The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-04-23
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
John Johnston, Of Dufur, is in towI
today.
Mrs. C. G. Hansen, of CRAFTS, is in
the city.
E. Jacobsen left today on business
trip to Dufur.
Frank Irvine left for his home at
Antelope this afternoon.
Murdock Finlayson, of Antelope,
came in on the stage today.
Rev. o. D. Taylor left for Portland
this morning on the Spokane flyer.
Gao. Johnston and wife are in the
city to-day from their home at Dufur.
Messrs. ]. W. and Smith French
went below on the boat this morning.
Rev. ]. A. Speer, wife and son, of
the Warm Spring agency, are in towr.
Miss Rose Kicks returned this morn.
ing from q visit to Miss Enright, at
Wasco.
Mat Mosgrove, travelling salesman
for Fleishne Meyer & Co. of Port
land, is in the city interviewing our
merchants.
Lem Burgess, prominent sheep
man of Bakeoven, is in town on busi-
ness.
Col. Thompson is confined to his
home with carbuncle on the back of
his neck
A drunk aud disorderly appeared |
before the recorder this morning and |
was fined five dollars.
J.E. Forbes, of Wasco, returnrd
last night from Hood River where he
has been on business trip.
Mrs. Ornsduff, of Wasco, left this
morning for Dufur. where she will
visit with her brother, V. Evsretts.
Today May. & Grove received a car-
load of buggy and hack wheels from
the Standard Wheel Co., of Chicago.
W. A. Johnston and wife, ac-
companied by her father, Mr.. Ballard,
left for trip to the Cascades this
morning.
Mrs.-W. e. Garretson and son, Lyn-
don, returned on the boat last evening
from Portland where they have been
visiting for thu past week.
Oh. Rolcomb went to Arlington
Yesterday to buy horses for the Seattle
market. He will return tomorrow,
and 60 below with the stock.
Oto Campbell, one of the best known
liveryman in the Northwest, has taken
a situation with Fred Archer, and has
charge of the livery part of the busi-
ness.
J. W. Downing. of California, is in !.
the city waiting for bunch of horses
he has sold to parties in Seattle. They :.
will be shipped TO the sound as soon as
they arrive.
One of the handsomest fronts in the .
city is that of the Midway saloon. ~
The artist, J. E. Hardy, has had the =
affair in hand, and has done some very "
artistic wood graining.
Tonight the Sarah Dixon will bring !, :,
up 100 head of yearllng cattle. They u
are from the Willamette valley, and III
will be pastured on our bunch grass O.
hills during the coming summer.
w. Arbuckle is in the field with
a full and complete stock of new and y
second hand furniture which he is u, -
selling right down TO the lowest prices. r
~ nd %
Mr.. Waterbury, who has charge of
the distillery at Grants, is in the city,
and says there is probability that the n'
will be opened again this - -
season for the purpose of manufactur- ID
ing alcohol. :.
W. M. Barnett prominent mer-
chant of Wasoo, is in the city, secur-
ing material for brick building he be
intends to erect in the near future. at
This structure is to be 50x100, and st
will be modern throughout. lie
A scow belonging to Jos. T. Peters, ~
was grounded on the sand beach above VI
town, the other day. The Dalles City
had to be called into service this ia
and towed the scow to tn W
mouth of Mill creek for repairs. to
He's the only husband you have, "
and you care about his appearance, at
more than he does. Moth in
Ing is mors drsssy than one OF those
now spring hats on display in A. M. &C
Williams & Co.'S. window. Take the til
hint?" T
Our popular fire engineer, George th
Brown, has the latest pictorial bulle- P
tins of the controversy with Spain. He re
has the front of the engine house nice fe
ly decorated, and will in the future,
now that war has been declared, re- ..
ceive daily the latest engravings by -
''wire." George is both enterprising -
and patriotic. M
Last Monday while chopping wood as
at his home in this city, Harry, son of M
Mrs. W. E. Sylvester, met with quite ii
q severe accident. He raised the axe te
and as he was ready to let it fall, it hi
caught on the clothes line, and came
down on his head, making an ugly d,
wound in the scalp. A doctor was C.
sum moned, and took several stitches 81
to close the wound. &C
Announcement was made few days !"
ago that Special agent Bender would M
be here in few days to confer with p'
the sheep raisers of Wasco county, cf
with reference to the forest reserve, W
but the date of his visit here is now b'
uncertain. Geo. A. Young is in re- re
ceipt of letter from Agent Ormsby, te
that the department is holding Mr..
Bender by late orders, and that he C
cannot visit The Dalles for some time OF
to come. al
A couple of wild COWS created quite II
q disturbance this afternoon at the Ct
stock yards. James Wood started to W
take them to the slaughter house be- q
low town, when one of them started al
on the run up the brewery hill. The q
other one returned to the yards and al
got in between two fences. Jim went p
in after her, when she Immediately