The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-11-17
From Mondays Daily

Circuit court for Wasco county convened
in the court house in this city today.
&Circuit court being in session, larg
| number of farmers are in town to-day.
There were three dancing parties in th
city Saturday evening, and perhaps one 0
more social gatherings.
| The court appointed the following bailiff.
this morning: Court balhffs. T Hayder
and Harper; grand jary, w Blakeney
A civil case was set for trial to-day be-
fore the city recorder; but ON account o.
the absence of one of the attorneys the
hearing was postponed until to morrow.
Yesterday the Regulator made trir to
| the Locke, and quite number of our citi.
zens avaIled themselves of the privilege of
visiting the government works at that
| place.
The concert to be given tomorrow eve.
| ming promises to be the choicest one ever
heard at The Dales. M. and Nine Ferrari
are celebrated vocalists, and their rendI.
tions will be rare treat to lovers of good
music.
The circuit court convened this morning,
and the following grand jury was chosen and
retired under the Instructions of the judge:
M Benson, foreman; j VI Elliott, A Nc.
Leod. John Gates, r Rand, j w ingalls,
and Peter Trand.
Reports reach us that the roads to the in
terror sre IN the best condition they have
been for number of years at this season.
The farmers are taking advantage Of this
state of things and are moving their grain
to our warehouses.
The following attorneys are in attendance
| or ha
trict Attorney A A Jayne, of Arlington;
A S Bennett, B S Huntington, H Wilson,
E B Dufur, J B Condor, j l. Story, Frank
Menefee. J W Condor. 81 H RiddelI, G w
Phelps and N ii Gates, of The Dalles; F p
Mays and W A Cleveland, of Portland.
The Red Men of this city are making ex.
tensive preparations for their grand ma, suer-
sde ball on New Years eve, Dec. 3lst.
Wasco tribe is determined to make this
party the event of the season, and no
means will be spared to accomplish this
end.
The state portage road at the Cascades
will be moved on higher ground, the work
having begun to-day. 1t will be some days
before the track will be in good condition,
and until that time the Regulator and
Daihs City cannot take through freight
This change was rendered necessary by the
contractors at the government works being
forced to fill in the cut through which the
portage road runs and bring it to tine gen.
eral level of the ground.
Governor Pennoyer has sometimes little
fun all to himself. There are no calamities
without some compensations. The gov
ernor was badly beaten last June, and two
Of the men, who helped to do it were G. w.
Fulton and Thomas III. Tongue. They then
denounced him as free silver crank. The
whirigIg of time bas, however, brought Its
revenge. Q. w. Fulton and Thomas Fl.
Tongue are now advocates of the free silver
cause. The governor has reason to rejoice"
when he considers" what has happened
Let the turkey be slain, governor. Salem
Independe
Corvallis Tlmfs: Mr.. E.G. Hurt re-
turned Saturday from visit 10 the Siletz
reservation, and states that Col John l. ine,
special Indian Inspector, has been there for
the past two weeks arranging for terms of
settlement with the Indians, for giving MP
portion of their reservation lands, Tins
week about $25. 600 will be paid to tue H.
dians. over Is years OF age, who will receive
SIS each. Next March there will be an
other disbursement OF cash among the ST.
letz braves AMI money will be plenty in
Lincoln county. The Indians are always
opposed to the political complexion of the
administration, it matters not which party
is in power.