The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-12-06

Sals FsineEecg. states tllat d least one
/ thOiisaAd men aEe On shO grounds
prospecting.
Mi. Rogers of HillsboU, had his
toes alnpntated one day last weok.
'sEpizoot, 2 Is ca.lslng the people In
Washington county TO cough, sneeze,
blow, and so on. Bad svOdes" Is tha
matter.
The musical Chinaman In the Penis
tiary heretofore noticed, has quit sing
Ing and gone to stealing. The Stdtss-
nlta says 'sIIe works with the other
hands with pick OF shovel and works
well except when he has d chance to
steal something. Let another man lay
down sh0vel, -Four Heather Chinese
goes for 1t and swaps. II a smoker
lays down his pipe, he gobbles It. II
nobody Il watching, he sliatches anoth-
er mans coat or Jacket and whips 1t
on over bis own. The other day he
arlayed himself gorgeously III three
| prisoners jackets; and he wouldn't,
| give them up until one Of the guards /.
stripped him. =
Considerable lumber Is being receive
ed at Roseburg from other parts Of the
State, and many improvements are
being made.
| Sheriff Scott, OF Marion county, and
his deputies, collected 5000 taxes
during the month Of November.
John Byron. an old resident Of Ore
| gon died at Salem on last Saturday at
the age of4S years.
That flag was presented to the fire.
men ofCoFvallis on Wednesday of Iast
week with grand flourish. I
A wagon containing woman and
two children turned over twice in about
a second and a hall, near Myrtle Creek
last week, but fortunately and almost.
mlmcnlously, no one was much injur-
ed.
The citizens of Yaquina Bay have.
projected scheme which, II success-.
tilllp carried out, win prove of incalcu-
liable benefit, not only to themselves,
but to the entire county. tits prOp0s-
cd that the Pioneer and Newport
wagon Road shall be completed
through to the beach. thus obvlatings
the necessity Of travelling between
these points by water. Mr. Alfred
Cl0ake, one Of the most energetic,
going citizens of that section,
now offers to open the road through to-,
Newport, by the first Of next April,
for the sum OF 800.
b. l.. Arnold, President Of the State
Agricultural College AT Corvallis, noti-.
flies the young men Of Oregon thatth
institution Is now fully organized with,
q full corps Of teachers. Each State
Is authorized to appoint two,
students, who receive their instruction
free. Any young lilall, sixteen years
nf age. and Of good moral character.
p:sll get an appointment BY applying
to tie Senator Of Ills district, Oraddress-
lug the President.
The Eugene GUmm IMs the follow
ilg: On Monday Of last week Messrs.
l4yncll and Strange. and two hunters
rom Yamhlll county, went zip the.
river Ona hunting excursion.
they returned OH Monday, having.
Illlel " deer, panther aud lynx.
l1A meeting Of the Washington
c0sulty Farmers Club at HillslOrO list
was we'll attended. aud much
ellcml Interest was manifested. A
0FEVspOndeIlt suggests that the rule
{ limiting the speakers to certain
.ngsli OF tlnle at the ineeting of the
hub he adopted. 10 tlmt each one can
III what he knows. AMI let his neigh.
or have . chance to jaw back
The Good TeMplars of In Grande
- making preparations to build a
alpvganCe billiard room.
A uaA about forty years Of age,
ll0 TWglsteFel his name at the OCci>
,ntal Hotel, Semitic, about a month
70 ~ "Ricllard Fay, Philadelphia"
III llaa been d guest OF the house ever
llcC, was found dead in his bed OIL
uHlay morning. the 25 inst.
The British C0l0aia Of the 70 has
o following account Ofthe evacuation
nan JuaM Island by the British gar
ION. and les surrender to the AIneri-
Il tIOnps; III. M.A Scoa and PEE
II arrived at EauiMalt from San
Ian IslalM yesterday, having on.
Avl Captain DelaOOnibe and family,
eGtenaMG stuart and family, and the
en comprising che British garrisOn
san JHau Island. and all the guns,
aud stores connected with
it establishment, The barracks and
nWandant's residence were handed
" tn the American force at 2 o'clock
NJ, lieutenant Epstein. us. A.,
lug possession III the name OF tho
ltell States Government. The fage
a. nom which the British ensign
tl0ltesl for thirteen years, was cV,t
gil. 4 portion divided among the
4. and i long piece brought around
Ihe dock yard a. souvenir. The
VspIttOn was conducted In most
bFly lnanNer.N