6 ALBANY REGISTER. LOCAL MATTERS. A Grand HNTEnrnisR. Messrs. A. F. Cherry and others of tlijs city have filed articles incorporating a joint stock company, with tlie avowed jxir pose of building suitable works in which to commence the maiMifaetitre of all kind, of agricultural inipleineiits and in iclriiies needed by the farming j community on the Pacific -slope . The capital -stock is to be $50,000, divided into liftv shares of $100 per slia.-e. The enterprise should meet with the hearty support of all citizens who are truly in earnest when they say they hope for better times in Oregon. The course hitherto pursued by out people is clearly a suicidal one ii course tliat. if still persisted in, will certainly bank rupt the State. We speak now of tlie almost universal practice of our farm ers and others, of purchasing their wagons, harvesters, etc., of Eastern manufacturers, tints discouraging equally meritorious work at home. Thousands of dollars are annually ant to the East from Mini county to pay for Eastern work, the money never to return, when equally as good if not better work conld have been obtained at home, on as reasonable terms. There is, however, really no need of extending our remarks. Tlie point is just here: if we wish to see Oregon become agrea t and prosperous State, we raut cease tlie practice of draining our purse-s ev-ry year, in the purchase of articles from .he East, that we can have manufactured within her borders, in as good style, as durable and as cheap, and thus retain tlie money among us. This is true economy. Every dollar taken trom circulation here, and sent off to iay for foreign goods, is just so much taken from cir culation that will never return to us. The completion ot the Albany & San tiatn Canal, which is now assured tit an early date, will give us advantages for manufacturing purposes equal to those of tlie most tavored localities It will enable us to manufacture all kinds of agricultural implements and machinery, it may be, at lower figures than the same articles can be obtained for from the East. Columns of argu ments might be written in advocacy of the establishment of this and similar enterprises among us. but tlie good sense of our people w ill lead them to see the advantages to accrue from Uiem, and we hope, w ithout further urging on our part, to sub-scribe for the stock, and inaugurate an enterprise that will prove of greater general ben efit to our people than can be estimated at this time. FiRR. The alarm of "lire" on Sun day night, which created such an ex citement for a few moments, was caused by the upsetting of a gasoline lamp at the residence on corner ot Second and Montgomery streets. The fire was extinguished soon alter the bell peeled out the alarm, but our firemen were not aware of the fact, ol course, and tlie way they went for the engine Wits a caution! Churches were almost emptied in a jiltV, and soon the engine house was filled with a crowd of panting, breathless, sweating lire men, ready to do nil in their power to save life and projiei-ty. Leo Broken, Last Saturday a twin sou of Theodore Hodges, who resides in Benton county, some four or five miles from this city, made a mis step in getting off a sulky plow, got his left leg esitiaht In some manner in the plow, and fell, breaking the two bones in the legls-twcen tlie ankle and knee square off. The hoy Is about fourteen years of age. Dr. Lbiwy Hill was called in and rendered tlie necessary surgical aid. At last ac counts tlie patient was doing finely. NEW Papkh.-I). C. Ireland. Esq.. of Portland, gave us a call on Friday. He proposes to issue a seuii-weekly journal at Astoria, and has already ordered the material therefor. Mr. Ire land is a newspaper man of large ex perience, and if anybody can make a success in the newspaper line at Asto ria, he will. He Us our best wishes, t any rate, Firemen's Picnic and IUix.