The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-04-25
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
rrom sarurdar,s Daily.


From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. "A. Z. Dufur, of Dufur, is visit,
ing in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Wilcox left this
morning. for their home at Kent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brock returned this
morning. to their home at Wasco.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Davidson, Of
Hood River, are in the city today.
Messrs. B. F. Allen and G. M. Cart
wright left for Crook county this
morning.
DR.. and Mrs. o. C. HOLSTER went to
Portland this morning for a days yisi,
in the metropolis.
Mr.. Frank Jobson, sr., of Portland,
has been the past few days visiting his
son in this city.
Mrs. v. W. Tompkins left on the
Regulator this morning for her home
at Cascade Locks.
DIR. c.. L. Robinson; of Salem, was in
the city last night, and left this morn
ing tor Grass Valley.
Mrs. Gates, of Lafayette, arrived on
the noon train and is the guest OF
Judge and Mrs w. L. Bradshaw.
DIR. A. P. Stowell, of Goldendale, ar
rived from Vancouver last night and
left on this mornings stage for his
home at the capital of Klickitat county.
The Skibbe hotel has put runner
on the Regulator and is bidding for
the trade of the large number of pas
sengers that arrive daily on the
steamer.
The Moro express, of which Mr..
Douglass Allen is proprietor, is becom-
ing popular conveyance. Eight pas,
ssengers were on board when it left the
city this morning.
Mr.. J. E. Newdebourn and wife ar.
rived here last night from Utah, and
this morning went to Hood River,
where Mr.. Newdebourh goes to accept
the position of bookkeeper for the
Oregon Lumber Co.
Mrs. Kinney will speak at the M. E.
church next Tuesday evening. Col.
Balm says of her lecture: 81 never
heard subject more effectually cover
ed, nor more common sense talked in
the same length of time"
A car load of different brands of
California wines, suited for family use,
has just been received at the wholesale
liquor store of Stubling & Williams.
Parties desiring such wines are re-
quested to call and get prices before
placing their orders.
Klickitat county presents a prosper
GUS appearance, says Rev. o. d. Tay-
lor, who returned this morning from
] Goldendale. A vast acreage of grain
has been sown this season, and all bids
fair to produce an abundant yield.
Mr.. Taylor estimates that the wheat
! crop of Klickitat county will this year
be somewhere near 100000 bushels.
This morning one-bold, bad man
felt the force of the strong arm Of the
law as administered by Recorder
Phelps. receiving a sentence of ten
days work on the streets for disturbing
the peace and dignity OF the city.
Wrong doers should sometime learn
from such experience as this that The
Dalles has recorder who believes in
making punishment effective.
The capacity Of the Prineville stage
was overtaxed this morning when
nine passengers presented themselves
at the stage Office and requested to be
conveyed over the line. The genial
proprietor, Mr.. Gaunt, was equal to
the emergency however, aud secured
the Umatilla Houses open .bus,"
loaded all the passengers in it and start
ed for the south as happy as lark.
Mr.. J. L. Davenport, of Mosier, is in
the city today and reports everything
prosperous in that vicinity. Fruit
trees he says are loaded with blossoms,
and grain of every kind is thriving.
Mr.. Davenport is one of the pioneers
of Eastern Oregon. having come here
at very early day, and has been
subscriber to this paper ever since the
first issue of the MoUNTANEER.
Last night Rev. F. A Powell, of
Corvallis, delivered a lecture in the
Christian church. his subject being
ssROmanism in America" Those who
attended say he is an accomplished
speaker, and succeeded in boldidg
the attention of his hearers, but that /
he was very severe in his denuncia- |
tions of the Catholic church, asserting
that it was responsible for many of the
ills that have beset the nation.
A telegram in the Oregonian today
under the head "The Dark Side of |
Spokane Life" says: "Sixty of the
prominent society ladies of Spokane
gave negro minstrel performance to-
a crowded house at the Auditorium to-
A1S IL WOE d oHCll DOUu LII Ouo
personnel of the minstrels and the |
people attending" 1t is not presumed |
that the heading was intended to cast
any slur upon the ladies of Spokane.
Next Monday evening the ladies of
st. Paul's Guild will give a sociable
at Mrs. P. 81. DeHuff, IS residence. No
fee will be charged, but
there will be ice cream and cake for
sale, also table filled with all sorts of |
fancy and useful articles, prepared by
the guild. The ladies have always
been noted for the good times and
genial sociability at their gatherings,
and cordial invitation is given to all
their friends, and their friends sisters,
cousins and aunts, to be present next
Monday evening.
From Mondays Daily
Mr.. J. B. Crossen went to Portland
on the 2:30 train.
Today Bissenger & Co. shipped car
load of pelts to Portland.
Mrs, Haudley arrived on the noon