The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-07-23
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturday Daily.

Long freight trains leave The Dalles dali
loaded with wool and fruits. A double
header passed up the road this morpin
hauling long line OF cars.
Moro Observer: The contract for the con
structiou OF the vault for the county re
cords has been awarded to H. c. Jackson
of Wasco, an experienced builder, who's
work will, We are snre, give us full salts
faction.
The steps are nearly finished on Fed era
street up the bluff. This will be quite al
accommodation to residents on the hill ano
furnish an easy means Of going to and from
their residences.
Wool is being shipped directly to Boston
| from cur wal Iehouses, and Moody is sendiDs
away vast quantities. The clip Is not al
received, but it has accumulated to such al
extent that the space became crowded.
he editors of Oregon will meet in thii
city next month, and it Is time The Dale;
was making some arrangements for their
entertainment. These pencil-pu hers de
sire to enjoy themselves during their sea
sons of vacation, and properly appreciate
efforts made to entertain them.
We received call to-day from Mr.. Heald
and Mr.. Sargent of the Horticultural Asso.
citation. These gentlemen are visiting this
region for the purpose of stimulating our
people to earnest efforts against fruit pests,
and especially the San Jose scale, and We
hope they will be successful.
To one who looks over the burned district,
it has been so nearly rebuilt, the limits can
no longer be discovered and the buildings
re much better In every regard than those
| destroyed by the fire last September. 1t
will not be surprise to see this portion of
the city entirely rebuIlt before the anniver-
sary of the conhagration arrives.
Sheriff Ford, of Washington county, took
down on the morning train man named
Dave Young, who was arrested in Sherman
| county, and lodged IN jail in this city.
Young escaped from jail while serving O
sentence for selling liquor without Incense
and made his way to Eastern Oregon. Yes.
terday he was brought to town and Mr..
| Ford notified that his man was caught.
1t is reported that new society is to be
organized by the young ladies of our city,
called the nail brigade. 1t was remarked
| by a young lady this morning, as she dis
| played a fine new shoe which had Just had
a large hole torn in the side by nail stick
ing up in the sidewalk, that 1--WE are going
to form a nail brigade and some of these
fine evenings will march down our principal
streets, and if we don't hit the nail on the
head 1t isn't our fault"
Moro Observer: Michael King killed a
arge cougar a week from last Sunday. Mike
was camped with his sheep near place
called English Springs, in Wasco county,
and while out with his flock his trusty dog
espied Mr.. Cougar and treed him. While
the animal was lodged in the branches
of the tree Mike drew a careful bead on
him with his Winchester and put bullet
through his carcase. The animal was seven
feet nine inches from the tip of his nose to
the end OF his tail.
We understand that Mr.. Thos. Richmond,
former resident of The Dalles died in Polk
county Yesterday. He is well known to
many old residents, and was a companion
of Major Victor Trevitt, who now lies IN
his mausoleum on Memaleuse island. 1t
was in pioneer days when Mr.. Richmond
lived in this city. and it is matter of re-
gret that the old-timers are passing to the
silent shore quite rapidly. In later years
he has been engaged in the farming INDUS
try In Polk eounty.~
Baker City Blade: ]. F. Hardee, a pro-
minent mining man from Spokane, to-day
met with what might haye proved fatal
accident only from sheer good luck. The
gentleman was riding horseback oyer the
hill adjacent.to the Virtue mine when the
animal stumbled and fell on him, breaking
his leg. The gentleman was fortunate
enough to disengage his feet from the STIR
rups. else he might have been killed. He
was broght to town and taken to his rooms
at the Warshauer, where DIR. Dodson was
summoned. The doctor set the fractured
limb and eased the gentleman consider
able.
On December I'd last, Hon. ]. H. Mosier,
at Mosier, in this county, received $40 for a
nights lodgings for three men, and gave in
exchange $l775. 1t was $50 In the morn
ing, and it was yet dark. Having occasion
to look over his receipts he found the $40
piece a counterfeit. He has well-deve'-
oped faculty of remembering faces. and by
constant inquiry located his customers.
One of the men will soon be arrested, and
proves to be hard case. Mr. Mosier car.
RES with him the counterfeit $40 piece, and
any one who has been entertained at his
hostlery and attempt to cheat him out OF
his honest dues should be lncarcerated in
the penItentIary.
Condor Globe: The friends of D. 81. Ward
made application to have him admitted to
bail few days ago before the justice court
that committed him to Jail for killing John
Looney, mention OF which was made last
week. The application was granted. and
as soon as the bond was prepared, eighteen
of the responsible citizens of Cond anc
vicinity stepped forward and signed the bail
bond as fast as they could sign it. There
was room for no more names, but many
60 kho
though the bail was fixed at the small sum
of $500, the eighteen sureties justified as
being worth about SIS. 900, and are actually
worth in the aggregate about $75, 900. This
is straw that indicates that the people are
with Ward IN this trouble. Sheriff Wilcox
will start to The Dalles Saturday to release
Ward.
d. G. Probasco, who is wanted in Siski-
you county, California, to answer to the
charge of committing cold blooded murder,
has escaped. He was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff McConaha, of Arcata, Humboldt
county, and Sheriff j. B. Endert, of Del
Norte county, at Chetco, Oregon. Nc
Conaha took him down to Arcata, town
IL miles north of Eureka, where he begged
to be allowed to stop and continue the trip
next morning, and McCanaha being led of
by smooth talk, acceded to his wish. Pro-
basco told him that he was willing to 90
back and stand trial, and expressed regret
that he had not given himself up at the
time of the commission OF the ofense. He
also said that be had no desire to escape,
and would not attempt it. Mc('anaha, 1t
seems, took him at his word and went home
and went to bed, returning in the morning
with the published result. Notices have
been sent to every shipping point in the
country, to all the deputies and to every
place that there would be possibility of
his going, 30 tnat If he attempts to get out
il will be a hard matter, unless he travels at
night altogether.
East Oreqoniaa: Three strange Indians
were noticed on the streets day or two
SINCE. They are Bannocks, one being q
"b,e chief" of that tribe. Since the war Of
1876 there has been bad blood between the
Bannocks and the Umatilla reservation In
dians. Prior to that time they were very
friendly and engaged in trade, the Umatil.
las exchanging ponies for furs and buffalo
robes. But in 1876 the Umatillas took up
arms on the side of the whites against the
hostile Banuocks. The latter's chief, Egan,
was slain by Ten-e-ou-Itz, and a force of
Bannocks was driven through the Camas
Prairie country by party of Umatilla
braves. The hearts of each tribe have since
been turned against the other, and there
have been no relations between them. The
visit of these Bannocks was for the purpose
of restoring peAce and friendliness. They