A Puff. Some of the Democratic pa
pers of this State are representing that
Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, is expected
in Oregon soon, to stump the State in the
interest of that party. The Eugene City
Guard, of April 9th, says of him :
Henry Clay Dean is making repudia
tion speeches in Iowa. Henry has not
yet repudiated the soiled linen which
has fenr many years constituted his great
claim to -notoriety. t
Merciful.- A jury having brought
in a verdict of guilty of murder ' in the
second degree against John Burke, and
reccommended him to the mercy of the
Court, the Judge, under the circumstan
ces, sent hiui to tho penitentiary for
forty years.
Steel Hail. Tho Chicago, Alton
and St. Louis Railroad Company will
soon commence laying solid steel rail the
entire length of the road. When finished",
' it will be the only road in the United
States using steel rail exclusively.
Even as Portland increases in popula
tion, wealth and trade, in full ratio, per
haps, does the business increase of Mr.
. "Win. Davidson, the incomparable collec
tion, real .and personal estate, and gen
eral business A cent. Indeed, he has so
largely extended his commissions that it
required the employment of an assistant,
and a-very diligent and competent one
he has in the person of iMr. Win. 1'.
Brown. Mr. Davidson's extensive agency
has been built up from the foundation by
his own tireless energy, strict integrity,
and prompt fulfillment of the business
which has been entrusted to him. It is
substantial praise to merit well applied.
Numerously Married. We clip
from the Utah Reporter, of March 31st:,
the following unique marriage notice.
Married. "Young Martin and
others. In Salt Lake City, on tho 16th
ult, in the presence of the Saints, Brig
ham Young to Mrs. J. R. Martin, Miss
It. M.-Pendegrest, Mrs. It. M. Jenkinson,
Miss Susie P. Cleveland, Miss Emily P.
Martin, all of the county of Berks, England."
Negro and China Warriors. In
a recent engagement in Cuba, the Span
iards lost 400, killed by Jordan's forces.
Gen. Jordan had but 598 men, including
Chinamen and Negroes, of whom only two
were killed and twelve "wounded. Jord
an says none fought better than the
Negroej ami Chinamen.
The individual that got up the Cardiff
giant promises to get up a "humbug
soon to which the giant will be only a
"wooden nutmeg." He says he did in
tend to get up the "mother" of the giant,
"made of plaster ef paris, iron and bone,
and to have it appear that she had killed
herselt while delendinx nerselt against a
large serpent."
The Wife Market In Russia. -
A French writer, whose name I have
forgot, has truly said that "th Russia nt
are a nation of polite savages," a remark
that is not very apt, but helps toward a
proper understanding of the social condi
tion of the peop'e. The rich are very
rich, the poor very poor. The nobles
are courtly, polite, and as refined in man
ner as those of the same , class in Ger
many i but the serfs of those who be
longed to the nobles with the sou, before
the emancipation, are rude, and not half
civilized.
Almost as soon as a girl is born, in the
better rank of sooiety, her parents begin
to prepare the dowry she must have when
she goes to her husband. For this is
indispensable in the eyes of a Russian
young man who proposes to be married.
She must furnish everything for an outfit
in life, even to a dozen' shirts for her
coming husband.
I have heard of a lady of rank and
wealth who had prepared a costly dowry
of silks', linen, jewels, plate, etc., who
died as soon as she came to be twenty
years old. The mother resolved to endow
six girls with these riches, and actually
advertised for them. A host of appli
cants came, and she selected six. None
of them had lovers ; but now that they
had . respectable dowrys secured, each
girl was speedily engaged, and paid the
rich lady by promising to pray for the
repose of her daughter's soul.
In do country is this arrangement of
terms carried -: on with more caution
and completeness than in Russia. The
young man goes to the house of the pro
posed bride, and counts over the dresses
and examines the furniture, and sees the
whole with his own eyes before he com
mits himself to tho irrevocable bargain.
