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The Hood River Glacier

1894 Vitals

At the Hood River County Library this year is available only in bound issues.
This book was missing many pages, and coverage began with the July 7 issue.
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The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 7, 1894, page 3
"Brief Local Matters"

     Miss Lulu Bird of The Dalles was married to Fletcher Faulkner of that place Monday of this week.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 7, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At the M.E. church, The Dalles, Oregon, June 28, 1894 by Rev. J. Whisler, Mr. C.E. Horning and Miss L.M. Rand, both of Hood River.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 7, 1894, page 3
"Brief Local Matters"

     An Indian was drowned in the Columbia, near the Umatilla house, yesterday afternoon. His friends say he was subject to fits, and as he suddenly raised up in his boat and plunged overboard, it is surmised that that was what was the matter with him.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 7, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At the M.E. church, The Dalles, Oregon, June 28, 1894, by Rev. J. Whisler, Mr. C.E. Horning and Miss L.M. Rand, both of Hood River.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 21, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At St. Louis, Mo., July 18, 1894, Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr., and Miss Winna C. Sessinghaus.
     Mr. Elliott and his bride are expected to visit to Hood River in August, to be guests of his parents, the Rev. Dr. Eliot and Mrs. Eliot, at their country place near town.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 21, 1894, page 3
"Died"

     In Hood River, July 18, 1894, Mrs. M.F. Loy, aged 37 years.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 28, 1894, page 3
"Brief Local Matters"

     Charles E. Haight, a well-known resident of The Dalles, aged 38, dropped dead from heart disease in that city, July 20th, while in the act of blacking his shoes.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., July 28, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     At Mt. Hood, July 22nd, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Disbrow, a son. Mother and child doing well.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 4, 1894, page 3

FATAL ACCIDENT

     Thursday afternoon, while Philip Riner's gang of bridge men were at work on the bridge just this side of Mosier, the wench, or niggerhead, flew out of the drum on the pile-driver engine, and falling through the bridge, struck T. S. Moore, who was at work underneath, on the head, crushing his skull. The injured man was immediately brought to Hood River and medical aid summoned, but the blow was fatal, and the man died at 11 o'clock the same evening. Mr. Moore was a farmer, aged 33, living at Mt. Hood, and leaves a wife and two children. His wife was sent for, but arrived too late to see her husband alive. His mother, living at Woodburn, Or., was also sent for. Mrs. Moore and two children arrived in Hood River at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Will Graham bringing them over.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 4, 1894, page 3
"Brief Local Matters"

     The body of an unknown man was found last week in a pile of driftwood near Fisher's, on the Sandy road, supposed to be the remains of Jeff Wilkinson.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 11, 1894, page 3
"Died"

     Near Hood River, Aug. 4th, James Odell, aged 22 years.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 11, 1894, page 3
"Brief Local Matters"

     M.F. Loy desires to return to thanks to the citizens of Hood River for their many acts of kindness during the recent affliction of his family, and fully appreciates their friendship in the hour of need.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 11, 1894, page 3
"Brief Local Matters"

     A man known as a "Dutchy," who had been employed as a section cook on the railroad, was run over and killed by the cars at The Dalles Wednesday night. It is opposed that he was intoxicated and laid down on the track in a drunken stupor.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 18, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At Salt Lake City, Aug. 1st, Dr. Martin A. Jones and Miss Agnes A. McCoy.
     Mr. Jones is a dentist, formerly of Albina. Miss McCoy is a daughter of our well-known citizen, J.N. McCoy. The happy couple will take up their residence in Salt Lake City.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 18, 1894, page 3
"Died"

     At Mt. Hood, Aug. 16, 1894, Mrs. Susan M. Murphy, aged 69 years, 7 months and 10 days.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 18, 1894, page 3

THE LATE T.F. MOORE

     T. F. Moore, who was killed August 2, 1894, while at work on the railroad, near Mosier, Oregon, was born in Jersey county, Ill.. When five years old his parents moved to Iowa. In 1883 he was married to Miss Ella Wilkinson. In 1892, with his family he removed to Oregon and took up a claim near Mt. Hood. A widow and two daughters are left to mourn his untimely end. He was a kind and indulgence husband and father. Words of comfort were spoken of by Rev. McKinsey from 2 Corinthians, 5th chapter and first verse: "We mourn not as them that have no hope; blessed are they that have part in the first resurrection, for the second has no dominion over them."

