The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-03-19
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Hon. W. B. Presby, of Geldendal,
is in the city.
Skagway is now under martial LAY
and is pretty well regulated city.
1. j. Norman is confined to his hom
from the effects of nervous prostratien
Capt. Donovan is building scow &
be used on the river. The boat L
about 25x75 feet.
The de1icatory services of St. Peter
Catholic church will be held at II
o'clock tomorrow forenoon.
Attorney b. q. Riddell returned
last night from Moro, where he had
ben attending circuit court.
The funeral Of Clarence Coukline
was conducted from the Methodist
church at 10 o'clock this forenoon.
Remember Miss Eliot's musicale in
the Z. of P. hall tonight. The pro.
gram rendered will be interesting.
Democratic primaries were held in
Portland yesterday, and it is said the
Pennoyer "push" elected majority of
the delegates.
DIR. Hollister returned this afternoon
from Moro where he had been in con-
sultation with DIR. Smith in the case of
Mrs. McGrath.
There will be no rehearsal of King
Hallabahoola II tonight, on account of
the musicale recital by Misses Eliot
and Stephens.
Fishermen on the river are getting
their apparatus in readiness for active
work when the season opens, and ex.
pect good catch.
Each lady making a purchase in
Pease & Mays dry goods department.
toni rrow, will receive present
appropriate to St. Patrick's day.
The bulletin OF the o. T. T. & Co. |
this morning states thai Montana's |
militia is in readiness to go into the |
field and invade Cuba if necessity de-
mands.
Property owners on First and Sec
and streets are wondering what has
become of the street sprinkler man.
They want him to get out with his
wagon and lay the dust.
1t is yet too early to tell if the fruit
will be injured by the few cold nights
this week, though it is not thought the
, buds are far enough advanced to have
been seriously injured.
The next ten, fifteen or twenty five
cent investment you make let it be
for cap at A. Nj. Williams & Co.'S.
Those caps are worth from twice to
four times the amount asked for them.
The war talk that was afloat every
where few days ago has somewhat
subsidized throughout The land, and
people are settling down to ordinary
avocatioDs once more, awaiting results
as they should.
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's day and
every loyal SON and daughte" of the
Emerald Isle is expected to be wear
lug - the green in honor of the good ,
saint whose memory is dear to the
Irishman's heart. =
James Cram aud wife, of Prineville,
are in the city, and Mrs. Cram leaves r
tomorrow for Albany. Mr.. Cram says :
all of Crook county is needing rain ;
badly. The ground there is dryer than
ever before known at this season of
the year.
James L. Baisley, an ex-police Of
fcer of Baker Gity. is on trial for man.
slaughter at that place, having been
indicted for killing w. S. johnson on
February 13, while placing him under .
arrest. The evidence against Baisley
is very damaging. .
The water commission will soon be.
gin taking up the four-iEch main on :
Second street between Peters store
and the Wasco warehouse, and will q
replace it with slx-inch main. The
pipe for the same, 1900 feet, was re-
ceived from the Crane Company Of N
Portland by boat last evening. u
Last week ]. D. Medill, in Yakima !,
county, inspected 10 orchards in the
Ahtanum valley. In 55 of these the
San Jose scale was found, and in some a
of them it was very bad. A notice to "
spray within 20 daya was served on all q
owners of infested orchards. Yakima t
county now boasts of 5000 acres of Or 8
chards.
Mr.. Snyth, of the Tacoma firm of
miners operating across the Columbia h
river from town, says the Wenatchee p
Advance, was exhibiting can of gold II
to an admiring crowd on the street t
Monday. The amount was the result
of one weeks run, and was worth c.
about $40. This gives them hand c.
some profit, as their expenses are con- b
siderably below $40 day. "
The ladies of the public library who G
have taken in hand the forthcoming
woman's edition of the Times-Moun- a
taineer are meeting with splendid en- u
couragement from the business men of j,
the city. The net proceeds from the Ii
publication are to be used in purchas- "
ing books for the library, aud the busi-
ness men of the city are generously o
disposed toward the enterprise. d
Monday night Fred Archer, the n
liveryman, made long and rapid drive !.
into the country. At $50 he left here
with DIR. Geisendorffer and drove 35
miles into the country to see patient, p
stayed two hours and returned here by q
o'clock the next morning, having
driven GA miles in III hours, over g
mountainous and rough roads.
The term of circuit court for Sher-
man county bids fair to be short one.
Messrs. Bennett, Jayne and Hunting
ton returned this morning from Moro,
and when they left all the criminal
business had been disposed of, and con- r
siderable civil business had been tran
sacted. The Seely case was transferr-
ed to this county, and he will be tried
here for arson at the next term of
court. Doris & Westlake, indicted
for keeping gambling house in Wasco,
plead guilty.