-The picnic on '1-uesduy was altogether tht most pleasant and agreeable one that has transpired here siuce we havebeei a resident of tlie city. For three dav previous the mornings had been cloudy and threatening rain, and fears were entertained that the pWuio would be spoiled by falling "mists;" but the morning of the lltth opened without a cloud, everybody wore smiling f;u;e-s thereat. A very large uroce-ssiou. composed of the children and teachers if the various schools, Corvallis Fire Company, Albany Fire Couiany No. I. followed by vehicles of virions descriptions, loaded with festive plclllcers headed by the Albany Bras Rami, moved out to Hat'klemau's beautiful oak grove in the eastern sub urbs of the city, shortly after 9 o'clock A. M. The place Is specially adapted to festivities of this character, and its eonarin beauty we have not seen on tlie coast. Here swings had been erected, croquet ami base ball grounds laid out, a stand erected for the orator of the day aud the music, with com fortable seats tor the audience. Sev eral refreshment booths were also pro vided, where ice cream, pies, cakes, soda water, etc., could be obtained by those who came unprovided with re freshments. The large concourse of people, variously estimated at from 1.500 to 2.800. proceeded to enjoy the time and occasion as pleased each in dividual fancy, until one o'clock P.M.. when, after iiiu-ic by the Albany Baud and a song by the Glee Club, the orator of the day, Gen, M. V. Brown, was introduced, aud proceeded to orate, "bringing down the house" every few minutes with scintillations of wit and liappy "hits" at the times. The ora tion was well received. The Glee Club deserve special mention for their excellent singing. The crowd, d state of our columns precludes further re marks at this time on this subject. Suffice it to any the Firemen's Picnic Was a big thing! The Fireman's Ball in the evening, at the splendid new- hall on Second street, recently erected by our fellow townsman. Mr. D. Fromau, and christened Pacific Opera House, was another triumph for the Firemen. At a guess we should say there were two hundred and fifty per sons in attendance, the preponderance in numbers being in favor of the ladies. The East Portland string hand had been engaged and discoursed sweet mudefor tlie dancers. The arrange ments for the comfort and pleasure of the company were so perfect that not a ripple disturbed the smooth gliding hours, and a more enjoyable hall don't often make itself visible to the naked optic. The supper, gotten up under the supervision of Miss Ellen Murray, and set in the engine house opposite the ball room, was complete, and de serving of a more extended notice. Picnic and ball, taken separately or together, were grind triumphs, not excelled in elegance or in tl e general satisfaction given to all partaking of them, anywhere and our firemen are deservedly proud of the occasion. FA It A J K A H LET. Mi -t on Wednesday. Business rsHhiugon Tuesday. Between two and three thousand people attended the Firemen's picnic. Win. Tally has added another bil liard table, which makes three fine cii-oni tables at hvs saloon on First street. The ball supper otj Tued:iy night. gotten up by Ed. Murray. Under the iterlnteiidence ot his daughter. El len, was more thin creditable it was a perfect -success. The "picter gallery." run bv Bill Riehter, at the picuic on Tuesday, was well patronized. Total receipts of Firemen's ball Tuesday night, $33 i. it is now ascertained beyond a doubt that the coming crop in C ililV- ii a wili be very light from fifteen to twenty million bushels less than last year, it is prophesied. Wod mitten are not of the mist tl ittering kind at present, and although prices may advance toward the close ot the season, yet they will uot reach last season's figures. A. O irothers & (Jo.'s soda was a big feature on Tuesday, and was .