The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
Pacific Slopecs.

Prof. Condor will remove from
Forest Grove to Eugene in the spring.
Dilley Station. on the west side
railroad. wants blacksmith. A good
one could do well.
Between $45 and $50 has been SUBJ
scribed at McMinnville for the relief
of the grasshopper sufferers.
The sum of $1,000 State tax from
Columbia county was paid to the
State treasurer on the 11th inst.
Geo. Stowder's house. on Tualatin
Plains, was burglarized of $5 last week
while the owner was away.
Rev. J. w. Miller. assisted by Gen.
eral Howard. began protractetl
meeting at Cornelius Academy We'd
nesday evening.
A memorial to Congress to divide
Dakota has passed the Legislature of
that Territory.
Grcely, Colorado, has twenty-five
societies religious, temperance, social
and musical.
4 light draught steamer, carrying
$50 tons. is being built at Pittsburg.
Pa. to run on tile upper Missouri.
Howland tunnel III the Little Cot
tonwool district, Utah. will be about
6.OOO feet in length when completed.
A wholesale firm i'm Santa Fe, New
Mexico. sold $50. 600 worth of goods
during the last two weeks in December.
A happy father of tripIets recently
born in Salt Lake City now speaks of
their prolific mother as ''iny dear
bonanza.
On the low lands i'm Yamhill county
much OF the wheat is killed ont, but
on the hin farms the crop looks very
promising. Farmers were busy plow-
ing and preparing for their spring
sowing.
The Tillamook mail carrier reports
| four feet of snow on the Coast range
mountains for the last two trips. and
the ground frozen solid in the valley.
| A celestial" at MeMinnyille was
| robbed of 800 last week. He had the
money in valise under his head when
he went TO sleep. but when he awoke
it was not there.
Washington Grange No. 80 are in
tending to build eommodious hall at
Middleton in the spring. They will
locate it upon piece of land donated
by johnson Hall.
| VIM. Yohns, of Olympia. has been
sent back TO the insane asylum. from
which he was recently discharged.
Major HaIier. of WILDLY ISLAND.
within the past two weeks has LOST
several head of horses from some IN.
known and fatal disease.
Calvin Saeger, of Mason county.
who has been in the insane aslyun O.
Steilacoom for few months, has beer
discharged from that institul ion.
There were several indictment,
brought in by the United States grant
jury against different parties i'm Seattl,
tor an alleged violation ofthe revenu'
laws.
Some Of the leading farmers in th'
vicinity of Dayton are strongly urgin.
the propriety OF putting up one of th'
Alden Fruit Drying Machines at tina
place. 1t would be an excellent idea
A young nlan by the name of Hur
sey, has suddenly disappeared from
the Licey school district, in Washing
ton county. and it Is not known wher
he went. He was a new conner i'm tin
neighborhood. and was well though
of by the people while he stayed witt
them.
The Marysvi:le appeal says: ssTh
most heroic act in behllf of life occur
ing during the sudden rise fthe waite
was that OF James Cook, proprietor O
the Narysville Soap Factory. MI
Cook was unable to reach his hom
until the water had got I,p nearly b
the roof. He was Oh horseback. am,
by swimming several deep sloughs h
finally reached home, and from hi
horse was able to climb upon the roc
Of the building. He then made hol
by tearing off Il lot of shingles. an
through this aperture rescued Ills famil
from their periloas position
A correspondent writing fror
Bridge Creek, Oh the 10Th of January
says: 'sThe thermometer at thj
place was fiozen up, so we could nc
tell how cold it was. A bottle OF goo
brandy and bottle containing tw
pounds of mercury were put ont as
test on the night of the 14ili Inst. Intf
morning both were frozen solid. Th
cold snap has lasted for over two weel
with no signs of mild weather. III
mercury il the thermometer has bee
frozen up every night. Very roug
weather on stock snow about tos
deep"