The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-01
From Wednesdays Daily.

ID. Cove In Portland last Saturday even
ing, died yesterday morning from the ct
fects OF his wounds.
Farmers have little time to come to tow
these days. They are busy plowing, ant
shespmen have all their time employed il
attending to their flocks.
Mr.. Chas. Schultz came in town from
Goldendale yesterday. Many years age
he was a resident of The Dalles, and hi.
time was taken up shaking hands Will
old friends
The editor of the Herald was sick las
week, and some OF the citizens of Ante
lope helped him get out the issue. 1t is
convenient in such an emergency to have
printers around.
The Astorian is discussing the question
of licensing gambling by the city council
and able articles are published from John
R. Rathom and P. W. Parker in favor oi
licensing the evil.
Mr.. John FitzGerald, the janitor at the
court house, is painting the fence around
the building. This is decided i'm prove.
ment, and will give that vicinity much
be tier appearance.
There were six carloads of cattle shipped
from the stockyards of r. E. Saltmarshe &
Co. last night. Five of these went to Trout
dale and one to Portland. These were beef
cattle, and we're In excellent condition.
Rev. A. Dolyen, of Portland, will hold
services In the Lutheran chapel on Ninth
street Tomorrow evening at 1880 He will
preach in the Norwegian language, and a
general Invitation is extended to all Scan
dinavians.
The Leader says that Mr.. st. LuIse has
over 5000 grape vines growing near Chelan.
He says the climate is about the same as
northern Italy. where they RAISE grapes,
figs, etc., in profusion. The Leader also
complains OF the wanton killing of de r
along the lake.
Henry Weinhard the millionaire brewer
of Portland, has purchased the plant of
the cold storage and ice company in Eu-
gene. He will use this as distributing
it practically a branch of his immense
establishment In the metropolis.
A dispatch from Washington dated
March 2Sth says: sowing to insufficient
appropriations for the special service of
the general land office, the services of the
following, among other special agents, ,have
been dispensed with: G. F. Bayard, Ore
gon; c. A. Mosier. Washington"
Mr.. A. Fleischauer, of Cascade Locks,
is IN town to-day. He says he believes
the contractors will get their rock near
Wind mountain, and float it down the
river, as the owners of the land on the
route to the quarry on Hermann creek
are charging too much for the right of
way.
One postmaster who is likely to hang on
is Roswell Beardsly, who was appointed
T1L -,
Q828) to the postoffice at North Lansing,
and VINO has held it ever since without In-
terruptior, period of sIxty-five years. He
only got Sl9 So for his first year, but he en-
joys an increase of nearly 900 per cent. at
present. HIS salary is now $l70 a year.
The baseball champions have organized
a club at Antelope by eleclng G. V. Lane
president, w. H. Silvertoofh secretary and
treasurer and E. D Macarthur temporary
captain, and he will select fifteen of--the
best players in that community Out OF
these nine will be chosen who will con-
stitute the club. The Antelope boys are
well up in the tactics of the diamond
field and will give any club in Eastern
Oregon tight rub.
An alarm on the fire bell brought the de-
partment to the scene of an lncipient blaze
on a building on Second street, between
Court and Union, occupied by Mr.. F.
Lemke, about l o'clock this afternoon. The
flames had started in the roof, but a well
directed stream from fire plug soon put it
out. There was considerable da mage done
to the roof and also to the interior, and a
disastrous confiagrati0n would have hap.
pened under other conditions.
Miss Day, whof is making the trip from
Portland, Oregon, to different portions OF
the United States and Mexico, has arrived
in Washington City, shook hands with
President Cleveland, sat beside the vice
president, and enjoyed other privileges not
accorded to ordinary mortals. She will
continue on her route, talk to President
Diaz, of Mexi. o, exchange courtesies with
the senorites of the Aztec capital, and re-
turn home the heroine of the hour.
The clerk of the weather has not been
.'set tied in his mind" in his dealings with
the Antelope people during the past few
days, and the Herald says: ut old man
Pague had been in this neighborhood for
the past two weeks he would have had
great old time keeping track of the
weather. 1t has showed nearly every
night for the past ten days and melts
away again the next day, either by rain or
the hot sun. Monday night last snow fell
10 the 0eptn OF tnree lncneS.
The committee appointed to receive the
commission to select the site for the in
sane asylum have prepared report and
will make u good showing. The Dalles,
undoubtedly, has the best location for the
institution, with the ADVANTAGES of cheap
transportation, well supplied with wood
and water and rich, agricultural land.
Our facilities will be fully set forth, and
nothing lett undone to create a favorable
impression on the governor and secretary
of state. They will visit The Dalles one
day next week.
: Owing to the cold. damp weather pre-
vailiDg during the present lambing season
Al Is expected that more dry ewes will be
put on the market this spring than for
some time, says the Antelope Herald, and
therefore the number of sheep IN this Sec
what diminished. The yield of wool this
season will be heavy, and from present
indications 1t will be worth from 13 to l6
cents. The decrease in sheep during the
next year will not mate tally effect the
interests OF sheepmen, inasmuch as the
abundance of grass which is bound to
follow a hard winter like this one has
been, will off set any losses which might
have been sustained. We predict a pros
porous year for sheep ralsers in Oregon.
Antelope Herald: Mr.. Lytle and an
other gentlemen had dangerous expert
ence down on the Deschutes last Monday.
While returning from The Dalles with
big load OF freight for the Hay Creek
merchandise store, the horses scared at
some object and threw both wagons down
over steep embankment with the wheels
flying in the air. The two horses on the
lead broke loose and were not in the
The wheelers did not get much
hurt but they made miraculous escape.
Tho men jumped off and were not hurt,
but the wagons were pretty badly demor-
allied, also some of the freight. This is
q very dangerous grade and the law
should provide for some protection fol
travellers
The Oregon educational exhibit for the
worlds faIr, says the Telegram of Saturday.
was started on its journey to Chicago this
morning, and Superintendent Pratt heaved
a sigh of relief as he watched from the
Union depot the train disappear around
Albina. He has been busIly engsged for
several weeks in preparing this exhibit. and
has gathered together an exhibit that will
equal any of similar kind IN the union. Il
consists of samples of work "too numerous
to meution," as prepared by the public
school children throughout the state, among
which will be mentioned maps. charts, clay
models. botanical specimens. relief maps IN
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