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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Daily. .
Wheat dropped two cents yesterday
in Pendleton, and was q noted in -Port-.land
at 72 cents.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Nellie
- Bherrill took place- this afternoon at 1
o'clock at Sunset cemetery, where the
interment was made.
The Dalles City made her first through
trip from Portland last night. Since
the Baker has pnlled off the time of
leaving has been again changed to 8 :45.
At a special meeting of Columbia
Hose Co. held last evening Geo. xC
Gibbons was nominated for chief of
Dalles City fire department and John
Crate assistant chief. ',-
Hunters should not forget that the
game law of 1895 makes the close season
for pheasants and grouse from Nov. 15 to
September 1, so that it is only lawful to
kill tbem between September 1 and No
vember 15. '
, So many men are leaving Skagit coun
ty that there is a fear of crippling : the
shingle industry in this county, as the
manufacturers say they can't get enough
men to keep the mills in operation.
Even the farmers come to Mount Ver
non daily looking for help to work in
the hay fields.
'.' T. M. Jones, a merchant of Cle-Elnm,
lost an arm Saturday night. He got on
train No. 2 to see some relative away,
and did not notice that the train was
moving out until it was well ont into the
yards. He then jumped, was dragged
about 50 feet, and his left arm was
crashed so as to render amputation
necessary. ,
"'We just fnt to remark that if the
Baker county quarts mines were -in
'Alaska, or some other place 40,000 miles
from nowhere, there would be a wild
scramble among capitalists to buy. Men
with money will back an entire stranger
to go to the Clondyke, bnt to advance
$50 towards developing a m;ne at home
would break their hearts. " '
A team belonging to' Mr.-Gullilord
ran away this afternoon. In their
flight the horses ran on the sidewalk at
the corner of the Vogt building and
then without doing any damage tnrned
up Federal street, soon taking opposite
sides of a telephone pole and tearing
loose from the wagon. .The last seen of
the horses they had each struck ont on
bis own account. ;-' ,
: It is only a question of time until this
paper will have a fine item about some
one's boy, who will be hauled home
minus a leg or two, or a corpse, if the
. practice of jumping on the cars indulged
in by the youngsters, is not stopped.
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' Displayed in our Furnishing Goods "
Window is a line of Hats that retail regu-
Jarly at $1.00 to $3.00. AH styles and a
variety in colorsTv- We want to close them
out, and have made a price that will sell .
them.
in the Window
Cents.
PEASE
Yesterday afternoon we saw two boys,
agsd about 12, jump on a caboose that
was being poshed up Front street. The
first boy got on all right, the other
grasped the railing and jumped with
both feet for the steps. His foot slipped
and his feet struct" the track, but be
held on, the wheel just catching the
point of bis shoe. What parents need
to do, whose boys indulge in this pas
time, is to give them a practical illus
tration of a rear end collision with an
athletic club." '.''.
- ;. Monday's Dally.
The melon crop is large and the
melons first-claBS.
A child of Mr. P. SinUott, section fore
man at Hood River, died yesterday, and
will be buried' here from the Catholic
church at 6 :30 this evening. . ' t
The- beauties of the trip to Cloud
Cap Inn are beginning to be appre
ciated, and the number of visitors this
year is largely' in xcess of any pre
vious season. t .
The bodieB of Mrs. Arthur Hammond
and daughter, May, who were killed by
the wheels of the steamer Elmore at
Portland Friday night while watching
the departure of the Elder, have been
recovered. ,
The following is the bowling score for
the week ending July 3lBt at the Com
mercial Club: Monday, F. A. Seufert,
48; Tuesday, A. Bettingen, Sr., 47;
Wednesday, F. A. Seufert, 42; Thurs
day, Mrs. Theo." Seufert, 37; Friday, H.
Fredden, 50; Saturday, F. Menefee, 40.
The Pendleton East Oregonian says
Judge James A. Fee, of Umatilla county,
will thresh from 320 acres of land, a
part of his reservation' ranch, 12,800
bushels of wheat, or fully forty bushels
to the acre. . "Last year," said the
judge, "'the cash value of the land was
about $12 an acre, and this year I take
$24 an acre from it in wheat."
The band of thieving gypsies, which
is now traveling through Eastern Ore
gon, camped at Pendleton Thursday ,but
not for long. Warrants were sworn out
for their arrest, and they were told that
unless they moved on immediately they
would be taken. into custody. They
moved. There were forty-three in the
band, and they had eight wagons and
thirty-live or forty horses.
