B ALBANY REGISTER. 8 PARAURJlJII.ETM. Strawberries are ripe. New potatoes in market. Linn county is full ot Independ ents thick as hasty pudding. Wednesday morning was cold and foggy. Business during the week only SO-SO. Two runaways on Tuesday only two. The wife of Judge Baber has been unwell for some time W. H. Scott, Esq., was in the ity on Thursday. Jack Titus sold seven Singers last week Judge Baldwin has taken the stump. Hugh Small was in the city on Wednesday. Dr. K. 0. Smith has received a patent for a new dental apparatus. J. G. Gilmore has returned from his visit to Eastern States. Politics getting hotter and more of it daily. The street sprinkler is now a recognized institution of this city. J. B. Irvine, of Scio, called a moment on Thursday. The temperance ticket is a good thing. M. M. Hart will erect a neat residence out on Baker street at once. John Atkinson, Esq , late of the Catiolic Sentinel, shook us up on Tuesday. The Willamette river is still in good boating stage, but freight is not offering very lively. Look out for the Astorianexcursh on the 25th it will doubtless prove a pleasant occasion to participants. Ford, Whitney and Humphrey are prosecuting it in Yamhill this week. The delinquent tax list was re turned to the Council on Tuesday night Our correspondent "Bedrock Democrat," hits some heavy blows. Bead his communication this week. X. Ji. Barber is the new Mayor elect of Corvallis. Shave 'em, Bar ber. Saturday evening's express train ran over and killed a cow at the switch in this city. The Albany base ball club has been chal leoged to play by theScio club. Quite a number of our people who have a desire to snuff salt water breezes, will go "down to the sea" on the 25 th. The dance at James Scraftbrd's, on the Luckiamute, Benton county, last Monday night, is spoken of by the boys at) a pleasant occasion. "Granger Watches" is the latest tiring at Titus, Bouregardes & Co.'s. Only $15 each, aud good time keepers. A writer in the Democrat thinks the )choco diggings will pay from 5520 to $30 per day to the hand if properly worked. The exhibition given by l aptain McKay aud his hand of Warm Spring Indians, at Woodward's Hardens, San Erancisco,on the 10th, wero witnessed by about twelve thousand peoplo. v The village of Ridgeway, low, was totally destroyed by fire on the night of the 6th. Thirty or forty famines were rondertxl hotrwless. J.cse:!im:itlfifc f 1.'nm '' AHjMkf l'r. f -' New York dates give details of a horrible outrage perpetrated by Colonel tSonzales, Commandant of the port of San Juati de Gantcmala, on tlie British Vice Consul, John Magee, with whom the Colonel had a personal difficulty with reference to the clearance of a vessel. They had a recontre on the street, ex changing blows. On the 24th of April Gonzales summoned Magee to appear at his office, and the latter declining to come, Gouza'es had him brought by soldiers. The Colonel then abused him, beating him over the head with a pistol, and declared he should tiiot receive 400 lashes, and then lie shot. Magee vainly invoked the protec tion of his flag, and the remon- strances of the United States Con su'ar Agent, James, were also dis regarded. The lacific Mail steamer Arizona arrived at noon, but Gonzales, seizing the telegraph office, planted two conon to cover the Arizona, had his victim brought out and 200 blows with a rattan inflicted. McGee fainted and was returned to prison, with the promise that the rest of the sentence should be carried out in the morning. Meantime, the news reached Salva dor, and a detachment of soldiers was sent to San Jose, reaching there just as McGee was stripped for torture. Gonzales ordered fn's sol diers to shoot Magee, but they re fused. He fled to the Arizon, pur sued by Gonzales, when unseen hands among the passengers fired a num ber of shots at the villain, three of which entered his body. His boat was taken ashore, when he died soon afterward. The United States Minister at Salvador sent a dispatch, ordering the detention of the steamer, but the Captain, consider ing that the order was designed to keep the ship until the safety of the foreign residents was assured, de cided to disregard it, and sailed for Panama April 25th. The British Government will doubtless demand prcmpt a: d full satisfaction for the. insult. The Grand Encampment of the I.O.O.F., of California, met in Va lejo on the 11th. Thirty-four En campments were represented. ' The Court of Inquiry in the Howard case closed its labors on the 9th, honorably acquitting Howard on every count. Sir Archdale Wilson, of Eng land, knighted tor heroic services at the capture of Delhi in 1857, is dead. W. S. Ladd, banker of Portland, will