The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-12-03
From Mondays Daily.

s | FROM Mondays Daily.
The public schools resumed session to d
after the Thanksgiving vacation.
Wheat still continues to arrive in limit
J quantities, and there is quite competIti
among buyers.
Miss Bessie Cram. who has been visitu
her sister, Mrs. Maria Booten, at Grass v:
ley, returned home to-day.
Deputy Sheriff Haley took down Sand;
morning young man named Zachary, in
plicated IN the Roslyn bank robbery.
We are sorry to learn that Capt. Levi
who was convalescing from his recent sick
ness. suffered relap.e and is now threa
ened with typhoid fever.
Paul Kreft had his paint brush in han
ornamenting the interior of the recorder
office this morning, and it will have a muc
different appearance after he is throug
with it.
Freight trains between this city and Port
land are almost of hourly occurrence sine
the blockade has been raised. In a half
hour Saturday night three trains arrived
| from Portland.
Our young friend, Mr.. w. S. Elliott, o
Umatilla, has been promoted to the position
OF street commissioner. This has aroused
his ambition, and it will not be surprising n
ne is elected mayor at the next election.
MIR. c. B. McKinstry, formerly cashier ol
the Little Rock bank, Iowa, has associated
himself IN business with Mr.. j. NJ. Hunt
ington in the collection and real estate bus
mess in this city. He comes very highly
recommended for business qualifications.
The secretary of state is In receipt of obi.
cial election returns from all the counties
except Coos, Curry. Grant, Harney and
klamath. The vote stands Nathan Pierce,
80. 995; Caples, SO, l66; Dunno, 33 O97; Ir-
win, 81, ,096; Miller, 33. 062. Pierce's plu-
rality over Caples is S29 which will be in
creased by the complete returns
Mr.. FlowerdaY, the artist, is turning out
some excellent pictures of residents OF The
Dalles and vicinity. He makes the art OF
photopraphing careful study, and AIMS not
only to procure correct likeness OF the IN
dividual, but to finish his work in first.class
style. His gallery is located the third door
south of the TIMES MoUNTAINEER office.
The little son of Charley Frey. of Hard
man, who has just passed eight summers,
was brought before Judge Keithly last Tues
day, says the Gazette, to be examined as to
his sanity. He was adjudged insane and
Wednesday morning Sheriff Noble departed
with the unfortunate lad, en- route for Salem,
where 1t is hoped full recovery will soon be,
brought about.
Walla Walla celebrated It's third of a
century anniversary last week. The village
had first been called Walla Walla, then
then Wallatpu, when, on Nov.
IL, 1859, the county commissioners in ans
wer to petition and protest, the former
asking that a town be laid out to be known
as Wailatpu, the latter that it be called
Walla Walla, designating 1t as the county
seat, and describing its boundaries.
The snow was six feet deep on the Great
Northern pass of the Cascade mountains
asst week. Judging from the continued
rainfall here and the snow In the mountains
It must be much greater now. 1t sometimes
shows as much as three feet in one night.
It is predicted that that the track cannot be
aid IN the time specified; it may, possibly,
De delayed all winter, judging from what
las happened other winters.
Moro Observer: Alex Mcintosh and Mr..
Wood, one of The Dalles butchers, was out
ooking at some cattle at John Kings place
Monday night. There was a very heavy
og and after travelling for some time they |
While they fetched up at Com. Jno. A. |
doore's. where they procured lantern and |
made the rest OF their way in safety; as it |
vas they came near having to camp out all |
light.
The land slide near Bonneville was sue
essfully brldged Saturday, and the first |
assenger train from Portland passed over
that night, arriving at The Dalles on reg /
11.E0 Tha ,,nsxaI MIL
ocks and trees, is evidently the overflow of
oIe reservoir of water on the mountains,
aused by the heavy rains recently. 1t is
xpected that no further difficulty will be
ncountered after the subsistence of the
verfow.
Scout: James Green, formerly of this city,
ecame engaged In d quarrel with young
ian of Ladd canyon few days ago, when
pponent and had him down. While in
his position the young man drew a pocket
nIfe and cut Green a severe cash on his
1roat, from the effects of which he came
ear bleeding to death. He was taken to
he residence of his uncle, John Green, OF
add canyon, and at last accounts was get
ng along very well.
We learn from the Hood River Glacier
idt Ou Odturudys NONemDor Lotuy MIS- |
ulia Howell, aged % years, months and
days died in that town. The funeral took
lace from the Barrett residence Sunday |
ternoon, the body being inferred beside
lat of Mrs. Barrett's father, the late Vel
.us Hodge, in q beautiful spot on the farm.
Irs. Howell was daughter of DR.. and
RS. Barrett, an accomplished musician,
I'd for long while correspondent of the
enver papers from Honduras, Central
merica.
Miss Annie Powell and Miss Maggie Huff.
70 OF Moro's fair damsels, says the OBJ I
ruer, met with what might haye been
rious accident. Friday evening as they
ere driving homeward from singing school
ome one had planted fence post in the
nter of the road) and as the night was ex-
edingly dark they never saw it, and con-
quently the horse SHE'D off enough to miss
e post but the cart did not. The sudden
oppage threw the girls out. There was
serious damage done excepting severely |
aking them up.
Mr.. NJ. Thornborn some weeks ago lost {
out 300 sheep from his band on rygh
lge, and, after diligent search, could find
trace of them. A few days ago band
sheep with the brands and earmarks de- J
ed was driven into the city and sold to |
3 of our dealers. During the week Mr.. S
lomon Houser, of Tygh valley, came into /
, city, an6, being acquainted with the q
,ep examined them. He was of the opin- :
that they were Thorborn's, and to-day q
:. Thornboru Is in the city to further in. h
stigate the matter.
Eugene Register: Though hundreds of 4
,otes have been killed in this locality a
" are still quite plentiful and of late I
1e been more so than common, judging i
m the reports of the number Of sheep Il
ng killed. The Seavy boys, who recent g
purchased a band, neglected to put them n
few nights ago and the next morning /
ind that three of them had been killed h
ring the night by the coyotes. They are v
y sly and hard to capture, and rainy {,
rs and nights are their favorite times to
nmit depredations. 9,
Dr.. Louis Swift. of Rochester, N. Y, in G
king with Post Erpress reporter the d
er day said: 81 predict that on the even. Il
of the 9th of this month as soon as n
kness falls. there will commence rain t'
fire which will be remembered for years. 81
Is display Is not one of the periodic ones ct
lded to before, but is connected with the D
,earance of the new comet" The time bl
come and gone, and nothing unusual has ar