, 1890-08-07

two. got to the top Of Hainter at last
| staid at the crater about halfan hour
examining 10. The cra,er Is about 200
yards In diameter. The ceutor 10 clogged
with snow and It's edges ara kept baro by
the warmth Of ytsam which seems TO
sweat out of tho loose rcd dirt and brown
rock that lines its edge. .found piece
Of rope seven or eight fect hong on tho
edge OF the crater. There was consider.
able new loose drifting snow and 1t was
bitter cold. Althoughkhad on heavy
gloves and boots with two pair Of stock
ings and was wrapped In canvus coat
got so cold and numb that 1 could
hardly trust my logs. II IL never gets
any warmer than 10 was on the i3th
Of July-the day \ made tho ascent
nobody corid stand 1t long up thete.
/ had my horse at one time way above
the timber line" Mr.. Brown, who Is
quite young man, long ago deterrained
to reach the top Of the big mountain,
and made several attempts previously,
but failed. He never believed anybody
had ascended to tho top, but the finding
OF the rope on the edge Of the crater sat.
isfied him that others had been there be-
fore him. 1t is a pity that Ms Brown
could not have takon y thernemcter or
other scientific instrument with him to
ascertain the status or the weather, ve-
locity of the wind, etc.
Leaving oat names as unnecessary to
the point, the following story utth a
moral to 1t Is taken from the Ce,tralia
(Wnsh.) Nowss "Mr. Blank gee into
a little difficulty yesterday by not being
polite. A young man and his girl were
coming along Tower avenue, and as
they passed the gentleman the fringe on
the lady's parasoi caught on button in
,Blsnk's coat. With an isaprecatton that
consigned them both to hotter CLINE,
he tore the fringe from the parAssl. This
aroused tho ire of the loving swain, who
| struck out straight from the shoulder,
catching Blank just above the nose and
between tho eyes, which sent him TO
grass. He will not do much business
4 for a few days unless no can hire small
boy to lead him around"
The steamer Eastern Oregon picked
tup II. A. Burr off Rock Psint, above
i'Smith's cove, half q mile from shore,
Sunday morning. Burr had been lin the
water over three hours, and would not
have survived much fouBer. Ile had
gone out In large ssiibostswfth small Z
boat In tow, and was pulled overheard
| in trying to get into the skin, which
upset. He managed to get astrtde tho
upturned skiff and held on until res
cued by the sailors in theboat sent from
the Eastern Oregon. Burr had buck
skin belt around him In which was over
5000 in gold. He Is an Eastern tourist
out here for his health.
A Sealana special to the Olympia
Tribune says: The steamer Restless
sighted two fine elk swimming across
the Nasel. She gave chase and was soon
alongside of them. For fow moments
there was considerable eKcitement
aboard. A small rifle and q revolver
were soon produced, and every one want
ed hand in the fun. No one wanted to
stay at the wheel or in the engine-room.
After considerable splashing of water,
firing of guns and yelling of passengers,
both animals were killed and hauled
aboard the boat. They were both bucks,
and had fine velvet horns.
A young albatross was killed on the
bay near Sealand Wednesday. 1t meas
ured seven feet, six inches from tip to
tip of its wings, while its body was
scarcely larger than common domestic
hen.
J. T.. Mitchell, secretary of the board
of trade at Salem, Or, was ascending an
almost perpendicular trail at Silver
Creek falls few days ago. A compan-
ion in front accidentally loosened u
clump of stones, one of which, weighing
200 pounds, struck Mr.. Mitchell a glanc-
ing blow on the side OF the head, expos
ing the skull for ak inches. He fell, but
was caught by another of the party and
prevented from following the fugitive
boulder to the bottom of the canyon.
A little IL 4-months'-old son of DIR. w.
NJ. Smith, of Turner, Or, leaped from
its nurses arms at Salem through an
open window and fell sixteen feet to the
ground. The horrihed spectators has
tened to the spot to pick up the mangled
remains, but the little fellow had
plucked n handful of wild flowers, which
he smilingiy rendered to the nurse. He
had not received "a scratch.
The Indians of the Wenatchee arc ex-
cited over the proposed removal of Cul-
tus Jim to the Colviile reservation. He
is a relentless enemy of the whites, and
claims to have lived in the Chelan coun-
try for many generations.
The Frsderickson Murder Trial.
OYsTERvILLE, Wash, Aug. 5.-Ths
third motion for a change of venue has
been made by the defense and denied
by the court. This motion was made
the last time on the ground that the
jurors drawn on the panel to
try John Il. Rose were improperly
elected. The defense filed four afii-
davits, two of which were from
the defendants, John Is. Rose and Ed
ward Gibbons, affirming that prejudice
against the prisoners existed In Pacific
to such an extent
that fair trial could not
bo secured. Counter afiidavits
were filed by the prosecution
that no prejudice existed against the
prisoners in the Willapa valley. This
was the affidavit of Sheriff Turner.
Fortiand's New City Hall.
PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 5.-At a meeting