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

disaster, ana as Cn6 ITdCk VI in9h va
found going to and from the hay ricks, rh
mystery was solYed. As we go to press tn
guilty party has not been apprehended.
A move Is now on foot to bring int
Boise City the hot water from the artesia
wells about two miles above town, and uti
ize it for heating purposes. Pipes are a.
ready laid, and the experiment will be trie
in the new city ball and IN the publ
school building If 1t Is a success there, l
will be generally used throughout the city
The papers are congratnlating the peopl
on the arrest of the Roslyn bank robbers
aud this will be in place when the person
now in Jail are proved to be the culprits
| But there seems to be an OPT ION In thi
community that the guilty. ones are no
yet caught, and by men W appear to hav
reasons for this belief.
| T. j. Uhlman, the Portland butcher wh'
| bought so many beef cattle in this vicinity
recently, says the Fossil Journal, has failed
with $4,000 liabilities. Il is presumed tn,
| beef trust of the metropolis showed hin
under, as he was brsnchlng out a little tot
much for them, aud thereby endangerins
the perpetuity of the monopoly.
An exchange saws: "Mud baths were
common among the aDcients, the mud or
the seashore and the slime OF the rivers
being especially priced for 9his purpose
The Tartars and Egg ptians still use them
in certain diseases. They. are taken by
the people at many places on the contl-
nent of Europe" These baths are quite
popular among the Indians in the viclD
ity of The Dalles, and appear to be
curative of very many nervous disorders
During the time of the Birgfeld trial in
this C ty the throng at the court house FULLY
demonstrated the danger Of the construc.
tion of the opening of the doors. Fortu-
natey there was no panic; but if an alarm
of fire had been sounded. and rush had
been made for the doors, these, opening on
The insid would have caused serious If not
fatal injury to many, for they would have
become jammed and egress would have been
impossible. All doors should open out
wardIy in public halls, as fatal accidents
have frequently happened by reason of
them opening inwardly.
new form of field for base ball Is being
seriously CO templated 1t will have an
extra base, in order to make base running
oftener and more exciting. The dist noes
will be home to lst, and 4th to home, 90
4th, 20 feet. Under this arrangement the
runner will have less distance to run be-
tween the bases, and the catcher less dis
tance by to 10 feet to throw to I'd and 81
base, and without any player Intervening
This will do away with short stop, requir-
ing the same lumber of men as now.
Though the gr, alter part of the land
through which the Great Northern passes
IN Wa nnSuryaued aln,0st all 0f
the Snohomish valley is occupied by squat
ters, and few years promise to see 1t as
well populated as any west of the Cascades.
the engineers who located the road cut the
first trail to the headwaters. and so uudis-
turbed did they find the solitudes that a
colony of ahour 100 besyers was discovered
where the 90 mile post now is. Not only is
there ricn agricultural land, but the hi Is
are clothed with such dense forests of giant
timber as would make MichIgander green
with envy.
Salem Statesman: Governor PenDoyer
granted two full psrdons yesterday TO
convicts who have served their terms in
the state penitentiary, for the purpose of
restoring them to the rights of citizen
ship. Oiaf Benson uttered a forged
check and was sentenced from Multno.
nah county February 90. 1892, to serve
a term of one year. B. F. Lackey, the
other. served year for larceny by bailee
In Gillian county, and his restoration
was recommended by the district attor-
ney.
The first whist club of the season was
las, evening at Keller's hall,
and several games were played before ad-
journment Following were the officers
elected. Fl. M. Beall, president; W. II.
Wilson, secretary; DR.. w. E RInebart,
treasurer. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs 81. M Beall, Mr.. and Mrs j. B
Crossen, Mr.. and Mrs j. s Flsh, Mr..
and Mrs. &c HostetIer, DR.. apd Mrs. W.
E Ripehart, Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Morgan,
DR.. and Mrs. E. Eshelman, Mr.. and Mrs
F. A. Houghton, Mr.. and Mrs. G. ].
Crandall and Mr. W. q. Lochhead.
They are quarantining against small
pox at North Yakima, and from the Her
aid we learn that "specia. police were
employed last week to keep strsggler.
from the city who had come from the
vicinity of the camp in Kittitas county
where smallpox had broken out Mon
day, the mayor concluding that the regu
lsr force was sufficient for this purpose,
and the specials were retired. Although
there have been rumors of the contagion
appearing in the camps of Katz & Smith,
IN the Sunnyside district, Mr. Smith en-
phatically denies their truth. He says
that in order to keep the danger down to
q minimum. orders have been given and
notices posted that no more men are
wanted or will be employed at present.
In the circuit court yesterday the case on
trial was Baldwin vs.. Snyder, in which the
Jurors rendered a verdict for the |
plaintiff: VIM. Lander, I. r. NIckelsen,
John PhIpps,. VIM. Relsler, John Murphy, |
NJ. B Potter, E. w. Trout, j W Wallace,
VIM. Floyd G. P. Sanders and g W. Run |
yam, This case was for the possession of |
the house on Front street. On the rendi- |
tion of the verdict, the case OF the Hood |
River Water Supply Co. VS.. W, R Winans
was called, and the TO lowing jury Impan-
slled: VIM. Lauder, Thomas Harper, Fl. |
Egbert. John Murphy, John Phipps, j. NJ. |
Leadford, j. B Haveley, L. E Ferguson,
E Bohna, Amos Root, VIM. Helsler and E. |
" Trout. After some proceedings were
lad a motion for non suit was made by de.
endant's counsel. This was taken under
ldvisement by the court, and on reassem-
bling this morning the motion was sus-
aimed.