The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-12-31
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Col. c. A. Pike, of Goldendale, Is in
the city.
T. w. Glavey, of Kingsley, was in
town today,
Remember the lecture at the Con.
gregstional church.tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob league came
home last night from Portland.
Hon Henry Blackman, ex.revenue
collector, spent the day in the city.
Otis Patterson and daughter re-
turned lass evening from Portland.
Messrs. F. Il. Button, c. L. Morse,
J.aH. Dukes and A. M. Oliver, Of
Hood River, are in the city.
Coroner Butts witnessed the bowl
ing contest and ball game at Portland,
and returned home last night.
The local land Office is taking in
about 5000 day at present. This is
money paid in for the purchase of for
feited railroad land within the district.
Grant Mays went to Portland to see
the Berkeley team do up the Multno-
mah's, and was pleased with the re-
suit, having formerly been Berkley
football ,,lsvar himse1f
The weather OF today reminds one of
March more than December. Occa- |
slonal showers then bright sunshine
is to be expected three months from
now. but hardly at this season OF the
year.
The total scores made by each of
The Dalles bowlers at the tournament
in Portland, Monday evening were as
follows: Houghton, l76. Stadleman,
163, Bradshaw.l5O, Sinnott, 15S, Bald
win III, Schmidt 152.
The pressure valve for the new water
works. was put in on Union and
Seventh streets today and will soon be
connected with the engine house so
that the engineer will be able'to reg
ulate the pressure at will.
Charles Frank and son, Rudolph
Frank, arrived from The Dslles this
morning. They have leased portion
of the Anthony building north of the
railroad track snawilf open q saloon
In the same.-La Grande Chronicle.
They play football in real earnest
down at Astoria. On Monday there
was a game between the Astoria.
eleven and team of soldiers from
Fort Stevens. As result two Astoria i.
players were carried of the field with
broken legs and several of the soldiers
are i: the hospital.
Two inches of snow fell Tuesday +
over the southern half OF
Gillian county. Since then bright
days and moderately cold nights have I;
been the rule. Stock of all kinds that
are being fed are doing we'll so far
Fossil Journal.
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The little town of lone, Morrow a
county, now has paper, E. NJ. Shut,
formerly proprietor of the Antelope ;,
Herald, having begun the publication
OF the Weekly lone Herald on Dec. %.
The Herald is we'll filed with adyer-
Using which is evidence that there is
3 field for it in lone.
A very attractive window has beer
arranged by E. c. Dawson at Pease & =
Nays store. A large star made OF
,ard board advertises the "Risine
Star" baking powders, and beneath it {,
g q window full Of parched coffee in
which are the words "a Happy New a
Fear" worked In rice and small I
:rackers.
Monday evening Edwin Baker, the a
son of the postmaster at L
Weston, and another.lad named Marsh S %
we're playing rubber. Marsh had an
I'D cap and ball revolver, supposed to
,ot be loaded, and snapped it at the
Baker boy. It was discharged, the G
ball passing through Bakers heart, 81
illing him instantly. Ice
Joseph Heroux, pressman in this &C
,fice, arrived home last evening on
he I1:40 train, from trip to the te
Willamette valley. While there he q
lad the pleasure of spending Christ q
mas at St. Mary's Home, the school he IT,
attended when boy, meeting many Sc
I'D and familiar faces. He also took
,art in the Christmas entertainment ra
It that place. ar
1t is surprising how willing, yes, at
wen anxious some people are for dt
,thers to fight their battles and settle er
heir disputes. When some fellow n
,ets into dispute he rushes of to the
to get it to take up his th
quarrel, never thinking for moment th
hat the paper is conveyor of news. ca
md not vehicle whose sole purpose CO
. to vindicate his ideas. Fl
Hon. G.. J. Curtis, of Astoria, and tn
member OF the legislature from Clat- WI
op county. is going to start q new
laily paper in The Dalles, 30 it is said. of
Well, of course, there is room here for Il
mother, there only being two, but we b.
would suggest that when he starts he 81
i've rs both q morning and evening v
take full telegraphic tt
erYice and be thoroughly up to date. A
Girls are warned not to marry edi-
ors, says an exchange. An editor in q TO
town came near killing re
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