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

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
T. T. Nicholas went to Portland t
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte Scott, of Wapin
tia, are visitsng in the city today.
Last night Wasco Tribe, l. o. R. \
adopted one paleface into the tribe.
This morning the stock YARD
shipped 200 head of mutton to Trou
dale.
The Regulator took on 400 sheep thi
morning. They were shipped by Wm
Ketchum to Tacoma.
Yesterday MIR. Morse, of Tygh Ridge
brought in $50 head of mutton and sol
them to VIM. Ketchum.
The official canvass of the vote o
California shows the following: Nc
Kinley l46, PIT, Bryan 1926.
DIR. q. c.. Hipkle, of the Nationa
Surgical Institute, has rooms at the
Umatifla House for few days.
The country surrounding Wamic ii
all covered with snow, says L. D.
Driver, who is,in the city today.
Thr .'merry-go-round" on Fourth
street continues to be the center Of
attraction among the small boys.
A. NJ. Hartman, recently from Mis-
souri,, has located at Endersby. He
expects to make this country his home.
No -trains-reached Ellensburg from
Saturday until yesterday afternoon,
when one arrived there from the west.
Louie Davenport and Dick Fisher,
of Mosier, were in the city yesterday,
and went home on the Regulator this
morning.
DEGREES of divorce have been enter
ed in the cases of Fred Furter vs..
Elsie Furter, and Milton I. Wing VS..
E. A. Wing.
WILDER and William Hendrickson,
of Dufur, are in the city. They report
from six to eight inches of snow in the
vicinity of Dufur.
At North Yakima yesterday William
S.sDavidson was drowned while trying
to rescue a .woodchopper from a sub
merged Island in Yakima river.
:. The business of the circuit court is
about completed All the important
cases have been disposed of, and today
Judge Bradshaw discharged the jury.
A special program will be rendered
ut the regular convention of the Rath-.
booe Sisters tomorrow evening. Ais
members are earnestly requested to be
present.
B. F. Allen. and q. NJ. Brown came
up from Portland last night on the
boat. Mr.. Brown left for Prineville
on the stage this morning to look after
his stock interests. Il
Mrs. D. c. Herrin goes to Portland
tomorrow to spend few days visiting
IN that city. She will also attend the
meeting of the A. o. U. w. grand |
lodge officers at McMinnville Friday |
evening. -.
The city authorities have on their
hands five hoboes who absolutely re-
fuse to work. They have put them on
q bread and water diet, which, it is ex-.
pected, will have beneficial effect up
on their industry.
While few very light clips of wool
have been sold here during the past
week ut cents, the ruling price has
been from 6a to H.. and present indi-
cations are that the market win be no /
better during the year.
Last night DR.. Hollister was called
10 Pleasant Ridge, 25 miles south OF
The Dalles, and encountered two feet
Of snow on the high hills. While it
was raining here. evidently snow was
'alling on all the high country to the
south.
The new residence of John Brook
house near Dufur Is nearing compile
tion.. The rustic and roof are now on,
and In short time Mr.. Brookhouse
Will have new house to take the place
Of the one that was burned down last
Several days since mention was
made in these columns of a fellow
named Bernard who claimed to know
who it was who robbed Louie Daven.
port of his gold dust in this city So
years ago. Mr.. Davenport was in the
,ity yesterday, and had an interview
With Bernard, but could learn nothing
definite from him.
The cold wave that swept over the
sntire northwest Yesterday was a Cod
send to the sections west of the Cas-
,ades. 1t caused the waters in the
swollen rivers to begin falling, and pre-
vented much destruction OF property.
All damage tn railroad tracks will be
repaired and trains will be running on
regular time by the last of the week.
During last summer q spring of
water was discovered in cellar that
was being constructed under the
skibbee hotel. and every known
method was adopted to check the flow
Of water without avail. The vein is so
strong that it bursts through the
cement floor that was laid in the cellar.
Mr.. Skibbee thinks of attaching pipes
to the vein and conveying water from
The spring to different parts of the
building. =
When the chilling blasts of winter
instinct tells the dumb
arute to seek his accustomed shelter,
md he forthwith leaves the ranges
where he has summered and starts for
,he locality where he was fed through
,he last winters storms. The snow
storm yesterday had tha effect of start-
ng q lot Of range cattle toward winter
quarters, and last night about so head
,f them were noticed on the streets
their way toward the farms
below The Dalles.
Mayor Hicks of Silverton, is now in
with persous at Eaton
Rapids, Mioh., who are desirous of
aoming to Silverton to start a woolen