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ALBANY REGISTER. PUBLISHED EVKl'.T FRIDAY, BY COM.. TAX CLLVE, IN REGISTER BUILDINGS, Cornrr Ferry and Firxt Streets. TEKMSIX ADVANCE. Ons copy, one year ti 50 4 tne copy, six months 1 5a To clubs of twenty, each cony $2 08 Single copies Ten cents. j FRIDAY. XoVEMBKK C, 1874. Approved Kills. The following bills passed the Leg islature and halve been approved by His Excellency, theGovefrnor. in addi tion to those hejretofbre published: S 1 No 74, to authorize the CJov or to contrac t lbr the keeping ol ?rn- f the hill. Insane and Iditaic. S 1 Xo 1W5-, the appropriation S 15 Xo 02, to uicori town of Marshfield. S 1 Xo 113, to provide for the con struction of the Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad. S II No 03, to provide for the educa tion of deaf urates. S 15 Xo Oil. to provide torthe main tainance and regulation of the Oregon Institute for the Blind. S li X o :i7. an Act to amend an Act to regulate the civil and criminal pro cedure hi Jnstice'fe Courts. S li Xo 55, an Act to amend section -2, of an Act in relation to trespass bjr cattle, and regulating fences in I tna tilla and Masco counties, approved Oct. 28th, 1-72. S U No 60, An Act to authorize the State Treasurer to convert currency in to coin in certain instances and pay oil" the Lock Bonds. S li Xo 63. an Act to amend an Act to provide tor tlie sale of school lands, and the Common tsehool Fund. S No is", an Act to authorize Al. Zieber to establish a g;i- manufacture in the city of Portland. S B Xo f7. an Act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on election da vs. S B Xo S7. an Act to facilitate telegraphic communication between America and Asi S B 88. an loaning out t fund. S B Xo S3, to prove !' fi r flowed lands coast. S B Xo 9u, Act to monk: provide s in the r the -cheat an Act to amend an act the -ale of tide and Over Oil the sea shore and an Act to define the lu- ties and lix the eoaipensauon ot the State printer, and to provide for the distribution ofthe lawpand .journal-. S B Xo 103, to define the boundary lines between Grant' and Union and Grant and Baker counties. S B So 19, an Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to provide a code of civil procedure" approved Oct. 11th, 1 -1(3-2. S B Xo 70. granting right ot way to ' Northern Pacific Railroad Co.. to construct it- railroad and toe hi line within the limits of Oregon. S B Xo 04. an Act to amend an act, j 'to incorporate the city of Harris burg,' approved Oct. 24th, 1SS5. S B Xo 107. to enlarge the corpor- ! ate powers of the city of Corvallis. S B No 115. an Act providing for appointment of Hoard of Immigration Commissioners to serve vithout sala ry. II B Xo 43. to provide for the con- ; struction of the Oregon and Central Pacific Railroad. II ii Xo 30, an Act to create the county of Lake. 11 B Xo 47. to amend an "Act to provide tor the construction of the State Capitol building. II B Xo '.17. to provide for the ap- j pointment of a Clerk ot the Supreme ; Court and fix his salary. 11 I Xo "2'., to amend an Act to provide for the time and places for hol ding the Supreme. Circuit and County Court, approved October "JS 1S72. 1 II B Xo 40, tor the relief of Douglas county. II li Xo 83, to amend an Act to pro vide for the time of holding Supreme and Circuit Court, approved Oct. 2Sth, 1872: H B Xo 03. to facilitate the im provement of navigable rivers within the State of Oregon. II B Xo 111, an Act for the relief of purchasers of real estate at sales made by Administrators or Executors. II B No 118, an Act to regulate the salaries of County .Judges. II B Xo 34. to prevent the spread ing of contagious and infectious dis eases among domestic animals. II B Xo'02. to amend see. 19, chap. 50. title I., of miscellaneous laws of Oregon. II B Xo 101. to provide for liens of mechanics, laborers, material-men and others, prescribing the manner of their enforcement. II B No 103, to amend an Act "to Incorporate the city of Salem," ap proved Oct., 18(52. KB No 110. an Act supplemental to an Act entitled " An Act for collect ing, compiling and printing the laws of 'Oregon." approved1 Oct. 22d. Is72. H B No 220, an Act to regulate the salaries of County Treasurers in tlie State of Oregon. II B No 121, to amend sec. 219 of chap 21. of criminal code. This bill provides that executions shall tike i