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


Denver Neacs. is the efforts OF the parties
who are coming money out of the folly of
the victims of the furore to lure them on Dy
systematic false representations. Chey-
enlle. Omaha, Sioux City. and other out
fitting points are especially culpable IN
this respect. Barnegat wreckers, who Dy
false lights on the shore used TO uecoy
homeward- bound ships TO destruction
among the breakers. were guilty OF no
bIacker turpitude than that of the wretches
who are now seeking 10 make money OUT
of the utter shipwreck of the creduious peo-
pie whom they artfully and systematically
cntice by lying representations.
Rev. G. L. Fischer, of Olympia, has re-
ceived call from an Episcopal congrega-
tion in Philadelphia, which he has accept
ed, and he will shortly change his resi-
denee to the latter city.
Mr. Arnold Miller, ofthe Satsop. informs
the Olympia Transcript that an Indian III
that neighborhood few days ago, killed
eight elk in one day. He did not wantonly
destroy them but dried and saved every
pound of meat.
L. p. Washburn, George Pratt and
Charles Powell were taken to the McNeil's
Island penitentiary, from Olympia, last
week, by one of the II. S. deputy lnarshals.
1noY are sent up IfOIl IIlfe6 10 i've InOQCIS
for selling liquor to Indians.
Lieutenant Avoolson, now OH duty at
Camp Lyon and formerly citizen of
Silver, is going to the Centennial as the
regular accredited army officer from Idaho
Territory. Governor Thompson made the
selection in accordance with directions
from the Secretary OF War.
A man named Stevens, i'll Fred Dyer's
so1 af s,,a 1,t&
proprietor and attempted to shoot him.
The ball missed Dyer, and went through
| partition into the barber shop adjoining !;
a splinter chat was knocked off by the bull
| let striking person in the shop on the
| cheek.
The executive committee of the Clarke
County Agricultural and Mechanical Socic-
| ty will meet at the court house, in the city
of Vancouver ON Saturday, the 29th day of
! April, 1876, at O'Clock, p. n. to take in
to consideration what steps may be neces-
sary for holding the annual county fair.
At Port Ludlow, the last new vessel
built in the yard of-the Hall Brothers. was
launched last week, was named the Co,a'-
ser. and is this week being rugged She is
a fine craft. and is Intended for the Coos
| Bay coal and lumber trade. Five vessels
were at Port Gambei, namely: the ships
/ Niagara, Gen. Bsa5es. and Jas. Chestoaa. and
barks Rosere1 Sprdgue and Emerald.
From reliable source we learn that the
agent of the French Lloytls, in San Fran
cisco, has determined that hereafter vessels
built of Puget Sound fir shall be rated as
/ high as those constructed of any other kind
of lumber. This Intention has been declar-
cd after a thorough and satisfactory re-ex-
| animation OF the vessels built of fir within
4 the last tho Pacific
| The conclusion was not hastily reached,
| but was the result of careful investigation.
The somewhat famous s.Nesc H1or1d CASE
has again been settled in the district court
| at Olympia. The suit arose about the
movements of the steamer Neto World.
| When she was sold by the California 5. N
Co., TO the Oregon S. N. Co. it was stipu-
| lated by d bond of So 600 that she should
| not be returned to run in California waters.
The o. s. n. Co., took the same bond
| from Hale, Windsor Sc. Co., that she
should not be run in Oregon or California
| waters. Later she was sold to Capt. ID. i.
! Finch, who sooa afterwards took her to
San Francisco, had her repaired and run
| her on San Francisco Bay. The California
| company then sued the Oregon company
| and recovered Judgment. and the Oregon
company pursued the same course against
Hale, Windsor & Co., and recovered judg-
ment, the latter had endeavored to obtain
like Judgment against Capt. Finch. But
the jury. without retiringtQ the jury room
found a verdict for the defendant.
On Thursday. of last week, while OH
hunting near Dallas, Leonard Livcrmort
met with very painful accident. lie ant
Nym. Cook were going through tile brush
Cook in tile rear, when the latter's gui
went off, owing TO the hammer being
caught in the brush, the ball entering Mr.
81.
DIR. Grubbs WAS sent for, who found it nee
essafy to extract two bones of that digit
| one Cslrpul and ole metacarpul which lla'
been.soule what fractured by the ball. Ih
thumb will be disabled for any effectiV
service, though none of the leaders or mus
cies are injured.
There is a gentleman aged 81 years, liy
ing on Pine creek, Wasco county, VIII
has been married five times and has 3
children, Is hale and hearty. and bids fai
to live 20 or 30 years longer, and have tw
or three more wives He raises stock of n
kinds; also grain, vegetables, aud every
thing his family consume, aud wllen
. wants a mess of venisoi he and SOME {
his boys take their guns and hounds, go
the mountains and soon bag fat buck G
} two and bring them home ii triumph. II
(tlle patriarch, not tile buck) has a han
: mill and grinds bis own grain, his wome
clothes; and, iii short, the old fellow
very independent. cOntcnted and happy.
!, The following IS the Lake county n
publican ticket, nominated at Linkvil
j last Saturday: For Representatives, o.
i Anplegate; for county commissioner
:. Abraham Teisbruok and w. J. Small; fl
: sheriff, 4. y BTaftafns for clerk. J.
9 Charlton; for treasurer. George Nour1
; for assessor, MIltop Riggs; for school S
|. perintendeut, II. NJ. Thatcher; fer surve
or, Lyman Iawley. No nomination f
: county judge was made.
r. Whom Major Connoyer resumed his o
r position as agent on the UmatiIla Tndi,
!. reservation, the Indians at their grand g
]. campment above the agency Touring mi
!. made great preparations BY erecting an il
J Inense tent, procuring refreshments Of
refined character, a % white man, invitiI
i the Major TO visit them, which he did.
q council continuing the whole day was la
= Friendly talk and congratulations were
dn1ged in until night when the Major !
turned to tie agency.
le The Democratic paper at PendIatOn say