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VOL. 3. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1870. NO. 11. l'OllTLAND CARDS. PCBL1SHKD EVERT SATUUDAV BY COLL. VAIY CLEVIS. orrics os coRM.n or fekkv and fikst-sts. i K. F. RLSSr.t-i-, I . Attorney at Law, C. 1". FERRY, Notary l'ublie. & FERRY, TERMS One Year Six Mouth? Single Copies -IX ADVANCE. Three Dollars Two Dollars Ten Cents KDSSSLt Real Estate Brokers & Collecting. Agents Portland, - - - Oreg-on. i I'ECIAI. ATTEXTIOX UIVEX TO THE ' C? I'ECIAL Ai lHAJlDA titVU J.U lilt ' Sulo uf Ileal E:-tate. Kcal Estate Litiyrptiun, ADVERTISING RATES. ; aI1j tic iVllecti.'ii of Claims. r. ..;..... .K-..riU,.mi-tits S.,.i:.r.-. ,.f ten ! otUoe. N-rih-wc.-t comer of First and Wash- lines or less, first insertion, $2 ; each subsequent ! in-ton Streets. rVrtiaud, Ogn insertion, $1 . ', " Larger advcrtisviuci.ts inserted on the most j ibcr&l term-1. t ADVERTISEMENTS. BUILDERS, ATTENTION ! SASH, BLIXD AXD EOOll F A C T O II Y . fell 6-70- 5 JOB WOllK. Having received new type, stock of colored inks, cards a Oorb.n Jobber, etc, o are pre-pa-ed to execute all kiuds ot priariuir in a bcti-r mann r and fifty per rent, cheaper man ever be fore ..fl'ered iu this citv. Ag-cnts for the Register. The following gentlemen are authorized to re ceive and receipt for subscription. adverlUius. te., for the llt:;i.sTr.i: : HIRAM SMITH. K.-i IL.rrisbui .Ind.-e S. If. t'l. AlUHTOX Lebanon. I'KTKR HI" ME. l ilr-.wn-vil'.e W. U. KUiK. Esq '.. K. K. WIIKKLKU. lNo, Sei". T. It. UKYNUl.lK. Esq. Salem. O. P. TOMPKINS. Es.i Hi.rriel.urs. L. V. FISIlElt, Es.. BUSIXF.S CA11PS. cr.o. X ..III. JAMES UORItlSOS. 1 1! t c d r! ft t i n u a i unTci IH I nH I luiini. II u II. by formerly New Columbian, Corner Front and Morrison streets, PORTLAND, OREGON, Aoah & Morrison, Proprietors Free Co:u:I to and fruni the Jlouse. A.TI K IS iCA. 12XCII A Itl 13, -CORSEIt OF- front aud Streets, TO ttTLAXD, OREGON. P. V.T. Quiraby, - - - - Proprietor. (Late of the Western Hotel.) i rsHIS HOUSE is the most commodious in the 2 State, newly turr.Uacd. and it will be tlis the Proprb tor to make hia gucste Nearest Ilutel to the steamboat J. C. MEXPKN HALL, ; ZV t iv i" .v Public,; At.lSAXY. ::::::: OUECOX. KUAL INSTRUMENTS O" ALL KINDS made and attested. Conveyances and roL ieeli'-.ll-'' attended to. ..0-.0 L. STRUCK&EiER & CO., JIEKCXIAXT TAILORS, ALRANY, OREGON. KKKPS ALL KINDS OK FINK CLOTH, lits tnaJ t'j t-'h r, iu the inoit fas hi - iilcav or .of Tlio Conf(r Coa-'L will always lie i.u at tlu Liudiu;. on fhc arrival oi" stenmships ar rivr boats, rarrr in. j jas-nrcri ntn their !a-.-trasre tu and from ino lioa's V' rr-fr.c. S. n. ALTHOVSK. N WRIGHT. J. F. BACKENSTO. AI,TIIOLSI2 & CO., 1.VON STltEET, (OS THE RIVER BASK), ai.bay, : : : dbegos. keep ox haxj a fcll assoutmext, and are prepared to Xiii-iiiKli to Order, Doors, Sash, and mu-U ad Crown, Panel, ISund, and Sectiou Mold of all sizos. WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES ! Flooring, and all other kinds of EStiiltiiiijr 3Iafci-inl ! "HurraU for the Bottom Iog'.! I know that the world, the. great big world, From the peasant up to tho king. Has a different tale from the tale I tell, And a different song to sin jr. But for me, and I care not a single lis If they say I am wrong or am right, I shall always go for the weaker dog. For the under dog in the figbU I know that the world, the great big world, Will never a moment stop To see which now may be in the fault. But will sh out for tho dog on top. But for ie, I shall never pause to ark AVhieh dog may bo in the right, For my heart will beat, while it .beats at all, i'or the nndr dr." in the tihf i in a moment. I he law requires that iereiiance wnat I ve gaia 1 Laa better not said. tjie tumblms' rod attached to thi eshiri" ! machines shall be bpxed, but in this case the requirements ol the law, had Eastern News by Mall. 