place iu jail or jail yards lefore only twelve inen. S I ."o 07, relatiug to the fees of officers. Pacific Stojiers. Tlie Masonic Fraternity of Montana, now affiliating, number 700. Circuit Court at Eugene City this week'. There has not been a marriage in Baker Co. forthree months. The Ifcrofr' says an immense bed of gpysum has been found in Bye Valley. Baker Co. Corvallis has a man who wants to invest $7,000 permanently. Let him start a newspaper. The remains of Phil. Sheridan's old ambulance are to le seen by the side of Teal's wagon shop at Dalles. Seven divorce cases are to be tried at tlie term of the Circuit Court at Eu gene City being nYld this week. Snow covered the ground at Baker City on the 23th nit., and ice formed an eight of an inch in thickness. Tames Morrell, sent to the peniten tiary from Jackson county in 171. for a term ol four years, has been par doned by the Governor. Five children of the family of Mr. . Mathews, at Salem, are sick with the tvnhoid fever. This liseas is unite prevalent in the Stab1 now. There are a number of cases of ty phoid tever of a malignant type at ; Amity. Ther has already been a nam ber of deaths from the di-eae. It is now currently reported that the j Utah Western narrow-gauge railway ' w ill not be completed to Lake Point i until next spring. The County Court of Clatsop coiiu- ! ty. oners to lease for ten years, the ! wagon road from Klaskantne to Xe halnm river at the mouth ol" the Fish! Hawk. Mr. D. E. Wheeler, lining near.Tol- Iv"s mill, Washington countv, while 1 digging a well, at the depth ol 20 feet. j threw out a tine specimen of gold- 1 bearing quartz. Aeneas Ant., of Corvallis, i- desirous of learning the whereabouts of his son, : John Antz, who left 'orvalli- in 1S62, ; and ha- not been heard from by his fa- ther since. Mr. M. W. Fi-k. of (irniir CO., sold his stallion. Blue Mountain Boy, that 1 he hail on exhibition at the late State i Fair, to a Mr. Walker, ot Oregon CKy. tor the sum of snco. !t i- reported that tin- Hon. M. Wil- . kins. President of the State- Airricultu nil Society, intends to visit the Centen nial Exhibition at Philadelphia in l7t, j to represent the Society there. The Coos Bay Kmen learn- that the j two little steam schooners Corffoffarand I Ttrin siiit'-rs have been lying at anchor in the Coqmlle river for twenty day-, awaiting an opportunity to cross the bar. ' . S. S. Fenn. of the First Judicial District in Idaho, decline- the nomiua ; tion f r Prosecuting Attorney. thinking j lie has a better thing in running for i Congress. The ladies of The 1st Unitarian So I ciety of olympia." have bought from Sam'! Williams a lot for a church site. : A minister has been secured from the ; East, who is expected to arrive at an early day. From Mr. J. W. Cook, who lives on Cherry creek in Wasco county, the ! j M'nni't.ihi'- r learn- by letter that Stock of all kinds are doing finely, the grass j i lias started growing and never was bet- j j ter at this season of the year. The farmer- of Fifteen Mile creek, j ; Wasco county, are requested to meet : at Beessley's School House, on Satur day, the 7th day of November, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing La joint stock company to build and op : perate a grist mill. A deserted California wife found her i lost husband in Polk county la-t week : living on a $12,000 farm with another woman. Xo. 1 made the "old man'' give her ball the tirm and si.oon m money, and No. 2 took the fellow and what was left, and left. The Independent says: "An nnusoal amount of sickness is prevalent in Washington county this season. o;ne of a very serious nat ure. A rain at the present time is certainly in order as well for the preservation of health as for farming purposes." The number of students in Walla met University at present is larger than ever known before at this time in the year. Forty-five have been added since the Fair week hollidays, making the total number now enrolled hi the various departments 222. The Republicans of .IcIVerson county, W. T., have put a ticket in the field, as follows: Joint Councilman, C. M'. Bradshaw: Representative. Frank Har ris; Joint Representative, L.L. Moore: Sheriff. J. J. Van Bokkelin; Auditor James Seavey; Treasurer, L. B. Hast ings; Probate Judge, J. (I. Swan; Commissioners, C. E. P. Wood. Geo. W. Harris. O. F. Geurish; Superin tendent ot schools, John Rea; Survey or. John E. Burns; Coroner. 