The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-29

Spring continues cool and disagreeable.
Hon. w. R. Abrams, OF Ellens burgh, is
In the city.
1t is time our baseball clubs were being
organized.
Mr.. James Webster left this morning ON
| short visit to Spokane Falls.
Hon. j. u. Lee returned yesterday from
a visit to Dallas. Hereports business -four.
ishing, end crop prospects good.
Everything is very quiet at the stock
shipping season has not fairly begun, but
will begin in few days.
Officer Quinton, in order to alarm the
| citizens yesterday morning at the time of
the fire, discharged his revolver three times.
| know the cause.
A steam snow plow was brought down
| from the mountain division Yesterday. 1t
worked on the principle of the auger; but
was not considered equal in efficiency to the
steam rotary plow.
The company's shops are rushed with
work night and day, and it seems likely to
continue. The employees are not only
worked every day, but frequently continue
their labors until midnight.
There has been no loss of cattle or sheep
in the Wamic neighbordood. The last band
of sheep in this vicinity was sold before
the first storm, and very fortunately TOO, as
the owner had no feed, and his loss would
have been heavy.
The Walla Walla Statesman has secured
the contract for printing 100000 folders
descriptive of Walia Walla and its advan-
tages. They will be distributed at all
points on the transcontInental lines. How
about The Dalles!
We have received with the compliments
of E. Jacobsen & Co., an illustrated hand
book of "Nelly Bly's Trip Around the
World" 1t gives great many very excel
lent views of the different large cities in
portions of the world visited by her in the
celebrated tour.
The open-air concert given last night by
the Third Regiment band at the corner Of
Washington and Second streets, was very
highly appreciated by our citizens. We
hope our people will encourage these con-
certs as they will be source Of enjoyment
and entertainment.
Mr.. G. G. Grimes, former Dalles boy, is
now superintendent of the Portland & Van
couver railroad, and large owner of real
estate in the vicinity Of Albina, Woodlawn,
Grimes is a rustler, and has accumulated
quite q competence since he left The Dalles. |
Mr.. Lawrence informed us yesterday
that if twenty shares were taken at the
rate of $50 annual subscription and S.
monthly he will put telephone exchange
in this city. Mr. Turner the operator of
the Western Union. has undertaken the
management of the Telephone Co., and we
have no doubt he will be successful.
Thirty feet of snow is reported at the
head of Reck creek, about ten miles SOUTH
east of GAtesville, Or. At that point Louis
Fisher, of Mehama, nailed a board to q
tree at snow level IN 1881 or 1882. and
when bare ground appeared the board was
twenty.eight feet above; but it is now no.
where to be seen, being entirely covered.
The Sisk boys. says the Yakima Republic.
report that ir riding over the Umptahnum
range they found eight and ten horses piled
up here and there. They haa eaten the
hair off each others names and tails, and
in one instance they found horse where
the flesh had been eaten from the neck, evil
IDENTIFY by other hlrses. They say that
fully one-third of the horses on that range
are dead, and others are dying.
Rev. c. A. MeIlroy. pastor of the Second
Baptist church in this city will start to-
morrow for Mayyille, Gillian county, to
attend the Workers Meeting of Middle Or
egon Baptist Association, which meets 2Sth
inst. Also to aid in the ordination of
minister of the gospel. and will be absent
about eight days. 10 Consequence OF which
there will be no preaching at the court
house next Sunday; but there will be Sun
day school as usual at 10 A. NJ, and prayer
meeting at Ii A. N. instead Of the usual
lr,aching services.
the Albany Democrat says Miss Minnie
Anderson. who recently returned home
from trip to the east, has had peculiar
experience. After leaving st. Paul, she |
was approached by man who secured her |
name and where she was gong, etc. On |
her arrival in Portland, she was met by an.
other man who knew all about her, who |
took charge of her trunk. levied several fees,
came to Albany without her trunk, and now |
sn effort is being made to secure it. In the |
meantime Mr.. Anderson received a letter |
Iust after Miss Anderson lett st. Paul, from
one T. A johnson. Of Portland, saying that
Miss A. had left st. Paul and would need
some money on arrival at Portland and to
send it to him. which Mr.. A. did not do.
The result is several dollars fees are due on
the trunk, and the trunk is somewhere here
around Portland. The game is said to be
played right along. the st. Paul man tele.
oraping the Portland man particulars, and
be extortlng money when possible.
Pitchers CastorIaS