The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-06-23
From Fridays Daily.

One case OF diphtheris is req DRIED in the
city.
Mr.. Geo. A. Young, of Bakeoyen, came
in town last night.
Frost played sad havoc with vegetables in
Gillian county last week.
The W. U. telegraph office is at its old
quarters in the Umatilla House.
Mr.. W. 81. Butts, the coroner elect. filed
his official bonds with the county clerk to-
day in the sum of $50.
Mr.. s. G. Campbell was in the city yes
terday. He spent the last month on the
strawberry farm at Hood River.
The Regulator Office at the foot of Court
street has been fitted up, aud is now occu-
pied by the resident agent of the ID. P. u
A. N. Co.
A great many sheep owners have began
urlying their herds to the mountains for
pasturage. This is not considered neces-
sary, as grass is very good on the lowlands.
The circuit court will again convene next
Monday, after its vacation by reason of the
food. There are several criminal cases on
the docket which will create considerable
interest.
The iur, in the case of State of Oregon
vs.. James Crate, on trial before Justice
Davis Yesterday, brought in verdict of
guilty, and the defendant was fined $35 and
costs.
The electric lights were turned on last
night for the first time since June lst. The
power house is now free from water, and
nights may be expected every night here
after.
The sewer which bursted in Ulion
street, between Second and Third, was
pumped out today by the old hand engine,
the pioneer machine of the fire department
of this city.
Within the past few days several thou
sand sheep have been ferrIed across the
Columbia to Klickitat county, and these
will be driven to the neighborhood of Mt.
Adams for summer pasturage.
Some of our exchanges In the interior
came to US printed ON MANILA paper and
others only half sheets. The supply of
white paper gave out. and those using pat
ent-outsldes could only print one side.
The merchants of Heppner are becoming
fearful that their supply OF groceries will
give out before railroad communication Is
resumed, and are preparing to send several
wagons to this city to procure these goods.
VIM. Renshaw. of Eugene, recently lost
a $3.50 diamond in his haymow. He en-
poyed a man to pitch the hay all over
carefully, and after working two days the
man found the diamond at the bottom Of
the hay.
1t is asserted that the Populists of Una
tilla county, and perhaps OF other counties
of the state, voted IN accordance with oaths
to which they had subscribed months be-
fore. They use different Kind OF oath
when they read the election returns.
Low lands along the John Day can now
begin to recover from the effects OF their
late immersion. But it will be many years
before the meadows and farming lands that
went down the stream come back, says the
Grant County Ne,cs
A large lot of strawberries arrived on the
boat last night from Hood RIVER, and were
transported over the portage to the mouth
of the Deschutes in wagons. The straw
berry farmers are paving heavily for trans
portatlon of their product to market this
season.
lDere Is q UOdt lieu W tuo pOICu vi Iuc
TIMES. .MoUNTAINEER office, high and dry,
the owner for which cannot be found. A
sale of it could haye been made this morn
ing If the proprietor had made himself
known. If it remains much longer IN its
present position wharfage will be charged
and the craft confiscated.
A telegram was received iu the city yes
terday evening announcing the appointment
of MIR. Jas. A. Crossen as postmaster in this
city. Mr.. Cressen has many friends In The
Dalles who will congratulate him on his
good fortune. He is very competent for
the position, and the appointment will un-
doubtedly give general satisfaction.
During the food we were unable to issue
the weekly edition of the TnMEs-MoUNT-
AINEER, for the reason that our office was
washed about six feet deep by the waters of
Columbia river. Tomorrow the weekly
paper will be issued from this Office as form
erlv, and our country subscribers will well
come their old time visitor. Stirring events
have happened since the last number of the
Weekly TINES. .MoUNTAIN EER was printed,
and the highest water ever known in the
Columbia rIyer has been experienced and
sweeping Republican victory realized in the
state. We hope meyer to witness another
flood, but Republican victories may happen
as often as possible.
Hon. Chas. Hilton started to The Dalles
Sunday, having attended to the shearing and
dipping of his sheep on Pine Creek, says the
Fossil Journal 1t is reported that Mr..
Hilton bought Fred A. Hale's interest in
the sheep which Fred has been running on
a lease for term Of years, and that Mr..