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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

The commissioners Of internal sevenue
has received afvices from Huntsville.
Alabams. that Illicit tlistliler$ who were
,nterscrre.i with BY u. s. deputy marshal.
slot and Instantly killed deputy John B.
Harlie. Another deputy harely escaped.
IL. =. Marslsal Loss Il orgalsExing good
torce 10 srrsss .lse parties. u whom there
are four. named C..Ibraifh tws.e fired the
fista: shoga. Lemefa and two Corsic0
brotbers. commisaInneF Raum telegrapsaed
l,,stsuetlaus flsat the most vlgnrnna lneas-
ures be takan 70 bring 10 punishment tlsese
parties. Every dissiIIerT nsnst BE- seized
ansl Illicit tlfRslllers ARRESTED. Tie Attorney
GcneFnl sent aianIsRr llsgENctloas q fl,e
~. ii speFsllslas
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

An engineering feat of extraordinary
daring is TO be undertaken shortly in Italy
Tie beautiful Baptistry of Ravenna is in O
tottering condition. The town was for
merly on the seacoast. and Strabo mentions
it as port OF the Adriatic But in the
lapse of time the sands washed down by
the river Pc have all silted up. and Raven
ia is now five miles from the sea. The
soil has accumulated to snch height
around the building that it has TO be en-
tered down flight of stairs, and the fine
mosaics upon the walls are being surely
ruined By the infiiteration of the external
water. It seems TO be considered that the
only chance of It's preservation Is It's ra-
movai, and the Italian engineers are now
celebrating on the means OF carrying ont
this project. The inside OF the building
will he strutted from Il central point the
windows will be bracketed. while beds Of
wadding viii be reared against the mosaics
80 that their surface shall be absolutely
protected, From the oufside the wall viii
he confined by iron bands screwed up tight
so that. between the pressure from Within
and the external resistance, it is hoped the
masonry will be kept from the possibility
of displacement. The whole structure viii
be sawn across at the foundation, and
thirty-two gigantic cranes employed "a
lit the upper portion.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

flfAK A Great chance TO make uloney. We
etegetASs reed q person IN every fQarii 10 take
NbaerlptuIB Tor the fnrrzgAs c1it. pest and best
Fllugfrafed 1asniiy pni,iicAi ,s'ss in he world
Anyone ean hee0me sr,-Fts-sfni aeeFlf. Six
eleAnt works. OF art gfveii FRYE subscribers.
E8e priee - - low thai almost everybody eil-
softoee. 0me agent rrlsnrts akiEg 10 sallserl-
0ers IN q @Ay. "A iA'3x nseR Fess srfA mHking
over S190 clear pxDslf ~ teis days ~ sv30 ea-
rage mA2KH MmOney East. Esstf saM devote &li
ESag tAE@ 10 tAAG lptasStsss. ally sf1F time.
hc1 need not be a~a3 frDsu is<esssts over night.
You ean 90 II IS weiiae OILERS Fitli dIneeiiODs
au1 texf54 tEee. Ehtgftnt ala tSnessefve OtIffit
Zee e yoq grant prof tapts assss eead xsn your
ttle1a Et II costs its5 f,tftsz ~ l1rs
nu1lneae 40 n8e w4iU en.7is.sss s II. IL n,oi<es
Eeet peT AldFcss q iEosseE s'1I&esR h Co,
Ecetz4nds Maine. fR-Is
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

Judge Chamberlain of New Britain.
Conn.,, tells good story of little nephew
of his, who, one night not long ago was
saying his prayers during a thnnder-stor,n.
just before he had concluded he asked his
mother to step from tho reom, as he had
something private 70 pray fo:, and his
mother listening outside the door. heard
these words s.ot, Lord please don't
let it Lightning any moren-and ju thei,
there came heavy clap of thunder
.snor thunder either, for that's darnel
sight wOrsc.''
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

A practical book by Mr.. John Oldcastle,
on Journals aud Journalism, with Guide
Tor Literary Beginners,' is published in
London. The author says the ''unriyaied
position Of the English press is due fully
as much 20 its anonymity as TO its freedom.
In comparing the difficulties that besets
the editor Of daily paper with the ankle
ties Of ; Prime Minister, he says Even
4 monti.ly Journal VIII not be successfully
conducted by Htserateur, however bril-
liant. unless with his literary ability be
combines faculty for business, power
70 endure drudgerv, and variety Of per-
sonal qualities not often met with 10 any
one man.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

