The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-02-18
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From Wednesdays Daily.

The thermometer ranged higher to-day
than it has during the month.
Mr.. James Pearson, of Ellensburgh,
WASH, is visiting relatives IN the city.
The snow is gradually melting and GO
ing into the ground. This is very salts
factory to farmers.
The mail is now carried to Goldendale
on horseback, the roads being almost i'm
passable for wagons.
Hanson, the man who is under arrest
for burglary in MAYS 6 Crowe's store in
this city, was arralgned yesterday, and
pleaded not guilty.
The jury IN the case of Spoonemore VS..
F. G. Sexton & Co., which was on trial
yesterday, rendered verdict this morn
ing for the defendant.
Saturday, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, has been
fixed as the date for adjournment of the
legislature. 1hls was the result of con-
ference Between the house and senate.
Since the recent thaw the roads to the
interior are IN very bad condition.
There Is not good sleighing, and wagons
can only be hauled with great difficulty.
The coronership of Multnomah county
was decided by the supreme court last Mon
day in favor cf Mr.. Jos. Hughes, aud he
will perform the duties of the effiee here
after.
A dispatch has been received in the
city conveying the information that the
bill creating Cascade county has been in
definitely postponed. Wasco will not be
carved up in small pieces this legislature.
A small purse containing So green
back and two one-cent pieces was lost. on
the streets yesterday 1t has circular,
nlckel-plated opening. The finder will
confer favor by leaving the same at this
office.
Notwithstanding the advanced stage of
the season, the bows at the public scho OILS
were coasting down the sidewalk on Union
street this morning; but very likely this is
the last time that such amusement can be
enjoyed this winter.
A boiler maker in Buffalo is called Peterje
Zrunchz Zkomskekowlowski. II the ex-
queen of the Sandwich Island is reinstated,
he will be prominent candidate for chief
minister. Their names would be so eupho-
nious attached to official documents.
The Boston Operatic Concert Company
will give a performance next Monday |
evening at WlngaIe's ball for the benefit |
of the free reading room. This company
has received very complimentary NOTICES |
from the press, and should attrect good
house.
The Knight Quimby bridge bill, which |
passed the legislature, was vetoed by the |
governor. Immediately on the reception |
of the message, Manley, the author of the !
bill, put it on itspassage, and it passed |
over the veto by q vote of A TO 10. In |
the senate it was laid on the table.
An eminent physician says gum chewing |
injures the health, and makes people Derv.
ons cross, ill-tempered aed unhappy This |
only applies to boys, for the girls of The |
Dalles have chewed gum for years, and they
are the healthiest, sweetest tempered, loye.
hest and happiest creatures in America.
After dlligent inquiry among horticul-
turists in this vicinity it is learned that
the effects of the recent cold weather on
the San Jose scale cannot he nscertained
until the trees begin TO leaf; but it is, gen.
orally considered that the temperature
was not low enough to destroy this pest.
Tomorrow will be celebrated by our
Chinese residents as the commencement
of the year, and loud and continuous ex-
plosiyns may be expected from the celes-
tial quarter OF the city. The Buddhists,
Shintoists and Confucians will be happy
and express their joy in regular civil,
lied manner.
We received call yesterday evening
from Mr.. A. T. Yemen, the piano tuner,
who arrived in the city from Portland on
the afternoon train. He thoroughly un-
derstands the construction Of musical in
siruments, and has the highest recon-
mendatlons from schools and academies
in the metropolis.
The Oregonian says the following is the
afafs mill bo italx, n b6.c cfull
in the Oregon offices: Collector internal
revenue, Henry Blackn an, of Reppner;
collector of customs, Portland. I. J. Black, |
Halsey; marshal, Henry Grady, Pendleton;
district attorney. Geo. Noiand. Astoria;
appraiser, Pat Powers, Portland
The verdict Of the coroner's jury on the
body of the demented daughter of A. G.
Russell, farmer living near Athena, in
Umatilla county, rendered last Monday,
cleared the father and son of any suspicious
of the crime of murder and incest. DIR. |
Schuyler, the physician in. attendance on
the girl, has been arrested charged with
Granddaughter.
Inquiries are received every day regard
ing the facilities of The Dslles and vicinity {
for fruit raising and cereal productions, and
it would be an advantage to this country If
board of information were organized and |
pdiupuictS pfiutcu giving idctS duu uRuFes l
In many instances those who receive these Z
letters have not the time to answer them,
and the matter could easily be managed by /
the board.
Monday afternoon at Ysquina bay, on
South beach, the body of man was washed I
ashore, and picked up by the residents /
there. 1t had evidently been in the water
8 long time, being badly decomposed. The :
man was plainly dressed, with three pairs
of oyeralls on. Nothing was found on him
to identify him. He was probably drowned
miles away from Yaquina and had probably
been IN the water several months.
We have received copy. of Mr. Cross
bill ID relation to the salaries of county .
officials. 1t fixes an amount for the pay
ment of county clerks, recorders of con-
veyances, clerks OF the circuit and county |
courts and sherlffs OF the different coun-
ties, and PROVIDES that the provisions of
the act shall not apply 10 the present in
cumbents. BY the bill the clerk OF Wasco 5
Is to receive $1,000 and the sheriff $25O0.
Last night the mail carrier from Hart
land, Wash, to this city, In crossing on the
free bridge tell in the water, but managed !,
to pull himself out after receiving a very :
cold bath. and the one from Goldendale. :
WASH, had the tame experience. This .
morning they returned by boat across the
open part of the river, opposite the Wasco
warehouse. The free bridge over the Co
lumbia Is thing of the past, and, although
''lost to sight, is to memory dear"
Mr.. D. Patterson, of Eight Mile, gave Us !
an agreeable call this morning, He says :
the snow Is gradually melting, and the
water is gong INTO the ground. There is
large area planted in fall grain, and this has :
Rone well this winter, having been covered l
b snow, He says the prospects are ex- i,
- for good crops. and farmers feel con
encouraged Mr.. Patterson is Z Z
oldest residents in Wasco, hav-
on his present farm since 1864. TX
the first white residents in theT o
ZSest was Mr.. ]. FL. Coventon of this
He was In the employ of the Ameri D
can Fur Co IN 1887, and he bunted and
trapped on the banks of the John Day ana
Deschutes in that year. He returned east
IN 1857, and again came to the coast il
1861, since which time he has renamed s
The old gentleman is now IA years old, c
straight as an arrow, and quick in his I
When he is properly wound C
up he can relate the most inferestIlg g stories .
in regard to pioneer experiences. a
A German farmer, Henry Heinrich, who 0
is tenant on the T. L. Ragedalde place.
. brae u,les north of Milton was d,scovared | n