The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-03-07
Stock Is repnrtelaasidyIng In large
numbers on the WAlln WAIla River.

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StWk Is rcpnrtelIasdylng In larg,
numbers on the Walla WaIla River.
The nimro,ls Of Baker City pas
their time upon the trail oftimid sAge
hens. 80 -,
| Montana tolerFes man who car
wipe bis nose wirh his upper lip AM
blow ont a Kerosene lamp with bis letl
ear. faf3 iNii
The supper and social entertain.
ment designed hy tile ladies Of Union,
Baker Count, for the Rev. DR.. New.
ius, was declined by that gentleman,
Colonel J. N. I. Miller, Of Jack.
soDvile. recently SOLD his iiHe trotting
horse Brick Pomeroyr to G. w.
Kellogg. ofSan FTlnci 90. !. The price
paid was $4,000.
A petition is in circulation IN Baker
County. asking Congress to revoke the
ouler setting apart the Wallowa
Valley asau Indian Reservation. II
meets with favor.
A Baker City editors .valentiur
reads TINS: do right ami fear not. :
tn which Ilp adds: we aim tn do that
very thing, without giving any super
tluous thanks TO any body.
BritisIl Columbia. t
Sergeant Tucker. OF Her Majesty's
Backyard. was fined five SlIiIliiigs and
costs for striking Capt. mares dog
with u stone. by Justice Fisher.
The British Columbia l.rgislature
have resolved to request the Domilion
Government to establish 4 military
post ut kainloops. or some central
section of The Yale-l.y .ytton District.
Mr.. Hickey. a highly respected set
tier OIL Salt Spring Island, died very
suddenly on Thursday, Feb. 18th,
Willie engaged IN clopping at his
home, he fen forward across the log Il
dead man. t
Lieut.. Col. Powell. Superintendent
of Indian Affairs. has received irstlllc-
tionS to repair to Ottawa for the pllr-
pose of receiving instructions and ar-
ranging an Imlian policy for Britih
Co|umhia, lie will leave by the next
direct steamer.
Mr.. Rutils Sylvester will 90 up III
the Eiza Ander&oa from Victoria III
charge of Barnard'S Express for Cas-
star. Mr. Sylvester'S is the pioneer
OmineCa express, whose rapid trips
under mot unIiivorNhle circumstances
have won him great renown.
Private adviccs from Yale and Ma
naimo announce the return Of MessrS.
BmlSter and Dewduey by humping
Inajorities over the DeStrletiveS.
Thompson is sure ol election at Gar
iboo. The DestructiveS gain but one
man. and he is the weakest and least
reliable OF the lot.
Letters from I.i'looet express great |
dissatisfaction with the prnposeinller-
ltion IN the terms of UnioD. They
describe thu farmers as having arge
Quantities Of live stock, and cereals
md no market. The stock and Grain
we're raiset in anticipation Of The s4ltly I
commencement Of the railway.
A Lightning Creek dispatch OF the
st, says the following was tie wash
lp for the past week: lightning Com
'any. 81 ounces; Spruce. 80 ounces
Point, %; Van Wrinkle, so; Victoria,
20, and Vancouver Company, 1872
ullceS.
On Friday morning a heavy snow
lide came down into town, smashing
nto Madame Bendacon's saloon, car.
ying away the doors and windows.
esites seriously iniuriug the proplie-
resS, who was buried under two feet
I snow, remaining there some Is
linutes before being resnrrected.
The roads from Barkerville to Cot
'nwOod are almost impossible, no
avel except the express having gone
YER it tor nearly q month.