The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-26

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run in that channel.
County Commissioner J. w. Howard
Of Crook county, went to Portland on
the afternoon train.
The Regulator left this morning al
o'clock which will be the regular
hour, during the winter.
Frank Johnson, Jack Cadle, Miltzell
W. H. Peck and George Rey, all Of
Prineville were in the city today.
Miss Evaline Newman completed q
four months term of school at Ridge
way, last Friday, and is again home.
The local passenger leaves at lilo
instead of 1:45. We know of some
parties who forgot this yesterday, but
they never will again.
Boyd postofice will soon be known
as the town of Boyd, since it has been
laid off in town lots and several new
residences are being built.
| A dispatch from San Francisco states
that Mollie Coe died Saturday. Her
mother went down on the steamer and
arrived in the city yesterday.
The stock yards yesterday shipped
226 head of Crook county beef. They
were delivered by Howard & Stearns,
and were shipped to Portland, Tacoma
and Seattle.
The Simnasho Indian school caught
fire from defective fiue in the wash
room Friday morning, about 9 o'clock.
and was totally destroyed. The loss
amounts to about $4,000.
Captain George J. Ainswolth, died at
Portland yesterday, after an illness of
several months. He was born at Ore
gon city, April 13, 1852. The funeral
will take place Tuesday.
Professor Garrison has made ar
rangements for having a poultry ex-
hibit here next week. He will bring
the fowls up from the Willamette val
ley, on the boat Tuesday.
| C. P. Balch, the enterprising drug
gist of Dufur, is building summer re-
sort at Rannacaboo at which he ex.
poets to entertain his friend Anderson,
the Dufur blacksmith, next season.
Two homestead applications were
made at the land Office this morning.
They were, E. s. Weld, of Wasco, and
D. P. Shrum, of Burnt Ranch. Mrs.
Ella Mcleod, of Rutledge, made final
proof
Assistant q. S. Attorney S. Dewitt
writes that he will be here Wednesday
for the purpose of taking testimony in
Indian depreciation cases. He will be
found at the Umatilla House during
his stay.
Mrs. 81. J. Maier, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs.
Liebe, Mrs. M. T. Nolan and daughters,
Miss Alma Shanno, Prof. Birgfeld and
Mr.. Miller, were among the passengers
on the Regulator this morning, for
Portland.
Mrs. Coe arrived in San Francisco
Sunday, too late to see her daughter
alive, she having died the previous
night. The body of the poor girl will
be brought home, and the funeral will
take place at Hood River Wednesday.
| The impression seems to have gone
abroad that the time for making final
payment on railroad land in this dis
trict will expire Jan. 1, 1896; but we
are informed by the officers of the land
Office that the time will not expire un-
til Jan. !, 1897.
The Carlton Company of Players
closed their engagement here Satur-
day night with the very laughable
comedy Complications" The audi
ence was not a very large one, from
which we judge our people were not
| highly pleased with the first nights
programme.
Sunday morning was the coldest of
the season SO far, the mercury registered
"a degrees. This morning the ther-
mometer kept by Mr.. Brooks showed
the temperature to have been slightly
warmer, the register being 35. There
were slight frosts on the bluff night
before last.
Deputy Sheriff Kelly and Deputy
Clerk Gilbert returned today from a
visit to Mr.. Kelly's place near Kings
ley. Mr.. Kelly told US he sold two g.
year old colts to Portland men while
on the trip for $3.50. No danger of
that kind of horses going to the cam
merry. They report the fall wheat as
looking fine.
Yesterdays Oregonian contains a
half-page write up of The Dalles,
which is good as far as it goes, but
from the few business houses men,
toned it is easily seen that a whole
Sunday issue of the Oregonian would
be necessary to give US anything like
a full description. The Dalles is grow
ing ".wide out'' as well as "high up"
Miss Martha Doerr, of San Jose,
Calf, who has been visiting at Spo-
kane and Canyon City several weeks,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A.
Liebe for a few days. In company
with Mrs. Liebe she left on the boat
this morning to visit friends and the
Oregon Industrial Exposition. She
will then return to San Jose, her ma
tive home.
M. J Anderson, of Dufur, tells US
the fine weather this fall has caused |
the spring laying of grasshopper eggs
TO hatch. He says that from the num-
ber of little hoppers brought into the
cold and uncharitable world under /,
false pretences, every egg must have
Matched. The little fellows are rather
disconsolate looking, realizing that
like the mule they have no hope of
posterity. The fall frosts will lay them
out, and next year they will be best
noted by their absence.
From Tuesdays Dai ".
Mr.. Parrott is receiving several lots
of hogs at the stockyards today.
There was quite frost last night,
the heaviest one of the season.
The free show drew too much of
house last night, the room being
packed.
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