NANCY COPELAND.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 25, 1894, page 2
"Notes and News"

     A very sad accident happened at Goldendale Tuesday forenoon, which has caused intense sorrow in one family. Little Rita Bolton, daughter of Mr. Sidney N. Bolton, county auditor, aged about five years, was missed from the house a short time, when after hunting for her a short time she was found in the well, and life was extinct when she was taken out.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., August 25, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     August 20, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Feak, an eight-pound boy.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., September 1, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     Aug. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caddy, a son.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., September 1, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     At Eugene, Oregon, August 8, 1894, to Rev. H. F. Gilt and wife, a daughter.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., September 8, 1894, page 3

DEATH OF EMIL SHUTZ

     Emil Schutz of The Dalles died at Canyon City, September 3d, where he had gone in search of health and to visit his brother. Mr. Schutz was known by every old settler in the county. He was a pioneer, coming to the coast in 1850, and has been a resident of The Dalles since 1863. He was sheriff of Wasco county one term and has held other responsible positions. His age was about 62.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., September 22, 1894, page 3
"Brief Local Matters"

     Last Monday N.C. Evans had the remains of his little girl, Leia, and his father-in-law, Charles W. Plaisted, disinterred and buried in the Odd Fellows' cemetery, where tombstones will be placed over their graves. The bodies were first buried in the old burying ground near Lyman Smith's place. Mr. Plaisted had been buried eleven years.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., September 29, 1894, page 2

     General James A. Varney, who died at Oakland, Oregon, September 20th, was born in Maine in 1825. In 1861 he was appointed chaplain of the Seventh Maine regiment and served in all of the battles and engagement of the peninsula campaign under General McClellan. At the close of the war he returned to Maine, where he spent several years in business pursuits, leaving that state in 1877 to engage in sheep business in Oregon with his brother-in-law, Thomas S. Lang of The Dalles. In 1882 he sold his flocks and moved to The Dalles, where he resided ten years. In 1891 he became a member and manager in charge of the Chenowith Park Association, a corporation owning several thousand acres of orchards and vineyards in the vicinity of Oakland. General Varney was a member of the Trinity Commandery of Knights Templars of Augusta, Me., a member of the Loyal Legion, and in 1890 was commander of the department of Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic. For years he was a member of the Oregon state board of horticulture that was high authority on all questions connected with the fruit industry. The following tribute to his memory from the Times-Mountaineer can be subscribed to by all who knew him in this section: "General Varney's life was remarkably pure, blameless and useful, and wherever he sojourned his neighbors became his warm and admiring friends. Although he had almost reached the mark of three score years and ten and, his manner of life had been so temperate and correct that his appearance was that of a man under 50, and his bearing erect and soldierly."


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., September 29, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     September 21, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davenport, a daughter.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 6, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     Sunday, September 30th, to Mr. and Mrs. William Crapper, a daughter.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 6, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     At Mrs. Howe's, near town, September 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bates, a son.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 13, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At the residence of Mrs. U.A. Pierce, Monday evening, October 8th, by Judge J.A. Soesbe, James A. Cook and Miss Wyoming Cooper, both of Hood River.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 13, 1894, page 3
"Died"

     Edward Crate, a pioneer of 1830, died at The Dalles Thursday, aged 86 years.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 27, 1894, page 2
"Died"

     At Belmont, October 19th, William Harn, aged 65 years.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 27, 1894, page 2
"Married"

