The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-31
ITEMS IN. BRIEF.
Rrom Saturdays Dally.)

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily)
Hon r. N. jones', OF Bakeoven, Is II
the city.
Major Nolan returned from trip Il
Portland last evening.
Rarland Mcclure, fish and game pro
tector, was in the city last evening.
Prof. and Otto Birgfeld left today
for a fishing trip in Skamania county
M. McInnis and family left on the
boat this morning for the Cascade
Springs.
T. A. Van Norden left today for
Moffett Springs, where he will rest ur
for several days.
Miss Mabel Riddell returned on the
boat last evening from ten days out
ing at Wind river.
HI Maier left on the boat this
morning to spend Sunday with his
family at Moffet Springs.
Mrs. Capt. Waud, who has been visit
ing in Portland for several days, re-
turned home last evening.
DIR. VIM. Tackman and family left
for Ocean Park this morning, where
they will remain for one month.
Trueman Butler and wife left this
morning for Trout Lake, where they
will remain for couple of weeks.
Mrs. C. F. Stephens of this city re-
ported the proceedings of the grand
lodge, D. of H., for the Oregonian and
Telegram.
More machinery is being repaired
this season than ever before. Every
blacksmith shop in The Dalles is work.
ing over time.
Miss Magma Nyhus, who has been
visiting her cousin, Miss Hilda Beck
in this city for the past two weeks, re-
turned to Portland on the boat this
morning.
The papers are full OF the Clondyke
mining excitement. Many people are
wild over 1t and crazy to start at once.
The TN. predicts many sad and dis
appointed experiences.
Some of our farmer friends who
started in to harvest this week were
compelled to lay off for the reason that
in low places in the fields the grain
was not sufficiently ripe.
The Eastern Oregon state normal
school at Weston viii be opened this
fall as usual and will do better work
than ever before. An advertisement
for the school will be found in another
column.
The unveiling of the John A. Logan
monument in the Lake Front Park.
Chicago, Thursday, was pompous af-
fair and thousands of distinguished
persons were present at the dedicating
services.
The Dalles promises to furnish it's
quota OF gold hunters for the now
famous Clondyke gold region. In the
early spring several will go from this
place to the Alaska gold fields. Fin
Batty and his dog will be among the
number.
Geo. W. Kindall, of Portland, is
riding bicycle race against time from
Spokane to Portland. He started from
Spokane at 4 o'clock Thursday MORN
ing; and at I in the evening he took
supper at Connell's, 119 miles out, and
intended to ride 20 miles more that
night.
A man back east hypnotized his
wife, placed the handle of the lawn
mower in her hands and made her be.
lieve she was riding a bicycle. He sat
or a veranda and smoked while she
pranced up and down the yard until
the grass was all cut when he released
her from the Influence"
A much abused editor of weekly
paper published in Ohio, has drafted
the following game law: Book agents
may be killed from September 1 to
October 1; spring poets. March l to.
July 1; scandal mongers, any time;
whales, August to January /; the
man who never pays his subscription,
as well as the antiquarians two-penny
business man, who thinks it doesn't
pay to advertise, may be killed from
January to December 81, without re-
course or any relief from valuation or
laws.
c. G. Rawlings, of Albany. recently
letter from Jim Hill, the
.ailroad magnate. asking that 100 ]
Chinese pheasants be shipped to him
It st. Paul for breeding purposes.
Mr.. Rawlings succeeded in securing
10 birds, which were in captivity by
Albany sportsmen, and the birds were
,hipped Tuesday. The remainder will
be secured as soon as possible, and
shipped to Mr.. Hill, who desires to
stock some of the Northern states with
these fine game birds. The price paid
was frou So to "a per pair.
From Mondays. Daily.
Mrs. W. 81. Wilson and daughter
left today for nwaco TO spend the re-
of the summer.
Mrs. Thomas Newman and daughter
eft this morning for Portland, from
whence they will take the steamer for
San Francisco.
The case of the state against Bud
Robbins for the larceny of a horse,
las been continued to next Friday.
zhan 1t will be heard before Recorder