The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-09-02
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AN HuMiLIATING CoNFEssIoS. .-Ther
is no better sign of the deafness of a tow
than The manner in which merchants usS
printers ink. In view of the fact the fol
lowing from the Corvallis Times is rather
startling: "The newspaper Is the only
Legitimate chaanel for advertising lit Is
the nain artery In community thar con,
veys Information from one to anoiher-il
Is the very pulse OF the public. Now just
look over the advertising columns OF the
newspapers in Corvallis and see wha,
merchants there are who are bidding for
your patronage. Just look, for fun. There
are mol four columns OF home advertising
in each paper. The Albany papers have
about 40 columns each the year around;
the Eugene papers about ~ columns; the
Roseburg papers, 2S; Salem, -; Inde-
pendence, 10 OF course, the publishers
here are not begging for your patronage
for they are trifie above paupers-het
We simply make The comparison - prove
the assertion that our merchants are an
easy-goiag class of otindividuals. without the
ambition 10 write an advertisements for
their home papers aud make an effort To
secure more patronage
An opD wEnDNe "A Waila walla
paper tells the following: A rather odd
wedding took place a lew days ago &C
| Cotton, = ashs. 1R-N~party OF tourists,
tJonrneylng from the coast up into North
ern idaho. by team, were Young man
oi eighteen years and a maiden OF fifteen
summers, who were desiruus of being
"hitehed, and arriving at Cotton they
hailed a preacher, who married them on
a license from Columbia county, but ON
consideration the minister concluded
this wes not legal, so the hero of the
cloth got him buggy and followed the
couple, ami upon cvertaking them
again, while they were standing under
the wagon SSSeFing, and she was "a
chewing. Of hsy bonnet string" pro-
nounced them man and wife The pic
time as presented to the mind Of Wit
ness was ludicrous indeed he with
oveFalls and ducking shirt, and q hay
belt acting as snspenders. She with
calico dress-running string in the
waist and snnbonnet, making as odd a
pair as Josh Billings ever saw.
LEBANON N.-Deputy Sheriff Gleason
made two arrests last Sunday for fast
driving across the Waterloo bridge.
DIR ID Nj Jones, OF Albany, is spending
few days in Sodavilie, rlsticaiing and
Improving his property in this lively
little village.
If wind is to be the motive power,
there will be n motor line l,nilE from
Albany to Waterloo via Sodayille, other
wise, we fear that those places win have
nothing better thon a wagon road con-
neetion until the S T is extended. We,
wish, but dare not hope that the pro-
posed line may be built
Mr. Thew, who recently come TO Leba-
non from New York, inves.ei $500 in
real estate las. week. be bought s.
acres OF land OF Eb Keebler, sixteen
acres OF which are IN hops Ii is his in-.
tension to take mp every alternate hop
and put into Its place prune tree. cnl-
flyafe the hops and prune trees until the
latter grow TO sufficient size and then
ne viii grub MP his hops.-Adyance
ATTEMPTED Jan. BREAK.-This morn
ing on going through the county Jail
Deputy Sheriff Smith while inyesiigat.
ing matters in the Jail discovered that
three OF the cifside saars o: the rear
window had been sawed off at enc end.
The prisoners had reached thrungh the
inside liars and done the work Mr.
Smith made thoroagh search OF the
jail AMI found steel knife hid over the
stove pipe as il enters the chimney. Il
had been made into an excellent saw.
James Brown, the Tangent highway rob
Der. Ed Oliver and Thcs Price are the
only prisoners there. IL is nrohahie.
Oliver aud Brown were the only ones
who had done the work A steel glass
cutter and n punch going with il were
also found; but what use they were IN
this connection cannot be told. The
men were placed in cells and locked up.
GRAND VIEWS In an article IN the Sep
tetnber Chauiauquan headed .from the
Golden Ga.e nf Cxlifarnia to the twin
cities OF the Northwesi,r writer saws:
For miles We traversed the Rogue River
valley, then came into the narrower,
more picturesque valley OF the Umpqua,
and presently struck The broad Willamette
river, which we followed for nearly tiyo
hundred miles to Portland. The views
all through ihio region are grand. Mour-
tain ranges on either side, and distant
snow crowned peaks tower to the heighi
OF niue, ten and eleven Thousand feet.
The broad ard rushing Willamette falls
are. on the left. almost horseshoe shaped,
and thirteen miles below we reached Port
land,one ofthe most prominent and prom
ising cities of the far west. and then fol
lows a fine noiicI of the metropolis of
the Northwest.
FoREsr FiREs.-A fire started ia the
woods and dry grass near Eimira last
Thursday and spread quite rapidly, says
he Register. 4 flln owned by Jas Kirk.
Of Junction, was burned over ali his
ifences destroyed and barn filed with
straw burned. His house was burned ip
the same way last year The FIRE ther'
spread TO the school house and came meas
getting that. but the children playing
around the building had worn the grass
of some and the neighbors were able 10
save il. Several big fires have been raging
near the head Of the wildcat. One man
started across the mountains few days
ago and 1t look him twelve hours 10 go
three miles on account Of having to doose
around the fires.
AN AssI6NaEET.-The Oregon Me-
tpiic Paint Co, of Scio. which started oa.
a couple years ago with such bright pres
poets has made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors. Assets, personal
property, S673.6S; real property. $3.50
Total, $o53. .6S. Lia3ilities, sbout $1,000.
J z Dayton, of Minnesota, being the prin-
cipsl creditor, having claim of $3.50. ard
NJ Alexander, OF Scio, being next with
one Tor 1881 50.
FINED $50. in the case OF the Stare
against Asa A Hull, of Crawfordsvil:e, for
/ tearing down the fence of ] + Moses. tried
before Justice Curl a verdict of $50 fire,
and nearly 500 costs. was rendered
tagairst the defendant. The case excited
great interest among Charlottesville peo-
Pile. It is reported the case will be ap-
pealed.
Cor Orr CHEAP. "A few days ago
according to Information received at the
DEMccRAT Office, couple of young men
riding past one of the gardens across the
river helped themselves T.. some melons.
They were discovered md Il cost them all
the money they had, Sz.7s, and sack of
oats to settle the matter.
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