The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
Pacific Slopecs.

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A gold lead named the Centennial,
yielding quartz worth $4,000 per ton.
was recently discovered OH the Little
Laramie river.
A maddened Texas steer impaled a
$500 horse on one of his horns in the
streets of Corinne. The horse died
and the Texan was shot.
The CHEYENNE folks have it bad
the mining fever. They are hugging
a pleasant conceit that the Crow
Greek diggings are fabu'ously rich.
Wheat, i'll Tillamook county, what
there was sown. is uninjured, the
weather over there not having been so
severe as in the Willamette valley.
Stock of all kinds in Tillamook is in
good condition, there being plenty of
grass and no snow. No snow has
fallen in the valley this winter.
The snow on the summit of the
coast range where the Tillamook
wagon road crosses, is about three feet
deep, and four miles in breadth.
The little village of Fountain, in
Ell Paso county. is in a fever of ex-
citemei.t over the strange conduct of
one Nels. Williams, Texan. who
borrowed $50 and valiSe from
girl he had promised to marry, and
left the country.
Mountain lions are Fostering the
ranchmen of Laramie county. A Mr..
Jamison, woodehopper, was SO
closely pursued by one, the other day.
that he dropped his gun, AK, hat, and
coat. and then barely got away with
his life.
The Salt Lake Tribune tells how a
game of cards saved ten miners from
destruction by d recent avalanche in
Cottonwood canyon. They were go
ing up to the mines. and LETT the
trail and entered an unoccupied cabin
to play game of cards. and had bare
ly got seated when the avalanche slid
down the trail which they had left,
carrying everything before it.
A hunter near Fort Collins. having
wounded large buck deer, venlured
to take hold Of its antlers. when it
reared mp and struck him under the
chin, its sharp hoof tearing open his
shirt. vest and coat. aud splitting his
breeches and piiing them around his
ankles. He was glad to get away
alive, minus his clothes.
From the Record: The capitol build
ing commissioners have the use of
twelve hundred thousand brick that
are ready made at the penitentiary.
and two million brick will raise all
the walls of the building to their full
| hight. The eight hundred thousand
| additional can he made by convict
labor as soon as they can be required
| to be used.
A whisky seller at West Jordan,
"a. = \
| ed within an inch of his life. and
| pitched out of his saloon by band OF
| roughs, who proceeded to gllZzle his
best brands of drinkables. Arming
| himself with a shotgun. the outraged
saloonist staggered. under his injuries,
| back to his saloon. and the next day a
couple of the rufffans were buried al
the same time in "a little graveyard
just outside the town.
Charley Hays, Eugene City boy
charged with larceny, was last weel
held over, under bonds of $3.50. to-
trial at the circuit court. The boy
some Ia years old, has already rathe
prolific history as a felonious alb
stractor of valuab'es, but has escaped
punishment out OF consideration fo
his family. 1t is now time to stol
the turf business. and watt few judi
cial pebbles at him.
| Major Kennoyer, from the Umatilla
reservation. reports the health of th'
Indians ard people good. One Indian
during the cold snap, was found deaf
OH the plains, frozen to death. Al
operations on the reservation mill hat
ceased, as the men could not work
but as soon as the weather opens the,
will start everything. The sleigtins
is splendid between this place and th
| agency.
A report reaches the Mercury tina
the parties now prospecting and work
ing the old leads of quartz on th'
Santialn river in Linn county, hay
found ''fat tai e - willie engaged il
prospecting amongst the tailings from
the mill formerly in operation there
a workman discovered i'll crevic
some IS ounces of amalgam and aboil
800 pounds of tQnicksilver, which ha
wasted from the mill while in opera
ton several years ago.
The 1storfdn says: 1.-THE mills a
Knappton start in full operation mex
week, after a general overhauline
These mills supplied Astoria wit
. nearly million and half feet {
lumber, dressed and rough, last yea
at the same time loading vessels cor
tinualIy through the year. A numbe
/ Of improvements have been introduce
! lately, and the mill starts next wee
.. with facilities for saving and drcssin
|, lumber superior to any ia this region
Under date of February 9th Mr.. .
| B. Dickinson, who resides i'm Attanul
valley, seven miles from Yakima Cit,
7 writes that the winter in that r.
gion has been very hard one. and I'll
prospect for great loss ofstOck Is goot
and unless a change should soon con
) good many men will get out of IL
stock business without selling on
Z Many of the cattle were then so wea
3 that they had to be helped up whe
2 they We're down. Snow had not bee
! deep. but the cold very bitter. Nj
I Dickinson had plenty of feed and hi
: cattle were doing well.
! Farmers over in the vicinity of B
thel aud Spring valley are organiziI
wolf scalp club to raise bounty
: capture of cayotes who are depreda
!, ing on sheep fiocks. The scope
country embraced Is from the Rickre
on the south to Salt creek on the mort
j. The subscription is being circulate
ard the bounty offered will be large.
: The Baker City Herald, of the 6f
: is informed that there were two er
!, Igrant teams frozen UP in the Blu
6 mountains last week. They were
Z Meaeham's on the MeachArn rout
4 unable to proceed on account Of snp,