The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-04-19
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of las feet a flow of gas drove the workmen
away, when the flame ignited and burned
brightly five feet high and is still burnlng.
! Capitalists propose to sink more wells, be-
lieving that a stronger flow will be secured
at greater depth.
The water commission to. day opened the
sealed bids for Dalles City water bonds and
| they report that all were favorable bids.
One of the bidders offers to give Sll0O
premium for all the bonds, and take them
| at u per cent, or in other words he offers to
pay Sl0l, 100 for the bonds, and take them
at 6 per cent. interest If we are TO have
free water, it now seems that there is moth.
ing in the way OF having it.
Complaints are made that the weekly
TINES MoUNTAINEER is frequently delayed
until Tuesday or even later in reaching
Grass Valley and points insSherman county.
his should not be, as the paper is always
mailed Friday evening. and there is no
reason why it should not reach those points
on Saturday. There must be something
radically wrong with the mail service, and
we shall make inquiries relative to this
matter, and try to have the matter rlghted.
and see that the paper gets to our readers In
due time.
Astoria Columbian: Nothing has been
heard of Henry Jackson, the engineer, who
disappeared so mysteriously nearly month
ago. His wife has almost abandoned hope,
thinking he must be dead. Some of his
friends think his mind is deranged and that
he must be confined or cared for in some
secluded locality, where the people are not
aware of his disappearance and cannot
learn his name or residence.
A dispatch from Goldendale Of April l4th
A1olnhno Inf yho
west of Centerville, this county, was about
noon to-day found dead In water closet by
her husband. She was large, heshy
woman, and was generally thought to be
quite healthy, but she must have died of
heart disease. Mr.. Huff had just returned
from Centerville when he found her, and it
Is not known just how long she had been
there, as their two children, about and 10
years, were at school.
This morning about o'clock the fire
bell sounded the alarm of fire, which was
promptly responded TO by the depart
ment. The roof in the American Market
had caught fire from the stove pipe, and
although the lire company were on the
ground In less than five minutes the =
flames were extinguished without aid
from the department. Fortunately the
fire was discovered before the flames got
under way, or it would doubtless have
been difficult to have controlled the fire
as the block is made of frame buildings.
Says the Walla Walla Union of April
18th: Constable Ellingsworth, of Wallula,
came up on Saturday night having in charge
Edwin Moore and another man, both said
to be ex.convicts, discharged from the pen
ltcntiary here on last Monday, who are held
to appear before the superior court on
charge of burglary. The crime was the
forciOle entry in the night time of Sam
Doak's residence in Wallula last Wednes-
lay, when they stole a shotgun, clothing
ewelry and money. Both men were cap
:ured Friday in Pasco, still having the shot
,un in their possession, brought back to
Wallula and given preliminary examination
n Saturday, with the result noted.
Last evening a Chinaman walked into
! house on the bluff where the lady of the
louse was getting supper and he sat
iown to the table and commenced to eat.
The lady ordered him out, but he refused
o go, insisting on eating his supper.
lis hostess demonstrated further, aud he
threatened to kill her. She rushed out
# the house and notified some passing
who went to her reliet and put
he Chinaman out of the house. He
an to the brink of the bluff and jumped
ver, alightIng fifteen or twenty feet
'elow. The city marshal was notified in
he meantime, and proceeded to the scene
# action where he found the Chinaman
ying at the foot Of the bluff He had
ot sustained any severe injuries, and
vas taken to the city Jail, where an ex-
xaminatIon showed him to be insane,
nd he was turned over to the county
uthorltles.