The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-10-06
Pacific Slopecs.
The jackson county tax levy is 20

Ed. Crandall, of Salem, has taken
charge of the Ashland Zsdings
A case OF death by poison is reported
from Pass Creek. Douglas county.
Seven marriage licenses issued II
Yamhill county during the last mouth.
c. 3. Mar>tcrs, of Roseburg, is man.
ufacturing vinegar from wate.nelons.
The houses OF J. Z. Aiken and H..
j rice at Roseburg were burgIarized t
week. y rg
The erection of a new grist mill at
independence is pushing towards COM
pletion.
a lady, Mrs. Wilson, living in Che
Ialem valley, tel aud broke her co lar
bone on the 9th Hlt.
The Eugene City mills have been
leased for term of years by A. S. Pat
tersun and Me. Et1ris.
Charley Ross quot the one stolen IN
Philadelphia) broke out of the Wasco
county Jail Oh the 25th ult.
Thomas Hoover, of Eastern Oregon,
will be at the State Fair with three
Norwich and two Minor colts. ,'
Several hundred beeves fourteen
hours from The Dalle<, arrived at As.
toria for Kinney Bros. OH the 25tI ult.
! he wagon road from Columbia City
to Nehalem va .ey has been completed
for distance OF eight miles.
w. Z. Bensen, Of Rye Valley, has
sold his mining claims at Rye Valley
to company Of Cinnamon for 81 400.
Lula, youngest daughter of j. L..
iiyde, Of Dallas, was badly scalded.
last week BY falling over a kettle OF hot
water.
AIessrs. Able George and Isaac We
zafp have purchased the Rose mine, o..
ow Creek, Southern Oregon, for S2.-
600.
SR.T. I.usk was killed about miller
sounthsot Roseburg on the 24th ult., he
hav iag fallen from wagon, tire seili,l le
rum Hlg over him.
IL. Williams, agent of the o. &.
{. Il. L. at Eoseburg, had his foot
badly crn>ned on the eth ult., by fal :
ing Oft a car aud being run, yer.
amhi county sends the follow ing
to the state mNersity h,essrs. G. i.
iiill, j. I. Fryer, Engene llama and
Misses Martha j hirby, n. j. Martin,
ynthia Todd.
Charles Ii. Wilson received an ele-
gant silver watch As a prize from NJ j
kinney, tor the largest number OF "a :
mon taken on the river by any one ma,
during tie season OF 1876.
Mr. ;. Garfield raised good crop OF
potatoes on his farm III lalsop couiay
this year Twelve fiils produced ole
bushel, and the yield is but al average
of his EXCELSIOR variety.
Gross value of a property in Jack
son county is $3.50, ,S48; amount oil
Indebtedness, s4I5.421; exemption.
S1e7, ,90S; taxable prt perty IN til,
county, 81 ,247 ,5I9; NO. ot polls. 764
.Artlcles OF Incorporation have been
! t'rwared to Salemr TO Incorporate All
Agricultural society il i-aker county.
Ihe. names OF: The ,,.c.,rporators are
Nj. Foster, q. M.keihgg, q. Ii. Sche l.
worth, w. \. rawford aud j. :,
Shepherd.
"A very rich vein OF ore has bee;,
struck i. tie quartz ledge Of ,lippeI,
FISHER, McDonuugh, kahler d. Co.,
situated in the vicinity OF Fort Iale
Gold is very plain iii the rock, some oi
which averages $15a pound When crush
ed il, mortar.
The bridge over Rogue river, al
Dardanelles, has been c. umpleted, and is
reported to be one of the m,,st substan.
tial structures in Southern Oregon. /,
is 37S feet Ill length, and has Howe
truss in the center 12O feet long. Mir
J. Q. Johnson, of akland, was the
contractor and builder.
a correspondent at Weston writes
Harvest is over aud the farmers are
busy hauling their wheat to marker
but az 40 cents is all they can get, it i,
not very encouraging to them, although
the yield of grain is god. Richarl
Ginn, living one-half mile Trem thi
place, had 20 acres of wheat that a. er
aged SO bnshe per acre, and Ar. \ all
winkle tltresl,ed 81 bushels OF oats pc
acre from 40 acres Of ground. Cheal
transportation is all we need to max,
this the best farming country il
America.
! a correspondent of the Dallas Item
izer, writing from Sheridan, says
"Sheridan rs improving SEINE this sum
mer. The mills ready I" grind ai'c