The Miles-Vinson marble works, of
Walla Walla, has been awarded the con
tract for the Whitman monument. - It
will be a marble shaft, twenty-eight feet
high, and will cost $2100, and will be
erected at the grave of the brave pio
neers who met death at the hands of the
Indians below Walla Walla, near what i
was Whitman station, November 29,
1817, just fifty years ago next November,
At that time the monument will be
erected and dedicated.
Last Monday the men employed at
the Pnget Sound Reduction Com pan y 'e
smelting works, in Everett, demanded
an increase In wages, and threatened to
qnit if their demand was refused. The
company , has been experiencing con
siderable difficulty of late in obtaining
common labor at the rate ib has been
paying. Owing to the absence of Su
perintendent Butler from the city, no
answer was given them. Wednesday,
Butler having returned, their demand
was acceded to, and the wages of all the
men were increased 10 percent.' -'
Last week in mentioning the trip of
Lewis Porter and Will CroBsen to Cloud
Cap Inn, we stated that Crossen's whetl
collapsed and that he had to carry it
eight miles before he caught Jadd Fish
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and party. This was probably a mis'
take, as the . yodng gentleman who
hanled him down to Gribble's place said
he was paid $1 therefor. - We only men
tion this because above all things we
desire onr locals to be exactly correct.
Crossen could not rfde his wheel, so be
rode on a big dollar. ' '
Dickens in Nicholas Nickelby ' drew a
pathetic character under, the name of
"Smike." Smike became a member of
a theatrical company and made a tre
mendous bit. All he bad to do was to
rub his stomach and look hungry.' When
gentle spring shall come again and the
ground down this way is carpeted with
grass and flowers, there will be a horde
of gaunt individuals straggling back
from Alaska, each of whom could give
Smike pointers on bis job. ,
A 'man named Garner residing .in
Klickitat county, while laBSoing a steer
yesterday, got his thumb caught be
tween the rope and the saddle horn, and
torn off. In the excitement Garner did
not know he had lost his thumb until
he had gone half a mile irom. the scene
of the accident. He knew; of course,
it was hurt, bnt supposed it was only a
case of losing a little cnticle. He came
here this morning and Dr. Hollister
amputated the stump and ' put it in
good shape. ' -
Tuesday's Daily.
Last night's election in the fire de
partment resulted in the choice of Geo.
Gibbons as chief and John Crate first
assistant. . . -
Martin Donnell will not climb Mt.
Hood this year. As a matter of fact, to
get onto the summit of Mt. Hood now,
Martin would have to come down sev
eral thousand leet.
The following is the score at the Uma
tilla house alleys last week; ' Monday,
Estebennet 52; Tuesday, Porter 52;
Wednesday, Porter 54 ; Thursday, Por
ter, 59; Friday, Porter 50; Saturday,
W. A; Johnson, 46; Sunday, 8. E Troup
48. ...', '- - " :' ' ; : '
William Griffith, says the Cottage
Grove Leader, has opened up a rich
vein of quartz one foot wide on the Dia
mond ledge, in the Bohemia district,
that runs very high. This ledge is situ
ated near the Champion, and the' pros
pects for the new find are very encour
aging. . - '.-"'.:;
A report reaches us that quite rich
placer ground has been found on an isl
and in the Columbia near Castle Rock.
It is claimed that one nugget valued at
between $5 and $6 waB panned out. The
report says further that an engine and
pump has been procured and that active
work will be commenced in the near
future. '.""-"'
Sunday . Sheriff Driver arrested Fred
McMurray here. McMurray broke jail
in Lincoln county not long ago and the
sheriff .had offered a reward of $25 for
his rr(Ht. McMurray has a birthmark
oh his fstce and a searon his left hand,
that made it difficult for him to conceal
bis identity. Sheriff Ross has tele
graphed to hold him and will probably
arrive here tonight. ' : -'
' Fred Neckerman. who shot himself at
Wilhoit Springs recently, was a de
cidedly poor marksman. . He fired three
times at himself and - missed twice.
This reminds ns of the celebrated Ne
vada duel between Bob Lyons and White
Horse ' Adams. -; Both were' pretty full
and when they got into a controversy
some of their friends proposed a duel.
