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V ALBANY REGISTER. MISCELLANEOUS. v. The portoffioeti at Lonisville and Covington, Ky., are both under the charge ot women. A girl in BavhVld, III., was lately frightened Ut death hy feeling hot breath on her tare and finding a rattlesnake by her side A Peranum woman put her tongue to a flat-iron to see if it was hot. She l'a; lieen so quiet since that her husband stays home almost very night. A Tennessee lady presented her husband with a pair ot twins and in due season added triplets. "IVar me," exclaimed an astonished neigl bor, "I s'Hise Mrs. Stubbing will have quadriiiedH next, and then centipedes." A monster diamond has been re ceived from the Cape of Hood Hope, weighing '288 carats. This is the largest diamond Smlli America has furnished, and when cut it is esti mated it will be half as large as the Koh-i-noor. The telegraph informs us that Murphy, the murderer whose sen tence was commuted by (iov. Dix a few days ago, was so overjoyed at hearing the news of his sentence having been commuted to imprison- ment for lite, that he fairly aaneen with joy, and expressed his willing ness to s' d the rest of his life in expi.ttiou of the crime. Daniel Whelton, a convict in the Massachusetts State Prison, attack ed John K. Chamberlain, the War den, a week ago, striking him on the head and cutting a severe gash. The Wardei drew a pistol and shot Whelton, the ball taking effect in his left leg The prisoner seized a shovel and renewed the attack, when Chamberlain fired another shot, the ball striking the shovel and glancing off. The convict was seized and held until the arrival of officers and taken to the hospital, where his wound was dressed. The Democrats ot the Fifth Con gressional District, Ohio, having earnestly requested the Hon. Mr. Lamison to resign his seat liecause he voted tor the liack-pay bill, he has gentlv responded : "Resign be d d ! Ill see you in h 1 first." The Cincinnati Commercial (Liberal) says : "The talk of a Dem ocratic 'revival' is all folly. There is not a possibility of success in it. A majority of the voters in the United States prefer tlie Republi can to the Democratic party, and are likely to continue to do so. As long as political contests are be tween the Republican and the Dem ocratic parties, the great bulk of victories will be with the former." Hon. Sidney Breese, the new Chief Justice of Illinois, is 73 years ot age, and has been in active pub lic life tor more than half a century. Mr. Dent, father of Mrs. Grant, has been dangerously ill at the cot tage of the President for sever! days past, and although he seems better, it is evident to his family and the physicians that be cannot long survive. A colony of one hundred and fifty families hav organized in Indiana, with a view of settling in Southern California. Their plans are to pur chase not less than 10,000 acres of land, good for farming, lay out a town in the midst of it, and then allot to each member a farm and a block 300 feet square in the town. A machinist died lately at the age ot fifty-four, in Rhode Island, who had been unable to do any work tor twelve years, and who had never received over $1 50 per day for wages, and yet he left a snug little fortune of $14,000, all from his own earnings. He was not penurious, was married, had one child, and educated her, lived com fortably, and dressed neatly. He merely saved small sums, beginning with $200 when he became of age, and added the interest of bis depos its to the principal. Water from Ponce de Leon Spring, the old fount of Perpetual youth, is being sold about the tracts of Georgia cities. A Harper's Ferry man owns a whole mountain, and offers to trade it for a shot-gun. A colony of three hundred immi grants arrived in New York from Russia last week. Then-is mother larger and inure powerful colony, nnmberinur from fifteen to twenty thousand ersoiis low making prep arations to immigrate to this conn try. The first party of the new colony will reach here early in Oc tolxT. They include many wea thy families, and will, it is said, bring with them from $14,000,000 to $15, 000.000 in gold. Theiragents have selected lands in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Dakota Territory tor their location. In Louisville, (Ky ,) on the 3d ins1., Mrs. West shot her husband in a street car, inflicting a severe wound. The arlies cune to that city a tew nays ago trom w, i,ouis, J 1 - .1.