The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-10-15

and Miss Libbie Snodderly, one Of the pas
3 sengers on board, was slightly injured. The
cause OF the affair was an imperfect brake,
giving away at the time when needed.
The first mill buiit in Oregon was erected
, in 1917 by the Hudson Bay Company. The
I sIlls, which were of oak, and are yet sound,
have been converted into lumber, and will
be used N the finishing of a residence near
Newport.
The following entries have been made in
the roadsters' race at the fair grounds to-
morrow: @. Z. Haight's bay mare, Topsy;
R. R. Hinton's bay gelding. Hero; NJ. A.
Moody's sorrel gelding, Pet; E. Jacobsen's
sorrel mare, Polly; j. s. Schoolings sorrel
mare, Nellie, and Dan. Maloney's horse,
Joe.
We are in receipt of the first number of
the La Grande Daily Star, published at that
hourishing city by Messrs. Parker and Eek
ley. 1t shows good advertising patronage,
and its columns are well filled with local
and general news. We extend to 1t frater-
nal greeting, and wish it success in the field
of journalism.
Thomas Wood was arrested this morning
escaping from the Chemawa Indian school.
He is from the Umatilla reservation, and !
undoubtedly desired the wild freedom of his
native heath rather than the restrictions Of
tine discipline of On institution of learning.
The boy will be taken back to school by one
OF the officials of the institution.
The Great Northern Railroad tunnel
under the Cascade mountains will he an en-
gineering feat of no small magnitude. The
boring will be two miles in length and it
will take two years to complete the work.
When the tracks are laid through the tuu-
mel it will be lighted throughout by cleo
tricity. In the meantime the line will bo
run over the mountains by serle1 of grades
so as not t. delay the establishment OF com.
munication with the coast.
Certain labor agitators teach that the
mills, mines, factories, etc., belong to the
employees whose labor created them as much
as to the capitalist in when rs vested the
title. With equal reason the capitalists
might claim the laborer's cottage because
his money built 1t. We in this county,
says the Garfield Enterprise, put our labor
on the market in the shape of wheat
Would it benefit us to blow up few eleva-
tors aud shoot the wheat buyers because
the price offered is not satisfactory!
Richard Phillips has an artesian we'll on
his farm four miles from McMinnville. It
was struck about ten days ago. He had
started IN to dig an ordinary well, and after
reaching depth of IL feet a three.iuch
augur was procured. At o depth Of 40 feet
from the surface water was struck, which
rose with such force as to lift the augur. In
scarcely more time than it takes to tell it.
the pit IN which the workman stood was
overhowing. Mr.. Phillips is making ar
rangements to confne the flow to a pipe.
and 1t is thought the water can be raised to
sufficient height to water every part of his
farm.
John and William Palmer have been
digging on their farm, south Of Dayton,
Yamhill county, the past 10 days for the
remains of mastoaons, and been rewarded
by finding portions Of the remains Of several
animals of immense size. The place where
they have been digging is marshy and the
remains found were in a position showing
that the animals were standing in a'gfoup
at the time of their death, and apparently
sunk in the mire and were unable TO extri-
cate themselves. Messrs. Palmer have
almost all the parts OF a skeleton Of an i'm
mense mastodon. 0ne of the back teeth
weighs "a pounds.
Alfred Vosper, an old citizen Of Port
land and a wealthy real estate dealer,
committed suicide at bis residence at
Piedmont, op the East Side, Sunday
morning, by hanging himself. He was
very we'll known, and his death created
quite stir among large circle OF friends
and acquaintance. His mind was un-
balanced and about two weeks since his
allment took violent turn. Although
being worth about 5000. be imagined
that be was poor man, and worried over
the imaginary danger of himself and
family starving TO death.
Grants Pass Courier: B. r. Watkins, of
this city. found q couple Of dies used in
making counterfeit money IN a shed back OF
his residence on Fourth street few days
ago. The dies are short, round bars Of brass
and have one end shaped so as to make an
impression OF $40 piece dated 1888. Mr..
Watkins wrote to the U. s. commissioner
at Ashland about the matter aud received
request to take care of the dies, as they
might be needed as evidence against Coon,
who Is now in Jail at The Dalles for coun-
terfeiting. The dwelling now occupied by
Mr.. Watkins was at one time the head
quar- ters of the Coons. 1t will lie remem.
bered that they were arrested at Ashland
last year and broke Jail.
Scarlet fever has again appeared in the
neIghborhood of Pendleton, says the East
Oregonidn, and in form indicating the
fearfully contagious nature OF this disease.
Milo Palmer, rancher on Mckay creek,
ten miles from Pendleton, has five children
ranging from two to nine years in age, and
Saturday all were attacked by scarlet fever
within fifteen hours of each other. Their
condition is now serious, although the
disease is not yet sufficiently advanced TO
indicate whether it is of malignant nature.
No cause can be assigned for its appea-s7er,
except that person stopped over n,ghs at
Mr.. Palmer's house who came from local
Ity in the John Day country where scarlet
fever is reported to prevail.