The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-02-21
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.

move warts Dy slmpiy passing MS nand
over them. Some men are handy at
taking off other things, too.
While on a hunt. the other day, a
Sacramento man took off his trousers
to wade in after a bird which had fall
in the water. As he waded ont with
the bird, he saw his faithful dog run
ming away with his pants. Without
them. he ''barely" walked into town.
Down at Petaluma. Cal, the hearse
has been furnished with new plumes,
and now the people are waiting anx-
iously for some one to die, so they can
see how those plumes look.
A Virginia, New. wife gave her
good-looking servant a holiday. Hear
ing her husband come into the kitchen,
she slipped down, put her hands over
his eyes and kissed him. lie kissed
back with vim she had not witnessed
in him for years and said. ''Mary, darl-
ing. where is your mistress?" She
dropped those hands and gave a war
whoop and he departed in haste, close
ly followed by poker. He says that
such deceptions on her part will, If
continued, destroy the mutual conf
dence that should exist between mar
ried folks.
The late protacted meeting at La
Grande resulted in A accessions to the
Methodist church.
The cayotes in Indian Valley, Union
county, are quite numerous, and are
destroying sheep, young calves and
even yearlings.
Snme 25 or 30 sheep have been killed
in Powell's Valley recently by cayotes
and wolves.
The Bulletin thinks the flying of
geese southerly is a sure sign of wealth
er of some sort. Quitely.
Binghamton, N. Y, is represented
in Portland by eighteen young men,
says the Bulletin.
The Walla Walla Statesman of the
Sth inst. has the following account of
very sad accident at that place; "On
Thursday Of last week Sister Celestine
of the Catholic Convent, who was I'M
der medical treatment, took by mistake
a dose Of corrosive subljmate. All
that medical science coula do for her
relief was brought into requisition, but
after lingering in great agony down to
Wednesday night, death put period
to her suffering. At the request Of the
Lady Superior Of the Convent, Coroner
Thibodo held an inquest on the re-
mains. After hearing all the facts in
the case, the jury returned a verdict OF
death from accidental poisoning"
Deceased Was aged about "a years.
Walla Walla two more times burg
larized. A theme infirmly old.
Three chimney fues burning out in
one night at Walla Walla kept the
tiremen "a goin'."
The Cowlitz river is alive withsmelt
the fish kind. Ten or fifteen minutes
with a net will fill a barrel WHITTIER
A bar-room at Olympia was robbed
Of 800 worth of clothing and money
the other day. Water dilutions can
soon make that up.
No action has as yet been taken IN
Congress to annex Walla Walla coun-
ty TO Oregon. Those who favor it are
active and vigilant.
A newspaper job Office at Salt Lake
City Is threatened with a suit for pub
fishing obscene literature, having print
ed to order pamphlet from some of
the sermons of Brigham Young. The
language of the prophet Is Incredibly
vile.
Burglars, thieves and garroterS are
unusually numerous at Salt Lake.
At Nevada Greek, Montana, an old
feud caused James MclIarrison to kill
John Quinn on the 10Th.
The heaviest snow storm Of the
season occurred at salt Lake Oh the
18th.
A collision occurred thirteen miles
east Of Elko, Nevada, Oh the 18th, be-
tween passenger and freight tlflin'
causing the wounding of three en-
ployees and the slight brtising some
passengers.
A telegram from Jacksonville saysa
millernamed Samuel Dewitt was killed
BY the bank caving OH him while at
work in his claim on Foot's creek.
A brilliant surprise party visited
Governor Growers house in hMlor Of
himself and lady on the 18th.
The late rains started the tributaries
Of the Tualatin on 4 swell.
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