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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1869)
4 ocal viivix tiu I'ruHeUeo l.ctcal Tender ruU:s.... VC(u.7T New Y oil;. Gold quotations 3Zi ARukvi:D. The lire engine purchased in fcfan Francisco fur this city, has arriv ed, and at present is stored in Messrs. eaeh & rdonteith's warehouse, awaiting the city's reception of it. The P. T. Co. have done t he haudsonie thing arain, by Jeliveritii; the engine hero from Portland free of charge. Tho Portland Pray and J lick Company hauled the eugine and apparatus iron) the steamship landing to the P T. Co.'s wharf at Portland, free of charge, also. Both these '!odious mo nopolies" deserve the thanks of the City Council and the Fire Conipauy for their generosity. The cost of the engine, hose cart and lose, is ligurcd at 82,150. We understand that $95 of this sum is J. C. Merrill & Co.'s commission for attending to the purchase. It is a side-break engine of the Cowan pattern, eight and a half inch cylinders, and will throw three streams of water. Plowing Match. Un last Saturday, the Sth instant, a plowing match came off at the Lina. County Agricultural Associ ation's grounds. The Association offered two premiums iirst, 010 j second, 5 for the best single plows. FL-ht were entered for tiie premiums. The contest was spirited, and some good work was the result. .The first premium was awarded to J. Fiulaysou, on a walking plow of his own manufacture. The sec ond premium was taken by J. W. Lewis, on he pfeil patent sulkey plow, manu factured by him at Oregon ,C:ty. Personal. Mis. Alexander starts for Walla Walla, W. T., next week, hoping that the climatic change may prove ben eficial to her health. M iss M. :IeMcel4 n intends going to Walla Walla, the first of the week, to engage iu teaching in that place. Bon voyage. - Mr. George Price left us on Thursday for llarrisburg or vicinity, whoro he will engage in "teaching the young idea how to shoot' for a period. Success be his. W. 11. Sewall, Ksip, of the Cosmopoli tan. Portland, called on us Friday, in fine spirits and health. John Curry, a brother typo, swapped a few words with us yesterday, lie was 'making" for hmie. OrEN for. Stock. We have been informed that the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon lload is now open for travel, and sheep and stock of all kinds can pass over without trouble. The trails ;uouud the fords for sheep are in good repair. Mr. Luper, who but re cently returned from a trip over the road as far as Fish Lake, pronounces the road in good keeping, grass and water abund ant, and thinks that teams can cross in a few davs with ease. Farmers Cllks. These institutions are quite popular in the older States, and are said to be productive of a greater amount of good than anything yet orig inated for the benefit of ths agriculturist. We see that the farmers of Marion county have organized a Club, and propose to meet the second Saturday in each month Would not such an organization be ben eficial to tlic farmers of Linn county ? New Goods. Iy reference to our advertising coluirns this morning, it will be seen that Mr. P. C. Harper, well and favorably known to most of our citizens, has opened a large stock of new goods in the building on north side of Front street, adjoining Mr. Conner's store. Great care was exercised in the selection of the goods, with an especial refference to the wants and taste3 of this community, and being the'rery latest styles Serecl in the San Francisco market, will meet a rapid sale. Go and see. Wool. Mr. Scott, of the firm of llardid Sc Co., who has purchased some 10,000 sheep in this and adjoining counties, has made a sale of the