ALBANY REGISTER.
8
At 2 P. M. on the 22(1. sny a Port
Jarvis. N. Y. dispatch, an engine ran
of the track at rniondale, of the
Jefferson branch, between Susque
hanna and Carhondalc. and fell down
an eghaokmeut seventy-five feet, in
stantly kilting conductor 1. R. Hard
Injfc engineer Cramer, fireman Daniel
Cramer, and bmkeman Thomas Rip.
Dates to the 23d from Cheyenne are
a follows : General Baker, a noted
Indian fighter, arrived here yesterday
and left for the front to-day. Gen
erals Sheridan and Ord reached Port
Laramie in sifety tlii-s morning:,
Nine Companies of fnfantrv and seven
of Cavalry left lu re to day for the
vicinity of lteil Cloud Agency. Con
fddetuble snow has fallen and the
weathe" cold.
Meni'ii is of the 0ooe Judiciary
Committee snv that the Geneva award
distribution will not probably be ready
to report lor weeks.
At Detroit. Michigan, on the 23d. a
heavy ea-t wind drove the ice from
the month of Sagitinw river Into tlie
Bay, It was reported that three hun
dred fishermen were on (he floating
loa, and at last hccontit" they were five
miles from land. It was frnred that
the ice would break np before the men
could be rescued, and a tearful loss of
life won'd result. fJiter A later re
port from N'ltewaiiisr tins evening
says that fifty men have made a land
ing there. Other reports from dif
ferent points say about two hundred
men have escaped and that two men
are known to he drowned. The lee
is solid and ranges from twelva to
twenty inches in thickness arid cannot
easily be broken np,
The following named postmasters
havelx'en appointed for the Pacific
coast: Chas. B, Botsford, at Oswego,
Clackamas county. Oregon; .lames
Lister. Scott sburg. Douglas county.
Oregon.
Dispatches from Nagasaki. Japan,
say the Insurrection is spreading, and
that the situation is critical. The in
surgents arts advancing on that place,
and at last accounts were so near that
foreign residents were preparing to
leave.
A Londoii Ttnm special Irom India
gives details of the distress by the
famine in Bengal, in two districts, of
Which 230,000 are 111 distress. It is
estimated that in the famine-stricken
territory half a million would perish
were it not for Government aid. by
which alone they now subsist.
On the 24th 111 Congress Senator
Kelley presented a petition from cit
izens oi Oregon, asking lor the passage
of the bill lo aid In the construction of
the Portland. Dalles & Salt Lake Rail
road, which was referred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
The sub committee ot the House
Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom
the matter was'suhmitted, have agreed
to recommend that all claims for
Indian depredations be turned over
for adjudication and settlement to the
United States Courts for the respective
districts where the depredations have
been committed.
R. H. Lindsay, has been nominated
U, S. Attorney for Nevada; H. Car
penter postmaster for Hamilton, Ne
vada. Dispatches from all parts of Ohio
where the temperance movement has
been started, report immense tem
perance mass meetings and general
activity.
Steve Lowery, the last survivor of
the Robeson county, N. C, outlaws,
passed in his checks recently while
tuning up ins banjo preparatory to
playing for some wagoners. Three
citizens tired at him, and three balls
entered his head at about the same in
stant of time. The killing catt ed the
greatest rejoicing among the citizens.
Lowery. When shot, carried a rifle,
three pistols and a knife. The $0,000
offered for his body will lie eqnall"
divided between the three young men
who killed him.
At one o'clock on the morning of
the 25th, at Newcastle, Delaware,
twelve masked men entered the jail
'nd seized, gagged and bound the
i warden. They burst open the cell
and let out Fraier, recently sentenced
to imprisonment for life for murder,
and Lawton, Huributt, Carter and
ope, in for 10 years each.
William Bennett, of Jamaica. Long
Island, was tataliy shot there by
Charles Spragne. of Rockawav. during
a quarrel about a woman.
At DaytOU. -Ohio, on the 24th,
Christopher Monrse. a Frenchman.,
living in the southern part ot'the city,
shot and instantly killed his wife in a
sudden fit of rage.
It is now probable that till the fish
ermen on the floating ice in Saginaw
Ray will reach shore In safety. Two
hundred reached the shore on the 23d.
Others who were on another field
have been driven to the western shore
by a change in the wind, so they can
probably laud easily. The report that
Smith and Poorier were drowned is
untrue.
From Mexico: A terrible affair has
occurred in tHe State of Vera Cruz.
