The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-10-04

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double barreled shotgun loaded with
buckshot. which had d most salutary
effect, causing a precipitous flight Of
the hishwayinen, and the coach pro-
ceeded on its way to Morier's. At
this station the passengers stopped
over one day, unwilling, as we learn,
to venture further in the same coach.
The following isa list of the passen-
| gers aboard: A. McGpgor, wife and
child, Major Maglnnis and wife, and
Mrs. A. nj. Voolfolk and little daugh-
ter.
Yamhill mills pay sixty cents a
bushel for wheat.
Mr.. Il. w. Hall Informs the Mo,n-
taiaeer that wheat is selling iii Grant
county at about seyenty-tive cents per
buShel.
Astoria, at the mouth Of the Column
bia river, situated on nearly the same
degree Of latitude as Quebec, has d
summer temperature 80 cooler, and a
winter temperature 30o warmer than
that place.
! On Friday last G. w. Starr met
with a very serious accident at his
residence near Monroe. He was stand
ing on the rear end of u load of straw.
when the team started and be was
thrown off backward, striking on tile
back OF his head. The shock complete
ly paralyzed him, and his recovery Is
considered doubtful.
Ex-Gov. Gibbs made fine speech
on political affairs at Eugene City on
the 2lst inst. to a larger crowd than
has assembled at that place OH any
occasion during the campaign.
A carpenter named Fitzpatrick, at
work on Mr.. Logan's barn, iii YAM
hill county, fell across some .timbers
last Friday, and broke two of his ribs.
There is not Touring mill in Baker
county.
There Is one member in the Leqis-
lature 50 tall that the Senatorial aspir-
ants have to use a ladder to ''catch his
ear"
Mr.. L. Diller has procured license
to run a ferry across the Willamette
at Oregon City.
''Wapato Dave, :" an Indian, Is under
arrest at Salem on a charge Of having
murdered his sister-in-law. He Is
said to have had his hand in two muir
ders before, one Of them being his for
lner wife.
There arc no less than seven yarie-
ties OF timber enumerated by the San
Francisco Board of Underwriters as
suitable for ship-bnilding. which are
to be found in abundance on Puget
Sound, while the yellow fir, one Of the
best Of all. is not found south Of the
42d parallel.
Snow fell on the Simcoe mountains
on Sunday, the 22d, to the depth of
about three inches.
Cattle are fat in the Yakima Valley,
and plenty. They are held at about
six cents, net weight.
At Olympia there is young lady
who does the finishing touches OH
tombstones and monuments made at
marble cutters shop, and does them
handsomely, too.
Wheelbarrows do a large portion of
the drawing in Olympia. They don't
subSiSt oil oats. and therefore make
economical teams.
Newaukum Is the temporary terni-
nus on the N. p. X. r., going from
tile Columbia toward The Sound.
A man in Idaho, who eloped with
young girl, was pursued. knocked
down. beaten and retaken BY his in
dignant wife. He has gone out of the
cl0pement business.
A SON OF Mr.. S. Emericks acciden-
tally shot himself through the hand
with pistol at Cornelius last Sunday.
The citizens of Coquille are now ell
gagged in building a road from viii
lard's to interSect the Coos Bay road
at Norris.
A Douglas county paper agitates
The question Of a county fair.
The students of Christian College
are agitating the question of publish
ing a monthly paper, says Monmouth
Messenger.
David Drew, of Coquille, killed a
arge panther q few days ago, seven
eel long.
The Northern Pacific railroad dig
litaries were in Portland last Sunday.
The car which carried Hon. j. III.
Mitchell from Salem to Portland last
sunday, was decked with flags.
A slight earthquake shock was ex.
oerienced in San Francisco last Mon
lay.
The sons OF the late Crittenden, of
,an Francisco, have threatened to
hoot Mrs. Fair since her acquittal.
The City Treasury Of Frisco con-
ains $500, 900 in coin.
Coaches DaSSiuw thrOuOh Ia Cranda