The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-08-13
News from Exchanges.

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christeped the Mollala railroad station
townsight, "Canby City," in honor of
Gen. Candy.
.asks his readers to excuse the CLOCKS of
his paper" as he is in bed from the eff
tects of fight with a delinquent subscri
Der.
A few days ago stage coach on the
route from Corinne to Helena, Montana,
was attacked by robbers, and a man
named Charles Rogers was fatally woun-
ded
Mr.. A Hood, near Oregon City, has
received present Of pair of Cashmere
goats from Governor Edwards OF Califor
MIA.
Thomas Cave insane, has been COM
mitted to the Asylum, fror, Yambill.
VIM Franklin, who was accidentally
shot by the police in Portland, is fast re
covering, and can already walk little.
Rev. f. C. Anderson has accepted the
position as Superintendent Of common
schools for Mul;nomah county.
4 load of hay burned up by a spark
catching it from the fire IN the woods
near Portland The driver had barely
time to unhitch and save his team.
The Corvallis Gazette says that three
Indians, confined in the Benton county
Jail for larceny, made their escape the
other day.
The dwelling of F. L. Smith, one and
half miles from Salem, was destroyed
by FIRE on Sunday evening last. Loss,
about $4,000.
The Bulletin learns that Thoms II ick-
ey was drowned in the South Fork of the
Iamhill river, miles from McMinville,
on Sunday morning, while bathing. He
panions endeavored to save him, and his
younger brother came near being drowned
with him, in the effort to rescue He
was twenty two years Of age.
The vanguard of the army of grass
hoppers has appeared in Boise valley
. Idaho, but the crops have been gathered
out of their reach,
1t is stated that the owner of the Alaska
: Times will remove the "plant" of that
= paper to Seattle, where be intends to es-
tablish newspaper.
On Thursday last the thermometer at
Boise City showed a temperature Of los
| deg. in the shade. Seven fights occurred
t on Main street on that day.
The assessed value of taxable proper
? ty in nineteen counties of Washington
Territory is Sc, ,521 ,0S9. The two remain
: ing counties will probably add to it sl75,-
600.
! In Wasco county the contest instituted
| bx,t tha hos cd +h
securing the two Commissioners Dem
ocratic frauds were exposed which made
it clear that the Republican candidates
were duly elected.
The public debt statement shows de
n crease for July of seventeen millions
During the last three months total re
q duction has been made of fifty millions
g thus effecting a saving in interest O
0 by reducing the principal since Gen
i ten million dollars per annum.
e The Cincinnati Reporter announces
;. that having been long embarrassed BY the
l. lack of facilities for distributing its Sun
d day edition IN the country, it has char
e tered special Sunday excursion train L
: Dayton for that purpose; and fur,he
,. announces its purpose of soon havin!
Sunday trains running out of the city il
IS every direction, "having i'll view the zen
'r efciai work of distributing the Sunda,,
l. Inquirer to a lost and ruined world"
r When Lingard was i,npersepatias d.t
; ferent characters on the stage Of = Ae7
> York theater, he came cut one night d
L Our Saviour" and in order to sn ow III
O. meekness of the Saviour, he allowed III
NJ audience to ''reviic' him and pcrsecut
A. him by throwing peanuts at HIM, whlc
\ he stood bravely, until boy hit him Q
!, the side of the bead with rotten egs
% Lingard looked at his watch and said
ell 'sGentlemsn, this Saviour business wi
ly last about minute, then you will see IN
N go for the id brute that threw tha
;. egg
= Ex-President johnson made thre
30 hours speech on politics at Knoxville
es Tenn, on the 2lst of July.
De Tho Roseburg Ensign tells how th
sr sheriff, in tryingzto arrest an Indian at
ut cuscd of horse stealing, had to run rae
y and finally swim river, before he coul
er catch the delinquent, but he did cate
e, HIM, but had to draw revolver on hil
ie before he would stop.
lie The entire crop Of Mr.. H. Beasly, {
Looking Glass Prairie, consisting of 40
IN bushels of wheat and 200 bushels of oat
b. was lately consumed by fire, supposed
r have caught from the chimney near b.
a He is a poor man, and his neishbors hay
e- taken up subscription for his beneh
or The Roseburg laud sales for July were
ty Cash entries, 3 ,245 II under the HON,
X stead Act, ,437 10; Donations, 5,275 81
VI Agricultural College Script, 800; Ian
ne Warrants 32O-Total II ,5O8 IS.
~ nc The Secretary of the Treasury ha
;. awarded to the Alaska Commercial Con
- - pany the lease of the privilege of takin
~ fur seals ON the islands Of st. Paul an
~ ~ st. George for the period Of 20 years
Z. e the company to pay $4,000 per annu
p rent, 50 621 on each skin, and 80 cen
e On a-.aru rallnr nf oil and other nraYi