The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-05-27
From Fridays Daily.

Mr.. W. Kelsay, of Antelope, Is in town
to day.
Mr.. T. J. Driver, of Wamic, is in town
to-day.
Chopped corn tor young chicken feed at
Joles Bros.
Elk Gov. q. F. Moody arrived In the city
on the afternoon train.
The next annual meeting of the state
grange will be held in Eugene.
DIR. P. G. Barrett, of Hood River, was
registered at the Umatilla House yesterday.
The streams have been very high in Crook
county, but no damage has been done prop
erty.
The river was down to the 80 feet marke
this morning. and appeared to be on a
stand.
The Good Templars of this city will give
an ice cream and nt.rtainment social at
fraternity hall this evening.
The Christian church building, at the
corner of Court and Ninth streets, is rap
idly approaching completion.
Rev. Cephas Clapp will preach in the
Congregational church next Sunday morn
ing. He will be at the Christian Endeavor
meeting at $50 in the main room. Come
all.
On Monday evening, June 5th, St.
Pauls Episcopal church will give a magic
lantern exhibition. Timely notice will
be given of the place and price of ad-
mission.
There is some agitation in different parts
of the country as regards the enactment of
law taxing incomes and legacies; but this
will never be popular with the people OF the
United States.
Mr.. 81. Clough and Mr.. A. Phirman are
at work on the new iron door to the corrI-
ior of the county Jail. They are dong an
excellent job, and when completed the jail
will be very safe cage.
Mr.. Ralph o. Bates, VINO escaped from
Andersonville prison during the late war.
aud who has lectured in nearly every state
of the union on his experiences, gave US a
pleasant call this morning.
Mr.. H. E. Hays, lecturer of the state
grange of Patrons of Husbandry, which
adjourned at noon to-day, will deliver an
address to the citizens of The Dalles at
the court house this evening.
Mr.. M. Siehel and family left this morn
ing for PrIneville. Mr.. Sicnel has been
travelling in Europe until within the past
two or three months, and was interested in
business in Prireyille for number of years.
Mr.. M. II. Bell, of Prineville, arrived in
the city to day. He came to meet his son
and daughter, who arrived from Portland
ON the afternoon train. HIS son Is stude
in the law department of the Willamette
university.
The Regulator will leave her wharf to
morrow morning at o'clock for the Cas-
cade Locks, and will leave the Locks on the
return trip at 8 in the afternoon. For the
round trip the price of excursion tickets
will be so cents.
The first case of tever and ague ever
known at the Warm Spring agency has
made Its appearance there recently. There
are other cases reported since. This may
have been caused by the cold. damp spring,
which is very unusual In Eastern Oregon.
One of the river boats unloaded wood this
morning in the street, opposite the base
ment of the Umatilla House. The beach is
thing of the past, and the waves of the
swollen stream now wash the foundations
of many buildings on Front street.
The tourist, after journeying for miles
through the sand dunes along the banks of
the Columbia Is particularly delighted with
the beautiful homes in this city. As they
saunter along the streets their admiration
OF the beautiful gardens amounts to enthu-
siasm.
Mr.. w. M. McCorkle, of Tygh valley.
gave us a pleasant call this afternoon.
He says there are better prospects for
fruits and cereals this season than he
has seen in this county for the past
twenty-four years that he has lived here.
Picnic grounds have been prepared at the
forks OF Mill creek, about five miles south
of the city-for parties who desire to spend
a day in the country A hall 36x46 feet has
been erected, with a good dancing floor, and
tables are scattered through the grove, con-
venient for lunch parties.
The trial Of the Roslyn bank robbers
is in progress at Ellensburg, Wash, and
those who have been arrested will very
likely be convicted of the crime. There
will be no farce in the trial this time, as
it was when the citizens of Gillian county
were imprisoned for the robbery.
2. J. White was taken to the penitentiary
this morning by Sheriff Ward. He has a
sister IN the insane asylum at Salem, and
the reflection that one member of the FAM
lily is an inmate of one institution by rea.
son of infirmity and the other convict ID
another in the same city, because of crime,
Is sad one.
We received a call this morning from Mr..
F. r. WIllmarth, formerly editor of the
Prineyille Nesps. He says cattle are in