The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-10-30


TONED for Congress, many Of them.
An Iron mine has been discovered III
Polk county. Who says Oregon Is not
In II.
We have received bundle OF circulars
from Or Aborn,of Portland. 1.-THE Doctor
Is rs slow about curing as he IL about pay
Ing for advertising, his patients will be
sick a long time. Silyerton Appeal.
Al the present time Just about 100000
worth OF improvements are going on at
Albany. That OF Itself Ia not a bad record /,
aud II doesn't include switches, and new
telegraph wires and poles.
Ar exchange up the road IL tr, Ing TO
work up libel suit with some Portland
politicians as plaintiffs; but II 10 safe 10
remark that they will not succeed. Poll
ticisns are generally too shrewd for thst.
They know you can prove anything.
A late statement shows deposits In about
half OF this city's banks OF nearly $5,soe,-
COO. This Is somewhat more than the
assessor found short time ago. Other
cities could show similar increase. Times
are evidently improvlng.-Seatile Telc.
graph.
Here Ia some sunlight. aalem's city
council has ordered half mile OF streets
paved.
Oregon City has awakened and passed
O COW ordinance and the bovines must
20. II 10 mossback city that cannot dc
that much.
A citizen OF Anacortes, Washington
compares his town with Portland. Tha
ID about the same as chasing Gladston,
with Talking Timothy Geer, Of Marior
county, who just now has the congres
sional "bee In his bonnet. ."-E o.
The editor has to father NIL unsub
scTibed articles; but not one correspond
ent in ten is willing to sign his name h
an article on public matters, and more
generally enIoins the greatest secrecy
The same men will sometimes criticize
newspaper for not 'speaking out
oitenel, regardless Of the propriety Of II
Mrs Matte Scott, Of Greenfield, n Y
were united In marriage Wednesda
night ut Pendleton. The funny part Q
the business Is that Richardson got hi
wife by advertising In q matrimonia
paper. The census returns show tha
Greenfield has decreased In population
about 800 in ten years, so that it 10 n
wonder Mrs Scott was willing 10 marry
stranger In live Oregon city.
People who imagine ministers are Ion
faced socially. do 20 because they do nc
know them. On the contrary many {
them are joviai, good natured lot {
men. who enjoy good aneedote or jok
as well as any one, and some have n ric
store OF them. A good many Of ali
brethren, Congregational, Baptist
Christians, Episcopalians and U. y
have been tn the city recently, and thos
/ who met them will testify 10 this. II
remarkably rare thing that any on
gets hurt by coming In contact with
minister socially. On the contrary the
may be lifted up socially and learn muc
that 10 not necessarily religious, as we
as much that is. without fear Of any la
moral results. But lot one minister In
thousand stray from the narrow pat
and u II herAlded all over the world an
made mountain.
Eugene's monthly electric light bill
t2i6.s3.
The Baker City Blade says that ttl
recorder, sheriff and clerk cost Bake
county $50 ,st5.i3. This does not includ
fees OF first two named.
!. The attendance at the State Universlt
! at Eugene 10 as follows: Seniors, !
Juniors,l2 Sophomores and Is Freshmen
i29 preparatory students and about 2
electives, making total Of 300.
The woodburn Independent attack
Prof T. q Hurley and wiic,phrenologist,
recently In this city, in q very live man
ner, and says they ought TO DO shown u
by the press generally.
When Sells circus WAS in Albany, ia
owners stated on the bills that the az
gregate value was over million dollars
When IL sailed from San Francisco las
week tie custom house clearances in
voiced itat s2s. 200, about the real value
Freeman Eldriedge, lad not vet 2
years Of age, has had the entire charg
Of the big Eldriedgs farm near 1t Louis
Marion county, this year. Over 81
acres were cultivated which yielded owe
49, 900 bushels OF wheat, oats and barley
He has been alone in the big house OF
the farm, without father or mother, witt
only the laborers and cook.
i II is rare thing now that a China
man can be seen splitting or saw,nI
wood. This 10 now done almost entirel,
by white men, steam outiits doing TIN
saving and the splitting and piling beinI
done by hand. Though II costs NOR
people generally rejoice at the change
and willingly pay the difference.
/ HEAL FsrATE SALES,
Plantina Biddle TO Mary ] Page,
various lots and parcels In Al
MI and Nellie Mon.cith to DB ~
Monteith.......... Power OF Att,
Mary J Page and hus TO Plantina
Biddle, lots SO, 7,bl IL. Albany 500
State TO p . Lundis, 40 acres in sec
tn Ii GR1w Il