A quarrel between the townsmen of
(julmixilum ami lluasacuaico, re
sulted in (I tight in which seventeen
'.cere killed. The infuriated men ot
nuasaciialeo afterward went to Quira
ivl.'an and began an indiscriminate
massacre, killing children and cutting
off the breasts of women. The neigh
liorlng town of Chalchtcomttla sent a
detachment of inililia to stop the
atrocities.
The police spy reports the number
of New York Communists at 1)00, and
says the German and I ri-h organiza
tions are uniting with the Frenchmen,
lo a recent meeting the Chairman
aid: "It is not only work we want;
it is also liberty and abolition of high
salaries and monopolization. We
want the heads ot the thieves wbo are
now stealing the funds of the city.
We want their heads, and we shall
have them. We want to make them
sillier what we are now suffering.
1 here is no iinncc In
New York,
j u e will take justice info our own
hands, and administer ii with rifles
and bityouets. We will find pjetnte
leum, and use it as we did in Paris.
Our German, Irish ami American
brothers will help us, and we will
help them."
The freight brakenieri of the New
York and Krie Railroad are on a
strike for hack pay. No freight tr-uiis
moved today in consequence, and all
i passenger i rains have iieen stopjieu at.
llorncu-viiie. .Notion:: was
d lowed
to proceed except an engine
with a
mail car. A lante number are con
gregated at Hornellsville, The men
remain firm, and the company shows
no signs of acceding to their de
mands. FOREIGN".
From London, February 22d, it is
represented that Gladstone has de
termined to no longer take an active
part in Parliamentary proceeding-,
and there is much speculation as to
wbo will succeed him as head of the
Opposition. The Obsetver hopes that
Gladstone's determination is not final,
It is stated that on the assembling
ot the new Parliament, it will be im
mediately prorogued until the 12th of
March, to admit ot the re-election of
those who liave accepted office, and
the Queen's speech will not be deliv
ered until then.
Madrid. Spain, dates to the 22d say
that severe fighting lias been going on
in Biscay for several days. Gett.
Dorregaray, with 25.000 Insurgents,
holds the heights above 8omorrOStro.
The Republicans have taken the first
height. Their losses are heavv. The
w ounded are coining into Santander.
A fleet has left that port to attack
Portngalete, which will be simulta
neously assaulted by land. Later
The fleet entered the river on Friday,
and found that Portngalete had been
abandoned by the Carlists.
The Carlists have taken the town of
Yinaroz. in Valencia. The garrison
numbering 200 were taken prisoners
by tlie Carlists.
Dates from London to the 23d, give
the following : Sir Michael. Beach has
liet'ti appointed Chief Secretary for
Ireland; Sir Henry Ihbctson Under
Secretary for the Home Department.
Sir Chas. Adderley becomes President
of the Board, of Trade. Sir John
Pakington has lieen elevated to the
Peerage, under the title of Baron
Hamilton, lie was defeated in the
elections.
Mr. Dillon, member of the Liv
ingstone Search Expedition, has
committed suicide. Dr. Livingstone's
remains were expected 'to reach Zan
zibar on the 20th inst. The Cameron
Expedition will proceed to Uiji ob
tain documents and property left by
the Doctor.
From Strasburg ,nnuer same date :
M. Gneoei and six other delegates to
the Reichstag from Alsace and Lor
raine have published a manifesto, re
pudiating Bishop Reas Cor his ac
knowledgment of the Frankfort
Trcatf.
From Paris. Feb. 23 : The citizens I The steamer North Pncific entered ; Hon. Benj. Simpson has liecn noro
ofStrasbun: demand of Bishop Reas 8H Juan harbor on the 10th during Inated for Surveyor Genera I ol Oregon.
L nlwition of his seat in the he prevalence nt a heavy gale. She A large band of sheep was recently
the re.ign. .torn of b.s seat i ' 0I1, t,, anchors, but dragl for sold In Polk countv at $3 10 per head.
Reichnagliee.iu.se he has acknowledged j,i , ,t ,Mjie, then steamed ahead , .... . .. ij, 'i, In ini
the. validity oftheTrety of Frankfort, j again, and at ten minutes past four I JJ " '
The Dutch troop in Aeheen have
captured afi linporthat tort, killing
I 200 of its defenders. The los to the
I expedition was only killed and 5(1
I wounded.
