The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-06-06

signed articles with q nine composed oi
our best players: Henry Smith, captain
Geo Elkins, Arthur Hardy, ,Chas Ralston,
@ Il Dodge, Frank Parrish, |. Mareelles. j
w Scanland, Ira Blodgctt, and issues the
following challenge: hereby challenge
any base ball club, composed Of players
under Is years, in Lebanon or vicinity,
for single game or series Of games,to bc
played ON the acknowledgement Time
to he selected by the clubs.
George Ross, the well known farmer,
was unfortunate in having pretty seri-
Gus runaway last Saturday. While en-
gagged in hauling rock on his farm In n
cart, the horses became frightened and
started TO run; the cart WIS tipped over
on Mr. Ross and he was dragged some
distance, having two ribs fractured and
being badly bruised.
w G Peterson received telegram from
Woodburn last Saturday evening inform
ing him OF the death OF Fred Kendall, q
brother-in-law. Mr. Peterson went %
Albany Sunday morning in time 10 board
the early train and attended the funeral,
which took place ut Molalla, Claekamas
county, Sunday.
Frank S Galloway,who had been lying
at the point OF death for several days,
died Wednesday afternoon, May 2sth.--
Express.
TuE n. &C n Scott has paid Off all
back dues TO employees on the Narrow
Gauge; disbursing 500, 900 along the line
At Woodburn, Surveyor Summer and
party are setting grade stakes for the im-
provement aud broadening Of the line
and as soon as he gets along far enough "a
force Of men will be put on 10 do the work.
All tha "a hfta la hnr nhlaina1 will ha anna
ployed and 100 Cinnamon are expected
up from san Francisco by the next steam
or. Two parties under Engineers
Coonbes and Robinson are at work on
the proposed suburban line getting things
III readiness for the beginning OF the con-
struction work.-Silyerton Appeal
A RARE OccuRRgNcE.-Ave very peculiar
circumstance has just happened, and
uneommonly rare, III subject, II mate
| rialized, for Barnum. The Astoria pa
pers arrived without single uncompli-
| mentary notice of either Of the other pa
| pers. How time changes things. A few
years ago when the Astorian had every
| thing to itself, the DEMOCRAT remembers
ON several occasions digs Mt valley papers
for quarreling with their neighbors, and
now the paper, by the way one Of the
best that comes to our office, has ~ big
cloyen feet as any Of the boys.
Tir SWEET SINGER James G ciarS,
known tire world over as the poet aud
sweet singer. arrived In Salem from the
south yesterday and Is attending the meet.
ing of the State Grange. lie Ia making
his home In California and could not miss
the opportunity of meeting the grangefs
IN convea,iau. Mr.. Clark looks no Older
than he did several years ago, time seem
| Ing TO deal kindly with him. Ills poetry
ranks we'll tthe top among th1t of Amer
lean writer's OF the present day. States.
man. The writer heard Mr.. Clark sing in
small church "tack east" when boy,
having been brought up not far from his
tvrmer home, and has been In hopes he
would sometime visit Albany.
| A SAMPLE. In Portland paper ot
May LIST appeared testimonial under
big head lines, Of Jay Phillips. in which
he certified that after nearly months 4
| treatment he was permanently cured by
| DIR Aborn Of catarrh Of the head of %
years duration that had become chronic,
had caused him great pain and had made
| him deaf. The testimonial ends with
the invocation, MAY the blessing al God
rest with DIR Aborn and may he be spared
to further relieve the suffering" The
Courier of May 23rd contained this sad,
tell tale item from Sunnyside 'Mr Jay
Phillips. who died here on May 10th, had
been suffering with catarrh la the head
for several years but was supposed to be
much better than he had been. lie was
taken suddenly worse and died in three
| days Or. CITY Courier,
AxOrHgR CHATTER Through the pa
pers you can trace the history OF mos.
men. Here IL something about man
arrested In Albany few weeks ago
Henry Wilson, the high-t0ned negro
waiter formerly 81 the Depot hotel, who
left 800 worth Of his wardrobe in Ash.
land to pay disturbing of the peace fine
OF 80, was given % days in jail at Cor
wallis for larceny by bailee and false rep
resentation. Wilson claimed 10 be one
Of the Drake heirs and by this rcpresen.
tation obtained credit for $40 at the Occi.
dental hotel and made an attempt to
skip. Verify, the life Of "Snow-bala"
seems a continuous series Of thorns."
COMMENCEMENT ExgREcisEs
ing is the general program for the com
mencement exercises Of the Albany Col
legeate Institute:
Sunday, June Sth Annual sermon nj
ii a IN. Address TO young people Mt z :4t
p m, by Rev $ NJ Campbell, u u, OF Az.
toria.
Monday, June 9th. - Undergraduate
entertainment at s p IN.
Tuesday, June 10th.-Lecture at p m
by Rev $ NJ Campbell, ID ID, OF Astoria.
ment orations at 1880 o III. Alumni
, reception at 8 pm.
A CHP.-Albany has the material foi
a good base ball club, one that could
easily knock out anything in Salem. Ar
expert curve thrower and reliabl,
catcher is the foundation here for goot
nine. As base ball is getting q black ey,
in the east we should give ii white on,
, i'll Oregon. No national game can tax,
its place, and it is only because it has be
come purely professional that the pubii
r il kicking.
: ACTIVITY IN DmT.-Thc activity in dir
through Eastern Oregon is just simpl
! immense. No such boom was ever befor
{ known in the northwest. At The Dale
; the air was full OF it, and even train
/ were stopped. at Baker City and l.
: Grande the activity was such as to max
E breathing task. 1t was high, as hig
d as the wind would carry it. Town lot
few about promiscuously, and yet ther
was no blizzard, only an Eastern 0rego
o sand-storm.
!. A DIRECTOR sArD.-We received
y friendly call from Uncle Abe Hacklema
n ON Wednesday. Mr. Hackleman say
d that he knows OF no sale being made
). the Oregon Pacific railroad, and opint
,s that nothing of the kind has been don,
II Work on the road will be resumed in I'll
a mountains as soon as the great body
E. snow disappears News.
THE SAME START.-The Register state
y that last year the price OF wool at IL
u opening OF the season was 16 cents, ar
=; some choice lots later in the season, so
at 20 cents. This is mistake. La
,, year at the start wool brought 1S cent
" all it is now worth. Later on it sold
!, high as 20 cents. 1t is safe to say tn
Ii the highest price paid for wool this yei
will not exceed 20 cents.-Guard.
rr HALF DAY LArE.-On Monday, Il
N day before the Scio fire, Louis Maye
I'd formerly of this city, had his bakery II
ne sured for 5000, to take effect Tuesdi
es noon The fire occnred Tnesdav ~ ,,.ovnin