The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-01-07
ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Weduesday,s pai1x.

ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesdays Daily.
John 81. Hull, of Grants, is in th
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. q. Dufur are visit
ing in the city today.
Messrs. N. C. Evans, D. S. Crappe
and W. Kennedy, of Hood River, ar
in town.
County court met today there bein,
present Judge Mays and Commissioner
Kinsey and Evans.
During the month of December th,
fees collected by the county clerl
amounted to $3s9.43.
The La Grande Chronicle says th,
acreage of fall-sown wheat is below the
average III Union country this rear.
Two million salmon eggs were re
ceived at the Mapleton hatchery
recently. The eggs were in gooi
condition.
Young Americans are having i'm
mense fun coastlpg on the street,
where there is sufficient grade to set q
sled in motion.
Last night was the date for the
regular monthly council meeting,
but there not being a quorum present
the meeting adjourned until tonight.
The Dalles City made a through
trip to Portland yesterday. bnt did not
venture on the river today. There
was SO much ice floating as to make
the trip up dangerous.
The new water system is now COM
plete with the exception of putting in
few gates. 1t is very perfect sys.
tenn, the pressure below the bluff
having been increased several pounds.
A. Greiner, of Mayville, is in the
city and says that all residents of that
section of Gillian county are getting
through the winter nicely, the weather
having been very favorable SO far.
Last Friday our reporter got mixed
up in his item about the shipment of
fruit from Mosier. He said Louie |
Davenport had recently shipped a.
600 pounds of dried plums. whereas, he
should have said the fruitgrowers of
Mosier had shipped that amount.
Bank clearances at Spokane during
1898 aggregated s45, 800, 1928. compared
with s33, ,234, ,154 during 1897.
W. W. Robertson, formerly of the
Chehalis Nugget, has bought the
North Yakima Republic from L. E.
Sperry and w. q. James.
D. c. Conlon. a farmer living in
Uniontown. Wash. committed suicide
by taking strychnine Friday. He was
despondent because his wife had left
him.
Yesterday the ferry was taken to
winter quarters at Hungry harbor,
after having made one trip across the
river. The ferry will not make regu-
lar trips until the ice quits running in.
the river.
Last night Marshal Lauer arrested
two parties, John Meyers and William
Adams, for begging on the streets.
They were taken before Recorder
Gates this morning and Myers was
given two days and Adams four days
In Jail. f
The coyote hunt, in which the hunt !
ers Of Baker City, Haines and Wing I
vile participated on December 81, was I
not success, owing to the stiff bliz-
zard that was blowing. DR.. 81. E. Cur {
rey and Mr.. Simpson made the best d
scores. Curry killed three and Siup- /
SON four. e
E. B. Ward, representing the Ia
coma & Columbia River Railroad, is
In the city, and has maps outlining
the proposed route from Tacoma to q
point in Washington opposite The c
Dalles. The company proposes to-
build the proposed road during the I
present season. J
There is talk of the farmers assist :,
Ing to erect mill at Pomeroy to be
used in their behalf. 1t is proposed to
assist in consideration of exchanging
10 pounds of -four for bushel of wheat.
That would enable those who have
wheat now to get -four at less than
80 per barrel. l
The total expenditure Of the school :
for the blind at Salem for the past two
years was $l5, ,9S5.27. Superintendent
Carter recommends that $l4, 900 be ap- 8
as q maintenance fund. I
The report contains no comment upon
the proposed union of the deaf mute c
and blind schools.
This is pretty early in the season for
. freshet, but residents along Court
street north of Third are experiencing
one. The sewer leading down Court a
became clogged and flooded all the .
easements on the east side of the 7
street. The cellar under McInerny's o
store was flooded and considerable o
goods were damaged.
The three little boys found in box
car here yesterday morning were not P
pure innocents. They told a very t
plausible story, but it was untrue. In. t
stead of being locked in a car against s
their will they were in their by their
own choice. Marshal Lau er has been
informed that two of them had escaped 7
from the orphans home in Portland {