The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17

from visit OF two weeks in Portland.
This morning D. P. Ketchum ship
ped two car loads of sheep to Trout
dale.
Mrs. Dan Baker went to Portland
today for brief visit with friends in
that city.
Bishop O'Day, of Vancouver, Wash,
is in the city, the guest of Father
Bronsgeest.
Miss Anna Patterson left today for
Portland to spend few weeks visiting
friends there.
Henry Deltzel left today for Ellens.
burg, WASH, to begin prospecting in
the mines he has near that place.
A. B. Niles, the Walla Walla marble
man who has been in the city the past
two days, leaves tonight for his home.
County court adjourned last evening.
and Commissioners Blowers and Kin
ney left for their respective homes this
morning.
Miss Anna Stubling accompanied by
Esther Beck. were passengers on the
DalIes City this morning going to
Collins Landing.
Some repairs are badly needed on
the brewery grade, there being several
places on the grade that are really
dangerous to heavy teams.
Wash Moore, prominent farmer OF
Sherman county, is in the city today,
and says they will begin heading fall
grain the last of next week.
Ned Gates went to Portland today
intending to take the steamer for San
Francisco tonight. Mr.. Gates will be
absent from the city about two weeks.
The highwayman Bob Hinman. who
was recently brought back to Rose
burg from Colorado, has been con-
victed and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary.
Matt Busic. of Warm Springs, was
in the city yesterday. Like all others
from that section he reported crops
looking finer than sYer before seen at
this season of the year.
M. Randall and family and Mrs.
Isaac Joles were passengers on the
Dalles City this morning. Their des-
tination was Wind river, where they
go for summer outing.
AT noon today the thermometer reg
istered 81 in the shade, but by 2o'clock
had fallen to 95, the fall of temperature
being occasioned by slight north
easterly breeze.
County Treasurer Ward, of Clatsop
county, has turned up as defaulter,
his firm. Howard & Ward, having failed
for $4,000, considerable amount OF
which was county funds.
Last night The Dalles Commission
Co. shipped car of peach plums to
Cleveland. O., and tonight will start a
car to Milwaukee. This is the first
shipment of plums for the season.
A mistake was made in these col
umns few days since in mentioning
the price at which the contract was
let for building the Lutheran church.
1t should have been 81, 100 instead OF
81 ,435.
Clifford, the photographer. has gone
to Portland to prepare for the opening
of al establishment in this city. MIR.
Clifford has leased the gallery formerly
occupied by Herren, and expects to re-
open it about the 25th.
Any town with fire department
that gets out on such short notice as
did The Dalles department today when
an alarm was sounded, should feel
proud of its protectors, and show its |
appreciation by patronizing the fire.
mems excursion tomorrow.
Archbishop Gross has announced |
that he will De in The Dalles. on Sun.
day, July %, to ASST in the laying OF
the corner stone of the Catholic church,
and at the same time will deliyer
sermon. Elaborate preparations for
observing this event will be made by
the Catholics of this city.
John Gates, one of Wasco county's
staunch old democrats and unrelenting
free silver advocates, started to Port
land this morning for the purpose of
hearing w. J. Bryan's speech. Mr..
Gates proposes to engage front seat
and sit in it all Sunday night that be
may be sure of hearing the great silver
g address.
This morning Recorder Sinnott was
called upon for the first time to pass
sentence upon an unfortunate violator
of city ordinances. The offender was
a dusky maiden of the forest who had
too freely, and Judge Sinnott
the penalty, a fine of S.,
with as much deliberation and GOODNESS
as if he had served lifetime on the
bench.
The work begun by Mrs. L. M. Mil
Ter, of Eugene, to publish an Oregon
devoted to Western litera-
ture and the preservation of Indian
tradition and historical data is meet
ing with more than the anticipated
success, and she has decided to issue !,
he publication at Portland instead of ,
eugene, says the Guard. The first is
Iue will probably be out about Septem-
,er Is.
From Mondays. Daily. a
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Hinton, of Bake o
ven, are in the city. Y
81. Herbring went to Stevenson on OF