The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-05-13

is visiting his family in the city.
2 Mr.. J. w. Waterman, the postmaster a
# Caleb, Grant county, gave US a pleasan
n y call today.
Y Mr.. A. Crum, of Templeton, Calf, il
visiting friends in this city. He was il
business for many years in The Dalles.
;. Two carloads of cattle from Palmer
. Idaho, were shipped from r E Saltmarsht
v q Cos stockyards last night for the Port
land market.
r The Umatilla river at Pendeson is again
t threatening to break over the levce, and the
| East Oregonian has called upon the author.
titles for immediate action.
J Mr.. w. S. Halvor, of Portland, is in the
city. He came up few days ago on the
: sad mission of being at the bedside OF his
dying sister, Mrs. Niveraold, whom he fol-
lowed to the grave this afternoon.
The monthly report of Superintendent
Rowland, of the state insane asylum, shows
that there were S4l patients in the asylum
April 80, $50 mrles aud 255 females. Dur
ing the month 2S were received and seven
died.
Several Indians, with new wagons, are in
town, loading with goods, we presume, for
the Warm Springs reservation. These alb
origiDes have adopted civilized customs,
and plant the soil and reap its abundance
the same as the more civilized white man.
Mr.. Geo. Boyd, of Ashland, has on ex-
hibition in tent on Second street, corner
of Baughlin, Reelfoot the celebrated
grizzly bear of the Siskiyou mountains.
| The bear is mounted, but his full dimen-
sions were preserved by the taxidermist.
The large school bell was hung in the
belfry last Saturday IN the presence of
large crowd CT patriotic citizens, says the
Antelope Herald. The bell has beautl-
ful, clear, deep tone and can be heard
from all points within a radius of ten
miles.
! Mrs. Ella Higginson, the editor of Pet
erson's Neto Magazine, was once typo of
Oregon CITY She was one time associate
editor of the West Shore, and is The author
Of several literary gems--prose and poe
! try, that has established her reputation
throughout the country.
The members OF Nebraska company
who purch lsed sheep in this county this
spribg started from the city tins morning TO
| gather up their focks. As soon a4 tins ia
accomplished the sheep will lie driven to
! 0sslslla, Neb. Tney have purchased be
tween 20, 600 and 10000. This is the sec
ond outfit of buyers who haye left The
Dales for this purpose within the past few
days.
The Mignonette club gave party last
night in Fraternity hall, and the numbers
were very enjoyable. Music was fur
nished BY Prof. BIrgfeld, Nessrs. Ed. NJ.
Williams, Henry Burchtorf and Others
and 1t was very excellent. Several dances
were lndulged in, and all expressed them
selves satisfied with the evenings enjoy
ment.
Forty acres of ground have been located
for placer mining at the mouth of the
Peshastin, says the Locdlizer. One writer
says this ground yielded "a day TO the
man last year. He states also that it is
all pay dirt to bedrock, which is struck in
about SIX feet. The bed of the stream
from which the fine gold has been taken
is supposed 10 contain coarse gold, and
the pay will be large.
Sam McGilvrsy had the misfortune to
twice upset his wagons between Fred Hale's
and Fossil, says the Fossil Joundl, while
hauling the wool Of Hilton & bale to Ar
lngton this week. Once the wagons over
turned and rolled into the creek, wetting
the wool somewhat. Owing to the long
continued rainfall, the roads are 10 miser-
able condition, and wool hauling at the
present time is everything but'a picnic.
Wool has been received at Moody's
warehouse during the week, but not in
any large quantities. This is some of
the first fleeces of the spring clip, and the
bulk will not seek a market for some
weeks. The season has been very cold,
and it it is not advisable to shear the ewes
in such debilitated condition as they are
from lambing in such adverse weather.
Hon. Bnger Hermann will appoint an
examining board to meet in Roseburg the
first week IN June for the purpose Of passing
upon the qualification of applicants for
cadetships at West Point and at Annapolis.
There will soon be two vacancies, one at
the naval academy and one at the military
academy. Applicants tor the former must
be between the ages of Is and 20 years and
for the latter II to %.
Salem Statesman: The state officers were
out at the penitentiary yesterday making
aa examination OF the prison grounds, pre-
liminary to the location of the jute mill.
The investigation made it appear apparent
to the officers that the mill will have to be
located outside of the present stookade.
There Is not sufficient room inside the pres
ent enclosure, so the new mills will be
placed south of the present buildings
Sam Green, says the Roslyn Netcs,
claims to have seen monster sea serpent
in Lake Cle-elum just north of Newport.
He SAYS whilst watering his horse the
creature raised its head out of the water
about twenty feet and moved toward him
in a gliding manner. He took no further
notice of its appearance but lit out for
Roslyn. He disclaims having jug OF
any kind in his possession.
Ashland Record: While engaged playing
whist at Hotel Oregon Tuesday, matches in
the pocket of N. A. Ambrose. the railway
mail clerk, became Ignited. When he dis
covered he was all on fire aud burning up,
he began hopping around at Sunol gait,
but soon conquered the flames. At the
height of the excitement the irrepressible
Wilson piped in with the remarkl "Am-
brose you're on fire; get hydrant and put
yourself out"
April 26 a crew of sheep shearers COM
menced work on ]. l.. Scales & Sons sheep,
says the East OreqoniGn, and they finished
the job May 3. There were 300 head, and
they yielded wool light and clean. 1t has
not yet been weighed. but it is expected the
lot will make about $4,000 pounds. The
wool, which averages about 81 heeces to the
sack, is being hauled to Yoakum station.
From their 2400 ewes Scales 4 Son marked
up an increase of 97.3 per cent.
A transient gentleman now in ALBANY has
been with Jack Dempsey, and is undoubt-
edly an expert boxer. A job was put up on
young Albany clerk, the ex-Dempsey man
pretending not to know even what pair Of
boxing gloves were. The two met in a
friendly contest with big gloves. The clerk
is also an expert, with few equals for his
weight on the coast, and the ex.Dempsey
man was greatly surprised when he was
punched around almost at the will of his
antagonist.
Joseph Taylor, well known saloon
keeper, sporting man and politician, died in
| Portland Saturday, after an illness OF sew
eral weeks. Sometime ago he injured his
right foot by slipping upon sharp nail and
blood poisoning set in. Physicians found it
necessary to amputate the great toe OF the
injured foot, but this did not improve his
condition, and he died Saturday. De-
ceased came to Portland about % years ago,
aud was well known character. 1t was he
who brought Jack Dempsey to Portland to
| fight Dave Campbell.
Statesman: Commodore" Thomas Har-
yev. a very remarkable man according to
his own asseveriions, was brought TO this
| CITY from Gillian county by L. q. John
son for incarceration in the insane asy-
lum. The commodore" is q native Of
! Ireland and until recently a resident of
| Colorado. His alteration is described as
want OF concentration of thought. He
claims to have lived 1000 yesrs ago, at
which remote period he saved Oregon
from destruction by fire. He also held