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ALBANY KFXHSTER. U. H. Official Pwper for Oregon. SATURDAY, AFBIL 18, 1874. Crops in the West Indies Sported seriously injured by hailstones and gales. t The telegraph brings a rumor that the Duke of Kdinborgh is to succeed lxrd iXi&riu asUoveiuur General of Canada. A SorosU Club, with husbaud'. hH attmilied, U.tUUtest, Loudo dodge. The advautae of intt 'i that the ladies know exactly when their lords are. Thos. Enright, fhe convict re Aontlv imrdoned bv Gov. Booth wunj of California, went through on morphino in San Francisco on the lUh-Buictded, Slaves serving in the Spanish armv m Cuba five years are to re- ceive the same pay as other regular troops, and at the expirauon of the five years are to be declared tree. The famine in Calcutta Is repor ted everywhere uuder control, and the Government is amply supplied with provisions for all who may ditanaod aid. This is cheering LOWS. On the 10th the Massachusetts . aenatorsnip was sun m as muu doubt as ever Pawes still ahead, but lacking about thirty votes to secure the prize. Mrs. Cafrie Jessup, of New Ha Tn, Connecticut, has invented a compartment pot, in which corned beef, fresh codfish, potatoes and plum-pudding can all be boiled at the same time. Fall River, Mass., lias near'y twice as many spindles as Lowell, and is the gratest cotton manufac turing city in the republic It is justly called the Manchester of America. lis population and wealth are increasing more rapidly tban any town in New England. The son of Sir Digby Neave, of England, heir to estates in England worth $100,000 a year, was murdered lately 1n the Wet Moun tain Valley, Colorado. Not long ago one ot his brothers was killed by a bear, another by a tiger, and another fell in the Indian mutiny. - That wonderful scholar, Mrs. rktaerville, read Greek every morn ing before breakfast. After she Sad passed her ninetieth year she ittoed her time between the higher algebra, reading the poets and the newspapers, receiving friends, and working with the needle, without spectacles. Mrs. Brydges, of Pennsylvania, described as a young and graceful wife of an octogenarian millionaire, it is claimed by a correspondent, wears the most magnificent dia monds ever seen in Washington. At a recent reception she was literally ablaze with jewels, com. arising "necklace, ear-rings, tiara, hnoeiote, and stomacher. Hon, John D. Defrees, formerly editor of the Indianapolis Journal, in engaged in preparing the ma terials for "A Civil and Political History of Indiaua, with Sketches f its Prominent Citizens, from the Formation of its Territorial Gov erumeat to the close of the Year 1873." . This period embraces irly three-quarters of a century. The cotton-mill hands of Pennsyl vania do not seem to be much better off than those pf New England. Before the panic the mills were Paying the women employed by ftenj M or si? (J week, and , Ibis h since been pduced flteen my nave hixuck; imi(im vomeit peter, fftia. ,1 ifejtifi.rieflttfi A brttttlVr Murdered. The Kansas City Tinu of March Unas the following: The large rewards offered for the capture of the Iowa train wreckers, and later for the (lad's Hill robbers, has led a Chicago detective to a very sudden and inysterious death at the haifls of those whom he came to capture. From the following 'horifying de tails as furnished by some of the officials working up the case, it will be seen that the capture of the ( iad's Hill robbers is not to be made easily or without serious trouble, and it is verv boubtful whether they are ever to Wen alive.. , On Tuesday morning last a stran ger arrived at one of the Liberty hotels and registered his name as J. W. Whicher. He was well ' ,lrcsa'd, and made no secret of his btwjnea and his intentions, lie said tbat h)J was after the Ga(Vs 1 lill train robbers, and that he had trailed them from Gad's Hill to Clay : 0 ,Ullty an(3 he t0 WKA : he through with the job, He walked about town during the day, making close inquiries concerning the where abouts of the farm of the Widow James and the habits and customs of the James boys. The detective was informed that taiks from Kearney, and ten or twelve from Kansas City. He also made inquiries as to whether a pis tol pointed suddenly at their heads would not be likely to intimidate and surprise them so that they would surrender These and other indiscreet remarks at the bauk and hotel left no doubt of his intention to attempt the arrest of the James brothers. Before leaving Liberty he deposited fifty dollars in the bank subject to his own order and of another person, with the under standing that he might not return again, as he was going out on a desperate mission. He also made such changes in his dress as to give him the appearance of a working man, in which character be intended to go to the James farm to apply tor work as a laborer, and so be. come better acquainted with the habits of those he intended to cap ture. Whicher left Liberty on Tuesday evening