The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-16

-, 1ue iosS DJ (uahdSeu gram mas teen euC
~ nous.
or Mr. H. E. Heppner of Elk City, Idat
n, Is on visit to his brother III this city.
70 says the mines in that vicinity are taking
a sudden spurt forward, and this summer W
q witness some phenomenal developments
ii the quartz ledges. These have been idle f
m some year-; but eastern capital Is becomil
m interested and they will be worked for
they are worth the coming summer.
Ie MIR. VIM. Hunt, of Olex, Gillian count
Ie gave US pleasant call to day He left
lie home on Rock creek yesterday, and the
If was no snow In that vicinity at that tin
but the stage. driver told Mr.. Hunt at A
hngton last nigh. that there We're fol
inches of snow at Condor. The roads ha,
been travelled considerable, and, althouu
badly cut up, they are not covered wit
mud As they are near this city.
BY the new plan of railway tickets to
adopted In Hungary In December, the tra'
eler will make out his own ticket. Tn
government will sell stamps and suppl
: blank cards. The passenger will, when h
desires to take a j uruey, write On car
, the name of his starti g point and destina
ton, and atix many stamps the put
Ished list OF fares calls for.
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insane man from one OF the eastern countie
jumped off the tam Celilo, and tn
sheriff VINO accompanied him had lnstl
tuted a search for the unfortunate man
Expecting, If caught. that he would b
brought to the sherlff's office, we callet
there several times d ring the day, and al
to the lime OF going to press no information
had been received of the affair.
Union Journal: The cabin of Alex B ack
hall, On Stoue creek, was destroyed by fire
about 10 o'clock last night An alarm Wat
turned IN and an engine ran far as the
Guy limits. Bldckhall was lighting fire
with paper, when the flames were com.
municated to combustibles in the room.
The tre spread with such rapidity that
BiAckhali's hair and clothes were badly
sIHgei. The loss OF the Quilting vas nom
iual; nut about $50 in cash, and notes
amounting to $4,000 were destroyed with it.
MIR. L. W. Darling, writing from Condor,
Gillian county, to the Teiegra M, under
| date of December Sth says: 'ln your Is
sue of the 6sh sea gull was spoken of as
| having been sen SO miles east of Albany.
| Permit me to say that about 10 years ago a
genuine sea gull aiighted on a street 10 Lone
Rock, on the head Of Rock street, 60 mil 5
| south of Arlington on the Columbia The
gull was snot by Otto Ward. Lone Rock
Is 200 miles from the ocean. and east OF the
| Cascadts mountains, aud about 5000 feet
above the level of The ocean"
A sheepman says: ''Whest mixed with
other grains Is the best food for wool aud
mutton l have ever used l have fed it to
yearlings aud old ewes to a great advantage
when 1t was worth double the price it com
mands now. l am now feeding over one
hundred head of yearliDgs for the butcher.
Their main ration has been two parts oats
and one part wheat, sandwIched with bar
ley, corn and bran. I don't know whether
this is well balanced ration or not. but 1
have never Rad sheep improve quite so fast
as they have done SO far"
Last Saturday, says the Gazette. Miss
Lucy B,owD. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
p Brown, of Black Horse, died from what
is reporred to be scarlet fever, after an ILL.,
ness OF short duration. Also on the same
date, Oracle. the little daughter of Mr.. aud
Mrs. John Barton, died OF similar Lom-
laint. The interment took place at the
Heppner cemetery Sunday last 1t is cur
rentiy reported that the disease is dIptherIa
instead OF scarlet fever, but we cannot yer.
Ify tAis However. it seems>to be quie
fatal, sand our city authorities nave taken
1YerY p'eoau'ioh " pieEe"O ~ ''h'ins :"
heppiiei'
The rates of mortality in this ccunty.
we are satisfied. is less than in any other
portion of the state. Although definite
tpures cannot be procured. vet they can be
secured correct enough on which to base an
estimate The undertakers lu this cit who
10 business r ,or a large region oi country
so surrounuing ine Dai'es nave 'urnisiieu oniy
~ coinns' "ni,e h"oa hiver' perhaps may
nave suppne" I ~ - anu An1eiope u iiian,ns d
.oeai VI 90 i"9 'o,a1 pon' Popaia'ioo 90 ~ "asoo
ea,l e'un.y Is aoous ii.ooo' auu 'nese 90 uea'ns
iai' te,y tuen "eio" per Ien'. We w
NV pehe'e SnH uis''iI' III '"e
eau sho" as Small oeatn ra'e aa 1"is.
Baker Democrat: Last evening by the
Sumpter Valley train MIR. Chas s Miller
came down from the Monumental mines.
bringing with him seven bars of silver bull
lion. each bar weighing one hundred pounds
and worth $1,000 each. of unusual Gneness
and value GA account of the gold con tanned
along with the silver. This OUTPUT of about |
$1,000 is the result of the past twenty days' |
ruU, wb ch conciusively shows tnat the old |
wears past The displsv of silver bars can