The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-04-28
Pacific SIOpers.

A fine brick hotel is to be erected at
Jacksonville this season.
Port Oxford has greatly improved during
the past year, having quite number OF
new buildings.
Twenty-eight children came up on the
Empire on her last tip from San Francisco
to Coos Bay.
Harrisburg is not improving very fast,
yet still it has substantial growth and
prosperity which are sure indications of a
bright future.
A letter from Amity says: ''The hill
farmers are about through seeding, and are
coming down to help their valley brothers.
SO we'll not be SO late after all"
The annual election of the Vancouver
fire department will be held at the city hall,
on Monday, May 1, 1876.
A piece of natural rubber, six feet in
length by about three feet wide, was re-
Gently picked up on the coast i'll the surf,
near Shoaiwater Bay.
About this time last year, the mails
came into Silver City, Idaho, on wheels.
1t will be as late as the first of May this
year before the coaches are put OIL.
Seventeen dollars is what it costs to use
obscene language on the streets of Van
the other day in the case of the City VS..
James Shea.
The Tribune says the recent gunpowder
explosion in Salt Lake city caused one
hundred premature births.
The amount of ore and bullion trans
ported over the Utah Central for the month
of March was three and half million
pounds. OF bullion there was 8, ,425, 1862
pounds.
Father Eleazer Miller, who was celebra-
ted in the Mormon church for having the
distinguished honor ~ of baptizing Brig
ham into the fraud, died at his residence in
Salt Lake city last week.
The grand jury of Salt Lake has found
and presented bill of indictment against
-four of the convicts who murdered War
den NJ. B. Berger. Cane, Patterson. Will
hanson and Smith are the parties Indicted.
A Cheyenne special to a Chicago paper
says Gen. Crook intends to have Gen. Rcy-
nolds court-martialed for disobedience of
orders in turning loose the 700 ponies that
were captured in the recent expedition
against the Sioux.
Occidental Lodge I. o. OF. McSIinn-
vile, elected r II. Todd and S. Shaffer
delegates to the Grand Lodge, which con-
venes at Salem ON the 10th of May next.
a telegram from Roseburg says that the
Douglass county Republican convention
nominated the following ticket: Senators,
G. w. Colvig, Jesse Applegate represen-
tatives, f. A. kirkpatrick. w. +. Benia-
min, w. z. Grubbe, NJ. NJ. Melvin; clerk,
l.. l.. Williams sheriff, J. Noble treas
urer, S. X. Raymond; school superintend-
ent, j. Howard.
At meeting of the citizens of Benton
county, convened on the 18th inst. to take
into consideration The construction of a
| canal from some point on the Long Tom OF
| the Willamette river to terminate at Cor
| wallis, committee was appointed. with
| power to adopt articles of incorpor:I
ton, with such capital as may be required
| to construct said canal, and that they cause
| such preliminary examinations of the sew
| eral routes and lines as may be necessary.
| An intellectual mule broke into private
residence ins Boulder the other day, and
while surveying the household fixtures
| backed up against red hot stove. That
/ being game that two could play ut he
! raised both heels and took boisterous leave
/ of the establishment. The stove anc
| household required Immediate reconstruc
| tion.
A San Francisco man writes as follows
to parties interested in tile clam btlsines:
at Olympia: ''.The Shoalwater Bay Com
pany is now doing business of 81 .000. 00t
year in oysters alone, aud your chances
are doubly as good, for in two years yot
can increase your clam trade from l00,00t
! to 200, 900 cases, as You Will have a markc
! all over the civilized world. This enter
! prise is worth to Olympia three T9o rail
| roads.
In the district court at Seattle last weel
several men were arraigned before tn
court tor selling liquor to Indians, AM
among other cases was that of a persol
who lad sold liquor to Indian .sISill.
When the Indictment was read that the de
fcndant had committed a grave nliSde
meanor by furnishing liquor to ''Bill, . Mr.
Brooks turned to n lawyer sitting near b.
and remarked, Greatly, Evans, this is TIL
first court in which have ever practice
where it was regarded rs a misdemcano
to liquidate bill. y 1t took Evans som
time to see it,
The Coos county Democratic nomins
tions are as follows: Joint Senator fo
the counties of Coos and Curry, Majc
Brown Representative for Coos county
II. I'll. Rosa county commissioners Wn
Turpin. S. SpurgeOn clerk, w. II. ,Jact
son sheriff, A G. Aiken treasurer, job
Flanagan assessor, j. j. Cawfield sclloi
superintendent, s. Cooke; surveyor, "
!, Hall coroner, @. b. Golden. The follow
ing named gentlemen were elected to tt
State Convention: John Flanagan, A. i,
; bree, j, II. Slglln, r. II. Rosa and 8. I
Hazard.
, The Coos county Democratic nomin:
, tions are as follows Joint Senator f
the counties of Coos and Curry, Maj
!; Brown Representatives for Coos count
r. III. Rosa County Commissioners, WI
z Tnrpin, S. Spurgcon; County Clerk. v
II. Jackson Sheriff, A. g. Aiken Trea
urer, j John Flanagan School Superlnten
ent, J.. Cooke Surveyor, w. Hall; Coro
: er, G. B. Golden. The following nanl
i gentlemen were elected to the State Co
! vention John Flanagan, A. =Lobree,
NJ. Siglin, R. fl. Rosa and s. FL. Hazar
g The following are the nominations ma