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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1873)
1?. 8. Oftietnl Paper for Oregon. FRIDAY, JANUARY, 31, 1ST:!. IH voire. Whilst it is quite difficult some times to obtain a wife, it is not al ways so difficult to get rid of one. The divorce laws of some States arc entirely too liberal. In Indiana, for instauee, to obtain a divorce is j-educed almost to a formal application; but a case lias been determined recently in Michigan, whjch will likely check this evil. The case was where a man was in dicted for bigamy, and set up as his defense a divorce obtained in Indi ana on complaint of his wile. The validity of the divorce hinged on the fact of the residence of the par ties, and the jury returned a ver dict ot guilty. An appeal was then taken to the .Supreme Court of Mich igau, which sustained the verdict of the court below. It was held that in divorce cases the State is a party s well as the husband and wite, and no other State has a right through its courts to render a decree of divorce between citizens of Mich igan without her consent. Michi gan has never given her consent, and so this divorce, and all others of her citizens obtained in other States, are void by the laws of the State. Highest Averages. Iowa averaged more bushels of corn per acre last year than any other State, being 40.8 bushels. Ohio came next with 39.5 busliels ; then Illinois with 39.G busliels; then Indiana, 39.8 bushels. Texas gave the highest southern average, being 28.5 bushels. The highest wheat returns were those of Minnesota, 18.7; Texas, 18.5; California, 18.5; Oregon, 18.2 ; New Hampshire, 18.1. The highest average per acre for rye was California 29.1 ; Oregon, 23-2; Nebraska, 21.5. The oats yield stood Nebraska, 40 bushels ; Iowa, 39 ; California, 38.5 ; Minnesota, 37.5. The highest average for barley was Nebraska, 31.6 bushels. Wig. cousin came next with 28.6 bushels. Nebraska also took the lead in buckwheat averaging 27.1 bushels. In potatoes Iowa averaged 133 bushels per acre ; Minnesota, 130 ; 7exas, 124; Nebraska, 120; Ore gon, 113. Mottling Lrm Will Do. We notice that Eastern journals are asking for a law making death the penalty for placing obstructions on railroad tracks. The frequency of such occurrences, often resulting in the maiming and death of rail road employees and passengers, calls for the enactment ot such a law. No retribution, however, which can be inflicted, will reach the deserving of such criminals. The placing of ob structions on railroad tracks for the destruction of trains, is one of those crimes which no one less than a heartless fiend can commit, aiA nothing short of the pangs uf perdi tion will supply adequate punish went. Daring the year 1872, the num ber of immigrants who arrived at the port of New York was 291,217. Of these 115,415 were from Oer many, 116,146 from the British Islands, and the remainder from other twtioaalitiea, and the cry is, still they The VsilU IHoblllrr. The name '('relit Mobilier" was given to a gigantic scheme which originated in France in 1852. Its objects were to assume and origi nate enterprises on the limited lia lility principal; to buy up railway companies, tor instance, or any other trading companies, by substituting script and shares of its own, in its own name, for the bonds and shares of the company ; to carry on the business of tanker and Stock-jobber on the limited liability principal. This sclieme, and all others of a like character, were injudicious in the immense risk which they entail ed, Wading to wild and reckless speculation. The French Credit Mobilier. after becoming an im mense financial jiower iu France, went out like a flash in a specula tion one day, leaving thousands ot trusting ones to mourn its untimely end, while the members of the Mo bilier were richer than ever. The Credit Mobilier in this coun try, now undergoing Congressional investigation, is represented as some what similar in its character to the French. All the swindling char ncteristics of the latter, at least, seem to have been fully embodied in ours The Credit Mobilier was substan tially the Board of Directors ot the Union Pacific Kailroad, though claiming to be outsiders. In other words, the Directors, under the name of Mobilier, did the swindling business. The former entered into a fraudulent contract with the lat ter by which the Railroad stock ho'ders were swindled out of $20, 000,000. The Directors thought they were hardly competent to do the actual work ofbuildingthe road, and so they contracted with the Mobilier (themselves) for building it, that company being supposed to be perfectly competent to build it. The Directors owned certain lands and lwnds from the Government for doing this work, and the Govern ment held the first mortgage on the road. In order to facilitate matters and hurry up the swindle, the Di rectors sought to cash those bouds as soon as possible. Congress was persuaded to lielievc that a second mortgage was better security than the one it held, and passed a pro vision by which the first was with drawn and given to tlie Mobilier. The bonds of the Company were then sold speedily and for a good price, the Mobilier contractors built the road, and the stockholders awoke one day and found them selves out