The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-01-22
STATE ITEMS.

The Roseburg Ensign says sporstsmen
of the scarcity of ducks and
geese in localities where they have hith-
erto been plentiful, and accounts for
their absence on the ground that there
has been less snow in their haunts farther
north. The same paper has the following
By private advices from Gardner City,
we learn that the new steamer "Swan"
has been launched, and is waiting for a
rise in the river to make her first trip.
The question as to steamboat navigation
on the Umpqua will belikely to be solved
very soon From a gentleman
who has just returned from Scottsburg,
we learn that the new steamer, Swan, was
to make her first trip from Gardner to
Scottsburg on the 18th instant, at which
time the beauty and chivalry of Smiths
River, Gardner, Scottsburg and the sur
rounding country, were to assemble at
the latter named place and have social
party in honor of the event. We have
no doubt that all came off as planned,
and that they had merry time.
Mr.. E. G. Browning, owner of the
quartz lead lately discovered near the
line of Douglas and jackson counties.
called on us on Thursday. We saw the
returns of an essay of some of the quartz
taken from his claim, made by NJ. A.
King, of Portland, which report yield
of S32 81, silver, and sS7 81 gold, total
yield per ton, S120 IS. The thickness
of the lead is from eighteen inches to
two feet. Mr.. Browning has purchased
mill, which will be put up on the lead
as soon as the condition of the roads will
admit of its being moved. We wish him
the best success in the enterprise.
The Oregonian gives an account of a
man named b. NJ. Stoner, who was shot,
on the evening of the 17th, in Portland
by A. j. Moses. A divorce is now pend
| ing in the Circuit Court between Mr.
and Mrs. Moses. Stoner had been Wis
| itor at the house of Mrs. Moses contrary
to the expressed wishes of Mr.. Moses.
Finding Stoner at the residence of his
wife on the night in question, Moses
called him out and shot at him with a
shot gun, inhicting wound in one Of
Stoner's feet-nothing serious, however
Sales of real estate for the present
month in Multnomah county amounted
to the 18th, to So, 2,055 36.
G. Beal, G.. W. G. T. of Oregon, has
received the charter, books, etc, and is
vested with power to institute Grand
Lodge in Washington Territory. The
total number of lodges in said Territory
is put down at thirty-fve, with mem
| bership of fifteen hundred.
From the Salem Press: Messrs. Sny
der & Co. delivered to the Secretary o
State on the 18th, Senate and Hous'
journals for the Legislative session o
1868. Mrs. Simons, of Nortl
Salem, on Monday, threw an armful o
wood on the floor; the jar caused fla
iron, suspended from the wall, to fall
which, in its descent, struck her on tn
head, inhcting quite a wound =
Mr.. Yeaton's child, poisoned on Monda,
last, is considered out of danger.
Salem is to have city directory.
On last Sunday morning, as we learl
from the Portland Herald, at the Chape
OF the Sisters Convent, on Fourth stree,
in that city, Miss Mary Jane Kelly sig
niied her wish to quit the world with a
its vanity and allurements, when th
proper ceremonies incident to takin
the veil . we're performed, and the youn
lady was admitted into the Order of tn
Sisters of the Most Holy names of Jesu
and Mary, and will hereafter be know
as Sister Mary Rosa of Lima.