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An extraordinary result hat been obtained
j rone experiroenti made in England in
yignalling with electric lights turned vertically
to the sky. The light of the Eddystone
lighthouse can be aeon only 47 miles, and
then on a clear night; but a vertical beam o(
light of far leaa power ia viaiblo just twice aa
far, with a atrong chance of ita surmounting
n ordinary fog.
Lancaster County, l'u., lias a peculiar
custom, "Settling Day" in that country
falls upon April i, and on that day thous
ands of country folks gather at Lancaster,
the county seat. Bargains are made, con
tracts are entered Into, debt6 are paid and
new ones contracted. If a man contracts
a debt at any time during the year, the
understanding 1, In the absence of a spe
cific agreement, that payment shall be
made on settling day. A similar custom
prevails in parts of China, but the Lancas
ter countians probably took their settling
day from German ancestors.
A queer old man and his granddaughter
subsist by a queer business in New York.
They supply the missing buttons from coats,
cloaks, Rown', etc. and it ii said he is seldom
unable to match any button shown h'm. lie
has them of all shapes, sizes, styles and colors
and knows where to find them in his collection
Any one who ever tried to supply a missing
buttel knows how hard it is to match those
remaining, but he will find it and she will sew
it on, all forten cents, unless it chances to be
of a very rare sort, when he ill charge round
ly for it. He is always ready to buy odd
buttons, and has regular sources of supply
among tailors, dressmakers and dealers in r'J
clothes, but does not pay iiigii prices fur them
until they are entirely out of the mirkct.
W HAT IT MEANS.
The appointment of Stephen B Elkinsby
President Harrison to the war portfolio
significant In more than one wav. For
years Elklns has been lilaine's right hand
man. At the last three or four nationa
republican conventions he has been on
hand urging the nomination of lllaine.
So strong and influential as he with
Blaine's forces in iSSS at Chicago, that he
led them, in the final move, to Harrison,
Many will regard the appointment as in
dicating that Blaine has definitely re
tired from all hopes of ever being presi
dent, and, that he has turned his forces
over to Harrison. Others will, with equal
reason, regard this more on the part of
Harrison as a shrewd one to capture
Blaine's principal lieutenant. Another
conclusion, the most Important of all, Is
that Harrison has decided to run the next
presidential campaign on the most ap
proved plan of republican practical politics
as represented by Elkins, Quay, Dudley
and Clarkon. "Blocks of Five" and the
pious Wanamaker's $400,000 corru, ilon
fund schemes will be the principal n.;2ns
used to secuie the election of the next re
publican candidate. There can scarcely
be a doubt that the administration will
boldly challenge the virtue and manliness
of the voters of the country at the ballot
box. Will the voters of the couatry be
able to stand the test? It Is as if tlio per
petulty of the government Itself was being
put to the test. There can be no question
as to what the result would be were the
people left free to express an unbiased
choice. The party In power would be
quickly voted out. But the means of the
party in power are potential and the re-1
ult uncertain.
GO TO
Foshay & Mason
FOB TOUR
HOLIDAYS
The appointment of Woods of Indiana for
one of the circuit judgeships should be rejected,
Democrats in the senate should make the fur
fly when his name comes up for confirmation.
It was nis decision that saved Dud ley, the
Blocks ol five man, from the penitentiary. He
is a mere groveling politician, no more fit for
the bench than Quay would be. Republicans
threaten thit in case the democrats oppose
Woods they will oppose Putnam and Dallas,
the two democrats named for judges. Very
well, let them defeat these two men and let
Harrison appoint two republicans for the
places, but by all means keep the pot house
politicians oft the bench. The president is
not entitled to the credit of being fair and nun
partisan in naming two democrats, any way.
More than one half the people of the union are
democrats and to be fair he should have ap
pointed five democrats and four repuolicans.
The proposition for an amendment to
the constitution of the United Slates pro
ving for the election of United Stales Sen
ators by the direct vote of the people wll1
attract considerable attention this session.
Turpie, senator of Indiana, has already
made the question a prominent one by
making a speech in Its favsr. We trust th
proposition will pass through congress an
and that three fourths of the state may
adopt it. The people can safely be trusted
10 elect senators, lhe people are more
aecure in thtir rights bv keeping such
power in their own hands. It has come
pass that scarcely no one but a millionaire
like Brice, or a spokesman of monopoly
like Sherman.can be elected to the United
States senate. Let us have the amend
ment by all means. Let every friend of
constitutional liberty, who lovea his coun
try and hopes for its perpetuity, raise his
yoice long and loud for the amendment
ALBANY OPERA HOUSE.