about $20,000,000. The Directors were represented as feel ing bad, but the Mobilier pocketed the profits complacently. This is our understanding of tho matter. The profits growing out of the transaction were very large. A share which oiiginahy cost $100, paid in dividends a clear profit of about $1,300. It has been sought to implicate quite a number of our leading Congressmen in this affair Grimes, of Iowa, Hooper, of Massachusetts, Patterson, of New Hampshire, Kel'ey, of Pennsylva nia, Bingham, Vice President Col fax and others but the investiga tion up to this time, Jan. 24th, has proven no one we believe of these, or others charged, to have been criminally connected with the Mo bilier. Blaiu was charged among the rest. He and Colfax went be fore the Committee in person. Speaker Blaine vindicated himself clearly. In the case of Colfax, it was shown that the stock he pro ALBANY 1 1 EGISTEll, posed to take, was sought for after I i it was supposed the V. P. ft. R. j i Company had obtained all it re i quired from Congress iu the way of i legislation, and ivo impropriety j could be attached to it. If these ! men ere brilicd, as 1ms bpen charged by t lie opposition, the pros ecution so far fails to prove it Unttifyliig. The credit of the United States still ranks tirst among the financial centers abroad. No higher evidence than this need be sought to establish the wisdom and integrity which have guided in the management of our financial interests. In the face of this tact, the severe and reckless I criticisms ot the opposition press, I too often subsidized to intentional misrepresentation, fall harmless and dead to the earth. - - EASTERN NEWS. The President has explained that his recent proclamation in reference to holding of State offices by Fed eral officers, was not intended to apply to members of school and ed ucational boards. Hon. James Brooks has been or dered by his physicians to quit work Ile is out of health. Twenty-four one thousand dollar bonds of the Texas Central Bail road, were stolen on the 22d from the banking house of Baton & Son, Wall street, N. Y. Gov. Oglesby, ot 111., who was elected V. S. Senator on the 22d inst., resigned his Governorship on the 23d hist. Lieut. Gov. Bever idge was sworn in and assumed the duties of Governor at once. Hiram Keese, a Pennsylvania man, eighty-six years old, lately walked twenty-two miles iu six hours and a halt on an empty stom ach. That's what the report says, though who ever.Jieard of an empty stomach twenty-two miles long? During the year just ended 500 miles of railway were built in Mich igan. Kosco Conkling, has leeii re elected lr. S. Senator by the New York Legislature. A dispatch from Omaha on the 21st inst. states that Granville Hall, Deputy U. S. Marshal, and Dr. Wolf, Deputy Postmaster, of Ne braska City, were shot by Wood son, whom they were attempting to arrest. The announcement that Foster would be hanged, had a very de pressing effect uKn Stokes and oth er murderers in the 7bmbs. Five counterfeiters were arrested in New York City on the 21st. The Bulletin in a recent num. her twitted the Oregon ictn on the attempt the latter made last Fall to form a coalition with the Democra cy to defeat Mitchell ; but the. Ore gon tan, strange to say, has forgot ten it How treacherous memory is sometimes, to be sure ! A young lady at Glen Hock, Ne braska, of white parents and herself very delicate complexion, has turn ed as black as a negro since recov ing from a fit of sickness, A larger prox)rtion of white Mowers are fragrant than those of any other color ; yellow comes next, then red, and lastly blue;, after which violet, green and orange. Portage Lake, Mieh., claims to have had forty consecutive days of snow. Brooklyn, Iowa, has a nine-year old thief, educated on dime novels. T he Attorney General of Florida is blind. "ixv: !l:i'l !.. Carlyle has abandoned the pen. Moses H. Grinnoll is in London. Thirty Hindoos arc studying law 1",ldon- San Francisco has 5,000 liquor saloons 520.000.000 postage stamjis were manufactured during the past year. Canada is the healthiest country in which the British soldier serves. Theodore Jones, Hviga few mi'es from Indianapolis,' killed his wife by a blow with his bat. 7'he Kmperor William is the highest Free Mason iu Germany, Next conies his son, the Crown i ... An autograph letter from Wash- i igtoii to his step-son's preceptor sold in London for $ 125. Brooklyn is to 1m? presented with a bronze bust ot John Howard I 'avne, the author of " Home, Sweet Home." The value of the gold in the world is estimated at upwards of 5,000,000,000. A locomotive boiler will run about 35,000 miles before it is com pletely worn out. A Paris storekeeper has been sent to prison for two years for display ing in his window placards contain ing remarks insultingto the Nation al Assembly. 