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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1873)
...... j ' "" ' W ' . ALBANY BEGISTER. C. H. (Mfetftl Pr fcr Oregon. FRIDAY, AUGUSr 29, 1873. Latest Scwi. Seattle's gas works will soon be gasing, and more light will be had. Twenty dollars a thousanu is the oost of bricks iu Salt Lake. The Salt Lake Mming Journal has "busted." Three hundred Chinese have lately arrived at Tacoma, which proves the population is increasing rapidly. A piece of coal, hefting a ton, lately fell on a miner at Kock Springs, Wyoming Territory. He was killed. A Salt Lake boy fell and bit a piec? of his tongue off, and the Journal very tiiigallautly says: "Had it been a girl instead of a boy it wouldn't have been so much dif ference. Wheat was worth 80 cents per bushel in Cornelius last week. Gov Grover has gone to the coast to brace himself up Sixteen persons were added to to the Methodist church at the late camp meeting held near La Ciande. A Yamhill threshing machine threshed and thoroughly cleaned 215 bushels of wheat iu two hours, nd could have threshed 40 bush els more. The following persons have been appointed Commissioners of Deeds by the Governor : John 0. lierry, tor Oregon, t reside in Mobile, Alabama; Hugh Sieberg, to reside in New Vork; It. G. Hays, to re aide iu Tacoma, Washington Terri tory. The Sheriff of Utah county, Utah, La's just discovered a hag near Provo, who fully answers to the description of Katie Lender. Sin has the appearance of one who had lived rather with wild beasts than human beings. She claimed to be from Mo:. tana, and a liomau Cath olic; has adopted the privations of savage lite as the best means of ex piating her sins. Ilev. H. C. Benson, D. D., for several years editor of the P. V. Advocate and present editor of the California Christian Advocate, will sail for Portland on the next steamer. He will be present dur ing the coming Conference of the M. K. Church, which will convene on the- 3d of September. lielative to Hev. Thomas H. Pearne, for some years a resident of this State, the Advocate says: "Dr. Pearne, tormerly editor of this pa per, took a superannuated relation to his conference three yea.s ago on account ot his ill-health. He has been, since that time, recruiting his health and strength at Kings ton, Jamaica. We are glad to learn that he lias so tar recovered as to anticipate an early return to the more active duties of life. He is expected back to the United States sume time during the present mouth, and will then enter into ser vice in behalf of the American Col onization .society, with his residence somewhere west of the Alleghauies. An excursion to the Pacific coast by about thirty prominent citizens of Cincinnati, among them the May or, was under consideration among them on the 19th. Among the a.vards at the Vienna exposition on the 18th were the fol lowing tor the Pacific coast: Jo seph Neumann, Cal., tor cocoons; C. G. Watkins, of San Francisco, for photographs; ii. P. Kuptel, of Cal., for minerals; Sutro-tunuel Company, Nevada, for miuo mod els. The work of laying a cable from Lisbon to Hio Janeiro, commenced gust 21st In New Orleans on Monday of last week, Drear Guillerof and Felix Soileati, met on old Grand Prairie street, Parish, to settle a quarrel by a fist tight. About 100 persons came to see it. After the first fight, an old feud between Guilleroy and others present caused a tight with pistols to ensue, result ing iu killing three and mortally wounding one. The New York Stock Exchange was thrown into a fever of excite ment on the 20th, by a rumor of the serious illness of Commodore Vanderbilt, and still later that he was dying. For a time there was a great rush to sell stock. Inquiry showed that the rumored illness was without foundation. Moses Taylor, an old citizen of Spencer, Iud , while leading an ox on Monday night of last week, had the animal rush upon him and gore him so badly as to cause his death iu twenty minutes. TIhj Attorney General on the l&th recommended that pardons be granted by the President to S. Hood, of S.dC., and Adolphus Du pritzand George Holland, of N. C., who aie now se'ung out terms in the Albany Peuireiitiary for Ku Klux outrages. A widow in Central Colorado, nameless iu the local prints, assisted by a devil of a son, brutally whip lied