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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1897)
She Íimrs-Strafd. here this morning, was held up two miles west of Roseburg this morn-, ing As soon as possible Fireman i Hendricks slipped out of the engine, When Grant was Poor. ran to Roseburg and gave the alarm. Arming himself, he started General V- H L. Barnes, one of |)ack to the scene of trouble. the leaders of the San Francisco' At Shadv Point Engineer Norris bar, at a recent meeting of the Cal- saw a nian at the sidetrack waving , ifornia Commandery of the Mllli- !a fl.,g He slowed up for the signal, * WKDNKm Y FEHKUAKY. 3*7. tary Order of lire Royal Legion, an(j aH he brought the train to a tol<i a story at*mjt General Grant »top a man armed with two revol- which is said never before to have 1 vers came over the tender and been printed It was told years covered him. At the same time another armed ago to General Barnes by Captain Richard L. Ogden, once a clerk in i man. the one who had flagged, ap- the office of the United Ssates quar j peared at the side of the call ami, I JUST SUPPOSE that you needed something in dry goods and had your choice of buying either at a retail or wholesale store, but could save 25 to 35 per cent at the latter. Wouldn t you go to the wholesale store? Of course you would. We are going to retail goods for the next 15 dare at wholesale prices, therefore we shall expect you to come here just as quickly as you would go to any wholesale in- stead of retail store if vou had your choice. The occasion is our Although our long and reliable record of Merchandising here pro bably has gained us your confidence, we ask you to take nothing but the evidence of your own eyes to convince you that we are really retail ing at wholesale prices during this sale. termaster at San Francisco, and presenting a revolver, ordered the General Barnes recently copied it , engineer not to attempt to move the frsm Captain Ogden’s dairy, viz: train but come down at once and go When Grant resigned his com with them to the express car. The mission as captain, at the age of 32, fireman in the meantime had got being then in Oregon, he went to down on the sther side. Sun Francisco on his way home, i The two robbers and the engineer and presented to Captain Ogden a then went into the express car, certificate for per diem service on a where the robbers ordered the ex- court martial, amounting to $40 ' press messenger to open the door. • I The certificate was incorrectly I The messenger refused to do so. The robbers then uncoupled the I . drawn, and Grant, with a look of when be voted fer Mr. dispair, asked Captain Ogden’s per express car. Meantime theexpress messenger seized the opportunity leveland. He also said that he mission to sleep on the lounge in to step out of the car. and Ma j ,,r McKinley substantially the hitter’s office, saying he had not The robbers returned to the ex- “8ree 0,1 lhe lariff question. a cent to his name. He slept on — —. the rikety office lounge, and Ogden press car and with a heavy charge Corvallis Times: Talk about agreed to cash the certificate per- of dynamite blew the door open. ■ N. BROWN & SONS,--The Leading Merchants Burns, Entering the car they attacked two Hmiallv and to send it back to Ore- F ' *' gon for correction. Grunt had small safes, which they succeeded The mail car was also expected to buy a passage for him in opening self to New York in the steerage, visited by the robbers and registered but Ogden went with him to the letters taken. The explosion set Pacill? Mail Steamship office and , fire to the express car. The train procured for him a cabin water running up hill! Here is a case where a river has commenced to run from its mouth to its source, Dead river is the came of a slough that cuts across from one part of ' the Willamete to another among passage crew worked like Trojans but were pusH, or what was the nearest to it unable to save it. The passengers were considerably tin* steamship company could give, for Grant hud to pay his railroad shaken up and frightened, but no I fare across the isthmus. This how one injured. ever, b ft him #15, and Grant was very grateful. The diary quotes him us saying to Captain Ogden: ‘This is a great luxury, and what I did not expect and I am indebted to you for it. The prospect of ever being aide 1° reciprocate is certainly remote, but strange things happen in this world the islands near Booneville, and in the years gone by there was a rapid current from west to east. Of late the water became sluggish in its movement and a year ago ceased to THE FRENCH HOTEL Mrs. Louis Racine, Proprietress. iThe Leading Hotel of Burrs, Oregon, Is headquarters for all stages. Has large and well furnished Rooms, an elegant parlor, and handsome dining-room. No Chinese labor, white cook, and tables furnish ed with the best the market affords Best accommodations for families and tran sient customers. 