ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE
ALBANY REGISTER.
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Seventy-five deaths in San Fran
cisco last week.
A Chinamt' ii and an Indian were
joined in wi ock at Corvaliis last
week.
Beef n R t is bringing 5 ots. per
fi at tl.J Da les; mutton 3$, and
pork 7.
Ben Sir won will assume the
duties if Si -veyor General of Ore
gon all out i e 1st of April.
Co' I. 1 Moores, of Salem, who
has 1 en . iously ill for a long time,
is ag in alia to be out
A cast r small-pox is reported
in SUen. It is a young girl wbo
arrived res ntly from California.
Thirty lollars bave been sub
scribed to be Good Templar Libra
ry at Vancouver.
Nine m rriage licenses bave been
issued in larke county, W. T.,
since Jan try 1st.
A won n at Vancouver cautions
the publi ' not to trust her husband
on her a ount.
Geo. ) ant has been appointed
CityMa hal of Vancouver b" the
-city fathi s of that town.
An ell i t will soon be made to
establish Lodge of the Knights ot
Pythias i; Vancouver.
Don't j I rush! Gold has been
discovered it Taeoma. The color
was faint, a id the first rush of ex
citemeut I . died out
Arthur Mason, arrested in San
Francisco i the 22d for drunken-
hiss, whik On his way to the City
Hall, droj ed dead.
The ladi of Corvaliis have pe
titioned th City Dads to repeal all
laws grant, ug license to sell intoxi
cating drinks.
The amount of lager beer made
in Oreg'w last year was 240,000
gallons, not quite a keg a piece for
the people.
Fifteen acres of land adjoining
the town site of Forest Grove on
the sou the: st was sold a few days
ago tor $1, 00.
Mrs. C. Buell, of Woodland,
Yolo count Cal., is very anxious
to learn th- whereabouts of Leonel
Buell, who is supposed to be some
where in L.aho Territory.
A grano musical entertainment
is to be gi mi at the Dalles on Sat
urday eve ling the 28th instant,
under the 8 i spices of. the ladies of
the Good J eraplars' Lodge at that
place.
The lady members of the families
ot several Masonic brethren are en
deavoring to procure the appropn
ate jewels and paraphernalia for a
Chapter ot tl c eastern Star in Van
oouver.
II. Christ and brother are making
preparations to erect a fine larm
house on their farm about three
miles back from the city of Van
couver, this season, which will re
quire 36,000 feet of lumber to com
plete. A correspondent of the Register
thinks people are foolish for going
to Stickeen and the north pole in
search of gold, while the Vancouver
gold and silver mines, six miles back
of that town, lie undeveloped.
It is said that William De Lacy,
the celebrated Idaho mail contract
or, turn out to be a straw man, set
up by some party desirous of mo
nopolizing the business of carrying
the mails; and John Early, who
was the lowest real bidder, has
gone on to Washington to claim
his contract
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At three o'clock on the afternoon
of the 21st, at Pieche, Nevada, J o
seph It Uoffmaa, agent for Pritoh
ard's fast freight line, dropped dead
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The Cornucopia Hotel, at Port
Ludlow, W. T., was burned to the
ground on the night of the 20th.
Loss, $1,500.
The Republican primaries at
Salem last Saturday wer i largely
attended, in all the precincts, and a
full list of delegates elected.
A special dated Tucson, A. T.,
March 22.1. says: John 1. Clum
has recently been appointee! agent
of San Carlos Apaohes Ageuy, for
them to be maintained separat u from
the White Mountain Reeerv.
At noon on the 22d, at Vi; ;inia,
Nevada, a man named . seph
Booth fell between the on cars
while the train was in motion, and
had both legs cut off. A X UD&
man who witnessed the act' lent
tainted, and his hair, hithert. jet
black, turned gray.
The following is from the T: ini
dad Chronicle: "A ranchman in
the upper art of the valliv raised
60,000 pounds of potatoes this sea
son, on three or four acres of ground.
Potatoes now sell readily at five
cents per pound, and the reader can
judge where the laugh comes in."
