The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-05-10

they would be owing to the severe wint
The grass is growing nicely and evel
thing seems to indicate a successful ye
with our stOckmen.
0 Father Harman, now in his Seth We;
. was driven around the streets to-day in
buggy by Rev. .. D. Taylor. The o
gentleman was pleased again to see b
former acquaintance, and his long list
| friends were highly gratIfied at seeir
| him.
From appearances Snake river Ii
emptied her volume of water into Il
Columbia, and we may expect the riv
will decrease hereafter. Disastrous floot
are caused by the Columbia and Snat
rising at the same time; but no fears nee
be entertained of such an occurrence I'll
season.
Lewiston Teller: Report reaches us tn;
Charley Jones, colored, familiaaly know
here as Bunker" was found near Mos
COW one morning last week in dyin
condition. He was Immediately carrie
to farm house but soon died. A blac
bottle did II.
East Oregonian, May 6: G. Fl. Whitaker
who playfully shot bullet through th
middle finger of his left hand some tim
ago, had the injured member amputatet
at the middle joint last evening, DIR. j. NJ
Wells, recent arrival from Portland
manipulating the knife. The operation
was very successful. all pain being spared
| the patient by the use of DIR. Whitaker
painless process.
Pendleton Tribune: James johnson and
wife, father and mother of Burr and jim
johnson of Pilot Rock, arrived from Yam
hill county on Saturday last, and went out
to Pilot Rock to visit their relatives. Mr..
johnson is one of the pioneers of Oregon.
crossing the plains with OK teams in 1874,
and settling in the Willamette valley where
he has since remained. He is over seventy
FIVE years old, but is still hale and hearty
and good for another score of years.
1t is the understanding at army head
quarters that no immediate changes in
division commanders will be made as a
result of Major-GeEeral Crooks death.
1t is believed the retirement of Brigadier-
General GriersOn on July Sth will be fol-
lowed by Encouragement of the princi-
ral military commands, the present plan
contemplating tue transfer of Major-Gen-
eral Howard to New York, giving one of
the Brigadier- Generals Stanley, Gibbon,
Ruger, Merritt or Brooks, command OF the
Division of the Pacific.
We are informed that no definite agree
ment has been reached by the Union Pa
cIfic managers and the trainmen. The
employees are determined not TO work
under such conditions, and last night tel
egraphed 10 the trainmen on the Mount
ain and Eastern divisions to stop work.
The number of brakemen and conductors
on freights between Umatilla and. Albina
is 36 on the Mountain division-Cmatilla
to Huntington-an equal number, and On
the Eastern division about Is. To these
must be added an equal number of engi-
neers and fremen, making IN all, if this
'tie-up" continues along the route, $50
men working with one object in view.
Idaho Aualanch,: The body of China
man was found about ore mile above the
Chariot mill on Tuesday last, by two gen.
tlemen Of this place, who at once informed
Judge I. S. Allen, who summoned a jury
and held an inquest upon the dead body.
The verdict was to the effect that the said
deceased came to his death by exposure to
The cold and storm that prevailed during
It is supposed that the body found is that of
/ Chinaman who left Silver City in the
month of December last, in company with
mother one, for Sinker creek, and has never
,een seen sincs alive. The other one is
probably dead, near where the body of the
lead Chinaman was found. The body was
lecentiy buried where it was found by
Judge Allen. acting coroner.
Baker City Blade: Judge Haines came
Up Sunday from the village, on the rail-
l,oo ri I, nd cI, f,,1l
# fish stories. He says the boys down on
state boom, and hooking them on pitch.
Drks. He asserts also in the most solemn
that in the recent severe rain
torms at that place salmon trout fell from
be clouds in great numbers, and that
AlbeIt Toney caught one which he has
reserved alive in glass tank of water.
he remarkable thing about this phenom-
nal fish is that it clearly shows by it's
fort to get out, especially when the wind
lows, that it does not belong to mundane
'aters but rather to the wind driven rain
louds of heaven. The judge did not see
ie fish fall, but he is ready to prove by |
I'D Cy. the truth of all he says.
La Grande Gazette: A bond was drawn
p yesterday and is now being circulated
IF signatures in which the signers of the
lme bind themselves 10 pay to the county
)urt OF Union county an amount equal to
le value of Union county's buildings,
so to furnish block of ground for court
Ouse purposes, in case the county seat is
,m0ved to La Grande. There has been
)nsiderable delay in this matter ewing
the fact that it was not considered
to consult the best legal author
y on that subject 1t has been decided
lat such a bond can be given without
npairing the legality of the election.
he conditions of the bond are that the
ilue of the buildings shall be determined
7 the county court calling to their assist {
ice two disinterested architects, not resi- G
.nts of Union county, who shall report !,
,der Oath as to the value of the same. {
he details of the proposition will be ]
ore explicitly set for the next week. 8
Idaho Free Press: Reports were received t
re this week from parties who were :
unding up their horses between Salmon
d Snake rivers, that the range had almost r
en- depleted during the past winter by h
ieves. Frank McGrane and John Roberts n
e the heaviest losers, they being out about
0 head. The thieves have operated in a n
stematIc manner and there Is no question t
ey are thoroughly organized, with men il
ltioned at different points who attend to h
e shipping and disposing of the stock. A b
.ge raft was found on Sake river, which Ii
d been used in crossing the horses. After n
ossing the river the stock was in all prob {,
ihty driven through the WalIowa coun- h
7, and shipped in small lots to the east, 8
oba5ly beyond the Mississippi, where n
ey could be easily disposed Of without n
citing suspicion. The wealth of Idaho e
unity consists largely of her stock inter- A
Is and ey~ry year thousands of dollars are n
It to our citizens through the depredations
u gang of thieves. Our stock men should O
yanize and spare no expense to rid the =
nntry of these desperadoes and effectually !
I stop to this nefarions BUSINESS, which =
gigantic proportions. !"
From Thursday's Daily.
The gentle zephyr. =
Recorder Knaggs returned from visit to :.
'rtland to-day.
Mrs. A. Mcclellan, of Victoria, B. c., is
sitting friends in this city. b
1t has been cloudy for the past twenty s.
ar hours; but little rain has fallen.
A special passenger tram left this city
1t evening about half past o'clock. u
The Dalles has the best climate in the y
rthwest, and fruits and vegetables of the =
me grade. =
Mrs. j. w. French and her niece, Miss h
aude French, left last night for visit to t
N Francisco. n
Detroit, very suggestive name, is the
test town that real.estate boomers say 8
III be as large as New York IN ten years. c
The Columbia is raging torrent; but the ]
ol weather will stop the melting of the b
ow, and we may expect the river to sub. il
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