- !....! .... aim secureo room u me mun un Friday. The wi'e secret'y left town and started for St. Louis, but was arrested by telegraph and brought hack. While going home together inthestr'tcar,the woman suddenly drew a pistol, placed it against her husband's side and fired, when the other passengers interfered and she was disarmed. The hus band asserts that his wife is subject to attacks of emotional insanity, and went her bail. In the ciirar manufactory of Steinhart Bros. & Schonlake, N Y., August 11th, while Kpliraim Steinhart, brother of one of the pro prietors, was standing behind Sam uel Schonlake, he shot him and then shot himself. Steinhart had been discharged trom the employ of Schonlake, which was supposed to be the cause of the shooting. It was thought the latter would live. In a fit of jealousy, on the even ing of the 10th, at Brooklyn, N. Y. William Anderson, aged 21, stab bed his intended wife, Ann Cun ningham, aged 14, eleven times, and then stabbed himself three times. The girl is thought to be fatally wounded. The Agricultural Department re ports that the probable wheat yield for 1873 will be two hundred and twenty million bushels. The mechanics in Parson, Kan- sas, nave held a meeting ana lm plored the local papers to stop their glowing accounts ot the "advanta ges" offered by their town. They sav that the nlace is already over crowded, and they "want a rest.'qJbllAr fins is is something entirely new in Western experiences. John Houghtaling, of Rochester, is said to be the oldest railroad con ductor in this country, having begun work in that capacity m 1839 and continued ever since. His travels have in length equaled about forty times the circumference of the globe, and altogether he has had several accidents, only one of which has been at all serious. Rev. Dr. Pirestley, the eloquent United Presbyterian divine, in Pitts burg, Pa., who was disciplined some time ago, tor eccentric domestic ar rangements, has rented a hall there, and proposes to start an mdepend ent Presbyterian church of his own. "Pretty bad under foot," said one citizen to another, as they met in the street. "es; but it's hue overhead," responded the other, Prue enough," said the first, "but then very few are going that way." The Connecticut State Board of Education has taken charge of the title Italian boys who have beet kept in a state little better than slavery in New Haven. Gen. butler has now given a corner lot in Gloucester, Mass., for the erection of a Methodist parson- A man has recently been fined $20 and costs in Dedham, Mass., for killing one woodcock out ot sea son. J. H. Ripely, a clerk in the Post office Department at Washington, committed suicide on the 2d. A railroad baggage insurance company has been formed in Lon don, with a capital ot one million. Jones, who ha: lately been mar ried, says that courtship is bliss but matrimony is blister. An Indian sold 129 pome at Pendleton last week for 1987. MISCELLANEOUS. BUILDERS, ATTENTION ! SASH, BLIND, AND DOOR FACTORY. S.H. ALTHOUSK. J. T. BACXEKBTO. W. KETCHUM. ALTHOUSK A, CO., Lyon Street, on tbe River Bank, ALBANY, OREGON. Keep on hand a full assortment, and are prepared to FURNISH TO ORDER, Sash, Blinds, and Moldings, Such us CROWN, PANEL, HAND A KECTlOft HOLD, Of all size WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, Flooring, Siding, -And- AU otter kinds ofBulldinir Material, 4 LSO: PREPARED TO DO MILL furnish shaker fans, zteziur .A work, shakers, suction fans, driving pulleys of any mna.at our iactory on Lyon street ion the river hank), next below Markham'a warehouse. ALTHOUSK & CO. Albany, Feb. 10, 1889-14 GO TO THE V BEE-HIVE STORE! TO BUY Groceries, Provisions, Notions, &c, &c, &c, IMIt CASH! Country Produce of All Kinds BOUGHT FOR MERCHANDISE OR OAS EE ! This is the place to get the BEST BAR GAINS ever offered In Albany. Parlies will always do well to call and see for them selves. II . WEED. First street, Albany, Oregon. 32v5 ALBANY FOUNDRY And Machine Shop, A. F. CHERRY Proprietor, ALBANY, OREGON, Manufactures Steam Engines, Flour and Saw Mill Hfachln ery, WOOD WORKING And AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, And all kinds of IROX AMD BRASS CASTINW. Particular attention naid torennirincall kinds of machinery. 