The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-04

Yamhlll IA9s WeeAs
Since January fifteen steamers have
brought Chinese to the port Of San
Francisco.
Business win be suspended in San |
Francisco to day and tomorrow.
At Stockton, Cal, June 2Sth, lad |
named John Jones, aged about I6
years, was thrown from bis horse and
Instantly killed.
From the Oregonian we learn that a
shooting affray occurred last Saturday
evening In that city between two
colored men named Wellington and
Gale, growing out of the alleged in
timacy of the former with the latter's
wife. Itresulted in wellington receiv-
ing pistol shot in the jawbone and
neck which the physician thinks will
not prove fatal. Gale was arrested.
There Is man in Portland who
claims not only to be a linguist and
scientist, but is strangely maltormed
in the left arm. The Oregonian says,
"the lett arm of this man, by some
inexplicable freak of nature, has been
suppressed from about three inches
below the elbow, there being no fore
arm aud hand. The phenomenon
consits in the lower portion Of the
arm, or stub, having the appearance
of diminutive head and perfect face
of an apparently sIumbering, new
born babe, which at the will of the
exhibitor gives signs Of vitality,
moves, amusingly endeavors to free
itself, ETC." This man was to lecture
4 in Portland last Tuesday evening, and
exhibit this freak ofnatlre.
The Dalles municipal election result
ed as fellows: Mayor, r, Grant;
Recorder, James A. Campbell; Marsh
al, Samuel Klein; Treasurer, F. Win
gate; Councilmen, F. Dehm, }. w.
French, Geo. A. Liebe and John
Moran. For the fifth Councilman the
following gentlemen received the same
number of votes N. Fl. Gates, A. G..
Phelps, L. Newman andJ. M. Beall,
and the matter is still undecided.
An oak tree standing near the house
of Mr.. Rostin Welch, near Forest
Grove, was struck by lightning on
Wednesday oflast week, Mr.. Welch's
family were considerably shocked,
The tree was shivered to pieces.
Andrew Davis, a halfbreed Indian,
and Geo. Beezley, drunken loafer from
Portland, were arrested in the Dalles
last week, for selling liquor to Indians
They were committed to appear befors
the U. s. Court at next session.
Newton Jacobs, OF Ashland, jackson
county, had both thighs crushed by
the wheels Of an OK wagon passing
over them, under which he accidentally
fell on Wednesday Of last week.
=, Som six inches Of snow fell on tn
mountain rang, north OF COrinne
Utah, on the 23d Of June.
Seattle expects to be lighted by ga
within the next ninety days.
) The crickets are reported as eatin|
; up the Palouse country.
A military post at Walla Wall
, will soon be garrisoned permanently
A company of 100 men is being Oh
ganized in st. Louis to locate an,
survey an immense estate of rich agri
cultural and mineral land In Arizona
New hay is selling at Eugene Cit
q at 81 80 per ton.
It is stated that Jay Cooke will e'
tablish bank at the terminus of tn
!, N. p. r. r., when the terminus
n found.
! The contest for terminus at Pugt
: Sound is narrowed down to Tacon
y and Seattle.
a A Douglas county man has CAREFUL
y developed $50 mullen plants, nnd'
the impression that they were tobacc'
d Deer, grouse and pheasants can |
shot during the present month, bl
" ducks are allowed one month longe
ADenver chap, who had interviewt
Of the tiger" more frequently than
had the throne OF grace, recently b
"a came converted by Hammond, al
IL IL while exhorting his comrades to folio
:. :, his example, said: If you do III
accept salvation now, it is not me tn
~ you are throwing off on, it is Chri
'e you ARE 'bucking' against"
Another bear story comes fro
?, Washington county. A few days AZ
10 she bear and cub made their a
OF peamnce on the playground Of
III school house, about four miles fro
Cornelius. The boys Of the scho
Of turned out and, aided by the, teacht
y succeeded in capturing and killing t
tic cub. They gave chase to the old be
and ran her for some distance,
coming very near to some OF the re
IL dences in the neighborhood, In /
"S @ltrht ond fnn1lyy hfdinn In tho fi,nI