-puffed with pleasure by hundred of piuiiie er. Everybody buys it. To Miss I best bow for the presentation of a nice cake, on rnursiHV. Butter quotable at 15c; eggs. lie. Wheat command 75c per bushel. with but little offering. The crops generally look well, and bid fair to yield handsomely through out the enmity. The fruit prospect generally is good, Strawberries are ripe, and will soon make their appearance in market. Wild strn worries are abundant in some localities. One hundred and ten Corvallisites came down on the steamers to our pic nic on the 13th, and large numbers came down by laud conveyance. Jo. Ormsby, of a jewelers' firm in York, lost his bag containing (15,000 worth of jewels, diamonds, etc., at Rochester, May 12th, the clerk of the Osborne House giving the bug to a thief through mistake. Glass and Cjt kenswauiv - I sell ing at wholesale prices at the Beehive Store. Now isflje time to get Ur galus, U. WEED. Albany, April 35. Id. lmH-t. 0 TO THE A. V, IlKJtlAit. . P, II,. I OK. C, it. wuia uv A. WHM-XUt & ., ai!2i!, o$tio$, Forwardlng&Gommiss'a ictots. Dealers In Merchandise an j iv, luce, a good assortment of nil kinds of Uoodtt al ways in store nt lowest market ra;us, Ajouis for sale of Wagons, tiruln Urilis, Oi ler Mills. Churns, Ac , Ac CASH nilM for WHEAT, OATS, 1MRK, in nut, ecus an t puulthv. A Dbtrkssino Coi'Gti Causes the friends of the sufferer as much pain as the sufferer himself. Dr. Winter's linUnm Wild Quarry will certainly cure coughs, wilds, am st consump tion, and that speedily. When did it ever fail i 37 Holioway's oixi HENT. The fam ily destitute of tins oivii.ii-.ilmn i. 1 ir Murray we make our erally without the only safe and cer- uwi means 01 curing mosc eruptions, Hirers, swelling-, and painful nervous complaints so common to us all. Sold 7i Maiden Litue, N, Y. Price, 25 cents per pot. Ak for uewstyle ; the old is counterfeited. 3j j BEE-HIVE STORE! to m;v Groceries, Provisions, Motions, ex:'., &c, $:., Country Produce ol All Uinda BOUGHT FOB AIKItl HAMdSE OR T il-i Mth(.r!((,,t,i,l, the BEST UAB GAKJ8 ever oiftirort In Albany. Parties eel"8 " ,Kn,ma" forthem- II. I 1 11. t irst street, Albany, Oregon, sim Xqw To-Day. A Public Convenience. A place where a man may exchange, on fair anil reasonable terms, af$- of the pro ducts ot his farm (that have a market value), for any of the necessaries and for many of the luxuries of life. Such an establishment is that of Messrs. A. Wheeler & Co.. at Shedtl. That it is duly appreciated Is witnessed by their large and incrersing business. Eco-stkaokdinahv.--Yesterday Mr. M. H. Wallace exhibited to us an egg, laid by a hen belonging to him, that measured seven and three-fourth inches longitudinal ly. This beats the Cali fornia egg by half an inch, and until the tar-heads can do better, let's have no more blowing about big eggs. Tin; nonoiYS, News from Vreka to the Mth, says that Ex-Sheriff J. 0. Burgess returned that day IV. m up the Klamath, lie had seen and inter viewed Bt-gup Charley, lie would not meet Burgess until he promised to come without his ride He 'lis. claimed any knowledge of the pre meditation ufthe massacre of Gen. C-nnby and the Commissioners, and had uot hiflght any since that event When lie letl .lack had thirty men loft. Ho thought they would tigjit until the last was killed or taken liieut. Harris was dead. At last accounts the Mmtixy had been driven into a rocky fastness, alwut twenty miles southwest of the ori'. inal stronghold, which they were busy forti yug. The force present was not considered sufficient to storm tlie place, and they were to hold it, if possible, until reinforce ments, with mortars, were sent up. which it was thought would take two days W. II. JIci'AULUl), (I. ATE M. M. HARVEY" A Co.,) Opposite the hotels, Albany, Oregon, STOVES, RANGES, Force and Lift Pumps, LEAD AND IRON PIPE, Hollow Ware, HOtfSe I I KMMIIM. HARDWARE, Tin, Copper and sheet Iron Ware. LARGEST STOCK IN THE VALLEY. Lowest Prices Every Time. Great Bargains! GEORGE TURRELL WIU, SKI.l. Ills I-arffe & Extensive stock of it y CL Gn H H R I 1) N W G cfoc, tfcc, tfcc, ai e.wiKUtllj- UJW RATES FOR CASH. E stafkb?88 10 "": a,u'":lon t0 his ' wlik-h he Is (ioterniini! 1 in ,.. RppnlrhiK Properly Done. 40v I J;jn fjJSJS,.11 ttni1 Miniiiie lic-Joie pur- v Kuuieiulier the n I'Imm litOfKUi Tl'lS KKLI ., GUARD AGAINST FIRE ! IELAV ace OANOEROIJS. ! Pri,ic,,,'M pH'' p"" "'' KilN', AllJiinv. Xew York has a popu ation ot 43,600 to the square mile, and Lon don only (i.000. (ueen Victoria was fifty-nine years of age oa the 14th inst. The total oomuinption of eggs in the United States is four million barrels. It is now proposed to make flour barrels of aer. Pr.RSOXAL.