SATURDAY OCTOBER 26, 1895
' ITEMS IN BRIEF.
From Wednesday's Daily.
Mrs. Newman went to Portland this
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Houghton went
to Portland this afternoon.
' Messrs. Dave Hagerty and James
Sommers, of Cherry creek, are in the
city. '
Miss Jetty Star, of Dafur, arrived
home from a visit to the Portland Ex
position last night.
- Mr. W. H. Mansfield, an old-time
printer and newspaper man of Salem,
has been in the city today.
The first ice of the season formed
here this morning, but there was only
enough of it to say that it was ice.
The funeral of Captain George J,
Ainsworth took place yesterday morn
ing from the family residence in Port-
- land. s: ;'
congressman Hermann says an ap
propriation of $1,000,000 will be asked
this winter for improving the Willa
mette river.
- The Elks of the Cascade Locks will
visit The Dalles, this week, probably
Saturday night, coming up on the new
steamer, Sadie B.
The funeral of the late Mrs. M. Ella
Huff took place from the residence of
her father, Mr. H. S. Ward, this after-
- noon at 3 o'clock. " '
Annie L. Fulton and Charles W.
Diekman both of Sherman county, were
In the city this morning, and made
final proof on their timber-culture
claims.
- Mr. Stublings house on First stree
; Is being overhauled, repainted and
- papered. It is the old Bonzy place,
and is evidently to be occupied by
some one.
' Uncle Sam-: still own9 , 600,000,000
acres of land, and is rich enough yet
to give every family a 60-acre farm
though some of the land would be hard
to subsoil.
Mr. E. L. Fane left last night for his
old home in Texas. He expects to be
gone a year or. two but likes Oregon
and expects to return and reside here
permanently.
The weather lor tomorrow, as or
' dered by the weather bureau, is ''fair
. and. warmer." The . barometer indi
cates a continuation of the present
fair weather for some time.
The type is being set on the pamph
let on the resources of Wasco county,
and 5,000 copies will be printed. The
book will contain about thirty pages
of reading matter, and half as many
devoted to illustrations. .
In New York they are having hea'y
snow storms, while hero in nearly the
6ame latitude we., are 1 Fathering 1
peaches and tomatoes.' In .Dakota the
; mercury is from 12 to 20 degrees below
"freezing point, and up in Minnesota
and Michigan snow is flying.
The case of Wed Wicks against Wm
. Wiley, being an action to recover
. damages for -tresspassing of the lat-
: 1 ter's sheep on the former's garden,
which was tried Monday and taken
- under advisement by Justice Davis,
. was decided today, the court giving
. plaintiff judgment for 825,
.- The regular chrysanthemum show at
the exposition will be held the last
- - days of the fair, Nov. 4th and 5th4 The
show will be under the auspices of the
: floral section of the Oregon Horticul
tural Society, and -will be, In our opin
ion, the best exhibit at the fair, always
excepting the Wasco County fruit ex
Corbett announced yesterday that he
had fought his last fight and would
turn ovor ' tha nhamninnahin tn the,
winner of the Maher-O'Donnell fight,
, but when Fitzsimmons' manager said
if Corbett was not on hand when tim
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and chamDlonshio. Corbett chanced
sis mina. . .
r It is Heppner's turn to have a series
of races now, the fall meeting begin
ning there yesterday. According to
the dispatches in the Oregonian this
morning Black Prince ran a quarter
in 21 seconds, but owing to foul riding
the race was ordered run. over today.
If Black Prince made the time he is
credited with he is a world-beater.
. Now that there is a heavy run of
salmon at Astoria, the papers of our
ugiguuuuu vibjr aiv uub prubeBblu SU
- loudly against the canning of -fall sal-
iuuu. lu was iruoa ASiiUntt was not
getting any fish that the fall run was
' no good. A small boy definedsalt to be
"Something that makes your potatoes
taste bad when you don't put any on."
The salmon are adopting different
tactics this' vear from that nf nt.hor
years. Last Spring with a heavy run
at Astpria there were no fish at all in
the middle river. This fall when As
toria naa no nsn mere was a gooa run
bere, and composed largely of Chin-
ooks. bow Astoria is having a heavy
run of Silversides and there are none
here at all.
From Thursday's Dally.
Mayor Menefee and wife went to
Portland this afternoon.
J. C. Burkes, an attorney of Moro,
was down from that city yesterday.
Ed. Hill went to Portland this mora
ine and will remain tharA tarn n t.fiono
weeks.
. The excursion to Cascade Locks
next Sunday will probably be the last
of the season.
Judge Fulton and wife, of Sherman
county, were In the city yesterday, and
were the guest9 of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Biggs.