A report has reached London that a
great natl 'e nas i.eeu loiiont ar i om
massie between the Ahautees and the
force under General SlrGariiett Wols-
lev. The cr.irairenii'iit s said to havi
lasted a whole dav and lo have closed
with no decided result. The loss of
the ibitish troops i- giwu as nearly
.'inn tn.-lnrlinr mniiv oHlii-rs. The
Highlanders alone are reportod to have British ColnmMa dates to the 21st,
had 150 men killed, Gen. SirGamett , announce the success ot the DeCosmos
Woldev Is said to lie In i ced of rein- nut son. The election tor representa
foreemei ts. which are 150 miles olf. w '"''he Dominion House of Coin
Dates to the 24th from Madrid for the Victoria district took
Siu.1,1 ivnorl the ensure of Porfllffl -
lie by Hie .National forces isconnriuea.
Morioncz with 22,000 men. now con
fronts the main body of the Orlists.
and news of a general engagement is
hourly, expected,
fmU Steers
A terrible tragedy was enacted at
Wafsonville. California, on the even
ing of the 2 1 st. MM. Gllkey and Dr.
C. K. Cleveland being the actors.
There has been great ill leeling be
tween the parties, a deadly feud having
j existed for some time, and culminating
last lilht in the death pi hoMlOt them.
It appears lrom the testimony of Al
fred Devoe. who was an eye-witness
to the Whole affair, that' about 11
o'clock last i)igljt he met Dr. Cleveland
at the Mansion lions,-, and together
they walked down town, the Doctor
telling Defoe thai he was hunting Gll
fcev who had threatened him and he was
going for Mm. Devoe tried to get the
Doctor home, but did not succeed,
They, both went Into a saloon, dr ink
and went out. Devoe supposing the
Doctor would go home, was on the
point of leaving when Gllkey appeared
on the scene. The Doctor said: '"There
is the son of a now." Gllkey
then started across Maple avenue, us
ing similar language, and also saying.
I am prepared for you now." Tliey
both drew their pistols, which could lie
seen glisteiilugin the starlight. D voe
here tried to - top them, sitylng they
had gone fir enough. Trie D( -tor
commenced hacking up towards the
railing of the sidewalk, Gllkey follow
ing. When the Doctor reached the
end of the rail, both men ilred at the
same moment. Aitei tl first hot
and before Cleveland fell, he tired
again at his antagonist GHkcy, as he
was apparently turning, the doctor
then fell on bis face. Gllkey went
hack as tar as a tree on the corner of
the sidewalk, steadied himself a -econd
or so. then fell dead. Neitherof them
spoke after the first shot. The com
batants must have been within two
feet of each other when they tired. An
alarm Was given, and the lifeless bodies
were picked up and taken away. An
inquest was held this morning. Gil
key had been drinking all yesterday
afternoon, and was very boisterous to
ward evening. Cleveland had also
been drinking. Had this not been 'In
case, in all probabilltj the fatal event
would not have taken place. The af
fair has ereateil considerable excite
nient ill town. Both parties have lived
here .several years. Cleveland was a
physician of good standing, and had
an extensive practice. Gllkey was a
millrlgtlt. and when under the influ
ence of liquor was very abusive, and a
dangerous man to cross or come in
contact with.
From Oold Hill, Nevada, nnderdate
of the 2tst, we have the twotbllowing
items of news : This morning, a boy
named Joseph Joy came near having
his head split open by a buzz-saw.
While scraping Up sawdust at the Bel
chor hoisting works, he got directly
underneath the. saw. which was mak
ing about 500 revolutions a minute
When tie raised lip. the saw teeth hit
him. Inflicting a frightful gash in the
head. Last evening the head of the
steam drum at, the Pacific Mill blew
out. flying about 300 yards, over the
Woodville hoisting works and down
the canyon. None ot the mill men
were injured.
Tlie following sea-going vessels
were lying at Portland on the 23d :
Oha$eitr, siirtr '!nwt, Jennie Pitts,
Nahab, WehimiU Coloma, Etta Stewart,
and Pefcrtt, The Jennie Pith. ai id CVw.v
eir arrived in tow of the tng Hrenham.
The former vessel is now lying at an
chor out in the middle of the stream.
The tng did not remain at tlie wharf
but a few minutes, but returned to As
toria, without delay.
Counterfeit trade dollars an- In cir
culation In Portland. This kind of
moHey Is little better than none, al
though Portlauders may think differ
ently. A letter irom Polk county, states
that the crops of wheat In that county
this year will Ileal least twenty per
cent, greater In acreage than It was
last The fall Sown wheat looks well
strncK a suuKen rock, smashing tim- , , ii
bers in I r bow. A heavy sea was on j , "
ami sin lay in a very dangerous posi- Sheriff Burrh. ol Polk, late y trav
:tion. Vt '2:30 on the 20th she was t-lwl the country fver, and raised
tl nmi if,g on the rock so beavilv that I "bout 1,000 taxes.
