The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-01-21

informs us that Holton & Garrett, who
carry the mail between Linkyille and
Klamath, have abandoned their wagons
on account of the deep snow and great
quantities of fallen timber, and now
carry the mail on horseback Travel
ing with vehicles is almost impossible.
August Streit, who not long ago
made happy the aching heart of
blooming young widow at Walla Walla,
has left house, home and widow, and
can not be found. His neighbors, who
seem to know, aver that August mar
ried little too often TO make things
comfortable, so he took hasty depart
ure, and like the unfortunate p. Nasty,
had business in the woods.
The Seattle Tribune says: Son
Tuesday night, last week, two China
men at Port Blakely went to their
room in the cookhouse building to sleep.
Being cold, before undressing, they lit
a small wood fire in bread pan, closed
the room tight, and getting into bed,
left the fire to burn as bright and warm
as it would About 4 O'clock next
morning, the smoke being slowly issu-
ing from the cracks, the door was forced
open and the two chinamen were
found dead III their bcds-suffocated
by the smoke.
Burglars entered the residence of
last week and took a half dozen pairs
of pants, coat and vest, broke open the
money drawer and distracted the con-
tents, few ten cent pieces. The Key
of the safe was in the pnoney drawer,
and the combination also written on
card; but they were not smart enough
to avail themselves of the opportunity
of getting at the contents of the safe.
a correspondent of the Echo says:
ssThere are parties in Olympia and
Tumwater who stand ready to under
take to raise SIS, 900 in greenbacks for
the completion OF The Olympia and
Tenino railroad, provided the company
will pay one per cent. on the above
amount, and give ample security that
they will complete the railroad and
turn over bonds to the parties loaning
the money, to cancel the loan, by the
| first day of September, 1876"
/ A gentleman writing from Canyon
! City, Jan. 9Th, says: The snow storms
have set in and closed up all routes of
freighting. There is freight that has
been on the road from the Dalles Tor
over so days, and is now completely
showed in, the teamsters having driven
home their teams, and will not attempt
to move before March or April. This
is genuine Iceland in winter months.
Everything is frozen and showed in,
the mails go on snow shoes. May the
Lord take liking to this kind oi
weather, for can't | am half frozen
all the time. have little room, and
bought q cord OF pine wood, which
cost me So, and it keeps me alternately
between the wood pile and the stove tc
geep up fire. Pine is the only timber
here, and that is scarce. On the prai
ries is an occasional juniper, on the
mountains all occasional fir, and once
and a while lone tamarac.
Mr.. J. Il. Decker, living near Turn
er's station, has COW from which ht
made, the first twenty four days aftel
he commenced using the milk, sixty
pounds of butter, or two and one-hal
pounds per day. The next twenty
two days he made torty-fonr pounds
two pounds per day. The COW is o
the Short-Horn Durham stock, par
blood. Her feed during this time wa
a twenty-pound candle box full of bran
morning and evening, and such as sh
could gather from a stnbble field dun
ing tie day.
| Mr.H. Javens, sexton of the Cd,
TOitOWS CeIAGtef}s 1uInlSiiSS the 4Oilo@
$ ing list of Interments at Salem for tll
J past year: Under years, %; from
to 10 years. 4; from 10 to 20 years,
< from 20 to 80 years, 4: from 80 to 4
b years, 2; from 40 to SO years, I; frol
!; so TO 60 years, 2; from so to 20 year
J. 6; from 10 TO 80 years, 2. Total nun
}. Der, 81. of which 33 were males {
: females. OF these, Al died in.Marie
d county, in Polk, / in Multnomah,
in Yamhill, 2 in Linn, and in Lane.
d On Monday, the 10th inst, as N
., Jas. Gates. the mail carrier from Il
S. block-house, W. T., to The Dalles, W
g coming this way with the mail, al
1T when about five miles from Rocklan
N be found in the road one of SHARP