'Illinois. Burglar entered the house of Joshua Caritrali, on Faney creek, near Springfield, and having assaulted aud beaten him, they tied hiin, his wife and two gruail children, ransacked tho house and decamped with a valuable jrold watch, one hundred and thirty dollars in money, and other valuables. The police are in pursuit. While Mrs. Peter Malitor. residing near Houston, . Minn., was passing between the separator and tho horse power of a threshing machine, near Chi cago, her dress was caught by the tumb ling rod, and sdie was crushed to death Or 'twere bolter I had aaid it ineo But with heart and with kias, filled chock to the brim, .. Hero's a bc:iltb to the bottom dog. A lady at Chattanonga is imt exactly posted on the w. rd 'disfranchised." She j was U.id that Mr Smith was di.trunchiscd, and she wanted to know how long he had been .-o. On beiiu inhumed that he had ' been so" about four years, she said she didn't see how that could bo as Mrs. Smith had a chili I only tuo years old. becu neglected The report laid before the last annual, meeting of the Illinois Confercuce ol the Methodist Episcopal church show-the membership of the: church within the limits of the confefeuce to be 83,CG0, churches 3S0, local preachers 351, con tributions for various purposes during ihe past year S19,al2.G5 A great many Teddinps are taking i place iu Fultou couity, induced probably wheat. ' ": . ' .' ' ' :, The population of the city of , St. Charles is 5,580.;,: ' St. Leuia returns a population of. 313, 000, which greatly troubles Chicago, her powerful rival. Kansas City stands next to St. Louis in population. . The census report gives .her 32,296. " . Pocket-picking at the St. Louis thea tres is becouing distressingly frequent. A man named Johnon, while out hunting with a boy in the woods of Cass couuty recently, playfully demanded of the buy his n.ouey, at the same time taking hold of . the boy. In the struggle a pistol in the boy's pocket was dis charged and killed Johnson. Osage City is building a 55,000 school house. ; . . A. Thief Stripped and Almost lacked to Death by Cows. , I .1. J - .1 t Z . . 1 i .- - , o,.. .e i .i... uv ine iuci iiiai, iremiums are to uc oe.trat fuuuues in inv ..-.ate ui xoa , - , arc conducting act.ve temperance cam- ! r fi u , ' ' ' " At first it was supposed that the man was paigns. It is protiauie ttiat- at lease c , , j dead, but moans were heard, and the ! n.L "-Til- c t- , ' j men wcut over to ascertain what was the i Ihe Illinois btak- Jvurmd says that a; ti,, r,i d,. m, C 511- 11 1 1. j l"-- JVMMN VUW LUU ! r., l.r . .. i nw ADVEUTISCMENTS. WHEAT AND fTaYsEED DEPOT. c ' Are prepared to do S1ILL AVOHK : furnish Sha ' ker Fans, Zigzag Shakers, Suction Fans, Driving I Pulleys, of any kind, at our Factory on Lyoi j street, (on the river bank), next bcloorMarkhaui' 1 warehouse. ! ALTIIOUSU & CO. ! Albany. February 0, 109- 1 THE OLD dozeu counties will adopt prohibition. ExtJ aordluaTy Freak of Nature Barnnm Out Barue. Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial, Oct. 21. There is living in Peru township, Mor row county, a family named Finlcy. Up to last Weduesday morning it consisted of Mr. Joseph Finley, his wife Mary, and two children, little girls, aged three and five years.' On that morning Mrs, Fin ley was confined and gave birth to twiun, joined together in a manner unknown to-. books. To give a clear, idea of it, jusl suppose that you sever tho bodies of two1 men at the lower part- of the abdomen-, and then put the two upper parts togeth er, and you have the trunk of ibis