The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-11
ALBANY REGISTER.

they are kilOWfl W Dt stcaUy, tNiusIIT
ous persons. who will enter earnestly
into the designs Of the company. The
plan Of operation Is that 10 or II
members shall leave in August and
proceed to the valley, where they will
secure a tract of about 10000 acres
upon the contemplated line Of the
Southern Pacific railway, In Deccln-
ber, when all arrangements for pnr-
chasing land, and for acquiring title
to adjacent Government lands. have
been consummated, the remainder of
the colony will go OIL in time to put In
the first crop. A portion Of the land
will be laid out as a town, the rest be-
ing laid out into farms. A common
fund will provide all necessary expen-
SEES for surveying and irrigation after
the land has been bought.
Two murders occurred in Memphis,
Tenn, lately. John Newell, dissi-
pated man. wrote a letter to his father
in-law threatening that unless he gave
him a thousand dollars he would kill
him, was afterwards met by him and
his two sons, one Of which, Coleman,
shot Newell a number Of times with
pistol, resulting in his death, The
other case resulted from an alterca-
tion. in which James Patterson was
shot by Morris ]. Bowers, causing his
death.
Judge John w. Wright, of WASH
ington City, was arrested in St. Louis
on the 4th, on endictrnents found by
the grand jury for forging endorse
ments oil drafts. He gave bail in the
sum Of $4,000. He says it is a mali
cious prosecution.
Elk. Senator Cattell, of New Jersey,
has been appointed Financial Agent
Of the Treasury Department, to visit
Europe in connection with the new
loan.
General Whittesey, formerly an Of
ficer of the Freedmen's Bureau, has
been put in the Insane Asylum at
Washington.
A hurricane swept over Burlington,
Iowa, last Saturday and caused the
death Of Mrs. Steiger and children by
the fall of the house.
The strike at New York Of the en-
ployees Of the Metropolitan Gas Com
pany, has worked some inconvenience
to parts Of the city. 1t has compelled
the use of candles and campllene in
some instances.
The East Conference, Of New York,
has appointed committee to make
arrangements in concurrence with
committees in other sections of the
country, for u proper celebration Of
the Hundredth Anniversary Of the
first Methodist Conference in Ameri-
ca.
Robert MAILER, while drunk on the
9Th, broke into his fathers house In
Brooklyn, and assaulted him with
knife. The latter seized q stick and
clubbed his son almost to death.
Senator Jones, Of Nevada, proposes
to build palatial residence in Wash
ington to cost 100000.
Three years ago Arkansas had 80
miles of railroad. Now she has 500
completed.
The Wisconsin Legislature refuses
to pass the compulsory educational
law.
In Illinois, Indiana and Michigan,
the peach crop Is ruined.
Congressman Roosevelt, of New
York, has given his back pay to the
Board Of Education Of the city, to be
used in furnishing prizes for deserving
pupils.
Laura Keene, the actress, has sued
G. NJ. Badsford, of the American Lit
erary Bureau, to recover $4,000 for
alleged libel.
AT Galveston, Texas, April 9Th, a
named James Helm, drew
a knife and cut boy. He then in his
attempt to escape. attacked and cut
three unotfending persons who hap
pened to be in his way. Officer Fer
guson, who was attempting to arrest
him, was the next to receive the knife,
and he died in a few minutes. Mr..
Benson, an old and respected citizen,
was one OF those cut, aud has died.
The tiremen swear vengeance against
Helm, one of their number being i'll
Cluded among the victims. 1t was
be would never be brought to
trial. He was supposed to be a
cousin Of the notorious Jack Helm, Of
Texas.
Louis Carzile, born in North Caroli-
ma In 1866, died at Stevenson, Alaba-
ma, Oh the 9th, aged llS years. He