The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-12-19
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

SATURDAY ...DECEM6ER 10. IL
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. Chapman went to Portlal
today.
Frank Seufert got home today fro
Portland.
w. G. Allaway, agent of the,D.,P.
A. N. Co, returned last night fro
Portland.
Ed. Mays, of Portland, is in the cit.
having been called here on account
the illness of his father.
A bunch of keys was fouud on Fonrt
street yesterday and may be had b
calling at Wood Bros. meat market.
Mrs. T. E. Horton was passeuge
on the Regulator this morning goin
to Cascade locks to visit friends il
that place. 81
E. Jacobsen returned last night fron
bn.iness tour through Sherman
county, and left on the afternoon trail
for Portland.
Today dispatch was received from
Rev. o. D. Taylor, who is at presen
at Saginaw. Mich, stating that he hat
beaten the Cornell case.
Miss Nellie Sylvester left on the
Regulator this morning for Portland
where she will spend the remainder Of
the winter visiting her sister.
Representative Ellis has introduced
bill extending until January 1. 1899,
the time in which settlers upon for
feited railroad lands can make pay
ments.
A gentleman who came in from
Sherman county today, Gays the grain
fields in that county look fine. The
early fall grain covers the ground and
is from two to three inches high.
On his return from the east, Arch
bishop Gross was given a banquet at
the Imperial hotel in Portland last
night. Rev. Father Bronsgeest, Of
this city, was among those present.
Last Sunday was indeed busy day
at Mrs. Herrin's gallery. just go per.
sons sat for pictures that day, and
among the number was the Werlein
Glee Club of % members, all in one
group.
= Plans for the Portland custom-house
have been completed and approved. and
work of construction will be COM
msnced with spring. The building
will'cover almost whole block and
will be about $50 feet square.
River transportation on the William
ette is tied up on account of the giving
way of the canal at Oregon City last
Saturday. The damage is greater than
was at first supposed, and will not be
repaired until sometime next week.
: A story was recently told about how
q Mrs. Dickinson at Mt. Angel, after
being prepared for burial raised up in
her coffin and had afterwards. nearly
recovered. 1t proves to have been a
fake. Mrs. Dickinson died and re-
mained dead.
On Tygh Ridge and in the vicinity |
of Dufur farmers are busy plowing,
for early spring seeding. |
The ground is rather too wet, still the |
farmers are making the best of the or
portunity afforded them to get ready
for spring WORK.
Only two weeks are left of leap year.
and If the young ladies awake to the
fact, the marriageabie young men who
are not willing to be led to Hymen's
altar will have to take to the woods.
This is the last 4chance the girls will
have to take the initiative before 1904.
County Clerk Kelsay and wife left
this morning for Portland, where Mr..
Kelsay goes to attend the convention
Of county judges to be held tomorrow
Judge Mays being prevented from at
tending on account of sickness dele
gated MIR. Keisay to represent +Wasco
a number of the mem bers of Co. G, |
of this city, are more than anxious
that the United States get into scrap I
with Spain. They are ready to shoulder
tb cir muskets and march to Madrid If |
necess Try. They would get their war
paint on inside of 24 hours if Grover
would but invite them.
The Regulator arrived last night
from Portland with considerable
amount of freight and fair list of
The boat was a welcome
visitor, it being her. first trip since
Nov. 25. She left at 7:30 this morning
with a large cargo of freight. and will
continue to make regular trips every |
other day SO long as the river is open.
Pendleton's militia, company is in |
readiness to defend America against |
Spanish Invasion or to march to Cuba
to fight for the cause of independence |
If occasion should demand. A few |
evenings since 1t was reported on the |
streets of Pendleton that the militia |
had been called upon, and in less than
half an hour, 30 of the 50 members of |
the company reported at the armory
ready to receive marching orders.
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