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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1874)
ALBANY .REOiaTEB- r . a. Oi Paper for Oregon. FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1874. Cheyenne is smitten with dry DC8S8, and the trees are dying for want of water. Work on the Pueblo and Salt Lake Rail road will commence next week, says the Chieftain. The Rochester Express r)otcs"the growing selfishness and insolence ot womeD." CUie Horses. Col. Nesmith brought with him from the East four fine stallions, which he has taken to his rueh in Polk county. Following "is the description of the animals: A large Wactc stallion of the "Knox" and "Messenger" stuck, The CouiHtork Millionaire. Senator Jones, the man with ,the financial ideas attached, is creating quite a splurge in society, and is possibly the most moneyed man here. He is living in the liouse built and occupied by Secretary Stanton, a sixty-five foot front, ,s, . i i i i ii uoa tliree-storv-hiilh brick residence, 16J hands high, and weighing 1,300 ( '""J pounds, is the finest animal we j sllualCJ WsllB r ,a"h " " one oi me many imamum goi" Julius Leopold, a German miner, was accideiillly killed in the Leaviu mine, at Centra!, Colorado, on Fri day before last. A Topeka man named Fluno talks of building a 9100,000 hotel at Colorado Springs, and it is thought that he means business. Charles Oilson and a party of ex plorers to the Black Hills.in spite of the Indians and soldiers, had to take a back track on foot, on ac count of their mules having stampeded. Dakota is a paradise, for we read that, with a total valuation of $6, 882,547 81, the Board of Eqoali sation has just levied a tax of one mill for the ensuing year, for terri torial purposes. The truant wife ot Robert Arch ibal, of Georgetown, Colorado, eloped the other day with a fair haired chap named Bob, leaving the disconsolate husband to teed, clothe and spauk half a dozen youngsters. "No fashionable lady ever goes to bed without first looking in her glass," said a gentleman. "And no fashionable gentleman ever goes to bed without first drinking out of his," responded a lady. Mrs. Carey, the gentle proprietor of a Fort Wayne, Ind., boarding- house, knocked one of her boarders down stairs recently, and broke his back. Me died shortly after it. At a saw-mill in Tyler City, Ind., the olhet day, an unknown German fell upon a saw which was rapidly revolving, when his head and one arm were cut off clean in a moment. have ever seen of his class, as he is not only handsomely built, but combines all the points which go to make up a good horse. nfl is a. fast trotter, and is gentle aud kind, devoid of fear and willing to go anywhere his groom wishes him to go. "Delaware" is a thoroughbred stallion about 1G hands high, from the old "Lexington" stock, and during his career upon the turf has come out winner ot twelve hard- fought races, and second in but two. He is of a dark bay color, with a noble looking face, aud is of so docile and kind a nature that he never attempts to injure any one. This animal is no doubt the fleetest that has ever come to the State, and during the Fair we will no doubt hear of his performances. The other two stallions are three year-olds, ot the o'.d "Knox" and "Messenger" stock, weighing about 1,000 pounds each, and in their build and action clearly resemble their sire. Judges of horse-flesh have no hesitation in pronouncing these ani mals the finest that have yet lieen brought to this North west Coast, and were any ot them for sale they would find ready purchasers at al most any price within reason. It is announced in the Baltimore papers that the President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal timore Railroad Company has no tified the Postmaster-General that in our city. Atter air. siauion s death Mr. Charles Astor Bristed purchased it. It was tilled to re pletion with superb furniture aud rare "'articles of vtrtu, among them exquisite paintings and gracefully perfect statuary. After the death of this eccentric genius and kind hearted man his widow rented the house and its household goods to Jones, who lives liko a lord. His house is filled with guests, who are received by his sisters. His table is magnificent, and his wines al most priceless. His physician has notified Jones that his Senatorial digestion cannot long survive the tax imposed on it every day, said he must diet or die, without the eat. Jones is correspondingly mis erable and refuses to bo comforted. His stables are rilled with fine" hor ses, and he keeps for his guests three or four carriages with drags (not drays), and phaetons without num ber. He is as generous as he is rich, and most profuse in that gen- erosity. 