The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-08

today. In short time he will leave
for the Buffalo Hump country where
he / hink of going into the drug busi-
ness.
George Wentworth the lineman for
the Seufert & Condor telephone Co.
left for business trip to the interior
this afternoon.
The Easter services IN the city yes
terday were quite impressive and all
the churches were filed with those
who assembled TO commemorate the
day of the resurrection.
The regular monthly meeting of the
city council will be held at the usual
place tonight. Matters of considerable
Importance are expected to be brought
before this meeting.
Miss Anna Stubling has been visit
ing her parents the past few days, and
returned this afternoon to Portland
wheresh is attending Holmes business
college.
An interesting and instructive
literary Entertainment will be given
by the ladies of the Guild in the z. of
P. Hall Friday evening. On Saturday
afternoon an easter sale will be held
at the same place. A cordial invit-
alton is extended to all.
Mrs. Fred Fisher and daughter.
Saturday evening where they have re-
sided during the winter. Miss Edie
has just completed course in the
Holmes Business college and will prob
ably accept a position in this city
where they will make their home
in future.
A bowling tournament in which the
teams of the Astoria Commercial club,
the Illahee club of Salem and The
Dalles Commercial & Athletic club
will take part, is being arranged. AS
yet nothing definite has been done in
the way of fixing the date on which
the tournament will be held or what
thought, however, that it will come off
in Portland about April Goth.
For month past the children of the
Episcopal Sunday school have been
collecting pennies for their Easter
contribution, to the foreign mission
fund. and yesterday their contribution
ha
pennies were counted it was found that
the total donation was S23 S8. When it
is taken into consideration that there
are less than so children belonging to
the Sunday school, this Is an ex-
ceptionally good donation for the
young folks to make.
A mac who gave his name as Mi
chael Dunno was arrested Saturday
charged with having stolen lunatity
of provisions from Mr.. Snipes, resi-
dence below town. He had his pre-
liminery examination in the justices
court and was bound over to appear
before the grand jury. He is at pres
ent confined in the county Jail and has
little hopes of being able to secure
bondsman As far as could be learned
he is stranger in this section and
evidently thought the means he adopt
ed to secure meal was more agree
able than begging.
W. G. Mayors, the murderer of Ray !
Sink, of Wasco, made desperate
break for liberty at o'clock Saturday
evening. When Sheriff Vanorsdel
won't to give water to Magers and a
prisoner named Leonard. they caught
his hand and pulled him inside the
corridor. They seized him by the
throat and bound and gagged him.
One of them went below the stairs to
unhasp the door. Several persons had
and when the door was open
ed. Magers and Leonard were ordered
to return to the corrioor. They
obeyed, and the sheriff was released |
Vanorsdel was not seriously hurt.
Eddie Howell. baggage master for
the o. r. & N, didn't wear his new
Easter suit yesterday, for reasons that
were obvious to Certain parties whose
names is is unnecessary to mention.
Eddie's intentions were good. and
Saturday, afternoon he purchased a
new suit, hat and all, OF Pease & Mays,
and being busy at work ordered the
clothes sent to his room, but they fell
INTO wrong hands, and by some mys-
;erifus performance there was presto
change, and when he went to put on
1is new clothes, he found instead an
Did worn out suit and last years. sum-
ner hat. Late in the day the new
clothes were restortd and Eddie en-
Dyed the joke as we'll as those who
it.