The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-16
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From Saturdays Daily.

tenn, is in the city.
Hon. NJ. Wilkins, of Lane county, wi
was one of the original worlds fair com
mi sioners for Oregon, suffered anothe
stroke of par lysis last week, affecting HI
right side, and partially destroying HI
speech.
Mr.. Patrick Bolton, of Kingsley, is in tn
| city. He says the soil is as full of moistur
as is necessary at this sea on of the year fc
plowlng. and wIFh the usual rains in sprn
there need not be the least fear of any dam
aging drouth
A good story is told about a matriu onia
agency. A man had 3 daughters VIII
ruled him with a rod of ir, N. Weary {
the tyranny he advertised in the paper fo
a wife. Next day he received three re
! plies-one from each daughter.
Work on Second street has begun, an
the mud is being removed and crushed roc
is being placed ON the bottom of tn
thoroughfare. This will MAKE good road
bed throughout the city, and which, aftel
travel, will not be rendered muddy by ex
ces i've rain.
| Two obstreperous hoboes were arrested
las evening by the marshal, and the office
was forced to use muscular persuasi n be
| fore he could succeed in locking them up
They were brought before Recorder Dufu
this morning, and each was given fifteer
| days in Jail for resisting an officer.
Charles Newell, superintendent of the
Harvey comfy, Ore, schools and editor O
the Harney Items, has sued the Union Pa
cific railroad company for $4,000 damages
alleging bad treatment and ejectment from
the train by Conductor Miller. The suit
was brought at Pendleton on Wednesday
Henry Refs, young man at work fol
seufert Bros, near this city, fell from the
hay loft to the floor, distance of about
six feet, last night, cutting a severe cash
under the right arm. DIR. Hollister was
cal ed this morning and apple ed the usual
surgical remedies, and the patient is doing
well.
Alfred c. Liebe, son of Mr.. Theodore II.
Liebe, horse whipped MIR. Bruno Sittig,
editor of the Freir Presse, ON the streets of
Portland yesterday, for comments he had
made in the Liebe- Hess controversy in the
columns of his paper. Liebe was arrested
and held in $40 bail to answer the charge of
assault and battery.
The federal grand jury has adjourned,
and yesterday returned IA indictments,
charging smuggling, embezzlement and Pc
jury. Among the prominent persons ar
rested under hese indictments are Thomas
Jordan, Herbert Adams, Major John v IL
son, Charles Newell and c. E. Lockwood.
These arrests and those made previously,
have created considerable excitement in the
metropolis.
The popular play of Rip Van Winkle was
put on the boards in good shape last night
by the Stuttz dramatic company. Mr..
Stuttz as Rip did some very CLEVER acting
and has the highest conception of the char
acter. The support was very fair, and the
large audienc- duly appreciated the wit
and humor delineated. Tonight "Franchon
the Cricket" will be played, and this should
fill every seat in the hall. $500 3
The bank of England, which has in its
pride boasted of being the must solid, COM
plete, safe and sonse, yative institution of
the world, has come under the ban of crlti-
cism, through the action of its retired
cashier, May. 1t appears that the official
action of this cashier would not always
stand the refulgent rays of the light of day,
and the bank itself cannot altogether free
itself of the odium attaching thereto.
Eugene Guard: Isaac Cook, an old
and highly respected citizen of Lane county,
re siding one-half mile east of Junction, died
suddenly at his home Wednesday morning
He arose with his usual health, ate break
fast, and sat down to read a newspaper
when he instantialy dropped over dead.
1t is supposed heart failure caused death.
The funeral which was very largely at
tended, took place this forenoon.
G. w. Edwards, OF San Francisco, has
purchased most of the apple orchards in
the Rogue river valley this year, having
bought Neils, Kincaid's, Ross, Homes,
w. II, Shepherds, Dunn's and Wagner's.
The Valley Record says Mr.. Edwards was
the first of the San Francisco men who
C me into the Rogue river valley, and gave
the people the advantage of outside money
for their apples. He has spent $55, 600 fer
that fruit there, and all of his apples
shipped are to be labeled Oregon apples.
The grand jury of Multnomah county
returned indictments against Sheriff Pc
numbra Kelly and George B.. Markle and
d. f. Sherman, president and cashier re-
spectively of the Oregon National bank,
them of conversion of county
money This grows out of the deposit of
county funds in that bank, which, during
the crisis last summer, suspended for few
weeks. The bank is closed, and the Ore
gonian believes it will be placed in the
hands of a Re ceiver.
Massachusetts, is solving the road prob
lem in a practical way. The ate road
commiss on has decided to build in every
town or township in that state one good
road along the most used route. The de-
sign is to build from seven TO ten miles of
road yearly in each county, anu to spend
about half million dollars annually in this
work. 1t is estimated that in twenty years
thi' will supply the state with as fine roads
as they have in Europe. Why cannot some
system like this be applied to Oregon?
Albany Democrat: There is an old story
about Linn county justice granting a
divorce. Another peculiar case comes from
up the Santiam: V. G. Danforth, notary
public of Marion county recently acted as
coroner aud he d an inquest on the body of
jos. Hamilton in Liun coun y. The bill
for the fees was presented Marion county
and disallowed. The body was found in
been held here by the Linn county coroner
or justice authorized to hold it.
La Grande Gazette: The heavy rains of
the latter part of last week caused sudden
rise in the waters in Grande Ronde river,
in considerable damage at several
points. The flood gates on the Grande
Ronde Lumber company's dam at Perry
were carried away, and several hundred saw
logs got away and hoated down the river.
The logs coming over tbe Orc Dell dam
demolished about forty feet of
the apron on the south end, also doing con-
damage to the railroad company's
water pipes and roadbed at that point.
East Ore9onian: Mckay creek boometh
as it never doomed before, report residents
out there. 1t bas overrun its banks, and
is causing considerable damage. Thursday
Alleu Rhodes tried to ford it with a six
horse team, and his wagon was swamped.
Mr.. Rhodes and his little son had narrow
escape from drowning. The horses found
red down stream and all managed to reach
land. The wagon is still in the creek, and
is complete wreck. 1t contained Mr..
Rhodes entire winter supply of provisions,
which were swept away and lost.
1t is said that the Blairs, who control the
Chica. and Northwestern road, are bidders
for the Oregon Pacific properly which is
advertised for sale Also that if the Blairs
get the prope ty they intend building
new steamer larger and more commodious
than the willamette Valley, and to imm d.
lately build the road over The mountains
into Eastern o egon, opening up a new
and enormously rich section, and making it
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