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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1873)
patronage ot the Lunatic Asylum and Penitentiary, uoth of which are located at that town. Seattle has twit ipers,tfie Daily Dispatch and Weekly Intelligen cer, The Dispatch is edited by that old sinner ieriah Drown, well known in San Francisco, and who is known to have the toughest news(jaK'r hide, and the hardest newRpa)ier head of any of his fellow quill-drivers in Washington Terri tory. The IttteUimncer is owned by another Italian named Maxwell. . , , , . i. I ron uwnw m nas a wveihuy. ; nine semi-weekly paper edited by a , youth named Al Pettygrove; and Hellinuham Riv, where Alvinza IhywSnl has l much coal, 1 4 1 1 n . 1 inin'i.K'l I U '1' JUM UUlrtliKT'l i flllrtli llv cjjwjvxrfi called the BelHi.gham Mali . . -. - At the trial of Glioni, of New Haven, for owning the services of four Italian hoys, the boys swore that they had lxen in the country 21 months, and had been kept in the Crosby street den in New York until brought to New Haven, seven weeks before; that they were beaten and kicked unless they brought in money every night, and were told 1.,- rtlim.i . ct.inl if tllPV Ptlllld licit, , .,, ,,, nn.pv uj.tp told earn any money I tie) wire umi by Glioni that their parents would be fined, and they would be arrested by the police il they rairaway; and that he had a 'egaf right to hold them. They a 1 wanted to be free, if possible. The services of these boys had Ikhmi sold to Glioni for about $'20 Hr year by the parents of the boys. The court held, that Glions was guilty ot imprisoning tree persons, with intent to keep ! r. . i them m a state ot servitude, agaiusi : their , . i ; will, and required the prisoiier ; ti furnish bonds ill the Slim of 84,001, tor his appearance l)efore the Grand Jury, next October. Failing to furnish the bonds he was committed to jail. The children were placed in the State Ketorm School until the trial. Vanek's decapitation feat is thus Wrilvd I lo does the act directly before the eyes of his spectators, No cloth or covering whatever is used A man is invited on the stage, and his eves are bandaged -i.u a.,..r,i;,,!1..vl1andkon.,ief.and he is then laid upon an otien four. legged table. Yanek takes a sharp cimetar in hand, pronounces the mystic incantation, and without more ado with one sharp blow lays open the throat from ear to ear. And while the horror-stricken people gaze with dilating eyes he coolly turns the head to one side, and by a sawing motion of his in strument cuts the head clean off A napkin is conveniently at hand to staunch the blood, and then the operator in the art dittboliquf, puts the dripping head upon a tray, leaves the body in plain sight on the table, and descending to the floor of the theater, politely invites the audience to feel of the head aud satisfy themselves that the flesh and the hair are real. In exactly seven minutes the head is replaced and the breath ot lite is restored to the subject, who arises and calmly walks off This illusion is inter dicted in many places, owing to its being too realistic, ladies and even men often fainting away on witness ing it. . Dome of tub Capitol. The most ambitious structure in Amer ica is the dome of the Capitol at Washington, ft is a hollow sphere of iron eight million pounds weight, and is one hundred and eighty feet higher than the Washington Monu ment in Baltimore, sixty-eight feet higher than Hunker Hill Monument, and twenty-th'ce feet higher than the Trinity Church steeple at New York. The mails are already lightened by the rejieal of the franking priv ilege, and of the carriage of news, paper exchanges. The New York Postmaster reports that his work has been noticeably lighter since the 1st inst , and that 18,000 free newspaper exchanges have been dropped during the week. Seattle cast 300 votes at her went city election. Latent New. A fire was raging in Baltimore on the 25th lust. A Are at Sidney. O., on the night of the 4tli, burned property to the amount ot $25. (Hid. A flre at Pawtucket, R. I., on the 25th. destroyed property to the amount of 40,000. " Extensive foret fires were raging on the line of the Long Island Hail road near Ynliank and Lakeland, N. Y., on the 25th. Two Frenchmen, living ntWilkes- hiirre. Pa., foilldlt a duel with rapiers tmrmoli fneS(lay in0rniugof last They fought over an hour, until one named Atibui was wounded In the side. A French lady was the A tlireshliigmachlne boiler exploded neat KtDlivllle, lud., on tlie 23d, kill ing three men. At a meeting of railroad managers and superintendents, ticket and pass enger agents, held in St. Louis on the 24th. alter much discussion resolutions were pa-Hl declaring no more free passes or half fare tickets shall be issued after August 1st. Twenty-one roads were represented. The Catholic clergy of New York are represented as now making extra ordinary efforts to establish sectarian schools. TUB i inien notes it as pan of " PU to destrov the present