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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1874)
ALBANY RF.GTSTER. rtfcmg tptt ALBANY, FEBRUARY 28. 1874. LOCAL MATTERS. FOOT office Ki;.ivrat. mails arrive: from Rallmvl (north anil south! daily lit UtO p. M. From Corvallls. dailv, at 10.311 a. m. From Lebanon, triweekly, (Monday, Wednesday ami Friday) at 10.30 A. x. maiijs dfj'akt: For Railroad (north and -.-til!, daily, alone prompt at It A. M. ForrorvHU,dalh .at I JO P. M. For Lebanon. trl-weekly. Monday, Wed nesday and Friday nt 2 P. M. Office hours from 7 A. M. toS 1'. M. Sundav. from 12 M. to 2 p. M. Money iwderotllce hours from ! A. M. t p. m. P. II. RAYMOND, P.M. SERVICES M X i S'M t V BAPTIST CHTRCH Servian at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday School at 12 s P. M. Rev. C. II. Mattoon, Pastor. M. K. CHPHCH-Swrvleesat 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday School at 2 g P. M. Rev. Isaiah Wilson, Pastor. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN Services at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday School at iH P. M. Rev. S. (1. Irvine, Pastor. CONGREGATION A I. RBtfftCH Without a I'ns'or at present. Sundav School at iX P. M. M. K. OHlfBCH SnrTIl Services InCon irreMtionai Church alternate Sundays. Rev. Jos. Kmery, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CHl'RCH -Services at Collesre Channel, alternate Sabbaths, at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sundav School nt li P.M. Rev. E. R. Geary. IU., Castor. Linn Coiuitj- Rcpnblicnu Hon. I'oiivm- In accordance with the recommendation of the Republican state Central Commit tee, a Republican Convention for I.inn county will lie held at the Court House it; Albanv on Satitrdav. Match Mttb, 17, at l o'clock P. M., for the purpose of selecting ten delegates to attend the Republican State Convention, to Im' held at Salem, on We lues lav, April Sth, Is; I. The various PWchicts will hold their Pnmaries on Saturday. March 21st, 1H74. nt 1 o'clock P. M., for the purpose ot electing delegates totneConnty Convention. The Precincts will lie entitled to representa tion as follows: Albany Lebanon Santiam - Ha it's bUIg... Scio Brown tile . Sweet Home. BtWaterteo. t 1 '. . . . I I . T Franklin Bntti Orleans Brush Creek... . a .2 I MTueuse ... center ... l,i ... i Total Halsey ,!l Bvorier Linn Co. Uepnhlienn I'-ntral Committee. COLL. VAN CLEVIS. Chairman Co. Cent. Com. A CARD. The undersigned, having taken les sons in Phonography under Prof. A. B. McCaw. take pleasure in recom mending him to others throughout the State, " ho may wish to become prn iicient In the art. .fudging from onr sidvaiieeineut, we believe tlie system taught by him to be the latest anil most improved system of shorthand. We would further say, that, those liv ing at a distance can acquire a profi ciency in his art by addressing the Pro fessor at Albany. , T. P. UACKLEMAX. E. C. GAYLORD. G.C. W. HAMMOND, J. A. SPANGLEK, F. MARTI X. Albany, Feb. 2D. Is74. Grand Suiter axi Sociable Will he given at the Opera House, next Wednesday evening, March 4th, by Hie ladies of the M. E. Church, for the benefit of the Pastor. Admittance. 50 rents, supper included. Oysters and ice cream extra. A general invi tation to the public is extended. The reputation of the ladies of Albany for good cookery is so well established, that- it i only neccasaiy to announce that they will get up the supper, to insure the general attendance of our people, Skating Rink. The skating rink of Portland is offording her citizens shthers of fun and healthy exercise. What's become of the party who pro posed to start a rink In this city. We should think such an institution, prop erly conducted, would pay very fair in this city right along. A Trip.to the Mountains. The Odd Fellows are already talking of a railroad excursion to the mountains as soon as the good weather fairly sets in. The pleasant time enjoyed by the participants in last Summer's excur sion, is still reverted to with bright anticipations of another equally as enjoyable during the present season. Gymnasium. Dr. E. Oi Smith tnrpecti to have his gymnasium in amuiug order by the first of next MOolb,. we learu. Us a gout ding. PAKAURAMI.ETS. Weather cool. Mud drying up. Another marriage soon. Plenty of bright sunshine., A good ileal of worm-fence has'been laid recently. As the election approach's S. A. Loon is doing a good luisine'-. A new watch mender has thrown himself in sight on First stru t. Fred. Hill will not be the candidate for County Clerk on the Republican ticket. Friend Arnold and the hay team still flourish, atal are generally on time. W. II. Dm Id has laid us under obli gations for late San Francisco papers. The cold weather is