The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-03-03


Baker, for his kindness in offering to deliver
this address free to Dalles audience, should
receive the thanks of our people.
From Mondays Daily.
Miss Edna Moody, of Salem, Is visitin z
relatives and friends in the city.
Mr.. Fred Helm, of Weiser. Idaho, has
been visiting relatives in thus city for few
days past.
All Doom, the Prineville hotel man. az
rived in town Sat rday. He Is enroute to
the midwinter fair at San Francisco.
Miss Ida Waffle, of Pendleton. who has
been visiting Miss Minute Michel, of this
citv, for few days past, returned to her
home Saturday night.
There will be work in the Knight rank
and other business of Importance tonight
at Friendship Lodge, No. 9. X. of P. A
full attendance of members Is requested.
A healthful spring. producing chinook
wind prevailed to- day, and the snow has
disappeared from the streets, and the hills
are beginning to lay aside their wintry
mantle.
Sheriff Ward returned on the afternoon
tram from Salem, where be had taken John
Hull, who was sentenced co the penitea-
tiary for his natural lite ter the murder of
Ben Cummings.
There 10 complaint of hoodlumism at our
church meetings. Boys should be made to
behave themselves at all public assemblies,
and the peace officers should arrest those
guilty of creating any disturbance.
The hospital corps of the Third regiment
is complete in numbers, and organization
will be effected in few days. DIR. Hollis
ter, the surgeon OF the regiment, has the
recruits under his personal supervision. and
will thoroughly drlll them, so that they
will be efficient II called into active service.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. s. Schenck returned
Saturday afternoon from an extended trip
through California and a visit to the mid
winter fair IN San Francisco. They had
very agreeable journey, but Mr.. Sehenck
says. notwithstanding all that may be said
in faver of California, Oregon suits him well
enough.
The west bound train did not arrive il
the city until after o'clock this morning :.
1t was delayed at Hllgard by the locomo-
tive being dItched. At 6rst it was ex-
pected that a snow storm in the Blue
Mountains had blockaded the train; but
from passengers we learn that the delay was
occasioned as stated.
We understand the abe igines, la their
tepees on the banks of Null creek, have en-
joyed a week of dancing and feasting To
make the matter interesting, the one who
dances the longest and best is rewarded by
a blanket or quilt, which is hung up in the
roem as an incentive to extra effort No
BOBBY prize is awarded. and the successful
competitor Is the only one who has any re-
ward for his labor.
MIR. Lydell Baker will be at The Dalles
between the 18th and Both of March, and
has offered to de liver his lecture on julius
O2zar and the Dawn of imperialism in
Rome" Mr.. Baker has been invited to
deliyer this address before the state anIver-
sity at Eugene, and will favor The DalIes
with it if a date can be tixed There will
be no admission charged, and our citizens
should appreciate the effort sufficiently 10
give him crowded auditorium.
An old man named Kiiburn, who resides
on Catching creek, Coos county, ten miles
from Myrtle Point, was robbed of $3.50 last
Wednesday. He was sick 10 bed woen the
robber entered and demanded $40. Kn.
burn, through fear, reached under the bed
and drew forth purse which the robber
snatched away from him. The Old man is<
a mlser, and the Myrtle Point West Oregon.
ian says b. owns considerable property in
Douglas county as well as many mortgages
in Goes. There is no clue to the robber.
Work on the locks at the Cascades.
which was started in good style some time
'lnce, and was again interrupted by the |
snow and freezing weather, will be started
lgain to day with large force, aud it is |
1oprd that DO further interruption will be |
.aused by bad weather The contractors |
rave large number of men on hand, and |
Will havs no trouble in obtaining ali tbs
aborers who can proitabiy be employed on
he works.
A Racine man is still thinking over his
Vife's answer when he asked her why she
ecently chUse piano lamp for birthday
resent for him. Her answer was: swell.
ear, you know it has a good deal of bras.
bout it, Is handsome to look at. requires a
cod deal OF attention, is not remarkably |
rilliant, is sometimes unsteady on It's legs.
able to explode when only half full. fares
p occasionally, is always out at bed time
nd is bound to smoke.
Philadelphia Ledger: DR.. Zergler. a Ger.
ian scientist, is of tne opinion that it will
e possible to predict the weather BY means
photographs of the sun far more accurate +,
; than by study of the barometer. Cir
liar tr eliiptical halos around the orbs of
~, he says. indicate violent storms es-
,cially if the halos are dark in tint or of a
rye diameter. Lightning ad msguetic
sturbances may also be expected froul
ese signs.
1t is stated that Grant county offers re. {
ard Of S400 and the citizens of Caleb an ,
ditional reward of $500 for the arrest of
Inn Hamlet, who murdered Ben Gamie
ar Caleb on the morning of the 18th. !
amlst is above medium SIZE, ha, dark @
lstache. is about 81 years of age, wears a o
hit suit of clothes, and when last seen was l
ling dark brown horse.
Prineville NeDt: Sheriff Booth accom- t,
nied by ohn Combs and Prior Smith left O
Wednesday evening in search of Hamlet, O.
, murderer of Gamia It IS believed that Z
inlet crossed Crooked river below town s.
his way to California, where he has rela- III
es. On account of the deep snow he will m
compelled to take the desert route to- IN
ID Silver Lake. If the officers do not 1I
,rn sooner, the Silver Lake stage driver of
bring word tomorrow night as to da
.ther Hamlet did or did not 60 south. Su