child. At the instance of trs. Williams and Lit tle, the clothing was taken from it, and critical examination was made so far. tt ' could be, without dointr injury- Front :' the the occiput of one.' child to the occi- put of the other.'lhero i " a continuous A -rcutleuian residing in the suburbs .....i 'i: ,i., : .v. tr..nV i of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,' has an or- m v:rttlj developed hips, thigh chard ot very choice iruit, and ho was , , Th Bre in nhice w-y -"J- "J " tion to the hodv of cither chi d. Ua tuo would visit the orchard at . night aud ! opposite side there is one large, impcr- n i :.:.. . i , , ramua u. uuduui... -1-pica aa i fccty iornled leg, prcscntins? the appear-. ..v.. u. .. . y t.u I anee ot the consolidation of two lees ing aioog ine roau saw a man lying un der a tree iu tho orchard and near the roadside. lie was-covered with blood and his clothii.'j reduced to mere tatters. N EV ADV Elt'i'lSEM EXTS. VATI3I. oa.'it v ai.le aud al'pro-e 1 stvle?.. 4f.v L. STtU't KMEIElt CO. .LEAXIXU and HmSTIXO IO,Ot! Bushels per Dav A sb::re of patronage 3..di.-il.d. -l.i'TO 12. t'.'.RTWKTOHT. The highest cah frice ?.aid for Wheat. STOVE DEPOT! jr. W. Bent fey. LADIES EoIPOltl 5T.T8. I1HAI.KR IX t1 EXTI.i:.MEX"S l:"OTS MADE TO OI.DE K on .-hort notice, and with neatness ami di paich. Al'. Kinds cf Repairing- Sonc. All.au v. June 11. IsrO -in" ;s:, .i. PHiSlCIAN Albany, AND o vkh'E ox tihvsol' i ii sun: Street. Allmnv. Ai.ri! '70. "2 SURGEON, Oreg-on, MAIX miXS. A. J. D5JNIWAY, pi:am:u is j FasliioaaMe Hiliaoryjna Fancy Goofls. , Fo'.l.uvs Srcss and Cloak IVTa.kinjj iu all . t::tir-var'.ed irjn.-hes. IiLE'AC HE.S AXU l'Ui.SSE.S STIIAW GOODS In Latest Style and best manner. " .vrj.V' FOR Hit A ll AX!) EULhOlDEllY. , and i: . f5ISii5i, g OXSTAXT-. V "!i hand and rcceivi.tg. a y lare rt k "f Groceries and Provisions, W.H.-I and Willow Ware, Tol..i-.,.. t.'ignr.. t'on fretn.iiery , Yankee X .ii .Ti-. Ac., Wa.ib-s.ile nd ttetail. ..po?i:e K. f. Hill .t S.oi's .hat t..r-. Albany, K.cgon. j::-!')'70 C.-riler Oreirou. a.ia Liu s.o. t.-. Albal:;. j..nlt. !T-70" ZXiltabidcl &. Co., I'kEALEl'.S IX (JUiiCEKIES lUO p visions, Wtr.nl and i!!(.r War C nic ti'.nery. T'.lla.:;-, Cig:irs. Pipes. Xoti..rs, et". Main tret, adjoining ilio Express olli.-o, Albjwi.v, . Oregon. I E. A. F1 Iceland, HVEALEU IX EVEHY DESCIlirTIOX OF j SeUo(l. Mis.-ellancT.us and !u:.k Ib.ks, Hati .nery, Hold and Ste d lVns, Ink, etc.. Fost otiice I.iiibltng. Albany, Oregon. B.n.ks ordered Troiu Xew York and Sail Francisco. I C. Fc?1fALEY "DEALER. IX A J.f AX IFACT I" KEll OF X XT ZTL IXTU ES. 313 ! aud CABINET WAKE ! Corner First and Broad Alb in streets, j .1 L DA .V )", OIIKGOX. STOVES, COOK, PARLOR & BOX. of the best patter"- Tiu, !iticet iron and Copper .Ware X , and the usual t-ssortment ..f Furnishiug Goods t. be obtained iu a .T15t Jieptltr 7U:at' rtwi rtmfSt:j j-.wfc'., ST" oa reanoiiaijU terms. 'Shnrt reckfinins mr.kc long. friends." j Front street Albany. i Xext door to MansGcId & Co. i 1 deeo'r.e-I ''A Stitch in Tims Saves Nine!"' iFire au'tl Marine Insurance Company ! j Xos. 416 and 4 IS, California street, ' San Francisco, ... California. ti nnn u i' jJJjF which the highest market price will be i.aid, ia CASH, at-tbe si . re of X. S. DC BOISE. i Also, ButUr and Ee;s. in uul'.mited quantity, for which the highest market price will be paid in cash. Call and see mo. Albany. Aue;. 