The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-09-30

treated sheep and wool so badly that we
are ashamed to look the animals in the
! face" This incident comes from good
authority, and, considering the circum.
stances. any set of men possessed of self
respect, cannot blame the Crook county
shearers for the Plan they nave adopted.
Burnt Ranch correspondence Antelope
HerdH: W. III. Butler accompanied by
Mr.. G.. Clark, of The Dllles, went up tp
work III the formers opal mines the other
day, and upon arriving at camp their dis
may can be imagined. at finding every ar
ticle of the camping outfit gone. Nothing
but the tent and pair OF scissors were left.
Not seeing any way of converting the scis-
sors into a cooking utensil, they sought
the shelter of friendly sheepherder's camp
aud spent the night. Mr.. Butler places hiI
loss at 500. Several parties are implicated
in the theft but no arrests have been made
up to date.
The Salem Independent gives an account
OF fahal wrestling accident last Tuesday,
between two brothers, about four miles from
Sublimity. John and Henry Rqyburn have
had trouble several times, aud IN quarrel
over building fire, began a scuffie. Henry
the elder, attempted to throw his brother
down; but John. being the more active,
last resulting in heavy fall: Henry com.
plane of pain 10 his back, and me lic,l aid
beng summoned 1t was found that the spine
was broken. Everything possible was done
to relieve him, but he died the next day
from the effects of his injuries.
The concert Saturday evening at the
Methodist church attracted very fair aud
ience, aud the programme was well rend-
cred. Our local talent acquitted them
selves with considerable credit, and ths
vocal and instrumental rendtiors displayed
a grpat deaf Of culture The bird warbn5
by M. CAas. d X Il ogy wa s,m jiy -
tect, and one could ca iTy linaeine himseh
10 a forest with the birds ch tnJtag their
sweetest notes IL the tree tops Mrs. hel.
logg is an accomplished Vool!ist, and ner
singing was loudly encored. She has
very sweet voice, aud it has attained high
state of cultivation. We sre glad to know
that the receipts OF the Eoworth League,
for whose benefit the entertainments was
given, were quite large
Beerbohm, the great grain journal has
this: In France the grain harvest IS COM
peted, and there. as in Belgium. Holland 4,
and Germany, the official estimates are all
that are now waited. Meanwhile in France
almost every authority, except the optimis.
tic farmers leading journal. looks Tor DIS
appointing crop, probably rot exceeding
$50, 600, 600 bushels. In Germany the
worst crop appears to be oats; that Of wheat
is fair and that OF rye better than mad bsen
expected. The Russian crops, according
to the minister of agriculture. are all above
the average, except winter wheat. The
Bulgarian crops are now definitely stated to
be as follows: Wheat good. barley aud oats
very go)d. rye deti;ien;, owin5 to rep oN-
ing, corn being substituted.
Messrs S R B irling aud Z. Near rihar
of Antelope, have purcaasel phlnograph
which they will take out with them. II
has been placed under such objective Infil-
enee that it will render several pieces OF
classical music, and will be a source of en-
tertaInment Co these gentlemen and their
friends during the long fall and winter
nights. Whatever truth there may be In
the report that during the visit Of Henry
Irving to this city be, rehearsed to a blank
cylinder in the machine his conception of
Mark Anthonys address over the dead bodv
of Julius Cezar 1t is not universally cred
tied. If this is a fact, this phonograph
will be an educator in the delineation of
characters as well as
teacher OF the art OF music.