The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-12-14
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

1t froze quite hard last night.
Arc lights not In operation yet.
Mr.. I. C.. Richards of Centerville, Wash.
is in the city.
The next will be the "Y's" fair--fo
sweet charity.I
Yesterday snow fell to the depth of si
inches in the klickitat valley.
Mrs. Marshall, daughter of Mr.. Varney
is visiting her parents in this city.
Mr.. Henry Klindt returned last Thursda.
from protracted visit in Germany.
E. jacobson & Co. are receiving Christ
mas goods of subscriptions at Nickelsen'
cd stand.
just received an invoice of Butter iron
Bellsvue. Iowa, at the Red Front. Call anc
see it and you will buy.
Mr.. Hugh Gourlay, the assessor, arrived
in town from his farm at Kingsley yester
dsy. He will remain in The Dalles during
the winter.
The Sprague Herald is reliably informed
that Frank M. Gray, formerly editor of the
Lincoln county Times, now lives in Colora'
do and is again married.
Mr.. Walsh, formerly foreman of the
company's shops in this city, left last Mon.
day night for La Grande, which he will
make his future residence.
The WiAamette Valley Tribune is the
latest venture In journalism. 1t is pub
ished by j. H. Stine at Independence, and
As newsy, eight-column paper.
Denver Tribune: In gesture, voice and
manner Mr.. Lindsay is the persoIification
of the great French Cardinal; in his acting
Of Sais great character we have all the elo-
4guease of Booth and the impressive act
1g OF Forrest.
I. c. Nickelsen, in his handsome new
store, corner OF Third and Washington
streets, has received most elegant stock Of
books, stationery, toys, artists materials,
etc. He is now better prepared than ever
for the holiday trade.
Ex-Gov. Moody returned from Salem
" etsrday, where he had been for several
days waiting on his wife and daughter.
Airs. Moody suffered from fall, but is now
much batter, and Miss Edna has just recov-
cred from severe attack of throat disease.
e G. Hursh, of the Blade, who has been
in Washington for several months, and
who was recently appointed pension ex-
aniiner for Northern California, returned TO
Baker City Tuesday. He will take his de-
W. W. Union: The man who ''took the
train" last week, is named James Mckee
Arnold, and is well known at North Yak
lima. A resident of that place has gone to
take charge of him. Arnold has been taken
to private insane asylum at Portland.
The long pole which has occupied por-
tion of tie street in front OF the recorders
office for several days past, will oe placed
in position at the corner of Third and Court
streets, and as coon as the Armiture arrives
an are light will be placed on its summit.
Miss Fuhrman, who married Harrington
who killed himself Monday at Spokane
Falls, was from Walla H'alla. For long
time she was an acceptable compositor in
the Union odice, and was also for years in
charge of the public library. She was liked
by everybody.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says a man |
travelling in Oregon. Washington and Idaho.
and calling himself Harry A. Boyce, is a |
fraud and a swindler, as he pretends to rep
resent and collect money for that paper, |
which has no such agent. He solicits SUBJ |
promising to ''wrIte up" the |
towns where the subscribers live.
La Grande Journal Cora McMullen, the |
Baker City young lady who skipped out
with another girl of that place and came to
La Grande, was arrested here and returned
home. but since left the parental roof. |
City Marshal Hearing has received word to
be on the look ont for her, but as he had
such a tough time of it before. he is prob
ably not very anxious to see her. The young
lady evidently does not care to remain at
home and be happy but prefers the society
OF other towns.
Salem Statesman: Sunday night as the
overland passenger was pulling out of Jeffer-
son the brakeman detected some tramps in
The ac. of boarding the blind baggage. He
routed them from the train, when they
clung to him and could not be made to re-
lease their hold until the train had passed
Them. The detained trainman returned
morning to Portland.
Salem Statesman: The wooden mill ma.
chinery is all here except one carload, and
this Is daily expected to arrive. It is being
sat in place, and the mill will be ready to
turning out goods shortly after
,he first of the year. The management
,aye bought and will buy 300, 600 pounds
of wool to be converted into wooden goods
lurlng 1880, or 100. 600 pounds more than
Eas the agreement for the first year with |
the people of Salem On January LIST the
asst assessment Of the woolen mill subsidy
will be due, and it is to be hoped that it |
will be all paid promptly, as no doubt it
will.
Pendleton Tribune jail officials re-
eived dispatch yesterday afternoon from
". S. Hodson. deputy sheriff of Pocatello,
daho, announcing the arrest there of
Hooker, the man who is wanted here to
oh of ht,r a. |
light last the room oil Harry Pond was
ntered during his absence and robbed of
so and valuable scarf-pin. Hooker, who
vas stranger to the city, was suspected of !,
he crime, and Sheriff Houser, learning
hat he had taken the east-bound train,
ent word to the sheriff of Pocatelo to arrest 7
i'm upon its arrival there There have |
cen a number of robberies of late, and c
locker is suspected of being connected
nth them.
Baker Democrat: The arrival here yestey-
ay of miner from Granite brought the f
ews that the people of that section were t
disturbed over the failure to |
earn anything of the whereabouts of Chas. O
!. Miller, who had several days previous
tarted from Granite on snow shoes for >
Ireenhorn, and it was feared that he had q
crushed in the mountains. No fear was T
expressed until it was ascertaihed that he !,
ad not arrived at his destination for the g
eason that Mr.. Miller is an old pionser of
hose mountains and unless becoming ia.
gued and caught in a snow storm he was
nre to come out all right. Mr.. Miller was a
,rmerly superintendent of the Monumental 9
lining Company and for the past fifteen r
ears has been in the locality mentioned.
[Is many friends In Baker City sincerely
ope he will turn up safe and sound. Latest k
sports are that party has left Granite on 1
,ow shoes to hunt for the missing man.
Statesman: The third annual report of T. :,
. Reed, E. P. Thompson and r. c. Camp !,
ell, constituting the state fish commission, e
relation to salmon states that the total !,
alue of salmon packed and consumed in
bme markets shows a grand total of S.
1000 Great stress is laid upon the i'm
ortance OF hatcheries apd the commission !,
tes statistics of work in that direction = =
lrried on prior to this year in the Fraser !,
yer. Since 1882 and up to 1889 there had q q
cen steady decrease of salmon, but H..
l6, 600 of fry planted in 1856 ] has re. "
llted In the packing on Fraser river in the a
ason of 365, 900 cases the largest pack in
le history of the river. The value of the y
roduct of the U. s is &c. 054. 900 and that v
British Columbia 81, ll0.00 Besides,
1883, S47. .236 Is to be credited to shad,
melt aud Tom cod. 1t is expected that
le fry of 1857 will return and swell the a
itch of next year. The salaries and ex- '
snses Of the commission were Sl925.
From Thursdays Daily. i,
Fhe HOLIDAYS are coming.
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