L P Fisher
VOLUME VI.
ALBANY, OREGOlT, OCTOBER 11, 1873.
50. 10.
DRUGS, ETC.
GEO. F. SETTLEMIER,
DRUGGIST,
(Successor to D. W. Wakefield),
ParrUli's New Knitting, First Street,
ALBANY, OREGON.
Dealer in
f
DRUGS AN D MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, ETC
All articles warranted pure, and of
best quality. . .
the
Vliyslcians pre ' V" 'X 'VtfajSf
pouHded. Albany, Oct. 17, 1868-6U
com-
A. (MOTHERS & CO.,
-Dealers in-
f
dUaUt OILS, PAISTS, DTfiS
GIASS, I.AJIP8, ETC.,
All tlie popular
PATENT MEDICINES,
FI5E CUTLKBY, CIGARS, TOBACCO,
KOTIOSN PEHMJIUMir,
and Toilet! Goods.
Particular care and promptness given
Physicians' prescriptions and Family Kcc
A. CAEOTHEE8 CO.
Albany, Orogon-tv j
Murder in Albany
ASNKVEH YETIU'.KN" KNOWN, AND
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notlnvaiuninsui
Death
T n thin" which sometime must befnll
"ryson and daughterof the human fan.
Uy ; and yet,
At the Mid-day,
Of your life, if disease lays his $ehands
upon yon, there is s- ill "a lalm m SUea id,
by which' von may be rejto.vd to porfc t
health, and prolong your days to a miracu
lous extent.
How 1
By calling on
B. C. HILL & SON,
With a prescription, where you can have
It compounded by one experienced in that
particular line. Also, constantly on hand
good assortment of tivsh drugs, patent
medicines, chemicals, paints, oils, dye
itutfs, trusses, etc. Agents for the
Celebrated Ink Weed Remedy,
Or. Oregon niienmntlc Cure ; Dr. D. Jnync
A Sons' medicines, etc.
Bncnco's Positive and Ncstftttvj Powders
fcapt in stock. Also agents for the
Home Nhnttle Newinff Machine,
One of the most useful pieces of household
fumitnreextant. Cadwajn&e
Albany, June 10, 71-wva
Tlio standard remedy for OwgtM, In
flnenaa, Sire Thr ml, Wlmi)ihig Oman,
Croup, Liver Ce'''S"'i Bronchitis, Needing
of the rtr,'and'overv affection of the
Throat, Lungs ami Cheat, Including Com-
UMPTIOK.
Wtstnr's Bnlenni or Wild Cbenrjr
noes not dry np a Cough, but loosens it,
loanies the lungs, and allay irritation,
thus rttmwing the came of the complaint.
Son genuine unless sinned I. RUTTS.
Prepared by Beth W. Fowle A Sons, Bos
ten. Sold by IIkoinoton, Hohtkttkr A
Oo, fkn Francisco, and by dealers gen
0UO9. Urfy
jtndK&KajD SmPiKIs
ALBANY ASD SAM1AJI CANAL.
The Albany and Santinm Canal
Company would respectfully call the
attention of the public, and especially
the Capitalist, and those desiring to
engage in manufacturing, to their
gigantic water power and water priv
ilege. Sixteen thousand cubic feet
constantly flowing every minute, equal
to 800 horse power, with from 8 to 30
feet fall, sufficient for the most exten
sive machinery, with ground on which
to erect the necessary buildings, etc.
The Company deem it but proper that
the public should know more fully the
locality ot this great water power, its
lacilities and surroundings, in order
that those unacquainted may torm
some estimate of its value.
The city of Albany is the county-scat
of Linn county, located on the south
cast bank of the Willamette river,
about 100 miles south of Portland, by
river, and 80 miles by railroad; south
of Salem 45 miles by river and 30 miles
by railroad, and north of Eugene City
45 miles.
Albany is located in a prairie of the
same name, which is the great agricul
tural center of tlie Willamette Valley,
and It is believed that upward of 500,
000 bushels of surplus wheat will be re
ceived at that point, theprcsentseasou.
The : iost of it will find its way to for
eign markets, cither by boats or rail
road to Portland, and from thence up
on the ocean. The Willamette river
is navigated by beautiful steamers,
carrying from 80 to 300 tons, running
as far as Albany some ten months in
the year. Also, the O. & C. R. R ,
with its beautiful locomotives, is pass
ing through the city daily. The city
ot Albany is located upon a high, roll
ing prairie, with the Calapooia, a beau
tiful creek, flowing into the Willamette
river on the west, the water of which
is used in driving two large flouring
mills, situated on the bank of the Wil
lamette river. The city is about one
mile in length, running east and west,
and from one-half to three-fourths
of a mile in width, and is laid off with
streets of good width.
