The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1891-12-05


ployes skipped owing lalge sums for board
etc. The Chiettain ADVISES the people t.
look out for them.
The young man Church, who killed Bird
sell some time ago in Grant county, ant
who was found guilty of manslaughter ant
sentenced to fifteen years in the penIten
: tiary, passed through the city Sunday morn
ing, in charge of the sheriff of Grant coun
ty, en- route to Salem.
!, The following are the officers elected TO
the ensuing term by Pythagoras Lodge, No
46, K. Of p. at Cascade Locks: H. K. Wiley
c. c.; J. F. Hendrick, V. c.; A. B. An
} drews, P; j. NJ. McIsaac, NJ. at A; G. S
Henry, X. of z. and s.; Z. b. Clark, NJ
of E.; G. L. Miller, NJ. of F.
Moro Observer: The school teachers il
Morrow county have struck for higher re-
muneratlon. At the institute recently held
there they organized teachers association
and passed resolutions limiting the mini
mum salary to be accepted by any member
of the association to $50 per month.
For the past two months the Northern
and Union Pacific railroads have been carry.
ing out of the Palouse valley an average oi
l25 carloads of wheat daily. The average
number of bushels per car is estimated al
600 This makes aggregate of 4, 500 00C
bushels, trlfie over half the years crop,
which Is now placed by experts at about &c
per cent less than last year.
The Walla Walla Statesman says that Ed.
Stebbens, carpenter, met with a very
painful accident while at work in the east
ern portion of the city Saturday. He was
driving nails in sidewalk and In attempt.
ing to arise from STOPPING position his foot
slipped and he fell over, his right knee cap
coming in contact with a nail, resulting in
the cutting of severe cash in the knee.
News has been received at the Walla
| Walla Statesman office of the death of John
| Lympus, a stage driver between Weiser
and SalumbrIa, Idaho. In descending a hill
near the latter place the axle broke and the
whole weight of the wagon and its contents
fell upon him crushing his life out. The cor.
ner of the wagon bed pressed him on the
throat just above the collar bone causing his
! death almost instantly.
NeDs: The jury in the Church case, after
being our from Friday evening until Sun.
day afternoon, and part standing FOR all
sorts Of verdicts, finally agreed upon
compromise verdict-manslaughter
recommended the full extent of the law in
the sentence. Judge Clifford was contem.
| plating giving the jurymen beds and holding
them until they could agree, for a new trial
would have cost Grant county not less than
$4,000.
w. w. Unaon-JournaL. DR.. n. G. Bla-
lock, assisted by Drs. Y. C. Blalock and E.
Shaw, yesterday performed very difficult
operation of double oYarIotomy on Miss
Meany, sister of Ed. S. Meany. This lady
has been great sufferer for the past twelve
years, and this operation will, it is hoped,
be the means of prolonging her life. The
operation was very successful. Mrs. York,
who was operated on for ovarIotomy about
twelve days ago, Is rapidly recovering.
There are large number of men at work
at the Jocks at the Cascades, and the canal
is being pushed forward as rapidly as possi-
BILE before the continuous rains begin. The
masonry lately erected Is a fine. piece of
workmanship and the superintendent, MIR
E. G. Wiley, informs us that, when fin
ished, the Cascade locks on the Columbia
will be the best ON the continent. With
two or more liberal appropriations, it is be-
lieved that these could be so nearly com.
pleted that boats could pass through,
Davenport WASH Times: The body of a
dead man was discovered on the banks of
Hangman creek near Marshal last Friday,
the entire top of the head being blown off.
indicate his name, or the whereabouts of
friends or relatives, and whether his death
was accidental. murder or was 1t suicide, is
a mystery tor the future to solye. A Win
chester rihs was In his hands when found,
aud it is quite possible that becoming weary
OF life he had shot himself to escape its
troubles. He was a middle.aged man, wore
heavy beard and supposed to be French.
East Oregonian: Bill Ireland, who was
one of party of Milton Nimrods out hunt
ing in the John Day country, was hunted
himself by an elk recently, while on trip
alone. He shot the animal which fell, and
he ran to cut Its throat. The elk then
arose and then proceeded to do up the
hunter with its horns and front feet in the
most approved fashion. Mr.. Ireland was
soon rendered unconscious, and laid out a
day and night before he recovered sufficient
ly to drag himself to camp, which he
reached in a horribly bruised and frozen
condition. He is now suffering greatly from
the effects of the encounter, but it is
thought will come out all right. The body
of the elk, which was dying when it at
tackled the hunter, was found at the scene
of the battle.
This morning. between and s o'clock, a
man by the name of Rob't Fonger, a wiper
shops in this city. met with an accident on
the bridge over Mill creek, from which he
died in two hours. He was standing at
point on the bridge near the chute, and had |
the hose in his hand washing the ashes |
down the incline when the locomotive |
backed up. 1t appears that the engine |
struck him and knocked him down; but |
when a man who witnessed the occurrence |
came to his relief he was in nearly an oppo.
site direction fIom the one when he fell |
Mr.. Fonger was taken to the New Colum.
bia hotel, and the company's surgeon called.
Mr.. Nicholas, the proprietor, informed us
that he conversed with the man, and ap-
parently he was only injured In having his
hip joint put out of place. The physicians
attending to his injuries used the usual
medical remedies, but he died in about an
hour. Mr.. Fonger was born in Canada, has
a brother living in Indiana, was aged about
81 years and unmarried. He bore good
reputation, and his sad death is to be great
ly deplored.
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