wool from the sheep to Messrs. Beach & Mon tcith of this citv. Unfoktx nate. We have becu sing ularly "misfortunate" during the week, and it has been :nip and tuck" with us to get out a paper at ail. However, bet ter luck next time or worse. City Council. in the matter of the reception or nou reception of tho fire engine, the Council, ou Thursday night, laid the matter over for further conside ration. Got the Start. A Western news paper says : "Of all the Western States or Territories, Oregon came the nearest to securing the appointmet and confirma tion of a complete change in her Federal officers before the adjournment. There were probaly behveen one and two thous and appointments that failed of confirma tion during the regular session for want of time." This is complimentary to the activity, of our Senators. Why does the operation of hanging kill a man? asked a medical professor of his class. '-Because, ' replied one of the All the Oregon appointments have been made and confirmed except the Indian agent for Umatilla. Boston expects her current expenses this year to be upwards of fc, 000,000. . A woman's heart, like the moon, should only have one man in it. Tho stars are called wicked because thev sin-till-late. What part of a ship is good for youDg- sters I The spanker. i . , -. ..-v -"--TV co-.vi - v vi 'Fourth of July. Of course "our folks" don't intend to let the glorious Fourth go by without a celebration. In the "hamlets" all around "us steps are be ing taken to appropriately pas3 the day, and we would suggest the propriety of some steps being taken by the citizens of Albany to secure a proper observance of the - day.-- How would : a regular, - old fashioned barbecue go ? t , Tropical. Monday was a snollygos ter and no mistake. The mercury chalk ed up about 95 in, tho shade, while out where the sun had a fair shake, the tube of our thermometer was too short by at leat seventeen,, mile ., to, let the spirits have anything" like a square 'deal, and show what they could do "on a sweat." Friends of ours who experimented with straws" to ascertain the precise locality of JneindSj Tpprt ?tbafc. fthey I found it impossible to raise even a zephyr. Two bran splinter new rollers, only a week old, par, property, ..became effected ? with the dropsy, "peeled," and left us a couple of "stocks"-' wherewith to ' "color" our "forms" with, Here's where :the objur gations came int This subject is "done.'; Elegant. A friend sent us an ex quisito bouquet -on Thursday last. It contained twenty-five different varieties of powers. The artistic sltill displayed in its arrangement,' showed a' rare ' and cultivated taste, and subtile apprecia tion pf the beautiful, 4-- t- - . ALDAW RETAIL MARKET. Albany, ITay 15, 1SG9 AVhcat. white, bushel 50 Oats, bushel 35 Potatoes, bushel 50 Onions. "A bushel 1 Flour, 33 barrel $1 50 5 00 Uutter. 23 lb 25 Ecrns. S3 dozen Chiekeus, i dozen .. z ouwJ uu Peaches, dried, lb 20 Soap, & lb - 5($5i Salt, Los Anj;elos, J lb 2J Syrup, gullon Si 12J1 25 Tea, loung ilyson h ID Japan, . Black, " Sugar, crushed, Sji lb .... Sea ' Island, " Coffee, 3S lb Candles, 5 - Kice, China, ), lb.............. Salcratus, ) lb .... Dried plums, lb., Dried apples, i lb..... Dried currants, la Bacon, hams, 3j B) sides, shoulders, lb Lard, in cans, lb.,.. Beans, 3ji lb..... Deroes' Kerosene oil, i gallon.. Turpentine, gallon Linseed oil, boiled, i gallon... H hita lead, A keg Powder, rifle, lb... 1 00 I 00 75 1 00 is(a2o 1618 14(215 22cv 29Ca)33 1216 16s 1520 5 8 14I5 1 6 C61 oo $1 251 50 $1 CZJ(nl vo $4 00(4 25 75f)l 00 Tobacco, lb , $1 00(cl 50 I ails, cut, 0 lb IU)9 Domestic, brown, 3jJ yard...... ltl Hickory, striped. fci yard , Jb(M.i Bed ticking, per yard..... 25fal50 Blue drilling, yard i 2030 riaaaols, yard.'