The Canal, which is the subject and
object of this communication, receives
its waters from the Ninth .Santiam
river, which heads in the great Cascade
mountains, some nines east 01
Alhauv: thence running westerly
through a valley of the same name, to
Lebanon, a village located near the
west bank of said river, 13 miles east
of Albany. Tlie Canal receives tlie
waters from the aantiam river at that
point, thence running west to its ter
minus at Albany. The main Santiam
Hows northward, and empties its
mountain waters into the Willamette
river 10 miles northeast of Albany.
The Canal is brought from Lebanon
through n benntifurprairie for a dis
tance of 12 miles, and empties into the
Willamette river, forming on its way
and in the city some of tlie finest water
powers lor manufacturing purposes
found on the Pacific coast. 'I here are
but tew, if any, points in the State
which surpasses Albany now, for man
ufacturing facilities. Cheap water
power and easy of access, and conven
ient transportation, either by water or
railroad, and the location beautiful and
healthy.
The Canal Company offers liberal
inducements to jicrsoiis desiring to en
sure 111 the business otnianniacturing,
nd will furnish water power upon the
most reasonable terms. Manufactur
ing of all kinds is needed in Oregon,
anil could be made profitable. The
Canal Company will agree to furnish.
within sixty days, any water power
needed, from a button factory to that
of a locomotive.
Immigrants and others arc earnestly
invited and requested to visit Albany
and examine for themselves. Real
property can yet be procured on very
easonable terms, both in ana out ot
the city. Our people compare favor
ably with the rest ot mankind, inorally
socially, politically and financially.
Published by on'er ot the Hoard of
Directors, Sept. 8th, 1873.
li. JSl.hlAS,
D. Mansfield, President.
Secretary.
Late news from Mexico is to tlie
effect that General Cespeda, who was
deposed, is raising a military force at
Saltillo, and lias levied forced loans on
the merchants to raise funds. . The
Congress of Coahullas is in session at
Monclova, and recognizes Dr. Salta as
1 iiivemor. and. it is siiDDOScd. Gener
al Cespeda intends using the force
which he is organizing to coerce the
Congress to support him cr disperse
its session.
The third national bank of Chicago
has resumed justness.
Latest News.
The following is from Salt Lake,
October 6th.
The forty-third semi-annual Confer
ence ot the Church of Latter Day
Saints assembled here, to-day. Brig
ham Young and others addressed the
people. A list of the Saints selected
to go on missions wag read by George
Q. Cannon. Scandinavia and the
British Isles will be tlx main fields of
the proselyting work. Eighteen mis
sionaries will be sent to Europe and
four to the Sandwich Islands. In a
a sermon George Q. Cannon bewailed
the fact that the trials of to-day were
having a visible effect on the faith of
many; but the lust of the world was
to be avoided by tlie Saints.
The city is crowded with people.
Fireworks, parade and bands amuse
the visitors.
Brigham Is elected President of the
Zion's Co-operative Institution. The
Nexm, the Mormon Church organ,
thinks tlie outlook is encouraging for
theinstiiution.
Tlie First National Bank reopens
next week with an abundance of
means.
Sepley's oil cloth factory was burned
at Ne waik on the 4th. Loss, $00,000,
The Herald has a letter lrom Dundee,
Scotland, stating that an important
statement in relation to tlie death of
Captain Hall, of the Polaris, has been
made by the second mate, Morton, and
given to the United States Consul
thei e, and by him forwarded to the
Ain dean Government, Morton was
Hall's attendant in his last illness.
and litis made statements, so says the
HeroUVs correspondent, implicating
Dr. Hisscll 111 the death ot captain
Hall. He also intimates that Bud
dington coincides with Morton's state
ment.
From Lexington, Ky., Oct. 5th, we
have this : The prelimsiary trial of
Montgomery Parker, ay larmer who
murdered the boy Mills on September
27th. in this country, was commented
yesterday. Twelve or fifteen witn. 38
es were examined, and clearly proved
the case to be one ot deli berate murder.
The Carltsts are fast losing ground
in the northern provinces and are ut
terly demoralized. The men accuse
the leaders of treason. General Marl-
ones, Commander of tlie Republican
troops, is energetically advancing
against them. The siege ot Cartha
gena is proceeding rapidly, the firing
being very sharp on Doth sides, many
of tlie Insurrectionists surrender daily
to the Republican forces.
A special lrom Paris to the Observer
states that 350 Deputies of the French
Assembly have pledged themselves to
support a motion for the restoration of
a monarchy.
