The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-05-18


A gentle zephyr has been blowing to-
Mr.. NJ. Thourbourn: of Kingsley; is
in the-city--
The Payton Comedy Co. opens to.
night at the opera house.
Mr.. J. A. Douthitt, of Prineville,
arrived in the city last evening.
All reports from the interior give
the most encouraging prospects for
crops.
Yesterday was the warmest day of
the season. The thermometer regis
tered SO degrees in the shade.
The Payton Co., with full brass
band, will attract crowd at the
wharf this evening on the landing of
the Regulator.
The visitors at the Locks yesterday
speak in the highest terms of the man
uer in which they We're treated by the
citizens of that town.
The work at the Cascades is progress
ing very favorably, and after the ex-
animation yesterday our citizens have
confidence in it's early completion.
The play at the opera house this
evening will be the "Noble Outlaw"
which is full of thrilling scenes, and
calls for good acting in all its parts.
Preparations are being made for 4th
of July celebrations in some towns. If
The Dalles intends to observe the day
some movement should be made in
that direction.
The following deed was filed with
the county clerk for record Saturday:
David P. Crabtree and wife, to Will
liam Little; W seq. 26, town south,
range 13 east: $500.
On Friday night last tent OF
Knights of the Maccabees was insti-
tuted at Hood River with good list OF
charter members, comprising many
representative citizens.
A large amount of wool was received
in Moody's warehouse today from in
terror points. Buyers may be expected
in the market soon, when prices will
be given. There are no quotations at
present.
At the boat landing at the Locks,
some who were at the excursion yes
terday make complaints that there are
no planks over the trestle work. This
could be remedied at the cost of a few
dollars.
The Blue Mountain telephone line
was completed to the Umatilla Indian
agency Wednesday,. Work will be
continued east from the agency to
Mission, Thorn Hollow, Cayuse and
Gibbon. The line south of Pendleton
is now in operation to Pilot Rock,
and the work is going on toward Can
yOn City, via Camas prairie and John
Day.
One of the men who is expected to
win honors for the orange and blue at
Tacoma is Mic Sinnott, a graduate OF
Notre Dame college, Ind, who claims
The Dalles as his home. He is said to
be famous sprinter, a young athlete
and one who lacks not in ambition.
He will wear the orange and blue of
the Portland Club.
Fred Engler, a German; 81 years old,
living near Dundee, was up fir tree,
Monday, 100 feet from the ground,
cutting off q limb. The limb, when
nearly off, swung around in such a way
as to knock Engler off the tree. He
fell distance of 80 feet, and caught
and clung on to the limb he struck.
His leg was broken in two places, but
he held on until rescued.
A travelling man who recently Wis
tied San Francisco, says the Eugene
Guard, remarked that no one who has
not been through California within the
last few months has any idea of the
number of bicycles which are in use in
that state. In San Francisco the street
car companies have begun to feel the
effect of wheeling, and are sprinklng
the streets in order to make them
muddy and impossible for wheelmen3 )
Pendleton Tribune: Jim Daniels,
one of the staunch pioneers of the
county, residing few miles from Pen
dletOn, has returned from trip to
Portland, TIE first he has made on
railroad for 30 or 35 years. He claims
to have ridden once on a train on
which Henry Clay was a passenger.
The track passes within few feet of
his home, but never since it was first
built has he Travelled over it by loco
motive power.