In high life such things are conducted
with more apparent delicacy, the business
beitg in the hands of a broker or notary.
The trosseau is exposed in public before
the wedding day.
At Whitsuntide there is a curious
custom, which is gradually giving way
before the advance of civilization. - The
young people of a neighborhood come
together and the girls all stand in a row,
like so many statues, draped, indeed, and
not ouly draped, but dressed in their best,
and painted, too, for the young ladies,
and the older ones also, in this country
use cosmetics freely, and a box of ladies
paint is a very, common present for a
young man to make to a lady he likes.
Behind the row of girls are their moth
er's ; the young men having made
known their choice, the terms are settled
between the parents of the parties.
The ladies of Russia are very anxious
to marry because they have no liberty
until after marriage. ... They are kept con
stantly under the maternal eye until they
are given up to their husbands, and then
they take their own course, which is a
round ol gaity and dissippation, only reg
ulated by their means of indulgence.
The Greek Church, like the Roman, per
mits of no divorce, but the Emperor, like
the Pope, can grant a special dispensation.
The Greek priest must marry once, and
if the wife dies he cannot marry again.
No one iu Russia can be married more
than three times.
Oakland. Dates to the 11th from
Oakland, Ogn., furnish the following :
3-iast Friday night the peace of our
quiet village was disturbed. by two no
torious villains, who attempted to shoot
one of our citizens, but were prevented.
The same night these two attempted to
rob our stage agent, but their plans were
discovered and frustrated. They were
at the appointed place and ready to com
mit a crime, but were captured by the
person they intended to rob. He made
them get down on their knees and beg
for life, and then let them go. The day
following they were seen in the vicinity
of Yoncala, in Zclinsky & Selig's Btore,
twelve miles from heic, and that night
the store burned. The clerk barely
escaped with his life. Loss about $6,000;
insured for 34,000.
We have had a continuous rain storm
since last Saturday morning, the heaviest
storm since 1861-62. The waters are
now within a few inches of being as high
as at that time, and still raining in tor
rents. Indications are that it will con
tinue for some time. Rivers and creeks
are totally impassible. The stage from
the south came as far as tho North L mp-
qua, and put DacK to iioseDurg ; water
too high and switt to allow the lerry Doat
to cross. The Superintendent of this
line, O. P. S. Plummcr, and other pas
sengers, are water-bound at Grave Creek.
Idaho, April 2. From the Ava
lanche: Oue of tho most remarkable
reformations perhaps ever known to have
taken place, has been in progress during
the past few months in the Idaho Terri
torial Prison The prisoners have formed
themselves into a bible class and spend
part of each day in reading and com
menting on tho scriptures. Religious
services, including prayer, singing, etc.,
form a portion of each day's duties, and
we are assured by Maize and Reed, who
were pardoned last week, that they are
sincere in their devotions, and left the
place with great reluctance, feeling that
they were going away from good and
exposing themselves to more evil influ
ences abroad in the world than they were
subject to in prison. Stone, who attempt
ed to rob Wells, Fargo & Co., near Malad,
they represent as having thoroughly re
pented, found pardon from his Creator,
and is preparing himself, while in prison,
to preach the gospel iu case he shall ever
again be set at liberty. . J. his is the first
instance, we believe, where a penitentiary
has resolved itself into a theological sem
inary. Captain James W. Porter,
private becretary to Governor Ballard
died on the morning of Tuesday, March
29th, 1870, at the executive office in
Boise City. He was a native of Ken
tucky, and crossed the plains to Califor
nia in 18a0. Judge Keeney sentenced
John Burke, convicted of murder in the
second degree, to forty years imprison
mcnt in the State Prison.
The Winona Republican of the 26th
says: Captain McKenny, the genial ed
itor of the Chatfield Democrat, in a busi
iness note to this paper, writes thus
prophetically : You fellows in Winona
had better get your boats ready ; for I look
for a greater flood In tho Mississippi this
spring than was ever before known by
even that venerable individual, the oldest
inhabitant. If there should be anything
left on Root river bottoms,. I will report.'
