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CONTINUED.

Having ordered the ambulance up the
gorge, he himself spurred away to gath
er in all stragglers within reach, so as
to re-enforce the little garrison at the
caves in the event of attack from the
Apaches. To his practiced eye no ves-
tige of doubt remained as to the char
acter and purpose of the signal smokes.
Not moment was to be lost. Within
that very hour perhaps unseen Indians
would come skulking, spying, 'snak-
ing" upon their refuge, would be able
infallibly to determine the number and
character of its occupants, and if their
own force were considerable and that
of the garrison weak God alone could
help those innocent women.
When last noted, the westward signal
was putting slowly up into the cloudless
sky from a point in the range perhaps
six miles below Patterson s station in
the rocks. The three wearied troopers.
dragging slowly back from the chase,
could be seen coming up the valley prob
ably four miles away, some distance.
therefore, ahead of the supposed position
of the foe. Wing we'll knew with what
goatlike agility the mountain Indians
could speed along from rock to rock and
still keep under cover, and every man
who had served a month in Arizona
could have predicted that if Indians in
any force were within days march of
those three stragglers ambush and death
would be their fate, perhaps even when
will of fhai,
That they had not seen the sign, that
they were ignorant of the possible pres
ence of Apaches in the range, was man.
ifest simply because they rode close
along under the foot hills, often over
the bowlder strewn outskirts of the
falda, and, though still far from them,
such was Wings anxiety for their safe
ty that he rode furiously along, signal
ing with his left hand as though to
say: Keep outl Keep to your right
Don't go so close to the rocksl''
In this way, urging Dick to his speed
and never thinking of his own safety,
intent only on saving his comrades
from possible death, believing, too,
that no Apache could yet have worked
his way so far up the range, Wing was
riding, straight as the crow flies, from
the little oasis at the mouth of the
canyon toward the ambling laggards to
the south. His course led him along
within 100 yards of many a bowlder or
.'suwarrow, though his path itself was
unobstructed. The sun had gone west,
ering, and he was in the shadow. Pres
emily, however. as Dick painted painful
ly, heavily, up very gentle slope, and
the sergeant came upon the low crest of
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CITY OFFICERS.
CHURCHES.

DRESBYTERTAN.-Rev John Sinclair, pas,
Il tor. Services every Sabbath at iO:So
O'Clock A. M. and at o'clock P. M. Sabbath
school ut IL o'clock M.
NMETHODIST.-Rev.L. l.. Hanscome, Pastor
V1 Services every Sabbath, at 1850 clock
AsM and at PM Sabbath school at IL M.
Young mems prayer meeting Wed. evening.
THRlSTIAN-Preach on every Lords 8
~ Day at 80 O'Clock a. M. and at P. M
TPISCOPAL.-Church of The Holy Com
II munion. Rev. Henry Beer. Service
every Sunday, in the morning at lO3O and IN
the evening at 500 p. IN. Sunday school i'm
mediatelv after morning service. Service is
held on Friday evening at $780,
GEVENTH- DAY ADVENT s. S. every
- seventh day at IL A. NJ. Church service
following, Missionary and teachers meeting
Sun. evening, Prayer meeting Wed. evening.
rATHOLIC.-Divine services on the 3D.
" Sunday of each month at 10 30 a. IN. and
at Z 30 D. m, and Saturday preceding and
Monday following at a. m. Also the Satur-
day before lst Sunday FIR. B. Vonderlage,
Pastor.
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Wing threoO fOr1Udrd the barrel Over the
4aoaO stilled carcass Of poor Dick.
ward the barrel over the now stilled
carcass of poor Dick, and peered eagerly
up the ravine in search of some foe at
whom to aim. Blindly he searched
for dusky Apache skulking from rock
to rock. There was no moving thing
in sight. But what was this-this OBJ
ject that suddenly shot out from behind
alittle ledge, and turning sharply to the
left went Gathering into the depths of a
dark and frowning gorge? Could he
believe his eyes? Did the Chiricahuas,
then, have horses and wear trooper
hats? Bending low over his steed and
squirting him to the uttermost exertion,
tall, even soldierly, form had darted
one instant into view and then gone
laundering out of sight. Up to this
moment Wing never had lost full con-
troll of his faculties. Now his brain
reeled. Before his eyes rose dense
cloud of mist rushing forth from the
mountain side. Bowlders, near at
hand, took to waltzing solemnly with
their neighbors. and when at last the
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COPYRIGHT, 1898 BY CAARLES KING.