rapidly reducing the volu of water in the Willamette. The roads leading out of the city an improving. Proadalbin street, from First to Water street, is being graveled. Plowing is what's the matter with some of our farmers. X. Bantu is fixing up Cheadle's brick preparatory to moving. A!. Wheeter. of SLedd, called on j Tuesday. It tried hanl all day Tuesday to I sjiow but the effort wtia too thin. Mr. Howell returned from San Fran-j Cisco on Tuesday. , 1 Slippery business the present cor ner iu-lard. Dakota baa only three elirhths of a I ! white man to an acre of ground. . I j The Republican County Convention i meets in this city on Saturday, March 2 "It h primaries on the 21st. I ( hir new Recorder is making a pretty j thorough and fair assessment of city j property. Two brothers of our townsman, Mr. P. Schlosser. arrived in this city from ; j Illinois, per last ocean steamer. The weather reported colder up the i J Columbia, with prospects of a freeae ! The one hundred and forty-second anniversary of the birth of the illustri ous Father of his Country, was duly j celebrated in Portland. Several of onr merchants will be off; for San Francisco in a few days, to i look atter new goods to replenish their i depleted stocks. Mr. McDonald oftheS.F. Chronicle, ! succeeded in obtaining a large list ofi subscribers for the Daily Chronicle while in this city. Though Shakespeare positively doth nf- : tlrm if. And to dispute it mav not be discreet. Yet I cannot believe that Which we call flour riynnyo'hername would smell as n heat. A wedding on Sunday night, the j parties Mug Mr. John Pendill ami I Miss Km ma Cartwright daughter of our ex-Marshal. The Sigma Phi and Krodelphian So- j cieties of Albany Collegiate Institute have united, and formed a new society called the Literary Alliance. Mr. and Mrs. Pendill received and entertained their friends at the Pacific Opera House, on Monday night, where music, dancing and mirth held sway until the wee sma' hours. The scraping up and carting oil" the mud from First street, a few days ago has greatly improved the looks of the thoroughfare. Republicans, attend the primaries, and See that good substantial men are sent to the County Convention as del egates. Fred. Hill still puts up "doctor stuff" at the old place on First street, and always litis a pleasant word for his friends. The steamer Mh'wj is still on the dry docks at Oregon City, undergoing needed repairs. She will be out again in a week or two, A Democratic paper having obtain ed a new subscriber, records the start ling fact in a half-column article, headed: "Still another.' Our course endorsed by the people ."' "Old friends are like old boots : we never realize how perfectly they were fltted to us till they are cast aside, and others, finer and more stylish perhaps, hut cramping and pinching in every corner, are substituted." Quite a number of young men are ittending a night school where Latin is taught. At least we should judge o, as on. Tuesday night, a crowd, of them passed out ofBoe wlw had gpi as fcras "UI," Neuralgia is very common, as well a very painful, hereabouts. Mrs. Gus. Layton is slowly recover ing after a severe illness. " The mumps are abating, bress de Lord." is the latest ejaculation. Xo change ill general market prices to note. Fall sown wheat generally, so far as we can learn, looks splendidly. The price of fit beef cattle is begin ning to look up. New goods to replenish depleted stocks are beginning to arrive. R. ('head le looks quite cheerful in the old store on (he corner. S. K. Young has some line shot-guns muzzle loaders. At Rumbeau's Restaurant yon can get a square meal for two hits. loluiy Sehmeer still makes excellent bread, and keeps tresh groceries, pro visions, etc. ' To-night is the regular meeting night of the liebekah Lodge. I.O.O.F. A full attendance requested. Harper it Co. have had a good run of business during the week. They keep an excellent assortment of goods. Oats quoted at .10 cents per bushel In this market $1 SO per cental in San Francisco. The Article on fourth page, entitled ! the Dartmouth College Case, was com- j piled from the St. Louis Democrat. foe eighth of an inch thick Wednes i day morning. "Siberian weather." cerlingly ' Whoopittjr couch is still stalking noisily through some of the outlaying districts. Mr. Clement is lying at Mr. D. i Mansfield's, in this city, very ill with lung lever. Geo. W. Young hag the lumber on i the ground, and will soon commence I the erection or a cottage, on the cor-i ner of Third and Lyon streets. Preaching at the Court House on Sunday evening by Elder Stephenson. Subject evidences of a future state. i All invited. ! Win. Tweedale will remove hisgro ! eery establishment to tlic store lately ' occupied by