The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-10
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.
VIC. Rupert went to Lyle today.
Mrs. E. L. Smith, of Hood River, is
in the city.
Geo. johnston, of Dufur, was in IL e
city last night.
Mrs. Henry Phirman went to Port
land this morning.
Will Van Bibber went to Portland on
the afternoon train.
John Gray, contractor at Warm
Springs, returned last night from Port
land.
Mrs. Capt. Donovan, who has been
visiting in the city, returned to Cas-
cade Locks today.
Mrs. Sam. Wilkinson was passen-
ger on the Regulator this morning er
route to Portland.
Henry Boyen went to White Salmon
this morning to receive lot OF cattle
for the Oregon market.
Mrs. F. +. Sampson and daughter.
Miss Florence, went to Portland today
to attend the exposition.
Now is the time to buy. The locks
will be open this fall and everything
indicates boom in the spring.
The funeral of the late Mrs. G. A.
Bell, who died in Portland yesterday,
took place at Hood River today.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Mailing, of Prime
vile, arrived in the city today, return
ing home from visit to Yaquina bay
Patrick Ward, of Kingsley. was in
city last evening. His daughter, Mrs
Lewis, left this morning for Portland
Yesterday Quong Lay, a Chinaman
was examined before Judge Mays by
DR.. Shackelford, and was declared in
sane.
Hon. D. J. Cooper arrived yesterday
from Salem, having come across the
Cascade mountains by way of the Bar
low route.
Miss Anna E. Tarbell arrived on
the night train from Portland. She
has accepted the position as head trim
mer at the Elite milenery store.
Some 25 or 80 members OF Gesang
verein will go to Portland next Satur-
day to participate in German day at
the exposition. which is expected to be
one of the grandest events OF the ex.
position.
Last night Sheriff Driver arrested a
man named North, who is accused OF
making an indecent exposure OF his
person in the presence OF little girls.
North has for some time resided on
Eight-Mile.
J.R. Wilmington, of St. Louis, Mo-,
who has been visiting his nephew f.
81. Woodcock in this county the past
month, left this morning for California
to look after some large mining inter
ests he has in that state.
Today James Webber was examined
by DR.. Hollister before Judge Mays
and was declared insane. Webber Is
about 80 years of age, and is addicted to-
the opium habit. He car1e from Mis-
souri,, and for some time past has lived
at the residence of c. F. Jones. He
will be taken to the asylum next
Monday.
This afternoon Mrs. J. w. Marquis
met with an accident resulting in the
breaking of her right limb between
the knee and ankle. She was coming
out of Wood Bros market and fell
through an opening in the sidewalk
through which wood is taken into the
basement. DIR. Hollister was called
and reduced the fracture.
Freaks of human nature: Did you
ever observe how big thing looks at
a distance. Men will go hundreds OF
miles to prospect for gold when there
is a better showing at home. We
have seldom seen a better prospect for
gold than that shown right here In
Mill creek, yet nobody takes the
trouble to trace the indications to their
source.
Silverites of South Dakota have de-
vised way to make the state pay
their share of the Bryan campaign ex-
penses. They were short of ready
money, the party managers refused to
accept contributions of farm produce,
and the pops hit upon the scheme OF
organizing prairie wolf hunts and
turning over to the campaign fund the
bounty of So for every scalp. They
have already secured in this way sew
eral thousand dollars.-Ex.
At a business meeting of the Epworth
League last evening the following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing six
months: w. A. Kirby, president; Clara
Nickeisen, 1st vice-president; Edith
Randall, I'd vice-president; Jessie |
Butler. Sd vice-president; Louise Ruch,
4th vice-president; Mabel Cross, secre-
tary; Hilda Beck, treasurer; Prof.
Landers, chorister; Edith Randall, |
Nellie Sylvester, asst. organ
ist, Mrs. r. Warner, superintendent |
Junior League; Jessie Butler and
Martha Whealdon, assistant superin-
tendents.
Regular Lutheran services will be
held in the court house from this on
until they will be able to build church
which will probably not be far in the
'uture. Sunday School at 10 A. NJ.
Morning service at IL A. N. A German
Iervice will be held P. NJ. and evening
ervice at 7:30. The reasons for leav-
ng the First Baptist church where the
Iutherans have held their services
heretofore are the following: First the
conflict between the services of the
wo congregations in the morning and
lso the proposed evening service of
he Baptist congregation which would
onfiict with the evening service of
he Lutheran church.
This morning shortly before noon
wo men on horseback drove small
and of cattle up Court street from the
irection of the river. When near
his office one of them became separat-
d from the band and in driving it
ack, the animal became enraged and
-as with difficulty restrained. Reach
ng Second street the angry brute