20, LSfO-oO ELKIWS & SON, ELKINS & SON, ELKIKS & SOH, Lebanon, Oregon. Lebanon, Oregon. I.tbauuu, Oregon. NEW GOODS SMALL PKOFITS QUICK SALES I'll Oil l'T PAY. J E HAVE JFST liECEIVED A CHOICE Selccticr. of j SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, j Imported direct fr-.m Xew York via the ' Pacific Railroad, and carl, f-r Cash or Produce, ! give customers bargains equal to any tirm in Al i bany. AH oi" our stuck is bought at the I L O Y E S T V A S II P II I C E. Buy cf i in cultivation for axty yffars, produces . this vear oue huud-ed bushels of corn to the acre. Worthing and IVdand I'atric's hard ware store, Mrs. Pendletcn's n.ilinery store, Mat. Mitchel's hotel. J. flahlin's orocery, aud the post office, at Menorka,. were burned on ; October 9th. Loss S12-,000 to $15,000; insured for 88,000. A new town, to Ibe called Delaware, is" being laid on tlife Hockford, llock Is- j land and St. Loiiis railroad, between Medora and Sheffield. I ;Toui I'atc, a dtsperado, murdered a , respectable young man named Omar E. Clark at Fairfield. Jn Juzcwcll county there is a corn i field of 20.000 asres. ' The farmers of Scott county have or ganized themselves into a club. i The corn crop, of Morgan county : 1S70 for exceedi any previous yield. I Georgia na McDowell, a notorious ; prian, committed suicide lately. ALMOST EXHAUSTED, . Aud unable to move himself. They pro cured water, and after giving the injured man a drink, he recovered sufficiently to tell them his name and place of residence, lie declined first to tell them how he came to be in the coudition iu which he was found, was finally persuaded to give an explanation. He told them he had vis ited the orchard fur tho purpose of ob taining some apples, and had climbed up a tree to prevent detection. While en gaged in picking the fruit he suddenly missed his foothold and fell to the ground. , lie was rendered unconscious, but did not i know how long he remained so. When i he recovered hia consciousness he felt no There are eight toes on this limb, two of which have the appearance of great tot-, , being much larger than the others. EACH HAS A WELL-FORM ED I II". AD, Good features, good chest, , good arms 1 and bauds, lungs, heart, liver and stoa ach. Between the peifectly -formed limbs, ., and properly situated, are the anus aud sexual organ,' in common. ' The lower portiou of the bowels, the bladder, and ' per hups the kidneys, are in common. All iha other organs are separate. There was but one umbilical cord and one placenta. : The length of the body is twenty inches,' . and the umbilious is eeutral in the ab domen, and cqui-diotaut from each head. It nurses well at both . ends, and, when -first exhibited to the party, . ; , OXE CHILD WAS ASLEEP AND THE OTHEK . CRYING. "While the phyaicians were ruatfug their examination, both cried, but, n few minutes after, the one which was crying . first went to sleep, while tho other re- - i i. ivi. -. v i ,i . I r Lr ntlnmt;,H, t riso f,,,l ll.ot. i H'UinCU aWUfcO. vll act lU WUU1U 4 on, arm and letr were "r-aralized. He did ? l.he P0'.1?0.1 wh,.ch WaS nearest to parali not call for assistance for fear "that be for i DRY c&3 Son, GOODS, EOOTS & SHOES, j would be arrested, and concluded that he i would remain until morning. He soon j felt a drowsy sensation, and would have fallen asleep but lor a noise which aruus CJ" i ed lrim, and on looking up saw two cows i nearby. The animals advanced toward Illinois i.i the greatest corn and wheat hitn, and one of the commenced producing Slate iu the Union. , LICKING HIS FACE AND HANDS. Robert Vorts, s-hot his biother-in law je tried to di ive them away, but they had tasted the brackish perspiration winch covered his hands and luce, and he fouud GROCERIES,. . Hardware, Ircsi asad Sleel, ALL AX" Y f A LB AX Y At MUCKS, PRICES. ALBANY ALBAXY Pit ICES, I'll ICES, J. II. UIT. IIKI.L. J. X. I.oLl-U. A. SMITH. PTitchcll, Dolph St. Smith, TTOP.XKYS an: COI XSELLORS at LAW, J . S.diciiors in Chan.