The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-06-25
Eastern NeW'S.

At Jefferson, near Sidney. Ohio. Cd
the 18th, blacksmith named David
T.. Shank attacked tw o widows with a
fence rail, and killed one Of them, Mrs
Lane, aged Ct, but was driven away
before killing the other. When arrested
he feigned insanity, but it is asserted he
was only drunk
The rainfall of last week in Mime
sofa and Dakota swel1ed the e,reams
TO overtlowing, inundating tic whole
country, destroying erors and other
property TO an ircaicnlable extent.
Nothing like it was ever seen before
stree the settlement of the country.
Starkville, Miss, was partly destroy
cd by fire on the J9tn.
jeff DAVIS testified in the will of
Sarah y. Dorsey, who lett Davis her
legatee. lie dened any undue intfu-
ence IN the matter, and asserted that
she believe! the conteeleracy still exist
ell, that itstruth was eternal and should
prevail. If this was insanity both he
and IIrs Dorsey were insane
The excursion steamers -itfsIaie1e
an2 Grand Rr2,',bIic collided off Caral
street New York ON the 20ih, the for
mer sinking. No lives lost, both boats
hartrg just landed their passengers.
The Republicans of the fifth Con-
qrcssior.al district, Maine. on the 18th
nominated Seth +. Miiiken, OF Bel
fat, for Congress
On the 18th, about 100 miles OFF
Key West, Capt. Kenny OF the British
ship Dcronda, pickel up the British
steamer Edno1,toD, abandoned y
crew was put on her anl sle was or
,lereJ to put in to hey West. Tie
be disabled
1t is annonrce,l tlat President Hayes,
accompanied by his sou Webb, will
START for che Pacific coast in two weeks.
The GnI,aorc, Capt, Towgate's arc
tic vessel, was to leave Washington for
the arctic regions on Monday last. 1t
Is personal enterprise, and Capt.
p, EIowgate bears all the expense.
/ Il little breeze was created on the
sand lot, San Francisco, by William
j Wellock, of the Democratic wing of w
=. c., attempting to ascend the stand
already occupied by the Greeubackers.
During the parley female Greenback-
er handed W'eltoek one in the COB with
j such force rs 10 knock him snrawling
/ Wel!ock and his crcwd then erected a
stand in distant corner 81 the sand
lot, and speaking was carried on from
both stands The police appeared III
force and prevented ony Tow.
( y respectable eoiored preacher OF
Marion county, Texas, named Benjamin
was killed the other day by Gordon
Moore, hecanse the preacher lad be
come criminally intimate with Moore's
wife.
On the 18th, in tie free for ali race
at Bradford, Pa, Lev Scott won i,
three straight heats--ti.nc !: 2:29, 2:31
2:291. Lew Scott after the race, wa.
! ribbed down, walked about for a few
minutes, and then fell dead. He wa:
valued at sc, 600.
So many inaccurac es in the nationa
census having occurred in St. Louis
the business and professional men have
called a meeting to consider wha
is TO be done in the matter.
5. General Indignation is expressed il
Texas at the aeqnittAl of Currie, tn
man who killed tho actor Proctor I
tweIveraonth since a6 Marshall in tha
State. Miss Nellie Cnnminr, til
=. young la'fy in whose defense Procte
was acting when killed, was present il
! the capacity OF witness.
Senator Paddock says the ccnsas re
turns will show a population of SOC,
900 for Nebraska, against l28,060 i
1870. Omaha has 16, 600 more popu
! lation than in 1870. Nebraska will h
$ entitled to four members of Congress
VITO will not take their seats until th