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6 ALBANY REGISTER. LOCAL MATTERS. Fire. The alarm of fire was given aliout half iast eleven o'clock on Mon day night. The Are originated in the line residence on Second, west of Washington street, owned by J. B. Sprenger, late of this city, but at pres sent residing in Portland. From N. B. Sprenger, who was occupying the District So. 18. Club No. 4 met at Trlte's School- The Harkisuuhg Muhder.-Fo1-lowing account ot the killing of W. A. Pelton bv Klias burg in this county, on the evening of 'f' dht "t f thU Sell u.t, U beLed to embrnal. i VT' the facts in the case : I A" ?' Mar8ha" Presl(Hnfr On the evening In question at the I The q,,ttIn ,0r conclusion of a..ntertai,mHmt given 1 ,Jt''ml: R Fanners ot Oregon by the Taylor Family there wis to sho"1'1 01,116 ,Mlll,i WMI0tMW( of bav been a dance," each eentleman t!,('ir,mv"- ortU,r t0 (, with buying a number, bavin the orivileire !'"' utes!! of muJfllt',ne" or grain spw" of drawing an envelope eontaiiiinir a ,ators who' at I,re4,,,,r- Mntro1 P" necktie made by some lady. 0f fhe I and rci,P the nl' ProHt. same material as the dress she wore on I Speeches were made by John Propst, the occasion, and selecting partners ; Martin Miller, F. S. Powell. Solomon V,l,g "ad i Powder. H.C.Powell, L. C. Marsh- ljivaii-u MM! Millie ...li I,- building at tlie time, we learn that the ! ti.,. tire caiieht in the kitchen, having most ! gentleman (i had driwn mnw ihm " Cown and J. J. Blair. These probably got its start in the wainscoat-1 one envelop and consequently a few j gentlemen ably discussed and present ing, and from thence commuuicatedto jSf wure ht Prtnere, Mr. ed their views in relation to the pres the filing and roof. The " and the stove stood in close proximity to tlie wall between the kitchen and dining room, and tlie wainscoating lad he come badly charred by the heat from tlie stove. There was also a stove in tlie dining-room, opp site tlie kitchen stove, and the two kept the wall be tween them warm. The engine was promptly on the ground, and although the bovs worked with a will for near ed and Keeney was marched out of the room. He soon returned through a back window, and drawing a pistol from his jiocket shot Pelton through the lieart killing him instantly. The excitement was then so great men, U'JllllOtl Uml . lit li i Mlmilnn ..iit or quite two hours, despite their efforts I through doors and windows, as was in whoever did it. Keeiiev renllwl flint I i)roPer steps to be token to overcome he was tlie man that did it. and from j the monopoly that has been sostrongly that one word brought on another, un- held to their disadvantage, and are i . urcy unnny uame mows, ny wilie awake to .e mis nine ijiiim; n imiuoer nan gauiemi around them, when they were separat- the building was pretty well consumed The buildings to the wet and north, although within probably less than twenty feet of the burning pile, were saved. All the furniture, etc., inside the building was saved. The members of the Fire Company deserve praise generally for the manner in which they did their duty. The report tliat prevailed in the early part of tlie Are, that Foreman Webber had been fatal ly injured by the falling of burning timbers, created the most intense ex citement for a time, but, we are happy to say, was unfounded. One report says the building is insured for $2,500 in the Giobe ; another is that the in surance policy expired a few days be fore tlie fire. We believe the building t ost some $3,000, and was one among the best finished in the city. interests involved in the matter now pending, which will certainly redound to, their benefit in the couiing harvest. Tlie members of Club Xo. 4 are 'bricks, as we happen to know. AXOX. Albany and Santiam Canal. As the Summer approaches, the Directors f the Albany k Santiam Canal Com pany are making preparations to pro ceed with its construction. We learn from the President of the Company. Elklns, Esq.. that Capt. Smith, late engineer of the locks at the falls of the Willamette, has been employed to thoroughly survey the route from the portion of tlie Canal already finished to this city, and that lie commenced operations early in the week. Our reader? are aware tliat a contract for digging a portion of the Canal, from the Santiam river to the edge of the prairie, 3.550 feet, was let last fall to Mr. Morris, and tliat something over two-thirds of the amount of work to be completed by him. was linisl e l be fore the heavy rains of Winter set in. As soon as the weather will admit of it. Mr. Morris will complete his eon tract and it is believed tlmt this con tract embraces nearly all the deep