-ery and Proctors in Ad n.iralt.v. Oilice over the old Post Of.icc, Fr. at jrrtH-t. I'.irtlaii.l, tiregou. I JAMES A. WAnJIER, C'ivil Kissiiiees Jarvevor. PREPARED TO DO SUUYEYIXtJ A XI) i Eaiu.erin-x. F-e.-; iui;.ioee.l S'.lar Cumr.ass. T iers i.y m ui pr..m.t!y .Tt-n lnl t-. Itesi lence 1 -n ttU St., opposite Dr. Tate's retiden:-e, Albany j 1 fAllTICCl-An ATTr..,TIO!C PA in TO "1gL OSREHS OF ALL KINDS in his Hue. October If.S-S BLACKSiTHiWG! PLOWS ! PLOWS! PLOWS 1-OWfI.I.. l'owell & Fliam, rua, j 4 TT0RXEYS 4 COFXSLLLORS AT LAW j aud S.nk-i rs iu Cbanoery, i (L. Flinn, Notary Poilis,) Albany, Orcein. Collection and conveyances ; promply nttcnde-l to. I j riHIE uudersipned gives notice to the general JB public, that be is now manufaeturin; tho CEO. W. GRAY, D. D. b fOFLD SOLICIT THE PAT f ronaw of all person desir- in. A l.TTCICT I 'fL'L'TH 1 "r. ....... . v. i - ir.lll ill. r- FIRST CLASS IlENTAL opera- .us. .Nun.uj oiia.j a'Juiinutcre.l for nf- pain less cxtraeiion of teeth, when desired. Charges moderate. Office in Parrish i Co.'g brick block. Resi dence, first house south of Congregational Church, fronting on Court House blocli. Albany, Oregon, July 2, 1S70-43 (Knicwttiii'g- Iaiciat Plow ! and any other style of plow that may be ordered. Also, particular atlcutb.ii paid to Wages PiIaLinjr and Horse-shoeing. Wagons f.T sale at my shop at-$H0 and ilCO. Horse shoeing os follows : Cash, J2 ; credit, $.'J All work entrusted to me will receive prompt! attcuticu. and be executed in the best possible' manr.er with good material. A share of public I patronage is s .lj'-ied. 1 ... i -. . . i. . o i . .. i5U.p on corner r.u.-ot aun ,-. .... puia, opposite Pie-ce' F.-riy. F. WOOD. Albany, November I, ISCS-II j STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE Cash Capital, in Gold Coin, 750,000. j Ueposit iu Oreg-oii, $5T,000. Tjossrs Promptly ami I'luifttbly Atljusstrnd And l'uid in Gold loin. rriUlS COMPANY hating complied with the M laws f.f Oregon, by making a tleposit of fifty thousand dollars, is now prepared to eifect insur ance against Loss or Dauingc bv Fire, and also afrninst Maiiui- and Inlaud Navigation risks, on liberal terms, i I! I'STAYE TOUCIIA RD, Pre. CHAS. D. JfyWEN, SecV. I Wholesale and Retail. I i I n io ii est miens i'Ait ron E G G S, l U T T E R, E T C, E T C. I X. L'. AH persons owiu us will at once come t forward aud pay uj, so as t' beiu new accounts. L. ELKIXS SOX. Lebanon, April l,TO.-6n30 THE NEW i'OOD. T8 HEREUY GIVEN, THAT I UAVK t AfjlAi' V ! BATH fiaOL'SK. 1 opened a t Jivcrv and Feed Stable i Tnv. rxDEKsrcxED would respf.ct Sn tbe town of wtantly on han aiil Feed Stable ! i rT,riE rxD1 r LtBAXOX. where I will be en- I ehVi JV ?f"i d to attend to the wants of the TT ltd bV people. I will run a Lack from Albany to Lebanon aud Soda Spring,, on Saturday of each week. All busiues eutructcd to my care will be promptly attended to. W. H. DONACA. Lebanon, Sept. 10, 1870 Iv3m3 ST. CHARLES HOTEL, Corner First and Washington Sts., ALBAXY, - .... OREGON. . IX. BRENNER, Proprietor. 'ITH A NEW BUILDING, NEWLY r'urnished throughout, the proprietor hopes to pive entire satisfaction to. tbe traveling public. The beds are supplied with spring-bottoms. ; Tbe table will receive tbe closest atten tion, and everything the market affords palatable to guest will be supplied. jan 9- I FRANKLIN MARKET, Main street, - Albany, Org-on. pleats of All Kinds, AW OF THE VERY UE3T QUALITY, Constantly on baud. 4,:i A. Z. SEARS. rm the citizens of Albany and vi llas takeu chartro of this establish- and, by ke -piai clean rooms aud paj-ins strict attnntu to business, expect to suit all those who tna favor him with their patronage. Having h.