The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-09-03
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From Saturdays Daily.

D Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Dufur, OF Dufur, q
in the city.
Hon. A. R. Lyle, of Hay Creek, is on o
streets to-day.
There is double headed calf on exhil
o tion IN this city.
p Pr'.f. johnson, president of the state ur
versity at Eugene, Is in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Eaton, of Vase
are visiting friends in the city.
D Judge Dunbar was passenger yesterds
3 Oh the afternoon train for Olympia.
Bernie SeIleck, at one time an employ
IN this Office, but for several month
residing in Boyd, is in the city.
Mr. 81. R. Duniway, of the 81. R. Dun
lway Lumber Co., Portland and Bridi
Veil, is In the city on business.
1t is estimated that several thousan
people were killed by snake bite during tn
last year, and yet well known antdot
can be readily purchased.
The Dalles was fairly represented o
Grant yesterday, and our people enioye
themselves as well as could be expects
under the circumstances.
Mr.. j. B. Crossen was a passenger on tn
afternoon train for San Francisco, wher
after stopping few days, he wall return
with his wife and family.
Just complaints are made of the fact tina
lemons received IN this city from Callforni;
are effected by the San Jose scale. Oul
fruit inspector should see to this.
Mr.. Martin Nickelsen, of Hood River
who has been sick for some time, is nov
| able to be around. He is 10 the city to-
day, and from him We learn that, although
improving, he does not gain strength rap.
idly.
The total colored population OF the United
States, as returned under the census of
| 1890. is Z, ,63S, 800. Of these. 7,470, ,040 are
p rsons of African descent, l07, ATS are Chi.
nese. 2, 030 are Japanese, So, SOC are civilized
Indians.
An alarm of fire was given last evening
about s o'c ock, and the engine and hose
cart were quickly at the scene. 1t proved
to Re the residence of MIR. Butts at the East
Eud, and the fire was extinguished without
doing much damage.
The Union Pacific is rapidly filling in
bridges between The Dalles and Mosier and
expect to b IN about all of those between
MosIer and Hood River before winter sets
accidents and allow of increased speed of
trains.
Condor Globe: Saturday last about 2
o'clock J. G. Cooney's new house, two miles
south of town, burned to the ground, with
all its contents. The origin of the fire is
not known. Mrs. Cooney was at the barn
when the fire broke out, and Mr.. Cooney
was at work in town. The loss Is about
$1,000, with $3.50 insurance.
From the Wasco paper we learn that on
the ranch of j. Mcdonald, few miles south
OF that city, they turned out 900 sacks of
wheat on quarter section of land. Who
says that Sherman county isn't in it this
year? 1t may have had failure of crops
on account of hot weather, but from all re-
ports the failure is not SO extensne or near
so bad as reported.
Goldendale Sentinel: F. B. Stimson, our
proficient sheriff, left Tuesday morning with
John Gre-n for the penitentiary at Walla
Walla, making his eighth trip with convicts
from our superior court during his te.m of
otiice-Hsnsnew, Fairbanks, Jon 8, Smith,
Bsrrick, Jordan, Bickel and Green-rather
a large number to go from the usually quiet
and peaceable county of KlIckitat.
The Hood River Glacier contains the fol-
lowing: One of two tourists purchased
Maryln Rand's pet hear Bruno, Tuesday
morning, for $40. and led HIM to Mr.. Win
ans pasture grounds, where he was turned
loose and given a chance for his life. Bruno
ran for a tree, which he soon mounted, when
the sportsman fired, bringing poor Bruno to
the ground corpse. The hide will be taken
back east as trophy of the sportsman's
prowess as hunter and marksman.
John Day Sentinel: Grant county is not
usually behind when 1t comes to sensations.
This time we have an elopement, in whssh
the principals are one Sam Yarber and an
adopted girl by the name of MAY Rainer.
Both reside somewhere above Prairie City.
A warrant was sworn out for their arrest,
and Sheriff Combs Is now hot on the trail.
What is to be gained by following them Is
not apparent to us. If the man is satisfied,
and the girl is satisfied, we believe in let
ting them 90, Gallagher.
The government scow Tacoma is now be- |
ing fitted up at this place with full crew,
tools and utensils. says the Lewiston Teller, |
for the work on Snake river between here |
and Asotin. Its principal business will be |
in clearing the channel of rocks dangerous |
TO navigation in low water. The work to |
be done will be continuation of the work
lone last season with the same boat. The |
work on the river between Lewiston and |
Riparla has already begun and better and |
more extensive improvement will be made
here.
The Waila Walla Statesman says Monday
orenoon sparks from an engine on the mar
'ow guage railroad set fire to the stubble in
! field belonging to Robert Kennedy, about
;wo miles and half east of this city, but
L.. L. IL
About the middle of the afternoon some
sparks were famed INTO a blaze,
md before its ravages could be checked it
lad spread over large field, destroying
'ver fifteen hundred sacks of newly threshed
rain that were piled up in different por-
ions of the field. Besides the grain and
tubble a large amoant of fencing was
,urned. MI. Kennedy's loss is somewhere
n the neignborhood OF $1,000, and he had
10 insurance whatever.
A Wasco exchange says: Johnnie Nc
Piers on met with a painful accident last
donday, while hauling load of straw. on
lis m theirs ranch, near this city. He was
ittlng on a high load with his feet project
ng over the front end OF the rack, when
oing down q steep decleviry a jolt of the
wagon caused him to slip and tall down be-
ween the horses and the wagon. The
orses became frightened and kicked him
n the head, breaking two Of the bones, and
hrowing him to the ground and the wagon
assed over him bruIsing and skinning his
light arm. The horses then started the
Tagou and contents over the field but were
aught few rods further away. DR.. Beers
ct the fractured membe., and at this writ
ng he is getting along nicely.
The Lewiston Teller says: Patrick Craw-
ord, sheep herder late In the employ of
,hr;s Theissen, met with fatal accident at
he Raymond House Sunday night. He
etired at the usual hour, seemingly all
light, but awakened the house about mid
ight by crashing through the third.story
nd falling into the alley back OF the house.
ielp was summoned and the injured man
7as removed to a room near at hand. He
ived but two hours. having received severe
njuries about the head. One leg was also
roken by the fall. Il is said that the de-
eased was habitual sleep.walker, and this
, the cause, no doubt, of his last fatal step.
lie was an old resident in the vicinity of
'omeroy, and his son and Mr.. A. E. Hess,
I that locality, came up to assist In the
urial, which took place Tuesday afternoon.
From Mondays Daily.
The evenings and mornings are delight
lily cool.
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