WARNER 4 CtUNOR L.-'Ocj t'ld Manti
Monday, December 21st,
The Original New Orleans
Ilnr.lfl Tom's flahin f!n
WUV1U 1V1U U VUU1U UUij
W'll give the Grandest Presenla'.ion cf
that Popular Old Drama ever
witnessed in this city.
New Orleans Quartet !
Special Scenery !
Grand Operatic Orchestra
No Advance lu prices.
Roservotl seats, at Will & Link's Music Store.
No man in Washington has so fertile a
brain as the correspondent of the Ottgonian
lie says:
It is probable that two more stars will he
added to the American flag within a shoi
time. It has been agreed that Arizona and
Oklahoma are to depart fiom tenitorial and
have stste governments. This is the renvh v
a verba! undtratandir, reached between :
leading republican and democratic inemher.-' u
ne two houses, who have been interest i ig
Iliemselves directly in statehood matters since
the present congress convened. Just before
the democratic senators held their caucus, to
agree upon minority representation on the
senate coinmiitees the Utah and New Mexico
boomers attempted to pack the senate com
mittee on territories with men who would
favor statehood. About! that moment the
matter was mentioned to President Harrison
and it was learned he would not favor it. He
Delieved thit Utah had not suflicien'ly long
cnjujru ireeuom irom polygamy, and that
New Mexico had not a sufficiently large Amer
ican mizensiup, so a csmtunation was made
tetween Arizona and Oklahoma, and it is
stated that not only nulte all the le a dirf re
publicans and democrats in congress have ex
pressed approval, but also President Harrison.
As 10 this verbal understanding," it has no
existence except in the "brain" aforesaid.
Democrats have no such agreement verbal or
olherwiie. They are not to be caught napp
in that way. New Mexico will come in when
Arizona does and before Oklahoma.
NEW ADVKRTISUMENTS.
S N.STEELE it Co., Albany, Ore.
. Loan money on good real estate
security in Linn mid adjoining counties.
IOR SALE. House and lot fir sale or
; rent, on coiner of 5t'i and EllsAoiiii
air ts. i'or particulars inquire of store of
CONN fc IlfcNDlUUSUI!.
1rANTED.-Hiuliei.t
T hiuos at the chaJr factory.
price
Oregon.
paid for
Albany,
J? H'lSiiadd
JOR SALS Hon se anil coriior lot In
!). Apply to I W Ilavis,
MONEY TO LOAN -Homo ropUal to
loan, in Biiinito uuit.oii Albiny an, I
Linu eounty ru:il oiU;e or xooil .ler-riiia'
security V K Mcfliurwin. Eir,i Seel
opp Mrsouic Hull, Albany, Or '
C'1
rV DKCG STORE
Pfeiffer Block,
Albany
Stanard & Cusick
They have on hand a large and elogant itoelc, consisting of
Hash Goods, Toilet Cases, Albums, Fancy rerfumeries, hntm.
Supplies, Family and Teachers' Bibles, Illustrated
Books, Gold Pens. Ete.
They will give prices that will make it an object for all to buy
of them.
H. EWERT
Is Prepared to Show the 1'uhlic as Finest Stock of
HOLIDAY GOODS,
In his Lino, as oan ho found in tho Vally, coiiB;Bl?ng of
Gold and Silver Watches of Other Leading Kinds, Diamonds, Gold
Headed Canes, Gold and Silver Headed Umbrellas, and Many
Novelties too Numerous to Mention.
We are the People
Vfh9i
ware,
rry th moit oniplete
StTM, ftagei, et., in
lin f Ilard
the market.
Ti LADIES BAZAAR.
la the Leading
Millinery and Fancy Goods Store of Albany,
Iney dairy all th Latent Styles and Novelties In the Mllllaery Hie, am
a complete mock of Ladle and Children' KurnUliIng goods, aad ready-mad
garment. Goodt the bett, and prices the lonett. Call and be coiviaced,
1BST STKEET -:- -:- I ROMAN BLOCK
am now receiving my Winter Dry Goods,
1 and am showing full lines of seasonable
goods in the following departments, viz:
BBALBRB IN
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, (Fancy
and Toilet Artioles, Sponges. Brushes
Perfumer;, Sobool Books, and
Artists' Supplies.
