The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
From Thursday's Daily.

Mr.. L. Samuel, of Portland,is in the
city today.
Today Wood Bros. brought 65 fine
mutton from Walter Odell.
Mrs. Bybee was passenger on the
Regulator this morning going to Van
couver.
An average of twenty-five families
are said to enter the Nez Perce reser-
vation every day.
Another refreshing shower of rain
fell last evening. The precipitation
was 17-100 of an inch.
Mr.. Sherman Frank left this morn
ing for Portland to spend a few days
visiting in the metropolis.
Herrick's cannery began operation
today, having received two tons of sal
mon from last nights catch.
Hon. T. r. Coon, of Hood River, ar
rived on the Regulator last evening,
and has spent the day in the city.
Mrs. Wood, of Gladstone, Clackamas
county, who has been visiting her son,
Rev. j. H. Wood in this city, left this
morning for her home, accompanied by
Mrs. j. Il. Wood.
The Red Men of this. city held q
rousing meeting last night. One pale
face was duly scalped after which the
customary feast of corn and venison
was INDUCED in.
The weather in the East Is very pecu-
liar just now. When man starts out
on business, he does not know whether
to carry an umbrella, sunshade or a
pair of snowshoes.
Mrs. NJ. E. Wilson left on the after.
noon train for Portland. She will at
tend DR.. Grants lecture, Where
Rolls the Oregon" which will be de-
iyered in Portland tomorrow evening.
A severe hail storm occurred at the
Jensen place. across the river three
miles above The Dalles, last evening.
The hail stones were as large as birds
eggs, and knocked considerable fruit
OFF the trees.
The case of John Donavan vs. I. 81.
Taft was tried before jury in Justice
Davis court yesterday, and resulted in
the finding of verdict for the plain
tiff in the sum of s25, the amount
prayed for in the complaint.
San Francisco has another DR.. Brown
scandal. DIR. J. M. F. Brown is ac-
cused by his stepson, Allen Hurgren,
bright young lawyer, of threatening
to commit crime, libel, and of hav-
ing in his possession indecent writings
for the purpose of exhibition to damage
the complainant.
By the use of graphing hooks Otto
Birgfeld's mare, that suicided in the
Columbia yesterday, afternoon was
drawn out of the water, together with
the wagon and harness. Nothing
about the wagon or harness was dam
aged, but the mare was lifeless corpse
when elevated to the surface.
A remarkable story comes from
Trail Creek of the finding OF a large
, boulder Of ore in the Columbia river a
short distance below Trail. The
boulder is said to weigh from 10000 to
$4,000 tons, and assays made from the
ore average SAT ton. The boulder is
said to be slide from Lookout noun
tain.
The Degree of Honor held another
pleasant session last evening. The
semi-monthly Fern Leaf, the lodges
literary paper, was read by Mrs
Douthit, and the other readings con
sisted of an humorous selection by Mr.
Herrin and a letter from Mrs. Kate j
Young in the Reporter, describing hel
recent visit to Fern Lodge, which wa!
read by the recorder.
Sheriff John Combs, of Crook county
arrived here last night and left thil
morning for Salem. He had in chargt
VIM. Bostwick, whom he was taking
to the insane asylum. Bostwick ha'
been confined In that institution he
fore, having been discharged from
there about six months ago, but hi