The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-03-14
Pacific Slopers.

A quarter of an acre at Tacoma II
the rear Ofthe old town has been svlt
for $500.
Wood is selling on the streets Al
Walla Walla at from $5 to AZ per cord
according to quality.
AGrange Of Patrons Of Husbandry
was organized at Skookum Chuck. W.
T., on the 18th inst.
A Grange will be formed at Nook.
sactk. w. T. The papers are in the
District Deputy's hands, awaiting &C
tion.
There isa project on foot to have
Spring races over the Bybee track,
Jacksonville.
John Dougherty. who has been
housed In Jail at Tacoma, will be re-
leased on q writ Of habeas corpus from
Judge Jacobs.
On Monday night February 23d, the
thermometer run down to five degrees
below zero at Boise City. The coolest
night this Winter,
The steamer Eliza Anderson arrived
at Victoria from Fort Wrangel OH
Wednesday, March 4th,, having made
the quickest time on record.
The contract for carrying the mails
from Vancouver to Kalama has been
let to Michael Shea for $500 per an
NUN. Y Y e
One Of the Oldest buildings and q
landmark Of Boise City, Idaho, is be-
ing torn down to make room for q
new edifice. III. q
Daniel Coughlan, a resident Of Mad
isOny Valley, Montana, was severely
injured by being kicked In the face by
a cayuse horse
The tunnel being run to tap the
Hendricks lode, on Meadow Creek,
Montana, Is progressing finely. The
tunnel is to he 600 feet long it Is now
III l50 feet.
The question of cheap and rapid
transportation was satisfactorily solved
bya boy at La Grande recently. He
tickled the heels of a mule with . sharp
stick. ~
Five hundred and twenty-five dol
lars was raised in about two hours, on
the Nth Of February, towards buying
a lot on which to build a Cumberland
Presbyterian Church In Walla Walla-
The Boise City StGesmdn says: This
weather is awful On cattle and sheep
and unless it comes off warm very
soon, the probability is that the. stock
in this valley will die offby thousands.
The trial of Scarfaced Charley and
eight other Indians is docketed for the
ensuing term of the Circuit Court Of
Jackson County.
The postponed term Of the Circuit
Court, Judge I'rim presiding, at jack
sonville, convened Monday, March
9th. There Is considerable business to
transact.
~. ~ Morlou ,,,o,.o;Dr Morch 0d
about 8 9o'clock. the house Of w. NJ.
Garrison, near Pocahontas Baker
County, caught fire, and 1t and every
thing In it was destroyed. f
> A hurricane passed over Upper Will
low Creek, Montana, on Wednesday,
Several houses were 1nrooted and lRa-
~ haystacks blown down. 'sgs
Marty of surveyors that have been
ont in ali of the bad weather of the
nd few months, working on three
@ townships near the headwaters Of the
Puvallun and White Rivers, returned
to Tacoma on the 9th.
Inc MoNtdNsa" says: lnc pre.ty
fashion OF wearing isanleIs s H1 u IlN I'll ; 11.r
mas c9rCAlle1 tI.s vcnlnu cIH M !" ~
glnias preetlesu T9Cs.sts' Y, n We We s%M ,rN
lazy put On ler ePIkei sloes ~ uGs-
gay ann Epn olg qcMln.Ius .SI. III. uOw's Y ~, ~
Just three mRuUcS eAacesy " sVop
watch. w
Thera "a now at Wallula about 500
tons ofwheAE awaiting shipment down
the Columbia River. ! = Y \ IhsT Y Is also So,
large amount cf trelghB oeiow. Ing
Columbia River Is SO low II Il NnpgSsF
ble for the boats 70 run. and rsiEm |
will have to lay In store until the