The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-09-23
PACIFIC coAsr NEWS.
Hay is reported scarce in all par,

1Idy Is IeporVeu scarce lii all parts
of the valley. The Salem States
ma, says that the farmers are gen.
orally housing their straw in antici-
patton of a severe winter. The
prudent man, SO far as he can, pro-
vides against every contingent evil.
Portland was visited with
sprinkle of rain not long since.
There was break at the Nevada
State Prison, at halfpast six o'clock
of last Sunday afternoon. Five of
the guard were wounded. Matt
Pixley, proprietor of the Warm
Springs Hotel, was killed. Twenty
nine prisoners escaped. Lieutenant
Governor Denver was wounded,
but not seriously. Robert Ded-
man, sentenced for life, did good
service in assisting officers and
guards to hold the prisoners. Troops
from Virginia and officers here are
in hot pursuit of the escaped con-
victs.
Capt. John brisbane, of the
steamer James Mortie, fell from the
deck of his vessel while setting a
sail, and was drowned. Occurred
at Seattle, w. r., Sept. Is.
At the Occidental Hotel, i'll Seat
tie, Joseph Hunter a Scotchman,
committed suicide, September 10th,
by shooting himself through the
head. Supposed insane.
The Ensign office, Roseburg,
was destroyed by fire Oh the 10Th.
New crop California pears have
reached the New York market, the
best specimens selling for 25 cents
each.
\ muskinelon five feet long is
shown at Los Angeles, Cal.
They have a severe attack of
railroad fever at Puget Sound. One
Of the papers closes a long article
with ''Ihen blow, we winds. put
Your shoulders to the wheel, we
steam gods and hasten OH the
time for which weare looking, long
ing, dying!''
:, large number Of immigrants
coming to this State come here tor
the purpose of engaging III agric,ll-
t,,ral pursuits, and as a consequence,
farms are in demand, though those
preferred are such as are cleared or
partly SO. The principal business
done i'll the real estate market at
present is the disposal of farms, and
all, as a general rule, bring very
good prices.
In Douglas county one dollar is
paid for wheat, buyers taking all
that offers.
Travel to Idaho is Increasing.
Colonel John Scott of Nevada
has been appointed to represent
Iowa and Iowa fruits at the Calitor-
MIA State Fair next week.
The San Francisco Chronicke
figures the California Legislature
thus Republicans, IS !; Democrats
IL. In the House the Democrats
have but % members out of 70.
The Sacramento Reporter, DEM
ocratic State organ of California,
has received light. 1t talks in this
way about the election 1t is no
child s play, this fighting Radical
ism in California. The Democracy
triumphed four years ago by the
aid of thousands of Radical votes.
y majority of the people of the
State are Radicals, and the election
of the 9th instant leads us to believe
that they endorse the whole policy
of that party.
Los Angeles town, which gave
IIaight six hundred majority, took
twelve thousand drinks on election
day-only twenty drinks for each
voter.
A new town called Goldtown,
! has been laid out In klickitat Val
ley, w. 7.
J. III. Hawley, accused of forging
a letter of resignation in the name
of Judge Lewis of Idaho, has been
held to answer at the next term OF
court in the sum of SO 600.
Many of the California papers
publish obituary notices on the death
of "Litigant Bill"
The Boise Statesman says that
the home supply of grain in Idaho
is equal to the home consumption
John Brown and George Evans
have been sentenced to the Wash.
ington Territory Penitentiary fol
three years each for having stolen
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