The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-08

| be made MISREPRESENTATION
Republican.
1t is reported that one lady in Al
bany went insane over the hanging of
Lloyd Montgomery.
D. C. Herrin assisted in making up
a carload lot OF Dalles people this
afternoon ana consequently is now on
his way to Fortland.
today. The civil docket is quite
lengthy. but fortunately there will be
few criminal cases 70" trial.
| Messrs. ]. NJ. Patterson, M. T.
Nolan, and several others will go to
Portland tom orrow morning to attend
the republi :an club meeting.
Hon. D. R. Murphy, United States
district attorney spent Sunday fore
noon in the city, leaving on the after
| noon train for his home in Portland.
Mr.. NJ. A. Moody will leave in the
morning for Portland to attend the
meeting of the republican state central
] committee of which he is member.
The streets are not yet dry, not by a
long shot, but they are approaching
an anhydrous condition as can be seen
| by the increasing spissitude OF the
mud.
The State Board of Land Commits
sioners today selected $50 acres of land
| in lieu of school sections in the Cas-
cade mountains. The selections are
mostly in small tracts.
The Pendleton roller mills have
commenced by shipping 5000 barrels
of -four to Australia. This is the first
large shipment of flour from Oregon
or Washington to that country.
The o. R. & N. are grading the ap-
proaches to the new bridge across
Hood river. The new grade leaves
the old approaches open so that fine
wood yard can be made of them.
Mr.. Fred Wilson of the Chronicle,
Hon. John Michel and attorney w.
H. Wilson were passengers on the
afternoon train for Portland. They
90 to attend the meeting of the repub-
lican clubs.
Hon. Virgil Conn, of Paisley, repre-
sentative OF Lake county in the last
legislature, arrived in the city last
evening en- route to Portland to attend
the meeting of republican clubs in that
city tomorrow.
The Commercial and Athletic club
received today from the Naraganset
Machine Co., of Providence r. l., an
invoice of athletic apparatus, consist
ing of chest weights, boxing gloves,
and parallel bars.
The county court will consolidate
the precincts in the county at its next
meeting, for judicial purposes, so that
there will be only about one-third of
the present number of justices and con-
stables in the county
The Oregon Telephone Company
commenced giving night service Sat-
urday night. The office being in
Blakeley & Houghton's 5 drugstore, that
firm has also arranged for keeping the
store open all night.
Sage rats are beginning to make
their appearance says the Antelope
Herald, just as though this was not
winter. Most of our local prophets
say that this means plenty of hard,
rough weather before spring.
Invitations are out for the Macabees
ball to be given at Hood River on the |
night of February 21st. Music will be |
furnished by The Dalles Orchestra |
Union, and the affair promises to be
the event of the winter in our neigh |
boring city.
The local land Office received a de-
cision from the commissioner OF the |
land office this morning in the case OF |
jackson Eads against Charles P. john
son sustaining the decision of the local
Office. This leaves the defendant C.
P. johnson in possession OF the land.
Mr.. D. P. Ketchum, bas just re-
turned from an extended tour through
Gillian and Morrow counties, where
he has been gathering upsheep for the
Portland market. He says he found
stock in good, thriving condition in
those counties, and succeeded in get
ting five carloads of fine mutton.
A prominent Prineville merchant
writes that business has been better in
that city this winter than during any
winter in the past eight years. He
also states that Prineville will have no
means for keeping cool next
summer, there having been no ice put
lp there so far this winter.
An Oregon man has attained some
distinction in Philadelphia competi-
ion by walking off with the prize for
growing the three finest yellow globe
0anver onions. The prize was 500 in
'oin, won by J. D. Saunders, of Eagle
'alley, Union county, and paid by VIM.
4. Maule, a seed grower of Philadel
ohia.
This being collection day items are
3 usual on that date, scarce. When
fellow has to ''pungle' he has not
ime to have anything else happen,
or, indeed, has he generally, the in
lination. Everybody duns on the
anne day, SO that the old proverb is
xemplified, in that misfortunes do not (
ONE single. I
r. E. Williams today made an as a
lgnment for the benefit of his credit 7
RS without preference to any. He a
ives his assets as follows: Merchan- ),
ise stock 81 10000 store fixtures S135.
-otes and book accounts S220 total
655, the debts amount to 1885,. .62,
lie largest amount being to the Woon-
,cket Rubber Co. S19l.00.
The matter of the lease of Hood
yer, made at the last session of the ,
,unty court, caused considerable COM I
ent in the Hood river section, and at
st the sentiment seemed to be almost I
lanimous against the lease. The :