. ' 6075 Prints, fat colors, 53 yard. 124 Pork, lb o6 JMutton, lb 10124 Beef, on foot, 4i5 rr KOT1CE. T3T TIIE V. S. LAND OFFICE AT OREGON M City, Oregon. Charles W, Richardson vt. John C. Norman. To tho said .TnVin a. Nnrmm Yott are hereby notified that under date of May 9th, 1868, the Commissioner of the General Land office Affirmed the decision of vthia office allowing If...'" . ... A J f . . . " "umttcu ""j vi saia jticnaroson upon the S i of N W i and N of S W J of Section 15 T, 10 S. Rt4- E-, embraced in -your pre-emption filine of Sept. 20, 1859, and that vou will h lowed thirty days from service hereof in which to take an 'appeal.-- - " - , - . ; . OWEN WADE, Register.- , " HENRY WARREN, Receiver. ' Jan. 23, 1869-my8w435. nz .vy: NEW TO-DAY. TIIE LATEST STYLES OK Staple and Fancy Dry Goods ! SELECTED WITH CAKE IS THE SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS, JUST RECEIVED, AND OFFERED AT THE Lowest Casla Kates. n First street, first door west of John Connor's brick, aud opposite It. C. Hill t Sou's drug store, AL33AKY, OREGON. P. C. HARPER. May 15, 1SG0-33 iLct or Stolcsa. finUE PUBLIC AUK UEIXEISY WARNED jj not to purchase any of the following notes t hand, exei uicd to Samuel Wilson, at a sale iear Brouusviile, Linn county, Oregon, on the 1st day ot October. liSOS, signed and secured as ouows : r RINC1PALS. T. P. DinwidJie ... Win. C. Baird J. H. Wilson i:iv Davis T. I. Foster Wm. Wi-le I,, llasbrook James Kerne' liobert Crawford... srrtKTiES. .. John Wiisou. .. J. 11. Wilson. .. Wm. C. Baird. .. T. P. Dinwiddio. T. P. DinwidJie. as said notes of Lund have been lost by, or stolen from, the undersigned, and he will proceed tocol- lect tlio amounts ot the said several notes when uue. l A liberal reward will be paid to the person re turning anv oue or all of said noU:s to the uudur- sigued at Brownsville, Oregon. WILLIAM McCOY. Brownsville, April 30, lS!)-35tl NEW TO-DAY. IV. 15. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE I Twenty-five Cents Per Dozen Paid for fresh Eggs, for the next thirty days, at It. ClIEADLE'S. No. X Butter Iu good demand, at the CASH STORE, at ! Twenty-five Cents Per Pound. Albany, May 1st, 13C9-34 THE EYES ! THE EARS I PH. T. L. GOLDEN, OCULSST At5D AURIST, ALBANY, : : OREGON. R. GOLDEN IS A SON OF TIIE NOTED Old Opthulniio Doctor, S. C. Golden. Dr. GOLDEN has had experience in treating the various diseases to which tho eye aud ear are subject, end feels confident of giving entire satis faction to those who uiay place themselves under his care. Albany, April 10, ISC9-31y i THIS IS TO NOTIFY ALL PERSONS not to trust or harbor' my wife, Martha M., on my account, as she has left me and eloped with a scoundrel by the name of J. J. Reid. ROBERT LINDER. Brownsville, April 25. 18G9-:54ml "W- KNIGHT, House, Sign & Carriage Painier, .ALBANY, ORUGOX. Papcrb-ansing-, Glazing, Kalsomiae, &c. Country orders punctually attended to. First street, next door to Tweedaio & Co.'s. May S, lS69-3.tf Washing Clothes Without Labor. Til Si Automatic Clothes-Wasli er AND BOILEIi J Docs this without any wear and tear, aud docs the work iu from Twenty to Thirty EZinntcs! and will fit any stove or range. Th.'y are used extensively in lha East, ami the following will show how they are regarded : From the Toledo Commercial, April 22d, 1S69 : "Tho Automatic Clothes-Washer." The new method of washing clothes without labor as done by the "Automatic Clothes M'asher and Boiler," n attracting, as might naturally be supposed, a good deal of attention. This remarkable machine continues to show to astonished visitors, whose numbers are daily