The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-12-24
From rueaday.s Daily.

| IN TINS paragraph, ana lt Will not De necee
sary for them to spend 90 much in accident
policies in the future.
From Tuesdays Daily.
"Now Is the winter OF our discomfort"
Last night was the coldest Of the season.
These be the times that try men's--wood.
piles.
, The thermometer registered about 2 be-
, low zero this mornIng.
Fur caps and cnats were In requisItion to-
day for the first time for several Year,.
Ex Gov. Moody, Mrs. Moody aud Miss
Edna Moody are 10 the city visiting friends.
Seighing is very good in our streets, and
Is enjoyed very much by those having cut
ters
We are under obligations to Senator
Dolph for favors received in the shape Of
public documents.
A cold, disaereeable fog covered the river
this morning. which was NOT in the least
delightful TO our citizens.
Jesse Helm was killed near Boise City,
by being thrown from his horse while In
toxicated, last Monday.
Nearly every sidewalk IN the city has
been utilized to-day tor coasting purposes,
and the boys have royal fun.
Monday, Dec. 26sh. will be duly oele.
brated at Antelope with a supper and ball
in honor of the CHRISTMAS festival.
Mr.. Josiah M ,rsh came 10 from Wasco
] yesterday evening. There was about one
lnch Of snow on the ground, but the weather
was not cold.
Two or three days of freezing weather,
and ha harv ,,y,n h.. fall
For three years no Ice has been pat mp by
our local dealers.
The students at the Wasco Independent
academy are enjoying vacation of two
weeks. and studies will not resume until
after the holidays.
Mr.. w. A. Hendricks, of Dnfur, is in the
city. The we e.ther in the vicinity of Dufur
is colder than it is at The DAlles, but the
snow is not as deep.
Mr.. Ben. McAtee. OF Tygh valley, Is in
town to-day. He says snow extends To
Kingsley, to depth OF about four inches,
but there is none on the Tygh.
A new steam ferry boat has been launched
Oh the John Day river. says the Antelope
Herald. 1t will be used for ferrying pur-
poses and for excursions II summer.
A case OF trespass was tried before JUS
tice Keaton at Antelope last week, and the
jury were only out about two minutes when
they rendered q verdict of mot guilty."
Hon. ". H. Biggs, of Wasco, is In the
city. The snow, he says, Is very welcome
to the farmers of Sherman county; but the
cold weather could be dispensed with with
out any serious annoyance to any one.
The editor of the Autelops Herald ia fed
royalty on duck and drake. He Is always
/remembeied by the nimrods in that ycin-
Aity, and that is the reason that he has so
wonderfully increased III adipose tissue dur.
ing bis residence in that town.
Wasco Lodge, No. Is. A. f. & A. M.
elected at the regular communication last
evening the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: I. l. Burgett, w. M; H.. ClouglI,
s. w; 81 Horn, j. w Geo. A Liebe,
treas; o. d. Doane. sec.; r. g. Cioster,
tyler.
We acknowledge the receipt of a copy Of
the Reflector, Published by the Laurean and
Eu.axian societies Of the Oregon university
at Eugene. 1t 10 a very creditable literary
production. aud furnishes an opportunity
for the students to give public expression TO
their opinions on questions.
The degree Of the Orient Was conferred
on several applicants last evening at the K.
of p. hall. Grand Pasha 2 sllton has moved
will receive guests for the next few days.
The ilsrimage to Mecca will begin in few
days, and IN commemoration Of the hegra
the tents will be cloeed.
the executive committee OF the Wash
ington worlds fair commission elected Pres
idential E ector q. v. Calhoun executive
commissioner, to ill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of DR.. N. G. Blalock. The
latter remains president Of the commission.
So far, l56 carloads of material for the state
boiding have been forwarded to Chicago.
Ten carloads more are to 10.
Coasting is fair ON the sidewalks; but the
change to a complete right angle OF the
walk in the cut has destroyed the best hill
in the city. Our city council must recol-
lect that the Esprit Of '76" was displayed
by the boys OF the Revolution because Brit
ish soldiers interfsred with oossiiug on Bos-
ton Common; but, undoubtedly this change
has saved some youngsters from severe acci-
dents. tfaaf
Last Thursday dispatch from Marsh
field, Or, seated that Postoffice Inspector
Bautelle ha6 arrived at that place from Ban
don the previous Saturday with . Mrs.
Manset in custody. aud had resumed his
journey with his alleged prisoner Monday
morning. The inspector desires to remove
the wrong impression which the dispatch
may have created. She 10 only witness IN
case Of sending obscene matter through
tie mails.
We acknowledge the receipt Of the an
nual report Of the postniaster-general OF the
United States for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1892 It contains interetiug statis-
tics regarding this important branch OF the
public service. and maps showing the differ
ent mail routes from this to foreign coun-
tries. Mr.. Wansmaker has undoubtedly
been the most faithful public servant IN his
department that has ever occupied the po-
sition, and mail facilities are better than
they have ever been in the history OF the
country.
Long Creek Eagle: Eugene A. Brackett,
who is publicly known as detaulter. -
now in the custody Of Sheriff Combs, he
being hauled up in San Francisco, and ar
rested on the 9Th inst He is held to answer
the charge of embezziing the funds OF the
Canyon City school district in 1857. by
which his boudsmen, F. G. Sells and Phil
Metschan, suffered to the amount Of SllOO.
Mr.. Barckett had at one time the brightest
future of anv man in the county, being
man of unusual intelligence, but the mania
for gambling caused his downfall. HIS only
hope for the future is q term In state prison.
Canyon City Nescs. MAJOR Magone IN
formed the Ne,cs that he would retire to
the life of hermit in few days and COM
menoe the task of writing his book. he
will occupy q cabin IN the mountain soli-
tudes above Dore's sawmill. MAJOR has
plenty of good. nutritious ''gruh," and
nothing will disturb him in his mountain
home until the happy spring time shall
come and the sweet zephyrs awake the now
ers to bloom in al their loveliness with one
breath and with the next scatter his copy"
through the window tempting the Plucky
author to say words seldom used IN the
modern Sunday schools.
Por Over Fifty Years.