The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-09
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A shed roof weighed down with
snow, fell on Samuel Stroud, living
on Fifteen Mile Greek, beyond the
Dalles, and severely, if not fatally,
injured him q short time since.
1 The course Of instruction in the
Medical Department ofthe Villa.
mctte University goes on regular
| ly with class numbering fourteen
pupils, six lectures being delivered
daily. The commencement exer.
cises will take place on the evening
ofthe 4th Of March, at which time
a number Of The present class will
graduate.
Judge I4odderback, Of San Fran
cisco, on the S1st ult., fined Has
tiugs $50, and Mike Mooney and
Hunt $40 each fol- cock fighting.
These were test cases, aa,d the par.
ties would have been fined more
had they not agreed to quit the
business,
The complete removal Of the
blockade on the Union Pacific Rail-
road, was reported on the 3lst ult..
The engineer who ran the first
railroad locomotive ia the United
States, Mr.. David Matthew, is now
residing iii Portland,
Mrs. Grady, Of Portland, fell
down a flight ofstairs last Saturday
and broke her arm.
Not long since Edward Maguire,
Of Portland, was run over by an
express wagon, receiving injuries
which brought on lock.jaw, from
which he died last Saturday.
Leading musicians Of Portland
are talking Of organizing a band as
is band.
The Oregonand California stages
now stop at Creswcll, fourteen miles
beyond Eugene City.
A sou Of David Lindsey, Of Sa-
lem, seven years old, was resuscitat-
cd from all apparent drowning by
accident in a mill race last Friday,
Mr.. Matheuy, one Of the Oldest
settlers III the State, died at bis res
idencc in Yamhill county, near
Wheatland, last Friday.
Vancouver is laying down iron
water mains.
The wife OF Michael Curtin, near
Vancouver, fell down ina swoon
recently, aud died almost instantly.
Olympia has $4,000 lots and
about 1000 inhabitants. The in.
crease of lots to inhabitants is about
as 100 to1. aft 's'ia'i
| Montana Is experiencing the Sc
yerest winter known since the set
uement ofthe Territory. Wood in
many localities is $40 . cord.
One hundred and sixty dead Chi
nese have been exhumed at Victo-
ria for expectation to China.
The Hongkong papers say that
the Chinese Government has devot-
ed 100000 taels to send thirty
students to Yale College, in New
England.
Awriter in tho Coloaist has been
examining tile cairns of Victoria,
and thinks they must be 5000 years
old.
1t is stated that owing to deten-
tions this winter, the Union Pacific
Railroad Company will cover ex-
posed portions Of their road with
sheds, before another winter.
Mrs. J. d. Frost is lecturing at
Victoria against woman suffrage.
Her efforts seem to be more appe-
ciated than were the efforts of those
who spoke on the other side Of the
question.
Leading citizens of Salt Lake
commend the course Of Judge Nc
Kean in the bail matter.
lASAta d masquerade ball cat Salt
Lake on the LIST, q tremendous row
broke out. Rioters beat off pO-
Iicemen, and they returned with
shot guns and made arrests and
stopped the performance.
Snow aboutSilver City, Owyhee,
was four feet deep on . level, last
wank