The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-11-11

4 new title has Deen estaDlsneui IL IL
b which when translated means Doctor
Vi Bicycles.
The eleven physicians cards have all
disappeared from Salem paper. The
truth is the capital city is not yet big
enough for classified columrs without
padding.
There will be elections tomorrow in
over forty states, In the campaign the
recent war has been made regular foot
bail, and has been kicked all over the
east by both sides under different issues.
Bids have been opened for furnishing
stationary etc.. for.the state legislature
soon to meet. The lowest bid WAS that !
OF +. 5. Dearborn 1881 .63, hut the con- |
tract was let to G. ii. Croker whose bid |
was 81, ,272.S0. Now the feathers will fly. |
One OF the Halloween jokes at Toledo
consisted OF stealing span of horses out of
barn after breaking the door open, and
leaving them in pasture. The sheriff
was called up and long search made for
the horses before they were found.
Claud Banton has the distinction of
being the first man ever sentenced TO be
'.anged in Lane county. That county
has done most OF its killing by gun ac-
cIdents, while Linn county is pretty well
up in hanging. We believe McGrath
will be number eight.
Banker Wright, of Union, has been
handed a check for about $4,000 in pay
ment of the check for the insane asylum
farm that was repudiated. Now the
state had better get in and sell the farm
as quickly as possible and wipe the fake
business of the books OF the state.
David Starr Jordan, OF Stanford Uni
versity, is opposed to expansion and re-
fers to Manila in connection with 1t as
the ''intoxication OF far off victory. 4"
There is nolhing like being president of
a big university and having a command
OF Language that will settle big questions
without any argument. Nevertheless
Mr.. Jordan has pretty level head.
Two weeks ago woman OF Baltimore
was divorced from her husband. Last
week she was married to another man
and the merry guests at the wedding
were surprised TO see the divorced hus-
band acting in the capacity of hest man
to the groom himself, snd took a leading
part in all the arrangements Tor the nup-
J tials.
! 4 Salem business man tells his expert
ence ut gambling. a game was running
! where the limit was so cents and $50.
. He ventured 80 cents and won. As he
. took in his money he said 70 himself
Il might just as well have won SO.
nave really last 1880" Then he be;
anothe- 50 cents and won again. There
goes another $3.50 / might Inst as well
= have had. have lost $50 in two minut.
es." That was the last gambling he
, ever did and soon thereafter attended
the Mills meetings and joined the church.
= Journal
. The Salem woolen Mil Co. made 8
! Sll0 blanket for the Portland exposition,
4. which tbe company noE offers TO sell iol
$50 if purchased aud sent TO Capt Clark,
OF tie Oregon, as present. He deserves
! 10 have IL. As Q matter OF Tact though
we suspect that q good $40 blanket
would be much more comfortable.
The ex railroad commissioners are al,
iusting themselves to the everyday con
ditions Of life, and are Eow living like
common people. Col. J. 3. Eddy bai
bought farm five miles from Oregon
City and will raise wheA. and fruit, Gen
=. Compson has located in Portland ant
Mr. Nacrum we believe is Rt his hom,
in Hillsboto. Why should not the stat
9 legislature coon TO meet pass q Law pen
n sioning these gentlemen who claimed q
4 have saved the people Of Oregon SS50 90
and few cents during their mAn!pula
ton OF the commission.
Great interest was taken 10 Allan,
last evening in the sensational repOr
from the Seattle Post Inleiligencer OF tn
arrest in New York city OF Mrs. Pc
St.ahan Moore, former prominen
young lady OF this city, whose ehildhoo,
Eas spent here. II w@s q surprise &
every body. Mrs. Aoore's version of tn,
very senatioDal affair will be watehe,
for with great interest aud will no doub
10 be given IN the New YORK papers OF tn
70 1th which will arrive Saturday noon.
n Another Portland man has returnel
n from the east after an absence Of ihIe
"A months and declares that The peopl
,s bat K there do not know anything abou
h oregon, that he saw Oregon menlioneS
In .ae papers only twice once in connect
ion with the election o. Joe Simon Au,
81 the other time in connection with til
ot explosion on the torpedo boat Davis
.e Nevertheless Oregon is pretty vel
known about in the east, much NOR
than lew years ago. A state is not eea
orally mentioned without there lie som
special location Tor it.
y Geo. E. Dyer, a Portland boy. ha
g written ht me from Manila in the fol-
ing interesting way:
" There is a rumor here that the Ore
'l gon regiment is to sail for home Novem
l. Der .. We are all very anxious to com
h home 10 Gods country again. | hay
learned lesson l shall never forget Th
night we entered Manila We slept O
l. rocts, with our knarsacks for pillows
/. and were fed on bareback and norse
meat. We ATE the iood because we wer
very hungry. Mrs. DR. Woods, the nurs
" rom Portland, was in our quarters &c
"A Ill al. Il.