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

ceived So, ,5l6.79, which ha be n dis
tributed among the different districts. s
From Mondays Da ly
Mr.. G. M. Grimes, the cattle buyer OF
Huntington, Is in town.
Mr.. T. !. Driver, Of wamic. the Repub-
lican candidate for sheriff. is in town today.
O. +. Kinne and Henry Adams. of Port
land, are registered at the Umatilla House.
There will be a political meeting at Fair
field April %, 1894, under the auspices OF
the Republican club. Prominent speakers
may be expected to address the meeting.
The heavy snowfall during the past winter
makes q good outlook for mining in Eastern
Oregon. New mines will be opened this
year, and old ones will reward owners for
extra toll.
Four hoboes were brought before the city
recorder this morning, three Of whom were
fined S. and costs, and the other was dis
charged on consideration that he would
leave town.
The following deed was filed for record
today: Frank Reeder to Anna j. Brock ;
ten acres and ten feet for roadway to the
present county road, in section l3. township
2 north range 10 east; $1,000.
The mixed train loft for Portland at 8
o'clock this afternoon. It arrived from
Portland an hour late. and did not 20
through to Heppuer as expected. Whether
this through service to Morrow county will
be inaugurated ia undetermined.
We have received from Hon. d. W. vor-
bees copy of the tariff and administrative
customs acts of 1890. as reported to the SEN
ate from the finance committee March 20,
1894. Tbis is commonly known as the
Wilson bill, and -is1 now being debated in
the senate.
The first wool of the season was received
this morning at Moody's warehouse = /.
came from Dayville, and was about 1000
pounds. The iseces were very clean, and
the staple long and firm. No prices are
quoted yet, as there are no buyers in the
market. 1t may be expected that wo j will
be brought to the city continuously. as
'hearing has been IN operation some time.
SaYs the AstoTsdB. a gentleman IN this
,ity went home . few evenings ago ant
casually remarked, as he hung up bis hat,
II see women are sold at actual value in
Seattle. Awonasn was bougns at a church
lair up there for i've cents" "Well know
) woman, about the time was married,
Who was sold for nothing" replied his wife
Then the man put on his hat again and went
down the-street. rkrv9
Antelope Herald: A primary class in
one OF the public schools of Sherman county
was reciting, and the teacher, who 10 a wor-
shipper 1t the Democratic altar. put ques-
tion to one of the little boys whose father
is Repu blican, expecting an answer en-
tireiy different from the one he got. he
asked the little pupil 'How many mills
make . cent? "Non of 'em do. Pa Gays
they all shut down on 'sount of the Wilson
bill"
Two carloads Of sheep were shipped this
afternoon from the stockyard of r. E.
4 Co. of this city for Victoria.
B. G. The shipping season Is fairly opened. 8
and cattle and sheep will leave the stock.
yards in this city almost daily to feed the
denlzens of the Sound and other portions of
the northwest. Bunchgfass mutton and
beef are good muck a muck for those who
live under the queen or any whera else. za-s-
High water SO early in the year is con-
sidered by some iudica tive of a small rise IN
June; while Others prephesy that the freshet I
this year will be Of more than usual volume
There is enough snow IL the mountains to I
:ause Hood in June II the conditions are \
ayorable; but nothing can be foretold 10
his regard until the time comes. One can /
ell more about high water the last. .days of \
'une than he can in the middle of April.
A schooner laden with the huge logs and
rec trunks of which the Washington state
'uilding at the worlds fair was constructed
PILL SAL ont Of the harbor some time during
day. Its destination will be either Hsvre |
r Cherbourg. The Washington state
uilding was one of the most interesting at |
he fair. Many of the timbers 10 the build |
,g are three feet square and one hundred
nd forty feet long. It rs the intention of
hose who purchased the building to set it
p In France exactly as it stood upon the
'orld's fair ground.
Blackjack, the consul. general of the
Inited States in Samoa, 10 an Oregon boy.
le was several years ago q resident of Coos I
'unty and is well known in southern
RECON. At several periods while he has
presented his government in Samoa, his
hce has become an important one, owing
the International complications arising
ON the covetous eyes cast by several
uropean nations upon that group Just
,w there 10 fresh occasion for the exercise
good Judgment by Mr.. Blacklock-an.
her rebellion having broken out.-Stases-
an.
Oregonian:' The water at the Cascades
'cks Is falling. and there is . probability
at work will soon be resumed. The dam
Tilt to keep the water out of the upper |
'rt OF the canal is almost completed, and
e work of pumping ont the canal was
mmenced Saturday. This dam will be
ade little higher. and will probably en-
le work to be carried on continuously, II
'less the water gets very high. The best
at can be hoped fer is to be able to work
. medium stage of water, which continues
: long time after the highest point has +,
en- reached and the water begins to fall. 4
Cosrier: Although the Josephine caves
. now attracting the attention of the out
le world very few of even our old resi-
nts have ever visited, much less explored !
sm. Eastman, the expressman, however.
ent q week up there a year or 90 ago and /
o in for distance of mile. He says he q
Ide no attempt to explore the big holes a
their extremity, but he pronouaces them t
]. .grandest thing in America. The walls
ceilings of the various mammoth | t
smbers glitter as though set with dis, &
nds and the better the light the more Il
ird and magnificent the eject. There i
I dom hfIaan ba a Il r0a nuYn hor of v;.,t,.. | 4