t ALBANY REGISTER. 8 BUSINK8S CARDS A. . LAY T O X , DKALKlt IK Groceries, Provisions, Etc., ALBANY, OREGON. WILL STRIVE TO KEEP THE BEST of ywh i iny line, and at tin tote ( living rain'. Call am in tnr. 1(9 At '.:! ESrowiiNvillQ, KIRK, HUME & CO., AUK STILL SELLING M GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, IIAUOWABE, UROI'EKIKS, NOTIOJiM, etc, inf., of which they keep on hand a full stock, :in lure atria to will at loweiit rates, ns usual, for 'sli r Produee. Will also lie able to tmv anil sell (.rains or all kind, or attend to storing or for warding it at their Warehouse in Halsey. Uiveusa trial KIRK, Ilt'ME & CO. J. W. BALDWIN, Attorney xiul 'onnelr t Ijiw, WILL PRACTICE IX ALL THE Courts VI in the 21. 31 and 4th Judicial Dis tricts, in the Supreme Court of Oregon, nnd in the II. S. Dlstrictand Circuit Courts. okfici: In Parrish brick, (up stairs!, in oflice occupied bv the late N. H. Cmiior, First street. Albany, Oregon. to..1vli J. M. XtTCHBtL. ,T. N. IXILPII. MITCHELL & DOLPH, Attorneys nnd fciiiiiielrs nt law, COLIOITOKS IN I'HANCKBY AND P80U i tors In admiralty. Olflee over the old post office, front Mrect, Portland, OreKon. Iv4 . j. c. powm.l. h -IKH. POWELL & FLINN, Attorney nnd t'onnaeloni t taw, i xd souhtoks in chancery il. A Klinn notary publicl, Albany, Oregon. ,ollectionsand conveyances promptly at tended to. w. g7joxe, m. d., HOMEOPATHIC PHTSI3IAN. ALBAST, OBHUOX. 10v4 II. M..I0SK8. J. L1N8KY HILL. JO NIX A HILL, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, ALBANY, OUEIWN. OFFICE-SOUTH SIDE FffiST STREET, up-stalrs, In J. M. Beach's store-house. S7v4 T. W. HAKRIN, W Dm Physician and Surgeon, ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICE --OVER Tl'RRELL'S sTORE, First street. Residence- Third-st, one door west of Methodist church. 37-4 DENTISTRY. eo. w. urav, n. . IK)KS ALL WORK IN THE line of his protcssiou in un Iifenl. lii-st anil met approv- ...I ......l.n.l . .i..,,I.iiimiiiIu ii4iil fttr the painless extraction of teeth, II desire, . ,.n ir nil rn l lie reifll- i'liriieuuir iuiv " lul ion of Children's teeth. DcntSonnMltfttloni and examinnt Ions ki ek. cbawes moderate. itteaotton 5 laranteed h! "every ease. Coll nt his otflce 5nd examine sped'"1""' of nl WO""" "oFKICE In l'anlsh Brick Block tip stairs. J73-18U lEFFEL & MVEKS' "7Va,tejP"Wlxeel SPHERICAL FLUMES, And Ui-nernl Hill Mitelilnerjr. J. F. BACKENSTO, Agent, A1 v3 Albany, Oregon. V, 8. DVBOlK W. H. MVlLLUCH. . S. VV BOIS & CO., HVVEON HAND AND CONSTANTLY receiving a large stock of Groceries nnd Provisions, Wood and willow ware, tobacco, cigars, . (infect lonery, Yankee notions, etc., etc., wholesale and retail, at lowest rates. Opposite R. C. Hill & son's drugs ore, Aliiany, Oregon. 4 ALBANY BOOK STORE. KsttiblU'.tcd In IM50. E, A. Frceland, I KALKH IN KVKRY VARIETY OF 1 I miscellaneous liooks, scIhkiI iKxiks, blank books, stationery. Books Imported f o order at short not ice. Albany, Dee. S. 1H70. The Eyes: The Earn! DR. T. lTOLDEN, Oculist nnd Anrlst, Allmuj , Orej-on, I R. GOLDEN IS A I 7 MOM OI I I1U llOUTU ld optlmlmle doctor, f& j u i.o n. t tins had , xoeruncc lii trca'ing ftdent of giving .U : sat s to- km to those who may place (heinsel mu tyU 'J W T. FORTINER, SHodcL, Oregon Manntkctnrorof and denier In II ABBESS A-SABBLES A od Article tor fnlr Prlee. Prtloitir attention wid-tQ Rkpaihim Mho Id, Nov. 11, '73-ISySy WATCHES .JEWELRY PACIFIC WATCHES, MANI'FACTI RKD AND ADJIVSTED especially for the I'acinc Coast by the NATIONAL ELQIN WATCH GO. Of Elgin, Illinois, viz: Paclfle, California and San FraneUco WATCH, and wc most confidently rec ommend them to the pnbllc,as possessing ttiore good qualities for tln price than any other Watch In the market. We also Keep all other brands of Elgin, Wnltham and Swiss Watches, Clocks, Jew elry, Silver and Plated Ware, Diamond Spectacles, all of which wc offer at the lowest posslblu prices. thtn mum., ALBANY, Ob. SSg-Rcpiiiring a specialty, and satisfac tion guaranteed. 