ALBANY RKGISTKB.
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UM4L MATTERS.
Mnu t mil Flr.
(5KNKRAL REMARKS,
Now that the Fair for 1S72 is of the
iiat. and its attendant laistle and ex-
oiten.ent gone, we can speak of its
merits and demerits with a clearer un
derstanding of all the facts, than amid
have been done during its continuance.
fMir belief is that the avenge attend
ance through the entire Fair was not
unite as large as that of last season,
the attendance on Thursday and Fri
day falling slightly behind, while that
of Tuesday and Wednesday was prob
ably larger than the corresponding
days of the Fairot 1871. There were
several reasons for this, the principal
one being tlte tightness in the money
market. The HWW of articles in the !
Pavilion was about equal, in most in
stances, to the last annual exhibit, in
wint of variety, but in point of ex
cellence tliere was a marked gain.
There was less agricultural machinery
m exhibition, not a large showing of
cattle, an excellent display of sheen,
and in the line of horses, the liest dis
play ever made on the grounds. Tlie
swine department was hardly up to
the average. In concluding this neces
sarily short report of the Linn County
Fair for 1872. we cannot refrain from
the remark that tlie oflleers and direc
tors are deserving of much greater
credit than they receive from our peo
ple tor their labor and earnest efforts
to so conduct it as to redound to the
general good and welfare, and the
satisfaction of all concerned. It Is a
difficult, very difficult matter, to so
conduct an exhibition of this character
a.s to meet the views of everybody ;
but we lielieve that the conduct of our
last Fair was such as to meet the gen
wal approval of all reasonable citizens,
and in this belief we pronounce the
Pair of 1872 a grand success. For the
uniform courtesy extended to m by the
(fleers of the Society, throughout tlie
Fair, we hereby extend our thanks.
HACKS.
On Thursday tlie first race was a
dash of a single mile tor three year
olds, purse $200, first premium $150,
second $50 three to enter and two to
go. For this race Geo. Ross entered
Hiram Abiff, W, J. Lindall entered
BIO, Ross entered Unknown. Hiram
Abiff and Bill made the race time,
I. 5134 and 1.52. The next was for
trotter, two in three, for animals that
liad never made better time than 3.30;
purse $100 tir.-t premium $75. second
$25. John Cowdell entered Snip. C.
II. Annis entered Minnie Parton. and
Tennant entered Dusty Bob. First
heat won by Dusty Bob in 3.07 J4.
second by Snip in 3.14 'a. thin I by
Minnie in 3.1534 tlie fourth heat anil
race was won by Minnie in 3.12. The
big raw: of the day came olf at 3,'a P.
M, for a purse of $500 first premium
$350, second $150, two in three, mile
heats, running. The entries were:
Buckskin by Win. Gird. Trifle by Geo.
Ross, and somebody entered a third
horse to make tin the race. Trifle
won the race and first premlNin in
two straight lieats time, 1.48, 1.55.
To-day Friday; the great race, ost
jioned from Wednesday, came olf. first
n the list. The race was for $350
first premium, and $150, second ; three
in five, mile heats. Blackbird, by
Welch, and EphMayuard.br LIndsley,
made the race ; won by Maynard in
three straight heats time, 2.40?.,
MfaMk, Blackbird made it in
2.433,, 2.45. 2.45 V The thrw o'clock
race was made by Horace Greeley, en
tered by H. L. Rudd, and Shoofly,
entered by S. Montgomery both
pacers two In three, for premiums of
$100 and $50 resieetlvcly. Horace
won the flr-t heat In 2.38 V,; Shoofly
took the second and third heats anil
first premium, in 2.37 and 2.49. At
lialf past three trotting race, for three
year olds, two in three first premium
$75, for which Welch entered Robert
Bonner, Caldwell entered Nipper,
Bonner winning in two straight beats
-time. 131. 2 27.
On Saturday, tlie lat day of the
Fair, at one o'clock P. M.. the big
thousand dollar raw came off. Tlie
rare was for $700 first premium, and
mUQ second premium, best thn in
five, running. The entries were Buck
akin and Trifle, the latter being the
favorite from the start, selling two to
one higher tlr.iu Buckskin. Trifle won
the race and money in three straight
lieats-time, 1.50, 1.55, l.M. Buck
skin's time was given at 1.51, 1.57,
1 .59. This wound up the racing.
