The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-08-28
LOCAL RECORD.


keep up appearances. Gray's Harhor,
which was going 10 DO something inn
msnse on account of the proposed rail.
road, now has lost oven her newspaper,
which generally cling to the last. A man
recently ut Whatcom reports a big col
lapse. The general report ie that Seattle
Is holding her own the best OF any
Washington city. Tacoma Is somewhat
down in the mouth though capitalists
will not admit IL. The general ropor. OF
travellers ia that Spokane has received
considerable Of backset. Pasco cannot
be seen with microscope. Fair Haven
and Port Townsend are in the swim to-
wards the little end OF the horn,
In contrast Oregon cities are almost
universally holding their own. Portland
is moving ahead steadily, and the other
cities OF the state generally, none Of
which ever claimed TO be booming, are
going ahead steadily, 0regon's next
census, even OF 1895 will leave her north
ern neighbor In the rear.
TuE CIRcus.-Good sized audiences.
considering the fact that Il Is the middle
of the harvest season, attended Sells Bros.
circus yesterday As a rule 40 two peo-
pie agree on circus performance, and
/ u r
Sells msnagerie Is good one. particularly
To those who have not seen Il once, and
the performance. the writer considers, a
very entertaining cne. Some OF the feat
ures are peculiarly daring ones. The Japs
are immerse and ths Arabs. though not
so expert, yet torn q very Interesting
feature. Nothing better done than the
| Greek Istuary. The eontortionists are
The best ever here. The tumbling. high
and on the ground, was good. the dogs,
bicycliSis, etc, were by all means worth
witnessing. The clowns have detcriora.e
| until now they simply slap each other a
ssnseless and uniaterrsilng chestnut
TEACHERS EXAMINATION The fol
| lowing Is the resul, Of the examination OF
teachers held las, week The average
standing OF each applicant " annexed to
his name. The last eight failed TO obtain
certificates: Eva Basselt, SO 4; { + Til
ton, sos; w NJ Brown. ss {: Cora a Gar.
Der. So; Mrs ~ Steele, st o; Julia NJ
Swan, 70; Rosa Z Moore. 70; Ina Bar
clay. TI.7; Amanda Brandon, 7o.S s +
LoughbCtlom, " G; II { Jordan. 70 }; II
+ Weaver. $40; K W Swink. SRI; Laura
. Myers, 6S.7; Lena Williamson, 63; s u
Rldgcway, 63I; Mary ileltman, 20 s.
Some OF those who failed took the examl
nation for experiment., while others were
writing for higher grades.
G +. RUSSELL,
County School Sapt
CAPITAL CRY MINIS The siockho!d.
rSs of the Capl.ai City Minins Co. held
their annual meeting yesterday, when di-
reetors were elected for the ensuing year
as follows; J J Murphy. = f Chadwick,
Ed liirseh, w W Martin, Z Iirrrcr, !
g Wright, + II darcy. The directors
afterwards met AID elected officers ss fol-
lows: President, ) + Chadwick; secre-
iary, II D'Arcy; treasurer, J ! Murphy.
u Is the purpose Of the company, whose
inincs are In the San;iam country, 10 send
several tons OF ore 10 the smeller TO the
smclier at AlhinIa To be tested The ore
I, is proposed to tes, was taken on, OF the
mines several months ago, and The COM
panY Is now figuring With The AlbIna
Smaller relative TO the cost oi reduSing
the same.--Statesman.
An ISsuRAScx sUn.-A few days ago
the State Insurance Company began
civil action in Justice Fouts' court
against w a Cascdy for the payment Of
note which the defendant had formerly
given for an insurance premiam. The
trial took place before jury called by
the defendant. The defense was that
the company's agent in negotiating the
Insurance had committed fraud by
misrepresenting the character Of the
instrument 10 which Mr Casedy has
athxed his name. He had led the de.
tendant 70 believe that the little paper
he signed was certificate" whereas IL
haV a. ks. a. Al.
payment OF sl7.60, the premium for a
certain amount OF insurance. The jury
returned verdict for the company
Oregon City Courier. .
a BIG UNIvERsITY.- Oregon Is on the
eve Of having great university, equal to
TIE best eastern college, as well as to the
Leland Stanford, ir, university OF Calf
II IS reported thar " 8 Ladd and III w
Corbett each offers to give 100000 To
wards college, to be under the auspices
OF the Presbyterian church, and 10 be To-
Gated 10 Portland, an additional ST., ,ooo. 900
to raised IN the church, making $1,000
ooO as starter. This would be a great
thing for the n w and II Is to be hoped
such college will be founded, one that
will rank In standing with Harvard, Yale
or Princeton.
Lors or LoSs.-Last Saturday party
OF loggers completed drive Of two mil
lion feet of logs TO the Harrisburg saw
mill from up the Mckenzie They took
ak million feet as far as Coburg and left
four million feet there for Goodale's mill.
Yesterday they were In this city packing
up TO 60 TO the Middle Fork after a drive
OF 400, 900 feet for the mill In this city.
They will then take another drive down
the Mckenzie. The rivers are little low
now for driving logs and they 60 only
about a mile day'-Register.
LooK Our for bilks OF all kinds. The
woods are full OF them. Do not try to
make money by beating them. These
purchasing agencies should be left alone.
An agent is coming this way. A show
case agent, named Geo Smith, claim
ing to represent Philadelphia house,
takes orders, particularly from milliners,
receives $40 or SIS in advance, and that
is the last OF him. Two Pendleton wo-
men bit.
THREE OUT OF ELEvEN.-Eleven per-
sons were examined bv county schoo
superintendent, w Il Yates, last week
but out OF the entire number there were
but three who obtained certificates to
teach. Ellen Sedgwick Of Albany, and
Gertrude Vaughn OF Philomath, were
granted second grade certificates and A
W Skinner, Of this city, was given a
third grade certifcate.-Gazette.
Two YOUNG MEN, from Powells Prairie
this side of Portland, stopped off In Albany
today on TIP through the valley. They
became rather too smart for their posi-
ton In the world, and we're gobbed up by
the Chief of Police; but discharged after
some very fatherly advice was given them,
and no doubt, will be more careful In the
future about monkcyipg with the buzz
slw.
WONDERFUL PIGs.-R L Heninger, .of
North Salem prairie, who reported to
the Journal a remarkable litter of eleven
female pigs and no males, has made the
further discovery that two OF this preco-
cious porcine ladies seminary gang have
five legs each. It is a wonderful litter
and this last feature makes Heninger,a
pigs bigger chow than Sells Bros.
New DRAY' FIRM AL Saylor, John
Kaniz, and Geo w Burkhart have bough,
three of the dray teams of ] N Combs
and will run them under partnership ar
rangement. They are all reliable men
and deserve liberal patronage.