The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-09-14
From Wednesdays Daily.

the city.
Mrs. A. w. Vanse, of Arlington. is
the city.
Mr.. N. C. Long of Emigrant Springs
in the city.
MIR. 1. N. Sargent returned to-day frol
visit to Mitchell.
New buildings are still being erected i
every portion of the city.
Mr.. A. Buchler left last Sunday on
visit to Pendleton and Walla Walla.
The inhabitants of Walla Walla hav
more dust in their streets than is deslI
able.
Several wild animals are reported kille
by farmers ON Mill creek, near Wall
Walla.
Carpenters are putting down ne,
floor in the dining room of the Umatlll
House.
Frost is reported for the past two morn
ings on the attitudes of the creek bank
near this city.
Mr.. James J. Brown, brother to the en-
gineer of the fire department, is in lii
city on a visit.
| Reports from the country around Mitchell
state that hay is pretty good and there i
some good grain.
MIR. Marsh Sylvester, of Pasadena. Cal.
is in the city. MIR. Sylvester will perma
nentiy reside here.
Rough characters arc swarming the
country around Tacoma, and the sheriff.
quarters are crowded.
Wheat from Klick;tat county is coming
into the city quite lively. 1t goes to the
Diamond roller mills.
MIR. Walter Mcdonald has been sick for
some days past with pneumonia. He has
so far recovered as to be around to-day.
One carload of sheep was shipped from
the stock yards yesterday morning and
two this morning for the Portland mar
ket.
The roads are reported in bad condition
into the county. This is good time for
road commissioners to attend to these mat
tiers.
For the past eight or ten days the west
bound train has been from three to five
hours late. Why not change the time of
arrival.
The Tacoma mystery is still unsolved.
The latest phase to The matter is that the
woman found in the mans room commit
ted suicide.
A large namber of our ladies visited the
exhibition of art and embroidery at the
Umatilla House to-day by Misses Dukes
and Wright.
A horse owned by Mr.. Napoleon Bona
parte Wyers was raffled last evening. Mr..
J. Benton, of the Red Front, threw the
lucky number.
Last week j. D. Haddock was taken to
the insane asylum from Roseburg. He
loved fasti,lious Southern Oregon girl and
it unbalanced him.
Mrs. Chas. Stuhling has been confined
to her room during the past week by an
attack of fever. At last accounts she was
improving very rapidly.
There are some very fine appearing
Holstein cattle at the stock-yards today.
They are en- route to the state fair in Sa-
lem, and come from Colfax.
o. B. Hoggatt, 81 years old, fell from
scaif,old in Salem yesterday, and suffered
conclusion of the brain. His injuries are
very serious, but may not result fatal.
Among the eight applicants for teachers
certificates at the last teachers examina-
tion in this city, only one procured first
class certificate; two, second-class, and
five third-class.
Reueiile: Messrs Crismsn, Young and
others saw band of five elk swimming IN
Bally lake last Friday. As their fishing
tackle was not loaded for elk they came in
without any steak.
The steam snow-plow stands in solitary
loneliness in the O. H. & N. Co.'S yard, in
practical irony of the present situation.
1t will not be used before January, and
still it is ready for duty.
An old awning fell on Irving Claggett
last Sunday afternoon in Salem with almost
fatal results. The place had been consid-
cred dangerous for some time, and the coun-
cIl had received warning of the matter.
In Justice Lang's court yesterday Thos
Denton, jr., was bound over in $1,000 to
answer before the grand jury the charge of
assault with intent to kill. He is being
examined on another charge this afternoon.
This weather is simply terminating, re-
lvenating, recuparatIng and resusciating.
It is very delightful, but too cool for mooon-
light poetry, but about the right consistency
for common sense and bread.and- butter
IDEAS.
W. w. Journal: The forest fires are
driving wild game from the Cascade mount
,ins into the valleys. Bears, mountain
hons, cougars, all are tirel out, and when
they come down into the valleys, they catch
IS i'll the neck.
The barn of Mr. Miltons Belcher, at Nit
,hell burned on Sept. lst. The fire caught |
sumed beside the building, fifteen ton of |
nay, two sets of harness and saddle. |
There was no insurance.
.
nearly 100000 pounds, at prices rang
ng from fourteen to nineteen cents, with |
an average of seventeen and a half cents. |
The quality is excellent, owing 10 the fine |
feed secured by May rains.
a petition signed by nearly 10000 rail. |
road employees has been sent to the inter- |
state commission at Washington requesting
that body to secure the adoption of auto
natic brakes and couplers of all freight |
,ars on the railroad in the United States.
A boy named Eddie Hall, twelve years
Did, got entangled in the ropes of a ba-
Don, at Portland Monday, just as it was
about to descend, and the aeronaut letting
20, the boy was carried up into the air |
about 1000 feet. He landed safely, how
ever.
The Grand Army of the Republic lost
1886 of its members by death last year.
This shows how rapidly the veterans are
passing away, and suggests at the same
ime that the country's highest duty is TO
make them as comfortable and happy as
possible with liberal pensions.
Monday afternoon a man named Le-
,eck was badly hurt at the Clatsop mill
~ lumber pile falling on him; and
Omewhat later in the afternoon boy
FAMED Casper Brownhold, employed at
lie mill, had his right hand badly cut by
having it come in contact. with the saw.
fstoridn.
Information was received at Spokane
Falls yesterday that Captain Humphrey,
II the Indian commission authorizes the
tatcment that an agreement has been ar
lved az for the cesSlOn of so much of the
>Gur d'Alene reservation as the commits
ion was sent out to negotiate for. The
rice agreed upon is said to be $5OO,OOO.
Albany Democrat: Last Saturday the
title son of Mr.. Meyer and another boy
we're running a lawn mower at Mr.. Meyers
ome, at Third and Calipooia streets, when
he Meyer boy got one Of his hands in the
.nife of the mower, and just then his COM
'anion pulled the mower forward, cutting
If the little finger ON one of his hands at
he second joint.
Oregonian: The handsome propeller
Pasco, built to run on the middle Colum.
ia, was sod at auction yesterday, at | p.
a., by United States Marshal John Mey
rs. The bidding was started at $1,000
md went up $500 at time. MIR. Jacob
( ANN hid SI500 h,,t would ,,<, ,,o l.; |