I sixty-five head of cattle had' to he George Mansfield ; ud Frank Wayne
' throe n overhoanl mid are reiinrted all , trnvn heeii declared common drunkards
mt, ,e AWW. in port here, was
telegraphed for. imd Immediately pro- j Donverltes are indignant at theprob
Ceeded to render assistance, A sail ai,jj(V f the removal of the' Colorado
was : Heed under the Imw and imtn
I -tea.
rs arrived hen' at eiglir this
ng. Tlie damage to tlie North
i est imated at 5.000. Slie will
tlie ways here at once.
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'n Ol
' -,M" "' as Closely con
tesl 'd, at the close the Kill standing:
i)i i osnios, ;jos; f. J. Roseoe, Charles
Morion, 299, and Thomas Harris, 1)7.
De osmosand Rescue were declared
duly elected. The ballot was used in
this election, the first time in British
Columbia.
Here's an incident of the bite flec
tion at Salt Lake, recited by a high
old Mormon of that city . Quite a
young lady, with an infant In her arms
appeared and voted, and retiring into
the hall, says to Llziile, who seemed
to lie much younger, 'now, you take
t) baby and vote.' Lizzie did so,
and on returning, she turned it over
P another young lady, who went
tn rough the same formula." Mormon
says he left, but believes if be had staid
longer he could have ascertained ex
actly how many times that baby was
' ed. Hence, the conundrum : 'I a
baiy necessary to qualification, as to
Mr. Bowker's barn, which was
bin led at Salem Wednesday night last
wc ';. contained, he-ides quite a pile
of iv. a considerable number of vat
uar h- tools, anil bis loss will reach at
lea flOO. The incendiary, for such
wn- undoubtedly the origin of the fire,
wa considerate enough to turn onl a
COM which was in the hum before up-
ph tig the match.
e Sheriff of Marion county has
lately received a number of aiiouvmou
letters through the postotfice.- staling
thai certain persons were at those par
ticular times, in certain parts of the
city of Salem, who bad knowledge ot
the commission of certain crimes. He
offers a reward of 50 for the arrcsl
and conviction of the persons charged
In the letters with the com mission of
the crimes.
W. O. Kendall. Esq., of Benton
county, has demonstrated that the land
in Oregon never wears oqt . He hud a
field that had been sown to wheat and
oafs for 15 or 20 years. He plowed it
a foot deep hi the fall, and tour inches
ileep in the spring, and planted it in
cor i, getting 40 bushels to the acre.
La t fall lie sowed it in wheat, and
now the luxuriant grain is tall enough
to bide a rabbit.
A man arrived at ' 'orrinne. the other
lay who had walked all the way from
Helena, Montana. He gives n gloomy
account of affairs in that Territory,
and thinks it is relapsing back into a
howling wilderness. To see a man
dra v a greenback from Ids pocket now
creates as much excitement as the
drawing of a revolver did in the palmy
days of Montana.
W. II. Thoss. ngecl 50, native of
Prussia, committed suicide hi Silver
pity at 1:10 on the 4th inst . by shoot
injr himself through the temples. De
ceased had been afflicted with lung dis
ease for 23 years, and having no hopes
of recovery put an end to his suffering
by suicide. He shot himself in his
room in the lodging-house of Mrs.
Drysdule.
Thomas Brown, who was sentenced
for five years to the Penitentiary from
Jackson county, in 1870, was pardoned
bv (;oy. drover last Saturday. A w-
tiiion. signed by over 2,500 citizens of
tlie State, was presented to Hie Oover
nor for his release. This is the largest
petition ever placed on file in the Gov
ernor's office.
James Chambers ot King's Valley,
Benton count v. Oregon, has plowed
400 acres iliimc the t inter, anil ex-.
peets to plow 150 acres more before
seeding time. Five hundred and fifty
acres in wheat, and wheat at $1 per
bushel, with an average yield, will put
money in Jim's purse.
The PhiloniBthlsn Society of young
ladies at Forest Grove gave a literary
entertainment last week, which drew
a large audiencei The Misses Coodell,
Keen, Collier. Lyman, Martin, Scott.
Coburn and Watt were the principal
performers, and all acquitted them
selves in a highly creditable ' manner.
