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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1873)
"!I!H 'in in mi; ii 1 1 i. i ?i in i ALBANY register. LOCAL MATTERS. ( (Cl IO0O GOLl KXCITEM ENT I. AT E N'kavs. Ktc. .lames Llktns. En of this city lias received a private letter from Mr. P. D. Gibson, of OelWeo. dated June !th. relative to the gold discoveries out there, the substance of which he ha. kindly permitted as to inc. He says for weeks pat Messrs. Itoiinell & Co.. of Canyon City, have been engaged lu prospecting the waters o the Ohoco. and lately others have been engaged. On Thursday preced ing, lieiug Informed by Tom Stephen son. wlio cam-' to purchase an onttit, that he had -truck it rich, from 10 to 50 a day, he thought, on Saturday Mr. Gilison went to the place to see for himself. He found the discoveries had beet! made in a dry gulch, or de pression in the side t a mountain, on the top of which there appeared to be a quartz ledge. He found this place to be about t wenty miles from Ocltoco. on tlie north tork of the Oehoco waters, gome five miles from Stephen's firm. Ite says lie found gold all along the creek bottom for -everal hundred teet. up the gulch, in what they will Belch er's Gulch. Stephenson. Canon & Co. claim to be the original discoverers of this. Gold bad uot as yet been discov ered on the creek, but the Impression was that it would be found rich, judg ing from the hill prospects. A good dealot excitement, of course, prevailed among the ieople out there, and old men and boys were making for the place. Mr. Gibson sent Mr. Klkins some gold specimens taken from a single pan. which are now in the pos session of the jeweler iu tills place. We would advise our people to await further development helore they-get the fever. Mr. Klkins also received a letter from Hon. J. H. Douthit, dated Upper Oehoco, June 11, 1873 two days later than the above. Mr. Doutli it says, in substance, that so far. at least, no gold to amount to anything had been taken from any of the claims, although bedrock had not been readied at that date. The new diggings com mence at and ran five miles above Mr. D.'s ranch. He cautions his old friends ami acquaintances in Linn from getting excited over these reports of rich strikes in Oehoco, and says if rich diggings are found or those that pay reasonably well, he will know it, and will take the earliest opportunity of so informing his friends here. Mr. I), was in good health and floe spirits. On the evening of the II th, Ed. Free land passed back, en route tor his home in Oehoco Valley, having been to see the "new mines." The epizootyt is having a big run in the valley, but doesn't seem to hurt much. Feril Belore's horses recently jumped from the ferryboat on the De-schuttes, while crossine. with the harness on, but wam out sale. Mrs. Sue Dougherty was very sick Iier life was dUpaired ot. Old Mr. Lattie was alo very sick. Mr. Douthit liad put in a water wheel) and among other things was ti-ing the power obtained thereby in running churn. No rain to speak of had fallen in the valley so far this season, but the ground was still moist, and crops gave every evidence of a good yield. On the 10th. we omitted to mention above, a miner's meeting was called, some five miles above Mr. Doitthitt's, at whieh Mr. D. officiated as Chairman, over one hundred persons participating, at whieh by-laws, etc.. for the government ot that mining district were adopted. In places pros pect holes had been sunk fourteen feet deep, but