The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09

Saturday evening, March 10Th. elected
Il. B. Handley and l.. Bettman repre-
seiitatives to the Grand Lodge. which is
20 be held at Portland on the 18th day of
May next.
The schooner Ontario broke from her
moorings of the San Jnan limeIiln on
"Wednesday last. and was driven ashore,
becoming total loSs. The schooner was
the property OF Bailey & McCurtiy, of the
iimekiln, and WIS worth $1.50O.
Olympia and Western Lodges. T. o.
Q. F.. OF Olympia. propose to celebrate
the 1ffy-s anniversary of the order in
the United States, by procession and
ball. Seattle lodges and Soiourning breth-
ren VIII be invited TO participate In the
celebration.
Alpha Encampment No. I. I. o. o. f..
will be instituted at Olympia. w. r., on
"Wednesday. April 14th. Patriarchs of
that jurisdiction are invited to be present
on the occasion. The n: p. r. r. CO..
have generously reduced the fare To half
price to all those who desire to attend.
The OwYhee Miners Union numbers
500 members, who pay an admission fee
of $2 30 and monthly dues of 81. The
newly-elected president is Mr.. Simon
Harris They claim Co have the public
welfare aS well as their own I'm View. They
advocate wages of "a per day, and are
| opposed to coolie labor.
A seven year old boy, named Foucie,
living near Badito, IIuerfano county.
| Colorado, was killed In u most singular
manner the other day. A rock. weighing
| 46 pounds, was blown across the river by
blast into corral. striking the lad ON tlse
head and killing him instantly.
| Nathan. Blaekwe1l's crirne-tllat of MUIR
| dering John Dalton. weighed so heavily
| upon his conscience az to induce him to
isconle into Trinidad the other day aud sur
| render himself into custody of an officer.
He was arraigned before a justice of the
peace. but waived an examination. and
was held to bail In the sum Of 5000.
| An 'eOld MINER has written a letter to
the New York &ua, declaring that the
only ore in the Black Hills is that kind of
| mica called .'emigrant gold,'' and that
| there IL not enough of the real article to
make the pens with which the correspond
ents. who have written mp the country,
have done their writing with.
Monmouth is musical. The Messenger
says there are in the village organs. 8
1 pianos. and piona-lneloleon. Besides
this. there is q silver corIlet band. COM
prtsing twelve or fourteen instruments.
and innumerable guitars, fidsIles, flies.
coalcertisias. etc. These are right large
figures. when we remember that the num-
ber of all the houses in our embryo city is
about forty.
The Baker City Herald of the 9th ult..s
Wingville during the past week q pro-
tractel meeting with favorable results.
Rev. q. w. Adams furnishes us with the
following figures Accessions to the M.
F.. church. II TO the NJ. Z. church,
South. 2. This makes total accession In
this city and Wingville during the wiii-
ter-M. Z. church., 30; NJ. E. church,
South, z.
Commodore Butllong is now building a
fine pleasure boat for the accommodation
of the citizens of Olympia the coming sea-
son. 1t answers to the following descrip-
ton: Length of keel, Is teet; 8 feet
beam; % feet on deck; depth of hold,
2l4 feet; mast, q feet; length of sail on
deck, 30 feet; stOOp-Figged; capacity,
three or four tons. It will be fitted up in
the very neatest style. and will be ready
to sail on or before the lst of May.
A most daring attempt to commit rob
berv occurred at Idaho City on the 18th,
ult. Mr.. j. d. Bausher, a travelling
agent tor the sale of cigars and tobacco.
was la the store OF Mr.. Dolioux, and the
latter was counting out some money on
the counter to pay Mr.. Bausfler, when a
bystander named Roach grabbed the
money, and Mr. Bausher grabbed the
would-be robber, and. with the assistance
of others. recovered all the money except
the half of $40 bill. The whole amount
was $50. The only harm done was that
Mr.. Bausher got his finger bitten in the
. seuffie.
News has reached Victoria to the effect
that cattle in Saanich and EsqlImalt dis
; tricts have commenced to suffer severely
: from the bad weather and for want OF
, fodder. Many deaths have occurred, and
| 1t is feared that many more will drop of.
as nearly all the herds are in a weak an6
emaeiatetl condition. Last year the win
: ter broke early aud cattle pulled through ir
. fine condition but the present exceptions
: ally bad and severe season will, 1t Is tear
: etl. destroy one-half the cattle on the L.
: land. Sheep withstand the rigors of TIM
I | season well.
' If any conclusive evidence were wanting
1 to prove that the political. social. ant
Y religious influence and power of the grea
/ Mormon prophet, Brigham Young. wa
= fast dying out. that evidence is furnished
i by the collstancy, persistency and severity
i. with which the Salt Lake Tribune pour
/, hot shot into the Mormon abominafion
len years ago no man and no newspape
would have dared to openly condemn
. Brigham and defy his authority. But TIN
; world moves, and before another decade tn
! bEormonism of the past will be know
J only in history.
+ Mr.. Javens. the sexton of the Cd,
!, Fellows cemetery at Salem. informs tn
o Record tPlat during the month OF Marc
Q there were seven interments, ,4 males an,
/. 3 females. This Is about one-half of th
n whole amount of interments of last year.
q The prisoners Cook and Wyant. Of Yam
z hill, were convicted Of the charges agains
. them. and sentence was passed upon then
z last Saturday. Wyant goes to the peni
. tenttary for two years. and Cook gets on
y year and a half.
. a man named Bailey, at Fort wallace
i, feeling the pressure of a rope about hi
4 throat, said rope being controlled by ssvig
n lantes, . has confessed to cattle stealing o
q small scale.
!. Potter, the man that run the lotter
!, business into the ground In Omaha, find
d ing that the laws OF Wyoming are favor
4 able 10 gin schems, has established hl
i headquarters at Laramie.
u At Cheyenne, ths other night, ma
rs who was found encroaciiing upon III
domestic rights Of an absent husband, wa
e caught and given pre-angelic plumage {
s tar and feathers.
e TIlos. Brady. the man who applied
,e the Washington county court for relief
y It's last term. and who has been lying sic
se at the Tualatin hotel, died last week an