The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-04-23

Warm Springs, and brought to the city !
charge of two Ipdian policemen. To max
their arrest certain and secure the polics
. men had them handcuffed and ther limit
, manacled. The amount of iron they cal
ried around was something wonderful; bu
they bore their punishment stoically, an
never made any complaints regarding tn
condition in which they were placed.
Mr.. F. NJ Salyer, Of Durango, Colorado
graduated engineer of Michigan univer
sity at Ann Arbor, Is in the city for tn
purpose Of making this permanent loca
| ton.
The REPUBLICAN nomIlations-state, dis
trict and county-are becoming more popu
lar every day, and in June 1t may be ex
pected that the party will be victorious al
along the line.
Some facetious individual placed notice
on the recorders office to-day with the
words, s'New Potatoes. As soon as Mr..
Menefee was aware of the fact ne removed
1t. The recorder is good. and the
joke created no bad feelings.
| Patrick Doyle, who murdered Mike
Walsh at Rocky Point, Mont, few years
ago, and whose record as tough on the
Upper Missouri for the past ten years was
well known, was killed by his son nine
| years old last Saturday, at bis ranch on the
Big Muddy. The cause is unknown.
Mrs. Francis Jackson, a pioneer of 1852,
died at her home in Hillsboro, March 9th.
q ed 4S. She was daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Louis Rey, and arrived In Oregon with
| her parents when only s year old. She
leaves five children, one of whom, Mrs. y.
G. Holmes, is resident of East Portland.
Exchanges throughout the Willamette
l valley contain accouDts of the farmer wag-
| ing war on the orchard pests. Trees are
being scraped and sprayed with solution
| that is said to be sure death 20 the pests.
More work of this kind has been done this
spring than ever before in the Willamette
valley.
Mr.. D. L. Gates and Mr. Chas. Allison
have entered into copartnershp in the ice
business, and will furnish as good ice as
there is in the market at the lowest price.
These gentlemen will have an abundant
supply, and can furnish all citizens with as
good ice as ever was sold IN this city. Leave
orders at G. F. Lauer's.
The NEW ballot system makes big ex-
pense in the way Of notifying judges and
clerks of election of their appointment. Un-
der the old law the clerk would write to
them, but now the sheriff is Obliged to serve
them in person. He is paid by mileage, and
in county like Lane, says the Eugene
Register, this is a big item.
The disappearance of Mrs. NJ. Bohen
from Grant, several days ago, is a great
mystery, and the community is intensely
excited over the matter. We are informed
that two weeks ago she left her home and
was seen later In the day just eaSt of the
high bridge between Grant and Biggs. This l
Is the last intelligence that has been re-
ceIved of her whereabouts, and some peo-
pie believe that, in fit of temporary insan-
lty, she jumped from the high bridge east
of Biggs into the river and was drowned.
She had some trouble with her husband,
and, as we learn from parties who live at
Grant, the home life of either was not
pleasant or agreeable.
Exchange: An Indian grave on Mckay |
creek was robbed one night last week by |
unknown parties. The discovery was made |
by Indians, who found a grave opened |
which had been occupied blythe remains of |
a thirteen-year-old girl and ten-year-old !
boy, inferred two years ago. Scattered on |
the ground were seen some of the beads
which had ornamented the girls dress and |
moccasin containing two of her toes; also
a chunk of cotton brought for some purpose |
by the visitors. Loosened earth had been
thrown back into the grave, concealIng its
depths. and the Indians did not know
whether either or both bodies had been
taken, being too superstltlous to dig down
and investigate. The tracks of light ve-
hicle were seen, leading in the direction of !
Pendleton. Perphaps some enterprising !
person has been out there in search of
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