7'he Hunkers are down on life insurance. They consider it irre ligious to the last degree. Perhaps no single statement could give our readers a better idea of the size of -London, than it lias thirty-five miles ot river bank A cubic inch of gold is worth 8160. A million dollars in gold, according to tho figures at the Mint, weighs just about two tons. Josh Billings says very truly, "You'd better not know so ranch than to know so many things that ain't so." Fred Douglass is getting old and snappish, and ta'ks of moving to England to spend the remainder ot his days. The new Episcopal Cathedral in New York city, will cost 200,000. Tlie women of Columbus, Ga., have discarded silks and satins, and are wearing tlie plaids and checks manufactured in that city. 7'welvc Indians were hung in a Texas, recently, for driving off surreptitious beef. After having their feces washed, eleven turned out to be white men. A petition is to be sent to the Governor for the pardon of Julius Warner, sent to the Penitentiary from Jackson county tor horse steal ing. Senator Sumner, it is said, has become the possessor of the original manuscript of Burns' noble song, " Scots wha hae wi Wallace bled !" The New Jersey Legislature has chartered a new railroad to run from Jersey City to Trenton, con necting with Philadelphia. Seven x?rsons were burned to death at Litchfield, 111., on the 14th. Sophie Barney took a premium at a Montgomery, Alabama, fair as " the woman who would make the best wife for a poor man." A sausage 69 feet long, as big around as a stove-pipe, and weigh ing 5,592 pounds, was made iu Pennsylvania recently. It has been bathed with hair renewer, and if the result is favorable will be ex hibited next year as a hairy boa constrictor from the wilds of New Jersey. A rural gent'emaii standing over a register in a Cincinnati store, at traded general attention to himself by observing to his wifc, " Mariar, I guess I'm agoin' to have a fever, I feel such hot streaks a-mnnin' up my legs." The Michigan State Library con tains 36,227 vo'umes, exclusive of its dime novels. A Litchfield couple, Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, celebrated tlie seven tieth anniversary of their marriage last week. 7'hc IlefiHllfuJ S.ii(. The chief of police the following letter at as received 't. Louis: Charleston, 111., Dec. Mr.Chief of Police: 7, 18 My wi'e left' me and went vveast. with a fe'ler that ain't her husband cuss her and him two. My wife is twenty years old, and is rail good-Iuokhi , is the wnv she clipped up on me and took me luii her and him two ! At fust we got on i fust rait tuts till a fce'er cum along teachin' singin' sehiilo with a big fiddle, and when she seed him it was all day with me, and 1 re'ewsed to let I ergo ton the singin' schnle any more. We w as livin in Kaintuo, and ! i left an cum to Illinois to get rid of mm, an afour long he follored us j md sue follored hkntn cuss her an him two! dont want hur any ! moon; an onle rite you to giv notis that 1 will not pa any ot hur (lets. I never rit but one letter bel'our to a strainger, and now i get l.ovv yer Valid ike too look over this for me anil correc mistaiks, and he said tlia nil it any. No moore at present Anoi.nn s J. Snow. P. S. Yandike sais it is your dooty to catch ml wite, an send her bac to me. God forbid ! cuss hur and himm two! 1 want not hen moore to do with her. A. J. S. Here is another sample from the same individual which was received a few days afterwards at xlice headquarters : Charleston, 111., Dec. 23, 1872. Sir Wlteu I wrote you aliout my will" goin' off an' leavin' me, I went down too Jasper County to spend a few dais with sum Men's an' just cum back an' got a letter frum my witf, an' hel is to pai, an' brim stoun skase, an' no pich on ban' cuss you an' her an' him too. She sais shee seed mi letter in the Missory Dimocrat, on' it is all an infernal ly, an' she will cum bac' an' sew me for false imprisonment an' put me whar the dorgs wont bight mee, and sow forth and sow forth 7'hisriled me like thunder ,an' I went and seed Yandike about it, an he sed for mee not too be skured, an he sais yoo had no rite to let them are ncwsiaper fellers have mi letter, an that 1 can sew yoo for obtaining goods under false pretcn shions. an I hav a hel of a noshun to do it cuss yoo an hur an him too, an this is to notify yoo if she cums back yoo'l catch hel, as I am the troo blew from old Kaintuck. Cuss yoo an hur an him too ! A. J. Snow. TltKMOTW C.USKD BY ToiiAOCO. Iii Professor's Popular Science the following is given : The trembling, which is one ot the usual symptoms of acute, is also a common result of chronic nico tism. A very distinguished laris ian physician had hands which shook so much that he could not write. Whenever he remained without tobacco for any length of time, these tremblings disappeared. i Another case mentioned by Blatin is note-worthy. A man of 4t) years consulted him respecting violent and numerous attacks of vertigo. When he felt one of them approach ing, he was obligedto lie down wherever he might be, in order to avoid falling. In the country, where he had plenty of exercise, they were less frequent than iu the town, where his occupation was sedentary. Cessation from tobacco and a tonic regimen quickly restor ed him. A physician of 52 was afflicted with similar disagreeable symptoms, and was also cured by abstinence. Habit had liecomo so strong that he could not resist at times the temptation to s'ight indul gence. Finding that these returns to tobacco were immediately fol lowed by his old paiuful attacks, he reuounced it forever. Card playing, even when only " for love," is now against the law in Georgia. 7'he State of Mississippi is over run with prise-package peddlers.
