The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1891-11-28

| extra lacor, ana tnese easy-Solng 1elloW
need not be afraid of being put to extr'
muscular work.
Mr.. Stacy Shown, the matchmaker, is Sc
curing good run of business, and all worL
entrusted to his care will receive the mos
careful attention. He is a thorough me
chanic, and can be entrusted with the mos
intricate machinery of watches.
John Austin, who was defeated for sheriff
of Grant county last election, at Pendletor
last week pleaded guilty to several indict
ments for cattle stealing, ana will have sew.
eral years in the peritentiarY in which to
mediate oyer his blighted hopes.
On trial to-day is the case of D. NJ.
French ct al VS.. D. L. Gates. The jury are
Jacob Craft, Lee Mccartney, John Bonn,
Jerry Corcoran, Geo. Dodd, Horace Knight,
D. A. Turner, Theo. Cartwright, Thos.
Joles, j. Fish, w. j. Roberts, and Jas.
Turner.
Sherman county has not saloon within
her borders. Last term OF circuit court
three saloon-keepers were indicted for SELL
ing liquor without license and each fined
$500. Now the last saloon Is closed, as the
keepers are unable to procure the necessary
precinct majority in order to obtain license
| from the county court.
Grin L. Patterson and Z. C. Allen, of the
Long Creek Eagle, and d. L Asbury, of the
| Canyon City Neacs, were called to account
IN the recent term of circuit court in Grant
county, each on Il charge of libel. However
tine indictments were dismissed on notion
of the district attorney. The Reoiew ex-
tends congratulations.
About midnight yesterday, at the Cos.
mopolItan Hotel, cutting affray occurred,
in which young man by the name of
James Davis was cut across the temple with
some sharp instrument. by man named
| Mccullough. We could not learn the cause
of the alteration. DIR. Hollister was
called, and by surgical means stopped the
hemmorrhage. The patient is doing well,
and may be expected to be around in few
days.
The young ladies of the NJ. Z. Sunday
school are preparing to entertain their
friends with pumpkin social Thursday
evening at the reading room. short pro-
gramme will be rendered, and a lunch, in
which pumpkin pie figures prominently,
will be served, after which everybody is
expected to make themselves perfectly at
home IN games, etc. Twenty-Five cents ad-
mission and no extra charge for refresh
ments.
An American called on us this afternoon
who was horn and reared in this vicinity,
and we attempted to talk to him, but the late
innovation of the English language he could
not understand, and we were forced to con.
verse with him in Chinook. He was a
thoroughbred, and can boast Of his ancestry
better than any cavalier irglrian or purl-
tanical New Englander. He is to the man.
ner born, and is not in the least mongrel in
the line OF his ancestors.
Charles Bessner. son of a prominent
raucher on Skagit river, was loading shells,
preparatory for hunting expedition. The
primer on a loaded shell projected too
much. In attempting to set it more firmly
the shell exploded, the charge passing
through his body. He lived but few mo-
ments. This is the second accidental death
in the family within a comparatively short
period, another son having been killed by
the upsettiDg of a wagon on Samish river.
Yakima Herald: Messrs. David Long.
mire and Barney Moore, who were appoint
ed by the county commissioners to investi-
gate and report on the most practicable
road up the Natcheez, to the mines at Gold
Hill, submitted their report Monday, with
estimates showing that the cost of the road
would be about $4,000. The report, which
pleased the commissioners, was accepted
and placed on file, but action looking for
ward to the building of the road was de-
ferred owing to the lateness of the season
and consequent disadvantage under which
the work would now be done.
Yesterday afternoon, about 1890. the
barn of Mr. Leonhard, living on Mill
creek near the old government stables, was
burned to the ground. Two horses and
young calf were IN the stable at the time,
and, owing to the lateness of the discovery
of the fire, one of the horses was burned to
death, and the other one was severely In
jured before it could be taken out. A large
quantity of hay and grain was consumed by
the flames, also all of the harnesses and a
lot of tools. The animal burned was valu-
able one. and the LOGS will fall quite heavily
on Mr.. Leonhard. The cause of the fire is
unknown, but is supposed to be incendlary.
A few days ago young man arrived in
The Dalles pretending to be detective in
the employ of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S agency
to capture Abe Jones, who was residing in
Harvey county, and who was implicated in
the robbery of the express company near
Redding, Calf. He claimed to be the mau
who killed young Howard, one of the ex-
press company's robbers who came to visit
hls father, and who was shot at the door
because he would not surrender. He did
not naYe 1unds 10 pay MS rare, and the
clerk at the Umatilla House sent him to
Nansene to see Mr.. Branner, the proprietor
of the stage line, and he allowed him to
pass on without pay. Sunday night he
arrived in The Dalles, accompanied by
young lady, and registered at the Umatilla
House as G. Il. Miles and wife. The young
lady looked to be an innocent young coun-
try girl, and the fellow as a gambler. I'm
doubtedly he met her somewhere, and in
duced her to join her fortunes with him.
When at Antelope he said he was convey
ing the young lady as prisoner, and again
cheat" his way to The Dalles. There can
be no doubt that this Miles is ''dead
beat" and should occupy cell in the peni-
tentsry instead of roaming at large. The
poor girl is to be pitied, and should have
the sympathy of every honest man and
woman