The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1893-05-05
LOCAL, RECORD


OREGON SrArE s. s. CONVENTION
Tie Eighth Annual Convention of the
Oregon State Sunday School Association
viii be held In the Friends Church. New
berg Oregon, by invitation of that church,
beginning Tuesday, May roth, at p m,
and closing thursday. May 18th. at II a
IN. AS this Is q mass convention, all IN
terested in Sunday School work are inyited
to be present, and every Sunday S.hopl In
the state is urged TO send one or more rep
tesentatives. A good program has been
arranged, and number of the leading
Sunday School workers In our own state
will take pars in this convention. Rev
III L Bates is the secretary OF the State AS
sociation, and he desires a report from
every Sunday Schoo! in the state. These
local reports should include the quarter
ending March goth. and be sent him not
later than May Sth. President Thomas
Fewlin, of the Friends College, Newberg.
Is chairman of the committee of arrange
ments an behalf of the Friends Church,
and lists of all who expect to attend the
convention should be sent him not later
than May Iath. Arrangements have
been made fer the usual reduction of fares
on railroads.
FREAKS OF, NAruRE.-A wonderful
freak of nature can be seen on the tar.a OF
Mr. DsPitrie. near Lorraine, In Siuslaw
precinct, Lane county. It consists of a
FIR tree which has grown entirely around a
white OAK tree. The fir tree Is about T. go
feet high, AID about five feet in diameter
three feet from the ground. The size of
The oak tree Is not known except where 1t
projects from the fir. about seven feet
fram the ground, where II Is six inches in
diameter. The oak Is dead having been
strangied by the fir some time ago. Not
long since there could also be seen On the
farm purely white cat, having one blue
eye, the other being a natural color. In
the same neighhorhood, on the farm Of
William NJ tnman, the, e could be seen =
cat with litter OF IL sittens.-Register.
ALBANY HoRricuLruRAL SOCIETY,"
This Is the name of a new organization
just established here, one that deserves
the support of every producer of fruit In
this vicinity. This should be made the
fruit center Of Oregon. The officers are
II Bryant, President; Jay W Blain, let
vice president; ] F Keney, and vice pres
ident; { 6 Burkhart, secretary; ] F
Peebler. treasurer. Finance committee,
BIain. Keney and N Steele. About
twenty-five were present at the meeting.
and the interest was pronou need. A
meeting has been called for next Saturday,
May 9th. at m, at the Cozrt House.
The committee on constitution and by
laws, Burkhart, Blain and Brownell, will
report. and II is probable one or two out
side speakers will ne present. There
should be a big attendance Of fruit raisers.
CORVALLIS WATER woRxs.-J G Ke,-
ley, the Civil Engineer. was In the city on
his ~ay from Corvallis to Eugene. At
the former city MIR Kciley's plans for
water works were adopted by the city
council, and he viii superintend the work.
The city will pay S2a, 600 on improve
menis. A reservoir will be built on the
hill beyond the cemetery, giving fall of
ago feet. and pressure of 90 feet. The
main pipe will be 10 inches. That city
will have system that will be a credi: to
L.
CINDERELLA was presented last evea-
ing to a big house. II was the f;nest
iPectacular performance ever given here,
Ind was presented In a manner that |
'leased all who saw H. The stage settings
we're elerant. and the transformations |
'ciiPsed anything ever attempted In Al
ANY. Those VINO attended were given a |
sreGt treat. The specislties introduced at !
he ball OF the prince were frst-cEass. |
@eandro and Stack probably have no sH-
'eriors on the double bars, the slack wire |
performance and the magician both ex-I
;ited the applause CT the audience, while
ne Coles on the irapeze are very expert. /
Nm incident not down on the program |
happened just before the last tranforms = |
ioa scene. The calcium machine In the
,si'ery acted as II II weregoing 10 explode
Utmost creating a panic. One man
:iimbed through window and hung
iown ready TO drop; big boy dropped |
rom the gallery to the lower -four, while
seople generally were confused; bu. It
rSs oaly some fzzling.
OK The SASTIAM There Is no snrer
ndex OF the growth of = country than the
.ver Filling school houses aad demand for
'ew ones This is especially true Of the
'sst end OF the county. Prof ] 5 Graham,
county superintendent has retsrned from 4 1
7isit to the schools along the Santiam. At
Mimic new 1000 school house hss been
built. At Mill City there is an attandsnce
of fifty scholars. The district Of Green Ba-
'in Is so large that 1t requires several school /
houses, and they are now building the third
This year school Is being conducted in one
building and next year arother will be oc-
rupied to give the pupils Of that particular
part ofthat district an opportunity OF atten-
ding. AT Ga,esyille the directors are pre-
pairing to builc 10000 school house--i
Salem Journal
n
lement between the Underwriters of the
z blanchard and the OP have fsiled. The
{ mpany claim SO, 900 salvage and hbe!ed
h ship for that amount. She has been re-
"a lsed Of bonds and the case will be tried in
o art. The o P Company Offered 10 take
S, 600 but Capt Holland considered that
u, 500 amply repaid them for all the services
ef ,dered including towing the Blanchard
CT oss The bar TO meet the tug sent up from
ri SEQ to tow her down. lie also offered
IL 900 and coal for the trio II they would
ov the Blanchard 10 Frisco. This offer the
P would not aecept, Newport News.
Those CLERKs.-Ihe total paid by the
az legislature for clerk hire, just fgdred
'ut by the Salem Independent, was
81 6,o26.Io, nearly all thrown away in one
'ense, and yet, after all. put into needed
Linn county's share was
sniail. P r Kelley received SIS; NJ b
Monteith, $50: R Whitney, $500:
Nellie Kizer. SI32. L M Curl was also
clerk, but his name is not on the list given
by the Independent, which may be seen
by interested parties al the DEMOCRAT Of
fee.
For EMBEzzLEMEET.-T after
noon Detective Sar Simmons arrested In
st Louis, Mo, John II Haskins, formerly
manager Of the Benton County FIGURING
MAI Compsny's agency In this city, who
left the employ of that company and this
country last July, and who Is charged with
embezzling about $4,000 from his employ
ers at different times while acting as
their manager in this city.-HasJns par
ents reside In Corvallis. He always bore
good reputation until now.
New P. Ms. The following Oregon
fourth-class postmasters were passed on
and ti.eii appointments will be an
nounced to-day: J X Blackaby, 1or-
dan Valley Maiheur oo,ntu Is....