The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02

terday.
| Henry Nagle and Bert Lynch started
this morning down the river on "a
camping trip.
| Will Bolton returned today to Port
land after having spent week visiting
relatives near Kingsley.
Charles E. Wetherell and Miss Nellie
E. R;gby, both of Hood River, were
granted license to wed.
Messrs. Byers and McCully, OF the
Goldendale Sentinel, were in the city
this morning. Mr.. Byers was en- route
to Stevenson to do some surveying.
Justice of the Peace c. E. Bayard
has returned from Portland, where he
has been undergoing treatment at the
sanitarium for several weeks, and is
very much improved in health.
The weather today has been per-
feet. Very few clouds in sight. and
the san has shown bright and warm,
drying out the grain that was wet by
Saturdays storm. and threshing can
be resumed tomorrow.
The rain Friday night and Saturday
was not nearly so severe in the farm
ing country as it was along the river,
hence little damage was done grain.
On Tygh Ridge no rain fell Friday
night a I'D just enough Saturday to stop
threshing.
Dick Kelly, discoverer of the Don
Wan mine in Baker county, which
sold few years ago for 10000, is in
the city. Mr.. Kelly is still interested
in group of mines in the Blue noun
tains and expects to yet make another
big strike.
Today Earl Sanders, one OF the re-
turned volunteers, presented the editor
with cigar case made of Manila grass
that it quite unique. He also brought
home with him cigars made 10 the
Linsili factory, Manila. which is the
largest factory in the world. tenn
ploys 10000 natives in cigar making.
Gentry's dog and pony show passed
through here yesterday afternoon Gu
route to Pendleton. Why it didn't
stop here is not understood. People
ofthis place enjoy seeing a good show
and always give them liberal patron
age. But it was money saved to The
| Dalles that the show did not stop.
The burning of The Dalles steam
laundry has thrown 16 people ont Of
| employment. but they will soon be at
work again as Mr.. MacAllister expects
to put the laundry in operation again
just as soon as possible. His machinery
was only Slightly damaged by the fire
and his entire loss was pot to exceed
$500.
Z. C. Pease aud B. F. Laughiiu
came home Saturday and j. S Fish. j.
g. Hostetler and Frank Fulton yester
day from a "trip to their mine in the
Greenhorn district. They are not
overly conversant regarding the out
look of the mine. but assert that the
Golden Eagle, under the superintend-
ency of John Cradiebaugh, is all right,
and will be wealth producer in the
future.
Last Saturday Deputy Sheriff Sexton
arrested Bert Gillis at Wamic Oh
warrant from Washington county, and
delivered him to Detective Ford, of
! Portland, who took him below on yes
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HillsborO on a charge of seductio
com mited in 1897. He recently re urn
ed from Manila with the Oregon
regiment, having been a private in
Co. A. On his return the Portland
police we've put OF his track. and locat-
ed him in this county. While in the
Philippines Gillis served as interpre
Ter. Tart = IN 'im va la an
occasionally III the tieiu.
The prosecuting attorney of What |
com county has published notice that |
hereafter all retail business aud trade |!
must cease in Whatcom county on
Sunday, and that he will enforce the |
Sunday law against merchants and |
tradsemen generally. as well as against |
liquor dealers. This is the sequel of |
an attack on the saloons by the w. c. |
T. U. ii the early part OF the month. !
What The effect of the notice will be !
is problematical but it is generally |
conceded that it will be complied |
with.
This morni6g g Francis Crossen was
picked up by Marshal Hughes in an
intoxicated condition and taken 10 Jail.
After he hat. so5-rad up ne Was allowed
To depart as be had no money with
! which TO pay a fine, and mad a job OF
work in the country which he would
have lost had he been kept long in
Jail. Crossen is one of those unfortu-
nate old fellows who drinks to excess |
| whenever he has an opportunity, and |
the city authorities have found it is |
useless to Jail him as punishment.
A boy named Wiley, aged six years,
living two miles south of Salem, was |
accidentally killed by his 11.year-old |
brother last Saturday, while playing |
at blasting stumps. The older boy |
was cutting notch in stump in |
which to place dynamite, when his
brother ran around the stump and
tripped and fell with his head in the
notch The ak welded by the older boy
struck him in the head, crushing his
skull. He died few minutes later.
This morning Congressman Moody
started for Mt. Hood accompanied by
Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Palmer, of Port
land, and the Misses Lang, of this city.
They will be joined by Thomas Bal
four at Lyle, and at Hood River DR..
Tucker and w. ". Catlin, of Portland,
will be added to their party. Their
destination is Cloud Cap Inn, though
the gentlemen of the party may as
cend Mt. Hood.
b. 81. Wheeler, the old pioneer
stage driver and ranchman, for whom
Wheeler county was named. was in
the city last night, returning from
visit to Portland. In the early COS
MIR. Wheeler was shot off his stage on
Bridge creek by the Indians who stole
bis horses and rihed the mail sacks
and express cox. Mr.. Wheeler, de.
spite tine hardshiDs he endured in early