The following paragraphs arc from
New York, under date of October 0th:
Edward S. Stokes, owing to sickness,
was unable to appear when his ease
was cdlcd this morning, and the trial
was set down for Wednesday.
Victoria N. vail, 01 JMewnrk. is
the name of the young woman found
dead in 111c house 01 a clairvoyant in
Jersey City yesterday, from alleged
null nract ice. Alonzo IS. Kimball, a
married man, has been arrested charg
ed with taking Miss Vail to the house
where she died.
Prof. Donaldson made a balloon as
cent this morning from the Capitoline
Grounds, Hrookiyn. a uispateii lrom
Bethel, Connecticut, says at 11 o'clock
the balloon was rapidly moving oceau
waril. Donaldson's companions on
the voyage are George Washington
Lunt and Alfred Ford.
On the 6th the Louisville, Ky.,
Board of Trade, in forty-eight hours,
raised $5,000 fortheShrcveport suffer
ers. The churches contributed $2,000
for the same object. The Masons also
raised $1,500. Louisville will raise
from $12,000 to $15,000 as contribu
tions at once. Bully for her.
On the 5th, the Episcopal churches
of Chicago raised $1,500 tor the Mem
phis sufferers. There were thirty-seven
interments in Memphis, from yel
low fever, on the 6th, and sixteen at
Shreveport.
The Graphic balloon reached tlie
northeast corner of Connecticut on
the afternoon of the 6th, where it was
caught in a severe storm. Donaldson,
Ford and Lunt, as the balloon was
near the ground, succeeded in reselling
terra flrma unhurt. Tlie balloon es
caped, and at last accounts had not
been captured.
John Reed fatally stabbed Samuel
Griffith, at York Center, Union coun
ty, Ohio, ou the 3d. Reed was arrested.
Dr. Jas. M. Collins, of New York,
has been arrested for supposed com-
lilicity with a Jersey City clairvoyant,
In causing the death of Ida W. Vail.
The voting woman was a daughter
of a Newark compositor, who died
several years ago.
In New York commercial circles the
feature of business is tlie gratifying
activity in 'grain and grain freights.
The export movement 111 wheat is on
a liberal scale. Prices are quoted up
to receipts ot wiieat. Large engage
ments of freights for British ports em
brace free shipments of wheat, petro
leum and tobacco charters. Report
for cotton doings for botli early and
forward delivery moderate.
Geo. Wilkes, of New York, has ap
plied for an order of arrest against
John F. Chamberlain, in nn action
begun by him to recover damages for
injury dune to his character. SherU
dan Shook and Thomas Byan have
agreed that they will pay the costs
which may be awarded, if defendant
obtains judgment.
An American Tirhborne.
A CASE IN WHICH SOME OF THE MOST
PROMINENT MEN IN PENNSYLVANIA
ARE WTEBS8TKD THE WONDERFUL
A I) VENTURES OF A CLAIMANT TO
$40,000,000.
Mauch Chunk, Pa., Sept. 1.
There is now pending in the State
Courts of Pennsylvania one ot the
most important lawsuits on record. It
was instituted by Mr. O. H. Wheeler,
u lawyer of this place. It is for the
recovery of 4,000 acres of valuable coal
lands in Luzerne county. Pa., said to
be worth $40,000,000. The history of
the proprietorship of the land is full of
romance.
Some forty years ago there died in
a hospital in Philadelphia a man
named .lames Turnbull. He had been
a man of means, and was one of the
first to invest in land iu this region,
when the discovery of anthracite coal
was tardily followed by mine develoi)-
ments. He purcl'ascd tlie tract of
4,000 acres in Luzerne county. Bad
speculations subsequently led him into
dissipation, and he died as stated,
daring that he still had a title to the
coal-land in Luzerne, althoughjolhers
claimed it by virtue of tax purchase.
A DIVORCE.
A short time before his death his
wife was divorced from him, and given
charge of their only child, a son, also
named .lames. Jic lived witn 111s
mother in Philadelphia about ten years
after his father's death, then, at the
age of sixteen, went to sea.
In 1862 the divorced widow, being
in destitute circumstances, and believ
ing that her son, if living for stie had
not heard of him for years was the
real owner of the coal lands in Lu
zerne county, whicli her late husband
had neglected, came to Mauch Chunk
and called on Mr. O. H. Wheeler. He
had formerly been a friend of her hus
band's, the two having had years lie-
tore real estate transactions together.
To him she stated the case of the own
ership of the land, and exhibited cer
tain papers in her possession that once
belonged to lurnbull.
