The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-03-07
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mr.. J. W. Barnes, of Eight Mile, i!
in the city today.
The mercury registered II degrees
above zero this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell returned on the
afternoon train to Portland.
Ten tons of feed and flour we're ship.
peato Drano by the Regulator this
morning.
To-day, March 4th, is the anniversary
Of the nartyred Irish patriot Robert
Emmett.
Misses Jennett and Pearl Williams
returned to their home at Portland
this morning.
DIR. Randall, representing the Seat
tie Building and Loan Association,
was in the city today.
Mr.. T. W. Bladder, of Cascade Locks,
was in the city today attending to
business before the county court.
Trains are moving regularly the en-
tire length of the o. r. & N. line to-
day, all distractions having been re-
moved.
Mr.. Chas. Riggs, of Maxburg, Or,
who has been visiting his brother in
this city for several weeks, returned
to his home on the Regulator this
morning.
Mr.. VIM. Wolf has started to build
his fine residence on Third street, un-
der the supervision of Mr.. Anderson,
the contractor, which promises to be a
fine addition to that part of the city.
A relief corps will be organized at
Hillsboro tomorrow. The department
officers, Mrs. Mary Scott Myers, Mrs.
M. E. Briggs and Miss Jennie Russell,
left here this morning to assist in the
organization.
Commissioners court met at l
o'clock today, all officers of the court
being present. Consideration of the
noted Sequi road, which has been in
the county, circuit and supreme court
at different times during the past two
years, was the first matter of impor-
tance taken up.
Mrs. M. E. Briggs has gone to Port
land for the purpose of attending the
spring opening of millinery goods, and
while there will purchase an elegant
line of latest designs in millinery
goods for her storein this city.
The passenger train which had been
held at Umatilla Junction for two days
on account of the track being covered
with sand between Willows and Ar
lington, arrived here at o'clock last
evening, the track having been cleared.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Humphrey t
arrived on the local from Portland to- i
day. He is here to serve papers in the /
suits recently begun in the U. S..court Z
for the forfeiture of the grant of The s
Dalles Military Wagon Road company. /
Mr.. Whorton West representing the I
firm of Northrop & Sturgis Co. can I
vassed the city yesterday taking orders
for Carbonated Beverages and other +
drinks. He left for Portland this 8
morning, after spending an evening i
of pleasure in this city. z
At the annual school meeting, held '
Monday afternoon, the board of direc- l
tors of this district was not empow- C
cred to have plans and specifications a
drafted for new school house, but 9
this matter was postponed until the
next annual meeting. r.
Mr.. John Roth, of Dufur, came in s,
town this morning, bringing in large CT
load of hides and pelts which were sold W
to r. E. Saltmarshe & Co. He says g
they are having fine weather out there, tt
there being hardly as much snow in d,
that vicinity as there is near The Dali
les. a,
At regular meeting of the board h
of directors for this school district r.
held last night, M. Randall, Geo. A. O
Liebe and J. Staniels were appointed o
judges, and Hugh Chrisman and Rob- Y
ert Rowland clerks to serve at the spe- p
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for the election of director and clerk
for the district. F
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Brooks last even y
ing received from Mr.. Brooks aunt in .
Ohio, lady SS years of age, an heir =
loom which is most highly priced. 1t ?
is tray cloth made of linen that was
woven by her some seventy years ago, p
and which is neatly embroidered in VI
colors. The linen is of exceeding fine u
texture, equal in quality and fneness d
to that woven in the factories of today. :"
A gentleman who visited Cascade
Locks yesterday states that work has :,
been suspended there several days on =
account of the high winds that have !
continued blowing down stream max y
ing it impossible to operate the dredger :,
and derricks. He thinks from ap- !,
pearances that the channel leading to :,
the upper entrance to the canal can be :
opened within three weeks If the :
weather is favorable.
Fiom Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. E. Schanno went to Portland :,