The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-02-17
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From SATURDAYS Daily.

'Spring time is coming, Gentle Annie"
Mr.. L. o. Stranahan, OF Hood River, i.
in the city.
Mr.. J. II. Frazer and wife, of Grass Val
ley, drove in town yesterday.
Rev. w. P. Walker. who has been slck a
Wasco for many weeks, is said TO be slowl,
improving.
Prof C. L. Gilbert, of the Hood Rive
public schools, arrived in the city on the
O'Clock train this afternoon.
Wild flowers in profusion are bloon.in
on the hillsides. These are the harblnger
OF spring, and are very welcome.
The examination of F. W. L. Sxibbe fo
stabbing Watson was continued until Tues
day by Recorder Dufur this morning
George G. Hackett, the fshman, is load
ing carload of salmon for Boston at Ever
EFT. and Is reported as having secured pearl,
a carload of steelhead salmon.
Mr.. Charles Wagner purchased the inter
est of MIR. F. Drews this morning in tht
barber shop ON Second street, betweer
Union and Court, and will continue the
business himself hereafter.
We received pleasant call this morning
from Mr.. T. D. Willisms, of Blggs. He
says the ground is in excellent condition for
plowing IN that county. and he expects a
very large acreage will be sown to grain the
coming spring.
Mr.. E. Jacobsen, this morning, in boxing
up piano was struck by nail In the eye,
Inficting severe wound It bed pro-
fusely from the effects of the injury; but no
serious consequences are apprehended to the
eyesight. If 1t had struck the pupil In a
different place the eye would haye been
permanently injured.
John Jones, of Umatilla county, and
George Link, of Union county. who were
committed to serve a sentence of two years
in the state penitentiary for the crime of
larceny, were pardoned Wednesday by the
governor for the purpose of restoring them
to citizenship. 1t was recommended by the
district attorney.
W. A. Deal, of the Union Pacific; John
Adkins, chief of police; and John F. Dow,
editor of a leaning paper, all from Den, er,
Colo, were in the city this morning, en-
route to Portland. They came to the city
on special of two coaches attached to a
freight train, and only spent short time
down town. Their GENIAL humor was re-
marked Dy al Will WuoIu tucy pccdul6 ac-
quain+ed.
A Washington dispatch says that At
torney Gene al Olney states tbat the cases
against James Lotan, ex-collector of GUS
toms at Portland, Oregon, Whitney L.
Boise, chairman of the state Republican
central committee for Oregon, Sled Back,
the wealthy Chinese merchant, and all
Others indicted for alleged completely in the
smuggling of opium and Chinese, will be
prosecuted to the bitter end.
Eugene Register: Although the state of
Oregon has not made much noise about its
mineral wealth, the report of the director of
the mine shows its rank as gold producer
to be seventh, having an accredited produc.
tion of the government mInts and assay Of
fees. Oregon to-day unquestionably offers
one of the best fields on the North Ameri-
can continent for the gold miner, and many
have been extremely fortunate within the
past year.
A reward of $50 is offered by the sheriff
of Linn county for the arrest and detention
of George F. Russell, ex-county school sup |
erintendent of that county. He left Al
lany, Oregon. January %, 1894, for Oak
land, California, and from thence east, via
omaha, Neb, to Illinois, and is wanted for
O1rpery. Description-Height about six
oet; dark complexion; dark eyes; dark
eustac le; age about 80 years; spare built |