The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22
Pacific SIopers,

James L. johnson has Just compile
ted. at Santa Fe, the finest block in
New Mexico.
The prospectors f1atter themselves
that they lEtye struck an FL Dorado Oh
Laramie river.
Canyon City. Colorado. did driving
holiday trade with the Utes, who came
into town by hundreds.
During the past year the sum OF
$7S.900 was expended in new b lid
ings In Cheyenne. So says the LedJer.
A wholesale grocery firm in Santa
Fe sold $4,000 worth Of goods during
the last two weeks In December.
Joe Whitley has been found dead.
south of Trinidad, southern Colorado.
Murder or suicide Gotcertain which.
'rile Denver Ne4cs says: The money
or1ler business at the Colorapo Springs
postoffice for the past year amounted
to $81. .549.12.
The Moantaineer thinks the pros
poets for a long freeze up very fiatter-
ing.
A Silver City young man received
letter from his lady love. in which
she caped him by the lucious epithet
of JUNE Peaches. -
Tle Cheyenne papers don't attempt
to disguise the fact that a well known
citizen dieti of too much whisky.
His name was Hawkins.
Since the prohibition measure was
carried in Colorado Springs. only two
first class cases of tlelirtln trenens
have been reported. according to- the
MIHRtdiReer.
DIR. Hunt. of Cheyenne. will hence
forth. we suppose, celebrate New
Years Eve as the anniversary of a
fight in which he losta finger, shot off
by one Frank Hunter.
The o. S. n. Co. 3 steamer. idaho
is laid up at the mouth of Chenaneth
Creek. and the reaser at the mouth of
Three Mile Greek.
Malcolm Moody. ofthe Dalles. while
skating on the reservoir ut that place.
broke through the ice and narrowly
escaped drowning.
The young ladies ofSiIver City have
inauglIrated the custom of taking cake
and other refreshments with them
when they make an evening cali Oh
their lady friends.
The stages of the Northwestern
Stage Company leave the DaIles every
other morning for Boise City. and way
points, during the Suspension of navi7
CATION upon the Upper Columbia.
A dispatch from Nevada dated
Friday. said that a terrific snow-storrn
was raging there. and extending Il
SHOW at Virginia City was three feet
Il xNE = l.<1
Central Pacific is looked for.
An Ottowa dispatch to the Coi0nist
says: ''Steel rails tor the Vancouver
Island portion of the Pacific railroad
have been purchased in England, and
will be shipped by the manufacturers
next month to Esquimalt, Nanaimo
and Cowicl,an.
An Indian chief who exhibited
great bravery i'm rescuing the. captain
and crew of the bark Eq,rin. wrecked
off the west st of Vancouver Island,
has been presented within silver medal
by the authorities at Victoria. Who
said there was no good III lninns?
At the mines on lightning creek.
week before last. Van Wrinkle Co.
washed mp 200 o., AMI 2f5 OF. OH
Fri(lay. last week. Victoria Co. had
230 OF. and 240 OF. OH Friday. Van-
couver Co. 1913 OF. last week. and $50
OF. OH Friday. Vulcan Co. Go OF.
last week. and 45 Oz. on Friday.
The wife of Robert Cummings.
living on the Wallua road just below
the mouth of the Touchet. was stricken
by apoplexv. Tuesday of lass week and
remains with her whole left side par
alayzed. Mrs. Cummings has always
been a stout hearty woman, and il
the mother Of seven children.
The small amount of rainfall at
Port Townsend Is remarkable when
compared with that of nearly all other
places OH the Sound. According TO
the argus the total fall from Ian. !,
to Dec. 81. 1874. was only thirteen
and three one-hundreth inches. and
there were 105 rainy days out ofthe 365.
The Salt Lake Tribune says: s''The
insane man brought tn the city from
Provo the other day was not Brigham.
although his name was Young. Brig
ham is mad. but there Is method in
his madness. The same insanity.
however. in any other man WOnid
have long since consigned him to the
peniteEtiary instead of an insane
asylum"
Mr.. d. T. Parker. TO whom has
been awarded the mail contract on the
trunk route between Corinne and He
lena. is one of the members of the
Northwest stage company. ct which
Mr.. e.. G. Huntly Is the heal. The
award. we understand. WAS made by
Post Jewell. on the
basis of $65,000 annual pay tor daily
service.
A son of. i. N. Lawrence. Of East
Portland. met with a SeriOils accident
few days since while handling q
small pistol. He was under the itn-
DTessiOn that it was not loaded. and
carelessly let It drop tn the floor.
which caused It TO discharge. the ball
taking effect in his right hand, break
ing several bones.
The following patents have recently
been granted at Washington. d e.:
Alarm combination lock-H w. Dig.
Portland; assignor to himself aud
William Zimmerman. same place;
fled July Il. 1874! Steps anil bear
ings for mill spindie<-D. Mathew
Portland; filed August IS. 1874
Smoke and gas consumers for engines
David Mathew. Portland; filed Oct
10, 1874.
The Statesman says: The question
of annexing Walla Walln valley te
Oregon Is again being very generally
discussed and meets with much favor
In former times. the argument againsl
annexation was maiiily confined te
the f,ct,tlat living under STATE gov
ernsnent was attended by a higher
rate of taxatiOn than Ia Territory.
This argument had its weight. but now
after trial Of from ten to twenty
years. orr people find that it costs
proportiouafely quite as much to rtlr
a Territory as State. witllthe differ
| ence in favor of the latter and fiIa1
The citizen of State has many priv