The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-03-19
From Thursdas's Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
! Hon. w. 81. Fl. Dufur. of Dufur, is in
the city.
The green is plentiful to-day, and flags
are at full mast.
| On Mill creek apricot and peach trees are
| in bloom and the season is far advanced.
We are informed that some of our Ante
| lope neig hbors desire new county, and 8
| movement in this direction will be made a,
an early day.
Judge Bradshaw, Hons. W. 81. Wilson,
| A. S. Bennett, Geo. Watkins, j. L. Story
and DIR. B. s. Huntington returned this
morning from attending court at Wasco.
Cattle interests were never in better con-
| dition for years than during the present
season. Horses, horned cattle and sheep
are IN good flesh, and the grass on the hills
is excellent for this season of the year.
The two militia companies in this city are
in excellent drill, and under the careful dis
cipline of the commanders they are attain
ing state Of proficiency that will be diff
cult to be excelled anywhere in the state.
Mr.. Daniel Gallagher, native OF Ireland,
declared his intention yesterday of becom-
ing an American citizen, and to make this
fact emphatic renounced under oath mis-
allegiance to the queen of Great Britain and
Ireland.
The clip of wool this season will be IN
better condition than for several years past,
and the yield will be abundant and of good
quality. Wool will not begin to come to
market for some time; but our warehouse
men are preparing to handle the largest clip
of any season.
Mr.. n. +. Corash, the night clerk at the
Umatilla House, is one of the most gentle
manlys officials in the city. Accommodate
ing and genteel to customers, he has made a
host of friends and as ticket agent of the
Union Pacific during the nocturnal hours,
he has largely added to this list
There have been some very fine veins of
coal discovered near Antelope, in this coun-
ty, which will eventually be source of
wealth to any person who undertake their de.
velopment. They are of good quality and
in abundant quantities, and all they need to
infuse prosperity into the community is de-
velopment.
After the speech of Hon. A. G. Wolfen-
barger at the court house this afternoon a
Prohibition club was organized, the follow.
ing officers being elected: Leslie Butler
president; R B. Hood, vice president; Mrs.
Donnell, secretary; Mrs. Butler, treasurer.
The club meets to morrow evening at the
reading room.
A lady at Antelope, few days ago, hav-
ing her life made miserable by the contlnu-
Gus "sprees",of ner husband, determined to
demolish the cause, and undertook an indi-
vidual crusade against the saloon Oh her
own account. She demolished the fixtures
around the bar with club, and then. made
for the coal oil lamps, when the bar keeper
put her out. Some of the citizens of An-
telepe admire her grit, and do not severely
criticise her judgment.
In CONVERSATION with Mr.. Frank Seu.
fert, of Seufert Bros, Yesterday, we learn
that extensive preparation are being made
for handling the large run of salmon which
is expected in the Columbia when the sea.
SOP opens. There Is abundant snow IN the
Mountains, and this will make the river
high, which will insure large quantities OF
nsh. We should not be surprised if the
salmon export this year would be larger
than ever before.
Milton Eagle: Some three weeks ago d.
Talbert put IL eggs under a setting hen,
and trusting to nature and the hens pa
tience to bring him a brood of chickens,
calmly awaited the result. This week he
received his reward, for the old hen made
her appearance with IA downy little chick
ems. Mr.. Talbert. our informant, is>a gen.
tleman of unquestionable veracity. The
incident is only further proof of our coun-
try's remarkable productiyeness.
A fortunate accident oc Cured at the rail-
road machine shops at La Grande Monday
While an attempt was being made to re-
move the head from piston rod, the mass
OF iron exploded, slightly injuring F. Brook
Ter and an assistant named Jacobs. The ac-
cident occurred IN very peculiar manner.
In order to remove the head from the rod it
was placed in the forge and heated. The
head Is heavy circular piece of casting
just the size of the cylinder, and is hollow.
In the process of beating the same there
should have been left vent hole, but there
was NOT, and the expansion in the hollow
space caused an explosion. Pieces of cast
ing about the size of mans head were
thrown promiscuously over the shop, and it
is wonder that no one was killed.
Asotin Sentinel: James Cussick and his
company are working on the California
ledge about two and one-half miles above
the Grand Ronde 0p Snake river. They
will run tunnel in one hundred and fifty
feet to cross.cut the ledge. The ledge Is
between eight and ten feet wide and assays
well and looks fayorable every other way.
Captain Forester found ledge OF quartz
last fall near Snake river, which he named
the Star of Idaho, that showed considerable
pyrites of copper and iron, that all who saw
1t predicted it would assay we'll. Recent
returns from the assay office are not of
very hattering nature. PyrItes OF copper
looks so much like gold that new miners
cannot always distinguish the two, while
that of iron so closely resembles silver that
it takes an expert to discover the difference.
The fire.plugs on the bluff will be great
advantage over what has been heretofore;
hut there should be hose placed at convent
ent distances that couid be used il case of
fire. September ID of last year fully dem.
onstrated the foolish policy adopted by the
council in not haying any mains below the
bluff, and the water commission IN meas
ure remedied this by ordering new pipes to
be laid down Union and Second streets.
We are still firmly convinced that the es
sence of decayed timber, ETC., winch is now
being given to our people, will, in time, be
not be desirable, and that In a few
years, when the old fume decays OF is
washed away by freshet, the pumping
system will be inaugurated. We are we'd
ded to this, and, without dictation or iDhu-
ence from any one, shall continue to advo-
cate this as the only adequate system of
water works for The Daiies.