The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-09-25
LOCAL RECORD.


Times BErNu MADn.--In. a quiet wa
Albany sends out good many manu-
factured articles TO different points Il
the Northwest. The Red Grown -four i
used everywhere In the Northwest. TIL,
mill runs almost increasingly. The Al
bany Wire Works are run at their fulles
capacity, their wire mattresses having 9
big market. r Veal & Son run Their
factory steadily on chairs, for which they
have we'll established market. The
products oil the GP SIP D& l. Co. gC
everywhere in the valley. The Albany
Iron Works are now at work on -four
fronts for Lebanon and are filling orders
for Salem, Roseburg, Corvallis and other
places Richards 4 Phillips are turning
out some fine wood work for DIR Wallace's
new residence and have numerous orders
ahead. Josephs cigar factory is kept
busy meeting orders. The Albany Wool,
en- Mills need hardly TO be mentioned SC
well is their big business known to the
people. Their goods 20 all over the u
s., and they have orders ahead for many
months. Considerable furniture Is man
ufactured by Thos Brink and VIM Fruni.
THE BEsr BEAR STORY. Y.--Nearly every
exchange has bear item. The country
seems full Of the innocent beasts. Here
is the best one vet, from the Watcrville,
(Wash.) Democrat: While In his pas.
ture on Badger mountain, above Corba-
ley canyon, last Tuesday, Matt Miller
espied an object in one corner which he
supposed to be a calf, and walked toward
Il with the intention OF driving il out.
lt proved TO be bear. This altered the
situation, and Matt Immediately opened
fire and shot the bear, which ran into
some thick brush close by. Matt follow
ed and shot at the first specimen Of bruin
he saw, thinking 1t the same one. lie
killed il instantly, and il turned out to
be yearling cub, and different animal
from that at which he first fired. About
this time three more bears made their
appearance on the scene. Matt kept
firing and wounded good sized bro~n
one in the face, but the trio made their
escape. Mr. Miller brought his two
trophies to town.
ANOTHER EAGLE yesterday
forenoon n messenger boy dropped $40
piece on the sidewalk in front OF the
Worcester block and 1t rolled Off into
deep mud puddle The little fellow got
- NAA pan anu ANh AAA " bstlA Nub Aut
puddle, not quite as hopeless task US
bailing out the ocean with a pint pot,
but nearly as impraticable. A crowd
gathered around and watched the pro-
ceedings with great interest for some
time, but at length q man began grab
bing in the mud with his hand and soon
tished up the so. The boy gave thanks
and went off gripping the coin so tightly
that the goddess of liberty and the eagle
both screamed.-Oregonian.
THE BKIDeE.-Mr + ] Miller, suPerin
tendent of the Albany bridge, Is in the city,
eady TO keep his eye,on the initiatorv work
on The bridge, in the shape OF pile driving,
whichfti is intended to'be gin this week, Mr.
Wakefield having informed him that he
would be here to begin on the piers before
the eud of the week. The pile driver and
other apparatus Is on the way here, big
Scow has been sent by river from Eugene,
and soon everything will be in motion.
The contract for 1000 barrels of the best
English or Belgium cement was let few
days ago in Portland. The contract fer
lumber, of which II will take about 3oo,-
600 feet, will be let TO several Albany
dealers, being divided among them The
iron work Is being pushed in Cleveland,
and the piers will be shipred first at an
early day, In a short time the livest
place around Albany will be at the site OF
the bridge.
ELYwHREL RUNs AwAY.-A queer
runaway occurred on Snake river the
other day, says the East Washington. when
the fywheel of Jim MeKee's threshing
machine broke loose and ran two miles
down the big hill. TIE thresher was at
work on a high bluff above the river when
the pin that holds the fiywheel in position
worked out, allowing the wheel to slip off
The spindle. IL so happened that the
wheel was revolving towards the river,
and when 1t few from the thresher Il shot
off down the mountain side at lightning
speed, never stopping till It reached the
rivers edge. The wheel was so badly
damaged as to be useless, and a new one
had 70 be obtained before the thresher
could be started egain.
Bro FIGuREs.-Bids for % blocks Of
street improvements were opened at
Salem yesterday. Here are the inter
esting figures:
Bays, Jefferies & Co.. Portland-with
cutters, $50, 1913 80; with stone
Cutters, $l02, ,227 II.
b S REILLY, Portland-concrete cutters
sl35 ,555 70; stone cutters, $l35, ,555 rs.
Mason & Strang, Salem-concrete gut
ters, Sll2,3l2 65; stone cutters, sl15,-
3l2 6j.
AToMs.-Men are not what they used
to be in Albany for they used TO be boys.
A friend will stand by you until his
own interests are affected, and then good
bye friend.
Tine man who gives is very popular
until he quits giving.
The docket is filling with divorce cases,
nearly fifteen. In nearly every case il
may be wageIed the parties loved to dis
traction at one time. 1t is the well tenn
pered love that lasts.
II pays TO tell the truth. The wear on
the brain is not as great.
CHURcH CoSvEHTIoNs.-1he Baptist
state convention will be held in Albany
on Oct I4th. A minister's conference
meets the day before the opening of the
convention. A large delegation of the
leading ministers and other workers in the
Baptist churches Of the state will be pres
ent Besides this there will meet in AL
bany during October the Congregational
association, the ministerial conference Of
the Christian church, synod of the U p
church of the coast, and state convention
of Y p @ E. Albany is becoming great
center for such conventions.
WHERE TO Coco TO Parker Bros for
fresh fruitsand vegetables.
Go to Parker Bros for the best teas
an cohees.
Go TO Parker Bros for good baking
powder.
Go 10 Parker Bros for fine baked goods.
The best bread, cakes, pies, etc in the
market.
Go to Parker Bros for your groceries
generally, and be assured OF good goods
and drst-class treatment.
THE LAST DAY Of the & -, fair was
well attended. The receipt. fsr the week
we're $os94.5o against $9szS. 50 for 1890.
The race track receip:s were $I,885.7s
against 1910 so last year. The 2:27t trot
was won by Blonde In three straight heats
best time, 2:7s4 The Oregon Derby was
won by Misty Morn in 7:56X. The special
trot was won by klamath, best time ago.
M ALBASY MAN FIEED.-The statG
fair furnished an assault and battery
case late Saturday night. A marsha
called upon / Smith, of Independence
70 Interfere in row, which he did anC
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