The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-05-17
EASTERN NEWS.

fire. Loss, 100000.
The New York Eceaiag Post
opposes the nomination of Greeley.
Says he lacks courage, frmness and
consistency.
The Boston Post, QDem.) also
the lidceniser, oppose the nomina-
ton OF Greeley.
7'he st. Louis .in=icger, a Ger
Democratic paper, opposes Greeley.
The New York Saats Zietung
praises both the nominees.
The Nashville Jnin and
.i,nerican speak well of the Gin
cinnati ticket.
Greely, it is said, bas retired to
his home at Chappaqua until the
nomination is formally accepted, to
avoid making injudicious remarks.
Gov. Reed, of Florida, has been
acquitted of the charges preferred
against him, and has taken posses
sion of the Executive Office.
The fifteeath General Conference
of the Methodist Church South is
in session at Nashville, Tennessee.
Nearly all of the States are repre-
sentcd.
The Portland Press says there is
no division among the Republicans
of Maine that the Cincinnati
sclism has not and cannot extend
into that State.
A Missouri gentleman was polite
ly hanged by his savage nelgIbors
the other day for having too many
of their horses in his possession.
A Detroiter has invented a ma
chine which trims wall paper, holds
it up against the wall, puts on the
paste and cuts off and smooths
down the strips, and does the work
nicer and faster than three men. lie
las been offered one thousand dol
lars for his interest.
Charles Sumner las announced
himself for the Cilcinnati nomina-
tions.
, Senator Wilson feels sangulnc Of
, fourteen States that will 60 for him
, for Vice Presidents confident Of
success.
s The National Woman Suffrage
l Convention has adopted resolutions
e hostile to the election Of Greeley
j. Our Minister to Madrid, it is re
| norted will soon be withdrawn
No successor will be appointed un
| til Spain is more disposed to &C
! Justly and according to treaty obi
cations.
Thepub'ic school teachers OF New
York are to be pensioned after twen
ty years service.
The Texas and Mobile bridge
at Mobile, is fifteen miles long.
Marc castle, Savannah, Ga., il
being rapidly strengthened. Fit
teen inch guns pointing seward ARK
!, being put in position.
: A fire in Somerset, Pa, on Tho
morning of the 10th, destroyed sly
squares in the heart of the town
containing a third of its aera, but
\
two thirds of its value. Three
hotels, every business house, store
and shop, but one, both banks, boti
printing offices, lawyers offices
? postofiice, L. S. Assessors office
Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall
telegraph and express offices, and
thirty dwellings were burned
Fifty families are homeless. The
loss is estimated at 81, 100000. ln-
surance, $4,000.
The President has approved the
bill revising the election laws il
Washington and Idaho Territories
The Senate passed a bill il
Washington on the 10th, author.
izinc the distribution Of 1000
brcech-loalers among citizens III
the exposed districts of Montana.
A Washington special says that
should the next exchange of dis
patches be unfavorable for arbitra-
ton, it is in contemplation to issue
!. an immediate order for the recall Of
the United States Agent and Con
sui appointed to conduct our case at
, Geneva, in time to prepare for the
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