The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-06-30
The TimeS-Mountaineer
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From Wednesdays Daily.

Mr.. E. Bergeron, of the Cascade Lock
Is IN the city today.
Two members of the Demoss family
musicians were In the city last night
route east.
Mr. J. r. Warner, of White Salme
Wash, arrived in the city on the boat la
evening.
The Sherman county case, State "
Douglas, has continued on trial all da.
The crime charged Is larceny in dwell
ing.
The Regulator left the Locks this after
noon at 8 O'Clock, and may be expecte
at her wharf in this city at this even
ing.
Moro in Sherman county and tn
neiehboring town of Hoed River will
celebrate the 4th OF July in becoming
manner.
Floaters have been placed across Mil
creek 10 support the telegraph wire which
formerly rested on the bridge, the bents ol
which were washed away by the flood.
The street commissioner has a force OF
men employed repairing The crosswalks
on streets, and citizens are manifesting
considerable activity in regard TO prepar-
ing their buildings for occupancy.
Astoria still entertalns hopes of having
railroad connection with the Willamette
valley and it is the earnest wish of all
portions of the state that these will be
realized.
With no possible opportunity of ship
ping wool TO eastern markets every pound
received IN this city must be stored,
and under these conditions it is
IN hat vytl hG
much competition among buyers.
There was a large band of sheep, mum
bering 400, terried across the Columbia
river at this city today. They were pur-
chased by Mr. j. Anderson in this county
for the Victoria market, and will be
driven overland to their destination.
Beginning tomorrow the little steamer
ITmG will carry the mail daily between
the Cascades and The Dalles, and from
Portland to the former place it will be
transported by Union Pacific boats.
w. H. Jones, the Front street tobacco
dealer, moved back to his old stand to- |
day, and is now prepared to furnish the |
public with the choicest cigars, tobacco |
and smokers materials.
The Union Pacific is the shortest line to |
the Lewis ton Miners Delight, Atlantic and |
South Pass Gold Fields. Suv yeur tickets
via Rock Springs or RawlIns from which
point you can go by first class stage line
to Lewiston, reaching the mines the same
day.
Stone cutters will begin work at the
Locks next Monday Notwithstanding
the delay caused by the high water the
contractors will push forward the work
as rapidly as possible, and the first OBJ
ject to be accomplished will be repairing
the damage done by the flood.
NJ T. Nolan, at the postoffice news
depot has received Scribaer's for July,
which is replete with excellent articles,
notable among which are the continua
tion of the serial by Geo. w. Cable of
I" John March, Southerner." "Among
the Tarahumaris, 1.-THE North Shore of
Massachusetts" and other interesting :
papers. IS
Mr.. Goodell, of the Portland Distilling
Company, left that city Monday for Grant
TO look into the situation of things there.
He will go from this city to Columbus, {
and from there cross the river to Grant 8
A great deal of the machinery was saved
before the distillery building was swept =
away, as men were kept at work getting q
it out up to the time the building started. 3
StudtOr OOlpQ anu Idully Will return | =
to Oregon very soon after the adjourn b
ment of congress and remain until the 81
tall. 1t Is expected that the services of Il
Senator Dolph as campaign speaker c'
will be asked In many of the eastern g
states previous to the election. Several b
applications havo already been made to P
him, some of them from personal friends
In congress, which he feels bound to &C st
cept. The fact that the campaign is over ia
in Oregon gives the Republicans claim hi
upon the members of the delegation from hi
tne "epiootstate. in
The Indians at Ft. SImcoe will cele-
brate the coming 4th of July in becom- ma
ing manner. A program has been pre- pt
pared consisting of grand parade of Oh
Indians in costume, Oratlons by Chief
White Sewan, Hon. Hugh u. Wallace, re
Capt. Thomas Simpson, Hon. H. j. Sniye- IL,
ly, Capt. Eneas, Hon. c. B. Graves, Hon. co
Eugene E. Wager and Agent L. T. Erwin, pc
Charles Waunasey acting as interpreter, la
to be followed by basket dinner, Indian nj
pony races and dancing by Indians in mi
costume. wi
1t seems they haye found the steamer 70
Brother Jonathan at last. The vessel was W W
sunk about thirty years ago, opposite vi Vi
Crescent City, and company formed for %, 90
the purpose has found the wreck near ,lt' uIs
sunken wall upon which the vessel struck w
when she went down. 1t is thought that oe
there were millions of dollars in her
treasure boxes and this has been the in
centlve of many searches during the past
generation.
tor
The cruel barbarisms of the Indians
are still in vogue in Montana, and near -
Havre in that state, the Cree Sun WI
lance for three days has just COM
hrau l
by thongs thrust into Sits in their on,
breasts and slashed by Chief Little Egg
ALI Paint, young buck, had slits cut in
mis- shoulders and into the inserted tne
thongs were tied four buffalo skulls at
which he dragged after him. Eighty +.
pieces OF flesh were cut out of his arms wa
20 be kept as tokens. 10.
Detective Joe Day, for many years con- l
lected with the Portland police depart mo
nent, returned 10 that city Sunday from anc
Chicago, where he had been In the Pink Da
srton service during the past two years or
more. Joe says he has had his surfeit of o. Z
he east. He doesn't crack up the large PIC PIC
,lt1es or the people beyond the Rocky nal 1
and prefers to live in Ore coi'
ron under all and any circumstances. Y
Judging from the tenor of his talk, he n,t
will resume his residence IN the metrop- pas p
Ills. MIR. Day formerly resided in The fft, pf
0alles, and is well known to all old resi- '-''
Tents.
Exchange: Governor Pennoyer has cat cat
more fun than any man in Oregon. He Un
las been very eicent since the late
lection, but the news from California
las thawed him out. When seen this cou
morning he was glancing over news nea
,aper while broad smile played over rec
lis face. ''I have just been reading the wei
criticisms of the country press on what !
hey call defeated Penneyerism, he list
aid, "but it is only another case where the
IL the little asses think it is their chance rca
o back up and take kick at the dead ing
on."
The run of salmon still continues phe tod
omenally large in this vicinity, and Lal
shermen are kept busy conveying the 200
ally ''catch" from the boats to the can cit,
cry. They come in shoals, and at
ines the river is tull of them. So far
his season has been the best for fishing II, i,ve
urposes that has been experienced for que que
1any years. The loss of several STATIC nue a
ry wheels during the flood h as decreased .na el.l
be facilities for fishing, but if the pre- '"e
ent run continues 1894 will be excellent
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