The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-08-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS


LOCAL I
PARAGRAMs.-The heated term set in again on I
Thursday; up to that that tune, for more than q I
week, the weather had been cool and cloudy.
Willamette Valley Wagon Road stock is still t
on the rise.
More fancy, hightoned boots, CATERS and |
things at Dow Cranes than you ever shock q |
$50 piece at.
Major Magone, by direction of the Superintend-
ent of Indian Affairs, came up On the cars Tues
day evening, to look after the walfare Of the In
dians hereabouts. lie will remove all of them,
we are glad to say, to the reservations.
We were visited by sharp thunder storm Sat
urday night.
A perfect torrent of rain fell in the vicinity of
Halsey on Thursday afternoon of last week.
= AL. Wheeler, Esq, of Brownsville, called on us
Monday. AL. is one Of the most enterprising lib
eral business men in Oregon.
Judge Humason, of Portland, was in this city
the first of the week.
Judge Odeneal, of Corvallis, Treasurer Fieisch-
ner. of Salem, and other notabies, hove in sight
during the week. They wore store clothes and
behaved very we'll.
The wooden gutter sewer along the west side
of Ferry street has rotted and for all the good it
| does might just we'll be removed. Some
and more efficient plan of drainage will have to
be adopted by the city
Last Saturday friend Brenner, of the st. Charles,
sent a nice specimen of frosted fruit ca&e-a
specimen of the grub they have at frst-class
hotels.
Geo. Hines, of Hines l. Bachelor, job
printers of Portland, p. Williamson, of the Gen.
trail School, of that city, gave sight at their
countenances Saturday. They had been up
the valley, and delighted with the evidences
of advancement to be seen on every hand.
On Sunday trio of individuals got on tri-
angular spree, fought among themselves, raced
through the streets, pretty well using up buggy
were caught, jugged and fined, and two of them
being just out of money. were compelled to de-
posit their watches until they can mako raise.
They helped the city to the amount of about twen-
ty-eight dollars. Such conduct, pleased
to say, is unusual in this city.
G. w. Zimmerman and S. Booth have a con-
tract for saving eighty miles of ties for the o.
C. R. r. Their sawmill is near Harrisburg.
George Young has started a Delivery Wagon
for the benefit of the general public.
Carothers & Co. still furnish the most delight
full drink, from one of Tufts Artic Soda Fount
aims, all testify who attended the Ladies
Festival Friday night.
AS we need about $75 900 to buy wagon road
stock at this time. ask all indebted to OF
subscription jobwork, to call at Office to
day, early next week, and pay up old scores
! IIiac
A locomotive, hauling gravel cars, owe
the switch up the river front Monday.
Hon. w. c. Baird, of Brownsville, returned t
his home during the week from three months
trip to the Eastern States.
Miss Emma Frecland proposes to spend her va
cation iu Portland, having left this city for tbs
point Thursday.
: Judge Russell and wife came up from Portlan
Y on Wednesday,
The ladies' sociabc Friday night, at Pa
rish Hall, attracted numbers of people. and 'jt
larity'' was there, or thereabouts.
Dir. Boyer has returned from short resident
in East Portland.
The real estate business is rather quiet at pre-
ent. very few sales being reported.
Mr.. d. Beach, of Beach & Monteith, is sufe
ing from a severe strain, caused by lifting heay
timbcrs.
Mr.. Pennington contempiates trip east Of Il
mountains soon, to look for a new home.
Bob Romne and family leave in few da.
for John Day valley.
MT JODn LaEktut one OF our DeSt CttlLens, CO
templates moving to walla Walia valley 500
hoping to benefit his health by change.
No change in condition of markets
price.
= Harvesting "goes' next week. A scarcity
z hands is complained of.
g The late rains were of great value TO crops.
:. they had come along six weeks earlier, the yis
= of grain would have been increased largely.
g Wandering Tom, jolarious jour printer,
again on his travels. going south.
We are under obligations to Mr.. John Iryi
= for fayors extended to this ONCE
Will Miller returned to this city Mondi
after six weeks trip up in the Willow Gre
country.
Having been awarded the contract for publ
ing the Oregon Good 7emptar, We shall SC
, commence its publication in new type and
larged form.
We have just received two of the prettiest m
BILE imposing stones in the State. manufactured
\ Messrs. Monroe Staiger Of this city.
In four more weeks expect to issue
s REGISTER in an enlarged form in entire q
suit. Send in your subscriptions.
The P. T. Co.'s steamer Shoe Fly still ma
- regular trips between this city and Salem, N
fair freights both ways.
e The Planning Mill of Mcssrs. Althouse CO
i. crowded with business, and an extra number
hands are employed, and then work is not tur
out fast enough to meet the demand.
q FIREMEN'r PARADE AND BALL.-On
g day afternoon of last week the members of
!. Albany Fire Company No. l, accompanied
q about fifty members of the Salem fire departm
preceded by the Albany and Salem Brass Ba
after marching through the principal streets, :
: through with the ceremony Of housing their
= CINE in the new Fire He'll built by the city