The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-01-07
Salt Lakers have over s4oo 900 in

attend the Snnday-school Oh the Sko-
komish reservation.
The ship Coqetila5o has been hove
down at Port Madison, and the carpen-
ters have commenced work repairing
her.
Last month 2.o88.329 pounds of
bullion, and 2,472, ,458 pounds of silver
ore were shipped over tffe Utah South
ern railroad.
The Snohomish county commissioners
intend opening road from Snohomish
City TO the head of Lake Washington
distance of twelve mI,es.
A letter from Clatskanire, dated
December 3lst, says: ''Heavy rain
storm tor two days past. All streams
out of their banks. Water higher than
has been for 20 years"
An Eastern gentleman who has beeli
visiting Salt Lake, returned home, the
other day, taking with him an Endow-
ment suit for exhibition at the Centcn-
nial
The Russian bark Palaise, loaded at
Port Blakely, has gone to sea. She is
bound for Valparaiso and South Amer
ica ports. Her crew is short three men
and a cook.
Mr.. E. L. Wiley, of Mason county,
has been appointed by the governor OF
Washington Territory as trustee of the
insane asylum, in place of Hon. J. w.
Brace, declined
A big fat fellow was arrested at
Ogden, the other day, for Tweed.
When bis twenty-four wives and fifty
FIVE children stepped up and all swore
at once that he wasn't the man, the
officer let him go.
The bark OAK Hill has been aground
twice, once at Point-uo-Pont and again
at Marrow stone Point. She was towed
into Port Blakely with her cargo badly
damaged. She will be repaired at that
port.
Sheriff Billings left Olympia by
steamer, on Sunday night, for New
Westminster, to bring the runaway
convict, Dabney Jones, back to his old
quarters. His term of Imprisonment at
New Westminster for larceny, commit
ted there since his escape, has expired.
The steamer City Of Salesa reached
Eugene last week for the first time.
Pcndleton wants druggist, shoe
maker, matchmaker, furniture dealer
and bath hense.
There is but little snow on the Blue
Mountains at this time and all are pie
dieting mid winter.
A man named McDernott is in Jail
in Yamhill county for burglary a, d
want of bail money.
There is considerable talk of remov
ing the Cmatilla T eserv; ton FIR set le
ment, by removing the Indians.
Bridges and culverts in various por-
tions of Jackson county have been swept
away, and travel is somewhat precari-
Gus.
Owing to the failure recently OF Phil
lips lE Chandler, cattle dealers of San
Francisco, J. A. Gardwell, of Jackson
vile, lost about 81 200.
The miners of Southern Oregon now
have plenty of water and they are very
busy. There is a good chance for
money to be little more plentiful
there next spring tlian .or two years
past.
Under the present law the various
Road Supervisors are required to hand
in their reports at the January term Of
the County Commissioners Court, In
stead of at the February term, as form
erly.
The city government of Walla Walla,
according to the Statesman, IS not a
very huge financial affair. That paper
says: Under the amended city charter
after paying the interest, on the public
debt, the city has an income of about
$50 q month, to devote to fire and
police purposes. It is proposed to di.
vide this revenue equally between the
fire and police, which will give s45 a
month to the engineer and s22 so tc
each of the policemen .
The members of the Lewis Rivel
/ w. T. Grange have just completed
their new hall. located near the resi-
dence of John Bozarth. The hall il
/ designed for the social convenience o
the Changers. their families and friends
and was dedicated on Christmas eve
BY ball ofa most enjoyable character
Parties who are wiptering stock OF
the north side of Snake river state tha