Charles L. Williamson ami George
M. Monroe, prisoners confined in the
Ogden city jail, cut through some
planking, tore out some adobies on tlie
south side of the cell, and made their
escape, taking with them about 20
worth of blankets.
The miners in Josephine and Jack
son counties have sufficient water to
i
,
keep them miming for some time.
and expect to take out thousands of j
dollars worth of virgin (old
; bv the eitv authorities of Corvallis.
Capital to Pueblo.
Several farms In the Waldo Hills.
Marion county, have been sold recent
ly, at prices ranging from 14 to 20
per. acre.
Candidates appear to be more plen
tiful in the sage brush counties of
Kastem Oregon, than in the "cow
counties."
A man from Baker ity recently
caught 1,800 pound of mountain
trout and sold them in tl -at market for
10 cents a pound.
A Chapter Lodge of Royal Arch
Masons has been organised in Kugene.
Among others Interested i.i this work
we notice ex-Covernor V Inteakcr and
Dr. Baley.
T. D. Humphreys. Esq.. the Chair
man of the Washington County Re
publican Committee, has called a
meeting of that body for March 4th,
at 1 o'clock, at Hillshoro.
The continued snow and rain storms
that have prevailed in Jackson county
lately have incapacitated the ground
for plowing, and the farmers are un-,
able to do much.
Jackson county has (13 person and
firms who each pay over $100 taxes.
Of these. 21 pav over $200. S nay over
$300. 4 pay over flOft, and the O. C.
It. Road Co. pays If 1.410 20.
W. B. Singleton, of Roseburg, stood
almost in one place and kiiled "even
deer out of nh:e shots, every shot
taking effect but one. This work of
desi ruction occupied not to exceed ten'
minutes.
Private Michael Ctillen. Company M
Eighth Cavalry, committed suicide at
Fort Union, Colorado, on the 30th ult.
by shooting himself through the body,
jil-t above the heart. Domestic trouble .
was the cause of the deed.
The Roseburg PlaindetUer has been
informed of rich placer mines, dis
covered last week on the headwater!
of Myrtle creek. Several claims have
been located, and prospect about 40 a
day to the hand.
The son of K. L. Bristow, Eugene
City, one night last week shot at a
hurglar who was attempting to gain
an entrance Into his father's dwelling.
Unfortunately tie tailed to "bring" the
thief.'
The hall given by the Hook & Lad
der Company at. McMinnville on Fri
day evening, the 20th inst.. was a most
splendid suCOes. Over one hundred
couples were present, Tlie beauty
and fashion of Yamhill were all on
hand, and the party eclipsed anything
of the kind ever given in that flourish
ing section.
It 1ms become a settled fact that the
headquarters of the department of the
Platte will lie moved from Omaha to
a place farther west. Our Information,
which comes through militaiv sources.
leaves us In doubt as to the locality
which is likely to be chosen, although
we have been assured that both Gen
erals Sheridan and Onl prefer Chey
enne to Denver.
Six carpenters were hired and set to
work on tlie Xmili Paoiflb. The ex
tent of her injury Is not known, but it Ls
supposed that 10 days work, and an
expenditure of $1,000, will make her
good. The cattle throwu overboard
belonged to Messrs. Spurlock and
Jackson, and were beeves for the Vic
toria market. Throwu overboard in
the night, and in such a sea, the unfor
tunate animals were entirely helpless,
and with a few exceptions, all drown
ed. Their value was probably 12.000.
While the Rev. J. R. Thompson, of
Olympla, was gone on a lecturing tour
to Seattle, some person or persons un
known (though certain highly respect
able individuals are suspected) took
advantage of his absence down Sound,
whither he had gone to lecture for the
henefit of tlie Seattle Library Associa
tion, to enter the pai-sonage and make
themselves perfectly at home, over
turning things generally, and putting
down a new carpet in the study and
making various changes too iniineroiu
to mention, and all tor tlie better.
It seems the messenger in charge of
tlie express box q Wells. Fargo Co.
at Kalama, froiff which $8,000 wan
extracted recently, by name Fagan,
In connection with Budlong. are the
hovs who put up the job oti the Ex
press Co. Budlong carried out his part
of the steal, but Fagan failed, after
arranging the whole matter, to hav
the necessary nerve to carry out the
part of the programme assigned by
liimselt to himself. Having acknowl
edged the theft. Budlong's hall was
fixed at 1.000, a ridiculously low
figure, which he iinmediatlely guv
and fled. The opinion Is that Fagsfn
will also flit from tlie gaze of hi
friends before the sitting of the Court.