The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-08-26
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fruit east daily.
Mrs. w. =. Myers LETT for the Locks O
the boat this morning.
MIR. Ed. NJ. Wingate returned to t'ol
Inns Landing this morning.
DR. Charles Adams, the merchant c
Camas Prairie, is in the city.
Rev. w. u. Curtis was q passenger thi
o;ning on the boat for Portland.
Mr.. A. Scherneckau, of Astoria, ha
been in the city for few days past.
Mr. James Baldwin, of Portland, re
turned this morning after short visit t.
friends in this city.
MIR. Jos. Nitschke returned last evening
from visit to his family. Who are il
camp near Collins Landing.
This month is usually dull, becaus
farmers are busy saving their crops ant
have no lime TO come to wn.
The weather is very favorable for har-
vesting. and our farmers are "makinl
hay" and cutting grain while the sur
shines
Thr Union Pacific has reduced fares to
visitors to the iremen's convention to h
held in this city to one and one-fifth rates
for the round trip.
The yield of grain In Umatilla county
is reported TO be about thirty bushels tG
the acre. This would be encouraging q
farmers If they could realize fair price
Fish wheels will remain idle until the
10th Of next month, when the season will
again open; but the fall run of salmon is
always very light on the upper Columbia.
Rev. John whistler left this morning
Co A nh hnx n
In attendance on the Oregon Conference
IN time TO hold services Sund y morning
and evening. .
Frank Clifford, an eronaut. was killed
at Snoqualmie, WASH, Sunday, in at
tempting to jump over the falls in par
achute. He dropped 800 Ieet and was
dashed against the rocks and crushed be-
yond recognition.
Mr. Clark, who was formerly justice of
the peace in this city for East )alles pre-
cinct, but now connected with the Che
mawa Indian school near salem, arrived
on the boat last evening and will spend a
short vacation in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. c. Wiley and family of
Cascade Locks, arrived In the city last
night Mrs wiley and children went
cago and to relatives and friends in
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and Mr.. Wiley returned
to the Locks this morning.
The remains of Mrs Tappan, the wife
of the purser of the ill-fated steamer an
nae Faron, passed through Walla WalIa
Monday evening ON the UNI Pacific
passenger train, says the Journal They
were accompanied by Mr.. Tappan, who
will take the body to Boston for inter-
ment.
Farmers in the northwest will store
their wheat for a while at least II is the
general opinion that when confidence is
restored the prices of all products will
raise If congress would do omeihing
on the questions on which action was ex
pected at this special session money
would be much easier.
Cottingham was on one of his rampages
last night, and we are informed slashed the
coat of a bartender In q very savage manner.
Fortunately the knife did not enter the
body of the victim, and no serious injury
resulted. He was arrested by the marshal !
and placed in the city jail The recorder.
after hearing the facts in the case. senten, ed
him to imprisonment for rhirtydays for
being drunk and di-orderly on the streets
A report was brought here Thursday,
says the Harvey Tinars, that a number OF
horses had been stolen near Drewsey re
Gently and driven out of the country, and
duplicating some prominent young men
over there. A party of Drewsey's citizens
were said to be in pursu I, and if the re-
port is authentic we will give full partic-
ulars next week. But we hope, for the
good of the young men named, that the
report Is groundless.
There was no inquest held upon the
bodies of those who met death in the An-
nie Faron disaster Speaking of this mat
ter the Colfax Conlmoner says: "The cOro- |
ner of Garfield county, whose duty II was |
to hold an inquest over the bodies of the |
dead victims of tnat frightful disaster, |
and If possible to asterIain the causes |
which resulted in their death, never Wis
tied the scene, and no jur" was ever |
SUNNI med" The immediate cause of |
the explosion will probably never be |
known.
The committee of arrangements ap-J
pointed to take charge of matters during |
the annual meeting of the Volunteer Vet |
eran Firemen OF Oregon in this city has |
concluded TO hold on sept. a. 1893, fire.
mans parade of all the companies in at |
tendance, TO give banquet 10 visitors, a |
hose race open to Oregon and Washing |
ton companies to compete for prizes. and |
the exercises of the day to conclude with |
grand ball at the Umatilla House, TO
which all citizens OF The Dalies are in
vited.
A party was given last evening at the |
residence of Mrs. j. l. Thompson, in |
honor OF Miss Anne Wentz, who has
been visiung in the city for some DAYS,
and who LEFT for her home IN Portland |
this morning. The time was spent very |
enjoyable in games and other amuse-
ments. Those present were. Misses An
ME and Lena Thompson, Grace Glenn,
Emma Os.lund, Hlda heck. frankie |
Richmond, Annie " entz, H attic ,,ram,
Sophia Nichols, Anna Rindlaub of Port
land; Simon Freiman, Earl sanders Leo |
Newman, Francis Irelend. Johnnie Fritz,
Jake McCown, Geo; ge Weigle. George |
Ruch, Willie Frank, Adelberi Moody and |
Burt Barrett.
In these hard times, when money is |
SCARCE and business is depressed, it is
not usual to see coin being thrown on the
highway; but such phenomena hap
pened this morning. A farmer came in |
town with some chickens for sale, and
was approached by Chinaman who |
asked the price. The figure WAS named
when the Celestial walked away. In
a short time he returned with the silver |
In his hand; but in the meantime the
chickens had been sold to one of our
merchants. This angered the Mongolian,
and the air was blue in that vicinity with
Celestial oaths, until IN his violence of
temper he threw the money in the streets
and walked away very indignant. The
scene partoOk of the ridiculous, and furn-
ished considerable amusement to a crowd
,ot boys and Indians.
Guard: Monday about noon w. r Mar
quls, who lives about tour miles north of
EugeLe, informed his family that he in
tended killing himself as he was tired of
living. He went TO the barn and pro-
ceeded to swallow two ounces of aconite.
A messenger was Immediately sent here
for DIR. j. w. Harris, who arrived on the
scene at about 20 P. NJ, just in time TO
save the mans lite. He gave him
heavy emetic and the same acted imme-
diately and the man has recovered. 1t
appears that the family has been having
domestic troubles for several months, and
that was the cause of the mans desperate
attempt. 1t will be remembered that
few weeks ago the gentleman's lie was
charged with being insane, but the medI-
cal eA eAaminers pronounced her mentally |
ali right.
Salem Statesman: 1t has been Informally |
decided to go ahead with the asylum and
reform school additions, though not so
fast as at first intended. The bid of J A. ]
Harzel $30,09S for the additions to the