The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-02-11
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From Wednesdays Daily.

FdIQ6I DIOHSSCcSl Ids 81 Idi iSSo'SiS'
as to be able to sit up in chair.
For the past ten days snow has fallel
every night, varying IN depth from one L
three inches.
The rotary snow plow Is reported to b.
at Latourelle Falls, unable to be operated
because of needful repairs.
The mercury indicated 20 degrees abov'
zero this morning, with slight indications
of chinook, but il did not materialize
Last night at Grant party was giver
by the citizens, and there were quite {
number tripping the light, fantastic toe
The Umatilla House is crowded with
blockaded passengers to-day, waiting fol
the road to be opened between this city
and Portland.
The latest reports from the minister al
the Fiji Islands report his returning to
have his photo taken by Herrin. Gallery
oyer post office.
As indications are favorable that winter
will last but few days longer, undoubt-
eddy coasting will be extensively patron
lied this evening.
There Is quite a lot of express freight
held In the Office in This city, awaiting
shipment to Portland. One messenger IS
detained to guard the packages.
The passengers on three blockaded
west-bound trains are spending the time
in the city. They are amusing themselves
as best they can under the circ umstances
The following deed was recorded with
: the county clerk to-day: James K Kelly
and wife to Orion Kinersly; lots and 4,
block r, ,BIgelow's addition to The Dalles;
SIS.
The only matter of interest yesterday,
centered around Mr. Walter FRAMES
Office at Grant, where testimony was be-
ing taken in suit by Lawyers Riddell
and Story, of this city.
The last train from Portland arrived
Monday night. This is the first blockade
experienced in the gorge of the Columbia
In the month of February since the rail-
road has been completed.
jackson Engine Company last evening
elected the following Representatives to
the board of delegates of the fire depart
ment of this city: F. W. l.. Skibbe, Geo.
Munger and Henry Whilmore.
Coasting and skating are noticed r3 3ll
our exchanges in the northwest. -Aflis
season there haye been more winter
sports than have been enjoyed by our
people for long number of years.
Mr.. N. w. Wallace came from Antelope
last evening. He reports affairs in Sock
man county very encouraging and the
snow about the same depth as in this vi
cinity. The coolest experienced at Ante
lope has been 9 degrees below zero.
We are informed that The road to
Oufur offers the best opportunity tor a
sic. gh ride that was ever enjoyed in this
county. Teams have travelled over the
route until it is as smooth as floor, and
horses can keep | p trot the whole dis
tance.
The following are the officers of Jack
son Er gine Co. No /, elected at the an
nual meeting last evening: President, Fl. |
Clough; secretary, A. A. Keller; treas
urer, Fred Lemke; foreman, j. A. Woods;
lst assistant, L.. Payette; I'd assistant, A. |
Klindt.
The recorders office was as calm and |
placid as summer stream. Nothing |
was being transacted In the department |
of police or law, and those who occupied |
chairs discussed the weather, blockaded
trains, etc. A chinook wind was earnestly |
desired, but no one could express an |
opinion when it would blow.
Early yesterday morning fire broke
out IN Pendleton and il was soon ascer
tanned to proceed from Carl's barber shop.
Before it was uader control by the de-
partment property to the amount of $16,-
800 was destroyed. Three wooden build
ings were destroyed, occupied by gro
ceres, meat market and barber shop.
Mr.. S. H. Douglass, of Wanic, who
was in the regular panel of jurors for the
coming term OF the circuit court, died on
Feb. 4th. He had been sick long time,
and at the time Of serving the subpenas
on the jurors was considered too i'll to
receive service. He was an old resident
of Wamic, having lived there for num-
Der of years.
A fire at Enterprise, Wallowa county,
Saturday evening last destroyed }. p
Shevlin's saloon building and contents
$500, insurance $500; j. p. Shevlin's |
meat market $500, insurance $780,; Mrs. |
Sprague damage to building $2h, E. A.
Campit $25. The fire is supposed to
have been caused by some one dropping
a lighted cigar in The saloon where it
started.
The Pendleton Tribune says: If GER
tain official who has been lobbying at the |
Oregon legislature for the past month in
the interest of the Dodson bill, which the
bar of this county does not want, would
haye staid at his post of duty and given
his consideration of cases taken under
Amusement, the Judicial interests of this
county would haYe been considerably ad-
vanced.
An old German, who had horse stolen
from his barn, advertised for it as follows Il
"Von mite, de oder day, ven l vas ben
awake in my shleep, heare something's
yot thinks vas not yust right In my parn
out, and ven l vas dere COON, / seez dat
my pig gray-iron mare he vas ben tide
loose, and run nit the stable of, and who
ever will him back pring yust so much
pay him as vas customary"
The seventeen who voted against the
Raley bill, says the Moro Observer, were
mostly residents of the Willamette valley
who do not care row OF pins for the in
terests OF the Inland Empire. But there
are two traitors to Eastern Oregon who
were on the "oppositIon benches"-Dod-
son, of Baker, and Coggswell, of Crook
and Linn counties. These men must
have deliberately acted contrary to the
wishes of their constituents when they
opposed the bill, and their action should
be remembered
L. L. Greenley was brought to the city
to-day from Kingsley by his father VIM
Greenley and +. w. Glavey, and ex-
amined before Judge Blakeley for insan-
ity. DIR. Shackleford was the medical
expert, and he was found violently in
sane, with a tendency to do persons in
jury. He was 2o years old, has been
idiotic from infancy, and the cause is
assigned to be heredity. The judge pro-
him insane, and he was COM
nnitted to the county Jail for safe keeping
until the blockade is raised, when he will
be taken to Salem.
The Salem Journal saw Governor Pen
noyer, in reference to his refusal to allow
the states cannon to be used at the in
and here is the result, and
no comment is necessary: The governor
was seen by journal writer to-day and
says he will court-marshal any officer of
MS staff who would do such a thing. 1t
S asking too much of him as commander
n-chief to have salute fired at the ex-
Dense of this state in honor of such man
IS Cleveland. He says the barbanans
bow down to stocks and stones, but Ore
gon shall not contribute to the idolatry of
he stuffed prophet OF Wall street while
ne is governor of this state.
The smallest paper on the coast, the
Decoto Star, published in Alameda coun-
y, CAL, has reached us. 1t is IoHx6K |
inches, but is full of snap. The editor
says: We are having high old time in
his one-horse town publishing a paper,
and if the Lord will let us out of this
;crape, we'll never get into another as |