The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-08
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 8. Ise
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Hon. C. M. Cartwright returned thi
morning to Portland.
The ball to be given by the E'ks OF
the 18th will be the event of the sea
son.
Commissioners court convened thii
morning for the transaction Of count!
business.
Miss Jessie Mason. OF Salem, was il
the city attending Mrs. W. S. Barzes
during her illness.
Miss Ina Cooper, daughter Of J. C.
Cooper, chairmsn of the union state
committee, 10 visiting friends in the
city.
The strineers are being laid on the
new railroad bridge across Mill creek,
and track laying will begin in few
days.
l.. j. Keffer arrived here last night
to take the place of E. M. Miller, the
o. r. & N. train dispatcher. Mr..
Miller goeS to Elgin to take charge of
the Office at that place as agent for the
o. r. IN. Co.
A. Appel, the man who introduced
the Oliver chilled plows into Africa
several years ago, is in the city He
is still with the plow company.
Tomorrow night the Workmen and
Degree Of Honor, and the Knights of
Pythias and the Rathbone Sisters hold
joint installations at their respective
halls.
The special illustrated edition Of the
Ttmes-Mountaineerw will not be ready
for distribution until Friday or Satur-
day, owing to q delay in getting the
papers hound. !:
Last Saturday Surveyor Colt laid
out cenetqrv f,r 1t. Marv's Catholic
Church at Kingslev. The cemetery is
prettily located, and is large enough
for resent needs.
Frank E. Murphy, who was injured
last Saturday while working on the o.
r. & N. bridge. and Mike Brennon,
who was hurt yesterday, were taken to
the hospital at Portland today.
The Grand Army of the Republic
and the Woman's Relief Corps will
hold . public joint installation next
Saturday evening at 7:3O in Fraternity
hall. Friends of the orders are corii-
ALLY invited to attend.
Work on the foundation of Mays &
Groves now store building is progress.
ing rapidly. and it will soon be in |
readiness for the carpenters to begin 1
work. Hoyle & Lauer have the cor
tract for doing the wood work.
Arrested for breach of promise last
Monday, married on Tuesday and de-
aerted his wife on Wednesday, seems
TO be the record, IS it at present
stands, Of Harry Hall. the Oakland
Lothario. About six months in Jail
NOW would round it out nicely.
Prot. Daut goes to Wasco this even
ing to spend few days in that city.
The professor has q number Of cases
there of persons with weak eyes to
attend to. Prot. Daut is an expert
oculist and in his practice here has
rendered excellent service ia adjust
ing glasses.
Last Saturday afternoon about 60
neighbors Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Doyle
assembled at their home on Cheno-
with creek, and celebrated the advent
of the new year in right royal style.
The afternoon was devoted to feasting
and conversation, while In the even
dng music was furnished and several
hours were devoted to dancing.
John Wood, of this place, writes
from Skaguay that. he is spending a
pleasant time at that place, and finds
living in that faraway land about as
cheap a. It is in The Dalles Ordinary
meals are 25 cents, and . splendid tur-
key dinner was served on Christmas
1t Is cents.
Hosd River is we'll represented in
The sDalles today. Messrs. "A. s.
Blowers, S. D. Fisher, Johu M. Hem
rich, Chris Dethman. F. NJ. Jackson,
James A. Knox, W. F. Jackson, Peter |
Isenberg, L. E. Morse, Wills Winans.
F. q. Button and Frank Blakely, all |
of Hood 1siyer, are here.
Treasury officials at Washington
h.ye discovered lot of 500 silver
thst are counterfeits. Five |
of them we're accepted at the Philade|.
phia subtreasury. and they are such |
good limitations of genuine bills that |
they would pass almost anywhere. sAs
. result the department. has called In |
the entire issue of s26, ,000, 600 notes of |
this denomination.
James rady had a narrow escape |
from bel z crushed to death In Marsh
field the other de- :. he was passen-
ger the Alert, and when the steamer
~asabout TO make s,landing at Cowen's
camp, North Coos river. he foil from
the deck, striking the water between
the steamer asd log boom. breaking
his collar bone and badly bruising his
left shoulder and side.,. He is rapidly
recovering from his injuries. |
From Thursdays Daily.
W. j. LoEder, Of Bakeoveu, is in the
city.
NJ. NJ. Blreiy. OF Monument, Is in
the city.
Tom Glavsy, of Dufur, was in the
city today.