The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-04-19

very thin and sickly. After feeding the cat
he took it to his room and put it out of dan.
ger. The cat had come all the way from
San Francisco and during the trip was with
ont any thing to eat,
i Baker City Blade: The Baker county
stockmen who last year drove their cattle
and horses to the Big Bend country for
range, have suffered severely. One gentle.
man who took there herd of some six hun
dred of cattle, 10 said to haye lost them all
except two, and of another bunch of about
the same number but seven head were
saved. Stock on the upper Burnt river.
as Mr.. Aaron Fox claims to have lost only
80 out of hundred head.
Baker Democrat, April Is: A train wreck
occurred at Union yesterday afternoon.
which in the matter of financial loss to the
company will be very serious. Two heavy
freight engines were thrown from the track
by the spreading of rail, and piled one on
| top of the other along side the track. Sew
| eral freight cars were smashed and track
was torn up for several yards. The two
engineers and fireman of the front engine
jumped. The fireman of the second engine
tunately got through without serious injury.
One of the engines is almost buried out of
sight in the mud. Assistant Superintendent
Parry went to the scene with a wrecklng
crew and constructed temporary track
around the wreck.
The w. W. Journal contains the follow
ing: a boy, who had been out butter cup
ping last Saturday, came home and told
L = Nc<I a. H. 1f
bees near Mill creek, about q mile above
Isaacs' mill. To prove the assertion he
showed his hand, winch was swollen to
three times its natural size. The old man
thought this was q good chance to get q
young swarm of bees, SO he bought u bee
hive for $2.50, hired 4 buggy for 50, pro-
cured a few yards of mosquito bar, took
the boy with swollen hand, and then
started out to hive the bees. They had no
trouble in finding the place, but instead
of swarm of bees they found merely a
hornets nest. where is the boy?" we
asked the father, after he got through,
telling US about it. "Well" said he,
while was getting the buggy whip to
hive him, he swarmed into the brush and |
that was the last saw of the boy"
Up at EIlendale Hon. T. J. Hayter yes |
teriay called our attention to two large |
burrs that lie near the site OF the old El- |
lendalc mills. These burrs were used IN |
Touring mill long ago-way back In the |
fifties-and ground the wheat into flour for |
the country for hundreds of miles around |
this place. They are chissled out of ma
tive rock, are hard as flint, and were made |
and put In by q man named Williams. |
When this mill was changed from a -four
ing to a woolen mill the stones we're re-
moved to their present location where they |
now lie in q good state of preservation |
and will continue so until moulded oyer |
through many hard licks from the hand |
of man.-Doiiy Dallas Observer. The To- |
Cal scribe of the Observation-Disclosures in |
by-gone years passed many happy hour |
in this vicinity, which seemed a paradise,
and used to sit upon those old mill stones |
and watch the rippling waters of the La.
creole, and the blooming flowers OF spring.
Lovely resort of by-gone days, we love
thee still!
From Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. VIM. Mccoy returned this morning
from Portland.
j. H. Crsdlebaugh, of Hood River Gla-
eier, is in the city.
The open air concert last evening was |
well attended and highly appreciated by |
our citizens. /
Many Of our citizens who have been in |
attendance at the state convention at Port. |
land returned this morning.
The Republican state convention yester.
day attracted much attention, and dis. |
patches were eagerly sought for.
Mr.. Aaron Frazier, principal of the Dufur |
public schools, IL in the city. He reports |
that his school is progressing nicely.
The Chlnaman mentioned Tuesday has |
received his commitment to the asylum for |
the insane, and will be taken to Salem to- i
morrow.
Capt. Juo. P. Lewis has received his com.
mission a. register of the land Office at this |
place, and will enter upon the duties of his |
Office at once.
Our band boys came near being taken
up in Whirlwind last evening while |
giving an open air concert on the corner |
Of Second and Washington streets.
Mr.. John Mann, who has been out on |
his ranch near the Deschutes tor week
past, returned last evening. He has most |
OF his crop sown and it looks we'll.
DR.. II. L. Waters, who has been sick for |
a long time, died this morning. He was |
member of the Knights of Pythias and also |
of the A. o. U. w., and under the auspices |
of these orders he will be buried. The doc. |
tor was gentleman Of most excellent traits |
of character. and had many firm and lasting |
friends among his acquaintances. He To- |
Gated in The Dalfes in the practice of his |
profession about thirteen years ago, and has
resided in the city ever since. Dr.. Waters |
was aged about % years, and leaves q wife |
and other relatives to mourn his departure.
Salem Stqtesmaa. April l6: Yesterday
while Contractor z. a. Smith with q force
of men was engaged in digging q sewer
trench back of the postoffice one of the
spades turned up q bone aud the next
stroke brought up another one and soon the
skeleton of . human being was exposed to
the AIR. IL was thought to be that of an
Indian. Old timers remember that locality
as having once been used as an Iadian bury.
ing ground. The bones were not in COED
state of preservation and when exposed TO
the air gave evidence that they would soon
crnmble.
Salem S0(ssmGa; Napoleon Davis, clerk
Of the state land board. is in receipt of an
interesting letter from Miss B. Carrot,
Kirk Michael, isle of Man. Europe, who
desires to learn some Information of long
lost friend or relative. In her letter she
says; 81 desire to know if any property in