no bedrock or gold reached, but plenty of water; so great indeed being the supply Of chuck that furtlier progress toward bedrock was effectu ally stopped. Taking all things Into oonaideratlon. we wouldn't advise our readers to go at mice for Oehoco gold dlggtojjs. ; Bahst Association. The Siloam Aaaodation of Regular Baptists will be held withtbe Bethel Church, commenc ing on Friday, 'July 4th, new the lann'. Of Mr. J win retsn, on me soumweswn what it known as AlphinV Butte, Syracuse precinct Linn county, Ore con. Ji.iMVT CROOKS. SlW LoImik IwrtTUTKU.-On Tues day evcninji June' 17th, 1873, Cali nooia Lodge No. 43, I.O.O.F.. wa instituted at North Brownsville, by Speeial Deputy C.rand Mater. Chester N. Terry, with the following rameu ; charter members: J. CaroMu A. C. ' Hansinan, J. B- Gross. J. L. Gilbert. Moses Zoosmai.. Joseph Hoberg. M. Abraham, David McDowell and Thos. j Kay. The following officers were j Iheu elected and installed for tlie cur- j rent term: Noble Grand. A. 0. Ran- , man; Vice Grand, John Carolln; Re cording Scribe. J. L. Gilbert; Trea- urer. J. B. Gross. One Ancient unit Fellow was then admitted by card, and seven new members initiated, the Lodge thus Stirling with sixteen new members- The flourishing village of Brownsville will soon have one of the largest and best working Odd Fellows IxKlges in the State, we have every reason to believe. Tlie occasion was a very pleasant one, indeed, and tlie supper, gotten up at Wilhoit's Hotel, under the auspices ofCalipooia Lodge, was an excellent repast, relished by all who partook thereof, and by none more than the writer hereof, who was privileged to attend. We had the pleasure of meeting in the lodge twin brother Miller, ot Salem; brothers. Fuller, McCartney and Shelley, of H urisbiirg. and brothers Tweedale, Graf, Baum, Taylor, Newbury. Arn old. Titus, Raymond. Kuhn, Young. Kiefer and Webber, of Albany. The roads were rather heavy from the rain fall of Monday and Tuesday, making traveling rather disagreeable; but the pleasure of meeting so many good and true members of the order, and the hospitable and kindly manner in which tlie visitors were entertained by their brethren of ttie new lodge, more than offset the perils and tribulations of the way. Our heartiest wishes are With Calipooia Lodge No 43. Baccalaureate Seioion. Iu spite of the inclemency ot the weather, a fair audience gathered at the Albany Collegiate Institnte building, last Sun day evening, to listen to tlie Baccalau reate discourse of Rev. S. G. Irvine, addressed to a class of four young lady graduates. Rev. Mr. Butcher and Rev. Mr. Meisse on invitation assisted in the opening exercises. Tbosermon of Rev. Mr. Irvine was taken from II Timothy. IV Chapter. 7th verse "I have finished my course." The Rev erend gentleman remarked that Bac calaureate discourses were a new feat ure in the exercises of institutions of learning on this coast, though not so among Eastern institutions. In the use of tlie text, he opened with a brief but graphic portrayal of tlie history of the Apostle Paul up to tlie writing of the text. He then showed that the Apostle was a man devoted entirely to one purpose the spread ofthe Gospel, and then that his life was moulded In consistent harmony with its teachings. "He fought a good tight" of applica tion, industry and faith, and, in pros pect of martyrdom, he felt that he had 'finished his course," attributing his greatest victory to the one he gained over himself. Tlie example of the Apostle was commended to