Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-07-08

the killing Of bis wife and mother-in-
law The appeal to the supreme court
was decided against bin, and he was
sentenced Saturday last to DO hung the
10th Of August.
The suits which were heard In Justices
court here during the last week are not
Of sufficient interest TO our readers TO de-
scribe them in detail. All who are in
the least interested In such private, per-
sonal family difficulties, already know
sll about these cases, 80 that a re-hash
Of them is entirely unnecessary.
II. s. Tobey, the popular young sheep
man, left this week with bis sheep, also
band belonging to Mrs. Mary Brown,
for the mountainous pastures near Ca.
leb, Grant county, where he will spend
the summer. Geo. Greenwood left this
week also for the same locality with a
large band belonging to d. s. Brown.
notwithstanding that Co. II and a
number Of others from Condor attended
the Fossil celebration, the boys inform
us that Condor had much the larger
crowd Of the two places. They say they
we're treated quite royalty by the Fossil
people, who did all in their power to
make their visit as pleasant as possible.
Morrow county script TO the amount
Of $l778.83 has been paid out for squir.
rel and coyote scalps from Feb let to the
time the bounty expired, June 18th,
says the Record. Morrow county's sduir.
rels, like Harney's rabbits, became too
numerous for the financial stability oi
the county, and the bounty had to be
taken off.
An Armory Hall Company was incor-
porated at Condor this week by mem-
bers Of ii Co., and arrangements were
perfected at once 10 build hall 30x70.
Work on the same will begin soon, and
the boys expect TO have it finished in
side Of six weeks. II will cost about
1890, nearly all OF which has already
been subscribed.
Condor has an attorney. Mr.. George
Goode, q brilliant young attorney, who
has been practicing law in Salem for
some time, arrived here Friday and has
concluded to locate permanently at Gil
liam's capital. He Is greatly pleased
with Condon's bright outlook. He was
not in town day until he had several
good cases ON the string. See his card.
Dalles Chronicle: We will know this
week something about the "luxury" Of
the Australian ballot law, as the county
court will be then called upon to foot the
bills. In Portland the account stands
1880 for the Australian ballot law elec.
tion, against $50 for the plain old style.
As Councilman Fleidner remarked
''Tbese imported goods come high, but
we must have 'em."
The Portland Dispatch has the follow
Ing TO say Of q. Nixon Maddox, nephew
OF our worthy fellow townsman, Johnny
Maddox: &c. Nixon Maddox, ma.
tive son Of Oregon, formerly student o.
McMinnville college, recently graduated
in law at Lexington, Va, at the head o.
his class. He took the first prize, which
was 800 in each. Mr. Maddox is nov
en- route West via San Francisco, and
expects to locate in Oregon. His broth
er, j. G. Maddox, resides in Golden
dale, WASH"
We understand q shooting scrape al
most took place at Fossil on the 4th
During drunken row, no less than Q
half-dozen pistols were drawn, one pis
tol being snapped twice, but fortu-
nately was not discharged. D. s. Mnn
ger and Ed Newman, two old war veter
ans, became so wild and woolly tha
both of them were jerked out OF theil
boots and fined, the costs and all, II
each case amounting to about $50, Mr.
Newman was persuaded to spend part o
the day in the spacious parlor Of the Ho
tel de Caliboose.
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