The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-03-11
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large audience was present last evening
At the donation entertainment given by
sheLa dies Aid Society for the benefit oi
the Orphans Home and city hospital.
There was liberal donation OF articles,
provisions, etc, from po alto masher tu
mattresses, bed spreads. etc, all of which
will come Into use at once. as Mrs Sloan
has already taken charge of tho home
The program was opened By we'll rer
dered plano duet by Misses ida Stuart
and Marguerite Hopkins. Mira Or Kelley
read short address showing what had
been done towards building the home.
About $4,000 has Seen raised aud 5000
more expended than funds In the treas
urer. The four children In the Sa,em
home will I've brought here aud placed In
the Albany home. A vocal solo With
guitar accompaniment was rendered by
Mr. Chas Hart In a manner 10 delight the
audience and he was heartily encored
The Apollo clubs vocal selection was also
appreciated. resulting In an encore. A
recitation by Arlene Train was we'll ren-
defed and Displayed remarkable memory
for one so young. Mrs Langdon ~as
heard In vocal solo. her rich, perfect
voice always giving renewed pleasure 20
an Albany audience. A hearty encore
resulted. Mr. II ] Hopkins and daughter
rendered horn alto and plano duet, when
| Hon X Weatherford delivered a ten
minute address on the orphans home
movement. A song by the Apollo club,
iitteen voices, elused the program, when
well gotten up iuneh followed aud an
hour OF sociabilty VAS engaged In.
EkrRAvAoASr.--lIer Is another terri.
BILE warning against patronixing outside
institutions when you can do much bet
ter at home. The Oregon City Courier
says: An expert mechanic OF Oregon
City who has examined the 80 set Of
steel" voting booths ordered by the
county court from Barnard x Co., 81
Louis, and the 30 set OF steel ballet
boxes ordered by County Clerk Johnson
from the same iirm, says that the booth
Is composed Of the thinnest oi sheet
iron, and that he would be glad 20 make
them at 80 for the double booth and 81
Tor the single booth, and as 10 the ballot
boxes, they are nothing but tin, which
he would Ike TO duplicate at 1915 per
pair. The county pays for the booths
altogether ts4i, or 1887 more than they
could have been made for by our own
mechanics. The county pays for each
set OF boxes 81 50, or tl.76 or q total OF
$50 more than they conid have been
made for here. Total overpaid by county
officials for booths and boxes si0O. Ore
gon City mechanics were given no OPP
portnnity 10 bid for the work. Tho
county court advertised for sealed bids
for the making Of wooden booths, but
when the bids were opened aud Ben
Irwin, Barnard K Co.'s man, came along
with his bogus steel contraption, he got
the job.
scto.--Mr James T. Durham, u short
hand reporter, intends 10 institute
Stenographie school in this city for the
benefit oi those who wish to loarn the
art.
q @ wilson last week moved from this
city 10 Sheiburn, where he owns some
property. We understand he will teach
their school this summer.
Riley Bilyeu is opening barber shop
on the south side IN the building adioin-
Ing the Farmers Hotel. He expects TO
he ready Tor business tomorrow.
On Monday M @ gin and wife execu-
ted deed Of conveyance 10 Mrs q A
Digger Of their residence property on
Main street. Mr. Gill has owaed and
lived upon this property for the past %
yeara-Press.
RicH GoLp MIsEs.-Mr Peter Hume
took trip 10 the Myrtle Greek mines
this week and comes back very much
pleased with what he saw there. II
had no idea that there was any aueh gold
bearing ground In oregon,n said Mr.
Hume TO a reporter o. The Review.
The company have $500 acres Of land
fully three-ionrths OF which IL will pay
20 work, and much Of II Ia phenomenally
rich. Mr. Hume, DIR Browne, president
OF the Mining CO., and others prospeeted
several different gulchea, and panued
out gold in every Instance. One basin
OF dirt yielded fully ti.50 in gold which
Mr. Hume nov has In his possession
Roseburg Review.
BErrER TAKE IT lit is rumored that
$7soooo has been offered by syndicate
for the + 9 Co.'S lands, and refused. As
10 the truth OF the rumoF We can not vouch,
bat we are satisfied, ffouI actual examIaa-
/ tiDn, that there are thousands upon thons-
ands OF tonA OF the very best coal on the
coast In the large tract OF land owned by
the company. There Is millions IN II /;
and the coal can be extracted from Iss
"nallve heath" and placed upon the mar
ket at small exPense.-Post.
Got Losr. The Sunday Welcome says:
"wiIiiam Nelson, an unsophIstIeated gen
t.eman who was introduced 70 buy lot in
q west sije addition vent out TO look II up
on Monday afternoon. He got lost in the
woods and did not find his way out until
IL A. L.
of that kind Of property IN different parts
OF Oregon and Washington.
BALL GAME.-A Ave inning, game was
played on the college campus bstwccn
the Ballot nine and the Bushnell nine,
which resulted Ia the victory of the Bs +
lots. Score 9 to ,. Z A Ashby. catcher,
! r weatheriord, pitcher, OF Ballot nine.
! stefnberg, catcher, S Stewat, pitcher,
; Of Bushnell nine.
TaosE TAssELs AT the request OF Q
number OF readers we have learned tina
the tasseis on the mortar board hats OF tbs
Albany College mean the following
mixed, faculty; black, seniors; orange
Il juniors ;7re6 sophomorcsi purple, fresh
men.
/, II Is actually economy to drink Beech
Tea. Being ab,olutely pure, IL IL mucl
stronger than the artificial teas. about on
third less OF ir, or sfout twenty grains. be
ing eq uirsd per cup. A there are 1853
8 grains 70 q pound. there will be seen to b
between three and four hundred cups TO th
pound As IL Il hat 60 cents per ponnd
! this 70 ct the rate Of about one 6fth OF a cen
!. per cup. For sale ct Allen Bres.
w w Davis Is now IN barge OF the Del
monIcoErestsursnt. Meals 25sscenta. Easter
: oysters fresh. Every thing
q At Msads. the jewellers, Is good place
n buy fiiied watch.