On the morning of the 21st, Mr
Brown , quartermaster ot the steamer
Mikado, lying at the Market street
wharf, San Francisco, fell overboard
while trying to get on the steamer
and was ttrowaedi He was in
liquor at tie time. He leaves a
little teu-yearold boy.
From the Philadelphia Press we
see that it is the intention of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany to commence work immedi
ately on the West Division ot that
road, and push the work as fast as
possible. Two hundred and thirty
miles ot road, it is asserted by the
company, will be completed this
year. The Press says the company
will devote its entire attention to
the West Division the coming year,
considering it unwise under the
present hostile attitude of the In
dian tribes west ot the Missouri to
attempt to complete any great por
tion of the Fastern Division this
season. The company claims to be
in good financial condition, notwith
standing the many newspaper re
ports to the contrary.
A Montana paper says : "From
reliable information we learn that
the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany are making strenuous efforts
to continue their road from Bis
marck to the Yellowstone crossing.
All connected with that road are
industriously at work to pat the
affairs of the company in a shape to
prosecute the work in the spring.
They feel great confidence in their
ability to raise the necessary means
to keep on building the road. All
interested are impressed with the ne-oe-sity
of extending it to Montana
at the earliest moment possible, and
we are assured that in a very short
time the company will announce
the result ot present negotiations,
which they do not doubt will be
highly successful."
A huge monstrosity, which seem
ed to be a cuttle fish, was caught
by an Indian at Olyuipia last week.
It is thus described by the Courier:
"It was probably seven feet long,
and had eight long arms radiating
from the body which would meas
ure from tip to tip, when extended,
some eight feet. The head and
body appeared to be a mass of jelly,
without form, and certainly no
comeliness. The arms appeared to
be firmer, or more like gristle, and
were lined on the under aide their
entire length with saucer-shaped
suckers, ranging in site from the
large! ess of a pea to nearly two
inches in diameter. They evidently
would make their power felt if once
tastened upon one in the water. An
Indian was drowned by one near
Tulalup a few yean ago, and the
Indians call them musatchee. We
found by actual count that there
were 74 suckers on one arm. which
Would give ame fiftO to tJw entire
i j ifir.'ri n
The right of waj for ( the Olyro-pia-Tenino
railroad is being secured
rapidly and satisfactorily. At
Turn ftter all the parties wbdse lots
are crossed and damaged by the
road, with a single exception, bave
agreed to leave their damages to
the arbitration of James Camby,
James Biles and F. B. Kendall.
No difficulty is anticipated in the
county for right of way.
A correspondent at Fort Klam
ath, under date of March ! h, says
that it has been snowing there, with
o at cessation, since Feb. 28th. The
snow, by actual measurement, is 5
teet and 8$ inches deep upon the
parade ground. It is very cold
also, the thermometer ranging be
low zero.
The Jacksonville Times learns
that such has been the loss ot stock
in Langell valley, that it is esti
mated that but one head out of
every ten will survive thu winter.
Many persons in this county, whose
only wealth was their cattle, are
nearly bankrupted. Stock of all
kind will undoubtedly be much
higher than it has been for some
time. h
Salmon fishing is becoming quite
an extensive business at the mouth
of Rogue river. There were about
1,700 barrels ot salmon shipped
from that place last fall, and great
preparations are now being made to
catch the spring run of salmon. J.
R. Norcott & Co., of San Francisco
are now employed in putting up a
large canning establishment, and
will employ about fifty men, during
A reliable letter from Camp, At St Louis, Mo., on the night
Grant of the 17 th, says Gen. Crook of the 20th, the' machine shops of
the spring, in canning salmon.
Riley fc Stewart, of that place,
have also established a fishery, and
will employ many men in fishing.
The Republican County Conven
tion of Baker county met March
17th, and made the following nom
inatious : For State Senator, Sam
uel Colt; Representatives, Thos.
Sitlig and Wm. Chambers; Sheriff,
J. M. Boyd ; County Clerk, W. W,
Webber ; County Judge, D. B. 8co-
held ; County Commissioners, Ed
ward Zero bier and F. W. Bunnell ;
Treasurer, S. Greer; Assessor, W.
