The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-22

with 5000 or $500 in money on bis person,
aud from that time he has not been heard
| from. Fieckenstein 4 Mayer. with whom
| he did most of his business there, have not
seen him.
L Young Brownlee was arrested west OF
SJurction Yesterday morning by Constable
McCiain, en- the charge of manslaughter Tor
the killing of Miss Ross at the Davis hop.
yard, last Saturday evening. He was Ia.
| ken to Harrisburg in the afternoon and
given preliminary examination before the
justice of the peace, who. upon hearing all
the testimony, ordered the boy discharged
from custody, as the evidence plainly DIS
closed the fact that the killing was purely
accidental. Thus ends the unfortur ate
affair
The Baker CITY Democrat says: "lt is
stated that Mrs. Jack Squires has purchased
the White mine in the Dolly Vardin mines,
giving her entire ownership of the property.
The consideration is sai6 to be $4,000,
$40 600 cash down and the balance IN notes.
The ten-stamp mill on the mine Is ready
and will be started shortly" Mrs. Squire
was formerly Mrs. Walker. OF Staver q
Walker.
La Grande Chronicle: There is supposed
to be fund of SlOO, 600 in readiness in the
stlte treasury to apply on the site and
building of the Eastern Oregon branch
ASYLUM. A fund of that kind placed out
on call leans will Weld about Sl0OO
month. There may be good deal IN the
proposition of ''Salem's hoggishness, but
at the same time 1t is doubtful II there ls
any special desire to have that fund 20
where it belongs in hurry.
Medford Mail: Messrs. Weeks Orr
shipped carload of dried prunes-last
years crop-to Topeka, Kansas, last week.
They expect to real ze fairly good price.
partI ularly because of the fact that the
fcuit ia not only 6rst,class but the entire
carload runs very even as to gra1e. These
people still have about ten tons OF last
years crop which they expect to ship soon.
Their crops this year. while they will not be
as large as last, are some better in quality.
Says an exchange: An old man OF u
years was arrested in Washington county,
Oregon, by Sheriff Sears of Multnomah
county. he was wanted for the crime of
murder committed years ago in Texas.
They will go to the expense of sending an
officer all the way from Texas for the poor
old fellow and taAe him back and go
through all the intricate processes OF an
elaborate murder trial. Ten to one he will
die of old age before they are half through
with IT. It might be well to have some
way of easIng the law now and then.
Mr.. George A. Young, of Bake6ven, ar
rived IN town last night. Mr.. Young is one |
OF the most extensive sheep-owners IN East |
ern Oregon, an / he says the effort on the |
part of Democratic papers to boom the wool |
market ia too ridiculous to receive serious |
In his opinion it is similar |
to telling man who is sinking the third |
and last time that he Is not drowning, with
ont making the least effort to save him from
h,s terrible fate. Coast wool today, under
the Wilson bili is quoted for 8 cents less
q pound in Boston than it brought in The
Daliss under the Mckinley law.
This is the way the Klickitat Sentinel
talks about the newspaper business IN Gold
,ndale; The Klickitat Republican will be
started In a little while by one of the well.
snown residents of this town, if he doesn't
change his politics again before he can get
,ut the first is ue. Then the is the
xlickitat Leader that will be moved here
ltout the first OF October, besides the DEM
,crats are thinking of starting paper in
be thriving town of CenterYille with John
1ummlns editor. 1t will probably be
allied the Kliekitat Democrat. Then this
ountY will have i've newspapers. Let us
ope that the next entefpT,sInR man who
eeks 6eld of investment will strike an
ther line.
The Eugsne Guard of the l9sh reports
mother accident as follows: "A shooting
ccident occurred at Meadow postotfice,
bout 80 miles west of here on the Sinslaw
iyer, last Sunday. Two boys, Justin
hillps and Ralph Nichols, had gone out
hooting th A calibre self-cocklng re.
Oliver. From the meagre account obtain
BILE, it appears that Phillips was holding
ne revolver, when by some means it was
iseharged: that Nichols was standlLg di- {
ectly iu front of him and the ball entered
is leg, and striking the bone, SO that it
anne back and lodged 10 one of Phillips
gs. Lane county is certainly the cham.
ion gun accident location in the state Of {
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