Margaret A. Baxter of Poplar, Grant
countv. and Marv E. Gilliam, nf Wncr.
ner, the same county, made homestead
filings today.
The chrysanthemum show at the
Portland exposition will be held about
Nov. 3 and 6, and will be well worth
going to see. ' '
Two final homestead proofs taken
before commissioner Hendricks at
Wlnlock, in Grant county, reached the
land office here today. .
The body of poor Mollie Coe arrived
at Hood River this morning, and was
laid away to rest in the little cemetery
near her childhood's home.
The Cascade Elks will be here Sat
urday night, sure. We are told a
lodge of these antlered animals will be
started here in the near future.
A large band of sheep was brought
iwrnna the river this afternoon, nunlnn
,
from the pastures around Mc Adams,
and is on its way to winter quarters.
The "trial of Professor Adams for
beating an unruly boy was being held
in Portland yesterday, and will proba
.bly be completed today. The Orego
nian devotes two columns to the evi
dence in thease, besides giving con
siderable editorial comment. The
chances are the only blow that was
struck amiss by the professor was
"when he missed him."
Mr. Wheeler, of Hay Cn-ek, is in
the city on his way home from Skagit
county, Washington, where he has
been looking after the estate of his
brother, who was killed last summer.
The work at the Locks is an inter
esting sight to anybody and especially
to residents of The Dalles. The ex
cursion Sunday will afford all an op
portunity to see the work as the boat
will remain there four hours.
S. H. DeWitt, special attorney for
the government, who is engaged in
taking testimony in Indian depreda
tion claims, is registered at the Uma
tilla House, and will examine into such
cases as may be brought before him.
Nearly every one of our exchanges
have a case or two of burglary to re
port. We have bad. nothing of the
kind here, but as there seems to be an
epidemic of it, it is well enough to
keep an eye out for the professionals.
County court meets one week from
Monday, and the commissioners court
the Wednesday following. If you have
any bills against the county get them
in before the last named day, or don't
kick because they are not acted upon.
Up in Idaho a United States judge,
who had a little leisure, appointed an
other Northern Pacific railroad re
ceiver yesterday, it was prooaoiy
done to fill the vacancy caused by the
side tracking of the one mentioned by
us yesterday.
Mr. Triplow, of Hood River, who
has been traveling for the Jewett Nur
series, is in the city, on his way home
from Idaho. He was fairly successful
in taking orders for nursery stock and
is impressed with the future greatness
of Idaho as a fruit producer.
One half the papers of the state are
bound to marry Miss Strahan to the
Oakland preacher, Rev. Edward Davis.
Miss Strahan and the other half of the
papers are vigorously denying tne
statement. We have concluded to
pull out of the fight and from this on
will remain neutral.
Jack Dempsey is dying in Portland,
and a few months at the most will see
the end. His calling was not an
a very honorable one but such as it
was Dempsey honored it. He was as
much of a gentleman as his calling
would permit.
We understand the marriage of the
Duke of Marlborough or Buckingham
or some other place to Miss Consuelo
Vanderbilt is to be celebrated in Ne ir
York city early next month. We can
hardly give credence to the rumor, as
no invitations have been received at
this office.
Captain Peg-ram, at one time super
intendent of the water lines of the O.
R. & N., while that line was under
Union Pacific control, died athis home
in Massachusetts ' last week. -Captain
Pegram distinguished himself by tak
ing all the O. R. & N. boats off the
f.M,n
Teacher If one' servant girl iuld
clean two rooms in two hours, how
long would it take two servant girls to
do it? Little Girl Four hours.
Teacher Wrong. It would only take
one hour. Little Girl O, I didn't
know you was talkin' about servant
girls that wasn't on speaking terms.
The larger part of the Cascade res
ervation can be thrown open next
spring if the proper effort is made to
have it done. - Several townships
along the line of the Cascade wagon
road have been surveyed this fall, and
the company will proceed to select
their lands. This will be a very good
entering wedge.
Major-General Miles, who believes
the bicycle will ultimately come into
military use, says: "The wheel can be
used in some places where a horse can
not be used. You cannot swim a river
on a bicycle, but you can conceal it
there for several days, fish it up and
ride away, which you cannot do with a
horse."
She was cosily entrenched upon his
shoulder and they were very, very
happy. "George," she whispered, and
he bent his head to listen, "do you
know what I would do if your love for
me should cool.'" - "Would you die,
dear?" he asked, passionately. "No, J
George, I would bring an action for
breach of promise." -
Every week we read of some vast
estate in England, generally consist
ing of money deposited in the Bank of
England, going to be divided among a
lot of American heirs. In the last
twenty years there has. been more
money of this kind reported in the
bank aforesaid then there is in the
world, but it never gets divided.
