The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-02-27
STATE ITEMS.

published by S. j. Mccormick, Esq.
1t is neatly gotten up, and contains much
valuable information in regard TO the
growth and prosperity of Portland du-
ring the last twelve months. From it
We learn'taat the present aggregate popu-
lation of Portland is composed of, whites,
males 3,762 females 3,156; colored,
males Al females 81; Chinese, males
329; females, III. Total, 1880 being
an increase of ,263 over the population
of last year. eThe increase since 1860, is
] 5,063
Our cotempory, the Eugene journal,
closes its fifth volume on the Goth. The
Journal is one CT the neatest printed pa
pers in the State, and deserves tie large
patronage it receives.
The Eugene Guard tells of three cti-
zens who went out to the Mckinzie, were
absent four days, and brought back eleven
deer.
/ AT a concert given at Eugene, on the
evening Of the 10th, for the benefit of
the Baptist library, SIS were raised
Says the Salem Ln;oatst: Treasurer
Cooke has filled in athc Secretary of
States Office, additional bonds required by
our laws, when the accumulation of cash
! shall exceed the sum of one hum dred thous-
and dollars in the State Treasury. After
all the accusations of the Democratic pa
pers, they have not weakened the faith
of our monled men in the honesty and
integrity Of our State Treasurer We
congratulate the people of the State,
that they have public servant, who can
in his own county, procure bondsmen
who represent million of money.
| When the keys Of the strong box are in
the hands of such man, the reeple can
rest secure with the knowledge that eve
ry cent of the State funds will be account
ed for. The Democratic papers may
| charge fraud. and rave like mad, but
their howls only betray what they would
do, had they the opportunity-they
judge others by themselves. We hope
the Treasurer's office may always be filed
| by such men as Mr.. Z. n. Cooke.
Drs. Carpenter and Payton. says the
Salem Union,st, successfully removed
tumor from the shoulder of the wife of
| Rev. j. A. Hanna, resident of Eugene
City, on last Saturday. The tumor was
/
ed until it had become quite troublesome.
On Monday last, Mr.. Norman, on cor
ner of First and Washington streets,
Portland, exhibited the first velocipedes
ever seen in Oregon. From the Ore1opi-
an we learn that the exhibition created
no little excltement-everybod went to
see them. Several of our citizens have
declared their Intention to purchase, and
as soon as the mud dries up we expect to
see velocipedes in every direction.
From the Oregonian we get the details
of the accidental killing of Mrs Rachael
Elizabeth Clark, of Washington county,
/ had just returned from hunting cxpe-
dition, bringing in deer. Mrs. Clark
ran out to assist him, and while convers-
ing with him. reached for the gun which
was hanging against the fence. The
hammer struck the fence when the gun
went off and lodged twenty five buck
shot in her breast She leaves a hus-
band and two young children was a na-
tive of Clay county, Missouri, and twenty
one years of age. An inquest was held
| by Mr.. J. l.. Meek. and a verdict was
rendered by the jury in accordance with
the above facts.
! The Eugene city Guard is recon-
mending the completion fthe wagon road
over the Cascade Mountains by the Nc
Kenze Fmk of the Willamette river
That paper claims that pass to be lower
than the one at the head of the coast fork
of the Willamette.
The State Journal tells Of man who
lives on the Coast Fork who sold keg
of lard which was gouged out in the mid
Ole and filled with water
The Gazette says two velocipedes are
being built in Corvallis.
The Long Tommers were gladened
by the visit of steamboat at Monroe
last week The only difficulty expert
enced in navigating the stream was from
/ the branch hes of trees.
No new cases of small pox either at
Corvallis or Yaquina. The Gazette states
that the rumor of small pox at the Siletz
Reservation is without foundation.
Business has again been resumed in
jacksonville. No new cases of small
pox reported, and it is thought all danger
from the disease is passed.
The resources" of the Goose Lake
country, given by a correspondent of the
Eugene Guard, are summed up as fol
lows: During the month of Nav an
industrious man can gather from ten te
twenty dozen goose eggs and as many
duck eggs, at the mere cost of picking
| them nm az thew ara Laid hrr 4ho IL