The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-04
NEWS ITEMS.


men met in indianapolis, Indiana,
on the 25th ult., to take preliminary
steps for the formation of new
political party based on National
currency. James Buchanan, of
indianapolis, was elected President,
and Wood, Of Kentucky, and two
other IndianiaEs, Vice Presidents.
1t is understood that the financial
plank OF this new party will he
short, and will be in favor of abol-
ishing National banks and the sub
stitution of convertible legal tender
notes. a preliminary National
meeting will be called for Cleveland,
Ohio, in March or April next, when
the propriety of nominating Pres
idential candidate will be determin-
ed. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
New Jersey, kentucky, New York
and Ohio were represented in the
meeting.
The following extract from an
official dispatch from Col. Miles was
received at Gen. Sheridan's head
quarters in Chicago on the 9th ult.
1t refers to the girls whose rescue
from Indians was announced some
time ago, during a fight i'll which
two white gir,s were recaptured
from Indians: "They were sisters,
ADELAIDE and Julia German, aged
five and seven respectively, and
were captured In Kansas. Their faith :
er, mother, brother and one sister
were murdered. They and two older
sisters were kept prisoners. They
have no positive knowledge of their
whereabouts. Their story is too
horrible to relate. They were al
most raked and nearly starved.
They are now under Charge of a
surgeon. When strong enough to
endure the journey they VIII be
sent to Leavenworth
White eastern wool is quoted at
from 81 to G2t cents per pound.
Pacific coast woods arc in slow re-
quest at 90 and 26 cents, with choice
lots reaching the maximum of 80
and 40 cents. The reason OF this
! disparity in price is not because our
wool is inferior in quality, bnt be-
cause it is sent to market full ofdust,
seeds, ETC., and therefore must yield
tic first place to wool grown i'll
the Eastern States, often inferior in
quality, but brought into market in
better shapes. This should not be
the case. Pride alone should in
duce our producers to clean their
wool before sending it to market,
tllat a fair comparison might be
made with the productions of the
East. y little care and labor be-
slowed in this direction will produce
the most ample and satisfactory re-
suits.
John d. Lee, the man arrested
and ROW in prison at Beaver, Utah
awaiting trial on an Indictment
charging him with being the leader
of the Mountain Meadow massacre
says that lie intends to give the full
history of tie occurrence from its in.
ception to its consummation Thi.
narration or confession, or whatever
it may be, will he looked forward
to with deep interest, and with 8
sincere hope that the murderers who
Lave escaped the penalty of theil
crimes for more than II years may
be brought to justice.
Twenty cents per annum will bt
the cost of postage on the REGIS
TER, after the first of next month
to all subscribers receivingit outside
of Linn county, and this postage
will have to be prepaid by MS. There
fore subscribers at distance vii
forward, in addition to the regular
subscription, twenty cents, or 50 10
which pays for subscription an(
: postage one year.
Last December, Marion G.. Pal
mer, of Ganesvoort, n. V, acci
dentally swallowed a silver dental
plate with four front teeth attached
On the 10Th of last month DIR. Nc
Lean, of Troy, n. Y, assisted b,
other eminent surgeons, made a
incision in the esophagus, foun'
2 the plate four inches below the clay
! ice and successfully removed i
2 The teeth had become detached
r and passed into the stomach. Th
$ plate was an inch and a half lon
; and three-fourths of an inch wild,
At Cloverdale, Putnam county
r Indiana, on Sunday last, Tho