The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-16

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fortunate fellow beings. At lee
3 25 pupils are expected.
A young man ,.amed Pierc
D eighteen years Of age, who ".
. han ing hay with his father, twely
miles southeast Ct Salem, viii
: climbing upon the load, fell dow
between tie horses. The animaI
began kicking aid started to rul
Tie wagon passed over youn
Pierce, causing injuries Of which h
died in two hours. Tho accilen
took place on Wednesday, Of las
week.
/ j. Kingsbury, q well know
gambler Of San Francisco, suicidet
on the 10th. lie was fcrmerl,
wealthy, but had lost everything.
4 miner at Auburn, Baker coun
ty, the other day, picked up uug
get Of gold weighing torty-iiv,
ounces. s;'eyeral such have beel
found there, but they are not a,
plenty as gravel stohes.
Shas pulling is III operation or
tie Willamette river at Bowers
Ear, q few miles below Corvallis
\ Corvallis paper says that the
snags arc the chief Obstacles tu
navigation, as there is water enough.
A Jacksonville correspondent Of
the E,n1aer says large quantity
of wine will be manufactured in
jackson county this year. The
grape crop is excellent, aud the
fruit crop fair.
The Academy building at Baker
City again approaching compile
ton. 1t was dice destroyed by fire.
The State lends ten thousand dol
lars to build it.
The Chcmeketa Hotel at Sa-
lem has not been sold but rcl.tcd,
aud will soon be opeled.
The police Of San Francisco arc
doing their best to break up that
class ofeyil docrs known as hood
lums.
Congressman Kelley addressed a
very large audience in San Fran
cisco on the evening OF the 18th
inst. George Francis Train spoke
to moderate audience at Maguires
the same evening.
The Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals, ofSan Fran
cisco, seized box OF eight inches
in l,eigLt, two :eet wide and five
feet long, containing thirty-six live
chickens which had been brought
from Portland by steamer. The
fowls had not received food or wa
ter on the trip. The parties taking
them there were to be prosecuted.
Roscburg is organizing q brass
band.
There are five miles Of track to
be laid before the cars will run to
Roeburg.
Houses 10 Roseburg are in great
demand.
Forty thousand acres of swamp
lands have been located in Coos
,ouiIty under the "steal authorized |
oy the last Legislature. |
\ divorced wife of a man named |
Stages living near Salem went, a
ew days since, to the residence Of
yer fonncr husband to kidnap her
wo children and carry them off to
ler present husbands house. A
iglt ensued. Stages whaled her
veil, was arrested and discharged.
Howl -lish-waum-poo, q Cayuse
.hiet at tie Umati.la Reservation.
not the richest, is one Of the rich.
st men in Cmatilla county. lie
wins 1000 horses, 600 head ofcat-
le, las q good farm and $1,000
ash. lie offers to run his spotted
'orSe against any horse that maybe
'rought to the Agency up to No
'ember next, in a six mile dash for
j, l,O0O>or more. The old chap is
lso political sport, as he offers to
'et $1,000 that President Grant
Vill be reelected.
Puget Sound pirates are still
pcrating.
Seven hundred tons of coal Fare
aken out Of Bellingham Coal Mines
very week. H
The timber to the northwest of
'ortland was on fire last Tuesday
rcning, q d some superStitions per-
ms thought it might be occasiolled Il
fragments oftbc exploded comet, h
'ys the Oregoaiun. The Web /
vt dcws checked it. e
There are nineteen moley-ordcr ,
fices in Oregon, and six in Wash I
gton Territory. Il
Mu'tnomah county had some /
$1,000 in its treasury on the !
t Of July.
Coal has been found on the North ,
mpqua. 4
Messrs Ladd q Bush have leas- q
the Chemeketa Hotvl at Salem n