-retofore carried on nothing but Firat-Class Hair Dressing- Saloons, he expon's to ivc entire satisfaction to all. jZ-str Children aud Ladies' hair niatly cut and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER. - se,I0y2 For a few cents you can buy i of your Grocer Oiv rri:sist & Atrent for Albany. package cf SEA H0S3 FAKINE . '370-18 TJTc maue irvui puic -uwsa ui Carrageen, wloich. will make sixteen quarts of Blanc Mange, and. a like quantity cf Puddings Custards, Creams, Charlotte Busse, &e. It is tlie cheapest, healthiest and most delicious food in the world. It makes a splendid Dessert, and has no equal as a light and delicate food for Invalids and Children. 3. C. MENDENHALL, : Albany, January ' j LL?Jti!E3 SAIV FUA.CISCO STOKE! CORNER KlItRT AND ftlttlV STRKETS, AL1JLNY ..OKIiGON. Keep constantly on hand a full assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CLOTHING. Hoots, Shoes, Ha id ware b Crockery, and a full supply of Ladies' FarmsMiis Emtiroiaery, Fancy Goods, &c. o 5 CO V! 3 M W I AM PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS OK TUKNINCIl I ke p on hand and make to order RAWHIDE-BOTTOMED CHAIRS,' ,! .. .. Spinning W h els. Tt33 Shop near the "Mftftnolia Mill." JOHX M. METZLER Albany, Nov. i, ISCB I ' . nl? a sto k of THEEET LIQUOR! fur Metlicinal purposes only. ' Always on hand a large stock of Box, Cooking and Parlor Stores ! and manufactures all kinds of TIh, Copper and Sheet-Iron Ware, all of which aro offered at the lowest rates for CASH Il COUNTRY ''produce: I : 35i$t..Ali kinds of repairing done, on short notice, and entire satisfaction warranted, at my Stove and Tin Store. ; . " . . . JULIUF GRADWOHL. Nov. 0-11 - CIIALLENGt THRESHER IIAIIVES' HEADEll ! Mowers ! Reapers And all kinds of. Agricultural Intplem'ts & Sfachines On hand aud for ale by BLAIX.'Y'OUXG A CO., May 28, '70-3 Albany On. A Glorious Change!! THE GREAT WOKI.Li'S TOXIC. Plantation Bitters. Tltis wonderful vegetable re storative is tbe sheet-anchor of the feeble and debilitated. As a tonic and cordial for the aged and languid, it has no " equal among stomachics. As a remedy for .the nervous weakness to which women are especially sub ject, it is superseding every other stimulant. -' In all climates, tropi cal, temperate, or frigid, it acts as i specific in every species of disorder which undermines the bodily strength and breaks down tlt? ais:ial spirits. For tale by nil rri-r.TS-t. . ', Henry Ealdyin, oue day last week. I ItiWA. The assessed value of property j in Dubuque, real aud personal, is 5,- 538.155. i I 1 be treasurer of a Keokuk beneficiary : society recently decamped with 850 , which had l ecu raided ior the benefit of ; t wo widows. ; ome coal lijiners, while sinking a r.ew S shiil't itf t-eo't couiity found several C'ood j sixed branches of a tree, supposed to be ' walnut, thirty feet below the grtuud. i The Sioux Citv Tint' elaiiua that ; there has been more i;ew buildings erec ted in that city tho preseut year than iu any other towu of three times its j population in the State. . j There is a lare- oil manufactory in! successful operation at Iowa City. j Keokuk has a stove fotiudry which j daily changes ten thousand pounds of; ciude iron iut articles of use and beauty, j Land within three miles of Davenport sells at two hundred dollars an acre. Two or three weeks ago the Chicago aud Southwestern JJailroad ruu its first passenger train into Fairfield. Kddyville has bargaiucd with the bridge con-pauy at that poiut to pass all persons free for one year. The Iowa Falls aud Sioux City ltail road have sold out to the Illinois Cen tral. Fires arc of almost daily occurrence in Keokuk. - , On the poor-house farm in Blackhawk county two crops of potatoes were raised this summer. The Iowa Deaf and Dumb Society has been removed from Iotira City to Council Bluffs. A womau