cut ting that will be necessary on the line of the ditch. Tlie stringency hi tlie money market which at present pre vails, may have a " binding" tendency on tlie Canal during the coining season, hut every exertion will be made by f he Directors to complete the improve ment to this city at as early a day as circumstances raay require. Out ok the Fikk. S. j, McCor miek. the veteran publisher and dealer iii books, stationery, blank books, gold pens, cutlery, etc.. of Portland, al though losing heavily in the late dis astrous fire in that city, has again es tablished himself In business at 19 First street (next to Central Market), in that city, where tlie public will ever flnii him. aof yore, the genial, whole filled, warm-lienrted. liberal gentle man and dealer. With so warm a heart awl genial nature Me, will al ways have troops of friends; and his indomitable energy aiid enterprise will soou, we doubt not, as it deserves to. enable him to make good tlie heavy losses so recently and unexpectedly visited upon him. Be sure aud,c all at the Franklin Book Store when in Pert- land. , most convenient and cries of murder coining from every quarter tliat no one scarce knew what they were doing, and Keeney was permitted to get away after liaving been knocked down a few times, and his pistol taken from him. leaving his hat and cloak behind. He immediately ran to the river, about fifty yards distant, thinking, no doubt, to cross in a skiff which lay near by. but finding it. about half full of water, turned his course in another direction, since which time he has not been seen or heard from. It is asserted that if Keeney had been caught on the even ing of the munJer, he would have been bung without ceremony. Following is a copy of the Coroner's inquest, held on the 1st instant : We. the jury summoned by S. S. Grimes, J. P. acting coroner, to hold an inquest over tlie body of W. A. Pelton, deceased, are agreed and find tliat deceased was a native of the State of Ohio, and was about 35 years of age. We further find that tlie death of deceased was caused by a pistol shot from the hand of Ellas Keeney, in the city of Harrisburg, Linn comity, Oregon, on the evening of the 31st of January, 1873. Regarding assets, we find nothing. Deceased had for sometime been en gaged with the Taylor Family, but at the time of his death was engaged with Mr. Jas. Gove, of Harrisburg, in the manufacture of boots and shoes. So far as known he bad no relatives on tills coast. Mr. Keeney had been engaged in the livery business at Junc tion City. Lane county,, but had sold out a few days before, with the avowed intention of going to Arizona. Up to this time no traces of the fugitive have been discovered. Stows Sweet Home Valley. The appearance of three large cougars in Sweet Home Valley on last Sunday, afforded tlie denizens thereof a lively days chase. The male members of tlie above named little community seized their firearms, and calling their dogs, vigorously limited those cougars through the entire day. pressing them closely, but rlid not succeed in getting away with either of the ferocious brutes. They succeeded, however, in wounding one of them, and in driving all ot them from the valley into the fastnesses of tlie mountains. District So. 80. Farmers' Clnb, District Xo. 28. met pursuant to adjournment at 1 o'clock P. M. of Saturday, Feb. 1st, D. Cook in the Chair. House called to order, and minutes of the last meeting read and adopted. After some discussion the Constitu tion and By-Laws were called for and read, whereupon, on opening the books, ten gentlemen came forward and enrolled their names as members of tlie Club. On motion, the Club proceeded to permanently organize by electing the following named gentlemen as officers for the ensuing year : President, I). Cook; Vice President. Dan Houck; Secretory, John Blevins; Assistant Secretory, Wallace Benedict. It was" then proposed that the or ganization be known as Farmers' Club School District Xo. 26, which was adopted. The Chair then appointed Din Houck and Alf Blevins to select a question for discussion at next meet ing, who reported the following : In what way can we procure means to ship our suplus to Astoria ? The Chair appointed E. K.'Fanning essayer for tlie next meeting. On motion, adjourned to meet at 1 o'clock on Saturday, Feb. 8th. 1373. JOHX BLEVINS, Sec'y. BUtriet So. 7. The Farmer's Club Xo. 2, of school district Xo. 7. Was organized January 4th, and is now in good workingorder. At the last meeting the following reso lution was adopted : Rewired, That we recommend the organization of a joint stock company, in which the stock shall be owned ex clusively Dy larmers. lor