The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-02-11

The district court hrs put quite ssan.-
per on Seattle in suppressing the mad
houses.
The Indian Commissioner has petitie1ed
Congress for an interpreter for the Snake
Indians at the klamath agency.
AIr. S. n. Cole, while out near sWalla
Walia, ten days ago, had bis feet badly
9rozens ssissa.aass = sssassz.
Good wheat brings 55 cents cash per
bushel at Walla Walla, an advance of ten
cents since October.
The school district at Tumwater, w. r., ]
has voted ten mill tax to raise money to
build a more commolio,ls school house. IA
The Baker brothers, Of Montana, have
contracted to obtain two live Rocky
Mountain goats for the Centennial exhibi-
tion. and the question Is whether they
can be shipped alive to Philadelphia.
1t is estimated that the sum total OF the
appropriations now demanded of the Colo
RADIO Legislature Is not less than 81 sc, 600.
The sum total of the Territorial revenue is
given in round numbers at $70.O00. The
expenses of the Territorial Governments
are rated at about $50. 600. ,4as
+. Sheriff Twilight has delivered, at the
penitentIary the following named consicta:
William Baker. James Smith and, Thomas
Hall. each sentenced nom Clats0p county.
Tor the term of one year for the crime of
larceny in a dwelling house.
Jackson county has thirteen postoffices,
two OF which Jacksonville and Ashland)
are money order Offices. Josephine has
FIVE, none of which are money order offices.
Lake Go. has sixteen post offices. but none
are authorized to issue money orders.
A monster salmon. reported to weigh
i27 pounds, was caught at Doefish Bay,
near Seattle, few days ago. by the fish
ermer. of that place. The Indians call It
tgee salmon. It is probably the largest
salmon eyer caught If the weight Is re-
ported correctly, ana should be sent to
the centennial.
A party of three men recently secured
Middle Park. Colorado. Ia search of game.
They spent three months on trip and were
very successful. having killed 100 elk, 40
antelope, 300 deer, a wagon load of ducks.
and any quantity of small game such as
Eabbits, grouse, sage hens AMI geese.
The Utsalady mill Is attached by due
course of law. A new arrangement will
soon be made and the mill started up
again. A townsite will be laid ont at
that desirable point, and it is believed
Utsalady will loom mp Glh better than
ever. It is one of the best points on the
Sound for ship building.
A Lewistou, Idaho, letter of January
26th says: Weather cold. Ice froze four
or five inches thick. Ice houses all full !:
snow here ono inch deep; Paradise valley
eight or ten inches Craig,s Mountain two
feet: Mt Idaho twelve inches Elk City.
Orc Fino, and Warren's from three feet
upwards.
A man was hung on short notice at Mis-
soula, Montana, a few days since. Ed
Connors, n desperado, shot and tnortally
wounded Maurice Block. a merchant. in
his own store, without any apparent cause.
and before he colald mount his horse and
get away he WAS overpowered and drlgged
to tree, where he Was hung with a rope.
An old resident near Scottsburg. Douglas
county. in taking sack o,it of a closet
where gun stood loaded with duck shot
threw it down, and the gun was diseharged'
the contents passing through the ceiling.
Four shot went through the ear of his son,
and three or four into his head under the
scalp. Two other children were Slightly
wounded. and tile lady of the house was
grazetl with one shot near the shoulder.
He win be more careful iii future.
The shipments of lumber from Puget
Soulsd to San Francisco last year amounted
to about 100, 100000 feet, besides large
quantities Of shingles. laths, piles, spars
and ship knees. which is an increase OF
more than 25 per cent. over that of 1s74.
This does not include our foreign ship
ments.
A child was born to the wife of James
Sheridan, at Salem. on the 1st of the
present month, which is not remarkable.
That lust 20 children I'VE before been born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Sheridan may, however,
be more or less remarkable.
Corvallis IS fearfuliy inuntlated with
rougl,s. including some noted ''3 card
monte dealers. Two gamblers got into
a row ON Wednesday evening Of last week.
were arrested and lodged iB Jail, and next
| morning they were gone" Cause s'holc
| In the wall.
Sheriff Carnan, ofCurTy county, brought
Henry Rosenbrook, who is charged with the
murder OF s.Scotty'' Mcmillan, near the
big meadow of Rogue river, to Empire
last Monday night week lie is to ne kept
| in the Coos county Jail until the term oi
| court in Curry. unless he r.ises bail 10 the
amount of $s.O.,o or breaks Jail.
Speaking of the coal mines near Utter
City, Coos county, the Eetrs says: 'sTlle
vast amount of coal which lies Embedded
| in these hills Is almost Incredible. Tile
foreman and the miners say the out-croE
of eight coed workable veins are distinctly
| visible on the side of the mountain Owl1eC
| hv Utter g OIesla. Each one Of these
| veins fs mine OF ITSELF and can easily b
made 10 prosluce $50 tolIs daiiy-the pro
duct Of the eight veins thus aggregafing {
total of l. 200 tons per day. 2
i a correspondent Of the Democrat writ
ing from Yaqulna on SIst0f January, says
The schooner Lizxte. Capt. j. j. Wynant
came over the bar yesterday. 10 days GU
from San Francisco, and reports fearffi
gales. On the night of the 9th the hyiDl
iib was carried away, swapping It's boon
in two, and the bowsprit was split from
end to end. The same night the gale.
was set on fire by the oSerturilisag of ]
kerosene lamp. The flames shot to TIL
i mast head, but through tie exertions Q