10. X. Rice; Wreekmaster, dames W. Foster. Fifty masons are employed on the new rolling mills at Laramie. A man named Thatcher, son-in-law to Brigham Young, has been arrested in Idaho Territory for subordination of perjury. This evening Oct. 22d) a little three year old child ofGeorge Ward's, Irving on the farm of W. Beeson, on Wagner creek, fell into a ditch near the resi dence of Mr. Beeson. and was drowned before assistance could reach it. Tlie summoning by the United States Marshal of citizens on Wagner creek, to appear before the grand Jury in Portland, i- creating considerable ex citement in that vicinity. The object of the summons is unknown. On Monday, October 10th, Mr. Ja cob Adams, a resident of Spring creek. KIiek'4 county, W. T., was stricken with f "' lysis. Mr. Adams moved moved fr'-n Clackamas county last fall where he has been a resident for year-, and his many friends will be sorry to hear the ad tidings of his severe afflic tion. He is about 50 years ot age. Wednesdav week a- man called at the storu of Mr. A. Bettingen in The I I Miles, to purchase bullets. tor a pistol, anil was waited on by his son Allwrt. The man produced the pistol, and while sliowing how it worked, it acci dentally went oil', the ball 'passing through the sleeve of Albert's coat. This was rather a close call for the young man. A meeting of the Territorial Wom an's Suffrage Association was held at Olympia on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1874, tor the election of officers for the en- smng year. 1 lie tollowing i- tne li-t furnished by the Secretary: President. M. o. Brown, Olympia; Vice-President. M. A. Barnes, Olympia: Corres ponding Secretary, A. II. Stewart. Olympia; Treasurer. C. K. Sylvester: Executive Committee. E. W. P.Guye, Seattle. ' rench, Olvmpia, A. A. Manning olympia. 1". Eldridge, Whatcom; Chairman, A. II lidding-. Olympia. The Olympia Cmrrier saj's: "Over fourteen years ago our towfisman, Kl wooil Kv:ins, F- p. sent from Califor nia to two friend-, then on San Juan Island, a dozen of the valley and mountain quail found in California for breeding. A letter received a few days ago from one of tin- gentlemen inform- hii . thai, while the valley quail ha l rished. the mountain spe cies have so increased that they are plenty, and good shooting is now afforded. We are informed by Mr. Kvans al-o that this vicinity yeai creasing finely, night- the little f; men have boldly quail introduced in ; - ago ace likewise in- j 1 luring the late cold ! tvorites of our sport--Come into gardens in I town am d upon dainties unmoles- ted. The ;'.? says General Michler lias completed liis observations ia the Chehalis region and the result i- grat- I ifyiilg in the extreme. He finds that only two jams of any importance exi-t j below ( laqiiato one about 900 feet j long ami 150 wide, and tlie other 200 feci: long and 100 wide. The remov- j al of thee and a tew snags would op- ' en up the Chehalis river from its j ' mouth to tlie intersection of railroad near Claqnato, for small steamers of j ! two or three feet draught, the year I round. It is thought, with the favor- able report General Michler will make. ; : that an appropriation can be secured from Congress sufficient to open up ; this stream and thus give the needed outlet to tlie large scope of agricultural j country tributary to it. ; From, the Yamhill Reporter we learn of a terrible accident which happened I near Sheridan Tuesday of last week. in ' which a young man named Charles Franklin "was instantly killed by the j accidental discharge of a shot gun. ; !l seems that young Franklin, in com , parry with his step father, Mr. Gates, and Mr. I'd. Duvall. had gone into the j mountains on a hunt, riding on horse back". Some time during the day, j while young Franklin was in the act i of jumping over a log which lay in his i way, the hammer of his gnu caught in I some manner, discharging the contents : of both barrels into his body, tearing away almost his entire right hip. shat tering off his righf arm. lacerating hi breast, neck and face in a terrible manner, and blowing outjiis rigtit eye. Ib fell tlcad without uttering a word, and his shattered remains were taken to Sheridan. The occrurencc has cast a gloom over the community. The young man was about eighteen years of age. The People's ticket