MISCELLANEOUS.
At one o'clock P. M. of Thursday.
M. C. George, Esq., delivered a very
totoresting and appropriate opening
address. On Friday A. C. Jones, Esq.,
delivered the agricultural address. It
wag well delivered and was deserving
of a much larger audience. At nine
o'clock A. M. on Saturday transpired
the trial for draft horses, Messrs.
Westfall, hum-mi and Moores making
entries. Mr. Westfall took tlte first;
j and Mr. Duncan the second premium.
At nan past three o clock P. 31. of
same day, three ladies, viz : Mrs. M.
L. Nixon. Mrs. M. Luper ami Mrs.
II. S. Crowder, appeared on the track
in irout ot the judge s stand, to com
j Pe for the premiums offered tor tlie
best eqi.estrianshlp. While each ladv
managed her horse with admirable
skill, tlie judges thought Mi s. Crowder
deserved the nine, and Mrs. Nixon the
nil ribbon. Mrs. Luper rode without
a saddle, and in the execution of this
feat h:i. probably, no rival in Oregon.
The last thing on the programme for
Saturday was the toot race, one quar
ter of a mile, premium $10. There
were three competitors Price, Saun
ders and Sportsman. Won by Saun
ders, in 1.05. This ended a most in
teresting, and we hope, profitable
Fair. The total receipts have not, as
yet, ken footed up. but are believed
to lie between four and five thousand
dollars.
ROBBED. On last Friday night.
September 27th, the residence of Mr.
Jason Wheeler, some two miles from
this city, was entered during the ab
sence of the family, and various arti-
! eles, including two gold specimens and
! all the cold victuals to be found, all-
stracted. The party or parties who
made the "call," were doubtless in
search of money, as they ransacked
the whole house, taking the dishes out
of the cupboard, turning over beds
j carpets, emptying trunks and creating
general disorder everywhere, it is the
prevailing belief that Brown andReld,
the parties who escaped from our ten
thousand dollar jail on Thursday even
ing of last week, are the individuals
who committed the theft. They left
behind them a large heavy club, which
had been trimmed off with a pocket
knife, and used, probably, as a weap
on of defense.
Fine Stock. Among the fine horses
on exhibition at tlie Linn Co, Fair last
week, we especially noted two Morgan
horses from Douglas county, entered hy
Mr. D. W. Stearns. Both are dark
bays almost black in fact, and as well
muscled and fine proportioned animals
as are to be found in the State.
"Oregon Yank" is a thoroughbred
Morgan, five years old ; "Umpqua"
is a Vermont Morgan, four years old,
and both give great promise In the fu
ture. Mr. Stearns is a plain farmer,
and knows nothing about driving or
training horses, yet lie drove Oregon
Yank to a sulky, one day during the
Fair, in 3. 5 first rate time consider
ing the age and condition of the horse,
and that he has had no training. Both
horses are kind and gentle, and are
valuable acquisitions to the stock inter
ests of the State.
The Torso Folk's Riiul is a
novelty among publications for Young
People', entirely different from any
other in style and character. Cash
prizes are given for best "conqiosi
tions." Write for a specimen number
and particulars, which will be sent
free. Terms. $1 50 per year $1 In
clubs of four and more, and every sub
scriber receives a pair of beautiful
chromos as a gift. Splendid pre
miums to those who form clubs. Ad
dress II. N. F. Lewis Publisher, Chicago-
Fined $112. A party named Brown
was arrested on the Fair grounds on
Saturday of last week, by some of the
marshals, charged with gambling.
Upon trial he was found guilty of the
cliarge, and fined $112 fine ami costs
which he forked over. Anotlter
party named Jimmy Wilburn, was ar
rested the same day, charged with a
like offense against the laws was
found guilty and fined $25 and costs.
Closed. The Slierlff 'cra.nped"
on the "A. B'' saloon, corner Broad
albln and First streets, on Saturday,
and it is now closed. Gambling In all
Its "enticing loveliness," or "heinous
deformity" the reader can use the
term that best suits him had been
carried on within its walls during Fair
time. In open violation of State law
and city ordinance, and this is why the
Sheriff cramped on the institution.