public - ltJi i ,ual ,,. " " ""' The prosecutions arainst the Ku Klux offenders except in very aggra vating cases are to be discontinued. Severe storms visited northern coun ties of England on the 23d, causing great damage to proporty and crops. At Wlllianisport. Pa Isabella Mc Bride, aged 70 years, was brutally murdered on the night of the 22d, by bchiff shot through the head. Her husband John McBride was found we teiinir m his b ood trom severe cuts . -, . . . . ... . , . , n in inv. hi .in, vmv "oi. w.v. y k. VVere sup.l(MMi t0 mve large su peo- HH of money In the house, which doubtless prompted the murder. Thirty thou sand dollars was found in the house. The Attorney General refused to recommend a pardon In the ease of .lames Pickett, of Idaho, sentenced to lie hung in that Territory last Thurs day for the murder of an Indian woman last August, with a miner's pick. The recovery of John P. Hale was j regarded as doubtful on the 23d. One of the survivors ot the wrecked I steamer Atlantic has brought suit jagal'i't the owners for 100.000, as a WMniwisation tor disablement from trozeu lees. The Warden of Sing Sing denies that Walworth receives better treat ment than any ot the rest of the pris oners. The number ot votes registered in San Francisco up to June 30th was 42,042. A gang ot hoodlums at Los Angeles, on the niL'ht of July 23d. made a mid on the Chinese English schol aud pelt ed the windows with stones, one of which struck the teacher, Miss Belle Swift. Other teachers received slight injuries. At North Brigham Canyon, July 24th, a ranchero, named Cotton, and his two sons, were killed by another ranchero named Butcher, with a rifle. An old feud was thought to be the cause. One thousand Mormon emigrants have arrived at Salt Lake from Lurope in good health. Two San Franciseo lmvs foiicllt a duel with knives the other day about a girl. One was severely wounded in the taec. Massachusetts refuses to pension her retired Judges. Ex-President Thiers will write up the Commune war. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is at Saint Catheiines, Canada, where she will pass the summer. Henry Grinnell has spent $500," 000 in Arctic explorations, and firmly believes in the Polar Sea. July 14th, at Springfield, 111., the thermometer marked 104 in the shade. The average annual loss by fire in the United States is estimated to be about $200,000,000. The cost of maintaining the pub lic schools of New York for the coming year will be 153,365,000. Of this sum teachers will receive a little over $2,000,000. Doctress Mary Walker was ar rested in Baltimore on the 22d for appearing in men's clothing, but was released; mm EIXANEOI N. It was the rare fortune of Jesse R. Grant, lately deceased, to be the only man who ever lived to see his son elevated to the Presidency of the nation. Music by a brass band is an nounced as a Sunday attraction in one of the churches at Newport. The following sentence ot thirty four letters contains all the letters in the alphabet: "John quickly extemporized five tow bags." President Grant is a jiewholder in the Long Branch Methodist Episcopal Church, in the upper village, and attends regularly every Sunday, accompanied by hisfitmilj. The Chicago, Bock Island and Pacific liailroad company have offered 85,000 reward for the par ties who roblied their train recently. Gov. Carpenter, ot Iowa, has also ottered a reward of 500 for the arrest ot each person engaged in the robbery. John P. Hale, of Dover, N. II., tell on the 2 2d, breaking his hip bone. An alligator is rather smart about some things. He knows as much about strategy as a Major General of militia. He will poise himself on a log, ojien his mouth wide by elevating his upper-jaw, and remain perfectly quiet. In a short time his moutk will fill with mosquitoes air1 flies, when down will come his jaw, taking every mosquito and tly prisoner. He swallows them, licks his chops and elevates his jaw to catch another floor full. This dish is regarded by the alligator as the most deli cious that the country affords. Fashionable Christianity in Lon don is growing to Ije very amusing. People arc now invited to prayer meetings precisely as they are in vited to a social soiree or an even ing party. The New Catlse ( hronicle prints, with the exception of names, dates and places, the following transcript of a card which it has received : "Mr. and Miss propose (1). V.) to hold a Bible reading on evening, at half-past i o'clock, when the company ot friends is requested. Subject 'Morning Dress.' " Charles A. Russell was hanged at San Francisco on the afternoon of the 25th. He died without a struggle. Yamhill raises 57 stalks of wheat from one grain aud every stalk over six feet high. The streets of Yictoria, B. C, are to be sprinkled with salt water. Prof Rutan, a blind man, is lecturing in British Columbia on Education. Boulders, lying in Yictoria har bor, are found to contain 6treaks and threads of gold. Gen. Jeff C. Davis reached Portland last Friday. Major Eggleston, Paymaster, has