The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-07-16
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cataract are justly complaining.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Mr.. W. j. Campbell, of Hood River,
in the city.
'e Mrs. John Leary, of AlbIna, is yisltir
friends in the city,
Mr.. ". NJ. Hart, one of the heavy VIC
raisers OF Caleb, Grant county. is in Il
city.
There was one solitary hobo in the eli
G jail last night, and he appeared ver
ioney.
: The meeting of the State Horticultur
t society being held at Hood River Is largel
attended, and subjects of great interes. al
!. beng discussed.
warehouse from the interior. Nearly tt
D whole of Grant county's clip has bee
5 marketed in The Dalles.
In the item published yesterday in re
E gard to the resignation of Capt. Ad Kel
ler, OF A Co., our reporter was somewha
: premature. He has not resigned yet, an
still is in command OF A Co.
II A large force of United States soldier
, passed through the city on the l o'cloc
, tram en- route to the Coeur dAlene mines
They are sent there to preserve order an'
t protect property. and this they will do.
The very able valedictory Grafton of Mr
Nicholas j. Sinnott at Notre Dame unlyer
sity Is published in the Scholastic of Jul,
2d. 1t is full of the brightest thoughts anc
choicest language, and will bear reading ant
re-readlug.
MIR. j. A. Varney, formerly proprieto
of the Mission gardens near this city, bal
now located at Oakland, jackson county
is in the city. He has planted about 26;
acres of orchard since he has been In tha
county, evenly divided between apples
pears, peaches and prunes.
1t is not generally known that so far as
admission Is concerned the Worlds FAIR ha:
already begun. In June more than 80, 600
people, or daily average of 8. 100. visited
the Worlds Fair grounds and paIu 2J cents
each to see the sights. The largest atten-
dance on any one day was l2,03S ON May
20.
ALI Of the great Worlds Fair buildings,
| except two, practically finished. A
/ portion Of the interior finishing and decorat.
| lag is all that remains to be done on most
of them On the Manufacturers building
and Machinery Hall work is being pushed
| sixteen hours day and they are fast catch
ing up with the other structures.
David Garfield, q grocer of Oregon
| City, was handling bunch OF bananas in
his store, when he felt queer sensation
! on his hand and found what at first ap-
| peared to be big greenish worm abO ut
three inches long resting there. The
| creature was removed and discovered to
be cen,ipede, big fellow, alive and
healthy.
There is little trouble at Hood River
| between the Phelps Creek Water company
and one of the farmers in the vicinity.
| The rights of the company have been es-
tablished by a decision in the circuit court
If this district, and the members of the
corporation have placed guard over the
ditch. There has been no encounter yet,
but is may happen any day.
Baker City Democrat: Messrs. Thomas
j. Whited anil Joseph Whann, of Upper
Burnt River, are in the city for supplies
The haying season will soon be ON in that
section and the gentlemen report a large
CROP Stock never looked better on Upper
Burnt river and they say that the stock
men are anxiously awaiting the appearance
OF buyers to dispose Of their supplies.
- very SuCCCSSiul OpcIdllOu vi
ton was performed by DIR. w. L. Rine-
hart, assisted by Or. Hugh Logan, this
morning, on the sarcoma of the large
bone of the LEG of Harry Psrrott,
boy thirteen years. old. He stood the op-
Grafton well, and there is not much doubt
he will recover. 1t was rendered neces-
sary by disease of the bone which would
have caused fatal results.
Four years ago Mrs. Martin, of Delight.
Adams county, Washington, was gathering
some vegetables in her garden when she
lost fine gold ring. A few days ago it was
found by the roadside several miles from
where it was lost. The explanation of the
mystery is that Mrs. Martin sent the veget-
abies she gathered to friend, Mrs. Morgan,
and the ring must have been with them,
since it was found In heap OF rubbish
which had been carried oht of Mrs. Nor
gan's cellar.
The fountain of the Epworth league was
placed in position Yesterday afternoon on
Washington street, short distance south
of the intersection OF Second street. This
will furnish drink for the thirsty, and will
give a healthfuj beverage to all street
wanderers. 1t was suggested by some one
IN the neighborhood that during warm
days the fountain shou d flow beer; but this
was objected to aud a compromise was
made by stating that any one could bring
q stick" with hun to mix with his drink. |
A practical joke was played on one OF oar |
business men last evening, which was not |
appreciated by the victim. He had tied |
his horse and buggy in front OF restaurant |
while he partook OF his meal, and while |
practically analyzing the sayory food some |
of his friends jumped into the buggy and |
drove off. When he came out and found |
his property, as he termed it, stolen, he |
hunted the sheriff. and wanted an arrest |
made, but the officer refused to act without |
a warrant When the injured individual
sscertained the true facts in the matter he |
was calm, and made no effort to recover his |
property, which came back in good condi-
tion. and peace again ''reigued at War.
saw"
The body of Mrs. M. Rogers was ex-
humed to-day by order of the coroner, MIR. |
N. NJ. Eastwood, affidavits being placed in
his hands demanding an autopsy, and the
flowing jury impahelled: s B. Adams,
Charles F. Mitchell, j. w. Harter. Henry
Smith, George A. Liebe and Fl. Gourlay. |
Drs RinehaIt, Logan and Doane performed
the post mortem in the presence of the
jury, but up to the time Of going to press
the examination naQ not Oeen QnlSne0, and
no testimony had been taken.
At Oregon city petition is being cir
cuiated, addressed to the circuit judge, ask
ing him to call special session of court
and issue venire for jurymen to try Will
son. This is Instigated by the fact that the
regular term Of court does not convene until
in Noyember, and the people do not care to
wait that long before the murderer of |
Mamie Walsh is punished. The petition
asks that the prisoner be returned to the
Oregon City jail, there to- await his trial.
The people of Milwaukee declare that if |
he ia returned and speedily tried and execu.
ted, they will not in any way interfere with
the law.
Albany Democrat: As Bud Wallace, his
wife and four children, accompanied by
Miss Lizzie Mack, were returning to Sa-
lem from Tillamook county a few days
ago, the carriage ran off the grade, and
rolled about 100 feet down into the river.
Miss Mack had the liItle babe in her
arms and when she saw they were falling. |
threw the Child just in time for its father
to catch it and save its life Miss Mack
went over the bank, struck her breast on
a rock and bounded into the water. She
died an hour later.
Every summer fires destroy very large
quantities of valuable timber, and it seems
impossible to stop these ravages upon our
forests. We haye considered these hereto
fore confined to the foothills of the Cascade
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