The expense Of carrying tho malls Il. the
states which gave their ELECTORAL votes to
Hancock was 81. 5o0. 900 in excess of their
postal receipts during the lsst fiscal rear,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

Who is the American citizen That Is
the question. Tt Is question that cannot
be positively answered. and the vagueness
of the answer may yet get Us into trouble
with some European nation. The United
States Republic insists, quite p,sgnacsously,
that no immigrants who have been natural
ized here, and then returned on visit to
the lard Of his birth. shall be sueiect to Inn
pressment into the army. or to the exacfion'
OF any service; but, with absurd iiiconsis-
tency, we have no enrolment of our citi-
zens, so that it Is impossible to know ex-
actly who is citizen and who Is nor Our
courts keep no adequate record, and, III a
nasuralizcti citizen loses his naturalization
papers, everything Is at sea. and hc Il
liable TO be made to do military service In
the country he has Abandoned TO remedy
this defect, Mr.. Davenport, who has done
so msch to expose false naturalizations
and to prevent Illegal voting. proposes 4
Bureau In the State Department at WASH
inglon. where record shall be kept Of al
natnralized citizens. Il Il good i,iea. Ii
is necessary. II We would check the ayror.
ance Of the German Empire.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

= GO Naek fn your qsr ssna sstmtit
~ 4&F1 4tHea so risk. Ht,tsser IL Af,u ,EaS,f 4
9gAussp af which persons 81 eisisssr
Mn HmN@ EEem1 1at N ~. time lhey word
M %AfHet 49-1S
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

W6r particulars concerning She courses Of
sssay sid tie price or tuition. apriyso
mev. EH.RERT n. eGNDIr, Pres.
July e. zssvF1hsS
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17
ALBANY
ALBANY
Glssiats gastitnte,
Albany. Oregon.

1-s second Term VIII open ON
Wednesday, sept. ysa, 1850.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-17

4 Car may beyonly common man In
Republican pariallce, but be Ii capabir o4
having very nncommon yacht The neye
sailing craft OF the Emperor Alaxattlar d,
IN nlany respects, the most ssrnarEnhsa
vessel in the world. II his iust bess.
launched near Glasgow. ana Is floating
palace Its shape Is very peculiar, being
nearly two-thissls as broad as ft is long.
The principal Dimensions are; Length,
2s0 feet; breadth. $50 feet; depth, SO del:
capacity, ItG0o tons. I'hia tremendous
width secures steadineas of ulotion tElrosleh
the water and room enough for Ehe spacious
.narlors and bedrooms required 81 xlla
Imperial family aud les numerous retinna
One would suppose such craft % Esa
made for comfort and luxury rather tisass
speed, but 1t has been armed with an
engine Of -thousa nd horse power, aud Ii
guaranteed to make fourteen kn0ta mn
hour. There are twenry-thrco senefate
steam engines on board 10 save labor.
The hull Is divided int eighty water.sieasf
compartments. 4 view being had, exiaehtIg.
to the possibility Of encountsrlng NihisEse
torpetloes along the Imperial ses-slass.
The reception saloon IS forty feet aboze
the level OF the waters. 4 nd ls isssil tsvelga
feet high. and magniacentIy fnrnsnhefI ana
upholstered. In is fouufagm rimpea
among beds offlowers. The whole dscnr.
alton Of the saloon II modeisa adlar -
apartment OF Louis XVI. at TsoztaInblaas.
and the grand drawing room Is eautppsl
IN the Crimeans Tartan style. The rnartIa
payesBents. statuary, paintines. eleclkls
lighting and elaborate eEnbsliIshmenks =.
mind the visitor Of some Of the rnpss
elegant French palaces
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21
Fr m the Howard County Advertiser.