of Chehalis coun ty. W. T., is as follows: faint Repre sentative with Chehalis and Pacific, John Brady ; Auditor, C. X. Byles; Sheriff. N. Z. Goodell; County Treas urer, Win. A. Carter; Probate Judge, Edward Campbell; County Commiss ioners. Sam"! Bean, M. F. Luark, A. J. Gibson; Superintendent of schools, Dennis Shaffer: Assessor. M. Z. Good ell; Coroner, II. II. Halbert; Wreck master, John Webster. The new effllege building at Mon mouth. Polk county, is a brick, two and a half stories, well ventilated, large showy windows, and divided into four magnificent lecture rooms, and a large hall, occupying one whole floor, seventy feet by thirty-six. There will not be "a more pleasing looking house in Oregon than Christian College, when the buildings are completedi The Oreely Tribune seems to have authority for saying that Colarado won't be pesteredby grasshoppers until 1S77. That old Indian with the variegated narrative, better known as Spotted Tail, has decided to resign his chief tainship of the Brule Sioux. Mr, Levi Leland organized at Dry Creek, Walla Walla county, Oct. 12th, Bine Mountain Lodge, I. O. G. T., with 19 charter members. Mr. Jacob Hoover, of Steilaeoom ; has received the Democratic nomina- ; tion tor Joint Councilman in thc'eouu- ! j ties of Pierce, Mason and Chehalis. i I -Thos. Stratton lately found the jaw-1 j bone of a whale of gigantic proper- j j tion- at a point on Tatoosh Island, one i hundred feet above the water level of I the Straits of Fuca. When a stranger stand- in Denver. ; spits on hi- hands and cries out "climb I on to me by thousands!" even tlie post I master pull- oil' bis coat and goes out j to make the response a success. During the nuarter ending Septem ber 30th there passed Dungcness I.ight- house the foil iwing vessels; :;i -hips, I l7 barks, 8 brigs. 1 1 schooners, i 2 sloops and U"2 steamers a total ot 2.. A petition has been presented to the teacher and directors ot the La Grande school bv a majority of the lady pat- i rons of the school, asking that they i have Monday of each week as vacation : day instead ol Saturday. The teacher ; and directors have concluded to try this plan (or one or tw.o mouths, and if a majority so desire at that time it i will he continued, but if not. desirable to the majority they will return to the old custom. M. F. Jones, of Walla Walla, one day la-t week wished to make some 1 chemical experiments wherein it was : i necessary to use a quuntitv o) white pine turpentine. Fortius purpose lie procured the use of a stove belonging i to a lady Mrs. Louis Bergivous who j resides in the rear of his office. By some oversight the- boiling turpentine j become so hot that it ignited, and the flames came near reaching the ceiling. Perceiving the great danger of a con-1 flagration, he seized the kettle of bla zing turpentine and started 1$ the door. Blinded by the smoke and flame, he did not perceive Mrs. Bergi vous, who was coming into the house just as he was going out. The conse quence was that tin- larger portion of the burning contents ol the kettle was poured upon the lady, and in an in stant -he was enveloped from head to foot by the flames, and before they were smothered the poor woman was so badly burned that her lite is de spaired of. Two small lad -, sons of the Snrvevor j Genera! ot Washington Territory, kill ed a line deer, the other day. near Uympia, and Ingged it home, quite to 1 the surprise of t heir parents. The Indians report to the Agent at Standing Keck that between 20(1 and .'! hundred ivhite men were seen cross ing the White I'.arth. about 72 miles east of the Black Hills on their way to the gold mines. Two parties have left Bismark, and have now been out long enough to have reached ( u-tcr"sl orleh. lougn to nave reached i u-tta-si .iricn. Tlie Pendleton TrPmm, in publish- gan obituary of an old citizen, eon - in eludes ny saying: "lie was always, an unflinching iiemocrat. never vot- j ing any other ticket. , Oregon and; California papers please copy."' The ease ol John Richardson vs. J. i F. and A. C. Adams, tor $10,000 damages, was taken up at the Peudle- ; ton Court at Pendleton last week, and 1 after hearing both sides ol the rpie-tion j it was decided in favor of Richardson, j and he was allowed $21 damages hi st -ad of $10,000. Montana turns out 1,183 bushels of 1 potatoes to the acre, after the grass hoppers