14v3 NEWSl'Al'ORIAL. THE Christian Messenger IS A FIRST CLASS FAMILY JOURNAL. Will be sent to any address, until January 1st, 1874, for TWO DOLLARS. Address, WELLS DRl'RY, Publisher, Mnil Monmouth, Oregon. MEDICINES. TRY THE MOUNTAIN BALM COITOH MIXTURE. W. H. PARKER, OF JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. HAS discovered a remedy, composed of the Ext met from Mountain Balm, which grows In Jackson County, and other Vegetable Ingredients, which" has enabled hlni to furnish the afflicted with a purely vegetable- a perfectly harmless, and yet the Mont Powerful Lung Heniedy ever discovered. It Is good for Coughs, Colds, Cronpand Bronchitis, anil Is an Ague Preventive, Blood PurlHer, ln vtgomtor and Appetiser, and Is noted for all Nervous and Bilious alls. Many letters might be adduced to show what the medicine has done (If nec essary), but try a liottle, and It will recom mend itse'f wherever Introduced. For sale at all Aliiany Drug stores, and bv all dealers in paten' medicines. "Prepared by W. n. DARKER, lrnnt Independence. Oregon. The standard remedy lor ( oiigtis In- lliienxn, Thrmi, Whaming Cuuili, Croup, Livr QnnVain'., Bmnchili, Blmlinf of th" un0,and every affection of the Throat, Lungs and Chest, including Con- St MITION. Winter's BmIiwiiii or Wild i herrj does not dry up a Cough, but loosens It, cleanses the lungs, and allays irritation, thus morning (Ac cam of thoeonmlaint. None genuine unless signed I. Ri tts. Prepared bv Shth W. Fowl A 8os, Bos ton. Sold by ItKPINUTOK, Hi.stkttkh A Co., San Francisco, and by dealers gen orally, v5y MHISKKY. Fruit Trees, Urape Vinos Ae. THE I'NDERSKiNED INVITES THE attention of thep bltc to his large ami complete slock of APPLE. PEAR. PLDM. CHERRY and other TREES. Also, GRAPE VI K8 -ltcst In the State; Ornamental Trees, Shrn'is, Plants. Cur rants, (iooseberrh s. Strawberries, Roses, Dahlias nnd RullH which will lie sold :yf low as nrst-elass stock can be afforded. Nov.4.V12v4, J. A. MILLARD. 6ST Subscribers finding an X after their names are Informed that thelrsuhscriptloii expires with tliat miiuher,tnd they are In vited to renew it. Terms-18 ier annum, in advance; sixmonths,f2; three months, fl. PA4'1FI' CUANT XKWS. . The McMinnville Reporter has the following account of a horrible murder in Yamhill county : On the evening of the 4th itist., about 1 o'clock. Mr. Ben. Hasbrook. living up the Willam ina, about nine miles from Sheridan, was shot and killed by a man who waa found in hisgranery. The particulars, as we learn uiem, areHbout as follows: The hired man went to the granarj, wliere he found two men. They had filed off the staple by which the" door was fastened and made an entrance. The hired man seized one of the rascals and raised tiie alarm, whereupon the ottier thief ran up and struck his part ner's antagonist with a knife, aiming at his heart, but some books and apers in his breast pocket staid the blow, and not much injury wasdone to his person. At this juncture Mt Hasbrook came to his man's assistance, when one of the villains seized Hasbrook's own shot-gun. which was in the granary, and Died the contents, fifteen buck shot, through his body, and he fell on his face without a groan dead, fhe murderers then deiartetl in haste, and at last accounts, had not been captured, although they had been traced some distance. Suspiciquests on some par ties iu that section, We understand, and there will probably be arrests made, as the Sheriff has gone there. Mr. Has brook was a peaceable, industrious, energetic man. He leaves a wife and young family to mourn his loss. Ou Skagit river, W. T., on the 5th Inst., Julian Gluey shot and instantly killed Thomas Bozart. Intimacy with Glney's wife before he married her, the cause. T. W. Brooks is announced as hav ing arrived at San Francisco with a quantity of precious stones from Ari zona. The cuiola of a foundary exploded at Grass Valley, Cal.. on the 6th, throwing molten iron In every direc tion, demolishing the cupola and in juring a heathen Chinee. All was quiet in the Modoc country on the 7th. Lieut. Roberts was in a critical condition. The Board of Education for the State of pregpjinder the law ap proved October 29, 1872, effected a preliminary organization in Salem on Friday, Mr. Simpson having qualified as Superintendent of PtibHe Instruc tion. The Board consists of the Gov ernor, the Secretary and the Superin tendent. At a meeting of the farmers of Ben ton county, recently held at Corvallis for the purpose of forming a Club tor the protection of their interests. Dr. Bayley communicated a proposition from tiie Willamette Navigation Com pany to carry all the grain raised by members of this Club to Portland for seven and one-half cents per bushel, if Insured the whole trade for five years. This offer wasthiinkfvtllv received, and will be duly considered by the Club at an early day. Forest Grove is reported as improv ing rapidly. J. A. Balch lias been appointed Pro bate Judge of Yakima county, W. T. Rockland lias been declared by the county court of Klikitat county to be tiie county seat. Snow at Idaho City was twenty inches deep ou the first int. Competition among the hotels at Olympia is so lively now that