the class, and all present. The sermon was both able and full ofthe pathos of genuine earnestness. Piiositccting Party. A prospect ing party, consisting of Messrs. John Parker, Ted Park, Thomas Humph rey, H. C. Clement and J. R. Hereon, started on a prospecting tour on Thurs day. They will probably thoroughly investigate the Oehoco gold diggings. JuiiriNO. Monday and Tuesday's rains have settled the crop business withonta ueradventnre. W lieat and oats are fairly jumping out of the j ground. We expect to turn out the j hnghest crop of grain ever harvested , In Linn county this fall. Bcnnihg. The Brownsville Woolen Factory is in tall blast, turning out work in good shape. Brownsville is beginning to assume her old look of business and thrill. Chief Justice Chase was tho teat iMlerepreaentatUse-of hh family, j His many brothers all died without mail lne, and ho leaves uo one to perpet- H'ti- tliti . late. Fjol-rtb at Jtrscnojr Crrr. Tlie cttterpHMiig elfrem of -function City propo to celebrate on the 4th in good stvle. The Antrim Brass Rind (22 piece) has been engnjted to discourse music tor the rtav and evening Able speakers have been secured to orate. and a hall, and a display of fireworks, at night, will help to enliven and make the occasion enjoyable. It is believed that lialftare tickets will he issued on the occasion, over the O. & C. Rail- ' road. j Rev. Stki'iien Bowers1 Lkchibe. j The lecture ol Rev. Stephen Bowers. ' of Salem, last Wednesday evening. In the College Chapel, addressed to one of the societies of the Institute, whs lararelv attended. The effort of the j lecturer was to show that the teach I nigs nt true natural science were not inharmonious with the Mosaic record of creation. The style of the speaker was agreeable, and his argument able. Personal. Rev. Mr. Crosier, of Portland, called on Saturday last. Rev. W.D. Nichols, of Hubbard, late of the Sautiam Academy, spoke with us on Saturday. Abe Hackleman starts for Oehoco valley in a few days. Ed. Merrill, accompanied by his sister, late a resident of Indiana, ar rived at his home in this city last week. It is reported that lie came home loaded to the guards with stamps. Road Supervisor Froman has done a uice piece of work at tlie crossing of j Oak creek, on the Brownsville road. Mr. Wm. Morgnu, from the Oreyn j kiVm office, Portland, is up on a visit Directory. Geo. P. Rowell & Co., of New York, have just issued the America XevctjviptT Directory for 1873, a wotk tliat should be in tlie hands of every business man in the United ! States. It contains a vast amount of information, in compact form, espec- j Lilly for tlie use of business men. that can be obtained no where else. Pay Fr. Attention is direetefl to the caril ofC. B. Montague, Esq., of LetMiion iu this issue. He means bus meM, and tliose indebted will save eofa by attending to the matter at once. Mr. Montague liaa a well select ed assortovent of dry gootls, etc., to which the attention of residents of Ijebanon and vicinity areinvited. Dp your trading with Montague. ExctftD. The gold seeking fever has some of our people in its worst phase, and a very little more favorable news from the new discoveries in Oehoco, Sautiam and other places would create a perfect stamped in that direction. Almost anything for a little excitement. Markets. Our markets are pretty well suppled with vegetables, fruits, etc. Strawberries retail at $1 per gallon; cherries at 50c per gallon; but ter. Kit; per pound; eggs, 17e per dozen. Potatoes, turnips, onions, radishes, etc.. in good supply, at fair rates. Xew. Mr. Weed, of tlie Bee Hive store, has trotted out one ofthe neatest of delivery wagons-it is real gay. Talk about our mechanics not being able to get out as good work as East ern manufacturers they can double discount 'em. Luxlkies. For a large "lay out" of huge strawberries, on Thursday, this ouiee is indebted to Mr. Henry States. Tliey were raised on his Dith ers' farm on the Sautiam. FOUKTfl AT BlWNSVII.I.E.