The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-10-30
NEWS PARAGRAPHS


NEWS PARAGRAPHS
A New Hampshire female stole
tombstone and pawned it for whisky.
The Delaware Indian word for love is
Observation-Disclosures" gsE
Why is young lady who deserts her
dandy admirer like a large steamer enter
ing a river? Because she leaves swell.
A man in Kentucky recently threw .
stone through window at his wife. She
immediately shot him fer Ku-klux,
The latest proposition about Dover
Straits is to carry a railway under them
from England to France through cast
iron tube.
Massachusetts has had fair, ut which
trial of cook-stoves took the place of .
trial of horses, but betting was not lively.
One of the Boston lecture courses an
nounces "Woman's Evening"" when
there viii be dramatic readings, singing,
and organ-playing-all by ladies.
The Hebrews are building magnifi-
cent synagogue ut the corner of Broad
with walls as massive as those Of fortress.
1 The ST.. Paul Pioneer thinks that not
less than 150, 900 bushels Of apples will
be- gathered in Minnesota this year.
Lieutenant Governor Dunn (colored)
is officiating as Governor of Louisiana, in
the absence of Governor Yarmouth.
A Gloucester vessels crew recently
caught shark that had an iron hoop,
deeply imbeded in the flesh, around its
body.
4 There is an experiment now under
way, which is no less than carrying live
cattle to In 'ope from the river Plate.
t.Why should we celebrate Washing
toms birthday more than mine p asked
a teacher Because he never told
lie ~ shouted little boy.
+ Locomotive alarm bells are now sound
ed by means Of rod attached to the &C.
centric shaft. The bell is placed over
the cow-catcher.
/ How many wives docs the marriage
service allow Sixteen: four (for)
better, four (for) worse, four (for) riches,
four (for) poorer.
A man has just been liberated from
fhe Michigan State prison, after a two
/ years SOJOuIu tHCICy WuV ao AuuOCCut Va
the crime for which he was sentenced.
He was charged with stealing, and in
order to save the reward to his family he
, confessed what he had never done.
The Platte valley is wonderful Sec
I ton of country. You may ride all day
in the express train, and the same broad
expanse Of plain as far as the eye can
see, presents itself Its capacity to sus-
tain immense numbers of cattle. enough
to supply hundred millions of people
with beef, can never boz exhausted.
. Excurtionist (from Salt Lake)-"Give
: me through tickets for fifteen grown per-
. sons and thirty-nine children" New
I ticket clerk from Massachusctts)-'' II
e it's school or an asylum we can make
them cheaper to you" Excursionis'
! (indignantly)-" its my own private
n family"
r Lamasco, town in Indians, was
e named on singular principle. The first
:, letters of the names of the three gentle
: men who originally owned the town site
y were Joined together, each furnishing a
e syllable. so that what appears to be q
q pretty Indian name is only an abbrevia
ton Of the names of Law, Macall and
t Scott.
, The New York San, speaking of the
drought, said very innocently, and doubt
:. less very truthfully, the other day, tina
"a part of the bed of. the Passaic river
! above the falls, is dry, and children play
upon it daily" Whereupon the Rich
mond Enq,tsrer remarks: "That bee
won't be dry long"
Old Billy W., hard case, was dying
: He asked for bread. The doctor ap
preached the bed side and in soleD,
: tone remarked: .My dear fellow, man cal
not live by bread alone" ssNo," said TIL
e old fellow, slightly reviving, hes bleeget
$ to have few vegetables" The subjcc
: was dropped.
u There was recently funny case befor
n an English magistrates Court. The but
It ler of rich aristocrat became insolent
e the family because he had hash for dir
!. ner when he expected roast beef an
y plum pudding, and received black ey
a at the hands Of the baronet's son. II
Is prosecuted the latter for assault, and g
d the verdict, "Served him right"
= The Democrat, published at Darling
!, ton, Wisconsin, gets off good one. !
Z. rival paper in that place has just pul
IS chased new type for the office. and PR
O. O. Deeds to make blow over the mattel
7, Whercupon the Democrat says 40 In''
. as in everything else, they are an age o.
IS hind our Office, which was supplied W.T.
,e new material years ago.
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