The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-05
rhere ana now EIGHT vessels ON the

ing out $50 tous OF coal daily.
The Indians at Cape Nudge have
been committing more outrages.
The Fraser river is frozen over and
navigation is entirely suspended.
The insane asylum will shortly be
removed from the Indian reserve, near
Victoria. In accordance with instruc-
tions from Ottawa.
Three doors. each weighing one ton,
for the new custom house, were brought
to Victoria from San Francisco by the
schooner Facorite.
Richard Woods. Esq, sheriff of
Vancouver Island. has been appointed
registrar of marriages and collector of
votes for Esquinalt district by the
local government.
A grand rattle for 76O volumes of
books Is ANNOUNCED to come off at
Boise CITY SOON.
The keels for the new vessels at
North Bend and Marshfield, are being
got out in the woods back of Utter
City.
A Cornelius blacksmith cid 800
worth of work in his shop in the last
two weeks, paid ont 81 50 for horse
shoe nails. and got in return, 81 80
cash money.
The enterprising youth Of Cornelius
have organized secret society-the
''lndepemlent Order of Boys of Lib
erty." The object of the society is not
yet known to the public.
Fares by steamer from Olympia to
Victoria are very low, owing to
lively competition between the boat
companies.
A young man named J. A. Boak,
while cutting cord wood near Salem.
had the misfortune to cut nearly all
the toes off one of his feet.
Mrs. Major Tr,mx has donated to
the Walla Walla library l40 numbers
of LittIe's LiriRg Age. Mr.. George
SonInerindyke has also donated sew
elal volumes.
A correspondent of the Victoria
| COlOnist reprobates the practice of
Snnnd Steamers tlesecr;ating the Sab
bath in the hIrbor of that port on SUM-
| days. and asks that the postal authors
ties take measures to counterfeit the
| evil.
A person can have a long sleigh
ride now. by taking the Stage Com
lnny's sleighs at the Dalles and going
to Kelton. S!eighs now run all the
way-n distance of hot far from 700
| miles. and we have no doubt it Is the
| longest continuous line of mail sleighS
now in tiSe in the United States.
The boarl Of capitol commissioners
is busy with the assistance of Mr..
| Piper. the architect, preparing plans
| for continuance of the work. Some
modification will be made of the or;gi-
nal design to bring the work within
| the means mt command. and it is ex-
| pectetl that the walls will he raised and
| the roof put on by next fall. Contracts
for iron work are already advertised.
Articles Of Incorporation of the
| Salem and S;ntiam Ditch. Canal,
Milling and Manufacturing Company,
were filed in the Secretary Of States
office on the 9th lust. The object of
this company is to bring the water of
/ the Santiam to Salem and ltse it in
their business of milling and manuf;,c-
turing. The company are r. G.
| Kinney. S. r. Scott, A. w. Kinney
and w. S. Kinney.
The C0loniSt of january 10Th says:
The winter of 1875 will be a meinorl-
Bile one in the annals Of the North
Pacific coast. The cold has not been
40 intense. In this latitrGle at least,
within the recollection Of the oldest
resident. Yesterday parties were skat-
ing Oh the Arm at Cr,ighower and AT
Rock Bay. James Bay WAS frnzell
over to DeWeiderhold's wharf. Eth
Lake presents bosom "a smooth and
mercury has been 4e below zero.
A PARTY of Englishmen, headed by
Sir Salnuel Hayes. left Denver III
October last on II bear hunt, and lIad
not. mp TO fhe 14th inst, been heard
from. The Denver Neecs says theil
friends begin to fear for their safet v,
and adds: .'Their armament was the
most formidable ever taken over the
range, comprising more guns and a
larger amount of ammunition thar
Gen. johnson took when he marched
against the MOrInons.'
Cattle i'm Whitman county. w. T..
are filrin2 very badly. They were
poor to start ia with. and but fe \
stock men are prepared to feed any
length of time. They have generally
depended on Snake river for winter
range. and consequently nearly all thu
cattle in Whitman county are along 0r
Snake river. and as the SHOW il dee3
along the river as on the uplandS, and
there being no brush for them Il
browse on nor timber for shelter, til,
cattle OIL that range are not doing yer,
well.
The Washington county hadependen
says: .-JuSt the exact amount OF dam
age done TO the young wheat crop b.
the freeze is hard to tell just yet
Some farmers declare that the wheat I
all right. while others ater that the,
have examined closely and the,
wouldn't give ten cents field for tn
young wheat. Gibson. q. III. Smith
Beeks and a host of others. who Iiav
examined the wheat carefully. sa,
they fiild the roots perfectly black am
Shiny, and declare the majority of tn
wheat crop IS gone. if not all of IL
The freezing Ot potatoes anl Sue
things willoccaSiOl loss of tw0-thiirls
: yet there is enough lett to TO throng
the spring. though the price will ad
vance somewhat. The hay Oh hand
plentiful IN this county. and two G
three hundred tons to spare, Ii we hay
+ been correctly Informed. '''
The Independent tells Of the sutlde
and strange death ofa Mrs. Reynoltli
OH Dairy creek. ia Washington county
| ..She had beeu complaining only
| few mouths. but had been doing tf
| | house work all the time. Size ha
been bedfast only a week when sl
| died. On the evening of her lleat
! some of the neighbors called TO see
, they were In want of anything. 81
!; asked them to sing some hymns. whic
they did, when she spoke out In
strong voice. saying. .'Gentlenel
; will yOu please step out q minute?
The visitors went ont, VIXEN Mr.
Reynolds sprlng from her bed OH til
! floar with shrek. Mr.. Reynold
+ called to the men aud they came II