List of Premichs. The list of pre
miums awarded at the Linn County
Fair last week will be published as
soon as the Secretary makes, fbem out
In a week or two.
Gate Receipts At the late Couu -
ty Fair, were much larger than they
were lastseasou. Indicating, of coins..
that the attendance was much larger,
The Society was swindled out of a
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j;htl MU.ll ll lining ll WIC UIMIOIH'MV
ot some of tlie hack drivers who it is
asserted, sold admission tickets to fares
for fifty cents, collecting tlie tickets as
soon as tlte fares were safely inside the
grounds, and re-selling to the next
load, and so on, ad infinitum. The So-
ciety will doubtless go for these fellows
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Wood's Magazine lor October,
Is auotlier splendid number. For the
nrice 1 it is the flheannst nunmzinu
published. Two beautitul tinted eray-
" r O
on portrait, entitled "Hope ' and
"Joy," together with the magazine. !
are furnished for $1 50. The pictures
alone are worth three times the ...on -
ey. This number of the magazine a) -
peart in an entire new dress, and is
crammed to the brim with the most
interesting and readable matter. Send
to S. S. Wood & Co., Newburgh, New
York.
Commercial R stouter. We have
received number five of this journal.
It is published by Col. Jas. U. Farish,
in the city of Portland, and will be
heartily welcomed everywhere in com
mercial circles, Col. Farish is an able
commercial editor, and possesses the
entire confidence ot the financial and
commercial houses on this coast. We
welcome the Uepnrter, and wish it may
meet with tlie greatest financial suc
sess. For
Peters Musical Monthly
October, is full of choice music, which,
in sheet torn., would cost $3 30. You
can obtain this or any other number
by enclosing 30c to J. L. Peters 599
Broadway, N. Y., or yon can obtain,
for $1. the July. August, September
and October numbers, which contain
about $20 worth of music. The sub
scription price Is but $3 per year.
On the Fifth. It Is announced
that the Northern Pacific Railroad
will lie finished and in running order
to within fifteen miles of Olympia by
to-morrow, the 5th instant, wlueh will
be good news to those who have been
compelled to make trips during the
Winter season to that point.
Mad. Somebody entered Dave Fro
man's residence In this city, one night
last week probably Friday night
during his alnence at the County Fair,
ami, after rummaging over the" house
generally, decamped with Dave's over
coat, and Dave is mad about it. If
two or three hundred dollars bad been
taken, instead of the coat, Dive would
have been mad. Some people can't
stand "leedleshokes" with any de
gree of fortitude. Brown and Reid
feel tlie need of warm clothing these
cool nights as well as other people
Robbed of a Shot Gin. A few
nights ago, a man named Miller, who
lives down in well towards the mouth
of the Santtam, lost a shot gun some
body got into his bouse and took it
while the family slept. It is tlie cur
rent belief that Brown and Reid are
the guilty parties.
More Villainv. A few evenings
since the residence of Milt. Houston,
two or three miles out, was entered
by somebody, who heljicd himself or
themselves unsparingly to all the eat
ables they could well carrv. Brown
and Reid are charged with being at
the bottom of this little steal.
Removal. Dr. Smith has taken
rooms over Weed's grocery store, on
First street, adjoining the Batik, and
has fitted then, up the neatest and
cn-iest manner. Parties wishing any
thing in the dental line will find him
am ays ready to accommodate them
'. it I. the liest work, at low rates. See
card in this issue.
At It. Work on the Albany &
Su.itlam Water Ditch or Canal com
n.":iced on Monday, and will be push
ed until the first three miles are com
pleted. This will probablv be all that
can be done this Winter. Next season
will see tlie completion of the Canal
to this city.
Camp Chairs. Tliose camp chairs
at Chas. Mealey's furniture warerooms
are not only comfortable and superbly
finished, but he 'a selling them very
cheap-tor tnueh less than you can buy
them to PortlAfliJ,
1 tliWBIf HOT
j Thoshay, Oct. 3d, 1872.
! Tht,re lias 1hvi, 1)llt ft m mmmt
of grain brought to this station during
A ( 'i'1"-' receipts ot
wheat at the warehouse tor the week
ending Sept. 29th, were 2.U04 centals
in store. 71 centals for Messrs. Beach
& Monteith. and 880 centals forC. B.
Comstock vt Co., on commission.