     At Straightsburg, Oregon, Sunday, October 21, 1894, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. Troy Shelley, Mr. G. F. Boswell and Miss Edith A. Straight, both of Straightsburg, Hood River valley.
     Mr. J.N. Hartley of Portland acted as groomsman and the bride's sister, Miss Ida, as bridesmaid. The groom was attired in a navy blue suit, with a rose of Sharon on the lapel of his coat. The bride was dressed in light tan, trimmed in rich silk, with a wreath of orange blossoms in her hair, and her neat form encased in a handsome bridal veil, which added greatly to her appearance and made the young men present envy Mr. Boswell's position. After the ceremony those present were repaired to the dining room, where a fine wedding dinner was served, and judging from the manner in which it was gotten up, Mr. Boswell has a cook that can beat the French. Mr. Boswell is to be complimented in his choice, as he has for his companion one from the first rank of Hood River's society. Miss Edith (now Mrs. Boswell) is a young lady of true Christian character, who by pleasant smiles and kind words makes friends with all whom she meets. She is in truth one of the earth's angels. Mr. Boswell is a young man of sober, industrious habits, and during his residence here has won a host of friends. He has just erected a neat cottage on his farm here, where him and his wife will be domiciled. We are glad to have them remain with us, and wish them all the happiness this world can give.

H.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 27, 1894, page 2
"Brief Local Matters"

     Dr. Eliot preached the funeral sermon of the late Frank Dekum in Portland Monday. It was the request of the deceased that he should do so.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., October 27, 1894, page 2
"Brief Local Matters"

     Mr. William Harn, who died last Saturday night, was a pioneer of Oregon and at one time a well known contractor and builder in Portland. At the time of the building of the O.R. & N. Co.'s road he received a fall from a bridge, sustaining injuries from which he never entirely recovered. A year or more ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis and has been gradually failing ever since.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., November 3, 1894, page 3
"Born"

     Friday, October 26, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Boorman, a daughter; weight 10½ pounds.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., November 3, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At Moro, Sherman county, October 21, 1894, by Rev. Morehead, Jason Rand and Miss Bertha M. Johnson, both of Hood River.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., November 3, 1894, page 3

A SAD AFFAIR

     William L. Shoemaker, the 17-Year-old son of B.F. Shoemaker, was found dead in the woods about two o'clock Sunday. About two months ago, while at Yakima, he was overcome by the heat, and has since been in poor health. Sunday morning he took his gun and started for the woods. His father, as soon as he learned where the boy had gone, started after him, and after a search of several hours found his lifeless body. He had suicided by placing the gun against his breast and pushed the trigger with a notched stick. Coroner Butts was notified and came from The Dalles Monday and held an inquest. The jury impaneled returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The funeral services were held Monday, at which M.P. Isenberg made a short and very impressive and touching address at the home of the parents of the deceased, after which the burial took place at Idlewilde cemetery. The boy, before his sickness, was unusually bright and liked by all his associates. The public schools were dismissed Monday afternoon to allow his school-mates to attend the funeral, which was largely attended by the neighbors and friends of the bereaved family.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., November 17, 1894, page 3
"Died"

     At Camas Prairie, Washington, Tuesday evening, Nov. 13, 1894, the Rev. J. P Richards, aged 70 years.
     Mr. Richards was a resident of Chicago, and had been in the ministry of the Congregational Church forty years. At the time of his death he was visiting his sister, Mrs. W. K. Cole of Camas Prairie, whom he had not seen for twenty-two years. His wife, a practicing physician, accompanied him on the visit. Deceased was generally a healthy man, excepting that he was troubled with diabetes, and this disease caused his death. The body will be shipped to Chicago. S.E. Bartmess went out to Camas Wednesday to prepare the remains for shipment.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., November 24, 1894, page 3
"Died"

     In Hood River valley, November 19, 1894, William Lyon, aged 81 years.
     Deceased was the father of E. E. Lyon, with whom he has lived since he came here from Illinois, in April, 1892. Mr. Lyon was born in Adams, Mass., and when a young man went to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, when that country was yet a wilderness. He followed farming most of his life. Lately he has been in poor health, which ended in paralysis, after which he lasted but 33 hours. He was buried Tuesday, at 1:30 p.m., in K. of P. cemetery.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 1, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At Mosier, Oregon, November 29, 1894, Wallace A. Husbands and Miss Alice M. Root, both of Mosier.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 1, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Splawn, near Hartland, Wash., November 27, 1894, A. K. Oiler of Hood River and Mrs. Jennie F. Hardison.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 1, 1895, page 3

IN MEMORY OF EDDIE EVANS,
[Died Oct. 7, 1894]
By Katie Davenport.

