The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-15
From Tuesdays Daily.

h From Tuesdays Daily.
"A The boat arrived last evening at O'Clock
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Kirby arrived from
LaGrande last evening.
! Mr.. Anderson, the great sheep buyer O
,r Victoria, b. c., Is in the city.
The was no damage in few portions OF tn,
:. county on account of the freshet.
r. Mr.. T. 81. Johnston, of Dufur, is in the
n city. Everything Is very fair in prospect.
for the future.
DR.. H. A. Leavens, Of the Cascade Locks
. is in attendance ON an adjourned session Of
: the county court.
Around the freight depot indicates act;v.
: ity. Freight has been received, and il
: keeps employees busy.
In many instances fences on the creeks
|. have been washed away, but these will be-
repaired as soon as the weather will permit.
Mr.. R. B. Reed, of vashon, WASH, ar.
rived in the city last Friday, accompanied
by his mother. an old lady, 76 years of age.
!, Mr.. T. w. GIavey, of Kingsley, is in the
city. He reports stock of all kinds in
good condition, and the grass furnishes fair
, feed.
We kept our ''eye" on the Pasco Head.
aght Tor ten minutes to-day, and could not
find single item that we could steal or
quote.
We were forced to print on colore6 paper
last night, because we could not get large
lot OF paper, eleven days en- route from
Portland.
Mr.. Antoine Knecktle was brought to the
city Saturday. He was wounded in the
wreck near the Cascade Locks, and is now
with his family in this city.
Mr.. Chas. Nell arrived in the city yestcr-
day from Centerville. He reports the snow
off the ground, and that stock can feed ON
the hillsides fairly.
The east-bound train arrived in this city
to-day at o'clock p. m. The road is once
more in good condition, and we may expect
trains on regular time.
The Mirror of ireland troupe arrived on
the boat last night; but were unsb BILE to get
! their baggage, and for that reason could not
give performance last evening.
Walla Wnlla is advertising itself in a
most substantial way. A new brick hotel
and daily with dispatches. To other
towns we say, go thou and do likewise.
During the freshet mails were transferred
across Fifteen Mile creek by means Of a
horse wading through. They were then
put on wagon and taken to the station.
The passenger train left this morning for
Portland with full line Of carriages at s
o'clock. 1t expects to make through paa-
sage to Portland without any delay.
! The wife of Curtis Cummings, of Wal.
lula, committed suicide last week. She
| was mute, as was also her husband, who
was publisher of the Wallula Herald.
A man named Yates, formerly connected
| with the yaratu m, panIlatox, ,aa
suddenly Wednesday IN an Ellensbury res
aurant. He was sitting on a stool, and fell
backward, dead.
Sidney E. Marsh, telegraph editor Of the
Morning Leader OF Port Townsend, Wash,
died yesterday Of internal inflammation. He
was the son Of Prof. Jos. w. Marsh, Of the
Pacific University, Forest Grove.
The Fossil, Gillian county, Journal says:
The winter is over. and survey Of the
field shows it to have favored that section
very much indeed" It then gives long
list of stockmen who have lost but very few
head each.
The w. w. Union comes to us with press
dispatches. We welcome this evidence Of
prosperity on the part of valuable ex:
change, and hope the people OF that city
will display sufficient enterprise to support
the efforts of the wide.awakc publishers.
/
Mr.. P. Limmeroth, was inthe city to-day
from Dufur. He says the snow has nearly
all disappeared, and the grass is coed.
Stock are doing well. The roads haye been
washed out in places, but as soon as the
weather settles, these will be repaired.
Grant Co. Ne,os: Jack Newcome who re-
turned from the desert last Thursday re-
| ports the loss of stock around Wag nc re
| .okl IN hsr.ro hat xrs-
cinity, the desert and Harney and the M.
heur country will experience an Neras o
stock loss of rs per cent.
The residents Of the Cascade Locks
have contributed 500 to the r,lief Of
the sufferers by the late accident Lear
| the Cascade Locks. The Dalles should
see that none of the families of those
killed by the late accident should suffer
| for want of funds.
The water in Fiften Mile creek has been
higher than for seventeen years, but little
| damage was done. The channel OF the
creek has been washed out to n. greater
depth, and in some place new channel has
been formed. One OF the aprons of the
bridge on the Canyon City road washed out.
and the water reached to the porch of the
| old Pratt house.
Grant Co. Netos: Down the river the hills
are becoming sufficiently bare to pernnt
stock to Craze quite comfortably. We
understand several sheepmen, among whom
are Tom Curl and VIM. Wymer, have
| turned their sheep out on the range, and
they seem to he doing we'll on the grass
which obtained a splendid growth before
the snow came.
Teller: Gen. Gibson, OF the firm OF Stttn
& Gibson, sheepmen, passed through h re-
on Thursday last en- route to Pomeroy on
visit to his family. He Informed us that
stock Of all kinds had winterei well in the
vicinity Of where he had the sheep, near
the mouth of the Grande Ronde: that he
had 2400 head of sheep there and only suf-
fered the loss of two head.
The ITEMS says that Henry Miller, OF CAL
| ifornia, who owns extensive herds IN Har-
| ney county. refuses to send any more money
| to Oregon to be squanoered until he sees
| some big beef steers coming to market. he
may look with longing eyes for many moons
before he sees big fat steers vending their
way from Harney valley to the land OF
orange blossoms.
Mr.. Thomas Sebastian. travelling agene
! for the Union Pacific, died in Portland last
| Sunday. He was well known all over tho
northwest as genial, whole-souled GENTLE
man, one of 'sNature's noblemeu. man
| with his heart in his hand" Very few
men had more friends than MIR. Sebastian,
| who, in his generous open-heartedness, at
tracted all acquaintances indissolubly TO
him. He has many friends in The Dalles,
who will mourn has early demise.
Yakima Herald: It is reported that Capt.
Thos. Priestly, Indian agent at Fort Sim
coe, had very narrow escape from death
few days ago. 1t seems he was having some
men shovel the snow of Of his house, while
he was standing under thick grape arbor
upon which great mass of the snow was
thrown, causing the arbor 10 collapse and
burying the captain TO such depth that il
required several minutes TO locate his
whereabouts. When found he was very
short of breath, but sustained no serious
injury.
Ellensburgh Register: Chief OF Police
Wallace returned recently from Tacoma
where he was attending the convention Of
chiefs of police of the w Washington and Ore
gon. An organization was perfected aud
constitution and bylaws adopted with the
following officers elect; Chief Chesney Of
Tacoma, president; Chief Parrish OF Port
land, vice-president; Chief Warren Of spoo
kane Falls. treasurer and secretary. fh-
association adjourned to meet again in Porto
land. The object Of the association was &
formulate plans and adopt measures for u
detection and conviction Of thieves aao