The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-10-22
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From wednssday's Daily.

ITEMS IN BRIEF
From Wednesday Daily
The sale of city lots still continue &
good prices.
Mr.. FL. w. Wells, of 3herar's bridge,
in town to-day.
Mr.. John Frost gave the city pleasan
call this morning.
Elk Gov. Moody was a passenger ON tn
delayed traId this afternoon.
Hon. E. N. Chandler returned last nigh
from short visit TO Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Johnston, of Du
fur, are visiting friends in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Snipes were passen
gers from Portland on the afternoon train
Mr.. Ed. Griffin, one of the sheep mon
archs of the Inland Empire, is in the city
Mr.. o. Mack left for Spokane Sun
day evening, where he will spend few
days.
{. The city pound has several occupants
and these comprise some fine horses ano
cattle.
The last week of the Portland exposi-
ton, and the west-bound trains every
day are crowded with passengers.
Mesdames o. j. Lewis, R. G. Daven-
port and A. II. Utley left this morning fol
Portland, where they will visit the expo
p-sitlon.
The east-bound train, due here ut l P. NJ,
not arriye until 3. 1t was delayed by
mpediment on the track near Rooster
Tx
About 60,OOO,O00 cases of salmon have
en- packed along the Oregon coast
cams this season, while 467, 900 cases
re taken from the Columbia.
Miss Ettie D. Story, oi this city, Was
: placed on the executive committee Tor
Wasco county at the convention of the
Y. P. G. E. societies recently held IN
Eugene.
Mr. Ghas. Nell, of Centerviile, Klicki-
tat county, is in town to-day. He says
the wheat crop of Kllckitat county was
never better, and the prices received are
very encouraging to farmers.
Justice Schultz had case of assault
and battery before him yesterday alter
noon, in which j. P. Strickland was de-
fendant. He was fined $40 and costs,
which he iiquldated aud rega,ned his
liberty.
The Odd Fellows hall at Dufur has
been raised so as to make the ceiling l6
feet high, and an addition of 40 feet
added to the length 1t Is now 80 feet
long and so feet wide, and is one of the
most convenient halls in Wasco county.
Mr. A. Mcleod, of Kingsley, informs
us that threshiDg is nearly finished IN
that neighborhood, and the harvest has
proved that that is the best portion OF
Wasco couuty for wheat raising. The
crops were fair, but were not equal TO an
average yield.
According to the published records,
there were $50 divorces granted in Multi
nomah county during the year 1891. They
were granted upon the following grounds
Cruel and inhuman treatment, los; deser-
tion, 96; adultery, IL; drunkenness, l5.
And yet some people say marriage is a
failure.
Henry Butts, the would-be murderer |
and suicide, died at the Good Samaritan |
hospital Monday night, says the Portland |
Dispatch He has been laying very low, |
in fact, unconscious ever since the morn /
ing of the shooting. The bullet entered
the head JUST back of the right ear, and |
lodged in the brain. His case was a
hopeless one and he was expected 20 die
any moment since he was taken to the
hospital.
There were three subjects of the king
OF Norway and Sweden who declared
their intention of becoming citizens of |
the United States. Their names were
Hans Nilsson, Nels 0leson and Nels
Nilsson, and 1t was very evident they had
NOT been any length of time in the coun-
try, for they did not understand a word of
English, and an interpreter was called IN
to translate the oath. They will make
good citizens, for they are thrifty and IN
dustrious.
The lev days of Indian summer IN the
valley Of the Northern Mississippi are
very enjoyable; but in Eastern
all the beauties of that portion of
the year and con,lnaes usually until
the winter rain or snow begin 10 Decem
Der. With the many attractions of the
Inland Enpire it can boast of the most
delightful climate on the Continent.
The west bound train was SIX hours
and q half late 10 day. II will moi arrive
until nearly II O'Clock, and If On. time
would have passed through the city at
4:05. Notwithstanding the beautiful,
sunny day, it seems to have been one of
delay In the arrival of trains If oliz
gard had been blowing, the elements
would have been to blame; but, as 1t Is.
the condition of the weather elsewhere
must receive the censure.
Carpenters are at work refitting the hall
above The Dalles Lumbering Cos office,
on the corner of Front and Washington
streets This will be used when finished
for the u. s. land Office, which, in its
present quarters, is too much restricted to
narrow limits When a contest IS being
heard now another room has TO be used
for the occasion; but the new office will
be very convenient in this regard, and 1t
will put the uppehstory to good pur
pose, as it is principally used now for
storing the machinery of The defunct shoe
factory at Rockland, alias North Dalles,
alias Grand Dalles.
G.. NJ Jones, who lives four mills below
Pendleton, picked up securely corked
bottle in the channel of the Umatilla river.
Inside of the bottle was piece of paper,
on which was written the names of
Charles Crawford, Daisy Keeney, w. E.
Grail. The paper was da,ed April 30,
1892, and on the paper was an invitation
for the finder to write to and of the par
ties above mentioned TO Pendleton, Ore
gon. It is supposed that these people
threw the bottle in the Umatilla river
with the message sealed up expecting 1t
to be carried by tine water at least further
than four miles, says the Pendleton
Tribune. If any other purpose was in
tended the parties who started the mes
sage on It's voyage can make it known.
From Thursdays Daily
Mr.. c. B. Durbin, of Antelope, was in
town Yesterday.
Judge Thornbury is reported little
better this morning.
Mr.. Ed. Patterson, of Salem, is visiting |
his parents In this city.
Mr. }. G. Koontz was passenger on this
mornings train to Portland.