The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-12-13
TELEGRAPHIC.

John I. Irving. the selfacctise,l
Nathan murderer, has been sentenced
to seven year, aad six months ut Sing
Sing on charge of burglary.
The Commonwealth Life Insurance
Company has decided to stop issuing
policies. Polic9 holders arr Informed
that the company has sufficient assets
to protect It's PRESENT po.icy-holders.
and has made arrangements a to trans
fer its business az far as practicable.
The Democrat Of Manchester. N.
H.. elected the Mayor by 500 plurality
Oh the 9th. Heretofore they carried
hut one ward.
Samuel o. Cbbb. Democrat. huI
llominated by all parties except the
ProhibitiOnists. was elected Mayor Oi
Boton. Oh the 9h, hv a majority Of
1888. Cnshins, the Prohibitionist
candidate. had fat 55S votes. -Four
ladies were cleo ted on the School
BMnl.
II. i. TIasfoul, cashier for August.
Wings Il Co.. brokers. New York. is
missing. with some $4,000 belonging
t" the firm. Ha 'fiTi was formerly
President of the Cr0ton Bank.
The New Hampshire State Tenn
peranre Convention. on the 10th.
aloptcda strong prohihitory resolution
and nominated Or. .JnO. Blackman
and G. u. Head for railroad COM
niSSi0uerS.
Twin babies were born in Portland,
Maine. recently, joined together like
the Siamese twins. Both died in Il
short time.
The friends OF Gen. Sickles state
that he will, on his return to Wash
ingtm, formally tender his resignation
rs Minister to arid.
1t IA said Governor Burbank has
sent IL his resignation as Executive of
Dakota.
NJ. w. Delsllay, United States
Judge Of Kansas, has rendered his
resignation. Charges Of being Il com
mon d1lnkard had been preferred
against him. Senator Crozier is in
dorSed to fiji the vacancy.
Martin +. Conway has been indicted
for assault with intent to kill eX-Sen-
alor Pomeny.
From Paris, France. under date of
the 9th, we have this: Proceedings in
the Bazaine COurr-nmrtial to-day were
unusually interesting. NJ. Lancllarl.
counsel for the defence, read letters
from Prince Frederick Charles of
Prussia. The first read states that
Marshal BaHiue never visited the
Prince's headquarters duringthe siege.
and that the Prince saw him the first
time after Gipitulation. The second
letter read expresses the highest
fol Bazaine and praises him for the
energy with which he prolonged the
resistance to the Prussian army.
A telegram from Fort Bridger,
Utah, OIL the 10th, says: A party of
Ladies' and gentlemen who left Pi-
edmont yesterday afternoon, to attend
a dance here last night, were lost. and
their team became exhausted. The
party calnped, and one of them-lI.
NJ. Mitchell, railroad agent and OPP
erAtor ut PiAlmont---started out to find
The fort and get al. He got lost and
froze to death. The rest-among them
the wife of the 1eceased-arriVed
safely this morning..
At Salt Lake. on the 10th, /. N.
Whitney. a prominent mining Oper-
ator, was arrested yesterday and taken
East on u rquisition from the Gov
ernor of Michigan, OIL a charge of
fraud in the sale Of Eureka aud Tintic
mining stock. Reluisitions are here
from the Governors Of other States for
Utah mining Swindlers.
A boiler at the candle factory at the
foot of Fourteenth street, San Fran
cisco, Cal. exploued on the 9th. kill
ing one Chinaman and injuringOtherS.
Oscar p. Hale, the engineer, was
thrown a distance Of over twenty feet
by the force of the explosion, and
was probably fatally injured.
The three paragraphs below are
from London, England, under date Of
Dec. 10th:
London is again enveloped in a
dense fog. There were numerous
accidents Yesterday in the streets, and
the Inns. hotels and hospitals are filled.
On the river three persons were killed.
A terrible railroad collision is re-
ported near Birmingham this morn
Ing. Thirty passengers killed and
Injured, Heavy fog at the time.
Birmingham is a great railroad centre.
1t is estimated as many as 800 trains
pass through the town IN a day.
At the election at ExteF yesterday
Arthur Mills CONSERVATIVE was re-
Turned by $40 majority.
The fight between Redwood City
and San Mateo Tor the county-seat OF
San MateO county, CAL, resulted IN
favor Of the former by eleven votes.