The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-05-26
The Native Sons.

Delazon Smith Cabin Noe Oregon
Native Sons is forging ahead and bids
fair to be the banner cabin of this state.
Last Saturday evening IL Native Sons
were initiated making the present mem
bership 40. Over go names have thus
lar been secured to the petition for the
charter. To accommodate the many
that are desirous of becoming charter
members a special meeting will be held
next Saturday night in Q hall yet to be
secured of which due notice will be
given.
Delegates elected to the Grand Cabin
in Portland June l3 nexs are G. G..
Burkhart, l.. NJ. Curl and q. II. Walker.
BASE BALL.-A game of ball was played
on the college campus Saturday after.
noon between the college club and a
picked nine. The college boys won Is to
IL. Coffman pitched an effective game
for the college club with Snyder behind
the bat, and Prof. Martinoale, an old
Iowa league player. and others for the
picked club, with Farrell and others he
hiPd the bat. The contest was an in-
teresting one.
Never despair. Two circuses are
headed this way.
Schiffler's horse VS.. Cases horse in q
trotting match at the fair ground tomor-
moi afternoon. Admission 25c.
The steamer Edith is thought TO have
been lost down the ocean, its where
abouts having been lost track of.
The old man chimney sweep is in the
city again for a few DAYS while on his
way back to California, and is ready for
orders on short 0tice. Chimney sweep
ing is his business and he knows how.
At the last term of the county court
SI2 scalps were presented The stove IN
the courtroom was converted into a
crematory with commissioner Tenn pleton
acting chief stoker and Judge Wills, dir
ectOr of the museum.-C,oOk Co. Jour-
nal.
It is said that the Oregoniau has al
ready made arrangem eIts with the
Southern Paific for the running of gaso-
line railway bicycles up the road with
Oregohlans, so that subscribers in Al
bany will receive the paper in the morn
ing as early as 7:30 or O'Clock.
Williams, the colored boot black at
the Combination shop, was placed in the
city jail Saturday evening by Nightwatch
Bailess for using abusive language after
being discharged by the proprietors of
the shop, and was kept there over Sun
day.
Ex-county clerk Nat Needham with S.
L. Kline, of Corvallis, was in the city to-
day He reported the prune crop across
the river almost completely ruined
Where his crop was 1900 bushels last
year this year be will not have twenty
five bushels. The loss is big Une to the
county. as the prune crop has come to
be big one, bringing great deal OF
money into the county.
Enoch Thompson received a LITTER
Wednesday from his brother Frank at
Manila stating that the wound through
his nose and under bis eye were healing
nicely, but did not mention whether he
would lose the sight Of his eye or not.
He thought he would get to go to San
Francisco to have the operation per-
formed upon his eye, and at any rate he
would return home as soon as he could.
-Brewnsvilie Times.
The body of Fish Commissioner Hol-
lister ID. Mcclure, who was drowned in
the North UmpQua river, below Win
chester, April 8, was recovered Saturday
by ]. Chapman, T. A. Gee and Greed
Gillian. The body of State Senator A.
w. Reed, who wac drowned with Mr..
MCGUIRE, has not been found. Mr.. Nc
CURES body had risen and foated .
short distance. The clothing caught in
brush on the east side of the river, about
400 yards below the point where Com
missioner Mcclure and Senator Reed
were drowned. Mr.. McGuIre's watch
was stopped at 2:10. The remains were
taken through Albany yesterday morn
ing for Portland