The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1891-10-10

DcIHcky was new COu1eT anu udu ucltueI
money nor friends here, but purse was
made up by our liberal hearted citizens to
buy coffin and other articles necessary to
give him decent burial.-Pomeroy Wash
ingto'ian, Oct. Sd.
From Mondays Daily.
Mr.. Ad. Keller, wife and family, left this
morning on a visit to the exposition in
Portland.
Last Friday Peri Westerman, being a
native of Germany, took oath that hereafter
he would sustain the great American repub-
lie.
Justice courts are quiet these days, and
although those who wear the judicial er-
mine are perfectly affable, no item of news
can be gathered.
Mr.. W. S. Halvor returned Saturday
noon from an extended tour of the Pacific
coast. He is at present located in the post
office in Portland.
There were three arrests last night by the
police, two hoboes and one I'd. and d. +"
The latter paid his fine and the former are
dong good work on the streets.
A cylinder head blew out of bound
locomotive when near this city about 9
o'clock yesterday morning, and the switch
engine had to do Its duty in hauling the
train to the depot.
About o'clock this afternoon the rfianges
of the wheels of freight tram broke off,
and the wrecking car went down and re-
paired the damage, and the train was taken
to the depot this evening.
At $50 Friday afternoon the Jewish new
year began and continued until Sunday
evening. According to the chronology of
this people, it has been 1861 years since
the world was first spoken into existence by
the divine power.
The gesang Uerein, last night, enjoyed
themselves very much on the occasion of
their second anniversary. There was a
genial spirit pervading all, and the songs
were unusually well rendered and there was
a profuse social feeling among all.
Mr.. G. J. Helm, of Ellensburgh, will
start east in few days for Chicago, where
he will meet carload of French coach and
Percheron horses, imported directly from
france, and will bring them to this country.
These are fine breed of horses, and will
be quite an accession to our herds.
Last Wednesday evening Jinks Montgom-
cry, of La Grande, after watering his horses,
drew the water all out of his well and
started down in 1t for the purpose of clean
ing it out. When part way down the well
caved in ON him. His hired man gave the
alarm at once, and crowd of men COM
menced to try and dig him out. The men
worked for about two hours, and the well
! caved In a second time, this time causing
Jinks' death by sutfocation. Deceased
| leaves wife and family to mourn his un-
| timely1death.
T. Hood RIVER Glacier has the largest
circulation of any paper in the county. 1t
is more widely disseminated than all the
Others combined, being read from Celllo to
Scappoose, and from Cooper's Spur to
Skookum Chuck. This makes it the best
possible advertising medium. This is not
| literally true, but we intend to be in the
| SWIM if it exhausts the material we wash
our forms with, Dalles papers will please
take notice that we intend to get there if
the concentrated will do it.-Gldcier.
Right, Bro. Cradelbaugh, get in and drill.
Oregon City Courier: A woman in the
county on W ednesday became the mother
of remarkable female twins which fortunate
| ly lived but minute or two after birth.
The corpses of the twins are united in
| front from the top of the head to just aboye
the navel, the union being SO complete, as
far as it extends, that they form essentially
one body. The broad, double head, we'll
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one side there Is double ear and on the
other side a broad face with a hideous,
somewhat twisted mouth. The legs and
arms hang free and are normal and well
developed.
We received a call to-day from r. B.
Smith, commonly known as Rocky Noun.
tain" Smith, one OF the pioneer printers OF
the Pacific coast. He worked the Oregonian
off on hand press, worked on the MOUNT
AINEER in 1860, started the Walla Walla
Statesman, and published the first paper in
Helena, Mont. He is a good compositor,
has worked from San Diego, Calf, to VIC
toria, B. G. Mr.. Smith has just returned
from the warm springs IN Grant county,
and feels very much improved. Like all
old printers, he is at home In an office, and
to listen to his "reminiscences is liko reading
history of pioneer days on the Pacific
coast.
Summary of assessment of Grant county
for the year 1891: Acres of land l79, ,420.
value S5l2, $50. Improved land $4,000
acres. UnImproyed land los, $40 acres
Wagon road land S25, ,4S0. Town lots $5t,-
100. Improvements $44, $50. Merchandise
and implements SIP, ,290. Money, notes
and accounts S4O4, $50. Househould furni-
ture, ETC., S434O. Horses and mules 1926,
value $l6S, AGO. Cattle ID, SS2, value $780,
$40. Sheep III, $50, value S20S, 230. Swine
236, value $3.50. Gross value OF all prop
erty 81, ,695, ,240. Indebtedness $495, 400.
Total taxable property 81, l97, $40. As
equslized by the board s., 200, $40. Num-
ber OF polls 427.
Salem Statesman: The first county assess
ment roll to reach the secretary OF states
office this year was that OF Crook county,
which was received Thursday. The follow
ing facts and figures are CLEANED from 1T:
Number of acres OF land, lis, $50, value IN
total S425, 100, average value $3.50; number
of horses and mules, 9949, value $227, $50;
number of cattle, l3, 345, value Sl64, 9o2;
number of sheep, l46, 49S, value S257, ,999;
number of swine, 527, value Sl7SO; gross
value OF property, 81, O2O, 939; Indebtedness,
S576, 734; exemptions, STA, 800; total tax
abe property. 81, 33S, ,905; number OF polls,
33l. This is an increase OF SAL, ,5l5 over
the assessment of last year.
East Oregonian: Railroad men are dis
tressed and horrited by the fearful death at
Island City Thursday afternoon of Conduc-
tor Plumb, longtime railroad and one OF
the best-known men on the road Mr..
Plumb bad taken Conductor Cuttings run
on the Elgln branch. At Island City,
Wulic oWlICulHR az %scO mo
foot caught in a crossing. His predicament
WIS not noticed, and car knocked him
down and ran over him. His leg and arm
were crushed, and he received other terrible
injuries, bat he fingered for an hour or two,
breathing his last about 5 P. M. The de-
ceased leaves a wife and family at La
Grande, and host of friends along the line
to mourn his loss and regret his untimely
death.
Two boys, Roy Ballard and Harry Dean,
left their homes at Albina yesterday noon,
without their parents permission. and ar
rived IN The Dalles last night. This morn
ing young Deans father came to the city
and found his boy, intending to take him
back on the morning train; but the little
fellow eluded the vigilance of his parent,
'skipped out" of the UmatIlla House, and
the disappointed man returned on the train
Marshal Gibbons was informed of the facts,
and this afternoon found some boys playing
in barn. He made inquiry, and was told
by apparently the younger that the boys
had gone to Walla Walla on the blind bag.
gage. Every question asked was answered
promptly by the little fellow. Finally Mr.
Gibbons discerned something nervous in his
actions, and called him down from the barn
and found that he was the identical young
ster he was hunting. The other boy was
found close at hand, and both were
marched to the marshaPs office, and placed |
in security under lock and key until the
parents could be informed. Roy Ballard |