The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-12-01

needs at least two stories TO hrs head to
hold it.
Some one wants the Office OF city at.
torney cut off. Well It has been cut off
several years. The attorney gets paid
for what he does.
Some one has been reporting that Ed
Davidson and Comrade John Catlin will
be run against each other on independ-
ent tickets for chief Of Police Of Albany.
This item belongs to the misfit column.
Ayers new style OF almanac just out
has forecasts Of nearly everything under
the sun but the coming city election. It
would take real live prophet 70 hit half
OF the winning tickets at the present
time.
Recently at theatrical performance
in San Francisco the stage manager by
request went TO the foot lights and stat
ed that DIR. Brown was wanted at the
box Office. Forty or fifty men arose and
started for the Office.
/. j. Muma, manager OF the q. G.
team said: 1.-THE U. OF o. team is cer-
tainly credit to its state. They would
be able to beat Stanford easily and Ne
vada would be "snap." regret that
games cannot be arranged with these
teams"
A twelve.year Sedalla (Mo.) boy has
suffered nineteen fractures o: the bones
Of his legs, arms and fingers since he was
old enough to walk. He has disease
which renders his bones as brittle as
glass and liable to break on the slightest
provocation.
Dunne, the weather prophet, of Mont
gomery, Ala, predicts, upon meteorlogi-
cal observation, for the entire Goth cen.
tury, and that 1900 will be q cold
year. He includes 1900 in the twentieth
century q very proper thing to do. Mr..
Dunno has done a big thing, and it is
fortunate for him tLat he will not live
to see how many mistakes he has made.
The following from the Baker City
Democrat indicates that that city has
also had some smallpox experience:
The Baker City schools win continue
n session despite the smallpox scare,
ir what some well informed persons pro-
ounce to be a chickenpox scare. 1t is
Dot unadyisable to have all pupils vac
mated thus insuring protection from
IRE al thing" for at least 6 or years.
Even Admiral George Dewey is being
talked about, and the papers ere coming
pretty close to working up scandal.
Give them little time and they will
hatch something. 1t is started or &C.
couat OF the admiral transferring the
fine residence presented him in Wash
ington to his wife. The papers jumped
upon him red hot. Now they have
transferred the property to his son
George and declare that it shall remain
| in the family. One version 10 that q
widow somewhere was about to proceed
against him for breach of promise. Pub
| lie men could be more independent and
happy il they would buy their own prop
erty,
The Roseburg Plaindealer has the fol-
lowing encouraging word for the goat
business:
"Goats are bofn rustleFs, are never
/ lfwru 4tN.n , rt1a nd
any old thing; are easily fattened,
weigh more than sheep, and their wool
is worth twice as much. The people
who are going into the goat business in
Western Oregon will all be plutocfats in
few years."
1t :s an interesting fact that with ell
the reported smallpox in different parts
Of the state in nearly every instance the
which it started, speaking for Oregon
climate, and showing that there is nc
occasion for people to get alarmed and
stay away from town on account oi
the disease.
The following from the Scio paper is
probably q canard:
Rumor has It that the o. 8. grand
Jury has found indictments against about
twenty persons who have located home
steads in the timber belt on upper Grab.
tree creek. Just what the charge Is no
one seems to know, but the chances are
that there will be some vacant land up
there now pretty soon. During the past
summer there has been man locating
claims up there, and be has gone to q
good deal OF expense In constructing q
good trail in to the best timber localities,
and in all about fifty claims have been To-
Gated, principally by Albany people, and