The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-07-05
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The heated season has commenced.
MIR. and Mrs. f. B Mcfarland and fan
ly leave to-day for sojourn on Mort
Beach.
These evenings are truly delightful, afte
the sun retlres in the west and cool bree2
springs up.
DIR. Tucker left on the train this aftel
noon, to join his family at the coast. The
expect to return about August lst.
MIR. Christopher FitzGerald, who Is i
attendance at the Notre Dame university
Indiana, arrived in the city yesterday t
spend his vacation.
MIR. Thorborn was in the city yesterday
He says the CROPS are very backward a
Kingsley. Last Friday morning there wa
heavy frost on the ground.
On the delayed passenger train, which ar
in the city about 7 o'clock last evening
there was an old gentleman who had beel
overcome by heat. The train stopped a
the Umatilla House and medical aid wa
summoned. He started for Portland thi
morning, feeling all right.
Union Scout: While Rev. Driver and wife
were at church last Sunday evening theil
residence was entered by burglar. HI
was discovered by the children, who wers
at home, and made his escape without &C.
curing anything. The residence of Mrs.
Canarty was also entered and ransacked the
same evening.
Mr.. E. Nj. Rands, who has presided
over the columns of the Oregon City
Enterprise, for many years past with
marked ability. has sold out his interest in
the paper to Mr.. Chas. Meserye. We ex-
tend to tine new man our fraternal greeting,
and hope he may be blessed with the same
success as his predecessor.
Heppner Gazette: Last Thursday Willie
Howell, of Hardman, met with singula.
accident in the mountains by which he has
likely lost the sight forever of his left eye.
In endeavoring to replace the cap of a TO-
bore shotgun shell it was exploded, driving
the stick which he was using as ramrod,
into his eye. mangling bis eyelid badly, and
it is thought bursting the eyeball.
Mr.. w. L. Bradshaw has fine collection
of rare and old coins. some dating as far back
1921, and are representatives OF nearly all
currency. from the copper coin of China to
the l6-dollar donbloon of Mexico. Aside
from long list of coins Mr.. Bradshaw has
some we'll preserved specimens of paper
currency, including confederate bills, U. S.
greenbacks and postal and fractional cur
I6QcY. Ills CUuSOIiOu iS very fd1uduAc,
and Mr.. Bradshaw very highly prizes it.
Gazette: On last Saturday evening, while
the Heppner train was nearing lone, it ran
into band of horses. One 3-year-old colt
was knocked from the track, breaking one
fore leg and otherwise badly using him up
The train was stopped and the engineer
called for gun to kill the anlmal, but there
was rot gpl on the train, 30 the fireman
finally succeeded IN killing the poor brute
with sledge hammer.
A nickel.in.the-slot machine in Boston
copfrcnts the equestrian who alights at the
sidewalk With the legend written across its
front: drop nickel in the slot and I'll
hold your horse" He puts in the nickel
and the iron hands nnclasp. the bride rein
is dropped into them and they close again.
There you are. The horse Is held. The
rider goes off about his business. In half
an hopr he returns. There IS the machine
and there is the horse. But the first legend
has disappeared and in its place is the in
scrIption in characters of living light: "Give
me quarter and I'll let him 60"
Palouse City Neses: On Monday last Mr.
Redmond's four horse team became fright
ened and ran away, killing one of the horses.
The team was driven by Will Bryant, and
was passing Ben Powers place on La Dow
fiat, when dog ran out and frightened
chem. They were going northeast and
when they came to turn in the road,
which leads due north, Bryant tried to turn
them, but could only partly do so; SO that
they struck three.wire fence on an angle,
which cut the lead horses THROAT next to
the fence SO badly that he bled to death in
ahcpt twenty minutes. The other hirss
was considerably cut, as was also Mr. Bry-
ant. The horse that was killed was the
best in the team.
". w. Union: On June oath, about 10
A. NJ, the farm residence of Ricbard Arm
strong, three miles east of Oaksdale, Whit
man Co., burned to the ground. Every
body was away from home at the time OF
the fire except Mrs. Martha Wallace, aged |
10, the mother of Mrs. Armstrong. The |
old lady endeavored to save the contents of |
the house. bnt was overcome by exhaustion |
and excitement and dropped dead few |
minutes before Mrs. Armstrong reached the |
scene. She was buried in thp cemetery at |
Oaksdale Mt 3 o'clock that afternoon. The |
total loss is estimated at 81, 300. including |
$500 in money. 1t is not known how the |
fire originated, as the wouaap who lost her |
life was the only person there when it com.
menced.
The two tramps who were injured while |
riding brakebeam on the Northern Pacific |
train from Seattle Tuesday night were James |
) Walker and Frank Kelly, says the Post
Intelligeneer. The train stopped at ORriep's |
station, and as it moved back half a car to |
take on load of milk the trainmen heard |
shouts under the baggage car. 1t was found |
that two men were ON the brakebeam. |
Kelly was fastened down by the brake |
lever and had both feet crushed oh. |
Walker was fastened by the brake rigging |
and received severe internal injuries. The |
brake levers and rods had to be disconnected
before the men could be extrIcated. The |
injured men, who were unmarried, were |
taken to Tacoma for treatment. There |
were but slight hopes of recovery Of the
men yesterday.
Eugene Guard: A case of aecidantal shoot
ing occurred one-haf mile porth of Elmira |
Wednesday afternoon between ard
O'Clock that may result fatally. James E.
Richardson and SOD, Q lad of about II years
of age. took their guns and went ont on
deer stand to wait for the dogs to run . |
deer by. The boy left his father and went
off some distance after squirrel. Return
ing he thought he saw a deer running |
through the stand and while endeayoripg to
shoot the deer, the gun, single barrel shot
gun, loaded with RR shot, WAS discharged,
accidentally woundIng his father. A couple
of shot lodg ged in his left hand. one in his
left forearm. several In his left leg below
the knee, and one in the left breast jhsr
above the heart. A report Thursday even.
ing says that Mr.. Richardson was resting |
easy, but in a critical condition.
From Wednesday Daily.
9 The weather is cool and endurable to-day. |
The Walla Walla Journal is now issued
as q morning DaDer