They were to be placed in opposite cor
ners of the room and when everybody
Cents.
got out were to. torn loose. In the
meanwhile the boys had loaded their
pistols with blank cartridges. Each
fired six ehots and then the boys came
in. Lyons and Adams shook hands, and
then each examined his opponent's cor
ner for bullet marks.' Finding none,
Adams ordered the drinks for the crowd
because, as he said, It was the first time
he ever shot inside of a house and
missed it. : . .. '-i'V
' On : Friday morning of last week Miss
Augusta Dras of Fossil was nearly scared
to death . by a blow snake on the Buck
ingham ranch near the John Day river,
where Ehe was visiting . Mrs. Phania
Angel!, a sister of George Metteer, Jr.,
who has the placet, rented. - The snake
had in some manner crawled into a cup
board in the house, the front - of ' which
was covered with a curtain, and was on
the top shelf when MUs Lras drew the
curtain aside to get something out of
the cupboard. The reptile raised his
head and blew into her face the instant
be saw her, throwing the young lady
nto such a state of hyeteria and nervous
prostration that for several days her life
was considered in danger. ' Dr. Howard
of Fossil was at once called, bnt could
not leave town at the time, and Dr.
Pilkington of, Antelope was then sum
moned, and reached the sick girl's bed
side Saturday evening. Miss Dras is
now convalescing, and was moved to
town yesteidav, but may never entirely
get over the effects of her fright. Fossil
Journal. . -' '.- - ?
. That Teacher's Institute.
. .The normal institute is still "institut
ing" in The Dalles, but the teachers of
the county haven't yet found out wheth
er said institute was instituted under
school laws governing county school ' in
stitutes or whether it is an instituted
institute to famish remunerative em
ployment daring vacation to The Dalles
pedagogues whose purses are more or
less destitute. Dafur Dispatch.
We fear the editor of the Dispafch,
who is usually good-natured, has caught
the Clondvke fever, got dyspepsia or
some other nerve-upsetting trouble. : In
answer to the above, the second inquiry
of the kind be has made, we will say
that the "teachers' institute now; insti
tuting" was instituted under the school
laws governing county school institutes.
That law provides that such institute
shall be held for not less than tureedays
and no fees are charged teachers for at
tending it. We will say further that the
payment of the $2.50 which the teachers
have already paid is entirely optional
with them. School Superintendent Gil
bert, in the interest of the teachers, and
because of a general request from them
that he do so, arranged for holding fuur
weeks' institute instead of one for three
days., He gets nothing, of conree, for
his extra work, and the three teachers
who have charge of the classes will be
paid for their month's work about $34
each, $70 of which was contributed by
the teachers and $32 being the amount
in the institute fnnd. We will add fur
ther that those attending the institute
are grateful for the opportunity given
them to join these review classes, that
cover the range of examinations, from
life diplomas down, and all of tbem feel
that the money they have contributed
was well spent. We hope this explana
tion will mollify pur good brother, and
convince him that neither the county
nor the teachers are being robbed.
The First Tictlms. '
Some of the railroad boys who came
up from Portland this morning' tell of a
fatal accident last night at the time the
Elder sailed. She was advertised to
leave at 7 o'clock, but did not cast loose
from the wharf until about 11. By that
time all Portland was on the wharves,
in small boats and in steamers, crazy
with excitement. It is estimated that
fully 40,000 people were gathered to see
the Elder off. Among these was a gen
tleman aud two ladies in a small boat.
A side-wheel steamer coming by, the
man evidently got confused, and pulled
the boat directly under one of the steamer's-
wheels.' The whirling, paddles
crushed down on the party, killing both
women and badly injuring the man.
Our informant did not learn the names
of these; the firat Portland victims of
the Clondyke craze. .
Teachers' Examinations.
Notice is hereby given that for the
purpose of making an examination of ah
perjous who may offer themselves as
candidates for teachers of the schools of
this county, i tie county school superin
tendent thereof will hold a public exam
ination at Ths Dalles, Oregon, beginning
Wednesday, August 11th, at 1 o'clock
p. m. C. L Gilbert,
tf Whbco County School Sup't.
Sheep-killing dogs wrought havoc on
the farm of Caleb Davis, west ol Corval
lis, Wednesday night. From the dam
age done it is supposed that the dogs
kept up their work most of the night.
The next morning batf a dozen dead
animals were found, and the band was
scattered up and down the river for a
distance of a mile.. Many of the sheep
had been driven over the river bank, in
some places twelve or fifteen - feet high,
and the whole of Thursday was spent in
getting the' band together. '.'.'
Yellow washing powder" will make
your clothes the same color. ' Avoid
this by using Soap Foam. It's pure
white. '' a2-3m
PROF. M'CLURE KILLED.
Was With the Uuiiu Party on Mount
, Rainier. ' - . v
' A dispatch from Tacoma, .July 29th,
says: ' - - .,.'
