The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-03-31
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and carrie. his shotgun at full cock. The
notice was graf 8, too.
From Mondays DAILY.
Hon. W. II. Biggs and wife, of Waseo,
were in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Morse, of Portlaud, Is visiting Ter
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Debut, this city.
Judge Bradshaw and District Attorney
Wilson left last night for Heppner. where
circuit court tor Morrow county convened
to-day.
The East Oreqonian locates Antelope in
Gillian county but the strong Repu blican
vote in that precinct will swell the majority
in Wasco, nevertheless.
Mr. NJ. J. Anderson, of Dufur, was in
the city yesterday. He came to The Da'les
to make some arrangements iu re gard to the
funeral of the late L. vanderpool.
The record.r's office was very quiet this
morning, Notwithstanding the tact that
spring ng-weather Is bel ng enjoyed by our citi.
zens, and the proverbial season for fights
has begun.
Mr.. b. b. RIddell will leave for Wsmic
tomorrow morning, where he will act as
, l prosecuting dttOTuCf III q SdSc VI diISSeu
rape, to be examined before the justice Of
the peace of that precinct.
Mr.. c. W. DIetzel, who returned one
dav last week from visit to the midwinter
fair in San Francisco. says the exhibition is
grand affair, of which the state of Cali
fornia may well be proud.
Sixteen members of Wasco Lodge A. F.
and A. N. went to Dafur to dav to attend
the funeral OF the late DR.. L. Vanderpool.
They started from the hall at O'Clock this
morning. and arrived at their destination at
10.
The following deed was filed with the
county clerk to-day: Simon Frazier ct ux
to T A Templeton; 300x30 feet in town of
Belmont; $25. State of Oregon to Peter
Jocbemisen; Sc Or of ne or, sec %, tp>2 n,
r l0e $50.
The amount of the lenten Offering of the
children of st. PauPs Episcopal church for
missionary objects amounted to about S33.
| and those from the church for other objects
to S35 This is very liberal considering the
depression in all DEPARTMENTS Of business.
This delightful spring weather, and the
approach of the primaries appear to be pro
| ductiye of an increasing crop of candidates
for nomination on the Republican ticket
The primaries will be held next Wednes-
day, and we expect some lively work before
and on that day.
Our usual item relating to the murderer,
Jack Hamblet. says the Grant county Neirs
is that he has been seen at different times
and he is being chased over the rimrocks by
the officers in pursuit. Sheep camps over
the country have provided him with pro.
visions all along.
Exchange: A conversation between two
well posted politicians on the silver question
was overheard ON our streets the other day.
I'm in TOR Is to l,"said one. "Well, I
am, too. but say, what does that me in?"
"Why, it means that we willhave SIG to |
every one we have now."
The coming June eecti on will be an in.
teresting one for Sherman county, as there
will be four tickets in the 6.d-Republi- |
can. Democratic. Popuist and Prohibition
ist. Having good big list to choose from,
they ought to be able to select several |
Henry Cay officers down there.
We are sorry to learn that Rev. E D. |
Sutcliffe has resigned the pastorate of St. |
Pauls Episcopal church in this city, to |
take effect on the lst of April. This will be |
. subject Of regret to our citizens, as Mr.. |
Sutcliffe has won the esteem of all by his
Christian department, and his earnest, un-
firing efforts tor the welfare of this com.
mnnity. -
A former resident of Eastern Oregon re-
Gently deceased. says an exchange published
in disappointed town, presented himself
to st. Peter for admission, but when he
gave his former place of residence the guar
dian of the gates informed him that he
might be admitted into the outer circle, but
Salem people had enjoined the awarding of I
any crowns to people from east of the
mountains. ez2cc .A,-.
An immense avalanche thundered down
Canyon mountain last week, starting in the
vicinity of the old extinct crater and land.
ing IN Sheep gulch two thousand feet he
low, says the Canyon City Nesos Snow,
rocks and broken timber piled up to con-
siderable depth, together with a few OF |
Neil Halls horses which we're browsing on
the mountain side and got hit by the force
of circumstances. ;,
The last legislature of Pennsylvania did
wise thing. 1t decided that county news
papers have besome valuable as mediums
OF information, social, legal and pclrticli.
and has enacted law directing county
commissioners to subscribe tor these weekly
papers, have them bound in separate vol
umes and keep them IN their offices as boaks
of reference for the use of the public. Each
commissioner is to select one of the three
weeklies. a @
The high water last week oausei consid.
cradle damage 20 farms on Crooked river
from here to the head the river, saws the
Reriep. Gravel bars have been formei on
much valuable farm land and 10 some PAGES
deep cuts have been washed through mead
ows and fields. In the eastern part
of the county last week high water inter
fered with mail carriers between here and
Burns. The carriers had tn provise boat
to cross both the South Fork and Camp | I
creek. and in many places had to leave the
road along the river and 20 across hills.
One of the human wonders of the South
seas is Victoria, New South Wales, youth
by the name of Mclean. He is now II
years and few months old and weighs in G
the neighborhood of 300 pounds. He is not !,
4 '.human mountain of fat" 'smonster Of
obesity" or anything of the sort. but is a
vel. proportioned young man of surpassisg q
stature and great height. On his l7th a
birthday be measured feet 81 inches, and !
t he keeps mp his regular yearly increase of
tature will far surpass in height all mo tern
yiants. q
In q circular issued BY the. Califoruis q
,oard of health the following in regard to q
cigarette smoking is addressed to principals 8.
md teachers IN the public schools: ITO be
N habltual smoker of manufactured cigar
ties is TO be an opium smoker, and habit.
al opium smoker cannot be the equal of an n,
when everything else was equal.
Under no circumstances should pupil be
flowed to smoke them either at school, on "
be way to or from school, or at home, If al
he teacher. by admonltlon. advice, precept, II
xample. or by influence can prevent it. :.
The Seattle Telegraph urges that the
resent method Of plating witnesses who e'
i've testimony at preliminary hearing an
nder bonds to appear at trial, be done
way with, and instead recommends that
be testimony given at the preliminary be
reserved in writing, care hting taken to
ave it accurate. when the witness. will fc
Rn it and be allowed to 20. If -thm meAhod -,
ere in vogue we should mot see witness "
eld in jail 10 default of an appearance
ond, while the prisoner, who happens to :.
> more fortunate. enjoys his liberty. Ch
We haye had several little storms this hi
inter resulting in a total tall of several ira
ches. How tame compared with the -
lowing from the Idaho World: The rec ou
d of the fall of snow kept by Mr.. Hutch w
IN for the last thirty years foots MP an ed,
ormous depth of 43l feet and IL inches wv,
to the lst Of March-enough to make ~
e most experienced mountaineer wonder LII
th smszement at the great quantity he