The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-13

day. Nov. I'd. There were 234 shares
of stock represented. 1t was decided
to re ice the number of trustees to
five. The meeting was adjourned to
the 18th Of December, when, ifnotli-
ing definite Is known respecting the
negotiations pending for the building
of the road, the trustees will be chos-
I ell.
Some time back one of the chiefs Oh
/ Neah Bay Reservation got drunk and
/ became very ObStreperons. The agent
! thereupon put him ir irons and locked
him up i'll Port Townsend, there to
hold him until he referred his case to syl-
,oerior authority. When Gen. How
ard yisitet, that place the other day the
imprisoned Indian was very peniteut,
he was released from close custody and
EFT back to the Reservation.
Tie Dailes lE1untaineeq' SAYS: "a,
snake was killed one day last week oH
the farm OF iir. Horace Rice. on Eff
teen-lnile c rectI, IL this county, that
had it ltead encaSed in the shell Of the
egg from which it was hatched. The
slldHe was about two years old. The
question for naturalists to determine is,
! How did his snakeShip grow and fat
tau:,7 W., Guess he hadn't had that
shell on his head all that time-it is
too thin.
The Postmaster at Pendleton haSre-
ceiyed a letter from Chico, Cal. dated
October 10Th, which says: Ibid II band
Of horses leave yCIr place for here
There has been 4 party murdered in
the mountains by Indians, and they
We're from Umatiila county. Let us
know and we can give you more infor-
nation. One OF the men was here
three weeks ago. and went back TO
meet his train. \ large party have
gone 70 look for them. Mr.. Ben}i-
min Despain left PendIeton last Aug.
with Il baud of good horses. lie i'll
tended to 90 through California in the
neigltbolhood OF Chico. and it is quite
probable that lie and his men ard hor-
ses are those referred to i'll the letter.
The Salem Statesman of Saturday
says: s'IlGe usual quiet of Eugene City
was disturbed on Thursday evening
! by 4 fiacas in which well-known cit
i2en OF that county. named Al. Hem
hrie, received IN injury. from the ef-
fccts Of which he has since died. He
/ was in the city. and had. we are in
I formed. been drinking some. While
! Standing in front of a saloon. another
! party named Chit Brundt. who claim
ed that He,nbrie owed him Il small
/ debt. came aIong and without the least
/ warning, struck him powerful blow
/ with his cleliched fist Just below the
/ right ear. iiembrie ut first paid no at
! tention to it. He was leaning against
/ the building at the time. and gradually
! slid down until he reached the side
/ walk. After considerable delay he
! IN-..S taI Lar, into bp y-lnTt
/ atiyes Were applied. and he recovered
I sufficiently to mount his wagon and
I drive home. distance OF four miles.
/ The spectators gave it no furthur
/ thought until yesterday. when news
reached the city of Mr.. Hembrie'S
death shortly after his arrival home.
The Engene Guy1W gives the follow
! ing particulars of Sol. Kuhn. who COM
/ mitted suicide at that place OH Thurs
1 dav night of last week. Mr.. Jones,
who was assisting deceased in his store.
came down on Friday morning nm
locked the store, went in and was pre-
pairing TO open up when Mir. Bettman
! came in and asked where Kuhn was.
/ In company they proceeded to his sleep
ing room. in the rear of the store. and
on opening the door We're horror->trick-
! cn at the sight. Everything was COW
cred with blood. lie had been troub-
led with bleeding at the nose at night.
I and it was ut first supposed this was
the cause of his death. An examina-
ton. however. revealed the true state
OF affairs. His throat had been cut.
leaving Il most @hastly wound, which
! commenced near the left ear and cN-
tended to q point about midway be-
tween the windpipe ard the right ear,
! everything being cut to the neck bone.
There was found in or near his bed 4
bowie-knife about Il foot in length, q
small dagger and two razors, all more
or less besmeared with blood. From
the bed to the showcase i'll the front
room were traces Of blood and also in
the showcase, and it would seem that
he first attempted to take his life with
the dagger, then went to the showcase
| and got the raZors.
The Stnexn3an is informed that the
Harvest Feast and Ball of the Butte
| vile Grange, advertised to come OF at
that place tomorrow evening, has
been postponed until Friday, Decem-
Der 18th. owing to the recent death OF
q l2ember of the Grange.
Charity Grange No 76. Willamett
forks, Lane county. has new hall
which will be completed and dedicated
November 10th. exercises to COM
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