The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-11
The stages to MalIa walla are full

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The upper Missouri IL free from Ice.
and all the ferries are running.
May was admitted into Hotel de
Watklnds last Sunday. He was well
furnished with newspapers.
The Salt Lake Tribune defends Cow
| Woods from the charge of improper
affiliation with the Mormons. andasks
the President to retain him instead OF
appointing a new one.
Frank Hughes "April fooled" the
officers Of Cowlitz county on the LIST
inst. by falling to come to his supper
when it was taken to him In the jail at
Kalama. They supposed him IN his
cell, but he had opened the back door
and left. lie was indicted for grand
larceny.
Seven hundred head Of cattle were
wintered on Bennett Creek, Idaho, 10
miles southeast of Boise City, with no
other food than grass. Only three or
four died.
We read IN the Statesman that Rev,
o. Dickinson and wife were on last
Monday made recipients of a silver
table service, by their friends and adj
mirers. The presentation was made
by Rev. r. s. Knight. Mr.. Dickinson
has lived In Salem for twenty years.
The residence Of Mr.. P. Il. Willis.
of Salem, we learn from the statesman
was destroyed by fire last Monday
evening. A defective fiue was thought
to be the cause of the fire. The house
was insured for $4, 200 and the furniture
for $4,000. The loss over that Is esti-
mated from $500 to 5000.
Empire City has no resident min
lister.
Miss Julia Lewis, Of Multnomah
county, was sent to the Insane Asylum
last Saturday.
Eugene City ships about one thons-
and dozen eggs to Portland each week,
A Asmall boy offs. Wolf, ut the Dalles,
was run over by hotel coach and
killed, last Friday evening.
They talk at Corvallis Of organizing
a joint stock company for the purpose
Of building a hotel on the site of the
one burned.
On the lst day Of April a boy at
Olympia 'sold'' everybody who passed
by crying cut, "Who pinned that
paper onto your tail?" AT which the
person would look round In the vain
attempt to discover the paper streamer.
And then ''cussin'."
The Los Angeles cattle are having
the horse disease.
Every time the ''tire flend" gives
Salem a firetaste, somebody gets hurt.
The late fire caused several hurts. r.
II. Price got his foot crushed; John
Howell cut his with an axe; Sol Dur
bin was slightly injured by the pole Of
the engine poking him in the back
Chris Hunsaker had his back hurt by
being knocked down by the tongue Of
the hose cart; a falling timber disflg-
ured the face Of MIR. Il. Olinger. Evil
IDENTIFY an awkward set down there.
The Statesman says that at the late
fire the two engines pumped eleven
wells dry.
From the OvgonidN we read that
one day last week, an attempt was
made by solne villain to throw tile
special train which contained Mr.. Hol-
laday, from the track, by placing OBJ
structions on the rail near CASTOR.
The regular train was but a few miles
in advance at the time. Fortunately
the distractions were discovered in
time. A person who would do such q
thing as that could not be too severely
dealt with.
Hon. A. }. Dutur, Centennial Com
missioner from Oregon, will go East
on the Ajax, to attend the annual
meeting of the Board at Philadelphia
which meets May next.
The steamer Oneatta, which tor
several years has been plying between
Elk City and Newport, is to be brought
around the Columbia, to be run on the
upper Willamette. She Is a stauch
little steamer of 80 tons btEthen.
News from the ModOcs to the 8th
represents that at headquarters they
were momentarily expecting trouble.
A message from Jack on the 9Th, In
vited the three commissioners with
Generals Candy and Gillem to meet
him and seven others at the second
cave, no others to come. This was re-
fused, as 1t was Thought to be treach-
cry. Afterwards 1t was seen that 25
warriors were at the place Of meeting.
On the 7th, Boston came In and said