The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-04-28
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mr.. P. Dorais, of Wamic, came i
town yesterday.
Mr.. Ii. X. Sibley, deputy U. s. marsha
of Pendleton, is in the city.
Mr.. d. w. Bailey, prominent lawye
of Pendleton, is in the city today.
Mr.. M. H. Nicholson, of Hood River
came to town on the afternoon train.
The Columbia is still rising, and il
continues the freshet will be a mont
earlier than in former years.
The following deed was filed with III
county clerk today: Il. z. Dorais to l..
Sandoz; sw or OF ne or and NV or of s.
or, sec IA, tp 4 s, r IL east; 5000.
The Columbia Packing Co. shipped
lot of hogs this morning to the Cascad,
Locks. They were in fine condition, anG
will furnish agreeable mastication for The
residents of that town.
A large number of cattle from Crook
county arrived at the s,ockyaids of X. E
Saltmarshe & Co. Today. They consisted
of Two carloads, and Will be sent this
evening to TrOutdale.
The square on the corner of Second and
Union streets is being covered with soil,
on account of the crushed rock being SO
rough and large that 1t would do great
damage to horses standing on it or travel
ing over it.
Bertha Krett was hit IN the head bv a
rock yesterday, ,carelessly thrown bv some
BOYS. 1t cut cash in the scalp about an
inch long. The little girl Is about elghl
years old, and was playing in the school
yard at The time.
Engineer Jocelyn and Conductor
Burns arrived in the city at 9 80 O'Clock
this morning from Umatilla, with engine
561 attached to train ON which was the
Isl Perkins" dramatic troupe. Aquick
run was made from Umatilla.
Wool was received at Mooddy's ware
house yesterday from Crook county.
shearing is progressing very nicely; but
it will be some days before the clip will
be ready to haul to market, as the feeces
must be pressed and sacked.
Two attempts of incendiary origin was
made to set fire to the town of Oregon
City Sunday. The supposed perpetra-
tor was caught crawling along the roof
near the place where the fire was set !
He gave the name of Ed. Smith. y
The Albany Democrat says that A. B.
Mathews of that city has in his possess
ion copy of the minutes of the confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
conducted by John Wesley from 1873 to
1894, and printed in 1885. 1t is relic OF
value.
Grant County Ners: Oregon needs II
few more useless commIss toner's and the
following new officials are suggested i'll
order 10 consume the surplus stale funds: |
State rabbit chaser, irrigation agitator, |
cricket crucifier, artificial rainmaker, al |
falfa inspector, prune examiner, hop |
howler and inspector OF national forests |
reserved. v
The governors of Oregon have been
John Whitaker, from 1859 20 862; Ad-
Olson G. Gibbs, 1862 to 1866; George l..
Woods, 1866 10 1890; La Fayetie +. Gro
yer, 1870 to 1871; s. F.. Chadwick, 1877 to
1878; NJ w. Thayer. 1878 to 1882, Zenas-
F. Moody, 1882 10 1886; Sylvester Pen
noyer, 1856 to 1894, two terms.
Charles Mummery, a taxidermist re-
Gently from Michigan, who has been
working as bartender at Harry Taylor's
saloon, has been missing for two days,
says the Albany Herald. MIR. Taylor fears
that he has gone fishing and fell into the
river and was drowned. Anyone knowing
of his Whereabouts is requested to leave
wcrd with MI. Iayior.
The MCKINLEY club of Wapinitia had
meeting last Saturday evening, at which
there were present twenty members. An
excellent and enthusiastic time was en-
Jeyed, and committee was appointed 10
make preparations for a grand picnic on
the l2ih OF May, al which good, old ke-
publican rally will be had Several we'll
known speakers have been lnvlted,an an
agreeable time IS expected.
oanIzer for Oregon for the supreme Tribe
Of Rem Hur new order based on the
book Ben Hur. tale OF the Christ. The
first court was organized at Crawforis-
vile Ind. the home of the author, March
lst, with 44S charter members. and over
one .1ousanu appi,oa,aous s,h naso ',..s u.en 80
celveu. nuiins .n1 ,.a,as 'n o''
organizeu IN seseiar ''a'e'.
The board OF directors oi me oregon
Pioneer Association mas oeciaea 70 noio
day on June l5th. Inere were present al
the meeting; % non q, ~ w. 1oISss'' ,Osa r; ,eoi'
president; FRANK Dekum' 0oo' VICE
tary; 1enry ra.Iing, 1901; ueasu,e
For'ianu was seiec,eu as ,ne p,aoG r loi .ne
coming Ieuni31 on t;a;o nus nsn,r H. ,unsae
vi n.iisoolo, ,h nsnnsom suat I, oadr.ss ""S 80
igc.eu 70 Gaar @ Of WaclasH Mor;on
county, to make the occasional address.
Heppner Gazette: People ON our streets
Sunday morning were treated to the sight {
of a man receiving a pommeling at the
hands OF his wife. The only resistance
he offered was to ward off the blows from
a parasol. The parties in the fray were
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Doonan. Sheriff No
BILE interfered, and put an end to the Fight
by leading Mr.. Doonan to safer quyr'ers.
1t was the opin on of the bystanders that
it would have been good Judgment on
the part of MIR. Doonan had he retreated
early in the action, as he came out con-
slderaoly hors de eon'ods.
Several yery valuable curios have ,
been recently added to the collection of
A. Ullrich & Son in the window of their
cioar factory ON Front street. Among
these additions are roughly carved fie.
nres in soft porous stone, and other j
nieces of handiwork denoting that the
3 hor;o;nes had some notions of art
4 : the reo;on in the vicinity of this citv
has been fhoroughly prospected for relics
of the aboriginaI race and of their con-
centions of art. curios ae becoming
onite rare. and on account of scarcity
increase in value In few wears these
collections will he highly prized