The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-12-24

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substantial tokens OF their regard r..
Gently, amounting m the aggregate 10
i, abont $50.
The people of HiTlsbnrn have snb-
4 scribed ltberaily III provisions. clothing
and nlorey for the relief OF Levi Fan.
nin9's family. who lost everything they
/ POSSESSED Dy Tie burning of DR. Baileyss
farm house which they occupied.
Owners OF the WillaniAa sawmiIl
/ have taken advantage OF the late llivll
water, and have already about 500 900
feet OF logs at the mill. The mill will
start up by tie first of january The
grist mill at the same place has been
running almost continuously since bar.
vest, and is still in great demand
A nine mouths old daughter OF T..
Strosser, German resident Of Hills
boro, died recently from being poisoned
by tobacco, she having eaten as Is sup.s
posed the stump of cigar The little
one was taken very suddenly III aud
died in spasms, after three or four days
suffering.
Of the five new trustees reeentfv
elected. TO preside over the corporate
interests OF H:llsboYo. bat two are viii.
ing to serve. License and anti-iiceusa
is what divides the people ot that town.
and the muddle in which the Question
mas involved them ~has temporarily
blocked the wheels OF locaigovernnent.
Washington has commenced 81 the
Sterling mine with light head OF
water. ~
The proprietors of the Ashland WOOL
eu mills intend putting in about $500
worth Of new machinery soon Thev
find 1t impossible TO fill .lleir large or.
ders and ara now running day ard
night.
Sentinel: The cost OF the Covert
trial the tirst time would have purchased
enough brick TO build new two-story
court house Tor jackson county, and
tie cost OF the present trial would have
finished it.
The Methodists of jacksonville ara
about disposirg OF their parsonags prop
erty on California street, the proceeds
10 he applied In erecting new Parson.
age near the church aud on the LOS
fronting on Fifth street.
Bacon ie very scarce in Jacksonville
market owing 10 tie tact that but little
IS bcing cured, wheat railing so hiRh
that y ls more profitable 10 mill than
to iced fe. But little is coming III aud
''heg roDnd"srules at 124 cents, hams
and shoulders at 1908 cents.
4 person named J. n. Hall. from
Myrtle Creek, Douglas county, aays he
was robbed few days since OF d gold
watch and chain by some nnknown
party at the city brewery, Jacksonville.
1t is said he was under the soiorific
influence OF jacksonville lager, and, fall.
fngSaslccp, some petty thicf secured his
watch.
A cheese factory will be established
at Puyallup w. 4. in the spring.
Fresh bntter ,s 6o@65 cents d. ROLL in
Tacoma; eggs 80 cents per dozen.
Irving Ballard, prosecuting attorney
for the Third judicial district has been
confined 10 his house by typhoid fever.
The glaIsd jury report That they find
no Jail or other building in the county
seat OF Pierce county suitable for the com.
fortable and safe keeping OF prisoners.
New Tacoma has not had the honor of
being the county seat long enough, vet to
make public improvements necessitated
byI that honor.
I'ateHigeacer: J. Ms. Flowers. Of
Skagit, infolms ns that the country
around the mouth of tha: river aud the
Stillagnamish slough is all under water
TO depth OF from five 10 six feet. The
water is higher than was ever known
before, aud is doing q great deal of
damage. A great deal of stock was
caught by the food and drowned before
they could be driven to higher land.
The big dam near the mouth oil the
slough has been carried
away. This piece of work cost, when
abont $4,000, and now is .
total wreck. The water had not rece.
ded up TO Thursday noon, bat probably
by this time has fallen considerably.
The Eureka (Nev.) Sentinel reports
that q young man of that city attempted
saiciie because his parents objected to
bis visiting certain young woman.
lie hanged himself in his room, and
was unconscious wheh discc we'd.
A few weeks ago teamster named
George Myers of Boise City, Idaho,
and one Henry Mcdonald
was found in possession of the team.
which he claimed TO have purchased.
Foul play was suspected and McDonald
is now in Jail.
The northern roads from Reno, New.
are completely blocked up The SNOW
is three feet deep in Long valley on
level, and has in places drifted 10
lepth OF fifteen feet. There were CIV
Storm bound tesmsters at Lemnon;a
station last Tuesday.
The new lron-worka at TroudaIe, w.
Z, are progressing rapidly. The blast
urnace is nearing completion. The
he'd full Of charcoal and the spacious
buildings, substantial wharf and general
appearances promise tiourishine bust.
lets on large scale.
Salem. Last Friday two Young
ben went up the river duck hnntino.
When Just above Government leland
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