Professor S. E. McClnre, of Eugene, a
member of the Mazamas' society that
made the ascent of Mount Rainier Toes
day, lost his footing while descending
the mountain Wednesday and fell . 300
feet. He struck on a pile of rocks, and
was instantly killed.' His body was re
covered several hours later by a - search
ing party, and was brought to Tacoma
tonight. . ' ' " "
The Mazimas . encamped in Paradise
valley Monday, and about 30 of the party
began the ascent to the peak that day,
arriving at Gibralter rock that night,
wbere they camped.: ; .
. Early Wednesday morning" Professor
McCIure, .Professor Baillie, Professor
Mitchell, of New York, and Dr. E. De
witt Connell, of Portland, started , ahead
of the main party, and arrived at the
mountain top about noon. Professor
McCIure carried a barometer for the pur
pose of taking observations on the top of
mountain.)'; J." , - .s , '
- Returning, they met the remainder of
the party near the summit, and arriving
at Gii'nralter rock, awaited their return.
They arrived at Camp Muir abont 9:30
on their way to Paradise valley, , and,
soon after leaving that point, lost their
way.' The leader and the various, mem'
bers of the party began cautiously to
search for the trail. The lights of the
camp in Paradise valley were plainly
visible, and, although it was a tramp of
nearly four hours, the way to this camp
had seemed so plain that nobody felt the
least alarmed. V
Professor McCIure 'ventured toward
the edge of a cliff, and announced that
he saw a large pile of rocks a few hun
dred feet distant, and thought be bad
discovered the trail. Dr. Connell stood
within 50 feet of him, keeping up a con
versation, and attempting to direct his
movements. x
Darkness had fallen, and . the - only
light came from the snow, which ren
dered the members of the party only
half visible. Dr. Donnell says he had
just answered Professor McClure's call,
and was peering intently in another di
rection, when be Leard a sudden crash,
like the falling of rock. He looked in
the direction wbere Professor McCIure
bad stood a movement before, - but he
was not to be seen. He at once called
to him, but received no response, and
the members of the party then began a
systematic search, but, failing to find
McCIure, concluded that he had fallen
off the cliff. : '
i It was nearly an hour before the trail
to camp was found, and the members of
the party, with the exception pf Dr.
Connell and a lady and gentleman from
Oregon, Btarted to come to report the
accident, ' :
. A searching party . was instantly or
ganized, and, under the direction of Dr.
Nunn of Portland, began the search for
Prof. McClure's body. The place of the
accident was so closely described by the
members of the party who had been
with Prof. McCIure that the searchers
were soon able to reach the point on the
side of the : mountain directly under
neath, ' -' ' . .
Daylight broke about 3 -.30, and- the
body of Prof. McCIure was found lging
on a great pile of boulders, forming a
great, forbidding shelf. . .
. Professor McClure's body fell a sheer
300 feet, and bounded about forty feet
outward toward the edge of the cliff. ' It
lay within twelve feet of the face of tbe
mountain, and, had it fallen over, would
have dropped two or three miles, and in
all probability would have disappeared
into one of tbe huge crevasses which
seam the mountain there. "
. Professor McCIure carried a heavy j
roll of blankets and . his barometer
strapped upon bis back. The barometer
was broken, but all of his papers and
notes of observation were found in his
pockets intact. .- '; '
A HOOD RIVER DIGRESSION. L
tL Huud River Man Learns Fiddle Is
Dangerous Only When Played On.
Hood River indulged in the . luxury of
a small fight Saturday. One of the con
testants was actually anguishing for a
fight, and finally found it. He had a
fiddle in a flour sack and while Mb im
pression that . it was a dangerous wea
pon in his bands was undoubtedly cor
rect, be lost sight that it was only dan
gerous to, those in range of its strains
while he was playing it. Being misled
in this direction, he grasped the faithful
old peace-disturber by the neck and
smote, with all the vigor of his muscu
lar arm, bis opponent ou the head with
that same fiddle. There was a crash as
of piling when a steamship strikes a
wharf, and tbe fiddle was as tuneless as
"the harp that bung on-Tara's walls."
The opening of the sack, which did not
occur until tbe owner thereof bad been
pretty thoroughly whipped, disclosed a
wreck.. The body of the fiddle looked
liked a fresh heap of -jack-straws, and
tbe etr etched catguts had coiled them
selves lovingly : around the old fiddle's
neck. '. . ' ; - :
Tbe owner took one glance at the ruin
be had made and began to weep. He
couldn't get over the destruction of bis
fiddle probably because tbe bridge was
gone. . He mournfully tied up the sack,
and as he wended his war homeward
the remains of the old fiddle rattled in
the bottom thereof like a Clondyker'a
outfit at the close of tbe winter.
He took with him a pint of whiskey,
which had been prescribed for his wife,
but if she got it she had to strain bis
breath. - '-'-
' A Fine Mill.-.
