The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-07-29

W. A. Mack, the boss barber, is now
located at Pendleton.
Mr.. W. F. Read and family went 10
Elk City tojay for the benefit OF Mr..
Reads health.
In Portland, few days ago. there was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Z. l.. Thompson, q
son. All doing well.
Mr.. John Isom, OF Albany, father OF
Mrs. Henry Cleek was in town last
Thursday. He is visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleek on Willow creek.-PrineviIle
Journal.
Mrs. RM. Robertson, OF Spokane, ar
rived in Albany this noon on visit with
Albany friends, aud is the guest of Mrs.
DR.. Irvine.
Miss Bessie Butler, OF Independence,
the new music teacher in Santiam Ac-
ademy. Lebanon, is IN the city the g-iest
OF Prof. Torbet.
Jason Wheeler and Martin Payne,
who came down from Lower Soda re-
Gently to look after affairs here will re-
turn tomorrow morning. Mr.. Payne's
family have been there Tor two or three
weeks.
Miss Harriet Cunningham. daughter
OF Marion Cunningham OF Harrisburg.
returned home on this noon train to
spend the summer. She has been work
ing with Mrs. Pearson in the dress-mak-
ing business for the last two years.
Frank Dayey, the well-known news
paper man OF Salem, been given posi-
ton in the internal revenue office at
Portland at 81 900 a year, one made nee
essary on account OF the increase Of busi-
ness caused by the war tax.
Fred Jack, Hugh Blakelv, Brauner
Reece. Harry Metcalf and Luss Curtis,
members of prominent families OF
Brownsville, all young men of excellent
standing, were yer,erday- examined at
Salem and mustered in as members oil
Battery B. Today they went with the
company TO Vancouver, where they will
await orders.
Misses Bertha and Annie Ellis received
word today that their mother at Howard
Mimi, who has been i'll for some time,
was gradually falling without prospect
of recovery, and they will probably leave
as soon as they can make arrangements,
for Minnesota.
B. S. Mills, of Tangent, who recently
returned from Los Angeles, where he
was several months with his mother for
the benefit OF her health. He reportsev-
erything dried up except walnuts.
There VIII de big crop of them and that
is all. He is glad to he back where there
is green grass.
Charles Bnrggraf. the architect, came
up from Salem This noon to attend to The
architectural part OF the letting OF the
contract tomorrow afternoon for the i'm.
provement OF the court house. Mr.,
Burggraf has just returned from Coos
county where q new court house is TO be
built under his plans.
The late DIR. Gibson. of San Francisco
will always have warm place in the
memory and heart of the DEMOCRAT man
He was daily caller at the office to sec
the Examiner that he might keep in
touch with the city so long his home ,ant
with the life of which he was so familiar
| His presence was always a genial one, o
a character TO make one feel at home
He was peculiarly man OF the people
beloved alike by young and old. Tn.
smallest child received kind word from
him, he was consideration itself in thl
presence OF the aged, and those in middl'
life felt that they had companion a
well as friend. But the greatest los
is to his wife and daughter, to whom h
was all it is possible for man to be
come.