The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-30

last Wednesday evening. and thunder aho
lightning pierced the silence and filled
the tinaid with axe., The storm was ac-g
with hail.
4 new paper to be called the Times Is to
be isstted at the Dalles next week by Mitch
ell and Marsh.
Considerable stock has perished for want
Of feed. more especially at Big Prairie,
Lane county.
About 40 acres of hops have been planted
on the Middle Fork aud FAN Creek, Lane
county.
The ''freezc'' rttihed the peach orchards
Of JACKSON totinty and not fig tree sur
tived the winter.
The Etigene .Jo'unal says: Willie
Evans, little fellow 10 years of age, killed
a lafge toligaf last week.
The Inland Emptrg s:,ts there have been
rains OF late east of tile mountains. and the
farmers are highly pleased.
Stock on the Central point range, Jack
son eotuity. are doing well and little
good Weather will revive n great many.
A hail storln visited Eola last Tuesday.
Several cases OF scarlet fever are report
ed at B,lena Vista
Bridget and George Coffee, and Andrew
and Elizabeth Hale, appear before the
Benton county court with suits and cross
suits, asking 10 be unmarried, The cruel
court lerNIsse'l their several pleas.
Excelfitsr Lodge I.O.G.T. Corvallis,
has a;aeaffi, all and fine organ, and pre-
se.lts fine opportunity ttT the young and
old for pleasant social evening each
week. Miss Nettie Spencer is ". C. 4.
The first ''b!ast'' OF the Corvallis foundry
last week. was perfect success ard very
satisfactory 10 tile .proprit tors. Mezsrs.
kaeee'fr & Belknap Eros. They filM that
the sand procured across the river Is OF
very superior quality for their btrsitsess,
and the castings were unusually smooth
and clean.
Harry Wilson. who robbed the Good
Templar<' Hall near EoiS and was last
year sentenced to o,ie year in tile pcniten-
,iary. has been pardoned by the governor.
The citizens of Dallas and vicinity will,
on Monday next. betweeTI the hours OF 10
and 12 O'Clock. witness the arrftaf Of the
first train load of ma 6erial to SnlithfieId,
for the extension Of the narrow gauge to
Dallas, 10 be followed by daily trips.
Snow to tie depth Of two ifreftes fell at
Ssmish on the 18th inst
The htcltig'nca' says GO mep and boys
are now employed in the Seattle barrel
factory.
The mail is carried to Rocky far on
E Al.
same way.
L.. C. lIarn1n of the New England
Ho,sse-SeattIe is deal. He was pr0Ini-
ncnt n,esnier of the .A.O.C.W.
A little daughter of Isaac Newton, four
miles from Middleton in Boise val'o~, was
drowned in u slough near his house.
A large pfhe tree near Lake View. this
side of Olympia was struck by lightning
OIL Saturday last. torn into fragments and
entirely consumed By the fire which result
ed from the stroke.
Twelve tons of Olympia oysters were
recently shipped by railroad for consump-
ton in Portland and San Francisco. This
was the largest oyster shipment ever made
from the head Of the Sound.
The Olympia STANDARD says: The
Skagit gold excitement is now at stand
still. The manipnlators are probably wait
ing for some old miner to come in with
bigger nugget than has heretofore been
fountt. =.
Mr. w. II. Andrews returned from the
Skagit gold mines on last Monday, and re-
ports that upon one claim ON Rnby creek
he saw tiIcm taking out the gold ut the
the man. Only one days washing was
done on this claim, however, as the next
day brought heavy frcshet which neces-
sarily suspended work until the river goes
down.
The Yamhill Reporter says Fall and
winter sown wheat is not large, bne is do
Ing splendidly, and tlse prospects for an
abundant yield is cheering We heart of ye
granger
Tie Bedrock Deiaocrat teffs Of fight III
a gambling house there where the gam.
bier nanserl Donghss handled lighter fig.
ured fellow than himself m a very gallant
manner.
Ia. %. 2ppIeSttc tcIIS tfC <1SfHsttlu sU-
iaes tisrt of ffe I. 800 hess3 Of cattle in tht
band OF the Applesate Bros. but 81 head
had leeH fo=t few weeks ago. while whei
Ia. last heard, lew tstys since, 200 l,ad
dieeI.
The Rosehtir;I La3:.~n'leat @sts !: 10
seph Stephens. accompanied ~ Coil Byar:
and Others. cornrri-psrss sossifefflx Up cat
tie for Goose Lake Wednesday mforufng
They will take to that section 400 heat
from this county.
The Ttdi'.gsa says !: The Barron boy
found coydtc.s den last week. and killet
the cid mother and six p.tps. Tftfs vii
bring them In the neat little sum OF $50,
as a bounty llf $4.25 Is offered for cacl
coyotes scalp by the farmers club.
The Jacksonville Times says: rll,
mining season Is proving more favorable il
every particular than expected. "A grea
majority of the miners have an ample sup
| ply of water still and the snow in TIN
mountains, which lies ata greater dept