The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-06-26

date.
DIR. Sidall returned yesterday from
Portland. The doctor attended the
celebration OF the diamond Jubilee IN
Portland, and reports it a grand affair
A parcel of land belonging to the
Ireland estate at Mosier, was sold by
the administrator today, and was sold
to gentleman by the name of Aiken,
for S367.50.
The directors of Moro public schools
have selected W. S. Maybury, of Linn
county, and Miss Josie Sphinx, of Vase }
county, to teach the next term begin
ming next fall.
The courthouse in Colfax has be-
come so filled with bedbugs that the
officers took a half-holiday Saturday
afternoon while the janitors fnmigated
the building by burning sulphur.
A man by the name of Melrose was
arrested here last night and taken to
Arlington on the train this morning.
Melrose is wanted for stealing num-
ber of articles from Capt. Nelson of the
Arlington ferry.
Some active man who wants to make
money can secure a paying position,
one in which he can make extra good
wages, and learn something to his ad-
vantage by calling at this office within
the next few days.
Mrs. Judge Townsend, of Portland,
who had been attending the Baptist
Convention in Goldendale, was a guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. f. Van Norden last
evening, and left on the boat this
morning for her home.
After an illness of nearly five months
with typhoid fever, Miss Carrie Butler
has sufficiently recovered to be able to
travel, and in company with Mrs.
Truman Butler left this morning for
Centralia to visit her sister.
Send your orders for barbed wire to
Mays & Grove, The Dalles. They ar
making red hot prices when cash ac-
the order. Two pointed
Glidden wire, at S2.35 per 100 pounds,
and Genuine Baker $2.45x
Walla Walla has stirct peddlers'
license law for the protection of her
local venders and enforces it with a |
The other day two men and
/ boy were arrested for peddling need
les in the city and were fined SIS each. |
Too much rain fell the first of the
week to suit the farmers in the foot
Hills about Walla Walla, and they are
kick against the ele-
nents. Those farmers would complain
f they were called upon to migrate to
heaven.
Geo. w. Bartmess is on trial at
Union, having been indicted for MUIR
Ter in the first degree for having killed
Henry Sidell. Bartmess is a pioneer
# Union county and highly respected
itizen, hence sentiment is strong in
lis favor.
The only person in the county thus
ar heard from who was damaged by
1onday's shower was J. Fl. Blakeny.
Ie had about GO, 1000 brick on his yard
lmost ready to be put in the kiln. and
be rain reduced them to mud. The
,ud though can be gathered up and
but it will be at consider I
BILE expense.
Yesterday State Veterinary Surgeon
inspected number of
orses at Floyd's place on Three-Mile,
nd pronounced them affected with
lange. He had the horses quaran-
ned, and if they are not treated by I
,eir owners will order them killed. {
he horses are said to belong to Warm ]
pring Indians. S
The young people or the Y. P. S. c. t
;, of the Congregational church, will I
We railroad excursion" in the t
LII next door to the land Office tomor- '
wv evening The train will start at t
30. Round trip tickets 25 cents. /
unch will be served in the dining
y. Highly efficient train officials
care for the comfort and entertain e
ent of passengers.
A disastrous COLLAPSE in the English h
Gle industry is regarded as inevitable G
the near future. The leading COM b
mics all enormously increased their p
ltput, while the demand for machines il
less than one.quarter what it was "
is time last year. The stock of the e
Gle companies has dropped all !,
ound. American competition has
Id heavily on the English trade. 1t
now admitted that the American u
achines are far better value at the
ice than even the high grade and the .
ost renowned of the English makes.
The Victoria diamond jubilee at A
ortland closed Monday evening with h
grand banquet at Hotel Portland. @
here were spreads for 14S, and the 4
snquet lasted from 9:45 to II. The =
emu was par excellent and after din i
sr speeches were spirited. James u
aidlaw, British consul at Portland,
'esided. One of the happiest events 6
the occasion was the presentation of
tract of 107 acres to the city of Port
nd to be used as park by Donald
-acleay. Mr.. Macleay being unable
attend, the presentation was made }
= r. Livingston, and was accepted by
lderman Martin in behalf of the city. .
Several years ago Mr.. Wilkins, a
loneer settler of Lane county, was I
,ricken with paralysis, and he has /
cen until recently unable to hear Or u
or articulate Ian (
uage that could be understood, says
le Eugene Guard. From some un- f
nown cause, the faculty of hearing t
as been restored, and he is now able v
recognize sound and the meaning d
lereof, which before was as jargon
I'd gibberish to his partly paralyzed
,ain. With this return of the sense
hearing and understanding the
Gaming of words comes also partial
of his vocal powers. and he
able to speak an occasional word. 7
[r. Wilkins is 70 years of age.