The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-22
From THURSDAYS Daily.

Iaxes are coming IN veryssiowly.
There are four prisoners in the county
Jail.
Snow is falling in large flakes as we go
to press.
The mercury marked l6 degrees above
zero last night.
The weather is moderating, which will be
welcome news to our cattlemen.
Miss Nellic Lusher returned yesterday
from short sojourn in Portland.
Last night froze sufficiently hard to bdrst
several water pipes Plumbers are busy
to-day.
Mrs. J. a, Varney and daughter, Mrs. 1.
N. Marshall, left on the noou train to-day
on visit to Boston.
The members of Columbia Hose Co. No.
have adopted very neat nickel badge
which are now being worn.
A company Of gentlemen in this city in.
tend to form rifle team if they can secure
a sufficient number of members.
The payday of the Union Pacific, we
are informed, has been postponed from the
usual 18th or 10th of the month, to the
last,
The City of Jerusalem has attracted large
orowds this week. It is the most wonder.
full piece of mechanism ever exhibited in
this city.
The board of delegates of the fire depart.
ment has decided to buy fire bell, and
will soon open bids for the erection of new
bell tower.
The gesang rereia are becoming very pro-
ficient IN music. As soon as the spring
opens this excellent society of musicians
will give a picnic in one of the many ele-
giant places which surround this CITY.
Dr. Doane, assisted by Dr.. Boyd, ampu-
tated the feet of one Lane, a nonresident
patient at the county hospital to-day. He
had been unfortunate in having them
frozen during the late storm. Although
his physical condition was not favorable
for the operation, there is some hope for
his recovery.
MIR, Jos. Montgomery, a brakeman, for.
merlY in the employ Of the @. r. 3 n. Co.
in this city, and well known to all RAILROAD
men, was killed in Bradford, Pa, Feb.
18th, by having his right leg badly crushed
while coupling cars. His remains were
taken to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial, where
his mother resides.
An old Indian woman, whose name we
could not learn, was buried from the
island below the fishery to-day. MIR
Chambers, the expressman, who conveyed
the remains to the cemetery, said the
woman was one hundred years old and
had resided in this vicinity for long
number of years.
IFe have received Volume l No. Of
California, journal of rural industry,
published in San Francisco, and devoted
almost exclusively to advertising the ad-
yantages of our sister state. It is very
neatly printed, and its editorial columns
displays carefully Yritten artieles, and q
general fund Of we'll selected reading
matter.
Albany Herald: Four timber men
started week ago last Saturday to go to
their claims Is or 20 miles above Browns
yille. They came very near perishing in
the snew, WHICH was feat dhep. Luck
lily they found cabin, where they stared
over night, without anything to eat. They
made it to their camp next morning.
They came out again last Sunday. There
was still feet of snow when they came
out.
Mr., FIN. Cenlell, jr., of Boltland, Is In
the city. He was f9rmeElY resident Of
RockIand and son of Mr. Vim. Conpell,
ST., we'll known to many of our old resi-
dents. In days slang syle," when the
editor was country school t6acner, thlS
stalwart man of over 200 pounds was one
of the pupils, and we distinctly remember
of making wayward boy by the same
name stand on the floor for being disobe-
dient to orders. We would not attempt it
now.
The Milton Eagle, in its editorial notes,
sltagg ether things, prints the followingi
Ralfa Walla Is arranging for extensive
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papers, the project to he carried out when
spring opens. If the board of trade of
that CITY had the acumen of superan-
nuated psck.mule, they would recognize
more potent medium in the home
| Hsgers, aad decorate their plpwes with .
healthy tllt. While ths yistf4i wall af
The home paper is echoing through a wide
circle Of exchanges, the expenditure Of
money on outside transforming ia SIM
ply 2 useless and WastetHl outlay.