The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-10-25
Montana issaid to have lots of bears.

thlsiastic audience at Los Angeles,
Gail. on the 10th.
The penitentiary at San Quentin,
Cal, has 9l3 prisoners, eight of whom
are females.
While a dog was sporting in the
water at North Beach. San Francisco,
on the both, he picked Sp floating
bundle and brought it ashore to his
master. 1t contained the body of
male infant about three months old.
Whooping cough is bad at Oyster
vile.
A new lodge of Masons has been
instituted at Port Townsend under ~
charter from the Grand Lodge of W. L.
There were four funerals in Olym-
pia on Tuesday of last week. a thing
before unknown in the mortality Of
the place. They We're those Of Mrs.
Lewis aud a Mr.. Hamlin. who died Of
disease, Mr.. Buckiler, who committed
suicide, and Mr.. Turner, who died
from injuries received by being thrown
from wagon.
Chris. Hanson, an old miner at
Brigham Canyon, Utah, committed
some minor 0licnse OH tile 9th instant,
anda warrant was issued for isarrest.
The officer to whom the writ was de-
livered found Hanson and tried to ar
rest him. Hanson started to run and
was shot dead BY the officer.
All the surveying parties engaged
upon the Sound, for the Northern Pa
citic Railroad, have been ordered to
reportat headquarters, probably to be
disbanded for the winter.
An Indian at Olympia, Las $4,000
in coin which he made in the oyster
business.
j. q. Bowker. of Salem, broke his
leg last week, by falling from u box
in a saloon.
On Wednesday of last week the
President of the D. & G. X. X. gave
an invitation to the members Of the
Legislature to take Il ride on the cars
OF the road, and the invitation was ac-
cepted.
A large Newfoundland dog recently
fell sixty feet down shaft i'll the Nir-
tue mine near Baker city, striking q
miner and knocking him senseless.
The dog was hoisted up uninjured.
Rev. Geo. Ii. Atkinson, ID. d., pas
tor of the Congregational Church IN
Portland, Oregon, las been appointed
by the American Home Missionary
Society, a missionary at large tor this
State and adjacent Territories.
The Postoilice at Camolton, Cowlitz
county, W. H., has been discontin-
ued.
Portland boasts ofthe good health OF
her Citizens nowadays.
The Oregonian of the 18th has the
following; 1t is stated TINT before the
close OF tie present season the cars Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad will run
through to the Missouri rivera distance
of 452 from Lake Superior. Here the
road will strike line of navigation te
Fort Benton, athousand miles West.
ward, and communicating with The
mining and farming regions of Mon.
taua. About four hundred miles
westward from Fort Benton the navi
gable waters of the Columbia begin
and this link bridged over. there will
be Il second line of communication be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific. Oh
this side sixty miles Of road will BE-
completed this fall. The enterprise
which is building the road bids fair tt
carry through Its magnificent work ol
opening upa vast scope OF country
and providing new and prosperous
homes for ten millions ofpeople, with
t out cheating the Government or stock
holders out of i dollar.
Mr.. SharerS, a gardener residing
alone about four miles from Portland
having been missed by his ncigIibor
for some days was searched for. and
on Wednesday OF last week was tOunt
dead in the woods crushed hetweel
two trees ono of which lle had chop
ped down.
A daughter OF 2. r. IIazlston, o
, Kalanm. fell off 4 swing ald brokt
! her leg last week. At the same place
last Friday by the falling OF timbers
Mr.. W. Is. Ray had his thigh bon'
mashed.
, While two brothers named Mathew
: and a Mr.. DE Lay were hunting eigh
teen miles back of Vancouver, las
: Monday, one Of the Mathews was mp
proaching a spot where he expected
deer to appear, he espicd an ohjec
moving there, and Immediately fired
, A piercing shrek followed by dcatl
croals told him he had shot u human
being. The person shot proved to b
a Mr.. Bell, who died in Il few moments
| having been hit in the throat. An III
quest Ind not been held. The partie
: were all respectable citizens. and tn
affair has east gloom over the CON
!. munity.
Alta rattle in Portland the othc
! day, Miss Amy Schwartz, won one 9