The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
L. .B. Seeley, of Portland, Is in Il
city.
M. H. -Nickelson, Of Hood River,
in town.
Mrs. Richardson, OF Goldendale,
visiting in this city.
Hon F. N. Jones left this mornin
for his home near Bakeoven.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. MCGOWAN,
Independence, are visiting in the cit.
c. l.. Morton, of Portland, is her
for:the purpose of buying draft horse.
Abraham's big warehouse at Rose
burg was destroyed by fire Monda
night.
Joe Bonn has again taken the posi-
tion with Mays & Grove that he hell
ysars ago.
Frank Libline is in from his farm
and reports everything fourishing IL
the country.
S. P. O'Brien and r. c. Judson, oi
the o. r. & N, passed down the road
this morning.
Messrs. VIM. Schmidt and Perry
Cram, of Summit Prairie, Crook county,
are in the city.
W. T. Darch, prosecuting attorney
of Klickltat county. Wash, is in the
city on legal business.
R E. Wrenn is up from Portland in
terviewing cattle raisers with view
to purchasing stock for shipment east.
A. ]. Shrum, who has been travelling
through Willamette valley disposing
of a rheumatism cure. returned by
yesterdays train.
Work has been resumed in the
woolen mills at Union. During the
shutdown five new looms were added
to the machinery.
Perry Cram and VIM. Schmidt haye
arrived here with 188 choice beef cat
tie that were fed in Summit prairie
during the past winter.
C. b. Seabrook and wife, of Portland,
are guests of the Umatilla house. Mr.. |
Seabrook represents the New York |
Guaran tee company.
DIR. Hudson, of Condor. is in the
city. having brought one of his
patients, Mrs. Ed Dunn, here to hold
consultation with DIR. Hollister.
The Masons and the Odd Fellows of
Canyon City. have advertised for bids
for two-story stone building, to be
fol fraternal and business purposes.
Today j. r. Doyle brought in 20
head of beef he had been feeding dur
ing the winter and sold them to c. M.
Grimes for the Union Meat company.
Mr.. and.Mrs. C. B.. johnson have re.
burned from Moro, where they haye
resided the past year. Mr.. Johnson
mas taken position in A. M. Williams
3 Co.'S. store.
There has been little furry in the
potato market in Portland lately, it
that the supply was short. G
,ut it is hardly likely that Oregon will
,ave to import "spuds" from the east,
ince San Francisco buyers are find 6
ng plenty to supply their demands
throughout Willamette valley.
During the past week Sheriff Kelly
las been making pretty fair tax col
ections. On the 18th he turned over o
o the county treasurer So, 1854, and +
yesterday made another deposit of t
Z, ,263.63, making a total of 81 ,030.47 >
on the 1898 roll during the
ast two weeks. r
A careful inspection of the twen ty W
ere prune orchard owned by Camp. al
ell Bros. on the Blair donation place L
djoining Eugene, shows the French fe
rune trees are dead beyond questio n. lie
The leaf buds are black and fall on tt
light touch. Tbs Italian prune trees. 81
he major portion of the orchard, are
lot injured in the least, either in limb ir
r body. The loss in this case is about 3
,ur hundred seven year old trees. D
bout three eacres.-Eugene Guard. m
Telephones on windy days are liable II
D get matters confused, for it is diff Of
cult to distinguish names spoken over p'
he wires when high winds are blow
ng. This is the cause of an error pl
lade yesterday by the reporter of this tt
aper in stating that DR.. Siddall had ],
resented Mrs. Robert Kelly with the tt
audsome little Philippine dog. Agui- in
aldo. 1t was John Fitzgerald, the T
bliging janitor at the court house, q
ho was the donor, but our reporter U
q conversing oyer the wires mis-
nderstood the name, understanding N
to be the doctor. 10,