The weather for tomorrow is fair
and-stationary. This item is getting
to be somewhat of a chestnut, but as
the weather is always in evidence, the
tender regard our reporter has for his
truth and. veracity, will not permit
him to alter, change or vary the ap
pearance of the skies or the tempera
ture of the air. If it wasn't here all
the time,-however, it would be differ-
examination by him but it is probable
they will not be taken up until spring.
When he gets through here Mr. De
Witt will go to Pendleton.
Bissinger & Co., of San Franzisco,
have determined to establish a branch
house in The Dalles, and on Nov. 1
will open an office and warehouse in
the building now occupied by Mr. B.
Wolf. This house is one of the largest
dealers in hides, pelts and furs on the
Pacific coast, having branch establish
ments all over the Northwest, and
their location in The Dalles is a valu
able addition to the business interests
of the city.
The band boys will be out tonight in
force, and will give an open-air con
cert. Just where they will hold forth
has not been decided upon, but it will
be under one of the arc lights, and
they can easily be found by the noise
they make. " Strangers are requested
not to mistake them for the Salvation
Army, for while all of them are good
musicians, none of them have had any
experience as public exhorters or ex
hausters. Judge - Leather man, of - Kansas, to
whom was referred the question as to
whether Corbett and Fitzsimmons
could fight at Hot Springs, decided the
other day that there was notblng in
the' laws of Arkansas to prevent it. As
soon as this decision was made known
both the loud-mouthed long-distance
fighters nearly injured themselves in
their wild scramble to have the fight
stopped. . This Was done by Corbett's
backers proposing a postponement to
which Fitzsimmons' backers, backed
by Fitzsimmons, would not consent.
The result was that the fight was de
clared off. It is sincerely to be hoped
that the big daily papers will now give
the long-suffering public a much
needed rest, and let the bruisers alone.
THE WALLA WALLA STYLE.
. The County Mast Fay.
Wednesday, says the Oregonian,
Judge Sbattuck decided a case of Jus
tice Geisler against the county of
Multnomah, involving the payment of
certain fees, in favor of the plaintiff.
The court held that in holding a
prisoner to answer to the grand jury,
the justice should be allowed for mak
ing each order a fee of 35 cents. The
county court refused to allow 40
cents, or 10 cents per folio, for filing
and preparing each transcript for the
county. Judge Shattuck ruled that
this also must be paid. The case was
argued before Judge Shattuck by
George W. Hazen for the plaintiff and
J. B. Thompson for the defendant.
Justice Geisler will now prosecute a
suit which he has on file, to recover
foes disallowed by the county court,
amounting to about $1,000.
Henri Dun ant's old Age.
Henri Dunant, the originator of the
Red Cross movement, was found in
misery recently in a little village in
Canton of Appenzell, in Switzerland.
In his old age he was suffering in soli
tude from poverty and illness after
having devoted his fortune and his
prime to founding the association
which has relieved the. distresses of
thousands in all parts of the world.
As soon as his situation became known,
most of the Red Cross committees of
Europe, including those of Brussels,
Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Madrid, set
to work to raise a fun d to relieve him. It
is now likely that he will end his life
in comfort. To prevent his being
overlooked or forgotten a second time
the committees are going to publish a
memorial of his work.
The Compliments of the Season Ex
changed In the Court Room
They had a law suit in Walla Walla
the other day, and according to the
Union it was a "hot number." At
torney Dovell, for the defense refused
to introduce any testimony, relying
upon that of the prosecution, and the
argument was made. We print a
small section of the same, from each
side. The Union says:
"Turner addressed the jury in his
own behalf. He said he had expected
to make his speech entirely upon the
evidence which would be presented by
Cavanaugh and was therefore unpre
pared. He consumed ten minutes,
however, in heaping vituperations
upon Attorney Dovell and his client,
applying to the latter such epithets as
"liar." "thief." "scoundrel," "crim
inal," and "coward." Cavanaugh, he
said was afraid to go upon the stand
"I have always had the highest re
e-ard for Mr. Dovell," he said, "and
hoped he might reach the highest
round in the ladder of his profession,
but I am sorrv to see him the boon
companion of such a contemptible and
cowardly criminal as P. J. .Cavan
autrh." He closed with a diatribe
against lawyers in general saying that
it was a well-known fact that they were
dishonest and that their oaths would
not be taken upon the witness stand
Then the attorney got his innings
and handled the bat as follows:
"I charge J. M. Turner with being a
self-confessed perjurer," cried-the elo
quent young attorney, with a dramatic
gesture.' "There were only two facts
to which he swore positively in his ex
amination. One was that bis name
was J. M. Turner and the other was
the one in which he confessed to hav
ing sworn to a lie in the justice court,
during his preliminary . examination
for embezzlement, in order to save
himself from the penitentiary."
