The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-03-14
General News,

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During a riot In South Wheeling,
W., ". on the 7th, man named
Blattnor received two balls through
his lungs. He cannot recover. Two
Others were injured. The disturbance
arose from evidence given in Court the
day before.
Senator Window pronounces 1t un-
true that the Senate Committee on
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
had agreed to report that, although
Congress has Constitutional power to
regulate railroad tariffs. 1t Is not now
expedient to exercise that power,
Seventeen cars freighted with tea
and silk-worm eggs arrived at Balti-
more on the 28th ult., direct from San
Francisco, via Baltimore and Ohio
Rrallroad, having been only fifteen
days en- route from California. This
is the first through freight from Cali
fornia ever brought over the Baltimore
and Ohio Road.
A Philadelphia dispatch of the 2Sth
Of February states: A considerable
movement is going on in the matter
Of converting Northern Pacific Rail-
road bonds into lands. Bonds amount
ing to 1921. 600 were yesterday sur
rendered to the Trustees in this city
for cancellation on account of land
purchases.
In the House the Public Lands
Committee are considering q bill
authorizing the Territories TO grant
the right of way through the public
domain to railroad companies, the
right to incorporate companies being
reserved to Congress. There Is a bare
possibility that It will pass.
The monthly circular of the SILK
Association OF America gives the d.
rect imports of raw silk into New
York during February at 25l paok-
ages, Cold value, $3.50 ,499, Direct
imports OF silk and silk mixed manu-
factureS in February. 80, 30S packages:
gold. value, 81. S42, ,733.
The trial Of the prisoners engaged
In the brutal massacre at Colfax.
Louisiana, has begun. The testimony
against the parties charged is fearfilly
conclusive. The evidence develops
such terribly revolving cruelty as has
been scarcely paralelled in the annals
Of crime. II is believed that nearly II
not all the prisoners will be convicted.
The Secretary of the Treasury has. ]
directed General Thomas HillhOuse,
the Assistant Treasurer at New York,
to sell &3, ,0O0.O 900 in gold for the month
of March. as follows: Thursday.
March 9Th, Sl.OOO,OOO; Thursday,
March l2th, $50000O; Thursday.
March 9th, $500 0OO; Thursday,
March l9th. $l,0OO,0O0; Thursday,
March 26th, $500, 1000. a
Among the "Boston notions'' Is the
latest one of selling eggs, not by
dozen, but by weight, According TO
tie new law adopted In Massachusetts
twelve eggs no longer constitute a
lswfUl dozen, but as many as It shall \
take to weigh one pound and a halt.
Eight good eggs, laid BY wellteG
fowls, WIN weigh pound while 1t
Win take ten or twelve eggs laid by
puny fowls to make that weight,
The difference ceases to be a tribe
when prices range from 40 to SO cents
per dozen. 44{
The House Military Committee have
decided to apply totithe Pay Depart
ment theit general rule Of reduction.
and to provide for the payment Of
troops By dnfts Oh the Treasury, TO |
be sent BY Department Paynaslers to
Commanders Of Posts tOF officers and
nan under their charge. It now costs
80 per man to pNy fully, While under
the proposed system 10 u believed that
the expense Nhdld be- tFfAtHg. w AT
isolated postAJ where TRasAAeyiWlmAs
cannot readily be- converted ildThO
money, the present Fysts NJ p1yIwill !,
have t0lba5otaiuea,55 yani ytiIsgyl 9l'