'ns said that his present to Miss Grant was a check for $5,000, with the request "that not being much of a lar y's man he did not kn-.w what she'd like, and so sent the money that she miglit pur chase what best suited her tastes." Corres-jKm den t Cincinnati Commercial. " SMALL MARGINS AND PROMPT RETURNS." THANKFUL TO AN APPRECIATIVE PUBLIC FOB TIIKIR GENEROUS AND unfiiilinu' support in tlit past, mi d hopeful of a continuant! mid enlargement of the same in the future, wo desire through this medium to call the attention of con sumers in Linn county, to our well assorted and carefully purchased stocks of :,'ood at the above points, comprising full and Complete Lines of all Classes of Roods iwuially kept In Country Stores. Lack of time and space precludes any at tempt to specify ; hut we are determined to maintain and add to our reputation for limping 'he WOflt complete Country Store In Linn county, and will only say in conclu sion, that our House at Shedd will he found to contain, at all times, mora nearly EverytMng IXTecdoci on. ex Farm than ever before-nnd as we have not been in the past, neither will we be in the future, undersold by any honorable dealer. A. WHEELER Sf CO., SHEDD and PEORIA, Dealers in General Merchandise, INCLUDING Machinery, Wagons, Lumber, Shingles, Ac. Bills for building furnished to order at lowest rates. Forwarding and Commission Merchants. X3f Highest market races in Cash for All Kinds of merchantable Produce. VJ Shedd and Peoria, Linn county, Oregon. PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. DIRECTORY. Office ot Oregon Ktate (.'rung. itfoufcr-rianiel Clark. Salem P. O. tf"cretar?-J. H. Smith. Iiarrisburg. Oueruer Win. Cyrus, Scio. LicturiT-fieorge Hunter, Walla Walla. Steward- R. P. Olds. " " Lady AisH Stiimrd Mrs. Chloe Oldg. Aaiilant iS! ftoard -W . M. Powers, Shedd, Chaplain Anthony Simpson. Corvallis. Wofepr - FrankShelton, Walla Walla Treasure r -B. A. Witzol, Turner. Vim Mrs. Jane Cyrus, Scio. Pimema Mrs. H. Powers. Shedd. Flora - Mrs. L. C. Recti, McMinnvllle. Kzvu'ive Committee Dan iel Ola rfc, Stilom ; MOW TO-DAY. FURN I TXJH.E. Two workmen in aquary at Brant ford, Conn., tried to drill out a heavy charge of powder which had Med to explode. The friction of the drill exploded the charge, and both men were seriously injured. Id many instances the fanners of Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory, having become disgusted with the exceedingly low prices of cattle, have concluded that the best way to bring up the price is to re dace the supply, and therefore they have been selling calves for slaugh ter by the hundred. Some d isordera have j ust occurred at Padua, in Italy, in consequence of the high price of provisions. On one evening a crowd of men and women assembled in the principal square where a military band was playing, and drowned the music with houteof"Down with the rich!" They insulted the well-dressed peo pie sitting outside the cafes, and broke the windows of those estab lishments. Similar disturbances oc curred on tbe sucecding eveniis, until .measures were adopted by the Mavoir to rrtivhrr mnatiit. As an illustration of progress in Russia we notice the following: An examination lately took pace afetr July 1st his company will not in Moscow of some young women haul the tinted States postal ears aspiring to the state certificate for 1 Jj-t?f; SV Waited 1TwlSSZ over the roid, but will carry the the profession of 'governess. An aSjSK' """""j mails like other freight, and charge j Archimandrite was present officially i 1 1 full fare for every employee of the j to ascertain the soundness of iheir Postoffioe Deparment who travels j religious knowledge. All the can over the road. The company holds : didates answered unhesitatingly to that as the United States