The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-02
ITEMS IN BRIEF
rom Saturdays Daily.

IersonS from the country say the SnO'
= has nearly disappeared from the hillside!
/ and cattle may find pasturage on viii
, grasses.
2 Some freight wagons started for the in
terror just before the storm, and it is pre-
sumed they are blockaded few mile
from town.
In Salem last Thursday was generally oh
served as Thanksgiving day, and turke
dinner was served at the penitentiary AM
also at the insane asylum.
A chinook wind came out of the west to
day, and the snow is in a slushy condition
making pedestrianism difficult and tn,
roads in terrible condition.
The jury In the case of State of Oregon
vs. Thomas Prior, indicted for larceny o
checks at Cascade Locks, brought III ver-
dict of mot guilty" last night at o'clock
and the prisoner was discharged.
The ladies of the Congregational church
are preparing very urique entertainment
for the 18th of December, the programme
on which occasion will be something never
produced heretofore in The Dalles.
Notwithstanding the mild weather which
has prevailed since the snow fell the small
boys and girls still indulge in coasting, aud
their sleds manage to make some speed
down the streets in this vicinity.
carefully prepared estimate of the
salmon pack of the Pacific northwest for
the season of 1898 shows the total to haye
been ,72l ,66G cases, of the estimated value
of 81, ,5G7. The Siuslaw, Lane county,
pack is placed at 10000 cases.
The two Crook county commissioners
have been away visiting for quite while,
and Judge Sumner, being deslrous of hold
ing term of county court last Monday, Of
fered a liberal reward for the return of said
com missioners to the court house door in
| Prineyiile on that day.
A force of men and teams is at work
grading the Bailey Irrigation Compauy's
ditch, which leads from Umatilla through
the sandy land along the Columbia, says the
East OregoniGn. Already about mile and
| half OF ditch has been completed. 1t Is
to be eighteen or twenty miles in length
There was one so inconsiderate of his
surroundings that he was found asleep on
the sidewalk near the Union Pacific freight
depo yesterday about noon, and he was ar
rested and given lodgings in the city jail.
Another 'one, chronic inebriate, was
landed in the lookup to keep him out of
mischief. They were both interviewed by
the city recorder, and replemishld the
treasury in substantial amount.
UmatIlla has grown to be quite lively
little burg since the train change on the
Union Pacific, which makes a stop over
point Tor the passenger trains as well as the
en'l OF q freight division. II has suffered
some IN mprals, however, tin horn gamblers
having collected there in considers bic force
favorable field being offered fo= their oper
ations. Umatilla may want Its court house
back flom Pendleton soon.
Most of the Indians of the Colviile res
erYatiol are gathering at the Okauogan
river opposite A ma, WASH, and will soon
commence weeks celebration or, iu other
words, death feast" over two Indians of
lntiuence who were burned to death soma
time ago. Chief Moses and other celebri-
ties of his trbs will be present TO assist IN
the ceremonies which are to be of a super
sti;ious nature. Barbecues aud Iudiau sing-
ing will be iudulged in, aud wild, weird
sort of "ghost dance" held
A very important ruling was made in the
circu court today by Judge Bradshaw, nj
the case of L. l.. Branner VS. r. A. Ward,
which will affect the validity of evtry judg
ment rendered by de ault in Justices courts.
1t seems that the summons, as now used,
is not in statutory form, and where there
ant, the court does not acquire Jurisdiction
under this defective instrument. The de-
fendant must be cite to appear in legal
manner, or there can be no process by
which his goods and chattels can be dis
posed OF to satisfy creditors.
Justice Maui once addressed rhencm-s
non OF innoeedee as follow: Prisoner at
the bar, your counsel thinks YOU innocent;
the counsel for the prosecution thinks you
innocent, think you innocent. But jury
OF your own countrymen, In the exercise of
such common sense as they possess, which
does not em to be much, have found Won
guilty, and it remains tnat l should pass
upon you the sentence of law. Tnlt SEN
tence is, that you be kept Ia imprisonment
for one day; and as that day was yesterday
you NAV now go about your business"
Director Preston, of the mint, has pre-
pared statement showing the amount and
cost of silver purchased under the act of
July IA, 1890, from the date the act went
into fleet, August 81, 1890, to the date of
repeal, November 2, 1898, to be l6S. .674,-
$50 fine ounces, costing Sl55, 930,94 the
average cost per ounce being go A cents.
The present market price is about 70 cents
per ounce. OF the amount purchased $780,
0S7, ,2S5 worth has been coined into stand
ard silver dollars, leaving 40, 699, 760 ounces
on hand. This amount will coin $751;
9l5, 900
Moro Observer: A report was circulated
that the three men who robbed the Milton
bank were seen in Sherman county this
week and Sheriff Leslie was out hunting
them up, but after tracking them as far as
Frank Fulfon's place, he found they were
not the guilty parties. The three men in
lol ,,,4o
t. buy some cattle of Frank Fulton, who
assured the sheriff that they were not the
ones he wanted. 1t is stated that the rob
bers are still in Umatilla county, where no
doubt they will soon be captured if they
have not already been taken.
The Buy Cleaners, children society |
of the Lutheran church of this city, who |
have for months been sewing and working |
on useful and ornamental household goods, |
will dispose of them at fair on the even |
ings of the 5th' and 9th of December at the |
Schanno hall over Browns grocery store. |
For an admittance of 10 cents they will |
give sociable entertainment with music, |
re freshments and etc., and on the last even
ing the fair closes with a dance The pro- |
ceeds OF the fair go to charitable institu- |
lions and the destitute. The exhibit of |
their goods will be displayed in Pease & |
Mays show window.
A jury, consisting of Doherty, E N |
Chandler. L Burgess. ] Stanials, Lutte Bur |
ham, Frank Vogt, K II Williams and d II |
Roberts, was Impanelled to-day in the case |
of L. l.. Branner VS. t. A. Ward, sheriff. |
This is an appeal case from the justice court |
in which property was attached, which was |
caired to belong to plaintiff-the defend. |
ant IN the court below-by the sheriff and |
sold. The sheriff is now sued in the circuit |
court for the wrongful sale of property, it |
not belonging to the defendant In the case
IN Justice court. By agreement of counsel |
eight jurors constitute the panel. Judge |
Bennett is attorney for the plaintiff and j.
L. Story for the defendant.
Says the Corvallis Times: "On the same
day that Sheriff Osburn will mount the
stone steps of the Benton county court |
house and offer the o. P. to the highest |
bidder, the sheriff of Lincoln county is ad-
vertised to appeer in a similar role on the
steps of the Lincoln county court house to
knock down to the highest bidder at tax sale
the AZ miles of o. P. track in Lincoln county,
together with the machine shops and the
steamer willamette Valley. The amonnt of
taxes for which the sheriff of Lincoln has
levied on the o. p. is 81, "a. Somebody
tells story of how a sheriff once levied on
property in the hands of receiver and got
fined $4,000 for contempt of court.
Exchange: "Grandma" Bradley, who
has been lying very low at Pleasant Home,
died on the evening of November H.. She