The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-11
Pacific Slopers.

A Child fell through the floor of the
Astoria school house the other day.
The engines of the Shoshone will be
taken out and the boat wrecked.
The whole number of votes cast in
Shoshone county, Idaho, at the late
election, was 65. Bennett received 10
for Delegate to Congress, and Fem
46.
About score of persons accused Of
gambling were indicted and paid fines
ranging from $l6 to $25 each, at the
late term Of the District Court at Walla
Walla.
The exports from the Puget Sound
Customs District for the month of Sep
tember, 1S74, amounted to $3l, 374
Tor October, 1874, $23, 253.
The bids for doing the printing for
Washington Territory were opened by
the Auditor at Olympia last Wednes-
day. .. B. Bagley's bid for 1866 %,
being the lowest, was accepted.
Mr.. j. w. Edwards, who has been
0eek-keeper and Superintendent of the
Fort Madison mills, has retired from
the important position. Mr.. VIM. A.
Jennings succeeds him..
Olympia school bows. appear tn ON
s'heeled' for any little difficulty thst
may arise with their teacher or SCHOOL,
mates. Two or three have been
caught with pistols, and one attacked
another with a knife few days ago.
Mr.. M. Tamsby, who lives on Upper
Mollala prairie, informs the Statesmen,
that rich lode of iron was struck lately
on Milk creek, about 10 miles east OF
Candy station. The vein is said to be
Is feet thick.
A barkentine named Pho Bonito was
recently launched at Port I"dlow.
She registers 275 tons, was builL for c..
A. Lowe & Co., OF San Francisco, by
Messrs. Hall Bros, and is the fifth
vessel built by them at Port Ludlow
since February last.
MIR. Burgivine, who became insane
In consequence of the terrible suffer-
ings and death Of his wife from the
effects OF burns received at Walla
Walla, was brought to the insane
asylum at Steilacoom and has since
died, leaving five children fatherless
and motherless.
The LRteElfgencer says most If not all
the mills on the Sound are now runn-
ing on full time-that is night and
day. That is a sign of prosperity
which should not be overlooked by
those who are stwaiting for something
to turn up.n and complain of duh
times whenever the energy or fore
thought of others does not provide
them with employment.
Harry, Jake and Dick, three Chez
halls Indians, have been arrested on
the charge Of numbering another na-
tive Of mixed blood, called Negro
Jake. The act was committed on
Wednesday night, Nov. 25, 1874.
The supposed murderers had an ex-
animation before Justice Elder, OF
Olympia, and were all held to await
the action of the Grand Jury.
In Silver Creek precinct, Owyhee
county, Idaho, q man by the name Of
Presby was elected Justice OF the
Peace, and his wife, Mrs. Presby, Was
These two are all there is of the Presby
family, or no doubt the rest would
have had an Office apiece. But as mat
ters now stand, the old man can ad-
minister the law and the madam ex-
ecute it. It would be worth while to
see this female constable hustliDg
disorderly prisoner off to Jail, or load
ing common drunk into an express
wagon. Yet she could do it.
The question of big logs is mooted.
The AStori0n says: On the 9th No
yember the Knappton Mills received
a raft of 312 logs from the camp Of
Thomas H. Foss which, scaled and
computed by Spaulding's scale $50, 500
feet, an averages of 1764 feet to the
log. In this raft were 30 logs measur-
ing over 2, 200 feet each, averaging g.
233 feet. Also IL logs measuring over
1900 feet each, averaging 1860 feet.
Also three logs measuring over 1000
feet, averaging 1872 feet. These logs,
many of them, were cut and every one
handled from the stump in the woods
from the 18th of October to the Goth
of November, with crew of eight
men and four yoke of cattle, and some
five or six days were lost by bad
weather.
The La Grande Sentinel says: The
La Grande Grange, No. 127, of the
Patrons Of Husbandry, met on last
Monday at McWhirter's Hall and tram
sacted large amount Of business, and
some was Of great importance to the
people Of Eastern Oregon. Among
other matters of importance which
presented themselves to the Grange
was the election of q delegate to attend
the Council to be held at the Dalles on
the first day Of December, the object
| OF which is 10 endeayor to secure q
contract with French, Moody g Co.,
to transport all supplies from Portland
to the Dalles at reduced rates. DIR.
VIM. Proebstel was elected as dele
gate from this Grange. The fourth
degree was conferred on class OF nine
members; and the harvest least which
was spread In the hall was said to have
been such as would have done ample
justice to any Thanksgiving congregar
ton that might have been assembled
A man pounded out $40 In gold u
one day, using hand mortar, rom
ore taken from ledge near Sterlng,
Josephine county, q few days ago,
An exnerfenced quartz man offered to
bet that half q ton of the rock then on
the dump would yield q, 600 or more.
John upper, of Jacksonville, the
other day sold to VIM. Bybee 76 fine
hors. which averaged 363 pounds
apfece, Three ofthese animals weighed
1870 pounds, an average weight Of
Considerably over 400 pounds per hog.
Or. J. G. Hawthorne has filed his
contract and bond for keeping the In.
sane with the Secretary of State. DR..
Curtie C. Strong also filed his oath of
Office as visiting physician Of the same
institution.
The Pendleton High School Ia aug.
menting In numbers so rapidly that
the Directors have employed an as
sistant.
Tha surveying Of the proposed road
to Chetco from Jacksonville, under
the auspices OF the Grangers, has been
concluded.
Senator Herrin. Of Jackson county,
has appointed Horace Pelton, of Sam's