The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-12-27
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.


tentiary Is full, and several persons
who ought to be In it are not, for want
of room.
A subscription has been started at
Jacksonville for the relief of Mrs.
Brotherton, whose husband and oldest
SONS were recently murdered by the
ModOcs.
The Greeley Colony, In Colorado,
has this year raised 10000 bushels Of
wheat. They are going to try to raise
100000 next year.
During the present menth the rail-
road through the Indian Territory will
be completed. Galveston. Texas, will
then have through connection with st.
Louis and Chicago.
The election Of George @. Cannon.
an avowed polygamist, as the Delegate
to represent Utah IN Congress, is con-
strued by the "Gentile Press of that
Territory as indicating design on
the part Of Brigham Young to test the
Constitutionality of the act of Con-
gress of 1862, against polvgamy, and
in so doing postpone. II possible, any
further prosecutions OF viOlators of the
law in the Territory.
An exchange is led to believe that
the easiest, cheapest and most effectual
way to exterminate the ModocS, il
they hold ont. is for the Government
to offer bounty Of about fifty dollars
a scalp. This reward would induce
many old mountaineers to follow and
hunt them. Indian fashion, by sleeping
behind rocks or In hiding places and
waiting for stray Indians. Twenty
mountaineerS scattered in squads OF
not more than three together. could do
more effective service than a couple of
regiments OF soldiers In the country
where the Indians now are, owing to
the difficulty of obtaining an oppor-
tunity to get Il shot at an Indian.
The fire at Portland was followed
on Monday with a heavy fall of snow.
Over 25 buildings were destroyed by
the Portland fire.
Snow fell to the depth of six inches
at the Dalles last Friday.
Kanaka Jack was tried for murder
before General r. NJ. Milroy. Super
intendent of Indian Affairs for Wash
ington Territory last week. He had
been tried once before for the %ame
offense and received a sentence Of one
years imprisonment. At this last
trial the testimony was stronger, and
Jack got two years and his wife the
same. The man killed was an Indian
doctor, after receiving the medical
skill of whom. the aunt OF Kanaka
Jacks wife died. Jack and his wife
one day In the woods met the old In
dian, when, after q long disc,lssiOn be-
tween the THREE, and afaet repeated
urging by his wife. the Indian sitting
down to his fate, Jack placed the rifle
against the side ot his head and blew
out his brains.
Or. l.. Gaming. an old citizen of
Jacksonville. died last week.,
Many settlers are securing homesteads
IN Coos county.
DR.. J. r. Bayley has bought the
Ocean House at Newport, Yaqulna
Bay.
Fifteen bodies of murdered settlers
have been found and buried In South
ern Oregon.
Wyoming Territory has but 5000
Inhabitants.
Miller was acquitted at Eugene City
on the ground of insanity. Yet he
has not been committed to the Asylum.
a Lane county correspondent says
that Miller now has perfect license to
kill any man to whom he imagines his
wife is making handkerchief signals"
The Law Department of the Iowa
State University has more students
than can be seated in Its rooms.
Omaha has the finest high school
building in the United States. Cost.
$250.0O0.
John B. Cough i getting up me-
mortal for the veteran artist. Crllik-
shank of London. on account Of his
long laborS IN the cause Of Temper
ance
A barn belonging to Allen lTussey.
near Sheridan. was consumed nv fire q
few days ago. Loss about $500.
DefalcationS in the San Francisco
TIarbormaster's Office amount to $lO.-
600.
The Hercules Powder Works, six
miles from Stockton. Cal. exploded
on the 20th. killing ten Cinnamon.
and seriously iniuring 4 white man
named Cook.
Wells Drlry has retired from the
publication of the ChriNiM Messenger
Of Monmouth.
Gen. Il. l.. Applcgate subscribed
25l shares to the State University