The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-05-12
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From wednesdays Daily.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Misses Grace ana Nellie Michel, o
this city, are visiting friends In Portland
Aies Emma Vsgt, who Is teaching I
term of scheel at Mosler, arrived in the
CITY last night and will spend few days
In the city.
There were three occupants Of the city
Jail last night Two Of these were DIS
charged by the recorder, and one was
fined and will work the amount out unde'
the direction OF the street commissioner.
By reason OF the cold spring We learn
that the lambing season has not been
successiul in some portions of the county
and that yeung lambs have died from
exposure, some bands losing as high as
200.
Mr.. ]. Carl Billingham, representing
the publishing house of B. F. Collier.
New York, is In the city. He has with
him samples OF binding Of several stand
ard authors, which he offers on reasonable
terms 10 subscribers.
Joseph McAllister, of John Day, Grant
county, was an arrival at the state insane
asylum in Salem Monday. He IL q
Scotchman, II years of age, and became
insane from the effects of injuries re-
ceived to his head about eight years ago
The sheriff saws that those who do not
pay their taxes by the 25th of the present
month will be advertised as delinquent,
and extra costs will be added. Taxes
haye been delinquent since the LIST Of this
month, and already. property-holders are
forced to pay costs.
Mrs. J. Cantwell of Heppner, is the
latest victim Of runaway horses She
was having buggy ride Wednesday
evening when the animals became fright
ened and she was thrown to the ground
and seriously injured. 1t is hoped that
she will recover in a few days.
There was heavy frost IN this vic nifty
last night, and fears are entertained that
the fruit crop has been seriously injured.
In some orchards young fruit were with
cred by the froet. and the leaves in some
instances have shriveled. We hope this
blighung effect has not been general, and
has been confined TO localities
Mr. II. C. McCamey, OF Baldwin, gave |
Us call today. He says the Republican |
in that precinct formed N KInley club |
there last Monday, night, aRd pr ,spects
for the success of the party are very |
bright. West Heod River, East Hood
River and Baldwin precincts, be says,
will give large Republican majorities IN
June.
Olympia Bob. aged 81, and Nancy San
tiago. aged 20. Puyallup Indians, were
granted a license at Tacoma to marry.
George Bird, q young Puyallup Indian,
accompanied the groom to the auditors
Office and swore that Bob and Nancy
"were Of age" Bob is decrepit and
pinched and has sore eyes, which are pro-
tected from the light by green goggles.
G. E. Hoskins, OF Springbrook, Yam
hill county, has been very busy for few
days packing IL tons of dried prunes,
which he sold few days ago at an aver
age price of about cents per pound.
''That seems low for frst-class dried
prunes," says q local chronicler, but
where is any wheat raiser that has done
any better the past seasonH
Salem Statcsman: ]. w. Brasfield, of [
the famous Seal Rock summer resort,
near Yaquina, has discovered large de- {.
posit of black sand rich in gold in front i,
of his property, slsO well defined silver {
ledge. He ID about to commence exten- {
sive mining operations and is making the
necessary arrangements ct the present
time. He Is father of Arthur Brssield,
OF Salem, one of the leading business
men. 4
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FRIDAY morning, at q peint about 9 | j
halfmile above the agency. Peter Murray /.
attempted to swim his team across the =
Umstilla river. says the Pendleton Tri 9
bHne. The wagon was swamped, and q
Murray and his mother, who was with q
him, both narrowly escaped drowning. e
The team and wagon were washed about n
200 Yards down the river, but the horses .
were saved.
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Mr.. Geo. A. Young, of Bakeever, is in
the city. He has several lambs this sea-
son sired by his Shropshire bucks, which
are the finest he has ever seen. Some of !.
SIX weeks old. The peculiarities OF !,
these sheep are that the fibre is longer :
than the wool of the Merin0 and freer !,
from grease. They are large in body, and :
for the purposes Of mutton cannot be ex- 2
celled anywhere. :
Coxricr: American dairymen did not
get much satisfaction on. of the Chicago
worlds fair, but the Canadians did. be-
cause they captured SIX prizes for butter,
and thirty to forty for cheese, besides =
number IF pr yes for horses, cattle and
sheep. Over cn--haIf of the whole !.
amount paid cut far prizes in the aericul- !.
tural department went s0 Canadians. who q
were enriched by the fair to the amount y :,
of $l0e 600 in gold coin. .
The Hillsboro Indrpendent says: The Q
Populists are fond of using the term {,
fgold bug" but it don't seem to be an | 4
appropriate epithet to apply to man a
possessed of great wealth. To illustrate; o
One would hardly be justified in saying
that man having large stock of pota
toes is potato bug, nor would one pos
sessing a great herd of hogs be sowbug, =
nor yet is large dealer in furniture Il
properly bedbug.
Tribune: Last Saturday fsur unknown I,
men broke into u H. Thsmpson's house II
in the Nol,n neighborhood and stole V
gun and some cl0thing. Nose came to r,
Pendleton to INVOKE the aid of the law, o
and Justice Bishop issued warrant for N
the arrest of the parties. appointing HIM ,c
IS special constable 10 serve H. The Ii
plum -er was carried away in a wagon v
and Mr.. Thompson followed the trail of q
the thieves To Heppner, and is still In hot
pursuit
The quarterly examination of appli- :.
cants for teachers. certificates is now be- ;,
ing held IN the circuit court room, and =
the following are in attendance: Misses :.
Frazer. L Earhart, N Hudson, D Wat =
son, h Sturnweis. NJ Omeg, P 0meg. E E n
Voet, N Turner, 8 Ward. B b Sterling, L ., "
Thompson, e Cooper, Mrs G Cameron, +
Messrs w Brigham and N StOgsdill. i,
The examining board consists of Prot. o.
Shelley, Prof Gilbert and Miss Lang. /,
The Dslles public schools will close s,
Friday, May 25th, and the pupils will es
give public entertainment at the Bald m
win opera house on the evening follew- c,
ing, Saturday, the 26th. The program
will consist of recifations, songs, Japanese
fan drill, Mother Gsose drill and short
cantata. An admission tee of ten and =.
fifteen cents will be ch .rged to pay ex-
penses incident to the entertainment.
Before the close of the term the primary Il
pupils will be given an entertainment at
the school. q
The oregon Christian Endeavor con-
vention will meet ut Corvallis at 2 P. N.
Thursday, continuing through Sunday.
Ali Endeavorers who are delegated to at I,
tend will please note that final arrange z
ments have been made. Secretary John
Willis Bae,, of Boston, is en- route. aud n
an enthusiastic rally is certain. Delegates
starting from points oD the Southern Pa
cific will pay full fare to Corvallis. and
will receive reduced rates for return trip. e
The convention train. carrying John Will b