The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-02-27
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
from Saturdays Daily.


) Miss Edna Moody Is visiting in the city
Mr.. Ben McAtee, of Tygh valley, is il
the city.
The ground was covered with cris,
frost this morning.
Mr.. F. E. Brown, the postmaster a
Grant, is in the city.
A meeting of the Democratic county cen
iral committee was held in the court hous,
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Thompson returned
last night from a winters sojourn in Lo:
Angeles, Calf.
Mr.. Frank Davenport, of the Oregon
Lumber Coat Hood RIVER, is registered al
the Umatilla House.
Mr.. Ed. Wingate returned on the mid.
night train from San Jose, Calf, where he
has been attending school.
Walla.Walla and other cities are forming
baseball clubs. Why can't The DaIles In
augurate club this season?
Tickets for the Demorest medal contest
are now on sale at Leslie Buffers, and
SnIpes Kinersly's drug store.
Miss Maie Williams and Mrs. c. B. Dur.
bin will leave on the evening train to-day
on visit to friends in Portland.
Mr.. G. E. Rusk, editor of the Goldenda!e
Courier, gave us call to-day He reports
everything prosperous in Klickitat county.
Miss Ursula Rucb, who has been spend.
ing the winter in Los Angeles, returned On
the noon train to-day very much improved
in health.
The guitar Climb met at the residence of
Mrs. A. NJ. Williams last evening. There
was full attendance, and a very agreeable
time was had.
Preparations are beng made for spring
work, and in few weeks it is expected
that several imposing structures will be In
course of construction.
The alleys should be cleaned of all rub.
bisb, as the spring rams will soon begin, and
any lack of cleanliness in by-ways may in.
jure the health of the city.
Messrs. French Lauer will open plan.
ing mill in Buffers lumber yard, about the
lst of March, and they will be able to fur
nlsh estimates to builders on all materials.
There will be public meeting OF the Re-
publican club Monday evening, Feb. %,
1892, at o'clock at the court house.
Speakers from abroad are expected to be
present.
Hood River, and J. w. Rowe, the conduc.
tor, were married Thursday at noon in
Portland. They took their departure for
California, where they will remain several
months.
Mr.. j. Frank Davis, former resident of
The Dalles, received highly compliment
ary call in the Oregonian of yesterday from
the citizens of Mt. Tabor to allow his name
to be mentioned as candidate for school
director.
Mrs. Ella Higginson, editor OF the Pacific
Magazine, of Seattle, Wash,, has been ap.
pointed by the Pacific Coast Womens Pless
Association one OF the delegates to the con-
vention of the National Editorial Associa-
tion, which will be held in San Francisco In
May next.
Condor Globe: At this writing, the roads
are In excellent condition, and dozens of |
teams are passing through daily en- route TO
Arlington with wheat. The past season has |
indeed been glorious one for our farmers. !
So much SO, in fact, that they are becoming |
bow-legged from Juggling their heavy purses
full of gold.
The advertisement of Mr.. H. A. Hepp- |
ner, real estate and insurance agent at Al |
bina, will be found in another column in |
this issue. Mr.. Heppner Is we'll knowu to |
all residents at The Dalles. and his reputa-
tion for integrity is such that all those de
siroGs OF purchasing real estate will have
perfect confidence in HIM.
Gazette, Feb 10: Chas. johnson, a young
man about % years of age, was killed yes
terday evening while hauling logs down
from the mountains. He was thrown be-
tween a log which he was dragging down !
the hill and a stump by the side of the road,
crushing his head and causing instant death.
johnson is son-in-law of F. A. Baird, of
LaGrande. He leayes wife and child.
At the meeting of the Democratic
county committee the apportioument of
delegates to the convention was fixed at
one for every 90 votes cast for Governor
Pennoyer at the last election; time for
holding primaries fixed tor April 9th;
holding county convent:-a, April 14th.
and judges and clerks appointed for new
precincts. The number of delegates to
the convention will be SO on the sppor
tionment made.
Senator Dolph Thursday introduced bill
which will, if it becomes a law, permit pur
,hases under the timber and stone act OK
March 3, 1879, relating to Washington,
Oregon and California, to make proofs be.
fore any officer authorized to- take proofs
in homestead entries. Under the present
law the people VINO have taken lands are
to 60 before the land Office, as
was previously the case under the home
stead and presumption laws. which were
modified tor the benefit of set
.lers.
Hood Riyer Glacier: The Union Pacific is
loing good work on this division. New ties
nave been put in, new rails laid, the bridges
,verhauled and repaired and the trestles
,reated to the same supervision. Two work
rains are at the gravel pits near Mosier,
md are rapidly filling and removing old
;restles. The approach to tunnel is near.
y all filed, and tie long trestle just this
'ide of tnnnel 8 is to be filled next. 1t Is
expected that by fall the amount of trestle
between The Dalles and Portland will have
been reduced from nine miles to less than
i've. Many Of the small ,trestles between
ibis place and the Locks have been filled
md prolific source of fires and consequent
ielays removed.
Exchange: The Oldest school teacher In
Oregon now living is said to be Professor
John d. Wood, who, at the age ri l6, be-
,an teaching IN Benton county in 1855. He
las taught 25S months on public money and
several terms of Subscription schools" ALI
his work, with the exception of one term
which was taught In Wasco county, was
lone within radius of 60 miles, taking
Corvallis as center. While this career has
,een entirely in the ungraded schools many
If the leading men and women of the state
'eceived instruction from him.
A two-year-old child of Mr.. VIM. Holder,
# Grass Valley, met with severe accident
few days ago, by which it was feared the
ingers of the hand would be forced to be
lmputated. Mr.. Holder left the door of
he iron safe in his room open, and being
lbsent few minutes the child in playing
closed the heavy door on Its fingers. As
oon as the accident was known the hand
vas released and doctor from Wasco sum-
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