The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-03-16
Pacific SIopec s,
It showed at Seattle on the 9th.

Gold has been struck in Whatcoin
county, but viii not be worked until
the water subsidies.
The Government still owns over five
million acres Of surveyed land in Wash
ington Territory.
Some Italian fishermen found the
decomposed body of All unknown white
man at Point-no-Point last week.
-Four Indians who recently left Port
Discovery in a canoe for Victoria, were
drowned by the upscttiug of their craft.
When they take the next census of
Orcas Island, Peter I.adeboos will be
missing. PIE rolled out of his canoe.
The Port Townsend fishermen are
making big hauls of halibut and find
good markets, and everything is flour
ishihg as ''grecn bay horse"
Tie workmen engaged ii siuking
well for Bentley and Caton's soda
works at HyalIa RSalIa, struck oil about
four teet below the .sarface, but it was
in quart bottle-linseed oil-the bot
tie was full, and must have been lying
III the ground for II or Is years.
Seaitle saloon keepers have what
they call la ''snuff gum" When snooz-
or fails of to sleep they insert one end
OF ttlbc, whicli leads to some snuff, in
the victims Hostril, and the sneezing of
course awakes him. What it a man
breathes through his mouths he al
lowed chewing tobacco free?
This is the way the victims look up
on robbcries: 'sIhe darkest crime OH
record, ever perpctratcd in Walla Wal
Ia since inhabited by civilized nation,
was committed last Sunday night by
robbing the Watcha1oa office of essen
tial and important pieces of the two
presses, and rendering tho same thereby
per ectly useless.
Mr.. Mitchell d. Tracy committed SUI
icidc at Bridge Creek, w asco county.
on the 5th inst, by shooting. himself
through the head with rifle.
While Mr.. G. G. Durling. of Doug
las county, was plowing, the double
tree broke aud he was jerked over the
plow aud had one of his shoulders bad
ly hurt.
The Tellurium Mining Company. at
a meeting held recently at Canyonvil'e,
set apart s., 500 in stock for the pui.-
pose of finishing the tunnel, and $500
for building a furnace.
A man by the name of Ringgold ex-
changed his coat and hat for better ones
belonging to Mr.. Cooper, at Wheat
land, .vithont the knowledge or consent
of the latter. lie is now boarding at
the expense of YamhilI county awaiting
the teTEs Of court.
4 lady at CaAy yontille waited FOR her
better halt until bedtime the other even
ing, and then she n4areIied down town
to a saloon, where she and her husband
remaiDed until tho wee sIna' hours, -
The head OF that family will go home
earlieT hereafler.
The 1kolt11ttti1seer says about seven
inches of snow fell Thursday night and
FRIDAY morniRg. We understand that
snow IS still deeper further east and
soutligFhis viii be good thing for
the gFass ard grain, and dissipate all
fears of a drought this seasons in this
secttOaas
Tfs COMMON council of Dallas has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the car
ryiDg Of rubber shot slipgs with which
the average hoodlum makes hIinseif SO
disagreeably numerous. VeagFee with
the Lagztzs, shatth action Of tie cotln-
Gil was eniEentIy wise, and hope to
hear otsit being initiated.
The Douglas Zss6ze7oeaafzeaat says A
letter ceifed from tile Lucky Queen
mine under date ot March 7th, states
that workmen employed there are pur-
chasing the stock Of the company at 81
per share far tElesane. They also agree
10 pay thc assessment cents) levied
at the ast meeting OF the directors.
The % pouudiisg away. without in-
terrnp t6n and is doing line work.