The letter of Judge Buckner, the
Democratic candidate for eongress IL
the Thirteenth District, to the 60
called Greenback candidate, 30 clearly
defines the term Greenbsckel Ia our
estimation We cannot reff1in from
giving It ID full. II d worthy ! pe-
rusals Read il DemocrAts--read il
Greenbackersy-it ia = perfect picture
reflected from ! life mirror.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

Sturgeon Leader: Mexico has a
citizen named Pelide Lock in one of
her banks; he ought to keep the
money safe. fy Esa
Yes, and We have Sam Locke in
another bank and a Ben Locke coun-
ty clerk. .......-ta
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21
A correspondent 3 of The press. Z

this city, says:
Let Mr.. Buckner meet Mr.. Haley
in gentlemanly discussion, or imme-
diately step down and out. 4S@s
or course Buckner win do just as
the correspondent suggests. We will
inform him of the desire of this DIS
tinguished correspondent, and he
will ''step down and out"at once
when he gets ready. 1853 9
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

= i
The watering places are loosing
their attractions and summer resorts
are being closed. It is time for
winter resorts to open. Some enter
prising man could make money il he
would attend TO this matter and ad-
vertise as follows:
The undersigned takes pleasure in
informing the public that he has
opened 4 hotel on the North Pole
plan for the reception Of guests dur
ing the coldest part of winter. Come
and save gas and fuel, and catarrh,
and overeoats, and. coughs, and sore
throata, and doctors bills. Ne snow
10 shovel CT the sidewalk here. No
frozen water-pipes-no plnmbers.
Chillblains unknown, and ftostbites
never heard Of ass @
For attractions he should adver-
tise icicles from three 10 seven feet
long, entirely natural in design and
CONSTRUCTED on purely philosophical
principles. There will be 4 hill and
hand-sleds. There will be pond 60
constructed that boys can be drowned
through. the new ice with neatnsss
and dispatch. Skates will be fur
nished free Of charge, and prizes
offered FOR the new beginner who
scores twelve bumps the quickest
i1o charges made for damages 70 tbs
ice. There will be supply Of ho'
bricts in every hAliS for use Of guest,
with cold fset. jugs of hot Tatisl
Furnished ftps on applications tO th'
office. Frozen poultry, toast on ic'
j ana iced milk viii be among the tahl'
J, attractions. Snowbaliing win be sth'
chief porch amusement, end boy
win be on hand TO teach left-handet
: women how 10 make line shots. TIL
evenings will be passed in debates
apelline schocla playing checkers
drinking cider and cracking hickor
81 nuts. Chasges moderate. "A thez
/ mometer in every room. Create.
i chance ever offered Tor lying abou
8 1.-The weather. More snow than can b
! furnished by any rival honse. Com
and 10 convinced.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

We learn that our friend Irv Sims
in some parts of the county ''banks"
On his being farmer, and on the
taxes he pays. He thinks for this
reason, at least, he should be sup
ported. We find, on examat,on, that
Charles G. Daniel pays three times
as much taxes as Mr.. Sims, and owns
500 acres Of farm land-20O acres
more than Mr.. Sims. No man in
the county IS more of q representa-
tive man than Charles G. Daniel.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21
From the Jonesburg Journal.
Haley wouldn't read Buckner's 6
letter, Of course not, who biames him.


Joseph Potts, of this comfy, has
leta great many hogs lately. The
Intelliaencer, speaking Of it, says:
Acting wisely, he brought several
Of them TO town yesterday and sub
jected them to post mortem exam
ination. Drs. Russell and Macfar.
lane very kindly consented to make
the examination. They found in one
clear add well defined case of pleu-
ropneumonia. with effusion in the
.horaxic cavity and hepitization o1
the lungs, either partial or complete'
This Is in exact accordance NTH tn.
opinion ofthe Inteiligencer.
The Colonel is a sure prophet. HI
never fails. No wonder he was postet
this time-he used to be a doctor
himself.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

s III aDuckner's letter has been
copied by almost every paper in the
District md each one highly compli-
meneng Il. NJ. Y. Duncan, in the
Press week before last, endeavored to
eat i up. Hehad the letter and his
con nneat upon il printed i'm circular
form m Grcenback campaign pur-
poses.5 The Democratic Central Com.
mittee is much obliged to Mr.. Dun
can for the good he is7doing incireu-
iating Mr.. Baekner b letter. i
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

Former greenbackers that are now
supporting Gen. Hancock:
Peter Cooper, of New York, green
back candidate for president in 1876.
Gen. B F. Butter, of Massachu-
sets, who was prominent greenback
candidate at the Chicago convention.
Col. Blanton Duncan, of Kentucky.
Gen. Samuel F. Carey, of Ohio,
one of the finest stump speakers in
the United States.
Brick Pomery, who says that Wea-
yer is traitor ani working In the
interest of Garfield and Arthur.
And great many others.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21
Hog Law.

