The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-13
(From Thursdays Daily.)

(From Thursdays Daily)
II Geo. Conser, 4 banker of Heppner
spent the day in the city.
DR.. Sanders came down from Sher
man county this morning.
The w. G. T. U. will meet at tn,
residence of Mrs. w. b. Biggs at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
, The gr--d jury was discharged a
noon today having disposed of the
business for the present term of court
The costumes for the mask ball vii
not arrive until tomorrow evening
They will be displayed at Skibbe':
hotel all day Friday.
| Today A. Ganger was arrested and
brought before Justice Fiiloon on 6
charge of assault and battery. The
hearing was set for 10 o'clock Satur
day.
The members of the Commercial
Club are requested to meet at their
rooms at 1880 tonight, as the committee
appointed by the legislature to ex.
anime the site of the portage railway
| will be present.
The Os born case will be the only
| jury trial at this term of court, all the
civil cases having been disposed OF or
| placed in such u condition that the
services of jurors will be unnecessary
in determining them.
! The case of the state vs.. Dan Osborn
was called up in court at o'clock this
| afternoon, but was continued until to-
morrow, owing to Osborn's attorney.
Hon. E. B. Dufur, being in Salem, and
cannot be here until tomorrow.
Yesterday lot 13. block IL in Thomp-
sons addition to Dalles city was sold
at sheriff's sale to satisfy a judgment
held by Mays & Grove against Geo.
Armstrong and wife. The property
was bid in by Jos. I. Peters for SS3.
Today Bert Hawthorne, who has
been confined in the county Jail for
several months past, was examined as
to his mental condition by DR.. o. c.
HoIlister before District Attorney A.
A. Jayne, and was adjudged insane.
On account of being unable to get
certain commodities with which to
serve suitable lunch, the young men
of the NJ. Z. church have determined
to not give their social tomorrow even
ing, but have postponed it one week.
Nature continues to be liberal in her
bestowals SO far as moisture is con-
certained, and has sent down splendid
shower of rain today. 1t falls on the
just and unjust alike, and is said to be
even falling on the lawmakers at
Salem.
The o. r. & N. Co. now has force
of men at work constructing double
chute cattle corral at Echo. There has
been single-chute corral at that place
for some years, but this had become
inadequate for the steadily increasing
shipm ents.
J. NJ. Powell, a prominent farmer of
Grass Valley, was in the city yester-
day. Mr.. Powell reported the pros
poets for an abundant crop in Sherman
county very iattering, and said there
would be larger acreage of wheat
sown in that county this season than
ever before.
This moruing Carl Douglass, in
dicted for assault with dangerous |
weapon, withdrew his plea of not |
guilty, and on motion of the district |
attorney, was allowed to enter plea of
guilty to simple assault. He was fined
S75, which he paid and was discharged
from further custody.
Chas. L. Lowell. the engin rwho
planned the Cascade portage road, is
in the city today, and has been looking
over the grounds of the proposed Cello
portage. He will make a more
examination tomorrow with
the senate committee appointed to in
vestigate the feasibility of the road.
Word was received here this morn
ing of the death of Ray Pephley at
Boise, Idaho, on Feb. 8. Deceased
was about 25 years of age and leaves a
wife and one child. He was an Oregon
ian by birth and cousin of Mrs. c. S.
Van Duyn and Mrs J. Forwood, of this
city. When quite young he was ap-
pointed cadet to West Point, but had
to give up school on account of ill
health.
The last of the salmon eggs from
California have hatched, and the
Clackamas hatchery now shelters
8 100000 salmon fry, taxing its capacity
to the utmost. So many batched about
the same time that new trays and facil-
tiles for handling them had to be
rigged up on short notice. In five or
six weeks most of the young fish will
be turned out, but few thousand will
be kept awhile longer, and fe l on beef
liver until they are about three inches
long, when they will be released.
The play is about declared off at
Salem, and the legislative hold-up
seems liable to result In a permanent
deadlock. Yesterday the opposing
forces of the republican party hada con-
ference with view of effecting COM
promise, but nothing was accomplished.
Mitehell's followers refuse to withdraw
him from the senatorial race, and the
anti-Mitchell forces refuse to go into
permanent organization in the hOuss
until they have guarantee that Nit
chell will not again bob up as candi-
date
A number of friends of Miss Lulu
Berian gave her pleasant farewell at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Riddell,
where Miss Lulu had been invited to |
spend the evening until train time. |
But suddenly she was surprised by the
arrival of about twelve of her friends |
who gained admittance and spent the
evening in playing games and of dis
cussing an elegant lunch until about |
10 o'clock, when all escorted the guest |
of honor to the train, there to say
goodby and exchange many good |
wishes. Miss Berian goes to Biegs to |
live with her sister.
From frIoay's Daily
Capt. McNulty is up from Mosier to-
day.