when j the runners see a stranger on the street ! who looks as if he had no lodging place, they ' go for him" with the 1 earnestness ot,,cur for a vexations ! flea. The Af'imVM'r gives the following account of the journey in state of old 'Skamla." chief of a small, indepeiid-1 ent baud of lazy Indians that encamp j at the Tnmwater, opposite Celilo, to I the Yakima Reservation. This old j nuisance . with several of his brave, bedecked with featliers. beads and i brass, and bedaubed with p:tlnt and powdered mud, advanced in "company front" to the reservation lo have a I waw-waw" with the agent. The ! chief waR armed with any quantity of ; papers from innumerable jiersons of all grades nnd distinctions, from ex Gov. Woods and cx-Secretarv May, down to half-breed "tiillcmns." all of which the old bilk thought would have weight with the agent. One of these was a letter from an attache of some or the N. P. B. R. surveying parties, stating that -the chief was corpulent and comely In person, fluent in speech and arrayed like a Illy," which state-' ment he (the chief) assumed was "bias close." The burden of his song was the encroachments of "empire" so far west as to reach, his "illahe 'and there fore must be wheeled about and faced to the west. Wliether tins agent sue (seeded in convincing him that the star was In the ascending node westward and could not be turned back for his special accommodation, we are not in formed. He was particular to state that the "south tilllcnms," meaning the Modocs, had solicited their assis tance and recognizance as belligerents, and if tliey were ever forced to go on the reservation it would be over the slain of his band." The new game law protect deer and elk from the 1st of this month, while birds are protected from the first of April to July. The Oregon and California Railroad Company, it is said, have signified their willingness to subscribe (1,000 to the Eugene University stock. There are said to be suspicions that the terrible murder in Yamhill county was committed by Hasbrook's hired man, and that the story of the two burglars in the granary is a myth. Mr, Fail-child, who was some time since appointed Indian Agent at Siletz in place of General Palmer, has, It is said, accepted the appointment and forwarded his official bonds to Washington. Says the SMexmm: Ten tons of munitions of war have been forwarded to the Modoc country from Fort Van couver, to He In store at headquarters till the Peace Commissioners get through with their farce entitled. "The Modoc Missionaries, or How to Re ward Good Indians." Tree planting is reported active along many streets In Portland. The Ihifletin says three hundred and ninety-lbur baby wagons were on Fourth street at one time yesterday (Sunday). If there were babies In them, rolls of music must have been heard. One California orchard has yielded 1.000 gallons of olive oil. A lighthouse is to be erected at the southerly end of Mare Island, Cal. The steamers between San Francisco and Southern California are crowded wuti passengers. Salt Lake City expended over I860,- 000 last year in the erection of new buildings. The editor of the Corvallis Omttte had nice tender radishes, as well as lettuce in his garden on the 1st of this month, grown without protection or care. One half of the capital stock of the Corvallis Library Association has been taken. Marion county has 84 road districts. A Douglas county cherry tree had blossoms on it every day in January. Polk comity mince pies have no li" quor in them. The appropriations for Indian ser vice in Oregon this year is $113,000. Last year they were f5Q,000 less. Mr. H. Simpkins, of Galesville, Douglas county, on Wednesday of last week wits severely injured on the thigh by the kick of a horse. On tiie roads of Washington county 6,198 days' work were done last year, nearly one day for each denizen. Sunday schools are flourishing at Hillsboro. Benton county farmers are busy plowing and sowing grain. Many new dwellings are being pnt up in Boseburg, nnd lumber is iu great demand. By one or two votes majority last Saturday, Win. Stewart was grouted license to sell liquor III Forest Grove., A school teacher of Eugene, makes his appearance in the school room with a pipe iu his month, and occasionally borrows a "chaw" from a pupil. A man named Charles Bounen died a natural death in Ploclie. CaU.uot long since a very unusual occurrence, it would seem. Rev. J. II. Turner, au eminent di vine, recently from Missouri. Is report ed as Intending to publish a religious journal at Pendleton, UinatiUa county. In the Hoote, of Representatives, Jan. 13th. Mr.. Slater presented the petition of John Burnettv U.W. P1lw and 160 other ojfkeeus of Benton coun ty, proving tfce, removal of the Indians from tiie Siletfcwid A I sea Reservations in said county, and the nienlng of the reservations to-settlement. A Callfjania exchange says some Butte county men went fishing, and not only.OWii't catch any fish but felj into tW creek and got their comity seats wetv luthK'lw. Cal.. a man named Wil liams put a keg of powder on a hot saw to dry. He 1ms sent into the adjoining comities to have his legs brought hack m "oon as found. The school census gives Salem 1. 