The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-01-24

The masquerade ball at Eugene on
the night of the 18th was success.
The snow is reported as eight inches
deep at Olympia.
The lower branch of the Legislature
of Colorado has 10 Republicans to lC
Democrats.
A general Jail delivery at Denverre.
Gently. let out two innrlerers, foul
horse-thie7es, and seven drlnks.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Nesmitf
provides for the purchase Of l60 acres
Of land In the Tndian Territory for a
reservation tor the Nez Perce Indians
Judge Albert Head, of Boise City,
indicted for forgery, was discharged by
the Supreme Court on the ground Of
insutflciency of the Indictment.
Governor Bennett is urged as a snit
able person to send to Washington to
aid in getting Governmental contrib
ute something IN aid of the Portland,
Dalles and Salt Lake railroad. II
A man went into a Lodge room Of
Good Templars recently at Alkali Flat,
near Walla Walla, while the Lodge
was in session, and with 4 knife and
revolver swinging in Ills belt, hogan to
beat one of the members. The ses-
sion wound up boisterQsly and sud-
denly.
At Silver City, Idaho, hay is $50 a
ton; flour $40 barrel; chickens $l2
per dozen; eggs, 81 % per dozen, and
scarce at that; potatoes 33 cents per
pound; barley, 3Ac; wheat, 2&c.
Corn meal Is selling at $12 per barrel.
Times are lively and everybody seems
to be prospering.
Two four-horse teams arrived at
Boise Citr on the 10th with goods from
Winnemucca. They Ieported the roads
in good condition. with very little
snow to Jordan Valley--the rest Of the
way about eight inches, Two nights.
they turned out to grass, and their
horses did well.
A letter from Kittitass Valley says
times up there are very lively. About
forty of those that stampeded In that
direction during the Mining excite
ment have remained in the valley in
winter quarters. These OF course.
must enjoy themselves so dances and
parties are kept in almost continued
round, and the people, though aloof
from the world, do not mean to any
the less deprive themselves Of enjoy
ment.
The steamer Eta White came mp
last Monday night to Tacoma, and re-
ports terrible weather on Saturday
night below. She was off Point Lip
Lip, near Port Ludlow, and Capt.
Smith, who has done nothing but tray
el ON these waters for ten or twelve
years. reports that it was the worst
night he ever saw. The sea ran very
high, and the night was black as
pitch, it lit up only by the frequent
flashes of lightning. snow falling very
rapidly all the while. The wind was
from the southeast. The steamer was
tour days making the trip from Port
Townsend to Semiahmoo and back.
This from Mendocino, CAL, under
date Of 2lst: A heavy storm has been
raging mp the coast for the past week.
Last Wednesday night the wind
sprung up from the southeast and blew
a perfect gale until Friday morning,
when the sun came out through the
heavy hail-storm, A new building in
course of erection was demolished,
boards from the lumber-yard were car
ried across the street, fences prostrated,
and roads blockaded by falling trees.
The Cloverdale, stage, with mail, ex-
press and baggage, was carried away
in the flood while attempting to cross
Dry Creek last Friday. The driver
was seriously injured endeavoring to
save his horses. one of which was lost.
Three passengers narrowly escaped by
swimming ashore. The letter mail
and baggage have since been recover
81, but nothing has been heard from
thi treasure box. At Point Arena the
boilers and smoke-stack of the Garcia
Lumber Mills fell through and are now
in the river bed, The mill narrowly
escaped Deing washed away.