The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-29

attorneys of Portland. is in
Ety in attendance on circuit court.
Is representing the Singer Manu-
6cturing Co. in suit brought against
the sheriff for the recovery of property
sold under attachment.
Yesterday Messrs. I. J. Norman,
Tom Ward, John Filloon, Dennis Bun
| nell, J. B. Colt and G. E. Dawson and
their families spent the day picnicing
on Five-Mile, and had most enjoy
able time. The day was perfect, and
the fishing in the stream was fine.
7 Two years ago Col. Eddy of the Rose
burg Plaindealer went through the
| cars op the Grand Ronde Valley, and
saw lone man of striking features.
| No one met him at the different towns.
It was W. J. Bryan. Soon he will be
/, here again and thousands will want to
see this wonderful man.
C. W. Haight, proprietor of the Cow
Canyon toll road, is in the city today,
and reports everything flourishing in
! the southern part of the county. All
the farmers in that section except him
have good crops, and as they have
made large sales of stock, they are in
a good condition financially.
Coils P. Huntingdon, president of
the Southern Pacific, accompanied by
his wife and party of friends, has
been making tour of inspection of
the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon,
and arrived in Portland last Friday.
He visited Astoria yesterday, and goes
east over the o. r. & N. tonight.
/ Mrs Sarah P. Cartwright died in
Portland on the 18th, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. L. o. Dodge. She
was the widow of Theodore Cart.
wright, and was we'll known in The
Dalles, where she resided a number of
years. Deceased was 6S years OF age,
and had resided in Oregon since 1853.
This morning Recorder Phelps inn
posed fine of S35 on G. Murray for
drunkenness. Murray was allowed to
pay S. of the fine and the remainder
stands against him during his good be-
havior. A lewd woman was also fined
$40 for being drunk, and a bad man
from Portland who had been ordered
to leave town was jailed for non-com-
pliance with the order of the marshal.
Some time since certain real prop
erty belonging to Thos. Denton
was sold by the sheriff and bought in
by the plaintiff, J. F. Binns, and today
motion was argued before the circuit
court asking that an order be issued
giving the purchaser immediate pos
session of the property. H. Fl. Riddell
presented the case of the petitioner
and j. L. Story that of the defendant.
The grand jury made quick work of
Lewis Boggs' case. 1t was the first
case take up this morning, and when
court convened after noon the jury re-
ported true bill, charging Boggs with
larceny of span of horses and wagon.
This is speedy work, considering that
Boggs was only arrested on Thursday
of last week at Victoria, B. c., and
was landed in Jail here Saturday morn
ing.
A. S. MacAllister arrived yesterday
from his stock farm in the southern
part of Gillian county, when he has
been experimenting the shearing of |
his focks. Mr.. MacAllister says the |
ranchmen and farmers in that section
are in q prosperous condition. They |
have sold large number of beef and |
mutton, are shearing the best clip of
wool for years, and have excellent crop
prospects.
Travel across the Cascades is begin
ming earlier this season than last.
Referring to it the Prineville Review
says: From William Wigle, the mail
carrier on the Sisters route. we learn
that parties with their pack horses
came oyer the Cascades by
the Mckenzie route. They encountered
snow, but 1t was hard.
A band of horses was on this side
Waiting to cross over, and several
;eams on the other side are waiting to
come this way and it is possible that
n weeks time traYel will commence
News from up the river is encourag-
ng, and allin probability the river
cached its highest stage for the year
when it registered 42.6. The
eport telegraphed from Pague this
morning was: "Weiser fall one-tenth,
lewiston fall six x-tenths, UmatiIla fall
ix-tenths, Northport. rise IL, We
atchee rise two-tenths. The river at
he Dalles will fall gradually until
when there will probably be
rise." In this last statement Mr.. Z
'ague is probably incorrect, as dis
atches sent to the o. R. & N. state
nat cool weather prevails at the head
the river today. =