tlie purpose oi molding or purchasing a suitable store-house for grain, and tliat, each member of the Company shall have but one vote In crntrolling the busi ness or tne company, tnongn lie may own more tnan one snare. Published by order of tlie Club. J. M. MARKS, Sec. Personal. Mr. J. B. Sprenger. of St. Charles Hotel, Portland, called on Wednesday the same jovial, warm hearted Jake of yore. Major Cook, of Portland, threw uimseu in sight tor a moment, on Wednesday, ;.s handsome as usual. Mr. Stone, of the California Type Foundry, called yesterday. He has an awful hard name, but is a bully boy. nevertheless. If Yon Want a cook. Want a situation. Want a salesman. Want a servant girl. Want to relit a store. Want to sell a piano. Want to sell hardware, Want to sell flirnitiirc. Want to sell dry goods, Want to sell a horse, Want a boarding place. Want to sell real estate. Want to lend money. Want to borrow money, Want to buy a carriage, Want to buy a house. Want to buy a horse, Want to relit a house. Want to sell a carriage. Want to sell a house and lot, Want to sell milinery goods. Want to find any efle's address. Want to sell a piece of furniture. Want to find anything you have lost. Want to sell agricultural implements, Want to advertise anything to ad vantage. Want to find an owner for anything found. Advertise in the Register, which is read by almost everybody in this city and adjoining towns. . The Press. That staunch llepubli- can sheet, the Salem 5tawn,uiiderthe guidance or Capt. Crandall, still gains in public favor, as it ought, as it is a live, newsy, and ably conducted journ al. To make it still more attractive, a new dress has been provided, and it will appear handsomer and cleverer than ever. Our best wishes are with it. The Jacksonville Sentinel begins its 18th volume with good prospects. Long may It wave. The Oreyonian entered upon its 13th year last Tuesday. In obtaining news it proposes to keep in the van of pro gress, is unconditionally Republican In politics, favors the interests of pro ducers, and will spare no pains to de serve tlie good will of its readers. Bully for it. Tlie material of the old East Port land Era office lias been purchased by Col. Cornelius, and shipped to the town of Cornelius, to be used in pub lishing a paper there. Fashionable. If you want a splen dkl perambulator, "cheap as dirt," go to Mealey's Furniture Warerooms, where you will flndjis well everything in the furniture and house furnishing line, at low figures. To see is to be 21 v4. convinced. That ENEMY ok Mankind. Con sumption, oik be cured ; but it is far better to prevent tlie cruel disease from fastening itself on the systi by the timely use of a remedy such as Dr. H7.t(w' Balsumof Wild Qkavy affords. 24 1 - 1 1 ... ., A. WHEELER. 0. P. HOOVE. A. WHEELER tc CO., MIE!E), OREftOft, Forwarfliiig&Commiss'n Mercliants. Dealers in Merchandise and Product". A Kood assortment of all kinds of Goods al ways In store at lowest market intcs. Agents for sail" of Wagons, ( Jmln Prills, Cider Mills, Churns, 4c., c. CASH paid for WHEAT, OATS, PORK, BITTER, EGGS and POULTRY. St. Valentine-WUI hold his prin cipal court, in Portland, at the Frank lin Book Store, 19 First street, and those of our citizens who want the latest, neatest and the most for their money in Valentines, or anything in the line of music, books, stationery, pictorials, magazines, etc., should not fail to call or send their orders there. See ad. elsewhere in this issue. iNsrmto KOR $2,500. From Mr. J. B. Sprenger we learn that the building burned on Monday night was insured for $2,500. The insurance would have expired on the 10th inst. Officers Installed. The fallow ing are the list of officers elected and ditty instilled in the Western Star Lodge 10GT. by F. M. Wadsworth, I-L). on the evening of Feb. 4:b. for the term ending May 4th: WCT. William Staiger ; WVT, Mls Annie Bentley ; RHS, Miss Flora Starr ; LHS. Ella Rldeout; WS. M. M. Hart; WFS. A. X. Arnold ; WT. Ben. B' Religioi s. Usual services at the Tin-lay; WM, 1). E. Taylor. WDM' j Congregational church next Sunday. Miss Paulina Rldeout ; IG, Miss Jen" i Subject of tlie morning sermon : Im- nle Lnper; OG. R. Fox; WC, X. i mortality ot the soul. All are Invited. Wright; PWCT, II. C.Clement. I ... . $5.400 Is the exact amount paid Removal. Dr. Oed. W. Gray Ims Mr. Morrison his Canal contract; the removed his office across the liall to ! whole amount to be paid when the the room occupied by Judge Baldwin. 