sail for Europe in a few days, accompanied by his family. In Spain the Carlists report a victory over the Republicans in the last battle. Liberia is the name of the steam er reported lost between Liverpool ; aud Madeira. The Pendleton Tribune says: The cattle growers of Birch Creek, and vicinity made a large Rodiero on Tu-lu-willow on Thursday last There were about seventy men present. Yesterday they were to make another on McKay Creek. This should be practiced at least twice a year, as it enables people to find their stock without much traveling-and they are not so liable to lose by esuayiug. The "Vieuxtemps" Brothers are Slofers. The mining season in Baker County will be short. The Rosedale Troupe will soon, appear at Baker City. Grain in Union County is doing remarkably well. Jacksonville wants to celebrate the Fourth of July. ' Speculators from Victoria are buying up sheep in Union County. Baker and Canyon City are to have weekly connection by mail. Jacksonville people are being enlightened on the beauties of Spir itualism. Cattle are dying rapidly in the vicinity of Burnt River, Eastern Oregon. . The farms around the residences of Baker City folks are being turned into orchards. "Barney Flanders," the fast trotting horse of Jacksonville, was sold for $1,000 last week. Stonewall, an Indian at Jackson ville, went on the war-path a few days since. Ten dollars paid the bill. The Jacksonville Time was de layed publication several hours by the non-arrival ot pajier this week. But few persons knew it. , F. L". Mace, who recently went to California to purchase some Angora goats, returned to Jackson ville on the 8tb inst with one hun dred. On Thursday last Rev. Mr. Bell, of the Arkansas Conference, while cutting some fire-wood at Ashland, cut a severe gash in his foot, nearly severing it A Democratic paper at Jackson ville is compelled to say the Re publican primaries were fairly at tended, which means considerably more han pleasant to Democracy. The Union County Republican Convention met in La Grande last Saturday. The delegates from La Grande precinct are 1). Uiapiin, J. L. Caviness, James McDonald and S. O. Swackhammer." ' At the Republican primary meetings on the 2d inst, at Jack sonville, the following gentlemen were elected delegates to the County Convention : Jesse Dollar hide, M. Bellinger, Joseph Blatt, G. Brown, John Boyer, W. J. Stanley, R. Armstrong, P. D. Par sons and S. Hall. Gov. Salmon informs the Echo that he has received orders from the Washington Coal Company to commence work next week opening their coal mine, near Tenino, and that work will be pushed vigorously from this time until a full supply for shipping is procured, and then the supply will be continued with- out abatement. The government dam now being erected across one of theslongh mouths of the Willamette, adjoin ing Pearcy's Island, will, it is thought, injure the adjacent farms, and during the past week papers have been filed for an injunction against the work. Mr. Williams Watson, Reeds- ville, Washington Countv, is col- lecting samples of Oregon wool to send to Austria and Scotland. All favors by way of samples to Mr.W. will be duly credited and thankfully received. , ' ., ' . i The Seattle intelligencer of the 2d says : Yesterday, we noticed on one piece of the Seattle Railroad, with their coats off and sleeves rolled up the following gentlemen : Dexter Horton, Rev. Norman Me- Leod, Rev. Mr. Cosper and Cant Geo D. Hill. Chief Justice Ja- cobs and Hon. John Denn, similary occupied, were not tar d&k Md i is' wort f12 f 'per The officers of Utah claim now to have caught John Bender, brcth cr of Kate and son of the old man. Tfce Dayton, W. T., Woolen Mills have ceased operations for the present. Cause, out of wool. Martion Rennet , near Springfield, lane County, out a terrible gash in his toot last Wensday. Saxe Brothers have sold over $2,500 worth of blooded bulls at Walla Walla. Hon, S. M. Waite, of Dayton, W. T., proposes to telKthe Gran gers what he knows about the beet sugar buisness. ' The actual deficiency of Rob't J. Ladd, the defaulting school clerk, is reported uy the comraittiee who examined the books at $12,791 54. A Forest Grove doctor has a live specimen of horned toad. It was sent to him from San Diego, Cal. The Steamer Dayton now makes only semi weekly trips up the Yam hill. Freight has become rather scarce up the river. A stampede of 300 head of cattle in Hillsboro on Tuesday created Smite a stir and a tremendous dust or a short time. The coal shipment from Empire City for the week ending April 28, amounted to 9,000, tons and 150,000 feet of lumber was shipped in the same time. William Jones, formly a screw. turner at Port