In speaking of the motive which in
spired Turner to induce Mi's. Rogers
to bring the suit Mr. Dovell said:
"For the ten minutes of personal
gratification in which he was per
mitted to abuse Mr. Cavanaugh before
you, he has cherished his hatred for
over a year, has brought Mrs. Rogers
into court, the witnesses and put the
taxpayers to great expense. In that
ten minutes be purged himself of all
his vindictiveness and all his rotten
spleen. I warrant you he feels better
since he has vomited it up. If your
verdict is against him it will have the
effect of keeping him out of the courts,
the county and the state. Of course
that would not be as great a benefit to
Mr. Turner as it would be to the courts
and the community."
Mr. Dovell closed with the following
peroration:
"The records of all the courts of the
county are full of cases in which Tur
the fall Pratt bobbed up serenely for
the nomination for prosecuting attor
ney, beating Virgin hands down and
prancing through the election an easy
winner. Shortly after this a big dance
was given, and of course Judge Virgin
was invited. He arrived after the
dancing began, and as he entered the
door the first object that fell athwart
his vision was his old opponent, A. C.
Pratt, drawing the bow on the first
fiddle. Virgin was not a profane man,
according to the standard of the coun
try, but when he saw Pratt he dropped
a few remarks that he had not memo
rized from Watt's hymns, and con
cluded them with "The d d long-
legged demurrer, he can fiddle too."
THINK HE 19 MISTAKEN.
The Farmers Will Get Better Prices, and
Be Better Customers.
A correspondent of the Moro Ob
server over, the signature or "Mer
chant" discusses the "Rattlesnake"
road proposition as follows:
"Build that Rattlesnake road to The
Dalles and let Sherman county haul
all her wheat there and spend all her
money there. Patronize The Dalles
merchants and what will the Sherman
county merchants do? Go out of busi
ness? And where will the county
papers get their support from? And
what is to be done with the warehouse
property at Rufus. Biggs and Des.
chutes? And the men employed at the
warehouses? If the road is built and
does the work it is intended for, it-will
be the worst blow the prosperity of
Sherman county ever received. " It
will drive her merchants out of busi
ness; the editors will go hungry and
the money invested in warehouses and
at shipping points in the county "will
be virtually confiscated. It will in
crease the taxes on farm property
therefore, and it will drive, a large part
of the population in the river towns
away, killing the towns. Hut build
the road by all means. The merchants
in the county who always have the
welfare of the farmers at heart, as it is
virtually their own welfare, the men
who have worked early and late to
benefit the county, have no rights to
consideration at the hands of the
'clique' who are doing the howling for
this ro,d. The Dalles wants the road
and the Sherman county money, and
that settles it.
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Saturday, Oct.
26.
- BORN.
bCHOREN In this city on Oct. 21th. to the
who or Mnthew Scboren, a daughter.
MARRIED.
EVEHD1NG OS BORN At the residence of
Mrs. Florence -Biiuley, in this city. October 19,
Mr. Adolph Everdlng to Miss Ont Osborn.
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Our Stock of MEN'S, BOYS' and YOUTHS' PANTS
Piled on Our Pants Counter,,
50 Per Cent Discount
These goods are marked in plain figures and we
CUT THE PRICE RIGHT IN TWO
Your Choice.
One-Half of Marked Price
See Our Show Windows
HLL GOODS MHRK6D
IN PLHIN FIGURES.
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DIED.
PATTERSON At 1 o'clock Thursday morn
ing Oct. 23d, at tbo home of his purcnts on
Eight-Mile, Arthur, son of Q. W. and L. S.
Patterson, aged 18 years.
The young man had been sick about seven
weeks, having first been afflicted with cholera
morbus, inffamatlon of the stomach and typhoid
fever, culminating In brain fever, which was
the Immediate cause of his death.
Notice.
Those owing the Times-Mountain
EER for advertisements, subscription
etc., to Sept. 1, 1895, can settle the
same by calling on the undersigned at
A7m fitVlolla UnrlaMtaMni. nn..t..,-.
' .....uui.. 0 uuuvi laiuug patiwD
corner Third and Washington streets,
JOHN MICHELL.
The Dalles, Oct. 22, 1895. -
NOTE AND COMMENT.
HUFF At Blalock. Or.
M. Ella Huff, daughter of H
city, agea M years.
Pendleton and Eugene papers please copy.
