The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-08-19
Tiales- -Muaataitaeer.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1899
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

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Prunes are beginning to ripen and
are of an exceptionally fine quality.
1. c. Nickelsen went down the river
today to help welcome the soldiers.
Hon. W. r. Ellis, ex-congressman
from this district, spent the day in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. j. Stubling re-
TURNED last evening from a visit to
Portland.
Newt. Livingston, sheriff OF Grant
county, and J. h. Gray, sheriff OF
Crook county, are in the city.
Attorney John L. Henderson. of
Hood River, is in the city attending to
business before the land office.
Hon. F. P. Mays and family came up
from Portland last evening and will
go to their farm for few weeks out
ing.
On Wednesday Daniel Bass, we'll
known Seattle mining man, was
thrown from stage between Hunting
ton and Burns and had one leg broken.
A proposition is before the council
of Wenatchee to raise saloon Licences
from $500 to $1,000, and prohibit saloous
from locating on Wenatchee or Oron-
do avenues.
Captain G. D. Roberts, Thirty-ffth
infantry, has closed the recruiting Of
fee at Baker City and gone to Boise,
Idaho. Eight Baker City men en-
listed in the regiment.
Fred Clarke came down from Moro
to assist in welcoming the boys home.
Fred tried to go to Manila with the
boys .year ago, bnt could not pass the
physical examination.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemison, Mrs. Elton
and daughter, John Bonn and Mr.. and
Mrs. Means were in the party who
went down on the boat this morning
to meet the volunteers.
The street above the Methodist
church is reported to be in bad con-
dition, rocks having been piled upon
it so that teams can scarcely pass. The
rocks should be removed.
Last evening J. Graham was ar
rested by Marshal Hughes for being
drunk and disorderly. Recorder Gates
fined him So, in default of which he
was sent to jail for two days.
Mrs. Cordelia Hagan, wife of James
Hagan, died at her home in this city
last night, aged 20 years. The funeral
will take place from the Catholic
church as o'clock tomorrow.
The goddess of plenty for Spokane's
big exposition has been selected. Miss
Jean Goldie Amos. one of the charm
ing daughters of Whitman county, is
to have that honor in October.
All the smallpox patients at Hep
pner are recovering, and in short
time the scare will be over. People
come and go from Heppner now as if
there never had been any small pox
there.
Eugene Spalding, who has been
visiting his aunt, Mrs. VIM. Wigle, in
Prineville, returned from there yester-
day, and after visiting the family of G.
J. Crandall here few days will leave
for his home at AlmOta.
1t is stated that construction work
on the Columbia Southern south from
Moro will be resumed about the first of
September, and it is also rumored
that Cross Hol,ows will be the south
ern terminus of the road.
One of the most valuable relics of
the Spanish-American war that has
found its way to The Dalles is small
piece of the white flag which the Span
ish ran up over Manila when the city
surrendered on July 81 last year. This
relic is displayed in one of Williams &
Co.'S, show windows.
Parties who were in Portland at the
reception given the volunteers say
The Oalles has outdone the metropolis |
in the matter of decorations, and pre-
sents much better appearance than |
did the big city on the Willamette.
This was to be expected, for The Dalles
never does anything by halves.
Some time since Walla Walla voted
to issue S133,0O0 general municipal
bonds. 20 years at At per cent. and
$117, ,O(0 water and sewer bonds at At.
for the same have been
opened and the best bid was 1880 pre-
MUM for the Al per cent bonds and a
discount of 1872 for the At per cent
bonds.
Mrs. r. E. Dean and children left
this morning for Portland where they
will make their future home, Mr.. Dean
having accepted position with Wad-
hams & Kerr Bros. Mr.. Dean and
'amily have resided in The Dalles for
;he past year and half, and have
made large circle of warm friends
Who regret their leaving the city.
Monday night band of cowboys
;ook Sumpter by storm, says the Baker
Jity Republican. They rode into town.
commenced yelling and shouting in
ypical style, rode their horses into
aloons and then made the bartenders
lig up. When the marshal remon-
trated they took him by force into a
aloon. made him apologize and drink
nth them.
This morning Dave Creighton met
ith quite severe accident at the
.oberts place in Dry Hollow. Mr..
reighton was coming to town with a
agon and team, when the tongue of b
le wagon came down as he was de-
sending a hill. This frightened the n
orses and they started to run, drag b
ng Mr.. Creighton out of the wagon i
I'd into pile ofrocks. His back was
ute severely injured. a
The many friends of Engineer n
1arles Evans, who was severely in b
red near Arlington last Saturday
ght by side rod breaking on his u
gine, and who had his leg amputat O,
at St. Vincent's hospital Sunday, .,
II be pleased to learn that he is get
g along as well as is possible. :,
cree Mays visited him at the hos VI
al yesterday and found him very Ca
mfortable. Mr.. Evans expects to be d'
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