The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-20
From SATURDAYS Daily.
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Mrs. Troy Shelly, of Hood River, is at
tending to her husbands business as school
superintendent at the court house this
week.
The revival meetings at the Methodist
church in this city have been quite largely
attended during the week, and good in
terest in religious matters has been mani
fes
The city jail was unoecupied last night;
but to-day Marshal Maloney took to his
lodging house person who had inbibed
more liquor than he could carry with him
and remain sober.
Messrs. John W. Bentley and 81. R. Sib,
ley, two deputy q. s. Sshals were in the
city yesterday. Mr.. Sibley was registered
at the Umatilla House from Portland, and
Mr.. Bentley from Pendleton.
There is an effort being made in the city
to raise a fund for the Oregon exhibit at
the midwinter fair. This is very commend
able, as eur state should be represented by
her fruits and cereal products In this great
fair.
The week of prayer observed by the Con-
gre satioRal church mas awakened consider
alb interest. Every evening there has
been discourse by the pastor, Rey W. e.
Curtis, which has been both edIfving and
interesting.
The daily and weekly edition of the
Times -MoUNTAINEER published last night
full report of the proceedings of the county
court lately in session in this city. This is
the only paper in the county that furnishes
its readers complete copy of the docket of
this court.
The Grande Ronde Lumber Company at
Perry is now shipping boxes to Southern
California, to be used in packing this years
orange crop, says the Gazette. Orders have
already been received for several car loads
of boxes, and the company is preparing for
an extensive business in this line
We learn from the Pendleton Tribune
that man by the name of II. E. Parker,
who has passed forged check on saloon
in that city is making tracks for The
Dalles. These smooth talking forgers are
not desirable in any community, and as
forewarned is forearmed our citizens should |
be on the qui viue for Parker.
To read of snow blockades in other por-
tions of Eastern Oregon, while the most de-
ightful spring weather prevails in this VIC
unity appears almost Incredible; but such |
is never theless fact. Our citizens con-
slider themselves in = certain measure un-
fortunate in not having the enjoyment OF
coasting and sleighing while it is SO general
east of the mountains.
Gov. d. P. Thompson, of Portland, will |
deliver lecture next Tuesday evening at
Wingate's hall, under the auspices of the
guild of St. Paul's Episcopal church. His
subject will be 'Life in the Ottoman EN-
pire." As the governor was our minister at
Constantinople for time, his address will be
largely made up of personal experiences.
This cannot fail of attracting good audi
ence at the low price of 25 cents admission.
La Grande Gazette: The heaviest fall of
snow in twenty-tour hours ever witnessed
in this section occurred throughout the
valley last Friday night and Saturday
Snow began falling about ii o'clock Friday
night, and continued without intsrmission
all day Saturday. Sunday morning the
snow measured p inches in depth at this
place, and 80 inches in the vicinity of Sum-
merville. An additional fall of from 6 to s
inches occurred during Monday and Tues
day. /,
A wonderful anniversary, the Tooth, OF |
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Jean Szath- {
mary, is reported from Hungary. This ap-
pears to be a circumstance which il entirely
but the marriage of this aged c
pair is duly and officially recorded as hav- {
ng taken place in May, 1898, at which s
lime, according to the record, they were of v
age. As in Hungary at that /
ime a bridegroom must have reached the v
ge of 20 and bride that of l5, the pair f
must now be at least l20 and lis years old. n
Salem Statesman: A friend and ex-cor- u
sspondent of the Statesmen passed south on Il
ne overland last night and, in The hustle
nd confusion of the trains arrival here, ID
1T hurried intimation with q Statesman or
preventative that a new move was under ca
ay in Portland to down the location and 5;
ection of the branch insane asylum and la
e soldiers home at points away from tn
,me, and avowed authoritively that II. er
!. Corbett, president of the taxpayers be