increasing, how simplv aud easily a large days washing can be effectually ac complished in comparatively sliort time, by this labor saving invention. From the Cleveland Piitimlealer, JTarch 12tb, lSCi : "The automatic Clothes Washer. Noth ing in the way of a patent has for a long time awakened such a general interest, as tho above named invention. W ashing without labor by the mere forco of heat, is a step so important and new that it naturally excites a great deal of inquiry. Tho genuine merit, the cheapness and simplicity, must make it an article of universal use, and those seeking an investment cannot do better than to look into it. For sale by JOHN CONNOR, Agent, May 8, 'C9-3m35 First street, Albany. More than 1,000,000 Persons Bear testimony to tho Wonderful Curative Effects of ; 2 T3TL. JOSEPH WALKER'S g5 d. a Si o 5 2 tn - el L. E. BLAI.V. S. K. TODS. BLAIN & YOUNG, BATING BOUGHT ALL THE 1IERCH AMDISE Or J. Barrows & Co., will continue the business, and they invite all to give them a call. They will be constantly re ceiving goods from San Francisco, and will k.eep a general assortment of Dry Goods, : Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, &,c, &c. Aud offer inducements to readt pat customers. BLAIN Js YOUNCi. All persons owing tho firm of J. Baruows & Co., will please call and settle. Either member of the firm is authorized to 3cttle any account -of the Co. Albany, March 6, 18C9-2S Manhattan Life Insurance Co., OF X13W YOU Iv. Assetts $0,000,000 Annual Income 2,500,000 Surplus over Liabilities LARGER TUAS Any other Company doing Business Advasitagres to Insurers. Smallest Ratio of mortality. Expenses less than any Cash Company. Liberal modes of Payment of Premiums. Insurers receive the Largest Uonus ever given. ' All Jcinds of Non-Forfeiting Life and Endowment Policies Issued. Policies 1 neon t est ible. All Endowment Policies and the Ton Forfeiting Life Policies, Kon-Forfeit-ablc after one Payment.' Tho following are examples of the operations of tho last dividend: Policies issued in 186a, only four years ago : Age at Amount Premium Added tJ Total Am't Issue. Insured. Paid. Policy. Policy. 40 $10,000 $1,2K0 $3,572 $13,672 35 8,000 1,022 2,348 10,848 30 7,500 780 2,703 10,208 25 7,000 ' 571 . 2.505 9.505 This is an entirely new plan, giving Insurers the largest return ever made by any Company in tho same period. Tho Company give credit when desired, of from 33 to 50 per cent, of premiums. An illustration of tho advantages of tho credit system as practiced by this Company, is tho case of II. C. Coo, of Yonkers, who insured his life in this Company for $5,000, in February, 1857, pay ing the whole premium in cash, $118 ; at the end of the first year it was impossible for him to raise the amount of the premium then due, in cash, and he came to the office prepared to surrender the policy. Being told that he eould give his note for tho premiuni, he did so. His death occurred in less than seven months. : Ilia family are now in tho enjoyment of the amount insured. Had ho insured in an "all cash". Company, they would have been left unprovided for. -Thi is, in itself, a completo refutation of tho absurd statement of ''all cash" Companies, that it is injurious for the insurer to have the power to give a note under any circumstances. . . : C P. FERRY, Gen. Agent. A., J. GROSS, Special Agnt. maSm3 Executor's Notice. ; i NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned have been appointed Executors of the es tate of Hiram Macey, deceased, by the County Court of Linn county, Oregon : That all claims against said estate must be presented to the un dersigned, at their residence in Linn county.duly verified,' within six months from tho date hereof. . p. C. MACEY, - i; - , SARAH MACEY, Powem. Flot, Attys. Executors. Linn County, Oregon, May ?, 1869r35w4 c - 3 a a c - CJ EMEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. or BOSTON. .t; - -0 1 VINEGAR BITTERS, Manufactured from the native g 5.2 Herbs,and Hoots of California, are The Great Blood Purifier. