The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-25
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily

From WEDNESDAY paliy.
Geo. B. Bourhill, of Grass Valley,
in the city.
J.B. Hewett, of Lyle, was in tn
city last night.
w. G. Ballal came up from Portlan
last evening and returned this morning
Mr. Ballard is at present engaged in
chair factory in Portland.
]. E. and George Kelly. of Junction
were in the city yesterday. and lef
last night for Sumpter, where they g
to work in the Golden Eagle mine.
This morning A. A. Urquhart ant
W. h. Butts left for Salem having il
charge Joseph Ganteman. who is sen
fenced to two years in the penitentiar.
for forgery.
A party of surveyors, said to be il
the employ of che Columbia Southern
were in town today, and it Is said thai
they began running line south from
the Mill creek bridge on Fourth street
They must contemplate building road
to Mt. Hood.
M. It. Nolan returned yeste rtlay
afternoon from a visit to La GraDde
and Peudleton. He was very favOra bly,
impressed with the appearance of Pen
dleton, and says it exhibit much e'''' r.
prise and thrift, and seems co b. a
thourgh, go-ahead place.
Judge o. N. Denny has shipped six
of the Mongolian ring. neck pheasants
which he introduced into Oregon some
years ago, to Tennessee. They will be
liberated on the Ewell stock farm, of
which George C. Brown is proprietor.
and will be encouraged to propagate.
The Baldwin opera house has been
secured for the Thanksgiving ball to
be given by Jackson Engine Co.
on the evening of the 10Th. 1t prom
ises to be splendid party, and every
body is desirous Of helping the old
reliable company to aid in improving
the fire apparatus.
James b. Blakeney has returned
from Portland where be has been in
the hospital off and on for eight or
nine months, and believes his injured |
limb is entirely cured. A year ago
last May he sustained a fracture of his
left leg between the knee and ankle,
and the fracture never properly healed.
He is now able to bear his weight on
the injured member and thinks he is
permanently cured.
The Portland Telegram heads an
article "Can city prisoners be given ,
employment" and then goes on to
discuss the question at some length, ar
riving at the conclusion that they can
not That may be the case in Portland,
but it is different in The Dalles. The 1
city authorities make their prisoners 1
work on the streets, and when there is {
not work in that line for them to do,
they put them to saving wood. 1
Yesterday afternoon W. 3. Brown
was given preliminary hearing before
Justice Bayard, the charge against s
him being that of assault with dam t
gerous weapon. The examination was t
on the par: Of the state by
District Attorney Jayne, and Moore & Z
Gavin appeared for the defense. s
Brown was held in bonds of $1,000 to
before the grand jury. He has e
lot yet been able to secure bonds, and
8 in the custody of TIE sheriff n
Mrs. Weathered, grand organizer
or the Native Daughters. writes that il
he will be in The Dalles on the even o
ng of the 28th for the purpose of /,
nstituting cabin of that order. Only {
native daughters of Oregon are Il
eligible, but as there is large num- il
DER here, strong cabin should be T.
Instituted Let The ladies who were Fl
,orn in Oregon take the matter in il
land and have good large list made a
,ut before the organizer arrives. t.
Yesterday W. E. Garretson adjusted 3
false eye for little 7-year old b
of Frank Davis, who resides t
It Home Valley, Wash. Two years
go the little girl had her right eye
by shot from an air gun, 8,
md Mr.. Garretson has replaced the
ost memoer with false eye that can :, =
hardly be distinguished from the
natural one, and the nerves. act on it
% that it can be moved at will. Mr.. r
iarretson has certainly accomplished Z
|. result 10 this case that would be ap-
,reciated by any one W no has had the 9
Misfortune to lose an eye.
The Linnton horse cannery was +
,losed for the season Saturday. Over g
ZOO horses have been slaughtered g
here this season. The flesh has been &
mostly picked for shipment to Europe. q
{ is understood that owing to the op-
POSITION to the sale of American meats b
# all kinds in France and Germany, "
here has been but little profit in the f,
business, but the ranges have been 8
cleared OF lot of useless horses, leav. 8
ng more grass for cattle and sheep.
lust whether the slaughtering of :
,orses will be continued next season or i
lot is uncertain, aud dspends upon the +
prospects for marketing the flesh in
Europe. II
From Thursdays Daily. j
VIM. T. Young and Minnie B. Mil t