The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-02-06
Late DntPS.


Irish re'ief fund.
Cameron insists on the instruction to
the Pennsylvania delegates to the Ma
tional Convention TO vote as a unit fo:
Grant.
The Connecticut Republican State
Convention will nee, III New Haven Oh
the 9th, of April
The yield of pre<cinuS metals for 1880
in Tsal, is footed up at s1O.90O,0 900.
The internal condition Of Russia il re-
ported growing more critical. y Ium
Der OF officers high in command ! ave
become 'ii<affec,cd, whi'e those not pro
nn,tel after the late war with Turkey
haYc, with few exceptions, j'ined the
revolnfioni.t<.
Tie Pope's health is very unsatirfac-
tory, owing To recent worry at.d anxiety.
Bogus SIS pieces are qnite extensively
circulaed in San FRANCHISES. y good
;mi,a,ion-l1"k ont for them.
Following is the market quotations
tor wheat, al the places indicated, N
tie h: San Franci.co, 81 92t per
cer,al. Chiraen. 81 cog per bnelrl
New York, S. SO a IA 1i,err""l
4ss a 53< 6i per 4sOlbs tor Spring
and Ied winter.
The pnpe's health is causing anxiety
He suffers tr"m fits of >livrring anL gfea
Pr''-,ration. but persists In his rl>Iml occu
paii.MIS.
Intelligence from Herat is that .4vn,,b
kahn's Cahuie$e troops refuse To aCt"in-
pany him. and threaten to return To their
homes unless their pay is forthcoming.
de I-esseps has eight working parties.
or over 130 men surveying the i>iInus tor
the interoceanic canal.
At Easton. Mass. early Sunday morn
iig. John d. Gardiner and wife were
burned to death with their house.
j Mr.. Tii'len has been Specializing heavily
in iron. He has cleaned up on the rise n
neat little campaign fund of 81 200, 900.
The reason that old slippers arr thrown
after ncwly-marrie,l couple is that the
chances OF matrimonial happiness are
slippery.
a little hoy. prorl of his new jacket
informed his sister. that he was IA six
button kid.
Miss Lily Buncv, the daughter of the
editor of 4ppIefnn's Jo'unsd. painted
her own wedding dress in design rep
rescnting lilies of the valley and shaded
grasses.
At Horticultural Fancy ball - in
England a gentleman Personatrd an
onion SO naturally as to bring tears to
the ewes of the company.
Pliadclphi.. has counted mp AMI found
that she has 10000 houses under mort
gage. She would be quite safe in a
tornado.
The Indians thin, that red haired man
i n child OF The sun, and they lever put
one of them 10 death. Perhaps this is the
reason Secretary SciIurz is so popular with
them.
For he fourth time this century Lake
Zurich is frozen over. Lakes Coraf.
NcnchateI and Bienne, and the river Arve
are also frozen over.
Twenty five democratic papers in Tndi-
ana favor the nomination Of Mr.. Tilslen tor
the next race. Mr.. Hendricks has no
.'barI.'' or things would not be rs they
are.
No living man can produce one single
instance where mince pie, eaten just before
going to bed. made a man have wild
dreams. Men have laid it to mince pie.
but it was their conscience.
Judge Eldridge of Memphis fined him
self $40 tor tar'iiness AT court. Two law
yers matle able arguments for the re-
mission of the penalty, but his Honor
remained firm.
The Walla Waiia UTHc1mGn SAYS some
holy is trying to remove the postmaster
at that place. and wants to know why.
Because that somebody wants the place.
probably
''Keep Young man in chase Of pretty
girl. - says the Detroit Free Press -.and he
will let whisky alone" Now. what are
we To infer? That there arc pretty girls IN
Detroit. or that they submit 10 be chased?
Harry Scehes is under arrest at Roscbnrg
charged with attempting to burn the county
Jail, ht at the time being an inmate.
a protractetl meeting il beIng conducted
1T Oakland by Revs. McKain, Wood and
Paul. Many accessions have resulted.
Last week there were three sclInoners i'm
the Umpq,Ia river. waiting TO go to sea
As there are fifteen vessels in at Coos bav.
it will he some days be fore tile tug will
some to their aid.
Telephonic communication has heen es-
tablished between ST. Louis and Omaha, a
distance of 40 miles.
Yamhiil Reporter: This winter is prov
ing severe one on stock. Fears were ex-
pressed some time ago that the flocks and
herds OF the country would be sadly reduced.
hut so far we hear of no losses. though the
animals are faring hardly as well as usual.
i'm some instances.
young man named Paul, less than 30
years of age. Ia charged with having robbed
the overland expresf'in Northern Calitor-
mia some time since. and it Is said that the
evidence against him is direct and certain,
To avoid officers, who were on his track. he
last week deserted the Day school house,
on the CalapoOia. where he had been teach
ing. He has since been arrested.
Tie Toronto Globe publishes a full account
!. of DIR. Blackhurn's efforts to spread infrc-
tion through the north. A large number
of witnesses were sworn and the testimony
was positive, and Blackburn was turned