The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-10-12

about to locate in Klamath county. He
reports the drouth as having afflicted the
litter portion of the country badly this
summer.
The Rev. W. G. Simpson is improving
after long, serious and weary siege. We
hope he is on the up grade to health and
strength and usefulness again.
The friends of Miss Nettie Butts will be
glad to hear of her recovery. While teach
Ing at the Warm Springs she was taken
sick, and for time her recovery seemed
hopeless. She returned home yesterday.
Persons coming in from the country re.
port that we have been more blessed than
our neighbors at Wapinitia. Scarcely any
rain fell beyond Dufur, and the nearer The
Dalles the greater the amount of rainfall.
The wood piles about the business houses
and In the yards of residences are beginning
to loom up. Apropos of business houses,
why not remove some of these unsightly
empty boxes from the sidewalks? They are
by no means slightly. and besides they are
quite an obstruction to navigation.
One of our exchanges publishes the fol-
lowing local: John o. Upper lately lest a
pig; ate supper all right and was found
dead next morning" How did John lose
the pig? Was it John or the pig who ate the
supper? and was it John or the pig or the
supper that was found dead the next morn.
ing.
TIE Arm & Hammer Soda Company are
advertising in novel way. An agent yes.
telday gave away large numbers of caps
blue and withdrawing the advertisement
of the company conspicuously displayed.
Many of the town urchins are making perl
patetic advertisements of themselves in this
way.
The teachers of the Wasco Independent
| Academy wish to thank Mr.. Kinersly, of
Snipes & Kinersly, for the human skeleton
presented by him 10 the institution. The
number of pupils now in attendance is quite
large. Miss Lillian Hyde, teacher of art, Is
ready to meet pupils on Wednesdays, Fri
days and Saturdays.
About two score people gathered In Mrs.
Brooks pleasant psrlors last evening in at
| tendance upon the regular meeting of the
was pleasantly and profitably passed in
discussing DIR. o. w. Holmes and his liter
airy work. Society is the better, and life
| the pleasanter for just such hours of recrea-
| tion and mental contact and association.
Mr.. Oliver, of Portland, who is survey
| ing for practicable line for piping water
! supply, left last week with his assistants.
| The country between Newell creek and some
three other branches OF the east fork of
Hood river and this city will be examined.
Mr.. Case, who is one of the party, reports
that the preliminary survey, which made the
distance about Is miles, will undoubtedly be
lessened.
Crandall & Burget have on exhibition in
their window a very handsome plush maroon
! divan which bears the card, ITO be raffied
for at the Catholic Fair" 1t is a very
handsome piece of work. An equally ele-
CANT piece of furniture in the shape of
spring rocker stands in the window of
Printz & Nitschke. 1t is of the same color
and material, and is to be disposed of in the
same manner.
Mr.. e. B. Dufur's new house on Fulton
street is decided addition and improve
meut to that portion of the city. 1t is rest
ing on a solid foundation too. When we
used to notice the long piece of well built
stone wall stretching eastward from his
house we wondered as to its use, until the
conviction gradually settled upon our mind
that he was building a stone corral for the
dogs he once described so feelingly in these
columns; but we learn now that the wall is
the solid foundation and frontage of two
more neat and handsome residences to be
built by the same enterprising gentleman.
The various new buildings in the city are
rapidly approaching completion. The Vogt
block en- Second street, the Armory build
ing aud the Opera house all will before very
long be ready throughout for occupation.
Mr.. l. C. Nickelsens beautiful structure on
/ oe ,,.l hac
had the cornices and castings painted, auI
the work men are busily engaged upon the
outside in pencllling, and on the inside in
putting on the hard finish. The upper story
will be finished as hall. We do not be-
iieve that there is building for business
purposes on the coast which will excel it
for beauty of architecture, or tasty ami cle-
CANT finish. Mr.. Edwards as already no.
ticed has moved into his new place, and the
building of Mrs. c. L. Phillips on Third,
between Court and Union, will soon be
ready for occupation. Ga Second street,
east of Washington, French & Co. are max
ing large Improvements in their brick block.
Workmen are removing the battlement or
fire wall from the top and, snoring up the
building preparatory to putting In hand
some plate glass fronts along the whole
block. The residences of Mr.. George Ruch
and Mr.. Virgil Bolton are fast growing into
things of beauty and a credit TO the town.
Blasting too and removal of the rock is 60
ing on rapidly at the East Fad for the new
depot.
A glance at the register of the Umatilia
House this morning showed US among
others the name of G. NJ. Stroud. Who is
there who used to patronize the first rail-
read that Oregon ever had, that will not re-
member old "Pap" Stroud, :he oldest rail-
road conductor IN the state? In those old
early days of railroading here, when the
trains carried cowcatcher behind to keep
cattle from running over the train, when the
"urbane and gentlemanly" conductor stop
ped at all cross roads-yes, and between
them too-for the accommodation of the lazy
rancher, when the baggage, express, mail
and smoker were all under one roof, Geo.
Mcdowell Stroud was the chief among the
employees, and his jolly face end port!y
figure were known to every dweller along
the line from Portland to the south arn ter
minus. But 'Pap" Stroud railroads it no
more. We are reminded, in speaking of
him, of an incident which occurred at Eu
gene City while he made his temporary
headquarters there. For some reason or
other, the Eugene fire department. con-
cluded to make him preseu.-give him a
etStiiucHidi dS lucy CtSleu SO lhcy
hunted until they found a specimen of laur-
ell which was fantastica'ly gnarled and
twisted until it bore no resemblance to any
thing earthly, had tinman mount it with
an enormous highly polished head about
foot long and called, it cane. Upon the
bright tin head they had engraved legend
which began "Presented to q. McStroweli
Dowd" and then went on to enumerate an
endless string of his imaginary services. Of
course there was presentation, and speech
making, and things to eat, and possibly
things to drink. Any way the cane cost
Mr.. Stroud fair sum before he got through
with it. His form is little fuller, his hair
little grayer, but his heart is as large and
his laugh as jolly as when he shouted all
aboard, or waved his hand to the man in the
cab.
From THURSDAYS DAILY.
Mr. Ray Davis is steadily improving.
Mr.. A. A. Bonney returned from below
on the noon train.
The repairs 10 the bridge in front of the
fire department building are about compile
ted.
The docket at the first term of the circuit
court for Sherman county, is reported very
light.