X. Baum, on First street, I next week. A number of candidates for county offices, who have m.t resigned, are getting ready to. They shall all have a free show. Mr. Cherry will soon have a black smith shop in fnlf blast opposite his foundry, on corner of Montgomery and First streets, where general job bing will fie done. The Phonograhic Academy is grow ing in numbers and popularity. Prof. McCaw is proving himself an able teacher. ' Mrs. Andrew Hill, now of Portland. who experienced a severe attack of kumrI., e of the lft9t W(.,.k, her friends here will be glad to learn, is convalescing. The final meeting nl the creditors of Charles Mealey, bankrupt, takes place in Portland, on Thursday. March 12th. at ore unlock P. M.. at the office of H. II. Xorthrnp. Esq.. Register in Bankruptcy, Those interested will make a note on't. The Odd Fellows contemplate cele brating the 2(5th of April in grand style, winding up with a hall in the evening. Albany Lodge has never celebrated, at home, heretofore, and this occasion will be a "new departure," and is Itound to fie a success. Tt the cele bration take any shape it may, we are on it. Albany Foundry Is in full blast, turniiigoutheadersandfinn machinery generally. Mr. Cherry is also engaged on a large order lor a newly invented cleaner, which is highly spoken of, and a large number ot which have al ready been ordered. Mr. Cherry can and does turn out as good work at his foundry as ran lie obtained in the State. The politicians (office seekers) ot Linn county are constantly asserting to their friends and repeating it to themselves : There's something In the wind that bodes ns no good that threatens to leave.us without an occu pation. That they tremble in their boots, that their cheeks blanch with fear, in spite of the Immense number of cocktails they imbibe daily, can not but be noticed. VerJIy. it is a hard season tor chronic office-seekers ill these parte.. The Bulletin failed to reach its sub scribers in this city on Monday and Tuesday. The Bulletin explains hv saying, a new and faster press was put up for it, but upon the first trial two cogs give way. delaying the issue until too late for the mails. The press was repaired and hereafter the piper will he on time. Rev. Mr. McDougall lectured several times during last. week, on temperance. He organized a lodge of the Independ ent Order Champions of the Ked Cross, with thirty odd members, He also preached twice, on Sunday, at the ( 'ourt House. Ail. the schools of Jefferson have taken.a vacation for two weeks to give the measles, which have just started in,- a fair chance to "come out." Chas. Rimes, John Haekleman. Hart. Crooks. W. 8. Newbury, Win. Rutnhangh. and others expect to erect residences during the coining sear-on. The hoodlums of Jefferson the other night got away with six cross cut - saws, which they hung on the trees half a mile away. Mrs. Russell, a widow lady, lias I purchased a lot on Railroad street. ! and intends erecting a residence there I on at once. Win. Rumbaugh contemplates go ing into the manufacture of brooms, during the coming season, larger than ever. As lie is master of the business, always doing good work, we wish him the greatest snccess. The balance of the property belong ing to the Heaver Hosiery Company, at Jefferson, was sold last Saturday. Mr. L. C. P.nrkha-t, agent for the Linn County Grange Association, went to Pot t land on Tuesday on business. A flouring mill, especially for cus tom work grind for toll), is talked of. Probablv a good investment. A. Carothers & Co. will commence the manufacture of Soda this season With enlarged facilities. A large amount of lumber is finding its way into the city from Pass Creek. We are indebted to Senator Mitchell. we suppose, for copies of the Congret' si'mii'l Record. Thanks. First class butter commands .17 ' je per pound in this market, while the kind generally offered under the name of Imtter is dull sale at any flaure. The prevailing weather is telling on corns and bunions. Light boots are laid aside, and slippers and moccasins used instead. The lumber for a business house, on the property of O. Wesflakc. First street, west of Lyon, is on the ground, and mechanics will soon be busy in its erection, ft is to lie occupied, we learn, as a millinery tore. Onr old time friend, Mr. George Steele, of Portland, gave ns a friendly shake of the hand on Thursday. George i a large hearted boy, and we arc glad to hear of his success. May his shadow' never grow less. The first meeting of the Champions of the lied Cross, under the new or ganization', transpired on Thursday night. Elder Stephenson is tin: big chief, boss tyee, head center or what ever the title may lie. Remember the Supper and Sociable at the Opera House next Wednesday