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism and Gout, Uysjicpsia or Indigestion, Bilious, Re mittent aud Intermittent Fevers, diseases of the Dlood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bit ters have been most successful. Such diseases are caused by vitiated blood, which is gener ally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever yoc find its impurities bursting through' tho skin in Pim ples, Eruptions, or Sores ; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanso it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood healthy, and all will Iw well. Sold by all Druggists aud Dealers. it. ii. Mcdonald & co., IlItUGUISTS AND AGENTS, Corner Pine and Sansomo streets, San Francisco, Cal. aud Sacramento, Cal., and 34 Piatt aprlV-CD street, X-Y. , 32mG RATES OF TOLL OVER THE Willamette Valley and Cascade fflouuiaiu Wagon Koad. .$4 50 . 3 00 . 2 00 . 4 50 50 . 25 15 3 . 50 25 ,. 1 00 To Dcschuttes Itiver : Four Horse or Jlule team '. Two " " " Oue " " " Ox teams, three yoke For every additional yoke Looso horses, per head " cattle, per head " sheep or hogs Teams returning empty, half price. Pack animals, loa led ' " unloaded , Horse and rider To Fish Iake : Four horse or mule team, each way- 2 00 Two " " " ' 1 50 Ono " " ' " 1 00 Pack animals, loaded... 50 " " unloaded 25 Horse and rider 1 75 Ox team, three yoke 2 00 To Upper Soda Spring : Four horso or mule team, out and back 2 50 Two . " " 2 00 One " " ' " 1 00 Horse and rider, ' 50 Loose animals, " ...... 25 Ox teams the same as horse teams. A. HACKLEMAN, AY. AV. PARinsn, Pres. Sec. j March 20, 1S69-23 For Sale. HOUSE ANdToUR LOTS ! N this city, a good new dwelling wita .11 tre npcpsanrv nntl,itilf)inf.A. And four lots, about twenty minut?s walk lrom me stcamooatianaing. For particulars inquire at tho office of the P. T. Company, of J. B. MONTEITH. Albany, January 30, 1869-21 $50.00,..! B Y NOT BUYING BOOTS AND SHOES at K AST & C A H A LI N ' S ' Philadelphia Boot Store, . No. 112 Front Street, ' Oppoeite MoOormick's Book Btore, , Jan 9-69-18 ' " " 7 ' PorUandj Oregon. INCORPORATED lS35. Cash assets $7,000,000 00 Cash distributions of 1807 620,503 55 Total surplus dividend 2,727,573 55 Losses paid in 1S67 SSI, BOO 00 Total losses paid 2,796,100 00 Income for 1SC7 2,203,808 00 No extra charge for traveling to and from thr Atlantic btates, Europe, Oregon, or the Sandwict, Islands. All Policies non-forfeiting, and gorerued by the non-forfeiting law of Massachusetts, Policy holders the only persons who receive divi- uei ds in this Company, which are declared and paid annually; first dividend avail able at the payment of the second annual premiums. All Policies remain in force as long as there is any surrender value. -iVO FORFEITURES 1 This old and popular Company, (the oldest Mu tual Life Insurance Company in this country) insures at the low est possible rates. The stability of this Company, with its past his tor', increasing capital and business, aud the sat isfactory manner in which it has discharged its obligations in tho past, are guaran'ecs for the future such as far-seeing and careful men require in their investments. Persons generally, who thoroughly understand the working? of Lilo Insurance, are anxious to avail themselves of its equitable provisions. Full information will be given to those who desire, at the