The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-08-14

call the attention of all Interested. Two
additional premiums are provided one
for the best running on velocipede, and
the other for the best drilled fire COM
pany. Count US in on the velocipede.
Frank Rcd6eld has laid US under obi
gatipns for basket of q Red Junes.',
Frank will go into business soon.
Rev s. G. Irvine left this city for
the Eastern States the 6rst of the week.
He will be absent about six weeks.
Upon his return he will take charge of
the Albany College.
Our city is to have system of
cisterns. Work has already been com
mcnced upon one at the intersection OF
Ferry on First street The work is
being prosecuted by Mr.. Humphrey.
The cisterns arc to be sixteen feet across
and uine feet deep, and will hold 5000.
gallons of water.
Rev. III. c. jenkins. as will be seen
by list of appointments of the Oregon
Conference held at Eugene City last week,
mas been reappointed to the Albany
charge. At present the Reverend gen.
tleman is spending few days of relaxa-
Territory. He will return in time to
occupy his pulpit on. the 18th of Sep
tember
We saw fine merschaum pipe going
al Al
lady behind it. She looked almost as
shadowy as the smoke she was putting in
clouds from between her rosy CD lips.
Alvin p. Brock, who was found badly
bruised, with his clothes torn from his
body, aud insensible, one day last week,
died on Wednesday, and was brought
to this city and buried ON Thursday.
lie remained insensible until death mer-
cifully released him from all his suffer-
ings. When last seen previous to the
accident, he was riding his horse, with
an empty bucket in his hand. The next
day his horse, with saddle still on him,
was observed among other horses in a
pasture, which excited curiosity as to the
whereabouts of the rider Search was
snade, which resulted in finding him in
the condition above mentioned. Mr.
Brock was young man of good moral
habits, industrious, literally educated,
and had but recently been in charge of
universal respect of his neighbors, who
unourn the loss Of good citizen. He
lived some twelve miles from this city,
near Boston; on the Calipooia.
Rev. Joab Powell, at the 'srattling of
tie belr' on Thursday evening, preached
IN the "Court House loft" He had a
fair audience.
Messrs. j. III. Foster & Co. are erect
ing temporary structure on the south
side Of their Touring mills, intended for
sto.ing grain in sacks.
Since cur last report an advance of ten
cents per bushel is noted in wheat in this
market, the present price paid being go
@65 cents.
No steamboats, have reached this point
during the week, and the probabilities
Of such an appearance are rather slim.
On our fourth page today will be
found full history of the convention
between this Government and the repub-
lie of Peru, in relation to the adjustment
OF claims against the two governments
by citizens thereof. It has its interest.
Beach & Monteith received thirteen
hundred bushels of the new crop of
wheat, on Wednesday last, and it WASH t
. good day for wheat, either.
The "various" weather of the past few
weeks has produced considerable unwell-
ness throughout the county.
G. F. Gay, through Messrs. Russell &
Elkins, received patent for his gang
plow, an advertisement Of which appears
in the REGISTER, on last Wednesday.
The Gay plow is the best in market.
RETURNED.-The party consisting OF
Hank Mendenhall, Fred. Hill, Grin Ru-
bart, VIM. briggs, and others, who have
been ont on fishing and hunting excur-
sion as far As Clear Lake, distant from
this city some sixty-fye miles, report
since their return, that they experienced
season of general enjoyment Clear
Lake is "chock" full of trout, who appear
rather anxious to be taken in out of the
wek Hank and Grin hnokad nnc hun