The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-06-01
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daiiv.

From Wednesdays Daiiv.
Mrs. B. 8. Huntington visited
friends at the Locks today.
Mrs. N. o. Cederson, of Milwaukee
is visiting friends in the city.
This morning overcoats were worn
and hot stoves were quite comfortable
A Co. of Wasco will be in the city
tomorrow and take part in the exer
cises.
Tomorrow being Decoration day the
postofice will be open from 1890 P. NJ
te1:OR. NJ.
The Pacific Express Co. is doing 6
good business these days shipping
strawberries to the eastern markets.
J.W. Nesmith Post, G. A. R., re.
spectfully request all business houses
to close on May 30th promptly at Il
noon.
Mr.. J. A. Douthitt, who has been In
the city for the past two weeks, re-
turned to his home in Prineville this
morning.
ger on the boat this morning for Port
land, where she will take the Northern
Pacific for Chicago.
Miss Gwilt, who has been visiting
Mrs. B. s. Huntington for some days
in this city, returned this morning to
her home in Portland.
The cast of characters of the drama
Damon and Pythias have been as
signed, and the play will be ready to
put on the boards in about two weeks.
Miss Jeanette Williams and Miss
Gussie Marshall, who have been visit
ing relatives and friends in this city
for few days past, returned to Port
land on the Regulator this morning.
Thirty-five students of the Portland
law school will apply for admission to
the bar at Salem next Friday. They
will travel from Portland to Salem on
a special train, and will have grand
banquet at the Hotel Willamette.
Tonight at the Christian church Mr..
Maddron's Sunday school class will
give q strawberry supper. There will
be strawberries, cream and cake,
and an admission fee of 10 and Is cents
will be charged. Doors will be open
at half-past I o'clock
There is movement on foot to have
q 4th-of-July celebration in this city,
and this should receive every encour-
agement from our citizens. The Dalles
has not celebrated the national holiday
for several years, and in 1895 there
should be such a celebration as would
make up for apparent past negligence.
The river has been constantly rising
for the last few days, and today marked
% feet 6 inches above low water mark.
There are no fears of high water, and
this rise ia considered by some the last
and the highest of the season. There
is very little snow in the mountains,
and it does not appear possible that
the river can reach the 1894 mark.
Globe Democrat: When q ship is
in this country, a. bottle of
wine Is broken upon her prov. They |
have prettier as well as more signifi- |
cant custom in Japan, where a cage of |
different kinds OF birds Is provided,
and as the ship begins to move, the
birds are liberated, flying to all parts
of the compass, and typifying the ma
ture OF commerce far better than q
bottle of wine.
Klickitat Republican: The directors
If the Klickitat Valley Railway are
on putting force OF men
70 work on the lower end of the road
within q month. They hope to have
,everal miles Of the road graded before
harvest. The work done will not be
ost even If the road should never be
quilt, for it can be used for wagon
'oad and for this purpose would be an
immense improvement over the pres
mt road.