on the five o'clock train, having purchased a ticket for Kear ney station. He took with him only about six dollars in money, and stated that he intended to walk from Kearney to the James farm and apply lor work. Whether he went there and applied for Work or not is at present unknown, as noth ing more was seen of him after he left Kearney station until he was seen in the custody of three strange men, late that night. It is supposed by the officers who have been work ing up the case that he did apply to the James boys, and that his true character was at once discover ed ; bat this is only mere supposi tion. He may have attempted to arrest one of them, and tailed to get' the drop on them as he intended. The next thing that was seen of the detective he was a helpless pris oner, bound, and in the hands of those he bad' come so far to capture. It was at Owen's Ferry landing, on the Missouri River, about half way between Missouri City and the Richmond ferry. One of the ferry men was awakened at three o'clock on Wednesday, morning by a party of four mounted men. One of these fi prisoner, and rode a, gray iim9mf v&eQwo bays wm muiflfoim mm to tow the flat-boat over the river alone. They then commenced to call across the river to the other ferryman, wlu was asleep in his house on the. Jacksoil county shorn The ferryman at first refused to go over the river, but the men noti fied him if ho did not they Would cut bis boat loose and send it down the river. In reply to his questiou as to who they were and what they Wanted, they shouted back that tltev were a sherirFs posse in cliarge of deputy-Sheriff Jim Baxter, and that they had captured a thief and were going over to Jackson county after another one. The ferryman says lie knew Jim Baxter was not there, but to save his boat from no- ing down the river he got in his skin and rowed over to the Clay aninty shore. All of the horses were blanketed, the three men had their faces covered up to the eyes with woolen comforters and their hat were drawn down as if for the purpose of concealing their identity. Only one of the men spoke, and he gave all the directions, aud led the bound prisoner upon the fiat-boat, and the party crossed over in strict silence. The prisouer dkl not ap pear to lie at all restles, nor did he manifest any anxiety about his lite, which was soon to bo taken from him. It was just three o'clock in the morning when the three men rode away from the terry-boat and dis appeared in the dark gloom of the timber. They rode slowly and silently away in the direction of Independence. It is not difficult to understand from the nature of the wouuds on tho murdered man how he Was killed. He was shot from the side, one bullet passing through his head and one through his neck, and a third lodged iu his shoulder. Wbetlier he was ordered to prepare for his fate and given some notice of their intention to kill him, or whether he was shot suddeuly while riding along bound helplessly to his horse, is a question that only the three mysterious men know them selves. They killed their victim In the road about four miles east of In dependence, cut the ropes from his legs aud left him where they killed him, and where he was found soon after daylight that morning. Officers who have been out after them, and from whom these details are obtained, state that the three murderers came to Kansas City on Wednesday morning and crossed the bridge into Clay county again. One of the party was seen at day light in Independence at the public spring; he Was riding a sorrel horse, and. was leading a gray answering tw the description of the one ridden by the detective from Uwen's Km ry. i The other two were seen in Kansas City on the same day, and it is the impression of those who have been making an investigation that the entire party has crossed the river over the Kansas City bridge. This murder is one of the most cold-blooded and deliberately planned tragedies ever perpetrated, It resembles in some respects the killing of Mr. Brown; near this city, about two years ago. He was shot down in his own yard by somel nn known hand. The hanging of Frank Mockabee near this city two years ago was another horrible mys tery of the same kind. It is not likely that another Chicago or St Louis detective will attempt to take trie Gad s Hill murderers single handed.. The fate of Mr. Wicher is an intimation that they don't in tend to be taken or annoyed with out a determined resistance. NoTE'Tirts. If the person who took a halter from the premises of John Sohmoer without permission, does not return the same within a reasonable time, his name will be given to the public In fnl I. , Tta.Bofjton. Traveller make this observation: For many years the liquor sellers have beep making war upon the i mace, the , comforts ld.rigljtsiWfSWWIl (the injwitf party n mmWfM. field, seek- .ing .wcurity, against further A Wild Cat TOKf ,-rThe Vicksburg, Miss., Timet tells the following in its issue of March 4 : "One day last week