The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-08-27
Eastern News by Mail.

were SieeplnS~ " III. DeihStoa s.hu
Ives-who were consumed in the flames.
A man named Graham, in Jail at Bloom
ington, under the charge OF poisoning
we'll, committed suicide.
Two girls, Laney Barker and Lavlna
Lundery, aged twelve and fourteen, were
drowned at Cuba, Fulton county, While
bathing in Putnam creek.
Two girls near Carlinvllle have taken
contract to cut fifty cords of wood
In Chicago divorce case now on trial,
the husband alleges that Caroline had, on
several occasions, beaten him, spat in his
face, thrown hot water on him, aud on /
one occasion kicked hi:n down stairs Tie
Court seems .likels T. grant the PRAYER o.
tn poor, fet-e ..ustaHi.
NEBRASKA The property which |
George Francis Train bought in Omaha
in 1866 tor IS 60O couldu be purchased
now for q million dollars.
At Forest City, on the nth, Patrick
u elea, when intoxicated, struck his uncle,
a Nj, Thomas, very old man, with
r,5ea 81 wofi in ,he end of which was
aa. l.Fttg long sharp nail. The nail,
eagee.n, tue skull, caused death. The
pv:pctrator escaped he would have been
hung by mob il captured.
KANsAs-Thc corn crop promises
/ large yield Late rains throug hout the
State have been beneficial to the gardens.
Field crops generally have not suffered
for rain
Hays City has female constable. The
young men are in constant fear that she
may have an attachment" for them
n man named Dosen recently whipped
q bound boy to death near Humboldt,
and was lodged in jail. The next morn
ing he was taken from the Jail by mob
and hanged to the limb of tree.
Pierce Roberts was buried in a well on
the Big Soldier river, near Topeka, by It's
caving, and died before workmen could
disinter him.
The yield of fall whca. this year will
not be as large as that of last year, but
the grain has a healthier appearance, it
being plumper and brighter.
In Dickinson county 5000 acres Of
land have purchased for Scotch colony,
which is expected to arrive soon.
\ snake Of sixteen ratsles got one of
his teeth into the finger of John Riley,
on the East Grasshopper, in Atchison
county which resulted in the death-of
the snake Whisky in SUPPLYING guam
tity saved Johnny.
MIssoURi-A white snake las been
found in Howard county.
A. W. Dyer was killed near Beloir,
Veron county, by being caught in the
machinery Of a planning machine.
The city council Of St Louis, has pass
cd an ordinance regulating bawdy houses
which is framed after the French and
Belgium laws upon the subject
NEvApA.-Some Of cur exchanges con
tain sensation story about the discovery
of a wild man in the northwestern par
Of Nevada, in den ely wooded noun
tain near the Utah line. lie appears tt
be about forty years of age and was coy
/ cred with white hair.
Thos. Bechan, former resident 0
Idaho City (bettcr known as '.lttle Tom
my" was shot and killed at Hamilton
Nevada, j uiy 9th, by one John L. Iolles
i Samuel Wood, while riding out with
S youud lady, near Virginia City, was me
by highvaym and relieved of hi
watch and money.
IowA-Decatur county is to vote thi
fall on a proposition to build twenty fly
|, thousand dollar Court House
:. Two little girls, daughters Of Georg
burst, went into 4 barn at Strawberr
e Point, and set fire TO some hay wit
matches Beth children were taken troi
), the charred timhers burned crisp.
l. Dubuque eo1temr iatos !.aosi..iag ( a t.rt
IS bath house is juseli!e- account {
J, the great ~ rtality IS drowning
= Tie V;.Iey r. Il is 2333 miles lon
from keokus to its junction with tn
Sioux City read
. Nh.,e several young men were swim
Z u4iu h-.s horses in Iowa river, nca
tett At,e9 i."ai,a county, one OF thel
l.9lre l-it-ti W, brown from his hors
@l.u erc.y / chcd that he was di
,uird .or swimming. and drowned befor
assistance could reaci, him.
5; \ 10000 schoo! house has just bee
re completed at Fort Dodge, and the bod!
efs are happy.
A large number of the wells in D,
, Moines City and county are empty. II
IL long continued drouth lessened the vo
ume of water in the rivers, and the quar-
re tity in wells was correspondingly dimi
ished. The rains of July have not swelle
- the rivers.-Most of the wells are dug
a low water level, but the streams are
la very low that they do not feed the we'll
The Washington Press tells of a ma
in that county whose wife died one ds
h' recently, and was buried next day. G
e. the third day he stated his grievances
ye Il man who referred him to q Bohemia
m family in johnson county, which incl
ded marriageable girl. He went il
mediately, her parents came down to Sc
he his land, and, believing he could suppo
Is, her, gave consent, and he was marie
10 the fourth day.
"a A terrible affair took place, couple
weeks ago, at Charlton, in Lucas count
he Gaylord Lyman, Sheriff, attempted
on arrest Hiram Wilson for horse stealth
:, when the thief drew revolver and sh
'a' the Sheriff through one of his lung
causing death twelve hours later A I
ar ward of $500 was offered for the thief al
:. murderer, and the whole country startt
70 in pursuit. He was captured after
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