The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-07-22

An English syndicate has bought the
Bonanza mine at llarqua llala, A. r.,
paying i,OO0 600 for it, 1t IL very rich
gold mine.
with the assignment m commnndant
ot the Mare Island navy yard Captain
kirkland received his promotion to the
rank Of Commodore.
The tanners at stockton have ceased
pickIng hides. They claim cents
charged by the dealers il too high, and
business will not be- resumed until the
price is lowered.
The scalcr Fuyoritc has arrived at
Victoria from the west coast with catch
of lOo0 syIir.. She also brought the
Iriumph'H and Maryin's catch Of l,l7O
unt s5j respectively.
san JolI#iu grain dealers Grc offering
to buy the new crop and loaning $40 to
$lN per ton ON stored wheat at stockton,
showing Il better condition OF money
matters. All wheat coming in IL being
stored, Os prices are too low.
The Mammoth mine in Pinal county,
a. r., one ol the finest gold mines in the
Territory, has shut down until new
shalt can bc driven, n cave in the mine
some time ago rendering it difficult to
worI, rs we'll a. Improbable.
Six measurements made by Fred G..
Plummcr OF the height OF Mount Rain
Ter show it to be from li,0O0 10 l5 100
feet high Mount Whitney, which is
credited with being the highest mount
ain lu the United States, is li,S0S feet
high.
Judge Catlin at Sacramento has de-
cidcd the long-pending case OF V. j.
Gregory vs.. j. J. Spicker, involving the
right TO the manufacture and sale of
patrnt medicine judgment beingaward-
cd plaiEtill. The case has been pending
for nine years,
The San Pedro Lumber Company has
secured at Los Angeles judgment
against Mcrrck Reynolds, their former
manager for $4,000. Reynolds was
charged with neglect and causing the
lasjlicalion Of the company's books.
Gentlemen desiring to enter this
courtroom will please leave their guns
in the Clerk office" Such are the
words in big black letters printed on a
placard hung outside OF the door OF
Judge lloimcs' courtroom ut Fresno,
where the trial Of Heath for the murder
OF McWhlrtcr is going On.
In the habcas corpus case OF Captain
Wray Of the Salvation Army at San Jose
Judge Lorigan declared the ordinance
which prohibited the Salvation Army
from paradng ON the streets in pre-
scribed boundaries unconstitutional, and |
ordered that the defendant be discharged. |
An insect discovered by J. Il. Shepard |
OF Xcnu, Or, was found to bc devouring |
the green and Woolly aphis in his or
chard. Prof. f. l.. Washington, ento-
muIogist OF the Oregon agricultural ex- |
pertinent station, says the insect is po-
dabrus comes, and that it is no unCom- |
mon thing for members Of this family |
to feed on solt-b bodied insects. The spe- |
cies OF podabrus have also made good |
record rs aphs-catcrs in Oregon. They |
never seem, however, to become numer- |
ous enough to catch up with the aphis. |
George l.. Richardson has been found |
guilty Of an attempt to wreck the South |
crn Pacific train near Drain, Or. This |
is tie case where train was stopped by |
Richardson, who held a torch, and whose |
every appearance indicated that he had |
been injured. He claimed he had dis
covered robbers tearing up the track, |
and that they had beaten and stabbed |
him and left him for dead, but he reCov-
cred in time to save the train. He was
much OF iorawhilc, but the evidence made |
was such that he was charged with the
attempted crime of train5wrecking with |
the above result. His sentence is eight
years in the State prison.
John w. Flood, ex-casher of the Don
ohoe-Kely Banking Company, convicted
of embezzIing $l64,OOO from that insti-
tuition, has been granted a new trial
at San Francisco. Judge SeawelI grant
ed the new trial on the grounds that the
court erred in portion OF its charge to
the Jury, and that the prosecution did
not receive very essential point. 1t
was proved that February 10 the books
of the bank showed no shortage. Now,
between that time and April 4, the time
of the discovery OF the defalcation, there
was no proof of what had become of the
There was no evidence as to
now it came in or how it was paid out.
General Barnes OF counsel for prosecu-
ton says this proof is next to an impos-
sibility, and that the decision practically
amounts to an acquittal. Flood was re-
leased on $4,000 bail. He immediately
went to his residence, and denied himself
to all visitors. 1t is understood his at
torneys have enioined absolute reticence. |,