The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-06-19

7, a Prescott. In jackson county, las
J. Sunday, L. C. Quisley was shot and in
d stantY killed bv Doc Scraggs
IT Scraggs claims that Quisely assaulte,
him with pitchfork and that he sho
in self defense.
! Sunday nights shower was mucl
heavier in the country south of here
than at The Dalles. About Dufur anC
Il on Tygh Ridge suilcieIt rain fell to re
vive crops and repair all damages don,
l by the hot weather.
The Elks of this city will not go t.
d Minneapolis, but in all probability vii
entertain themselves ard ladies mex
: Saturday evening. The program ha:
not yet been arranged, but when it is
T.. it will be a good one.
;. D. G. Goodman, Andrew Wilson and
t. c. Sharkey, on last week, shipped
: from Yakima county, a trainload ol
5000 sheep, 1900 of them go straight to
Chicago, while 20C0 will be pastured
for few weeks in Montana.
The remains of Robert, the siX-year-
old sou Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Dunn, who
was killed at Rooster Rock last Sun
day afternoon. were brought up on the
O'Clock train yesterday, and were
buried at o'clock this afternoon.
Yesterday George Huston, while un-
loading wool at one of the warehouses
here, slipped and fell, breaking his
left leg about an inch above the ankle.
DIR. Hollister reduced the fracture, and
Mr.. Huston has been made as COM
Portable as possible.
the moonlight excursion to have
been given by the firemen this even
ing has been postponed on account Of
bad weather. Due notice will be given
of the date when the excursion will
take place so soon as definite arrange
ments can be made.
J. E. Wing, of Tygh, was in the city
today and reports crops having suffered
| somewhat in that section on account
of the hot weather, but the rain Sun
day night revived things wonderfully,
and he believes more than an average
crop will be harvested.
According to the Nashville Banner
there is in that city three-months-
old child who can talk. Its parents
are respectable colored people, and
the infant has spoken since it was one
week old. 1t is almost needless to
add that the child is girl.
W. G. Keys, of the firm of Keys &
Son, of Mayville, is in the city today.
Mr.. Keys has been buving cattle
throughout this, Sherman and Gillian
counties the past few months, and just
completed delivering the last lot of 80
cars at Arlington last Saturday.
The "Blue Bucket" mine myth still
has its believers, and every summer
some bold prospector starts out in
search of the lost treasure. A. L.
Brown, of Long Creek, has just started !
on a search for it in the Harney
country and will be out all summer.
The county Jail is beginning to fill !
up with candidates for the penitentiary. !
Yesterday George Shurtz was sent to
Jail, being unable to furnish the $500 |
bond required of him by Justice Fill
loon, before whom he was examined on
a charge of stealing $50 from H. T.
Hill.
City election occurs next Monday.
and already the citizens are beginning
to canvass matters as to who will ac-
cept the different offices. Hon. W. Fl.
Wilson has been mentioned in con-
nection with the mayorality, though
as yet no one has been mentioned for !
mem bers of the council.
Dufur's new water work system is
nearing completion, says Willard Van
derpool who is in the city today. When
the system is in operation it will fur
nish a water supply sufficient for a city
of 1000 inhabitants. 1t will be operated
on very economical plan, the water
being lifted from Fifteen-Mile creek
by two large overshot wheels to the
reservoir $50 feet above the level of
the streets.
There is move on foot to organize
a society of native sons of Oregon,
meeting having been called at Port
land today for that purpose. The {
move should meet with good success, t
as Oregon's native born sons and {
daughters are sufficiently numerous to {
form respectable organization. t
The Corvallis printers hereby chal- i
leDge any nine railroad men, school I
teachers, store clerks, men 81 any pro- 7
fessional calling tc match game of G
ball. Feeling confident that they t
would, in the event of q match, cover I
from top to toe with glory
they make this sweeping challenge.
Conductor Maher and Engineer .
are taking a summer out :.
ing on the Heppner branch. Some T.
improvements are being made to the :.
track up there, and Maher and Mont :,
yomery are doing the skilled labor,
such as distributing ties and rails along :.
;he line. They will be bronzed and ;.
muscular when they return to their
'egular run on the road.
Fourteen thousand sheep were ship
,ed from Saltmarshe & Cos. stock ..
7ards today by James Wright. One
rain of II cars, loaded with mutton,
vas shipped out early this morning,
md went TO Chicago to be placed on
he market at once. The remainder Il Il
# the sheep were shipped to Montana d
O be held until fall. Mr.. Wright rt
fought the sheepin this and adjoining o.
ountles.
Firebugs are at work in Aberdeen. CT
me day last week an old building on c.
liver street was di scovered to be on
re. While the freadepartment was D
-orking on this fire, the old Meigler S,
annery in another part of the town M
aught fire. Both fires were extin- A
uished before much damage was done. pc
n Investigation showed that both
res were clearly of incendiary origin. r.
Iayor Maley has offered 500 reward y!
" the conviction of the parties who IN
1t the fires. &c
The first pardon for an Oregon citi- ii
IN ever received from President VIM.
cKinlev reached District ttornev | pc