The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1896-09-04

REMINISCENT.

From the DExocgAr Nov. Q, TO Feb.
%, 1865:
In a list Of big tax payers Beach and
Aonteith were the heaviest, paying
sS6i.o0: John Wilson, s236 go; VIM
Cochran, S23i So; Jacob kees, $i53. 10 I;
A Hackleman, sl35.2S; John Conner,
si12 50; Iohn Crawford. sl7S 72 J ii
Foster & Co., $1,000; Moore, Garst *
Baker. Ss6e.6O; Senders, Sternberg &
Co., $S7.75; Barrows < Co., s7S 90.
The county commissioners o.dered q
fence bull. around the pablo square.
Wonder where it is.
No town On the coast is better side
walked than Albany. What change
since them,
$lio0 in cash was stolen from the safe
Of Smith & Riley at Harrisburg Sunday
night. the safe being broken open
julius Gradwohl has purchased the en-
tire stock Of goods OF the late Beech K
NonteiIh.
25S votes were cast at city election J..
Noscross was elected mayor, reeeiving
l35 votes 10 John Coaner rs. J. u.
Price beat Dave Fronan Cor marshal by
8 majority.
Wheat on Dec. :, 50 cents. gold 1906.
cent?.
Big democratic club formed with \. ii.
Cranor as president, ]. II. HackiemAn.
Eli Carter and NJ. II. Abbott vice pres-
.den,s, NJ. Y. Brown. secretary. A
Grant" club was organized bat officers
no; given. lilo; times.
Total orders drawn oa city treasurer
Tor one year s2.SlI.@s.
Married. in Portland, on Jan. -, 1858.
Samuel May and Caroline Garzi, OF Har-
risbnrf.
d. Wakefield has purchased The drug
store ot " hittcnmore X Co. He is goo ]
fellow and understands his business.
AshbY Pierce has ionghi the upper
Jerry, paying $500 fer it.
Considerable interest is being taken in
the reminiscent clippings from the old
/ illes Of the DgsoezAT. Tbey xi.l be con-
Iinaed occasionally for some time.
From iiss DExocHST February - 10
April IS. 1888.
The prize OF the Weekly BgwccRxT WAS
then s.. The editor said I'VE ooncesie
than S. Is bat gEisse bat several hundred
s make a snag pile"
\ lair given by she II. E. caurssi melted
| sI42. 81
Col. KelsAy, oI Corvallis. addressed
the ''Grans ciub."
The circul; court docket consisted o!
81 c1cez. II icing criminal, Is civil and
ehAnoeTy. 0i Aibzuy's present aisos-
ucys the soiso~ing attended. J. C..
Powell, J. ]. whitney and y. +. Humph-
Fey.
A Enit,d Presbyterian sar.er hroGgh;
1921.
AZ the democratic county convention
Or. Alexander, John Bryant. Il ID.
johnson. Thos. Sites and ]. T. Crooks
were nominated Tor repres sensatiyes. 5.
A. Johns Tor judge, ). X. Helm Eor clerk,
/ r. 4. Irvine for slscrisE. Jas. Shields Tor
treasurer. a :. Basseii, C. =. HurkhzFi
for commissioners. A. +. Nyc ior AsSess-
or. Oh the ;wo preSert residents OF Al.
bAny the DEMocEAz said: Thos. stisss
lives in Harrisburg prec ncs, occupation
school teacher, one OF the mist useful
and lab0Fions in which man can engage.
lie Is man OF good habits and more
than ordinary ability Robert Irvine il
from Scto precinct aud is good farmer
and stock raiser. lie is represented sC
!is as an honest, hard working, good isl.
low.
Mr.. Jos. Weber. recently from Port.
land has purchased the Albany bath
house. Mr.. W. particularly excels in
the tonsoFial line. handling the razo'
with superior adroisness, skill and dex,
terity.
| In the nEGcCRAT Of April IS, ISss ap
peared for the first time Sam simpson /
famous poem Ad Wiilameisam, whiCl
begins:
From the Cascades frozen gorges,
Leaping like child al play,
Winding. widening through the valley,
Bright Willamette glides away.
Onward river,
Lovely river,
Softly calling 10 the sea;
Time that scars us,
Mlims and mars us,
Leaves no track or trench on thee.