The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-08-09
NUMBER 50.

, of these animals found in that neghborhood
, we listened patiently, and only believed as
much as was necessary.
Dayton Inlander: The hoodlums created
sucn a disturbance at the Christian church
Sunday night that the pastor, Rev. Hend-
ron was obliged to suspend the services and
dismiss the audience at the same time CIV
ing public announcement that he could not
preach in such a disturbance. He should
have taken four-year-old club along and
paralyzed every one Of them.
Astoria Pioneer: While walking along
the sands, between Mckenzie and North
Heads, few days ago, Capt. A. T. Harris
felt the sands give way from under HIM and
looking he discovered a rotten box in which
a man had been buried, years ago. The
water had washed away the sand except
for an inch or two. The remains of a man
was inside, that is all that remains-a skull
and pair of gum boots of patent of 1875.
A suspicious looking trunk that had been
in Seattle warehouse for several weeks
past was searched recently and was found
to contain two sacks of potatoes, three
bibles, a hatful of type and some wearing
apparel. 1t is supposed the trunk is the
| property OF a man who started a paper to
fill long felt want.
The winner of the Tacoma Ledgers prize
ticket for trip around the world for the
closest guess of the actual time made by
George Francis Train on his globe-girdling
adventure is f. d. Learned, of Boisfort,
Lewis county, Washington. Learned
guessed 81 Gays l6 hours and AZ minutes.
The actual time occupied by Tram was 81
| days IL hours and 50 minutes.
Justice Kiaton, of Antelope, has been
busily engaged in cases of assault and bat
terry during the past week. Several parties
were arrested for the crime, aud the Judi.
cial officer heard the evidence, and an
attorney threw every case out of court be-
cause no complaint was made. The court
attempted to preserve order, but was per-
fectly powerless.
The Oregonian says it is an open secret
that most of the sealers sent out from Vic.
toria to the Bshring sea are owned and
manned by Americans, and only sail under
the British flag for the sake of the protcc-
tion it affords. This makes the position of
the British government peculiar, not to say
absurd. 1t wastes quarts of diplomatic ink
and sends fleet of its iron-clads to the
North Pacific to protect enterprisingsA Amer
leans In poachi0g upon the preserves of
their own government.
Four young men who carried a liberal
allowance OF bug juice, both internally and
externally, boarded the east bound train
at Portland yesterday morning, bound for
Troutdale. Just before reaching their des.
tidation they kept the car in an uproar by
playing ball" with several Celestials, toss
ing them about as if they were made OF
India rubber. just as the conductor was
on the point of stopping the train and
bouncing the disturbers, they slipped out
side and jumped from the train, firing a
beer bottle through the glass door of the
tourists sleeper as parting salute.
Linny Grant and Georgln Sanders, of
Spangle, girls about six years old, whose
fathers are both merchants, amused them
selves Monday afternoon by eating nut.
megs. Georgia ate 1.-TWO halves" and Linny
ate three whole ones. The only effect
seemed to be great drowsiness. Georgia.
who ate only one whole one, merely took an
extra nap. But Linny, who ate three
whole ones, slept sixteen hours when her
mother became alarmed and began investi-
CATION and sent for the doctor. Then it
was learned from another little girl what
was the matter. After being reused, TAX
ing some medicine and riding in the open
air while she sank into deep sleep again.
of about twelve hours. She is around
again now apparently all right.
Walla Waila exchange: The assess
ment rolls of the county are new COM
pleted. By looking them over we find
these interesting items: Total land
for 1890, 1851 AGO, against z
SO, ,355, ,720 for the year 1889. Pursuant =
to instructions from the prosecuting at
torney, railroad property was assessad as
real estate instead of improvements as
heretofore, which accounts for the ap-
parent increase. The rolls also show
Increase of $l,770 in value of personal
property, owing to the great amount in
vested in the sound cities. There Is an
increase of 1868 acres in decided land.
The total wheat acreage amounts to
81, ,S95.
Malheur county Ne,o atlas: Vale is the
only city in Oregon that has no kick COM
ng on the census. Enumerator Denman
iound l02 people within our corporate limit
which figure largely exceeded the widest
estimates that had been made. No other
town in Oregon can size up Tor
lown) to it. This is an increase of 5000
per cent. on the census of 80, and is as
as cash subscribers. Put 'er
thar, l02. In this connection, it might be
that we are in need of people, o
iour MILL bank, more people, a railroad,
,orn on subscription (the use Of the plural
,ronoun is copfusing) still more people, pos
IDLY the services of the fool killer (for the
,ther editor) and deal larger amount of
,et-up and-git than has Of late been exhib-
ted. Well be all right in time, ''of
ourse," if Old Procrastination doesn't go
nto the grand larceny business.
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