The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
ocks. ana went down on the boat this

Locks, and went down on the boat this
morning.
The Butte football team will scratch
mud with the Portland University
eleven tomorrow.
A deed from John j. Luckey and
others 10 S. F. Blythe was fled in the
Clerks Office today.
Mr.. Bob Hood has gone to Sacra-
mento, Calf. He expects to make
that city his home in the future.
The Columbia Packing Co. shipped
a number of sheep and hcgs to the
Locks by the Regulator this morning.
Messrs. N. Butler, H. Gourley, ]. T.
Peters and L. Booth went to the
Locks on the Regulator this morning.
Nature has been shedding tears for
the departed year, steady rain hav-
| ing fallen since 3o'clock this morning.
Mary E. Nichols made final proof to-
day before the register and receiver on
timber culture entry covering the
s VT sec 10. l n, r p e.
Messrs. J. T. Chamberlain and E. h.
Masterson, of Mitchell, arrived here
last night from two weeks visit in
Willamette Valley.
The Orchestra Union has prepared
special musical programme for the
ball to be given.by the Columbia Hose
Co. at the Armory tonight.
Mr.. John Booth returned last night
from Portland. The metropolis, Mr..
Booth says, is comparatively quiet
considering these are holidays.
Mr.. B. F. Swift, OF Tygh, is in the
city today. Mr.. Swift reports the
snow all gone from Tygh Valley,
though there is still considerable snow
on the hills between Tygh and Dufur.
The county Jail now has four occu-
pants, three white men and one China
man. Ed Stoey, who was bound over
at Dufur yesterday, is the latest addi-
tion. not having been able to give
bonds.
Messrs. Sam Patterson and "Babe"
Mays arrived in the city yesterday
from Antelope. These gentlemen re-
port an easy winter so far in the south.
ern part Of the county.
There will be a watch meeting at
M. E. church in this city tonight, COM
mencing at o'clock and continuing
until midnight. Members ofother de.
nominations are invited to attend.
A heavy wind and rain storm ragged
between Bonneville and Portland
last night and early this morning.
The Western Union telegraph lines
were prostrated for time, but were
put in working order at an early hour.
Mr.. ]. M. Murchie came in last even
ing from Sherman county where he
had been to purchase twenty head of
mules for the Sacola Coal Co. of Mon
tana. The mules will arrive tomor-
row and be shipped by railway to Mon.
tanna.
East of the Rocky mountains they
are contending with snow from one to
two feet deep and the mercury is down
to zero and below. while here in The
Dalles the ground is bare and the ther-
mometers register about 40 degrees
above.
At the Congregational church to-
night Prof. Francis E. Lloyd, OF the
Pacific University, will deliver a lec-
ture entitled "claws." The subject is
a novel one, and the lecture promises
to be full OF interest. ALI are invited
to be present.
In bidding adieu to 1895 we can say
that to the majority of the people OF
the United States it has been a year Of
peace and prosperity, and with the re-
newal Of business enterprise through
out the country, 1896 promises fair to
be even more prosperous.
G. B. Watson, secretary and treas
urer of the State Horticultural So
ciety, has issued a call for the annual
meeting OF the society, which will be
held at Portland, Tuesday, January IA,
next. All friends of horticulture as
we'll as members of the society are in |
vited to contribute to the interests of |
the meeting.