The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-08-24
On account of the not weather the Cor

high.
Regular meeting of the Ladies Aid
Society tomorrow at O'Clock at Mrs L
E Blains.
: HIr Earl Race has been interviewed by
the Salem Statesman and tells how tC
avoid being drowned IN surf bathing. He
says ~ myself was In and conterded with
the same current which undoa&edly took
Judge Wiswall 10 his DEATH"
Free religious mass meeting at Bap It's,
Church Tuesday Aug Al. Evangelistic
Nunn's illustrated Sermons on the Life oI
Jesus. Numerous large ard beautiful
pictures. Everybody welcome. COL
lection toward expenses.
And now comes the news that the mon
ey for the proposed extension of the o +
Is ready. This 10 chestnut. The
money is probably not ready as much as
we would like to have II. Those false
rumors get very tiresome.
Some pretty nor,hern lights were seen
last night. Covering a wide surface, in
mild toned streaks somewhat resembling
the reflection of an arc light. melting into
a tinge of red, slowly changing 'front.'
There was nothing dashing about it like
some borealis; but Il pres .nted features
that always command ones respect.
About O'Clock Saturday evening Mrs
DIR Davis had somewhat of a thrilling
experience with kerosene lamp. Catch
ing fire Mrs Davis threw il out the back
window. It fell on Hopkins Bros sters
and set fire to them. The Hopkins Bros
extinguished the flames before any dam
age was done.
We make our best bow to Mrs Geo
Warner, OF Albany. for lovely boquet OF
flowers, the finest we have seen for many
days. Mrs WPr..er takes great pleasure
in having nice flower garden aud in fact
has one of the finest In the state. Thanks,
awfully.-Corvsli Is 1nformer.
a Lebanon paper with very eloo nv
face said that the bottom WIS ous of the
price of hops and they were only worth 7
or cents; but New York paper says;
"The first consignment Of hops has been
received and sod for IS cents n round. |
nearly three times the price obtain. 81 for |
the best of last years crop. Hops .eem
TO have I financial as wei, SIS a natural 1
upward tendency"
Here Is the way the Welcome looSs at a |
very serious matter at Albany: With a
sTile that might almost be construed as
the Albany Democi at copies /
"a good o P Item" from al ignorant /
paper nearly a Thousand miles away.
These ''good o p items' have become a
Standing joke down here in Oregon. Yet
wait ard behold There NAV be one
some dav. They joksd in almost the
same fashion fifteen or twenty years ago
ahout bridge across the Willamette, and
now we have more bridges than are good
Tor us.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam May wera in the city
,oday.
Mrs Ida Brush Buell. is in the city on
visit.
Hon R A Irvine and family will leave
omonow for the Sodas.
Miss Ida Galbraith has returned
rom a several weeks visit in Roseburg.
Mr. Edwin Scott writes up the summer
escorts for the Oregonian.
D: 6 w Mssion. physician and surgeon.
Calls answered promptly in ci,v or
hrs CsE Brownell and family, and
iiss Lizzie Carothers went to the Bay
his noon.
Licenses have been Issued for the mar
iage OF NJ Alderman and Maggie Kenner,
Fred krotge: and Mary koendel.
Mr. and Mrs Van Wilson came down
rom Eugene this noon. They viii board
It Mrs Burmesters for awhile.
Mics Phoebe Rhodes, OF Albany, is
'isiting at the residence ni w Pollock
vest Of town.-Eugene Guard.
VIM NJ Hoag has moved his house
lold effects to Albany and will reside
here ia the future.-CorvallIs Inforcler.
Mr. Thomas Jones, the barber. of PORT
and, spent Sunday in Albany with his
Eife and son, who have been here some
ime.
Charles Fuller. Seman Meyers, Ben
,lelan and viii limerick rode bicycles
o Waterloo yesterday, returning in the
vening.
Collins Elkins reached Ashland sat-
Itday evening on his bicycle. and will
ross the Cascades returning by way of
'icKenzie.
Attorney General Chau berlain and
laughter Lottie came up from Portland
his noon. Mics LO,tie will visit AT Mr.
Mrs Lewis Bruckman and two daugh-
ers, Mrs George Bruck man and two
aughters and Mrs John Bruckman and
on have started for Illinois to visit their
arents and friends.
There was quite an exodus from the
BAY today, several Albany families re-
urning. The tidal wave prophec- it is
ale to cay, though, has nothing 20 do
With il.
A Cumming and Anderson Cannon
ave returned from their trip to the
'acific by way OF the Nehalem, and re-
'ort pleasant time but as yet tell none
fthe big stories that we're anticipated.
Saturday afternoon Miss Maggie
feyer gave pleasant party at the home
4 her parents near the Masonic cemetry
n honor Of her eleventh birthday. A
me time was had. A lunch OF ice cream,
axe, candy and nuts was enjoyed.
'welve or fifteen girls were present.
Mr. Sheridan, Colorado miner. came
own from the Santiam mines on Satur-
lay. He was greatly pleased with thu
'utlook, and believes the Santiam dis
rict has bright future. All it needs
9 to be worked in the right manner. 1t
s full OF gold that viii some day reach
he public eye. As 1t ia now though in
'ther parts OF the U mention an Ore
,on mine and it has no weight with men
!
ire the states receiving most attention.
some day though all eyes will be on
oregon, and the Santiam mines will be
strictly in II In mining sense.
Isaac and Grant.:F oman, w L Baker
and Robert Wilson, returned yesterday
rom their trip tn the Metoles, bringing
home two or three cans OF trout and re-
port fine time. Fish are not biting
with the usual voracity in the Metoles.
The company consisting Of Dave Froman,
E W Langdon, A B Mathews and John
Althnuse, who crossed the mountains by
the Belknap Springs and the Mckenzie
had reached Fish Lake and had ar
ranged to camp there several days. Mr.
Dave Froman superintendent OF the
company stated that they would be in
Albany on next Friday at just A 80 |
o'clock p m. Mr. Il Stewart who is at |