The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-02-27

Dphtheria IS raging In central Russia, |
10, 600 deaths having occurred In Novcm- !
ber in the provinces OF SharkoH and Pal
tava alone. In the heighborhood OF Waiki
whole villages have been almost wiped out.
w. o. Brown died sn Portland last Fri
day evening, after a long illness. De-
ceased was an old fireman. and had twice
been elected Chief OF the Portland Depart
ni-nt. He was 4S years OF age.
New York City has Society for the Pre-
vention OF Crime The President Of the
institution announces that It's members
will visit gambling houses, concert saloons.
and all sorts OF questionable places, TO as
certain who freq:ent them. It is to be
hoped that these well-mcanlng emissaries
may not themselves fall into the ways Of
the ungodly. They have dangArotis mfs-
sien to perform.
Dialogue reported by the Wheeling
Leader: A young man from the NORTH
sccosted Southern man with. 'tAbostt
how many voters have you i'm your districts
''About 6,oOO.'' ''What is your aggregate
votes'' Something like 49," "I10w's
that?" 'fOh, we never let the ntggcts vote"
''what, neter:' The Southerner had
never heard "Pinafore''-"No, bygawd!'
The reader who likes to sup on horrors
has an ample stote of delectable bits of
tragic deaths recently. Suicides like accf-
dents and fires, seem to follow some tin
known law of association, and are tfsttaiIy
found grouped together, separated by inter
walls of freedom from the mania. Within
few days the number Of those who have
comrthttei seltslaughter hats been very
large
TchtieSsee Judges evidently do not dab
b1e in stocks or get up wheat and cotton
corners when of the bench. Judge
decided. in q suit brought to recover addl-
tional margin In wheat transaction, that
the nIait who deals in Futures is guilty
Of gambling, and should receive the atten-
tion of the Grand Jury. 1'lie chances for
the election of that Judge in Chicago or
San Francisco wotild bs slim indeed.
Henry OrPen. keeper Of boarding
house at No. 81 Florence street, south end,
Boston, learned OH the 22d, that two o!
his lodgcts, who roomed together, had
been missing eight days. He opened their
room and found E. C. Marshall, ole Of the
missing dodgers, dead npon the bed with q
revolver in his lett hand and a bullet hole
In the right side of his head. In the room
also seven crucibles and = number Of prec-
ious stones taken from jewelry.
Anarchy reigns In Russia, and the Gar.
It is stated, desires a state Of seigc to be
proclaimed all over Russia. The nililist
committee have informed the Gov. General
of st. Petersburg. the Chief of the Impe.
rial Police, that they need no1 trofblc
themselves to make arrangements tor illu-
limitations on the occasion of the Car $
anniversary, as the revolutionists are pre-
pairing such an illumination as has not
been seen since Nero burned Rome. -''Un-
easy lies the head that wears CROWN
Gordon and stephens have exchanged
the kiss of reconciliation by letter. Th4
latter, however, injccts into his friSidly
polite commtinfcation a few remarks on
manners that would do credit to Chester.
| field. Gordon has drawn down much ridi.
cule upon his head by letter objecting tc
the appointment Of a certain candidate fol
census supervisor because the man could
not spell. The letter contained several
blunder< in ortllography. Hence the cruel
jibes Of Republican papers.
A few wrecks ago the United States ''tub-
oE-VSar" adams, carrying six cast-iron
suiooth-bore guns, sailed mysteriously
from San Francisco with sealed orders. II
transpires that it's destination is the coast
of Nicaragua, to subzerve American canal
interests in hat quarter. Tr is not likely
that De Lesseps will be appalled, in conse-
quence, or that any great naval combat will
be preclpitated. The commander Of such
. craft, however, should be . man of great
prudence.
| Fitz John Porter has notified Senator
Ramsey that he is willing to allow the bill
restoring him to the army to 60 over till
the rext session. because leading Demo
crafts express the opinion that the discus
siot OF the matter will injMre the Demo
cratic cause III the coming Presidentia
CANVASS. II this restoration Is right ant
just, why should it injure the Democrati,
partyF And IL IL is maniFestly wrong ant
wicked::. 1'hy should the Democratic major
ity desife te' accomplish Il atany sesAion o
Congress
An infinite friend Of the late Mr.. Meek
,, er givegit aa his opinion that the Ute ouI
break is due solely to the attempt Of IN
agent to compel tie savages to conform
the cietoms Of the whites. No Ute ,
spirit could Be expected to act otherwI.
than as savage. The great trouble m
heretofore arisen from the belief OF am
teurS Ia snch matters, that creature wvt