The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-12-29
Pacific SIopers.

There has been good skating at For
ess Grove this winter.
Several parties from Dakota have i'm
migrated to Forest Grove
The first case in the Hillsboro Police
court was that of youth for 'sault and
battery.
The farmers report young wheat IN
injured by the freezing nights during
the last two weeks.
The Idaho Legislature is grinding
away, but accomplishing nothing to the
outside world. The third house is or
| ganzed and in good running ORDER"
Idaho Territory is in debt about
$4,000.
Tie Olympia Echo has suspended
till after the holidays.
IN old soldier who had seen Is con-
secativo yenrs in the service of the
United States, died at Walla Walla
last week, and was laid to rest with
military honors.
The ship War Hawk, with fpll
cargo of Seattle coal on board, has been
found to be iii such a leaky condition
that it will be necessary to discharge her,
to make the necessary repairs.
The farmers of Utah who plowed UP
their ground after the g-asshoppers had
deposited their eggs, find that the eggs
have been entirely DESTROYED by the
heavy frosts. This will shorten tie
hopper crop several million, but there
will undoubtedly be enough LETT to go
round next spring.
Company is about to establish stave
factory at PuyaIiup, Pierce county. y
G0-horse power ergine will be put in OPP
Grafton in the factory. About twenty
men viii be employed indoors, besides q
large number of hands will be engaged
in telling trees and transporting timber
from the woods, to be manufactured in
to slaves.
Two men who wanted to raise the
wind drove five head of steers from a
rancho or Snake river into Walla Walla
| few DAYS ago and sold them to a
butcher. The latter had to pay tor the
| beef a second time, as the real owner
turned up i'll the person OF the owner OF
the rancho. The men gave their names
as Mason and Castlcman. One of them
is under arrest.
The Hillsboro Board of Trustees
have appointed T. w. Pittineer of,that
place City Attorney, and George T..
I.edford Marshal. Mr.. Ledtord was
elected Marshal, but there was ques-
ton whether he was eligible or not,
owing to his having been Coroner at
the time of lis election, so the Board, to
put the matter beyond question, reap
pointed him.
Mr. Vert, the timer at Forest Grove.
died on Thursday, the 18th inst. OF
paralysis. The funeral took place with
in twelve hours after his death He
willed his property to the Liberal Asso-
citation, to be applied for the erection of
town hall tor all kinds of speaking,
free to all He appointed Messrs. T. II.
Hines, IL. IIuxton, and W. s. Hudson,
as trustees, and Mr. S. Hughes admins
traitor.
| \ gentleman. lately arrived at For
est Grove from Dakota. gives the fol-
lowing horrible account OF the grassIlop-
per country. The choppers actually
stopped his horses from blowing, liter
ally covering them to the depth of four
inches. The horses finally broke loose
and made their escape. This gentleman
owns a farm there yet, which he could
not sell for 81 900, though he gave 49,
600 for it. His wheat crop on this farm
was estimated at eight bushels to the
acre, but it only produced two. He is
well satisfied with Oregon, and expects
to locate here.
| The Wasla Walla Uatch0sdn of
Dec. Goth says: CAS- we go to press
the first snow of the season is falling
and the merry jingle of sleigh bells is
heard OIL our streets. We have had
for the last three weeks the most re-
markable frost ever known III the val
ley The air for some ten miles around
our city is thick with tog, which settles
down, creating frost until it becomes al
most like snow. The telegraph wires
on Main street are as large as a two
inch rope; at Dayton, Weston, and up
on the mountains the air is clear and
our neighbors are basking in sunshine,
rejoicing that they are not wandering
in darkness like the Wall Wallaians.
This very peculiar and disagreeable
weather appears to be confined to a
small belt from WalIa Walla to the
to the Columbia river The tbermom-
eter has ranged all the time from to
IL above zero.
Then there's the old-fashioned turkey
dinner, with oyster sonp and the ct
ceteras that so to make up a grand
meal, at the Opera House on New
Years day, open from noon to 2 o'clock
p. ~, with sociable in the evening.
The entertainment, consisting of char
ades, music etc, will be first class OF
course, as the whole affair is in the
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