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EAST OREGON HERALD AND BURNS TIMES « THE TIMES-HERALD. Consolidated July 22, 1896. VOL. X. NO 5. BURNS, IIARNEY COUNTY, OREGON he said as he ordered me and the fireman to come down, ‘You know how it is when' a man is on the j“hog train.” We are out for the ¡stuff.’” “ Conductor Nichols came up OREGON. ONTARIO, fiom the rear of the train to see why we stopped. He was ordered I to throw up his hands, and obeyed. I don’t know whether the leader is ♦ a nengineer or not, but he is cer tainly a railroad man and under Have on Hand a New and Complete stock of stands running ail engine. While his pals kept us covered, he cut the fWWe have the LARGEST STOCK and LOWEST PRICES^f baggage cars and engine loose, and • We carry a complete line of was soon tearing down the track. The conductor went back to Inde. ¡Ory Goods ! pendence to report the robbery, and Notions, I the fireman and [ followed the car land engine. When we reached the' Gents Furbishing Goods, car in Blue ir.the robbers were Clothing, gone, and we trudged on past Glen- i da’e, where we found the engine. It Boots & Shoes, f ». is my opinion that the robbers left - »' Groceries, the engine before reached Glendale and then ‘turned it loose.’ It Hardware, Etc. stopped at the top of an incline, be Prices ns low as any R R. point, with addition of freight. ¿^■Special attention to MAIL ORDERS—Correspondece solicited cause there was no water left in the WRITE US FOR PRICES boiler.’*—Oregonian. Address Mason & London, Burns, Oregon. Oregon Forwarding Company BEST GOODS, MASON & LONDON. It will pay you to come to Ontario and buy fall and winter goods GROCERIES i oods, Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Notions, &c. Oregon Forwading Co. -An Effective Retort. J Few things are more use'tul to a I; speaker t .. than readiness ... in | public turning an interruption to his own Kansas Citv, Mo., Dec. 24—It1 , „ PUBIA-SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY . ’advantage. Even the preacher can was 3:15 this morning before tne i c. . . i . „ , . . , , I profit bv it, as is shown in a storv Chi ago & Alton train, robbed at . . ,, T . „ ,,' W. C. BYB.D & SON. 9 6 T., i | told by the late Rev. John B. Mc- . 4, ... A . . P ublishers and P roprietors . Blue cut, ’ near Independence, lastly i Ferran in the Western Christian night, was got together after having I Advocate ■ y been cut into by robbers, and the SV B '< IJ l’TION RATES : In closing a speech at a mission Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of ine Y ear ................................................ »2.ÖU trip to St. Louis resumed Marshal ary anniversary at Jack son port, Ar Six Mouths ............................................. .1.00 Three Mouths........................................... . .70 Kcshlar, who started in pursuit of kansas, 1856, he stated that once the robbers with deputies last night, he was shrinkingly iimid when has not yet returned. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY called upon to take a collection,but Messenger Frier could give no es national : timate of the loss. He described X !“ Tae]sUs Sporting Goods. PredJent ...... Grover Cleveland iTiee-President..................... Adlai Stevenson two of the robbers as quite tall and iecretsry of State ............ Kieharo S, Olney me that thou owest!” ijcretarv of Treasury.............. John G. Carlisle smoothly shaven, about 25 years of 1 inware and Firoarms promptly Repaired. Just then a man sung out,“Yes, 11 li’retary of interior .................. Hoke Smith li’rei.iry of W>- r Daniel b. Lamont rge. The third man, the one that heard it said that they would put Burns, J.erdtary of Navy ......... Hilary A. Herbert Oregon. teerecary of Agriculture. J. Sterling Morton attempted to blow open the safe, on your tombstone,‘And the beggar 1'tor ie ’General • Judscn llarmon Pirttmaster General Wm.L Wilson was about 35 years old and had a ■ died.’ ” STATE—OREGON Î small mustache. i G. W. McBride, This created a great laugh; but Senvon j J. H.Mitchell. The robbers left immediately af the doctor stood silent. A tear I • (Ringer Hermann ter concluding it would be useless stole dcwn his cheek, and in a sub-1 iciu freshmen ................. . (W. R. Ellis . <*. M. [dleman Ittjrney General .... Wm I’ Lord to break into the through safe. lanruur ................... dued tone he broke the pause: H R Kincaid Secretary oi State . . .Phil. Metsehan Frier remained in the car alone for T' cm irer R “Do you know what 1 told them? ... GM Irwin fup . I'a i.lc Instruction « Had the I said, ‘ If ven’ll add the rest of the W H Leeds two hours after they left. State Primer .............. R v R. S. Bean. robhers succeeded in opening the > C. Wolverton <npre ne Jn iges verse, ‘and was carried by the an ‘ F. A. Moore through safe, they would more than gels to Abraham’s bosom,’ I would NINETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. Jl.triet Julge D ... M.D. CLIFFOkw likely have made a rich haul. not care.” S’.trict Attorney .... C. W. Parrish. STEPHENS & RICHARDSON, Proprietor At noon word was received from loint-Rcpresentative fR) ...0. L. Patterson I The effect was electric; money Ulnt-Senator . .(R)............ A. W.Gowan Cracker Neck, a small place near rained into the treasury, and shouts CHN’TY —HARNEY Î Blue cut, that a man believed to be I made the roof tremble. Bounty .tire .......... .. C. P. Rutherford. < -v ’•lerk . . (R). H. Kelley one of the robbers had been held .... fR) J. C. Welcome treasurer ... A special train bearing offi-t D TA.McKinnon there. SnrTovor Sheriff .(Di A. J. McKinnon cers was started from Independence " kwftsrr .. __ ___ r......... 8. W. Miller ..(D). S’h > >1 ' met intentent . .(D) w. C. Bv rd St >ek I napector Geo Tregaakia to make the arrest. <D) t A.B. Marks Engineer Witten,who had charge L>m ni(»ions'-n Geo. Haney of the train, was also engineer of H ARNEY V. s. land office : ................ Thomae Jones the train that »as held up at the ^“Courteous treatment guaranteed. Your patronage solic ^•sfster ............. A. A. Cowing Receiver well begun I. half done. Begin same place two months ago. He Wwe well by getting Ferry*. Seed*, nfi W (Ifon lx t let chance .leterinhie MS: says he recognizes the men as those your crop, but plant Ferry’« L Heed*. Known and «old ■ who committed the previous rob-. SOCIETIES. everywhere. W « Before you plant, get W • ry, and tells the following story SYLVA REBEKAH Defree No. «3. Ferry's Seed Annuel V Meets every 1st and M Wednesday of last night's bold up: I for 1*W. Contain« more prac-1 Mfrs 1^’» McGee N.G. tlcal Information for farmers I h “I saw a red light cross the track Sam Motherahead. Rec. Sec’y. and gardeners than many high- 1 priced text tiook«. Mailed free. I and stopped the train, because it d . «. mai * <<>., orrsott. ■ « h 1 was my duty to do so. I looked O. w.Sms I.odire, Mo. 47 Purns-Canyon Stage Line Msitsesery •» Knlj uj, Thnr*a«v* out of the cab and ’nto the barrels H M Horton. M. W j w sayenRec’d ¡of two revolvers and a shotgun. J. A. H alladay , contractor. /The leader was a short, mtdium- Carrying U. 8. Mails and Eastern Oregon Express Co’s Exptss Whn can think I built man, whom I quickly recog- of some ilmpla HjRXF.Y mnc» xn. 77. I. O O F. iïlic i imrs-^etaW. T_,, ~ , Rlue Cut Robbery. - I. S. GEER & CO Hardware and Tinware. xhe Bums Bar PLANTING! 4