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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1889)
fa Jlcmorrat. E4ILWAY DVII.UI.Ne I.N IKK. The record of railway building for the first half of 1889 shews that even in Ihii 4 1 of plentcou capital it i easier to plan than to execute. At the beginning of the year the number of railway enterprises projected and under way appeared phe nomenal, and prediction! weie made that the number of miles at new track laid dur ing the year would closely approach, If not equal, the record of 1887, when 13,000 mile were add:d to the railway mileage of the Country. Half the year it gone,and the cold figurea 'low, that while some new track has been 1 ltd by a good many railways the total mileage falls far short of the early predic. lions. In thirty-one states and tenitoriea new main lines to the extent of 1,522 miles were laid by 123 lines, tne arerage being 1 2.3 miles to each line, as against 20 miles lor the same period in lSSK and 27 miles In 1387. This indicates unmistakably that few long lines are being built, and that the new railway building is conlneJ chiefly to the construction of short branch lines in the states and territories In which no more Uunk lines are needed at present. The greatest railway activity Is in the South, the five states of North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas alone showing the completion of new track In excess of ioo miles each. Mississippi leads with 171 miles, Georgia comes next with 142 miles, while North Carolina fol lows with 106, Tennessee with 105 and Texas with toi miles each. Ten Southern states are credited with 784 miles, or more than half the new mileage for the season. Of the Northern states Pennsylvania ranks highest with 87 miles, Colorado next with 72 miles and New York third with 71 miles. These figures, which foreshadow a total of new railway mileage for the year not exceeding 5,000 miles at the utmost, in ii cate very clearly that railway Investors have grown very conservative. There Is plenty of money ,but its otvnersare putting it into something besides new railroad en terprises. This la not much to be regret ted, however, as time will thus be given for the country to grow up to the capacity ' of the railways already in existence. It Is better that these already built shall be come profitable and dividend paying than that new lines beyond the requirements of the country be built to be thrown into inev itable bankruptcy. KR VITAL STATISTICS, Some Ljfe Insurance Company has been compiling statistics of mortality, disease, etc., etc., and the Ammicmn Analyst has wrought the result Into a little article which would be very Interesting If it did not furnish on of Josh Billing's cases of kaawlng "so much that is i't so." . The Analytt says, for example.that "the conditions In the Southern states are ap parently less favorable to life than In other parte of the Union." As matter of fact, nothing of the kind is the case. For proof we cite the Tenth Census of the United States. Th death rate per thouiand Inhabitants in th eight most distinctively Southern statea is given in the census report as fol lows : Alabama, 14.20 ; Arkansas, 18.46 ; Klorida.11.72 ; Georgia.13.97 ; Louisiana, 15 44 i Mississippi, 12.89 i North Carolina, 15 39.nd South Carolina,! 5.80. These are the swampy, malarial states, commonly accounted most pestilential in climate. Compare their death rates with those of eight other states commonly accounted salubrious in climate : Indiana, 15.7S ; Kansas, 15.22 ; Massachusetts, 59 ; New Hampshire, 16.09 ; New Jersey, 16.33 ! New York, 17.38 ; Rhode Island, 17, and Illinois, 14.C3. The death rates given for the Southern statea named Include negroes as well as whites, a fact which enormously swells the average, for the reason that the negro death rate Is much higher than the white. In many cases doubling it. The census figures are merciless In their destruction of preconceived notions. Vir ginia and Tennessee, for txample.are corn monly thought to be very healthy states while Louisiana and South Carolina are deemed very much the reverse ; yet ti e death rate Is 16.3s In Virginia and 16.80 in Tnnessee.against 15.S0 in South Carolina and 15 44 In Louisiana. The highest death rate recorded for any state or territory is that of the District of Columbia, which reaches 23.6 ; the lowest that of Arizona, which Is only 7.20. All these figurea rep resent averages for ten years, and Include the mortality due In Southern states to two or three yellow fever epidemics of terrible severity. ('eneralW S Koserrans, register of the United States Ireasurf.has a peculiar one-sie'ed expression of face which has a history t it. Kew people know that Central kosecrans was the first nsn who evrr refined petroleum, He experimented with it 40 jars ago. People said he was a feol bat he w tnt on with experi ments, Presently, as though to prove what they said, his petroleum blew up and burned his face i a serious way. 1 le hat suffered f:em that iajury ever tine. George D Prentice once wrote: "It caanot be that the earth it man's only abiding place, It caanot be that our life is a mere bubble, cast up to eternity to float a moment on its waves and the sink into nothingness. Klse