The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-08

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Acarload of North Carolina smoking
tobacco was taken through The Dalies
| yesterday over the 0. r. & n. railway.
1t was brought from Mt. Airy, North
Carolina and was consigned to the
Rosenfeld- Smith company, Portland.
The practice of shipping smoking to,
bacco in carload lots is new depart
ure, such business having up to this
time been carried in small lots only,
and is q rather noticeable enterprise
on the part of the Portland firm.
From Tuesdays Daily.
| L. E. Grove went to Portland this
morning.
MIR. Brookhouse, of Dufur, Is still
visiting in the city.
| Last night car load of hogs was
shipped from the stock yards to Trout
dale.
| One lone hobo occupies cell in the
city Jail, SOLDERING mp from nights de-
bauch.
Until May IA, F. W. L. Skibbe will
pay the highest cash price for fat
turkeys.
Hugh Glenn returned to Astoria to-
day to look after his railroad contract
at that place.
Is The Dalles going to celebrate the
Fourth of July? If it is, now is the
time to begin rustling.
Pendleton has two base ball teams
with rather suggestive names. One
club is the "Kids" and the others the
POTATOES.
Yesterday Frank Connolly was out
to Five-Mile and reports the ground in
that country literally covered with
little grasshoppers.
A considerable amount of wool was
received here yesterday from about
Dayville, in Grant county, also few
loads from Crook county.
Mrs. Payette, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Leon Rondeau, at
Tygh, left on the boat this morning
for her home at Vancouver.
Ernest Jessup and family, who re-
Gently arrived here from Willamette
valley, have located at Wamic, where
Mr.. Jessup will engage in farming.
DIR. T. Cauthorn, OF Portland, has
made a record at bowling that not
even Judge Bradshaw or Joe Bonn, of
this city. ever hope to equal. His
average for l6 games was 41.62.
Mayor Menefee contemplates return
ing to Dufur tomorrow to spend
month or two rusticating on the farm.
Mr.. Menefee's health has been failing
for some time, and he has found rest
from work necessary.
Messrs. Cameron & Simonson will
soon open a candy factory in the room
formerly occupied by the Central Book
store. They expect to enter into the
of candy, and also run
ice cream and soda parlors.
This forenoon M. B. Murchie had
one of his fingers bitten almost off by
a horse whose mouth he was examin-
ing. He put his hand into the horses
mouth, when the animal objected to
such familiarity, and shut his jaws
down upon Mr.. Murchie's finger.
Word has been received here that
Judge L. l.. Macarthur, of Portland, is
dangerously ill at Walla Walla, suffer-
ing from Bright's disease and heart
troubles. The judge has many friends
in The Dalles who will regret to learn
of his illness, especially since there Is
little hope of his recovery.
The weather in Harney valley for
the past 10 days has been clear and
cool, aud the stockmen have been ac-
tive in moving their herds out onto
the open range, for the double purpose
of getting them off of the river bottoms
and fiat lands subject to overflow, and |
economize the expense of longer feed
ing hay.
A man by the name of Meeks was
arrested at Hood River yesterday on
charge OF horsestealing. The case was
Up for examination in the justice court
If Hood River today, the state being
by Hon. John Michel and
,he defense by G. w. Phelps, both of
whom went down on the train this
Fire early yesterday morning de-
'troyed four wooden lodging-houses,
1t Spokane. The property of the ten
lnts, the houses being filled, were also
most of the inmates escap-
ng in their nightclothes. The loss is
5000, fully covered by insurance. The
were owned by the Hypo-
HEX bank.
This morning Mr.. Schanno brought
20 this office limb of a plumb tree,
hat apparently was healthy except
hat the leaves were slightly withered,
,ut under powerful glass it showed
% be covered with small mites no
arger than a pin point. These little
Insects lived off the sap of the leaves
Ind no doubt were the cause of their
Cougars are reported to be numerous
rear Fletcher's mill, on Weston noun
ain, Umatilla county. One, it is re-
,orted, walked right into camp re.
emily while the men were absent with
he guns and passed through the yard
# the McSassin cabin, where children
gere playing. They set the dog on it,
nd it trotted leisurely away. growing
Is displeasure.
Today C. E. Bayard and Frank Wat
ms, administrators of the estate of !
'erry Watkins, deceased, began action {
,r $1,000 against the Standard Oil Co.
everal months ago the Oil Co. erected \
D oil tank In the county road leading t