Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-10-09

A farmer in Eastern Oregon wlfh =
drove Of fire horses wrote TO a friend IN
Portland asking for information ahont
marketing his stock. The friend sent
back the following laconic reply: mo
market for horses; street cars are run
by electricity, the municipal government
by jackasses, and the rest Of the people
ride bicycles"
The safe in Billy Hooyer's store ut Fos-
81 was blown open with powder on Fri-
day night OF last week and all the money
In II, about 1900, was stolen. 0f this
anIonnt about $50 belonged to the Re-
beka lodge Of that place. The thieves
effected an entrance TO tile store by pry-
ing door open with chisel, and the
tools used on the safe were stolen from
Morris's blacksmith shop. As yet there
IL no clue, but there seems TO be no
doubt that the burglars are ''Iocal tall
ent' and live In Fossil, and some sensa-
tional developments may be looked for
soon. II Is only short time since the
safe in Bottoms store at Antelope was
robbed In similar manner.
The bank Of Joseph, WalIowa county,
was robbed on Thursday afternoon OF
last week, In regular Jesse James style,
by three men, who had been working in
that section year or more. While the
robbery was going on the citizens armed
themselves and when the robbers came
out, opened fire on them, instantly
killing one named Brown and badly
wounded another named Tucker. The
third robber, Cy Fitzhugh, made his es-
cape with the sack containing all Of the
money stolen, over $1,000, and has not
yet been captured. Tucker, thinking he
was mortally wounded, made full con-
fession. But he will recover, and his
chance for spending the next 20 years in
the penitentiary IL very bright. The
bank officials offer reward of $500 for
Fitzhugh's capture.
OF all the ornery bilks that ever came
through here, the ornriest is the fellow
who stopped here couple Of days the
first OF this week with his wife and two
little children. They travel in covered
hack and his business is to put sort OF
glass or celluloid finish on photos; but
he doesn't do the work z as well as the
samples he shows. But this isn't his
worst fault. He keeps his worthless
hide full Of rotgut whiskey nearly all the
time and while he isn't drinking he
shamefuIly abuses his crippled wife.
Monday night he beat her in snch a
/ beastly manner that the landady, Mrs.
Maddox, was obliged TO put her and
/ the children in another room and lock
! the brute out. Our marshal would have
1 jerked him out Of his boots had it not
been that his unfortunate family would
have suffered by doing so. She told here
1 that at Heppner her husband beat her
into insensibility. They left here Tues
day, going south.
Mrs. Katie Tobin and her sister. Miss
Rose Smith, arrived here last week FROM
their home at Streater, Illinois, on visit
/ to their sick brother, Peter Smith, who
has been under treatment for some time
in Portland hospital for cancer in his
stomach. They also came ont to Matney
Flat 10 visit their other brother, W.
j. Smith, but came very nearly not see-
ing him, as he was in the mountains af.
ter wood. After waiting three days for
his return. they left for Portland again,
but were overtaken at Arlington by w
j., who arrived home shortly after theil
departure. II was II years since they
had seen each other, and of course the
meeting was a happy one. Later. BY
the time they returned to Portland theiI
brother had suddenly grown worse, and
died on Thursday OF last week. They
had the body embalmed aud taken to hi,
old home at Mendoza, Illinois, for burial
The deceased was yonng man. unmnr
ried, and his untimely death is mourned
by large circle OF friends.
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