The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1891-10-31
From Tuesdays Daily.


A large number of passengers arrive on
the Baker every evening.
Pile-drivlng still continues at the Regula-
tor wharf, and comfortable house has been
erected for the storage of freight.
Mr.. j. Anderson, the great sheep and
cattle buyer of Eastern Oregon, arrived in
the city to-day from Victoria, B. G.
The sunshine follows the rain in this
delightful climate, and this afternoon
the pleasant weather was very cheerful.
We have received the first number of the
Oswego Iron Yorker, published at Oswego,
Oregon. 1t pre7ents a very creditable ap-
pearance, and we wish it abundant success
The twostory brick building of Mr..
Skibbe is very rapidly approaching compile
tion, and when finished will be the most
| pretentious structure in that portion of The
Dalles.
Judge Bradshaw is receiving favorable
notices from the press of the district where
he holds court. He dispatches business
rapidly, and by this means curtails ex-
penses.
Eastern Oregon beef is feeding the
residents of Portland and Puget Sound,
and to-day two carloads OF cattle are at
Saltmarshe & Co.'s stockyards for the
Puget Sound market.
Mrs. A. Ullrish and four children ar
rived in the city from La Crosse, Wis,
Sunday. These are members of the family
! of our cigar. maker, Mr.. Ullrich, and they
will hereafter make their home in this city.
A bountiful shower of rain fell last night,
and the streets were muddy this morning.
The rains which have fallen during the past
| few days have been sufficient to start grass
and to put the ground in good condition for
plowing.
The watchman last night paraded the
streets without arresting single individual,
and to cast glance inside the city jail one
gazed on vacancy. This was an unusual
state of affairs, as heretofore every morning
two or more answered to roll call.
We learn from the Albany Democrat that
| a lively "shoyer fight was INDUCED in re-
Gently by two laborers on the Lebanon
ditch. Neither was badly injured, al
though they fought to y finish. or until
the shovels dropped from exhausted arms.
Rev. A. q. Spencer, of the Methodist
church in this city, returned Sunday morn
ming from a trip to Pennsylvania, accom-
panying his wife to her fathers residence
in that state. Mr.. Spencer's son and
daughter are still at Milton, and rs soon as
these arrive he will rent house and be-
come permanent resident.
Mr.. F. Dehm, in his jewelry store, has
an old Hudson Bay musket, which he Is
changing from hiut-lock to an ordinary
nipple and cap rifle. The old gun has quite
history attached to it, and has done duty
for its owners in many emergencies, and If
1t could talk it ''could tale unfold" which
would furnish interesting reading mstter in
any newspaper.
| The sales Of wheat on the Washington
side yesterday were very large. We are in
formed that Mr.. Moody purchased nearly
every load, paying therefor S23 cents a
bushel. Mr.. Moody is the pioneer in inaug-
uratlng this industry on both sides of the
river, and for several years has offered
superior advantages to Kiickitat farmers by
anchoring a barge on the Washington side
and buying their gram at good figure.
Inlander: 1t is said that good citizen of
| this county recently saw an advertisement
| in an eastern paper of a lady wishing to
/ correspond with a western gentleman. The
ad. was answered and correspondence be-
gan, which ripened into marriage proposal
and acceptance. A short time ago the g. c.
sent $3.50 east to bring the promised bride
| to Dayton. She was expected last Sunday,
but she did not come, now there is wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
An Indian named Joseph Williams, 20
years old, committed suicide Saturday
| morning at Blame, Wash. The deed was
| executed in q novel manner. The Indian
| tied a cord to the limb of tree, four feet
| from the ground, and wound it tightly
around his neck. Strangulation was accom-