The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-22
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Marriage license was issued toda,
to Francis NJ. Warner and Lydia B
Otey, both of Nansene.
At $3.50 this afternoon the river hat
reached the 40 foot mark on the gauge
at the D. P. & A. N. dock.
Yesterday County Clerk Kelsay
issued marriage license to S. E
Smith and G. B.. McKeller.
F. A. Seufert, of this place, has beer
granted patent on can washing de-
vice for use in fish and fruit canneries
Work is progressing nicely on the
new Catholic church, and if kept up al
the present rate the building will be
completed early next fall.
P. J. MCGOWAN, one of the leading
salmon Gamers OF Astoria. who has
been in the city the past few days, left
on the Portland express this morning.
The man Hamilton who was injured
by the cars Monday morning has been
taken to the poor farm, and although
his back is broken. he clings to life and
may recover.
W. T. Wiseman contemplates buy
ing train load of mutton If he sucf
ceeds in getting sheep at prices to suit,
he expects to start trainload to
s Chicago about the last of Jnne.
Wasco county farmers are preparing
for harvest, and have begun purchas.
ing their machinery. Yesterday G.
W. Phelps sold 81, 600 of harvesting ma
chinery, including Buffalo Pitt steam
thresher.
There Is considerable mining ex-
citement about Canyon City. Placer
claims are being located all around
over the hills surrounding the city,
and some wonderful prospects haye
been discovered.
Prof. n. L. Talkington has been
elected principal of the Pendleton
schools. His name would indicate that
he is the right man in the right place,
for certainly man to be the head of
the schools in Pendleton must be
talker.
This morning the ladies of the Catho-
lie church held a'meeting to arrange
for holding church fair for the bene- |
fit of the new churce, and it was deter |
mined to hold the fair some time early |
in the fall. possibly about the first of |
September.
This afternoon Mr.. Brooks received
a telegram from B. S. Pague, stating
that the river would continue to rise
slowly for few days, and rapid rise
would occur on and after Friday. Ex-
treme warm weather may be expected
the next few days.
The warehouses in The Dalles are
filing with wool, but no sales of the
1897 clip have thus far been reported.
While there are number of wool buy
ers here, the market is still dull, and
will likely show no activity until the
bulk of the wool is in.
The revival meeting of the Metho-
dist church were begun in the large
tent erected on Judge Blakeley's lots
on Fourth street last evening, and a
good sized crowd was in attendance.
The meetings are conducted by Messrs.
Wood, Warner and Spaulding.
Many Irish and English girls are
coming to this country, first, to seek
work, and afterwards, to seek hus-
band. tits stated that they can come
nearer supporting husband than
their American sisters which is the
reason they are finding opportunity
in this country. II
last Saturday at Dufur, Sam John
ston had his right foot severely crushed
by getting it entangled in water d
wheel. DIR. Hollister was called to
Dufur last night in consultation with
DIR. Dietrich and pronounces Mr.
Johnston's injuries severe though no j
dangerous. II
The business of J. T. Peters & Co. {
has SO increased that more room in
their Second street store is found nee
essary, hence the building will be en-
larged. Today carpenters began tear
ing down portion of the building they
occupy preparatory to putting on an
addition 20x1OO feet.
In a few days Charles U'Ren, a
prominent sheep raiser of the southern
part of the county, will go to Dakota to
look for summer range for his focks
If he succeeds in finding suitable range
he will ship his sheep to Dakota after
shearing and will put them on and
Chicago market this fall.
A religious fanatic, Mrs. Alta D.
Braden, was arrested yesterday at 1
.Pendleton and adjudged insane. She
came from Harrison, Idaho, and has /
been crazed by the idea that the Cath.
olics are trying to get control OF the
United States. She has been sent to
the insane asylum at Salem.
Reports from up the river are not
encouraging to those of us who live on
low ground in The Dalles. The weather Ii
continues hot in the mountains at the
uCdu VI UaC SOluADAo, ono ohohO iiNOi |
is not falling as rapidly as we would
desire. If the hot weather continues
the river may yet reach the 50-foot
mark.
John Campbell, who went to Ross
land short time since, writes back
from North Fork, B. c., that every
thing there is promising, and North
Fork is destined to soon become an
important mining camp. The Airing
ton mine of that place has 200 tons Of
ore on the dump ready for shipment
and has thousands of tons in sight.
James Connolly, of Burnt Ranch, is
here with the first lot of his wool clip.
He says shearing has just fairly
begun in the Mitchell country, and by
the last of the month large quantities
of wool from that section will be NOV
ing toward this place. Mr.. Connolly
thinks the wool clip of that section
will be considerably larger this season
than last.
From Thursdays Daily.
The wind attained velocity of 80
miles an hour this forenoon.
About %, 600 pounds of wool we're re-