The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-08-14

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The heaviest yield OF oats we have
heard OF 80 far this year, is that raised
by Mr. Blll Gross, near Halsey, II acres
thrashed out 1147ls bushels or 67M
bushels 10 re.--Lebanon Express.
The Corvallis Gazette says Prof Frank
Carter and crowd, baloonists, are hard
set OF dead beats. They bave'nt been
here, only taking In smaller places like
Corvallis, Scio, etc, 90 we do not know.
Very little new wheat has been sold In
Corvallis yet. While the nominal price
being paid for wheat Is quoted at IS cents,
We understand that as much as II cents
has been pnid.-Gazettc.
The Salem Journal calls us oil dogs.
Hear the grunt Of the hippopotamus
''rhe city Of Albany taxes Its resident
dogs, and the DgMocRAT announces that
this tax will have TO be paid, or the dogs
will be killed by u man In waiting for the
job. Friend, the town viii be depopu'
lated r.
Pronunciation bees arc now the proper
things. II wouldn't take long 10 get
some educated people the Man About
Town has heard Of, down and most peo-
pie wonld drop on such words ns long,
dog, etc, which, according to the die
tionary, all have the short sound Of o.
A New York poetess, Nina Irving, Ia
aatn., tttt,EaV Zoe sEunn J.s EaiI
damages were done 10 the young lady's
divine atllatus. Tho butcher hangs his
nndressed hogs and beeves In his barn
In full view of Mina's window She al
leges that the sight deprives her Of in
spiration, without which she can not pur-
sue her art.
The Eugene Guard has discontinued its
associated press dispatches. business not
Qualifying IL. The Statesman and Journal
are now the only papers ln tile valley get.
ting these dispatches, something that
takes lots oi fifth, lucre.
The following appears In the Portland
council proceedings: + II Raymond gave
notification that the nes Vancouver
bouleyard In Aibina woulC not benefit bis
| property and he did not proposc io allow
| the city 10 cut ten feet off his front yard
unless tic eouit decide 40.
The Oregon Pacific has done n good
deal for this par, OF Oregon, and the pub
| lie appreciates Il. but the road mast DO the
square thing with I.s employees or II can
/ never have the good will Of the people oi
the Willamette Valley. whose sympathIes
arc universally with the men Who have
earned their morey and no, been paid.
The West Of Florence hangs Mr. Sy.
muss, OF the U. =. engineers, In very
horrible picture this week. on account oi
his failure 10 act promptly in the i'm
proyement Of the Siuslaw. The people
there are greatly excited. They viii
probably get the improvement desired.
The Brownkviie Times gives show
the following Arixoaa Kicker notice 1.-THE
| O'liallihsn dramsti: combination Is 4
fraud. They advertise a frs, class per-
Torrance. which they aic no, capable oi
| giving. On the evening of Saturday the,
attempted 10 give 40 called exhibition,
which was a complete failure. the house
was 40 thin tia, an old settler caught tlis
ehIIs. They dl,ln't hrnd any "comps'
around TO this office.
| Even the big ball players sometime,
do not follow orders. At a game between
| the New fork aud Brooklyn teams o
! the National league last week, Collins
Z II LII.
| Burns. the right fielder, both ran for q
high fly batted by big Roger Connor
/ The two men came together with great
force, and were terribly cut about the
| head aud face, and both fell 10 the ground
bleeding and insensiblc. They were re-
moved to hospital, where Collins hung
for time between life and death FROM
conclusion Of the brain. Burns was able
to resume play in Few days.
The Vale Gazette gives tie follow ing
and after reading IL, il Is safe 10 predict
who will win the law suit mentioned
last week while Chas Becker Was re-
turning from Baker City the conductor
asked him for his ticket, whereupon he
said he had given it 10 him, but the con
dnctor said not and Becker insisted yes
1
put him off. for which he asks the road
10 pay him seo, 200. The conductor
story may differ from Becker's. The
"Malheur cattle king" afterwards found
that he still had ticket in his pocket
and that the conductor simply treated
him in customary manner
The two Coons, with another brother
manufactured $500 worth OF coin n
Woodburn, Marion county some months
ago and passed IL OF successfully on Pu.
get Sound without being'eaught. They
bought property at Wooiburn with thu
proceeds, which is said 10 be in the nam,
OF the brother residing there now.-Ash
land Record.
The Three Sisters came up last nigh
with fair load Of freight for the enter
prising merchants OF Salem. Twely
barrels OF oil, and lot of birthstone
which will be used on the notorious hoy
souse, were brought up.-Statesman. Th
Sisters probably took the oil and brim
stone for the collie caused by the load @
cucumbers taken down to Portland.
| IoN eHsy u ~ 10 ukure. nc ouecTtef
OF Dallas. says: Here is a little item +
ponder over We have it from reliabl,
authority that there Is about $500, ,00'
insurance carried in Dallas, while tn
assessment roll last year footed up, in
cluding Indebtedness, about $3.50, 600. ]
we calculate that not more than one
half the property is insured and that a
two thirds its value we must conclud
that there is something rotten in Den
mark"
The Oregon State Chautauqua Literar
and Scientific Assembly will be held a
Gearhart Park, beginning Sunday, Au
gust 8, 1891. This is on Clatsop beach
Instead OF being State G. l.. s. G. thi
is evidently only Portland affair, ,gotte
up as summer resort arrangement.
no doubt, though, will develope int
. something more serious. The G. l..
G. is great literary institution, and Ore
gon should have her assembly.
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SuDkyBLLE NEWS
August 5th, 1891.
The motor line will be built aud n
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