The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-24
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
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From Wednesdays Daily.
Vie Marden went to Portland tn
morning.
Mrs. DIN. French returned last nigh
from Portland.
F.W.L Skibbe returned yesterda
from Portland.
Geo. w. Hunt, of Portland, is at tn
Umatilla House.
Will Ketchum and sister returne
from below last evening.
II. A. Rhea, banker and stock raiser
of Heppner, is in the city.
F. 81. Stanton. a prominent frui
grower of Hood River, is in the city.
Mrs. F. w. Miller. who has beel
quite i'll for some time, is convalescent
]. E. Krause, captain of Co. c., Q
N. G., at Pendleton has resigned nj
Office.
Regular meeting of Maccabees to
night. All loyal K. o. T. M. are re
quested to be present.
Mrs. C. c. Hobart was taken I'LL a
Cascade Locks yesterday and was
brought home on the local.
No mail from points east of Hunting
ton have arrived here since Monday
High water in Idaho is the cause.
Mrs. NJ. c. Nye, of Prineville, ar
rived on the stage last evening and
left on the boat this morning for Port
land.
Miles Leslie, of Wasco, is in the
city today, securing tickets for his
daughter who is coming out from the
east.
Leo Schanno is busy today fitting up
th5 room next to N. Harris store,
where he will soon open tobacco and
cigar store.
Mrs. Otto Birgfeld is home from
visit to Southern Oregon. She was
accompanied by her sister, Miss
Philomene Champagne.
Attorney Fl. Fl. Riddell returned
yesterday from below. While in Port
land he went to see Fannie Davenport.
and says she is by ODDS the best actress
he has ever seen.
It is evident that Pease & Mays are
preparing for high water, they are un-
loading three more full carloads OF
groceries today, making eight since
the first of the month.
Farmers on Eight-Mile- have about
completed their spring seeding. and
crops in that section prospect fine, says
ex-County Commissioner Darnielle,
who is in the city today.
Miss May Enright returned last
evening from Portland where she had
been to see Fannie Davenport, the
great actress who is playing a weeks
engagement in that city.
Hon. J: L. Cowan, Indian agent at |
Warm Springs, is in Portland attend
ing his son, Will Cowan, an employe |
of the custom house, who is danger
ously ill with Bright's disease.
The Dailes can boast of more cases |
of measles at present than almost any |
other city on the coast. About one in
five of the juvenile population is af-
fiicted with the measly disease.
The locks at Cascades are still being |
operated successfully. The steamer
Dalles City vas passed through the
canal at 1895 today, and the gates
worked all right, Notwithstanding the
high water. ts :sfss
Mrs. Dennis Bunnell is quite i'll with
measles. She exposed herself the night |
her residence burned, just as she was
taking down with the disease, hence is
in quite critical condition.
M. Morehead, of Pendleton, grand
organizer for the United Artisans, is
in the city, and will meet with the To-
cal lodge tonight for the purpose of
administering the obligation to num-
ber of new initiates.
In the "a hours from o'clock yes
terday the river has risen "a feet,
though the rise today has been more
gradual than during the night. At Z
o'clock this morning it stood at 2S.4,
while at o'clock this afternoon it was
29.3.
A. W. Patterson, for many years
editor of the Heppner Gazette, has
gone to Indianapolis to enter law
school, and will give up the occupation
of quill shower for that Of lawyer. All
his friends of the fraternity of scribes
wish him. success in his new field OF
labor.
The change in the schedules of the
passenger and mail trains on the o.
r. & N. is somewhat of an inconven-
ience to The Dalles since the Oregon
ian, which heretofore has arrived at
noon, will not reach here tile in the
afternoon. Otherwise the new arrange
ment will be fully as convenient as the
old.
Baker City is in rather an awkward
situation at present. The city is built
on two sides of Powder river, and the
recent high waters have carried away
all but one of the bridges connecting /
the two parts of the town, and the re-
manning bridge is unsafe. so there is
little communication between the resi-
dents of North and South Baker.
All the ladies in the city are hoping |
that the angel who presides over the
weather will be kind in his distribu- |
ton of sunshine next Friday afternoon |
SO that they may be able to attend to
the lawn social to be given by the |
Episcopal Guild at the residence OF
Mrs. Schenck. They are looking for
ward to most enjoyable afternoon if
the weather is propitious.
The bicycle is condemned by many |
as being the medium which has sup
planted the horse, and caused the down.
fall in the market for that noble animal,
still the wheel has some redeeming
features. 1t furnishes both recreation |
and pleasure to the owner, and is also
furnishing market for every old rub
ber shoe and boot in the country. They |
are being gathered up everywhere and
shipped to the factories to be converted
into bicycle tires.
1t is impossible at present to predict /,
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