The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-01-16
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

city today.
o. L. Stranahan. of Hood River
spent the day in the city.
John Wagonblast, of Three-Mile, il
seriously ill with pneumonia.
DIR. Doane was a passenger on tn {
afternoon train for Portland.
,fhe two new residences that J. T.
Peters is building on Fourth street are
nearing completion.
E. B. Mcfarland, of Portland, spent
the forenoon in the city. He left on
the afternoon train for Portland.
Two WEARY Willies" fell into the
clutches of the law last night and are
doing service on the streets today.
Norman Wilson,. who was here at
tending the funeral Of his mother, left
this afternoon for his home in Colo
rado.
From the increased number of rob-
berries that occur in the city, it appears
that the formation of law and order
society in The Dalles might become a
necessity.
Tickets to the charity ball to be Civ
en- by the Flks on Friday evening, Jan.
%, will be on sale by the members of
the order, and have been placed at
S1.50 each.
DIR. Hollister was called to Center
vile, WASH, last night, and returned
this morning. He reports the roads
between The Dalles and Centeryille
in fearful condition.
The vote for senator taken in the
Idaho Legislature yesterday resulted In
no election. Clagett and Dubois were
In the lead, tho former receiving 30
and the latter 26 votes.
The Good Templars' "Wbeel of Good
Luck Social' next Saturday evening
will be something new in the line of
socials. an excellant program is being
prepared. Everyone is invited.
John Brookhouse and daughter
were in from Dufur today. Skibbee
says Mr.. Brookhouse's business in the
city was 10 procure q marriage license,
but for whom Mr.. S. did not say.
The funeral of G. Wagonblast, who |
died ut his home on Tbree-Mile yes
terday, took place today at the family |
residence, and the remains were laid |
to rest in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
Oregon has half a legislature in good
Ii. I,nt ho nrh hull hup
balked. Too many candidates for
speaker, and contested election case
from Coos county are the causes Ofthe
hitch.
A telephone message received at 8
o'clock this afternoon from Salem
stated that the house had not been or
ganized at that hour, the factions not
having been able to agree upon u
speaker.
The Washington legislature is fairly
down to business, both houses being
permanently organized, and bills for
new laws are being introduced by the
dozen. The first ballot for senator
will be taken next Tuesday.
Since the house failed TO effect per-
manent organization the first day OF
the session, voting will not be COM
menced for u. s. senator until the 18th,
and possibly not@--then unless the
speakership light is settled this week.
Last night a buggy harness was
stolen from horse belonging to Mrs.
w. II. VanBibber. The horse and
buggy were left at the rear of Van
Bibber g. Worsley's store, and some
time during the evening the harness !
was Carried away
The deadlock in the organization of
the house of representatives bodies no ,
good for Senator Mitchell. The Bit
terness that is engendered over the
speakership fight will be difficult to
quell, and it will no doubt be carried
into the senatorial contest.
The matter of securing diamond
drill to prospect for coal seems to be {
slumbering. This should not be. A coal r
mine means too much for The Dalles :.
to allow the prospecting to stop for !
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cost only a few hundred dollars.
Major George S. Wilson, assistant
acknowledgement on the staff of Cen
eral Otis, department commander o;
Vancouver, died at his home in Van t
couver yesterday, aged 54 years. Major F
Wilson was veteran of the war of the
rebellion, having enlisted as private h
1881.
The Office of the Astoria Street Rail-
way Co..was entered yesterday morn q
ing by masked man, who knocked =
the watchman down, took the keys
to the safe from him, opened the safe /.
and secured $50. Later in the day
Henry Snow, former employe of the
company, was arrested and confessed
che crime.
The members of the house of repre-
sentatives in the Oregon legislature
have often themselves into an entan-
clement that is not easy to get out of.
The contest for speakership is SO Bit
ter, that it will probably delay perma- j
nent,organization for some time. The
republican members are unable to de- b
eide upon who shall be speaker, and u
the democrats and popu1ists, who are l.
in decided minority, are keeping
their hands off the fight. b
Last evening Henry Rose. lad !"
about II years of age, and another BOY
were scuffling over pistol that was
supposed not to be loaded, when the
thing went off, the ball striking the p
Rose boy in the center of the right p
hand lodging against a bone. DIR Hol
lister removed the ball, and the little e
fellow suffers but little Inconvenience
from the wound, though he will hardly S
use pistol for toy again soon. a
Travellers on tho D. p. & A. N. line "
will regret to learn that Truman But
Ter has resigned the position of purser
on the steamer Regulator, since it was !
always pleasure to meet him ON the u
boat. The position b ,s been taken by u
G. D. Snowden, formerly in the en-
ploy of the o. r. S N. Co, who will