The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-06
up Saturday and returned home Sun

County court convened today and 1s
now taking up probate matter.
Train No. l, west bound, was 2hours
and 80 minutes late this morning.
The new time card of the o. R. & N.
Co. went into effect this morning.
County School Superintendent Gill
bert is visiting the different county
| schools.
Regulator line of boats made extra
trips to Portland yesterday, carrying
extra large cargoes of wheat.
4 Hon. B. S. Huntington is in Salem
| arguing case before the state supreme
court.
Those receiving invitations to the
Circle Bail will be fortunate, aud every
i, one to unit will doubtless accept.
2 Mr.. l.. Fl. Kretzer and Mr.. John
McMillen, two prominent farmers from
Wasco, were in the city yesterday.
Messrs. E. E. Lyttle, president, and
D. C. O'Riely, manager, of the Colum-
| bia Southern Railway, spent Sunday
in the city.
Yesterday DR.. Gesner, of Prineville,
r arrived here with 130 head of beef
, which he delivered to the Union Meat
t Co. of Troutdale.
The regular quarterly examination
. of teachers will be held bv the exam
. lining board on Wednesday, Nov. 10th,
r at the county court house.
Circuit Judge Bradshaw, .Prosecut-
ing Attorney Jayne and Judge Ben
/. nett returned from Prineville Satur-
, day, where they have been attending
J court.
The ladies reading circle, known as
! the Taine class, has reopened its meet
ings and the study of Diapers "Intel-
lectual Development of Europe will
be continued.
Last Wednesday in the circuit court
at Prineville, the jury that tried Bush
for the murder of Cadle, returned a
verdict of not guilty. Bush killed
Cadle at dance on Beaver Creek, last
July.
Everyone coming into The Dalles
by wagon, says that these is one con-
tinued stream of grain teams headed
this way, and hord of freight teams
loaded with all kinds of merchandise |
going into the interior.
Miss Florence Hilton entertained a
number of her young friends at Hal
loween party Saturday evening. The |
evening was pleasantly spent with
music and games and was thoroughly |
enjoyed by those present.
Tom Driver says the delayed over.
land passenger train ran over two
boys, at Mosier, who were fishing un-
der the bridge. He adds that the in
iuries received are undoubtedly fatal,
but the boys will live.
Mr.. j. 81. Cradlebaugh, editor of the
Chronicle, who has been to Baker City
for the past three weeks looking after
some mining property, returned Sun.
|day. Mr.. Cradlebaugh makes some
glowing reports about the mines which
are owned by Dalles people.
Commencing today, Monday, the
schedule time of passenger trains on
the o. r. & N. will be changed. The
arrival and departure will be as fol-
lows: No arrives at The Dalles 3:2O
A. NJ, departs $3.50 A. M, No. 3 arrives
A. NJ, departs 9:25. No. 2 arrives 12:45
A. M, departs 1850. No. arrives 5:25
P. NJ, and departs $50.
Mr.. Steve Thompson, aged 81 years,
died yesterday afternoon at 5 minutes
past four. Mr.. Thompson had been
suffering for nearly month with ty-
phoid fever. The deceased was mem
ber of the Woodmen and will be bur-
ried under the auspices of that lodge
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. He
leaves wife, one married daughter,
and three children.
Too much encouragement cannot be
given literary effort in the town and it
is with pleasure that we learn of the
success with which the public library
is meeting. 1t has been open but
twice and has taken in about eighteen
new members and many more have ex-
pressed desire to join. This is some- I
thing to which every citizen in the
town should subscribe.
Invitations will soon be issued for
the Circle Ball to be given by the G
Order of Women of Woodcraft, of I
Cedar Circle. All lovers of the poetry :
of motion will herald the event with /
pleasure. The ball will occur about l
the 10th of November. Those having
in charge the arrangements for this 8
ball intend making it the swell event Il
by Birgfeld, that prince of musicians
in our city, of whom we feel Justly !,
proud.
President Ida Foster, of the Rebecka =
Degree, accompanied by Jim Blakney
and wife, C. ]. Crandall and wife, Mrs.
Comini, Miss Phirman, Harry Clough, =
Adolph Phirman, Paul Paulsen and IL
Thomas Ward and wife visited the :"
lodge at Dufur, Saturday. A short L
session of the Odd Fellows was held, 81
after which the Rebecks degree met u
and exemplifed the. work. The visi- 81
tors and friends then partook of a Ii
banquet and were enter
tained the rest of the day with music. E
The party returned yesterday at one u
o'clock, and Tom Ward, who handled W
,he ribbons on Ward & Robertson's II
big wagonette, says that barring a.
,huck holes and dust, the trip was de- u u
ightful, although he feels somewhat o.
lighted that he was not taken for the T
Is
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Judge Bradshaw, who returned from ia
orineville Saturday, says that the
erm of conrt just completed, was the 8,
ongest he ever held there. In the ct
ase of Bush, charged with murder. IN
he defendant was found not guilty. II,
Attorney A. A. Jayne ac
nd Geo. Barnes appeared for the on
tate, and Judges Bennett and Brink, hi
Or the defendant. The case occupied to
hree days. One man was convicted r.,
osCo,,1t with q danoar0us weaDOn |