The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-30
From Tuesdays Daily.

A genuine Chinese leper is reported at
Baker City.
Miss Waif Grubbs is visiting at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Smith French.
T. B. Merry, Esq.,, the well-known jour.
nalist of the Pacific slope, was in the city
Yesterday.
Intelligence of the whereabouts of John
Hull, formerly Of Vamic, will be gladly re-
ceived at this office.
George Harris, the demi-monde of La
Grande WHO was reported killed, is still in
the land of the living and as wicked as
ever.
Rev. A. Horn, German Lutheran minis
ter, will preach again next Sunday in the
Methodist church at 2 Z. Nj. ALI are cor
daily invited.
Paul Harry, the notorious Indian, the
suspected murderer of Mrs. Paeya, who has
broke jail five times, has been captured
near De Smet mission.
The chalky substance in the white bluffs
on the Columbia river is to be converted
into fire. proof bricks. There may be mil
lions in this new enterprise.
" m. Goolsby, sentenced from this county
for term of one year, was released from
the penitentiary last Saturday. His crime
was that of receiving and concealing stolen
goods.
The case q State of Oregon VS.. Martin
is ON trial to-day. The attorneys for the
state are Prosecuting Attorney Ellis and
j. B. Condor and for the defense Mays and
Huntington and A. r. Thompson.
The Orondo Ne,cs has doomed the coun-
try, and, in consequence, the population
has more than trebled. The town has now
population of sixteen, and there is some
talk of changing the paper TO daily, with
'press dispatches"
Ellensburg, Wash, is enjoying four in
ches of snow, and still the Register says it
would not be surmised that 1t was winter
except for the fur caps and overcoats on the
streets. Queerl Come to The Dalles, and
pluck the budding roses with not snow
flake on the ground.
Salem Statesman: The Oregon Pacific
graders are within ten miles of the summit
of the Cascades. Breitenbush is IL miles
from Mills City, and trains will be running
to the former place in a few days. Work is
going on towards the summit just as fast as
men and teams can perform it.
East Oregonian: The police are hunting
for man named G. c. Shaw, who skipped
from Pendleton Saturday, leaving his fam
lily behind. He is a painter and for the
past week or SO has been working for Gull
bertson Bros. Losses at gambling is
thought to be the cause of his disappear
ance
The Astoria and South Coast railroad has
over 1900 men at work, and is hurrledly
pushing work towards the Willamette val.
ley. The Union Pacific has also corps of
surveyors in the field between Portland and
Astoria. The city by the sounding sea will
have the railroads she desires in a little
while.
Sixteen farmers of Polk county, have
brought as many suits against the Southern
Pacific for loss sustained by their grain be-
ing burned during the summer along the
line Of the road from Mccoy to indepen-
dence, alleging the fire to have been started
by sparks from locomotives in the hands of
the companys agents. The suit aggregates
$4,000.
Mr.. Samuel Douglas, of Wamic, SAYS the
rain Sunday night was general in portions
of the county south of The Dalles. The
moisture was almost enough to wash away
the snow which had previously fallen. The
creeks have raised in volume of water, and
the ground is now wet to greater depth
than it was last spring.
One of Frizzelrs pet deers, down by Per-
rydale, the Observer says, came near play
ing sad havoc with "Grandpa" Howe, Mon
day. While passing along the road Mr..
Howe met the deer, which knocked him
down. tramped on him, gored him and
would have killed the old gentleman had
not his cries brought help that extracted
him from his perilous position. The deer
was killed.
The melodious songs of tine soda man,
Mr.. G. L. Phillips, has ceased at ''our cabin
door," The spirits of our compos-
itors have fallen in consequence, and
now where peace and joy once reigned
gloom and sadness DER shadows all. The
festive soda, the inspiring sarsaparilla, and
many comfcr:s to which life is heir is missed,
and this ''world is all a feeting show for
mans delusion given"
W. W. Journal Two convicts made prep
arations to escape from the pen last Sunday
but were discovered in the act, as it were,
meddling with bolts and locks, which they
tried to render useless, They are hard
cases from Seattle, one OF whom was sem
fenced to SO years for attempting to mur-
der the jailer. How they managed to ac-
complish what they did, by the way of
filing iron, is not known, but John McGuire,
the night Waterman, was presented with |
his walking papers.
Ellensburgh Localizer: The runaway coal
train that left Roslyn last week passed |
down the track to Cle-elum with lightning
speed. Parson Egbert just got the switch |
changed when the tain arrived there. The |
engineer notified him to change the switch |
when he was one and a half miles off. One |
man informed us that the train ran so miles |
an hour, with the brakes set and the engine |
reversed. The engineer and crew, with the |
exception of one new brakeman, STAYED
with the train. There is quite descent
from Roslyn to Cle-elum, but the runaway
was soon stopped after level track was
reached.