The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-01-28
News GIeanings.

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On the 2lst lnst.. at Louisville, KY, the
famous mare, Wake Snakes, was ham-
strung i'm her stable by some unknown per-
son. Mr.. GIN, her owner. offers $1,000
reward for the conviction of the guilty par
ty.
The wife Of Sir Hugh Mackenzie. OF /
Montreal. and Fred. n. Brytiges, son OF |
the general superintendent of the Grand I
Trunk Railroad of Canada, were arrested |
In New York on the 22d, charged with |
having eioped. The lady had two infant |
children with her In her flight. The par |
ties were discharged and Mrs. Mackenzie |
returned to Montreal.
One of the leading wholesale clothing
firms of Boston. .Tordon> Clark q Co.. isns
suspended. owing to the falsification OF
their books by their confidential bock-keep-
err, Frank Sandfold. The defauiter sent
| his wife and children to California some
weeks ago. and he has left ia company with
another woman.
The trial of w. w. Nc Kee. Of the St.
| Louis Globe Democrat, commenced In that
city on the 2lst, upon an indictment charg.
ing him with Conspiracy to defraud the
| government. proves to be one of the most
interesting of the st. Louis whisky fraud
cases. District Attorney DYER expresses
confidence ia his ability TO sustain the fn-
dictment and obtain conviction.
On the 22d news was received In New
York from Havana to the effect that's force
| led by Henry Reeves, $500 strong. has in-
vadeti Sagua county Within the past week
and has destroyed sugar estates some OF
which are valued at 81. 900, 600 each. Sa-
qua Las Chica, at the mouth of the river
of that name. wEere there were warehous-
es with 1000 hogsheads of Mnscavada SUI
gar, were consumed The estate Cayo Es-
pino, of Senior Nugartca, is In the possess
ion of the rebels and of course destroyed.
It ts located on some of the islands. whilst
Sagua county Is on the north shore.
The Times special, reviewing Gambet-
ta's speech, delivered in private at AK.
says the speech will force itself on the at
tention of all France. 1t Is essentially an
appeal for conciliation and the progra atnme
of moderate Republicans. In the speech,
! which is very long. Gambetta says: awe
: don't want monopoly. We are too anx-
iot,s to repair the Losses of France to ex-
: cIlide any Frenchman frum the task of rails
ing up the country. We must, however,
enter the republic honestly"
J Adv ces from the revolution in Sonora,
e near Ures, report that on the 9Th inst. Ser
nas' forces defeated the State trnops undel
/. the Secretary of State, who had been ts
: Guaymas for supplies and money. On hi
81 return, not knowing that Ures WAS In Ser
mas hands. he came up and suffered defea
with loss of $4.0O0 in treasure, arms. etc
q Serna seems to be developing considerable
n talent as leader. He has nearly all tn
II towns around Herrnasillo. with his head
3 quarters at that place. The State head
s. quarters are now at Aguagn. about 70 mile
:. north of Guaymas. On the 18th they ha
gathered about 1,100 men and would 500
march to Guaymas.
i On the morning of the 22d, as the Mar
:. eta 6 Cincinnati freight train was crossin
- the iron bridge over Spring Grove avenue
:, Cincinnati, the bridge gave way. Fiy
:, cars overloaded with sllelled corn. are sal
" to have caused the wreck. The falling cal
pulled the engine down with them, killiIi
I
nj the fireman, aud q brakeman. Two mel
Mt who were driving along the avenue at Il
re time, were caught in the wreck, one suffe
he ing broken leg, the other broken shou
= der. The bridge was double track, an
is total wreck.
The clarred remains of Paddy Moon.
d. notorious drunkard, was found at Mon
1 A ~. -
,n hovel inhabited By him. all the circumstal
.s, ces surrounding leading to the belief shi
er his death was caused by spontaneous con
m bustion. There had been no fire in the ho
In el for days, and it Is supposed that In ligh
er ing his pipe the combu-tible gass from Il
o. liquor with which his system was llabitua
of " saturated, ignited, and death ensned
a.l natural consequence. the body contlnuir
4 to burn until It was consumed.
us We have this from Temple Bar, Arka
IN sas. under date of Jan. 22d: A meteor, e
lie timated to weigh one hundred tons, pasas
ch over this town last night. about 10 o'cloc
re and fell to the earth midway between he
i'll and Locust Point. It was accompanied
al rushing noise, and when &c came IN co
Of tact with the ground an explosion follow,
similar to the report Of q cannon. It
still too hot to admit of person standiT
z III too close proximity TO It. Great tire
= were broken down in It's passage near q
surface of the fields. Il now lies imbeld,
in the ground. Judging from the slne
emitted by this aerolite. its composition
IT. largely snlphmrons. It has the appearan
IS. Of hinge mass OF Stag.
We At the Republican causus held the eve
or ing Of the 22d. senasor Sherman was chos.
chairman. and Representative Fort seer
e. tary. On motion of Senator Ednnnnds.
ID committee was appointed to select suItab
names. one from each State and Territnr
to cnnlpa<e Union Republican COn9rs
sional COMMITTEES. the selegtE,is to be ma,
after consultation with the Republican del
+. CATIONS from each State and rerritor
8 This committee will report 10 an atli0urilt
mEeting df the caucuses. The comnlitt
AS consists OF Senators Cragin. Burebard
M IfiuniS Lunch aud Pana