The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-10-11

At Macon, Ga. on the ri inst.
a riot occurred Mt the polls between
the whites and the blacks resulting In
the killing of one white man aud the
wounding Offive or six negroes, two
Of whom died. The whites say the
negroes originated the disturbance.
and the negroes claim that they were
driven from the polls by violence. and
could get no chance to vote. Laterin
the day the latter refused to vote when
guaranteed protection by the Mayor,
and went to their homes.
N. P. Banks has been nominated
for Congress by the ClRppaqacks Of
the 9th Congressional District in Mas
sachusetts.
Major Reese. nephew Of Senator
Sherman. is said to he a defanlter tn
the Government to the amount Of ST.
600. Sherman was telPgraphed to
about it. and responded that the Gov
ernment should prosecute him.
Lieber, the well known publicist of
New York city, died of heart disease
on the ID inst.
The straight out Democratic Con-
vention of New York met in Albany
on the 3D. inst. and nominated full
electoral ticket. Peter Gilsey, John
A. GoOdlet and Peter Spague were
also nominated for Congressman at
large.
Senator Wilson addressed the largest
political meeting ever assembled mt
Dayton, o., on the 3d.
A girl died in two hours from the
bite Of u rlttlesnake at Williams, Iowa,
recently.
The largest Republican denonstra-
tion of the campaign was held at In
dianapolis, Ind, on the 3d.
The annual st. Louis Fair opened
on the Sd inst.
At Lyons. New York. farmers
team au away and killed him. A
relative ir the afternoon. driving an
unrnly team to town for the purpose
Of procuring a coffin for the deceased,
in crossing the railroad the wagon was
struck by the locomotive of passing
train. killing the two horses, and
throwing the locomotive and two or
three cars into ditch.
Rev. Benjamin r. Hoyt. the oldest
ordained Methodist minister Of New
England. died at his residence at Sa-
lem. Mass, Oh the 3l inst.
Oliver L. Dalton. late Of the 81 Col
ol7s,lo Battery, choketl to death at Ev-
ansville, Ind, Oct, 3d. on piece of
meat.
The Secretary of the Interior has
concluded to purchase tie square of
ground north and south Of the capitol.
The front Street Theater. Baltimore,
was struck by lightning on the after
noon Of .he 7th. during the rehearsal
of the French Spy" tearing the roof
in fragments, and slightly stunning
several actors.
Stories of Tweed's flight were again
current on the Sth.
''What nuisance :" exclaimed II.
gentleman at a concert, as young
fop in front OF him kept talking in u
loud voice to a lady at his side. Did
you refer to me. sir!" threateningly
demanded the fop. "Oh, no; | meant
the musicians theVe, who keep up such
a noise with their instruments that |
can't hear your conversation, was the
.stinging reply.
Of the 120 ministers present at the
North Ohio Conference, the vote stood
1l0 for Grant aud for Greeley.
Gnizot is furnishing fuel for a relig-
iotIs excitement In France.
A woman III Lienz, Germany. be-
came 10 extremely piolls that she lnUr-
dered her five chiIdren to make angels
OF them.
st. Peters cupola at Rome has gone
into a decline.
A small orange grove at Palatka,
Florida. recently sold for $1,000.
A Michigan mans thirty plum trees
nctted him sixty bushels Of plums this
season. ~
The largest watermelon on exhibi-
ton at the Pulaski eTennessee) fruit
exposition weighed ll2 pounds.
The wild plum crop is immense IL