400 yards ahead broad bay of sun
light stretching in from the glaring sea
to the east. and glancing to his right
noted that there was depression in the
range something like broad cleft in
he mountains. possibly pass through
70 the broader desert on the other side.
He gave it little thought, however.
There, only a mile or SO away now,
came his fellow troopers, two in front,
another tagging some distance behind,
riding sleepily toward him and danger
ously close 20 number of sheltering
rocks. Intent only on them and still
wishing to attract their attention, he
swung his broad brimmed hat, waving
it off to the left, but with no apparent
result. Confound them! Were they
sound asleep? Could they never be
made to see? Poor Dick was able now
only to strike a feeble canter, so utterly
was he used up, and just when Wing,
looking only to the front, was thinking
that he might as we'll discontinue the
spur and let his poor horse rest, they
labored forth from the sheltering shade
full upon the tawny, sunlit sand. Then,
while the sergeant's eyes were tempo
rarily blinded by the glare, there came
from the rocks to his right sudden
fash and report. He felt at the same
instant a stinging pang in the leg. He
bad just time to grasp his own carbine
and to attempt to swing off when the
second shot echoed loudly from the
rocks. He felt poor Dick start and
swerve; he felt him going headlong, and
the next thing he knew he was vainly
striving to peer into the face of the
evening sun from over the quivering
body Of his faithful friend, unable for
the moment to see the faintest sign of
an enemy. and then the blood came
yelling through the little hole in his
worn cavalry trousers. midway between
the hip bone and the knee. and he
knew he had received a serious perhaps
desperate wound. 2
For the moment, therefore, he could
&c @slothing moe but look for succor.
A glance down the desert told him his
fellows were at last rudely awakened
True to the practice of the craft, the
instant fire was opened from the rocks
each man had put spurs to his horse
and dashed away to safer distance
with such speed as was possible with
their jaded mounts, each trooper warily
scanning the dark line of the foot hills
in search of the foe and striving as he
rode to unfasten the flap that held his
carbine, in the fashion of the day,
athwart the pommel of his saddle, and
now. circling farther out upon the
plain. in wide sweep, with carbines
advanced, they were fastening to the
succor of their comrade. Presently one
of their number suddenly drew rein,
halted his startled "broncho. aimed
to the left of the horses head and fired,
then, cramming a cartridge into the
chamber, came riding farther. The
others, too, followed suit, shooting at
some object apparently among the rocks
in front of the sergeant's position. One
of the men threw himself from his sad
die, and kneeling on the sands drove two
or three shots at long range. Eager to
add his own fire to theirs, Wing pulled
his hatbrim over his eyes, threw for
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Commencing next Sunday evening
services at the Methodist church will
commence at 8 o'clock, instead of 80,
and will continue so during the spring
and summer.
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this spring; and there was where the
drill and miners we're going.
In the meantime Alfred Moon in
tends to work the Ignite vein on the
opposite side of the gulley where he
has been working, running the shaft
towards the residence of the late John
March.
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COL. MCpHAIL TALKS.
What He Has to Say Regarding the
Abandoned Region.

