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

Albert Skinner, son of the post
master at Beaver City, is under arrest
for robbing the mails.
Leroy BeveIidge, of Helena. ia the
inventor of a new hydraulic press for
the manufatture of cheese.
Two thousand head of cattle were
blown into Greely by recent gale.
They came down like a shower of
Shingles.
During storm at Longmont, the
other day. the electricity melted the
brass off the repeater button in the
telegraph Office. =
The Methodist NJ. E. South and
Baptist Churches have united in hold
ing protracted meeting at Baker
City.
The o. S. N. Co.'S machine shops
at the Dalles have been running all
winter, giving employment to quite
number of machinists. The shops
have usually been closed during the
winter season.
An ordinance has been passed by
the Dalles City Council prohibiting
boys under sixteen years of age from
being OH the streets after 8 O'Clock P.
NJ, in the winter, and 9 o'clock p.
M. in the summer.
The surveyor general of Oregon
advertises that he intends to remove
his Office from Eugene OF the 31st of
March, and open it in Portland on the
lst of April.
The four appended paragraphs are
from last weeks loa1ataineer:: From
Mr.. Michael Finnigan, who lives on
the east side of the Deschutes. In
Wasco county. we learn that cattle
are doing quite we'll i'm that vicinity,
and if the weather does not get any
worse than at present. he expects to
have large band of beef cattle to sell
in the spring.
From Chamberlain Flat, W. r..
we learn by private letter that the
weather has been very cold, but that
the stock are doing well. Should the
cold weather continue much longer
the loss is bound to be severe in that
section.
From the Walla Walla papers we
learn that large numbers of stock have
perished and will continue to die un-
less the weather changes.
Mr.. ID. G.. Leonard of SCOTS.
I Waseo county, says the stock i'll that
section of the John Day country seems
to be doing well. The weather there
has been quite warm and pleasant.
All the hin sides exposed to the sun
| are bare of SNOW.
It is said that the people OF Jordan
valley. Baker county, can out dance
any other set of humans i'm tine world.
| They start in at O'Clock in the after
| noon and generally keep it up till 8
| O'Clock the next morning without in
/ A I'll fhoco
Jordan Valleyites.
j. B. Griffin, superintendent of the
Summit Mine at Hog EN-, Baker
county. is running levels north and
south from the shaft, and is finding
| plenty of good quartz. He thinks
| that he is on the main chimney of the
mine. There is plenty of rock in
sight that will pay from $40 to $40 pei
| ton.
The citizens in the vicinity of Cut
tingsville. Clackanias county. are still
of the impression that they can find
ore containing silver. and number
have been prospecting in the foot.
hills.
Mr.. Thos. Webb. of Hoods canal
| informs the Olympia Echo that there
is snow TO the depth of six or sever
| inches near the Skokomish reserva
tion at the present time, and consid
erabie ice on the prairies back o
/ Oakland.
The secretary of war says the aver
age cost of operation and maintenance
of the government telegraph in Ari
zona has been $906 month, and the
revenue from private messages $757 +;
month. The line will in future b,
| H. -, 81,
cost of hiring civilian operators will
be saved.
The Pioneer Oil Company of Salem
have contracted for 1900 acres o
flax in Douglas county, 5000 acres il
the Willamette Valley. 1900 acres eas
of The Cascades. in all about 12.0Ol
acres, and expect the yield will rang
from 1000 to 10000 bushels i'm tn
aggregate, 10000 OF which will b
manufactured at the Pioneer Mill. an'
have a contract to supply the mil
there with seed.
At meeting of the stockholders @
of the Alden Fruit Preserving Com
pany. of Oregon City, held at the off C
of rhos. Chairman, on Saturday last
Messrs. L. d. c. Latourttte. Arthu
Warner, j. r. Hunsaker, and rhos
Chairman were elected directors 70
the ensuing year. The directors i'm
mediately organized by electing I
ID. c. Latourette president j. Il
Hunsaker, vice president; and Thos
Chairman as secretary and treasurer.
The Bad Lands of Northern Wyom
ing are, in all probability. the mos
curious plains in the world. Stretch
c.. - Al,
Black Hills, the Bad Land region hs
been looked upon with awe by th
Indians, as It is now looked upo
with curiosity by white men. Latel
Prof. Marsh, of Yale College. entere
the region i'm search of fossils and otht
curious geological formations in whig
the country abounds to remarkabl
degree. Severe weither, resistin
Indians and hard marches did II,
daunt the scientist, and ne has finishc
his trip with gratifying result
. | Great fossil beds of the miocene ae
! We're discovered, rich i'm specimens bt
i | yond expectations. Nearly two tor
of bones were collected. the remain
ofancient animals. many of which al
unknown to science. The bed of a
: ancient lake was the resting place
the animal remains, which were near
. all of the tropical species. Many
: the bones were of immense size.
!. A WascO correspondent of Il
Journal says: Game is plentiful
especially since the game law toe
! effect, the largest and finest mule tai
! offering themselves freely witho
|, takers. We are law-abiding citizen
tce are. This Warm Spring Indian
however, like necessity, know no lay
!. and are, s.shoving the buck . in
manner peculiar to themselves.
!, the chase, as well as In war with no
: tile tribes OF Indians, these BRAY
e show that theV are masters of II