The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-07

r 0tllers."
: The Governor Of Washington Tel
!, ritory has adopted the salutary rule Z
renitting SOdays for each year Of til
period Of confinement imposed upol
persohs convicted Of crime, proyidin.
that the wardens Of the peIlitentiar,
! for the keeper Of the Jail will cerfifI
that during such period the behavio
and conduct of the prisoner has beef
COED and that he has conf0rmed TO tn,
lNies adopted for the government 0
prisoner.
AT Virginia, Nevada, a terrible &C
cident happened on the eth ult., re
sulting in the almost instant death oi
Mrs. Mckay. wife Of the engineer ol
Goull q CuTy's hoisting works.
While on a visit to her husband at the
works, her dress caught in the ma
chlnery and she was bruised and torn
almost to pieces. She was only ID
years old. and had been married but a
short time.
The stage that runs between Gilroy
and Firbaugh's Ferry, Cal, was rob
bed At the latter place by a band Of
eight or nine robbers on the Goth ult.,
nearly all OF whom were Spaniarsls.
Mr.. D. Mcleod, another pioneer Of
Washington county. died at bis resi-
dence near CASTOR IN that county on
the 26th ult. @s
During February 80 deeds and 8
mortgages were filed for record In
Washington county, and three mar
riage licenses.
The following appointments have
been made by Governor Grover; Ed
ward J. Jones, Commissioner Of Deeds
for Oregon, to reside at Boston James
WI Cassidy. Commissioner Of Deeds,
to reside at Camden, N. j.; j. H.
Tongue, Of HillsbOrO, and J. r. Eli
son, of Oakland. Notaries Public. J.
N. II. Miller; Of jackson county, has
been commissioned COmmissary, Gem
eral Of the Militia Of the State Of Ore
goR, with the rank OF Colonel.
In San Francisco, last Thursday,
George w. McQuilin shot himself.
The wound Is In his face and will dis
figure, II does not kill. Cause, trouble
with his stepdanghter. n
Bellingham Bay coal mines employ
30 men.
The epizootic has made It agreeable
70 stop at Bellingham Bay.
A Mexican boy was foully murdered
FOR $40 near Ocate, New Mexico, the
other day. sis s 9eJa3s
The next conference OF the NJ, i. |
Church will be held at Olympia. Ar
have already been made
With the N. P. X. r., BY which preach
,rs will pass over at half fare.
The Bulletin says four boys were
ent to the county Jail from The Police
jonrt in that city last Friday. John
Dale, the leader, was sentenced for
hree months. The other three
'IcMlllen, Lamb and MCGUIRE -were
entenced for one month each. M
Two Juveniles were jailed in Port
and last week for stealing q picture
rom the Lutheran church and selling /
/. One Of them was IN an fee cream
teal not long before. The OregoRiaa
rants somebody to solve the coDun-
rum: "What are we to do with ollr
treet Arabs ~
Salem proposes to give an amateur
ramatic entertainment for the benefit
{ her poor. of which she has several
cry destitute families.
A Dallas journal tells Of the stage
piping over last Friday night as 1t
'as cOtning up the Antelope Canyon.
In the disl0cation Of the right
BOULDER Of the driver, VIM. Bird.
I
A Lafayette woman, a few days
70. Left her husband and babies and
)taining 'benzine" at q saloen, after ,
oilig TO Amity, returned home and
eiit Nlr her husband with a butcher
llte. The interference of by-stand- {
3. alone saved him from being SLICED
10 mince meat. A "point" to this |
oFy ls yet to be given. 4
Columbus Brown and Dick Dear )
Drn we're candidates for the clcrkshlp
the Board Of Capitol Building Com. '
lssioners, and the contest between t
EN- was 90 warm that. according to \
70 Statesman, "the imbrOgllo had 10
settled BY the ingenious dodge Of
eating a High ,Toint-C Clerkship, and 4
'pointed b0th Dick and Columbus to 4
the High-Joint-Clerks incumbent.
ow true Il this. Is just what we cant
Y, but the prevalence Of the rl,Ror /"
ems to ns sufficient Justification for
that. after aIl. II MIGHT hA \