The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-20
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The Baptist state convention will be
held In Portland beginning next Mon
day.,
Tho Willamette Presbytery closed tbs
forenoon in this city, and the members
left on the noon train for Salem ITO at
tend the meeting OF the synod; OF the
state.
Captain T.. Il. Harthrong, OF the Eu-
gone Salvation Army corps, makes his
report 10 his superior for the quarter
cndln September "a, 1859, Of an income
Of t70.4s.
The state W CT U convention will DO
held In Portland beginning next Mon.
aay. IL will be followed by the nRtion-
al convention at Seattle. Several AL
bany ladies.will attend the conventions.
Riley Moore who was committed TO
the asylum from this county on Aug. 8
was discharged AZ cured on Oct. o, and
George Hayiord, who was committed ON
sept. l3was discharged ~ cured on Sept.
There will be no grand jury at Salem
this term by order Of the district attor-
ney. This means also that MIR. Hayden
Will not have one at the Linn county
term. This Is under q new law. The
district attorney hands In the indict-
ments himself.
Tho en,crprising A o u w has made q
hit by making arrangements with the
Albany band for the change OF the name
10 tho A o u w Band. The Lodge wall
fiIInish meeting place for practice and
suits for ali the members Of the band.
The Rathbone Sisters yesterday elect
ed Mrs. Alice Richards, Of thlr city,
grand representative. Mrs. Cora Davis,
OF Union, was elected to the hsad Office
OF most excellent chief. Next year the
Knights aud Rathbone Sisters will meet
at Astoria.
Some Que who came up from Salem
this noon reported three deaths at that
city last night from small pox, and that
thore were six new cases. The state.
ment was made that II was being kept as
still 40 possible.
The annual meeting OF the Oregon Fire
Relief Association was held at McMinn-
vile Yesterday. The report showed in
gurance In force amounting to 20, 764 ,04l,
q gain Of 81. .760. 900 in q year. Losses
paid $l6. .294.20. o. II. Irvine .s presi-
dent OF the company and ii. II. Hewitt
is one OF the trustees.
Mr.. George Reece, the breeder Of high
grade sheep, yesterday made fine ship
ment TO j. l.. Thomas, OF New What
comb, Wash consisting Of several large
Cotswolds, full blooded, some Of them
weighing 500 pounds. They are to be
crossed with full blooded Merinos.
Judge Bellinger's son. v ctor @. Bel.
tnger, Is dangerously Ill rtstne residence
OF his.parents, in Holidays addition, OF
cancer Of the stomach. An examination
was made by Drs. Whitney, Lane and
Baker, and Il was decided that the growL
had tecome 20 far advanced that an OPP
Grafton would BIB useless. All hope OF
Mr. Bellirger's recovery has been abond.
oned. Telegram.
Victor Bellinger, son OF Judge Bellin-
ger, died &C Portland last evening at the
age Of 81 years. He was born at or nea=
Albany. He was LAWYER.
A CIVIL SERVICE ExAMNAuoN.-Mr
Groves, manager OF the Corvallis opera
house, was In the city yesterday on his
way home from Portland, where be had
been to be examined under the civil ser.
vice rule as candidate for mail clerk.
There we're twentv-two Ia the case. The
examination js an interesting one and is
particular y strict Ia geography aud the
reading OF writing. Among other tests
is one OF reading twenty Ave horribly
written add es'es. To get a hundred on
Ii the names have to be read in one and
a half minut, 9 and the t, vt is complete
failure II 1t tAkes over five minutes.
Two members of the class were slower
than that. The men get their positions
during the following year in the order Of
the grade of their examinations.