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

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Family troubles caused the act.
J. Milton Turner, colored Minister
to Liberia. was stabbed by George
Malley, at st. Louis on the 9th. The
wound l. thought to be mortal. Poll
tics. the cause.
Ex-Secretary Seward died nj his resi-
dence, Albany, N. V. on the 10th.
Greeley was to deliver an address at
Baltimore before the Annual Fair of
the Maryland Agricultural and Me
cllanic Society.
llartrnft's majority in Philadelphia
was 0,l37.
A Republican iollification was held
at Columbus, O., Oh the evening of the
9th, over the election.
On the 9th inst, at Sioux City, Iowa,
quite II severe shock of an earthquake
was felt. People rushed ont of doors
and much excitement prevailed for a
short time. The shock lasted for a
minute and u half. At Fort Randall
the shock was severe. At Yankton,
faint.
There Is a strong league in New
York, whose object Is the annexation
of Canada to the United States. The
sentiment Is thought to be gaining.
The State Department at Washing
ton was draped In mourning in respect
to the memory of ex-Secretary Sew
ard. His death was read with regret
in all quarters.
The wife of james Parton, "Fanny
Fern" died in New York, Oct. 10th
A purpOrted Italian nobleman.
named Fogge. was burned to death In
New York on the 10th.
The New York THbnae has with
drawn its imputationS upon speaker
Blaine IN reference to the supposed
transactions in connection with the
eastern division OF the Union Pacific
Railroad.
The announcement Of the death of
| Hon. VIM. II. Seward WAS received
with hgenenl feelings ofsOrrowt through
ont the East.
The press of the D0ly Sentinel.
Raleigh, n. G., was completely de-
mollshed Oh the l1th inst, by the ex-
plosion Of powder which some nm
known person had placed under the
press room. The paper is conserva-
tive
James X. Spaulding. founder of the
New York World, and more recently
connected with the New York Times.
died in Dover, n. H., OH the 10th
inst.
Mayor Medill. of Chicago, has issued
a proclamation, ordering the police to
enforce the laws forbidding the sale of
Intoxicating liquors on Sunday.
Speaker Blaine spoke in st. Louis
on the night Of the 10th. toa large
audience.
OIOnor electors are to be nominat-
cd at Columbus, o.. at Convention
to be held on the 22d inst.
A full electoral ticket was nominat-
ed by the OConor Democrats for New
jersey, at Trenton, on the 18th.
At Savannah. Ga. Alexander Dimon
shot his father three times. intlicting
flesh wounds. and then killed himself.
Five prisoners in the penitentiary
at Blackwell's Island. n. Y, over
powered their keeper on the llth inst,
and after di>arming him. escaped in a
boat to which they attached themselves
Us 4 crew.
A new house, four stories high. fell
in Louisville. Ky. on the 10th, killing
six members of IA family.
Nigilantes at Aulville. Lafayette
county, Mo-. killed one man and NOR
tally wounded another last week. for
horse stealing.
Two brothers at Hickman's Mil.
Kansas City, William and Harrison
Young. qiMrnletl about the proposed
marriage of their sister and 4 Mr..
Clemens. Harrison killed William
and severely wounded Clemens.
A railroad accident happened Oh the
Padncah and Elizabctlltown road. near
Paducah. Ky, on the night of the 10th.
The ladies' car, containing twenty-five
passengers. was thrown down an en-
bankment forty feet, landing bottom
upward. Two were killed outright.
and the rest were nearly ill more or
less injured.
A fire at Whitehall. ILL.,, on the
night of the llth inst, destroyed the |
entire business portion Of the town. |
Fifteen business houses were burned. /
The last words of MIR. Seward were,
"I.ove one another" :"
The st. Louis Stamping Company's
WORKS were damaged by fire on the
18th, to the extent of $4,000.
The Saritoga county Bank ut Water
tor1l. N. Y. Nas robbed the other day
of over $500. 600 by gang of nine
men disguised in IN HI klux uniform.
,rLo,, ware SecuAted in the house of the |