O'er thy grave we're standing, Eddie,
     Peaceful slumber be they rest;
For we know what that thou art numbered
     With the pure, the truth and blest.

With sorrowing hearts we gathered 'round him,
     His little form so fair and bright,
That the angel of Death had taken
     To a home of pure delight.

Eddie's sorrows are ended
     In this great world below;
In Heaven his reward was waiting,
     And the Angels let him now.

Well, we know that he was welcome
     When he entered that pearly gate;
Met with the loved ones gone before --
     Oh! how pure and sweet his fate.

Yes, little Eddie has left us --
     His spirit has taken its flight,
To dwell in Heaven for evermore,
     The land of love and light.

With saddened hearts we bid him farewell;
     O'er his grave the flowers we strew;
Made the God of Heaven protect us all
     Till we meet on the golden shore.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 8, 1895, page 3
"Married"

     At the M.E. parsonage, Belmont, December 4, 1894, J.H. Wilder and Mrs. Laura Cooley, both of Klickitat county, Wash. Rev. F. L. Johns officiating.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 8, 1895, page 3
"Married"

     At The Dalles, Dec. 4, 1894, by Justice Davis, J.R. Sellinger and Miss Mary Divers, both of Hood River.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 22, 1895, page 3
"Married"

     At the residence of the bride's parents, in Hood River valley, Sunday, December 16, by Rev. F. L. Johns, J. T. Nealeigh and Miss Josie Rogers.
     Mr. Nealeigh is a well-known citizen of the valley, a young man of excellent habits and the present assistant superintendent of the Belmont Sunday school. The bride is the second daughter of Mr. E.C. Rogers. The happy couple will reside on Mr. Nealeigh's place, two miles south of town.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 22, 1895, page 3
"Married"

     At the residence of the bride's parents, in East Portland, Dec. 18, 1894, D.W. Zeller and Miss Bell Standberry.
     Mr. Zeller and bride arrived from Portland Thursday and will make Hood River their home. Mr. Zeller is the contractor for the new school house now in process of erection at this place.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 29, 1894, page 2

A HUNTER'S FATE

     A correspondent at Trout Lake send the GLACIER the following account of the death of C. L. Allison. Mr. Allison was a valued correspondent of this paper, and we are pained to learn of his sad death:
     "Clinton Allison, aged about 35, a rancher at Trout Lake, Klickitat county, Washington, very little expected that it would be his last journey on earth when he started in pursuit of a dear of the 12th of this month. His brother, Edward Allison, was with him at the time, but feeling somewhat indisposed, went home to his own ranch, situated about three miles from the one of his brother. On the 18th Edward concluded to pay another visit to Clinton, and on coming to the house, found that his brother had not returned from his hunt. He alarmed his neighbors, and next morning, the 19th, a searching party started for the mountains. It was not an easy task, for there had been a fresh fall of 10 or 12 inches of snow. At last one man succeeded in finding Allison's snow shoes leaning against a tree, and from that place faint tracks could be seen at intervals leading up the mountain side. The first day, however, passed by without any further results, but the second day, December 20th, at about 11 o'clock a.m., one of the party found the body, covered with snow. He was lying stretched out on his back, and seemed to have died without a struggle. His hunting-knife was sticking into the snow, and his rifle, ready to shoot, was lying beside him. Just what manner he came to his death will probably remain forever a mystery. The party took the body down to his house, where it was buried on the 21st. The place where Clinton Allison met his death is about six miles southwest of Trout Lake and two and one-half miles from his house. Clifton Allison had lived at Trout Lake five years. He was like very much by his neighbors and his untimely death is regretted by all."


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 29, 1894, page 3

FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT

     At 3:30 Christmas morning as No. 1, the west bound passenger train, was passing what is known as the Summit, eight miles east of The Dalles, it came in collision with a freight train on the side track, wrecking both locomotives in a fearful manner. W. J. Sherman was engineer on the passenger train, and he and his fireman with thrown out without receiving injury; but the engineer of the freight train, J.W. Ready, was caught by the overturned tank, and it is presumed, instantly killed. His fireman escaped by jumping from the cab. Descriptions of the accident differ in some particulars, but they all agree that the freight train was on the side track, and the open switch was the direct cause of the collision. The freight had forty cars attached to the locomotive, while the switch would only hold thirty-eight. A long train like this managed to pass another by what is termed "sawing," and Mr. Ready was forced to do this to let the passenger train pass.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 29, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At the residence of Troy Shelley, on the East Side, Dec. 20, 1894, Jacob Lenz and Clara B. Knox, both of Hood River valley; Rev. Troy Shelley officiating.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 29, 1894, page 3
"Married"

     At The Dalles, Dec. 26, 1894, by Rev. Bronsgeest, L.V. Nealeigh and Miss Mary Beatty, both of Hood River.