The husband of the ex-Queen of Spain
is not such a nonentity as he has been set
down for. On the ground that his wife
is no longer Quoen he has laid claim in a
Paris court to the entire control of their
joint property. Isabella insists that she
is still Queen, and objects resign the
control of her immense wealth. --'
A lady writer in the Galaxy Nebulae
defends American ladies against an Eng
lish charge that they are "scraggy," and
that a handsome leg is a rarity. This
the' Galaxy writer says is as baseless as
it is unbearable... And she goes on to say
that though she is ignorant of the ballot
or professional dancers, she has a passion
ate sense of beauty of form, and has tak
ca advantage of abundant opportunities
afforded hy gymnastic classes and singing
chools to study the development of the
lower limbs of her sex. She has seen at
least a thousand ladies in the pretty dress
worn for Dio La wis' - physical exercises,
which leaves the lower leg. more than
half undraped. -Now of these thousand
pairs of natural legs she solemnly declares
that no more than fifty are so meagre
that it would have been Under to hide
them, and not more than twenty were so
destitute of good points that (aesthetical
ly) they ought to have been annihilated
On this the Tribune says : "These statis
tics are highly interesting, and the pub
lic, we are sure, will read . them with a
sense of national pride." Vr ' v
Dutch Courtship. A Michigan
oapcr has the following account oi a
young Dutchman and-his sweetheart : -Not
far from here a young and in das
J trious mechanic of the Teutonic persua
sion, look a notion, a few- evenings ago,
to call on lieber madchen. lie quietly
crawled in the back way, spent an ex
quisite hour or so and started to decamp,
Now it hanoened that in the hack shed
through which the young man passed,
was a cistern with the cover removed,
and half full of water. The girl stood
in ine door .listening to the retreating
luuwivps, wnen- suddenly a loud splash
" "-''' Mcuuipauiea wita "Un, mein
Gotfc and Hitomel. I ink trnwni v
Down went tnadc7ten,-Bd, seizing him
by the collar, said, "Pest, Hans, yon
x,7 pv uiuutu luas yen scd tare all the
joim to aet r A pull and a struggle.
and out came Hans all right Their lips
met, an explosion was heard, something
like pulling a elephant's hoof out of the
mud, and Ham left, muttering to him-
seii: v en x goomea to sco t is girl
rails m te tarn sistern again. ; Oh, it vas
so vet unt eold, put den ven I gits ont
mit de girl it vat s nice mein Gottund
Ilimmel 1 I does 'em efry dime ven she
makes her lips np to me so schweet ! M-
m. put it vas nice 1 '
Laconic Letters. Some very amus
ing instances of "laconic letters" are giv
en by Mr. George Stetson in a book be
has just published, entitled "Gossip about
Letters and Letter-writers." Says Lord
Berkely to the Duke of Dorset :
My dear " Dorset, I have just been
married, and am the happiest dog alive.
Berkely.
And gets for his answer : -
My dear Berkely, Every dog has his
day. Dorset. .
A young fellow at college wrote to his
uncle, on whom he entirely depended :
My dear Uncle, Ready for the need
ful Your Affectionate Nephew.
The uncle replied :
My dear Nephew, The needful Li not
ready, Your Affectionate Uncle.
It is pleasant that affection should sur
vive pecuniary embarrassments, as also in
the case of Samuel Foote's mother and
himself :
Dear Sam, I am in prison for debt ;
come and assist your loving mother E.-
Foote.