Monday, Oct. 21st, Mrs.
S. Ward, of this
ent.
From Friday's Dally,
Mr. M. T. Nolan went to Portland
this morning. .
A slight breeze started up this after
noon, the first for several days.
With fair weather Sunday the excur
sion to the Locks will be a treat to
everybody.
Mr. and Mrs. Dinsmore Parrish
went to Portland this morning to take
in the exposition.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Graves, who
have been, attending the exposition at
Portland, arrived on the Regulator
last night.
Abraham L. Disbrow and wife yes
terday sold to Marion F. Loy block 6
in Winans addition to the town of
Hood River for the sum of $200.
H. D. Dunham, of Hay Creek, de
livered 116 head of beef at the stock
Yards this afternoon. Mr. Butler
bought the cattle and shipped them to
the Sound.
Spokane is a trifle short on dogs ac
cording to (he Chronicle of that city
which places the number at 5,630.
That is only one dog for every five in
habitants, or one to each voter.
The trial" of Professor Adams, at
Portland charged with assault and
battery in whipping a small boy in the
Stephens school, was completed yes
terday, the jury finding him not guilty.
Two victims of inebriety were be
fore the recorder this morning. One
forfeited his ball $5, and the other
was fined $10, which up to the hour of
going to press he had not liquidated.
The chances are that the city treasury
will not be enriched at his expense.
Special Attorney DeWitt is located
at the Umatilla House, and will prob
ably remain here several days. Sev
eral cases at Prinevllle are awaiting
- . Not Set by Sheepmen.
Portland suburbs have been ex
posed to dangerous forest fires. Sev
eral thousand cords of wood were
burned and had there been any wind
immense damage would have been
done to buildings. At Pleasant Home
the roof of the school house caught
several times, and it was only by hard
and persistent fighting that it and
other buildings were saved. The dan
ger Is not over yet, nor will it be un
til the rains set in, as the least wind
would cause a general conflagration.
It is needless perhaps to add that the
fires were not started by sheepmen,
though Mr. Steele and some of his
Mazanas and Mazameresses may pos
sibly lay it on to them.
A Mine of Information.
The register at the Umatilla House
contains many things besides the
names of guests, years ago, Colonel
Sinnott made a practice of entering
upon it, the happening of important
events and now the old files are a verit
able mine of information concerning
earlier days. We, noticed an entry
Wednesday, made at the Colonel's re
quest, by an old townsman Mr. James
Faris. For a number of years Mr.
Faris has been invited to his birthday
dinner at the Umatilla, and the en
try was to the effect that the old
gentleman who, was 86 years old on
the 22nd, had got around to his dinner
just one day late.
The Best Market.
Napoleon B. Hastain and Wm. Keys
returned from The Dalles Wednesday,
after delivering about 80 head of cat
tle there for the Union Meat Co., pur
chased from them and others in this
section. They were well pleased with
the prices they obtained, having
gained about $1.50 per head by taking
the cattle to The Dalles. They sold
by weight and the cows brought about
$17.50 and the two-year-old steers a
trifle over $25. One cow belonging to
Ed. Putnam brought over $20. Napo
leon says The Dalles is lively, with lots
of wheat coming in, the price paid for
which last Saturday was 40 cents,
Fossil Journ al.
A Fine Display.
No better evidence of the prolific
soil and wonderfel climate of Wasco
county can be found than the display
of fruit and vegetables visible at the
grocery stores. At J. B. Crossen's
this morning we noticed a fine display
of peaches, seventy boxes of which
were being prepared for shipment to
Portland. Besides these there were
grapes, as fine as ever ripened beneath
Italian skies, apples in innumerable
varieties, crates of inuskmelons, boxes
of great red tomatoes, cucumbers and
garden stuff in endless quantities, and
in fact everything that midsummer
and early fall furnishes elsewhere.
Off For a Hunt.
Dr. Henderson and Jos, R. King
took their departure Sunday morning
for a ten days' hunt in the mountains
of Grant county, says the Long Creek
Eagle. The gentlemen will stop on
the John Day at the ranch of Qua
Smith where they will be joined by
that gentleman and Mr. E. A, Smith,
The party will then proceed to Haw
kins Flat In quest of bear, thence Into
the mountains on the North Fork for
deer. The gentlemen are well equipped
for any kind of game and expect to
bag some "big meat."
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair, San Frandaco.
ner has figured. They tell a story of
his lying, or his cheating, or his rob
bing somebody, and if you, gentlemen
of the jury, do not set the seal of your
disapproval upon him he will go on ly
ing and cheating and robbing until
the black hinges of hell swing in upon
his perjured soul." '
The instructions of the court were
then read and the jury returned a ver
dict for the garnishee defendant, P. J
Cavanaugh.
