The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-22
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


From. saturdays DAILY.
Billy Todd left this morning for
Portland.
Sam Mahahan returned last night
from years soiourn at Red Bluffs,
California.
Mrs. q. C. Leavitt was visiting in
the city last night and returned to
Lyle this morning.
Mrs.-C. F.. Stephens returned last
evening from visit to Willamette
valley and Yaquina bay.
Miss Foley, who has been visiting
Mrs. Jensen in The Dalles, returned
this morning to Hood river.
Mrs. Henry Phirman left on the
afternoon train for Multnomah falls to
join the party from this city who are
camping there.
A considerable forest fire is raging
in the vicinity Of Bridal Veil falls,
though no damage is resulting except
the Obstruction Of timber.
Mrs. Rordan and daughter, Mrs.
Cushing, and Miss Nettie Freddin left
this morning on the Regulator for
Multnomah falls to spend week
camping.
Thos. Ewing rode all the way from
Montana to Oakland 80 that he might
register in order to vote for Bryan.
He had just three minutes to spare
when he reached the clerks Office.
Daniel Heroux arrived last night
from visit to his old home In Chi
cago. He left home 81 years ago, when
IA years Of age, and this is his first
visit to the scenes of his childhood. I
The Mckinley Club meeting was en-
thusiastic. It was attended by about
80 members and was addressed by Hon.
w. r. Ellis, John Michel, NJ. P. Isen- |
berg, B. s. Huntington and others.
B. Murch, who resides on John Day |
few miles above the Leonard bridge, !,
is in the city. Mr.. Murch is looking
for business location. and may de-
eide to settle in the vicinity of The
Dalles.
Struggling cows and horses are
closely looked after by Nightwatch-
man Wiley. He now has about balf
dozen COWS and two horses in the pound
that have been picked up as street
marauders.
The spelling OF "tranquility" with
one 81" on the new one dollar silver
certificate is wisely criticised, but
none Of the critics has up to this hour
of going to press refused to accept the
new notes at their face value.
DIR. Siddell returned today from at.
tending the meeting of the State Den
tai Association in Portland. The doc
tor reports the recent meeting to have
been the most interesting aud profit
able ever held by the association.
Since It's vacation last year, Oregon's
supreme court has written l31 opin-
ions, or an average of nearly A each
In addition to the opinions, the court
has heard many arguments and mo.
tions to dismiss appeals. and has rem
dered judgement thereon.
Last night Wallace Fargher return
ed from Chicago. where he went with
train load Of mutton. Abner Pratt
& Co., the leading mutton dealers of
Chicago, attended to the sale of the
sheep and conducted the deal most sat
isfactory to Mr.. Fargher. +
opprui.rre uppUtuted- by
the court to appraise the estate of
Rudolph Gorkow, the dead Spokane
brewer, have fled their report with
the clerk, from which it appears that
In their Judgement Mr.. Gorkow left
S100, ,433, ,09, which will in all probability
be contested for. /,
An indication Of the general interest
In the financial question is the daily
average of abont 1900 letters asking
all sorts of financial information,
which are received at the United
States treasury department. The
people are studying this question {
harder than they did before.
Otis Patterson, one of the pro-
prietors OF the Heppner Gazette, was ,
In the city last evening and left this ,
morning for Portland. Mr.. Patterson !,
reports times very dull at Heppner.
Owing to there having been no wool
sales and the wheat crop being short,
money is scarce in Morrow county.
John Brookhouse, Miss Brookhouse,
and F. w. L. Skibbe and wife left this
morning for Astoria, where they will i
remain until after the firemens' tour
nament. Mr.. Sklbbe goes as delegate
from Jackson Engine Co., and declares ,
he will use all his endeavors to get the
tournament at The Dalles next year.
W. r. Mascoll is in the city today,
having brought his wool from Dayville :
to this market, but having met with q
little encouragement as to the sale of /
his clip, he stored it at Moody's ware I
house, awaiting future Developments, G
and having bought his supplies for the
year of Dalles. merchants, will start
for home tomorrow. .
Reports from the Sherman county +
harvest are rather encouraging. Carl e
Peetz has just finished threshing on q
his ranch in Gears valley, and reports I
good results. his wheat averaged % a
bushels to the aero. and OF OF Is acres 4
of barley he threshed 300 sacks, or
about 40 bnshels to the acre
The cement walk on the north side &
Of Second street, leading from the First o
National bank to Pease & Mays cor. u
ner, put down by Kocher 4 Freeman, b
is now completed andis most sub r.
stantial Improvement. Messrs. Kocher b
& Freeman are now engaged laying a
cement walk in front of Johnston's
and Browns stores. l
Capt. Chas. Spinner, formerly master il
Of the tug No Wonder, which was m
burned some time since at Portland, has W
been employed to take command of the d
Sadie B. for the Day Bros. Capt. Spin W
ner was in the city last night, and ir
stated it was the intention of the con-
tractors at the locks to begin dredging
At the upper end of the canal within :, =,
eou iowa The wafar "a doun IN q | u