nO& A<Aws
As will be seen in the LEDGER a
proposition will be voted on al the
November election concerning the
letting of hogs run at large. If this
proposition is carried at the election,
the following law will then be in
effect:
Sec. 7412. If any swine shall be
suffered to run at large in any county,
or in any township of any county
contrary to the provisions of this
chapter, and shall trespass upon the
land of any person, the owner or
person having possession of such
swine shall be liable for all damages
the owner or occupant of such land
may sustain by reason of such tres
pass, and for a second or subsequent
act of trespass by such swine, such
owner shall be liable to pay treble
the damages done by the same. Such
damages may recovered in civil
action before justice of the peace
of the township. Claws 1879, p 159,
IS6.)
SEC. tab. If any swine shall be
found running at large, contrary to
the provisions of this chapter, it shall
be lawful for any person to restrain
the same forthwith and give the
owner, if known, notice in writing
that he has restrained said swine, and
the amount of damages he claims il
the premises, and requiring the own
ers 10 take said swine away and pay
such damages; and such owner shal
, pay such person reasonable sum fo
taking up, feeding and caring for th'
same, aud the actual damages dom
said swine. If such owner fails t,
. comply with the provisions Of thi
, section within three days after re
+ ceiving such notice, or if the owne
. of such swine be unknown, sue
, swine shall be taken and deemed b
!, strays, and shall be dealt with IN th
: same manner under Ike proceedings
as required by Law, with respect t
e taking up such property aa stray
: under the stray law. Laws 1873
3 p. l29, S ~
SEC. 741S. It shall not be neces
) sary for any person to fence againa
q swine in any county in which it sha
q be unlawful for the same to run {
large, and it shall be no defence I
J any action or proceedings brought {
1 4 a. n IL r. nta~ -
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21
.Frauds.~

= 81 expect to witness the most
gigantic frauds in Indiana. Gen.
Grants speech in indianapolis.
Guess Grant was not disappointed.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21
More Hunters.

More Hunters.
Another party Of hunters left Au-
drain last week for the Gasconade
river. The party was composed of
the following sure shots: Joe Broth
ers, j. Sanford, w. Eiler, A.. Eiler,
H. AeCue. .. Henderson, @. McCne
and J. Pratt. They will be absent
about o month. a; "a st35s1f~l ~ szstaA
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

returns, the jurist who sat in judg-
ment over the evidence of his own
suberned witnesses, the Judge who
awarded Judgment on perjnred evi-11
dence that he himself had crested to
hoist a non-elected candidate to the
presidential, chair. No true Green
backer can vote for Gen. Weaver.
All the newspapers supporting
Weaver, edited by former Republi-
cans, are profuse in abuse Of the
Democratic party and of Democratic
candidates., They have no words of
denunciation of the candidate or
party whose existence, principles,
purposes, and whole policy Is in
direct antagonism to every principle
OF reform advocated by the Green
back party. = s,
The writer Of this artlcle has al
ways been q Jefersonian Democrat,
and a fnlt hsliexsr%in tbs Political
philosophy of Benjamin Franklin.
He has been Greenbacker from the
origin Of the Greenback party. He
was land reformer and an unquali-
fed opponent Of corporate usurpso
tions from the very commencement
of land grant subsidies and moneyed
support of corporate arrogance. He
was an ardent Supporter of Gen.
Weaver until Gen. Weaver displayed
his treachery to Greenbaek priR-
ciples. Now, like every true be-
lever in reforms in our financial,
land, transportation, and other State
policy, he is forced to abandon
Weaver.
Whom, then, should the Green
hackers support in this crisis? The
answer is plain. The Democratic
party is the only party which can
affiliate with and give support to
Greenback principles. Jefferson,
Franklin, Madison, Monroe, and
Jackson were the founders Of the
Democratic party. The GIeenback
party is based on distinct principles
laid down as fundamental. by Jeffer-
son, Franklin, Madison, Monroe, and
jackson. Greenbackism is only puri
fed Democracy. To support Gen,
Hancock. whose whole life has beer
devoted to his country, whose whole
career has been characterized by the
most unequivocal support of Jeffer-
sonian principles, and whose charac'
ter, public and private, civil ant
military, is pure beyond reproacb
can neither endanger Greenback prin
ciples, nor those elements of politica
reform essential to equality of citizen
ship, and that generous and educa
ted civilization which finds its highes
aim in the general welfare of th'
people, and in the universal comfort
happiness, and support of the grea
laboring masses of the republic. II
vote for Gen. Hancock is to secur
reform. To vote for Garfield is t
secure the continuance Of ever,
abuse, and make immortal ever,
fraud which has disgraced the natiol
for the past twenty years, and don
SO much to cnslave the people to
non-taxed aristocracy OF privilege
capitalists.
Every Jeffersonian Greenbaeke
should vote for Gen. Hancock. Such
, at least, is the opinion Of one Of th
oldest and most uncompromisin
of the GREENBACK REFoRMERs.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

