The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS

PAnAcnAas.-The Methodist societies of this
city and Brownsville now holding camp
meeting at Roberts bridge.
Rev. Mr.. Sweeney will occupy the pulpit at the
College the 9th inst, and the second and
fourth Sunday in each month thereafter. All
invited to attend the services.
camp meeting will be held on the old grounds
near Centerville, Hillsboro circuit. by the NJ. e.
Church, commencing July 18th.
The quarterly meeting of the M. e. Church at
Buena Vista will be held on July 29th and 30th.
Mr.. A. Fox, long a resident of this city, in
few days starts for Yaquina Bay to take up per-
manent residence.
Carl Bosco dropped in en- us Wednesday,
full of mischief as ever. He is in the photograph
line Mt present.
The bes, varieties of cherries have been selling
from wagons at fifty cents gallon.
A finc show of new jewelry, silver ware, Eigin
| watches, clocks, etc, at Titus's.
Grant Haight, the handsome butcher, we
sorry to say, is down with the chills and fever.
The daily Oregonian reaches US by the after
noon freight train.
Geo. F. se.tleme;r and wife go to Fish Lake
next week a pleasure trip.
DR.. D. B. Rice has purchased a lot and will
erect house at Sodavlle for the reception of his
family during the heated term
| Messrs. Helm and Cranor are retained in the
defense of Bill watkinds at Salem.
/ On Thursday and Friday Messrs. A. Carothers
& Co., engaged in putting up large order
| for drugs and medicines for DR.. Geo. Whitney,
who goes to Scio to establish himself in the prae
/ tice of medicine.
Mr.. Frank Purdom is reported as very low with
erysipclas.
knoek-down First street. Wednesday even
| ing, caused quite little excitement for time.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Newhouse.
estimable lady, was attacked with hcmorrhage of
! the lungs Wednesday.
On Tuesday little of DR.. Jones, of this
city, fell and dslocated an arm. Nothing serious
! is apprehended, We believe.
| Mr.. John Mcknight left during the week,
for the Walla Walla valley. John is going into
| the stock business.
Mr.. Ed. Merrill has large quality of excellent
lumber at his mill which he will sell low. He has
also four yoke of large work cattle, with yokes,
chains and wagon, to dispose of at a bargain
Mr.. Sam'l Handsaker, the Common Sense
Gang Plow man passed through this city, en-
route for his home in Southern Oregon, Sun
day. Mr.. H. has big thing in that pow.
Travel the Willamette yailsy & Cascade
11OuHtdlH W aSon itoad mas Deci ltrStT tdau cNST
known BEFORE and is still increasing.
We send out d lengthy supplement with this
number, which will doubtless prove useful to
those who wish to keep themselves posted in the
doings of Congress.
j. C. Mendenhall, Esq, has moved his real
estate Office to the new building First street,
adjoining the telegraph office, which he has fitted
up in good STYLE and looks pin. Call
on him.
For ice-cold arctic soda go to the drug store of
A. Carothers d Co. The fountain is kept charged
with ice, and the soda gets better d the weather
gets warmer. For cooling draught these hot
days there's nothing like it. Only ten cents a
glass.
A foot race between lady and gentleman.
'.just for green's" on Wednesday afternoon, was
lively, and would have been won by the lady had
she not held up. when ten fifteen feet
ahead, to give the gentleman show. AS it ter
minated they came in neck aud ncck-a dead
heat.
Zed. Wilson, the who murdered James
Kelly on Sunday night " Portland, is pretty we'll
known hercabouts. We see by the Portland pa
pers that Zed. has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of Multnomah for murder in the first de-
gree.
Mr.. A. j. Winter, the artist, received a tele-
gram from Eugene City, on Tuesday, that
younger brother. William, was lying at the point
of death. when he Immediately started for Eugene
City, accompanied by his brother, Jerry Winter.
William still alive on Thursday.
Our friend Mr.. Nathan Baum, Of this city, and
Miss Anna Nader, of Portland, TO be united
in marriage to morrow, in Portland. In advance
we extend to the happy pair our hearty congrat-
ulations. They will probably arrive home on
Tuesday next.
A race, between one of our Oldest and most
staid citizens, on foot, and another who was
driving dray, on Wednesday, in the hottest part
of the day, was easily won by the gentleman on
foot. The distance block. and although
the horse was urged to his best lieks, he was dis
taneed easily. 1t was the fastest foot race we
have seen in many day.
young man named Mcdonald, stopping with
Mr.. Lee Burkhart. some days ago found in the
wagon road a beaver coat lined with red fanaci
He requests state that the assertions that be
had sold the coat and that there was money in tht
pockets when he found il, both untrue. and
that the owner of the coat can obtain the same b,
calling at Mr.. Burkhart's and giving satisfactory
evidence of ownership.
Through the politeness Of Messrs. A. Carothcr
& Co. received, Thursday, assortment
of large. fine cherries. comprising the following
varieties: CIackamas, Yellow Spanish, Black
Eagle, Royal Ann and Black Tartarian, the lat
ter, in opinion, being the largest and best
variety grown. The cherries were from the cele-
brated Willamette Nursery of g. w. Walling &
Co., of Clackamas county. 1t toothsome
present, for which the gentleman presenting have
our thanks.
Mr. Thos. Smith, son of Capt Smith, Agent at
Warm Spring reservation. arrived in this city on
Monday, after an absence of some months in the
Eastern States. We are all the more pleased to
meet Tom, since he brought back with him a
handsome little wife from the Sucker State.
who will doubtless make home attractive and keep
him from roaming His grandmother also ac-
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