iu Clayton county has as serted woman's rights by stealing horses. Missouri. A crop of broom corn, valued at 3.000, was recently burned on the farm of II Lariruot;M three "miles south of Mexico. A serious stabbing affray took place recently iu Jeffersou couuty, in Which Geo. "V. (..'lay ton, received wounds at the hands of a man named John K. Gordon, from the effects of which he died. Mr. I'. II. liurcn, an old and esteemed citizen of Jefferson county, died sudden ly of apoplexy, -while assisting his daugh ter to alight from a horse. A desperate encounter occurcd lately at Moocsville,-between two men named North and Morgan, in which both ' were killed. Cause, rivalry in business, both heing painter. - ; Two men, nDtncd Steplcrand Jennings, while at work ou the bridge at St. Charles, lost their balance and fell jlo the ground a distance of seventy feet. One of them was killed instantly, while the other lived only a few hours. Kirksville has a population ' ' of 1,500. , The Christian University at; Canton opened with 125 students in ' attend ance. ' . f; V'" 4 ';:,iii a '' ' The citizens of Huntsville have raised enough money by subscription to build a st-class woolen factory at that place. ' ' The ore taken out of the new mines near Holla, are pronounced the best in the world for manufacturing purposes. A new kind of army worm, has made its appearance in Piatt arid Jackson coun ties, which is destroying whole fields of it impossible to frighten them. His tor-, mentors persisted in lickiug him, and fiually commenced tearing his coat and shirt, thus enlarging the exposed sur face. This process continued until his body was almost denuded, arid the flesh hrceiated by the teeth of the animals. The licking with the rasp-like tongues lusted until the blood oozed from his arms, J breast and face, and the unfortunate vic tim sunk away from meie exhaustion, i after using every exertion in his power to keep the animals away. The;rmei were . CONVINCED THAT THE STATEMENT WAS TRUE, And it was corroborated by the appear ance of tho man. They immediately con veyed him to his home, and a physiciau was summoned to attend him. The treat ment at first was directed to the lacer ations of the flesh, but before these were healed it was found that the fall had af fected sonic of the internal organs, otic of which was ruptured. The men was sub sequently removed to hospital where he is still under treatment, although no hopes of his recovery arc eutcrtaiucd. that head, kicked and drew tip, while the leg nearest the other head remaiued quiet. When either cried, the toes on the im perfect foot would move, but the limb remained stationary. Both heads nurs well, and the child, or rather the cViV dien, aro in excellent health! The phy sicians could sec no reason why it, or they, should not live. The mother i doing well. There was no physicini present at the birth, and the labor pains ' lasted only fifteen minutes. Mr. Finley is alive to the importance and VALVE OF THIS ADDITION TO HIS FAMILY. lie is now charging ga'e uioaoy, audi he informed the writer that he had al ready entered into articles of agreement with a gentleman for the ; sale of the , body, if it should die. Price fixed is 810, O0U. Negotiarions are iu progress - if it lives. He is convinced that ; there is money in it, dead or alive, but thinks that there is most in the latter condition, lie snys that he is conscious of the fact that he "is an unlarned man, hut ha sense enough not to be fooled out of it.'' ? A "Bar" Story. One day last week, while N. Beichart was crossing the moun tains back of Brooklyn, in search of some deer that had been seen in the vicinity of Thome's Canyon, he came across the track of a bear, which appeared quite fresh. Looking