CONCERNING ISOLATED LANDS.
What May be Purchased and How It May
be Done. .
. As we have received several letters
of inquiry concerning the law allowing
tha purchase of isolated lands, we print
the law, and also an extract from the
instructions of the commissioner of the
land office, to the officers of the local
land offices:
"Sec. 2455. It shall be lawful for the
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fice to order into market and sell for
not less than one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre any isolated or discon
nected tract or parcel of the public do
main less- than one quarter section
which, in his judgment, it would be
proper to expose to sale after at least
thirty days' notice by the land officers
of the district in which such lands may
be situated: Provided, That lands
shall not become so isolated or discon
nected until the same have been sub
ject to homestead entry for a period of
three years after the surrounding land
has been entered, filed upon, or sold by
the government: Provided, that not
more than one hundred and sixty acres
shall be sold by any one person,"
Approved February 26, 1895.
The instructions to the local land
officers are in part as follows:
'Hereafter when an application is
made to you by any one for the proper
proceedings to be entered upon in or
der that any tract of land may be or
dered into market at public sale by the
commissioner of the general land office
under said section, the applicant will
be required' to furnish an affidavit
made by himself and duly corroborated
by two witnesses, setting forth the
character of the land; stating whether
it is covered with timber or contains
stone or any mineral, whether it is ag
ricultural in character, for what pur
pose the land would be chiefly valua
ble, and why he desires the same or
dered into market. It must, also be
shown that the tract is unoccupied by
any one having color of title thereto.'
"It will be observed that no lands
are subject to be ordered Into market
as aforesaid until the same shall have
been subject to homestead entry-for a
period of three years after the- -surrounding
lands have been entered,
filed upon, or sold by the government.
A VERSATILE FBI NT KB.
His Characteristic! Brought to Mind by a
Mining Deal.
The dispatches the other day men
tioned the sale of a lot of placer
ground in Pine Nut, a mining district
in Douglas county, Nevada, about .30
miles south of Virginia City. One of
the principal owners of the land sold
was A. C. Pratt a printer, politician,
telegraph operator, miner, lawyer, fid
dler, deputy secretary of state and
grand aggregation of odda and ends of
information, We remember when
Pratt-first arrived in the little town of
Genoa, the oounty seat of Douglas
county, and issued the first copy of the
Genoa Journal, a four-page five-column
weekly, with its subscription price
fixed at the modest sum of $4 per year,
Pratt wrote the articles, stuck the
type, did the press work, played poker
of nights and won. In a short time,
he began to practice law in the justice
courts, running up against the leading
attorney in tha town ' (a gentleman
named Virgin, who bad been on the
benoh and who was really "a fine law
yer) and generally beating Mm with
the assistance of the jury. Indeed, he
came to be a regular wet blanket to
Virgin, being in some .unaccountable
way against him on every proposition
of law, business or anything else that
came up. The elections coming on in
In "Note and Comment" the Oregonian
Thus Dishes I'p Oar Alvah.
In view of the fact that Alvah W.
Patterson, managing ' editor of the
Heppner Gazette, "has been selected
as the orator at the next session of the
Knights of Pythias grand lodge," it is
fitting that the world at large should
be apprised of that gentleman's accom
plishments, the true character of
which has until now been hidden
under a bushel, as it were, the bushel
being the "Oregon Blue Book." From
its pages we quote: "Some one writ
ing lately of a very charming woman
of society, said she had the head of
one of Titian's saints and the bouI of
one of Maupassant's sinners. Alvah
Patterson, of Heppner, is neither a
saint nor a sinner, but the individual,
or collection of individuals that take
his theological-student look, and quiet,
almost gentle demeanor for the taber
nacle of a lamb of innocence are de
cidedly distant from the exact facts in
the premises. Patterson is a great
hearted, honorable young man, with
all that this implies. He is a wide
awake business citizen, acute in the
ways of the world, but generous, char
itable and jolly withalr .-His nature is
more like that of a deep, strong stream
than that of one man out of a thou
sand. He doesn't carry his heart on
his sleeves for daws to peck at, nor
does his good humor manifest itself in
ebullitions of speech, gesticulation or
laughter."
Kaffir Corn.
The acreage of Kaffir corn in Kansas
this year is larger than ever before.
The drought of 1894 taught the farm
ers that they must prepare for adverse
seasons, and the fact that Kaffir corn
will stand a dry season when Indian
corn will dry up caused many fields to
be planted with it. The results have
been satisfactory. In some counties
of the state, notably Montgomery, the
yield of the Kaffir corn has run as high
as sixty bushels to the acre, and thirty
or forty bushels to the acre is consid
ered a very ordinary yield. As a
bushel of this corn will go as far in
fattening cattle and hogs as a bushel
of the Indian corn, it can readily be
seen that a great point has been gained
in its successful production.