gone to Boise, Harney aud other camps, to pay the troops. WTe see by the Oregonian that Rev. W. H. Miesse, lately of this city, sailed on the John L. Stephens for San Francisco, last Saturday. It costs a man $5 to throw any garbage or slops on the streets in Portland. Deaths from heart disease are said to have increased 25 per cent iu the last twenty years. The Government of Spain has issued decrees dismissing from the public service Generals Contreras and Pierrad, and removing from office thecivil Governors of Cordova, Murcia, Poutevedra, Leone aud Greenz. Fortune may favor fools, but that'6 a poor reason why you should make a tool ot yourself. A round of pleasure sometimes renders it difficult to make things square. One of the Kickapoos shot in General McKenaie's raid was seven ' feet high. WATCHES-J E W ELRY. J. D. TITUS. J. B. TITVM. CHAM. B0t:iWJAItDE8. TITOS, BOURGARDES & CO., DEALERS I.N JEWELRY, Silver & Plated Ware, and DIAMOND SPECTACLES. MANUFACTURED AND ADJUSTED especially for the Pocillc Coast by the NATIONAL ELGIN WATCH CO. of Elgin, Illinois, viz : Pacific, California and San Francisco WATCH, and we most confidently rec ommend them to the public.as possessing more good qualities for the price tliuu any other Watch in the market. We also keep all other brands of Elgin, Waltliuni and Swiss Watches, Clocks, Jew elry, Silver and Plated Ware, also Pistolx and Cartridges. BiT Repairing a Specialty. 9 6; All Work Done and Goods Sold, Warranted to be aa Represented. Titus, Bourgardcs & Co., AT JOHN OA.NTEK'S OLD STAND, Firtt street ALBANY, OREGON. BUSINESS CARDS. W. C. TWEEHALE, DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions, Etc., ALBANY. OREGON. WILL STRIVE TO KEEP THE B1CBT of gwk in mj line, and tell at the ett living rate$. Call and tee me. 2M At North BrowiiHVlllo, KIRK, HUME & CO., AKK STILL SELLING DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, NOTIONS, ET, ETC., of which tlicrv keep on band a full stocH, and are ulile to well at loucwt rnte, us usual, for h or iroiin'e. Will alMoW' able to buy and acll drains of all kinds, or attend to storing or for wardliiKlt t their Wandiousc in Raise;. (iive us h trial KIliK. HUME IX. J. W. BALDWIN, Attorney nnd Counselor at Ijiw. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE Court in the id. ltd and 4th .Judicial Dis tricts, in the Supreme Court, of Oregon, and in I lie U.S. District and Circuit Courts. Omen -In I'arrish brick, (up Stain), in office occupied by the late N. H. Cranor, First street, Albany, Oregon. tol5v j. c. powell, i- rLrs. POWELL & FL1XX, Attorneys and Cotniselor at Iaw, AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY L. Klinn notary public), Albany, Oregon. Collections and conveyances promptly at tended to. 1 I). M. JOSKS. J. LINSEY HILL. JOSEB A. IIII. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. ALBANY, OREGON. 37vt " T. W. HARRIS, M. ., Physician and Surgeon, ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICE OVER A. CAROTHERS ft Co' Drug store. Residence Fourth-st., lour blocks west of the Court House. LEFFEL &. MYERS' WaterWbeels SPHKMCAL FLUMES, And General Mill Machinery. J. F. I1ACKENSTO, Agent, 5lv3 Albany, Oregon. T. FORT1XER, Shedd, Oregon Manufacturer of and dealer in HARNESS & SADDLES A Oood Article (tor a Fair Prk. Particular attention paid to Repairino. Shedd, Nov. 'ill, W8v5y D. B. RICE, IK. D., Surgeon & Physician. OFFICE Fii st street, between Kerrr and Uroadiilbin. RualDKNCK Thiid imiat two lilm'ks Ih'Iow or east of Metho dist Church, Albany. Oregon. vSnto Iiles! Piles' WHY SAY THIS DAMAGING AND troublesome complaint cannot tie. cured, when so many evidences of succeiw miftht lie placed before you every day cures of supposed hoiieless cases? Your physician informs you that the longer yon allow the complaint to exist, you lessen your chances for relief. Experuna ha 'aught thin in all caset. A. CnroUif ra & Co.'s Pile Pills and Ointment are all they are recommended to be. Will cure Chronic, Wind and Bleeding Piles in a very short time.and are eonventent'lo This preparation is sent by mail or ex press to any point wit hin the United State at $1 50 per package. Address, A. CAROTHERS CO., J7va Hx Alliany, Oregon LIGHT Rl'XNINO "IIOMK.' Latest Simplest ! Bent ! I EXCELS ALL OTHERS. WARRANTM' li fori years. Furnished to families at factory prices. Sold from 10 to lis less than any other first class machine. The onlv agency In Portland Importing direct from manufacturers. Send for terms, it Instrated circulars and samples. "HOME SHUTTLE" improved at low prices. Either machine warranted to giv satisfaction. Oil, and all kinds of needs for sale. Extra commission to agents. GEO. W. TRAVER, Gen'l Agt, Odd Fellows Temple, (ent. 1st or Alacrl. 43v5ni3 First street, Portland, Oregon. Idoob Bay Coal Agency. BERRYHAK & DOTWK, DEALERS in Cumberland, Lehigh aud all descriptions of Foreign and Do mestic Coals. Also, PIG IRON. Rulkhead-betweon Padflc and Jackaoa treet narvei, Stttt muciico, Cat. n