Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1892-08-26


married any one. ChclIy--That's 50,
bah joyc Truth
The total colored population Of the u.
S., rs returned under the censns 0f 1890,
is 7,GsS,360. Of these, 1910 ,O4O nre per-
sons Of African descent. l07, ,475 are Chi
nese, 2,030 are Japenese, 5s,S00 are civ
illzed Indinns.
Saturday lust 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 ut the barn
when the fire broke ont, and Mr.. Coo
ney was ut work IN town. The loss ~
about $1,000, with $3.50 insurance.
The vote Of Oregon in November will
be abont $4,000. The Weaver party will
have about 10000 Probably $500 votes
will be cast for The prohibition ticket.
There will remain $1,000 10 be divided
between Harrison and Cleveland, and
the vote for Harrieon may be get down
at over $4,000. --oregonian. [Maybel.
Mr.. Mackey, the photographer, went
over to Mayyille Monday and will re-
main there about two weeks. Hia work
has given entire satisfaction here, and
has nerited the respect and confidence
Of onr people. The same cannot be said
cf Ramsdell 4 Eastburn, who are the
biggest hilks that ever bit this country.
Frederick Zorn, who recently muir
dered his wife and mother-in-law, was
hanged Mt pendieton Friday afternoon
at O'Clock. One Of our exchanges adds
thnt Everything passed Off smoothly
and there was not the least unpleasant
jar to mar the proceedings. Weimagine
the jar wasn't SO deucedly pleasant" to
Torn.
"Nancy Hanks" Is now the queen Of
the turf, having trotted mile in 2 min
utes, IA seconds Mt Chicago last week.
THIS lowers the record OF Mand S and
Sunol, In order TO accomplish this, she
had 10 shoot through the air ut the rate
OF AZ feet eycrysecnnd. The 10000 spec
tatators went wild, temporarily, over
the wonderful feat.
Long Greek Eagle; editor Il. M.
Shntt, Of the Antelope Herald, must he
n foot racer us well ms Jack Of other
trades" to get down from the Cease"
and heat y. G. Mackey, the noted foot
racer Of Grant county. Generally edi-
tors hasn't enterprise enough to get that
kind oi q "moyc on" hut Bro. Shut cy-
idently is mn exception"
Az we 10 TO press, the mono,onous Inv
sui; against Earnest seeknmp Tor the nl-
legged obstruction of public highway,
10 still IN progress. 1t has heen post.
poncd fson dug 10 day until the tixray-
ers are beginning 10 get very tired in-
deed. II has let the county ''in for IN
already TO the trne IL several hundred
dollars, and II ought TO come TO q focus.
Col. Lucns is having commodimns
kitchen built onto his housc this week.
Sheriff Wilcox IN having the basement
nf his house walledn Mrs. Mary Brown
is having her housp neatly painted and
repaired, u. j. McMorris jest finished
his new honsc, and with the other new
buildings going mp all over town, makes
it present brisk and business appear
anre.
Grant County Ncws; While we nre
passing tariff laws. why not pnt at once
a prnhihitive tariff on all cheap "pan-
per" foreign lal,or? This wonld not
please the monopoists, who have tariff
laws passed just to suit their own inter-
ests, hut it surely would be in the inter
est Of every laboring man--and most of
us are, in one way or another---in this
country.
Mr.. Jas. II. Hill of Lone Rock came
over to the city Saturday and perfected
arrangements for the principalship Of
our public schools, which will begin Sep
tcmler 18th. Mr.. Hill is an old and ex-
perienred Instructor. has always been
very successful as teacher, and onr di-
rectors have made n wise selection in
employing him. He has bought four
lots in town and expects to n build q
house at once and move his family here.
The Dalles Chronicle: The dear girls
are dressing more like the horrd men
every season, but VT have not noticed
any ofthose suspendera the sweet things
are wearing this summer, fastened with
a shingle nail, because; "Whera the
summer girls suspenders hreak, the's
not at loss what to do; she kn0ws not
the loss OF ten-penny nail, but the spot
where the recreant galluses fOil, she
mends with Il hair-pin or two"
Billy Mack returned to Condor Satur.
day, nfter six weeks treatment for tho
liquor habit In the Kelley Institute at
Forest Grove. He says he feels better
and brivhfnr than for many Vanre and