1'lijKiciann' prcNcriptions ears
I'll I y (.empouuded.
V "Mpi TT POULTRY, Ci A M IC - h
Ud I H flol l'o'tl.'.ud rnl o'lu-r
I I I 1 M P!aces' nl':,ys on hand at
JL our market, near corner of
Second and Ellsworth street.
GeoROK Slavohter.
Silks and Velvets
Foreign Dress Goods
Black Dress Goods
Domestic Dress Goods
Shawls
Cloaks
Skirts
Underwear
fUoves
Notions
Ribbons
Laces
White Goods
Linens
Carpets
Upholstery
Yarns
Corsets
Hosieryi Handkerchiefs and Embroideries Prints
Boots and Shoes Groceries
Woolens
Cloakings
Tailors' Trimmings
Bags, Warps and Batts
Flannels
Jeans and Cottonades
Blankets
Domestics
Ginghams
Samuel E. Young.
SUMMONS.
In tkr.Circuit Court of the Stale of Oregon for
A. C. HILL, Plaintiff,
vs.
BODEDGE UILL.Defendant
To Rnderlgo Hill, the above nainml iIp.
fendaut :
N THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
Oregon, you are hereby renuired to
l'l'er ami answer mo comprint tiled
agaln-a you in the above entitled suit on
or sniore me lirst clay or the above en
ti'led court next following the expiration
wi me uuuiiuaiion 01 mis Hit aiuions town
the Htb day of March, 1SD2. And if you
inn u, nunnur. lor want uireni t iia r n r.
tin will apply to the court forthe relief
prtveu lor in noricomn a nt.v irmri inHi.
solution of the bonds of matrimony now
existing between theplalntlii'and defend
ant.and the custody of tho three young or
iiiiuiii viinureu, hiiu mr sum otiier and
further reliel as may be equitable
This service is mucin hv iinhlliHr.n l..
order of Hon R V Holsn. Judue nt id
uuili u V llindfl nt I imilhnm n K. ...
Or3(,on, Dec. Hth. 18IU, '
L. H. MONTANYE,
(1-18) Atl'y for Plaintiff.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
ATOTHK
i.1 uiiiliTHiirniil wai. bv
1S
HEltniV (IIVI'.N- THAT Till-
TlIlT llf tlw (H.iinl.. ...
illlltv.orit.tiii tu.l. ....I -...i..'-.. .
( Nu.tulH.T.Isi,.lulyni..ii,u,l . x.-t utttr t.f ' w'lS
ill ami l.'.tiiinorH and cJfialc i.f K. I uriu r. il. tvi...!
Hire ..I hum i-tilintv: Or. L...ii All i
laiinina.iiiM MitfrtiiiWi! ri! Ii.-r. 1 . .
i.-ni.l nl Aliuny, orti(c,i.. illiin ',
11 lint...
1.iUiI at Alt'inv, Or.. Dec. 1-t'i. il
II II lli.virr, V . A. klm
.Ivr
'nth imiii
AY,
lAviulor.
YOU
WILL AflSSIT
If you do not purchase your
HOLIDAY
Jeweliy,cons:tingof Watches and C
In the b(tt makes, an elegant line of
Silver Ware, and many attractive
novelties, just the things for
Christmas presents, of
Will & Start
Their Prices are VFRY REASONABLE
J. A. dimming,
Wall Paper
Jriigs, la.intw. Oils
Cirlntsrs, JTiZtc,
YOU WILL MAKE
MONEY
by buying your
llllk) lilK
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR I
G. L. BLACKMAN'S.
lie has an elecant stoak of
plush goods, of all kinds,
toilet cases for gentle
men,many novelties,
perfumeries, pic
ture books,
etc.
IT IS JUST THE PLACE
OR BARGAINS.
ask The people of linn county
Wher U get th Best Bargains,
flTher to get th. Best Valua for Tor Monoy,
IN
Clothing, Dry Goods, Etc.,
they will Auwer with Oi Toie, at
23" G. W. SIMPSON'S.
ALLEN BROTHERS,
Wholesale s Retail grocers
CIQARS TOBACCO, AND OHOIOH FRUITS OF, ALL
KINDS IN LARGE: OR SMALL QUANTITIES,
IN THEIR SEASON.
ALBANY,
OflECOfJ
Flinn Block
ALBANY, OREGON