The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-06-28
From Wednesdays Daily,

very eau tIous In handling the same.
From Wednesdays Daily.
There is a gentle zephyr blowing to-day
Mr.. j. B. Mowery, of Moro, came il
town to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs R. R. Hinton, of Bakeoven
are in the city.
Reports from the country are very en-.
couraging regarding crops.
Mr.. j. M. McKinnon leaves on the early
train tomorrow morning en- route to his
home at Crown Rock.
The beautiful shade trees, green lawns
and handsome streets in The Dalles make it
the pride OF the northwest.
A new scheme of pumping water by hy-
| draplic pressure is being agitated. We
hope it may prove successful.
Judge Bird will leave for San Diego, CAL,
in day or so. He has much improved IN
health, but is yet very poorly.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Whyers left on a
visit to-day to relatives In Tulare county,
Cal. They will be absent about ten days.
Mr.. P. Limmeroth, of Nansene, is in the
city. He reports crops looking very good,
and that there is every indication of boun-
tiiul harvest.
Mr.. Henry Hudson's team with load of
wool arrived in the city to-day from Day.
vile, near Canyon City in Grant county.
The roads are reported in very poor condi.
tion.
Ne,cs: The hay and grain crops along
the valley of the Ochoco are looking well
| now, though Jack Frost has tried hard to
reap them prematureIy. The yield prom
ises at least an average. e.
The citizens of Moro, Sherman county,
will have grand celebration on the 4th
of July. There will be an orasiOn, read
ing of the Declaration and amusements.
All persons in the neighborhood are in
vited to. participate.
Mrs. Chapman, widow of the late DR..
Chapman, who was Portland's mayor for
several terms, is in the city. She will re-
main several weeks for the purpose OF hav.
ing her little grand-child treated by her
family physician, DR.. Rinehart, of this
place.
The Semiahmoo Indians recognize the
ring found on the body washed ashore at
Point Roberts, near Blaine, last week, as
one belonging to Louise, q daughter of
Old Joe, who, with her husband, August,
was drowned last fall while crossing Sem
iahmoc bay.
Tacoma Leader: William Hart and
family, OF Paradise valley. take the RIB
bons in slaughtering squirrels. Up to
last week 10000 scalps stood to their
credit. To poison that number twelve
ounces of strychnine and twenty bushels
of grain we're used.
Philip Henson, planter Lying near
Horipth Mico ia holievod IN opiou tho
proud distinction OF having the longest
beard in the world. He is SIX feet six
inches in height, and when he stands
erect his whiskers reach tn the ground.
When the wind blows through them it
must create considerable of a commotion.
We understand that T. A. Houehton has
been elected colonel of the Third regiment.
This will retain the headquarters in this
city, for which the TINES -MouNrA1NEER
has fought earnestly for some weeks past
I'VE cannot assert the ability of Col.
Houghton for the position to which he has
been elected, but hope he is thoroughly
competent.
Welser Leader: A reward of $500 has
been offered by citizens of this county for
the arrest and conviction of the thief or
thieves who have been making the whole.
sale larceny of horses from the ranges
west of here. Several hundred head have
been stolen. If the thieves are caught
!. with the stock, they should be promptly
shot. and thus end their operations.
Northacest Magazine: Young men and
maids in the safe of. Washington are not
equal in point of numbers, so that when
the former want to marry, they have to go
or send elsewhere for wives. In 1889 the
men in Washington were 65 .2Sl; the wo-
men 32,527, and this year the two-to-one
ratio continues. Things will gradually
| equalize, and the present disparity will
disappear as the state settles up and the
| men settle down.
Wasco Observer; A horse thief visited a
| ranch in the neighborhood of John Day
bridge on the night of Junel 9th and stole
horse, double einch saddle and bride.
The horse is roam, weighing about 900
pounds, and stands IA hands high. The
| thief is supposed to have gone in west
| erly direction from the John Day bridge.
| A reward of $25 is offered for his appre-
hension. 1t is to be hoped that he will
soon tall into sheriff Leslie's clutches.
We were shown by Mr.. E. W. Bunker
( to-day two hand made vases, cut out of a
locust tree planted On Orange street in
Nantucket, Mass, in 1862. Tha vases
were made by Mr.. R. G. Folger,-Mr.
Bunker's uncle,-at the age of II years.
The work is we'll executed, and displays
mechanical ability of high order. As
ornaments, aside from the historical interest
which clusters around them, they are de-
sirable in any house.
| Mr.. Cramer. one of the discharged EN-.
ployes at the shops in this city, made all
ARRANGEMENTS to ship q favorite driving
horse last night to his brother in Portland,
when it was taken in charge by the sheriff
for bill of $3.50. Not knowing that legal
proceedings had been commenced Mr..
Cramer went to the livery stable this morn.
ing to settle, and he was informed that it
was in the court, and he was forced to pay
| $3.50 costs. He feels hard at this proceed
ing, as he says he was willing and ready at
any time to pay his bill, WITHOUT being put
to estrd costs.
Mr.. Better Ruffner, who now lives on
Chenoweth creek. is 10 town to-day. He
has been resident of the city for over q
quarter of q century, and has been mar.
shal for several yeats of this municipality
At the time Marshal Kee1er-the best and
most efficient officer The Qalles ever had
was killed Mr.. Rufner wa, nightwatch
man, and with the greatest intrepidity
walked into the garrison and arrested the
soldier who committed the deed. Very
manyef the old residents will remember
the trial, and, when the jury brought in &
verdict Of mans'aue hter, the words of tht
lamented Judge Wilson-whonew sleep.
in an honored grave in Marietta, Ohio
that If the sentence was to be given BY
the court the crimina - -dcIntyre-woul(
suffer The extreme penalty of the law
Judge Wilson was the best judicial Office