Amount shipped by . H. Foster it
Co.. 2 car load- or 400 centals.
The receipts at the warehouse for
August were 11P0 centals, and for
lift'"1 fS'4;iV, """"K. ,,!'
.t(l.()!l2 centals, Or51,133butlcK Ihcie
are 50,000 bushels of lite very best
quality now mi liand. Itls wellclemi-
Lj, a,H mvuu flll8 appearance.
j Many of the grain dealers pronounce
. It superior to any other lot of its size
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iu the State. It Is all for sale on reas-
on.-.hle terms.
H'roiii John Dny Valley.
j ,f0I1N InY vAT.i.F.r. Sep. 25, 1872.
1 Dkai! Rkgbtkr :,.The melancholy
, dayg lwve wmH.-.u lm thw ,lilv,,
w, sahmlav momlmr
the fourth of nn inch in thickness
next morning not much better. To
matoes cut down in their youth, just
when the bud of promise was slowly
maturing into usefulness. Melon vines
that I had carefully nurtured and
prided in and bragged on all summer,
now present a very sad and woe-be-gone
appearance. But after all haven't
we been feasting for more than a
month off those same melon vines!
Then just please look at some of those
cabbage heads, will you. Of ample pro-
pornoua, aim nam. ami crisp, ami
white as any lover of that vegetable
could desire. That patch of potatoes
will yield over four pounds to the hill,
and this very day I carried Into the
ceuar more titan two Hundred nice,
well matured squashes. Our grain
crops have generally been secured.
and are fully up to expectations. My
own crop, which was perhaps a fair
average of the country, was 35 bushels
of wheat per acre; oats, 43 bushels per
acre. So far we have had a very wet
fall ; green feed in abundance i'or ail
kinds of stock, which is doing remark
ably well. The weather-wist! are pre
dicting one of the bard winters tbjit
we read about. Well, let it come. 1
think this valley is prepared for it.
We are now having lovely weather
everybody stout and hearty.
W. F. S.
Ed. Register : I see by the last
Democrat, that a man in Polk county
has raised some grass twelve feet high.
! The seed, it is said, came from Peru.
Would not this be a splendid place for
the Greeley Democrats to hide in after
the Presidential election ? Z.
For Sale. Mr. Brenner, landlord
ol the St. Charles' Hotel, offers for
sale all the furniture, bedding, carpets
etc., etc.. now in use In said Hotel,
at a bargain, as he intends to close the
house in two months. Here l an op
portunity to secure a large amount of
furniture, on good terms at low rate.
We suppose the furniture might lie
secured, and the hotel rented. The
furniture. kc.. can lie purchased in a
lump, or parties can buy such articles
as they may want, in sums of $50 nnd
upwards. Look out, you that want
bargains.
After 'em. Deputy Sheriff Geo.
Humphrey, speaking of the escape
from our ten thousand dollar jail, of
Brown and Reid, last week, says:
"Me an' Allen 'II have them prison
ers ifl takes all Winter" and they'll
do it. Brown ami Reid needn t ex
pect to stay within two or three miles
of this city and commit nightly dep
redations "on this community lor the
next two years without at. attempt
being made to scare 'em away. Nary
onct. Our officers can't reconcile them
selves to permit It, yon bet. They
must leave tlte country or suffer tlie
consequences.
Not Received. An engraving of
this city, mid other engravings ordered
for this week, did not arrive, we are
sorry to say, in time for this issue.
We expect to be bothered in this way
until the arrival of our own engravers,
then our readers can rely on two to
four pages of " picters " each week.
Personal. Messrs. McClain and
Head, of the Corvallis Demnerat, called
on Wednesday, en route for the State
Fair.
J. W. Nixon and family, the first of
the week, start tor Waitsburg. W.
T., where they will make their future
home. May prosperity attend them.
Snow is the Cascade Mountains.
Gentlemen who came through from
Ochoco on Monday, say that they
crossed over snow several inches deep
on the divide. Snow six indies deep
Is reported at Meacliam's. on the Blue
Mountains.
Baura is OB it again see elsewhere.
FINANCIAL AND fOJIMHUIAL
Gold in New York 114,. Legal
tenders 8788c.
