The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-02-13
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily !.


Court has been in session three days. an
considerable business has been transacted
It promises to be short term, and this wi
suit taxpayers.
There has been shipped from Mort
Yakima FOL bales of hops, most of whic
were sent to Milwaukee. There are stil
on hand 204 bales, forty of which are tn
1890 crop.
Farmers in Gillian county during th
past season hauled grain distance o
sixty miles to market. The price thi
year. was sufficiently remuneratlve to war
rant this hauling, but ordinary seasons
will not.
We received pleasant call this morn
ing from Mr.. w. II. Stats, of. Dufur. HI
gives favorable report of that vicinity
and says some who have farms on th,
south hill sides are blowing preparatory
to sowing spring grain.
We have received pleasant call to-
day from Mr.. Chas. White, of lone
Idaho, who was sheriff of Wascc county
over twenty seven years ago. He Is vel
known to old residents, and will meei
very many old friends.
individual and one with proclivitles fol
tramplng oyer the crusted surface of the
mundane sphere at the city Jail last
night. They were interviewed by the
recorder this morning, and fines imposed.
Mr.. Stacey Shown, the jeweler, has two
very interesting relics in the shape of "a
watch and pair. of spectacles, which
date back 10 1850. The spectacles are the
kind which were worn during the revolu-
ton, and the watch of the BULBS eye pat
tern that were in vogue at the time of our
grandparents.
This afternoon the case of Gibson VS.
the o s L 6 q N Co is on tiisl. By
agreement of counsel the case is being
tried by eleven jurors, as follows: Fl F
Woodcock, Polk Butler, V Wincell. w L
Hendrix, Geo A Liebe, Hans Lage, Fl W
Steel, A D Savage, Frank Chase, J 81
Sternwelss and W R Menefee.
Albany Herald: One day last week a
mail carrier named Holgate started across
Yaquina bay in skiff, and when nearly
across large breaker broke over his
boat, filling II and throwing him out. He
rega1ned his seat in the skiff, and by his
loud cries attracted the attention of cltl-
Zens, who at once went to his rescue.
Historian: A worthy gentleman named
Miller, who has congressional aspirations in
the Second congressional district of this
state, has the old idea in his head, and will
start newspaper" to announce his claims
in opposition to Congressman Hermann.
The school of experience is very dear
one. Mr.. Miller, however, is not the first
man who took brass band along when he
went shooting ducks.
The case of Shown VS. Garretson was
called this morning, and the following jury
empannelled: w L Hendrix, Hans Lage.
81 W Steel, A d Savage, Frank Chase,
John A Wilson, T R Coon, D Creighton,
v Winchell, G A Liebe, ] T Peters and
Richard Woodward. After the case was
opened and the first witness examined
motion for non suit against the plaintiff
was sustained.
Prinevlle Ne,os:: Such beautiful
weather as we experienced during the
entire month of January, and the same
that February has favored US with up to
date, makes our climate simply elyslan
in its character. No country on the face
of the earth could have enjoyed more
pleasant mid winter weather than the
Inland Empire has enjoyed during the
past six weeks.
Prineville NeaDs: Mr.. g. A. VanHouten,
who is foreman of the B. s. d L. Co., of
Hay Creek, visited the Beaver creek coun-
try recently in the interest of the COM
pany, and on his return he called on this
office and stated that the snow up there is
all the way from eight to twelve inches
deep, but while all the stockmen are feed
ting, feed is still abundant and stock of all
kinds is looking well. Charley is an ex-
perienced stockman and knows whereof |
he speaks.
1t seems that everything was created |
for purpose and all that is needed is to |
find out the purpose. The universal pres
ence of sage brush, a shrub that is much |
despised when growing where farmer |
wants to cultivate the land where it is
found, is most difficult to find use for |
MIR. Robert Long, of Boise City, has |
lty of paper out of the brush. He is en-
deavorine to get some capitalists to join
him in his enterprise.
Glacier: Thursday morning few of our
citizens asserted they had felt an earth.
quake shock about half-past o'clock the
previous evening, but were not telieyed, as
the great majority had failed to experience
the shake. The fact that Portland and
other Oregon points report '.quake" at
that time compels the doubling Thomases
to yield the point. Indeed. the proof was
SO convincing that n,ne.tenths of our popu-
lation have become convinced that they felt
it at the time.
The following from Washington City
dispatch will be of some interest to old
residents of The Dalles: "Representauye
Hermann to- day secured report from
the committee on claims for the relief of
Chauncey M. Lockwood, of Salem, who
was a mail contractor between The Dalles
anc Salt Lake City many years ago. The
amount carried In the bill is about $10,-
BOO. Senator Mitchell reported the same
bill favorably in the senate"
Astoria IoUn Talk: The two 10000
pound guns for Fort Candy were brought
down on a scowstnwed ny the steamer
Puritan, arriving here last evening in
charge of E. 81. Freeman, department
quarter master. Quite large number of
citizens went down to the Telephone dock
his morning to take look at the guns.
At high water they were started for their
destination. E. w. Wright, the cons
tractor, will make quite nice little sum
of his contract.
The most remarkable thing accom-
plished by the earthquakelet the other
evening, happened in Mob Hill resi-
dence in Portland. The family have
piece of brac- a. brac, in the shape of
clock, which stopped short
several years ago, and has merely been
ever since, a more modern
Article keeping the time for the house.
The quake stopped the new clock and
started the old one, which, refreshed by
its long rest, is ticking away as merrily as
possible, and bids fair to run for another
century, if the next earthquake does not
cause it to change its mind.
The matter of wool Is one of great i'm
portance IN this state. The Oregonian
coDdences considerable information in
the following paragraph: "The wool trade |
of the world is SO closely inter-related |
that our markets will watch closely the |
sale of $4,000 bales of Australian wool
that will be held this week in London. |
1t is expected that Americans will buy |
more than they did at the sales a year |
ago, but there will be brisk competition |
from Yorkshire and Continental buyers,
whose stocks are light The home sltua- |
tien is tersely described IN Boston tele- |
gram; which says that a STEADY market |
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