To Reform Their Leaden.
It seems that the Jackson county
populists, having failed in their efforts
to reform the county, are now going to
undertrke to reform their leaders.
The excitement among the populist
brethren in the county over the action
of their principal boss, County Clerk
Jacobs, in voting to reduce the rail
road assessment from $10,000 to $4,500
per mile continues, and has resulted
in the calling of a meeting of the
county central committee by Chairman
Frank Williams, to meet at Medford
next Saturday, to take cognizance of
this trampling upon the creed of the
party. It is expected that a mass
meeting to denounce Mr. Jacobs' act
ions will follow the meeting of the
county central committee;
Married Yesterday. - -Truman
Butler was married Wednes
day at LeCompton, Kansas, and in a
short time will arrive home with Ms
bride. Some congratulatory dispatches
were sent him yesterday by his young
friends and associates here. We never
could understand bow or why our
Dalles girls allowed Truman to be cap
tured by an eastern girl, for they are
generally wide awake, but nevertheless
the Times-Mountaineer extends its
paternal blessing to jhe young couple,
and wishes them all manner of pros
perity. .'.
... Letters Advertised,
The following la the list of letters
remaining In The Dalles postoffice
uncalled for October 25, 1895. Per
sons calling for these letters will
please give the date on which they
were advertised:
Brannan, A Batter, Dr
Beckford, Mr Berry. Earl
Conum, H T Cummings, C C
Davidson, Jack Douglas, James -
Eller, J Guiest, JD
Hlokey, J Hill, ED
Hobs, Susie Marsh, Frank
Mann, Geo Merrill, Wm
Offlen. C W Palmer, J M
Hiokerd, Dave Samuel, J F
Smitbfinch, Mr Turner, Mrs J A
J. A. Cbossen P. M.
Between Extremes.
The amount of business done here
these days is simply immense, but it
does not make news items. There is
a decided failure of crops a9 far as the
newspaper material is concerned, and
there does not seem to be any hope of
an immediate improvement. It is
writing to fill space now, for the sum
mer outing is over and we are just
half-way between the period when
down by the sounding sea or in the
mountains beneath the whispering firs
two hearts beat as one and matches
are made; and that other period along
in November when the divorce mill
begins to grind. ;
For Over Fifty Years.
An Old and Weix-Tried Rem
edy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in ' every part of the world.
Twent y-five cents a bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup, and
take no other kind.
Sheep Wanted.
I wish to buy seven or eight hundred
young ewes. Will pay the cash for
them. Call on or address. John Ko-
nig, Columbus, Wash,
' Notice.
Commencing Monday the 21st. Inst
tne rteguiator wui leave at seven
o'clock a. M. instead of eight o'clock.
D. P. & A. N. CO,
Still Another Call.
All county warrants registered prior
to Jan. 14, 1892, will be paid if pre-
seniea at my omce, corner xnira ana
Washington streets, The Dalles, Ore.
Interest ceases after Sept. 22, 1895.
Wm. Michell,,
County Treasurer.
Or. Price's Cream Baking: Powder
worw i fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
Wood I Wood! Wood!
Oak, fir and slab wood at minimum
rates. Send us your order from -the
nearest telephone.
Jos. T. Peters & Co.
ARE YOU COING EAST?
If so, be sure and see that your ticket
reads via
NORTHWESTERN
Excursion
TO
Cascade
s VIA STEAMER REQULATOR
Sunday, October
Locks
27
GIVEN BY
THE ORCHESTRA UNION
Steamer will leave The Dalles at 8 a.
Locks at 2:30 p. m.
m., and returning will leave Cascade
Round Trip 50c
Tickets can be procured at the principal business houses or from members
of The Orchestra Union.
Full Brass Band in Attendance
-THE-
A Bad Finger.
Bertie Baldwin, who went to Mt.
Angel about a month ago to attend
aVhnnl hna Wn. wa iinlnwatjinA In
the hospital twice since. When he CHICAGO, ST. PAUL,
went away he had a felon on one of his
fingers, but it was thought to be about
well. After getting to school it began
to trouble him and it became necessary
to have the finger cut open and the
bone scraped. Bertie has considerable
musical talent, and it is to be hoped
the trouble will not leave him with a
stiff finger.
MINNEAPOLIS and
OMAHA RAILWAY.
