The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-06-24
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Charles Butler, the Port Townsen
cattle buyer,is here looking after bee
Jacob Stroud and VIM. McVeig
loaded freight here yesterday TO
Prineyille.
Frank Leibline and M. Thorburn
two prominent farmers of Kingsley
are in the city.
Yesterday Lem Burgess sold his On
tire clip of wool, receiving 13 cents
pound for the same.
Farquer Mchea and ]. A. McDonal,
of Antelope, are here looking afte
the sale of their wool.
The union coal miners of Kansas ars
going to try their hand at little O
government by injunction.
Fall grain that was not frozen ou1
last winter Is beginning to. head, and
bids fair to give an enormous yeild.
The men up at Canyon Creek.
Washington, are to be tried, even If it
takes all summer, as it probably will.
The cellars on First and Second
streets are, e,hooded, some of them hav-
ing from two to three feet of water in
them.
+. This morning the thermometer
registered 4S degrees here, and at
Eight and Five-MiIe creeks there was
light frosts.
= I. Sichel. of Prineville, is here look
ing after the sale of his wool. Mr..
Sichel has two clips which he put on
the market today.
Hon. T. Burgess of Bakeoven,i lis here
accompanied by his daughter, Mrs.
Malarky, who is returning to her
home in Portland.
The funeral of the late Mrs. 81.
Harper was conducted from the
Methodist church at 10 o'clock this
forenoon by Rev. J. 81. Wood.
Rev. Rushing and wife, Miss Smith
and Rev. Hoering left this morning
for Turner TO attend the annual con.
vention of the Christian church.
Today the Columbia Packing Co. |
shipped 200 head of sheep to their |
farm on the Washington side, where
they will be held for summer use.
This has been an extremely dull day
in the wool market, neither buyers
nor sellers having seemed anxious to
trade, hence few sales were made.
Belgium has decided to admit Amer
lean meat cattle into that country so
the people of Brussels are likely to
have some good roasts and steaks In
the near future.
Messrs. Cart Peatz and John Case
burg, of Sherman county, were pas
sengers on the Regulator this morn
ing. They went to the hot springs at
Wind River, where they will spend al
few weeks for their health.
With wool at from IL to IA cents,
every pound of wool left over from
last year together with this years clip
should be sold. At such prices, wool
men cannot afford to hold with the
of better prices another
year.
Summer has come, apparently to
stay this time, the mercury having
jumped up to 85 degrees this afternoon. l
This warm weather is needed in the
grain fields and win start vegetation S
growing rapidly If it doesn't get too
hot. Is.s.,.9
Yesterday afternoon the remains OF /
Mrs. c. E. Haight we're laid to rest in
Odd Fellows cemetery, after an i'm. r
pressive address by Rev. J.. b. Wood
st the M. E. church. The funeral was
attended by large number of friends /,
of the deceased.
The ice cream. social and entertain q
ment given by the young people of the
Christian church last night was we'll
attended and heartily enjoyed by all. ! t
The program was we'll rendered while
the festival features were as good as
could be provided. ].
Two more daring shippers are to c
try and make the trip across the At f
lantic in small boats. They can't
make much fame out of itor gain a
fortune. Probably they undertake the 4
voyage merely to show that all the |
lools are not yet dead.
Pendleton has found out, from slot
case where the owners were
to take them out, that said :
slot machine paid 1880 each a year /,
TO its owners. There were II \
mschines-S30, 800 a year they made
put OF little old Pendleton. f.
Henry Caseburg and Miss Anna M. g
Iosch, both of Sherman county, were '
married in the Umatilla House parlors q
It 2:30 this afternoon, Rev. J. b.
Wood officiating. They leave on the s
$50 train for Walla Walla to spend =
lew days visiting in that city. n
Now Charlie Mitchell comes up and Il
challenges Jeffries. Mitchell Is sup o
posed to be back number, but il he
wants to have seven different kinds of +,
,tuffing knocked out of him, Jim is r
ready to do 1t for q consideration. =
The hight may come off in London. +.
T. ). Jordan, representing the g
Northwest Herald, the new illustrated 1