The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-07-30
From Fridays Daily.


The run Of fish has been quite light dur
ing the past few days.
| Mr.. George Herbert, mine host of tn
Mt. Hood hotel, Is in the city.
Mr.. Thos. Olsen, who has been sick 10
the past few days, is very much improved
to-day.
Wereceived call to day from Mr.. Buck
ley, of the firm of Kerr & Buckley, Gras
Valley, Ore.
Hon. j. c. Luckey, Indian agent at tn
| Warm Springs reservation, arrived in tn.
city last evening.
| One inehriate was arsestei last night an(
| lodged in Jail. but was not sober enough tt
\ be interviewed when we called this morn
! ing.
The Moody coaching party arrived in the
| city last evening about S o'clock, having
made AZ miles since morning. The few days
recreation on Mt. Hood was fully enjoy ed
by the party.
| Marshal Mahoney arrested a demi-
monde this morning IN beastly state of in
toxlcatiou. and locked her up in the city
Jail. The marshal Is to be commended in
this act, as the fair reputation of the city
cannot afford such exhibitions.
DIR. Nicholas Sem, Professor OF Surgery
at Rush Medical college, Chicago, gave D..
Logan call this morning He was one of
a party of tourists from Chicago, composed
of business men and some of the leading
citizens, who came on special train, and
were en- route to Alaska.
Owing to the fact that my resignation as
pastor If the NJ. L Church was not accept
ed by the proper authorities | have with.
drawn the same. and will conduct services
next Sunday at P. M, having an appoint
ment in the country at ii A. M
A. G. SPENCER.
Albany Democrat. Parties arriving on the
morning tram tell Of an incident. A couple
men were talking when one offered to bet
the other that he did not have $50 on his
person. The bet was taken and the money
displayed. when a man standing near b,
grabbed the coin and Disappeared
A large safe standing on the corner o.
Front and Washington since the fire of
September I'd was tipped over into the
street last night bv some hoodums. These
hoodlums must have been quite large and
muscular, as the sac was lifted over the
fire plug against which it rested before it
was thrown down.
Mr.. John B. Stevenson, Jr, president of
the Kansas City, Ft. Smith and Southern
Railroad, Is in the city. He left PhIladel-,
phia for two weeks tour of the Pacific
coast, and has been absent now six weeks.
Ex Gov. Moody accompanied him from Sa-
lem, and was showing him the principal
points of interest around The Dalles to day.
A half-breed Indian was arrested this
morning on the charge of selling liquor to
Indians. and was examined before United
States Commissioner Huntington, aud bound
over to answer the charge before the United
States district Judge in Portland. He will
be taken down by deputy United States
Marshal Jameson. who has been in the city
for the past few days.
]. N. King writes from Athena and says
that the first mau hung III Oregon accord
ing to law and evidence was a man by the
name Of Stump. He protests against the
effort being made to save Zorn's neck and
claims every murderer should paw the
penalty OF his crime. Mr.. King is77 years
old aud came to Oregon before there were
any laws or government.
The Teachers Normal County Institute
will again be held IN The Dalles, conmenc-
ing August 22i at 80 P. NJ. and continuing
two weeks. 1t will be such training school
for teachers as none can afford to miss. The
money paid by teachers tor certificates dur
ing the year will be used for the employ
m Mt of the best instructor, and no effort
viii be spared by the superintendent to
make 1t grant success.
Mr. d. FL. Steggman, OF Hartland,
Wash, gave US a cali this mo,ning. He
says crops are very good in Klickitat coun-
tv, and harvesting has begun. He has four
h leaders at work, and his field Is a lie long
by half mile wide. As soon as cne wagon
is full, it is driven to the stack. and emptied
of It's contents. 1t then again takes its
place, and receives its load. This iu the
routine with the four wagons, and is kept
mp until the field is denuded of its grain.
The straw is cut very close to the ground,
and, after being threshed Of the grain, fur
n shes good feed for cattle and horses.
East Oregoniag: About 10 o'clock Tues
day morning, as Union Pacific west bound
freight train was coming into the yard on
the main line: the was trouble between 1t
aud the yard engiue over the right of way,
and a new proof was offered that two en-
gines cannot occupy the same space at the
same time. The cowcatcher of the freight
engine was smashed. several drawheads
along the train stove in, and the footboard
of the yard engine demolished. Beyond a
general shaking up little damage was done. I
1t is probable that someone in the yard Will
also receive shaking up
East Oregon Republican: Deputy Sheriff
Usher, while on an Official trip to Kamela
met with an accident Saturday night that
might have resulted seriously. The might
was very dark, and as he attempted to board
ata ff,ryp n
him off his feet. He kept hold of
the band-rail, this preventing him from
falling beneath the wheels, He was drag
eed some distance, but when coming in the
light of the station he was discovered by
man on the platform who took hold Of him
and pulled him out of danger. He was
bruised up. 1t was a close
call.
A few days ago head keeper R. Peterson,
of the Tillamock Rock lighthouse, set his
foot on the mainland, after a rrotracted
exile of nine months on the lonely sea-girt
rock. Peterson for five years has per
formed the duty of iight-keeper with only
thi ee persons-two assistants-for company
and patch of sterile rock Is feet square
surrounded by the bounding main as his
dominion. Of all the light stations on the
United States coast Tillamook Rock is prob
ably the most lonesome. The rock is So
feet In height from the water and the tower
rises 4S feet making the total height l36
feet from the ocean to the focal plane of
the light. The lamp is an immense circu-
lar fve.wick, and is revolyed by machinery;
a system of blank lenses making it a fiasi
light.
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Good Looks.