The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-23

such other improvements as to enable Il
mill to run during the winter without hinC
rance. The mill was started again la
Saturday and is running day aud nigh
Mr.. Allen has day and night force
hands in his employ, aud IS mining bett,
ore than at any previous time.
An exchange says: "a California ma
has invented an internal machine whic
can be placed in an envelope and sent |
those dishonest subscribers who refuse |
pay for the paper. The machine explode
and kills the whole family, and the frag
ments that fall in the yard will kill th
dogs also. Glory certainly awaits the in
yentor editor when he leaves this nun
dane sphere. He will have an upholstere
chsir, and will be allowed to sit with hi
feet on the table in eternity"
Fossil Journal: Sam McGilvray me
with a bad accident on Tuesday of las
week. He was going down the hill Int
Hoover creek with load of wood whel
the brake rope broke The wagon raj
into a stump and Sam was thrown Le
tween the horses, which, stepping upoI
him, knocked his left shoulder out O
place and sprained his right wrist. II,
was taken TO John Browns, and theme,
home the next day. He is getting along
all right, and was out at Walter Rinehart'.
funeral Tuesday.
There Is no need now of anybod,
carrying about with him filthy, ragged
| disease-breedIng old bank bills or United
States paper money. The treasury de-
parTment is exchanging the rags fol
bright new bills at the rate of million
and quarters worth day. If you send
your microbe spreading bills to the treas
urer of the United States he will send YOU
new bills for them within 4S hours after
he receives them. We may not have
much money but what we do have should
be new and clean.
Some time since r. E. Mulcahy, super
lntendent of the o. P. r r., recelyed by
express an internal machine, and at once
efforts were made to locate the source
from whence it came with the result that
one of the prominent under officials has
been removed as the guilty party. Not
Wlthstanding the fact that there will un
doubtedly be few changes made in the
official personnel of the D. p. soon fol-
lowing the sale of Friday of last week,
there Is now a vacancy in the office of
general freight and passenger agent.
The court for Crook county has issued
an order offering bounties for scalps on
wild animals. While the bounties are
not so large as the people would have
like TO have seen, they are better than
nothing. 1t will be an encouragement to
men who are out of employment to get
out and hunt, as they can make fair
wages killing coyotes and wildcats, and
especially during these hard times will
they be encouraged to rustic tor scalps,
and the scalp bounties will be the cause
of good number of destructive animals
being killed.
For some time past articles have been
missed from different barns in Prineville;
but the parties have succeeded heretofore
in hiding their identity. The authorities in
the meanwhile have been on the qtii viVe,
and have suspected two persons who had
been living in a cabin west of the city, they
having disappeared simultaneously with
the stolen articles. Word was sent to Sill
yer Lake, where they had gone, to have
them searched. and all the stolen articles
were found in their possession. They were
brought back to Prineyille, and were held
last Monday in bonds of $500 each to ap-
pear before the next grand jury.
Antelope Herald: f. N. Spicer brought
US this week sample of Australian wool
which j. Ii. Shearer plucSed from a bale
at Boston. II is OF a very fine grade and
is much cleaner than the wool raised in
this country. Australia Is a natural stock
country, and wool raised there contains
only 25 per cent. of dirt and grease, as a
stand-off 10 SO per cent. in the wool
grown in the United States. Owing to
this fact, Australian wool, with the IL c.
per pound duty removed could be shipped
INTO our markets for less than one-half
what our sheepmen could afford to take
for their wool. Mutton and other meat
would also share the same fate. There
fore, If free wool and meat bill is passed
by congress,It is not very hard to imagine
what will become Of this county,
Last week as Jas. Finigan was driving
band of about So head OF horses out of the
state, says the Malheur Gazette, Messrs.
Hess, Eaten and Hope put an attachment
on them, and the sheriff placed them In
charge of Jas. Armstrong to pasture and
keep until day of sale. On Friday night
they we're separated from other horses IN
the pasture and turned out into the hills
by some unknown person. Armstrong not
iied the sheriff and several deputies were
sent after the horses, aud at dark they were
driven into Glenn's corral. Sunday morning
the tact was MADE known that it was a rem
egade>> e>>band, several warrants were sworn
out and Jas. Finigan was arrested and
lodged In jail, being bound over to appear
before the grand jury. Finigan Is supposed
to have stolen 80 OF the 55 head Of horses.
Union Republican: The Union Railway
has followed the example set by many of
onH inf fha do
of receiver, but in such way that 1t
will IN all probability not affect
the property adversely. Upon the
petition of Frederick Nodlne and L.
B. II. Green, who are securities in con-
siderable amounts for the company, Judge
Clifford appointed Nelson Schoonover,
rece.v yer. Mr.. Schoonover yesterday filed
his bonds in amount of $4,000 with
Fred Fodine,S. .. Swackhamer and John
Couper as bondsmen, and is now In
charge of the road. When asked about
the matter, s. w. Shelton, president Of
the road, said the manner of procedure
had been unusual and he believed he
would be able to set the whole matter
aside in few days.
East Ore9onian: A dispach received from
Milton announced the death there of Fred
Brannin, which occurred at 1890 this morn
ing. The deceased is the young man who
received bad wound from a shot gun
loaded with wads, while out with a chari-
varing party. The gun was in the hands Of
another young man named Lem Graham,
and was discharged while he was endeavor-
ing Intellectually to crowd ahead of BrannIn
In the ranks. After young Brannin's death
to-day warrant was sworn out for the ar
rao Of Graham Ha oil hat fho ohn
ing was accidental. but 1t is now desired to
investigate the case. i. G. Haley left for
Milton on this afternoons train to hold an
inquest, and was accompanied by County
Assessor Brannin, uncle of the deceased.
Fred Brannin was young man of many
good traits of character, and his death q
the result of a foolish lark is much de-
plored. He was 10 years old.
East OTegonidn: Thursday night at
Charles Cunningham's Butter creek ranch,
about 300 tons OF hay and some sheds aud
fencing were destroyed by fire. Mr.. Gun
ningham was at his sheep camp on the res
ervation when the fire occurred. Three
herders and a camp tender were at the
ranch, but when they discovered the FIRE
the hay stacks were blazing fercely and it
could not be checked. The country for
miles around was illuminated. The hay
was in three stacks, mile and half apart,
and was undoubtedly set FIRE to by Incen-
diaries, who doubtless rode swiftly from
one stack to the other, bent on their evil
purpose. There Is at present no clue to
their identity. The loss is severe one to
Mr.. Cunningham, the value of the property
destroyed being about $1,000. The insur-
ance Is $3.50, placed with Brown. Craig &