The gossip concerning the coal fields
of Redwood county has been general,
and has been watched with consider
able interest by Col. Samuel McPhail,
one of the founders of Redwood
Falls, from his home in Taunton, this
State. The Colonel has heard the talk
regarding the Redwood coal fields be-
fore the past winter, but he has never
yet heard the finds doomed quite as
much, and with as great effect as dur
ing the past six months. Last week,
the Colonel consented to write an arti-
Gle for the GAZETTE on the early dis
coveries in this region, and his re-
marks, which follow, will be read with
more than usual interest by his old
friends, who are so numerous in Red
wood county, and by those interested
in the coal fields of Redwood comfy
TAUNTON, MARCH 10, 1894.
sTo THE EDITOR So much is being
written about the Redwood coal and
paint beds, why not tell what little I
know about them. To begin with, in
the fall of 1864, Maj. Jeffries, of Balti-
more, who was at one time State Ge-
ologist of Maryland, came to Redwood
Falls: He and visited the coal pro-
ducts on the Cottonwood near Leaven-
worth. After inspecting the ground
Maj. Jeffries arrived at the conclusion
that the coal prospects were better
south and west of Leavenworth, and
along the course of what was then
called Dutch Char]ey's Creek. After
returning to Redwood the Major spent
two months prospecting on the Red
wood river, Grow Greek, and Wabasha
Creek. He finally arrived at the con-
clusion that the best prospect for coal
was about one mile, east of the old
government bridge on Grow Creek,
and running south to the Cottonwood
river, and perhaps, south of that
stream.
"On June 22d, 1865, Mr.. Birney
Flynn discovered an outcrop of coal
or Ignite on the Redwood river, north
of the town, and on the west bluff,
about half way up. This was sold to
Capt. Houghton, but was worked in
1866 and 1867. The coal was used by
John McCurdy for drying purposes in
manufacturing paint at the old gov
ernment saw mill. This coal burned
we'll, but the difficulty was that there
was no substantial roofing in the
mine, and necessitated timbering over
head in order to get it out. Work
was subsequently abandoned.
Gas to the paint mine there is
enough of it to paint our entire pres
ent administration, and some left for
poor Queen Lilly"
From this letter it will be observed
that the McKinleys are drilling about
one mile on this side of the spot where
Geologist Jeffries predicted that a
good vein could be discovered, but if
there is any coal at the spot designat-
ed by the geologist there ought to be
some where the miners are now Sc
cretly engaged in drilling in the earth.
The coal found by the late Birney
Flynn was undoubtedly found on
what is now the Peabody farm, the
same vein having been worked in 1886
by the Redwood Falls Coal Mining
Co., but abandoned, owing to the great
expense in mining the same.
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AaBad Scalp Wound.

This morning shortly before noon a
little 6-year-old son of T. w. Jackson
was playing in front of Jones cigar store,
where men were engaged in bracing up
the sidewalk and filling in hole in the
edge of the street where it had caved
during the high water. The little tel
low was cautioned several times to keep
away, but paid no attention to the warn
ings. In playing he stood on the side
walk and was leaning on the handle of a
spade which he had braced against the
bank on the opposite side of the cave.
His hands slipped and he fell headfore-
most, striking the corner of plank in
the bottom of the hole, and receiving an
ugly three-cornered scalp wound four
inches in length. DR.. Hollister sewed
up the wound.
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He Went in Ernest.

Sunday afternoon Mr.. Riggs. and
Ernest Drews went boat riding on the
broad bosom of the turbulent Columbia.
Now, Ernest is given to deep spells of
introspection, self communion and sich,
in which he becomes 80 wrapped up in
himself that he is dead to all outside
matters. Such was his condition Sun
day as the little boat leaped over the
white caps, and Ernest INDUCED In deep
thought concerning electrical matters,
and particularly to thetuse of electricity
as a depilatory, being led thereto by the
fact that the wind was blowing with un-
becoming freedom through the silky
tangle of his first crop of whiskers, and
therefore needed not the warning to
watch out for the boom. The boat
tackled, and the boom came around
striking Ernest in the shoulders and
knocking him out from under his hat
and into the Columbia. He could not
swim a stroke, but fortunately was
thrown SO far ahead that he had gone
down and, not liking it, had come back
to the surface by the time the boat
reached him, and Mr.. Riggs, taking a
good grip in his collar, snaked him
back into the boat. He lost his watch,
he lost the thread of his electrical
thought, and he lost confidence in him
self at the same time.
| The shock was severe one, for his
whiskers, which were black as a
coal when he went over, were al
most white when he was pulled out.
He has taken a short vacation and gone
to Portland after razor. Seriously it
was very close call and we are glad
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Crop Bulletin.

