The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, novelist, is writ
ing u life of Andrew johnson.
Lady Franklin, now eighty, has return
cd from Asia to France.
The New York servant girls have Civ
en- $50 900 to the Pope.
The dethroncd royal family Of Spain
cost the country Gt53 800 year.
Austria has given LISA, Dalmatian
island iii the Adrlatic, to England.
The worlds tobacco crop is estimated
at 1872 400 tons.
Ihe Portuguese Qneen is suffering from
an incnrable brain disease.
English ladies' of nobility took part in
Parliamentary proceedings six centuries
ago.
Admiral Farragut arrive in New Y ork
on Monday last.
The Grccian bend has received the
name Of the fashionable double-up
Two shocka of earthquake were felt at
St. George, Utah Territory, on the l4ih
uit.
Only eight soldiers of the first Napo-
leon are alive.
Six Chinese were lately baptised in the
Wesleyan chapel at Castlemain: Austria
lia ~
The gradual abolition Of the heredita-
ry clergy of Russia is announced.
C Cablegram, y g tlialagranl." and q sea-
gram are new words, coined as names
for cable messages.
The Italian Government no longer
gives 100000 to La Scala Theatre, at
Milan The shareholders are indig-
nant.
The President has proclaimed a treaty
with the king of Italy for the surrender
of criminals not political offenders.
A spiritualist resides in Naples prison
for making dupe pay him $50 900, by
pretending to commune with departed
souls. -
A count.yman at the Astor, the other
day, after tasting some olives. wanted to
whip the waiter f pouring salt on ''ttenl
plums."
The Spaniarls want Alfred, the :: Sail
or Prince" to ascend the thr ne ~and
marry the Duke Of Montepensiar' daugh-
ter.
Mount Davidson, and all the other
mnnntain peaks near Virginia City, are
whi.cned with snow
Cleveland has recently had a concrete
pavement put down between the rails of
the street passenger roads in order to try
the experiment.
At Vienna, from 500 to 6)0 old horses
are bu.chered yearly. and the meat of
them is eaten by the poorer classes of the
population.
! Ninety three focks Of sheep were
recently suffocated in Switzerland, by u
thunder cloud which passed over the coun-
try
Brighton, England, is to have an I'M
mense marine aquarium, twelve hundred
and fifty feet long, and with proportion
ate width
\ Swedish professor has made brandy
out of comnmon reindeer moss, and an
other has discovered that nushroous are
SO plenty that there need never be a fam
inc
Lace drapery, falling low at the sides,
and eau ,ht at the back Of the cdiJaon by
Il bow and ends, is graceful feature OF
the winter bonpets.
The Prince Royal Of Italy has given a
present of a jewel to hang on the watch
guard, to each Of the 200 gentlen.en who
othciated at his marriage
The order Of succession to the Turkish
throne is likely to be reversed, iu conse
quence of the prcsumptive heir being
involved in plot to dcthrone the Sui
tan.
Efforts are now being made in Holland
to abolish capital punishment, and the
movement is helped by the Minister o.
Justice at the Hague.
The Cabinet has ordered the statue O.
Washington belonging to New Orleans
and stored in the Patent Office since
the beginning Of the war, to be returned
to New Orleans
The late heavy rains have caused grea
destruction of life throughout Chile
Forty persons are reported to have perish
ed IN crossing the swollen rivers in tn,
South.
The operation of the TRANSMISSION o