Agency. Uome Office, 39 State Street, Boston. Pacific Branch Offices, 30'2 Montgomery Street, Sau Francisco. Room 3, Career's Iiuihltng, Portland, Oregon EVEnSON & HAINES, General Agts RUSSELL Agts, ALBANY, OREGON. Albany, September 19, lS6S-2y W 2,000,000 lbs. or Wool, ron which the highest market B price will be paid by BEACH 4 MONTEIin. Albany, March 27, 1869-29m3 Blacksmiths ! NB. JUST ARRIVED, by the steamship a Continental, direct from San Francisco, a large lot of Iron and Steel I Which can be obtained by you on better terms than ever has been offered here before, for Cash in Hand. C" 11 and see for yourselves. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. L. SENDKK9. M. STZRKBSBO. tt nilKHHI SENDERS, STERNBERG & CO. I1I1M IS STAPLE DRY GOODS First street, W. W. Parrish A Co.'s Brick, AXJ3AKT, OREGON. THE ABOVE NEW FIRM TAKES PLEAS URE in informing the citizens of Idas county that they have just opened a well f Issf stock of FANCY DRY COODG ! BOOTS AHB SHOES t ElOOERIEO! aad a full assortment of General Merchandise t Which they will iispese of fof 1 CASH OB COUNTRY PROOTCB t FAIR LIVING -RATESr We respectfully ask the publio to CALL AND EXAMINE OTJK STOCK AXO PRICES Hsfore purchasing elsewhere, aad w mmw M that wa will give Entire Satisfaction to Prompt CsustomersK ALIO We have a Bianco House, long established, at SOUTH BROWNSVILLE, where wo keep a large and well selected stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE ! Albany, Nov. 14, 186S-10 THE OLD STOVE DEPOT I JOIIIY BUIGCJS, . DEAX.BR W ( .. STOVES, 00K, PARLOR & BOX f the best patterns 1 ALSO Tin, Sheet Iron and 1 Copper w ,xr3 t and the usual tssortmeut of Furnishing Goods tu be obtained iu a Repair neatly and promptly executed, aj-on rtatonable term, "ffi "Short reckonings, make long friends." Front street.... Albany Next door to Mansfield A Co. doc5'6S-12 POSITIVELY SELLING AT COST Z ALSO, a v KEGS of tho Heavy Extra Golden Syrup; W3 a large lot of Sugar, and Dry Goods to suit the trade all to be sold for cash or trade, at Living Rates. R. CIIEADLE. March 20, '60-23-lm C. XI. RAFFETY, M. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, BUENAVTSTA, OREGON. March 2T, 1869-n29 TITew Discovery. CONSUMPTION can be cured by usiug Dr. JT. W. Murray's Lung and JLlver ltalsam, if taken in time. It is a sure remedy for all chronio diseases of this coast and Female complaints so prevalent in this climate. - See testimonials and circulars accompanying each bottle. .- , For Eradicating' Pain, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE . OP Dr. J. We Murray's I!tIPROTD MAGIC Oil,. -- , curaiuia. Gout, Headache, Toothache, Sore Throat. DiD- .1 : riu n . 11 r luorm, unu, vruup, vuoicra, jrams in the Breast. Fellons, Corns and Chilblains. Can be obtained of Druggists generally on this coast, put up in half dollar and dollar bottles. All orders addressed to Da. J. VP. MURRAY, rwuuu, vreuu. MediCAL Depot 106 Front street. Jan. Medicines i sent everywhere by Exprees. Mvah 8, 1869-20. THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY give notice to the publio in generaV that they will sell their WELL SELECTED KTOCK . -OF DRY GOODS! CLOTHING! AND v GENERAL MERCHANDISE ' from and after this data ' ' Those desiring to make purchases will do wall to Oall Immediately X as we desire to close ont Our Entire Stock! n the above terms, FOR C AG H I OR MERCHANTABLE PB.ODTJCSI . - - All persons knowing themslTM indebted to the undersigned, are requested to eome forward with out delay, and settle their indebtedness, as ww are determined to close oar mercantile business-,, and collect our dues. ' ' W. W. PABEI8H ACOi. Albany, Kor. 28, JB8-li '.'! :' i J . t i i i