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MURDRR.--Frcm our morning con-
temporary We learn that . terrible
double murder was committed last
week at Hoods canal, = few miles
from Gamble. The bodies of two
Indian women were found on the
beach, one of them with no marks
of injuries on her, while the other
was badly bruised about the head.
Six men who were known to have
been in their company were arrested
on suspicion but the evidence was
no. considered sufficient to hold
them. Two Of them. named respec-
lively West and Flaherty. who con.
fessed to having given the women
whiskey were held on that charge to
await the action of the grand jury.
Whiskey was at the bottom Of the
whole business.
From the Daily Of Thursday.
A HORRIBLE MURDER.--On Sun
day morning last, there occurred
near Oregon City one of those tragic
events which cause the warm cur
rent of life to chill and the heart to
sicken. Two men, Kittridge and
Kelsey Porter, twin brothers, came
from Iowa about three months ago.
and since their arrival here have
lived at farm on the Clackamas
river about half q mile above where
it is crossed by the track of the o.
x G. r. r. with the family of the
former, which consists or did con-
sist of q wife and wo children. Kit
fridge appeared i'll at ease during ali
Saturday last, and on Sunday morn
ing told his wife abruptly to take
their little boy, q child aged five
years, and hide him in the timber.
His manner seemed wild, and fear
ing to disebey, she started with the
child in the direction of q grove near
the house. They had gone but
few feet. when the father seized an
axe and called to his wife to stop.
She did so and the child sat down
beside her ON the ground. Parker
then said to her that he could hide
the child better than she could, and
as he spoke buried the blade of the
axe in the skull of the little boy.
The woman's screams soon brought
Kelsey Parker and some neighbois
to the scene. Deputy Sheriff MIL
ler was notified. and with . large
posse from Oregon city went out
and arrested the insane man. They
did not succeed, however, without q
desperate struggle. Even after cap
tured the efforts of six strong men
we're required to hold him. Rut
another misfortune awaited the fam
lily. Hardly had Kittridge been ar
rested when his brother Kelsey sue
combed to grief and entirely lost
his reason. He was also taken into
custody, and both committed to the
asylum at East Portland yesterday.
They are aged 20 years. and have
always borne good characters. The
one who killed the little boy raves
almost constantly, and required sev-
eral men to hold him while coming
down on the train yesterday. His
brothers insanity is of an entirely
different type. He sits quietly and
weeps constantly. The body of the
little boy was buried yesterday
Port Standard.
A SINGULAR FAcT.-Says the As
to,ian: lone of the mysteries of the
salmon in the Columbia river il that
it never feeds here. The fact that
it will net take the hook in these
waters was reported to the English
government long ago, and had its
weight in letting this Aorthern re-
gion slip to Uncle Sam. But ws
have evidence to show that our sill
ver-sides feed somewhere. Mr.. G.
J. Smith. Of this city, has 4 hook
and line taken from tho mouth Of
silver-side ct Brookfield, in June
1876. This hook and line il such a.
are used BY the Northern Indians
in salmon fishing. Mr.. A. G. Allen
informs ~ that with these hooks
baited with clans, large numbers Of
the fish are caught in northern wa
ters. The fish, however, undsrgoes
change before reaching the Col
umbia, - it is much improved. both
- to .sizs and. quality, when caught
here in the neshes Of the net; still
this little item has . tendency to
throw some light upon the mystery
AZ to when and where the salmon
feeds. Nothing was ever found IN
the stomach Of one caught here to
show that it takes food Of any kind"
The salmon in the Sound bite read
lily at . CLAN bait, or at . spoon
hook, and large numbers of them
are caught with hook and line every
year.
ExcURs1oN.-The children of the
NJ. E. Sunday School of this city are
to have . steamboat excursion to
Steilacoom on the 18th of this
month, with basket picnic. Tick
cts will be enc dollar for adults. and
children fifty cents.
THE steamer Phantom, having
completed her repairs. is Of the
ways, and made her usual trip down
Sound this morning.