The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-23
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A lafge number of patients were
with difficulty removed to place
ofsaety. Los $685. 900 or Sl10,.
600. '-''s''''..'',
Judge Bedford, of New York,
sentenced . gaHoter, on the 18th,
to twenty years hard labor in the
State prison.
A bill in favor of reducing the
tariff on tea and coffee will be re.
ported in Congress by the Commit.
tee OIL Ways and Means.
The Grand Duke Alexis witness.
ed the carnival Of Mardi Gros, in
New Orleans on the 18th.
A masked party, in Cincinnati,
recently took a prisoner by the
name of Clark away fromthe guard,
and next morning he was found
hung.
An earthquake was felt in Wash
ington on the night Of the 18th.
The shocks were severe.
The,American Protestant ,Asso-
citation of New York are to parade
on Wasbington's birthday. $4,000
men are expected to be in line un-
der Grand Marshal johnson.
Minneapolis and St. Anthony,
MIMI, were united on the 18th un-
der the name Of the former, by a
large majority in both cities.
The explosion Of . barrel Of ce-
mcnt in Philadelphia on the l4th,
set fire to a shoe factory, severe
ly injured one man, caused another
to jump from q third story window,
lighting without injury, and com.
PEELED fifteen men to escape from
the upper story of the factory
through the roofon to another build.
ing.
The latest amusement of the boys
at Louisville, Kentucky, is to place
a line ofthe toy torpedoes on the
street railway. When the car comes
along it 'explodes the torpedoes,
frightens the horses, and still worse,
scares the passengers, and excites
the city for many blocks around
with the noise and light.
At Utica, New York, on the
10th, some words passed between q
Mrs. McCarty and Milton II
Thompsonin a street car, when the
former drew q revolver and shot
the latter through the nose anG
cheek, the ball striking Mr.. II. II
Hart, who was in the car, in thC
heart, instantly killing him. Thomp
sons wound is not considered
dangerous. The woman was ar
rested.
w. J.4Pollock, Of New York
was arrested recently and held t.
bail in the sum Of 100000 for al
legged smuggling operations in liner
and jute goods. The preparation
of the f:$hd was carried on by
means offalse marks and brands al
the Custom House, whereby the
identityiofthe goods was destroyed
and the Custom House officials mis-.
led. ,ags
Mrs. WIN. B. Astor died on the
18th. a,a
At Springfield, Ohio, on Wed.
nesday night of last week, Robert
Scott shot his wife dead, and then
killed himself.
Abloodless duel was fought at the
bay of st. Louis, La, on the 18th,
between General Badger, Chief o.
Police of New Orleans, and Geo.
W. Carter, former Speaker Of the
House efthe4 Louisiana Legislature.
Shots were 4 exchanged cha at sixty PAGES
with ndes.without. effect. A Eecon-
ciliation wsstheneffected.
The Postmaster Poissttm General says no
contract exststOr the transportation
ofmaiIs' On the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific Railroads. Mails
are carried under orders issued quar-
terly, the service being raid by the
Postmaster General. The COM
panies are not under contract stipu-
laticns, under circumstances like
those now existing, to provide for
the transportation Of mails by any