The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-08-26

The Astoria regatta opened this morn
ing.
Only thirteen oas OF thirty two teach
ers examined for certificates passed in
Marion county. Teachers must now pro-
gFess or drop out, which Is proper
There is reported 10 te n SpaniAri at
Fort stevens at the mouth Of the Col
umbia. who though patriotic to the Tn
tied States does not like to haze his
native country run down.
Forty McAiinnyille young ladies have
formed military company and gone to
the regatta at Astoria. They have been
the center OF attraction on the way
there.
Eltweed pomery, of Newark, y. J.
president OF the Direct. Legislative
League. will visit Portland. He Is Dow
in the West on n business trip and writes
that he will arrive there from San franz
cisco Saturday morning.
One OF the Albany boys at Manila
promises 10 bring home with him for
his father, = box OF cigars that sell here
for p cents apiece, bat which can be
bought there for cent apiece.
Will Governor Lori call an extra ses-
sion ot the legislature is question ire
quently heard lately. As the people do
not particularly need an extra session it
is not probable the Governor will call
one.
Several days ago. the DENocRAT men-
toned the hauling OF load of wheat TO
| a warehouse that weighed out 50 BUSH
els. a few DAYS ago Mr.. Sim Sparks o.
Benton county did much better than this
taking load with two horses Ia the
Wells warehouse that weighed 100 bush
els, three tons.
John Nessly, religious worker Of the
Salvation Army, has coucucted a scheme
to save the souls OF Eastern Oregon farm
ers and their hired men while the latter
are saving their grain. He has secured
a traction engine, thresher and cookwa-
gon, and crew OF fellow enthusiasts
and proposes to travel through the In
land Empire threshing grain 10y day and
holding religious services by night.-Tel-
egram.
We began this war with II hatileships
and cruisers, 10 monitors. only six oi
which were modern; 10 unarmored stee
vessels, 10 gunboais, and 23 torpedo
boats. We have now 80 battleships and
cruisers, 81 unarmorcd steel vessels, Is
gun boats, % torpedo boats and Is special
craft. An entirely different kind OF re
cord from that of Spain.
A Roseburg boy writing from CamI
| Merritt saws: II believe, however, tha
tent No. is now about the best equipped
in the camp. There isn't anything lack
ing from pin TO good joke. The fol
lowing are our acting sergeants and cor
/ ~, =
Sergt. w. A. Wiley. Albany, @. NJ
Sergt. d. Willoughby, lst duty Sergt.
Fred Smith, Roseburg, 2nd duty Sergt.
Chas. Thomas, p. V. Deickman, Rose
burg, Ernest Stone, Ashland, A. Fisher
Eugene, corporals."
A BAD BoY.-Yesterdsy afternoon
boy amused himself by sitting on tn,
walk at the Jail hold OF a string tied 4
the fence running along by the Presby
terian church for the purpose OF annoy
ing bicyclists riding along the opposit
side of the street on the walk. Severa
broke the cord, when it was tied an
again put in position. Mrs. j. J. Dub
ruille finally was struck in the forehea
and thrown violently from her wheC
and was badly bruised. The boy CAV
his name as Johnny Crewse, probabl
not correctly. He should be sent on
cruise at the toe Of some ones bigges
foot.
|, Is RuNNINa.-The Magnolia flour mi
. began running this week regularly afte
;. general improvement, in which tn
latest machinery has been introduced
and soon our citizens will be able to S,
d cure some flour from the same. Und,
: the management OF Mr.. Ed. Coin, or
o OF Oregon's best millers the flour
bound to be popular brand.