1 contract Is finished being $8,000. the Judge taking tlie rooms left vacant 1 by the Doctor-In fact the gentle- TIE Ml1,0XAmr Coscert-AI the men have swopped," and if von Mtthodi't Vhnnb 0:1 Su"d?J' lflst' wish to consult Dr. Grav hemL, (,rew li,rg mblage. Tlie mo- i you must enter the first door a( the ' ra"nut' i icm i oi me wirs on nie rignt n.'Uiil a Linn County Fam. The Directors liave been busy revising, altering ami adding to the lint ot premiums to l.o offered at tlie coming Fair, and it wish to consult Judge Baldwin. win own ur in leayuitro lur UK prill- : . . . F' I, PKpBATKCoiirr-DnrlngtlieAveeV;, yon enter the. building Parrish Brick -or tlie first door at the lelt, if you Valentines--Comic and sentimen tal, sold by A. Wheeler '& Co., at Sliedd. It costs lh a thousand to manufac ture postage stamps. . Change of Firm. Messrs. A. C. Laytou and Wm. Tweedale, having associated themselves together for the purpose ot dealing largely in groceries, provisions, etc., and hving purchased the stock and good will ot Messrs. Du Bois & Co., have removed to the frame store adjoining the Bank on the west, on First street, where thev invite cus tomers to call and see them. OUT OF THE FIRE! 8. J. MCCORMICK, TS HAPPY TO INFORM HIS NUMER X onstriends, patrons, and the public in general, that he lias RB . OPENED THE Fraxkux Booh Store, AT 19 FIRST STREET, (NEXT TOCKNTBAL MARKET with a complete stock of Kciiool Books, Matkuiery, Blauk Bookd, Uold Venn, roller , dec, At., Which lie will dispose of at The Lowest Prices ! SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED For all the popular KEWKFAPERN AS MAUAZHVISt which will be Delivered la any part of the city. Portland, Feb. 7, 187S-23tf NOTICE. A IX KNOWISO THKMSKLVEN IJT (lebted to mo by book account, are nci-eby requested to come forward and settle their respective accounts between tliisandthelstof March, 1873. For that purpose I will be found daily tit mv former place ot business, between lOo eliick A, M and 1 o'clock P. M. JOHN liASTEB. Albany, Jan. a, lS7S-2itl The Difficulty. A Democratic exchange remarks that " the arbitrary power ot high handed anarchy is marching across the ruins of constitu tional liberty." If this view of the case be correct, this "steady move ment" makes it difficult indeed to ad dress a letter so as to reach it ! Meiancholly. Little Jimmy, whose father threatened to thrash him soundly If lie ever caught him using a rubber sling again, retired to the stable and hung his head,. Will Appear. The lints entitled "Only a baby dead," will appear next week. Hollowat'8 Pills ani Ointment enable the victims of disease to dis pense with all other medicines. The former relieves the stomach, liver, and bowels of all obstructions ; the latter heals everv external sore, eruption, or wound. Sold 78 Maiden Lane. X. Y. Price, 25 cents per box or not. Ask for new style,; tlie old. is. counterfeited. The Odd Fellows Lodge of this city is gaining rapidly In numbers and in terest. The question of erecting a temple .during the coming season Is received with, favor. Steamboats climb the river as fir as Corvnllis, ten miles above this city, ever' now and then. Dancing scho;)', one night each week over A. Carothers So Co.'s drug store, is what's. the matter with the boys. REMOVAL. WEKD HAS REMOVED TO BEACH'S ImlldlngmmtUslde of First, between Ferry and Uiwlalhln stm-ts, where ho respeeltiilly culls the attention of bis cus tomers mid the public to U now and well assorted suck of QroeorlM, Proi InIoii, &c, Which be Is now oflertng m reduced priws. For Cash or- Trade. Tlie liuches! market prices imld for all kinds of Country Produce. ... V 'Look for the Golden Beehive, No. 90- mi, micm, mutiny, Oregon. Hv.bUkl H. WEED. THE UXPEJJSKIXED HEREBY A nonnces to the citizens of Albany and Linn county, that he has just openeda. JEWELRY. ESTABLISHMENT In this city, In the tire-proof lirick former ly known as J. Canter's. I shall keep on hand and for sale all (foods pertaining to un line of business, at lowest living rates. Espoclal attention paid to replrinK line time-pieces,' wherein an experience of many years enables mo, I trust, to- give perfect satisfaction. fcST All goods sold and work done, war ranted. CHAS. BWRCABDES. Albany, Jan. SI, W7S44Y5 DUMoluMon of 4'o-litrturrMtilp. " NOTICE is HEREBY C.IVEN that the eo-purtnersliip composed of of D. Beach, Thos. Monteith and A. 8. Knot, under the arm-name of Beach, Monteith ft Co., engaged In the business of manu facturing dour at Albany, Oregon, and In tho commission business in the sale ot flour at San Francisco, California. Is dis solved as to the said A. 8. Knox, he retir ing from said co-)i1nershlp. The said D Beach and Titos. Monteith cimtlnne tlx. raldco-ittrtnershlpastothcmsclvcs iindei tho name of Beach A Monteith. . DEMUrt BEACH, thos. monteith. A. 8. KNOX. Thlsawh (lay of Jan., ur73ttwt