The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-04-21

near braBch that ran near by. On max
ing the round Mr.. Roberts missed the boy
and Immediately instituted a search, finding
him cold and dead at the bottom OF the
stream. The water was only about twenty
inches deep !
Prof. Birgfeld's orchestra has rehearsals
every Thur-day evening in Chrys millennium
hall, and these tare rare mu.icial trea 8.
The members displayes proficiency In the
art that does credit to themse yes and honor
to the city. The professor is tn rough
musician, and he is ably assisted at the
piano by Mis- Hollister.
The Southern Pacific is sending out cir
culars calling particular attention to the
grand mardi gras carnival n. San Francisco
on the 18th, l9sh and Goth of April. 10 COP
necrion with the midwipter salr l. Is ca
| cuated to reproauce 1t San Frsntisco Oh
| the above dates the principal fea'ur-s OF TN.
great annual Ca, ,nisstst N W O"!e-n'.
We are informed tfat Capt. short, OF the
| upper Columbia, took -shssge of the Regafa-
tor his morning in place f Ca, t. sherman,
who has been in command of the ioat for a
| long time. This will be a matter of regret
| to the travelling public, as Capt. Sherman
thoroughly understands the middle RI er,
and has been accommodating and courteous
to passengers
american Sheep Breeder and WOO, Gro,eer:
| Our goverumrnt statis,Ici.n repor's the
wool ciin of 1893 as sol. 53S 1873 lbs. = n.
| the National Wool Mauulscture-s AsSoci+-
ton places the figures at 34S 53S l3S *
ceedipg the 1892 clip b. 10000 600 b..
The government gives all ava,Sgt of o s D
per head and the associs.ion 6.3S %
| slight decrease from 1892.
Globe Democrat: The features of the
tariff which will create the greatest trouble
| for the Democracy are the suga. and in
come tax schedules. The sugar provisions
| help the trust to such an extent tha' Its
passage in its pre-. ent form would tu
Democrats in every state against the
party, while the income tax, if retained In
| the bill. will make New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut radically Republican.
In tearing out the partitions of the old
Jail Yesterday a Democratic ticket voted
for in 1868 WAS found In one OF the cSlis.
Some of the candidates are still residents OF
The DaHes and vote the Democratic ticket,
aud others have passed to the silent major
ity We were informed that Democratic
nomination then was equal to an election;
hut change has come over the spirit OF our
Dreams ard the contrary is true now.
The blossoms which cover fruit trees i'll
this vicinity are indications of good crop,
if there are no killing frus 8, which are not
| likely to o. curr so late in the season. 1t
may be expected that prices for this pro
duct will rule hi b, as the severe weather
last month destroyed much of the fruit in
| the eastern states. Wasco county may be
highly favored 10 this regard if the yield
of fruit proves as large as expected.
From the report of Superintendent Shelly
we learn that there are 34l6 school children
in this county between the ag's of and 70
years, while the report last year showed
only 1886. The number not attending
school are 1859, q large percentage consii-
| ing the tact that " asco county is sup
posed to have excellent school facilities.
For school purposes there have been re-
ceived $23,5l6.79, which ha bel dis
tributed among the different districts. s.