The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-10
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SATURDAY. uLY 10, 1899.
THt FouRTH AT ALBAsY.--We are proud to be
abls tosaS that the celebration at this city on Fri
day, the Sd inst, was decided success in erery
particular, far exceeding, in magnitude aud hum
bers, as well as In the completeness Of the ar
rangements, the most sanguine expectations of all
those most deeply Interested, The crowd in at
tendance was variousty estimated at from 1000 to
3,0O0 ard comprised visitors from almost all parts
of Lima, and even some from adjoining counties
The ofation delivered by Hon. Geo. R. Helm,
was one Of the most appropriate and finely delivered
efforts to which we have ever had the pleasure o.
listening, and commanded the unanimous eneomi-
Nms Of all present Mr.. Taylor read the immor'
tai Declaration in firm, clear and son"rous voice,
and demonstrated by his style of reading that he
fully appreciated and understood the spirit which
animated our fathers when they penned its burn
ing sentences. DIR. Hill offered an appropriate
and i'm pressive prayer and by his earnestnsss ad-
,ded solemnity and dignity to the occasion. The
''liberty car" under the supervision of Squire
Arnold and filled with the fair aud beautiful
dsughtsrs of ',0ld Linn gave charm to the Oe-
casion worthy OF the poets sublimist Inspirations
and our gallant and invineiblc hremen, drawing
their brightly FURNISHED and gaily decorated en-
Gine, upon which was seated, in regal state, that
.queeny little beauty. Ada Mendenhall, was fea-
ture in itself calculated to attract the lovers OF
the grand aud beautiful. During the ceremonies
an unfortunate accident occurred, which was Ia
mentSd by all present. VIM. Rankin and c. ".
Broshcrkead we're badly burned by the premature
discharge OF orc of the aaYils. while engaged in
preparing to FIRE salute. We are glad to be able
to state however. that they both fast recovering
FINE WHEAr.-Matthew Fountain, Esq, living
near Harrisburg. this county, on Monday last sent
N. bunch of wheat of the white Velvet vare-
rv, which is certainly very superior specimen
The st-ISs are about feet tall the heads arc large
and very full. and the grains, though not quite
ripe enough for harvest are extremely large and
plump. we understand that Mr.. Fountain has
about is acres of This wheat planted. and is de-
sirous of introducing its cultivation in Linn eoun
tr. armers can have opportunity OF inspect
dng a saee!men OF the white velvet by calling
at this- -cfic~.
received froaa tte same gentleman. some stalks ot
a new variety of oats. called the ''swede." which
he informs US weighs 50 pounds to the bushel-an
excess OF from l2 10 10 pounds than the
common "side OATS eT this country. The stalks
OF the ..swede'' are nearly feet tall. aud the
grains in the head are eZuetaey large aud solid
CAR and see the hSwede'' oats
Roll - EOyeR.--Sr. Taylor. teacher Of the
District sehool sf this city. has kindly furnished
sls With the, names sf those Who cKcefied during
his last term in the branches named below:
First cgr.s IN 0rfsoqrapLy-lst Division. Iaiiia
Pennington; 2d Division. Carrie Adams aud Mag
gle Foster; 3rd Division Ellen Rilout
Second Class IN 0rfAograpAy-lst Division. Mon
rOs smead Cd Division. Elijah Sparks and Joseph
Nixon; 3rd Division, WA. Miller.
cr.t., u Geography, To,4-carrie Adams
6la.. IN Gsog,q2ay, No s-Gallatin Taylor
crassls c1QrE,s Fhs Lsss2'ts IA l7aE:a'or-- Edith
Coxan.
Clarke Analytfeal G. anssaar--fA class number-
ing es)-Ist Lizzie Smith 81, Idii!a Penniugte N;
3rd. Mary Kennedy; lth. Enna Ketcbumi 5ib.
Charles e. Pcnniagt9h-
ahe next term OF Monday. the 18th inst, with the
same corps Of teachers as before. excepting Mas
Ansie Smith whoSe duties call her elsewhere.
ExPLaxAronY--Our fremen didn't 90 to Pert
Iand-as was last week announced they would
because Of tie accident which happened TO two Of
their number at cur celebration Friday. and
for the Additional reason Of a Misunderstanding
as to the time the boat would leave here with the
exeurEionists-it being at Grst generally under
stood that the boat would start from here on Sun
day morning: when instead af that it ieft here on
Saturday morning: and thus would have
been compelled 10 be absent from business too
long If they had gone away At that time. Our
fremen generally regretted their inability to at
tend. after such elaborate arrangements had been
made by their generous comrades of Portland
They extend their warmost thanks to tbs Port
land Fire Department for their noble conduct in
80 generously preparing for their reception and
entertainment, although for reasons stated above
they were unable to arsil themselves Of their hos
PitAlity.
DEArs or MRS B. ". eUSpIFY-The f.pale
messenger" has again visited our city and sum
moned from its busy scenes another loved inhahi-
tant Mrs. Cundif after lingering illness from
consamptiJn, departed this life on last Monday
morning about o'clock. She was the wife Of b.
W. Cupdif, Esq, present one Of our City Al
derm6n, and the daughter of Hon. e. p. BurE-
hart, member of the Board Of County Comns-
sioners for Linn county. She has left large cir
Gle Of relAt;yes and friends in this community to
mourn her departure from their midst.
FRE.-Oa last Monday. while Of the
.gsrklneB in Messrs Thompson Il Irying's saddler
shop, In this city, were engaged in boiling compo-
sition for making the liquid in the pot boiled
over on the stove. and, being composed mostly Of
tar and rosin, It Immediately bIazed up. and the
flames alHast instantly caught to tbs rafters
above but iEy aid Of fores.pump which was
convenient the FIRE was eztingnsbed before it had
got fairly under headway, eiseAlbany would have
suffered another disastrous loss by fire.
SfARTED.-on last Tuesday Dir. Jason Wheeler
started across the mountains. accompanied with a
sufficient complement of hands. fog the purpose Of
surveying the extension Of the Cascade Mountain
Wagon Road to Snake River. The party expect
to be absent about two months. Mr.. Wheeler will
distribute along the road wherever needed,
to complete repairs and improvements.
TRAIs.-George Rranefs Train has gone TO Vie
t0ra, to be absent few days. after which we learn
he will return TO California by stage, in which event
our citizens will have an opportunity to