The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-04-12
EASTERN NEws.

The only Republican newspaper
in Massachusetts which opposed
President Lincoln, is now tie only
one to oppose the reelection OF
President Grant.
The friends of Senator Sumner
think he can commit himself TO the
Cincinnati movement in y few DAYS.
The Touring mills Of II. Yager,
st. Louis, burned on the night Of
the 9TH. Loss, s5O,o0O-insmel.
a collision on the night Of the
4th at Brighton, Illinois, betweena
train on the Rockford, Rock Island
& st. Louis Railroad and train
on the Chicago and Alton railroad,
resulted in the wreckmg Of the en-
gines and the killing Of q fireman.
This accident occurred where the
roads cross at very acute angle.
A fire at Loudonville, OHIO,
on the 9th inst, destroyed nearly an
entlre block. Loss, $4,000, partly
insured.
Isaac c. Day, of the firm of Day,
Allen & Co., wholesale grocers Of
Chicago, Illinois, committed suicide
on the 4th by shooting himself with
a pistol. lie had been in poor
health.
Texan rangers are reported to be
preparing to retaliate and rescue
their cattle from Mexico.
A Columbia, South Carolina,
special says there was a riot there
on Thursday evening Of last week,
caused by an attack on a Rcpubli-
can procession to celebrate the May
or's election. Troops had to be
called into requisition to suppress
it.
The railroad bridge at Topsham,
Maine, was burnt on the morning
Of the 3d. 1t cost $4,000.
The dwelling house Of Charles
W. Felt, at Cambridgeport, Mass,
was burnt on the night Of tile 81. !
His thpe-year old child was suffo-
Gated. The death of the child has
prostlatel Mrs. Felt, and her life is
de>paired Of
President Grant was in New
York on the 3d to see lis wife and
daughter otftor Europe.
\ procession Of 1900 colored cit
izens celebrated the anniversary Of
the Fifteenth Amendment in New
York on the Sd inst.
Slater's bill, granting the right of
way through the public lands for a
railroad from Great Salt Lake City
to Portland, Oregon, passed III the
House on the Sd.
The Republican State Convention
Of Iowa instructed for Grant and
James +. Wilson, for President and |
Vice President. Ohio instructed |
for Grant and Denison.
The Supreme Court of Nassa-
chusetts has decided that, when a
jury once separates after retiring for
delibention, it cannot again delibcr-
ate on the case.
Field Marshal Sir John Bur-
goyne, who died lately III England,
aged 80, was son of General Bur
goyne, who commanded the British
forces in this country during the
Revolution.
The Black Hill, gold discovery
sensation, is pronounced a swindle.
The Workingmen's Central I'm
ion Labor Reform Society Com
mittec, in New York on the even
ing of the ID, repudiated the nomi-
nation Of Judge Davis to the Presi-
dency.
The prosecution Mayor Hall, of
New York, has not been abandon
ell.
Jack Hollissy, a member of the
swamp gang, threatened a bar-kecp-
er in New York on the ID for re-
tusing him a drink, and was shot
dead by the bar r-keeper.
The Secretary of the Treasury
has decided that the income tax on
the salary of tie President ard
Judges Of the Supreme Courts is
unconstitutional, and the same will
he refunded and not hereafter inn
posed.
Generals Sheridan and Augr
have been directed by an order from !
.he War Department to Use extra
ordinary efforts to capture and turn
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