The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-26
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. Newman went to Portland thi
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Houghton wen
to Portland this afternoon.
Messrs. Dave Hagerty and james
Sommers, of Cherry creek, are in the
city.
Miss Jetty Star, of Dufur, arrived
home from visit to the Portland Elk
position last night.
Mr.. w. II. Mansfield, an old-time
printer and newspaper man Of Salem
has been in the city today.
The first ice of the season formed
here this morning, but there was only
enough of it to say that it was ice.
The funeral of Captain George ],
Ainsworth took place yesterday morn.
ing from the family residence in Port
land.
Congressman Hermann says an ap-
preparation of 81 900, 900 will be asked
this winter for improving the Villa
mette river.
The Elks of the Cascade Locks will
visit The Dalles, this week. probably
Saturday night, coming up on the new
steamer. Sadie B.
The funeral of the late Mrs. M. Ella
Huff took place from the residence of
her father, Mr.. H. S. Ward, this after.
noon at o'clock.
Annie L. Fulton and Charles w.
Diekman both of fisherman county, were
in the city this morning, and made
final proof on their timber-culture
claims.
Mr.. Stublings house ON First stree
is being oyerhauled, repainted and
papered. 1t is the old Bonzy place,
and is evidently to be occupied by
some one.
Uncle Sam still owns 100000, 600
acres of land, and is rich enough yet |
to give every family 50-acre farm
though some OF che land would be hard |
to subsoil.
Mr.. E. L. Fame left last night for his
old home in Texas. He expects to be /
gone year or two but likes Oregon
and expects to return and reside here
permanently.
The weather for tomorrow as or.
dered by the weather bureau, is "fair
and warmer" The barometer indi-
Gates continuation of the present
fair weather for some time.
The typeis being set on the pamph-
let on the resources of Wasco county,
and 5000 copies will be printed. The
book will contain about thirty pages
of reading matter, and half as many
devoted to illustrations.
In New York they are having heavy
snow storms, while here in nearly the
same latitude we are gathering
peaches and tomatoes: In Dakota the
mercury is from IL to 20 degrees below
freezing point, and up in Minnesota
and Michigan snow is flying.
The case of Ned Wicks against VIM. G
Wiley, being an action to recover |
damages for tresspassing of the lat q
ter's sheep on the formers garden, Z
which was tried Monday and taken q
under advisement by Justice Davis, /
was decided today, the court giving o
plaintiff judgment for S25.
The regular chrysanthemum show at e
the exposition will be held the last 9
days of the fair, Nov. 4th and 5th. The h
show will be under the auspices of the a
floral section of the Oregon Horticul- ~
tural Society, and will be, in our opin- Il
ion, the best exhibit at the fair, always Il
excepting the Wasco County fruit ex- Al
hibit.
Corbett announced yesterday that he Il
had fought his last fight and would m
turn over the championship to the III
winner of the Maher-O 'Donnell fight, NJ
but when Fitzsimmons' manager said O,
If Corbett was not on hand when time Il
was called he would claim the money ri
and championship, Corbett changed h,
his mind.
1t is Heppner's turn to have series al
IF races now, the fall meeting begin h,
ming there yesterday. According to n,
he dispatches in the Oregonian this X,
morning Black Prince ran a quarter M
n q seconds, but owing to foul riding dc
he race was ordered run over today. q,
# Black Prince made the time he is h,
,redited with he is world-beater.
Now that there is a heavy run of es
almon at Astoria, the papers of our in
leighboring city are not protesting 80 F.,
oudly against the canning of-fall sal lo
non. 1t was when Astoria was not tu
,etting any fish that the fall run was m,
10 good. A small boy definedsalt to be ba
Something that makes your potatoes W,
aste bad when you don't put any on"
The salmon are adopting different an
actics this year from that of other to
ears. Last Spring with heavy run tn
t Astoria there were no fish at all in te
he middle river. This fall when AS. tr
oria had no tsh there was good run hi
lere, and composed largely of Chin pc
'oks. Now Astoria is having heavy tn
un of Silversides and there are none th
Iere at all. en-