The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-06-12
From tr1day's Daily

Miss Alice Peters, who has beer
} visiting friends in the city, left thi
morning for Aurora.
Horace Patterson is having o room
fitted up on first street where, he will
soon open up a saloon.
Workmen have begun the founda
tion for E. o. McCoy's new residence
on Washington street.
! Judge Bennett and family went to
Portland this morning, and will spend
a few days in the city.
The basement Of the new Catholic
church is now about complete, and
work on the walls of the building has
begun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Schultz ar
rived from San Francisco last evening,
and are visiting their relatives in the
city.
Don't forget the date of the fire.
mans excursions. 1t is Tuesday, June
Is, and will be an event which no
loyer of amusement can afford to miss.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
will give grand ice cream social on
Wednesday, June 10Th, in the store
room adjoining the land Office. All
are cordially invited to attend.
The o. r. & N. is now doing large
freight and passenger business. The
passenger trains are loaded each way,
and the amount of freight traffic is un-
usual for this season of the year.
The wool receipts at The Dalles
warehouses have been large during
the passed week, something like two
million pounds of wool having been
brought in from the sheep ranges.
Everybody got ready for shower of
rain this forenoon, but the weather
clerk was not in humor to puncture
the clouds, and the rain that would
have been welcome failed to material
ize.
Mr.. aud Mrs. w. W. Brown, who
have been visiting in the city the past
week, left this morning for their home
at Cross Keys. They were accompanied
by Miss Maie Barnett, who will spend
the summer with them.
Notice:-We haye just received
new supply of second hand rockers,
also fine assortment of dishes and
nice bedroom suits. Call and get our
prices. Half block east of post Office:
Hoods old stand. W. A. ARBUCKLE.
Geo. R. King, the organist of Eman-
uel church, S. F., who was once ac-
cused of the murder of Blanche Lamont,
spent last night in the city. He was
by his father, DR.. w. q.
King, and they left together on the
boat for Portland this morning.
M. Herrick was up from Aberdeen
last night. Mr.. Herrick owns salmon
cannery at Aberdeen an d also a can
merry here, but is not over confident
the fish business this season.
He expects to have plenty of fish at |
but has no great expecta-
tions as to the catch in the upper Col |
umbia.
A slight misunderstanding occurred |
between q number of Indians last |
night who were somewhat under the in |
f1uence of liquor, and two of the braves
fell into the hands of the authorities.
This morning Recorder Phelps settled
with the braves, fining one S. and the
other $40. An unfortunate white man
also got into the city bastile from
and was taxed the
customary fine.
Business at The Dalles nursery is
Young trees and shrubs
are coming on better than ever before,
and in addition to these new member
was taken into the firm yesterday. It's |
a bouncing little boy. and r. Fl. Web
ber, proprietor of the nursery, informs |
the press that the new arrival is an |
ideal sample of the class of COM
modities produced at his establish |
ment.
This was ladies' day at The Dalles !
bowling alley, but M. T. Nolan by |
some unknown method won the good |
graces of the fair sex and was chosen
as one of the bowlers in a friendly con-
test between them, and broke the |
alley record by making score of SO.
By this feat he has an admission on all |
ladies' days hereafter and will hence
forth be first choise in choosing sides. |
The High Jinks for Saturday evening |
have developed so rapidly, that howl |
ing success. is assured. A brilliant |
is promised concluding with |
ghostly panorama of Bluebeard, with |
his defunct wives and his one lively |
spouse. Everybody will be there"
and everybody will have whole even
ing of fun. and all the refreshments he |
or she can eat, for % cents. Skirt |
dances, tableaux and all the latest |
are to be behind the foot |
lights. The entrance is at Miss Lays |
gate and it is expected that every one
and his best girl will be present.