The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-05
OREGON NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. S. C. Calvert, OF Helix, widely
known in UmatilIa county, died Friday
OF paralysis.
A large force of women and children
are at work every day at the Eugen can
merry, canning peas.
j. T. Silman, prominent resident of
Burns, died at that place last week of
brain fever, after a very short illness.
A chinese truck farmer at Oregon City
undersells his white competitors, as he
hires hands at so cents per day and
board.
Late grain i'll some parts of Morrow
county will be somewhat damaged by
dry weather, but the yield will be
twenty bushels to the acre.
Al4-year-old A boy was overcome by
sunstroke at Huntington few days ago.
The thermometer stood ITO degrees in
the shade at the time the lad was
stricken.
Reports from Spring Hill, Benton
county, across the river from Albany,
continue to show splendid prospects for
coal. 1t is undoubtedly there in large
quantities.
Creditors of j. w. Kitchen, contrac-
tor of Pendleton, are somewhat anxious
over his long continued absence. He
has been missing since July 10 and his
wife followed him three days later.
The county court OF Baker county has
given notice that the county clerk is
authorized to receive 10 more scalps,
make no more affidavits, nor issue any
more scrip in payment for coyote scalps
as heretofore the practice.
''Shan" Conser, wife and two children
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George Conser,
of this city, says the Heppner Gazette.
Mr.. Conser is brother Of our George,
and is recovering from the effects of a
broken leg, received in the Lake Labish
disaster on the Southern Pacific last
winter
Old Joe, John Day dog, has quite a
history, inasmuch as he was born on
the Atlantic ocean many years ago. A
party of Scotch immigrants were bring
ing their dogs along with them. The
people arrived in Oregon, and Joe
has been an heirloom in the family ever
since.
Quite number of horses are dying in
the Haystack section of Grant county
from distemper The disease first APP
peared in the neigh borhood of the Wall
creeks, but has extended to other sec
| tions. Range horses are suffering more
than others from the disease, so far as
! our Informant was able to learn.
Thomas Beaman, the administrator of
the estate of John Wilson, deceased, has
| been missing from his home in Lost
Basin for some three weeks. His
| friends advance the theory that he has
been murdered for money, $2100 of
/ which he was known to have in his
/ possession, but others are inclined to
think he has skipped.
One day last week John Circle, who
resides on Beave creek, this county, had
occasion to be away from home, and did
not return until after dark. When
nearing the house he discovered blaze
| in the upper room. Hurrying thither
he found that some old clothes had
caught fire from hot stove pipe up
! stairs. He soon extinguished the fire.
An engine was hauled to Coquille City
Wednesday from Dunham's to be used
in hauling rock for the jetty al the
mouth OF the Coqullle river, which IS to
be begun in few days. Captain Little
field has pushed the work of pile driving
and track laying so far on the north
jetty that the work of filling in will be
! begun in short space of time.
Monday last boy set fire to fir tree
on or near the ranch of David Hunter
who lives about eight miles up Deer
creek. near Roseburg. The grass was
plentiful and dry and so were Mr.. Hun
ter's rails and soon beautiful fire was
raging among and around them. 1t was
only by great exertion that the barn
and other buildings were saved. The
fire entered the wheat field, but the
wheat was too green to burn, otherwise
the danger would have been great.
Union, county seat of Union county
and one of the prettiest towns in East
ern Oregon, if not the prettiest in the
state, is to have woolen mill, owing tc
the enterprise of one of it's wealthiest
citizens, A. E. Eaton. It will consist O
three buildings, to be constructed O
brick. The main building will be S0z
100 feet, two and one-half stories high
Work will commence at once. The cit
izens of Union subscribed a bonus o
$4,000 to Mr.. Eaton.
Send Them to New Orleans.