The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-04-28

anniversary of his wedding. He is 70 years
OLD and his wife is II. They wtrelmarried
at The age, of 10 and II respectively. and
the stream of life with them has made its
way through pleasant scenes.
The oldest men in the United States SEN
ate are Morrill,, of Vermont, who is "a;
Palmer, of Illinois, II; Harris, of Tennessee
76; Pugh, OF Alabama, "a; and Sherman,
of Ohio, and Hunton, of virginia, II.
The drama OF BREAD on the Waters" was
produced last evening at the Baldwin opera
house in this city to fair audience. The
rendition was very good for amateurs. and
those who attended appeared well pleased
with the performance.
We are informed by Mr. Thamas Dentor
that the peach trees give Indications of pro.
ducing an abundant crop. Some Craw
fords have been injured on the creek bot
tom, but on the uplands no damage to taen
has been reported.
Hon ] F. Capies. OF Portland, will open
the campsign thi, evening at the Baldwin
oper. house. He is u fluent speaker, snc
all who attend will be interested in his dis
cussion of the political topics OF the day
Mr. A. A. Jayne, of Arlington, the Repub-
llcdu cduuiudtc lOf piOsSS"t'hh "s'SAo~
will also be present and address the pubic
on tke isaues Of the dav.
Governor Francis of Missouri, at a recen
business convention, paid the following
tribute to the country editor. He said
among other things: 'The editor, In pro
portion to his means, does more for his tow
than any ten men. and in all fairness h'
ought to be supported. Today the editor
of the home papers do the most for thu
least money of any people on the face o.
the earth
A leading Philadelphia wool commiss OF
house offers the following suggestion, which
it VIZ uld be well for sheepmen generally tt
act on: "The preparation of wool for mar
ket is of the utmost importance; one OF the
greatest complaints against terr tory WOO
is the paint which remains on them from
marking; this alone often los s the growel
cent pound or more. In di cussing the
subject yesterday the suggestion comes tt
us that the shearer, before commencing 6 or
the sheep, could clip the top OF the staple
just where the paint is; it would take but
minute or SO and would appreciate the value
of the wool at least cent pound"
The II. o. Republican published in Unior
county, Oregon, hits someone over there
pretty hard in the following: mo man
who has not made a success OF bis owl
business has any right to- ask the put lie to
trust him with theirs. Some seem to have
no elements of success in them, a d make
botch of everything they 60 at. and tea
class very naturally banker after ofhce
where they think it will be easier to maxi
living
Misfortunes never come singly. The As
toria Rud9ett proves the fact as follows: A
present the Budget force rs slightly demor-
| allzed. o. W. Dunbar, the editor, is IL
and not able to hold down his post, the as
sistant editor has gone off on jambaree
one OF the printers has joined Coxey's army
and started for his home in Missouri, th'
| devil had his finger cut off in the press. thu
Democratic convention Is iD session, and tn
mischief is to pay generally; but we &c
there just the same.
The Dalles string and brass band have
| Joined together and formed the Orchestr'
Union. under the management OF Mr. VIM
Birgfeld. This will consist OF comb,na-
| tion of some of the best musical talent II
| the northwest, and, under the Leadership
| of such master of the art as Mr.. Birgfelc
| is known to be, cannot f.il to attain higt
state of pro6ciencv. They will be prepared
at all times to furoish music for parties
public exhibitions or theatrical perform
ances.
The producti7n of butter in Oregon ha
reached point where it can be sold on thu
Portland market cheaper than the Califor
mia product, and is befinnfne to mo opoliz'
the trade, says thei West Coat Trade. Th'
same conditions are OBJ aiming throughou
the Pacific northwest. It is the same with
butter as with eggs. Three years ago q
this date Washington ranch eggs were al
most luxury and commanaeu readily q
cents dozen, with practically all consump
tion being of eastern. Now the markets
are flooded at about l3 cents and coast sup
plies are in excess of consumption.
Argument in the case of Multnomaf
county and the city of Portland vs.. the
Oregon National bank and L. Stagge, re-
ceiver, was concluded in the United Statei
circuit court yesterday, says the Oregonian
The court denied the app ication Of defend
ants to have Sheriff Kelly and City Treas
urer Haoheney made parties to the suit
and the other questions involved in the
hearing were taken uuder advisement. Re
ceiver Stagge has commenced suit in the
United States circuit court again.t Il. q
Eckonberger for the recovery of S245G in
terest and cost on a promissory note datet
June "a, 1893, and due on demand; also
against Fannie Wheeler and j. T. Stewart
on note for $500 dated February 20
1893, due 80 days after date.