The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-02-18

Sheep are reported dying fast in Clear
Lake valley.
At Graham S the Methodists are carry
ing on a spirited revival.
| Tue E.stef1ttse says: s'Tilerc arc only
ten mules In Claekamas county,"
More snow than usual is reported 10
have fallen in the Blue mountains dis
winter
Claehamas comfy has 976 men subject
to military duty, between the ages of Is
and IT,
John Myers and George il. Harding arc
candidates for Chief Engineer of the Ore
son City Fire Department.
Tho schooner J,saa.tt4 WAS out i'll a gale
of Port Townsend a lew days ago, aud had
| her rndler broken.
The shipments of coal from Seattle in
January, this year, were 8, 440 tons against
l,933 tens in January, 1875; a very en-
couraging increase.
Fifteen hundred pounds OF coal fcil OH
two Cinnamon at Seattle the other day.
The Johns - strange to say. were more
astonisfed than hurt.
FTobson Sc Warren have secured from Mr..
IIickoS one thousand shingles for the CEN
tennial, shingie measuring 20 inches In
width
A committee OF Odd Fellows have been
appointed to ascertain and report the cost
OF building Il hall in Ia Gr.sn,lc, with o
building suitable fora store underneath.
Some San Francisco capitalists own n
track Of about l, 500 acres of excellent coal
land, near Coos City, which, from all ap-
pearanecs, will prove the best coal mine
yet opened on Coos Bay
The Independent says: w. Masters, of
Pennington had All encounter with half
dozen OF that kind of cats that the Irish
man said had been ''atin' oriioils,' and
Masters was mastered by the said sweet
scented feIines.
Rev J. Howard was holding series Of
meetings last week, at Cleveland Douglas
county, assisted by the Rev r. Bootlic. of
Wilbur. Twenty three persons united with
the NJ. Z. Church, and several others were
converted. Ia some cases entire families
came forward together.
They have minister III Denver, Color:l-
do, who can lift l, 100 poands and carry off
the load with case He ought to be able
to hold his OWN even i'll Il lively t,lssle
with the ''old boy himself
Thomas Stra:ton, Esq. has resigned
the post of Inspector of customs at Neah
By AMI accepted that of assistant light
house keeper at Port Angeles Mr.. VIII
lam Cushman takes the berth at Neall Bay.
A dispatch from f. Z. Bacon, general
agent at San Francisco, to Otis Freeman,
travelling agent on the Sound, informs the
latter that the Pacific Mail company viii
ran two steamers q month OH the Sound
route from aud after the first of April
Colorado has \ sensation in which Mr..
III. II. Honore and other gentlemen prom
inent in public life figure conspicuously.
They are charged with an attempt to cor
rupt the judiciary of that Territory for the
purpose of adding to their own private
fortunes.
james Morgan, late master of the Tcazer
and formerly OF the Montana. has discover
etl valuable quartz lead on Guaymas, or
Dog island, opposite Fitlalgo island. Some
of the ore has been assaycd and yielded as
follows $50 of copper. s5 of gold and 81.
75 of silver to the ton.
L. B. Warren, who owns an interest in
the llenrietta mime, at Washington, left a
specimen of ruby silver from his claim at
the -Ara5ahcae Office, which is well worthy
OF inspection. 1t is almost solid chunk
OF the precious metal itself. and will ASSAY
away up into the thousands.
For keeping 4 bawtiy house at Seattle
rank burke was sentenced by Judge Lew
Is to pay fine of 5000. If he can bring
proof before court a.liourns
that ne has not been engaged I'M the same
dlsfcptltilbie business since lie was indict
eel last August, 500 OF the fine viii be
rcnitted
4 Salt Lake telegram Of the 18th says
a few days ago, Alice. granddaughter of
brigham Young, and daughter of Brigham
Young, Jr., married Clias. r. Hopkins.
Gentle, contrary to the wishes of her par
ents. Yesterday she visited her mother.
aud during the.eyening her husband called
for her. but she could not be found. A
writ of fabeas corpus was procured and
to-day the lady and parents appeared in
the third district court to answer. Their
attorney claiming there was not forcible
detention, the husband withdrew further
proceedings and the lady went home with
her parents.
\ baby sea serpent. seven feet long, has
been found by Capt. Stratton, of Neah Bay.
1t was taken to Port Townsend, and is to !
be sent to the Centennial.
Every cent of the taxes levied in KIickf-
tat county for the current year has been
Five dwellings are in course of construct
ion MT this time in Belltown- -Seattle,s /
aorthern suburb
VIM. Brown, ono of olyn1pia's oldest /
sitizeils has been appointed farmer on the
Neah bay Indian reservation.
Seal catching Is the principal business
With the Indians, down at Cape FIattery.
seven We're taken week before last.
Two gentlemen living about eight
niles South Of Olympia, killed twelve deer
IN Thursday and Friday Of last week.