The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-11-12
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
Hon. John Mi,hell came home last
night from visit to the state capital
II. d. Parkins has added another
new hydraulic chair to the furniture
In his barber shop.
During the month OF October the
receipts of the county clerks office
for fees was $30l.41.
Hon. b. b. Gilfrey, reading clerk OF
the U. S. senate, spent the day in the
city visiting old friends here.
The Eugene Guard is giving full
and complete report of the sensational
Branton murder case.
Alfred and Claude Kelsay returned
this morning from St. Paul, where
tbey went with a shipment OF sheep
two weeks ago.
General Traffic Manager B. Camp
bell, of the o. r. & NJ, passed down
the road this morning, returning from
trip to New York.
Hon. ]. A. Jeffrey, OF Medford,
has opened law office in Salem. Mr.
Jeffery is one of the most eloquent
orators in the state.
Every body will attend the La Fay
cite exercises given by the public
schools in the Vogt opera house this
4 evening Go early so as TO insure
getting good seat.
The Importance OF the meeting at
the church of Christ to morrow even.
ing after the sermon demands the
presence of every member, please bear
this in mind.
Hops are quoted in the Salem mar
ket at 1871 to III cents per pound. Last
years mouldy crop, some OF which
has been held over as rejected and
worthless, is bringing 81 to cents.
Today County Clerk Kelsay issued
marriage license to Oliver Bowers
and Ada May Ganger. The marriage
Will % SOl6LuulLCa ho ohO oeASS - -
ents near Crates point tomorrow.
It is said that Weston girls who
was recently married, is such an ex-
cruciatingly neat housekeeper that
she sprinkled an eight day clock with
insect powder to get rid of the ticks.
Parties desiring blacksmithiDg or
wagon work should not overlook the
fact that Dave Hickman and A. Sand
rock are doing a general business In
this line at the old J. L. Thompson
shop on Third street.
This morning Fred Archer and Geo.
Russell shipped seven head OF hne
draft horses to Portland for sale.
They were exceptionally fine animals
each weighing over 1900 pounds and
no doubt will command fair prices.
Sherman county farmers are supply
ing Dalles markets with numerous
wild geese that are killed on the grain
fields up there. They are fine and
fat, and are very toothsome. A good
supply of them is carried by J. A.
Carnaby.
Yesterday afternoon twelve year
old danghter of L. L. Hill, while play
ing on the school grounds fell and
broke her right arm above the wrist,
She was attended by DR.. Hollister,
and is made as comfortable as cir
cumstances will permit.
The contract for setting the poles
for the new telephone line between
Dufur and Tygh Valley has been let,
and work will commence early next
week. The work of putting up the
wires will be done by the company.
Yesterday little Grover Bonn pre-
f sented the Office with box of splendid
grapes that were raised on his fathers
place in the city. They were most ex-
4 cellent, Notwithstanding the fact that
they had been gathered for several
weeks.
The resources of the great northwest
arc now being developed as never be.
fore. Although only In the :ncipiency
of our possibilities, we can hardly get
cars enough to send away our products
of the current year. What will it be
when our population and our produc-
ing facilities have been doubled.
Last night some Indians got into
an alteration in one of the East End
feed yards. and Joe Kenuex, one OF
the participants, received some SER
ious wounds on the head. He was
struck with pick and his skull was
fractured in several places. DR.. Hol-
lister dressed his wounds this morn
ing, and while they are serious. they
are not necessarily fatal. The In
dian who made the assault has been
arrested.
Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. Stubling
received a letter from their son
Arthur, who is with the Second Ore |
gon at Manila. He does not give a |
pleasant account of the soldiers life in |
the Philippines. 1t is not what the
defenders of the nation are entitled to |
expect from benefcient govern.
ment by any means. Arthur says |
about Is solciers are dying daily. |
principally from the lack of proper |
attention.
Owners of wheat jn large or small |
lots are feverishly watching the war
news and hoping the two big animals
the British lion and the Russian
bear-may get together and force the
price up to the dollar mark. Buyers
cannot hope for any extensive dealings
until the war either is declared off, or
the nations actually begin hostilities
and the price of wheat climbs some-
1900. %ha Ii than -