The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-09
From Fridays Daily.

III SoiuOi udi hO iDIClS tuio
Is Messrs. Thomas and Isaac Joles returne
H. yesterday morning from wild goose hun
Of In Sherman county, having been successful
e In killing large number of birds. The
at are fat and Will make very edible mea
)f for epicureans.
n Yellow fir, snch as grows in profusion il
Oregon, Is being tried in Paris for stree
paving. Before being laid, it is treatet
with preparation of creosote, which Is OBJ
e tanned from the F roligneous acid and tarr,
matter distilled from the sawdust of th
e wood.
v Thanksgiving day was celebrated in De-
n troit by the distrIbaton OF food to the poor
10000 OF whom were provided with gooC
c dinner anu enough food to last several days
{ This was the work of the Pastors Union
/ which gathered over S25, 900 worth OF food
and clothing.
e The weather still continues delightful
but there is yet time for our citizens to ex-
= perIence some Of the severity of winter.
Christmas day is sometimes springEke in
this climate, and winter has delay ed his
dreary visit until the latter part of January
or February.
; We received call last evening from Mr..
Charles Nell aud MIR. John A. Niemela, of
Centervile, Wash. Notwithstanding the
VI gram Wy EtdSUu Vi tUc idte
rains, the farmers of Klickitat county are
not discouraged and as large an amount of
acreage has been sown this year to wheat as
ever.
Bill Anderson, the well. known saloon
keeper of Salem, publishes card signed by
81 men, admitting that they were at his
place on ThansgivIng and ate turkey, etc.,
and draDg egg-nog, which they found to
be good in every respect. The name OF that
man who died from too much eggnogg and
Others VINO were made sick are on the list.
The case is assuming peculiar aspect
As the Oregon Pacific train from the front
was nearing this city Tuesday evening, says
the Albany Herald, Charles Bills, one of
the brakesmep, was looking for some de-
2 raugement OF the brake beneath the trucks,
Yhen he was thrown from the train and his
xhead struck violently against a wood pile.
A Me was knocked lnsensinle aud was severely
hurt, but it is thought his injuries will not
! prove fatal.
In less than six weeks the celebrated
Puyallup Indian reservation case, involving
property IN Washington valued at from So
100000 to S7,000,000, will be taken up by
| the United States court of appeals at Seat.
tie. United States District Attorney
Brinker is preparing his brief in the case,
which promises to be one of the most BIT
terly contested in the history OF the Pacific
| coast courts.
A few days ago, says the Blker City
Democrat, the post Office at Huntington, G.
E. Ross, postmaster, was entered during
the night, and among the registered pack
ages stolen was one receipted for at Hunt
ington containing 1852 35 sent from the
Silby Smelling Company at San Francisco
to the address Of Chm chop, Chinese resi-
dent of Ma.heur City.
The tents of the tribe of Koreish were
moved to tnis city last night, and two
Princes of the Orient were created by the
mystic rites in fraternity ball. As soon as
the hegira opens the Grand Padashaw will
pitch his tents i'll adjoining pastures, and
all princes will be invited TO partake of
feast and perform the necessary abultions
before beginning the pilgrimage to Mecca.
w. P. Mounts, carpenter and con.
tractor, left this city last Tuesday nighJ for
parts unknown, aud we are informed by
Mr.. John Elton that. as gentle reminder
of his residence in The DaIles, there are
several bills which he has not paid, amount.
ing to over 5000 He is not expected to re-
turn at an early date, and it may be that
these bills will be credited to profit and
loss.
of Governor Pennoyer was yesterday ex-
tended to the relief of J. q Buckmaster
now confined in the state peniteutiary. |
Buckmaster was convicted of the crime of |
larceny in the circuit court OF Klamath |
county at the June, 1891, term, and SEN
fenced for the period of five years. The |
pardon was granted upon reco mmendation
of the district attorney who secured his |
conviction.
George Sutherland returned yesterday |
from Southern Oregon, where he went to |
investigate the circumstances of the recent
robbery of his father, Thomas Sutherland,
by masked men near Oakland, says the Al |
bany Herald. The old gentleman was not |
as badly hurt as at first reported. The rob. |
bers, who are supposed to be men living |
near and perhaps some of his neighbors, |
maltreated him shametully, but secured |
only about $40. A reward of $500 is offered |
for their apprehension and conviction.
Mrs Ida Matteson died this morning in |
this city at the residence of ner mother, |
Mrs. Bagely. She was married on Dec. IA, |
1892, to Mr.. A. c. Matteson, of Portland, |
and has lived there until that dread disease |
consumption developed and she was brought |
home to die. Mrs. Matteson was aged 81 |
years and 9 months, and leaves husband, |
mother, two brothers and sister to mourn |
her early demise She was lady of excel |
lent traits of character and her early death |
will be source ct regret to many friends.
States Evidence, the play last night at |
Wingates hall was put on the boaris IN
good shape Isaacs, the lew character, WAS |
well taken by Mr.. j. G Sluttz and Mrs. |
.Stuttz and Mr.. Beldon took other leading
parts. 1t is not heavy drama as La |
Bastille; but 1T had many lud'cr)uss scenes
which convulsed the audience with laugh |
ter. One especial feature of these enter
tainments is the excellent music furnished,
which alone is worth the Price of admission
Tonight Rip Van WIukIe will be rendered,
and Mr.. Stuttz has excellent reputa.
ton in his delineation of this character.
A law was enacted at the last meeting of |
congress which provides that no assessm
work need be done on any mining claim in |
Oregon, paovlding it is owned by any indi.
vidual living in Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
Montana, Wyoming Utah or Nevada II +
it is owned by corporation or by person
living in any other state than those named, |
the work must be done. The law is good
for the year 1898 only, and to secure its
benefits, the owner of the claim must file a
notice before December 3lst, in the office |
where the location certificate is recorded,
that he intends to hold the claim and work
1t hereafter. Call on some notary and file
your notlLe.
Ira Hawley foolishlY tried to ford the |
branch of the river just below the Eugene
mill dam this morning about $50 o'clock, |
says the Guard. The river has cut new
channel south of the old one, and into this
he drove, although the river is at that point
at least four feet above low water mark He |
had not got fairly IN before the horses were
washed down stream but turned to the |
shore, the hind end of the wagon swinging |
around and became uncoupled. While the |
horses got out, Mr.. Hawley, standing In
the wagon bed, accompanied by the hind |,
wheels went sailing down stream. He |
landed near the tannerY without material |
damage except good scare.
w. w. Union Journal: A dispatch |
from Washington, D. c., states that the |
secretary of the interior has decided the |
two land contest cases of Denny G. |
Thomas and Adah E. Thomas against Ed |
ward E. Freeman in favor of the latter. |
The land involved was the southwest quar-
ter OF section 5, township s. range Sc east.
When the Northern Pacific land grant was
forfeited Freeman filed uson the piece of |
land in question. The Thomases fled |
contest and were defeated in the local land |
office. They then appealed to the general
land office, where the case was again de-
cided against them. An appeal was made
to the secretary of the interior with the |
above stated result.
Oreqonian. Satisfactory progress is re-