-The citizens of Brownsville are to have a .. .' ... . , , ,. grand time on the 4th ot July, and in- vite their friends to come and help them celebrate. Roads. Work on tlie roads, that has come under our notice, so far this season, seems to have been done with some judgment. New Goods Evehy Week- In the store ot A. Wlieeler & Co.. at Shedd. Stock kept mil ami complete at adl tiroes. Highest price paid for produae of all kinds. . GOOD Staoe. The recentMfau sent the Calipooia and Sautiam rivers op booming: The Willamette, too. was beuefltttl Fine. We saw some splendid look-1 big fields of llax and barley as we J pn-sed through the valley on Tttc-ilay.j We never saw finer prospects for Has. , Kn tutors - Hev. D. 8, Oak will preach in the Pacific Opera IN'-i ' next Sunday at 1 1 o'clock A. M. All are invited. giij-j ar "If you want your boy to stay at home, don't bear to hard on th.-grhd- stone when he turns the crank, Is a tanner's wise suggestion. . . Ztkt .... riOMlWAY'S PltXS ASll OlSTJjEJiT. j I Wealth, cheeifmness, long life, de- . ; peint upon tlie regular action of the digestive organs, pure secretions, ami thu vigorous condition of file lungs j and the nerves. AH these conditions of i lie system arc secured by 1 1." IWf ofthe abtjve remedies. Sold 78 Maldyti Line. N. V. Price, 25 cunts per bo:; j or pot. Ask for new style: the old is counterfeited. 13 j v , - -- - "Tiikiu name is LEGION," may be j applied to those'" who die annually of CoiisninptiiHi. Seienee has of late i years sensibly diminished (hp! number, and it is gratifying to know that Or. It , UtikOM Willi C.W.iv ha. created a potent iiitlueiiiv iu attaining thisentl. 4' ! Dili). Iu tls city. June lOfh, i Minnie Bull, daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. ' ttiimuitugh. A. H UKH.KH. C. C. UuLiK. C. B. WHKKl.LB. A. wiii.ixm & ., iForwariiui&Cflifliaiss'uHfifciiaiiis.! Dealers in Merchandise nntt I'roiuce. A good Maortmeiit Of all kinds of Goods ul waj'8 in store at lowest market r.ttes. Agents for sale of Wagons, Grain Drills, Cider Mills, Churns, Ac, e. CASH paid for WHEAT, OATS, PultlC. HI TTER, BUGS and l'OL'LTR Y. i-u So-Siay. 'iii'Ji 1.. 4 LL PKR80NS ISPEirTKP TO U li l. Mommtno. of Le'ianoii,ui;li note 01 oook account, are herehy no.iuel Ihttl liuvmont must tX! made on or before the Brtt ilay of July, 1373. C. Tl. MONTAGUE. Lebanon, Jiuirto. 18731 O. M. RUE, M. ., burgeon A Pliyitlciun. OmCE-Fiist mitief, bntweenririv and Brondalbin. RksUk.n t- 1 llti 1 tm't, two bloeks llow or (hi of Met bo dint Clmreh, Albany, Oregon. v.Mi Ifl J. I). TITI S. j. n. titc; (HAM. HOl'IttiARDES. TITOS, BOURGARDES & CO,, DEALKKM IN WaMes, Clocks J E W E I, II Y , Silver & Plated Ware, Will DIAMOND SPECTACLES. MANUFACTLHEl) AND ADJUSTEH esiieeiolly lor the latHie Coast by the NATIONAL ELGIN WATCH CO. of Kllii, Illinois, viz; E'm-SHc, Californin and fan FruMico j WATCH, nnd we most (onltdently ret- ' onuiiemt them to tl) pnblie.ax khhssSIii ' uiortr cood iiuitliiies for the priee llittiinny 0,1(.r watch in the market, j&fflS82$! dry. Silver