The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-03-16
ITEMS In BRIEF
Trnm Wsdpsi,y's Daily.

Trom Wsdn sj,y's Daily.
Frosty N, rpipgs.
Polics business ia very quiet.
Mr. NJ T. Nolan is sick at his residenc
in this city.
Miss Jeanette Williams arrived In th'
city from Portland Yesterday.
Mr.. w IT. silvertooth, of Antelope, Il
visiting his brother In this city.
M-. E b. Drfur returned ,esterIa,
from attending ciIcuit court at More.
Mt. Hood camp, Woodmen of the
World, held their usual monthly social
last night.
Miss Virginia Marden returned on tie
afternoon train from visit to friends In
Portland.
AIR. II. H. Rlddell, who has been al
tending the session of the circuit court ut
Micro, returned last evening.
Mr.. Ed. NJ. Williams, who has been
spending few days with his mother in
Portland, returned last night.
Mr.. A. w. Branner returned from his
visit to Southern Calf rnia last night,
booking much improved tor his v Gallon.
The next attraction at the opera house
will be The Pat R'oney company. Time
and tile OF drama Will ne given hereafter
The following deed was filed with the
county clerk today: Joh NJ. Marden
and wife to Grace Donnell; parcel of
land 52xl7o feet in Dalies City 81.
Smith brothers will give dauce TO-.
morrow evening at Ihe Baldwin opera
house. Good music Will be furnished,
and a very enjoyable time may be ex
pecied.
The new telephone system is pushing
matters forward as rapidly as p ssible.
Wires are being attacLed to the poles,
and il may be expected in little while
to be in working order.
The air was sufficiently cold today to
be considered winter temperature Feb
ruary was delightful, ami it is evident
winter is not going to give up his su-
premacy without giant struggle.
The business OF the late L. Newman,
will he closed out at greatly reduced
reduced rates, and prices have been
marked very low. All people in need
of these goods should avail themselves
OF this opportunity.
The county court has dispensed with
The strvlcss # Mark V. Harrison rs special
tax c,,llector, and has turued all de iE-
queni rolls over Into The hau6s of the
suer,H with Instructions to free coilec
tiun LY pub icatiOn and ssie If necessary
At Dayton, Wash,, Thursday. Judge
sturdevant sentenced Adam Martel and
Sam Nelson each to seven years in the
pc ite tiary, Oh verdict of guilty. OF
burglarizing dwelling of a can OF tai
low. an old briddle and air of wool
mitteAs.
The persons who were quarantined In
the compnny's pest house we:e released
to-day. They were all vaccInated and |
two weeks having elapsed since they were |
exposed to the coutagios, II was consid |
cred perfectly safe to allow them 10 leave
the house.
a w .shington paper saws Congressman
Baiie,, OF Texis. when asked whether he
thought congress could fool the Lnrd by
taking recesses on SUNDAY iastead ot nd
journ.ng, replied: II don't know; this
congress has f,ued 30 MANY people it's
liable to fool even The L3rd "
Jay P. Lucas has handed in his resig-
nation as county clerk of Gillian to the
county court, and that body has ap-
pointed H. N. Frazer: Mr. Lucas dep
uty to succeed him. Mr.. Lucas will
continue In Office until May 9Th. when
his resignation takes effect.
!: Elder J w Jenkins returned from
Heppner thi. morning where he has
been engaged in a revival meeting. as
sisted by Rev w. F. Cowden of Ia
coma The meeting continued seven
teen days and resulted in adding nine
teen pers ms to the church.
All indications in this part Of Oregon.
says the Salem Jour"a', show a great
crop of hops coming on. If no new
fields are put In the acreage Is suff1cint
for $4,000 or l0J,000 bales year for
many years. Of course, if present prices
prevail, many fields will not be picked.
: About Two and half inches of snow
covered the ground 10 the vicinity of
Heppner this morning. II showed nearly !
sill of yesterday; bur melted as 1t fell until
evening, when the fakes remained Dur
ing The night the storm continued. aud to.
day was rs wiufry In app, arance us any
time during the season.
W4ler for irrigatlng purposes will un-
dOubledlv he very. short this season, Gays
the PrInevilie Reris,o. a. there Is less snow
In the mountains tuan for ve,r5. Already /.
bare patches of ground are tO be seen well | (
MP 10 the summit of Mckay and L akout I
ranges. lsut summer rains are what our
crops both OF grass ana grain depend upon. ,
Today the queen OF Great Britain and +,
empress OF the Indies lost lOyal subject
In The persnn of g w. Patterson, who t
came before the county clerk, and on oath {
declared his intention Uf becoming An {
4 merican ciIiz-n, and renounced his :
allegiance To the foreign poten'ate. May
he live long and prosper aud never iorzer, I
when he has the privilege of voting The b
The straight protection. ReDublcan ticket.
On Saturday morning the Hotel Vale
and saloon at Vale, Malheur county,
we're burned to the ground at about 3 :
o'clock, together with all the contents. r
The fire is supposed to be incend ary
Is WelPs saloon wa found to be OIL fire :
1t the same time, but was saved by hard 8
work on t .e part of he citizens The
,tficers have arrested one man on the
charge OF setting the building on fire,
but a. yet no convicting proof has be5n u
:,
Gnv-rnor Lord Is little rIled at the
1r,yoaiaH Tor accusing him of bel z IN. ,
he race Tor senatorial honors. and q few r
lays ago when questioned at"Dui the mai
er bv Co yalIs Times reporter, said: y
Harvey Scnlt Can say what he d-n
,leases, and Twill do as d--n plea. a.s." a
The governor denies being candidate y y
OF Gnittu Stdte6 StDatbT, NIL btattmeutS | .
o the contrary, notwithstanding The y
hirty bolters were moi aware of his fact, "
lp Id The hour Of ADJOURNMENT of The leg =
s,arur., and the Salem Statesman was not :. "
dvi>ed in the premises either. =
New York Advertiser: little story
9 told OF Sibyl sanderson (who. by the :.
Yav, is Stbyl and not ybil) apropos of :
Ter debut in Paris Ths next morning ;,
he papers teemed with the raving of :,
he critics, the 'beaute de sibyl," her =,
Toice and her costu mes. There were d
lis tele srams of congratulation, letters :,
md cards. The young divette looked at /,
hem all carefully and then made Al
move. mot satisfied yeti" assed some b
me. What is the matter" "Ah, '
IN so disappointed" moaned the sad 1
aced singer. 81 had thought successful
ingers always got love letters from un- y
;nown admirers. There Ia not one for
me-" 1t is to ibe supposed that time
lealed the sorrow.
From Thursdays Daily.