The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-04-21

8 feet 9 inches; weight. l40 pounds; spa
built and apparently forty years of ag
dark hair. somewhat grey, and dark mu
tache and eyes; upper part of nose sligh
fattsned as If by blow; high, narrow for
head; name most likely A. Lunamund, an
by trade a harness maker.
Mr.. A. Bettingen. sr.. is having the built
ings corner of UuIon and Second street
riised and the foundations strengthened
| These were erected ID 1868. and are SON
of the old st IN the city. Mr.. Andre
Velarde is the contractor, and this IS a suffi
cient guarantee that the work will be we
DONE
Today has teen the nearest perfect Of an
| enjoyed this season A clear atmosphere
with the Temperature not too warm 70
| comfort, gave every resident foretaste Q
the delightful climate of E,stern Oregon
| which cannot be excelled anywhere on tn
continent. Spring has come to remain, ant
all will give the blnshing maiden gener
ous and hearty welcome.
Wool is not coming in town IN larg,
quantities yet, and the only heeces tina
have so far arrived were received at Moody
warehouse Tuesday. The season is not fal
advanced, but in few days the wool ciI
will be brought to town in large quantities
and The DslIes will handle more of the
product direct from the producer than an,
point in the northwest.
E lith Howard. IL years of age. was ac-
cdentally shot Saturday in Tacoma by her
brother Edward, aged IA. The sister was
IN the 'front.' yard picking flowers, when her
brother came cut of the woods, where he had
been hunting. carrying a Winchester rifle.
A. he entered the yard he dropped the gun
which was discharged, the ball passing
through his SISTERS heart. The boy Is pros
trated with griei.
John Hansen, the wife murderer, has
been sentenced by Judge Mcbride to hang
May Is, one month from yesterday, at
Astoria. This sentence was in accordance
with the mandate of the supreme court.
affirming the judgment of the lower court
When asked if he had anything to say why
the Sentence of the law should not Re
passed on him, he answered, No" Judge
Mcbride then pronounced the sentence oD
him.
A Heppre er dispatch says that eighteen
head of ra rye horses sold at sheriff's sale
for Sl20 rs, or Sc 70 per head
The lambing season Is caring an end, and
stockmen are either shearIng or getting
ready to shear. SINE wool has already
been received at the warehouses; A nnm
ber of sheep buyers are here trying to buy
sheep 70 drive east The best price so far
is 81 so per head.
Albany Herald: The adultery case OF
DR.. J. NJ. Applewhite. says the Corvallis
Ne,cs, was today thrown out of court on
The ground that the complaint was not made
" his wife; said complaint was made by
). C. Kenyon. District Attorney Cond' n
Informs us that he has already taken an
Ippesl to the supreme court in the matter
Phe case of Mrs. Kenyon, likewise charged,
vas dismissed on motion of the district a. |
orney, in order that she be witness in |
he Applewhite case
Milton Eagle: One important lesson that
as been learned. which Is the result of the
epression. aud that is the credit s, stem
iii have to go. This will have to go.
his will prove an advantage not only to
he merchant but to the con-umer also.
eople will have learned that it is bad pol
" to run in debt for goods. When people
aye credit they many times purchase artI-
es they could do very well without. Cash
ayments are better for buyer and seller as
ell
Condor Globe: Mr.. Damphnan an. of Eight.
ile, who claims to have made literal jour
sys to heayen and hell; to haye seen tn.
sviI, God, the angels, suakes etc., is here
ling of his trip. Very few intelligent
,ople believe his story; although we be-
we the man is sincere and that be be-
ives he has seen the things referred to
OFT people believe him to be either labor
Q under a hallucination of the brain ap-
oachiug insanity, or that he had the de.
ium tremens, as he says he had been ,
linking to excess for some time. 1t is not
usual for men in that condition to I'M
Inc they have seen snakes. the devil, etc. ,
Farmers in the Willamette valley are {
rning their attention to hop growing.
lis IS the latest in that line from the Cor t
llrs Times: In another year Benton f
unity will figure more prominently in the i
o business. Howell and Cummins have
Ished putting out their 50.acre tract on i
hnnie Whitaker's place. and among n
merous other yards. Chinaman SorbIn b as 2
ished planting thirty acres on w. A .
ellis place. This yari will ultimately 6
dude sixty acres, and the Cinnamon have t
leased for SIX years. Under the lease a
y furnish every thing, pick, bale and de g
er the crop in Corvallis, and get three n
lrths of the proceeds.
The La Grande Chronicle has the follow
I: By private letters from tar away Cape
wn, South Africa, received by Mrs. Lou. h
Rivers of the Travellers Home, 1t is
rned that the gold fields are overcrowded ?
th men. Cape Town. which is an outfit
2 point, has about forty thousand inbab- a
nrs, oyer half of whom are either wooIiy-
AIDED native blacks or vampire-lik petty
ders. The climate is good training a
lool for those who nay expect ticket for C
, frying under world. At o'clock in
, morning at Cape Town on March 8,
"a, the mercury was very nearly ninety r
the shade.
Anne, leans have the reputation of being y
at meat consumers, and the number OF Il
tie, sheep and hogs which are daily con-
ned in cities in the northwest would fl
opish the average native. While this :.
rue, cur British cousins on the north are
IN greater meat consumers than the Il
,ericans. From the hunch.grass regions Il
t of the Cascades a Large proportion of !.
supply OF meats for Portland, Puget
md cities and Victoria come. Every few
rs carloads are shipped for these points 81
g shipping season is now fairly opened, e,
the railroad companies will have quite
vely time.