The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-11-20
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


From Wednesdays Daily.
Snow fell at Gervais, Marion count
last Saturday.
Judge Mariner, of Blalcck, is
the city today.
Hon. D. W. Pierce, of Goldendale,
in the city today.
One car load of hogs from Dufur wa
shipped to Troutdale last night.
J.L. Taffe, of San Francisco, is her
visiting his brother, 1. Fl. Taffe,
Cello.
c. Summers Smith, justice of tn
peace for Boyd precinct, was in tn
city today.
Miss Manning, of McMinnville, i
visiting in the city, the guest of Mrs
G. F. Stephens.
Mrs. T. F. Wood and son went tt
Portland this morning to spend a few
days visiting in that city.
The deficit in the internal revenue:
since July 1st amounts to S3S, 900, 900
Bond issues will soon be in order.
This morning P. c. Snyder left for
Antelope to work in the interest of the
special edition of the Times-Moun.
taineer.
You are invited to call and examine
quality and prices of mems, women s
and children's wooden under sIits just
received at the Racket store.
Wasco county wheat continues to
find it's way to Portland, in spite of the
blockade there. The D. P. & A. N.
boats take full cargos down every day.
This morning James Morrell was ar.
rested on charge of robbery. He is
charged with having relieved a man of
his purse in the Union street lodging
house last night.
The checks for the payment of pre-
miums awarded to the recent district
fair have been madeaout, and parties
to whom premiums were awarded can
get the same by calling at the D F. &
A. N. office.
Col..Frank J. Parker, editor of the
Walla Walla Statesman, was passen-
ger on the train for Portland this
morning. The colonel is going to his
farm in Lincoln coun9y to recuperate
for short time.
The ladies of tho Circle want this,
the first annual ball of the order, to be
a success in every particular. 1t will
no doubt be the swell event of the
early winter, and the ladies are doing
everything possible to make it so.
The town of Gervais has been con-
siderably wrought up over the arrest
and trial of Prof. Sigmund for severely
chastising.a an unruly pupil. The court
held the the teacher was justified in
disciplining the lad, and he was ac-
quilted.
Secretary Alger has requested the
secretary of the interior to instruct
Alaskan officials to gather about 600
head of reindeer from the government
herds for use in the relief expedition
to be sent to the ice-bound whalers in
the Arctic.
Business in The Dalles has been a
little slack the past few days on ac-
count of storm, which has prevented
very many farmers coming to town, but
they are out preparing for another gol-
den harvest which will bring thousands
of dollars next year.
Thursday of last week Curry Coolidge
was shot and killed at Harbor, Joseph
inc county, by some persons concealed
behind brusi, near the road. The as
sassins are supposed to be parties by
the name of VanPelts with whom Mr..
Coolidge had had trouble.
The Portland wholesalers who passed
here Sunday evening, were little more
sociable with the people of Pendleton
and Walla Waila than they were with
the people of The DalIes. They pushed
right on to Spokane, leaving Word at
both places that they would call On
their return trip.
Today N. Whealdon has acted as
court interpreter in the case against
Simmons. Most of the witnesses being
sons of the forest are not conversant
with the English language, ana the
services of Mr.. Whealdon were solicited
to translate their answers. The way
he rattles off iargon is caution
w. L. Hendrick, who was in the city
this morning, reported FIVE inches OF
snow having fallen at Kingsley Mon
day night, but it was thawiEg rapidly
when he left there yesterday morning.
He says it will be very beneficial to
OF ain that was sown early in the fall,
but the ground is not yet wet enough
for blowing.
Next Monday the Portland Evening
Tribune will be converted into morn
ing paper, and will be enlarged to a
seven-column, eight-page edition. 1t
will have full press report, embrac'
ing a service from the entire world.
The Tribune promises to be a very
formidable rival to the Oregonian, as
it has plenty of money back of it to
keep it going until it shall be placed
on paying basis.
W. J. Bryan has offered large sum
of money to Ewing college, Benton,
ILL.,, to be known as the Mary Elizabeth
BRYAN prize fund. The income is to be
used annually during commencement
week in cash prizes for the best essays
ON the science of government. Mr..
Bryap's mother was student at Ewing
college. She was principal of the
Young Ladies college, Rqd resigned on
account OF i'll health.
e. Simmons, who was jointly in,
dicted with Hugh Brown and Robert