The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-06-23
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
DIR. Dietrich, of Dufur, was in the CIT
yesterday.
The city of tents on Washington stret
still remain.
The run of salmon continues very goo
in this vicinity.
As mementoes of the flood severs
boats are high and dry on the streets.
The Umatilla House is being fitted u
in more elegant style than it was befor
the high water.
The Regulator made her landing las
might about 10 O'Clock, with good pas
.senger list and some freight.
Mr.. Ed. Martin, who has been confines
to his room by on attack of infammator.
rheumatism, is again able 10 be around
The switch engine has been busy al
day moving the freight cars on the rail.
road bridges which were submerged BY
the food.
A flock of sheep was ferr ed over the
Columbia this morning, and will be drl-
ven to summer pasturage in the vicinity
of Mt. Adams.
At Moody,s warehouse force of men
has been employed opening the wool
bales and exposing them to the air that
they may dry readily.
Mr.. Q. T. Stephens has moved back 20
his old place of business on Second
street, where he will be pleased TO see
his old friends and patrons.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Cram and Miss
Portland, and will spend few days in
the city visiting relatives and friends.
Chrisman & Corson still occupy the
building opposite the old electric power
house on Union street. They will not
move back to the old stand for some
days.
Carpenters and painters are busy re-
pairing buildings which were washed by
the flood, and soon the street commits
sioner will have force of men at work
cleaning the thoroughfares,
In pursuance of an act of congress ap
sproyed January 27, 1894, the issue OF
postal notes will cease on Saturday, June
80, 1894, but all notes issued on or before
that date will be paid in the same manner
as heretofore.
The Oehoco Revieac has interviewed
man who has lately crossed the Cascade
mountains who says there is consider
able snow in high latitudes yet. We
hope it will remain there until next
winter.
Mr. Geo. w. Miller, of this city, has |
secured the contract for carrying the |
mails between this city and Prineville,
and was in the latter place last week |
arranging his business preparatory to
taking charge OF the route.
All the bridges on the Great Northern
west OF Wenatchee and great deal OF
the track have been washed out, says the |
Locdtizer. This makes it uncertain when
the necessary repairs will be made SO
that travel and traffic can be resumed.
The work of removing the debris in
the streets has begun in good earnest,
and several loads of rock and driftwood
have been hauled away. Water still re-
mains in the alleys, and these cannot be
cleaned until this has been absorbed by
the river.
The West Coast Trade informs US that
there are In British Columbia fourteen
firms manufacturing l59,440 pounds OF
opium annually, and it is conservatIvely
estimated that fully two-thirds of this lis
into the United States, ,defraud-
ing the government out of duties amount
ing 70 81 ,27v,000.
Tomorrow there will be jury trial be
fore Justice Davis of two combatants,
who exercised their fists on each others
last Monday during a dis
GUS ION OF election probabilities. The
sheriff summoned the jurors this after
aoon, and the evidence will be heard at ,
10 o'clock in the morning.
The journey last night to the De-
'chutes was not one of pleasure by any &
means, and the up-hills and down-hills
n the road that must be passed over
nay furnish variety to the trip, but does
lot render it enjoyable. During the
season, while the U. P. run
10 trains east of Cello, these trips will
,e OF nightly occurrence
There has been some sheep at the
tockyards of Mr.. r. e, Saltmarsh & Co.
Turing the past few days, but these have
,een ferried across the Columbia to
Alickitat county for summer pasturage,
since the railroad has washed out there {
lave been no shipments made except to L
POINTS contiguous to the river.
The landing at the Deschutes OF the v
,oat on the upper river is being made
lnder difficulties. A person who is there | 2
very day informs US that the gang plank c
8 thrown on the bridge, and goods are
,acked over that structure on mems
,ack,s and dumped on the sand Before :
oadeden the wagons, he said, guards are :,
'laced to shovel sand from the merchan- a
Use, and they are forced to fight sand
torms greatly to their discontinue.
Thomas Coxey, father OF general" n
joxey, Is a quiet, modest man of about 3
5 years. "Jake," he says, was a stiff | o
ecked, cranky, pig headed sort of son,
or so quiet and modest father, and
Vhen Jake got into his head to drown the 8
at or swim on Sunday, he was very like I
Y to do it without waiting to get his v
ad's consent. His father was opposed a
D the commonweal movement from the
rst. c
We are informed that the d. s. Baker
las been taken to Portland, and the at "
empt to reach the middle river by pass o.
ng up the rapids at the Cascades has
cen abandoned. This will place the f,
rade OF the river between The Dalles o
nd Portland in the hands of the D. P. & r,
|. n. Co., and, if there were enough "
oats above and below the Cascades to
emove the produce of the Inland En-
ire, the people would be satisfied. As it
), wool and wheat must lie in warehouses p
Intil sufficient means of transportation c'
re afforded. a
Il
For several days past, says the Oregon
ity Enterprise, number of parties have >;
cen digging into the old Indian graves :,
y the wagon road below the Clackamas - =,
ear the electric-line bridge, and have :,
aken therefrom quite number of old :, :,
pins, medals and other relics, including
Id fint-lock muskets. Parties passing
tate that the grave desecrators have b
.ft the bones, which were thrown from Ia
ne graves, lying exposed in the mud. b
indian bones though they were, it would v
eem as though those who displaced them 6
hould at least have again placed them
nder ground. b
The trip from this city to Portlan =
ow is made with the same difficulty =
nat it was quarter of a century ago. y
ince the line of the Union Pacific has =
7ashed away the only means of trans
ortation are the d. P. A. N. Co.'S boats,
nd the portage at the Cascades is made l
artly on foot, then by vehicle and the t