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

e From FRIDAYS Daily.
Hon. A. N, Liner, of Portland, IS IN the
v city.
Mr.. F. c. Sexton. of Kingsley, is in town
today.
We received pleasant call this afternoon
from MIR. A. Nultner, of Portland.
, The Portland contingent OF the industrial
army has not arrived yet, aud the people
are happy.
} A special train, having on board the gem
eraI manager and other officials OF the COM
pany, passed down the road at o'clock
| this after noon.
The Evans Sontag company has been re-
fused license to play In several towns IN
the Willamette valley. 1t Is considered an
immoral show, and corrupting in its lnhd-
epce on the youth.
The intersection of streets ON Second,
which have been lately covered with
crushed rock, are now receiving layer of
clay, and this, when properly tramplsd
down, will axe good road bed.
Mrs Mary Dallas. widew, aged 81, was
found drowned IN the river at Spokane
Tuesday. She bad been missing for twelve
| days, having iett her home in bit of anger
1t was undoubtedly case of suicide.
l. Rev. A BroI seeest returned to this city
last DIeht after scjpurD of several months
| in Europe Father Bfunsgeest has enjoyed
| mis- visit yer, much, and returns to his pas
tnrsl duties il renewed vig"r of mrnd aud
| body.
The burglar who was hot and k illed by
Queer Austin in Portland Wednesday night
has .eeu recogu zed as Juseph Clarence,
a Ias John Morris, an ex-cnuvi:t who ST rived
term i'll the Washington penitentlary at
Wa!ia Walls.
One solitary and impecunious individual
found his way into the county jail yester-
day, b cause the city lookup not IN
conditiou to receiye favor.d guests. He
was brought before the recorder aud fined
IN the usual amount
The Columbia is now higher than was
ever remember d i AprIl, aud fears are en-.
tel tajued that 1t will keep rl-lng until the
fl, shet in June vii be unprecedented IL the |
history of the city. Streams are very high |
IN all parts of the country, and the water |
in The river is very muddy and full of drift. |
The "commonweaIs' are still at Trout |
dale, and the raiiroad company will ouly |
run the mail train, east an0 west, while |
they remain There lis determination Oh
the part of the Union Pacific not to move
this contingent Of Coxey's army without
full fare is pail.
A large lot of merchandise left Mcody's
warehouse ye terday for Dayville in Grant !
caunty. The roads we're IN very good con.
ditIon uni ID recent rain, but it Is TO be-
expected they will be muddy ID bad IN
places Spring freighting is fairly begun,
aud wagons will be loading daily hereaf ter
for interior points.
Mr. Albert Tozier, of Portland, is the
nominee of the Democrats and Populsts of
Portland tor the Office of auditor, and if he
was on the other side OF the political fence
we should heartily endorse his nomination
and desire his election; but this year Ore
gon must be Republican from congressman
to precinct constable.
Record: F A. Hill, of Pendleton, ar
rested four men at Arlington on Thursday
morning, ON the barge of house breaking
aud larceny A gnn wss found in their
possession that was taken trem house near
Peudleton The parties are from Idaho,
consisting of four men and a boy ami girl,
aged about ten ant s years respectively.
They were taken back to Pendleton fer
trial.
Miss Bertha Cochran came near getting
drowned IN Rock creek last Tuesday, says
the Record. She is attending school, and
living some distance from the scboolhouse
and having the creek to cross she goes on
horseback. The creek being high her horse
got in swimmipg water, and IN his struggles
threw Bertha e. She foated down the
MAD torrent for quite distance, and was
finally rescued by rhs teacner, aided by
some pupils Her manv friends IN Arling-
ton congratulate her on her escape from a
waterY grave.
It may not be generally known to the
people of The Dalles who send money in the
mail by postal note that the people OF
this country out of pc cker $500, 900 90
the post note experiment That Is to saw /
the difference between the postal notes sold
by the government aud those redeemed
from holders amounts in ten years tn th,s
enormous sum A postal note >ost Is as
surely gone as coin cropped hrough a hoi
IN the pocket. There is no ,uch thing as
going to the postotfice and getting dupli-
cate order.
This is what the Vancouver Independent
says of spri, g blossoms: Il is beautiful
sight that greets the eye, tanding on the
Oregon shore and gazing at the orchards
about Vancouver With their white blooms a
they much resemble fields of snow. But r
they mean thousands upon thous5nis of
dollars tor their happy owpers, for there
will be the heaviest crop of ALL rave peaches
ever known here. Vancouver and Clarke
county will glisten with money this season.
There Is great revival goiog on In our
midst. says an cas- ern PAPER. WedDesay
night the groceryman got up in meeting aud
said: Brethren. Tn the man who furnished q
the orphan asylum with meat at twelve 7
cents a pound when it wasn't worth six ,
cents" When he sat down another fellow
jumped up and said: Brethren, want to
make clean breast of it I'm the man c
who stole the meat that be furnished to the
orphan asylum. Pray for us!'
The sad news Of the drowning of Charles |
Ho gar b, young man OF Welinwa county.
:. a med the city Sunday, says the Wallowa
He had charge of band of !
horses on the range. and was fording them :
across Joseph creek Saturday. They were
ed together and getting 10 sep wat be- ,
came tang;ed up Holgarth plunged in the
water t. aid them, but the swift current c
took him down stream AMI he struck against g
a large rock and Was rend rtd insensIbe $
He soon recovered, an made a hobe but
effort to save HIMSELF but was
too far gone by the time assistance reached
him, and was drowned. Il
Salem Journal: The names of twenty s
seven Oregon ladies were proposed for dele i.
gates to the woman's congress at the md
wir.t.r fair. Mrs VIM. England and Mrs.
Frances Fuller Victor, of Salem, and Miss
Al G. Smell. Of Corvallis, were the three
chosen Miss Smell having resigned. Mrs.
Die, of Oregon CITY, is selected IN her
place. Mrs England has been assigned as
her subj-cr. "Womeb's Work in Connection
With the Universities" AMI Mrs. Victor's
subject is Evolution of Woman" The .