Wheat market in San Francisco re
ported drooping. In Portland the
market is reported less firm, as ship
per! ',ave obtained all the wheat they
can handle to advantage, ami prices
are expected to :'rop down. The pros
pects tor obtaining an advance in pres
ent prices are rather discouraging.
Our dealers are ottering hut 55c per
bushel, and are understood as not anx
ious to purchase at that figure. In
produce we notice no change. Tlie
supply of goml table butter has increas
ed, and is retailing at 37 '..c per pound.
Eggs quoted at 30c per dozen,
FROM OCHOCO. Messrs. Jem
Luckey, Frank Rice, J. H. Douthitt
and Jas. . Elklns are all over from
Ochoco, making their annual visit,
Some to secure supplies for the Win
ter, others to get their wives and in
crease to take lack to the Valley.
They are all complaining of feeling
and doing very well.
The FIRST. Esquire Carol hers per
formed his first marrriage ceremony
on Wednesday. The 'Squire was up
to the occasion.
LEO BROKEN. A lady named, Far
well, we believe, in getting out of tlie
circular swing on the Fair grounds
one day last week, fell and broke Iter
leg.
Neat Residence. Mr. A. H. Bal-
! tlmore is fitting up a neat residence in
tlie eastern portion ot the city.
Franco is reported to have 10.000.000
hectolitres or upwards of 20,000,000
bushels, ot wheat for export this sett
son. State Fair. Tlie State Fair, now
it. full blast at Salem, attracted mapv
of our citizens.
Rain. Slight rain fall on Wednes
day. Weather cool and cloudy, threat
ening a regular down pour.
Latest. Wheat in San Francisco
slow at $1 DO f 100 tts. Liverpool
quotations give wheat at 13s. tfd.
.
Additions. Rev. 3Ir. Irvine is
having an addition built to his resi
dence In this city.
Millinery. Mrs. Godley has a nice
assortment in this line, and is receiviug
an extensive patronage.
Wheat only SSe, and N. Baiim. Pio
neer Clothing Store. Is selling according to
Hard Times. He has n large and weU se
lected stock of Fall and Winter Clothing,
and is selling cheaper than any house in
the city. Give htm a call before you pur
chase elsewhere. , jj4
FROM Maine to California. - Now
WILSON Strait Needle I'nderlced Sewing
Maehine is the BEST MACHINE for nil
kinds of work on lth heavy and liWit
sewing. It nniH ensvaiel is simple; acdilM
can use it. it is never out ot order, and is
ALWAYS HEADY FOR 1H SIMiSS .'
It has lately taken the premium ut the
great Northern Ohio Slate Fair lor best
work done on the ground. Don't tall to
set! the New Wilson Machine, and remem
ber that FIFTY DOLLARS now Imvs the
best Sewing Machine in the world. Call
at Ulain, Young A Co.'s, wholesale and re
tail dealers In general merchandise. First
street, Alliany.
A. WHEKLER,
fiIEI, OREGON,
Forwarfling & Commissiou Merchant.
Agent for the sale of t he celebrated BADS
WAGON, and all kinds of AGRICULTVR
AL MACHINERY.
Consignments solicited.
TOWN LOTS, in the town of Sliedd, flu
sale. Hollow ay's Ointment. -The astonfch
Ing rapidity with which this preiwratiou
extinguishes pain, reduces external in
flammation, henls sores, removesernptions
and tumors, and cures rheumatism, gives
it- liouiidless popularity. Sold "tj Maiden
Lime, N. Y. Price, 23 cents r txt. Ask
for new style ; the old Is counterfeited.
MARRIED.
At the residence of the bride's pa
rents, in Marlon count', Oregon, by
Bev. John H. Boork. Mr. Isaac Need
ham, of Linn county, and Miss Clara
M. Doty, of Marlon county.
DIED.
Near Tangent, Sept. 27th. 1872. of
lung fever, George W. Coe, in his 33d
year. A large circle of relations ami
friends are left to mourn his loss.
New To-ltay,
Bargaina In Furniture.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers at prtvnft'
sole all the furniture, bedding, carpets,
etc., etc, used In and about the St. ciuuiejt
Hotel, at low figures, on the most reason
able terms. Will sell all to one person, as
In lots of 30 and upwards, on short time
with approved note. Apply at 8t. CharJea
Hotel, Albany, Oregon, to
Oott,W744w4 IL UBENNER.