The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-10-21

T., ". French, Probate Judge OF Yay-
apal county, A. r., charged ,vith forgery
aud cmbc1llcmcnt, has been dcposcd
and j. +, Wilson appointed to succeed
him.
submarine cable OF 500 volts was
laid between san Diego and Coronado the
other day. 1t IL 10 supply the force 10
run Il new electric road at the latter
place.
A 2UO. foot tunnel has iust been com
plvtcl ut the Sultuna mine in Grant
county, aud u contract ls soon to bc let
for one 800 feet long. Exposures are
satisfactory,
The coyotes in the Verde river section
in Arizona are affected with hydrophobia
TO such uu extent that il IL dangerous 10
travel through that country and cspcci-
ally to camp ut night.
Steps are about to be taken toward the
construction OF Il fish ladder ut the falls
oi the Willamette Mt Oregon City, for
winch the last Oregon Legislature made
an appropriation OF $4,000.
4 London company is said to have
bought the nickel mines in Oregon. 1t
is believed the company viii erect II
plant 10 manufacture armor Tor battle
ships and for other purposes.
The Farmers Insurance Company ut
Spokane has been 40 managed that the
rturkhodcrs have been deceived, and II
receiver has been appointed. The com
pany has out S2lS, 900 worth OF policies,
with assets Of $1,000.
A bank in Arizona, which closed n
short time ago, issued the following no.
tlrc. This bank has not busted 1t
owes the people $4,000; the people owe
il $50 900, it is the people who are bust
cu; when they pay we'll pay"
report comes from Los Angeles coun-
", Cal, that grove Of bananas IN the
Cahucnga foothills will produce this sea-
son $50 lunches OF good, merchantable
iruit, and will yield, it il said, hand
some profit TO the owner.
The Board of Public Works at Tacoma
has discovered shortage OF b,6OO,OOO
Gallons OF water daily in the water COM
pany's guaranteed supply, which was
purchased recently by the city, together
with the ecctric-light plant, for 1850
900.
According to the report of Receiver
Uadlcy the Oregon Pacific is running
brhind. He reports: June, earnings,
S2l. $50. .l6; expenses, $25,6l7.4l; loss,
g7S42I. July, earnings, SIG, ,Hi0.3l ex-
nnnsea. $23, ,bSl 81; loss, $6,64l.&. Au-
anI earnings, SIG, ,367.6i; expenses,
SO, ,2385l; loss, 3,S7O.8O.
The Linn County Board of Equaliza-
,;on has assessed the Southern Pacific at
81 GOO pcr mile on the road and 1857 on
roInny stock on the main line. The Or
eponian and Lebanon branch was placed
at $4,000 on the roadbed, and the
Oregon Pacific will be about $4,000 on
roadbed and rolling stock.
From authentic reports received at
Portland by persons in position to know
il IL believed that there has been n re-
cent and sudden uprising among the ma
,;yes of Alaska. Many persons were
kiIled. among them being several mis-
s;onuries sent out by the American
Board.
Il il said at Roseburg that the Coos
$3ay Railroad Company has receded from
its demands for subsidy Of $40, 900 from
fine Roseburg people to $4,000. The
snm subscribed up to the present time
10 only s2S, 900, but it is expected that
the S32, 900 deficit will soon be made up,
and that the line will then run direct to
Roscburg.
The Southern Pacific Company ran a
free excursion train out of Sacramento
thc other afternoon, bound for Reno,
Nov Between 300 and 400 Indians, who
went there to pick hops, were provided
with accommodations and sent to their
homes in the Sagebrush State. They
went in freight cars, and pulled out for
the mountains cheering.
letter received at Kaslo, B. c., dis
closes the TACT that u young fellow who
ran restaurant in that town, and who
died lately from fever and dysentery,
yos the son of an Irish Earl. The young
man. who was always very reticent about
his people, was general favorite. His
name was Charles Reginald Weatherly,
and his mother is Lady Louisa OF the
same name.
Frank Shay, Southern Pacific Com
many attorney and for many years Sena-
Tor Stanford's private secretary, is con-
sidered to know better than any one else
the value of the great estate left by
stanford. He says S55, 200, 900 would be
a conservative estimate OF the value o1
tbe property. The assessed value OF real
estate owned by the late Senator is 49,
23O 1000, and the market value probably
$4,000, 900.