The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-09
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


Weather delightful.
Many farmers were In town to-day trad
ing.
w. Irvine, of Wasco, is registered at tn
Umatilla house.
H. Corum, of Hood River, is a guest a
the Umatilla house.
MIR. G. w. Emerson, of Lower Fiftee
Mile, is in the city.
Mr.. NJ. Mackenzie, of the firm of Mac
kenzie Il Somers, of Grants, is in the city
Rev. j. A. Orchard will leave in lie,
days for the Willough, where he will hold
protracted meeting.
Miss NJ. V. Boyer, who is teaching OF
Lower Fifteen Mile, was in the city to-day
She reports successful school.
Mr.. Ii. Corson returned yesterday from
Portland, where he was summoned as
juror for the U, S. Circuit Court.
MIR. n. d. Hughes returned last nigh
from visit to Yaquina Bay. He reports
pleasant trip, and the Bay fiourishing =
Miss Nellie Cooper, of Keithsburg, Hi
nois, arrived in The Dalles yesterday an,
will stay this winter with her brother, c
a. Cooper.
DR. S. E. Koontz, of Wasco, who ha.
been quite sick for some time past, is visit
ing friends and relatives in this city. HI
is still very weak.
Mr.. Henry Southern, of Boyd, is in the
city replendishing his stock of fall and win
ter goods. He reports business brisk and
prospects hattering.
Mr.. Albert Allen, of Fairfield Flat, is il
the plfv % tho frronnI IN a>-oalIor
condition for plowing and fall sowing and
that great activity is exhibited among the
farmers.
MIR. M. Hendrickson who has been in
California for some time with Watkins and
Bayard's horses returned yesterday. He
reports heavy rains, and says the country is
covered with water.
Eugene Register: Miss Minnie Uren,
who has been attending school at the Uni
versIty, was called to her home, near The
Dalles, the first of the week Oh account Of
the sickness of her mother.
Mrs. Mary A. Switzler, mother of Mrs.
j. A. Orchard, who left here about three
weeks ago for western Washington, for her
health, died oh the S0th ult. She was well
and favorably known in this vicinity.
Mr.. Ross E. Smith favored our office with
a call to-day. He has been at home at Sell
wood for some months, and now returns to
his studies in the Academy. Such young
men are great acquisition to our society
Married, at Blue Water, New Mexico,
Oct. 25, 1889, Mr.. Jas. NJ. Fish to Miss
Mary Phelau. Mr.. Fish is a brother to
Mr.. Jud Fish in this city, and is expected
to arrive here with his bride IN a short
time.
The electric light on Third street, between
Lincoln and Pentland, has been changed to
the corner of Third and Lincoln, near the
Sisters academy. 1t is erected on high
pole, and throws its radiatiDg hight long
distance.
Rev. Mr.. Hutchison returned Thursday
from Union, where he had gone to deliver
the charge at the ordination of Mr.. Parker,
who was christened in one of the churches
in our city, and reared in the Roman Cath
olic church.
The ladies OF the Presbyterian church
will give in the course of a month or so, an
in which Mrs. Farley will
appear with fresh specimens of her wonder
ful wax works. There will also be music
and acting in character by some of our best
amateur performers.
The heavy blasting at the new depot
grounds creates considerable excitement in
that vicinity. Yesterday pieces of rock
were thrown through windows on the south
side of Second street, and the air was filled
with descending stone. The excitement
was perhaps similar to that in Pompei, dur
ing the eruption of Vesuvius.
Ellensburgh Register: Harry Williams re-
ceived visit from the Knights of the jim
mie, last night at his room in the Shoudy
block. They succeeded In obtaining dia-
monds worth 5000, note the face value of
which was S400, and S4O0 in money. The
total amount of the loss is about $500.
There is no clue to the burglars.
The Goldendale stage while coming over
the mountain yesterday en- route to this
city, with two passengers aboard, collided
with wagon and was tipped over. One of
the passengers, Mr.. +. j. Bachelor, of San
Francisco, representing the Seth Thomas
Clock Co., sustained several severe bruises,
and fractured rib. No other damage re-
suited.
Eugene Register: Last week DIR. Shar-
piles, assisted by several others, amputated
Mr.. Jas. Huddleston's foot about four or
five inches above the ankle joint. He has
been troubled for several weeks with dis
ease in his foot and had become very low
and amputation was found necessary In or
der to save his life. He has been out of
his mind for a week, but was resting easier
at last account and there are some chances
of his recovery.
The Masonic fraternity of Oregon and
Washington have recently been treated to
a visit of an imposter of the darkest dye.
By name he is Prof. Wylie Wiley. claim
ing to hail from South Carolina. He refers
to lodges in that state which, it Is found,
has no existence. He applies to the BROTH
ers for assistance to enable HIM to make his
way to some far off destination. Failing to
examine him closely, often sums were do
mated and from these donations the fraud
grew fat. 1t is understood that he bilked
Turner and Oregon City.-ITatesman.
Ellensburgh Register. Roslyn came near
having another lynching bee yesterday, but
The compliance of the candidate for necktie.
Knots, with the mandate OF the people,
that ne leave town in ten minutes, prevent
ed the addition of another chapter to her
already unenviable history. A Polish
miner was the individual who came so near
taking farewell of troblesome world at
the end of hempen string, and the cause
Of it was that he had been somewhat too
previous in his attentions to a four-year-old
yirl The lIcentious Polander' is now IN
this city. Hanging would have been too
good for him.