The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Dai v.

Ing uhu, IL III Tue CiGy.
The attendance at the public school
is increasing steadily. Yesterday the
total attendance was 500.
Mr.. W. A. Slingerland, of Hoo
River, was in the city today and mad
this Office pleasant call.
Mr.. W. A. Robinson, postal in
spector from San Francisco. was il
the city today but left for home thi
afternoon.
Two scows loaded with lumber TO
the D. P. & A. N, wharf and warehous
came up the river yesterday, and ar
unloading today.
Mr.. Hunt, who has been employe,
at the Umatilla House for quite a Ion!
time, left for Portland this morning
and will remain there.
The Rothermal case has occupied
the attention of Justice Davis all da,
the end will be reached tonight.
A train load of wethers and lamb
was shipped from the stock yards
here today by Wiseman and Shearer
There were II carloads and they go to
Chicago.
Wheat declined slightly in Chicago
yesterday but the prices are main.
tanned here. Mr.. S. B. Adams this
morning stated that he was paying
from Al to 43 cents, the latter price be.
ing for blue-stem.
The price of wheat is down to the
feeding basis again in the greater part
of Oregon and Washington. A safe
rule to follow is to allow that one
bushel of wheat will add twelve pounds
%rf f1a afrr1,f <nf nj n.
young swine a little better results can
be obtained.
The celebrated case of the State of
Washington against the Bunnell
brothers and others, six in all, that
has been on trial at Grand Dalles for q
week, terminated last night. The case
was submitted to the jury shortly be-
fore midnight, and in ten minutes q
verdict of mot guilty. was returned.
Wheat receipts are light today as
compared to yesterday. The reason Is
that a large portion of the wheat is
coming from Tygh Valley, the trip re-
quiring two days, hence Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays are the big
days, the teams getting in either the
evening before or early in the morn
ing.
Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendleton,
was yesterday afternoon appointed cir
cult judge in place of James A. Fee
resigned. His appointment was petit
bar at Pendleton, all the county Off
GERS and nearly all the citizens.
Two persons who recently killed IL
elks on the head waters of the Clacka-
mas, were tried at Oregon City last
At Lo
same place another individual was
ant. According to this the ratio be-
tween elks and Denny pheasants is
as to 8.
The "Bishop of Honolulu" alias
John Lawrence, pleaded guilty of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses at
Astoria Monday, and was sentenced
This is the imposter, who, about two
months ago, succeeded in deceiving
Archbishop Gross, and successfully
posed as a Catholic priest.
In consequence of the discovery of
"argon," "hellum" and other like sub
stances it Is believed that still greater
discoveries are about to be made.
Some expect that the apparent diver
sity of metals is result merely of diff
ferent combinations of very few SIM
pie substances, or possibly of only one.
1t is on this line that researches are
likely to be conducted for some time
to come. ~-s~
Henry M. Stanley is in Portland.
He complains that the newspaper men |
with their demands for interviews,
are driving him out of the country. |
If this be SO, more power to their |
elbows. Stanley is the worst kind of !
cad, and only the veriest dearth of
news would force any newspaper re-
porter to desire an interview with the
wickedest man who ever murdered an
African
Jules Verne thought he was writing
of an altogether new and unique thing
when he told his famous story of s'The
Underground City" But again truth
proves to be stranger than fiction, as
the Russians have discovered big
underground city in Turkestan, near
the Bokharan town of Karki. Ex-
ploration of some big caves revealed
the fact that they led to city in the
dark, built thousands of years ago.
Two more slabs of stone inscribed
with words and music have been found
in the treasury of the Athenians at
Delphia by the French. By using
some OF the fragments previously dis
covered, a second hymn to Apollo,
with its notes, has been put together.
The date is after the conquest of
Greece by the Romans. The Greeks
seemed to have used q notes in their
musical notation, where we use only
IL.
Beginning next Tuesday, the dis
trict fair will he held here for five
days. Do not forget the time, and do
not forget to attend it. The fruit ex-
hibit will be the finest ever seen here,
and the other exhibit at the pavill-
ion will be very attractive. Some of
the best horses in the northwest have
been entered for the speed contests,
and some spirited races will result.
1t will be "way yonder" ahead of any
fair ever held here, in every depart
ment.
Monday night party of young ladies
and gentlemen of this city, visited Mr..
John Cooks orchard in Dry Hollow,
and while busily engaged in disposing
of lot of fruit, putting it as they sup
posed where it would do the most
good, Mr.. Cook put in his appearance.
There were no arrests made, but in
stead Mr.. Cook showed them where
there was fine melon patch. AS a
matter of fact it may be well to state
that Mr.. Cook was really glad to see
them, as what to do with those mel
ons had been a conumdrum he could
not solve.
From THURSDAYS DAILY.
Mrs. Cox, of Kingsley is visiting her
daughter here.
A new platform is building at the
freight depot.
One of W. Gilmore's race horses ar
rived this morning.
French & Co. are putting hot-water
heating apparatus in their bank.