The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-10-18
LOCAL RECORD.

A Loup Suow.- AN audience Of over
/ two hundred greeted the Mabel Sanity
Burlesquc Opera Co last evening. II wa'
eomposcs entirely of men during the per.
tormanee. Just previous to the raising oi
the curtains couple women and two
children took seats but the crowd was SC
bois .erpus and loud that they soon left In
disgnstin time to save double disgust
The entertainment was mixture of min-
strclsy, sang aud dance, and buslesque
opera, The crowd seemed TO demand a
high kicking show,and the company, com,
posed OF twomen aud seven women, gave
Il bu. were really hardly equal TO the de.
mands. The audience was the most dis-
orderly ever In the Opera House. Cigar
cite smoking, ,hooting,y yelling and gngs was
the order. Some parts OF the entertain
men. were decidedly "rocky," 10 use a
slanK,hoi sexprvsslve word. not being OF a
vsty etevating nature, morally Such thcatd-
cal performances, though. ln Portland and
San Francisco wouldprohably be tame and
n1t noticed, We don't nrs& IN Albany.
riIE PESlrESrary.-G \ Downing,
superintendent OF The peni,ertlary, has
filed with the secrctary OF state his report
for the quarter endlns September 80.
The total expenditures were So3so. os,
aud the total earnings % prison labor and
receipts from rental OF pro ,crly, S6ss7.
a pay roll of $50os66 was Included In
the expenditures, Daily average number
Of quarter, 'soJ Of quarter ending June
80, sos. TSeaty prisoners weic received,
thirty two discharged. ans three eommu.
ted. Twenty eight officers aud guards
were required Ia the eodduet OF the pris-
on. OF the ago prisoners, soo were en-
ployed by contractors, sixty, eight IN and
about penitentiary work, and IS were sick,
aged, or deerepit.
RUN ny CLERGYMES.-I4ast Sundays
Oyegoaias says, "rhe management Of the
Chemawa Indian school Is generally as
suming a clerical aspect. General
Biddie some time ago was removed to
make room for Rev Mr. Irwin. OF Albany.
the present superintendent. Mr. Irwin, In
turn, has replaced Mr. Morris, the clerk,
who was as able aud efficient an Official as
ever held that place, with Rev Royal. a
clergyman OF Salem; and the old superIn.
tendcnt oi the farming department has
been relieved to make room for Mr. Me-
Kane, who Is also said TO be, or to have
been, spiritual adviser, Mor- changes
will yet be made. Appearances would In
dicaie that the installation OF spiritual truths
into the minds OF the untutored sons Of the
forests Is 20 be given more prominence
than the more common trades and praalI-
cal knowledge"
AccEPrED-The County Judge and
returned slast week from
Stayton where they met the Marion coun.
ty Commissioners and examined and &C.
cepted the new bridge therejust built at
cost of Sis,s00, to be paid for jointly by
both counties. The bridge Is nearly two
tect higher than the CONT act called for.
The approaches are not yet completed and
Il will be several days before they are
Slayton people build their
end but Linn county foots the bill for
work on this end.
A BRIp0R CoLLAPsEp. Wednesday at
iernoon a farmer with heavy load OF
wheat was coming across the bridge just
his side Of the residence OF Mr. Hub Bry-
ant, when the structure gave way and the
wagon went down into the depths below.
4 distance of eight or ten feet. Some OF
Inc wheat was spilled; but the wagon was
gotten out without much damage, and the
ieam went on its way. As the bridge IL
IN the present city limits this will: offer an
other job for the city council, and will
make the city's pocket book thinner yet.
LKBASoS.-w II Greenwood,a photog-
-apher Of Albany, visited Lebanon and
.ook negative Of our streets FriAay and
has since sent US one Of the photographs,
which was very nice. Geo n Glover,
from above Lower Soda, was In town this
week.on his wav home from Albany, where
he had been to prove up on his homestead.
He crossed the plains In ga and reached
his country In So has spent the most OF
his time In mining, and has a very interest
ng and thrilling experience to relate
ExPyesS
An IScoMPLETE IrE1.-On the road
leading TO Corvallis, A II Howard yester-
day morning met two-year-old baby. and
not knowing whose Il was took the child to
The house OF SamT Gourley, three miles
southwest OF Albany y.-LsGdey. That
sounds like good item but DEMocRAT
man who interview Mr. Gourley, ascer-
iained that II was only Mr. Gourlcys baby
out taking his regUlar daily stroll.
The LARGEST on RrcoRp( i)-The
Capitol Adventure company claims to
have paid the largest freight bill, yester.
day, ever paid at any one time by any
dry goods house ever doing business in
Salem. This bill was paid exclusively for
The freight on their fall goods that are
arriving.--JoHrnaI Why don't you give
the figures? When Il comes to paying
freight bills Albany Is In for a contest
with its neighbors, individually or collec.
lively. AS base ball seemsto be no go In the
valley, suppose we have some freight bill
contests.
STEALING CATTLE.-Some days ago
Hank Pierce, John Blevans and Charley
Day well known citizens of wailowa
were arrested for cattle stea ling
having gone over into Idaho and drove
off about fifty head. Tho officials started
10 Mt Idaho with their prisoners and on
their way Pierce escaped. A reward Of
$1,000 Is offered for the capture Of Pierce
and his delivery to the authorities at
Lewiston, Idaho.
WOULDN'T LET HIM yoTE.-That was
a peculiar case at walla waIla. Mr. Robt
Kennedy lost his vote on election day by
being unable to get out Of bis buggy and
deposit his ballot personally. The Inspec-
tor wanted to 60 out and take 1t but the
judges decided he had to remain and keep
his eye on the ballot box.
DoN'T WANT HIM.-W.T. Ellis, the
holiness preacher who has been raising
such disturbance at Brownsville lately
says he Is going to remove to Albany or
Eugene soon. he Is a regular blackguara
and Eugene doesn't care to have anything
to do with him.-Eugene Register
Coon BLoop.-The Altamont stock con-
tinues on its career of victory in the Will
pmette, Lady Beach having trotted at Nc.
Minnville last week in 2.a7H and Altao a
thrce-year old, on the same track in 2:7o-
"a Pricemont trotted an exhibition heat