The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-09-09
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From Saturdays Daily.

r up in smoke.
t The Century for September on sale at NJ
r Nolans postotfice book store. This is a
: excellent number, and contains the choices
literature published.
The atmosphere yesterday was almo'
Opaque from the effects of smoke. In th
afternoon the sun seemed like a red ba
Heating through space.
Miss Matilda Hollister returned las
night from an extended trip east, durin
which time she has spent several days a
the worlds fair in Chicago.
Mr.. II. Lownsdale returned last nigh
from visit to the worlds fair at Chicago
He resumed his position in a. NJ. William
& Co. s store this morning.
DR.. Hugo Thiel and DR.. Max Delbrick
of Berlin, Prussia, two of the most cele
brated physicians of the German empire
were registered at the Umatilla House yes
terday.
Mir. r. w. Baxter, of Portland, genera
superintendent of the Union Pacific rail
road, and Mr.. D. w. Campbell, genera
freight agent, have been in the city during
the day.
A hobo was arrested last night and
lodged in jail. He only possessed one good
| leg, and one finger was missing from his
| left hand. The city recorder turned the
! poor fellow loose this morning
Salem journal: John Gray was yester-
day awarded the contract for building a
dining hall and two cottages at the state
insane asylum MIR. Gray's bid was S24,-
327 80. 1t will be remembered that II. G.
Liebe's bid was S2l, ,434, but claiming to
have made mistake i'll his estimate. Mr..
Liebe was allowed to withdraw his bid.
East Oregonian: Forest fires are scat
tered amid the timber all the way from
Meacham to Hilgard, and may prove very
destructive on account of the dryness. The
sheep camp of William Ferrell was lately
visited by the flames, which burned up a
wagon and harness, and MIR. Ferrelfs coat,
containing his check-book and some notes
and papers. His camp is at the head of
Squaw creek.
Heppner Gazette Last week at Hard
man, this county, Mrs. Wright and Abe
Luieallen forced Mrs. Wright's 14-year-old
daughter to marry Luieallen under threats
of sending her to jail. She left Luieallen
and has sued for annulment of the marriage
ties at the coming term of court. Our dis
trict court will convene here next Monday,
with W. L. Bradshaw as judge. 1t will
have about the smallest docket ever held
here.
Yesterday being the thirteenth anniver-
sary of the birthday of Miss Mollie Nor
man, a party was given her at the residence
of her parents in this city. The evening
was spent very pleasantly in games and
other amusements, and at a seasonable
hour rejection was served to those pres
ent. Every person appeared to enjoy
themselves, and those present say it was
one of the most enjoyable events of the
season.
The Astoria Budget says that Chris Veien
to-day received a package of newspapers
from his father in Denmark. In one of the
papers was an item which stated that
plowman who was at work in a garden, dis
covered something shining on the point of
his pillow, and when he examined it he
found it to be a large gold finger ring, with
ALI inscription and date on it which proved
it to have been manufactured over 1900
years ago. The ring was as bright as new.
The following from the Eugene Guard
contains information Of new product OF
Oregon, and which grows abundantly in the
vicinity of The Dalles: "Maior l.. ID. For
rest, of this city, will ship tomorrow or
next day about seven hundred pounds OF
Oregon grape root, which he has had gath
cred, to firm of San Francisco manufac-
turing druggists 1t will be used for medi-
cinal purposes The product will be hauled
by teamsters to Corvallis, and from that
place shipped via the Oregon Pacific com
pany's railroad and steamships
Eugene Register. Messrs. Livinger &
,.+a1 he yialn n
oats on record this year. On two and one
fourth acres of ground, by actual measure
ment, they have harvested 2l3 bushels, or
1870 pounds of the finest kind of grain. A
measured bushel, instead of weighing the
regulation weight of sc pounds, weighs Al
pounds The yield per acre, according to
the above, is found to be 95 bushels. The
seed from which these oats are grown was
purchased in California, and none of the
product will be sold, as they will be care
fully cleaned and used next year for seed.
Albany Herald, Sept. lst: VIM. Deyoe,
brother of L. W. Deyoe, of Albany, was
blown up with giant powder this morning
at their mine on Harrison fat box con-
tanning about twenty-five pounds exploding
while he was standing over it. he was
trying to take it out from under his bunk
when 1t exploded with deaienlng noise,
blowing his arms and head off and scatter
ing parts OF the body into the tree tops.
The coroner went down this afternoon. On
account of the mangled condition of the re-
mains 1t is doubtful if they can be sent to
Albany for burial The affair has cast a
deep gloom over the mining camp. The de-
ceased was well known here where he form
erly resided He was aged % and was not
married.
Lewiston Teller: Capt. E. W. Baugh-
man was called to Portland Tuesday. The
company have asked him to submit plans
for new boat to be put on this run.
Capt. Baughmans idea is to build a much
longer boat than the Annie Fdron. A long, |
narrow boat with the proper machinery
will never be stopped by the swift water
nor have to line over single rapid. The
bow and stern of the FdTop's hull are to be
used in the construction of the new boat,
and the engine and driving shafts can be
utilized also. The hull will be built new
in the center and much longer according to
Capt. Baaghmans ideas. 1t will be. .furn-
ished with new steel boiler that>will al
low $50 pounds of steam. With this equip
ment the company will have the best boat
ever put on the upper river. Work on the
new boat will bepin at once.