an eighteen-year-old daughter with a"biaeksnake" recently. The brother got mad because his sister didn't like a girl on whom he was sweet, and whipped her until she I was nearly dead. Nice folks over there. While Henri Rochetort was be ing conveyed to New Calidonia, the p ace of his exile, Communist exiles abroad tried to lynch turn, ti r the course he had pursued to ward the cause. The officers of the ship had to as-igu him separate quarters from them. In an open country between the towns ot Herga and (azeras, Spain, a desperate engagement had just taken place on the 10th between '240 Carlists and three columns of Spanish llepublicans, resulting in the defeat of the latter, with a loss of 200 men a;ul one gun. Chas. Burrows, a well-known San Francisco ganibkr, fell down the stairs at Congress Hall, on the 20th, and fractured his skull. He died in the evening. C. W. Moore, cahier of the First National Hank of Idaho, has has gone over to Silver City with the view of starting a branch banking house iu that city. Matt Ziipp, of Lewiston, had a puree of f 300 in gold dust stolen from his drawer a tew nights since, which he neglected to put in his safe. liy a fire at Queliec, Canada, on the 19th, one man lost ? 120,000, less 25,1)00 insurance, and 200 men were thrown out ot employ nient. Destructive floods have recently afflicted the Province of Agra, and 3,o00 native bouses have been swept away. Some loss of lite also. 'J he Chinese in Tacoma have se lected Mc arver street as their part of the town. A wash-house and opium -store they already have. Towns in Colorado are excited over the "narrow guage," and are voting bonds with reckless extrava gance. It is stated the Menonites, who lately arrival in New York and left for the West, brought with them $340,000 in gold. The Mexican Congress will as semble on the 16th ot next month, Mexico is full of activity uow. (Jen. J. II. Ilardic at Camp 1 lid well, was beriously injured iu a late accident. There are six large warehouses lor the storing of ijrain at Junction 'City, A SAMWIHABY VMFUCI. A correspondent of the New York H arid gives an account ottin!i teken etfect. one of the most ferocious duels ever m . . . ii . fought It occurred on the evening of Jub 4th, in the Indian rernUiry at Medicine Lodge, a point which is a great resort for hunters during tlie colder months. I he part.es engaged in tins desperate tight were I ugh Anderson of Texas and Ar - thur McCluskey of Kansas, both desperadoes well known on the KTl"?? ,llte- M 7m T i -mvv lunncj ill A vi,uvc-miinc llrtian, and the latter sought him out for the express purpose of taking ven geance upon him. A Texan guide named Richards acted as second tor McCluskey, a huge Kentuokian of the name of Harding fulfilling a similar office for Anderson. TIIH AGREEMENT. By the terms agreed upon be tween Richards and Harding the auiagonisis were 10 n: wan re-1 t,e CIW(j wolld interlere, but volvers and bowie knives to be i Harding sternly bade them keep placed back to back at an interval j buck and leave the men to settle of twenty paces to wheel and tire j the matter in their own way. As at a given signal, and after the first ,K1e cared to dispute with the gi interchange ot shots to conduct the ; gantic hunter, the mandate was tight as each one should deem it j olieyed, though a universal expres best to his advantage. The spot ; sk, 0f horror ran through the spec selected for the encounter was the j tators, a number of whom were the open prairie. The grass had lieen ! engineers and attaches of our own closely croppal by the cattle, leav- party sti 11, horrible as was the ing the turf firm, yet elastic and j HjetW) M one thought of leaving just the thing for rough-and-tumble tie spot. An irresistible fascination business. The men met long alter j to see it out bound one and all a.ike sunset in the presence of a crowd of to the blood-stained locality. Hut hunters, trappers, railroad survey- i the finale was at hand the curtain ors, gamblers and Indians. The almost ready to drop, combatants were duly placed, and : Jcl lu.