The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-03-17
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Snow covers the ground in the vlcinit
of Antelope, and the weather Is cold an
disagreeable.
Hon. ]. G Luckey, formerly India
agent at the Warm Springs reservation, l
In the city.
Mr.. ID. L. Gates, the merchant of Cas-
cade LOCKS, came to the city on the after
noon train today.
E.B. Dufur, q. H. Riddell and ]. L
Story, who have been attending court Il
Moro, arrived ia town this morning.
Rev. Father Bronsgeest, who is now in
Berlin, has written 10 friend in this city
that he will return TO The Dalles soon
after Easter.
sheep are In goed condition throughout
the county; but the ceol disagreeable
weather being experienced will be hard
on ewes, as in few weeks the lambing
season will begin.
Mr.. A. n. Kelsay returned from Antel-
ope last evening. The Republican club
organized at that place with 81 members
and Mr. Kelsay expec,s 1t will number
100 before the June election.
A P rotectlve Tariff club has been or
ganIzed at Antelope with the following
officers: C. V. Lane, president; w. Boil
ten, vice president; E. NJ. Shut, secre-
tary; Frank Irvine, Treasurer.
The last block on Second street IS now
being covered with crushed rock. Where
the stones are coarse the roadway is i'm
proved but little, but where they are
small the improvement Is very apparent.
Three coaches for workmen laying
track were brought up from Portland
yesterday. These will be used in putting
down the new rails between this city and
Portland, which will be begun tomorrow
or Friday.
Some of the ratings on the free bridge
across the Deschutes have been broken
down and stolen, thus rendering it unsafe
for loose ANIMALS to cross. This matter
should be investigated, aud the person
guilty should be punished.
The grand jury of Sherman county re-
turned true bIll to the circuit court in
session ut Moro, against the Douglas
brothers for burglary in a dwelling.
There is very little ciyll business on the
docket, and the session will not be q
lengthy one.
A rumor was current to-day that the
body of child about year old, wrapped
in an overcOat, had been found by some
persons excavaiing IN Thompson's addi-
ton. The coroner had heard nothing OF
it, and from other inquiries made we are
convinced that it was without foundation |
In fact.
The furry man of the Tacoma West
Coast LAmbeTman has brought trouble on |
his paper by stating that Csrbett and |
jackson are looking for "mill site" on |
the sound. Every mail is bringing let
tiers from real estate men all over the
state describing their shingie and saw
mill locations, and requesting the address
OF Messrs. COrbelt, jackson q Co.
A Montana man has invented boat
for navigation on the Missoula and other
mountain rivers. The boat is II feet
long and four feet in the beam. At
tached to the stern is paddle-wheel,
hung from frame, which can be raised
Or lowered as the boat is in shallow or
leep water. The wheel is revolved by l.
an endless chain which passes over a
crank in the center of the boat, moved
by an arrangement similar to that used
in propelling hand-cars.
Justice Davenport, of Mosier precinct.
is in the city. He says the prospects of
his town are very bright and encourag-
ing, and,the fruit crop this year will be
very abundant. Several immigrants
have settled in that vicinity during the
past year, and they cultivated the land
and made homes. There are two schools
in the neighborhood, and the facilities I
for acquiring an education in ordinary
English branches are equal to any in the
county Mr. Davenport talks very
orI, fhfaf f.,f, nd l
the people in his vicinity are happy not
withstanding the hard times.
Two hoboes philosophically passed the
time to-day in the citv jail. They had
warm FIRE ana, as they said, plenty to eat
and nothing TO do. Still they were not
happy, and would prefer working on the
outside. The reporter who interviewed
them suggested that the air OF March was
not conducive to the most pleasant feel |
ings, and during this month had been f.e-
quently cold, rainy, stormy and pItiless; Il
but this did not change their desire for
The freedom of the outside world Some
men are very hard to please in this
cbangeful world of sunshine and rain, of
wealth and poverty, snd Of happiness and
misery.
During these early days of sprlBg. be-
fore the snow has left the northern and
western hills, John A. Il. Sieber desires
to announce himself as a candidate for
congress, ard To thai end desires the nom-
ination from the party that would insure
his election. He says by introducing his
rules of busine. he can save TO the ma
tion millions of dollars, and he is illiDg
&c make The sacrifice >of his time if the
pet pie would favor him with an election. :,
John has Lot wisely considered ambi- {
tioD, and lie will very likely be disap- ]
pointed in seeking to represent his con q
stituency IN Washington City.
The following are the names of Indian
tribes that were in Oregon at the close
of 1892 The names are revised by
Major ]. w. Powell. In many cases the
corrupt names have come into such
general use that the revisor deemed it ,
impolitic to change them: Kalapu. va,
Klakama, Lukiamute, Molele, Neztucca,
Rogue River, Santiam, Shasta, Tum-
waters, Umpqua, Yamhill, Klamath, I
Modoc, Walapape. Yyhuskin band of I
Snakes lShoshoni), Alsiya, Coquelle, G
Kusa, Skoton, Saiustkai, Siuslaw, Toot- q
toona, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla. /
John Day, Piute, Tomo, Warm Springs,
Wasco, and Pal ute.
The reporter of The salem Statesman {
has never visited The Dalles, or had The I
pleasure Of being acquainted with any Of !
the girls OF This city. or he wopId not t
baye perpetraied the following malicious I
item: "a heartrending and embarrassing '
incident, it is reported, happened to girl
in The Dalles the other morning. While
on sightseeing tour she found horse
shoe, and in order that she might try ,
what her luck might be, she laid il under {
her pillow with her store teeth upon re-
tiring Tor the night. Arising in hurry
on the following morning she grabbed the
horse shoe instead of her teeth and ad-
jusied il in her mouth. and wore it sew ,
eral hours before she discovered her er-
rOr."
From Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. J. Saitzmsn, of Burnt Ranch. is reg
istered at the Ums tiIls House.
On account of the heavy rains the volume
Of water in the Columbia riYer has b en- IN
creased considerably. II