The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-02-14


4S3 persons under twenty years0f age.
Last year the number was 1888.
Since the first of last August ll5, 600
bushels Of wheat have been stored at
Independence, Polk county.
There are lots Of missionaries plying
between Salt Lake and Washington
engaged in the delicate duty Of settling
the Mormon problem. The desire to
have a fat office in Utah seems to be at
the bottom of much of this.
Mr.. Herman. editor Of the Catholic
Sentinel, at Portland, was very Ill last
Saturday with putrid sore throat.
The Oregoaian says that Mr. James
Lewis, of that city, was seriously
wounded in the left arm IN the first
part OF last week, by the accidental
discharge of the contents Of his gun,
while ont hunting.
A mass meeting of the friends Of
Woman Suffrage in this State and
Washington Territory, Is to be held IN
Portland on the l4th and 18th OF this.
month.
Senator Corbett has introduced bill
donating to this State the mint build
Ing at the Dalles.
A half demented biped In Portland
says he Is a Modoc, and wonders why
they don't put him on Reservation.
It is reported that Laura d. Fair is
coming to Oregon to lecture on Wolves.
Awful!
Prisoners IN the Olympia Jail de-
mand oysters done up in the best style.
Aristocratic bucks.
The Odd Fellows Lodge In Olympia
are reported In flourishing condition.
Every meeting there are limitations Of
desirable candidates.
Rev. G. A. Huntington, elected
School Superintendent Of Thurston
county, at the November election, fail
ing to qualify, the county commission
ers have elected Mr.. J. M. Murphy
editor of the STANDARD, to fill the w
Cancy.
The Northwest, Of Deer Lodge, Mon
tana, says: sowing to the scarcity Of
miners it has been anticipated that
wages in the Gold Creek region will
start at $6 in the coming spring"
Some idea of the lumber trade of
Puget Sound may be formed when II
Is stated as a fact that the average Of
thirty acres of land are denuded Of
their forests each day.
There are now between $1,000 and
$1,000 In the treasury Of Washington
Territory, and warrants mp to No. 335
will b. paid on presentation.
Utah miners are represented as jubi-
liant over the probable overthrow OF
Brigham Young's rule.
Brigham Young as late as the 10th
was reported preaching through the
settlements of Kanab and Long Val
ley.
Mrs. All Fook. white woman mar
ried to a Chinaman, Mt San Francisco,
tried to commit snicide on tine 8th, by
swallowing opium. Desertton the
cause.
Hon. J. II. Mitchell was to leave
San Francisco for Washington last
Wednesday.
Mr.. Hasbrook was murdered IN Yam
hill county last week. His hired man
is snpicioned as the murderer.
Several burglarlous attempts were
made in Oregon City last week.
The navigation OF the Yamhill river
to McMinnville is uninterrupted.
The Corvallis postmaster issued thir-
teen money orders in one day last
week,
The Jacksonville Sentinel says that
both the Herald and Tribune, of New
York, have correspondents in the
klamath Lake region.
The Jacksonville Sentinel says tn
reports about the impassability Of th
roads from there to I.inkville, are err
nneous, and do an injustice to the
valley. AT no time have they been
imp,lssable, but heavily laden teams
have travelled over them daily.
General Candy and aid, with Mr..
Case. Of Modoc Peace Commission,
arrived il Jacksonville on the 10th.
They were to leave for Linkvillc the
next morning, where they were to
meet the other members Of the Com
mission.
james Good was sentenced to four
months imprisonment at Seattle ON
the 10th, and fined $l5O for selling
whisky to Indians. His name should
be changed to Bad,