-kev, summoning by su the crowd awaited with breathless j ,wme effort big remaining strength, interest the result. drew ) kiiife and began t crawl 1 he giving ot tlie sigral bad tab !en by lot to Harding. Stating to the principals, who by this time be gan to show signs of impatience, that this would lie the report of a pistol he drew his own weapon and dis charged it, first asking the quotum and receiving the usual answer that ; i;v this time it had grown quite both were ready. . dark, and to distinguish the move- thje fight, j ments of the combatants required McCluskey was the first to fire, j the closest attention. Anderson wheeling as he did so, though the wasi clear) unable to move any smoke had scarcely curled from his Portion of his body save his right pistol before the report of Ander- j arm- With this he raised his knife son's weapon followed. A momeu- 311,1 s McCluskey crawled tary pause ensued, each of the an- j P to within reach, delt him a ter tagouists closely scanning the other 1 rible b!w tl,e cutting mus to note the etfect of the tin. Sn-ni! mSimml vl Mid lilf Across Anderson's cheek a deep i severing the head from the body, furrow, from which the blood the last EFFORT, slowly trinkle down, told the work j Hut the effort was too much for of his antagonist, while Met lukey hun", and leaving the weapon stick remained standing in his posture, to j,(g the wound, he pitched heav- oil nttiumi.Qiir.au 11 1 it Q hmul l!ut i , n ,l ttiyiVWiOilVV-O U'lllllllilV I. this was not the tact; those nearest to him fancied they saw a sudden HMftfiitly killed McCluskey, but, spasm, as of pain, pass through his Bsngeto say, it did not, for so frame, and his face certainly ! great," was ),-w vitality that liefore blanched to a death-like pallor, but j fayWr jie twice plunged his own just where the ball had token effect ; knifeinto the body of Anderson, they could not tell At the second 1 The tale is soon told. Mc luskey tire McCluskey again anticipated j jved a minute longer than his aii his opponent, and taking a more tagonist. the dead bodies, lirmlv deliberate aim succeeded in break- i,;. in each other's embrace, jre ing his left arm. Anderson uttered taken to the house of Harding and a sharp cry and sank on one knee, ; aid 0nt side by side, on the gaming but quick y recovering hn.iself re- table. A crimson trail marked the turned the tire, and this time with ,,atn ,,f those wiio earrie.l them iu horrible effect. The bad passing doors, and pools, of blood indicated through McCluskey's mouth car- j t)ltJ H.t,lie 0f the late conflict ried aw-y with it several of the ym9 waH 0 gaming that cleiiched teeth and a portion of the night. The hunters and . Indians tongue, finally lodging in thebaic of api-eared to find exciteftiftJit,ei.oflgh the skull. .McCluskey staggered j-,,, talking over the events of the forward wildly a tew steps, and day without having to resort to made desperate efforts to eteady i their usual pastime. About 11 himself The blood poured in tor-1 o'clock the moon rose, and the bodies rents from the wound, and stained w(,re take 0(lt fr burial. 'I here his hunting shirt and dripped from j were funeral ceremonies, but .lob the muzzle of his pistol; but with Harding remarked as the muffled heroic courage he continued to ad-; fonnpi wm Jweml i,,to the grave, vance, spitting out mouthfuls of ; "There go two as brave men as ever blood and teeth at every step. Ii veU " They were burled deep to fearful wounds. j keep the wolves and cay'ites from During the interval thus gained, : f W'f t,ien' U,V' rtl' f"" Anderson, who ill his crippled state I 'H P '"le mound to mark had every reason to shun a hand- j w,,erc t,,ey . to-hand encounter, had not been . , T idle, but tired another well aimed ! , To Du,VE .Aat Atts.-K shot which broke McCluskey's left are ma;ned ,a""ts' shoulder. As if this was I10t j money from their husbands. eissugh, be sent still another ball le' em take.a after him, which, strkiug him iu i f the lby for the afte, while the pit of the stomach, caused him ' yur goes to a matinee, to tall forward heavily on his face, ,,. .... . T, McCluskey was now mortally! him Ht,U ra8e m the Puet wouuded and momentarily growing j Souud forests, aluable timber weaker from loee of blood. Ttar- and some fences have been burned. ing open hie shirt Hi his agony a crimson spot in his left side indi cated the place where Anderson's Ho still, however, retained his grasp of null, m,,r;,d, nirtiimt iiif- K i hig 8d , m etf(,rt ma,f ; & cooh a)d ilation tired Ms antagonist his third shot, : The latu.r m d . j for thi and