The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-29

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If they are ON good paper and writ
ten. on one side of the sheet-they
make a first-rate fire kinder.
Mr. Webster. who returned 70 Coos
Bay from Roseburg, on the 2lst. re
ports the roads In q desperately bad
condition an,l that cattle and sheep
were suffering very much from the
'.cold snap
A Baker City Justice who was locked
up In his Office hy q sjokist" VINO
carried the key off tn church, had the
joker arrested and fined him $l6 worth
of hot drinks for locking the court in.'
The Bulletin learns from a gentle-
man just from Eastern Oregon that
loss of stock IN that vicinity will be
great.
A man named Wilson. on the boat
between Nanaimo and Victoria. took
ont roll of bills, $4O0. to pay bis
fire. and the wind carried the money
into the sen and 1t could not be found.
A heavy jam of ice came down the
Fraser OH Thursday Of last week, and
thetlittle steamer Gem, lying at her
wharf in New Westminster, received
some injury whereby she was sunk.
About Sheridan, stock is doing well.
Tie farmers are well provided with
feed for their cattle, and excepting In
few cases where stock Is straying
about the country uncared for, there
Is not any suffering.
A subscription of $75, 600 Is asked
for the completion of the Walla Walla
Valley Railroad.
A rumor was current at Salt Lake
last week to the effect that snow
slide had occurred at Tannersville.
Little Cottonwood, by which six men
lost their lives.
The citizens Of Fourth Plain school
district, Clarke county, w. T.. have
just voted the liberal tax Of 10 mills OH
the dollar. to raise money TO build n
new school house.
We despair of the orange and ban
ana crop in Montana this year. But
by wise dispensation of Providence.
the average Montanian is enabled to
lay up store OF frozen whisky for his
summers use.
AS the farmers, generally. in North
Yamhill have u plenty of feed. stock
of all kinds Is faring well and looking
well in that section.
The Odd Fellows Library at Salem
contains 905 volumes of books, besides
numerous periodicals and newspapers.
Six hundred and seventy-five hooks
were taken out during the year 1874.
A little child OF MIR. Shackle, living
in Siuslaw neighborhood, was severely
burned on January 6tlI. AT first the
injuries. were considered fatal, bnt at
present tfle prospect Is that it will
recover.
The fleet which was so long bar
bound in Coos bay this winter, has
arrived at San Francisco, and the
Gotdnd. the first to get ont has come
safely back again and Is now loading
lumber at South Bend.
Nick Thoss, one of the original 10
Gators of the Yank ledge, Jackson
county, writes Jos. Wetterer, that, by
aid ofa small furnace, he has melted
ont about $500 in silver from rock
taken out of this ledge.
S. w. Crane, OF Roseburg. is about
to commence the construction OF q
steam scow TO run mp Catching Slough
to Sumner. Coos county. The Coos
was originally built for this route.
but the slough is 80 crooked and tull oi
snags. that Mr.. LTse decided to aban-
don the undertaking and put her on
the IsthmIls route.
The Record says: tsAt the annual
meeting held last Friday evening nj
the rooms OF the Odd Fellows Library
Association. the following persons
were elected officers of the association
for the ensuing year: President, T.
Nj. Catch: vice president. John G.
Wright; secretary, William Waldo;
treasurer. B. f. Drake; librarian,
f. G.. Schwatka.
The other day, as Miss Alice Palmer,
daughter of General Palmer. OF Day
ton. was standing In 'front.' of the fire,
her clothes came in contact with the
In a mantle of fire. Willing hands
soon had the burning garments torn
off. thereby wrestling another victim
from the burning grasp of the fire fiend'
A Dayton couple are having slight
unpleasantness. The woman charges
her lord of threatening to spirit her
away, and he retorts by accusing her
Of being bad cook: He says .'glass
and applesass" Is a dish he is not
particularly fond Of, especially II tlle
glass iS pIllverlzcd.
The Coos Bay Nescs Of Jan. 10th
says: ssThe snow on Friday night
was so heavy as to compel all the nailli
to shut down ON Saturday, except the
one at this place. Want of room to
pile lumber was one trouble, and the
track being blockaded by snow was
the other. The steamboats, had great
difficulty to obtain fresh water fol
their boilers. as the tanks got frozen
over during the previous night.
+. NJ. Martin. having written ar
open letter to the Baptist Church al
Eugene withdrawing from its pale,
the church. through committee, re
plies revoking Mr.. Martins license
and withdrawing the right hand %
fellowship from him In al kindness
and comrnending the brother tsto Hin
who Is willing and able TO cause tht
light to shine ;n all the dark place.
to them who come humbiy and trust
iIgly toF1iin."
A gentleman living on the norti
fork Of Coos fiver, has discovered at 1
short distance from his houae, q ledgs
| of mineral which Is unknown TO him
self and every one else that has seen It
| He sent several specimens to Sai
Francisco by the EGstp0,t, to hav'
them assayed. believing them to con
| tain considerable silver. The editor o
the Ne,cs has seen them and does no
believe they contain either silver O
| galena, but some of the harder metals
| like nickel or platina.
At Lafayette last week as Mis-
Susan Bradshaw was standing nea
the fire the back part of her dres
caught fire. and in an instant, ans
almost before she was aware of tn
fire. the blaze had reached her head
Had 1t not been for the extraortlinar,
| presence of mind Of her mother sh'
would soon have been wrapped In |
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