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

Hon. Joseph ID. Lee, of Portland, is IN
the city.
George u. Jones, of Portland, represent.
ing the Oregonian, is in the city.
A. W. Branner, the well known stage
man and mail contractor, was in the city
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph MacEachern lett
this morning for Portland to visit metropol-
itan friends.
Mr.. Lemuel Burgess, of Bakeoven, re-
turns home this evening after a stay of sey-
eral days in the city.
Mr., Hunt says he will make one cabinet
photo, free, for each of the first seven young
ladies who will call at his gallery and men,
tion this local.
An after dinner tonic. an extract of malt
and hops, just received at Byrne, Floyd
Co.'s drugstore. This is highly recommend
ed as cure for dyspepsia and also as bev
erage during meals.
Mr.. james George, the well-known en-
gineer on this division, has been given
charge of the work train engine and will
put In his time In such capacity until re-
vival of business restores him to his old
run.
The result OF last weeks meetings in the
new Methodist church were summed up at
the close of the service last night as fol-
lows: Four conversions and fourteen ac-
cessions to the church. Services will be
held each evening of this week at 1880.
Mr. Sully French. left for Portland last
evening to complete his arrangements to se-
cure machinery for planning mill in this
city. He is also engaged in the construc-
ton of two cottages for Mrs. Kiss and has
a number of other contracts on his hands.
Ex-State Senator George Chandler, of
Baker City, is in the city on his way to
Portland with a number of "Shorthorns,"
which he has for sale. Senator Chandler
has of late eschewed politics and is deYoting
his entire attention to the raising of fine
stock.
At the recent examination of applicants
for teachers certificates, held in this city,
the following successful candidates were
granted certificates: Asa Stogsdill, Wamic;
Grace A. Graham, Hood River; Edwin II.
Merrill, John A. Haylock, Ella Cooper and
Mary I. Wil1uet, The Dailes.
Twenty-Five new fire plugs were received
th-day from st. Paul and will be distributed
about the city. These plugs will afford bet
ter protection against fire then the city has
yet been furnished with. With snoh in.
creased facilities to fight fire the rates of in
surance should be considerably lessened.,
Dick Nolan, on the night watch at Bald
WINS, has gone into the brokerage business.
He is now prepared to loan sums in amounts
to suit with no commissions. He recently
loaned silver dollar and was so successful in
negotiating the same that he has become a
regular Jay Gould on anything pertaining
to finances.
Arrangements are teing made to hold the
next teachers institute at Hood River, and
the time of meeting will probably be in
April. The last institute held at Dufur,
was a most successful affair. and the inter-
est shown in these meetings by the teach
ers of the county speaks well for the educa-
tional prosperity of the county.
Gambler Sandy Olds, the murderer of
Emil Weber, and after four trials, sentenced
to serve term of one year in the peniten-
tiary, has fulfilled that obligation and is
again in Portland. The Oregonian sarcas-
tically remarks that any one who wants to |
find out where Sandy will open his new
game can inquire at the police headquarters |
for information.
On Wednesday last Febrqary oath, Mr..
William j. Saltzman, living at Burnt |
Ranch, Crook county, passed away after
suffering severe attack OF the prevailing |
epidemic, the grip. Deceased was one of |
the pioneer residents of Eastern Oregon,
well and favorably known throughout the |
section IN which he lived, and his death |
will be severely regretted by many friends. |
He was SO years and 8 months o. age at |
the time of his death, and leaves wife, |
three daughters and one son to mourn the |
loss of loving husband and a devoted |
father.
I Last evening, memorial service, in hon
or of the late Charles W. Spurgeon, the |
celebrated English divine, was held at the |
court house and largely attended. Major |
Ingalls,, who it appears is also an evangelist,
delivered the memoriam, giving a concise
and interesting review of the life of the
wonderful minister strongly portraying the
power of an active Christian life. The re-
marks of the speaker were attentively
listened to throughout. Similar services
have been held in many places throughout
the country, which attests the wonderful
popularity and prominence which Spurgeon
attained during his life time.
The recent rains appear to have been gen.
eral throughout Wasco county, reports from
all directions showing that the storm had
been general. As far south as Antelope the
rain fell in good old fashioned style and will
result In a wonderful improvement in both
stock and ranches. Everything bids fair
for one of the most bounteous harvests ever
experienced in this section and should the
present favorable conditions keep up there
will be little use OF trying to get rain by
artificial means. What is better than all is
the fact that prices for grain promise to
rule as high, if not higher, than the past
season, which will bring happiness to many
a home whose only shadow to-day is the
mortgage on the farm. A good crop and
good prices will release this and give the
honest, hard.working toiler a chance to work
and liYe for himself and family, free from
the iron grasp of money sharks who only
thriva unon the n,isfortnnes of ofhars