The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-08

IalSeI came TO Tie state Fair at Salem
last iail. and while there he saw
red haired man sitting in stall on
some straw. with black-anl-white
dog. and a card over the stall marked
''Dorg fersail." He asked what kind
OF dog it was. aud was told ian
Australian sheep-colley.a Next lie
inquired the price of the dog. and re-
eelVed the answer that it was $50.
| Our Coos county wool producer told
MN that he would see him again, and
went Off to borrow $40 of Dad Yoakun.
who was admfring several fine horses
belonging to Gen. Nesmith. He then
came back and bought the dog. pay
Ing the conine's fare ($31 OH the cars
TO Rosebllrg. Two days later he
arrived home. and it being nearly
dark his wife asked what he intended
to do with the dog. Well, he said.
ne guessed it was about as Well to
turn him ont with the sheep. His
son, therefore, turned him oft with
tile sheep, because he was supposed
to be sheep dog. Well, he was.
lie only killed twenty-five of them
before morning. and NOW his mortal
remains are bleaching on the hillside
because there is no sausage-toundry at
Brewster valley.
| Vii tAic stllCFiltOIl OA bI1G &IGIl iG.s
| on Twenty-f1rSt street, between
| Folsom and Harrison. San Francisco,
| transpired a novel foot race The
stakes amounted to $40 and the terms
| of the FACE were as follows: Patrick
Lyman, wholesale liquor dealer,
who weighs over 200 pounds and is
very corpuient, was to run forty yards.
carrying moderately-siZed young
man on his back, While Daniel O Brien
and Peter Rooney were to run 100
| yaris. After running to the end of
| the course once OH Il false start, and
| falling and spilling his rider on the
second trial, Lyman waddled to the
end with his burden twenty yards
ahead of his competitors aud was
declared tho victor.
F.. T. Armstrong. resident of
Vallejo, California, hearing noise in
the lower part of his house aboht 5
| O'Clock OH Christmas morning. and
not being satisfied in his mind as to
| the origin of it, started down stairs to
investigate the matter. The noise
was repeated, this time being distinctly
| heard in the dining-room. Mr.. Arm
strong. grouping along cautiously i'll
the dark, soon discovered the prowler
| who had caused the alarm and startled
him with the exclamation, If you
move l'll kill you" Then addressing
Mr.. Garfield, gentleman who had
| Joined i'll the search, Mr.. Armstrong
added: Take the shotgun and if he
| stirs shoot him dead.'' The burglar
ious individual. not aware of the fact
| that his cabtors had no shotgun, quietly
allowed himself to be bound firmly
| with cords. When light was pro-
| Huced the captive suddenly fell to
| crossing himself with apparent re-
| ligious feryor, but the device failed to
elicit II favorable recognition. Will
| lam Williams. for such was his name,
OIL being taken to Jail assumed to be
! insane, but the assumption availed
him not. On Saturday Williams was
held to appear before the Grand Jury.
Charley Drain, of Donglas county,
| aged 13 years, sends the following
| obituary notice of an old pet in his
fathers family: ''Our old mare, Ellen,
| is dead. She was born i'll Chicago,
| Illinois, in the spring of 1S44; She
was used as a saddle and carriage
animal in 1916; she hauled IL ped
dlerss wagon through the States of
| Illinois. Missouri and Iowa until
1852, when she was brought to Ore
| gon by Charles Drain; she swan the
Missouri, Green. Columbia and many
smaller rivers; she and her mate,
which is still living, brought the FAM
| lily carriage from Iowa to Oregon;
| she raised II colts; her sons, daughters,
! graud-daughterss etc, now number
over 100. On the morning of the 10Th
| ofDecember. 1874, she refused to eat
| for the first time III life. over 80 years,
and died of pulmonary con sumption
Jan. /, 1875. After ii long life of use
fulness. never refusing TO pull or carry
her rider, she shall be buried, and the
| place marked as her grave
A Baker City correspondent under
date of Dec. 10Th. says: 1.-The Connor
creek quartz mill is rattling away.
likewise the Green silver mill in Rye
valley, aud the Virtue (20-stamp,l
near our city. Baker City has rather
increased in population and number
of buildings the past year, but no in
| crease in a commercial point of view.
| Holiday times are now gay and fes-
| tive, and American wine flows free.
| Municipal laws do not trouble us. and
| we all hope to be rich next year.
w. Il. Easton. n farmer who lived
| near Dixie. in Polk county. went
away from home OH the 23d of Decem-
ber. being last seen on that day here,
| at Salem. and he wrote home the
| next day. 1t is supposed that his
| mind was affected, and his family
| are anxious to hear from him. Any
| persons possessing information of his
| whereabouts will confer n favor by
! writing to his son, Thaddeus Easton,
| Polk county, Oregon.
| A letter from Summerville, Union
county, states that the weather is cold
| and clear but no snow. Another
| written near the Dalles. Wasco county,
SAYS that the weather is open and
| pleasant, grass is growing nicely.
| sheen getting fat, horses in excellent
| condition and cattle are doing much
better than usual.
Two workmen in the SFtro tunnel
! were blown all TO atoms OH the morn
ing oft 31st ult. Several boxes of
| giant powder had been left near the
| battery when the blast in header
was touched of. 1t is thought that
the giant powder exploded by an cleo
trio spark.
The city officers elected at Tndepen-
tlence are "a follows: Councilmen, I.
Vandyn, w. +. Hodgkin, /. NJ.
| Butler. s. w. Smith; Mayor. Mike
Rosendorff; Marshal. F. Leverage;
Recorder, II. II. McCord.
The Recorder of Salem issued 16
| licenses iiI December, as follows: 5
| saloon licenses; 2 for selling malt
liquors, and 9 for public vehicles.
The marshal arrested is persons in
the same time, IL for drunkenness, and
2 for assault and battery.
There were five burfals in Odd
Fellows cemetery, at Salems In De-
celnber, three males and two,females.
The postoffiee at Salem was moved