The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-25
EASTERN NEWS.

~ llSiiL III Tie l1dlnDIOil, new ON,
Chair Factory Nov. 10th, resulted III
the death off man and the wound
ing Of several others.
1t IS stated that since the election in
New York, honest men are leaving
Tammany and connecting themselves
with the Reform organization. Ap-
polls Hall is to be the leading in
stitution Of the Reform in New York
Samuel G. Courtney is to be Chair
man OF the Committee OF the new or
ganization. Those who have been
prominent in connection with Tam
many are to be excluded from mem
bersilip. Hundreds of commendatory
letters have been received by the Re-
form leaders from prominent Demo-.
Gratis in the West.
Cholera is in the quarantine at New
York in the ship Dc1ara%.
Recent dispatches from Raleigh, n.
c., state that six ku Kluxes Were ar
rested i'll Rancy county, charged with
murder, arson, burglary and rape.
They whipped AIr. Hens,ey and son,
and drove w. G. Brakens and wife out
OF their house and ubrned it. They
went to the house of Ward Brakens---
q blind man-bllrst open the door and
beat him nearly to death. They tore
aninfant from Mrs. Brakens and dash
ed it across the room Three of the
villains outraged her; she is in a dying
condition. A Yorkville dispatch states
that the prisoners there win be turned
over to the United States civil authori-
ties for trial next week.
The Republican ticket in Minnesota
carried by about 13, 600 majority. The
Legislature stands on joint ballot 1O1
Republicans to 46 Democrats Senate,
| 81 Republicans to 10 Democrats :.
Honse, 20 Republicans to 35 Demo-
Gratis.
| The Hyde Park mine at Scranton,
| Penn, caved in ON the 18th inst. Great
ing great excitement, the shocks elus-
ing the people to flee terror-stricken
from their dwellings. The caving Of
the ground which occurred over the
| Oxford mine caused the settling in OF
| buildings overhead of some two feet.
The area OF ground caved in is about
thirty acres, and the damage to prop
| erty is over $50. COO. Immense assures
were made in the principal avenues
and streets. Many houses viii have to
be pulled down. The Post Office has
| sunk some eighteen inches. and con-
tinEes settling. The whole town is i'll
danger, as the ground is settling. The
mines are deserted at Scranton and the
| various streets are crowded with peo-
pie discussing the situation. The vein
| which eaved is known as the Diamond
vein, and is 240 feet below the surface.
1t was worked out ten years ago. pre-
vious to its purchase by the Delaware,
Lackawana and Western Company.
| On Friday night Nov. 10th, the brig
! G. Il. Sweet from Philadelphia for
Portland was lost off Sandy Hook. The
Captains wife and three of the crew
We're drowned.
The schooner J. & c. Merritt was
capsized off Barnett, Atlantic coast,
Nov. 11tll, and the captain and four
men were drowned.
| Charles Francis Adams sailed on the
14th inst, for Geneva.
At konosha, Wisconsin, on the 18th.
f. Morris shot and killed his wife with
one barrel of a shotgun and then blew
out his own brains with the other.
| A terrific gale prevailed in New
York and New Jersey on the 14th.
The loss in the latter State were esti-
mated at 800. 900. A storm ragged at
Portsmouth. New Hampshire, on the
10th. Reported also at Providence,
r. T., and Portland, Maine. More or
less damage was done at each place.
The effects OF the storm at New York
on the 14th, are reported as follows :
Additional accounts show that the eff.
feet of the storm in this vicinity o.,
: Tuesday night, and by high tide yes
teTyiaY, were quite severe. a LARGE
portion of the Harlem flats in JERSEY
were washed away, and the Morr
canal were overfiowed, submergino
Easements, carrying off lumber boats.
yachts, etc., damaging over $4,000
worth OF property. The lecture room
of the Methodist Church at Berge,
Heights was blown down, and the
church damaged. In Newark ovel
$20,000 worth of property was de
stroyed by wind and water. Seyera
unfinished houses were demolished
and cellars and Easements flooded. Al
Elizabeth a brick. foundry and fiv,
buildings We're blown down, and til,
damage to shipping is considerable
and it is expected further losses will b,
; reported.
The murderers of Park and his fami
ly, which murder occurred near Hen
! ryville, Indiana, instead of Missouri
as we stated in our last number, hay.
! been discovered to be three negroe,
named johnson, Taylor and Davis
johnson was first suspected. A rope
was placed around his neck by the cit,
izens, and believing that he was dis
, covered, made full confession, stating
I that the other two with himself plaIl-
: ned the murder to secure some .OOl
or So, 600 of church money which they
supposed Mr.. Park had in his house.
The whereabouts of the accoinplices
was discovered and they were arrested.