The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-02
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.

Ine BWtettA says IL IS lntlmateu
that the ferry boats plying between
that city and East Portland, transport
about 3O0persons daily.
The Penitentiary Library at Salem
has ZOO volumes.
The salary Of the County School
Superintendent Of Clackamas county
was fixed at $500 per annum.
A San Francisco clergyman married
seven couples on Easter Sunday.
The Illustrated London NesrS has sent
an artist for the scene of the Modoc
war.
A side-whiskered fop at Salt Lake
was shot for a rabbit, and the Cor
oner said it was all right. and he knew
Of a dozen Others that ought to be shot.
Fare from Salem to Dallas on the
stage has been reduced to one dollar.
People at the Yaquina Bay settle
ments complain of the petty thieveries
of struggling Indians, from the Siletz
reservation. They feel insecure, too
| A Royal Arch Chapter of Masonry
is to be established at Olympia.
A man named McMicken is to be
appointed Surveyor General Of WASH
ington Territory.
Ben Holladay's taxes in douglas
county amounted this year to 81, 1854.
Judge 0. n. Denny, of Portland,
has declined the appointment of Con-
sui at Annoy, China.
1t is reported that Jos. J. Hender-
son, Of Portland, has been appointed
Consul at Annoy, in place Of 0. n.
Denny.
A span of fine gray horses belong
ing to j. w. Rogers, of Yamhill cOun-
ty, were stolen not long since. The
trail was lost at Mays Ferry.
Man in Boise Valley had sixty hogs
fed $4,000 pounds grain, valued at
5000 hired mans wages, %l09--got
800 for hogs. Net result--loss, 50 in
cash and all the hogs. He considers
the business hardly profitable.
1t is thought that California can
raise jute with success and profit.
The Commercial Reporter says the
Willamette River Transportation Com
pany will have under construction by
the beginning of May two boats, mod
eled Something after the Governor
Grover, though one will be Of smaller
size.
A Victoria lawyer is in luck, having
| fallen heir to an immense fortune left
by an English relative, OF course.
Victoria has had three Mayors in
six months. They have become a
common commodity.
The Sacramento Board of Trustees
have introduced an ordinance pr0hib-
iting the carrying Of deadly weapons.
Benton county had several cases OF
scarlet fever last week.
The House of Mr.. r. H. Price, Sa-
lem, was burglarized the other day.
Money, without Price, they wanted.
Strange Indians, prowling about the
Dalles and Wasco county. excite com
ment, and give an upward tendency to
scalp-locks.
The Mercwg, at Salem, indicates a
| good prospect for large tirit yield in
all parts of Marion county this year.
Fruit has been injured by the late
frosts in Wasco county. The grain
crop is hunly.
The falling down Of u tin "bller.
caused by some burglars who were
searching the house Of Mrs. DeHaren,
of Salem, one night last week. in
duced them to spread their legs and
git"
Travelling east of the mountains
from Lane county is weakly, owing to
apprehended Indian troubles.
A new court house. fresh hotel and
new Jail, is Vancouver's banker.
Corinne, Utah, wants more houses,
as her people are too many for those
she has.
Mr.. Baldwin. of Newport, informs
the Gazette that the Siletz Indians ar(
all quiet, and but few are allowed Il
leave the reservation.
Wheat from Roseburg to Portland
a distance Of about 200 miles, Is nov
carried for q cents per bushelF say
the Eugene Gsaaa.
Salem flour commands 25 cents NOR
per sackat Leavenworth, Kansas, thai
their own brands, says Daily CAL.
Utah Is reported as out of debt, ant
its taxes are lower than those Of an,
other State or Territory.
On the 25th ult. It was estimate,
that over 6,0O0 men were thrown ou
Of employment by epizootic anon
horses III Frisco.
The people of Yakima, w. T., hay
asked for arms--t the kind that shoot
for protection from hostile Indians.
The assessment Of Walla Wall
county for the current year isreporte
within 90 Sn0 000 a fhl1tnO nff q