The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-29
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.
The river still continues to rise.

j. Inc river still continues to rise.
Hon. w. H. II. Dufur, of Dufur, is in t
city.
8 Mr.. E. N. Chandler, of Warnic, is in t
city.
; Mr.. R. J. CHM, merchant of Biggs,
|, in t city to-day.
Hon. H. c. Roper, of Bakeoven, a
rived in the city to-day.
There is a larger acreage of land ben
sown in wheat this year than at any prev
GUS season.
Gov. PennoYer arrived in the city on Il
1870 train to-day, and left for his home
Salem at o'clock in the afternoon.
We have received the NeU State Ne,o
published at Spokane Falls, Wash. 1t
very newsy. we'll printed and ably editet
The weather is warm and pleasant. an
the agreeable shower of rain last night ha
given an impetus to the budding trees.
Mr.. E. B. Conan, trainmaster for thi
division, has resigned his position, and Nj
d. W. C. Perry has been appointed to tn
vacancy.
The Huntress, that was built some year
ago in this city as a steam launch, has bee
retitted and repaired throughout, and vii
hereafter be used as a wharfboat.
The third party has created no enthusi
asm among the people of The Dalles, excep
a few Democratic politicians who expect t.
reap some advantage by the break in Re
publican ranks.
| About seventy men and thirty teams ar
| now at work OH the grade of the Hunt roac
near Union. The work is being prosecuted
pretty lively and about two miles of grad,
| has been constructed.
Mr.. H. P. Michel, of Goldendale, arrived
in the city Yesterday. He wintered hi.
| stock without the los of single head, bu
frequently he hauled feed fifteen miles with
the thermometer 20 degrees below zero.
Mr.. w. r. Mackenzie, travelling auditor,
Mr.. j. K. Livingstone, chief clerk of the
auditing department at Omaha, and Mr.. A.
Traynor, general baggage agent of the Union
Pacific system, spent yesterday in the city.
For some time past Wenatchee farmer
has noticed that the ears of one of his favor.
ite COWS were gradually disappearing, and
determined to ascertain the cause. The
other night he discovered three large rats
on her head gnawing at her ears.
Kelso Courier: Willie Mcclellan, aged S
years, was drowned In the Coweeman river
last Friday afternoon. Accompanied by
another companion, he was playing on some
logs, when he accidentally slipped, and
there being but his companion present, he
failed to regain his footing and was
drowned. A vIgilant search for the body
has proved fruitless.
A Big Bend stockmsn, who got snow
bound with his horses week before last, Of
fered a rancher $3.50 for ton of hay. The
regular price throughout that region is $40
a ton. Whole bands of horses are dying of
starvation, one man named Bingham, of
Crabtree. hay,ng lost no less than 1000
head of horses. And all this IN one of the
finest grass countries of the world.
w. w. Union: The heaviest loss OF stock
in this section that has come to the knowl-
edge of the Union this winter has been that
of Baxter & Sharkey, of Yakima, who drove
over 800 head of cattle in the fall, which
they haYe wintered at Mr.. Hungate's farm.
The cattle were very poor when they were
brought here, and the loss so far has been
$40 ont of the whole band. As friend of
the Union expresses 1t, ''the cattle had mo
taller at the opening of winter and could
not stand the cold"
A Seattle dispatch of the 18th says: A
in medicine resulted In the death
of Daniel Mcpherson, we'll known barber
at the Vendome baths at o'clock this
About midnight McPherson, who
had been suffering intensely of neuralgia
pains, asked his partner w. Reese, who was
sleeping with him to give him some quinine.
Reese gave him dose Of what ne suppo sed
to be ten grams ont of box, but it after
wards proved to be morphine. Mcpherson
at once fell into stupor. from which it was
to rouse him.
w. w. Journal: The five squaws brought
to the Jail yesterday by Constable Ellings-
worth, of Wallula, are still in Jail here.
Chief Homily, to whose tribe the women
belong, sent word to this city to-day that
he is sick, but thought he would be able to
be here Friday He demands an examina-
tion into the merits of the case, as he claims
the women were urged into skInning the
dead sheep by the man who bought the
pelts and afterwards had them arrested by
the owner. If it is as the chief
believes and as the facts so far ascertained
Indicate, the white man should be punished |
not the Indians.
The fifth annual convention of the Sun |
lay school workers of Oregon will be |
held in the Christian church a. McMinn-
'ille, commencing Tuesday, April 18th,
md closing Thursday, April IL, 1890.
While all interested In Sunday school
work are most cordially invited to be
present, vet to insure representation, each
sunday school IN the state is requested to
elect two or more persons pledged to
lttend. The friends of the work at Nc
Minnville will take care of all who may
Ittend the convention.
Courier: There now remains but little
loubt but what Mr.. Hunt will construct his
Dad from Hunts Junction to Portland.
The bonds have been taken up to within
ess than 81, ,OOO, 600, and the board of trade
( Portland have entered into contract with
DR.. Hunt to construct his road to that city.
here is nothing now to prevent the build
ng of the road, except the failure to take
p the 81. .000, 600 bonds, and there is not a
hadow of doubt but what the bonds will
e taken up. Mr.. Hunt will be in this city
o confer with the people, In about six
weeks, and his interview will no doubt ter
innate in his road being built through
Courier: A new bank is to be started in
'oldendale soon. In conversation with
Dr. G. S. Thompson, one of the gentlemen
Interested, he said that the starting OF the
ank in Goldendale was an assured thing.
dayor DeLashmutt and other Portland cap
talists. and Arlington parties are the par
les interested in the project. The bank
plll be opened some time in next mouth, in
cummings & Grams brick, in the room now
coupled as a millinery store. The capital
took will te about $50, 600. Whether it
Vill be conducted as private bank or
therwise, has not yet been decided. This
~ Il Il .th l
tai stock of $50, 900 each. Success to the
ew bank.
During the course of a protracted inter-
lew with President Hunt, of the o. & W.
'. railroad, by reporter, as published n
he Pc ndleton Tribune last week. in answer
o the question as to whether the Graude
sonde extension would be pushed, Mr..
Iunt said: Eyes, just as soon as the
,eather will permit of material work. You
an say for me that will fulfill the terms
t any contract l have made with the
,rande Konde people. to the letter. have
ow q small number of men at work, but
hall increase it just as soon as it becomes
In answer to the question as
o the route to be taken he said: ''The route
elected, will say, is the most feasible.
m thoroughly familiar with the country,
nd the selection / think will meet the ap-
roval of every one. 1t answers the pur.
oses in every way. I have been actuated
y desire to extend the benefits, resulting
-orn the extension, to all important
oints.
From MoncaTs Daily.
It was breezy yesterday.
The streets are now in excellent condi-
ion.