The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-11

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the City Councilmen are a tie on the
mooted propositt!!eeeea to put saloon
licenses up to 5000, and the Mayor,
DR.. G. B. Lee, who favors the propo-
sition, will have the casting vote.
The Capital LAUNDERING Company,
Salem, are engaged in putting up a
large building in which machinery
is to be put for the purpose OF mariu-
featuring plows by steam.
The epizootic is journeying towards
Baker City.
Eldorado, Baker county, will prob
ably be one of the liveliest of mining
camps in the State during the coming
season. :,
The last term Of the college year at
the Willamette University began last
Monday. This is a first class institu-
ton.
Anoldgrudge prompted John 0akes,
saloon keeper Of Silver City, Utah, on
the 3lst, to shoot Richard Tyler, black
smith. Wound probably fatal.
Whisky caused Reinhart of Winne-
mucca, Ma, to drawa pistol and shoot
at Berge, inhicting a slight wound in
the head, on the 3lst uIt.
| A Stocton boy named Barber was
fooling with a pistol the other day.
He has a useless hole in his mouth now.
Prof. Lay ascended in a balloon at
San Francisco last Sunday, and is re-
ported to have landed on the Coast
Range Mountains, about ten miles
southwest of Grayson's. He left his
balloon in search Of provisions. Re
turning he took several sheep herders
to assist in saving the balloon, but
failed to find the place of his descent.
The Lay out" Of that balloon was too
much for him.
A Baptist Sunday School Convention
began in Portland last Wednesday
and was to continue through Thursday.
Portland Court House is undergoing
'alterati0ns and amendments" says
the Oreg0aida.
Salmon fishing is now in progress
at the various fisheries along the lower
Columbia. The season promises well.
Half dollars nailed to the sidewalk,
was the method OF fooling people in
Portland on the lst.
Baker city has an amateur dramatic
troupe which gave two concerts re-
Gently, netting Sis.
Washington Territory has l4,OO0
Indians.
At Austin, New, any man who has
not a black eye, disloeated nose, ora
chawed ear, is a Pariah, and Is denied
admittance to tirst-clasS society.
Flour at Walla Wallieis only So 80
barrel.
The Jacksonville Sentinel has seena
big egg. 1t measured ~ by 614 inch
es round about 1t. Mr.. r. 5. Dunlaps,
Brahma hen laid it.
On Thursday evening Of last week,
Jacksonville was visited by a very de-
structive fire. 1t resulted in the de-
struction of more than an entire block.
Among the losses were the L. S. IIo-
tel and Times office. The total loss is
estimated from $4,000 to 100000.
Jacksonville could i'll afford so great
a disaster. A good fire engine would
doubtless have more than paid for it
self in the property it would have sav-
ed. The Times will resume pHblica-
ton as soon as possible.
At the Mormon Conference at Salt
Lake on the Sth, Brigham Young. in an
address. said he was getting old, and
wanted the young nieli to carry on the
work he had commenced. lie wanted
seven counselors to aid the first PreSi-
dent. lie resigned the position OF
Trustee in trust Of Church property,
and. on his recommendation, Presi-
dent George A. Smith, now in Europe.
was elected in bis place. Young has
retired from spiritual and temporal
business almost,
The Annual State Convention Of
Woman Suffragists met Oh the Sth at
San Francisco.
Here is a specimen of British Co
lumbia journalism You might as
well try to get butter ont OF Il dogs
throat as totry to wiring the trlt'. from
the ignoranus who does the cutting
for the GOurnmentmg,"
Salem polled about 200 votes at the
school election last Monday.
The Sheriff of Marion county has