The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1891-08-29
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Errm Satnrday's Daily.

= The demand for wheat in Salem is ST
$ very lively, and the price paid is so cen
Mrs. w. Il. Wilson and daughter !
: turned last night from a sojourn at Yaqui
a Bay.
Senfert Bros. are shipping from $50
E 2oO boxes of peaches every day to t
. Portland market.
The mercury to-day has been climbing
to the nineties, with no definite informatic
) where 1t will stop.
Misses May Enright and Maie Atwat
returned this afternoon from a visit
friends in Portland.
There were quite number of farmers
the city this afternoon, and our streets pr
sented lively appearance.
Mrs. L. Rorden and family, who hay
been spending the summer IN camp at Hoo
River, returned during the week.
The exhibit from this city for the ca
Oregon on Wheels" will be equal to an
received from any portion of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Filloon and daugh
ter, MIR. and Mrs. Latimer Booth and Mrs
c. c. Hobard will return on the boat thi
evening.
Mr.W.O. Bentley, one of the surveyors o
The Dalles, Dufur and Silkstone railroad
arrived III the city last night from the Goa
mines at Fossil.
At train time the Union Pacific express
Office is daily crowded with shippers. The
amount of fruit sent east and west from
The Dalles this season is astonishing.
Hon. V. G.. Brock, clerk of Sherman
county, is In the city, examining the trans.
cript of the records Of the new portion of
Sherman county.
Mr.. Ted PrItchard, the champion of the
art OF self-defense in England, is Welsh.
men, and his countrymen in this city are
very proud of his Accomplishments.
The warehouses are quiet. No wool is
arriving, and 1t Is hardly time to hear from
the wheat crop. But when grain begins to
move, warehouse men will be rushed to the
utmost.
Mr.. Frank Eagan has received the an.
poIntment of wharfnger for the Regulator.
He is very competent person for the posi-
tion, and will undoubtedly give perfect sat-
isfaction.
Mrs. j. 81. Larsen and two daughters
and son are visiting relatives and friends in
North Yakima. They went through Kick
itat county to their destination, camping
out during the trip.
MIR. John NJ. Somers, of Waterloo, Ind,
practicing lawyer and graduate of Ann
Aroor, has been IN the city for the past
few days. He is engaged in annotating
reports and the code.
The stock yards of Mr. R. E. Saltmarshe
& Co. are to-day crowded with work From
klickitat county was received 2,40O sheep
and eight carloads of cattle from Crook
county. This has kept the employees busy
for several hours.
Capital: Parties in from the Menastash
mines cay volcano is reported in active
operation about thirty miles southwest of
the mines. Some sheepkerders say they
saw the lava flowing down the mountain
side, and know it is a volcano. Several cit
izens of Ellensburgh report seeing the same
thing.
The latest news from the stage robbery
Is that the Indians followed the trail for
about mile from where the robbery was
committed and there found horse tied
and one of the mail sacks. They returned
to the Deschutes bridge without following
the trail of the robber any further.
This afternoon an entrance through the
back door of a factory was effected by
high Judicial officer, and while there he fell
appropriated and converted to his
own use sundry liquids IN the shape of soda,
etc., on sale in said place.
There were no arrests; but it is only neces-
sary to refer to the matter to be treated to
summer drinks.
The two Indians, who followed the mail
robber near the Deschutes, arrived in the
city last night. One of them followed his
trail for several hours, and found where he
had his horse tied and also an empty bottle
of whisky. After hunting around for some
time he found the missing mail. sacks. He
intends to return to. morrow and continue
the pursuit of the robber.
Condor Globe: Geo. Coffin. the famous
fruit raiser of Thirty Mile, brought load
of as fine apples and peaches to town last
week as were ever seen in this country.
He presented this thinkshop with some of
the largest, one of which measured nine
inches in circumference, with flavor that
almost made us wish we had
neck as long as dry sermon.
Condor Globe: As D. q. Ward, of Con-
don, was coming down from the mountains
Tuesday with load of poles, his team be.
came frightened and ran off, throwing Mr..
Ward out of the wagon. HIS little boy
hung on short time longer, but was vio-
lently thrown of, bruising his head badly.
The team ran about two miles and landed
in ditch, but without much damage.
Grande Ronde Chronicle. Thomas Hum
phrey, sheriff of Wallowa county, passed
through La Grande last Saturday on his
way to Salem with William Chenoweth,
who was raying with insanity. Mr.. Chen
oweth is prosperous farmer living near
Enterprise and has many friends in Wal
Iowa county. The cause that dethroned
his reason was not learned, but 1t is hoped
that he will soon recover.
East Ore9onian: James kirkpatrick, a
Weston farmer who is in the city, says that
grain IN that nelghborhood is running from
35 to so bushels per acre. G. DeGraw's
field of 200 acres, now nearly threshed,
will make so bushels to the acre, an excep-
tionally good yield, even for the Weston
country, A great deal of the wheat in
that section was sold for &c cents per bushel
sacked, and some at 80 cents.
Four carloads of tourists arrived last
evening on a special train and spent some
time viewing the city. They numbered
some fifty persons and represented nearly
every state in the union. They expressed
themselves charmed with the majestic seem
cry which the Colombia river offers as un.
surpassed anywhere. The party returned
this morning on the Baker, and the trip
down will prove still more pleasant.
Mr.. 81. B. Reed, who, in company with
Messrs. Ed. Martin, c. A. Holmes and Paul
Baunmell, has been spending the summer
months IN the Blue mountains, returned
this morning via Baker City. The balance
IS h. ,or&x, mill raf,,rr hx, NON a fax.,
days. They have been camping for about
ten weeks, and have lived on venison, bear.
pheasant, grouse, etc. Every member of
the party is very much improved in health.
Guard: A canvasser for purchasing as
sociation is doing Eugene. An initiation
fee Is charged for membership and it Is re-
presented that members can purchase goods
at cost. 1t Is unnecessary to repeat the
warning heretofore given that such schemes
are only calculated to take money out of
the pockets of those who are SO credulous
as to invest. You can purchase goods
cheaper of reputable dealers at home than
of irresponsible parties abroad, who cannot
give any guarantee of standing.
The Heppner Gazette very truthfully
says: One of the worst features of any
town, and one that does it more injury than
anything else is the system of faction fight
ing sometimes INDUCED in by some of Its
residents; opposing in interests, clashing to-
gether, where, if they would harmonze and
cooperate. great good would result to the
entire community. Faction fights meyer
benefited any town and never will, and
towns that should be on the hIghroad to
prosperity are hindered and held back by
them.
The Hood River Glacier says: We are