ate the vines. W. ;. I.angtord. who lias been in i Washington City tor several years, has returned to his old home in Walla Walla. Parties at Walla Walla just down from the Pashaw country report the snow from four to six inches deep in that locality. Rev. ,los. Paul has been employed as pastor of Walla Walla Circuit. M. E. Church, by Rev. S. G. Havermale1 Presiding Elder. The Coos Hay Xews is informed that in Curry county matters are quietly improving, and that the salmon fisher ies are doing a land office business. Huntley, the former County Clerk, is engaged in black sand mining and is confident of" having a rich body ot auri ferous earth. The sheep men have j got fair prices for their wool this year, j and it was of more than usually good ; quality. The people about Chetcoe are unusually excited over a wagon j road to Jacksonville, which would eive them a splendid inland trade, and j soon build up a good seaport town. The Mountaineer is informed that Messrs. Gates and Cart might, of the Dalles, have brought an action in the Circuit Court for Umatilla coun ty, aganst the O. S. X. Co., wherein I". P. Meyers and wife are plaintitV. claiming damages in the sum of $12,000 for care, attention, medical treatment anil the services of the minor Wilbur Preston Hunt until he arrives at ma jority. This is the boy who was injur ed by being run over by the O. S. X. Co.' cars some three years ago. and received a judgment against the com pany for s-i . C ") damages. A CARD-$11 ,000 BKWABI). THB ABOVE REWARD WILL BE Giv en to any one proving thai tto sates of tlie SIJfGKR do not exceed all others by thousands upon 1 iionsands. While all tlie oilier old companies' sakS in 173 decreas ed, the SOH.ER Increased wonderfully, and keep at tlie head, where il always i and should he. TITrs BBOTHERS. Albany, Or., Sept. 25. 1871. -iiin:r Machine Sales of 1873. ! The table ot Bewing Machine side, in j 1ST:: shows that ,tir silw tt.t year am i , milled to l:i.t 14 (two Imil'lrel :.ia thirty two tltoasaatl, four hundred aie orty-foar) Machines, being a targe, in crease over tlie sales of the previous via Tlie tab! sbows that our sales Ex ceed IIiohc of'any ot;it-r 4 iiiian.y, lot the period named, bj the number of 113,4 33-1 MaetiiuetM or nearly double those ot any Otfter Company. fi may he further Mated '.hat the Males ol" IsTa.'a- ee.ainared with those of 1-7"-. show a relatively larger increase, beyond the sales ot' other makers, titan of any oi ber ear. For instance in lsT2 we sold 45,000 men Machines l bun any olheid omi any.tvhcrc as, in !s7a. the rales were 113.331 Machines Sn Kxceiw ol' our missies! Competitor. These figures arc all ihe mure remark able, tor tne teasen thai tie- -ales of tlie in hicLjntl I ompan ies in IsTa n re Ikm tlian I heir lc in ii3s whereas, a- has heen shown, our alea lMT largely iii'-rensi'il. The account of sales is frm sworn returns uiv. W to tlie ownersuf tbeHen ing Machin: Patents. It w ill hardly he denied, that the paper! ority of tlie SISiiEB MACIltXKS is fully dctiiontnited at all events that theti popular i ty m ti tionable. bouselioid is anq'ues- Increas) Name of Machines. Sinjrer ilfs o S. COI- St. M. Co W. .V: W. Mf- ( o. . I ome-tle s. M. Co. KroverA BakerCo Wee ' s. M. o Wilson s. M. "..... How Machine t o. Wilcox & (iilib- Co A meriean It. ! I lo Xo. s l-7'- S19.75S- :til 171. e-- 4,.V.t , 52,010 i-'.tll ! 1-7:1 ttv 2:::.u I In. 3,436 " ll'.J0 lie 44,111 " l-i.K a.t'.i i4.s' 1- Fiorence . M. Co.. 1", THE slXia-T. .MA N I l Cnion Stuarf t'RING York. AKc'ntM. Alhnn.v, Oregon. aprilTl THIS BROTHERS, . v v. Y . t Y v flETCttfeS. OmC&S. : Bl " " j j: w i-: lry, Silver & Plated Ware, -ami DIAMOKO SPECTACLES. MAN PFACTt especially Cot liKl) AND AlUrSTKN lor the Pacific Coast hy the NATIONAL ELGIK WATCH CO. of Elgin, Illinois, viz : Paeiflc, C;i3ifrniu smd Nsin B'raiic-Ijtc'o WATCH, and we mosl confidently 1.10 ommend them to the puhlie.iui nws.-s.in more l'ikhI goalitics for the price than any other Watch in the market. We also Keep all other hrantls of blgin, Waltham ami Svcls- Watehes, Clocks, Jew elry, Silver and Plated Ware, ALSO Pistols uixl Cartridges. C2t Repairing a Specialty. :v.-AH Work Done mid (inads Nold, "WnrrauteU to lie an Sicnre&euicd. J. D. TITt'S. .T. It. TITXS. cttas. bot: bo akdes. TITUS BROTIIERi, AT.TOrrNGAJfTEB'S Ol.n STAJfP, First s-.-,.wt ai,:: xv. oi7t:noN"