The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-04-15
From MONDAYS Daily.

Mr.. Lem. Bur. .ess. of Bakeoven, is in the
city.
Cattle men are still feeding their hocks in
Grant county.
West-bound trains were several hours
late yesterday.
The Misses Smith, of Salem, are visiting
relatives in the city.
Mrs A. W. Branner, of Nansene, was a
passenger on the stage yesterday evening.
The last frown of despondent winter ap-
peared on the Klickitat hills this morning.
Mr.. Fred Hale, of Gillian county, lost
$50 head OF sheep last week by asphyxis-
tion.
There has not been an arrest made by the
police officers in this city since the 1st of
the present month.
Mr.. Balfe johnson, the W. U. T. Co. OPP
orator in the city, spent yesterday with his
parents in Oregon City.
An electrict fire alarm has been placed in
the Umatila House. These boxes should
be general throughout the city.
Mrs. C. M. Bulger. who has been visiting
her daughter in this city for few dayspast,
returned to Portland on the afternoon train.
Fruit growers IN Grant county anticipate
large crop the coming summer. The
danger from frost will be over when the
trees bud.
The first mail from Waldron arrived IN
Fossil last Wednesday for ten days. This
blockade was caused by the terrible condl-
tion of the roads.
Some fishermen are camped on the
beach preparatory to raising their scow
which has been engulIed by the rising
waters of the Columbia.
A party of three or four anglers spent the
afternoon fishing In Mill creek yesterday.
They were successful and returned with an
abundant supply of the fiDny species.
Judge Bradshaw, Hon. A. s. Bennett and
District Attorney Wilson left yesterday for
Arlington, where they took the stage for
Condor, and where circuit court convened
to-day.
MIR. J. J. Cozart; of Grant county, re-
turned from Salem yesterday morning.
where he delivered the horses which he
brought with him to the person who had
purchased them.
Sneak thieves are playing their nefarious
vocations at Prineville. One day last week
the warehouse of Uren & Son, in that city,
was broken into and several sacks of -four
and quantity of bacon stolen.
The delay of the trans yesterday was
caused by bridges washed out in Idaho.
During this season, when the snow is rap
idly melting in the mountains washouts on
the line may be expected quite frequently.
A fish was caught yesterday with three
eyes, one being IN the center of the head.
1t is a specimen of an ordinary species which
are caught in Mill creek every season. This
fish Is now preserved in alcohol in Charlie
Franks saloon on Front street.
In connection with the bath rooms at
Frazier & Wyndham's tonsorial estab ish
ment are warm and cold showers, which
may be used at the option of the person.
These are the only ones In the city, and are
conveniently arranged in boxes in the
rooms.
CANYON City Ne,rs: The road down about
Spanish Gulch is reported nearly Impassa-
BILE by reason of washouts. As that Is ON
the route to The Dalles. our early spring
shipping point, freighters and merchants
will suffer. And the camp is nearly out OF
sugar. too.
The Scientific American, publishing an &C.
count of railways across the Andes, gives
an lilusITdIlOu VI d ZtO-IOOt Spau oIiukc Oh
the Transandine raIlwa, connecting B lenos
Ayres with Valparaiso. The John Day
bridge, on the U P road east OF The Dalles,
is 400. foot span.
Cal. Hale reached home near Fossil from
E lensburgh, WASH, few days ago. He
was one OF the men arrested for completely
in the Roslyn bank robbery, and was in jail
for several weeks. Since his release his
fellow citizens consider him martyr to the
ambition of detectives.
Mr.. Cnas. Stephens. of Condor, is 10 the
city. He reports prospects very good for
crops in Gillian county, and that cattle
have passed the winter with very little loss.
The cold weather is very favorable for
crops, as this has a tendency to retain the
moisture in the ground.
The remains of E. Ross Smith, who killed
Miss Clark and himself in Chicago on the