Dear Mother, So am I j which pre
vents his duty being paid to his loving
mother by her affectionate son Sam
Foote-
An English nobleman was' deeply in
love with a "layde fair." He met her
one evening at a crowded hall, amd as he
could not get an opportunity of talking
to her, he contrived to slip into her band
piece ef paper with the two words,
'Will you?" written upon it. The reply
was equally as brief "Won't I ?" One
would think correspondence could scarce
ly be more laconic than this ; but the
impossible has been ' achieved. Brother
Smith, of Leeds, anxious to learn any
news of his friend -and fellow quaker,"
Brother Brown, of Sheffield, might have
to communicate, sent mm a quarto sheet
with a point of interrogation inscribed on
the center. Brother Brown replied by
sending a similar sheet on which nothin
whatever appeared ! - fi- r
A correspondent writes that TheoDhi-
1ns La Ychtneskopsky, a Polish chemist,
and a pupil of Liebig, has succeeded in
producing silicic and aluminas ether.
and by their assistance has solved the al
chemists problem , of making precious
stones. . With pure oxide of iron, the al
uminous ether tonus the ruby : with sul
phate of copper, it forms the, sapphire;
with salts of nickel, the emerald; while
from the the union of 'the silicic ether
and salts of chronium the topaz is born,
These gems have not the extreme hard
nesa of the native fiubstnces.but their lus
ter is exquisite, Silex and aluminum are
the elementary bases of all flints and
clays, and are found everywhere. This
process of ethering ' them is 6aid to' be
r. . . . 1 . - L Jt
simple but delicate, requiring gre-u u-
lenty.' -- ' . .
The Temah (Nevada) Journal says
"An Indian woman passed by our office,
the other day, with Quarter of venison
and two pappooses on her back, a jug of
whisky in one hand, and a wigwam in
the btheK'" How is that for Lo ?"
An English clergyman in Lancashire
was lately trying to prove that doers of
good were always in the minority, and
by parity ot reasoning, that the conserva
tive . party, being in the minority, were
right. To illustrate he said: "Paul was
in the minority, but who was right
Christ was in the minority, but who was
righ t ?" But the reverend orator was lit
erally "sat upon" when some one in the
gallery shouted, "Judas Iscariot was in
the minority, but who was right?" The
effect was laughable. The lecturer was
struck dumb and for some minutes could
not utter a 'word- while the audience
roared.
A Waterbury (Con.) youth, repent
ing, but incoherent, over his dissipation,
signed the following pledge: "I solemnly
promise to abstain from the use of all in
toxicating beverages, " otherwise than
as a drink, and profanity unless prescrib
ed by a physician, at least four times a
day, excepting cider." ,.; .
General Sheridan meets the Indian
issue as boldly and frankly as he always
met the foe in the field. He has no
word of palliation for the "hard hits"
that were given the savages by his orders.
He shirks no responsibility, presents a
list of atrocities committed by tho sav
ages, and sums up the case by the asser
tion, "that the problem to be solved is
who "shall be killed, the whites or the
Indians." Tho latter question really em
bodies, the pith of tho aboriginal trouble.
We trust that the Indian peace agents
will answer It inr a manner satisfactory to
tho Western settlers.
And Irishman was ence asked to define
an Irish bull; to which he replied,
Whtmeveryoa see two cows lying down
in a field, the one that is standing up is
a van.
A Louisiana planter delighted his
hands last week by paying them in silver
quarters. One old negro exclaimed :
r'rederit money come an done gone,
and greenbacks is played out, but dis is
the stuff that rats can't chaw. De old
time is come agin, hoo ray." And then
he went away, and buried his money,
A package of pamphlets containing
the proceedings of the Austriad Gewerb
Verein, posted by tho Secretary of that
association on the inn or August,
was received at Washington on Saturday
last, by tl e Commissioner of the Patent
Umce, to whom it was addressed, Ine
papers were yellow with age, but in a
rmrt cilnt. ( wap. a ...... nw.
