothing |
when bought.
An extraordinary boon, as matter of
course,
And yielded with pleasure when taken BY |
force.
PROBABLY ELLts.--The people OF Eu
gene are no. familiar with the styles and |
practices Of backwoodsmen and the rough |
class and were considerably shocked lew
evenings since at the manner In which a /
revival minister attempted to put a young |
man out Of church for no good cause. The
residents of this city arc no, hoodlums and
here Is not man In town who would not
walk out " requested 10 do so. Such |
might be looked for In a |
mining town but In Eugene they are un.
necessary and not approved.
Register.
SoME POINTED orEsrToSs.--It Is the
10th of January. How many Of your reso.
lutions have you kept
Do you really intend 10 be better man
during the year, and never be,--unisss
you know you will win
And you won't smoke any,nor drink nor
swear, nor stay out nights nor run In debt. !
nor kiss the hired girl, eh Well you're
another.
And you will pay the printer and grocer.
A LITTLE coLD.-The mercury went
down to IS degrees above zero this NOR.
uing, and It was amusing to see people puff |
and blow and curse the cold weather.
.ThisIs your Oregon weather IL IT,"
"can't yeu do better than this"
"Wsiat are we coming 10 any way"
And rs degrees above zero was the re.
cord while through the East they are for |
lunate II II stays above IS below.
a TKASsAcrfoS.-When the real estate
market gets little quiet. as II naturally
does at this season, some one buys the old
Cheadle property. ShultE & Remington
the recent owners have just sold the same
to Mr. T L.WaIIaee for $500. They paid
S75oo for the property. Inturn Mr. Wal
lace sold 10 them three lols In Tacoma for
$1,000. In time this mill property will be
a very valuable site.
TIE NEw DIRRcreRs. the election
of directors Of the Albany Farmers and
Merchants Insurance Company, the fol-
lowing were chosen for the ensuing year:
J o Wrltsman, X S Strahan, G F Simp-
son, ] L Cowan, (aii re-elects1 ] X Wealth
ford, M Sternberg, John Burnett, l. Foley
and w + Read. The latter taking the
place OF ID b Monieith, ] w Cusick, G z
Wolverton, K EIderkin and Charles
Monteith.- The Company Is doing fine
business, one that Is steadily increasing.
ANOTHER Thursday af-
ternoon Granyill Smith, jagged II years, son
Of L F Smith, Of Tangent, was out hunt
ing with a comrade. On coming to
fence he laid his gun on the fence, and In
some way not explained his gun went off
and shot his thumb off, DIR Hill WAS
called, amputated the thumb and young
Smith will soon be all right--rninus a
thumb.
A SALEM CoMPANY.--The report OF the
State Insurance Company Of Salem for
the year ending Dec. 81 shows the income
for the year to be SIao747,7o from pre-
miums, end SrA5oz,Sa from interest and
other sources, a total Of $I44.74o.Ia. Their
expenditures were $f14,33o. 80 making an
income of Sio,4I9,57. The company has
net surplus OF $SS,I36,zo and total assets
of $3oI,436. 69.
BACK HoME..-Mr George Dickson, oi
the Oregon Land Co, Is home from trip
East as far as Ohio, and rejoices at being
back in the great Willamette. He talked
up Oregon in great shape and reports
prospects for big immigration this way.
In some Of the states everything seems to
be al standstill and collections an impos-
sibility.
| The BANNER PRECINCT Sheriff Sloan
cave that C<.tfa<xa Ceevo q. tt,a 10 $50.