The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-06-06
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Capt. Lewis returned last night fror
visit to Portland.
Judge Story returned on today
local from Cascade Locks.
At 10 o'clock this morning the rive
stood 24.5 feet above low water.
Hon. o. S. Phelps, the populls
orator, met with cool reception a
Moro.
The D. P. & A. N. warehouse re
cieved a fine lot of wool from Antelop
today.
Sherman county wool is coming t.
The Dalles. Very little of it will b'
stored at other points on the railroad
Today Mr.. A. Anderson began the
construction of handsome residence
on Ninth street for Mrs. Geo. Will
Jams.
All stores in the city closed at moor
today in order that proprietors an6
employees could attend decoration da!
exercises.
Look out for "change' rackets,
string games and other swindling de
vices when the circus visits The Dalles
next week.
After being out "a hours the jury in
the case of the state vs.. Charles Snipes.
at noon today returned verdict OF
simple assault
The first shipment of wool for the
season will be made next Monday.
when the Regulator will take cargo
of 81, 900 pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Rohr and Francis
ireland came in from Moro yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rohr left this morning
for their home at Portland.
Messrs. Armsworthy and Dufur had
a rousing meeting at Cascade Locks.
The voters at that place are enthusi-
astic over the democratic cause.
The jury which was trying the Snipes
case cast vote last night, and gave
nine democratic nominees majorities.
This is fair index of what the vote of
Wasco county will be next Monday.
Mrs. Deckum and daughters Miss
Hummason and Miss Lavilla, are visit
ing in the city. Mrs. Deckum is the
guest of Mrs. S. L. Brooks and the
Misses Hummason the guest of Mrs.
French.
Tho More brass band furnished
music for most of the campaign meet
ings that were held in Sherman county.
The members of the band returned
home last Thursday and hung up their
horns until the 4th of July.
It was hoped that politicians would
have desisted from delivering politi-
cal speeches on This, the day set apart
to paying tribute to the brave defend
ers of the nation, the old soldiers, but
some few will raise their voices in
political harrangues this evening.
Notwithstanding this is Decor alton
day, the committee who has charge of
Judge Northup's calL paign, have billed
Mr.. Gourlay for political speech at
Arlington this evening, and also Hon.
Till Ford, of Salem, is advertised to
speak at Milton tonight in the interest
of Mr.. Ellis.
Hon. A. S. Bennett returned this
morning from Weston, where be at
tended The pioneers picnic yesterday.
Several thousand persons attended the
picnic and listened to the joint dis
cussion between Judge Bennett, demo-
crat; Hon. Till Ford, republican, and
Rev. Cheatum, populist.
A man over at Flora was tackled the
other day by book agent who wanted
to sell him cyclopedia. He surprised |
the agent by announcing that he |
would not have one of them darned 4!
things around the house, and if he |
caught one of his girls trying to ride
on one of them, he would lick her un-
til she could not sit on it.-Ex.
Hon. L. C. Spencer had a fairly
good audience at the court house last
evening, and delivered telling speech
on the lines Of republicanism. He
confined himself principally to the
question of protection and finance re-
framing from personal abuse. He
stands as bimetalist, whatever that
means, but holds protection to be the
main issue.
The high wind today interfered
somewhat with decoration day exer-
cises, but it was no impeCiment to
the grizzled old veterans who thirty
years ago faced the storm of lead in
defense of the Union. An OF binary
Eastern Oregon breeze cannot strike
terror to the hearts of those latriotic1
Did men or prevent them from extend
Ing kindly offices to their deported
comrades.