The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-01-28
ITEMS IN BRIEF
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the city.
MIR. Neil Mcleod, of Grant, was
town yesterday.
Capt. II. C. Coe, OF Hood River, was
passenger on the afternoon tram.
The law students in this city have forme
a society for mutual impro vement.
Judge Bradshaw returned from his vIsl
to Lafayette on the midnight train.
Sheriff Leslie, of Sherman county,
IN town to-day en- route to Portland.
J. D. Burke, of the law firm OF Brccl
& Burke, of Moro, is in the city to-day.
Mr.. W. Holder, of Grass Valley, stat
lecturer for the grange, Is IN town to-day
Mr.. G.. N. Crosfield, of the firm of Mac
kenzie, Cresfield s. Co., of Grant, Is il
town to-day on business.
The chinook Yesterday did not reacf
the southern portion of the county, ant
the snow still remains to the usual depth
Hon. E. o. Mccoy and wife are visiting
friends and relatives at Grant. Thei
present home is near Walla Walla, Wash
The river a. Grant is nearly blocked
with ice, and all mail and passengers, fol
Klicktat county are crossed in a small
boat.
I Notwithstanding the pleasant weather
yesterday the ground was frozen thi!
morning; but the day was balmy and
sprlng-like.
The snow has almost entirely disap-
peared from the hills north of the city
but those on the south still retain their
wintry covering.
Notwithstanding the chinook wind
yesterday, some boys skated on the river
bank this morning. The Ice is almost
four inches thick and very smooth
This afternoon, at 2 O'Clock, was the
hour fixed by the senate for the consider
alton of Raley's portage bill, and all in
dications point to its passage by that
BODY.
The land Office has been beseiged for the
past few days by applicants to purchase
railroad land. The extention of time to
make payment on this land has been wei.
come news to many of our farmers.
The jury in the civil case before the
county court yesterday disagreed and were
discharged. They consisted of Messrs. G.
W. Halght, M. Mc1nnis, f. G. Connolly,
Paul Kreft, Geo. Read and W. c. Hansel.
The loss of Mr.. Geo. Nowak in the
building burned Saturday night IS esti-
mated at $500, and he has insurance to
the amount of $3.50. He and his wife
lost everything except the clothes they
wore.
The Milling and Distilling Company at
Grant have been delayed somewhat by
reason of lack of water; but in few
days the flour mill will be IN operation,
and the distillery will begin in a short
time.
Two bills have passed both houses and
now await the governors signature to be-
come laws. They are Daly's house bill to
incorporate Llnkville with the name of
Klamath Falls and Mlller's house bill to
amend the charter of Lebanon.
The new warehouse at Grant is being
pushed TO completion as rapidly as possi-
BILE, and when spring opens will be pre-
pared to store grain. All the lumber is
on the ground, and the framework is IN
position. Shingling will begin in few
days.
VIM. Henderson, vino was to have been
hanged yesterday at Oregon City for mur.
der, has been granted a stay of execution
pending an appeal for new trial. He was
convicted of stabbing to death Cyrus Sutor
at game of cards in Candy last summer.
He is reasonably certain of at least three
months longer of life.
Mr.. J. w. Ward, formerly of Kingsley,
and son of Mr.. P. C. Ward of that town,
who has been absent from the state for
the past four years, stepped into the
TIMES s-MOUNTANEER Office this afternoon
to see his brother Frank; but the boy had
grown so much during his absence that
he did not recognize him, and an intro
ductIon was necessary to make the broth
ers acquainted.
East Oregonian: Old Cash. Cash, we'll
known Umatilla Indian, has been con-
yerted, and has sworn off ON drinking,
gambling and other vices. One evidence
of his sincerity is that he has paid his
debts. His creditors are wishing that
number OF his paleface brethren would
follow his example.
G. II. Warner, of the Colfax Commoner,
has purchased the Olympia Oiympian,
which was formerly the property OF the
late Thomas Henderson Boyd. 1t is ru-
mored that MIR. Warner Is preparing to
control the Democratic patronage of
Washington, and expects through the
grace of Grover Cleveland to be appointed
surveyor. general.
Mr.. Sam. Patterson, of Wapinitia, the
hero of the cougar story, gave us call to-
day. He says the story about the fortune
Is correct. 1t comes through a distant |
relative in England; but the money has not |
been received. The amount is $40 O00 600, |
as stated yesterday; but the matter is in the |
court, AMI there is no telling when 1t will |
be definitely settled.
Mrs. E. L. Smith, a widow. of Seattle. |
asks SIS, 900 from the Union Pacific be- |
cause one of its conductors kissed her |
without consent. If the offending con-
ductor has any sense about him he will |
aid Mrs. Smith IN securing judgment for |
the full amount and then marry her. She |
has business head and precious lips on |
those shoulders of hers. n
Albany Exchange: The first paper ap-
peared in Albany ON Nov. L, 1859, with |
U. S. Senator j. Delazon Smith as editor. |
Mr. Smiths son, Deputy Sheriff D. S. 1
Smith, has bound file of the paper tor |
year and several months. Those were |
live times IN the history of the United |
States and the paper contains many ma |
tlonal matters of interest as well as local |
events. Senator Smith died in the fall of 1
1850. and the paper passed into other I
hands.
The Office boy of the Corvallis Times is |
20 years old. He ran out of work the |
other day, andeth foreman ordered him
to write an article on Roads" This Is |
what he wrote: "If we want good roads |
we will haf-tO work them, these men do |
not try to work them, they look on at |
some body else, and think they ought to |
work more, when they do nothing them |
selves" There is as much truth and |
philosophy in those few lines as could be |
crowded into a column article.
Near Dayton, WASH, Saturday, lad |
named Abbott, aged Is, tried to blow up a |
log in his fathers yard by filling piece of |
cas pipe with powder, which he inserted in |
the log. He attached fuse and touched it |
{ Il, aad after waiting some time for the ex- |
plosion supposed the fuse had gone out. He |
the log and took the fuse out |
to examine it, when 1t exploded and frag-
ment three inches long entered his leg above /
the knee, shattering the bone SO badly that |
it was necessary to amputate the leg.
Not all bad roads are in Oregon, fact |
appreciated by the following: Many per-
Sons who regard themselves as we'll in |
formed on most public questions will be |
surprised to be told, for example, that in |
the state Of Illinois alone, 1t has been |
that the loss sustained oy farm |
FRS and owners of horses and wagons gener-
lily from bad roads, is placed at SIG 6,000.-
300 year. Throughout the whole country |
It is thought that the loss from this source,
At the very louest figure, canDot be less |
than $500, OOO. 600 year.
Albany Democrat; Sunday morning,
January %, 1898, Mrs. Miller Morgan, |
died at her home near Shedd, of heart |
disease, at the age of about 65. Mrs.