S. Pritehard ; Surveyor. J. C. Brat
tain ; School Superintendent, A. C.
McClelland ; Coroner, Dr. J. P. At
wood. John P. Ross, T. Smith,
Wm. Brown, W. W. Webber.
The delegates to the State Conven
tion are D. H Jackson, John P.
Ross, C. M. Foster, A. A. Thomp.
son.
The three National Banks of
Denver have a combined capital of
$400,000, which, with a surplus
fund of about $200,000, renders
their aggregate banking capital
$600,000. Then there are three
private banking houses and two
savings banks, whose exact capital
is not known, bnt which is probably
not far from $300,00), making a
total of $900,000 already employed
in the banking business. Now
comes the German bank with a cap
ital of $600,000, to go into opera
tion May 1st, and raising the sum
to a grand total of $1,400,000 as
the banking capital of Denver.
A letter from Fort HfcRae, New
Mexico, to the Santa Fe New Mex-.
km, under date ofFebruary 20th,
says that the toijr $ an American
was found in the river four miles
below that post, in the skull of
which were fractures and' gunshot
wounds. Tljbody was identified
as being one of a party of Texans
who passed m tort three days be
fore, and wbj represented them-
ittle men, en route
t"ic purpose
,The only
!wa8 Dick
with him a
frdm H. D.
eved that,
cattle
ico. A
of the;
and
selves as
to Tucsoi
of negofi
one of t he'
Wrig
letter
Hall,
he is
men ia
letter
murdered
Hank,
also a
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bei(ci
a, UBon&, ror
btJiiglfco.utract8.
Wfchown
bt,wo bam
ot iatrodiicti
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wmnrati among tne
was lounq on tm vm
ma addiessM
was there personally, looking into
the causes of the San Carlos out
break, and the efficiency ot the
scouts. It is reported that Gen.
Crook is convinced that the San
Carlos outbreak was not caused by
any white persons, but a band of
Apaches under Cockney. Major
Randall, of Camp Verde, is out
in the Pinal mountains with about
400 troops, well equipped, and the
record of these, officers justifies tbe
belief that they will soon make
many peaceable Apaches. No late
depredations are reported. All
quiet in Sonora.
A little daughter of A. B. Cos
per, of Salem, fell into Mill Creek,
a few weeks since, and was rescued
from a watery grave by a little
nine year old boy, a little hero,
who, realizing the peril of the little
girl, without regard to his own,
plunged into the,, swollen torrent
where the water was very deep and
swift caught the little girl and held
to her until both were swept by the
current into shallow water, when
they were enabled to reach tbe
bank. The little hero's name h
Ulysses Grant Rickey, son of T. B.
Rickey, P. M. Mr. C., in acknowl
edgement of bis gratitude to the little
hero, has just presented him with
a heavy silver napkin ring, on
which was neatly engraved the
words, "To Grant for his heroism
in saving Maggie from drowning."
A special dated Tucson, Arizona
Territory, March 23d, says : Major
Randall returned to San Carlos on
the 18th. His command, with
that of Capt. Hamilton, struck
Eskiminkin's camp about 15 miles
northeast of Florence, and killed 11
bucks, captured 30 odd squaws and
children, 40 horses and mules, a
large lot of ammu nition, some arms
and all camp equipments. Tbe
Apaches occupied a strongly forti
fied position, high in the mountains,
and first opened fire. Three
soldiers were wounded. Major
Randall and Capt. Hamilton
narrowly escaped.
On the 17th inst, at the ranch
of D. Wf Perley, in Steptoe
Valley, Arizona, two men, named
Peter McUghlin and William
Sherman, employed on the ranch,
got into a drunken quarrel, which
resulted m Molghlin stabbing
Sherman in tbe side with a butcher
knife, killing him instantly. Mc
Ughlin was brought here and
edged in iail to await the action
of the grand jury.
Mr. Schuyler Woolery reporte
plenty of the yery best quality ot
arable lands yet vacant in What
com county and especially -n the
Isootsack river, 1-armors m that
region are all doing well and are
well satisfied with the country.
