The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-01-23

hnloIH my fcl'cUon ol MINIS goods.
We have accepted the agency for the
dermnll American Insurance Co., one
of The oldest aud most reliable In the
world, and nrc prepared 10 give rates.
etc. Give us n call If you want 10 In
sure your property.
The weather clerk lust now In I'm the
very best Of humUr aud N dishing out
such weather as only Oregon can pro.
dltc. The days urc bright aud warm,
me Rrnss h growing und every where
.alc evidences Of spring,
4 letter from Mrs. Il. j. Tbomas
was received 10y Mrs $. H. Barlmcss
Monday, giving the details of their
lrlP home. Among other luxurics
lhcy enjoyed was snow storm which
blockaded their train for lS hours.
The next term Of circuit court I'm this
! county, viii commence February sth,
Judge Bradshaw having cleared the
! docket TT the last term, the coming
one VIII he very short. The Jurors
nave been drawn, and the sheriff will
soon he after the lucky ones.
Mrs Klein is expected home from
california In about three weeks. She
mas been spending the winter there
with Mr. aud Mrs. j. H. Middleton.
we are pleased tOstate that Mrs. Mid
dleton's health Is greatly improved but
regret that Mr.. and Mrs. Middleton
nave concluded 10 remain In California.
There II but little movement In real
estate, but inquiries as 10 prices are be-
ginning 10 be made, aud the coming
summer promises To he an exceptional
one. We predict that many small
tracts will be sold, which IL the best
possible thing that could happen. ns
many OF our farmers are literally land
poor
Mr. NJ. +. 10y Is agent for "The
STORY of Man aud the History of the .
hutlan Race" n magnificent work by
that able writer. j. ID. Buell.. The book
Is u veritablc mine of information and
should bc read by every one who has
hn interest In the evolution Of civilza-
ton and the history of mankind In
primitive times
The Lone Star Literary Society
wednesday evening decided the miphtv
question That Grant was better gen
eml than Lee IN the affirmative. This
ihdorses the decision of the Gladgton-
lins ana ought 10 settle the question.
The subject for debate next Wednesday
evening is, Resolved, that women
should have the right of suilmge.n
Jesse Watson was up from Portland
last saturday, bringing with him two
gentlemen named futile, to show them
MS country. They had been here be.
Tore, but met some doIbting Thomas
VINO drew so ultra-marinc view of the
place that they left without going out .
side of the town. On their second visit :
hey were highly pleased, and will re. ,
urn.
The suit between the riparian own. Z
M OF Patton creek aud the Oregon
Lumber Go. Is being tried before n '
eleree, or rather the testimony is be- !
ny taken. AS result several of our [
'ltizens are called TO The Dalles each a
week Tor the purpose of giving In their =,
esllmony. Mr.. Davenport and Ed.
u lller are among the hast to be called. O
'olng up Wednesday evening.
The regulator has been laid up for
G MlrS, but will soon be on the route
gam. Among other improvements i
he VIII have eight new state rooms. q
his was neccsstated hy the fact that 4
rrangencnts nave been made with
ne Northern Pacific to carry all her y
lufisl passengers, desiring Il from l.
'nrtlAnd 10 The Dullcs aud back: To e,
Iew the scenery up the middle Col l.
mba. =
The marriage Of Miss Cora NJ. Curtis II
} Benjamin III. Nichols was celebrated ~
utHday evening, Dee. 18th, at the res
fence OF James Stewart, Rev. Mr.. Cor
GU officiating. The bride is the sister
NJ. Is. Curtis, and has been the
Hcher in the Mckee school for some u
me past, while the groom is member I'll
lhe engineering corps of the n. F..
akima and kittitas Irrigation Co.. -,
Vkimd Herdid. -"
Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs T., l.. or
MIN gave supper to members of the n
3, .. Y. w. lodge Of this place. Those ~
'esent were: Mr.. and Mrs. $. j. In ID
rance, Mr. and Mrs Lyman Smith, f.
+; and Mrs. j. Il. Rand, DR.. Brosius :
I'd mother, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Har-
sou, Mr.. Jud Ferguson and mother, 10
r. and Mrs A. II. Jewett, Miss n
eliot, Miss Molle Coe, Il. c. Dallas, NJ
Gorge p. Crowell, Il. G. Miller and W
orrence Smith. ~
Sickness has laid its hands heavily J
! George Herbert and his family. He
just able to he up from an attack of :,
grippe, and now Mrs. Herbert is 'e'
*, Mrs. Gates, his mother, came sic
'wn to assist in caring for him, was
ken sick and is lying at deaths door. Al
Gorge Morgan, his brother-in-law, who ~,
slted him, was also attacked and his y"
fe is also seriously i'll. 1t is hard
les, but we hope to note the speedy
covery of all. "' iss
Tuesday, 0. b. Hartley furnished !.
nslderable amusement for those who y
q nothing else to do but be amused,
weighing several head of beef cattle lai
ley were weighed one at Il time being on
ought to the scales at the end of a -
lg rope. They were not used to this an
nd of thing, and in their efforts to to
away nearly every one of them