The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-03-31

shot himself through the hand, losing a
finger.
A conference of the ministers of the
NJ. f. church of Idaho, together with
some from Oregon, will be held at the
NJ. E. church., Boise City, April LIST.
There will be lectures by different ones.
Utah unlike Idaho, comes up very
slow TO the support of the centennial.
A Salt Lake paper Gays that the mine
owners of that Territory are subscribing
in very niggardly way towards de-
fraying the expenses Of q mineral display
at Philadelphia.
Utah miners who were attracted to
the Black Hills by the reports Of rich
placer diggings, write 70 their friends
in Salt Lake, that they have prospecfed.
in diggings where It had been eaid from
twenty y-five to fifty cents to the pan had
been taken ont, and after dillgent labor,
they were only able to find color.
A letter from Goose Lake says !:
"The winter has been very cold. Snow
from ten to twelve inches deep, on an
average, ana badly drifted. The rhal.
low places enable the stock to get some
gras:, but, many are getting very poor.
Capt. Barnes has lost 40 head out OF.
700 or 750 head. Mr.. Stone has lost
IS head out of 800 or 900 head, and
Dowell, one cow aud three calves out
OF 225 head, and many others in the
same proportion. This winter has been
much worre on stock than last year.
The stock rangers will soon have TO
fence their hay land or move thei, stock
to where the winter range is better and
the settlements are not so thick.''
Unions the county seat Of Union coun-
ty, is improving rapidly. It now has
one large Touring mill, one mill for chop
ping feed. post-office, State land Office,
Wells, Fargo q Co.'s express Office,
telegraph Office, office N. w. S. Co,
one newspaper, one hotel, and another
now rapidly being completed, three
large stores, one tin aud stove store, one
butcher shop, one saddler shop, two
boot and shoe shops, two blacksmith
shops, one wagonmaker shop, two COOP
er shops, one furniture shop, one furrier,
two fancy notion stores, one saloon, two I
one lawyer, one drug store,
one paint shop, one livery stable, two
the NJ. E. and Episcopal.
On Tuesday last, at McMinnville,
John Murray, lad OF about Il years,
had one of his hands so badly shattered
by the discharge Of shotgun, that it
was necessary to amputate about halt
way to his elbow. The accident occur.
red at Mr.. Isaiah Martins residence.
1t seems that the lad had been out with
the gun, and returned. He laid the
arm down on the lounge and sat down
1T the muzzle of it. Desiring to move
It, he commenced showing it along on
The lounge, when, as might heve been
by one more accustomed to
handling firearms, the hammer caught,
vas drawn back and sprung, discharg-
ng the contents of the gun with the
sfTect above named.
Near Prairie City, Grant county, so
we are credibly. informed, is copper
md cobalt mine. The mine has been
nlly and satisfactorily tested, and all
hat is now necessary is capital to work
t.
The case of Fl. II. Luse We. A. N.
Foley, before the board of State land
commissioners, involving the right 20
inter 1850 acres OF tide land near En-
oire City, has been decided in favor of
sir. Foley.
The Grand Secretary of the State
Grange recently received letter from
Lake county enclosing IS gold note
or which the writer desired the Secreta-
y 70 send him marriage license.
It is the general impression that Utah
vill receive the greater portion Of tho
Black Hills immigration, .after the vic
inns have discovered how shey hsve
been deceived in that country.
LAST month Phoebe shipped through
Salt Lake S1s1, 900 retired ballion,
OF which came from the
q Ely mine.
The bridge across the Owyhee river
On the road between Winnemucca and
is to be completed by the
lst of May. 1t will coss@l 300.
Reports from an the leading mining
districts in Utah are very encouraging,
and tie prospect for morathan doubling
The yield Of last year, Is already assured.
The farmers Of John Day valley are
busy plowing and sowing. The indica-