The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-01
From Mondays o Daily.

liue of the railroad.
From Mondays. Daily.
Mrs. George Ross returned yester
day from visit to her sister at Cheney
Wash.
A half car load of hogs was shipped
from the stock yards this morning t.
Troutdale.
Mrs Omer Hallock, of Pendletop, ant
Miss Mollie Bernardo, of Salem, ar,
visiting their sister, Mrs. J. c. Hertz
in this city.
John Campbell arrived here yester
day from Prineville and is en- route
to British Columbia whore he will en-
gage in mining.
Property owners in different parts o
the city are repairting their b, lid
iugs and making Improvements tina
bsspeak general thrift.
Machinery for steam laundry is ly
ing in the depot, and it is understood
will be operated here provided sufi
cient inducement is offered.
Geo. Cox, of Gatesville, Linn county
was in the city yesterday visiting hi
uncle and aurt, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F
Stephens. He left today for Baker
City.
On last Saturday, Harry Rifle was
quite severely stabbed at Walla Walls
by a man named Howard. The trouble
grew out of Rifle striking Howard's
little boy.
Baker City is soon to have complete
telephone exchange. Two companies
the Canyon City and the Baker City,
have been granted franchises by the
city council.
Postal Inspector John Gordon, U. S.
District Attorney Dan Murphy and
Mrs. Hatch, all of Portland, spent yes
terday in the city, the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Crossen.
A sack of baby clothes was lost last
Saturday ON the road leading from
The Dalles to Five-Mile. The finder
will please leave the same at this Office,
or at the residence of W. A. Gates on
Five Mile.
Yesterday J. W. Howard OF Prime
vile, shipped lat head of prime Crook
county beef to Troutdale. The cattle
were fed in Summit Prairie during the
winter, and were in as good condition
as the best range beef in the fall.
Rev. Wilbur Harwood, the colored
preacher from Seattle, preached to
quite large audience at the Christian
church yesterday. Mr.. Harwood is a
well educated gentleman and a very
pleasing speaker.
Fishermen along the river are taking
few salmon at present.. This morn
ing Seufert Bros. caught about 300
pounds, and other fishermen have
taken few. The fish are of excellent
quality, being very fat and solid.
During the present revolution in
Cuba, Spain has sent to the island
19S, ,047 troops and forty generals. The
official record of deaths from disease
and casualty in the army is 22.731, and
$4,000 went home invalids.
J. B. Crossen was the one on whom
fortune smiled in the rattle for J. NJ.
Nolin's trottipg horse last Saturday
evening. The animal is fine trotter,
but Mr.. Crossen will hardly go on the
turf with him simply because he was
lucky enough to draw the winning
card.
The Champions still feel able to
maintain their claim of being the
champion base ball players of Eastern
Oregon, having won new laurels yes.
terday in contest with the CONNER
cial and Athletic club team by score
of 10 to II, without playing the last
half of the ninth inning.
A few days ago three boys discover
ed den of rattlesnakes near Rock
land, oyer in Washington, and killed
SO of the pesky things. One of the
snakes had Is rattles. What other
place can boast of harvesting such a
crop of snakes?
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Prinz we're out walking on Second
street with their family, and Herman.
their eight-year-old son, fell off high
sidewalk and sustained a number of
cuts on the left side of his face. His
injuries are not serious, though he will
be laid up for few days.
A wrestling match took place at the
club in Portland last Sat-
urday evening between c. T. Kreling,
of San Francisco, and Herbert Green
land, of Portland, resulting in victory
for the former. The first bout lasted
one hour and IL minutes, which was
one of the longest wrestling bouts ever
recorded.
A distressing accident occurred near
Everett in Washington last Saturday.
Andrew Braatan and Clara Gillespie
started in buggy to Everett to be
On the way they stopped to
water their horse at a trough by the |
'ide of the road, and while Braatan
vas out of the buggy the horse plunged
20 one side, throwing the girl to the |
ground with such violence that she
lied within few hours.
L. e. Morse, late of Hood River, but |
low resident of White Salmon,
WASH, where he is conducting a
general merchandise establishment, is
n the city. Mr.. Morse says business
3 picking up at White Salmon since
'pring opened, and he looks forward |
% quite prosperous season, as the
armers will all harvest large crops,
Ind ranchmen there are generally in |
rood circumstances.
1t was thought for time this morn
ng that a leper had made his appear
Lnce in the city. a man by the name of
White having arrived on the train |
rom Pendleton. He was at once taken
n charge by the authorities and DIR.
was called to make an ex-
ofthe case. After thorough
the doctor pronounced it
n aggravated case of eczema. The
,oor fellow is distressing sight, his
lands, neck and face being O mass of