At the recent municipal election in the
small town ot i'crtuis, France, only twen
ty nine voters out of. eighteen hundred
registered their votes. Without loss of
time the wholi twenty nine voted them
selves unanimously into office, i
The law courts have decided that the
Duke of Newcastle could bo adjudicated
as a bankrupt, notice of the same has ap
peared in the Official Gazette. It is the
first time within the memory of man that
a peer nas Deen thus gazetted. -
There is some talk in London of start
ing a great international financial nnner
The capital is fixed at 250,000, half of
wmcn is saia to nave been already sub
scribed. The object of this scheme is te
-kill the Ttmes.i - -'i'- ... ' .: ?
In Dayton, Ohio, Bliss Shirk, one of
the iemaies who rode m a Vallandigham
cart in his day, under' an inscription
" WJiite Huibaikd or None 'r has married
an unadulterated .African, named Lee
Kelly, . - -
"Do you really think he did V was a
false accusation, ne didn't. -Baltimore
Orplteus.
: NEWS ITEMS.
Die house A hospital.
Country seat r A milking stool.
A two- foot rule Don't 'tumble.
Rolling stock Cattle on railways.
Bootblacks are all Polish gentlemen.
Nature's weapon Blades of grass.
Original repeaters The echo of par
rots. "
A mis-take MSS. of female composi
tors. All time belongs to us, for all time is
hours. -
Unlawful pharmacy Compounding
felony.
After the principal thing is the inter
A anestionin? erhost The shade of
L a a
a doubt.
Rernenta on the hearth Eels on a
gridiron.
High-toned man The tenor sinj
at the opera.
A fiat in music is much better than
one in society.
Is a woman of fifty, offering to vote, a
legal lender I
The most imoetuous people in the
world The Rushons.
The bachelor's toast Large fortunes
and small waists.
The "Last of the Bourbons" Miss
Hamlin s new baby.
Mysterious disappearances are now
in fashion.
Can the current of a mail's being be
considered the iruit ot liier
Unprofitable industry Spinning yarns
at the street corners.
It is better tor people to be thought
old than to always be in arrear-age.
An eccentric egotist is likely to be
troubled with humors of the eye.
What is joy ? To count your money
and find it overrun a hundred dollars.
An inexperienced farmer tried to make
corned beef by giving his oxen whisky.
Why are umbrellas like gcod Catho
lics ? They kaep lent so well. We are
a present sufferer.
"Farewell, ail ties are broken," caused
a railroad accident.
"Beautiful Isle of the Sea," is a mound
on the pile of mud in Jones Falls.
"Bury me in the Sunshine," is tho
sentiments of a chap that went to the
Springs to recuperate his health.
"We may be happy yet," was original
ly sung by two persecuted lovers aged
respectively eleven and nine years.
"Where art thou Dearest ?" an ode to
a drunken keyhole.
"Kiss me good bye, Darling," wa3 dis
appointed and got a "stern parient's"
boot instead of a kiss.
"I'm lonely to-night, love, without
you," was uttered by a dutiful husband
who was enjoying himself at the "lodge."
"Linger not DarliBg," was addressed
to a young man who formed an attach
ment to a lamp post.
" 'Tis to-morrow," is a lie. It was the
day before.
"Why don't the men propose ?" is de
clared obsolete by the Woman's Rights
Convention.
In reply to G. Brignoly, Prepper Roser.
Wax Bmackosh and others, we give the
origination of the titles of some of the
popular songs.
Paddle your own Canoe," was com
posed by a virtuous young man who was
sent out into the world at the tender age
of 35.
"Take me back home," wa3 suggested
by an eccentric chap who unvpluntarily
received a discharge from the Alms
House.
Dreamiog of thee," was written by a
young lady-while she was awake.
Only a little Flower ?" was dedicated
to an actress who received a bouquet
when 'she expected a diamond ring. .
"I'd be a Star," was written by a stock
actor, who has since died from the effects
of soapsuds, which he swallowed in order
to make an effect and gam his desire.
