The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-05-06

it out. Shortly afterwards dog ate 1t an
died, and several rats and mice shared tn
same fate From these facts it is surmiset
that there was poison in the d ugh, and l
must have been placed there during MIR
GIbson's absence.
La Grande Chronicle: A. L. Roberts wa
arrested this week on the complaint OF I
threat to kill preferred by his wife, wit
also made an application to the court tt
have HIM placed under bonds to keep the
peace. The case came up before Justice
Knowles, and upon motion of Deputy DIS
trict Attorney Hindman it was continued
with the stipulation that the defendant
leave the country This he has done, and
If he comes back, the case still stands
against him.
The ship Danube has been at the wharf in
Portland for the past two day with over
600 Chinese passengers on board, and 1t IS
very evident that few of them will be al
lowed to land. Collector Lotan has been
examining their certificates, and has found
many fraudulent ones. So far only four
have been permitted to go ashore. There
were twenty-one japanese on board, and as
these do not come under the exclusion act,
they can only be deoarred from landing for
sanitary reasons.
! A very exciting runaway of mule team
occurred on the streets this morning. Tn
mules were attached to a wagon loaded with
| wood, and this was scattered ali along the
route. For the distance of a block the
driver held on to the relns; but the speed
became SO rapid that he was forced to let
go, and the racing qualities of the animals
met 70 obstable until they ran againgt
post supporting an awning at the East End
Aside from scattering the wood no damage
was done to wagon, mules or driver.
Pendleton Tribune: The stockholders of
the Bailey ditch have filed their intention
by virtue of the laws of Oregon, CT appro-
priating 5000 inches of water from the
Umatilla river in section 81, township 5
north, range 2S east, w. M, about three
miles above the Umatilla junction. They
will build ditch four feet deep, four feet
wide at the bottom and twenty feet wide at,
the top. the ditch will run west along the
Columbia river to the town of Castle Rock
in Morrow county. They intend to build
six reservoirs.
Exchange: Judson W. Reeves, Is years
of age, messenger IN the office of the sec
marriei on Monday to Miss Carrie Nichols,
aged 81. Miss Nichols was clerk to the
house committee on appropriations and rev.
enue and taxation, of the last legislature.
She is refined and we'll educated, and was |
graduate OF Willamette university. The |
couple left for Salem, Or. The boys mother |
sanctioned the match and gave certificate |
that both were oyer Is years of age. This |
is another illustration of youth and beauty |
going hand in hand.
Says the Oregonian: Major Handbury,
United States engineer, has returned from
a visit to the grauite quarrIes OF Day & Co.,
at Raymond, Fresno county, Calf, 200
miles from San Francisco, from which the
granite for the locks at the Cascades Is to
be brought. He wished to ee what progress
was being made with the work there, and
found that there was vast amount of
granite in sight, and that some blocks had
been quarried out. Derrrcks were in course
of erection, and boilers, engines, etc., were
being got together preparatory to dong
l large part of the drilling by machinery.
rhe spring has been backward there as well
Is here, and conse quently not so much
progress has been made at the quarries as
night have been had the season been more
avorable. Mr.. j. G. Day, jr., who has
,een at the quarries, returned to Oregon
With Major Handbury.
Union Republican: Manager Wilcox, of
he Texas & Oregon Gold Mining Company
# Cornucopia, Union county, and Mr.. E.
Pennington, of Ft. Worth. Texas, haye
,een at Cornucopia for some time inspecting
he operations in progress on the Flag Staff
aine, owned by Mr.. Wilcex's company and
ately purchased. There is a great deal of
now still IN the camp which greatly retard
peratious, but work on the Flag Staff is
satisfactorily and the showing
ein4 made is very fatteringl MIR. PEN
Ington has returned to Texas, but will
robahly return in few weeks, since he Is
cry favorably impressed with what he has
cen and is not unlikely that he will be 10.
In inducing great deal of capi-
al to be invested In this country through
is friends In Texas and Colorado. Cornu-
opia has a bright tuture H.