the residence of Mr Powell, near head of naviga tion on Sunflower river, was attack ed by a gang of wild cats, Mrs. Powell and a colored servant only being at home. The door being closed, one of the cats jumped through the window, when Mrs. Powell threw a blanket over it and threw it out at the book door. This one was soon followed by an other, which she killed with a small ax. By this time the colored cook was attacked a short distance from the house, and she alarmed a white neighbor, who was at work near the place, who came to her assist ance aud killed the cat with a hatchet, but not until the cook had been pretty well "chawed" by the kitten. The gentleman then went to the relief of Mrs. Powell, at the house, when two of the cats attacked him quite severely .before he sue deeded in dispatching them. Four of the pack were killed and several wounded before tliey could be scared off. The hides of the four cats that were slain were brought to this city on the steamer Lizzie yesterday. A day or two after this attacK the carcass of a deer was found buried near this place, with evidence of its having been the work of this same pack of oats. This account comes to us through a reliable source, and we can vouch for the veracity ot it. The natives attribute the attack to hunger." Some of the capitalists of Boston are discussing a plan for philan thropically combining in one insti tution the benefits of savings banks and life insurance. As yet they have gone no farther than to talk generally of the crude idea, which is to enable men of moderate re sources to deposit money for the insurance of their lives, the deposits to draw interest, and to be subject to withdrawal at any time. The life policy would, ot course, be canceled upon the money being drawn out. A Cincinnati boy, after gazing long and meditatively upon a painting representing the Biblical decline ot pork where the drove of devil-possessed swine were rush ing down the hill into the sea and being told the story, remarked: "I'll bet the old man'd found some way to pack the hogs and sell 'em for prime mess, without wasting a ham." There was a jumping match be tween seven young ladies in Wau pon, Wisconsin; for a silver modal. The contestants wore loose trowsers and no skirts, and are described as so bewitching that the spectators cheered, themselves hoarse. Sarah Jane Smith won. A clergyman being invited to open a legislature with prayer, offered the following ambiguous petition : "May corruption ana sin in every form be as far from every member of the legislature as Thou art.' Another lady preacher has se cured a pulpit in Boston. Her name is Lora Haines, add she has been several years studying tor the ministry. She is thirty years old, and bps "a pleasing but not beauti ful face." Benjamin P. Avery has been confirmed Minister to China. A. WHKH.ro. C. P. HOUUI. c. n. wsm.Eit. a. mamuat a SIIKOIl, OREGON, Dealers in Merchadle and Produce. ,A iOfclciDIlto,Jiiinn(,it,8. OF AH 1 VALID, . Published as Wining ami for the bofe e9t of Young Men and others who suffer from NERVOUS DEBOTTT, LOSS OF MANKoi, etc.. potiis ing ont thu means of aelf-cnre. Written b) Nathaniel May fair, Esq., who cured l:iirlf after under going considerable qiiivkerv, and mailed free on receiving a pro: -paid" directed en velope, by the publisher. K. ,IOHN M. DAGKALL. 25mS 11 Clfntoh-S . Bnklyr,T. T. YV. II. McFARLAXD, (LATE M. M. HAKYK (t CO.,) Nni door to Coiiwt'. itnnk, Albany, Or von, STOVES, RANGES, Force and lAi'l Piintpg, LEAD AND IRON PIPE, Hollow Ware, HOVSE FrRNISHiro JIARDWABC, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware. LAJU3ENT STOCK IN THE VAUCF. Lowest Prices Evory Time. Repairing Prop rly none. hra FOUNDItY. ALBANY FOUNDRY Ant' Machine Shop, A. V. CHERRY Proprietor, ALBANY, OltEGON, MannfiMtares Steam Engines, Flour and Saw 91111 machin ery, WOOD WORKING And AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, And all kind of IRON AND BR ASS C ACTINGS. Particular attention paid to repairing all kinds of machinery. 41 vS DRUGS, ETC. A. CAROTHERS & CO., -Dealers in - CHEMICAMI, OILS PAINTS, DYES GLASS, HHPS, ETC., All the popular PATENT MEDICINES, FINE OJXLEBY, C1GAK8, TOBAOUO, NOTIONS PERI'T.DERV, ltd Toilet; Good, i Particular care and promptness given Physicians' prescriptions and Family Bee tpes. A. CAROTHEKS A OO. Albany, Oregon-4v5 murder tin Albany HAS NEVER YET BEEN KNOWN, AND no threatening of it at present. Death Is a thing which sometime must bemll ovary son and daughter of the bin&an fam ily ; and yet, At the Mid-day, Of your life, if disease lays Ms vile1 bands upon yon, there is still "a lialm in (iilead," by whtoh you may he restored to pwnut healt h, and prolong your days to a miracu lous extent. How ? By calling on B. C. HILL & SOS, With a prescription, where yon; can have It compounded by one experienced hrtliat particular line. Also, constantly lihd stoflfe, trusses, etc. Agents for tho . 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