The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-11
GENERAL. JEWS.

y dlSpaIcil from Iafls. rance.
dated Nov. 9TH. states that Victor
Hugo has made second visit to Thiers
TO procure the pardon of Henri Roche
fort. The President received him
kindly but declined to Interfere.
The Communist QueSnel has been
convicted of firing buildings in Paris
and has been sentenced to death.
The Belgian Government forward
ed 30. 900 francs for the relief of Bel
.ian settlers III Wisconsin, recently.
The Government has also opened a
subscription for voluntary contribu
tions.
The Queen of England has post
poned the meeting of I2arliment until
the 9th of December next.
Eugenie was coidly received, it is
said. on the occasion OF her recent
arrival in Madrid. The ex-ieader OF
fashions was very plainly dressed.
She wore very simple black travelling
suit, and no jewels OF any description.
by the last census of Russia, and in
accordance with estimates, the popu-
lation of the Russian empire is up
wards OF $4,000, 900, distributed as
follows: Russia proper. $1,000, 600;
Poland {including the Polish provinces).
16,000,000; Finland, 1,S00.O00 ST.
IBERIA and the Caucasus. 10000, 900 !;
| Ttlrl<istan, upward of 1000. 600.
The extraordinary sum Of 1876, 600
was recently obtained in two weeks
from the Caledonian gold reef in New
Zealand. Considerable more than IL
ton of gold was extracted from five
hundred tons of quartz.
The Eugene City Guard contains
an account of the death of John
Iserly, whether by his own hand, or
from drugs administered by others,
is not definitely settled.
They are circulating a subscription
paper in Waila Walla, w. r., for the
purpose of pledging the sum of s75. 600
i'm gold coin, TO be paid to the Walla
Walla and Columbia River Railroad
Company, i'll three installments, one
third on the laying of ten miles of
track; one third on laying of twenty
miles of track; and the remainder
when an entire railroad track is com
pleted from Walla Walla to the Colllnl-
bia river. The road is to be the much
talked-of narrow gauge, if built.
The Walla Walla Record announces
no new cases of smallpox i'll thai
place. but many new faces.
The two subjoined items are from
the Dalles M1umtainecr Mr.. Broad
well, who lives on Eight Mile creek
brought to town on Thursday potato
of tile peachblow variety that weighed
!, over four pounds.
B. F.. Hastings & CO., of Sacramen
to, Cal. have suspended. They have
been in business since 1S49, and al
WAYS stood we'll.
1t is now stated. that in disehargins
,, the cargo of the bark Whistler, which
was OH fire for two weeks at San Fran
cisco, that most of it was found unin
} juretl The fire was in a lot of second
hand furniture, etc., between decks
, underneath which was salt, which pro
tected the freight below.
The United States steamer Guer7e,Te
| is to bring the remains of Gen. Rober
, Anderson to this country.
Patrick Hughes fell and broke hi
neck at East Portland last Tuesda,
night. Supposed to have fallen from
the trestle-work. He leaves q famil,
/ in Wisconsin.
Captain B. G. O,Brien, Asslstan
United States Assessor for Washington
Territory, while endeavoring to saw
Judge Green from falling into tn
, river at Vancouver last Monday, fel
in himself and came near drowning
He was finally fished out by the off
GERS of the steamboat Vancouver
| Sheriff Palmer, of Corvallis, o
Saturday last, shot and killed a dee
within a few feet Of his dwelling i
the central part of the city, says til
t Democrat.