The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-02-07
LOCAL RECORD

has several more Shakespearean readers
than two weeks ago. baudmann did II.
He came, attracted attention aud aid and
youae hunted up their books and prepared
for the performances. We havehad more
Shakespeare than Ia the entire history OF
the city before bat no enc has yet cried
"hold, enough" That Il should come to
this Is contamination 10 be bourn With
out any prlekling OF the conscience,
When the large and cultured audience last
ThurNa enthusiastically called Mrliand-
mann before the curtain, In very neat
speech he comp;lmcutcd our city on the
great interest NC had shown In the icgill.
matc drama. ios city Of the sixe OF Al.
bany, and gave aowery speech Of a,,ptc
eiatlon Of the splendid treatment received
Mr. Baudmann Is a great Olhslo and Is at
his beet IN this character. On account Of
the illness OF Mr. iuebner Mis- waily
Oliver took the part Of lago,ihe personIf
cation Of villainy, learning the part In three
days,and did some fine acting. AIlss Tresa
Ellsworth as pesdemona displayed her
best talent IN the three plays given here.
Some of the clevcrest acting ever seen In
Albany was done by Miss Ina Sollee as
Enelia, the wife Of iago,and she captivat.
ed the audience Mr. Parrish was an ex.
eclicnt Roderigo. Mr. ueathcote would
DC good II he would remember his lines.
Cass.c was well presented by Mr. tiowatt,
and Mr. Wight wac good as Rrabanto. OF
course the stage Is TOO small to admit Of
the Introduction OF small afmies and the
like, but the general effect i exciting and
Instructive Oihello ends bad and y too
tragic for macy, but Il Is great play
nevertheless. "Come again," Bandmaun.
a FREE LECTURE, Speaking of iem-
psranee lectures the following from the
Eugene Register Is one without any ora
tory There resides not many miles
west 81 this city young man who Is lrou.
bled with peculiar ailllctIon. About
three months before he was born, while his
parents were living In Virginia, his father
went home In an intoxicated condition. and
staggering into the house gave his mother
n severe fright. Since the boys birth hc
has always staggered around like a drunk.
en- man and Is unable TO control himself
lie Is said to be quito smart boy. He Is
now about twenty years oi age ard no
doubt hts afilietion will stay with him
through life.
The Albany DEMOCRAT SAYS the Local
Building and Loan Association OF that
town Is rotten, and the Board Of Trade Is
Is dead.-Salem Journal.
Ifthe above Is a sainple Of the kiad OF
Items that paper Is going to give under It's
new and powerful combination, Il bad bet.
Ter send righ. 10 the center OF newspaper
dom, New York City, and try again. The
DEMOCRAT said the American Building
md Loan Association of Minneapolis was
rotten, and a school boy could have read Il
straight. There is not more solid, reiia
dc association on the Continent than Al
'any's p &l.A.
Fous BAD BOYS. -Four boys, whose
'ames We will not give at presen,, have
'een in the habit OF stealing generally a
ound the city. OF stores and other places.
Among other tAIngs they stole oil cans Of
Stewart & Sox at The back door and resold
hem 10 them At the from, door. With the
money they wen, and bought tobacco at
'eriain place contrary TO law. As some
u their parents have promised that they
hail behave themselves better Ia the
nture they may not be prosecuted at
present. The case Is a serious one and
he practice should be nipPed In the bud.
WESr FAsT,-Mr w II Edwards, secre
airy Of the Astoria Real Estate and Trust
70. came down on the Thompson yesier
lay. He reports that the Railway Addi-
ion which bis company had been hand
ing, Is all sold, with several people Sul
wanting lots. lie had orders for 100 lots
Saturday, with but forty on hand. The re.
,ord shows that the 40 lots In this addi.
ion were sold in four weeks-fgo per
Seek-which Is hard 70 equal. They have
he deed for the twenty-thrce acre exten
lion 10 this addition, which goes on the
market Feb 3rd.--As,oria Transcript.
The FrRsT.-Last Thursday the Al.
'any woeien Mills Co. packed ready for
ihiPment to Portland two bots Of nice
ooking tweed goods. This was the first
product Of the new mill, and the quality
sill speak for the work OF this institution.
The company has orders ahead for 4 large
'mount OF goods, and are continually in
'reasing their force 10 meet The demands
II the market.
MiDDLISc HIcHe-if some Of our ex
changes, in Salem 70, instance, speak of
he willamette as raging when only four
cen feet above low water mark. what
would they do when II got up 70 thirty.
hree feet. People VINO have lived here
md know the country never libel the Will
lHette BY calling fourteen feet n rage.
The Mckenzie IN Lane county, though,
ias been raging for certain, and the Cali
oooia ID on a tear.
COMING TINS WAY.-The attention Of
our police force IS called to the following
from Salem paper: "a suspicious char
acter by the name Of Mcdonald who was
hanging about town last fall and summer
and who made himself obnoxious BY get.
ting into several little scrapcs showed 10
again yesterday and was Immediately
bounced by the police force. He was
given until night TO leave town. He COM
piled with their request ard when last
seen was making his way southwark
SLOW TRAVELLING. .-R s Wallace. pres.
ident Of the Capital National Bank, arrived
home at noon yesterday from his eastern
visit lie was nearly a month on the
road and finally had to come up from San
Francisco by steamer. He was on the an.
lucky overland train that remained en-
bedded in the snow near Sims for eight
days and says the time was, to say the least
not happily spent Salem Statesman.
BUSINESS CHANcE.--La Forestx Thomp.
son have sold their grocery business n
this city to Mr. Geo. & Henderson. who ha.
taken possession of the same. Mr. Hen
dersonis a pioneer resident OF Linn count,
and deserves continuation of the old firm,
large business. He will be assisted b,
Mr. Magers and Fred Hyde.
EUGENE was visited by two good theat
rical trouPes last week but neither Of them
was well patronized. Register.
That is the paper that remarked tha
Eugene is better show town than al
bany. Both shows were much bette
patronizei here. one exceedinofv wall