around he saw a man hunting for qua:lj stepping up to him he asked him it he had any objections to bear hunting, to which tho stranger re sponded, '-No ; I used to hunt : bears in Oregon." He then told hiuidJuout find ing the trail of a bear, and that if he had no objection they would follow it up and try to capture him. The stranger agrecdv and loaded his gnu with a charge ' of buckshot. They then started up the hill, and following the trail they eaine upon a cinnamon tub lying in ; a hazel . bush. They then separated, the two men,, with the aid of the bear, forming a triangle. Reich'ai t discharged his rifle at the bear. but only wounded it. It rose rather hastily, an'd seeing the ; st ranger "started towards him j ho dropped his gun. and started down the hill on a run, the bear following. '.In vain was he told to keep along the side hill, lie continued his retreat in u hasty mauner, alternately running, sliding, aud tumbliug, the bear all the time gaining on him. How long ho would have run we don't know, but a man who was cutting wood io the canyon culled to him "climb a tree," which be lost no time in doing. He climbed iuto a scrub oak, and stood on the principal limb, steadying himself by smaller, limbs above. He hud hardly taken that posi tion ere the bear yjas underneath, and getting on the side hill bruin would en deavor to reach hitn, and every time he did so the valiant disciple.-' of Nimrod would rise in his boots, vIS vide utly the bear felt for him, and after tauUliiciug him iu that manner for uearly , an hour,, ho left in disgust. . f. " Nothing can be made to lie so much us facts, excopt figures.. , Subterranean Egress From Paris. A Parts correspondent writes : "A : story which is afloat in Paris is that of the existence of a subterranean passage, with one cutrance beyond the fortifica tions and another in Paris itself. I have' . seen tho letter conveying the information to the authorities. The writer says he has it from one of the masons employed iu the work, who offers to come to Parin with a safe couduct,-he being a German.; The letter seems quite honest, and some of. the details are curiously minute. I fancy the writer isin good faith, but that he has been hoaxed by some Ger man workmen. The subterranean pass age is said to have been the work of six years, and to havo been dug by German workmen, on high pay, who wfcro always-, taken to and from their work blindfolded. .' .7 It is said that heads of lettuce, tfan be produced in winter . in from ,24 to 4& hours by takiug a box filled with rich earth, in which "one third of slacked lime has been mixed, and wa eriug the 1 earth with lukewarm water, then taking seed which has beeir previously softened by soaking in strong brandy twenty-four hours, and sowing in the usual way. We are assured, but will not vouch tor the ; fact, that a good sized head of lettuce can be obtained in the time nictiopcd. The daughters of the late John Bus sing, of Yonkers, having been only be-, queathed '$60,000 eaclr, while their brother lecived a farm worm i-,vw and 860,000 in cash, are now endeavor-, ing to prove the insanity of the testator, in order that there may be an equal dis tribution of the property. To Make Molasses Candy. Cm teacupfulof molasses; a teMpowj"1 or vinegar ; piece of butter half t.f '8 of a nutmeg Put the whole in a .killet, on the fire,Dand boll exactly te Jft stirring it .11 the time. I hen , setH off to cool- Pu!l it as soon- a .f bafj caouoh. .Boiling it twelve lttUt'1; u i TVolit minutes will not make it too bard. Eight mm be enough I eu miuu j the exact lime- ;r b& other kind. . It is said that experienced ' hutibinda can tell when their wives are going to B8fc for money by the way they purse their mouth. '