The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-09-14
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

in the city.
Senator Mitchell is sick at his residenc
in Portland.
Mr.. Geo. Peterson, of Biggs, was in tn
city yesterday.
Mr.. A. C. Sanford, Of Wapinitia, came i
town Yesterday.
A light shower last night cleared the at
mosphere of smoke.
The electric lights in our city outshin
the brIlliancy of the moon.
The wheat harvest OF Sherman county il
turning out better than expected.
As soon as the rains begin a great deal o
fall gram will be put in this season.
Mr.. E. N. Chandler. of Warnic, was reg
istered at the Umatilla House Yesterday.
Very many of the residents of Yamhil
county have been summering at Tillamook
1t is expected that with the opening o.
next season three or more brick building.
will be erected in this city.
Hillsboro has purchased the hand fire
engine of Albany. This was first bought
by Broderick for the city of San francisco
We have received copy of the Western
Watchtoacer, published at Tillamook, Ore.
1t well represents the interests of that por.
In a note from Prof. r. H. Willis from
Minneapolis, Mimi, We learn he has ac-
cepsea the presidency of the Noble 1nsti-
tute, Admission, Ala.
The Badger creek ditch to the Warnic
settlement is completed, and there is a
large quantity of water flowing. This will
increase irrigation tor that portion of our
county.
The inspection OF A and C companies, O.
N. G will take place in the new armory in
Max Vogt & Cos building under direction
of Col. Morgan and staff. Timely notice
of date will be given.
Fossil journal: The first rain we had
for long time came last Saturday morning,
and "lsyed" the dust aud made the air
clear, cool and refreshing, just as such rains
always do this time of the year.
The agricultural exhibition this month
promises to be the best ever held in this
city. Five counties will be represented.
This will be grand opportunity for adver
mammoth edition.
The ditch from Clear lake to Juniper flat
Is completed distance OF six miles, and
force OF twenty-one men are at work. They
will work until late this fall, and carly in
tor next years crops.
At Baker City during the evening of Fri
day, Dot Daring and another woman named
Athol got on spree. They went into the
st. Lawrence restaurant, where they met
another girl named Lou Arlington, when a
fight ensued, resulting in Arlington being
seriously stabbed in the cheek with fork
in the hands of Athol.
W. al,n ;ea,o H. I.s-..I
published in The Dalles of a daily paper
during fair week, and this will be the best
advertising me lium ever offered our mer-
chants. We have already several arrange
ments for advertising space, and we desire
to see our business men well represented to
visitors from other counties.
1t is very provoking to reporter that
frst-class item was spoiled by poor mark
manship. The shooting affray last night,
if only successful, wonld have furnished The
substance for half-column article TODAY,
if the pistol had been aimed correctly. In-
stead OF which simply harmless fusilade.
The trials and tribulations of a newspaper
reporter can only be appreciated by those
who have had experience.
A shooting scrape occurred in the suburbs
of the city last evening, but no one was
hurt. A respectable citizen, SO we are in
formed, had been constantly threatened and
annoyed by neighbor, who had threatened
his life. and on last evening he jumped over
the fence and threatened an attack when
the shot was fred. No one was hit; but it
is expected the injured party will take
better alm next time. For the reason of
the social connections of the parties We
withhold naries at present.
In Kansas they have introduced hugging
societies to swell the church treasury. A
Kansas paper gives the following scale of
prices: Girls under sixteen, Is cents for
hug of two minutes, or 10 cents for only
short squeeze; from sixteen to twenty, so
cents; twenty to twenty-five, 70 cents;
schoolmarms, 40 cents; another mans wife,
81; widows, according to looks, from 10
cents to 50; old maids, only 3 cents or two
for nlckle, and not any limit of time.
Preachers ar. not charged. Editors pay in
advertising, but are not allowed to squeeze
any but old maids and schoolmarms.
Journal: Sheep trespass cases are numer-
Gus in the high court of Fossil of late One
of the latest IS entitled j. W. Gilman, d.
Z. Gilman, j. w. French and D. NJ French
vs. Charles Palmer and Richard Hickson.
The plaintiffs claim that the defendants
herded the grass off of about 1000 acres of
the plaintiffs land, and ask for $3.50 dam
ages. The preliminaries of the case were
set for to-day Thursday at 10 o'clock
Also VIM. Henbach and Richard Heihbach
have filed complaint against j. NJ Nc.
kinnon for herding over their 720 acres of
land over south OF Pine creek, and claim
5000 damages.
Another candidate fer the capital of
Washington is Pasco. The Headlight thus
gives vent to its enthusiasm: s'We would |
respectfully inform both the capitalists and |
the people that Pasco is natures choice. |
When the great Designer planned this land
of ours and joined the great waterways of |
the northwest at Pasco, he so moulded the |
face Of nature that the iron channels of |
commerce were also compelled to center |
here. We are now the axis from which |
radiates the great rail and waterways of our |
state, and we shall not despair of securing |
the state capital in the near future" What |
Is the matter with Rockland for the capital. |
The famous painted rocks of Lake Cbe,an |
are described as follows: Imagine perpen-
dicular and nearly smooth wall of granite,
with no chinks or crannies that would en-
able one to descend from the heights above
or to ascend from the water below. Twen-
ty feet above the water are painted series
CT figures of Indians, bears, deer, owls and
other animals. The pigment used is black
and red, and the pictures are as clear ap-
parently as when made. As the water of
the lake varies only eighteen inches in
height during the year, the ancient artists
must have done the painting while in their
canoes, and while the level of the lake was
nearly twenty feet higher than it is now.
W. W. Journal: If you desire to see
real pitiaole, shocking sight, such as you
may never have seen before and never may
see again, enter the Chinese hovel on the
alley back of Baker & Boyer's bank build
ing, and gaze at all that is left of once
robust, Woodworking Chinaman, the same
one stabbed and shot a month ago in a
Chinese garden near the city. His emaci-
ated body is a mere living skeleton, and his
arms are no bigger than drumsticks His
eyes roll sadly from side to side and are the
size of big black cherries. There he lies
and gasps for breath, withno one to look
after him, saye to come and stare at the |
ghastly form, and then depart again, ith
a shudder. :
Puyallup Exchange: The hop harvest in i
the sound is fast approaching and growers
are busy preparing their kilns. The only |
appl ehension is that rain may come during |
picE ing and thus give the hops bad color.
As ar as the ballng is concerned there will
be a decided improvement this year, at
least among the large growers as they in
tend to adopt the new California horse
power press. thus avoiding the tramping
which was necessary in the old way. Ar
are being made whereby
eDecial train of hops will leave here about
the middle of September, make special