The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09

Aeie youE Vefmlcilll now for early fall
soups!
W. P. Smith, of Halsey, called on
Wednesday.
Martin Payne is III, with symton,s, of
typhoid fever.
Business dull at Harrisburg, at present,
but better times coming.
Uncle Bart. Allen was with us on
Wednesday.
Judge Baldwin is ont again after his late
Illness, we are glad to see.
Pat. Farrell, of Eugene, came down the
first Of the week.
Lew Simpson drives very pretty pair
Of roam ponies that he has recently obtained.
The Odd Fellows OF Albany win cele-
brate the 26th in appropriate manner.
The revival meetings, which were dis
eontinned last sunday evening, viii
probably commence again ere loag.
= Milt. Beach has 50 far reepvered that it
Is thought he viii be able to leave his room
tor short walks next week.
The high water in the Willamette the
front part ofthe week took off the lower
half of Hurd SC Cos. logway-quite a loss.
Siathers aud piles of dry goods at s. e.
Young's, some of the latest and most en-
chanting styles.
1 Hon. Geo. r. Helm is still confined to
his room by illness. His many friends are
hopeful of an early recovery.
Rev. w. r. Blain has been appointed
Bible Agent tor Western Oregon, and win
enter upon his duties at once.
IT you want to see something nice and
new in the line of clothing, go to N.
Baum's.
H. Weed has moved the Beehive store
two doors west of the old place, where he
invites the public to call. Weeds stock OF
groceries and provisions is full and COM
plete.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr.. H.
NJ. Kelly, who had just arrived with his
family, from Arkansas, and is looking for
a home among MS, on Tuesday. We COM
mend Bro. Kelly to the kind offices of the
three-linkers.
VIM. Tally and family, the first of the
week, started for the Alsea valley, where
he has purchased large ranch and several
hundred sheep. May the best of success
attend him and his.
The indications now are that the coming
season will be a rusher-that our mechanics
will be crowded with work, and our city
viii grow and extend and flourish like q
green bay horse."
Messrs. g. F. Settlemeir. Jas. Herren.
John Parker and Billy Pitts started for
Greenhorn Wednesday. Billy goes ont to
do some blacksmithing for the Greenhorn
Co.
An interesting suit came off at the Court
House on Monday, between l.. Elkins. OF
this city. and S. H. Claughton, of Lebanon.
On Tuesday the jury returned verdict OF
50 so in favor of defendant.
Those parlor scates came on some days
ago, and the Opera House has been turned
into a skating rink. On Tuesday afternoon
it was formally opened by extending an
invitation to the ladies of the city to be In
attendance and enjoy free s.skeet.,'
A pledge was presented and largely
signed by scholars and teachers OF the M.
E. S. s. last Sunday. The pledge pro
hibtts the use ofprofane or vulgar language,
the use of tobacco in any form, and from all
that will intoxicate. We hope all will be
faithful to that pledge.
Two sharp" farmers induced their
wives to join the Grange and report, before
they would commit themselves. Now
when they would join, they cannot, as two
black balls greet every application. Mean
while the wives attend the Grange regu.
larly. while s.hubbies'' stay at home aud
mind the babies. This Is Vermont story.
The Board of Directors In the Albany
Alden Fruit Drying Co., meet at Mr. f.
Carter's Office tomorrow afternoon, to de-
termine where the bulldogs for tho Co.
shall be located. There are some shares
of stock still to be taken in the Co., and
our farmers couldn't invest their surplus
cash in more beneficial enterprise.
Ans. Marshall received three of the
prettiest little chickens, by the last ocean
steamer. you ever saw-two hens and q
cock. They are not much bigger that q
ten cent piece. so to speak. but the three
Coc5 IslOs <Auss HOW HE'S SIiG 1afKSet aIfC
the smallest breeds of chickens TO be OBJ
tanned In the world.
J. c. Dueray. of this city, late Of Nevada
City, California. died at the residence OF
his brother-in-law, Frank Wood, in this
city. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, Tuesday, April
9Th, 1875, Of consumption, aged 3s. He
was buried at the Albany Cemetery on
Wednesday afternoon. Ne leaves a wife
and two small children. The bereavetl
family have tl1es sympathy of the com.
munity in their great loss.
Mrs. Baclcensto, President OF the Albany
Aid Society, has received two receipts foi
money forwarded by the Society to Kan.
sas, in aid of the sufferers there One b
from Mrs. Jane G. Jordan. and the other
from the Mitchell Center Aid Society--tle
amount receipted for Is &l13 so. The note
accompanying the receipts says that the
money win be used In purchasing seed for
spring planting. as farmers are entirely
destitute, and unless corn. wheat, ETC.. d
furnished now, they win be worse Oh, Il
anything, the coming winter than they are
| now. A pledge is given that the money
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