The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-01-20
From Mondays Daily.


Miss Marie Helm and sister Adnah, of
Nansene, are in the city to-day.
Mr.. H. A. Hogue, of Portland. former
resident Of The Dalles, is In the city.
Ex.Gov. Moody was passenger on the 2
o'clock afternoon train to Portland to-day.
Mr.. Dan MaIoney. the city marshal, is on
duty again after an illness OF several
weeks
The obstruction at Re DIS farm, below
Bonneville, has been evercome, and trains
arrive and depart on schedule time.
We received to-day, through the court 81
of Hon. John H. Mitchell, package of
seeds from the department of agriculture.
A bright, clear, sunshlny day that lnvig-
CRATES and stimulates all to active work is
the calendar of to-day. This is as it should
be, and our people are happy.
Mr.. T. j. Foley, for many years in the
employ of the o. r. & N. c.. and Union
Pacific at the shops, came up last night
from Portland, and Is in the city to-day.
A furious gale of wind blew Friday night
in Portland. tearing down signs and doing
other damage to property. The wind at
tanned the greatest velocity experienced
since January 5th, 1880.
Percy F. Smith, chief clerk of the land
office, gives the total acreage OF the Lumml
reservation as IL 456 acres, of which $3.50
are surveyed and 280O unsurveyed. The
record Of this land patented by the govern
ment is kept at Washington.
Duck hunting furnishes constant sport
for our nimrods, as these birds are very nu-
merous on the sloughs and lakes in the vi
a.,,,% ,oEk arsxy To- hlln O,
turn after a few hours we'll loaded
with game, and there Is no reason why
these should not be on the tabe of our cit
lzens daily.
About 6 O'Clock Saturday evening, some
person cut the electric wire connected with
a light In the rear of the Germania saloon.
It Is supposed, by this means, they thought
they could shut off the lights in the build
lpgs; but this was unsuccessful, and If the
object was robbery the srson or persons
were baked in the accomplishment of their
purpose.
The New Years cantata, which was re-
peated by request last Saturday night, was
attended by a large audience, and the rem
ditions were very excellent. Wlngate's g
hall was well thronged by the lovers of
music in this city, and there were frequent
rounds of applause. While every number
was we'll taken, Miss Moore's solos were
worthy of especial mention.
Mr.. ChamnerIaln, deputy collector of in
ternal revenue, returned from Heppner to-
day. He says at Arlington all the China
men made the necessary application to reg
lister; but at Heppner the Celestials were
not prepared, and he will be forced to give
them another opportunity. They are all
eager to comply with the law, and he ap-
prehends no difficulty 10 his district.
The Southern Pacific are putting electric
search lights on their engines, and the two
Hogg engines running Ashland are to be
be equipped soon. These search lights are
very powerful and long distance peppers
into darkness, being able to throw Light
for miles. The dynamo and machinery
rooats ON top of the engine boiler, and is
also run by steam, the engineer in the
cab being the director general.
Rev. W. G. Curtis preached very able
discourse yesterday at the Congregational
church in this city on the theme of "RisIng
and Falling" in which he uttered CON-
mendable sentiments in reference to the
case of Mr.. Lionel Stagge. We should have
been pleased to have given our readers this
portion of the sermon. az we believe the
perusat WOulu nave Tue tHtcL " Lndke mduy
men more charitable and liberal toward
their fellows; but our columns are SO
crowded to day that it will be impossible to
accede to the desire.
The officers of the G. A. R. and W. z. G.
were installed last Saturday evening in
fraternity hall in this city. Mrs. A. N.
Varney acted AZ installing officer for the
latter and Mrs. w. s. Myers for the former.
The G.. A. r. officials are: Commander.
G Fl Brown; Senior V c. 81 81 Learned;
Junior v c, l. b Nichols; surgeon, James
LemIson; chaplain, T Esping; J Nj,
E N Chandler; adjutant. M Patterson; o
D, r L Akin; ON s. } W Lewis; o G,
WS Myers. W. r. c.: President, Mrs.
w. s. Myers; sen. vice. president. Mrs.
Blanche Patterson; jun. vice president,
Mrs. Elizabeth Joles; secretary, Mrs. M.
Nishols; treasurer, Mrs. Bel le Berger; chap.
lain, Mrs. Mary Briggs; conductor, Mrs.
Annie Urquhart; guard, Mrs. Mary Kelsay;
assistant conductor, Miss Mary Frsz er; as
sistant guard, Mrs. Mary Learned. The
ceremonies were public, and after they were
foished, the members aud guests partook
of a bountiful rejection at Mr.. Andrew
Keller's confectionery.