Qefttr&l Hews.
Gen. Wolsely will probably be
rewarded with the rank of Major
General and 500 per annum.
It is believed that the infamous
moiety system will be abolished by
Congress.
On the 20th, pear dormant own,
Ohio, Mr. Gouch cut his children's
throats and then bis own, with a
razor.
On the 23d the wife of Atorney
General Williams was lying
dangerously ill, In Washington, of
nervous disease. '
It is reported that the infamous
Spanish butcher, Burriel, is to be
promoted to a full Marshal for his
services in Cuba.
The Democratic legislative cau
cus of Massachusetts lias nominated
Judge B. R. Curtis for U. S.
Senator, to succeed the late Senator
Sumner.
'At Baltimttfe, Md., on the 20th,
"Mr, the IL
.Marshal seised the
jHiM v't' .' t,MeriJli.-,.t.
tbe Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
were burned. Loss, 10fl,000
folly insured.
At a colliery in Ptxsnex Park,
Pennsylvania, on the 21st, ten men
were precipitated to the bottom of
a shaft by the breaking of a rope.
Three men were instantly killed,
and the others cut and bruised
severely.
At Forest City, Arkansas, on
the 21st, J. K. Aldridge,a lawyer,
deliberately shot N. Fox, Judge
ot tbe Eleventh Circuit Court, with
a double barreled shotgun, killing
him instantly. T'o shooting was
caused by some remarks made by
tbe Judge in tbe court room to
Aldridge.
Dates from Marion, N. C, the
county seat of McDowell county,
where Bald Mountain is situated,
state that in 1812 tbe mountain
was shaken by similar convulsions
to those lately experienced. No
authentic reports of tbe escape of
smoke have been received. People
in the vicinity have become alarmed
k., the upheaval has increased and
have taken refuge in other parts.
On the 20th instant, near Cen
treville, St Clair county, Illinois,
Fritz Stillzenriter, an old man of
eighty, his son, daughter-in-law
and two small children were dis
covered murdered in their house.
The throats of the two men v ere
cut, and the woman's and children's
skulls were crushed. No clue to
the murderers.
Tbe President characterizes as
untrue a statement published that
he has intimated an intention of ve
toing any bill providing tor an in
flation ot the currency. He says
he has not talked to any one on tbe
subject, and that if he was a mem
ber of Congress he would resent an
intimation by tbe Executive of a
veto in advance of legislation.
A telegram from Scott's Bluffs,
Neb., via Fort Laramie, WyM
states that on Sunday, tbe 22d inst,
one white man was killed and the
horses st Coad's ranch stolen by
Indians. John F. Coad, who re
sides at Cheyenne, says that In
dians have been Killing bis cattle
daily for the past two months, and
that he has telegraphed to the
Governor of Nebraska asking for
protection.
The Committee ol Ways and
Means, on the 22d, bad a consulta
tion on the currency -question and
the proposed change hi duties on
wines. In reference to tbe financial
question, it is stated that a majority
of the Committee favor tbe $400,
000,000 bill, but some of tbe mem
bers will test the House by amend
ments fixing the amount of green
backs at $856,000,000, and others
at $382,000,000.
It is now ascertained beyond a
reasonable doubt that Secretary
Richardson's resignation will be
finally accepted within a very few
days. Tbe naming of bis successor
has not been made public, but there
is every reason to believe the Presi
dent has made a choice. The eon
tract, under which. Mr. Richardson
Ikv mcs a partner in the French
banking house of John Monroe &
Co., goes iuto effect the last of
May. i
I hiring a thunder storm On tbe
3d imt, at Kokdmo, Ind., while
Wm. Neebit was driving home
with his wife and children in a
two- horse wagon, he was killed by
a stroke Of lightning, as waa one of
the horses. His wide ai d two
children were throwri m the
wagon, and Mrs. Nesbit was
struck Mind,
Grover said ' ia his speech tbe
other night that be had vetoed
more measures than all the previous
GovernorW Oregon put together,
and he prided hhtaBelf on it there
fore hp hsv mnde a fikoolfirm Tvce.
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