The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-26

| reste0 last night. ne nau Oeen Driore Vi
court several times before on a slmil
c1arge. and he was fined $40 and costs,
default OF which he was co nmitted to jai
The organization of the new militia com
| lany in this city ls progressing very encou
| ayIpgly. and the members comprise exec
| lent material.
Seven carloads of cattle and two Of shee
left the stockyards Of z E s ltmarshe
Co. yesterday, the former going to tn
Sound and the latter to Troutdale.
The forty first session OF the Oregon NJ &
conference commenced in al any yesterday
Bishop D. A. Goodsell. presiding. Their
are nearly hundred ministers In attend
| snce.
Pythias: The honor of being Oregon
next grand chancellor. <. OF P. lies be-
tween Hon. Henry Blackman, past grauC
vice. chancellor, and j. A. Waddle, granc
vice chancellor.
The state board of school land commits
| sioners apportioned the school fund among
he different counties last Tuesday. Ac-
ordius to this report Wasco county ha,
30S6 children anu Is entitled to 81 l60 20
DR. II VIrchow, the great German parIi
,mentarian. and leader of the opposition t
the army bill in the late session of the reich.
.tagg, came on the train last night, regis
tered at the Umatilla House aud left for
Portland this morning.
Mr.. John b. sr, wife and fami re-
urn.d last evening from few days outing
uear ind river. Wash. They were camp
ing, and Mr.. Blaser say he had u very en-
jpyable time hunting and f,hing. Game
were plentiful and so wer trout.
The campmeeting at M,sIer is still in
progress, and good work is being done
There were nine at the altar last evening
for prayer, and there Is a great interest
manifested IN the meetings Revs. Aid
ndge and Rrgby have charge of tine services
We learn from the Hepuner Gazette that
Nr. VIM. Dunn aud wife and two hildren
arrived there from Tue D ,IIes on Saturday
evenings train. Mr. Dunn has been Sc
iected as conductor for the Heppper branch,
an goes there with the intention of making
hat his future home.
The many friends of Mr. Ben. Foster, the
,rtlst of New York, will be pleased to learn
that he has been the recipient Cf a medal
at the worlds fair IN Chicago. Mr. Foster
mas become acquainted with the ampteur
artists of this city through the efforts OF
Rev. W. g. Curtis, his personal friend for
many years.
MIR Chas. Hall will leave ON the train to-
night for visit to his old home in Iowa
He has been absent for a numb-r of years.
AMI wants to see the old homestead. HIS
aged mother Is still living. and she is the
principal attraction that takes HIM east
During his absence he will spend some days
at the worlds fair in Chicago
The tests which Mr. Ulrich has made of
his new water motor on FIVE Mile creek
have been very surcessfIi, and he has al
ready received sew raj order, FOR his ma
chimes. They will be generally Introduced
here as soon as they become known, as they
possess the qualities of cheapness and avail
ability, hlch will make them popular.
A board of examiners will convene in
this city next Saturday to pass upon the
qualifications of Captain w 5. Bowers, OF
B ,ker City, major elect of the Thru regi-
rnent. The board will consist of Lieut. Col
Geo. I. Thompson, commanding regiment;
Lieut.. j. M z ,ttersnn, regimental quarter
master, and Major E Everett, of the FIRST
o N G
The king of Norway and Sweden lost |
f,ithful sui set this morning in the person /
Of Richard N. Hassell, who, fore the |
county clerk, under oath decla ed his Inte"
fion OF becoming an American citiz-n. HIS |
IT quest was granted, and he left the clerks |
,u,ce in possession of the document that |
will entIte him in time to the full prIvi- |
eges of American citizenship.
John Rieter, who is presumed to be the |
person wh1 killed Victor Snellman, near
Astoria. alb nut two weeks ago, was arrested |
q Portlan Wednesday. Deputy Sherr IF
Mooer had been o. his track Tor several
lays, and finally run him down in the
metropolis He will be taken to Astoria
md .tand trial for the murder before the
,ircuit court uf Clatsop county.
Heppner Gazette: Wilson Bros. started
heir thresher down in the Jordan Fork J
'ountry last Thursday From that section
We learn that wheat, which it was thought
would not make over FIVE bushels to the
ere, is averaging from eight to ten. Jor-
Ian Forkers now think that all the grain
will average at least one third more than
vas predicted for it when out
Salem Independent: Al Herren and wife
nd his brother, Willard Herren, returned
ast night from the EIkhorn. where they
ad been camptd d for the past two or three
weeks. The party succeeded ip killing I
ne black. This makes four bears that
7ere killed In that eighborhood inside of
7eek. as Robert Morehouse had killed one
ust before the boys killed theirs.
A most ludicrous scene was enacted at
he East End Yesterday by runaway
nImal attempting to rec himself from
ack He ran through the streets, and
'ould try to come in contact with every
ost ro rub of the burden. Individuals he
reated in the same manner, and people on
he sidewalks kept dodging the cayusp
he pack 1nally dropped on the ground,
nd the horse was perfectly docile.
Marcus Vanbibher. boy Is wears old,
On of Mr.. and M 8. w. q. Vanbibber,
,hie riding horse Yesterday AFTERNOON
'as thrown and fell on his head. Il is not
nown how the accicent happened; but
rom marks on his scalp and cut on his
hin it is supposed the hoy fell on a rock.
lie has been in d, zed condition ever
nce, and talks in an incoherent manner.
Iside from the il juries mentIuned, no other
rulses appear. II is expected In day or
0 the boy will be all right, as soon as the
ystem rallies from the effects of the shock.
Sam Ensley has recently put in ma
'huc iof kuHi, ONcr VI Ine |
forth Fork. Ell. Cox and Justice of the
'eace Hogue propose TO ut one in on their
lam, provided Ensley is suecessful The
ovs are able to ''pan out" 81 80 day in
he ordinary way. and their saving machine
ught to make big money If successful.
here is. by far. NOR excitement this
sa-on over the placers in Grant county
han any year since active operations
eased at Canyon City and Susan,ille in the
sixties"
1t may he some weeks before the harvest
this county will be tinI. he'd, and th- in
ications are that a better yield will be re-
liz d than has been for several years past
he prices are very low, caused by rhe gen.
raj deDreciation of vaIu 8, consequent upon
ne. public distrust prevailing. With the
dvent of the Democratic party in power
le peopl- expected change in the policy
the administration of national sffnrs,
nd this wrecked public confidence 1
ill not be re established until something Is
one by the present congress to Ireassure
he opie that Democracy will not carry !
ut the Chicago platform /:
WhiIe Eiuard Gilmora and CharIas |