The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-12-14
FRIDAY

MS store NJ OWett AloLne 10 MIR GlasS, {
era xfordsviIle. and moved back to Leba
non.
The case Of J A Sturtevant VS. ! M Raj,
ton, as Bank of Lebanon, is now beip
tried in this city before the referee. ] Ere
Yates. Each side is represented by sever
al attorneys.
Married, at the residence of the orida',
parents, oil Sunday, Dec 2, by Rev A lac
| Adams. MIR w Harrison and Miss Mol
lie 4 CoifeIt. The young couple have tn
best wishes OF many friends.
Prof L Barzee has traded his interest il
the Mineral Springs Seminary, Sodayille
| to the trustees Of the seminary, for five lot,
in wassoms sldition TO Lebanon. Tn,
/ amount was $500.
Mr. J NJ Ralston, who has been in th.
city this week, attending the trial received
a telegram late last night from his brother,
c III Ralston, Of Portland, that his mother
! had taken suddenly worse.
Honor lodge. 40 U w. elected the fol.
lowing officers al their last meeting: Mas
ter workman. VIM Robbins; foreman, II 7
kirkpatrick; oFerseer, g n Wilkes: record
er, ! X Borum; financier and receiver, ]
Hyde; guide. Thos Reidy; inside watch
man, Edwin Palmer; outside wateEman,
Phil Ritter trustee. G w Cruson.-Aa.
vance and Express
THOUSANDS coMIEG.-Editor Hofer OF
the Salem Journal, who recently returned
from The Middle West speaks in the, follow
ing emphatic manner: The press Of the
state is speaking quite freely OF the grow
ing tide Of immigration from the east TO
Oregon. The forcrnnneFs Of an army Of
several hundred thousand people are now
arriving on every train. The hundreds Of
thousands undoubtedly are to come in the
next two years No one can doubt that
the population Of the Willamette valley
will double within 1--WE years and contain
a round half million Of people.
The Journal speaks from positive knowl-
edge when il says thousands OF families in
the DaEotas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Illinois, Missouri and Kansas will come 10
Western Oregon in the next six months.
Those states have all been more OF less aiflcs-
ed with drough, 4 short crops and insolerz-
bio suffering from hot weather the pxst
year. In some Of Them vast areas we're lit
orally burnt up By the heat aud drought,
causing great suffering, desiitution and de-
population. The people iu those sections
have food for neither themselves nor stoc<,
and have no water or fuel.
TAr0RT 80 TEEMs.-A curiosity in the
way Of country schoolmasser is Prof John
u Woods, respectable and respected. He
has probably tanght more terms Of dis
lrlet school than any man in America.
His career ~ q pedagogue began when I've
'zaa seventeen years old in the Henkle
mill school house on AaEy's river. Benton
county, IN lisa That vas over forty years
ago, and Prof Woods. without rising above
The Of oo0ntTy schoolmaster, has followed
ths business ever since. winding up his
ast school in Do0xias county last Friday.
lie has tanght oniy n the counties Of the
valley ami he lacks only
Ten months Of having taught 90 term. az
'clso0s Of three months each He i an-ioas
10 secure another school, 30 Ghat be may
,ompsete has 100 terms He Is bachelor
and So years Of aSc: More than sg,ul0
has been paid him for his services "a
schcolmaster. the most al il has gone to
Pay debts for Iniigsnt and unfortunate
relatives Corvallis Times.
NorwrTasrASpsSo the ineIcmency of
.he weather, q good audience crested
Mrs Peake last evening. Her subject
sEs one OF great import, "Whs: think
&c OF LhFiSsgn Sba E8lsowed closely the
,hain Of evidence taken from the tessi-
nonY of the prophets. oi His friends and
1t His foes, which proved Him 10 be the |
SON Of God the Savior oi men. She
showed His power 10 save, His willing |
ness TO receive all who come unto Him |
believing, and lastly, He that knows
Christ 20 be the Son oi God, and accepts |
Him as his redecmeF, and builds upon |
Him his hopes oi salvation, 10 such an
one Is given the power and assurance 10 |
answer this question in It's iullness.
The Bible meetings are growing in in
terest and are most Instructive. Ser
vices as usual this evening.
CoMTSe TO 0EEGoS An Nhany man.
Mr. II n Thost9u. will lease in a few days
tor Syracuse, \ I. probably 10 reside, He
has made many friends here who will re-
gret seeing hirl leave Oregon. The fol |
owing frcm tie Telegram indicates that |
y bile be Is leaving many will come: Mr.
l. Skeels, Of the New York Life lns. Co..
\ letter this morning stating that |
about % well-to-do men OF Syracuse. y ]. |
vail leave there between the 18th and 10th |
inst. for this city 10 look into the fruit land |
and other agricultural opportunities offer
I'd IN this state. with a Yiew 10 investment |
and permanent location. II all Is favora- |
bic 10 their way Gf thinking. they will be |
the forerunners Of large colony from cen
trai New York. OF all whom viii bring am
pie means with them TO pay ready cash for
Ill they buy.
A NERvY HoBo.-A hobo on Monday
train tried TO get ont from under
Inc coach while the cars were leaving West
Fork. His foot was cauyh, hy 4 wheel and
his toes pinched of. He crawied 10 the
Drake beam again and rode 10 Glendale
where the train hands took him in and
brought him to this city. DIR Kremer cut
'f the nlangled toes. The unfortunate
goung man stood his agonies like hero.
The state pays the expenses. Pass
Courier.