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 29, 1894, page 3

OBITUARY
Written by Jos. W. Morton, Salem, Oregon, November 1, 1894

     C.R. Morton, a former resident of Hood River, died at Salem, Oregon, November 19, 1894.
     Charles Reed Morton was born January 5, 1820, in the state of Ohio, of sturdy pioneer stock, and with his parents emigrated to Illinois in the early days of that state. He remained with his parents until fully matured manhood, and in the year 1852 crossed the plains to the state of Oregon, and re-crossed again to the state of Iowa, in 1854, and married Carolina Wallace in 1859, by whom he had six children. He remained in Iowa until 1875, when he again came to Oregon, where he remained until his death. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn their loss.
     This good and honest man died near the close of life's setting sun, and while its last rays were still shining o'er the western slope. He may not have reached the highest point that marks life's highway, but he climbed far up the heights, leaving all of the dogmas and superstitions below. The only religion he knew was his duty to his fellow man, and in doing this he cast aside all hypocrisy and met the world with an open face. He had an abiding hope in something better and grander than this world can bestow upon humanity, in the short race from the cradle to the grave. We that are living know that birth, by natural consequences, brings death, but we do not know whether death is the end of this life or the door of another, or whether the darkness here is not to somewhere else a ray of light. Every cradle asks us, whence? and every coffin, whither? We do not know; we cannot tell. The heathen Hindoo mother weeping over her innocent dead answer the question just as intelligently and satisfactorily as the robed priest of the most authentic creed. There is one satisfaction to all of us; we know the dead do not suffer. Mother Earth that nourished them claims them back to her relentless bosom, where all sorrow and pain ceases forever. Those sorrowing ones who, with bleeding hearts, stand around this grave have no fear, for as life wears on they, too, will follow those who have gone before, in the same footsteps and run the same race our father's have run, until these graves will finally come to them to be a place of peace and rest, almost of joy. We have no fear; we are content to journey on life's road, learning and doing our duty. We believe in religion, and it is this: "Help for the living, hope for the dead."

"Oh, what is life? 'Tis like a flower that blooms and is gone.
Youth in the morning, bright and gay with all its beauty on;
But alas! old age comes in a wintry day
And cuts that lovely flower away."


The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 29, 1894, page 3

A PERILOUS TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS

     William Otto of Portland passed through Hood River on his way to Portland from Trout Lake. He was one of the searching party that went out after Clinton Allison. While at the lake he had quite an adventure himself. In company with one of the Coonhausen brothers of Camas prairie, about a month ago he went on a hunting and trapping expedition in the mountains north of Mt. Adams. They met with good success, killing four bears, a number of foxes and other fur-bearing animals. While in the mountains a terrific snowstorm came on, and they started for home in the driving blizzard. They lost their way and were compelled to throw away their skins and furs, and even their blankets, to make headway in the deep snow. For five days they wandered through the trackless forest in the storm, without food and blankets. Finally they cut down green tamarac trees and he hewed out snow-shoes with an ax, and thus were enabled to reach the settlements. During the five days they were without food they saw no game, not even a jaybird.
     Mr. Otto is one of the best mountaineers in the country. Seven or eight years ago he had an encounter with a cougar, near Trout Lake, in which he received scars he will carry through life. He had shot a cougar, and while engaged in skinning it, the cougar's mate came on the scene and sprang upon his back. He could not use his gun and was compelled to fight the cougar with his hands and feet until he managed to reach his knife that had fallen to the ground, when he ended the battle by stabbing the cougar to the heart. The cougar managed to about strip him of his clothing and scratched him fearfully about the face and breast.

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