The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-03-19
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily /.

Hood River Glacier, is on our streets tt
day.
Mr. Tim Sta2leion has a gang of me
repairing the railroad track on Frol
street.
Fruit trees have begun to bloom. an
green leaves to appear on some OF tn
shade trees.
Frank Y. Kramer filed the plat of a
addition to Dalies City last Saturday, an
it now appears on record.
The following transfer was today re
corded with The county clerk: Dale
City 20 o. S. Savage; LOT 10, block
Dalles City; $500.
Building in the burnt district goes for
ward at a rapid rate, ana hardly da,
passes that does not witness the frame
work OF one or more structures bein!
raised.
The alleys should be cleaned of all rub
bish and filth, as, when the warm weather
comes, it viii be productive of malaris
and levers. An ounce of prevention j.
worth pound of cure
Chinaman was stabbed in an opium
den last Sunday morning at Baker City
by an opium needle, a sharp-pointed piece
of steel used by smokers-producing q
very serious, but not necessarily fatal
wound.
We learn from the Ochooo Recie,c that
grasshoppers are becoming very MINER
Gus on Willow creek, IN Crook county,
and that ranchman were uneasy lest The
hoppers should do considerable damage
to their crops.
hn Dri, wi 10 VI.
were put to work last week clearing the
track on the Oregon Pacific in the Cas-
cade mountains. The Albany papers are
of the opinion that this move means that
work of construction will begin in short
time.
The free lecture at the court house last
evening was not largely attended; but the
audience paid marked attention to the
ideas enunciated by Mr.. o. M. Pringle.
He has very many original ideas on re
liglon, and has given the subject consid-
eTable thought.
The Union street sewer Is being re-
paired today, and near the school house
roots of the poplar tree were found chok.
ing up the cavity to the length of fifteen
feet. If this sewer were terra Gotta ii
would be almost impossible for these
roots to effect an entrance.
Messrs. Prlnz s. Nitscke will begin in
a few days the erection of a one-story
brick building on the vacant lot opposite
their present place of business on Second
street. This is very desirable location
for building. and we are glad this en-
terprislng firm have determined to build
thereon.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie and party ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
about 3 o'clock. He wos accompanied
by the manager of the western division
of the Union Pacific. They visited Cello
and the fishery there, and the manager
returned to Portland, ana the Carnegie
party continued en- route east
Exchange: 1t is given out that
certain Junction lady whose husband had
fallen into the habit of coming home tip
sy at night, decided to try a fright on him
for cure. She dressed up in satanic
masquerade and met him i'll the moon
light. Come TO me, am the deyil,'' SAID
she in sepulchral tones. '"rhat so." he
replied, "Shake, old boy, Pm yer brother
in-law. l married yer sIster!"
Statesman: George Prltchie, a l4-year-
old boy, who has been under the guar
dianship of I'll. II. Myers, living near
Stayton was committed to the reform
school yesterday by the county court
The boy has been held to await the action
of the grand jury on a charge of the lar
ceny of $lh0 horse, a SIS saddle and
So revolver from II. r. Myers, on March
7th. He is also charged with having
stolen pair of rubber boots.
Sam Jones asked his auditors in a great
meeting bow many wanted to go to heav-
en-. All stood up but one. He then called
out in his staccato fashion, "How many
want to go to help" Whereupon lean,
lank fellow on the back seat slowly un-
clasped himself after the manner OF a
Yankee jacknife, and pepsiyely called
out, 81 hate to get up, but it don't seem
fair TO leave the parson there standing all
alone"
This, from an exchange. is a libel on
Crook county: A Crook county girl re-
Gently purchased roll of butter from
PrineyIle grocer and starting for home
accidentally let it fall on the sidewalk,
when dog grabbed II and running across
the street got tangled up in the butter, one
end of which had stuck to the sidewalk
In the tussle the dog was choked to death
The city marshal arrested all parties, but
the butter turned states evidence and tie
girl and grocer are now ID jail Oh the |
charge of cruelty to animals.
Statesman: Deputy Warden John Cam
eron returned sunday from Ukiah, Men
docino county, Calf, having III charge |
the convict Pattrey, who escaped from the
penitentiary on the night ot January z,
1891 with a fellow convict named Thomp- |
son. On February 22d, Warden McClees |
received telegram from Ukiah, that a |
man answering the description of Pattrey |
had been arrested. Deputy Warden Cam |
eron, went to Olympia, secured a requisi- |
ton and proceeded TO California and |
found the man arrested to be the escaped
convict, and he Immediately returned to
Walla Walla with HIM.
The death of Mrs. Cunning yesterday |
removes from our midst very estimable |
lady, and the bereaved husband and little |
daughter-three years old-wili receive |
the sympathy of the community in their |
loss. Last May MIR. and Mrs. Cunning |
came to The Dalles from Illinois for the |
benefit of Mrs. Cummings health, who has |
suffered from lung troubles for the past |
six years. She was confined to her bed |
only few days before she passed to her |
reward. The funeral will take place from |
the family residence tomorrow afternoon |
at 2 O'Clock.
Eugene Guard: Horse thieves are again |
giving Lane county visit. Last night |
the barn of e. P. Redford, who lives one |
mile south of Walkers station, about 1S |
mites from Eugene, was entered, and two |
horses, two saddles aud ,Uo brides stolen |
therefrom One of the horses was a |
blood bay tilly and the other light bay
horse. One was three years old and the |
other four. 1t is supposed that two young
men were the guilty parties. Deputy |
sherifs are out searching for the men and
$50 reward is offered.
A. j. Ross shows his faith in Spokane |
by making q wager that at the close of |
1900 Spokane Will have population of |
$4,000. The following Is the form of tine |
wager: We will find party desiring to
borrow $4,000 for that length of time and !
sho can give good security therefor. /
will put up $1,000 and the taker shall put |
up $1,000. We will receive our annual |
interest therefor until the expiration of |
The specified time, at which time the |
winner shxll receive the entire $4,000 |
The wsger, of course, is open to all for
the term Of 80 days, but is more particu
iarly intended for eastern croakers who |
have repeatedly and willfully misrepre
sented the city financially and otherwise. |
A very disastrous runaway occurred |
Loot evening ahout q .20 o'clock on the