The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-09-07

READINGS. Geo " Cables readinRs viii
take place at the opera house In thiaoity on
Thursday evening, Sop 10 The admission viii
be 20 cents; reserved seats, so cents. These
readings will be well worth hearing and
SHOULD be largely attended. The New YORK
Tribune says OF Cable, "George w Cable.
the New Orleans novelist, has carried the
Puritan literary capital by storm with his de.
lightful roadings from his own works. Furth-
or experience confirms the first verdict that
Dickens was nowhere compared with Cable
as u delineator Of his creations. His con.
cluding entertainment. interpreting Creole
and African songs with his readings, was
such a success that repetition had 10 be an.
nounced for next week. aud not ticket was
TO bo had for lovo or money by noon OF the
day of tho opening of the sale OF scats !"
Can't Albany do as we'll as that.
NJ. T.. .APPoINrMENTs.--T conference
of the M. L. Church In session at Eugene
made its appointments Monday Follow.
Ing are some OF them IA 6 Wire, 7. u /,
Portland district y = Wilson, r. t., Eu.
gene district East Portland Centenary,
ID Driver Hubbard Circuit, n NJ Skip.
worth McMinnville, g Round AL.
bany, II p Webb Brownsville Circuit, II
Ellworthy Corvallis, w Spangles
Dallas, 4 + Royal Eugene, . u Whit
man Grants Pass, ] MeCane ; lIalsey,
ID + Sommervllle Lebanon, Walton Skip
worth Monroe Robert Booth Shedd, ii
Gould Turner, ,Sprague Davis Yaquina
and Newport, ] ii Roork.
FINGER Cur Orr Monday afternoon
a cutting machine was left In the street
near Geo. T.. chamberlain's barn, when II
was discovered by Frank Alien, a son of \.
II. Allen and some other boys. In endcav-
oring to manipulate the machine, as boys
will when they find them lying around
loose, Frank got finger under the knives
and the end OF one OF his fingers,just above
the nail, dropped off. II was dressed and
will be as nearly all right as two and
half jointed finger can be.
THEIR wu.L.-As will be seen by an
obituary notice elsewhere Mr. Willis Gaines
died yesterday afternoon, following his
wife two days after her death. They left
a will giving their united property to eight
children equally. The property was valued
at $4,000 to $4,000. MIR. J. Doris Of
this city, son OF Mrs. Gaines Is one of the
eight, and will hence get an eighth of the
large estate.
a FAcr.-"Traeing the maps one can
sec that the most direct line of railway
from Astoria East Is via Albany, Baker
City, Boise City, etc, From Albany to
Baker City is almost an air line Eastward
across as fine country "a any In Oregon. ~
TTaAscSIfl. BY the way Albany Is on
straight !ihe from almost any place or
country you can name. For location Il
Just naturally "lays over" any other city In
the world, excepting one or two.
THAT FiRE.-The word was passed
arounu town to-day tina, passengers on the
a. IN. train had seen the we'll known John
+. Miller house, about three miles south Of
Salem in flames. 4 Journal reporter At
once went out To ascertain the truth about
the matter, and happily found the house in
tact There had been no fire on the prem
ises or in the nei eighborhood.-Joar The
house burned instead belonged To Mrs.
Daniel Clark, and was entirely consumed.
No. rs ELEcTioN-The annual election
of officers of Linn Engine Co. No. was
held last Monday with the following re-
suit: ID. r. n. Blackburn, president; NJ
II. Ellis, secretary; ID. Dubr,dile. fnan.
cial secretary; q. (. VIII, treasurer; w
+. Gillet, foreman; ist assistant, John Rob
son; I'd assistant, Jas. Callahan.