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

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. Agnes Powers iefs on the afsern 1t
train for Portland.
The Columbia has rose several fe'
during the past few days.
Mt. Hood Camp, Woodmen of III
World, initiated four candidates at thel
regular meeting last night,
The afternoon train from Portland wa
few minutes late to-day; but the
o'clock passenger for Portland left o.
time.
The recorder was rot disturbed in hi
slumbers last night, and as ne arrest
were made be held no interviews thi
morning.
Robberies and "huld-ups" are bee on
ing quite frequent, and the first inquir,
in the morning hereafter will be, 'Wht
was robbed last night?
The news flashed over the wires this af
ternoon that the site had been selected for
the branch asylum fer the insane by the
commissioners, and the choice had fallen
on the hot springs in Union county, nea'
La Grande.
Since the snow fall ana cold weather a
number of cattle, whose owners are up-
known, perambulate the streets of Prime
vile and feast on scenery. The owners
OF these brutes should be hunted up &nd
compelled to feed them.
Two men were arrested by the marshal
this afternoon on suspicion of being the
parties who committed the robbery last
night. They were placed in the city Jail,
but were only detained of their liberty q
halt hour, when they were released.
the window of Mays & Groves store last
night, stole the five reYolvers, but
left $45 shotgun and Winchester rifle
within reach. 1t they were after vaIu-
ables enc would think they would have
left the pistols and taken the larger arms
The schoolmates of little Miss Prud-
ence Patterson gave her a surprise party
at the residence of her parents last night.
From until 9 O'Clock the children en-
joyed themselves very much, and reluct-
antly bade Prudence good night, hoping
that such gatherings might occur fire
quentlY.
The Heppner Gazette and Record few
weeks since charged Prof. Rork with at
tempting to commit nameless crime. So
far as learned no attempt has yet been
made to dispreve the accusations, and
nearly every paper in the state has re-
ferred to 1t. The Heppner papers invite
an action tor libel.
1t is published that s. L. Lowell, late
colonel of the I'd regiment, %. N. e., is
short some $2l00 Of military money. and
that criminal proceedings will be instituted
HIS friends claim that the amount in con-
troyersy is less than $500, and that it has
BEEN lawfully appropriated for rents, etc.
If the gentleman is guilty of the charges he
should be prosecuted, otherwise he has been
done great injustice by premature publ
city.
At Wallula Monday the water was
higher than ever known before, says The
East Orcgonian. In some places where
dwellings stand there are nine feet OF
water. One man, as the train came
through, was sitting on top of his barn
waiting to see his dwelling 90 floating
down stream. The water was up to the
second story. Jake Lewis had thirty
seven hogs drowned, while several others
have suffered losses.
A sad sequel follows the imprisonment of
". l.. Arlington, ex-treasurer of Douglas
county. a valley exchange says: "Word
has been received of the death of Mrs. Ar
rington, mother Of v. L. Arlington,
connned IN the state penltentIary, charged
with misuse of county funds. His poor
old mother gave home to lis pennile-s
family and tried to do for them the besl
she could, but grief over the fate of her uo-
fortunate son, was more than she could
bear, and she died OF broken heart. Hel
son has not been informed OF her dcath."
Mr.. A. NJ. Kelsey received telegraphic
dispatch yesterday informing HIM of the |
death of his mother in Plattsburg, Mo
She had been an invalid for number OF |
years, and died at the residence of her |
son, with whom she had been living for
long time. Mrs. Kelsey was 81 years old,
and had resided in that city sbout thirty |
years. She leaves family of SIX chill
dren-three sons and three daughters-all |
of whom are married and haveffsmilies,
except the yeusgest. Mr.. A. NJ. Kelsey
has been IN the state twenty years, during
which time he has visited his old home
emily once, and, hswever much he would
desire to attend the last obsequies over
the remains of his mother the distance
precludes him from doing so.