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

they have been in attendance upon the
| meeting of the Association of Undertakers.
Mr.. Burges reports having had an unusually
fine time at the fair and association both.
He says that fully II. 600 people were in at
tendance at the Exposition building on
Wednesday, the evening of the wedding.
The attention of those who are interested,
is particularly called to the advertisement
| of Assessor Gourlay, in another column.
| MIR. Gouriay has been unwearied in his ef-
forts to see every property holder, IN their
| own interest too, has often met with rebuff,
| lin at least one instance being taken for a
book agent) and it will be to the interest
of those who have offsets in the way OF in
debtedness or exemptions, to call upon him
| at once.
We do not believe that many of the resi-
| dents of The Dalles have any idea OF the
| amount of stock that is shipped from this
| point east. About one hundred car loads OF
sheep have gone from here to Chicago this
summer, besides other live stock. And this
is a branch of farm industry that there is no
| danger of over doing. We have the stock
and the area to keep and grow them upon.
and there is money in the business, even IL
outside range is exhausted.
A team of horses attached to a wagon
loaded with wheat and standing in front of
the Diamond Mills, took fright at the rapid
firing of blasts this morning, and started
off on the run. They managed to effect a
complete turn in safety, and without the
assistance of Mr.. Moore, the driver, who,
when he found their heads turned east,
jumped out, as he had business in town,
and besides he lives in Klickitat. They ran
rapidly up Second street and down the
grade to the river road. A man was
despatched after them on horseback, and as
when last seen everything was holding to-
gether, the probabilities are that no great
damage will be done.
Those who scanned the list of names in
the Oregonian yesterday under the heading
embryo Websters and Clays," were doubt
less surprised to notice that the name OF MIR.
Frank Menefee was omitted. We were sat-
isfie,f that the mistake was the result of
the reporters carelessness. And so it proves
to have been. Mr.. Menefee had more than
the usual number of the written questions
allotted to him, twenty-eight IN all. He
answered every one correctly, and was per-
sonalIy complimented by the presiding
Judge of the supreme court upon his exami-
nation. Our friend Frank has worked hard
and conscientiously, and we rejoice at his
reception of well merited compliment
from so high source.
1t is an interesting sight to watch the
workmen engag ged in blasting out the rock
for the foundation of the new depot at the
East End. "A part of stick of giant pow
der is laid upon one of the great fragments
OF already displaced rock which litter the
ground. A few handfuls of mud ale daubed
over it to hold it and the fuse in place, and
when half dozen of them are thus fixed,
the attached fuses are lighted, and series
of explosions follows, accompanied by
pattering shower of fine fragments which to
one standing under an awning, is very sug.
gsstive of the first heavy drops of sum-
mer shower. A large fragment Of rock,
weighing hundreds of pounds, was this
morning flung clear across all the tracks to-
ward the river. The o. X. Restaurant
keeps all its windows, up stairs and down,
barricaded with heavy board shutters.