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

we recelVeu call LO-uay lTOH MT. u. !
Pinkerton, contracting agent of the Oh
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad.
Maier & Benton are still on deck, and al
constantly taking orders at both places
business for large lot OF fir wood the
have on ssle.
The water supply below the bluff will
shut off tomorrow from 9 o'clock A. M. III
til IL M, to connect the new pipes with th
old mains.
The farmer is still happy because of hig
prices for his wheat, and if he is not salts
fled this year he will remain a long tim
unsatlsfed.
Mr.. Chas. Stubling is fixing up his sam
pile rooms On Second street in first clss
style, aud will keep as good liquors an
cigars as ever.
Light showers of rain have fallen durin
the past few days; but not in as bountifu
quantities as the people desire for grass ant
fall plowing.
Union services tomorrow Sunday in tn
Court House at ii o'clock A. M, and at
P. M. Sunday school and Christian En-
deavor as usual.
The banks of Umatill county have a mil
lion dollars on deposit, while the county
this year produced $3.50 for every man.
woman and child within her borders. This
is a record of which any county might be
proud.
The auction sale at N. Harris store last
night was more largely attended than on
| any previous occasion. Goods were sold
very rapidly and all appeared satisfied with
| the bargains realized. Mr.. Harris is sell.
ing off his goods at a great sacrifice, and
the people appreciate his efforts.
G. d. Richardson, a restaurant keeper oil
Pendleton, and Mrs. Henry Scott, of New
York, were married this week. The affair
was of the romantic order, the contracting
parties having become acquainted through
| a chance correspondence, and neither had
seen the other until the day before the
wedding, which was the date that Mrs.
Scott arrived in Pendleton from the east.
A man bearing the euphonious cognomen
of Charlie Smith imbibed too freely last
night, and, In consequence, was given quar-
tiers in the city Jail. Another man, very
much under the influence OF tanglefoot, also
found his resting place in the same quarters,
but he was too drunk to give his name.
They were both brought before his honor
this morning and mulcted in fines, to this
they failed to respond.
There was criminal case heard before
Justice Doherty this afternoon. It was a
case of man having taken horse from
freight cars without paying freight, and
while the horse was in charge of the Union
Pacific, the son of Freeman-the owner
having taken it forcibly. Freeman was ar
rested for larceny as the company was re-
sponslble for the animal until delivery
was made to the proprietor.
Forged checks were passed last night by
s. E. Stone, on The Dalles National bank.
They were only counter checks of he,-bank,
dated The Dalles, with the name of Moore
Bros. attached. Soon as presented payment
was refused, as it was well authenticated
fact that Moore Bros, who do business at
Moro, had never signed them. The indi-
vidual had taken French leave of the city,
and could not be found at the time of going
to press.
During the recent fire the records of Co.
lumbia Lodge, No. 5, l. o. o. F., were en-
tirely consumed, and DR.. Doane had occa.
sion to visit the office of the grand secre-
tary during the past few days and has made
complete roster of the membership. The
lodge was first organized on November l,
1856, and continued in existence until 1860,
when It's charter was surrendered. On jan
uary g. 1864, it recognized and has con-
tinued to hold meetings ever since.
! The old favorite steamer Emma Hayaoard
has been brought around from the Sound
and will undergo some needed repairs after
which she will be placed on the Astoria
route. About eight years ago the Hayward
was taken to the Sound and ran for time
between Tacoma and Seattle. She has
been one of the most serviceable steamers
of the Union Pacific feet. This steamer
was at one time the tavorlte for trayel be.
tween Portland and the Cascades.
A guardian should be appointed for the
city council of Eugene. 1t passes some
very foolish ordinances and tries the en-
forcement of others. Witness the follow
ing: 1t is hard to escape the penalties of
violation of law in Eugene. Tne other day
balloonlst, while up in the air, distributed
hand bills that were waited hither and
thither BY the wind. Some fell on the
streets. The balloonlst was promptly ar
rested tor violation of the city law that
prohibits throwing of hand bills on the
streets.
e. o.: Young Walter Lindsey and his
relatives are elated over his discharge from
horse-stealing in Justice Bishops court this
afternoon, on motion of the state. Lindsey,
it appears, had nothing to do with borrow
ing the horses in question from Denton's
stable or with selling them at La Grande.
his companion, Gus Mickey, transacting the
entire business alone. He was merely in
bad company. By coming back to Pendle-
the stigma of horse.stealing, severe one
for young man to carry through life.
The hobo nuisance is of a more vexatious
character in Southern Oregon than it is
east of the Cascade mountains, as will be
CLEANED from the following from the Rogue
River Courier: 'tMarshal Colby had quite a
tussle with couple of drunken hobos at
the depot about o'clock Thursday morn
ing last. but finally got them into the
cooler, and they were find $40 and SIS re-
spectively next morning. OIe was willing
to work and the other wasn't; so the latter
was fed bread and water during his incar-
ceration. On Saturday two hobos who had
been treated and fed by a kindly disposed
citizen, relieyed their benefactor of his
purse in the rear room of Lempke's saloon
and the thieves made off toward the coast
before they were caught.
The Corvallis Times, an anti Hogg paper,
gives the following account of the Oregon
Pacific case lately tried In that city: Col.
news from New York, and j K. Weather
ford and Geo. E. Chamberlain looked after
the interests of the unpaid laborers. The
oratory of the attorneys occupied the atten.
tion of the court all the afternoon and by
mutual consent further hearing was con.
tinued until Friday, Oct. 23d, in order to
give the attorneys for the petitioners time
and opportunity to examine the report of
the receiver that had just been filed. In
view of the fact that the laborers are still
unpaid, Judge Pipes ordered that the road
be advertised and sold by the sheriff as soon
as possible, and although the date has not
been fyed, it is understood that the sale
will occur within six weeks. The proceeds
are to be paid into court and the wages due
the employees are to be considered.
La Grande Gazette. Three men were ar
rested at Kamela Tuesday afternoon, who
were supposed to be the men who commit
ted the robbery of the Wallowa National
bank couple of weeks ago. The arrest
was made by resident of Kamela named
Springer, The three men were strangers
and claimed to be hunting for work in the
timber, stating that they had recently been
employed IN the harvest field near Moscow.
Their clothing and general appearance wss
supposed to answer to the printed descrip-
tion of the robbers. They were brought to
La Grande and held to await the arrival of
Cashier. Holmes, who reached La Grande
late last night. Not wishing to take any
chances in a decision Of the matter by lamp
sht he postponed an inspection of the men
till this morning, but it was the work of an
instant to pronounce the fact that the pris.
oners were not the men who robbed the
bank. The men refused to give their
names, and did not appear apprehensive of
Tho roanIts from The time of their Arrest