The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-07-18
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From wsdnssday,z Daily.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. Peiropo is erecting neat littl
building in the East End to be use'
as millinery store.
Judge and Mrs; W. L. Bradshaw
and son left on the 2:so train for Sea
side, Clatsop Beach, to remain unit
fall. :.
Dr. Shackleford has fully recovered
from long illness with gout, and is
once more able to come down town
every day.
N. ". Bailey is in the city, havir g
brought his wool all the way from lee
Grant county. distance of $50 miles,
to The Dalles:
Yesterday was the hottest day of
the summer all over Oregon. The"-
mometers registered from 95 to 106 in
different sections.
Sheep shearing is still in progress
in Montana, and as the mutton Is
sheared large numbers are being
shipped to Chicago.
Mrs. M. c. Pennington, of Portland,
arrived on today's local, and has gone
to Boyd to visit the family of her
brother, Lane Smith.
The two-story building which b. F.
Rowe is erecting for a lumber yard on
Second street is fast growing into
shape and will be completed soon.
We Irish are decidedly "in it'' this
year. There is McKialey, the Scotch
Irishman, and Bryan, the Irish Yankee,
both of whom want to be president.
Otto Birgfeld came home last even
ing from an outing at Trout Lake,
and Mrs. Birgfeld returned On the
night train from Roseburg, where she
has been visiting the past two weeks.
The average number of convicts in
the state penitentiary during the quar-
ter which ended June 30th, was 400. .16.
The total earnings during the quarter
were S4,s4s.62, and the expenditures
9,327.57.
Messers. Geo. Nolan and Henry |
Hudson, who are in from Dufur today |
report late spring grain suffering
from the effects of the hot weather.
In some places they say it has been
entirely ruined.
Miss frankie and attic Fitzgerald,
of San Francisco, arrived here last
night and are visiting their uncle E.
P. Fitzgerald. The young ladies were
raised in The Dalles, but have been
away from the city the past seven
years.
Heavy forest fires are reported In
the Cascade mountains, and the west
wind, which sprang up this forenoon,
is carrying the smoke over Eastern
Oregon. The smoke Ia at this time a
welcome visitor, since it will protect
the growing crops from the scorching
heat of the sun.
Dalles Lodge, No. 2, I. o. G. T.. will
dedicate their new hall in the Vogt
building 1.-THE banquet hall OF the <. of
P. lodge) next Saturday evening. In I
with the dedicatory ex- '
srcises short literary program will 1
be rendered and ice cream and cake
will be served.
Thomas Harlan, life long republi-
san of Mosier, informs the Hood River
Glacier that he will not support Nc
Kinley. He is firm believer In silver,
hence will vote for VIM. J. Bryan for
president. MIR. Harlan is only one of |
the many who will pursue this course. s
]. w. Wilson, who has been travel
ing In. the interest of the S. B. COM i
pany, returned to The Dalles last {
He left here some three
months ago, and travelled overland to
CAL. and returned 8
through Western Oregon to Portland. s
Mr.. Wilson reports times dull in all ]
sections he visited, and crops hardly
up to the average. '
The first train load of cattle belong t
ng to W. J. Nellie that was shipped
rom here on Wednesday of last week,
arrived at Malta, Montana, Saturday
hight. A gentleman who went with
he cattle says they arrived at their
in fine shape. there being
10 loss whatever. He says the
Weather is warmer east of the Rocky ,
than 1t is here, the mercury $
108 on the summit of the I
Rsckies. IL
A few days ago John Ryan, OF Five
Mile, had horse which was suffering
rom blood poisoning, that was in 30
BAD a condition that he determined to
Kill it, but Mrs. Ryan having beard
Of DR.. Combs successful treatment OF
horses, sent to him for a prescription,
toehout the knowledge of Mr.. Ryaa, .
ind now the horse is we'll. Mr.. Ryan
8 an experienced horseman, and had
tried allthe remedies he knew of with.
put any result.