evening. An abundance of good tilings to tempt the appetite may be exieeted, while those who. On soetal converse bent, Can tune their lyres and let 'em went. We had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Dr. Gibson, ou Thurs day last. The Dr. reached Oregon op the last ocean steamer, and came to this city on Thursday. He is looking for a desirable location in onr State, and was much pleased witli Albany and her people. J. F. McCoy has purchased the lot adjoining John Schmeer, on First street west of Ellsworth, where he in tends erecting a building in which to conduct his harness and saddlery busi ness,, A portion of the lumber is now on the ground. Messrs. Graf A Collar have re ceived a fine assortment of furniture: comprising everything needed for completely furnlshlngadwelllngand to "set up housekeeping. "from the strong and substantial to the higher priced and more elegant outfits. To feast your eyes on, nice furniture call at their factory at loot of Lyon street, next to Althouso &Co.'splanuigmil). There is talk of a new millinery es tablishment in the city soon. Albany Odd Fellows Lodge is to-' have a new organ. John Schmeei intends to commence the erection of a residence shortly, ad joining his -tore on corner of Kllswoith and Fir-t streets. Youngsters an' beginning to bunt up their marbles, and asking ma if tisn't most lime to go barefoot. The Register is furnished to clubs at $2 per year, at which price it is the cheapest paper in Oregon. Mr. Hart will hereafter sell ticket each evpninz, for the Bxnress which leaves this city each morning at 5.15, at the Postoffloe. Those wishing to purchase a neat, comfortable residence, in a central location, on-easy terms, are referred to the advertisement of Mr-. Htttchins, in this jssii,.. For splendid blank deeds, mort gages. tc, call at this office. Two for a bit apiece cheap as dirt at ball" the money. If you want horse-bills, fivers. jio ters. cards, bill-heads, letter-heads, ball tickets, labels, blank hotes or notes for ninety days, call at the Kui ister office. Johii.Rriggs keepsa fine assortment of stoves and ranges, pumps, ;md all kind-of tin ware, etc.. for sale at reasonable prices. Call and -i e. The Southern Methodic society of this city hold their quarterly meeting to-day and to-morrow, in the Congre gational church. Professors Backus and Taylor are giving entertainments in the different villages in Linn county, meeting with fair success. The Comity Clerk. Deputy Sheriff, ami Mart. V. Brown, all take issue with ns as to the cost of arresting and putting upon trial Charley Brown, the Deputy Sheriff putting the cost at, not over $500. while Mr. Brown thinks $100 will cover the outlay, We are inclined to thi'nk our estimate is near er correct than either of the above; and if the arrest is made and tho trial had, we shall expect the aforesaid gentlemen to throw the figures in sight, so that taxpayers can judge for themselves how much too high our figures are. Will they do it ! , SNAGGED. Oil Monday last the steamer Albany, on her way down the river, with sixty tons of freight, struck a snag a short distance below Harrisburg, knocking a hole about four feet long in her bottom. Tia; Captain endeavored to beach her immediately after she struck, but wa compelled to fall down the river about two miles before he found it prac ticable. She fllled-rapidly of course, with such a bole in her bottom, and when beached the water stood several inches deep on her deck. Relief was telegraphed for. and on Tuesday the Success went up. After relieving her other freight and the leak partially stopped, the pumps were set to work, and in a few hours the Albany was again afloat. Damages are considered slight. Both boats passed down on Thursday. At Shedd, Messrs. Wheeler 4 Co. offer a line stock of general merchan dise at reduced rates a clearing out sale, to make room for a heavy stock of fresh Spring and Summer styles. People who look sharply a tier the econ omies, will notice the fact of reduction in the price of goods, and take advan tage of it. New Pai'EK. About March 11th, Mr. M, H. Abbott, Esq., will issue the first number of the Eastern Oregon Weekly Tribune, at Pendleton. Mr, Abbott has had many years experience as an editor, and will doubtlos print an acceptable journal. Another Clinton. The Southern , Methodists of this city have purchased a lot in Haekleman 's addition, and propose to erect thereon, during the coming Summer, a neat church edi fice. Ball. The pleasant days of late have dried up the streets, and brought nut our young men who are enamored of the exhiliratiug sport of passing the ball. A week or two of such weather and base ball, cricket and croquet will break out lu all their elegance Midi grandeur..