From parties in from Boyd we learn
that M. J. Cockerline is pushing the
work nloug on the improvements to his
flour mill property, and will have every
thing in shape to start up by tbe 1st of
September. v His new d'tch is working
splendidly and from the massive stone
foundations put in for the new building
and power plant, it is evident that there
can never be delay ; or poor work from
lack of steadiness in machinery or from
breakdowns a very important point.
Mr. Cockerline states that this change
was made imperative by bis rapidly in
creasing trade and that in' the past be
has - been compelled to turn away a
large percentage for lack of capacity, :
but that in tbe fature he will be glad
to see all old customers and as many
new ones as. possible, assuring tbem '
that he is now : prepared to serve them
promptly, no matter how fast they come.
Although his flour has held an enviable
reputation, he will do still better and
fumi9h 'an article inferior to none in
the state. This mill has ahvavs been a
standby of the farmerB in an exchange
business, and it is greatly to the farm
ers interest that the mill is conducted in
tbe way it has been, and we are glad to
note the foregoing improvements as a
sign that tbe benefits are mutual and
that the mill will be better able than
ever, to meet the people's demands
on it. '.'.'.'.
As such interests are very valuable in
building 'no the 'country bark of The
Dalles, we give it this extended notice
and trust that tbe farmers will give it
tbe loyal Bopport it, has earned and
greatly deserved, and wish it success in
its extended field of operations.
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Obituary.
Mary E. Sherrill, beloved daughter of '
Jacob and . Ellen Obrist of The Dalles,
Or-, was born in St. Louis county, Mo..
June 12, 1869, and nfbved with her par
ents to Henry county,' Mo., in the fall of
'79, living there until the fall of '83,
when they came to The Dalles, where '
she has remained until the present time.
She was married June 11, 1893 to George
Sherrill of Tne Dalles. She : was con
verted five years ago at a cmpmeetirjg
at Dufur, was baptized and received in .
full connection with tbe U. B, church at .
Fair View, Or. '
In life she , was an obedient child, a
true wife and a loving mother, bhe has
been a sufferer from heart dieease for
the paBt six years and of dropsy for the
last few months. She bore it all with
great Christian fortitude: - She died sud
denly July 29, 1897, at La Center, Wash.,
where she had gone in hope of getting
relief from her troubles. She was laid
to rest in the Sunset cemetery.
6 he leaves behind her a : loving hus
band, a babe of 5 months old, father,
mother,! five brothers and a host . of
mourning friends. .'
. Best, my dear, lie sttll.and slumber;
' Holy angels gnard thy bed. , '
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling on thy head. '
Best here, distressed by suffering no more:
Bleep, undisturbed, within this peaceful
khrine. ...
Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before,
" Till angels wake thee with a note like
, thine. , . ,
'A Bbothkb. ;
A Kansas Phllusophen on Pork..
No man who lives on meat was ever
known to lick his - wife or ask for a di- .
vorce. Adam got into a row right otT
because he bad no hog meat, butter or
black bass. Napoleon lost Waterloo be
cause the allied forces had bacon for
breakfast tbe morning of tbe fight. The
French had vegetable soup. Tbe South
had to give in at Appomattax because
they were outof meat. No war can be '
successfully waged without hog meat.
Americans are the most frisky peo
ple on the earth because they eat the
most hog meat.
Ingalls would have gone back to the -
senate .had he not lived on oatmealr .
baked apples and blind robins.
A vegetable diet woman is as cold and
clammy and unlovable as a turnip. " If
you wish to pat roses in the cheeks of
your girls, vitality in their every motion .
and brains in their beads, feed them
meat, j - ' V '.'.'--,
If you want your boy to vet a job and
bold it, go to the front and amount to
something, give him bacon'' grease, ham
fat or tallow, three times a day. V-' -: ,
Tbe world is full of cranks who are
always ;getting up gome new fad about
hay soap or corn fodder tea. El Dorado
Republican.
. The True Remedy.
W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, 111.
"Cheif," eays : "We won't keep bouee
without Dr. King's New . Discovery for i
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex-. .
perimented with many others, but never
got the true remedy until we used '.Dr. .
King's New Discovery. No other rem
edy can take its place in our . home, as
in it we have certain and sure cure for
Conghs7Colda, Whooping Cough, etc.".
It is idle to experiment with other rem
edies, even if they are urged on yon as '
just as good as Dr. King's New Discov
ery. They are not as good, because this
remedy has a record of cures and besides
is guaranteed. - It never fails to satisfy.
Trial bottles free at Blakeley & Hough
ton's .Drug Store. (4)