The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-03-03
From TUESDAYS Daily.

nOn. Il Il. OmlSd, VI I1OOu hiFcr, dE
rived in the city on the afternoon trair-
The THERMOMETER ranged below Zero at
Arlington and 10 at Condon last Wednes
day.
Tooth-pIck factories have suspended all
over the country. II th.s era OF free soup
there Is no use foe tooth picks.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday were the
coolest days of the season at Antelope. The
thermometer registered degrees below
zero
One day of chinook wind and rain have
melted the snow in the vicinity OF The
Dalles. and The mills surrounding the city
are nearly bare.
Mr.. E. Jacobsen, the school clerk, has
just finished eDumerating the school child
rem IN this district, and the full number
fsots up 1856. This Is l52 more than there
were last year.
Bro. Shut, of the Antelope Hera,i
denies that he ia at the head of a company
of millionaires whe are attempting to mono
police the gold fields of South Africa. This
denial Is sufficient to disabuse the public
m nd of the error.
Miss May Enright. formerly telegraph
operator and ticket agent in the Union Pa
citic office in this city, but lately residing in
Iowa, arrived in this city on the noon train
on a visit. For some few days past she has
been visiting her sister at Seattle.
The recorders court was very calm and
quiet this morning There were no arrests
last night, aud the mills of justice in this
department. ground out no grIst. Hoboes
are scarce. They appear to eyade this city,
and look for gree ner pastures elsewhere.
Charles Wilson, his son Benton and his
daughter Nellie johnson are in Jail at
Spokane, charged with the murder of .
w. Johnson, the girls husband, near
Chatteroy over year ago. The prison.
ers are prominent people and steutly as
sert their innocence.
A class of young gentlemen has been
formed to study French under Mr.. j. Rey
maud. He has already Glass of young
ladies far advanced in the study of the
language. Mr.. Reynaud is a very Compel
ent teacher, and takes great pains to give
h s pupils thorough instruction in the ac-
cent.
A combination has been formed at PeH-
d Teton by local dealers In cigarettes which
puts the price of five-cent cigarettes to
ten cents, thus, as 1t is announced, dis
couraglng the sale of the pestilential arti-
eles. This ought to be done in The
Dalles.
Antelope Herald: This is about the frs
week the sheepmen haye been compelled to
feed any hay, and it is now the latter part
of February. There is very little danger of
the sheep and cattle suffering much this
winter They all had an abundance of hay
put up for the winter, but they will not be
required to feed onethlrd OF 1t.
All the snow plows belonging to the
Northern Pacific have been brought in re-
'quisitlon at Ellensbnrg during the past few
days to keep the track clear la the mount
aims. The snow has been pilinp up there
says the Localizer. to great depth, and it
is quite task to keep the road free from
obstruction.
Umatilla county politicians are aeitated
over the question, can the Indians vote.
On the reservation are 1893 Cayuses, 1876
Umatillas and 456 Walla WaIlas, iuclud-
ing mixed bloods in every instance. There
would be as many as 450 or 500 In case the
Indians are allowed to drop the ir ballots in
tine boxes On June 5.
Mr.. A. Tilzer, formerly druggist az
Blakeley & Houghton's store In this city,
will leave Tomorrow morning for Ia
coma, Wash, where he will take the
management of the chemical department
of an establishment In that city. He Is a
thorough pharmacist and genial gentle
man, and he carries with hlm the best
wishes of a number of friends.
Peter Kuhn, of La Grande, met with
quite a serious accident one day last
week. He was at work in the planning
mill when a handkerchief which was tied
around his neck was caught by rapidly
moving belt and Mr. Kuhn was sus-'
pended in mid-air. How long he re-
mained IN this position is not known, for
he had lost consciousness when DIS
covered
Bob Ingersoll: Next fall the country
will go overwhelmingly Republican. We
hate 10 see the chImneys without smoke,
looking like the tom bstones of pros perity
We are tired of furnaces with the fires
out. We want the mechanics In the
shops instead of on the streets. We want
to see contented wives and happy chill
dren in the schools and with good humor
and plenty of food"
Spokane Is enjsyipg sensat on caused
by the elopement and marriage OF Paul
Dormtlzet, book keeper to the daughter
OF Representative Tall, of Spokane county.
They went sieignrIding over to Rathdrun.
Iiaho, and returned man and wrfs. to the
disgust of the parents of the bride. They
are now In Seattle. L. is reported the par
snts are ready to say God fiess = ou my
jury was empanelied this afternoon in
he case of Pease & MAYS VS.. Allen Gran.
of Adam Kaufman. T Espiny.
DRYER, IA Stur2iss, NJ v Rand, A |
Reese. Geo Ll-be. L L Hill. John Bonn,
B Griffin and john N re- This is an ac.
ion on ..ccount stated and ou promis
ory note, and Huntington and Wilson are
ttorneys for the plaintiff and A S Bennett
or the defendant.
The latest news from HambIet is the fol-
owing from the Fossil Journal: ''The Of
GERS are sure that Hamb!et is still hiding
4 Pac8 5 .ddle gulch, as they can find ne
racks In the snow showing that he has
merged from the canyon. If he should
1cceed IN getting out. he will zely head |
Or Edgewood, California, where he has
ster, and to which place he took down a
unch OF horses last summer. He started
,r there, but could not cross the mountain
n account of snow. The posse tracke
Inn to the summit and back to Gird's
reek."
E lensburg Locatizer: Our fruit crop was
i safe up to Tuesday night, at which time
le weather turned Geld suddenly and the
ercury descended to II or Is degrees be-
W zero. This Was colder BY 10 degrees
ian at any time during the fore part of the
inter. We have little hope of the peach
op, as it Is very liable to be injured when
e mercury drops to IA degrees below zero.
may be difficult to judge whether the
Ids have been injured at this early day. |
will soon prove itself as to the condition
the bloom. We have not consulted any {
e. but Mr.. Maxey will soon be able to re- l
rt.
Times: Over In Linn county lives the
nily of Robert Smith. MIR. Smith is an
Scotch miner and q couple of months :,
more ago in response to letter from | j,
Ia. Horning, he went to Elliott creek, =
uthern Oregon, the condition being =
It he Sas to receive a share in the new g
ne that MIR. Horn ng has discovered d
re If he would boss the building of | b
ne that is to give the workmen plenty 4
water. A man from the river the other y
related that recently the son of Mr..
lth received letter from his father