The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-03-05
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily .


To-day being Ash Wednesday, the lei
ten season begins.
The Drs. Beers, physicians of Wasct
Sherman county, are IN The city.
Mr.. VIM. Holder, state lecturer of tn
grange of Oregon, Is IN the city.
Mr.. Tim Stapleton, an old resident 0
The Dalles. is in the city on short visit
The city recorder had only one patlen
this morning, and he was an ordinary jnebri
: ate. ~
License to marry was granted by tn,
county clerk Monday to Leila E. Kemp an.
C. P. Odell.
wacoma and Pythogoras lodges, K. 0
p, located at Hood RIVER and Cascad,
Locks, will soon organize uniform
rank.
As soon as the necessary preliminaries
can be made lodge of Knights of Pythi-
as will be organized at Wasco, Sherman
county.
DIR. Hollister was called to-day to consult
with DIR. Brosins, OF Hood River, over the
case of Mrs. Bacchus of that place who has
been i'll several weeks.
There were two carloads of cattle fed at
the stockyards yesterday for the American
Preserved Meat company at Troutdale.
The stockyards haye attracted attention
from all parts of the northwest, and is a
good advertisement Of our shipping facili-
ties.
We are in receipt of General Buffers
book, and the many ISLANDERS against him
have at last found a successful refutatIon.
1t is written IN Buffers own inimitabIe
style, and will be entertaining as liter
ary production and interesting as adding
to the history of the civil war.
Some time ago, London paper offered
2-guinea prize for the best definition of a
kiss. Among the 1000 answers received
were the following: "A report at head
quarters. Contraction of the mouth due
to enlargement of the heart ''An article
that is always accepted and imprinted,
but not always published"
Eugene Guard: A dispatch from S. G.
Miller. sheriff of Douglas county, to Sheriff
Noiand states that two prisoners escaped
from the Roseburg jail Monday night. One
smooth face, heavy set, plays on bones.
The other boy, IA years of age, smooth
face, heavy set, wears old clothes. They
are supposed to have started this way.
Fossil Journal: George Thompson, of
Arlington, is receiving favorable mention
in Republican ranks for sheriff, and he
would probably make as good race as
any man in the party. He made good
and popular clerk in WascO county. He
has many friends here, and would run
well in the northern and southern por-
tions of the county.
Astoria Talk: Eight hundred eastern
newspaper editors are heading tor the Pa
cific coast in one droYe. They will arrive
in san Francisco on the 1st of May, and
many, if not all of them, will come to
Oregon What is the matter of inviting
them to the Columbia River Centennial
Celebration? Of course they won't have
cent, but they will have their brains and
appetites with them.
Misses Rosa Misspelt and Maggie Krauft,
were returning home from church Sunday
evening, when on Ninth street, in the
darkness they accidentally stepped off the
sidewalk where it makes an abrupt turn |
at the crossing of the canal. The girls |
were both precipitated into the deep |
water and were rescued with some diff |
Guilty by Mr.. and Mrs. Tancher, who were |
walking behind them. The place needs |
8 railing or street light, as it is danger
GUS at present.
There has been no loss of stock in East
ern Oregon this winter, not because there
has been no severe weather, for the pres
ent winter set in early and the snow has
completely covered up the range; but the
experience of the past has taught our
stockmen that if they don't pile up feed
in the summer their stock wilt be piled
up In the wInter.-LakeUieao E!raminer. J
This may be true of Southeastern Oregon;
but in the counties bordering on the CO.
lumbia river, east of The Cascade mount
aims, there have been no appreciable WIN
ter whatever.
Hugo Hume, of Seattle, has sued the
Post Inteltigencer for $4,000. Hume is a
tailor In that city, and about a
year ago the paper published an article
headed: "Who Robbed Hume? Tailor
Graham Says Hume Himself is the Thief
Done to Defraud Creditors" This hints
very strongly at fraudulent disposal of
goods on the part of Hume, which had
been mortgaged 10 one II. j. Graham, and
that story of robbery was concocted to
cover the disposal. On this the plaintiff
prays judgment in the large amount men
Iioned.
East Oregonsan: Joseph N. Dltmars, the
and miner of Granite, was in
the city short time Monday evening,
and gave an encouraging account of the
mining prospects there. He US that
parties who have been working their
claims are all we'll satisfied with the re-
suits. A rich bed of ore has been struck
in the lower tunnel at the Portland Com
pany's mine, where work has been pushed
during the winter months by jack powers.
Snow is fast disappearing. Placer min
ers are happy over good supply of
water.
Baker City Blade: There arrived in our
city Monday mother and three children,
by the father-in-law of Mr..
Lawrence Kreen, direct from a small
own In Hungary. The children consist
of two girls, aged II and l9 respectively,
and son IA years of age. Mr.. .Kreen,
who is miner employed ut the White
Swan, has been looking for them for the
past ten days. He was overjoyed at see
ng them for it has been eleven years
'ince he left his natiye country and fam
ly. They were fifteen days on the ocean
md nine days crossing the continent
This is only torerunner of what is TO
come to Baker City during the coming
year.
Once upon Monday dreary she was
working weak and weary, down upon ber
narrows mopping, mopping up the ,
kitchen floor. While the mop went flip
ping, Tapping, suddenly she heard tap
,ing, tapping at the kitchen door, "'Iis
Iome visitor" she muttered, tapping at {
he kitchen door; gracious Peter, what :
,ore" Up she jumped and nearly swear
ng hastily began preparing to appear as I
woman wish to when their callers look {
hem o'er-yanked her apron off and slung
t, grabbed dolman up and hung it o'er
he greasy gown she wore. Then she I
opened wide the dOor-and found a {
awed. off boy who wanted to know if she
ildn't want some fresh roasted peanuts.
East Oregonian: r. N. Adams, while
oundIng up cattle at the head of Mckay
.rsek the other day, CHANGED to pass near a |
helye of rock and saw human skull pro-
rudlng. It grlnned at HIM in a chastity
md menacing manner, but Bob is not to be
frightened at fancies, and picked it up, TAX I
ng 1t to his camp for company. The skull /
lad evidently long remained in its rocky
estIng place, for it had all the appearances
# extreme age. There was an opening at
he base and also IN the forehead which
eemed to have been made by bullet, and
,erhaps some murder may have been COM
nitted long years ago in the gloomy soli-
ude of the mountains. But who the skull +
to and how he met his death viii !
lways remain mystery unless, perchance,
he spirit wanderer may apply to Bob for j
he recovery Of his property. 1t will be ,
returned.
Several weeks ago there was trouble be- I
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