The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-06
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Saturdays Daily)
q. c. Rooper, of Ridgeway, is in the
city.
Attorney b. h. Riddell went te
Portland on the morning train.
Hon. A. h. Breyman, of Portland
was in the city last night en- route tt
Hay Greek.
In the stock yards here today ther'
are two car loads of fine hogs, the pro
duct OF wasco county, that will b'
shipped tonight to Troutdale.
Otto Kleemann, the architect of th'
Catholic church, spent yesterday il
the city looking oyer the building, ant
left this morning for his home ia Port
land.
Yesterday VIM. Head brought VI
80 head of cattle on the boat from Sill
yerton. He will take the cattle tt
Arlington to be turned on the range
there.
Four offenders appeared in Recorder
Sinnott's court this morning or
charges of being drunk and disorderly
Two were fined S. each, one $40 an6
the other SIS.
Last evening Court The Dalles. F
ofA. was entertained by Chief Ranger
Ben Wilson, who broke bread for the
members and made them feel that il
was Joy to be Foresters.
Yesterday little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Slade, aged about for years
fell down the cellar stairs in theil
hotel ut Grants, and received baG
shock, but was not seriously injured.
The change in the time of the ar
rival of the Spokane flyer will be &
great convenience to people Of The
Dalles, as the Portland mail will here
after get here and be distributed by a
few minutes past o'clock each even
ing.
The contractors who built E. o. Nc
Coy's new residence have completed
their work, and now Mr.. Mccoy is
busily engaged furnishing the house.
This is one of the handsomest resi-
dences in the city, and is an ornament
to that part of the town.
When the death of Henry George
was announced in New York yester-
day, the Jefferson democracy of that
city assembled and substituted the
name of Henry George, jr., for the
name of the deceased, as candidate for
mayor of Greater New York.
George Hufmann, prominent cattle
raiser of North Dakota and old settler
of that state, is here visiting his
nephew, George Keller. and also look
ing for location to engage in the
cattle business. Mr.. Hufmann is we'll
pleased with what he has seen in Ore
gon, and thinks it possesses advantages
over North Dakota as cattle country.
E. Schanne returned last evening
from Portland where yesterday he at
tended a meeting Of the citizens to ar.
range for holding the annual session
of the Northwestern Fruit Growers
Association which will be held in Port
land on January 11th and 18th.
Thursday night Richard Crocker,
the millionaire gambler and Tanmany
boss, appeared before an audience at
Tammany hall to introduce Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago, and was re-
.ceived with Kisses. Finding out how
little he was respected even by his
own clan, he retired to an obscure
place on the platform.
The entertainment given by the Ep-
worth League at the Baldwin last night
was q complete success in every re-
spect except the attendance. Every
number Of the program was excep-
tionally well rendered, and the tab
leaus were perfect. The entertainment
was well worthy of patronage. and
should it be repeated, it is hoped the |
attendance will be better.
$ The good, old days of big teams and
prairie schooners are not passed en-
tirsly. Occasionally the merry jingle
of team bells is heard on the streets,
and long string of horses are seen
vending its way into town with load.
Today one was noticed in the East End
Ia ten-horse team drawing three
wagons loaded with ITO sacks of wheat
and driven by Harry Hudson of Dufur.
Two Oregonians were made happy
yesterday. They were Col. o. Sumers,
of Portland, whom the president ap-
pointed appraiser Of merchandise, and
Zoeth Houser, sheriff of Umattilla
appointed q. S. marshal for
the district of Oregon. They received
the recommendation of the Oregon
some time ago. 1t will now
be in order for the president to appoint
Judge Hall q. S. District attorney and
Ike Patterson collector of customs.
The Canyon City News says the ex-
penses OF the recent term Of circuit
court in Grant county were $4,000.
Justice comes high In Grant county,
and the News thinks it will continue
to be expensive until all the county's
sheep thieves and murderers are sent
to Salem. If there are many OF this
class in the county the taxpayers will
soon be bankrupt if the News esti-
mates are correct, for only two were
sent below the last term of court,
which makes $1,000 a piece that they
have cost the county.
We desire to thank Bro. Turner, of
The Dufur Dispatch, for the extended
notice given our illustrated edition,
Ind will also take this opportunity to
tate, that we intend to use the highest I
lass of half tones obtainable, also !
rood book paper, with an attractive c
over, and as we are receiving almost |
Universal support in this effort, will g
,e able to show up the resources OF r
Vasco and Sherman counties more
than it has ever been done
ef0re. F
Not long since the Corvallis Gazette t
ublished the following: "Geo. Bow l,
rs was out hunting Sunday, and when C
ear the Corvallis Touring mills shot a t
r.