The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-02

E). Il LOCKE {'t Petroleum Y. Mas
by has disposed of his interest il
the Toledo Btade to his former partner,
and gone the way of all rich people-tc
Europe.
IT is now cheaper to travel than it is to
stay at home. The railroad war has
made it an object to follow Lord Bate
mans example, and s. go abroad strange
countries for to see. -
AFTER receiving $40, ,00O for their serv-
ices, spending $1,000 for kilograms, and
large sums for the distribution of 700, 900
circulars, the detectives engaged to dis
cover Charlie Ross have found clew-a
straw hat worth so cents.
Gov. HENDRICKS recently vetoed q
bin passed by the Indiana Legislature
providing for the incorporation of camp
meeting associations, on the ground that
the creation of religious interpretations
IS not In harmony with the spirit of the
government
DEPRECIATION of values of real estate,
stocks, bonds, and other property held
in and about New York alone, since the
September panic, is set down as high as
$1,000, ,000,0 900. The estimate is care
fully made upon present prices and those
of thirty months ago.
TaE anti-lottery law is being vigorous
ly enforced in Chicago. The proprie
tors of all the daily papers have been in
cEcted by the grand jury, hauled mp be-
fore the courts, and fined for printing
lottery advertisements In nearly every
instance $50 fine, the lowest penalty
prescribed by the statute, was imposed.
ACCORDING TO Paul B. Soldiers of La
fayette, Ind, Beecher commenced bust
ness as revivalist in that town thirty
two years ago. Elder Knapp was doing
so much damage to the Presbyterian
cause by converting its people to Bap-
tist theology, that Beecher was put up in
competition, and soon recalled the stray
ing sheep.
CGNGREss has now taken three long
strides toward revival of the franking
privilege. The sending free of public
documents and of Congressional Rec
orcts by Congressman, and of garden
seeds by the Commissioner of Agricult-
ure, was authorized. Only one more
step remaius to be taken, namely, apply
ing deadheadism to letters.
THE express companies have won
victory that viii have very substantial
results to them. After several years of
hard work they have succeeded In having
the postage on all packages weighing
&yer four pounds considerably increased.
The effect of this will be to compel peo-
pie to send al such packages by express
instead of by mail as heretofore.
PNcHBAoK. Collector Casey, and Con-
sgressman Sheldon, recently indulged in
q quiet little game of draw at the national
capital. When the sitting was over, the
coffee-colored statesman was richer by
nine thousand dollars than when he sat
down. After this, who Will deny that
Pinchback possesses the qualifications
necessary to q seat in the national Con
gress
THE Force bill, which passed the lower
house of Congress, but failed in the Sen
ate, probably excited more bitter oppo-
sition than any measure that has been
before Congress for years, the Democrats
having used every appliance known to
parliamentary tacticians to defeat it.
On its final passage thirty-seven Repub-
iicans voted with the Democrats
against it.
A DISTINCTION which has long been an
-eye-sore to Western dairymen and deal
ers is wiped out by the action of the
National Butter and Egg Association,
recently in session in Chicago There
will be no longer a grade known as
~se Western" butter, term heretofore
implying inferior quality. and the ship
ments from the West viii go upon the
market on their merits.
A STOCK company is being organized
at Sioux City for the purpose of estab-
fishing a regular stage and freight line
of accommodation between that point
and the Black Hills through Northern
Nebraska It is intended to commence
running April Is. Col. Sawyer. who
surveyed for the government wagon
road from Sioux City to Montana in
1867, viii have the management of the
company.
THE House of Representatives at
Washington, on the last day of the ses-
sion, seated George A. Sheridan as Con-
~azaynaTa-af-larorc from r T.o,Iieia,,o ~.
contestant being Pinchbaek. It also at
the same time unseated J. Hale Sypher,
of the same State, and gave the seat to
Effngham Lawrence. Though the
Congressional career of these was very
brief-onIy about six hours-it was suf-
ficiently long to entitle them to draw
their salary for two years, amounting,
with mileage, to some S12, 600 piece.
CHINA newspapers inform us that the
late Emperor died of smallpox. It was
at one time thought that he was recover
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