eildeavoreJd 1() kj jf by Huddeill t, ; on 1 1,19 Too Mocf08w8 fillger wa7 already 0 J t,,e tfj aid fts a,() h, sights;and when his adversary's rcac'11 the earth it washeav ler by a volts pistol ball. A scream of pain followed, and the spectators saw tlie figure of a man clutching w Idly with his hands at the grass and writhing and twisting in horrible contortions. The bullet had struck him full in thealslomen and like his antagonist, Anderson was now A PAST-DTlMG MAH. At this juncture it seemed as if : feebly in the direction ot his antag onist. I he latter, who I ad raised himself to a sitting posture saw the movement and preparer1 to meet it. ; Hoth had dropped their revolvers, eavmg to the cold steel the com- option of the work ; I y ..Ii ,c tQWl H V'l'fV lilll sup- d that this blow wmilil )vt A boat VMM. A female horse car conductor is on trial in Savannah. Thirty women are employed on the daily press of New York. A lumber schooner hailing from a Texas port is commanded by a young woman. The Virginia Hduesrioual Associ ation hare voted agaii st teaching girls algebra. A little Janesville girl lived f.ilf she was nine years old, and thwi kindled a fire with kerosene. Kate Field is spmwling tho Summer with Sir Charles Dilke, the English Kepublicau leader, iu London. Miss Ida (ireeley is developing literary tei dencies by malting trans lations from French authors for tht Daibj Gtffphic, A Cincinnati paper states that the finding of a smll gold lot'ket in a ponnd of sausage meat explaiiw the mysterious disappearance of a young lady of that city. Fred Grant went through La Crosse, Wis., not loiia; ago, pasa ing o'te night in the place, and now a girl at whose house he stopped claims that she is engaged to him, A Titusvilh (Penn.) girl, thir teen years old, made her father drunk, stole 190 from him, and ran away with a sailor, and tried to commit suicide when overtaken. The most successful bee cultlirist in Iowa is a woman, Mrs. Kllen S. Tapper, of Pes Moines. She is a niece of Henry Wheaton, the well known writer of international law. Miss Fannie W. Roberts, a licensed preacher who has charge of a church in Kittfrv, Me., has been given authority by the Gov ernor and Council to solemnise marriages. She i the iirt woman ever thus empowered in that State. Vbhjkafdanii Ingnn noun Youth Hy Jove, you know, upon my word, now, it' I were to see a ghost, yon know, I should he a chattering idiot tor the rent of my life. Ingenious Maiden (dreamily) Have you seen a gho.st? A well-dressed and seemingly well-educated lady l as taken (k.s session of the Bonaparte mansion at Bordentown, J,, claiming to be the nearest linnl representative of Napoleon. The agent ot the property is ahseut and the parties in charge are at a loss what to do. Not as BBArnvrt as Om Fancy Paintbb Tn cm. The (. jr. cassian women, accord i g to Mts. Harvey, are not as beautiful us as our fancy has painted them. They usually wear loose Turkish trowsers, made of white cottoM, and a peculiarly frightful upper gar ment of dark cloth, like the mate worn by High Church clervyrnfu, A blue gauie veil is thrown over the head, and their hair, which is long and thick, is Worn in two heavy plaits, which hang down lie hind The lieaniien who obtain such great reputation in Constai ti uople almost invariably come froin ' eorgia af,d the va eys near i I tieroiiz. (n these dtricis il wi men hTe tine eyes and c plexioiis. When Mr. Harvey came to see the beatHies they bad all be-1 1 stdd. The tia-'n-is an.'.w early in the year, and ( ireassuiu parents do not object to dtsp. m of their daughters for aconsirreration; they oidy do it with ui,re candor and less cant than Relgravian par ents, ft is paid that' the "inooii eyel hautier" themselves an- utl er glad to escape 1'rem the tedium of home lite, and do not objct to liv ing purchased by a rich' ; hc: a. A Methodist mb kwr out Weet was invited to take lea by a meiulwr of his circuit. The food consisted of cake made of Indian meal, When the elder opened his (dice, i noticed some leather- in it. "It seems to me, sister,5' -aid he, that your Johnny-cake is feathering out. ' r , "There," the hostess replied, "1 told my husband the other day that he must either get a c,.ver fin the meal barrel or remove the hen roost." Mr. S, A. Clarke, of the Raityw has gone" to ban Francisco.