The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-06

L HIS lfOll CdlllsI 1O>Is AiIllOTillds
October 29th: This morning at . a.
NJ, VIM. Lee, engineer in the Forest
Vile Chair Factory, shot and killed
his Wife instantly. His eldest son was
at the stable attending to some horses
when lac heard the pistol shot. lie
went to the house immediately and
the childrgn came running out and in
formed him thar their father had Killed
thcfr mother. The murderer escaped.
and Ina, not been heard from vet.
Family trouble seemed to be the cause
of it.
The following dispatch from Wichita
Agency, Indian Territory, was dated
October 29th: The Indian war iii this
section is rapidly eollapSing. General
Davidson reports through scouts this
evening that Major Scofield. with his
column, has captured, on Elk Creek,
50 Noconce warriors and 2.000 ponies.
This party IS OF the worst character.
and Is accompanied by families. |
met Captain carpenter with his column
to-day in hot pursuit of L large party
of hiowaS. trying to get to Fort Sill
to surrender before he can ovcrtake
them. Ike had then been in pursuit
two days. The party IS thought to be
Lone VOLTS.
Washington dispatch October 10Th
to the teg7d7tc, furnishes this incident:
To-day. While ease was being heard
before Mr.. Justice Humphreys. in the
Criminal Court. one OF the jurors
passed side remark that tliSpieaSed
Ia, Z ~,
that he would give a recess. remark
ing that he had been informed that one
| of the jurors. Nr. :. L. Tune, was in
the habit OF getting drunk at recess.
and that he did not want it to occur
( again. Just here Mr. Tune put in
with. Il often hear of your getting
/ drunk, Your Honor. but | don't be
I lieve a dlmned word OF it The up
/ shot OF all this was the discharge OF
Mr.. Tune rs Il juror.
In Il case which came before the
4 Marine Court recently. it was asked
! that an order ShonId he issued com
/ pelliug Judgment debtor 20 give up
his. watch to the receiver. 1t was
argued by the defendants counsel that
the defendant was keeping boar,lers
for Il living. and for the support of lis
family. and was therefore entitled to
keep his watch. Judge Gross remarked
| thereupon that Il watch might almost
( be considered Il necessity. even for Il
student or mechanic. and that unless
the law contlicted with such action. he
should allow the defendant to keep his
timepiece. Because 4 man has the
misfortune to lie Judgment debtor is
no good reason why his creditors
should not give him time
Says New York paper of Oct
18th: ''Ehe challenge ofG w. AIealley.
I OF Boston. to row any man in the
nited State. except Evan Morris. of
Pitt>burg. or Geo. Brown, of Halifax,
Il five-mile race ut Springfield. Mass.
tor $1,000 Il side, was to-day accepted
by john Bi@lin, of this city, who
agrees to row MealIcy at Springfield
next month.
y letter from 9echi@o. Japan. dated
August 20th. states that Il whale was
caught at Immachi in which. when it
was cut mp TO boil down the blubber,
Il hide bag was found, which turned
ont to contain. in gold and silver coin
of every kind. upward of 10000 yen.
The Walla Walla Laion has seen
some good specimens Of cotton raised
on Snake river. at the mouth of Almota
7 NICth- Db H. nun NtCti
sent him by the Agricultural Depart
ment.
a Salt Lake man placed some pois-
oned meat on fence. intending the
fatal lunch for Il ncighbor's dog. In
stead of the pestiterous eur his own
pet child found the meat and licked it.
The child died.
Col. W. G.. Bullock. of Fort Lara
. mie, being Il pioneer of % years stand
ing. is considered pretty good authority
on Western resources. and he insists
that there are oceans of gold'' i'll the
Black Hills.
In the Newark { n. j. city election,
October 18th, the Democrats recovered
entire control of the offices. except
Auditor Controller. Newark gave
Grant 3,64 majority in 1872.
Leroy Foote, employed about the
ranch Of +. l.. Martin, near Colorado
Springs. swallowed n dose of corrosive
4 subIimate, when he meant to take
something else, and crossed over to
the other side.
Commodore Ferguson, of the Schuyl-
kill Navy Club, reports that during
his visit to Europe, many of the lead
ing boat clubs promised to send repre-
seutatives to the Centennial regatta.
r. II. Stoddard. the journalist, hav.
ing lost the use of his right hand from
rheumatism, is learning to write witt