The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-15
IrRAs IN BeiEF
From Wednesdays Dahl

Miss Grace Michel was a passenger
the noof train for Columbus, Wash, wher
she will visit her parents.
The dispatches state that the presiden
sent to the senate Yesterday the name G
Hon. Charles b. Bslhnger, to be Unite
States district Judge for the district OF Ore
gon.
Hon. w. R. Ellis, of Heppner, cam
down ON the afternoon train. He was &C.
companied BY his daughter, who will ma
tricnlate at st. Mary's Academy in thi
{ city.
Notwithstanding the fact that the day
are spring-llke IN the city it gives ont
cold chills to behold snow every mornins
on the Klickitat hills. This raiment o
winter may last some time yet; but i
mars the beauty of the summer landscape
And now comes 81. Ross, who this morn
ing declared on oatn his bona fide intention
of becoming citizen of the United States
and thereby renounced his allegiance to the
queen of Great Britain and Ireland, an'
this when home rule for Ireland IS being
agtated before the British parliament.
Mr. T. A. Hudson received a letter this
morning from Hon. James K. Kelly. OF
Washington, d. c., president of The Dalles
Military Road Co., stating that he had hie
the mandate of the U s. supreme court
with the u S circuit court In this district,
and this would forever settle the title OF the
lands in the Military Road Company.
F rest Grove Times: Gov. Peunoyer has
not always been prominent othce- holder,
or successful. In the SOS he moved to
Washington county to run for county clerk
against Bill Caldwell. While here he lived
In the Harlow house north of town.. After
a months residence he folded his tents anu
departed, for Bill beat him at the polls
Sprague Advertiser: A gang of counter
feiters, the base of whose operations is
supposed to be at Spokane. are initiating
the silver dollar of 1892 so perfectly with
silicon and silver that only the testi
machine can reveal the true nature of the
coin. Spokane and surrounding towns
are supposed to be flooded with the bogus
article.
1t has cost Edison 81. 600. 600 to prosecute
infringement suits on his patent, and no
one OF his lawyers has been compelled to go
to the poorhouse. A record ike this is
something for man, who few years ago
was poor Telegraph operator. to be proud
of. He is believed to have saved few
millions out of the wreck to pay his owl
housekeeping expenses.
Last night was harvest time for the po-
lice officers in this city, and this morning
the recorder found one hobo and an n
ebriated individual inside the city jail.
They were not satisfied with their en-
vironment and desired fresh air and an
opportunity to pick daisies on the hill
sides. The recorder interviewed these
unfortunates, and they were forced to dis
gorge some portion of their accumula
tions.
East Oregonian: Manuel Coronado, the
baDK swindler, is now safely housed In
the county jail. He is low browed.
tawDv-sklnned Spaniard, small in size,
and hardly looks like man who would
engage in such g.nteel crime TO make a
raise as viciimlzing bank Coronado
was taken 10 Athena Monday morning by
Deputy Sheriff Haley and brought back
in the evening. At his examination be-
fore Justice Gilman he was bound over in |
the sum of $500.
Two government employees were blown |
up by giant powder at the rock quarry on |
South Coos river yesterday. Henry B r
tell and William Garrison were blasting |
q rock when premature discharge took |
place. Bartell is the worst hurt of the |
two, as the whole keg of powder went off |
in his hands. His face was covered with |
powder, turning it black Garrison's |
hands are the wort feature. of his ipju- |
RES. Bartell's case is dangerous, but the |
doctors say he may come out all right.
Hon. W. & Ellis has made preparations |
for holding examinations for applicants for
the cadetship to West Point and the sue.
cessful appointee must report at that insti
tuition on the 18th dav of June. The time
has been named for the Sd and 4th OF May, /
and the board will cons st of DR.. Logan,
physician; H. s. Wilson, lawyer; Professor
Shelly, educator, Examinations will be
made in ordinary EngIsh branches, and the
applicant must not be oyer % years of age
didates, but none SO far from The Dalles.
Under date of March 18th Minister D.
P. Thompson writes from Constantinople |
to the effect that he has received tele-
gram from Washington informing him
that his reSignalion had BEEN accepted IN
accordance with his request, to take effect
on the appointment of his successor; that
such appointment was not to be made /
later than May lst Minister Thompson
has engaged passage on the steamer Etru-
RIA, which vessel will sail from Liver pool
May 18th. He can be expected to reach
Portland by the latter part of May.
Washington county will soon haye good
roads of crushed rock. The action of the
county commissioners in investing in
rock crusher seems to have given general
satisfaction. Although the weather has
not been favorable, satisfactory progress
has been made during the winter months.
The committee directing the work are
serving ON business principles. The men
composing 1t so arrange their affairs that
some one OF them Is always at the
crusher. No idling is allowed. When
man tires he is paid off and given an op-
portunlty tor resting.
Articles of incorporation OF The Dalles
Fruit Drying & Packing Co. were filed with
the county clerk to-day, with capital
stock of $4,000. divided into 1000 shares OF
81 each The incorporators are 5. B
Adams, U. E. CnrIsman. Hugh Chrisman
and W. K. Corson, and the object of said
corporation is to purchase, dry. pack ana
sell fruit of all kinds and to facilitate said
business. to purchase, hold, lease, rent and
sell real and personal property. They will
use the E. Chrisman fruit dryer. and it is
expected the company will furnish a market
for the fruit grown In this vicinity.
Pendleton is lively town, and runaways
do not stop in block. but keep right along |
as the fol owing from the Tribune will show:
While reservation farmer named Jacques
Boreau, was on his way home this afternoon,
anu when d onOTG uiSIduCc dUONc buo slslert l
school, his team became frightened and
started to run. He was in some manner
thrown from the wagon, but unfortunately
escaped any more serious injuries than
good shaking up. The team at last ac-
counts were still going IN the direction o.
the agency on rup, and the owner was
also going it that direction, but more leis
nrely. as walking was not good.
Another Ceur d'Alene mine has ceased
operations and the men are dispersed ex-
cept the few who are kept working on
tunnel No. 4. The reason given for clos
ing down the mine was that the low
prices of silver and lead and the excessive
freight rates not only took all p;of1ts, but
the mine ran behind from $1,000 to $4,000
per month. The Morning has systemat-
ically developed, and the present owners
have expended $40O, 900 on the erection of
q mill and other Improvements, and yet
they have decided that il Is better judg
ment to stop all operations than to mine
with loss. About 140 men were en-
ployed on the mine.
This is the way winter fingers in the
lap of spring in Northern Washington,
according to the Waterv1lle Inder: "Pe:rY
Wilcox returned Tuesday from a two
weeks trip to Cbelan. He visited the
head of the lake by row boat before the
ice opened at First creek and found some |
three feet of snow in the Stehekin, which |
preyented reaching his claim up the val
lev The snow is well gone from The