The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-29
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mr. j. 81. Phirman went to Whit
Salmon on the Regulator today.
Messrs. T. J. Sufert, A. Winans an
Troy Shelly arrived on today's local.
Mrs. T. J. Driver and Miss War
have gone to Portland for short visit
Col. E. w. Pike, of Goldendale
came up on the Regulator from Port
land yesterday.
Five tons of Diamond Mills foul
were shipped to Portland by the Regu
lator this morning.
Mr.. v. II. French, who has been
visiting in Portland the past week
returned kome last evening.
The o. R. & N. Co. have begun re
pairing their incline leading TO the
steamboat landing west of the shops.
Miss Lulu Chrisman has gone to
Ellensburg, Washington, to spend
several months visiting friends in that
< city.
Prof. A. Roise and wife, who have
been visiting in the city the past week,
returned yesterday to their home at
Grass Valley.
Mr.. J. o. Douthit, of Cross Keys, is
in the city. He reports grass on the
ranges as being first class, and all
kinds of stock thriving.
The force in the county clerks Office
has been busy today preparing tax
lists for the different road districts of
the county.
Max Blank is repairing his brick
yard in the East End, preparatory to
beginning active operations in the man
ufacture of brick.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Nicholas took
passage on the Regulator this morning
for Portland. They expect to remain
in the city about one week.
Mr.. Joe Folco, the East End soda
man, has begun putting in his new ma
chinery, and Is preparing to turn out
all kinds OF cooling drinks.
The Dalles was favored with a splen-
did shower Of rain last night and to-
day, 20-100 of an inch of rain having |
fallen during the past 1s hours.
That artistic sign of E. J. Collins &
Co. is no longer seen stretched across
the east end of Second street. 1t sue
cumed to the breezes this morning.
Frank Hensworth. sixteen years of
age and six feet q inches tall and
weighs l65 pounds, has just been taken
to the reform school from Portland for
obtaining S13, an unlucky number,
from an old man, by trickery.
The machinery in Columbia brewery
has lately undergone system of re-
pairs under the supervision of engineer
Bunch. The artistic ability of the en-
gineer has been taxed in beautifying
the machinery, he having painted it
in fantastic colors.
Mr.. Ed Joslyn, formerly an engineer
in the employ of the o. R. & N. Co,
has determined to seek his fortune in
the gold fields of Grant county. With
his family he left this morning for
summer to prospecting for gold.
Mr.. Eli Hineman, former resident
OF Dufur, who has been in Illinois for {
some time, concluded to try the bunch {
grass again, and arrived here this
morning. He brought with him a
dozen bob-white quail which he will
set free on Fifteen Mile, aboveDufur.
The west-bound passenger arrived
been delayed four hours at Auron on
account Of the bridge that was burned g
out Monday. A temporary bridge has
been built which will be used until the 4
one damaged by fire can be thoroughly
repaired. Y
The city authorities have issued an r
edict against the festive town COW, that
she shall not be allowed to roam at
large on the streets of The Dalles after /
March 1st. Owners of cows are noti-
fed that they must either keep them
within Enclosures or put them in town :.
herd after that date.
Residents on Fourteenth and Liber-
ty streets are entering vigorous pro- y
test against the boistrous conduct of a
lot OF young hoodlums' who presist in
making night hideous in that part of
the city. If the young rascals do not a
desist they will surely find their way
into the city bastile.
Quite good sized audience was en- l
tertained last evening by the lecture
of Prof. Holt at the Congregational p
church. The lecture was confined to
the scenes of China, which were Illus b
trated by stereopticon views, which d
revealed many interesting sights in h
the land OF the Orient.
A dispatch in today's Oregonian Il
gives g Aattering account of the re- p
Gently discovered quartz ledge near E
Goldendale. Recent assays give a re-
suit of S111 in gold to the ton. A M. Ii
Green, recently arrived from Cripple o
Creek, says the decomposed formation d
and all indications are identical with
the Colorado town. u
Mr.. F. W. Silvertooth returned yes. t
terday from trip to Fossil and An c
telope. Mr.. Silvertooth found the
people in those localities all prosperous, {
and the country looks we'll. the grass q
on the ranges being sufficient to fur /
nish abundant feed for stock, and the .
grain fields and meadows promising to
yield abundant crops.
|
Hon. Ed Minis, deputy collector OF I
internal revenue, is in the city today. u
Mr.. Minis has recently made tour Of {
the counties in the eastern part OF the
state. When asked his opinion of the
political outlook, he said that in the }
localities he had visited recently he q
found the future for democracy bright =
ening. He thinks the inactivity OF
the present congress is causing many
to lose confidence in the republican
party, and Is causing them to realize !
that democracy is the only true princi-
pie upon which the government can be
conducted.