The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-03-26
Pacific Slopers.

court honse to cost not more than $4,000.
The rabbits are destroying good many
apple trees in Union and Baker counties
by gnawing the bark off.
James March got caught in the ma
chinery of the Touring mill at LaGrande
last week, and came near losing his life.
The trustees OF Pacific University and
Tualatin Academy are making an effort
TO keep Prof. Condor at the Grove.
Rev. F. Walker sold % acres of land
from the northwest side of his farm, near
Forest Grove, recently, for $31 per acre.
Parties in the vicinity of Beaverton have
shipped on the cars 2, 400 bushels ofonions
| of last years crop.
A dog fight for $500 side is being
arranged by soldiers at the Walla Walla
| garrison.
| The Port Townsend Argts learns that
| 542 families win leave Minnesota this
spring for Puget Sound.
1 Utah has 263 miles of narrow gauge
railroad in operation and as many more
| under construction.
The prospects of putting the Olympia
Tenino railroad through, the coming
summer, are not very fiattering.
The proposition comes from the people
Of Wyoming to annex the two southern
degrees of that Territory TO Colorado and
the two northern degrees to Montana.
The Virtue mine of Baker county re-
Gently sent to San Francisco bar of bull
ion valued at $6,77e, being the proceeds of
200 tons of ore.
It is rumored that a ledge, rich in some
kind OF metal, has been struck by certain
| parties in the mountains west of Dil1ey.
So says the Independent.
Mrs. F. A. Wallace, of LaGrande,
met with very painful accident, few
days ago, by slipping on the ice, causing
the fracture of one of the bones of the
ankle.
J. L. Thomas, G.. w. C. r. of the
Golden Rule temperance society, organ
lied lodge at Cornelius, "Wednesday
evening Of last week, with q charter
members.
! On the 1oth Of March Miss Laura spen-
Ger forwarded SIS by Wells, Fargo d Co. IS
express to the Nebraska and Kansas
sufferers, which she collected from citizens
of Cornelius.
The citizens of School District No. 81,
in Marion county, have let out contract
to Mr.. Bradley, through their directors,
tor the building ofa good schoolhouse at
Parkervillc this season.
Mr.. Lindley Meeker reports that OTr.
j. III. Fletcher, Assessor of Clarke Co..
w. r., found $50 voters between the
forks Of Lewis river.
Sheriff Geodell, OF Chehalis county,
w. t., states that the recent census oi
that county under his supervision shows
% population of about $50.
Parties who have land patents in the
Office at Olympia will save troable by
| calling for them at once. There arc
about 800 there awaiting the owners.
Old Billy, a superanuated boatman
who has nayigated the waters of the
northwest for a quarter OF century, was
sent to the hospital at Vancouver last
| week.
! An Indian from the Nesqually was
j killed on the hill east of Olympia, on Sun
day morning of last week abOlaE O'Clock
: by some Indians belonging near Olympia.
The remains gave evidence of fissNing been
! pounded with stone and cut with a knife.
The lcng-talked-of race at Walla Walla,
: between DR.. Hunters horse and Mr.
Rays for $l6O q side, single dash of one
mile, took plaza recently. The race was
witnessed by large number OF people,
and was won by Ray 3 horse. Time, 2:OI
! The largest transaction ever made ir
! real estate In Pierce county was recorded
. . in the auditors Office lately, where the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
transferred to the Tacoma Land Com
} pany more than 1900 acres Of land In
. .. the said county for the consideration o.
J 100000.
J Here is the weather report of For
, | Benton: The mean temperature of ths
: month of January, 1875, was $50 below
: zero. The lowest thermometer was So
3 below zero, occurring January 18th at {
3 A. NJ, but the mean temperature Of tn,
E same day was only $50 below zero
12th was SO below zero.
!. A few weeks since it was supposed ti,a
: the fruit trees In Walla Walla valley has
! been nearly all killed during kha exfrqm,