The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-19

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the S. P. II. r. train.
MIR. and Mrs. D. L. Gates are in Portlan,
attending the exposition.
The drug stores in this city will clcs
hereafter at o'clock IN the evening.
; Albany and Salem are candidates fo
the terminus of the Astoria Railroad.
Our alleys should be cleaned. Healtl
requires this to be done without delay.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. Schenck and Mis-
Mona Covillaud LETT on a short visit to Port
land to-day.
Albany is suffering from the tram,
nuisance. The town is over crowded witt
a large number of these.
The rain last week was quite general IL
Eastern Oregon, and our exchanges ar,
full of congratulatory sentences.
The rain last week has given an impetus
to the growth of fall grasses, and stock viii
begin the winter in good condition
Ochoco lodge, No. l0l, 40. U. w. wa:
organized at Prineville on last Monday
evening, with nineteen members.
The dwelling on the corner of Third and
Union streets is being removed to make
room for the cree lion of brick store.
Mack johnson, of Prineville, drove llC
yead of beef cattle to the Portland market,
over the Cascade mountains last week.
Mrs. Chas. Stubling has ripe Strawberries
and raspberries in her garden In this city.
This is hard to be excelled even in tropical
countries.
The long, tedious evenings are upon us,
and it would be advisable that our young
people organize societies for mutual profit
and amusement.
A great many horses are reported "miss-
ing in Gillian county. They have evil
IDENTIFY been taken to other parts by nefari-
GUS individuals
We are under many obligations to Col.
Nevius for the able manner in which he
attended to our editorial duties during
our absence in Astoria.
The troops from Vancouver who have
been at Cayuse Station for several weeks
past, returned yesterday. They were en-
camped on the cid CIRCUS grounds, near the
brewery.
The sham battle at Cayuse station created
considerable hot feelings, and at one time it
seemed likely that one or more would get
hurt. The better feeling regned supreme
finally, and eventually the bellicose spirit
calmed down.
The monthly collections on the daily
during the PAST month, which was neces-
sarily postponed last week by reason of
our absence in Astoria, will be attended
to tomorrow. Col. Nevius will interview
our patrons this week.
Mess. Printz & Nitschke have purchased
the lot adjoining Snipes & Kinersly's drug
store, formerly owned by Mrs Kiss, and
VT h..,,, l. IL
thereon. The Dalles is constantly growing
and improving, and every movement is one
of progress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. MacEachern were
serenaded by the regimental band last Sat-
urday night. Mr.. MacEachern invited the
boys in and they partook to their satisfac-
tion of wine and cake. The tunes were
merry and enlivening, and the occasion will
always be one of the most pleasing char
acter.
Mr.. Solomon Houser returned last night
from an extended tour of Europe. He has
visited the exposition at Paris, traversed the
streets of Berlin and Vienna, and crossed
over the Hillespout where the Argonauts
made their voyage in the classic age, and
near which rests the remains of the Trojan
Hector.
Prineville Ne,rs: F. G. Brose, who is in
jail awaiting trial for killing Shields Loon
ey, says that Looney was not killed on III.
Taylor Hills land, as has been told and
published; that the shooting occurred about
one-fourth of mile from Hills land. We
publish this correction at the request Of the
prisoner.
The sheriff of Multnomah county has
posters offering 5000 reward for the arrest,
or information that will lead TO the arrest
of the negro who shot #. McDevitt and
son in Portland, on Friday night. 1t is
earnestly desired that this william will
meet his just deserts at the hands of the
legal authorities. y
Perhaps the oldest grave of white .man-
in Oregon is one in Astoria, on which is
chiseled on a rough sandstone slab the name
of Alexander McTavish, drowned in cross
lug the Columbia In 1914. The deceased
was one of those Scotch members of the
Hudson Bay Co., who led the van of civili-
Eat on In the northwest.
Fossil Journal: Mr.. F. NJ. Busby and
wife returned Saturday from The Dalles,
where they had been visiting Mrs. Bus
by's sister, Mrs. Hart, and taking in the
fair. They sreak in the highest terms of
the fair, especially the stock exhibit,
which Mr.. Busby says was seldom better
at the fairs in Iowa and Illinois.
News: Another house belonging to s. s.
Brown, of Willow creek, was destroyed by
fire on Monday of last week. Mr. Brown
had just moved out of the house into an
other. 1t is the opinion of the owner that
the house was first plundered of what few
things it contained and then fired. Mr..
Brown Is certainly an unfortunate loser by
fire. A
Among the teamsters who have accom-
panied the troops from Vancouver to Cay
use station during the summer campaign
was Mr.. G w. Brown Miller, who came to
Oregon in lS49, and who served in the
army for period of thirty five years. He
followed the troops to Mexico, took part in
the engagements of Buena Vista, Cerro
Gordo, and Chapultepec. He is welded to
the army, and will undoubtedly pass his
remaining years at Fl. Vancouver.