The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
From Tuesdays Daily.

| I1ou. Dc IL. hooiOTu, VI N1Oio, SpSb
today in the city.
The Misses Lay are both improving
their recovery.
Prof. ]. S. Landers is quite ill, anG
unable to attend his duties as teacher
in the high school.
Judge Bartholomew, of Morrow
county is in the city today visiting
friends and acquaintances.
Spring showers and May day sun
shine have alternated today, supplying
great variety of weather.
Receiver Biggs, of the land Office
went to Wasco last night to look after
his interests in that place.
The local minstrels are getting them
selves in shape to appear in the roll of
burptcork artists in the near future.
Capt. J. W. Shaver and Capt. c. W.
Hosford, two prominent steamboat
men of Portland, were in the city to-
day.
The genial Mr.. Abrahams, of the
Mason, Ehrman Co. of Portland. made
one of his regular visits to the city to-
day.
W. M. English. of San Francisco,
spent the day in the city taking orders
among the city grocers for Babbitt's
soap.
w. A. Hendricks was in from Dufur
today and reports roads almost impass-
able between that place and The
Dalles.
This afternoon Sheriff Driver left for
Salem taking with him Bert Haw-
thorn who was committed to the asy-
lum some time since.
There were only SO senatormakers at
the joint convention in Salem yester-
day. OF course they didn't elect any
senator, but adjourned to noon today.
- Yesterday articles were filed with
the secretary of state incorporating
tn" Davidson Fruit Co., principal place
of business Hood River, capital stock
1000.
The management of the entertain
ment Evenings with Dickens" have
secured the Vogt opera house for the
evenings of the 25th and 26th of this
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Lord. Mrs. D. M.
French and Mrs. II. S. Wilson, who
have been visiting in California the
past two months, returned home Sum
day night.
Wood dealers in The Dalles are long,
ing for an upstream wind on the Col
umbia TO drive their scows loaded with |
cord wood from the Cascade mountains |
to The Dalles.
Judge Stephen A. Lowell and wife |
arrived from Pendleton this morning.
The judge lectures in the congrega-
5ional church tonight, his subject being
Thou Shalt Not"
The Dalles is soon to have a steam
aundry, gentleman from Yakima
having leased the building on the cor
Ter of Third and Jefferson streets for
hat purpose.
This morning F. F. Graham, of
left for the Prinevills country
or the purpose of buying horses for
he Chicago market. He wants either
leavy dray horses or good roadsters.
Yesterday was dull day at the
tate capital. The senate convened at
80, and after the Introduction of one
ill by Wade, adjourned. The Benson
louse simply met and adjourned.
1t is now reasonably safe to say that
fitchell will not be elected senator, at
east at this session of the legislature.
)nly 36 members answered to rollcall
q the joint convention at noon today.
Friday evening the gentlemen of the
[. E. church will give social under
1e auspices of the Good Intent
ociety. The same program advertised
'r last Fridays social will be rem
cred.
The Indian camp, near Cottage {
rove, Lane county, was destroyed by
e the other morning. The Indians
! got drunk and left the camp, and in |
me way it caught fire and burned ,
lth its contents.
h. Wood arrived last night from