The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-11-26
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From wednssday,s Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mr.. C. w. Haight, of Ferry Canyon,
is in the city.
Mr.. ]. M. Ledford, of WamIc, IS In the
city this week attending court
Roses are still budding in our gard MS,
and chrysanthemums are in full bloom.
These are cool nights for hoboes; but
the number apparently never become less
The iury' in the case of State VS.. Jos.
Sieyener returned verdict to-day of not
guilty.
Clear and cold this morning; but such
weather is appreciated IN this climate
more than constant ram.
Master Eddy Michel left for Columbus,
Wash, on the afternoon train to spend
Thanksgiving with their parents.
Vol. XVI of the Encyclopaedia Brit
tanica is missing from the book shelves
of The TIMES MOUNTANEER Office. The
person IN possession of the book will
kindly inform the editor.
The county INDECENT poor were re-
moved from Mr.. Cushing's farm, near
this city, to Hood River, where Mrs.
Fulton has received the contract for
keeping them for the ensuing year.
The railroad blockade near Bonneville
has made business very dull with rail-
road men, and engineers, firemen, con-
ductors and brakeman on railroad trains
have made very few trips in the last few
days.
Mrs Hartford, lecturer for the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union for
the state of Oregon, will lecnure at the
Free Reading Room on Friday evening
at 7:3o O'Clock. A cordial invitation is
extended to ALL
Mr.. w. c. Allaway, agent of the D. P.
& A. N. Co. in this city, is making very
many friends by his courteous treatment
of all. Any inquiry about freight re-
ceives gentlemanly answer, ard pas
sengers are given the most cordial at
tention.
A number of piles were hauled to the
Regulator wharf to-day, preparatory to
extending the wharfage capacity. There
have been eighty-three piles ordered,
and as soon as these are driven force |
plete the structure.
Antoine Bauer, q native of Austria, was |
made citizen OF the United States ye-
terday by the proper proceedings u /
court; and the same inrstim bile priviiegA |
was conferred Upon Mi.ha King, who
first saw the light of day amid the greer
hills of the Emerald Island
The city jail, without stove, furnishes
cool comfort to hoboes these days. 1t is |
not equal to the parlor of private resi-
dence, and tramps and inebriates, if they
desire the comforts of an easy life, should
so shape their conduct as not become
victims OF adverse circumstances
The stockyards of R. E. Saltmarshe &
Co. have been pressed during the past
few days to feed the cattle which have
arrived. There has been daily arrivals
from all parts of the interior, and by rea-
son of the blockade these ceuld not be
shipped as rapidly as they arrived.
The east-bound train, due here at
II:5o P. M, has arrived since the block
ade about q A. M, being five hours late,
and the other, due at 1850 p. NJ, has ar
rived about 8, three hours late. West
bound trains have also been behind time,
by reasons of accidents east of this city
Landslides have been disastrous on
both the Union and Northern Pacific rail-
road during the past few days, and
Washington has suffered worse than Ore
gon by these accidents. Trains have
been delayed on all lines, and freight
traffic and passenger transit has been
very uncertain.
In working off the outside of the week !!
ly edition of the paper this morning,
an accident happened to our Potter
power press, which threatened serious
delay; but the mechanical skill of Mr.. F.
S. Cunning repaired the injury in about
fifteen minutes, and the old reliable was
grinding out papers at the rate of 1900 :
an hour.
The case of State of Oregon VS.. VIM. 6
Birgfeld, indicted for murder in the first l
degree, was called this morning, After
exhausting the regular panel, a special =
venire was issued for new one The
following ten jurors were impanelled I
when the panel was exhausted and !;
new venire issued: Thos Harper Tim
Robert Lowe, S. F. Blythe,
Chas. Cramer, L. w. Holgate, L. E.
Ferguson, T. E. Wickens, w. J. Harri- 2
man, ]. w. Wallace.
Saturday night. at Paramount, during the 4
absense of Mr.. Bush, from his home, Fred
Reams, Jessie Bush and Lulu Dodson hruke n
INTO the house and stole quantity of cloth. /,
ing and household goods. The former two
oodihCu tue OtCiidau OuuudJ uOTuluR duu | "
rame to Albany. where they registered at
hotel as man and wife Last night the "
Dodson girl returned to the Bush house and
stole basket of bahy's clothes, etc. She o
vas arrested at 8 o'clock by Deputy Sheriff a
Croner. TINS morning Lanes live deputy k
came to Albany, and arrested Reams and +
'he Bush girl, just as they were getting 8
ready to leave on the local for Portland, Il
md took them back to Eugene on the noon O.
train. The boy is about l9 Years of age and Al
the girl about II. The trio seem to have b
been ''cutting up for some time, culminat t,
ng in crime that may send them all to o
he penItentisry. The Bush girl is a sister +,
If the man robbed. fact that may help her D
'ut of the difficulty, but probably not. Of
Last night another very disastrous b.
'lide occurred at Dodson's, sweeping u
lway the temporary telegraph office and W
covering the railroad track with debris ii
All efforts heretofore have been futile to
lear the track, for as rapidly as the de- Sc
oris IS cleared away fresh supply takes b,
he place. The fact is, the lake on the Of
ill has found an outlet, and the force of b,
water is carrying everything before it. Ell
+ channel could be dug so as to give l.
he water a free passage to the river, this j,
would not pile up dirt, rocks and trees as Z
does now, and it could be safely N
'ridged for the passage of trains. The lie
,eyser theory is wrong, for this outburst G
possesses none of the peculiarities of B
hat phenomena. 1t is simply the lake q,
hat has been on the hill for untold ages V
,verfiowing and given vent to its pent-up b
orce. If free outlet were given it b
would cause little damage, and could 4
afely be bridged. Sc
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