The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-28
lodge Of Odd Fellows, returned home

lodge Of Odd Fellows, returned home
last evening and reports very pleas
and and interesting meeting.
Today the grand jury returned true
bill of Indictment against John May,
for robbing the o. r. & N. mess house,
and not a true bill in the case of II.
A. Elmer.
Five hundred sacks of wheat were
shipped to Portland this morning, on
the Regulator, from the Moody ware
house, and will be unloaded at Green
wich dock No. 2.
Pease & Mays have completed
picket fence around their warehouse
| at the corner of Second and Laughlin
streets. The enclosure will be used to
store farm wagons, machinery, etc., in.
Owing to the increase in business,
Wood Bros. have secured the premises
recently occupied by Geo. Keller, in
the Gates building and are using the
cold storage room to keep their meats
in.
Farley & Frank are busy today maxi
ing large sail for r. c. Wallis, who
runs the ferry at Rufus. Vic Marden
is doing the work in Moody's ware
| house, and expects to have it COM
pleted this evening.
The river has fallen some since yes
terday, and from all indications there
need be no alarm this season for
very high water. There is but little
snow in the mountains, and the rain.
fall has been exceptionally small.
| Nineteen cars of cattle were re-
ceived at the stockyards last night
from Amity, Or. They were the prop.
erty of Flowery & Lowery, and today
were shipped to Cut Bank, Mont.
| where they will be put on the range.
Messrs. A. P. Toombs and T. F.
Doty, capitalists from Colorado
Springs, are in the city visiting points
of interest. They are favorably i'm
pressed with The Dalles and vicinity,
and are of the opinion this is the most
prosperous place they have visited in
the Northwest.
In the bowling contest at the UNA
tilla House yesterday, in which H.
Maetz made wager with John Dono-
hue, that he would make over 46 in
each game in series of ten, was
draw. Today Mr.. Maetz was at the
alley, but Mr.. Donehue being busy,
could not get away, so there was no
contest
A case of scarletina was sent to the
pest house at o'clock this morning.
A young lady about twenty years of
age was taken down Sunday with the
fever and consequently was removed
to her present quarters. There is no
danger whatever, for the young lady
is great deal better this afternoon,
and 5his is the only case in town.
The suit of W. L. Whealdon vs.. r.
G. Brooks, suing to recover on prom
missory note is before the circuit court
today. Following are the jurors serv-
ing on the case: o. L. Paquet. r. ].
Butler, c. v. Champlin, C. A. Stewart,
W. q. Davis, A G. Stogsdill, Chas.
Adams. R. A. Laughlin, Geo. w. Fligg,
A. G. Bolton, j. D. Whitten and w |
A. Hunter.
A Willamette valley deacon bought
a lot of flags for the Sunday school
children the other day and when they |
were delivered it was found that the
words
Remember the Maine
To hell with Spainp'
were on each OF them. The deacon
said "Them are my sentiments" but
sent the flags back. Had
it been Deacon Brown, of The Dalles
the flags would have been used.
F. L. Wood. prominent stock
raiser of Grant county, residing at
is in the city today, having
just returned frol Arkansas Springs,
where he has been the past four
months bathing N the waters OF that
great health resort. Mr.. Wood has
received much benefit from his treat
ment at the Spl ings, and is in an ex-
cellent state of health for one of bis
age. He leaves tomorrow for his
home at Dayville.
The corner store in the Vogt block
is being fitted up today and will be
occupied the first of next week by j.
81. Cross, who for a number of years
has been in business at the corner of
Second and Union streets. MIR. Cross
will put in complete line of groceries,
in connection with his hay and grain
business. He has found trade ex-
good this spring, and his
present quarters are not large enough,
his change to larger
and more centrally located building.