why is it that tha glorious aspirations which leap like angels from the temple of our heartt is forever unsatisfied ? Why it it that all the stars that held their festival around the midnight throne are set above the grasp of our limited faculties, forever mocking us with their unapproachable glory? And finally, why it it that forms of human beauty presented to our view are take from us, leaving the thousand streams of our affections to flow back in Alpine torrents upon ) the rainbow that never fades, where the stars I will be spread ut Heforc ui like islands that' slust'ier in the ocean, and where the beautiful beings that now pass before us like shadows will stay in our presence forever ?" NEW ADVERTISEJIEX1S. STOCKHOLDERS MEETIX-i.Notioe is hereby given that tho annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Ctpltal Gold and Silver Mining Company of fze city of Silero. Oregon, will ba held at tho on" ce of the Company la said citv, on the second Thursday, tbe 8th day of August, 1889; at S o'clock p. m for tbe election of directors and for euau other business u may come before the meetiug J. II. Stkiculkr. Secretary. Silecr, Oregon, Jul.. 24ih, ISStr. FOR SALE. Four yoke and a heir of trooH work Oxen, tocttaer with voices and chains; are well broke cattle, and will be sold at bargain for casb. being a part 01 tbe Aetata of John Robtnstt. do ceaaed. Appi to John W. Pugh. Admin istraior or ine Kstate at sneaa, uregon. LOST -A Utst I in pro 1 Winobestet rifle, size 40-65, on the roa 1 front Al bany to ludepdnieaoe tnl within three miles of Atoany Any on will bi naita Diyrewaraearorremrnia ut- taisom ; W ay k Williams. WOOD SAWIN'i Wood sawed on short notice, anywhere in tbe city. Regular prices. Ordera left at Browne 11 dc ctanartl's will be promptly attended to. UBO. U. WiBRBn, FOBSAI.E CHEAP. I hare a good span of norsss and a two horse farm wiion new, and of the Newton make which I Gffei for Kale cheap. The borses are eentle, true and sound. A woman can safely drive tnejQ. They are six and seven years old rosueotireiy. Will sell ull togitberor will sell tbu wagon sepa rate irom ine norses. f or rnrtnor infor mation cailat Uem mT otHce nr at my residence one mile nor, U of Albany in Benton county. . II. A ARNHll. OLD IRON. Fifty tons of old iron castings, in any quantity, wanted immediately at the Albany Iron Works. SAND, AC Persons desiring sand, loam or gravel fr.m tbe premise of F. L. Such in Benton aountv. can oroonra tickets for tbe same at my office, Craw, ford's block, Albany, Oregon. IS. WOLVERTON. WAtfTED.-A good milch cow. part Jersey, must be gentle and a good Box 78, City. A reliable U. S. Standard 3-ton scale only $47. Delivered at your nearest rail ro til ststioh free of freight on tairty day trial. Larger scales t proportionately luninws. warrantee! live years. Attur., F. C. HOFFMAN, Albany. Oregon 5 SPECIALTIES. CLOTHirJG Fashionable and Stylish Suit, Business Suits, Light weight Summer Suits. Boys, youth's and children's suits. Furnishing Goods Fine line of light weight undeiwear balbriggan and woolen ; Hosiery, shirts fneckwear, ne wire suspenders, guaranteed for two years all the latest novelties. BOOTS AND SHOES. A large line in this department of the best in the market. HATS Staple and Fashionable lines, among others a 6ne stock of the John B. Stetson hats. Tailoring Merchant tailoring under expert tailor. Suits made to order under ahorf. notice at remarkable low figures. More goods turned out than ever before. 0.P. BEAD . have Dought the largest and best stock 01 DRY GOODS ever brought to Albany and I would respectful invite every one to call and look through ra stock. DON'T FORGET we carry a full line of 0. M, Henderson & Go's BOOTS AND SHOES. The Red School House Shoes are the best in the world. L. E. BLAIN. 5 Stick a Pin W. F. READ, The Leading asli Dry Goods Store. -T..T. nORKTtt V W W X. aVw a w M. "v J Abstractor and Conveyancer, .pfOfrlee at the Court House, THE FAMOUS Wire Buckle Suspender WARRANTED. r-itM tMtii For sale only by L. E. BLAIN, in the faot that I am offering better bargains than any one else in Albany Bought at bankrupt sales I can sell First-Class Goods at cr below COST. FOR General merchandise ot all kind call on ma. Panic. Ur ,...-.. : ofahoe. Cash for Goods er Conntry pre elite G, H . SIMPSON Albany, Orego. FOR THE BEST FURNITURE CALL OXJ1THE Albany Furniture Company PPOSITK Bl KW ART A SOX'S, BED ROOMISET8, TABLES, CHAIRS, UPHOLSTERED QOOD8.SWALL PAPERS, BABY CARRIAGES, ETC., ETC..ET HAWltlrVS Jt FA ItliELL 0$ffi&i)5Z&' -tffiaw BUXT CM. HNDERSOIUrCO'S7, Look out for Bargains in' the next 30 days-. LOOKOUT FOR LOW PRICES. FURNITURE, I am now retailing furniture at my factory at cost. People wishing iuroi turt can do well to look here for bsvcains.aa 1 am going to sell at cost during the next 30 days. Coma and examine mygoods before pnrchsipg elsewhere. Factoryjat the river end of Lyon Street. O.J.DILLON. CHAS. METGZER. Real Estate, Employment and Insurance Agent . A.l commclcatluiis ptomptl f auaverel In Germanjor English. IFFICE: ELLSWORTH BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND STSEETS ALBANY OREGON PURE DRUGS Paints, Oils, Stationary, Etc&nd Prompt Attention A.T' DR. GUISS & SONS