Yes, let me like a soldier fall," was
composed by a patriotic individual, who
left the country to avoid going into the
army,
The editor of the Newbern Time has
been compelled to advertise that business
engagments compell him to decline all
challenges.
An Irishman was challenged to fight
a duel, but declined on the plea that he
did not wish to leave his ould mother an
orphan.
Twelve men were frozen to death in
Northwestern Iowa ' during the severe
storm of the 15th iost. Six' others are
missing in Sac county, and it is feared
they have met with a similar fate.
One Dr. Coan, in a recent magazine
article argues that "the iosucculence of
the American physique is largely due to
the fact that the American uses so little
liquid food ;" a proposition which the
suckulence of infants, who do use liquid
food, goes to prove. Eh, Doctor r
Said Artemus ward: "You may differ
as much as you pleaso about the style of
a young lady s figger, but I tell you kon-
fidentiaily, if she nas lorty tnousana
pounds, the figger is about as near rite
as you will get it." .
A Frenchman who visited the United
State and left it in disgust, when asked
his opinion, exclaimed, "Two hundred
religions and only one gravy.
Kate Field's lecture is so satisfying
that its repetition is never asked. "
The Pittsburg Gazette having occasion
to differ with a cotemporary-on a matter
of trablic interest, remarks that oem
"never nersonal" it therefore forbears "to
sav that the quotation as above reveals
the manners or a blackguard, the veraci
ty of a champion liar, and the morals of
a reckless thiel.
The Northern Pacific. Railroad bill,
pending in the Senate, has for its object
three thiaes : . A land grant for a branch
line from Portland, Oregon, to Puget
Sound, which now has only tho right of
way : to authorize the company to mort
gage the whole line and all lands, and to
give it more lands than it can 'get under
existing laws. j. no cnict a e Date is on
the last named provision.
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Non-F orfeiting Policies, the perfect security,
tbe liberal Terms of the policies, etc., etc., rend-
crs tbe NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY of the United States of America worthy of
tbe patronage of every busincs man.
This company, during tbe sixteen months or
its existence, nas issued
8,825 POLICIES,
' COVERISO
$26, 800,000 INSURANCE.
The extraordinary rapid progress of the com
pany attests the estimation in which it is held by
tbe public, and the largo amount of new business
transacted it is the best evidence of the popular
ity of its principles, nnd its adaptability to meet
the requirements or its Assurers. -
BLACKSM1THING!
PLOWS f PLOWS ! PLOWS
HMHE undersigned gives notice to the general
Oalesbiirg Patent Plow I
and any other stylo of plow that may be ordered.
Also, particular attention paid to
Horse
Shoeing. Wagon and Darrlage
Making,
and General Jobbine.
All work entrusted to me win receive prompt!
attention, and be executed in the best possible
manner with good material. A share of public
rjatronasre is solicited.
Shop on corner filiswortn ana cecona srreeis,
opposite Pierce' Ferry. F. WOOD.
Albany, Kovember zi, ieoo-ii
CRAFTSMEN'S
LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
mrCRANAlY & ITIEARS,
GENERAL AGENTS FOR
Oregon, and Washington, Idano
Montana .territories,
and
PORTLAND.
OREGON.
Cash Plan, Low Rates, Strictly Mutual.
All
Policies
Terms.
Non-Forfeiting by their
No Restriction oa Travel, Residence or
Occupation.
Policies issued in Gold or U. S. Curren
by, as desired.
No extra charge upon women. -All
varieties of Policies issued.
Large Cash Value . upon : Surrendered
. Policies.
oetv-5
(
;
13. 8. MI3RRli.1V, Agent,
Albany, Oregon.
ITS POLICIES ARE NEGOTIABLE.
