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

From fridays Daily.
Chas. Schrmerhan, of Portland is in the
city.
| The legislature will adjourn tomorrow
forenoon at 10 o'clock.
The streets in places are muddy. although
| four days ago they were covered by SIX
| inches of snow.
Mr.. Ben. Bumauer, formerly a merchant
| in this city. but now doing business in San
Francisco, is in town to-day.
A letter from Gr rldendae says the weather
Still continues cold MORNINGS and( evenings,
although it thaws during the day.
The thermometer last night fell below
freezing; but the pleasant sunshine during
the day made the air balmy and spring like.
Cattlemen are anxious tor chinook wind,
and says il the. snow does not melt soon
there will be considerable loss among live
stock.
Miss Mary Frasier, one of the teachers in
the city public schools. left for Hood River
on the afternoon train for short visit to
her parents.
Mr.. Kennedy's little steamer suffered
considerable damage last evening IN the ice.
JAM. 1t was thrown on Its side, and the
propeller troken.
The sidewalks are nearly all cleaned of
snow and Ice, and if the present warm
weather continue the streets will soon be
In good condition.
One enlarged picture of yourself given
away with every one dozen cabinet photos
for the next Is days at HerrIn's gallery,
over the postoffice. fbl5-lw.
A petition is being circulated In Sherman
1nfx mob ha% h.ar nff
before helng declared delInquent-be ex-
tended to Oct. l. 1898.
The ice In the river this forenoon began
moving in body, and this afternoon there
was a clear space above the Regulator
wharf. to cross to and from the Washing
ton side.
Shuster s jackson, of Goldendale. sold
the band CT CATTLE, which crossed the river
on the ice last week, to the dealers in this
city, and they claim the loss OF the steer
which fell through falls on The Dalles pur-
chasers.
Some of our exchanges in this and Sher
man county have come TO us printed on ma
nIlln wrapping paper. The reason for this
was that the blockade between this city and
Portland left them without their supply of
white paper.
Seven OF the worst characters in the city
Jail in Portland walked out on the evening
of February 18th, and are still at large.
Tney were principally held for vagrancy,
and no doubt are plying their yocatlons in
more congenial localities.
The Boston Operatic Concert Co. will
give an entertainment at Wingate hall next
Monday evening for the benefit of the free
reading room IN this city. Admission, %
Tickets are on sale at Snipes & Kinersly's
drug store.
The purse advertised in the TINES Noun
TAINEER Wednesday was found yesterday
and returned to this Office. Ed. Jenkins IN
going to the academy picked 1t up near the
aud Immediately brought it to this
office. Advertising always brings it's re.
suits.
Hon. E. N. Chandl r, our representative
at Salem, receives deserved complimentary
notice in the Salem correspondent of the
Oregonian to-day. Nobody is more deserving
than he, and every one who is acquainted
with "Pap" will endorse any and every
good thing spoken of him.
On the 18th inst o. p Taylor, of Rock
creek, turned span of horses out on the
hills, says, the Arlington Record The
ground being slippery, they fell into can
yon, one falling 100 feet, the other 300
The former came out unharmed, but the
one that fell 300 feet was killed. The horse
was valued at Sl00.
The circuit court this morning found
business rather slack and excused the jurors
for the morning. The grand jury being be-
hind in its work owing to the absence of
important witnesses keeps the circuit court
cut OF employment. The civil actions are
pretty well disposed of, and as soon as the
criminal business Is out Of the way the !
court will be ready to adjourn.
Arlington Record: P. G. Geary, of Rock
Creek, WASH, comes in aid tells Us Of lit
tie whlte girl living with family OF In
diars at the upper crossing of the Wenas
river, in Yakima county. and expresses him
self as believing the glrl to be the abducted
child of /. ". Miller, of Summerville. We
cannot say anything IN comment, but give 1t
to the public for what it Is worth.
The quarantine has been lifted from the
lodging house in Fremont, where case OF
smallpox was discovered two weeks ago.
This leaves Seattle without a single house
or place of any kind under quarantine re-
strictiops, and the health officers think the
situation with regard to smallpox is very
much improved. There are few cases yet
in the pesthouse, but as rule they are do.
ing well.
The Astoria Budget says: Gamblers are
having a hard time of 1t lately. Chased