The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-03-21
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Hon. ]. F. Caples, of Portland, is
the city.
Hon. ]. B. Eddy left by the Reg
lator for Portland this morning.
Rev. Father Bronsgeest will hol
services at Kingsley next Sunday.
Mr.. F. ]. Meyer returned on tn
Regulator this morning to his home a
Lyle.
Mrs. T. M. Bennett, mother of Hon
A. S. Bennett, is reported very i'll a
her home on Mill creek.
Tonight Mr.. C. NJ. Grimes will shi
three car loads of cattle and one @
hogs to the Union Meat Market.
Miss Ethel Riddell went to Portlan,
this afternoon to visit her grand
mother who is quite sick at her hom'
in that city.
Four car loads of beef cattle wer,
received at the stock yards today from
Caldwell, Idaho, shipped by Mr.. Curti:
of that place.
Mrs. A. P. Freimuth, who has beer
visiting her sister, Mrs. T. F. Wood in
this city, left by this mornings train
tor Victoria, B. c.
Mr.. James Wood arrived last night
from Malheur county, bringing car
load of alfaIfa-fed beef for Wood Bros.
market in this city.
Miss Catharine Powell, teacher in
the public. schools of Astoria, who has
been visiting in this city several days,
returned home today.
Messrs. Fargher Mckay and John
A. Little arrived on this mornings
train from Chicago, where they spent
the winter 1eeding sheep they shipped
from this place last fall.
Mrs. Barkley. who has been visiting
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
A. Moore, at Prineville, arrived yes
terday from that place, and left this
morning for her home at Portland.
Today Robert A. Lovegrove, SUBJ
ject of the queen of Great Britain, re-
nounced his alliance to the British
government and filed his intentions to
become citizen of the United States.
AS fine lot of hogs as has ever come
to the stock yards in this city was de-
livered there today by Johnston Bros,
W. T. Vanderpool and A. ]. Dufur.
They were all mopsters, good samples
of one of Wasco county's best products. !
A few Wasco farmers still have some
wheat to market, and are now enabled
to take advantage of the advanced
prices. Several wagon loads of wheat
from the Brown place on Fifteen Mile
were brought in today, and there is
yet more to come.
The prospective graduating class of
The Dalles high school numbers nine
members. They are Daisy Allaway,
Homer Angel, Pearl Butler, Edward
Baldwin, Virginia Cooper, Curtis
Egbert, Mabel Riddell, Edward Jen-
kins and Mona Rowe.
Hon. w. H. Biggs returned this
from Wasco. While in, that
city he attended the funeral of the late
Col. Fulton, which was conducted from
The residence of the deceased, at 1:30
P. NJ. Monday. The funeral address
was delivered by Elder ]. II. Hazel, of
his city.
George Washington and James /,
Buchanan are registered today at the
1t is probably needless to
ay that George is not the original !,
J. w., the father of his country, nor
5 James the gentleman who was the
fteenth president of the United Il
'tates.
The roads through the country are .
citing in fine condition for bicycling,
nd people are arriving from every Il
irection on their bikes. Mr.. Ben c
wilson came in from Chicken springs \
his morning, distance of 25 miles,
n few hours, and reports the roads /
xcellent. a
The bowling alley in the club rooms t
vas used the first time yesterday after
loon. The sport of bowling was in 4
ulged in by number of the clubmen, r
nd as a result arnica has been in i
.reat demand all day. Members who
re unaccostumed to violent exercise O
ound the sport too severe tax upon 8
heir muscles. d
Operations will begin on the Wap-
nitia ditch at once. Contractor F. L. n
Ericsson has been in the city several O
ays, perfecting arrangements for COM s
,encing work, and yesterday his chief b
ngineer and two foremen, W. G. Flem-
ling and E. J. Bryant, arrived from =
'ortland, and will leave tomorrow for h
Vapinitia to establish their camps and A
Iake other arrangements. A number .
f teams and workmen are expected to
rriye on the Regulator tonight.
From Thursdays Daily. =
Mrs. Walter O'Dell, of Big Bend, =
rent to Portland on the Regulator this Il