The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-21
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
F'rom Saturdays Daily0
J.B. Cozad, of Canyon City, is in
The Dalles.
The rain fall since o'clock last
nj rht has been 76-10O of an inch.
1. Sichel came up from Portland
last night and will return tomorrow.
Arlington purposes observing
Thanksgiving with a grand ball on
the night of the 26th.
B. Gaunt came in from PLineville
yesterday. He reports lively racing
season in progress at that place.
Before adjourning court at noon
today Judge Bradshaw excused all the
Jurors who live outside The Dalles.
This has been one of the gloomiest
days ever witnessed in The Dalles.
Rain has fallen steadily almost all day.
Last evening Judge Bradshaw sem
fenced F. L. Leonard to two years i'm
prisonment, he having been convicted
of forgery.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Logan, of Prime
vile, arrived on last nights train
from Portland where they have been
visiting the past month.
No party has anything to crow over
in Curry county. Complete returns
from all the precincts give Bryan and
Mckinley 300 votes each.
Portland had a slight breeze yester-
day, the wind reaching a velocity OF
40 miles an hour. This was ac-
companied by heavy rain.
Today Lee Louie, the Chinaman
who was indicted for assault with q
dangerous weapon, plead guilty to
simple assault, and was fined $50.
Prot. J. T. Neff, who has been here
the past few days serving as member
of the county board of examiners, left
on the afternoon train for Hood River.
Today Robert Mays & Son received
IS head of young cattle from L. w.
Curtis, of Rockland. They will take
the cattle to their stock ranch near
Antelope.
J.W. Walker, manager of the Grants
distillery, is erecting roller mill
plant at Carson, in Baker county. All
the grain in Eagle valley will be tribu-
tary to the mill.
The Oregonian today says Eastern
Oregon wool has advanced two cents
in Boston. If this is true, we should
feel the beneficial effect here some-
time between now and Christmas.
James Connolly came in yesterday
from his stock ranch on Cherry creek.
He says the recent rain has reached
all over Crook county and has started
the grass and fall grain growing nicely.
Miss Mollie Brookhouse, who has.
been visiting friends in this city and
on Tygh Ridge, left this morning for
Astoria to resume her work in the Of
fee of the Oregon Telephone Co., in
that city.
Court The Dalles, Foresters of Amer
lea, conferred degrees on three candi-
dates last night. The court is enjoy
ing rapid growth, and will soon be-
come one of the leading fraternal or
ganizations of the city.
DR.. Fl. E. Goodrich, of Baltimore.
who was recently appointed govern
ment physician at the Warm Springs
Indian agency, has gone to that place
to relieve DIR. Richards, who has been
transferred to Nea Bay.
Ed. Kutcher, of Crook county, re-
turned last light from Tennessee where
he went some time since with a car
load of horses. Mr.. Kutcher reports
having found ready market for his
horses, though the price was low.
The merchants along Second street
have caused the mud to be scraped off |
the crosswalks, and the city authorities
could well follow this good example by |
having the mud removed from the
crosswalks on the principal ssreets in
other parts of the town.
A new bank is to be started in .Spo-
kane. Holland people are at the head
of it, and the capital will be $500, 600.
lis name is to be the Holland National !
bank. The company starting the bank
has extensive interests in Spokane, |
and will do a general commercial busi- |
ness.
The only applicants for teachers
certificates before the county board of
examiners this week were Mrs. Ellen
D. Baldwin and Miss Agnes Phillips.
Mrs. Baldwin was granted first grade
certificate and Misc Phillips second,
with standing emitting her to first
grade.
Charlie Richmond has a couple of
curiosities in the shape of two Mexican
burreus that were recently imported
from that country. They weigh about
45O each, and look more like over
grown rats than beasts of burden. Mr.
Richmond intends taking them with
him to British Columbia next spring.
The jury in the case of the state vs
Ed. Marshal last evening returned a
,vercict of guilty of simple larceny and
recommended him to the mercy of the
court. Marshal spent good portion
of last winter in the county Jail, and
will again have an opportunity to
board for time at the county's ex-
pense.
= Train No. SO, an extra coming down
from Umatilla, broke in two last
mig hit, and Brakeman Richardson, who
was sitting in the cupalo of the caboose,
was thrown to the bottom of the car
with such violence that his right wrist |
was seriously cut and was also severely |
bruised about the head. He was taken |
to the Portland hospital on No. ].
Tom Bassett and wife were fined 800 !
and costs in Walla Walla yesterday |
for starving their infant child. The |
evidence showed that Bassett and his
wife were desirous of getting rid of an
I8-months-old child, and tried to starve
it, They neglected it in every way, |