The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-09

Rev. Father L. verhaag, of Baker
City is visiting Rev. Father Brons-
geest in this city.
Miss Robins went to White Salmon
this morning to accept position in
school near that place.
Mr.. Quinn, the populist nominee for
congress in the second district, will
speak in The Dalles on the 10Th.
Mr.. Jewell Goldstein, deputy sheriff
of Multnomah county, spent yesterday
in the city, and left on this afternoons
train for home.
The gravel for the roof of the new
Vogt block has arrived from Portland.
and the cover for the new building will
soon be put on.
Messrs. T. and B. Varwig have
bought an interest in Mr.. Herrick's
cannery, and will hereafter become
permanent residents of The Dalles.
. The rain which fell here Saturday
night was general throughout the
country, from one-third to one-half an
inch having fallen during the night.
Judge Bennett is meeting with good
audiences wherever he speaks. He
has been enthusiastically received at
all points thusfar on the route of his
campaign.
Gesang Verein Harmonic held a
reunion in the Baldwin yesterday
afternoon. Men, women and children
were present, aud music was the gen.
eral order.
The baseball season opened il Port
land yesterday, a game being played in
the mud between the Portland and
Victoria teams. The former won by a
score of 10 to 4.
The Good Templars lodge of this city
held pleasant ses ion in K. of 2. hail
Saturday night. An interesting liter
ary programme was rendered and a
banquet spread after the exercises.
Sheriff VIM. Holder and School
Superintendent C. B. Brown, of Sher-
man county, were in the city yester-
day. They left this morning for Port
land to spend few days in the me-
tropolis.
Hon. j. B. Huntington, of Burns,
was in the city yesterday, and left this
morning for Prineville. Mr.. Hunting
ton will address the people of Prime
Vile during the week on political
issues as view ed from a republican
standpoint.
The "V. c. Lewis Free Silver Club"
was organized at Cascade Locks last
Saturday night with So members. The
officers elected were Robert Black,
president; William LaycocK, vice-pres-
ident; c. E. Aldridge, secretary; A. J.
treasurer.
Sheep raisers who want to shear
their flocks are considerably annoyed
by the continued rains, which prevents
operations from progressing,
but farmers are pleased with the down
pour of rain, since it insures them
crops of grain.
A large audience greeted Messrs.
Dufur and Armsworthy at their meet
ing in Dufur last Saturday evening.
Their remarks on the financial ques-
tion were heartily applauded. free
silver being the keynote that touches
q responsive chord in Dufur.
This forenoon Victor Sandoz; boy
about eight years of age. while playing
on the school grounds at Union street
school. disloeated his right ankle. He
was placed under the care of DR.. Hol-
lister and the wound properly attended
to. The injured lad will be laid up for
several days.
The Oregonian news writer has the
governor, secretary of state and state
visiting Union to inspect the
site of proposed Eastern Oregon PEN
itentiary. This is the first intimation
we have had that we we're going to
have branch penitentiary on this side
Of the mountains.
The recorders court was overrun
with business this morning. Five vic
Tins pied guilty to charges of drunk
and disorderly. Three were fined $40
each, and two S.. All the fines except
one were paid, and that unfortunate
will be compelled to do five dollars
worth of work on the streets.
Mrs. Mary Scott Myers returned
from visit to a number of
Relief Corps in Willamette valley.
1t rained all the time during Mrs.
Myers visit in the valley. and she
thinks people in Eastern Oregon do
not and cannot appreciate the climate
here until they have spent a week on
the west side of the Cascades.
An elegant spread was served at the
re-opening Of the White House Satur-
day evening, and wine flowed like
water, everything in the line of eat
ables and drinkables being both free
and in abundance. The White House
is now formally opened under the new
having been thoroughly |
repaired and refurnished, and is one of |
the most attractive resorts in the city. |
The friends of John Rodh, of Dufur,
ire circulating petition to have his |
name put on the ballots at the coming |
election as an Independent candidate
or sheriff. Mr.. Rodh was candidate |
.or this office before the populist con-
7ention but was defeated by w. 81. Tay-
or. John is good fellow, is very
popular, and his friends naturally think |
lis name would sweep the county like
! Kansas cyclone.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Mr.. VIM. Kapus, of Portland, ar
lived on today's local.
Mr.. Jno. c. Hertz left on the morn
ng train for Portland.
Mrs. L. A. Clark took passage for
Portland on the Regulator this morn
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