The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-15
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From Wednesdays Daily.
l cool September morn.

From Wednesdays Daily.
A cool September morn.
DIR. Dietrich, of Dufur, is in town to-
day.
A very pleasant shower of rain fell thi:
afternoon, and the street sprlnkler's oc-
cupation is gone for short time.
The Young man Smith who waived
examination before the justice was held
in $500 bail instead of $1,000 as published
The vault In the county clerks office
is being repaired, and several new shelves
placed therein. This is much needed
improvement.
The Regulator took to the Locks twenty.
five beef cattle this morning. They will
be used in the commissary department OF
the government work.
At the meeting of The Dalles Canning
DR.. Sanders and I. j. Norman were ap-
pointed committee to solicit subscrlp-
tions to the stock of the enterprise.
The Salvation Army held its usual
open-air service last evening at the cor
ner OF Second and Court streets. A
large crowd was attracted by the exer-
cises, and lady, well advanced in years,
delivered very impressive discourse.
Messrs A. Ulrlch & Son, at their fac
tory In the East End, are manufacturing
an excellent brand of cigars, which they
are selling at prices to suit the times.
Home industries should be patronized IN
all cases, and this is one instance in
which it would build up an important
factor.
Wasco Tribe No. 16, o. R. NJ, in
this city, is prospecting bevond the ex-
pectation of the most sanguine. Every
night there is work, and at the council
at the wigwam last evening there were
three adopted into the tribe. This is the
Oldest American order, and has large
membership in the United States.
Mr.. John Teo, of Stevenson, WASH,
has barge load OF wood on the beach,
which he is unloading Mr.. Teo is one
of the Oldest and most successful boat
men on the river. He has navigated
the Columbia for number of years, and
has landed wood to supply the demand
at The Dalles at all seasons of the year.
The funeral of Mr.. Thomas Jones. who
was resident of Cross Keys in Crook
county, and who died at the hospital in
Portland Sunday, took place this fore
noon. He was aged about 80 years, and
ago his brother arrived in the city from
the old country; but was only here few
days before his death.
A 13 year-son of W. R. McKinnon,
was drowned Sunday while fishing in
Canyon Creek, says the Albany Herald.
The boy was alone at the time and just
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supposed he lost his footing on steep
bank and fell into the water and was
carried down by the current The body
was recovered later in the day.
A small wicked and shrewd youth.
passing by the residence on Sixteenth
-streeth, in Portland, of lady whom he
knew had some domestic troubles. said:
80, ma'am, if you'll give me quarter,
I'll tell you where I saw your hus-
band little while ago." 'Here's the
quarter; where was to" she asked. ''In
the post Office, ma'am." And he was
out of sight in twenty seconds.
The following from the Jacksonville
Time should be warning to kickers
f'Chas. H. Brown, who keeps boarding
house at the Ashland mine, was fined
$40 and costs by Justice Luckey last
week for assault and battery committed
upon one of his boarders named Pierce.
The provacation for the assault was in
Pierce's habit OF kicking about the table
fare and offering to take up collection
to buy roll of butter when the table |
was shy of that article"
A little girl on the Similkameen was
bitten by q rattle snake few weeks ago. |
The father of the child was not at home,
but was sent for. In the meantime the |
mother heated fire shovel and cauter-
zed the bite, which was on the ankle |
oint. The doctor was sent for who |
hastily came to the aid of the child. The
leg was very much swollen, but the doc
.er said the mothers remedy saved the
,hild's life; but she was in a precarious
condition for some time.
William Dishman, of Dishman Bros,
the Elgin Recorder that the
'ouniup for the next Wallowa stock
hipment would commence Immediately
.fter the adjournment of the next term
If the circuit court in that county,
which convenes on the 18th inst. As
he stockmen of Wallowa county are all
leeply interested In the prosecution of
he parties who are under arrest there
or cattle stealing, they will not. attempt
o do much business until after the trials
re concluded.