The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-03-19

From the Jacksonville Times of last
Saturday we take the following items
concerning the mines In the southern part
of our State:
Surveying claims is progressing at
rapid rate.
William Bilger is engaged in getting
ont ton of rock at Galice Creek, TO be
shipped to San Francisco for testing.
We learn that from g to 81 foot Is.
being offered for claims OH Galice Greek,
Dut nobody seems anxious to sell.
over 100 claims on various Iedges IN
the county have already been recorded in
the clerks Office. Several claims upon
recorded as yet. A large number have
also been recorded by the clerk of Joseph
inc.
Parties just from Galice Creek report
matters in stdtu quo. Improvements are
still progressing. s. Harkness Is putting
mp hotel and feed stable. A sawmiI IS
being erected near the ledges. Coinpar.
atiyely few shafts have been sunk, and
those not to any great depth.
Mr.. Scott. who has just arrived from
the mines. says he has traced iiie Gaiice
Greek ledges as far as Cow Creek. where
well-defined lead is developed. The ledges
all seem to come to a focus here, as tue
width of the new discovery is over mile
wide, interspersed with strsltas OF appar-
emily different kinds of rock. The leads
can be traced no further. Mr.. Scott
brought several pounds of rock with him,
which will be tested in the mill of Brooks
& Co. ON Wagner Creek.
At a cattle sale near Baker City last
week the prices paid for stock ranged
from So 62 for yearlings to $27 for mitch
cows. Twu-year olGls brought from $40 to
$11, and three-year olds from $l3 to $l5.
Several cattle merchants from California
are buying in Lake county at present..
Cattle are bringing better prices now than
they have been for some time. -Four cents
pound is the price received.
A militia company has been organized
at Marshfield, Coos county. and the fol-
lowing officers elected: Morton Tower,
captain L. g. Owen. first lieutenant,
and Vim. Saunders. second lieutenant.
The vessel at North Bend has all her
frames in place and the stern post In place.
The keelson is in. and only the cants
remain to be put in to have her COM
pletely ribbed. The work is progressing
very rapidly.
A letter from Butte Disappointment.
Lane county, says that OH Friday of last
week while Mr.. a. d. Hylamd. of that
vicinity, with some of his employees, We're
engaged in catching some loose horses, a
shot gun. which had been stood against
the fence of the corral, was by some mea,IT
thrown down and discharged. The entire
CONTENTS ofthe gun struck a young nan
named G. B. Lewis, in the left thigh,
nangling the flesh and shattering the
Jone in II terrible manner. A physician
WAS sent for and went to the wounded
man, but could not save him. Mr.. Lewis
fingered in much pain until Sunday night
and died. lie was nineteen years Old.
aud had many warm friends in the neigh
borhood who esteemed him highly. and
who will grieve at his early and sudden
death.
The telegraph states that the result of
the Louisiana arbitration will give the
Conservatives the Lower House, but there
will be a small Republican majority on
joint ballot, which will make the Senate
rial contest, in case of the rejection of
Pinchback. very exciting.
r. S. Birdsall has agreed to build a
city Jail for Marsiified for 1926.
At PelIdseton the gardens are being
plowed ard early vegetables planted.
A brother of the famous dwarf Com
modore Mutt, is well known resident of
Coos county.