The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-02-17
ITEMS IN BRIEF
From Wednesdays Daily.

Juvenile elecutionary contest at the Con
gregatienal church this evening.
Mr'A A. Bouney, who Is in town from
Tygh valley, ssys the roads are in a terri
Bile condition leading to the city.
Dr. Hollister, Of this city, received notice
to-day of bis ell. ction to active membership
IN the association of Military Surgeons of
the United States.
In the case of White vs. Heald tender
was made of certain amount by the de-
fendant and accepted by the plaintiff and
the matter settled.
Vicks Floral Guide for 1894 keeps mp
the reputation of that well-establIshed
seed house. 1t is very neatly printed anu
handsomely illustrated.
The ease of James Schmid VS. J and
N Day went to the jury last night about 9
O'Clock, and sealed verdict was returned
in short time. This morning 1t was
opened in court, and the plaintiff waf
awarded . judgment Of 81. Isl and costs.
The new law governing the compen-
sation OF county officers will 60 into ef- |
feet next July. While the pay for th.
new officers will not be near 50 iemuner-
alive as now the new officers will know
just how much they will get, and can cui
their expenses accordingly.
p. Benn, of Ashland, has had salts
factory returns from the two carloads OF
apples he shipped to Memphis, Tenn, ana
Is now securing the market for more To
fill orders from the same section. Ash
land people know how to grade and pack
their fruit, hence . good price For even
the second choice apples are now avaia-
BILE.
In the circuit court Yesterday the grsBo 1
Jury returned an Indictment against j. Hu
for murder in the second degree for kiliira |
Ben Cummings near Cascade Locks on jar
uary lst OF this year. He was arraighe,
last evening and this morning entered
plea of not guilty. B. Dufur was ap- |
pointed attorney for the defendant by the
court.
Albany Herald: The brakeman on the
usrth-bound overland train yesterday,
just after it left Oregon City, found q hu-
man eye On the platform Of the mail car, |
just as If 1t had been torn from some per
sons head. 1t was thought some hobos
riding on the blind baggage must hav.
gotten into quarrel ana one of them hau
his eye gcuged out.
Elgin Recorder: About 800 head of fa | a
hogs were shipped from the Elgin stock.
yards Tuesday by Messrs. VIM. Wurz Y
weller, Mcdonald Bros, +. d. McCuIly,
:. and Ed. Xiddle, most of them beng des
tined for the Omaha market. In the | a
course of six or eight months we !. uppos |
that part of them will be returned anu | ?
sold here in the shape of Omaha bacon
and lard.
This afternoon the case on trial wa !
Chandler vs. Besld, and the following
the jury empanelled: j X Doyle, &c,
Noble, W N Wiley, George A Llese,
John w agonb blast, w Menefee, VIM |
James Donaldson, } A Sturgls and NV
Rand. The attorneys for the plaintiff are !.
b s Huntington and H 5 Wilson, auo ?
for the detendent, A. 3. Bennett.
Albany Herald: On Saturday, for the a
first time IN months, 1.-THE Oregon Pacific |
employees were paid menth's wages In
full, or rather the amount due them undel :,
Clark's receivership, from the 9th OF jan =
uary to the 3lst inclusive. In this man :.
ner $500e was distributed, OF which $500
was the quarterly mail contract pay ymenI
Receiver | lark is the right man in the | /.
right place, AID is doing the best possiUi, :. -
for all concerned.
The following IS list of persons who T.
arc passing this quarters examination | L.
for county schsol certificates: Misses E 4
n Hall. r Morgan, F Davis, Copple, Ii !
Oilsr, L Johnson, A b Thompson, q | IS
Hill, f H Fouts, V g Cooper, b B steI- o
ling, A N Sechler, E Bonnsy, L M Hin n
ton, E f Ward and N ard, Messrs l. | IA
Harrington, l. b Thomas, q 81 Kerns, 3.
B Gorham and A Stogsdili. Fer stat :.
dIpl0mas-Nisses N e Fraser and M U vi
Michel.
Albany Herald: Sheriff jackson went /,
to Salem yesterday and procured requlsl- ls
ton papers Tor ex-Superlntendent IT, F. "a
Russell, whe had been apprehended ana If
held for him ct Bushnell, ILL.,, place n
where Russell had formerly lived and 20
was well known. Mr.. jackson wentl 80
south on the overland last night, and will | n
take the Central Pacific through on his Il
way TO Bushnell. From the superiDtend- II
ent's Office te a room in hotel de Jackson | %
will be quite transformation for Russell
Signal: A Weiser jury has broken the AZ
record by deciding in favor of both sides. "a
Both sides won and both sides were | II
beaten. 1t all happened in Coskley's E
court last week. j. A. Richardson, OF | =
Council, instituted suit against T. B Il
Bigerstaff, of the same place, for the re- ds
plevin Of certain horses. Defendant set ao a
up a counter claim for $50. Jury gave ni
Richardson two horses and Biggerstaff M
$50. An influx of cases are now expected !"
here, when juries decide in favor OF 40
everybody involved. Ac'
The Juvenile contest will take place
this evening at the CsngregatIonaI rs
church, and the object of the competition as
will be gold Juvenile badge, and six y.
young girls will compete in an eIocutien- nc
sry rendition. The selection TO be spoken ,nG
has been chosen by one of our best ele- 20
cutlonists, and esch contestant has been COZ
drilled by competent instructor. For u, ",
these reasons the exercises will be both ~. ".
interesting and Instructive. Doors will -,
be open at 2 80 O'Clock, and an admission az az
fee OF 10 and Is cents will be charged aa. %a
On last nights train frem Portland Mr.
Robinson arrived in the city, who will -
hereafter take charge OF the drug depart
ment OF the store of E. w. Helm. The nv nv
Ercning Telegram yesterday had this COM ro TS
pliaeniary notice OF him: Morgan Rob for
inson, the popular East Side young drug W,
gist, left tor The Dslles to-day, where he
Is to take charge OF the drug business OF 49, 49,
Mr.. Helm, of that place. Mr.. Robinson -
has been with the Logan Bros. Company oee
tor the past five years. He is an indus ~ -
trieus and rustwOrty young man, thor g..
oughly understands his business and de- H.
serves to succeed wherever he goes" ~ ,nS
A correspondent from Riparla on Snake gAt
river, writes to the " ALA W ALA Statesman: .
1.-THE thermome er stands at 80 and it is city
snewing now, but lightly. The coldest Ea,
" weaiher here this winter so far was "A be-
low freezing and three inches of the ma
No snow on the ground now, mes
nothing to retard navigation, only the his
want OF business. And as there seems to | usil
be more OF everything else In circulation sci,
than coIu and truth, there is no prospect ret,
of much business, except as understand con
that the Union Pacific company intend dul
putting new hull on the steamerAiaotG, am,
in the course of human events" the
The Democratic press are trying to din
create revival In business BY publishing sss'
reports from all portions Or pre-
he country, aud we hope they may be .on
successful. The following is from the his
Tomaha,ck, OF Portland: '"The mercan per
ile agencies, Bradstrsct and DuPn, whose OF
Irade reports generally tell the real con- cor
iition, have found unmistskab lie evi 7
dences Of an improvement in com mmercial VIA
affairs. Their conclusions are derived ,he
rom consideration of the many fac .ho
ories that are resuming operations. This mot
Is the only gauge that mea sures the sltua- sur
ion correctly. 1t now points and has II
pointed tor several weeks, toward pros Nfsnt
perity. Depression Is disappearing" keg
Capta1n Joseph R. Wilev died Tburs ran