The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-06-20
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CoMMENoEMEST EXERCISES. - The
present week has been a remarkable
epoch in the history of Albany Collie
giate Institate, this being the first
Commencement Of that institution
On Sabbath evening Rev. S. G. Irvine
preached the Baccalaureate sermon ;
on Wednesday evening the Annual
Address was deliyere by Rev. Stephen
Bowers, of Salem, and on Thursday
the Commencement exercises occurred,
when the following young ladies re-
ceived their diplomas as the first grad
uates of an educational institution in
Linn county,; Miss Cora ]. Irvine,
Miss Maria @. Irvine, Miss Weltha NJ.
Young, and Miss Mary>J. Hannon.-
All of these young ladies are residents
Of this city and are emineatly worthy
of the proud distinction which their
pnremitting labors and untiring efforts
have won. They each passed most
fiattering and creditable examination
showing thoroughness of which
the able faculty of the College, as well
as themselves, may justly be proud
Never were Collegiate honors more
fairly won. more fully deserved aud
more modestly worn than Were those
bestowed yesterday upon this fair
qaartette of Albany's daughters. They
each have our warmest congratulations
In this hour of their triumph. and our
earnest hope that their future lives
may be as useful to their times as their
past hours of study were useful to
themselves.
STRUCK IT RICH IN ocHoco.-A
gentleman just arrived in this city
from 0choco, ria the w. ". & c. NJ
Wagon Road, brings the intelligence
that rich placer diggings have been
struck or the claim of uncle Jimmy
Douthit, on Upper Ochoco, and that
over three hundred miners have al
ready congregated in that region and
are working the mines with paying re-
suits. Other people are pressing thith-
er from all parts of that country, and
it is expected that a prodigious mining
camp will be witnessed in that region
shortly. Last Wednesday Messrs. ].
r. Herren, John Parker, II. C. Glenn
ent and Thos- Parker, of this city. start
ed across the mountains for the new
El Dorado, and We hear of several 9TH
er Albanians who will shortly start on
the same mission. We trust their
brightest hopes may be ahundantly re-
allied, and that they may come back
home staggering under the weight of
their accumulated wealth.
NART. TAYLoBsS ENTERTAINMENT
The entertainment given by the AL
bany Dramatic Troupe, last Saturday
evening, was greeted with full house
and appreciated with rapturous APP
plause. Mart Taylor was in his hap
piest vein and ground out machine po-
etry with the fiuency of an avalanche
Mfr. A. G. Sweet distinguished himself
asthe snperIatively affected s.chawies''
il. the play of Perfection" and Mrs.
Mart. Taylor was equally happy as the
Maid of Munster" Tie orowning
triumph of the evening, however, was
the song and chorus by II. III. Hart
and his infant children. The little
cherubs were almost smothered with
caresses by the admiring audience, and
were nearly buried under a copious
shower of boquets and coin at the con-
clusion of the piece. The Troupe have
accepted an invitation to play at Cor
wallis on the Fourth.
CORVALLIS CoLLEGE.-The closing
exercises of Corvallis College, during
the current week, attracted consider
able interest among friends of eduea-
tion in that city and vicinity, and
were largely attended. Following was
the programme: Sunday, June Is,
Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. E. j.
Dawne, of Salem Monday evening,
address before the Literary Societies
by .Mart. V. Brown, of Albany. Tues
day evening, June Is, Enterta inment
by the Literary Societies. Wednesday,
18th, Commencement exercises being at
8 A. NJ Annual Address by Hon.
Gilbert, of Portland. Wednesday
evening, address to the Alumni by
Rev. W. r. Stewart, Of Salem. There
were five graduates at this commence
ment = three young men and two
young ladies. All were said to be
most thorough and to have passed. a
remarkably cfedita 6le examination.
Go SLow-UncIe Jimmy Douthit
this city, that as yet the newly dis
covered mines have not developed gold
in sufficient quantities to justify per-
SONS in leaving their legitimate BUSH
ness to go there. Wayne Ciaypool al
50 writes that many persons VINO rush.
ed to the scene of the discoveries are
already returning to their homes, dis
couraged with the prospect. LII view
of these facts we would advise all per
sons to remain quietly at home and
wait further deye topmepts before de-
voting any time or attention to what
may prove after aU to be one of the
thousands of groundLess excitements
which have SO frequently carried men
off in years past ON this coast.
STILL CoMING.-We have informa-
tion that a very large number of imini-
grants from Iowa may be expected to
arrive in Oregon during the coming
autumn. While at Portland last week
we met quite a number of Iowans who
had recently arrived from that coun-
try. and they all seem highly delight
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