Br the Charter of tbe Company, certificates of
obligations will be issued, ajrreeiD? to purcbase
its policies at tbeir value wbicn, when accomps
nied by the policy duly assigned or transferred
are negotiable, and may be used as collateral se
curity, in making loans from the Company or
from otber parties. '
Tbe lion. Jno. E. San ford, Insurance Commis
8ionor of Massachusetts, in his Report for 1868
speaking of Dividends in Life Insurance Compa
nies, says , " Tho sooner such guarantees cease
to be made, and such expectations created, the
sooner Life Insurance will eome to rest on its true
motive, and men insure their lives for security,
and not for dividends. The best and the most
popular companies will then be those that prom
ise only eqnity, and render all that they promise,
and furnish the best .security, with the most up
right and judioious management."
Farmers Can Ride and Plow.
T SECCRIJia OHM OT TBS
GAY" PLOWS,
Manufactured and sold for the very low price of
?iO." and :
THE simplicity and practicability of this ne'w
Plow commends it favorably to the special
notice of every farmer. It possesses -a decided
superiority over "all other plows now in use. The
wheels are four feet in diameter, and run on the
unplowed land. Its entire construction is in no
way complicated. Tbe plow is managed in every
manner with ease, and requires only two levers
to be used in making any alteration. Tho supe
riority of the"Uay" Plow will be clearly shown
py ine touowing eertincaie : t.-.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Linn eounty.
Oregon, having purchased and used upon oar
farms the "Gay" Plow, hereby certify that the
same has given us entire satisfaction. Its facility
for adjusting to suit tbe depth of furrow without
moving from the seat, is simple and easy. Wa
like the plow for its draught, because the sasaeja
Drougm to bear directly upon tbe plow-beam in
stead of the carriage ; also, because it is strong
and durable, all except the wood-work being con
structed of wrought iron no ea tings are used. -The
wheels running upon the solid land Is an ad
vantage over other- gang-plows, in striking off
land and in plowing, not having to make the nee-
eseary changes in the machinery, and the seat. is
always level, not thr wing the driver forward or
sideways as in otber plows. Better work and
more of it can be accomplished by-the us. of this
flow man ty band.
We take ploasure in recommending the "Oat"
Plow to our brother farmers, as one having no
superior in Oregon.'
J. Cf. REED. ' W. P. ESHOM,
A. 8. LOONEY, E. W. PIKE,
W. H. QOLTTREE. IT. DAVIDSON.
May 20th, 1869.
The "Gat" Pi.aw is manufactured by "EL
Goulding, Portland Machine Shop.
All orders will be promptly attended to by ad
dressing, -
C. Vi CAY,
Portlknd, Oregon.
Albany Agents
J. BARROWS k CO., Agents
for Linn A Benton counties.
JOHN BRIGOS, Agent
for Linn A Benton counties.
May 22, '69-37
TUB OX.D
STOVE DEPOT!
JOIIIY BRIGGS,
" By tho Stock plan the full cash effect of the
premium is immediately secured to tbe insured,
tbe Company taking am, tbe risk. By tbe Mu
tual plan, the full value in insurance of the pre
mium paid, is not secured to tbe policy-bolder,
who takes a ponies of tbe risk himself.
Policies Issued In
Groltl or Currency,
.WEI. E. HALE, MANAGER.
WELLS, FARGO &, CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS
FOB THE TACIFIO COAST.
J. C. MENDEWOAaLIV
i '. TRAVELLING AGENT '
roir Ore" w Washiasrom Toniissy.
Albany, September II, KC9
DBALEB I
STOVES, COOK, PARLOR & COX.
of the best pattern
-AJ.SO
Tin, Sheet Iron and
and the usual assortment of furnishing Goods ts
be obtained; in a
Repairs mentlg and promptly exeemtseJ,
SET-o rsasomaw terms.
"Short reckonings, make long friends."
Frost street ......... Albany.
Next door to Mansfield A Co. '
deeS'68-13 .
Jgy MAXIMS Tl.lv LZJ
even v, .ai i ws
Lorn
CILCEHT C3.r ACiriTO,
SALEM, OREGON,