The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-07-30
NoKrHwssr NOTES.

Robert Hamilton, of Ellensburg. ha:
shipped 1000 sheep to Chicago. They
were in prize condition aud netted
him S3.25 each.
An ordinance passed by the Ellens
burg council makes hat wearing al
places of amusement misdemeanor.
The fine is from s. to so.
The corpse of man was found float.
! ing in the Nehalem river Tuesday
morning by ]. G. Hollister, who tried
to get it ashore but failed on account
of his crippled arm. Securing assis-
tance he returned to get it but could
not find it again.
Sheriff French, of Wallowa county,
has found no trace of William Batty
and Ed Fordice, who escaped from the
county Jail last Saturday. Batty is
wanted for shooting d steer belonging
To George Craig, and Fordice for COM
plicity in the death of Ada Cole, at
Lewiston, Idaho.
G. L. Williams, stock buyer and
contractor in Grant county, who re-
Gently delivered 400 head of beef cattle
in Pendleton for shipment east. has con-
tracted 700 head to M. Wran, an east
ern cattle man. Mr. Williams saws
the cattle will be gathered in Grant
county within the next few weeks.
The rain of the past few days did
considerable damage to the peach
plum orchards in the vicinity of
Salem. At the Candelaria fruit farms
south OF that city, $50 to 500 bushels
of fruit were destroyed. Forty men
have begun working the fruit ready
for shipment. and this numb Der will be
increased from day to day, as the
fruit becomes ready.
FL. G. Messengers plani1g mill and
box factory in Ashland was DESTROYED
by fire Saturday morning, entailing
loss of $500, with $500 insurance.
The material was 50 infammable that
it was impossible to save anything ex-
cept part of 10000 or 10000 feet of
choice lumber, stored in and about the
mill, on which there was some insur-
apce
Grant county stockmen have sold
more stock this year than for seven
years past, and from present indica-
tions there are enough buyers now in
the field to handle every marketable
hoof in the county. Not only are the
regular foreign buyers taking all they
can possibly contract for in the way of
sheep and cattle, but local men are
buying for speculation.
Monday night the North Yamhill
stage had light runaway just before
reachining the Mountain House, and
Tuesday morning the'same team took
an other little spin just beyond the
Summit, overturning the vehicle and
injuring the dryer about the head and
chest. There were three passengers
aboard all of whom, fortuntely escaped
without damage.
The government has recently secur.
ed the most powerful electric search
light in the world, and has placed it
at the entrance to San Francisco bay.
The light from this great protector is
conservatiyely calculated TO be eqnal
to that of not less than 375 OOO, 900
candles. The distance from which it
can be seen is considerably over 100
miles, and moving objects cen be de-
tected by its light almost as far
marine glasses can carry.
The Astoria and Columbia River
railroad, recently completed. is rapid
ly becoming popular with the travel
ing public, and is giving an excellent
passenger service betw zen Portland
ar d Astoria. Itruns two trains daily,
covering the distance of 100 miles in
little'less than four hours. G. G. Coker,
general passenger and freight agent,
was in the city to day looking after
the Il terests of the road.