The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-04-12

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like paws OF the animal. 1t is but
the work ola moment at any time
to initiate the skin by an application
Of the mouth to the tube. Whel
filled with air it possesses sufficient
buoyancy to float a man. 1t cal
be held in the arms in such a mau.
ner SO that the head aud shoulder,
will not be immersed in the rough.
est sea.
The Oregonidn says Professor
Marsh, Of Yale College, has ac.
knowietigcd the receipt ofa box Of
fossil remains Of the extinct masto-
don, stuffed birds peculiar to our
western waters, a number of wcap-
ons, specimens workmanship, and
cooking utensils of the Alaska H.
dians, in allsome twenty.six curious
specimens, which were sent to him
by Charles Il. Dubois, of Portland,
about two months ago. The ac-
acknowledgement was accompanied
by draft for handsome sum Of
moaey,. and expressions ofgratifca-
ton.
A carpenter named White, of
| PsFtlapd. was knocked senseless,
and almost Killed, last Tuesday, by
a timber striking him on the fore
head.
They are beginning to talk Of
picnic excursions in Portland.
Another nymph dupave, ofPort-
land, attempted to curtail her ex-
istence the other night by taking
ninety drops of laudanum. BY the
aid Of the stomach pump, she still
lives.
The wife of President Scott, of
the Pennsylvania Central Il. r.,
Philadelphia, has presented a church
in Kalama, w. r., with a bell
which cost $500, weighing 500
pounds. The Beacon is grateful.
Eggs are IS cents per dozen at
Kalama.
Hen fruit is q scarce article III
Salem.
A Mr.. Leland has appeared in
the list of temperance lecturers in
this State.
The farmers are getting 524 cts
per pound for their wool in Polk
county.
The Oregonian reports s22,-
933 81 in the Portland city treasury
on the LIST OF April.
Miners in Maiden's gulch, Baker
county, are reported doing well.
Marion Fleming was killed on
the 5th inst. in Grant county, by
the falling ofs horse upon which he
was riding.
Albert Matzky while walking
along the basin at Oregon City,
last Sunday, was seized with all
apopletic fit and fell into the Basin.
lie was very soon rescued, but
breathed only once or twice after
being taken out.
New postotfices have been estab-
lished at Loon Creek, I.emhi coun-
ty, and Clear Creek, Nez Perce
county, Idaho.
1able-tipping and spiritual man.
itestations arc being revived i'll Sa-
lem.
A fine steer was killed by the
train for Portland between Marion
and Turner'S station last Tuesday.
Hon. Edward T1mpkins has been
unanimously reelected as Regent Of
The State University OF California.
Thirty-two Chinese gamblers
nave been convicted within a week
II San Francisco, and pay $40 each.
$500 have been paid by American
gamblers in the meantime.
Small grains are suffering from
lrought in the region Of Los Ange-
es, Cal.
A woman named Laura Clark
aicided at Corinne, Utah, on the
light ofthe 9Th.
During a drunken row in a sa-
oon at Hamilton, Nevada, on the
'th, a man named Thompson struck
mother named Fisher o heavy blow
nth his fist, just below the ear,
illing him instantly.
Mr.. Neuber's little boy, of Jack
onville, says the Times, severely
a finger and thumb of the
1T hand, recently, by discharging
metal cartridge by striking it with
rock.
The hired man Of Mr.. John Orth,
Jacksensillc, on entering the
able Sunday evening before last,
as assaulted by a man who snl