-Mr. .. II Powell, of Cottage Grove, gave us a call ou Mon day. Mr. W. Mauzy. ot Salem, threw himself in sight on Wednesday. J. O, KIley, Lsii.. wlitor of the Kan Francisco Coast llmiew, droooed Into our sanctum a moment on Thursday. BORN.-ln this city, on the 9th Inst.. to the wife ot Mr. Hart, a girl. Thahks.-To Mr. Foahajr, of the Albany Book. Store, for Uterary favors. I Two negroes have commenced suit under the Civil Rights act against WallaiVs Theater. X. Y.. for expul sion from the orchestra sears. Three millions of postal cards have been sent to the princ!al postofflee'. Two millions more were to lie sent on the 1.1th. Henceforth all applications will lie promptly Ailed. John C. Denwkk. a New York law yer, committed suicide tit his residence in Bloomington, May 10th. by shoot ing himself. Dyspepsia the cause. New England farmers helleve the immense maple sngaryleld this season wili .pay them for the severe winter they have had. The Greek Sunday comes on Mon day, Illinois proposes public castlgatkm for wife beating. Plvn rVumtv Snmtrlntjuulanta Scitools in Iowa are women. J THE XI! M K HOPS SEVERE FIHKS which have owmrre 1 In our s a e 1 he nast year, an I the late disastrous cnnfla ,'iu'ions in Portlan-I, Snrlnirvlilo, I nlles. Ore 'OTi litv in, 1 Ui i ; i,. uti..,. 1 , 1 ...i modish pronertv owners to seek in lemnl tv u jainst loss ami ilnnm-e by tire wnhoiit delay. TOR PHCENiX InNiii'.'iiiic Coiituaiiy, OP HARTFORD, CONN., Ronresented on the facias i:ast for over liffeeii years (duriiiK which oerio.l it 1ms pala VBOOtOOO for Fire Lossita in ih Pa-l,ic in-nanmenti, n one ot 1 he lea iin,' Ainei-U can Eire bisnmnou CMniianles, and iiu 'iii.u Hartford Company represented in tlie State of Oregon. In the ni-oum: a Mus--ment ami payment of its iws, the I'hiB ni.v hm no suixa-ior.the Company hn nev er had a suit in the Slnle, aiid in the prompt payment of nearly $l,40,006 CO in Chicago and Boston, proves that the old Plnenix Is equal to its every enmure. meat. Theaentsof thePhosnixareanthorlaed by commission from Ihe ( omnany to Issue and renew ivi.icies direct, and without reference to Portland. San Fnincisco. or elsewhei-e, 1hiiscnalilin the annlicnnt to seenre immndkw and biwlhii protection. UatM tM lOW Itt UfJl'iln,,,, .n,l Asia will admit of. E. i'MVS, Ilt'Nliit Aitciii , Aiiril 18, 187:i-.iiii33 Albnny. DR. GEO. W. GRAY, DENTIST, AI.HAKT, OKMKISi, OF PICE IN PARRISH l!K!K BLOCK. w .,'ini.i 1101 uiiu rcil ncsi- dence -Comer Fifth and Ferry streets. Office hours from 8 to 12 o'clock a. m and 1 to 5 o'clock p. ni. i.-, v t BUILDERS. ATTENTION ! SASH, BLIND, AM) DOOR FACTOR V. ISTotioe. OREUON A CALIFORNIA RAILROAD Company, Land I lopart men t , Portland Oregon. A))ril 8, 187i Xotlco is hereby (riven, that a vigorous prosecution will lie instituted against any and ovei-y person who trespasses upon any Railroad Land, by cuttingandrcinovliwtitnlicri herefrom iHifori t ho same is UOL'CJHTol the Compa ny ANIl PAID FOB. 1 All vacant I And In odd numbered sec tions, whether surveyed or unsnrveyod, within a distance of thirty nlles from t ho line of the road, belongs to the Company. I H. HOOR18, rt Land Ageut. K.H. ALTItl V.s::. J. . R vi h-.t., W. KWrtltLM. Lyou Rtr.-i't, 011 the Kivcr Hank, ALDAN V, OBEUON. Keci) on hund a full assortment, ami are prepared to FUENI8H TO ORDER, Doora, Sash, Blinds, and Moldings, Such as mowx, pax, i!M) tc NEcnon MOLD, Of all sizes. i WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, Flooring, Siding, And All oOiarkliKhofHnlMliitr Material. ALSO: PREPARED TO IX) Mill .'I work, furnish shaker fens, tha . Hhukers, suction tons, driving iniUcys 01 any kind, 0,1 oitrfnetory on Lyon street (on the river bonk), next lielow Markliamv warehouse ALTHOUSE A) Allny, Fob. 10, 18RU-H BOOTS MADE TO ORIIKR, WARRANTED TO GIVE Perfect Stitislactiou. at RKASONAHLE RATES, at HENRY PLINDT'S Kftt tm Albany, (tint. n - ' w-- ws