The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-08-10
From Thursdays DAILY.
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W. ]. Baker, of Hood River, is in
town today.
Mr.. r. S. Barzee returned yesterday
from q short visit at Portland.
Mr.. John Weigel returned last even
ing from short trip to the coast.
Smoke still embraces the surround
ing hills and obscures the landscape.
There are 25O convicts at work in
the jute mill at the Walla Walla PEN
itentiary.
Hon. Geo. 81. Williams, of Portland,
is in the city today on professional
business.
The hose team is being organized,
and The Dalles expects first money at
Vancouver.
F. Irvine, who has been in the city
for some days past, left for his home at
Antelope this morning.
Articles of the Hood River Lateral
Flume and Ditch Co. were filed with
the county clerk yesterday.
Mrs. L. M. and Mrs. o. B. Funk, of
this city, left on the boat this morning
for a short trip to Ocean Park.
Father Bronsgeest will hold services
at the Cascade Locks next Sunday
morning at half-past 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Wm. Holden, Nellie Holden,
E. A. Palmer, r. Robertson and F.
Pollard, of Moro, were in the city yes
terday.
Shhriff Driver brought down with
him from Walla Walla some jute, and
also bag manufactured at the PEN
itentiary.
Mr.. A. H. Jewett, of White Salmon,
Wash, who has been in the city for
the past two days, returned on the
boat this morning.
Mrs. Russell and daughter Jennie
left today for q short sojourn at the
farm on Fifteen Mile creek, and will
remain two weeks.
The many friends of Mr.. D. E.
Thomas-who has been seriously sick
at Dufur during the past few days-will
be pleased to learn that he is recover
ing.
Sheriff Holder, of Sherman county,
Is in the city. He says harvest is pro-
crossing very encouragingly in his
district, and the yield is much better
than was expected.
Mr.. J. G. Abbott, of Wapinitia, was
and examined before Judge Blakeley
for insanity by DR.. Hollister. Up to
the time Of going to press the ex-
animation had not been finished.
Rev. w. G. Curtis left on the boat
this morning for the Cascade Locks.
He will climb the mountain opposite
the town, in company with some resi-
dents OF the Locks, and, after accom-
plishfng this task, will return Satur-
day.
James Nelson, 8 young man about
10 years of age, met with an accident
in the Grand Ronde Lumber Com
pany's planning mill at Perry, Monday.
In some manner Nelson's foot caught
in the planning machine, and section
of his heel and portion of bone was
cut out.
The latest intelligence Of the
swamped boat is that it was occupied
by four men from Wyeth who were
coming up the river on tour OF OBJ
servation. Their names cannot be
ascertalned; but the general suppo-
sitfon is that they drowned after the
boat sunk without ever rising TO the
surface.
A young man named Scott acciden-
tally shot himself in the face Sunday
about five miles above Pilot Rock. It
seems that he was out hunting on East
Birch creek with rifle, and by some
mishap the weapon was discharged,
the bullet making an ugly hole along
the young man 3 left jaw. The wound
is believed t6sbe dangerous.
A, w. Branner, Frank Summers and
Charles Michelbach returned yester-
day evening from hunting trip in
Eiickftat county. They had sack
full of prairie chickens and squirrels,
and report having good time with
the exception that the wind blew
furiously. In the mountains they saw
animals which resembled the ibex, but
they were not close enough to be
within range of their rifles.