Madson Mills, has been adjudged insane by the Pro bate Court of Kitsap county, and committed to the Insane asylum. Hiram Flickinger, of Corvallis, met with a painful accident on Thursday last, by cutting his knee with a drawing kuite. Wheelock Simmons has offered the c tizens of Hillsboro the use of sufficient ground for picnics, base ball purposes, and other outdoor meetings, for ten years, on consid eration that they will fit up the grounds for said purpose. The election by the Vancouver Fire Depaitment, on Monday, May 4th, resulted as follows: Chief En gineer, M. Wintler; First Assistant, P. Buckley ; Second Assistant, G. W. Brock. William Hunter, who resides near the Chehalis Reservation, was arrested last Monday on a charge of selling liquor to Indians. He was bound over. ' ;; Mr. Andrew McKeney, Supt of the Reutoii coal mioe near Seattle was killed last Thursday, by a loaded car getting away and run ning over him. Sheriff Palmer, of Benton county, has up to this date received and paid over to the County Treasury of his county $24,210 in coin, on account of taxes. P. F. Baxter, Democratic candi date for Clerk ot Benton county, has withdrawn from 'the ticket. The Ladies Relief Society cleared about $425 at the concert recently given by the friends of the cause in Portland. Rev. D. W. Gray has been invhv ed to accept the pastorate of the Forest Grove Congregational Church. The members of the Grand Army ot the Republic are making prepa rations, already , for a celebration of Memorial Day May 80th. There are twenty-three civil eases and six or seveu criminal ac tions on the docket for disposal at the present term of the Circuit Court, for )lk oounty. A county school teacher near Vancouver gave, a faithflil pupil a prize of a fine-tooth comb. Report now has it that tlte fruit crop of Union County wilt be im- Eugene-CAj tntotft ealebritte July th Fewrth. Our exchanges are mining over with ptenie notices. !i ' ! Baker Comity folks are getting ready to attend the races. A man named Charles Easts i missing from la Grande. ' Umatilla County is the locality of a revolting crime of incest Salemites have commenced fidg eting about the Fourth of July. A grand reunion of Pioneers will take place at Aurora next month. The Grangers near Marion Sta tion are going to picnic on the 22d inst A representative of the San Francisco Bridge Company is in Salem. Work on the Olympia Railroad progresses finely. Victoria is livelier than it has been for ten years past A large schooner was launched at Port Blakely last Thursday. Idaho Territory is following in the wake ot the Grange movement. The work of grading Idaho City streets causes general satisfaction. Two Church pillars at the Cap ital engaged in a red-hot dispute a few days since. The Sheriff of Idaho County,!. T., has been caught up on a $672 "irregularity." Mr Hardy has taken the place of Kimbal as Conductor on the eastside railroad. B. F. Drake has purchased of the county the cells and irons belong ing thereto ot the old County Jail at Salem. The Independe nt candidate for County Judge of Lane County practices with his revolver by shoot, mg his neighbor's cattle. A little boy named Jettison, liv ing in North Salem, met with an ac cident yesterday by which his leg was broken. Twenty wagon loads of flour from Coolidge's, tor shipment by river, came into Salem Monday morning from ftilverton. ., Oregon now has six more papers fonrdalies and two weeklies than she had six weeks ago. Ev. ery candidate will soon have an or gan at this rate. A man near La Grande lately cap. tnred a monster wolf that measured in height 2 feet 9 iuohes; length, exclusive ot tail, 5 feet and 9 in. ches. The Daily Guard, of Eugene City, has the cut ot the eagle in its head "bottom" up aud in its beak are the stars and strides "Union" down. A gentleman who is gathering to gather a band of horses for the British Columbia trade, purchased of the Indians of the Umatilla County, last Monday, six Indian ponies for $17. Tie Umatilla Unburn says: If the dirty thief who stole our clothes line the other night will hang him self with it, he will oblige us very much, and we will publish a first class obituary notice of him free of charge. Charles Bowie is now canvassing Marion County for subscriptions to the Farmers' Association for the manufacture of wagons and agricul tural implements. The capital stock is to he $30,000, in shares of $50 each. 6. W. Hunt, Job Denver and John Downing were appoiuted a committiee at a recent, meeting held at Rock Point Marion County, to take, under ad visementthe getting lip of a "farm implement factory" in that vicinity. I rtyort it n'' wi;!kuspl.!fc vJf..). !mi) uent meeting; wr-;it 1