The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-02-25
From Thursday,s Daily.

Mr.. Walter Frame, of Grant, was in tt
: city yesterday.
The ferry boat is at its landing for Il
! first time tor several weeks.
, The Telegram heads Its leading article @
the pew Portland charter, "Work of tt
Philistlnes.
An exchange gives advice how to avoid
divorce suit. The easiest and surest way
to remain single.
The Indians around Umatilla are catch
ing salmon out of the river, and their hui
ger is somewhat satisfied.
The Regulator left her wharf at 7 o'cloc
this morning for the Cascades, having pas
sengers and freight on board.
he road to the free bridge over the De;
chutes Is reported in very bad condition
and will need very many repairs.
Mr.. Lydell Baker, of Portland. wa
elected clerk of the railroad commi ssion, a
a meeting held in Salem Tuesday.
Feb 22-Mary E Husbands and husban
to Robert Henry Husbands; lot NJ, sout
addition to town of Hood River; S4OO.
i The ''sprIng time has come, gentle An
nIe;" but don't be ID hurry to don neS
garbs. for old winter may create llttl
furry yet.
The late chinook winds and warm weathe
have made the roads to the interior ln
very bad condition, and now is good tim
to put these in repair.
"A memorandum book, with steel clasp
was found at the clerks office this morning
The owner can have the same by proving
property and paying for this notice.
A case of assault and battery committed
| at Mosier yesterday will be tried before
Justice Schultz OF this city on motion of tht
complaining witness for change of venue.
Some Of the students at the Willamette
university are attempting to adopt the Ok
| ford ''mortar. board" for headwear. This
style will never become popular In Web
| foot.
| Crinoline is coming, and will be on the
streets of The Dalles in sho time. The
| goddess of Fashion, who holds her court in
Paris, has SO decreed, and it will be en-.
| forced.
In few days farmers will be busy doing
| their spring plowIng. The snow has disap-
| peared quite rapidly in the last two or three
days, and the ground is almost sufficiently
dry now to be plowed.
Mr.. R. F. Hardwlcke, of MosIer, gave us
during the past winter has been very agree
able to the farmers. and the ground is In ex-
cellent condition for crops.
Chinook winds in Sherman county have
cleared the ground Of snow except in deep
canyons. Cattle are in poor condition, but
the loss has not been heavy. Wheat has
not been injured SO far, and farmers are
leased with the prospects for crops.
A. - Al
time, when the buds are just peeping out of
their wiutrY bed, comes VIM Nolan and
under oatn declares his intention of becom-
ing an American citizen, and to that end re-
uounced his allegiance to the queen of Great
Britain and Ireland.
Idaho yielded last year $7.7O3. 900 OF
this the silver amounted to 50, 79S, 600, lead
81. 575, 600, and the balance was gold. This
is decrease of 81, 936, 600 from the output
of 1891. The decrease is due to the shut
ting down of many mines In the CeIr
d'Alene and Wood river regions.
Fishermen are preparing their wheels for
operations, and they expect the salmon run
will be very good as soou as the season
opens. With another cannery running there
will be ready sale for ali that will be
caught, and the export of salmon for 1893
will be larger from this vicinity than has
been realized for many previous year.
The Princess Victoria Ksiaulani, heir sp
parent to the throne of the Sandwich Isl
ands, has sailed for New Yor8. It 10 not
expected that she will visit The Dalies or
make hurried trip 20 the canal and locks
at the Cascades Therefore, the visit of
turbance to business circles 10 this vicinity.
The sherif7s office showed little anima-
tion this morning when our reporter called,
although the chairs aud tables were occu-
pied, and discussion was indulged in on sew
eral subjects, ranging from the actions of
the Texas mob to the annexation of Hawaii.
Items were scarce, and taking look at the
rogue's gallery, pasted on the wall, the pen
cll pusher quietly made his exit.
A correspondent of an exchange, writing
from Dale, Harvey county, under date of
February 14th, writes: 1t seems they are
having pretty cold weather out on Butter
creek. A man by the name Of Rogers had
twenty-five head of cattle frozen to death
and another man had fifty. There were
several more had smaller numbers frozen.
Jim McCumber had fifty head of sheep
frozen.
Now that the legislature is over and its
work summoned up, it is seen that in all
200 bills have been passed out OF the 700
introduced. OF those which passed, Ill
originated in the house and SO in tie senate.
FIfty-three were amending city charters or
Incorporating towns and "a carried alpro-
prlations The majority of the remainder
were only minor amendments to the code. J
A resident of Salt Lake has a copy of
mortgage made in Boise City in 1861. 1t
was to secure $l70, with interest at 10 per
cent every month, the interest in case o.
default to be added to the principal and
compounded mi-annually. The mortgage
was never satisfied, and as it now amounts.
according to the terms, to S45, 972, 003. 1872
$40 so, and is still growing, there are grave
tears that it never will be.
Mr.. l.. Davenport. Of Mosier, gave us an
agreeable call this morning. He says the
snow has disappeared In that vicinity, an6
cattle can now feed on the hillsIdes. There
has been DO appreciable loss by reason of
the winter, and cattle are in goud con ition
As far as can be ascertalned fruit has been
uniDjured, and it is expected that the cold
weather las done some good in stopping the
propagation of the insect pests.
The Union Scout in its county court pro-
ceedins has the following: Bids were then
opened on keeping county poor farm for one
year, and the contract was let to Eghert
Coffinberry at So rs per week f,r each pau
per, the contractor to have the use of the
poor farm and the county to furnish the
necessary clothing aud medical assistance
for the paupers, the contractor to furnish
all necessary care and attention to the sick.
Historian: A dastardly attempt was made
last night to wreck the $3.50 electric car
near the old taunery. r. B Smart was
driving at fair pace with several passen-
gers inside, when he got onto the trestle.
Half way over 1t an iron rail, Is feet long,
was stretched across the track and the car
smashed into it with jerk, which sent the
TWO front wheels completely off the track
and almost precipitated the car into the
river below. The authorities are con fident
that they know who the perpetrators are,
and summary steps will be taken to appre-
heLd and punish them.
The city marshal could furnish no item
with which to Adorn a tale this morning.
Everything was serene, aud such quietude
pervaded animated nature that his lodging
house had not single boarder. These are
the piping times Of peace, when nothing
mars the even flow of feelings, when the
cat dwells in harmony with members of the
canine species, and when even Democrat
will keep ''coop if you refer to the .'late
uppleasantness" as the rebellion. Wars rude
alarms are heard no mGre, and politicians
no longer plot to capture caucuses and con.
ventions.
Bad blood ex SITS between the Indians and
Chinese at Umatilla, and 1t Is feared trouble
may result. During the past few weeks
Ho, hoo, - fh V..d.