The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-11-19

Mr.. A. w. Branner, proprietor of Il
Dalles-Prineville stage line, came In tow
ie to-day.
An aboriginal American and a sheel
Is herder were given quarters in the city ia
last night.
Mr.. j. B. Hostord, an attorney of Nor
Sherman county. is in attendance on th
7, circuit court.
''The winter with its SHOWS" Is creepin
If down upon us, and it Is not likely we sha
s have green Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R. Hinton and children
:, and Mrs. M. Bird and Miss Lulu Bird LEI
D yesterday for California, where they will
spend the winter months.
Mr.. F. Nj. Bixby, formerly of the Vase
e Ne,Cs. has assumed editorial charge of tb
Moro Observer, and Mr.. J. B. Hosford sever.
his connection with that paper.
/ There are large number of residents o.
the county in the city to-day in attendanc,
on the circuit court. The docket is quit
full, and an extended term may be ex
pected.
The rain during the last few days has ex
tended over the county, and the ground il
in excellent condition for plowtng. Mort
acres will be planted in grain this year than
ever before.
Mr.. A. Velarde removed the large safe il
the U. s. land Office down the fight oil
stairs and up another in the new rooms to-
day. He did the job very mechanically as
he does all his work.
Mr.. Phil Brogan, sr., and Mr.. w. T..
Wiseman left for Wapinitia to-day. They
went to attend the executors sale of per-
sonal property belonging to the estate of
Hon. w, McD, Lewis deceased
The boy who was arrested Saturday for
assaulting the Chinaman, was given his
liberty on parole, after being in jail two or
three hours. Nov that the reform school Is
full, the hoodlums are giving considerable
annoyance to our officers.
Saturday afternoon young boy threw a
rock at Chinaman, striking him over the
eye and infiicting very bad abrasure Of the
skin. As soon as the mischief was done
the boy attempted to save hiuseif by flight;
but was overtaken and arrested.
Aside from the burned district there are
several new buildings that have been erected
during the past summer. The Dslles Is con.
stantly improving, and when the locks are
| completed at the Cascades it will take Q
stride forward that has never before been
| witnessed.
Mr.. j. Haveley walked in from BOYD this
morning to answer to his name as juror
1t was an easy journey, for he was stimu-
lated with the recollection that Cleveland
was the next president, aud he could afford
to undergo some hardships for the sake of
Democracy.
Nearly all the sons and daughters of Mr..
Jos. Beezlev were present at his funeral
Yesterday, together with their wives, hus.
bands and children. The old gentleman
has large number of children and grand
children in different portions of the state,
and some IN Colorado.
The boy who was injured Friday after
noon in this city is getting along as well as
could be expected. His name is Garfield
Moore, and not Johnnie as reported in a CO.
temporary, and is about 10 years old. He
rests comfortably at night, and hopes are
entertained of his ultimate recovery.
Erpress: A young lady In the eastern part
OF klamath county made the shrewdest
election bet recorded thus far. She wagered
her hand in marriage against all the prop
erty owned by a certain gentleman that
Harrison would win. In either eveat the
young lady Is bound to have the best of it.
Rev. E. P. Roberts, who has betn sick
for several weeks, left on the afternoon
train for Southern California, where it is
hoped the mild climate will be beneficial to
his health. He is an old resident of The
Dalles, a very highly respected citizen, and
his many friends hope that he will return
greatly improved.
We are informed that some Republicans
Saturday night poured alcohol on their Hsr-
rison hats. ignited it aud walked through
the streets with the blue flames shooting
heavenward. These hats should Lot be
destroyed. as they be insignia of victorious
Republicans in the next campaign; but
'hope deferred maketh the heart sick"
Baker Democrat: A. B. Conley. of the
sand ridge, an old resident and the largest
farmer of Union county, was arrested last
week and taken to Nebraska, charged with
the killing of man some twenty-five years
ago. Mr.. Conley has always been con.
sidered good citizen in this county. We
were unable to learn any of the particulars
in the case.
Phil. Sheridan's Office table, which he
used at Fort Yamhill, Is now the property
of Columbia county, Oregon. and is justly
priced by the officials of that county. W.
J. Eastbrook writes, that it has been his
fortune to occupy said table for more than a
year In the county clerks Office of that
county, and that there Is no question as to
its identity.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected pres.
ident of the United States in 1860 he re-
ceived 1885, ,9l3 votes in the thIrty.t two |
states which then constituted the union. |
In the presidential election of 1888 the total |
vote of New York state was !, 1920, l09 |
New York's total this year will not be very |
far from the entire vote cast for Mr.. Lincoln |
in the whole United States thirty.two years |
ago.
The ''oldest inhabitant" is at his usual |
vocation OF prophesying about the weather.
He thinks there will be hard winter, for |
the squirrels are boarding large store OF
nuts and other animals are making prepara-
tion for severe weather. Then, again, after
Cleveland's election IN 1884. tie winter was
remarkable for heavy falls of snow, and the
same must happen this season to make his
tory repeat itself.
''Lo" walks the streets in the pride of his
manhood, and quite number OF his tribe
are in town to day. He traversed our hills
and valleys before the white man came in
their big canoes across the water. and now
that civilization has overtaken him he can
follow IN the wake and enjoy himself in the
sunshine or ram. His larder Is full of dried
salmon, and the cares of life slt lightly upon
his shoulders.
There were two unI0rtunateS IOunu
quarters In the city jail last night. One, an
honest sheep-herder, came in town, and
drank too much ''benAne". and awoke this
morning to find himself occupying quarters
not at all congenial with his feelings. But
he consoled himself with the fact that
Cleveland and free wool were supreme in
the United States, and misfortunes and dis.
asters might be expected.
nan,ty Sheriff William Morgan LETT for
Southern Oregon Friday night. says the Tel
eqrazn, for the purpose OF hunting for Bur
dette Wolfe, who, presumably is making for
Marshfeld. Another deputy left for East
ern Oregon Wednesday night by direction
Of Sheriff Kelly, and was instructed to en-
gage an assistant at Pendleton, who would
90 with him into the Blue mountains and
follow Wolfe's trail southwark, while Nor
gan will 20 to the southern part of the state
and work northward till the two shall meet
Dr. effect a capture.
Last week at the Colvllle reservation,
;ays an exchange, an Indian woman named
Kl-Ku tied her pappoose, strapped to
board, as usual, to the stump of tree, and
went off picking berries. She heard her
baby crying, but thinking nothing of the
natter, paid no attention to the little ones
vailing, A half hour afterward she went
back to the stump where the poor, innocent
babe was tied up. 10 her horror she found
. large rattlesnake coiled about the child's
neck. She dispatched the reptile with a
tick, only to find that the baby was dead,
having been bitten several times by the