authorities I his queries, that they had not stud fix the rate ot compensation for ser-1 ied religion in any way, Since the vice, they cannot compel the com- j belief in God was itself a by-gone panyto carry mails in any given i prejudice." These replies, however, Everything New. GRAF & COLLAR, Manufacturers and Dealers in F0M. ITURE ! OF ALL KINDS. way. The Postmaster-General, it is understood, will bring suit in the United States Courts to com pell the company to run the postal cars, and ! thus bring about a settlement of the controversy, The Bonapartists Jrt France are rejoicing over the market! attention shown by the Fmperor of Russia to the Prince Imperial. At a recent election they affirmed that the Km peror is in favor of the Prince Im perial, and would be, after the Prince's advent to the throne, the faithfully ally of France, so that France could then speedily take re venge." They also said that the Prince Imperial would marry the Princess Beatrice of England, and thus become the brother-in-law of the future King of England and a relative of the Uussiau Imperial, ftinily! From a letter from the General of the United States to Marshal Kearney, the Olympia Courier learns that an appropria tion of$7,2?ltvn made- by t Con gress at its last session, pursuant to hit recommt!n.4atWf U JMA i8 proved no hindrance, and diplomas were given to the otherwise compe tent. Thus lady atheists are now enrolled without difficulty oir the Russian educational staff. A melancholy accident has just occured in Switzerland. Mr and Mre. Lmkeard, a young English pair on their wedding tour, set out with a party of friends to make an ascent of Mount Blanc. iWhen they had reached the summit of the Corridor, tho ladies telt tlie cold so severely that the guides advised the party to return. All were fastened together with ropes, and the bride set out leaning on the arm of a guide. Hardly had they taken a hundred paces when Mr. Liskeard and ber companion suddenly disappeared down a crevasse, covered with a slightiayer.of frozen snow. Uuhap pily the rope by wtiioh they were con nected with the others broke, and they were seen no more. The hus band" at once procured extra assis tance frwtri1 the Grand-Chalets, but Uie bodies could not be recovered, and it is thought tne . me thousand feet down in the mountain. The death of the two iifyrtunate Officer , of Ceu trni Vranjre AMoeia H lion. Prnidsnt-W. F. Alexander. Vic Prribl nt -James Tatom. S cretary A. W. Stannard. Tvommr -O. P. Burlchart, Triuim -F. She id F. Powell. Gal-Krj)v - Klias Fanning. Awm -Ij. t . iinrxnart. Meets at Albany, on the second Tuesday n each month. Rl' REACH, BEDSTEADS, TABLE, IOI OKS, MICAS, KPBIXU BEDS, CHAIRS, ETC., Always on hand or made to order on tho shortest notice. FURNITURE repaired expeditiously and at fair rates. FOR Blank Mortgages, Latest and improved styles, Call at the Register Office. FOR BLANK DEEDS, Neatly executed, Call at the Register Office. Silver-Plated Ware! Nnlewroom and Factory on Flr-St .. near Mehmeer'a Bakery. Aibany, Feb. ORAF & COLLAR. 8, W14r'ii improvements at the Penitentiarv m mf m.M.H.eeded toTnftiWfiUf pfcsWltf must have been iustantanen JUST RECEIVED, A FULL INVOICE of RoKera' Sllver-Plnted Wore, Silver-Nteel Utlery, etc., direct from the Factory. We will sell Table Hpoons at Wrier sot, and Tcnspoouaat 11 50, and oth er goods proportionately low. TITUS, BoUKGARDES A CO. The Wonder of the World ! LOOK HERE, WEARY WOMAN! TUB CLIMAX trtHAW wArtBH IS tbe best, cheapest and-. most, durable machine ever Invented, and It crwts notll ing to find out what it win up. ,f The prlae of this wonderful invention Vantfe Trom 3 60 to (S, and ta ,wOrtb,tl attentloiMt everyone. Lookoftl or impositions, for the country is full ot thenii Viw jnaoMty) can ho had at W. . MiiKrlantlM Albany. ATbany j B, Kfi Saa. THE OLD STOVE DEPOT. JOHN BRIGGS. Dealer in KAN GE S . COOK, PARLOR AND BOX, STOVES! Of the beHt patterns. ALSO I TIS, SHEET IBOJi AMI COP' PLU WABE, And tbe usual assortment of furnish inii . astolit) obtained In a tin store. ltepalrs neatly and promptly executed, n reasonable terms. Short rechonlnpi nrnfce lonjt tr leadH, PROMT 3TBE T, ALBANY. Dcc.S, 1886-1 TjiiASK WBEDh, KORTOAOK8, 8T0., moist h ,.. (...ljl.llll!(llWM ,