The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-06-21
From Thursday S Daiiy,

' city.
# These evenings are delightful In this de
: lectable climate.
The Columbia is rapidly reducing ltsel
r to its usual volume of water.
Mr.. Ray Davis, of Fossil. Is visiting rel
atives and friends in the city.
Our street commissioners keep our thor
oughfares i'll excellent condition
Mr.. NJ. Hunt, representing Dallunand 8
Co., San Francisco, is In the city.
Mr.. A. Kunz. of Kelly, Dunn & Co., Of
Portland, was in the city yesterday.
MIR. w. L. Ward, near Eight Mile, says
crops were never III better condition than
they are now.
Capt. Houghton left last night on a visit
to different towns in Eastern Oregon. He
will return Saturday.
The rain hsa been more copious in other
portions of the county than in the imme-
diate vicinity of The Dalles.
The original manuscript of the poem,
"Scott, VIVA Ha WI Wallace BIed," has
been purchased by an American for $3.50 at
auction.
Now are the pleasant days of June, when,
underneath the silver moon, tales are told
and songs are sung atune, and people get
their names In the paper soon.
! Mr.. James McAuliffe, of WaIla Walla,
who has been attending the Pioneers re-
union in Portland, is in the city, and is the
| guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Schultz.
The open air concert last evening at the
corner of Second and Washington was
| largely attended. The selections were well
| rendered, and received the hearty approba.
tion of those present.
A man lost a set of keys the other day,
and the advertisement was no sooner in the
printers hand before the finder walked ten
miles to deliver the property. Advertising
| is truly magical In It's effects.
The clouds this afternoon be spoke rain;
hut these are unreliable, especially so IN
Eastern Oregon. Our ardent wish Is that
the heavens will weep copious tears over
this thirsty soil. This is a little inclined
to be poetical, but we ardently desire il to
be more truthful thanfanciful.
A Rose social will be given by the Y. w.
G. I. U. at their hall next Friday evening,
June 10th, to begin at P. NJ. The award
ing OF prizes for the best display of roses
and progressive angling will be the princi-
pal feature OF the entertainment. An ad-
mission fee of 10 cents will be charged, and
refreshments served tor % cents.
ReUeite: Commencing the first of next
month daily mail service will be put on
between Union and Cornucopia. The con-
tract mas been let 10 the Idaho Stage Co.
who agree to carry the mails for s., 500 per
annum.
Neacs: Died, at his home In Canyon City,
Saturday night, June 7, 1890, of dropsy, j.
w. Moody, one of Grant connty's pioneers,
aged about Sc years. Mr.. Moody came to
this place with the first discoverers of gold
in June, 1862, and has continuously resided
here since that time.
We understand Mr.. II. B. Reed has dis
posed of his interest in the Pacific Fence
Works In this city to Mr.. Henry Clough,
who has already taken possession of the
plant. Mr.. Clough is good mechanic,
and an industrious and thrifty young
man,
Reveille; About noon to-day, as the
''helrer" was returning from the Pleasant
Valley summit, it ran into band of horses
IN the WiloYale addition to Baker City,
tearing one animal literally to shreds and
iniuring two others SO badly that they will
very likely have to be shot. Our informant
could not tell us who the horses belonged
to.
Recorder Knaggs, Judge Schultz and |
Hon. James MoAuliffe, of Walle WaIIa.
spent this afternoon in front of the record. |
er's Office, rehearsina old scenes in this city |
and Portland in early days. They are
pioneers of 1852, and a happier trio could |
not have been found. The meeting would |
have been complete if Col. Teal and poor |
Vic. Trevitt had been present.
East Oregonian: John Knight, who has |
been hauling ties in the mountains near |
n eacham, had his left foot bad y crushed |
yesterday, a huge tie fell from the top of |
the pile and struck that member. intiictlng |
painful and serious wound. The injured |
man was placed on board last nights fast |
mail and conveyed to Pendleton. He is |
now under medical care.
Gazette: The last landmark of the old |
Bellingbam Bay coal company is disappear
ing. Workmen are tearing down the coal |
bunkers which have stood so long rs a re-
-membrance of the time when Bellingham |
Bay was the only point on the sound from |
where coal was shipped. This immense
pile of lumber mas to give way to the Fair
haven 4 Southern road, which Will run di-
rectly through it.
Twetyn men in line slept ON their arms in |
front Of the Unlted States laud Office, at Se-
attic Sunday, waiting for the hour of 9 |
o'clock next morning, to file on land in
Whatcom county which Is to be thrown |
open to settlement at that hour. The tract |
which the settlers are after is township 81 |
north, range 8 east. Tn re is some valu- |
able land in the place, and the first appli.
cant in the morning gets the choice.
Sehome Gazette: w. e. Holland (not |
Hugan as the Sogomnamka,ist published it |
last evening" an employee OF the Hill & |
WIlbon mill near Fairhaven, dropped dead |
Wednesday night just before eating his |
supper. He appeared to be in his usual |
state of health up to the moment of his |
death and had just said to an acquaintance |
that he meyer felt better In his life when he |
was taken with an apopleptic fit and died In |
twenty minutes.
Historian: The island in front of Kalama,
known as Holt's isand-upon which it is |
said II. II. Holt has exhausted his home
stead has entirely disappeared from view.
having been unable to withstand the foods. |
Nine years ago there was house and sey-
eral large tees Oh the island, which has
been swept down and out to sea by the rush
of the waters of the mighty Columbia. Mr..
Holts homestead is no more and he should
call npon the government to know its
whereabouts.
Miner: Dave Smart. at one time prac.
tioing lawyer at Colville, but who for some
time has been living on ranch over in the
reservation, attempted to commit suicide
Wednesday, by stabbing himself in the side
in the region of the heart. 1t is not likely
that he will recover. No reason can be as
signed as the cause of the rash act other
than that he had been drinking heavily for
some time, and probably in state of
dependency or while suffering from fit OF
TEMPORARY insanity he attempted his life.
ColvilIe Miner: An old man, known
among his friends as Mike Sullivan, and
who for the past month has been employed
in one of the railroad camps above Marcus,
was found dying at the depot Monday
morning. Agent Sperry, who was the first
70 see him, removed HIM from out of the
SUN into the shade, blt he soon died. A
coroner's jury was impanelled, and an in
quest was held over the body, but no light
could be thrown on his identity or where he
hailed from before coming here, further