The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-16
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going to Oregon City aud filed homestead
upon it. The land is worth perhaps $4,000.
Dayton Herald: The list anniversary of
the birth of Henry Hewitt of Unionvale
was celebrated at the Hewitt homestead, on
the 18th of November. There were present
/ on that occasion twenty-five OF Mr.. Hew-
tits children and grandchildren. which Is
only ab nut half the number nov living,
there being about forty. most of whom are
residents of this county. Henry Hewitt
was the first man to drive down the west
ern slope of the Blue mountains, IN the lead
| of van of near $50 wagons. His was the
| second wagon to arrive in The Dalles.
Hood River Glacier: Thursday an agent
of the Rosenfelt Smith Co, tobacco dealers
| of Portland, arrived here and had a search
warrant issued for the purpose of discover
ing the wher- abouts of certain tobacco, cI-
gars etc., stolen from their store by o.
Sandman. Constable Oliuger served the
warrant, aud VIM. Edick, stepson of Sand.
man, at once produced box filed with
molly collection of cigars and tobacco,
which were identified by the agent as the
stolen property. The value of the lot was
pobably $25. Sandman Is in Jail, and will
probably be sent up for year or more.
Ochoco Revietc: S. Berger. of Portland,
arrived here yesterday from Mitchell. and
reported that j. I. Cham berlain was shot
by the marshal of that place last Sunday
evening and dangerously wounded. Mr.
Berger says, as near as he could learn, the
marshal had arr sted Mr.. Chamberlain for
creating a disturbance in a saloon, and was
taking him tn the calaboose when he shot
him. The ball entered the knee cap, shat
teripg it badly When MIR. Berger left
Mitchell Tuesday morning, the physicians
were preparing to amputate the limb, and
Mr.. Chamberlain being in weak condition
physically, it is doubtful if he survives.
Salem Statesman: The papers have al
ready been drawn and will probably be
served in few days seeking to enioin the
location OF the proposed soldiers nome at
Roseburg and the branch insane Asylum in
Eastern Oregon. They were placed in the
hands OF James Mccain, district attorney,
on Thursday afternoon, and Friday the bond
in the case was being made out. The case
YVES blank up to FrIday evening, but 1t was
the purpose to ins rt the name of a rather
prominent Salem man as thu complainant.
These few minor details arranged, the mat.
ter IL ready to go before the courts, pro-
viied the parties taking the initIave do not
change their minds.
The Lebanon Aduance, Populst paper,
gets off the following very unlikely story:
"We have good joke on W. R. Bilyeu, of
Albany, a prominent lawyer and leading
Democrat of this county. While In Lee
banon one day recently he was in Milt MI.
ler's, where politics is generally the theme.
Mr.. Bilveu did not have much to say, but
assured the .kickers' that the Democratic
party was all right, that Cleveland was
.all right, and requested Geo. Rice to read
the platform. Mr.. Rice, who is Populist,
instead of reading the Democratic platform,
read the Republican declaration. Mr.. Bill
ven frequently interrupted the reading by
saying, that's right that's good doctrine
but when the end was reached and he was
told that 1t was the Republican platform
that he was approving, he hadn't another
word to say.