The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01

iny him down and striking on his breast
| He was picked up dead, his death havlnI
been instantaneous. He was SINGLE man
| of moderate means.
| Goldendale Sentinel: The thermometer
marked % degrees below zero on Wednes
day morning. and many persons who hat
nursetl their flowers and canned fruI
| through the entire winter we're unfortunate
enough to lose them just on the eve o
spring.
The "Pearl of Pekin" last night attracted
large audience. The play gave good sat
isfaction, the choruses were well rendered
the girls pretty, and Mr.. Louis Harri'
son as leading comedian simply immense
| His witticisms will revolutionize streets
"sells" for some time.
Goldendaie Sentinel: There will be meet
| ing of the citizens at the court house on
Monday evening at 1880 o'clock for the pur'
pose OF conferring with a committee. con-
sistlng Of T. F. Moody, o. D. Taylor and
| G. W. Fiiloon of The Dalles Board of Trade,
| in reference to building railroad between
here and The Dalles.
Prospects were never more favorable for
a busy season at the r. r. car shops III this
city, than that of the coming season.
During the present winter a great portion OF
their rolling.stoc ms bss1 dana ged, and
before the busy season sets in this stock
must be repaired. At present however,
there are only about a hundred men en-
ployed, and it is not likely that active work
will commence, until winter has entirely
broken. As vet very little of the damaged
rolling. stock has been brought into the yar1,
hence business is rather dull; but those who
are in a position to know, feel confident OF
busy season in the near future.
Yesterday afternoon while party Of
young ladies and gentlemen were crossing
the bridge from the skating pond they were
overtaken on the most elevated portion OF
the trestle- work by an east-bound freight
train. One of the young men, with cool
presence of mind, placed all the party IN
sitting posture on the end of the sleepers
just in time not to be struck by the pilot of
the engine. The train was operated by air,
and the engineer as soon as ne realized the
position, set his brakes, but the train could
not be stopped until the locomotive and two
freight cars had passed them in their
precarious position. The ladies were
induced to climb on top of the cars,
and were taken to the freight depot. The
height of this point is about forty feet, and
If they had relaxed their hold upon the
guard rail. they would have been hurled to
the rocky bottom below, which very likely
would have resulted fatally to the whole
party. 1t was a most fortunate escape, and
will teach people practical lesson not to
trust themselves on the bridge when trains
are due. There were seven in the party,
four young ladies and three young men.
East OreGonian: A queer sheep story,
which beats some of the best snake yarns
ahoat, comes from the Pilot Rosk neighbor-
hood, and is vouched for, it is said. by a
dozen unimpeachable witnesses. One Sum
day, not long ago, when the wind was blow
ing blizzard and they contents of Mother
Goose's feather-bed were whirling and fly
ing IN binding clouds, drift was formed
over one corner of John Sylvester's 3 sheep
corral. Nine days afterwari shepherd
dog was seen to approach the drift and dig
into the snow. The animal afterward
barked and jumped about as though wishing
to attract attention. Curiosity led to an
Of the hole, and sheep was
discovered standing upright in cave it had |
formed in the snow. The drift was attacked
with shovels, and shortly afterward another |
was discovered, also standing unconcernedly |
in miniature cave. Both animals are now
among the baud-)iving testimonials to the |
,act that sheep can live nine days in a |
;Eowdrift without food or water