The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-08-06

urday morning. The defendant entered
plea of not guilty, and as the complainin
witness. had come to the conclusion not {
prosecut the case was dismissed and Pitt
was discharged. Pitts has been in ia
three or four days.
We acknowledge the receipt of the Ore
| gon School Journal, published at Portland
and the Official organ of the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction. 1t contain
valuable information In relation to the sy.
tenn OF education in this state.
The Pacific Express Co. of this city, i
doing good business these days. Their
are large. shipments of frnits to eastern
cities, and great quantities of salmon hav,
been cent TO New York city. Mr.. F e
Hill, the genial agent of the company. ii
always ale to every opportunity for busi
ness, and never allows chance to escape
to extend his operations to distant points.
Last Sunday night, dwelling. house or
Juniper Flat, near MIR. Hampton Kelly's
residence, was totally destroyed by fire
The origin cannot be ascertained, but is
supposed to have resulted from some un.
known accident The occupants of the
house are new arrivals, and were not known
to the neighbors We received no estimate
of the loss suffered by the family.
We have received copy of the Premium
List of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of
the Second Eastern Oregon District Agri-
cultural Society, to be held in this ci y,
commencing Tuesday, Oct. IL. 1892. and
continuing five days. The premiums are
quite liberal for all exhibits, and we hope
the fair will be extensively patronized.
-. .
Heppner Gazette: Hon W. R. Ellis came
up town for the first time last Thursday.
He made another visit Saturday, though on
both occa siohs he was unabl to walk, even
with crutches, nut was brought up in the
bus. -,Eyen this is ,a.treat to man who
has been in doors nearly sixty days From
the way he is improving it wall not be long
TIL he can use his crutches, with no fears OF
rebreaking his game leg.
: Mrs A. M. Williams le t the city Tues
day for Portland, where she will remain a
few days before leaving for Catsop beach.
Pine Rest cottage is the scene of much en-
joyment now, being filled with a merry
party, who are guests OF the Misses Will
liams, among whom are Mrs. Chas. Hilton,
Misses Matilda HolIister aud Virginia Mar.
den of this city, Miss E Ina Moody of Sa-
lem, and Miss Lena Wentz of Portland.
Miss Alice Campbell. of Camp Creek,
Lane county, while handling soms squirrel
poison one day last week, inhaled some of
the dust of the poison and was deathly lex
for some hours. An antIdote was admini,-
tered and the young lad, apparently recov.
cred. Several days passed, and 1t was
thought that she was out of danger. when
last Sunday evening she suddenly fell over
in a convulsion of spssm, and her life was
despaired of for some time
The Advance informs us that Jail to
the toughs OF Wenatchee Is
one of the necessities of the place. r Illlng
people, holding them up and petty pI fer
Ing is almost of daily occurrence The
hard characters seem to follow the building
of the railroad. and the best place to ply
their vocation is where there are the most
men. When the road shall have been
they will Immigrate to new and
wider fields for their business. Wenatchee
appears to be a good field for their opera
tiobs at this time.
Localizer: The surveying of the public |
ands IN this state continue to be kept back |
without any good reason for it, 1t should |
be borne in mind that the state is entitled |
to several thousand acres of land for sta e |
lses, and the longer the land in the state |
remains unsurveyed the less the chances |
there will be to obtain the quota that of |
right belongs to the state. The selections |
,annot be made until the land is surveyed. |
Squatters a,e all the time appropriatng |
.hese lands and Soon all the hest will be |
aiken, and If the state gets her portion it |
will be Hobson's choice, in the mountains |
If necessity, otherwise the gift will be lost
.ntirely.
Deputy United States Marshal Sinuott |
yesterday from a two weeks ,unt |
through Malheur. Harney and other eoun-
les, during which he has Travelled some 700 |
niles, says the Portland Ore9onian of the
list inst The object of his trip was to
ummon witnesses In the case of the United
states against the Willamette Valley and |
cascade Mountain Road Company. He had
bout 100 subpenas to serve for the govern.
nent, and lao Tor the company. He found
hat many of the persons wanted were dead,
nd some had moved away, and those left
we're all old men. 1t is so long since the |
wagon road in question was built, or not
,uilt, that it is b,t to be wondered at that
many who were residing in the country |
through which it passed, or was to have
,assed, have crossed the diYlde.