The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-03-14
ITErls IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Miss Lissie Cox, of Kingsley, is visit
ing friends in this city.
Messrs L. E. Morse andJ E. Hanna,
of Hood River, are in the city.
Mr.. J. M. Letter, proprietor of the
Bridalveil mills, is in the city.
Deputy Sheriff Kelly went out to his
farm near Kingsley this afternoon.
The Regulator had on board ten
head of horses for Portland this morn
ing.
Today the Commission company
shipped Is boxes of Dalles apples to
Emerson & Hixon, Seattle.
Miss Maggie Carey, who has been
visiting friends in the city, returned
this morning to Cascade Locks.
Mrs. R. B. Hood jr., left this morn
ing for Sacramento, CAL, to join her
husband. who has located in that city.
This morning the Columbia Packing
Co. received q head of fine beef from
Camas Prairie, for their market in
this city.
The rain of last night was general
throughout Eastern Oregon, though
in the higher attitudes the precipita-
tion was snow.
Twelve car loads of cattle from Nap
pa, Idaho, passed this point last night
en- route to Troutdale. They were
shipped by R. Grimes.
Mr.. Loren Rondeau, prominent
farmer of Kingsley, was in the city to-
day, returning home from a visit to
relatives in Vancouver.
Mr.. W. W. Wilson, who has been
steward of the Umatilla House for the
past ten years, left this morning for
Salt Lake City, by way of Portland.
There were four inches of snow at
Mr.. Knebel's place on Mill creek,
three miles from the city, yesterday
morning and three inches this morn
ing.
DR.. W. Boyd Hamilton, of Portland,
was in the city last night visiting his
nephew, II. h. RiddelI Esq. The doc
tor returned to Portland on the after
noon train.
Mr.. Daniel Stein arrived in the city
last night from Portland with lot OF
thoroughbred short horn cattle, which
he is taking to his stock farm at
Yakima, Wash.
A. M. Williams & Co. will begin
moving the goods out of their ware
house next Monday, preparatory to
tearing the old building down and re-
placing it with f1reproof.
Messrs. T.. b. Hudson and Henry
Smith, of this city, have been sub
poenaed as witnesses before the Sher-
man county grand jury which con-
venes at Moro next Monday.
Yesterday in mentioning the stock
Mr.. Folco had bought in Portland for
his soda works, it was stated that one
item was $50 pounds of English Soda.
1t should have been $50 kegs of soda.
The vacancy in the Lincoln county
judgship, caused by the recent death
of County Judge S. N. Burt, will be
filled by appointment by the governor
soon. P. o. Stearns, of Newport, is
the probable appointee.
Arrangements are being made to
ship copper from Grants Pass to Bal
timore, by rail. 1t will be hauled in
from the Waldo mines in mates, and
the copper will be extracted when it
has reached its destination.
Mr.. W. B. Kertz, a prominent cattle
raiser of Weiser, Idaho, and brother
OF the genial agent for the Pacific Ex-
press Co. in this city, arrived here
last night en- route to Portland with
several car loads of beef cattle.
The Knebel boys, D. L. and j., have
waged relentless war upon wild cats
this winter, having captured seven
thus far. One OF them was out on
Government Flat yesterday and cap
tured large old cat that had been in
vading the neighboring hen roosts.
The Mckinley club had an en-
thusiastic meeting last night. Spirited
speeches were made by a number of
members of the club, all Of whom ex-
pressed themselves confident of success
next June, but Oh! how badly their
hopes will be blighted.
Further.evidence of the sand-ladened
snow which fell last Monday was re-
ceived at this Office today. Mr.. T. M.
Denton, who resides on Mill Creek six
miles west of the city, gathered from
one square foot of surface one-fourth
ounce of the sand that had fallen with
the snow. The sand is very fine
powder, is of redish brown color,
and is impregnated with alkali.
Once again has misfortune visited
the home of Mr.. Chas. Jones at Emil
grant. Sunday evening his beautiful
new residence, with all its contents,
was destroyed by fire. Last spring
while he was absent from home fire
destroyed every building on his farm,
and now when he has just completed
another home the calamity makes it
rather Observation-Disclosures News.
The Jacobsen Book & Music Co. have |
secured a room in the Vogt block,
which is now under construction, but
will not be completed before they have
to vacate their present rooms. They !
will necessarily be compelled to sus-
pend business for short time during |
the month Of April. The Book &
Music company. do not desire to retard
in the city, henSe they will
thus discommode themselves in order |
that work on the Williams building |
may commence at the earliest possible
date -
Mr.. r. Winans was circulating
petition during the past week TO the
county conrt asking that body to ap-
$500 for the completion OF
,he road from fuckers mill to Mt.
Hosd by way of Winans. The petition
received 66 names in the town of Hood
River, and will also be circulated in
The Dalles. This is the most direct
Dad to Mt. Hood, and it is hoped the
will see the necessity of