The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-01-18
Table Of the o. .n.x N.Co
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
About three inches of snow fell last nigh
The merry jingle of sleigh bells is heal
every hour Of the day.
Winter sports are now in successful ope
alton, and our people are happy.
The snow is 40 feet deep on some of IL
C p R. r. snow sheds in the Sierras.
The weather is mild and spring-!ike t.
day, notwithstanding the fall of snow las
night.
The adjusters of insurance companie
of losses in the late fire have not yet al
rived in the CITY.
A branch office of the U. s. signal sci
vice has been established at Dufur with Nj
c. P. Balche as observer.
No mail train arrived to-day, by reaso
of the storm last night blocking the roa,
between this city and Portland.
"Papa, will there be newspapers il
heaven?" "Perhaps, my child, but the,
will have different set of subscribers"
Thomas Sullivan, surveyor, an employ
of Scurry l. Owens, surveyors, was drowned
ON the 10th at Swan lake, a short dIstanc.
from Seattle.
The skating pond is nearly ready for cper
atlons, and soon we shall eclipse st. Peters
burgh or any city In the arctic region fol
real, genuine fun.
The county court at its present session
has redistricled the county for voting pur-
poses. The names of the new voting pre-
cincts appear in this issue.
The Willamette river, which has hith-
erto presented the spectacle of n fiele OF
ice, has broken up in the last few days,
and now presents a wa:er-course to the
ocean.
Women have had full suffrage in
Wyoming for twenty years, and the peo-
pie have incorporated that feature into
their state constitution by Il majority of
Stol.
s. f. Alta: President Harrison and the
late Jefferson Davis were from the same
stock. The presidents great-granLfather
was a brother of Mr.. Davis's great-grand-
mother.
The trains are irregular in every di-
rection, east and west, and the people ex-
pect irregularity of arrivals and depart
ures, and are not at all disappointed when
they do not make schedule time.
Yakima Herald: One night last week
some cultus dogs got in among the sheep
that Flank Lamson, of kiickitat county,
is wintering ON the Lewis ranch and be-
fore morning killed thirty of the band.
Lewiston Teller, Sth: The rivers haye
been SO full of Ice during the past ten
days that but one ferry could cross ard
that about four miles above this place.
OF course we do not need bridges across
our rivers.
We may consider the backbone of the
winter broken. Sufficient ice has been
put up for summers consumption, the
fall-sown grain is in excellent condition,
and no complaints will be made if the
reign of winter ceases.
A merry crowd congregated on Union
street hill last night, and enjoyed them
selves in first class style, coasting down the
hill. Coasters ran their seds from the new
school house to the corner of Second street,
distance of seven blocks.
The ice on the river to-day cannot be
crossed with safety. In many places the
water has flown over, and the reckless
individual who attempts to make the road
from shore TO shore is very apt to exper-
ience cold bath for his trouble.
Lewiston Teller: j. II. Boomer, of Boise
City, whr went to Camas Prairie last
week to muster company of militia, re-
turned on Saturday and reports COM
pany of upwards of forty in operation
there and prospects Of many more soon
coming in.
When you wish to discontinue your SUBJ
scription to a newspaper ask the publisher
to send you a statement of your account, on
the receipt of which remit the amount due
and say, discontinue my paper from date.
There is o right and a wrong way of doing
everything, and the right way to discontinue
a newspaper subscription is as above stated.
A party of gentlemen last night paid
visit to the spotted crow and A. J. Wall on
Eight Mile. The sleighing they report in
excellent condition, and with one exception
their enjoyment was complete. In round
ing little curve some of the occupants of
the sleigh were thrown into snow drift.
and experienced cold bath. Nothing seri-
GUS resulted, and the Iarty were very happy
when they returned home.
Eugene Guard: About 6,OOO.OGO feet Of
saw logs are jammed in the mouth of the
Mohawk and the several owners are in
Eugene seeking TO formulate some plan
by which the logs can be divided, ana the
loggers can get their pay. The logs are
ineIiricably mingled. and it is likely that
owners will have 10 diyide them pro rata.
The creek is full of logs for two miles
from its mouth where it empties into the
Mckenzie. A PORTION of the logs will be
held in the Mohawk until spring. About |
all the legal talent of Eugene has been en-
gagged this week in trying to adjust the |
responsibility of the several mill men TO |
the loggers.
Ellensburgh Register: Parties well posted |
IN mail matters, says the Immigrant, claim |
hat ahorn nf
sithoet gail facilities north of Conconully, |
and that ronte should be established from |
the county seat of Okanogan county north |
ward to Palmer lake, by way of Lumsden's |
and Wanmcut. Fully 1900 persons obtain
their mail at Conconully now. as that point |
is the terminus of the service Up the
Okanogau towards the British line the
mountains are full OF stockmen, miners and
farmers who aIe obliged to travel from 20 /
to IS miles to the postotfiee. ANY attempt
on the part OF the people OF Conconully to
better their mail service will be cheerfully |
seconded by the citizens of Waterville.
The county court now in session has re-
modelled and changed the boundary lines of
all the precincts and road districts of the
county. Every road district is being
mapped of, and map of the same will be
forwarded to the supervisor thereof. There
were formerly forty road districts in the
county, hereafter there will be but twenty. |
Heretofore there we're fourteen voting pre-
cincts, hereafter there will be sixteen. The
clerk is busy on the docket, hence the pro-
czedines can not be had to-day. However,
the entire proceedings will oe published as
soon as they can he had, aud the boundaries
OF each precinct and road district will ap-
pear in the daily, and in one issue Of the
weekly. which will afford a reliable refer
ence for those Interested in such boundaries.
Following are the new precincts: Falls,
HOOD River. Mosiers, West Dalles, East
DaiLes, Columbia, Deschutes, Eight Mile,
Dpfdr. Kingsley, Tygh Valley, Waumack.
Oak Grows. Antelope, Bakeo ven, Rose Bush,
North .Stass The roof of the skating rink
caved in last Thursday morning by the
,geight of snow. J. o. Welsh and w. G.
yapner had just got through celebrating
Christmas when the accident occurred, and
the two armed themselves with shovels and
started to relieve the roof of its burden.
Ihey comeaenced at the bottom and SHOW
aled up-they had seen carpenters work
hat way when pRt.ing on shingles. We'll,
when they got half way up the roof, both
Df them standing beneath. an avalanche of
snoS. four feet deep, broke loose. and came
tearing down over Welsh and Tanner,
great chunks out of the atmos-
phere. at rate compared to which San
Jnan avalanche WAS a snow fake. 1t finally
settled TO LEST on the ground about twenty
feet LeGw, and all became calm once more.
SomeuIe passing by saw what they supposed