4&3 person's under twenty years ot age. Last year the number was 1,333. Since the first of last August 115,000 bushels of wheat have been stored at Independence, Polk county. There are lots of missionaries plying between Salt Lake and Washington engaged In the delicate duty of settling the Mormon problem. The desire to have a fat office in Utah seems to be at the bottom of much of this. Mr. Herman, editor otthe Catholic Sentinel, at Portland, was very 111 last Saturday with putrid sore throat. The Oregonian says that Mn James Lewis, of that city, was seriously wounded in tlw left arm in the first part ot last week, by the accidental discharge of the contents of his gun. while out hunting. A mass meeting of the friends of Woman Suffrage in this State and Washington Territory, is to be held iu Portland on the 14th and IStb ot this month. Senator Corbett has introduced a bill donating to this State the mint build ing at t he Dalles. A half demented biped in Portland says he Is a Modoc and wonders why tbey don't put him ou a Reservation. It Is reported that Laura D. Fair is coming to Oregon to lecture on Wolves. Awful ! Prisoners iu the Olympia jail de maud oysters done up in the best style. Aristocratic bucks. The Odd Fellow's Lodge in Olympia are reported in a flourishing condition. Every meeting there are initiations of desirable candidates. Rev. C. A. Huntington, elected School Superintendent of Thurston county, at the November election, fail ing to qualify, the county commission' ers have elected Mr. J. M. Murphy' editor of the Standard, to fill the va" cancy. The Northwest, of Deer Lodge, Mon tana, says : "Owing to the scarcity of miners it has been anticipated that wages in the Gold Creek region will start at p in the coming spring." Some idea of the lumber trade of Puget Sound may be formed when it Is stated as a fact that the average of thirty acres of land are denuded ot their forests each day. There are now between $6,000 and $7,000 In the treasury of Washington Territory, nnd warrants up to No. 83ft will be paid ou presentation. Utah miners are represented as jubi lant over the probable overthrow ot Brigham Young's rule. Brlgham Young as late as the 10th was reported preaching through the settlements of Kauab and Long Val ley. Mrs. Ah Fook. a white woman mar ried to a Chinaman, at San Francisco, tried to commit suicide on the 8th, by swallowing opium. Desertion the cause. Hon. J. H. Mltcliell was to leave San Francisco for Washington last. Wednesday. Mr. Hasbrook was murdered In Yam hill county last week. His hired man is snpicioned as the murderer. Several burglarious attempts were made in Oregon City last week. The navigation of the Yamhill river to McMinnville is uninterrupted. IV Corvallis postmaster issued thir teen money order in one day lat week, The Jacksonville Sentinel says that lmth the Herahl and Tribune, of New Yrik, have correspondeuU in the Klamath Lake region. The Jacksonville Sentinel says th' reports about the Imptissability of th roads from there to I.lnkville, are er roneous, and do an injustice to the vallev. At no time have tliey been impassable, but heavily laden team have traveled over them daily. General Canny and aid, with Mr. Case, of the Modoc Peace Commission, arrived In Jacksonville on the 10th Tliey were to leave for Liukville the next morning, where they were to meet the other members of the Coin mission. .Fames Good was sentenced to (bur months imprisonment at Seattle on the 10th. and tinod $130 for selling whisky to Indians. His name should be changed to Bad. Sage's brick, warehouse, inSau Fran cisco, was burning on the lQtb-inst,, iu which were stored 20,000 cases of coal oil. Several explosions liad occurred oueof which drove the front of the building' out and threw the firemen across the street, only slightly iuj.riiig one of them. The new Central school building ot Portland, just completed and costing aearStfaOOO. was dedicated by appro priate exercise last Monday evening.