The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-26

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came back will you promise not to lick
me2" and the putting dad would answer
l"No." Finally the by put on extra
steam and disappeared. The Albany
Herald says that the latest news from
the front is that dad has raised flag of
truce.
J.. E. Lathrop, the well-known news
paper man of Pendleton, for some years
city editor of the East Oregonian,
passed through the city last night en-
route to his home, having just returned
from years stay in Alaska. Mr.. Lath-
rop spent most of his time at and In the
vicinity of Dawson City, and while he
did not come home loaded with nuggets,
he located several promising claims. He
says Dawson City is overdone, there be-
ing hundreds of men there out of en-
ployment.
Robert McNeilly, farmer living ten
miles southwest of Colfax, was arrested
Saturday, with his two sons and two
daughters, on charge of murder, the
alleged victim being an infant child of
one of the daughters. The etory is ut
terly revolving, involving allegations of
unspeakable criminality on the part of
the mother of the child and one of her
brothers, and of murder or accessory to
murder on the part of the other men,
bers of the family. All are now in the
Colfax Jail.
Among the names of the officers ap-
pointed from the recruits, we note with
pleasure the name of S. F. Fouts, of this
city, who has been appointed as first
sergeant of Co. I, which is at present at
San Francisco waiting to leave for Ma
Mia August Sd. Among those afflicted
with the measles and other maladies
appears the name OF another young man
from The Dalles, George Mckinney.
His case is slight and the only one
among the Dalles boys at the Presidio
who is in poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Filloon had
narrow escape Sunday from what might
have been very serious accident. They
were driving down Mill creek, when
careless driver, going in an opposite di-
rection, drove into their rig, throwing
u
aging Mr.. FiIloon's vehicle, as well as
almost demolishing his own. Mrs.
Filloon's injuries are not serious; while
the other characters were not hurt at all.
The accident terminated very fortunate
| ly, as there was an abundance of room
for very serious damage.
Grant county stockmen have sold
more stock this year than for the past
seven, and from present indications
there are enough buyers in the field to
handle every marketable hoof in the
connty. Not only are the regular for
eign buyers taking all they can possibly
contract for in the way of shep and cat
tie, but local men are buying for specu-
lation. Money seems to be unusually
easy, and the general prosperity and
rise of wool and live stock since the in
auguration of the present administration
has instilled old-time energy and con-
| fdence into the hearts of Grant county's
Citizens.
Yesterday morning news was brought
to the city from Kingsley of the death
of another of Rondeau's little girls,
Minnie, aged about years, Lees than
week ago Annie, aged 9. died of scar
let fever and diphtheria. Friday the
old gentleman, "Grandpa" Rondeau,
passed away, and by the death of the
/ little girl the number is increased to
three in about week, which seems to
prove that ''trouble never comes single" !"
This makes the third child that Mr..
and Mrs. Rondeau have lost in the last
| few years, the first being Nellie, who
died about five years ago, and was at
the time of her death about years old.
All three children were remarkably in
telligent and pretty, and the entire COM
munity sympathize with the bereaved
parents in their terrible aff1iction.
The body of George Freeman, who
was swept over the falls at Oregon City
in small rowboat February 9Th, was
found in the Willamette river Saturday
morning by the crew of the steamer Po-
mona. Four men lost their lives at the
time of the accident-Freeman, his two
sons, Harry and James, and L. ). Shan
non. They lived at Canemah, and
were rowing across the river in the fog
on their way to their work at the paper
mills. They lost their bearings and
were crrried over the falls by the cur
rent. About month atterward the
body of James Freeman; the youngest
of the four. was found by Andy Magone
floating down the river, near Magone'f