The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-01-28


y their intention of hereafter leading chris
It tan life.
The senatorial contest has been varied
g little BY one of Aliens friends desertinl
y him and voting for Hon. r. o. Dunbar; but
s the deadlock continues.
The river closed during last night ant
;, | now the bridge of snow and ice extends tal
Y above the ferry landing, with a stretch o.
e open water only aboYe the city.
Bills for Tygh, Cascade and Stockmar
8 counties have been presented in the legisla-
4 ture, and one may expect before adjourn.
\ ment that old Wasco will be carved up by
another division.
/ The steps leading to the bluff addition,
/ were cleaned of snow and swept this morn
ing. This was done by the street commits
sIoner, and for which he is entitled to last.
ing gratitude.
, Mr.. J. r. Love, who was attacked few
days ago with paresis and partially recov-
cred, was much worse yesterday ard he will
be taken to the hospital in Portland on the
evening train.
The river is being sliced up to-day, and
Ice to the depth of about six inches la be-
ing honsed. This will furnish bountiful
supply for our local dealers, and the article
is of good quality.
Harper's Ne,o Monthly Magazine for Feb
ruary on sale at M. T.. Nolan's postoffice
bookstore This is an excellent number,
and should be on the table of every reader
of current literature.
There are several suspicious characters in
the city, and the marshal and police force
are watching them. An oversight over
| their actions may prevent petty larcenles
| from being committed.
! A reception was given to Archbishop
Gross last evening by his many friends in
| the city. MIR. Keller furnished the refec-
| tion on the OCCASION, and very enjoyable
] time was had in social conversation.
Worthin9ton's Illustrated Magazine for
February is most excellent number, and
maintains the high stand tie periodical has
assumed In literature. 1t is published at
Hartford, Conn, for 50 so year, or ..25 |
cents for single number.
On last Monday morning the dead body |
of an Indian was discovered in the public |
highway near the residence of Frank Carter, |
on Crofton Prairie, saws the Goldendale |
Sentinel. He was seen the evening before
in an intoxicated condition, and, it Is sup
posed, he laid down in a drunken stupor.
and "sept tine sleep that knows no wax
ing"
Rev. Ed. Baker, of Dufur, held revival
services last week at Pleasant Ridge, few
miles south of this city. The meetings
were very well attended and were produc-
tive of an unusual amount OF interest, lS
being converted of which number ID united
with the Methodist church. Every person
on the ridge belongs to some church except
one man.
The usual serenity of last night was dis
turbed by an attempt to burglarlze Mays &
NJ. Nkakx,
Gibbons arrested the culprIt in the building,
and on his person was found two chisels,
with which, it is very evident, he effected
an entrance. He was locked up in the city
Jail and had his examination before the re-
corder this morning.
About two. inches of snow fell last night
and to day, and this will increase the yield
of grain in this county. The people feel
thankful that there is one blessing IN East
ern Oregon that is not dependent on the
senate at Salem. and that is the amount of
snow IN winter to insure crops in summer.
1t it were, the ''sterile, bunch grass plains"
of the Inland Emp re would always remain
barren and unproductlve.
The people of Eastern Oregon, who are
interested in an open river, should present
facts and figures in relation to freight rates
now charged for the consideration of the
legislature now that the senate has recon-
sidered the vote by which the Raley port
age bill was defeated. If the senate will
not grant US relief they should act with a
full knowledge of the urgent necessity that
exists.
Astorian: Rev. John w. Ellis, the de-
posed Presbyterian minister at Chico, has
sued the congregation for S4.946 80. He
claims that amount under contract by
which he was to receive three thousand dol
lars year, from June lst, 1890. He adds {
that he has fully performed the contract ,
and has discharged all the duties devolving .
on him there1nder, except SO tar as he has
been prevented by the defendant.
We learn that the students of the Dufur
school have determined to purchase some I
apparatus. and that to pay tor
the sane they nave agreed to give festival
on the evening OF February 4. 1893. charg-
ing small admlssion fee Supper, songs, |
music, games, plays and other exercises to +
instruct and amuse will constitute the pro-
gramme. A good time is anticipated. All
friends of the cause OF education should ar
range to attend.
The state council of the Catholic Knights f
Of America was held in this city Yesterday =
Archbishop Gross. of Portland. Is the state !
spiritual director of the council, and he was
present at the deliberations. There were
delegates present from all portions of Ore v
g 70, and the meetings were held at the res I
ldence of Father Bronsgeest TEE order
shows steady growth during the past year,
and several new members have been added.
This was the annual convocatlon. ?
A log chute at Spool creek, Klamath b
county, IS mile long. The logs traverse n
that distance in about Is seconds, and the
eye can scarcely follow them. Three cars
are now running to the chute, and 300 logs
per day are shot into the river. Twenty
men are driving LOO, 900 feet of logs down i
the klamath from the foot of the log grade. =
They have moved them distance of four
miles by doing some blasting, and it now v
ooks as though the log driving venture on f;
The klamath will be perfect success. =,
Last night Swede by the name of q
George Wicklund was drowned at the =
mouth of Bear creek, says the Astoria Ec-
rminer. He was engaged towing some logs "
With skiff to his home when the boat cap. i,
zed and threw him into the river The
body did not rise to the surface, hut was q
washed ashore about an hour after the acci. n
lent. Wicklund was employed at the O
arming business, and was married. He N
caves wife and two children to mourn his
oss. The funeral took place at Knappa to-
lay. fl
The stockyards have been quite busy dur \
Dg the week. and the employees have had IL
title idle time. Last night there were two a.
arloads of hogs shipped to the Portland :"
market. and four of cattle the night before c.
There are now four carloads of cattle ready "
or shipment this evening" Mr.. Saltmarshe's W
ABILITIES for handling livestock are not
qualled anywhere in the northwest, and
his is the reason that the stockyards, at all
easons of the year, display an activity not
at any other point In the north n,
Vest.
The Eugene Register says that on Wednes- !,
ay, Mr.. J. P. Chester, distributed among NJ
rs eleven children in equal parts. $ll 900 h;
n money and real estate, mostly the latter. al
The gift is really worth considerable more n
han $1,000 to each, as the real estate has
een put in at anout so per cent of it's ea
alue. He has not robbed himself, but has ia
nough to keep himself and wife 10 com. n,
ortable circumstances during the remain :,
er of their days. The children are all -
rown and the money will be great help ol
o them. T
Logical Answer. al
The brilliant college elocutionist, Col. T. fe
". Higginson, who is disseminating free. 10