The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-09
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Z = aSPain Has aoopteu Sue GTeilcu system
of coinage.
Laporte the French glove maker, en-
ploys II, 900 hands.
The snow sheds on the Central Pacific
Railroad extend distance of % miles.
Why is a newspaper like wife ? Be-
own.
Alexander Dumas cannot remember
the titles of all his books.
Among the recent marriages posted
In Paris is that of an t'artist of agility
Birmingham now boasts of a statue of
James Watt, of steam invention fame.
There are three hundred religious
newspapers in the United States
At night, the streets of London are
illuminated b :. 100000 lamps.
Napoleon's and Eugenie's portraits
were publicly destroyed in the streets of
Madrid
English papers ridicule the idea of
making Prince Alfred King of Spain.
Alexander Dumas says he intends to
visit the United States next May.
Bismark makes no secret of his de-
sign to leave the Federal party and join
the Liberals
Can ladies who profess to walk in
the straight and narrow path consist
emily adopt the Grecian Bend
The English and French papers are
agitating a continental war. They pre-
dict an outbreak this fall.
Is During the last twelve years, twelve
thousand five hundred lives have been
lost IN the British coal mines
The new postal convention with Great
Britain was signed by the President. It
took effect January lst.
The Stockton people have subscribed
1000 toward the construction of the
Stockton and Tulare Railroad.
Peatc is used in Fon du Lac, Wiscon-
sin, as common fuel in stoves provided
with CRATES, and is giving satisfaction SO
far as heard from.
Six pumpkins grown at Watsonville,
Santa Cruz county, by James r. Richen,
weighed IN the aggregate 960 pounds.
Some pumpkins, those!
Austria has ordered the construction
Of more than 5000 miles of railway with
in six months, involving an outlay of
s4o0,o0o,O00.
Frederick Gertstaecker, the famous
traveller, urges the German railroad COM
pauies to introduce on their lines Aneri-
can sleeping cars.
Mrs. Lydia Maria Child says she
would walk barefoot to California if such
pilgrimage would insure Charles Sum
ner's being elected President.
.rs A vessel is building at New York lar
ger than any other in the world except
the. Great Eastern. She will be named
the America, and is designed for the
China trade.
Giradin counsels the Spaniards not to
beg for king, but to establish Repub-
lie in fact, though not in name, if the
word republic frightens the nation.
King George of Hanover, in the next
session of the British Parliament, is to
take his seat in the Lords as Prince of
the Blood Royal.
OF the officers Of the Rhode Island
Historical Society elected at its organi-
cation in 1882, only one survives-Rich-
ard W. Greene.
The first complete edition of Sweden
borg's works that ever appeared in Swe-
den, will be shortly published at Link
joping. ssssssesrfs .s~sn
A lettor from Rome reports that the
Roman Government has come to favor
able understanding with Napoleon in re-
gard to Italy. -.
Buenos Ayres letters report that the
President, Sarmiento is desirous of hay
ing the command of the army given to
some distinguished United States general
Underground travelling in London in
s'creases at an astonishing rate The
nnmber.o OF passengers carried for the first
halt OF the present year by the Metropoli-
tan underground railway was 16 504 1896,
against 5,623,436 in 1863 and Z 49,, ,283
in 1865.
1t is reported that large amount Of
treasure-S340, ,00O-has recentlv been
unearthed by some negroes near Pensa-
cola, Florida. It was In a wooden cbes,
ina black vault, and must have lain ir
its resting place for a great number ot
years, as no one had any knowledge Of
rs existance. s<ssssss eg.v
The reports of the British Post Office
for 1850 show profit over and above
expensesof 81 400 600. The net reve
new OF the Department for 1865 wa
So 900 900. All the charges for ocea,
service are paid for in full out. of TN
postal results, j, nothwithstandine the an
preparations are made directlv hv PIT,