The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-08-06

So the 1StutceDtd3t says.
Geo. Munger has been elected Chief
Engineer OF The Dailes.
Harvest has began and progressing
nicely in Yamhill county.
The bnlding OF brick store has been
commenced in Pendleton.
Tie Courier wants Lafayette to make
some move to get the narrow gauge
railroad.
The farmers of Powder River Valley
are haying and an unusually large crop
is expected.
VIM. Rinehart, of Summervil!e,
Union county, last week, lest three of
his children by diphtheria.
The little son of G. Williams, who
lives in the Waldo Hills, had bis fore
arm broken last Sunday.
VIM. Cotton, a sheep herder, at
tempted to commit suicide at Pendleton
last Tuesday by taking La'alanum-
His design was suspected by the drug
gist, who gave him a harmless drug in
stead of the poison called for and So
frustrated his purpose.
Adarel Chapter No. 2, order of the
Eastern Star, was organized at Jackson
vile on last Friday evening. A char
ter membership of q members greeted
the organization. A goodly number OF
the members are young ladies and the
chapter commences under favorable aus
pices.
At Union, on the night of the 21st,
four work horses were killed 10y light
ming. The horses were in pasture
just south ct town-uo tree, shrub or
bush was near the horses-a large hole
was made in the ground by the li4ht-
ming The scene was visited by hun
dreds OF wondering persons, but none OF
the throng could account for this singu-
lar freak OF nature.
DIR. L. L. Roland, who has been
spending some months OH the continents
will return to this state by tie next
steamer.
Silverton -4ppeaI:: Wanted, some
enterprlslrg manufacturer to erect a
woolen nill at this place. Nc better
water power can be obtained III the state,
and the wool cup Of Marion county each
year would amply justify such an euter.
prise.
Statesman: In the show window
OF s. w. hnrci,'s boot aud shoe store
can be seen a shoe last made by Rev
Jason Lee IN 1884. The last YVES dug
from the ground OH the old missionary
;arm below town, and is kept by a citi-
zen of Salem as ali old relic
There is mineral spring OF Mr
/ St-ut's place, some six miles above
/ Stayton, ON the Mehama road. Ike
waters are impreguated with SUI i,laar
alt iodine and are a good liver resuia-
tor. Quite number camped around
there use the water with good results.
4 Rattlesnakes abound in Douglas
county.
Hay is selling ill Roseburg at s12 per
( ton.
Flour is selling i'll Jacksonville at $40
pc: thousand pounds.
New wheat has made its appearance
at some OF the mills III Jackson and
Douglas counties.
Dlplheria has made its appearance in
Goldendale
B. B. Deuurc is about to establish a
cheese factory on Frank Lauden's stock
ranch near " ALA " ala.
The exotius of grasshoppers from the
vicinity OF Nalla Waia during tie
last days of july was immense
Mis-. w. L. Coulo, of Lynden, is a
candidate for couuty superintendent OF
pubic instruction il " ha,com county
Tie government telegraph line from
! Dayton to Spokane this week Work
oil the same is being pasted rapidly
toward Walla Walla.
i lie hay and potato crop of Clarke
county promises to be shorter crop
! than usual this season by reason of the
rrotracted overflow of the bottoms.
The bridge spanning Spokane river,
eighteen miles ABOVE the falls, was swept
away several days ago by floating
tree. Travellers now cross on the terly
at Spokane Fails,
The Wha,com county republican con.
veirion will meet at La Conner on the
10Th OF August. he democratic con
vention OF the same will meet at What.
com Aug 3lst.
The force of woodsmen now at work
IN the mountains have banked thousands
of railr ad ties ready For the drive down
/ tie Yakima which will pruhahly hauiu