The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-19
ITFMS IN BRIEF
From Saturdays Haily.

L Mr.. Il. Moore, OF chicago, Is reg
o tered at the Umatilla House.
e The indications are very promising for
= good yield of our wheat harvest.
t Our markets now have plums, peacht
J blackberries and watermelons on sale.
zephyr blew this afternoon, whic
caused quite movement in real estate.
y Mr.. j. NJ. Patterson, wife and family lie
{ on the boat this morning for Collins Ian
. ing, where they will camp for a few day
e The Columbia Packing Co., shipped
the Regulator this morning twenty head
horned cattle and fifty head of sheep to IL
Locks
The street gang were at work this for
noon on Front street, near the railroa
ack, and this afternoon on the Methods
church hill.
There were two hoboes before the mayo
this morning, and one was fined with th
privilege of working it out ON the streets
and the other was given his liberty.
Baled wool is being hauled to the Rega
lator wharf for shipment. W hen the &c
lumbia flows unvexed to the sea the rive
traffic will be of considerable Importance.
The following deed was filed YESTERDAY
with the county clerk: Joseph T Peters am
wife to Lane NJ. Smith; l3 acres and l,
rods of land in section 10 and section II
$4,000
A fellow who couldn't 'tafford" to tax,
his home paper, sent two dellars worth O
stamps to an eastern Yankee to know how
to raise beets. He got an answer to ''grat
hold of the top and pull"
spirited runaway of a team of horse:
took place yesterday evening, ami in conse
quence wagon was left in state of dilap
idation, and the owner was forced to Dor.
row cart to drive home.
From an ElIensburgh exchange we learn
that the partner>hIp heretofore existing be-
tween B E Suipes and w R Abrams has
been dissolved by mutual consent. Both
the parties are well known in this city.
Mr.. Owen Williams will leave tomorrow
morning for a summer vacation at Yaquina
| bay, where, for few weeks, he will listen
to what the wild waves are saying" and,
undoubtedly they will sing songs of glad
ness to him.
The county commissioners are in session
to-day, holding sp cial term to pass upon
J the applica ions of I. w. Lewis and P.
ucEllaney for license to sell spiritious
liquors in less quantities than one gallon
and other business.
Antelope Herald: Parties coming from the
mountains inform US that the sheep up t. ere
are so fat they can almost be tracked by the
grease, and that the finest pasture in the
world can be found in abundance. A better
time Is coming for our sheepmen after the
big scare is over.
A young man by the name of Olson was
in he Of ho he
day afternoon. He was at work for the
government, and in the evening his clothes
were found on the hank of the canal. Mr..
Olson was about q years old, unmarried,
and had been at work some time. Up to a
late hour last night the body had not been
recovered.
The. hose boys had drill last evening"
and in few minutes attached the hose to
the fire plug on the corner of Third and
Court and had water being thrown with
great force block distant Our firemen
are equal to any emergency, and if they
don't win the prize at the tournament on
Sept. 4th it will be their own fault.
Gazette: La Grande is sharing the. ex-
perie ce of her neighbors over the mount
aims in the steady accumulation of idle men.
The number of transient men has largely
increased in the past few days, and while it
includes many of the professional tramp
stripe there is large majority who want
work, and are waiting for an opportunity in
the harvest fields.
Last evening there was reduction of
the force of employees of the Union Pacific
in this city, two wipers one from the
night force and from the day-being dis
charged, and the wages of the man running
the stationery engine and storekeeper were
reduced $40 month When times would
become brisk promise was made that the
former scale of wages would be restored.
James Miller, of Wallowa Bridge. was
carrying scythe on horseback, the pony
became frightened and started to run
Miller attempted to throw the scythe to the
ground. but the end of the snath caught in
the bride rein, jerking the blade under the
pony with such force as to completely sever
one OF his hind legs at the pastern joint.
Miller immediately procured a gun and
ended the pony's suffering with a bullet.
A preacher cannot be too careful in dis
coursing to his congregation One of them
in Joliet, lie, recently remarked in a Sun.
day morning sermon. "God made the
earth in six days and then rested. He
then made man and then rested again.
Then he made woman, since which. time
neither God nor man has rested. %, The
preacher is now out of job as the female
.portioniof the congregation have struck.
The child of Mr.. Frank Lamont, who
was sick with -diptheria at Alhina has since
died. In thefnotice of the sickness and
death our Portland exchanges state that
the disease is prevailing at The Dalles, and
it is claimed that the child contracted
in this city. This is a mistake, as
there never has been but two or three ilso-
lated cases of the dread diseases in this
vicinity, and those lately afflicted are rap
idly recovering.
Nr. James Brennan railroad fireman,
last Thursday, when near the summit west
OF Cello, met with an accident by which he
will be debarred from following his usual
location for some time. He noticed the
water glass of the engine leaking. and while
examining the tube. it exploded, ard pieces
of the substance penetrated his knee cap.
The company's surgeon, Dr. Logan, was
called, and extracted large piece of glass
from the leg and applied the usual reme-
d e..
Governor Pennoyer Thursday issued
proclamation calling the attention of the
people of Oregon to law passed at the last
session of the legislature, which makes It
punishable by fiue for any person to kindle
fire on land not bis own and a misde-
meanor to set fre to any wooded country or
forest belonging to the state or the United
States, punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one
year. or by both such fine and Imprison.
ment.
Frank Davev. of Forest Grove, says the
Oregonian, who was elected grand instructor
of the grand lodge, A. U U. W., at the re-
cent session of that body. will soon make a
trip through the state in the interest of the
order. On Saturday evening he will visit
the lodge at Bridal Veil and will make an
address there. He will inspect the lodge
on the east side, when they hold their next
reunion, and will visit all lodges in the
state from which he receives calls. He will
also institute several new lodges during his
trip.
Gillian county girls are ronowoed for
pluck as well as for beauty, as the follow
ing from the Condor Globe will verify:
"While Misses Maggie Hardie and Grace
Frizzell were on their way to town Friday
they saw huge rattlesnake in the road,
and at once dismounted and declared war
on his snakeship. After vigorous battle
they succeeded in laying him out. 1t was
wholloper, and sported IA rattles and
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