41v3 EPIZOOTICS DISTANCED. THE BAT TEAM SUM. LIVEN, AND IS FLOURISHING LIKK Aorken bav tree. Thankful for nast favors. and wishing to merit the continuance of the same, the BAY TEAM will always be rcadv. and easily found, to do anv haiilini within the city limits, for a reasonable compensation. (ST Delivery of Oooda a Kpeclnlly. A. N. ARNOLD, aivo fropnetor. RtnAOAperday. Agents wanted! All wlllflPV classes of working people, of either sex, young or old. make more mon ey at work for ns In their spare moment' or all the time, than at anything else Par ticulars free. Address 0. Stinioa m Co.. Portland. Maine.. m - ... ft DRY GOODS, ETC. OB ! S ii b rr ij o a ra s ci "3 m Q spiffs 111 srPu3 I 1.0 IS ate 2 B 7 w ww jfc. i mm -i m 2 ... I SL r h Is-, .no X. 11 A 9 mz. 2?ftQ r-e, 5 b "0-."! as siHr1 m4 Sri v. BL A W rr I ft e i H H 0 ft w ft H 30 i j r i- ,9. S3 i i mm A M ! II ffi-'j " 2 a m 0 A. 1 TO e 3 E S WATCHES JE W ELR Y. J. D. TITU8. J. B. T1TU8. ( HAS. B01R0AKDE8. TITOS, BOURGARDES k CO., DEALERS IN JEWELRY, Silver & Plated Ware, and DIAMOND SPECTACLES. MANUFACTURED AND ADJUSTED especially for the Pacific 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 than any other Watch In the market. We also keep all other brands of Elgin, Wallham and Swiss Watches, Clocks, Jew elry, Silver and Plated Ware, also PiNtolt and Cartridge. KiT Repairing a Specialty. JS9 &-AII Work Done and Hoods Bold, Warranted to be as Bcprenented. Titua, Bouiffardeft & Co., AT JOHN (JANTKR"8 OLD STAND, Flret ttnet, ALBANY. ORKGOHi mm BUSINESS CARDS. W. C. TWEED4LE, HEALER a Groceries, Provisions, Elf., ALBAMT. OREOON. WILL STRIVE TO KEMP TBS BUST of goods in my line, and tell at the low tullvingraba. Call amine me. Ut At North Brownsville, KIRK, HUME & CO., ARE STILL BELLING DRY GOODS, CL0THIN6 BOOTS, SHOES, HARDWARE, UBOCESIE8, NOTIONS, ETC., ETC., of which they keep on hand a full stork, and are able to sell at lowest rates, as usual, for Cash or Produce. Will also le able to buy and sell Grains of all kinds, or attend to storing or fo warding it ut their Warehouse in Halsey- Uive usa trial KIRK, HUME k CO. J. W. BALDWIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE Court in (he 2d, 3d and 4th Judicial Dis tricts, in the Sunreme Court of Oregon, and in the U. S. District and Circuit Courts. Office In Parrlsh brick, (up stall), in office occupied by the late N. H. Cranor, First street, Albany, Oregon. toMvO J. C. POWKLL. L. FLIHK POWELL & FLINN, Attorneys and Counselors at Iw AND SOLICITOH8 IN CHANCERY L. Flinn notary public), Albany, Oregon. Collections and conveyances promptly at tended to. 1 D. M. JOKES. J. LIKSEY BILL. JTONES & HIM.. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, ALBANY, OREGON. S7v4 T. W. HARRIS, n. D., Physician and Surgeon, ALBANY, fltaKGON. OFFICE OVER A. CAROTHER8 AC Drug store. Residence- Fourth-st., lour blocks west of the Court House. LEFFEL & M WEBS' WaterWlxeels SPHERICAL FLUMES, And Ueneral Hill Marhinery. J. F. BACKENSTO, Agent, 81T3 Albany, Oregon. T. FOBT1NEB, JSlae cid, Oregon Manufacturer of and dealer In IIARIsliSS & SASDLEK A Good Article for a Fair Prlee. Particular attention paid to Kki'aihjnu Shedd, Nov. 3D, T2-13v5y D. K. RICE, M. D., Surgeon St Phjtilcian. OFFICE Fiist street, between Ferrj and Broadalbin. ResIdekck-Third street, two blocks IhiIow or east of Metho dist Church, Albany, Oregon. v5n0 Files! Files' WHY SAY THIS DAMAGING ANW troublesome complaint cannot bf cured, when so many evidences of sncceas might be placed before you every day cures of snpnosed hopeless eases? Yonr physician informs you that the longer yon allow the complaint to exist, you lessen your clinnccs lor renei. Azpertcnce not Vini;i ii tn all caiet. A. Carotliers A o.' Pile PUto and Ointment are all they are recommended to be. WW cure Chronic, Blind and Bleedl(r Piles tn a very short t line, and an; mm ni'itt to utt. This preparation is sent by mall or e press to any point, within the United Statet at (1 .10 per package. Address, A. C A BOTHERS CO., S7v5 Box 33, Alltany, Oi'cgon. IJUIIT HCXXINU "HOME." Latest ! Simplest ! Beat t IpXCELS ALL OTHERS. WARRANTWB J for 5 years. Furnished to families at factory prices. Sold from 110 to $15 lew Hi, .n unv other first cluss machine. The only agencv in Portland Importing direct from manufacturers. Send for terms, il lustrated circularsand samples. "HOME SHUTTLE" improved at low prices. Bit her machine warranted to give -iiu isfactlon. Oil, and all kinds of needles for sale. Extra commission to amenta, GEO. W. TRAVKR, (ien'l Agt, Odd Fellows Temple, (ent. 1st or Alder), 43v5m3 First street, Portland, Oregon. Cooa Bay '! Agency. BERRYHAN & DDTLj- DEALERS in Cumberland, Lehigh and all descriptions of Foreign and .Do mestic Coals. Also. PIG IRON. Bulkhead between Pacific and Jackass street wharves, San Francisco, CaL WW