The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-30
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aboant $23, O9O."
Mr.. E. n. Llttlefeld. a former residen
o. The Dalles but now living;at Lafayette
is In the city, guest of Judge Bradshaw
An arrest was made for valrancv last
nIght, and he defendant, p'eadiny not
| guilty, had hi, trial set for O'clock this
evening.
| Mr.. &. ". CrosseR, who IS 4 stndent at
the Portland uuiver4lty. came home last
Sundly mcrning to spend the VACATION with
his parents n this city
Mr.. Marx V tnblbhar arrived home Sur
day morning. He is attending the Portlaud
university, out Will spend the hoiid ,ys With
his parents -ear thi. CITY.
On account of not icing able to make con.
nections with the train at Pendleton, Prof,
Rork wos unable to deliver his speech In
this city on Saturday night "a advertised.
Col. Geo. T. Thompson wl'I muster A Co.
at Wasco into the service On Dec. 2Sth.
This company viii numher over 43 mem-
bers, and will comprise some of the best
material in the Tnlrd reGimeu!, o. N. G.
Mr., N. o. Cederson, boss of railroad
gang at Roweua, met with an accident last
night by piece Of railroad iron falling on
his hand, clusipg severe fracture. DIR.
Holster went down on the o'clock train
and attended to the lcjulies and tne pa.
tient is doing well.
James Huriv resisted 80 oIIitfr lest
light, and in cons qaerce received cash
over the head that required Dr.. Hollister
to place several STITCHES in mis- cranium for
it 20 assume a normal appearance 1t Is not
likely that he will refuse to obey the behest
of an officer hereafter.
Ochoco Reuielc. By private letter from
Mitchell we are Informed that j. T. Cham
berlain, who was shot at that place three
weeks ago Is getting along nicely. and will
soon be about. The wound was not nearly
SO bad as first reported the bullet only
knocking fsw spliuters off the bone and
amputation was not necessary.
Mrs. Fl. Davidson, wife of Prof. David
son who was formerly principai of the pub
lie schools in The Dalles, and now has the
chair of English literature in the state uni
versity of Indiana. is visiting Mrs. W. S.
Myers in the city. Mrs. Davidson is the
author Of q r efaranca l,stor1 Of tta ITn,tad
States, which is very valuable to students.
The mass meeting OF the wool. growers OF
Antelope, held at that town. Saturday,
Dec. I6sh, waa a decided success, snd the
questions propouuded by Messrs. Justice,
Bateman & Co, of Philadelphia, Pa, were
answered fully and in such way that it
must be realized that the sheep industry is
an important ole to the citizens of Wasco
county.
Saturday night, at the Methodist church,
instead of the usual Christmas tree, gifts
were received for the poor OF the city, and
very many articles and considerable guam
tity of provisions were doosted. These un-
doubtedly relieved many destitute families
in The Dalles, and made Christmas merry
to some, when it otherwise would have been
sad and dreary.
The assignment sale of the Frank Vogt
stock at public auction will be continued
to. morrow, Wednesday, at 10 A. M. and
Saturday of this week at the same hour.
Between auction sales the. stock is bsing
offered at private sale at prices mueh be-
low cost. The bargains had on Saturday |
attracted great attention and the coming
sales will doubtless be largely attended.
The state board OF assessors at their meet |
ing in Salem. passed the following resolu-
tion: That we, the assessors of the state of |
Oregon, believing it to be to the best inter |
ests of the masses Of the people of the |
state, do most heartily recommend that the |
next legislative assembly of the state enact |
q law, providing for the deduction OF IN
debtness. where corresponding credit is
assessed aud providing for the assessing of i
aud for collecting taxes on the
same.
The state military board has authorized |
the organization of company of Infantry
at Waseo, and the adjutant general has de-
tailed Lt.Col G. 7. Thompson as muster
Col. Thompson will leave
for Wasco to morrow and organize the COM
pany and hold an election of commissioned
officers. This being the last week in the /
year all the different companies throughout
the o. N. G. will undergo an inspection. and
make returns of the public property in its
possession. This is gone through with
every three months, aud necessitates great
deal of careful work on the part of those
for the property.
John Doe fell into the tolls last night |
through the agency of too copious supply |
Of bad whisky, and was this morning |
brought before his honor, Recorder Dufur, |
to answer in damages for the wrong and in !
jury done to the municipality of Dalles |
City. He was assessed the modest sum of
So; bnt failed to respond in cash. He was |
desmous of fighting 1t out with the marshal
to see whether he should pay or be allowed
to go free, and becoming furious at the re-
iusal of the officer to fight, opened the con-
test by an assault on the marshal, who was
on force compelled to take active measures
for his safety, which he did by clubbing the
fellow into docilItY, and placing him safely
behind the bars to remain until such time as
he shall have served out his time.
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