The following is the report of the
Oregon State Weather Service for the
week ending Monday, Aug. 9th, 1894:
Last week was the warmest of the
season. The temperature in Columbia
and Walla Walla valleys averaged Is
degrees. South and east of the Blue
mountains the average was 20 degrees.
heavy shower occurred in Baker
county on Sunday. No precipitation
occurred IN other sections. The sun
shine was normal.
Headers made rapid progress. The
weather was excellent for advancing the
harvest. The weather was the warmest
for the season, but was not attended by
damaging hot winds. All grains ripening
so that the oat crop is in a proper state
for the harvester. Some late sown
grain possibly suffered injury by the
warm spell, but the damage is found
only in spots. There is an excellent
outlook for large yields of all kinds of
grain. The aphis scare is passed. When
grain is found to be shriveIed some
attribute it to the grain ahpis and others
to the warm weather. Corn has a very
good color and will make good crop.
Apples and plums are plentiful. Wild
and cultivated blackberries are in the
markets. Gardens suffered much from
the warm weather, but the potato crop
still will be very good.
Our North Powder, Union county,
correspondent writes that all kinds of
grain are doing well, but ripening too
rapidly to make plump berry. Crops
are suffering in sections of Union and
Malheur counties for want of moisture.
Our correspondent at Vale writes that
farmers are securing the second crop of
alfalfa, and that there is a plenty of
water in the streams for irrigation pur-
poses. All kinds of stock are doing well.
Harvesting is well advanced and barley
is ready to cut. There is good pros
pect for fair prices for hay.
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AUGUST AueuRINes-
Leaves From the Notebook OF Chronicle
Reporters.

The rotund watermelon is in the
market, making glad the eye and palate
of the small boy.
The west bound train arrives from
three to five hours late every morning
on account of waiting at Pendleton for
the train from Spokane.
The station at Grant is abandoned and
the depot will be located about half way
between that point and Rufus. The
elevator at Grant will be moved to the
new station.
The suit of Eshenburg against the D.
P. & A. N. Co. in Justice Davis court
yesterday was decided in favor of plain
tiff, who got judgment for the value of
his goods. The case will be appealed.
The Regulator is handling an i'm
mense amount OF wool, going loaded
with it every day. Today there is line
of drays between the warehouses and
the wharf, filling the latter with baled
wool for shipment tomorrow.
The city recorder had just one victim
this morning, being the same individual
who kept the docket from being bare
yesterday. He put up five big dollars
yesterday, but today his best friend, his
pocketbook, went back on him.
Messrs. Schenck and Patterson, of the
First National bank, were engaged yes
terday in making money. They had
sheets of $40 and $50 bills which were of
no value whatever until each had signed
his name to them, when they at once
became the money of the realm
Rev. o. D. Taylor left a basket OF
apples at this of1ce.last night, raised in
his Mill creek orchards, that were de-
light to both eye and tongue. Wasco
county apples are the best grown in the
state, and those grown in the vicinity OF
The Dalles size up with any of them.
The officers of the Third have been
calculating on having five or six COM
panies at least go into camp this sum-
mer, but General Compson after an in
terview with the governor, has decided
not to hold any encampment this year.
Had the Third turned out 1t was in
tended to go into camp near Hood River.
Superintendent Shelley is engaged in
examining galaxy of youth and beauty,
composed of one youth and fourteen
beauties, and all being anxious to OBJ.
tain license to teach school. They are
as demure, that is the beauties are, as g
girl with her first beau. The examina.
ton will last until Friday evening, il
covering ten branches, and about two
hours being devoted to each.
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killed by the Cars.

The east bound passenger, as it pulled
out about midnight last night, ran over
a man, about hundred yards the other
side of the company's ice house. The
engineer saw him lying on the track,
reversed his engine and applied the air
brakes, but was not able to stop the
train until the wheels of the engine had
passed over. the victims head. From
appearances the man had been drinking
and lay down on the track to sleep.
The wheels struck him on top of the
head, mashing the left side of it to a
pulp. AS the body, with the exception
of the toes of one foot, was not touched,
we judge the man was lying by the
track using the rail for a pillow.
Some of the railroad boys recognize
the body as that of a man employed as
a cook on the section, but know no other
name for him than ''Dutchy." The re-
mains were taken to Mr.. Michell's un-
dertaking rooms, where an inquest will
be held on them tomorrow, when the
engineer and firemen who were on the
engine that ran over him will return.
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Must Be Sold.