6IVE THE FRENCH HOTEL Al TRIAL. RATES $2.00 A DAY. • •• — | move at all. This winter it runs With an expense of less than $5 quite rapidly from east to west, Alva Adame, elected as a democrat ' This seems somewhat “fishy,’’ but was inaugurated governor of Colo- *t ’’ told as a fact by good reliable rado a few days ago. He walked men. to the capitol where the oath of of- Homer Davenport, the Oregon fice was administered by a supreme court justice without fuss or feath artist and cartoonist, is said to re- ers His inaugural addiess was ceive $1000 a month. That is the and there is no knowing ” ¡short and to the point, the governor price of genius. Davenport is a giving the impression in its delivery great fellow for animals, and he al 1 ho < ’< >1 uni >iai i M ine. l that performance was better than ways gets one, or a bird in his pic I promises. In the course of his tures if p< ssible. An Albany friend Mr. E. M Hand has just finished »j>eech he said: ‘‘The East and ! <>f Homer tells how one time Lis an exhaustive examination |>f the West need each other, but the West. ,ather made him a present of a #75 Columbian mins in the Virtue dis especially Colorad i, with all its K<’ld watch. It was not long after trict This mine is controlled •*y diversified resources, can stand «ards that he traded the watch for Mr \\ (■ Press, of Chicago, who is alone with less loss than any other bull dog, preferring that to a a wealthy banker. It ir not a stock section Around our state might mere timekeeper. company and will not be turned he circled by Jefferson’s tea of Mr. Hand sampled the flame or John Adam's wall of brass, shaft every four feet to the bottom vet we could glow, prosper and be 200 feet, and found that the vein happy; but we want no seclusion; averaged over $1.» to the ton in gold we have a sincere ami ardent wel and averaged over 3} feel in width, come for all the world.” while the weal drift, winch is in 75 into one. Oregon When the Klamath reservation is thrown open for settlement, it is expected that several good mines will be opened up. Several finds, good prospects, have been made on these Indian lands in the last quar feet showed the same average In < «;iixe I-■ ’l'li«1 Man. ter of a century which are held in value ami width of vein at the 175- secrecy awaiting the time when the bait level Canton, <1, Jan. 28—At 8:30 rese rvation will be thrown open. A ateaui hoist is to he placed up o’clock t Ins evening Lyman J Gage, \t least such are the reports oc<a- on t ie pro|e-tv at once and devel president of the First National sionally heard from those who ought o|«meiit pushed with all possible bank of Chicago, emerged from the to know, says the Klamath Repub • peed A It n stamp mill will t»e dining ’oom of ths McKinley home liean. erected upon the prop riv in the to till an appointment with the As spring eocialed Pres* and special torres- Mr Martin lullgtcw, formerly pondents to tell them the result of of I lie llomr.-take mine in the hi« conference with Major McKin Black Hills, is the su)>«rmtriident ley of th< Columbian, and his ability "Mr. McKinlev ottered me the iu this direction gives continence treasury porif >lio. I told him I that the pr<>|» rty mil it) scientltic would ac ept the high honor and ally managed -Baker Democrat fill the |a>«ition to the la-st of 111 V ability.’’ ’ »urinu I ’leee l >| Werk. Mr. Gage said there was no ground for the pubheation that le - was a gold detuiwrat during the north t.v nd overland tram, winch camps' gn. and that hit only atlilia left Ann Francisco W rd nod ay, due tion with the democratic partv was AND ITS ^CVRK To ntr Ei'«T<.wt —I have an remedy for Comumraion. Bv its firtk.« use tt»' mds or h<xvkss cases have lyen already r ^nentlv cured. So proof-positive am I o. its power that I consider it my duty to vwj rnv Mtlfi frtt to those of vour readers who have Consumption,Throat, Bronchial or Lung Trouble, if they will write me tlx»- express p iddrcss. Sincerely T A. SLOCUM. M. c„ IU Pearl St.. Sew Twk. I CULP BROS, Burns, Oregon. Work Guaranteed to be first class We mix our own Paints, and Our Work Speaks for it e f, Parties Desiring Cabinet Werk that excels any done in this place heretoore, cail and examine my work. THOS. LA HEY, Burns, O f^First door north of Brick Store. 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