The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-10-03
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.


from visit to the metropolis.
Mrs. Van Bibber and Miss Lamb n
turned last night from Portland.
Thomas Hudson and family returne
home from below on today's local.
II. E. Balch went to Portland thl
morning to attend the exposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Cushings' littl
boy is very i'll with typhoid fever.
]. G. Hamilton, travelling agent TO
the Red Line, was in the city today.
Harry Liebe is confined to his room
threatened with an attack of typhoit
fever.
D. B. Kelly, one of the leading cattle
raisers and farmers of Crook county, il
in the city.
II. L. Kretzer left this morning fol
Portland to spend a week visiting his
son in that city.
The enetreceipts of the county clerk 9
Office for fees during the month OF SEP
tember were $603.S3.
E. G. Bolton, prominent farmer
of Cross Keys and postmaster at that
place, is in the city.
A chicken for your Sunday. dinner
can be had at Mrs. Nelson's, eitht r
) dressed or undressed. -, -,asa'..sa 80
w. 81. Lochhead is reported very i'll
with typhoid fever, and his friends
consider his recovery doubtful.
Mrs. M. Heisler and Mrs. D. e.
Thomas arrived on the Regulator last
night from visit to relatives in the
Willamette valley
An eastern exchange suggests that
the denomination of horses by the
crime of bicycles may have had some
thing to do with the price of oats.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. P. Hunsaker, of
Prineville, were passengers on the
Regulator this morning. Their desti-
nation is Portland, where they go to
attend the exposition
Last evening the Columbia Packing
Co. received 46 head of hogs from ]. J.
Butler and others of Kingsley. They
were grasshopper-raised hogs and
are intended for feeders.
The o. r. & N. is doing fair freight
business at present,running ten freight
trains through this place daily. The
greater portion of the traffic is wheat |
from the upper country.
The case Of Blakeney vs.. Ganger, in
Justice Filloon's court, was dismissed |
this morning, the defendant giving |
ing possession of the property in liti-
CATION and paying all costs.
II. Hahn, of the firm of Wadhams &
Co. of Portland, arrived last evening
from Crook county where he has been
looking after his stock interests, and
left this morning for Portland.
Thomas Harlan, of Mosier, addressed
large audience at Endersby last even.
ing, and convinced good many of the
wavering that it is to the interests of
the masses to support Bryan for presi-
dent.
This morning John Sieber was taken
to st. Vincents hospital for treatment.
Mr.. Sieber has been suffering for some
time from an ailment that required
more careful nursing than was possible
to give him here.
The De Moss troupe left on the Tseen.
lator this morning for Hood River
where they will give an entertainments
tonight. and from there they go to
Portland. They have seven engage
ments in that city.
J. W. Walker, of the Pacific Dis
tilling Co. at Grants, returned last
night from visit to San Francisco,
and left on freight for Grants this
orning. MIR. Walker says the dis
] ry will startup on Nov. l.
Riddell's fruit house in the East
End is handling considerable amount
of fruit. This morning three men
were employed packing apples for ship
ment, and a ton of prunes was pre-
pared for shipment this afternoon.
c. C. O'Neil, manager of the Prime.
vile Land & Live stock Co., one of
the largest wool growing companies
in Eastern Oregon, is in the city today.
Mr.. O'Neil reports his f1ocks allin fine
condition, and that they will come out
of the mountains fat and fine.
All will be welcome at the meeting !
to be given by the Bryan club at the
Baldwin tonight. The meeting will be
addressed by Hon. Harry Watkins,
one of the Bryan electors for this state,
who is conceded to be one of the ablest
orators in the state.
The Wasco Warehouse Co. beg leave
to inform farmers that they have stor-
age room for 200, 900 sacks of wheat and
any one wishing to store their wheat
and hold for later market can do so on
usual terms. Also, they will Fay the
highest cash price for wheat, oats,
barley and rye.
Revival neetings are now in progress
at the Christian church. Rev. Skaggs,
the pastor, is delivering series of
mastery sermons, which are having q
telling effect upon his audiences. His
combined logic and eloquence attract
large congregations, and much good
work is being done.
Sportsman will do we'll to note that
the open season for prairie chickens
closes tonight. Persons killing chick
ems between Oct. / and July of the
following year are subject to fine not
less than $50 nor more than 500, or
Imprisonment in the county Jail at 81
a day for the amount of such fine.
Nee Louie, native ct the Flowery
kingdom, was given an examination
yesterday before Justice Filloon on a
charge of having assaulted Tom Louie,
another celestial, with a dangerous
weapon, and was held in bonds of 5000
to answer before the next grand jury.
Two witnesses were also held in bonds
of $50.
The crop report issued from the De-
partment of ofAgriculture for September
indicates that the wheat crop of the
world is short compared with last year,
hence prices should range higher for
the Pacific coast crop. California Is
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