and Plated Ware, ALSO Platola and CtertrldRf. tr Repairing a Specialty. JBt tHT Alt Werk Pit mm Wni Mi WitrrMtcsf to be mm Beprrm-uted. TUot, Bnrgrlf Co. I AT JOITK OAWTHa'S AV STAITO, ICO FOR SALE rpilE CEI.EV.KATEl RRHPEBri v w WOOU. 4 I . . . -be1. ,Kjiitll ;iln btttbtnll I'iinu (..lafuu 'I lie KuiMttl ar.ii ViiifM x.r '1 lir mIh-iN, I v-: uvaoWiiwm I be ueMt. Matevaiau I'wtf.nl lWl. Mar I loW, an I ... In r mm i.iae. I tii l. . an i ise '.iti'.v aii'l , tu in. H iu1 I Kuswoc.li FBA1 raw ta'tor in i li Bliup, ... i , A.'.Jimy, 1 WOOP. e(ii tiei' O.i- HI W. M. .T54.-r.Uft-.' i LATE M. IfARVKV t'o.,l 0WK)Sil Aibmiy. Ot'l'gou, STOVES, RANGES, Force ami iAi'i 11111134, LEAD ANi) IRON HFE, Hollow Ware, KOt'SK H HMMII VU HARDWARE, Tin, Copper uikI !u'-: lrn Ware. LARUKVr feTOCK l THE VALLEY. Lowest Prices Every Tine. It. 'pairing Prop. l.v Doue. Set QUAftD AGAIN; SSfcijAil'S are IA T FsRE! 'I II K N I M E K U S SEVERE FIRES 1. whi; h luivoo.Mii'ii; I in oe.r Sa;e ibe pttnl year, and the lute flfiftistvoiis tonfia KraHoAMin Pordand, Hfirlii;;t lile, I all, oavi-i City iin l Jnsksotni. e, shonM te! monisli proftcrfj oimers n mej( Indehinl t ii't'idnst low) and damage by firewiiboul delay. the OF n VRTFtHfb, DUNS'., Represented 011 1 lie 1'iulilv Count lor over Ul'teen 'yuura .during wbii h petind il bun Ulit k'.,iMl lor Kin; Lo:s tn h l'ocillo liupHr.nieiit.. hi one oj ttiewaduu Aiueri emi Eire l'i:. illume CouiliniU'is, nnd the only HnrWord Coinjnny repietienuxl intlio h.ule of OfCgoli. In ".lie prompt afljust. Iiiunl and i a., imjit el lis losMjj ;'he I'liu nw has no siiiKit'iiir.tiui 'Omrujiy has net -er had it suit in lie time, and iu th piutup! iwyuiuiii 01 nuui'iy !JlJ,4t0,tKO Hi in Chiut,.'!! uuJ Bqs."On, proves thut th old I'hitliU iseqiul 10 Us fiery ullKBXe IUC1II. The R,enisiif the Pluenix are autjiorlzel by i.oiiuiii .skin ft ui ibe Coiiiliuiij io i.ti und iviieu poliuWs dUvi, and wiibont rttfeieUeu JO Poriatlld, .ku:i Eia: eivo, or eisewlice, ;hns uitabiiiiy the itiip.kant 10 stteurC ornii ttttti mi I frr,(7fw i'..'e..linn. littles its low Hi Dolt encs uiiu luii proUt wiii fidnrtt ef. L. H.IN.V ii.slueut Atsmt, April lis. l;.Kt:i,XI ... untiy. 1 K N T I s rr ALUA.VY. UHLUOW. 0 VJS JXf .leu. e -t. in in r r il. u inn . cen s .'ects. lUliee l.our Innna o lio'elwku. m .itnd 1 IO .. llVitl. l, j). 111. lt JKlOtXOO. UE(ii)N S (' U.lHil'.Nl UMLHOAIi J CoiDiwny, Uu; i i U'i men , l or: tittei .o n is hereby -uncoil Ion will t't an i e cry ferstin y Haiti i:t 1 Land, limber iltarefi'Din UIC..OII, Aj : i. I iien, thai a t Igoruii i ins; I u. e l u,um. itliy who i rilMi a -is iiiim u bv cuttiilirilie.l reino . in IX'iOI'O ill. cSimu ii.it i.lli ot ttieunnpu ny AM' PAU) Eult. All Ml an Land ill odd liuinbeved swv lions, ttbuiUer surveyed br unsiU'veyed, H'llhin a itis lime ol iliir y nii.e:- tium thu lineol Lhe roud, beloitjr ;o the Ctinltnuy, IV It. MmdlES, Mvlli Lie. i Ai nt. W. H. KUHN & CO.. Wholesale and Uotall Ilea erJn MIEM- A.M) 1IKATV H AE DWAR K. Farmers' & lnh&mf, TvoU, Itrtl.iM.UV UAKItWAIU:, I IRON AND STEEL, I OAK and I I.H II11HN, Uli'HOKV & OAK MUK HICKORY AMJ Hardwood Lumber, BeDtRlBM, S bafts, Poles, Ar., WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, All of which are now old-rod - to the pub lic at low rates. As wo make the blurinef K gpeelalty, wo can and will keepft brtter asaertmest, at lower prices, than any hounolu toisoity. ,., 4 :, .,: , m W. H. Kl UN A CO.. SUmtIta nre-ri' f Weft, Arej -;hi.i. A Uanr, iuuit l ktlv