OF the hpance6 OF the n0tlOn 70 Tue
nation, and the money of the people
to the control of the people; but he
lis daily laboring to secure the elec-
ton of q candidate OF party whose
whole policy. it is to complete the
control of the banks over our curren-
cy, Of bondholderssand non-taxed
exortions over our finances, and OF q
privileged aristocracy over OUT pub
lie domaA. skZkxs T42sS.#E
He is i traitor to the JeifersoLian
principles which he. publicly pledged
himself, to support. ;.
Hegis b traitor to the principles Of
|. Franklin. which he has sworn to ups
hold. He is trying to entrap the
EGr<enback vote into support Of .
Isect,onal- bank monopolist and cor
Erupt party, led by James A. Garfield,
Roscoe Conkling, Blaine, Logan. and
Cameron.
BE cannot succeed. His treachery
i known. The strongest, the earl
Hest, and the most trnstworty OF the
National Greenback party have lefl
him. Hendrick b. Wright, Benja.
min r. Butler, Peter Cooper, Gov.
/ fHlaisted, and Aahost of the strongest
of the ,originatofs Of the party de
SIclined 70 follow him il hIa betrayal q
every principle which the Greenbacl
party was organized 70 support.
: Ha n workinr 10 elect th0syiSitin}
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1880-10-21

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17
American Slang.

There perhaps is nothing marking the
English spoken in this country which
gives rise to SO much concern as the as
serted prevalence of slang; certainly
there is nothing more common than the
depreciation of its use. 1t is often s2o-
ken of as the chief danger which threat
ems the English tongue, at least as en-
ployed by us. Most of us have probably
heard or read assertions to that effect,
many of us have possibly made such as
sertions ourselves; yet no evidence has
ever been brought forward to show that
more slang is produced or used in this
country than in England. That what
is produced here Is far more racy, va
ried and vigorous is plain enough from
the appreciation it meets there. But
even if it be conceded that our soil is
more favorable to its growth, that need
not be looked upon as a great calamity.
Slang performs an important and, in
deed, a necessary part in the develop
ment Of speech. Expression has always
a tendency to become weak in the liter
airy language, just as, unfortunately,
the individual in the process of beconi-
ing civilized is too apt to gain gentle
ness at the expense of vigor. Less power
is felt in some way to exist in the words.
and so close is the relation between the
thought and the garment with which it
is clothed that the former seems often
to share in the fiimsiness of the latter.
1t is this gradual process of weakenings
which slang comes in to counterfeit.
The word is new, but the thing is old,
Slang is the great feederof vigorous ex-
pressions; for, in its very nature it is an
effort to state more concisely and more
strongly what the established speech is
felt to say too diffusively and too feebly.
Of course it is not an unmixed benefit.
Much of it is silly; much of it vulgar;
most of it is worthless; but from the
countless words and phrases which
spring up in communities where men
think and act earnestly the literary Ian
guage, with almost infallible instinct,
will gain something to recruit its own
exhausted energies and to impart to its
expression additional fitness and force.
IT r. Lonns6ssry, in international! Re-
Uiesv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-17

Mr.. Andrews looked like man just
walked and told that he had killed some
body.
"Why," he stammered, 81 forgot
it! l forgot the baptizing. | beg the
childs pardon! Ibeg everybody's par
don! I'll do it this afternoon.
The elders exchanged glances which
said plainly:
There's no use, none whatever.
Hes hopeless case"
They went out in a body, speaking in
low tones. /, walking behind them,
heard some things they said.
"He's out Of his sphere; he Ill have
to go back to writing philosophy !.
Yes, and wen get Gorham back, If
he will forgive our folly and come
back.
IF ever we get things comfortable
in our church again, / think we'll be
willing to let well enough be. Sarah
Winter Kellogg, in Youths Conapdn'on.