The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-08-11

dresses III male 8LJlT6s
New wheat and oats are arriving al
Oakland, Douglas county.
A new bridge viii be built over the
Mohawk river, Lane county.
The machinery for the fruit dryer has
arrived at Roseburg.
Transportation petitions" are being
circulated in Polk county.
The Douglas county Grange sold
100 900 pounds of wool last week.
Baker county crops and mines will
make good showing this season.
Last week the Luckey Queen mine
lad 800 tons OF rich ore on the dump.
Pugilistic encounters are growing to
be an almost hourly affair in Roseburg.
The fine Sligart stallion, ow ed by
Clark Taylor. of Ashland. died last week.
The Astoria cannery will put up beef
during the Winter.
A new road from the Dalles to Yak
lima has been started.
Abraham Jones, of Douglas county,
sleared 4 500 pounds of wool from 40
ewes.
Ground was broken on the 1st in
Jacksonville for the pr posed Alden
fruit dryer.
Mrs. Nash, of Dallas. was thrown
from buggy last week and very serl-
onsly hurt.
Four t,hinamen severely beat section
boss named Farrell. near Roseourg, last
week.
Tie rear OF Masonic Hall at Eugene
caught fire last week. bat was quickly
extingniShed.
The State University, at Eugene
City, will be opened for pupils some
time next month.
Fourteen bridges have been authoriz.
ed to be constructed ola the Astoria and
Nehalem road.
]. NJ. Sutton, editor of the Ashland
Tsdiags, has gone into the country to
recruit his failing haelth.
Two Jackson county children named
Lance. fell into fire last week and
were serio lsly burned.
The Doug'as county assessment roll
shows marked increase in the value o.
property over last year.
An effort is being made to change tht
Umatilla and Yakima mail route to th'
Dalles and Yakima.
John Adamson's dog. in Doug'a
county, held a deer until his maste
came up and cut its throat.
Cal. Cooper is canvassing Polk coun
ty 10 the interest of the Yamhill trans
portatien company.
The bears have lately killed ti1irt.
hogs in the settlement on White river
above Seattle.
Since harvesting, number of Doug
las county farmers have discovered rus
in their wheat to a serious extent.
Placer mines are receiving a GOO
deal of attention now in Jackson county
several having been recently located.
Eli Plummer, living near Oakland
I had to kill colt last week which ha
been seriously wounded by 3 reapln
machine.
A miner named Speek took out 50
with rocker on Myrtle creek, one da
y last week. This speaks we'll for I'll
! locality.
The copper mir.es, of Josephit
county are about to receive practic:
, test. San Fracisco capitalists have Il
matter in hand.
]. A. Devlin & Co, of Astoria, hay
= closed their fishery, and report this +,
being one of the most successful eeasol
ever experienced.
. The Astoria fishermen are determine
to leave nothi' G undore to recover Il
body of voung Wand, lately drown'
y III the Columbia.
> Mr.. Wheeler, formerly partner IN q
y Independence telegram, has wit
IS drawn, leaving Mr.. Pipes to toot |
e. horn s'nnalded aud alone.'
Sheriff Aiken, of Coos county, g
to within. the rarge of a kicking hors
sr hind haofs and IS new under the docto
v. care III consequence thereof.
e. Some one stole fine silver cup trs
Mrs. Horne of Jacksonville last we'
sc The man who ran eff with it conslu
90 it race cnp-in Horne.
AZ The Lucky Queen Mining Co.,
!, orderded the withdrawal of all its m
70 ing stock from market, and proposes
sell no more at any price.
For the past year, ending June 80
Coos county issued s1l 1858 Il worth
county orders, and the amount of
linqneut taxes is S2s, ,043 81.
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