The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-12-17
From Mondays Daily.

IL Ior wheat.
us From Mondays Daily.
Mr.. S. Price and wife, of Bggs, are il
he the city.
Hon. j. B. Eddy, of Pendleton, passed
D. through the city yesterday, en- route from
Y. Portland.
e The hills surrounding the city wer,
O covered with the mantle OF winter thi
morning.
to Three inches of snow tell at Fossil one
a day last week, but 1t soon disappeared In
the suns rays.
IL A heavy fog enveloped the city last night,
er anu this morning light covering of ice was
ON the sidewalks.
: The boys had considerable fun this morn.
;. ing coasting on the sidewalks; but the
piercing rays of the sun soon made the ice
~ disappear.
d Our stores have very attractive displays
8. of holiday goods, and the small and large
boy spend considerable time viewing the
: pretty articles.
:; The winter season is opening very
brlskly in the matter of e,e ening parties
several social clubs have been formed
for passing away the time.
=, Last Wednesday evening Col. Jay P. Lu.
cas- inspected d Co. at Hood River The
Glacier says the inspection was not partlcu.
larly creditable to that town.
The Fossil Journal says: Daisy Downing
from st. Mary's Academy at The Oalles Is
visiting her parents In Condor, and will re-
main until the holidays are over.
Preparations are being made Cor the
Christmas holidays, and nearly all the Sun.
day schools will have trees hung with gifts
for the children on that occasion.
The distillery and milling plant at Grant
will begin operations about Christmas. We
are informed the machinery is very excel
lent and trst.class In every particular.
Mr.. Neil Mcleod. of Grant, was in the |
city yesterday. He was en- route to PORT |
land, where his daughter has been recently /
graduated from the commercial college.
There were two men arrested Saturday
for selling whisky to Indians by Deputy
Jameson. They are in the county jail,
awIting examination by the u. S. commIs-
| sIoner
Hon. j. A. Smith, the joint.senator from
| Wasco and Sherman counties, was married
last Wednesday to Miss Reb MITCHELL
of Wasco. The TIMES MoUNTAINEER ex-
tends congratulations.
About two inches OF snow fell at Dufur
idob uiHuts anu u ptT6Du WuO CdU6 III Town
this morning said there was considerable OF
the CONCEALED element on the ground until
he arrived at Eight Mile.
On Wednesday the real estate belonging
to the estate of Alex. Finlayson, on Crooked
river twenty miles above PrIneville, was
sold to A. s. Bennett, of The Dalles, for
$500, says the Ochoco Reuieso.
E. NJ. Shut, Esq, editor of the Antelope /,
Herald, bas been appointed U. s. commits !
sioner for that vicinity. This is a good APP
pointment, and the violaters of U. S. law in
that town will find a magistrate that will
not wink at the commission of crime.
A little alteration occurred last night in I
the city, as a result of which an arrest was q
made. This morning, on making inquiry {
the recorder could find nothing on which TO '
base an action, and no complaining witness
appearing the party was given his liberty. b
Mr.. II. Mccoy, of Dufur, fell from lad. II
der this morning and received some bruises, {
but nothing of serious nature. 1t gave a
him a "black eye;" but as every person d
knows Mr.. Mccoy never INDUCES In pugil- {,
istic encounters, it may be necessary for p
him to explain matters.
The public schools, under the present Il
corps of teachers, are dong excellent work O
this year, and the attendance is much larger b
than ever before. There is an urgent neces- d
sity for greater facilities as regards rooms, n
and the directors should enlarge the present b
or erect new buildings. cl
Died, at Rock Creek, says the Fossil
Journal, Saturday. Dec. 8, 1892, Gracie II
Schott, aged l3 years, daughter of Mr. and al
Mrs. G. Shott. Deceased was dearly be- b
10, ed by all who knew her, and the rela- a
tIves who are known and respected through k
out this and adjoining counties, have the D
deepest sympathy of many pc ople. C
Fossil Journal: The two horse thieves "
captured last week near Hsystack had q
preliminary examination before Squire az
Clarke Saturday. They were bound over n'
to await the action of the grand iury-Mur. 10
ply in the sum of $3.50 and Rains 500. Q:
Having no wealthy friends at hand, George ~ ~
Perry and Otho Ward conveyed the prison. "
ers TO the county jail Sunday. y
An alteration took place at the freight ~
depot Saturday evening, in which railroad w
man named Palmer was stabbed by Ed. ~
Howe, the baggage master. The man was 4,
arrested, and was held IN $500 bonds to ap- ~
pear for examination, which will take place
Is soon as the injured man is able to appear IN
before the magistrate. The injuries are Ut
only flesh wounds, and are not considered ne ne
dangerous. w
A man who has been on protracted spree a,
until quite recently, and has since been act 90
ing strangely, was examined this afternoon "a
for insanity by the county judge and a 81
court of inquiry. He was adiudged insane, -
and will be taken to the asylum. 1t Is ex- ds
pected that rest with medical treatment -
will restore him to a normal condition. He ~
IS a young man of prepossesing appearance,
md well connected.
ga change came DER the spirit of his ~
dream" was sweetly run into verse by he
Byron; but if the poem had been penned in os
The Dalles this morning, instead OF where p,
{ was, the change would have been one of -
oy and brightness, for while cold and aus a;
;ere winter had erected his throne on every III
hillside, the breeze was balmy, and the con- ha
;rast could not but create the intensest de- Nc
light. n;
The following is from the Heppner Ga R
ettes Arlington correspondence: *. b. fe
Sells was dismissed. after serving faithfully Pa
;wo years and eight months as baggage and in
reigLt clerk at the U. P. depot here, by its SD
present agent. Mr.. Sells took his dismas- ur
al with good cheer. A letter of recon- sa
nendation was drawn up for him, which
vas signed by forty of our business meh
md which goes to snow how well Mr.. Sells
vas liked by all who had dealings with
lim." on
Hood River Glacier: A delegation of Ma on
ons from The Dalles and another from the fo,
cascade Locks visited the lodge here Satur-
Iay evening, to assist In work in the NJ Nj.
legree Supper was served at the Mt. Hood III
otel. Those from The Dalles were: Judge an
,lakeley, DIR. Logan, Hon. Chas Hilton, re
Nm. McCrum. a. Clough, Richard Closter, i.
". d. Lochhead, L. Booth, Jos. Earhart w
nd W. Kelsey. DR.. Leavens and Messrs.
libdall and Williams were among those of
rom the Locks but we could not get the tb
ames of all of the delegates. -
A woman named Mrs. Mary A. Newett
yas found dead in the Portland city jail 'h
aturday morning. She was arrested the pu
fternoon before for being drunk on the stI
treet, and her four-year old. child taken
rom her and put in the Home. As the wo- in
lan's department was up two flights Of de
tairs, the officer put her in the dark cell, tic
nd during the afternoon and evening looked cei
to ascertain her condition. At the last pu
all he found her sleeping soundly ON the
tone floor, and the night jailor about
clock IN the morning ascertained that she
ad died during the night. An autopsy
roved that she had Died from heart
ruubles. The woman was the wife of
leehanic In East Portland. and bore good
sputation except her inordinare appetite
Or liquor. M,