The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-01-22

Joseph EaSmar was found dead in
his room at Victoria one morning
last week.
Mr.. John Brown. while coming
into Dailas from the country, had OaIe
of his ears badly frozen.
T'haSPentlleton Odd Fellows cleared
$51.S7 by the ball which they gave on
| Christmas.
J. III. Bowman, former proprietor
of the Idaho World, has taken up his
residence in Utah.
Cievenger s. BARRIER have sold the
Yankton Press and DUkOtidn TO Mr..
Bowen. of Janesville, Wisconsin.
Walla Walia papers of the 9th and
Boise City of the 7th inst, all speak
OF intense cold.
There are stock buyers at Walla
Walla who propose to pay cash for
what cattle the cold snap leaves.
On Monday morning of last week
the wind was SO severe Mt Seattle that
small steamers could not leave th3t
port.
A disease similar to the epizootic,
is going the rounds OF the human
| family. 1t is prevalent in Salt Lake
W 81 CAtCHLs
One hundred and sixty acres of
land within fwO miles of the Walla
Walla court house was recently sold
at Sheriff's sale for 81 an acre.
The Idaho Legislature has passed a
resolution against taking up any more
divorce bills to the exclusion of other
more important business.
O'vinpians have been visited by
Jack Frost as well as the rest of us.
On last Thursday morning the mer-
curry got under zero two degrees.
Samuel Greer has sued w. B.. Cam
eron at Barkerville. Carihoo. to re-
cover $4,000 damages for seducing
| plaintiffs wife.
DIR. Cook, an American gentleman
| visiting New Westminster broke his
leg on Front street, by falling over
defective sidewalk.
A pnrlic meeting was held at the
| capitol of Manitoba, OH the 20th ult..
the object of which was to hive the
| Pacific Railway pass through the city.
One hundred dollars was offered
| Saturday for any man TO carry the
| mail tn tile steamer. and return with
the San Francisco mail, at Portland.
This cold weather is going To be
hard on stock in Polk county. There
is but little preparation made for cold
weather III the valley.
DIR Beckett, an old resident and
! County Treasurer elect. of Owyhee
county. died on the 18th inst. at Silver
City. of typhoid pneumonia.
There is fortune Of ga. 600 for
| W. II. a. McCune. n lOcoHsOtive Pn-
gineer on the Union Pacific Railroad.
1t was lett by a deceased uncle in
Scotland.
Sheriff Mccarthy and U. 8. deputy
marshal Miller. of Bismarck. Dakota.
We're drowned i'm the attempt to cross
rhe Missouri river on the ice OH the
18th of last month.
The SaHpefe valley railway company
have let contracts tor nine miles of
their road. This is over the worst
grade. aud tlIe contract has been taken
for $1,000 per mile.
Three railroads are now being hrlfIt
i'm Utah. and Il fourth Is being surveyed.
More activitv is displayed there I'm
railroad building than In any other
portion of the Union.
The -Au,eoza sailed Jan. 18th for
San Francisco. with some 1.0O0 tons
Loeet PeUc2ck sailed with 400 tons OH
the same voyage. Jan. 9th.
The Seattle Coal Company met with
some disaster Jan 18th. by the lOss OF
Is loaded cars while crossing Lake
| Washington. The gale capsized the
scow, and cars and coal went into the
| lake.
This from Polk: Some person on
| mischief bent undertook to set fire to
Mr.. Cosper's smokrhMlse few days
| ago. while he was absent for short
| time. Fortunately he returned sooner
| than WAS expected. and discovered
| the fire before any damage was done.
The Rev. Father Orth has removed
| to Harney. For about wear past he
| has acted as missionary TO the Indians
| OH the Reservation. He learned their
language III about three months we'll
enough TO preach to them without All
| interpreter.
The Cto1oaiSt says: 1.-The Portland
mail service is Glelusiou and snare.
| Papers and letters are nearly always
week or Il month behind time. and
business men are talking of patroniz-
| ing the express
In New Westminster. for the posi-
ton of Mayor. there is warm contest.
the candidates being VIM. Clarks0n,
Esq. J. p. and r. Dickinson. Esq.
retiring Mayor. 1t is belised the
former will he elected.
The Victoria Gol0niSt Of the 9th,
says: 'sIhe steamer Gem came down
/ from Yale TO Westminster OH Tuesday
| evening. The river was then clear of
| ice. On Wednesday night the la. be-
] gam to form IN the river. and on Thurs
day morning a sheet OF ice cut the fem
through. Lilies We're glt out and she
was lEul-d towards the beach where
she sank. At high tide rhe water h.
mp steam at 8 O'Clock Thursday AFTER
noon aud came tn La,lner's landing.
where she lay all night, and ON yester-
day morning left for Victoria. Dur
ing Thursday night the THERMOMETERS
scored zoe below zero. Barmrl's ex-
presSnan Bill Br;stol had to leave
his Csli:oe at Chilliwhack and came
i down over the wagon road. -
As the West Side train was going
ont Fourth street Portland, sleigh
4 filed with ladies came down at break-
neck speed. As they approached the
train the driver. from some cause.
concluded to pass IN front of ii. He
relped the horses diagonally across
the track. As the runner struck tie
rail it gave way, breaking the horses
loose. The driver clung to the lhies.
aud was dragged over The dashboard,
Meantime the train was laundering
along. aud had come within twenty
yards Of the sleigh. The ladies. see
ing their danger. sprang from the
wreck. not n moment too sOt,ii. as tise
pilot OF the engine struck It. knocking
1t outside the track, a worse wreck
than ever.