The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-07-19

holding Williams to appear before the
grand Jury. The men are neighbors and
both prominent farmers living on the
| Walla Walla.
The entertainment given by Mr.. H.
Maynsrd and wife last evening at the
Vogt Grand was very good, and merited
a better house. Mrs Maynard is very
clever az personating character, and her
feat of mind reading was inexplicable.
J As a performer upon the concertina and
other instruments Mr.. Maynard has few
equals, and was loudly applauied.
Mr.. Daniel McLachland, we'll known to
many of citizens, has been appointed master
mechanic in the operating department of the
western division of the Union Pacific, or
what was known as the o. r. & N. Co. 3
railroad. Mr.. McLachland is a thorough
mechanic and genial gentleman, and will
| give full satisfaction to all. His many
| friends will be glad to hear of his promotion
| and will extend to HIM their heartiset con-
gratulations.
East Ore9onian: Eight cars loaded with
wood escaped from the train men at Kamela
early yesterday morning, and started down
the mountain side at fearful rate. One
brakeman was on board, who pluckily staid
with the train, made his way with great
difficulty over the cars. set the brakes and
| stopped the runaway, thus preventing a
wreck. Tram No. was side tracked for a
time in order to avoid collision with the
flying cars.
Wallowa Chiettam: Wo.d was received
here Tuesday evening that Marion Cover
dale had been severely injured at Huffman's
mill on Prairie creek. 1t seems that he was
working at one of the saws, when small
piece of board flew aud hit him just oyer
the right eye, terribly bruising the side of
his face. DR.. Lang has charge of the case,
and we are glad to learn that Marion's con.
ditlon is favorable for speedy recovery,
his INJURIES not being so serious as at first
reported.
Mr.. George Patterson's little girl during
the burning of Mr.. Jasper Thompson's
house, Was veritable heroine She is
aged only ID wears. and with the thought
of maturity she entered the building and
threw out the covering of one bed, and
would have saved several other articles
if it had not been that MIR. Thompson's
little child ran into the room, and she was
forced to take her out of danger. The act
of the girl in doing what she did is wor-
thy of grateful remembrance, and will
meyer be forgotten by Mr.. Thompson.
An exchange, speaking from experience,
says there are persons IN every cemmu-
nifty who like to see newspaper attack
public abuses, deneunce monopoly, ex-
pose corruption, attack their enemies and
praise their friends, all at its own expense.
These same people often borrow the paper
to see what it has to say on such topics
When it comes TO backing up an inde-
pendent and outspoken journal with lib
eral patronage, however, these gentlemen
are generally non come-atibus in swampo
Walla Walla Statesman: Nellie Ramsey,
cyprian living on Third street. between
Main and Rose, took an overdose of NOR
phine last evening, which came near ter
minating in death. Women in the same
house summoned physician and the
stomach pnmp was vigorously applied.
Nellie claims that she did not take the
morphine with suicidal intent, but was
feeling bad and took it in the usual way
tor relief 1t seems she had been on q
"spree" and was intoxicated when she
swallowed The dose.
Ezra Meeker, we'll known pioneer of
this coast, furnishes the following inter-
esting items concerning what is one of the
chief industries of Oregon and Washing.
ton: The first crop of hops grown in Ore
gOn OF washington consisted OF single
bale and was produced in the Puyallup
valley by Jacob X. Meeker, IN the year
1865. The hop crop of the two states, Ore.
gOn and Washington for the year 1890
will load 1000 cars of seventy bales each
1t will take $4,000 pounds of sulphur 10
| cure this crop and more than 100000
yards of cloth to bale it. It will take en-
army of nearly 10000 people twenty days
| to pick the crop. 1t will cost over $780,
OO0 to harvest tue crop.
Port Townsend Leader: Chief of Police
Delaney and Deputy Sheriff w. j. Jones
returned yesterday from the country,
where they have been securing the woods
for Cecilia, the suspected murderer of old
man Wilson Deletes. Word was received
in this city on Sunday that an Italian
| answering Coella's description had been
seen near Port Discovery, going in the
direction of Dungeness. He was reported
to be travelling by day and sleeping at
night, and had once or twice been seen
begging eatables from house to house.
When the officers arrived on the scene
J they found that the man suspected was an