The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-09-24

Artisans will meet 8
tonight at 7:3O o'clock.
full attendance is requested.
Hon. M. Isenburg, the we'll know
Hood River statesman, was in tow
last night the guest of the Umatlll
House.
M. Cornett, of Mitchell, and D. K
Gaunt, contractor an ex-contractor o
The Dailes and Prineville Stage Line
are registered at the Umatilla House
Doors will open for Bishop McCabe''
lecture on Thursday evening at 1880
90 that all may obtain comfortable
seats. but the lecture will not begin
until 8:l5.
Bonn Bros. have sold out the bus1
ness of The Dalles Commission comp,
any to w. P. Vanbibber and P. Stadle'
man who took charge today and will
continue the business at the old stand.
Hon. J. M. Morton, of Hood River,re-
preseptative.elect of Wasco county,
was in town today. Mr.. Morton will
leave tomorrow or next day for Salem
to attend the special session OF the
legislature.
A statement given out at the post
office department shows that the postal
receipts at Portland, Or. aggregated
$14,4l4 for the month of August, as
against S12,951 for the corresponding
period of last year,
Prof. Lundell has returned from his
summer vacation and will again begin
giving lessons in voice culture,
harmony and the rudiments OF music.
All who desire to take lessons Will
please notify him at once.
The rain last night was pretty gen.
eral over the country, having reached
as far as Shearer's bridge, and possibly
further, but reports south of that place
have not been received. The precip-
itation was 57:1OO of an inch.
Up till today when the rain put
temporary damper on the business, be-
tween 25O and 300 tons of wheat have |
been ARRIVING daily in the city. The
price remains unchanged for the past
three days and stands at 50 cents.
Miss Rose and Nettie Michel re-
turned this morning from Denver
where they attended the meeting OF
the National Press Association.
Miss Rose resumes her work as city
editor of the Chronicle tomorrow.
AL 9 o'clock last light while west
bound freight train was waiting at
siding at Bounyville to let another
freight pass the rear end of the former
which accidentally stood out onathe
main track, was run into and num- Der
of cars wrecked. Nobody was hurt
and the damage is not believed to be
serious.
A tract of 25O0 acres of splendid
timber in the vicinity of Hamilton,
Wash. has been purchased by Michi-
gan firm, who expects to commence ,
operations soon. Other land, it is ,
said, will also soon be transferred into {
the hands of active lumbermen, who +,
will build mills and make improve
ments. t
HOpgrowers who have not yet dis
posed os their crop are in high spirits 7
over the advance in the price of hops, ,
says the Eugene Register. The change 6
in the market has been quite sudden,
and the price has gone up in the past !
two or three DAYS from to IL cents, ;
the price at which hops are quoted.
This advance in price will add several =
dollars to the wealth of Lane ;
4
Indian John White. from the reser- !.
vation, went to Kettle Falls WASH,
Friday, got on drunk, and undertook :
to possess himself of the store of j. P.
Fogh. Mr.. Fogh broke board over .
the Indians head, whereupon the irate =
aborigine went to the reservation and I,
undertook to kill his white wife with
q knife, but was prevented by the in
reference of friends. The Indian was
arrested on charge of disturbing the
peace.
The circus entertainment last night, q
If performance that has no horses G.
can be called circus, was failure. G
fraud, blk, sell and rotten to the y
utmost verge of spectacular putrldity. e
Ten minutes after the venerable clowns q
had fred off their mea9er accumula- r
ton of stale alleged jokes the hands &
began to pull up the tent pins and be- II
fore the fraud had we'll spent itself the II
had almost completely "
folded it's traps like Siwash and was
ready for the trail. u
Col. 1. N. Day, late contractor for =
the completion of the Cascade Locks, =
was in town today. Just what the :.
Colonels particular business here was,
this deponent refuses to tell. for the !.
best reason in the world,-he doesn't
know. But as the Colonel is a man of
energy, and possessed withal,
of strong tendency to territorial and
financial expansion it is perfectly safe
to guess that he was not here simply
for his health. but on scheme of benefit L
to the public as we'll as himself.
Rain commenced falling here last
night at 1890 and continued with little
If any intermission till $50 this morn
irg, during which time, according tn
Volunteer Observer Brooks, the pre-
cipitation amounted to half an inch {
The rain appears to have been quite
general. 1t will be of immense value
towards starting fall grain and grass {
and packing the roads, although it un- /
doubtedly caught number OF farmers
with wheat unthreshed and unprotect-
ed, who probably would have been 9
caught anyhow, if the rain had kept
of till Christmas.
Seven ''boarders" occupy the ,
guided corridors and palatial bou-
doirs of the Hotel de Kelly. awaiting
an introduction to the grand jury.
One of these is indicted for burglary,
one for larcency. one for indecent ex-
posure, one for assault with a danger
GUS weapon, one for forgery, one for
uttering a forged check and one
for committing an aggregated" as