The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-05-31
W. n.lIaa pe,,..ni... I,,ll s.o,,st,

4
neighborhoo,l, near Independence,
from Illinois. All slaunch Republi-
cans.
Five hundred dollars were stolen
from Mr.. lIoag, i storekeeper at
Claqttato, W. T., on the night of the
18th inst.
The gold placer diggings at Brig
ham Canon, Utah, yield as high as
forty cents to the pan. The common
average y Sl0to $l5 per day to the
hand. Three new quartz mills and
seven sineiting fnrndtes have been
contracted for, to be built at the az
| gttgate expense of a quarter of mil
lion dollars.
The Lewiston Signal says: '4t is
strongly limited that certain parties in
this city are in the habit of selling
flour to Indians under the cognomen
Of ''Skookum -four" each sack con-
tanning from one to two bottles of
whisky. TIE Indians, ofeourse, know
the brand aud readily purchase at an
advance price of from one to five dol
lars"
The Secretary of War has recon-
mended an appropriation of $l20, 600
for the erection off, five company mill
itlry pot near Beaver City, Southern
Utah, 200 miles from Salt Lake City.
Witnesses who were present at the
Mountain Meadow massacre, in which
over one hundred andtwenty innocent
men, women and children were
slaughtered in the most barbayous
manner, feel that their lives would be
rendered Insecure should they testify
to the facts; but they say that when
ever the Government OF the United
States will guarantee them protection
they will freely testify to all the facts.
Associate Justice Hawley says that he
Is fully satisfied, from his experience
in that district for the last three years
as the judicial officer Of the Court, that
their feeling of insecurity is well
founded, and that it will require a mill
itary force established in that district,
say at the city Of Beaver, of at least
five companies. This recommendation
Is endorsed by Governor Wood aud
General Ord.
Colonel 8. B. Taylor, editor Of the
Portland Heroid, has received and ae-
cepted the invitation to deliver the
annual address before the literary So
cieties of Wallamet University, on the
18th of next month.
The Mcrcmy says wheat is selling at
the Salem mills at IS cents per bushel.
One day last week Tie cabip Of jas.
Irwin, i minerin Rye Valley, Eastern
Oregon, was burned to the ground,
together with its contents. Total loss
about $500. Supposed to be the work
Of All nincendiary.
The following are the appointed
officers Of the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellow: w. G. G., J. +. Backensto,
ofAibany No. 4; ". G. NJ, L. NJ.
Bamford, of Blue Mountain No. II
". q. &. William NJ. Hand, ofColum-
bin No. o.; w. G. G., j. q. Wright,
of Clemeketa No. | !; W. G.. H., John
Boston, of Occidental No. 30.
At the last meeting Of the Board OF
Trustees of Corvallis College, Presi-
dent Finley rendered his resignation, to
take effect at the close of the present
term. The resignation was accepted,
and committee appointed to cores
pond with parties East relative to ill
ling his place.
A fatal accident happened to the
wife of Mr.. Oliver, living on the
Meadows in Unlatilla county, one day |
last week. Mr.. Oliver was away from
home and left horse picketed near
the house. In the evening his wife
took the horse to the well for the pur-
pose of watering it, and it is supposed
the horse became frightened, and ell
her in the rope, ran the dis
tanec ofthrce-ionrths ola mile, tearing
Off all her clothes and breaking her
arms and neck. When found BY a
neighbor the next morning. she could
not be identified, until upon going to
the house, where her three little chill
dren were found asleep ON the bed
with their clothes OH, having been
alone all night.
The soldiers stationed at Fort Boise
have made fine gardens this spring,
which they must now give up, as they
are ordered to Arizona.
The OsegoRim says: DR.. Bourne,
who has delivered two lectures in this
city, started for Sacramento, Calitor-
mia, yesterday morning. lie Intends
to complete the entire distance OH foot,
and lecture ut the various towns
through which he will pass. lie car
ried over forty pounds Of provisions
and clothing on his shoulders. The
Doptor is purely a yegetarion IN his 4
diet, and his pilgrimage on foot i to Z
demonstrate the Glct That meat is not
necessary to maintain physical endur-
lllCe.
An Arkansas paper says that
widow Fay, Of Oregon, has set up =
,igar mandatory, and her weeds are
ald to be the best IN the State.
In the NJ. L. General Conference, Z
Nay 9th, George Aberncthy presented q
memorial on the subject of an Ore Il
on member ofthe Mission Committee, G
rom the Pacific coast; also a paper
u the matter of the division oftlle Of
Dregon Conference also resolution OF
t the Conference, asking change in IN
he Discipline prohibiting the intro