The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
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From Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily.
E. C. Warren the popular traveiin
luan is guest at the Umatilla i1ol-r
d.. Gates the Cascade Locks mel
chant, is in the city visiting oil
friends,
Will II. See, the Warm Spring
merchant is guest at the Umatill'
House.
RE. Misner, OF Mitchell. arrived
in the city last evening and is meeting
Dalles friends today.
Mrs. Burckhardt and daughter Mis-
Lena. of Portland, arrived in the cit!
ia ist evening and are visiting the
! tmily of Judge Liebe.
Hon. A. S. Bennett returned from
Portland last evening where he ma:
heen arguing case in the United
States court of appeals.
Mrs. Alden, mother of Captain Chas
Alden. arrived in this city last nigh
rom her home on the sound and will
visit for a time wi tn the family of the
popular captain.
While the Salvation army were
] oiding their usual evening exercises
list evening Edward Francisco. who
was standing on Neilson's corner
listening to the singing, was taken
ith an epilpetic attack and for time
:ppeared to be In a dangerous condi-
lion. He was carried into Nelson :
si)re and DR.. Geisendortfer called and
il a short time he was well enough to
walk home.
Harry Curtiss, one of the young men
V no graduated from the high school
st fall has taken up the study of law
i. the office of Hon. A. S Bennett.
hr. Curtis is bright young man and
With one of the best libraries in
ine state at his disposal and the as
F stance of such an able Instructor as
,.nige Bennett he should make rapid
| lg.ogress in gaining legal lore.
Charlie Grunow, formerly bell boyin
t1s Umatilla House returned from
litsop Beach yesterday, where be
l. ,s been spending a week of a well
,rned vacation. He states that the
st majority of the people haye
,iready left the beach and that it has
s,newhat of deserted appearance at
hcr hn Ee,.
+, - pleasant and his stay Eost enjoy
|, lie.
\ band of six redskins arrived in
J. ,rtland Monday from Linnton, where |
ey had sold 250 head Of bronchos to
| cannery. The animals were fine
land brought $3.50 per head. The
iians hail from the Warm Springs
,servation and four days were con-
,ned in driving the horses to market.
T. f5er disbursing some of the money !
.lized out of the transaction the
9 ,ucks" will return to the reservation |
I'd get more horses, there being
,snty of them on the reserve.
Charles Cartright arrived in the city
i,om Hay Rreek, Crook county today. !
- states that before he left yesterday
j was reported that Frank Finnell had
! en- captured by the deputy sheriff
tf Crook county at Mitchell. AS moth
j 2 has been heard since yesterday to
4 affirm the report it is likely that it is
! true. The majority of people are
a. the opinion that the murderer has
Il ,de good his escape. He evidently
s .ted that he intended to give him
{. II up in order to gain time to get out
/, the way and it is not likely that at
/ is late date he would be found
+; ouud Mitchell.
G. N. Peck. a prominent farmer near
] ,xington, in Morrow county, died
! lnday from hemorrhage of the lungs.
j was reported that he had smallpox,
{; ID his neigbbors were so excited and
!, tred that none could be found to
j Zip bury him. Drs. Swinburne and
! unlock, VINO arrived at his place
sron after his death, made coffin and
j TERED the remains uuassisted. Mr..
pock was an aspirant for the nomina-
l On for representative before the re-
publican county onyention in Hep
l'ler, two years ago. and made several
@Deeches throughout the county in
lpport of the ticket.
Henry Driver is in the city from his
h ome ne4r Wamic. Mr.. Driv er states
lat threS hing is nearly done in that
,ction. Wheat turned out between
- and 40 bushels to the acre and con-
i1erable of this years crop will be
suled TO The Dalles as they have more
+, rain than they need to feed their
, ock. Many of the farmers through |.
lat country raise large droves of hogs
nd fatGen them for market with the
rain crop, thus saving the expense
md time of hauling the product to
market. Mr.. Driver has about eighty
iead of porkers 60 fatten this fall but
Will, nevertheless, bring in close to
ZOO bushels of grain to The Dalles
markets.
Engineer Roberts arrived in the city
st night from Fossil where he has
Ia zen looking into the matter of put
ng in gravity system of water works
,r that town. He is here for the pur-
Lose of surveying pipe line from