Wheeler examined the papers and
searched the record. The result con
vinced him that young Turnbull had.
through his father, a perfect title to
the property, lie at once set about to
find, if possible, the whereabouts of
the wandering heir. Advertisements
were inserted in the journals of all
countries, in all languages. Letters
were written to every point where it
was at all probable that James might
be. but without avail. Not a word
could lie obtained that gave any clue
to his whereabouts. The land mean
time had fallen into the hands of Asa
Packer, the Pardees. and other famous
and powerful capitalists, who still hold
them.
THE SON HEARD FROM.
One day, in the fall of 1871, James
Turnbull s mother received a letter,
posted in the City of Mexico. It
irovetl to be lrom her son. lie was
Ivinsr in Mazatlan, on the western
coast of Mexico, and would in all prob
ability be home in another year.
Thus, after a ceaseless effort of twenty
ars. the lawyer and the mother were
at last rewarded with news of the lost
son.
Mr. Wheeler employed a man to go
at once to Mazatlan and bring James
to America. This was .done, and
about a year ago Turnbull landed in
Philadelphia.
His career had. neen one or pern,
hardship and adventure. The vessel
he left Philadelphia jn was ship
wrecked, and be and eight others of
the crew were the only ones saved.
When the boat, wnicn tney siicceaea
in launching, was picked up near the
island 01 St. 1 nomas, aaer noating
nine days on the ocean, Tarnbull was
the only living occupant. He was laid
up three months in St. Thomas before
lie recovered from the effects of the
fearful voyage after the wreck, and
and then embarked on a British trader.
Subsequently he went to Central
America. He worked on the Isthmus
of Panama until the stories of the dis
covery ot gold iu California reached
that section, when with hundreds of
others, he hastened to the spot.
He was a Forty-niner, and made
several fortunes which in turn he lost
at the gaming table. He tired ot the
reckless, lawless life of the mines in
two years, and went to Mexico, and
subsequently to Texas, where he made
money in capturing cattle tor specula
tors In New York and Philadelphia.
The natives becoming too hostile, he
had to flee the plains. He started to
return to Mexico. On the way to
Mazatlan he was
BLOWN UP
by the explosion of the steamer l.e was
on. Hundreds perished, but he was
again providentially saw I. lie finally
reached Mazatlan, where lie went to
work on a canal that was being dug.
He was placed over a gang of natives,
and kept a ranch where they obtained
their supplies. This was broken open
several times and robbed. One night
he was attacked by a party of Mexican
soldiers, and left for dead with twelve
dagger wounds in his person. Recov
ering from these, he again became a
wanderer. He spent a year among
the silver mines of Peru, getting pos
session of a piece of land said to con
tain silver deposits. Failing to find
them, lie disposed of the property for
a song. In less than a month a rich
vein of silver was opened upon it.
He then went to Chile and worked
under Harry Meiggs, the great South
American railroad prince. By a sub
contract under Meiggs he made several
thousand dollars, and had he possessed
a less roving disposition could have re
mained in Chili aud accumulated a
handsome fortune. Completing his
contract, he went to Brazil and en
deavored to get himself appointed as
an overseer iu the diamond mines,
and failed. After roving through
South America for several years, lead
ing a life of the wildest adventure, be
jjgUigam visneu me western snore 01
Mexico, ami men ueternnneu 10 re
turn home. He wrote to his mother,
. l : ...1. tl ..I. ,1 ,1 -1
not nooning nneinci sue wua uuiu or
alive.
When tlie agent had arrived from
America, Turtilull had changed his
mind as to returning home, and would
soon have been on his way to the dia
mond fields of South Africa.
To cap tlie climax of his eventtu'
life, tlie bout which was eonveyinj:
him to the steamer which was to beat
him to Philadelphia, capsized, and to
barely escaped with Iris life, losiuj
many valuable.
THE SUIT.
Upon the arrival of Trumbull in thl
country arrangements were at oncj
perfected for commencing the proceet.
ings. The funds lor conducting tb
suit are furnished by a stock tonipan?
at a venture. If It is successful Hi
members will be richly rewarded ; I
not, they lose all.
Some of the most prominent men In
Pennsylvania are interested in tl
case, and it will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent ; eminent lawyers haw
been engaged on both sides. It m no
up at the last session of' tlie United
States District Court at Williamsport.
but was postponed on application of
the defendants, as Judge Wood ward,
W. H. Armstrong, Esq., and others ot
their counsel were members of tlie
Constitutional Convention, and could
not be present.
The Republican troops gained a
great victory over the Carlists, at Ag
amisa, Nevarre, on the 7th.
A snow storm occurred in Delaware
county, N. Y., on the 7th, about eight
inches of snow falling.
Donaldson's balloon trip, ostensible
for Europe, came down eighty miles
from New York.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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