The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-04-01

went to Portland this afternoon fol
few days visit.
George Knight, former mercha
of Candy, is here looking for bu'
D. ness location.
A. E. Hammond, chief engineer
n the Coiumbia Southern, is visiting
The Dalles today.
'f State Superintendent J. q. Acke
man has been visiting the city schoo
l. yesterday and today.
r Miss Jennette Williams, who hs
been visiting relatives in the city, n
v turned today to her home in Portland
l. Rev. B. Feeney is in the city toda
returning from q visit to Kingsley
. He leaves this afternoon for his hom
at Mt. Angel.
Mrs. Shafer came up from Portlan
last evening and left this morning TO
Goldendale where she goes to visi
1 her daughter.
Three prominent cattle buyers, J. .
Solum, of Portland, John Flemming
of Montana and G. F. Noonen, of Salt
Lake, are in the city:
A list prepared by the adjutant
general on the 2Sth shows the casuali
ties in Manila since February 4th te
have been 157 killed and S64 wounded
Ieerxe Kohler returned last night
from the metropolis. He went to
Portland expecting to see the ''Spider
and the Fly" but was greatly disap-
pointed on learning that the troupe
had left the city.
The work of manufacturing brick at
the penitentiary will begin as soon as
the weather settles, as it Is necessary
to furnish about 10000 fors the new
wing to be added to the asylum. About
1000, 900 will probably be made this
season.
The Catholic monestry now building
at Mt. Angel will be one of the finest
monestries in the United States. 1t is
erected on slightly elevation that can
be seen from all the surrounding
country. When completed it will have
cost over 81. .OOO,ODO
About 20O, 900 bushels of wheat re-
main unsold in the warehouses and
mills at Albany. which is about half
the amount received at that place last
year. At present the price of wheat
at Albany is 46 cents. or four cents
less than it is at The Dalles.
Captain John W. Lewis, of this city
is to tell his experience of life in
Libby as a prisoner OF war, before q
Portland audience on Wednesday of
next week. The captains story is an
interesting one, and will certainly
be appreciated by the Portlan d
people.
There is more snow at present in the
drained by the Columbia
aud Snake rivers than there has been
since 1895. and if it goes off under /
circumstances we may expect
some extreme high water. Though |
should the thaw begin now o large |
amount of the water will run away be.
fore the June rise, aud we may be
saved from a food.
Miss Nellie Hudson, daughter of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Henry Hudson, died at the
home of her parents near Dufur last
night, aged "a years, from the effects
of la grippe. Miss Hudson was an
amiable young lady, and for number
Of years has been one of the most
successful school teachers in the
county.
The March term of circuit court for
Sherman county convened Monday
and adjourned yesterday. There were
about 20 civil cases settled during that
serm, though there was no criminal
business. Sherman county is certain
" fortunate, as there is less criminal
business before the courts there than
in any other county in the state.
Mrs. Shearer, now Mrs. Pratt, left
today for North Yakima, Washington,
which place she will make her per-
nanent home. Mrs. Shearer has for
The past year served in the capacity of
, professional nurse under Drs. Rine.
hart and Geisendorffer and her many
patrons will regret to be deprived of
her services.
John s. Booth, formerly of this city,
put now residing in Portland, has
been commissioned brigade quarter
master of the Oregon National Guard,
with the rank of major. He was cap
;ain OF Co. G at the time the Oregon
militia was called into service last
spring, but was not given q commits
lion in the volunteer army when the
Oregon boys were sent to Manila, be-
cause of his i'll health.
Two carloads of eastern oysters are
IN their wry TO Willapa harbor for an
artificial propagation experiment. of
,ystermen. Two more cars will be or.
Tered before the season closes. The
tate fish commissioner is to begin ex-
along the same line within
! few weeks, the legislature having
made an appropriation of 81 500 for the
purpose. Extensive efforts are to be
made to cultivate eastern oysters and
obsters on Puget sound and Willapa
larbor.
The steamer Spokane, the first coal
sternwheeler In the Pacific
is provinga grand success,
lot only as the fastest boat on snake (
liver, but also from an economical