Several beautiful upright pianos, diff
ferent grades. I now offer for sale all
my new and secondhand pianos at a
great sacrifice, regardless of cost.
Twenty-Five dollars each at time of pur
chase and on installmepts of $40 per
month. For cash five per cent discount.
All pianos are marked in plain figures,
and as 1 have but few of them, they
will sell fast at the price offered. There
fore, if you want one of these fine in
struments do not delay, but call early
Monday morning, August 9th, at I. c..
Nickelsen's music and book store,
Second street. This sale, commencing
on that date, is instituted for the pur-
pose of making room for new styles and
to raise money to purchase fall and win
ter goods. The sale, therefore, will con-
tinue till all are sold.
I. G. NIcKELsEN.
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The Indians WIN Be Happy.

Judge Bellinger yesterday morning
rendered an important decision in the
cases of Thomas Hawks and Edward
Kline, charged with selling liquor to
Indians. 1t was not shown that the
Indians to whom the liquor was sold
were wards of United States Indian
agent, and the court presumed, in the
absence of proof to the contrary, that
they were beneficiaries under the allot-
ment of land in severalty to the Indians
of the Umatilla agency in 1887.
He decided that the allotment of lands
in severalty to Indians had the effect
of removing them from under the charge
of Indian agents, and gave them the
standing of American citizens. AS such
the United States laws governing In
dian wards of the government do not
apply to them, and the selling of liquor
to an Indian who is not in charge,of a
United States Indian agent is not pun
ishable under the United States stat
utes. The decision has, as a precedent,
the opinion of Judge Hanford delivered
in an Indian case of another character
in 1892, but it Is the first decision to
this effect in a case directly in
point 1t will have the effect of very
materially lessening the number of pros
ecutions in the United States court of
the offense of selling liquor to Indians,
and after it is thoroughly understood by
the Indians there should be no difficulty
in getting them to accept allotments of
lands in everalty.-Telegram
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Superintendent Borie passed down
this morning.
Miss Bess Isenberg of Hood River is
attending = the teachers examination
here today.
Miss Annie Dinsmore came up from
Mosier yesterday to assist in taking care
of her cousin, Mrs. A. @. Wyndham,
who is very sick.
I, Mr.. Charles Mellette, formerly of this
city, passed through here yesterday on
his way to Victoria, B. c., where he
will remain a short time before return
ING to Dakota
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Lost. Five dollars Rewara,

Strayed from my west pasture, one
iron-grey horse, branded (half circle)
on left shoulder and two SIS crossed on
right shoulder; rather thin cineh sore
on left ribs; foretop reached back to the
place for halter. Probably went tow
ards Tygh Ridge. Will give So reward
for his return to me at my ranch, or a
liberal reward for any information lead
ing to his recovery.
A. s. RoBERTs,
Inn Prospect Ranch.
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Farrell & Co.'s table syrups are easily
digested by children.
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Lost.

Between the top of the hill by the
brewery and the Columbia Packing Col
shops small satchel containing pair
of spectacles, small amount of money
and small articles. Finder will confer
favor by leaving 1t at the Columbia
Packing Co.'s.
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Card of Thanks.

In behalf of the other members of the
family as well as for myself, desire to
return thanks to our friends and neigh
bors for their tender sympathies and
kindly aid in our recent sad bereave-
ment. WILLIAM NoLIN.
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ASK your grocer for Farrell & Co.'S g
sweet clover honey, rock candy drips
and Puritan maple syrups. These
syrups guaranteed pure.
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indeed that the termination of the
matter permits joke as mild as
Ernest's whiskers, instead of an obituary
notica
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Ask your grocer for Farrell & Co.'s
table syrups-sweet clover honey, rock
candy drips and Puritan maple.
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When Baby was sick. We gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Oassoria.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castoria.