, 1880-11-20


tered tot sn Of them in aioSt three days
they left for Colfax never Afterwards ss
Mr.. Brumfeld slive; saw body eoeS 10
be his in March last in the und.fsa1er
Office there was a wound on the s''ie al tne
head, also one Of his eses v,s afieCtcd' : h'e
hair and beard had been hacked or
Gross ex.-Hai from 80 to 100 bosIrders ~
that time 81 or - We're city boariers oci'
ance transient. Mr.. Brumiield MAS nearly
blind his eyes were dim, hrs hair long. ant
20 was his beard he WAS slightly gray
would weigh l4O pounds; mean the Ahec-
ticn Of the eyes.
WAS An OLD INJURY.
The face Of the body was red: | noticsd no
other bruises thaa the bullet h"ie' did not
notice any inden:ation On the nose don
know a. ever saw any peculiari;y that way
Mrs. Rounds described the women ~ ~rar-
ing dark dresses AID knit sacks: heard them
say they were gong TO Spokane: d"i net 10
tice what they wore on their headA
W. ID. .LyIs. An auc'iuneer, saw Thomas
and Brumfield on the 18th OF January, Anu
male arrangements {" show them Team Oh
the 29th; sold them a team on thai day. but
did no, deliver it TIL later; he Was to get
some repairs done. a.,i wanted them =" give
him bonus that would secure him '1r ths
repairs 10 team; Thomas gave Brnmfield "a
but did not have ANY more; Bru.nf1eid theh
stated that he conli give more by retiring I"
= secluded place where he could
PARTLY pIsEuBE;
gave $40, ami afterwards PAID S.sp for the
team; had considerable ,:caiIrie at another
time Brumtield Nj the niu tn't talked
trade, and he gave tle bal e. lie 1" HIM
his cye, wrr- lo,i .n.i r..uli n'.i r,+ei ~
Thomas rad !; f.,r hi'..: III " I'll i'ruIii-
fed a. IN the undrrtakci oin'c . c''rpse-
Cross eyIminIiun Ta'ko'i "nIt :1ie"
with him: rie I.n- Il time Wss "''-haii
hour; evrryirnly MAS :slkI:.s 4 rui fht mar /
der and wondering ". Il ihr mn M "i'i
not know at the time rN.rrt hal seen him;
now swear Iosi.ive t,,Ihr iest ri my kn""i-
edge i, was Brumriei; dill ROT say Who It
was at the time everybody was trying I" hnd
out about il: knew lIi-I by the scar an the
eve /; did not notice scar on tie lace thcre
was also a scar near the nose; rreosn,zc'i hiin
by the eve. Ru,l.rcct-1he rifle WAS small
NrzzLE LOADER,
and shot buckshot: it was rather old 81"
one Of the horses since. R'-cr'rSs exsmina-
tion-Am positive man.
An AsIaflc NIsIroR--A full hcdgcd To-
Gust has been left at the A,torian oihcs. 1t
is no hybrid grasshopper insect. hut pure
Asiatic-one ,i the most injurious cf the
European species. Ii was found floating
down the Columbia on a spar. Where IT
came from none can tell. They are st times
so numerous in Africa and South As,a that
they destroy every green thing, and when
they migrate they fly IN immense black /
clouds. They have greater power OF hight I
than the grasshsppers- If ono domie''ed
amongst Us these pests will discount the /
Asiatic plague ia tie form al Chinese, !
already 50 affective Oh the Pacific coast.
., 49,
Ar fyp:sH.iis,rS.- learn on very good |
authority, says the Portland S',t"d,''t, that !
President Reid AMI Coa;rac;or Montgomery,
Of the 0reg"nian Company, are at the sn'fe'
point in regard to turniu: oyer the railroad !
Reid claim. it at such AMI such L price, and !
Montgomery won't give II up. Whether
the item I. true Ut false the fact remains the !.
same tIat trains are nut running to Silver |
ton, and the people th-r.. are far out OF /
the world rs ever. The merchants, farmers |
AMI travellers throus'"ut the Waldo Hills
are clamoring for 4 regular train, hut Reid /
can't give IT and Mon'c"1rry won't
MISPLACED CoEFIpENCE- Sam Stoner /
being very busy asked George johnson t"
take his gold watch cham (" the jewellers
to be repaired, giving him IA dollar to
pay for the work Johnson did Is re-
quested hut forget 10 return the cham
and for this little Discrepancy Judge Lacy
sent hin up tn tha Gr''nd Jury this in..rn-
ing in default of $500 bond J"lInsons |
term fnr stealing a ham from the S;ine
Houss. had jusi expired .srrd immediately !
lie again ge:s himself into trouble. He |
must he stuck after the accommodation at
the Jail.
WHrrnAr Mu>rNFNr " receive;l a |
visit tins morning from ';-,'. ". Els, repre-
sentmT A {. Waliing> i'urtiom. photographic |
establishment. Mr. Ellis i hr:- III tn, i'll
tere,t of the Oregon pion.er and Historical ,
Society 10 view and make y drawing IT the
grounds wh.rr thu mlrfrrci Mrrcu, Whit
man Was barred. Mr.. E,is presented this
office with hth".rsi'h oi the front and si,le |
elevation 81 the prospective Whitman monu-
m.nt, designed by J H. Ho!.kin.. If Penn
sylrania. Tbi. work together With Web
foot sketch book # The Mechanics fair, also
presented by Mr.. Ellis can b. sen at thi.
office.
SOMEWHAT MINEp.-The following notice
appeared in last Thursdays issue which Was
puzzle TO a grea. many:
UNpEESroop T.. G. M.Iammen
wishes it uuderstool that h. vas connected
with l.aMar IN no way, except he loa,,-d him
social visit Whe: he MAS accostel by the
81 20. That he did not a:t,-nil the perform
ance at the Opera Hons. in l.aMar's com
.pany. and that he was simply II turning frnm
young nlan from georgia"
All the trouble in this notice is that the
fourth line SHOULD have been b,tween the
seventh and eighth. 1. wa, tr.nsposed in
making up" the paper 1t should not b.
thought by tins that he REPORTER was intoI-
ica'ed, as he Is an ardent Mne rii.l~,n man,
\ LIBERAL HEATED M,x.-Mr. F. b,
Evans, the blind man who has been so unfor.
tuna.e since his ARRIVAL in This country, in
the way 1t losing the saving # years, to-day
told our reporter a touching story of the
kindness Of Mr.. Young, Of the Occidental
Hotel, Portland, who, daring his stay at that
cararansary, Was not only kindly wAitol
upon by the proprietor himself, but Mr..
Young personally took him around aud sold
number Of dollars worth Of his books and
writing materials When Mr.. Evans left he
Was charged but half pric. such liieraiity
should MT 20 unrrwaricd.
-~---SO
RMLEoAD PE~ELss. A line tapping the
Grand Ronde has lcen located from point
near Umatilla, nifty miles southeast through
the Indian reservation to the summit of
Meaehams pAss. At this point there viii l,e
4 tunnel 200 feet long A contract for the
completion of this tunnel and FIVE mics Of
the heaviest rock work was let, and will he
gIn immediately. Contracts for the r-aain-
ing ioriy-iv- miles viii be let early next
spriig. The company expects to rcac,, Ra-
ser city IN the fall ,,i 1852. =