The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-02-07


Business generally dull during the
week-news itsms do.
Steamers are racing on the Puget
Sound. Passengers are carried for al
most nothing.
A large establishment for the manu-
facture of needles has been started in
San Francisco.
Oregon asparagus is in the Portland
market.
B. Gratz Brown has namesake in
East Portland--a Maltese feline.
The Bulletin says grass is said to be
growing finely in the Cascade Noun
tains in the vicinity of Collins Land
ing.
The explosion Of a kerosene lantern
caused the burning Of Hollis Anger's
barn on Columbia slough. near Port
land the other day. Loss, 500.
Schools at Cornelius have been closed
on account OF measles.
Two dogs and two men had a fight
in Vallejo. CAL. the other day. Those
dogs ought to be ashamed Of them
selves.
A mad dog in Silver City. CAL, has
enerriZpd the peOple so they can shin
up a thirty-two foot tree in two sec
onds.
The cause why people drink so much
whisky in San Diego, CAL, is because
they have but one well, and that re-
quires an eight-horse power engine to
pump the water up.
At Virginia City, Nevada, rock fell
into mine and lit on miners head,
which put quietus OH that thinking
machinen ever after.
The Salem printers have all donated
the proceeds Of 1000 ems. to the Gree
ley fund.
Rev. Stephen Bowers, Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Of Salem, has
received 140 members into bis church
since October.
On Monday morning of last week
the mercury at Baker City marked
q degrees below zero, and snow on
the ground was nearly a foot deep.
In Olympia there Is one newspaper
to every three hundred people Of
course, their publishers are getting
rich.
| Mr.. Gilman Sawtelle, of Henry's
Lake, Madison county, W. T.. annual
ly kills and markets over 200 deer. elk,
antelope and mountain sheep. and hi
yearly catch Of trout is estimated In
round numbers at 10000.
They have been having q German
| Fair at Portland this week.
/ Bishop Morris consecrated three per
sons at Oregon City last Sunday.
| Twelve persons were converted al
the NJ. +. Church in Portland last
Monday night.
The first brick building in East
Portland will soon be built.
About half Of the horses in the Pho
che. Nevada. district were suffering
from epizootic on the 4tli.
Brigham Young. jr., in one Of hi
recent sermons. denounced the Gov
ernment, its Dflicials, and all gentiles
and advised resistance to any attemp
to serve processes of Judge Mckean'
Court. and said he would shoot th'
top of the head off Of any mall VIII
would attempt to servesuch process Oh
him.
Powder river valley has plenty of IA
beef; also Baker City.
Last Wednesday, at Oakland, Mr.
Jacob Gladly. oftle tender aye of sixty
seven. was united in the bonds 0
matrimony to Mrs, Harper, aged sixty
five. The ceremony was conducted Il
the presence Of a delighted audienc
who chPerfully contributed the mar
riage fee.
About three miles northeast q
Weston, on the Walla Walla road
there is a warm spring IN a plac
where, previous to the 14th Of Decem
Der last. the ground was entirely dry
The spring Is on the right hand side {
Dry Creek. and rear a school house
The water il right for Il tepid batl
and the whole thing Is a production q
the late conyulsive freak Of nature.