THIS IS THE
GREHT SHORT LINE
THE GERMANIA
STUBLING & WILLIAMS, PROPs.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
All brands of Imported Liquors, Ale and Porter,
and Genuine Key West Cigars. A Full Lin of
CALIFORNIA : WINES : AND : BRANDIES
Twelve-year-old Whiskey, strictly pure, for medicinal pur
poses. Malt Liquor. Columbia Brewery Beer on draught.' "
04 Second Street. TI1K DALLES, Ott
To Stuff Politicians With.
- Aooording to the California papers
great quantities of prunes are being
shipped to the Eastern markets. The
overland shipments from San Jose last
week amounted to 5,759,930 pounds of
which 3,190,720 pounds wore dried
prunes. This was the largest amount
of dried prunes ever shipped from San
Jose in one week, and was an average
of 22 cars per day for the six working
days of the week. Prunes are also
moving from Portland and other sec
tions of the Northwest. We now have
reports from about fifteen carloads.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
and a careful micro
scopical examina
tion 01 tne urine, is
a valuable aid in
determining the
nature of many
chronic diseases.
particularly those
of the nervous
system, blood, liv
er, kidney, and
bladder. These
ids make i pos
sible to treat auch
diseases success
fully at a distance, without personal exami
nation of the patient. Thus Bright't Dis
ease of the Kidneys, Inflammation of tha
Bladder, Gravel, and other Diseases of the
Urinary Organs, " Liver Complaint," Dys
pepsia, or Indigestion, Dropsy and many
other maladies are successfully treated and
cured without personal consultation with
the physician.
Nervous Debility, whether resulting from
over-study, worry, disappointment, or from
exhausting drains upon the system caused
by prenicious secret habits contracted in
youth, through, ignorance of their ruinous
consequences, is successfully managed,
through correspondence, the necessary
medicines being sent by mail or express.
Write for question blanks, or describe your
case, send sample of urine for analysis and
enclose 10 cents for postage on treatise,
which contains reproduced photographs
and full names and addresses of vast num
bers of people who have been cured in this
way. Address, World's Dispensary Medi
tal Association, 663 Main St, Buffalo, N. Y.
Between -
DULUTH.
ST. PAUL..
CHICAGO,'
And all Points East and South
The magnificient track, peerless vesti- "
buted dining and sleeping car trams,
and motto:
"ALWAYS ON TIME'
Hav given tkis road a national reputation. A!
classes of passengers carried on the vestibuled trains
without extra charge. Ship your freights, and travel
over this famous Ude All agents have tickets.
W. H. MEAD, F.C SAVAGE,
Gan. Agent. Trav. F. P.-Atft..
$4S Washington Street. Portland, Oregon.
"Tie Regulator Line"
The Dalles, Portland and Astoria
Navigation Co ,
RUPERT & GHBEL
Wholesal and retail manufacturers of and dealers in
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
Tents, and Wagon Covers.
v And All A.ttlol lcpt In 'm Vlratt Class Ffmt Shop.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
THE DALLES
Opposite Moody' Warehouse
OREGON
THROUGH
Frelgn.1 ana Passenssr Line
Through
cepted) between
Exposition Bates.
The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Nav
igation Co. have made a rate of 82
from The Dalles to Portland and re
turn during' the Portland Exposition,
limited to ten days from date of sale.
W, V. ALX.AWAY,
" . Gen. Ajent.
Dr. PIERCE'S
PLEASANT
PELLETS
cure sick headache, biliousness, constipa
tion, coated tongue, poor appetite, indiges
tion, windy belch ings and kindred derange
ments of the liver, stomach and bowels.
ONCE USED. ALWAYS IN FAVOR.
NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION.
Land Oiticb at Thi Dalles Or.,
Oct. 4, 1896.
Notice is hereby -given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his Intention
to make final proof In support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver, at The Dalles, Oregon, on De
cember 7, UW5. viz:
WILLIAM G. OBRI3T.
Hd. E No. 3522, for the ne X sec. ,tpls,rl2e.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, vizj
James Nelson, David D. Nelson, Wn, H.
Wqlfe, Joseph B. Hall, all of The Dalles, Ore
gon. J AS. MtXJKB, .
- 26oet Register.
Daily trips (Sundays ex-
ween the Dalles and Port
land. Steamer Regulator leaves The
Dalles at 8 a. m., connecting At the Cas
cade Locks with Steamer Dalles City.
Steamer Dalles City leaves Portland
(Oak street dock) at 7 -.. m., connecting
with bteamer Kegulator lor 1 he uaiies,
PASSENGER RATES:
Oneway.. 5 00
Round trip 3 00
Freight Rates Greatly Reduced
Shipments for Portland received at
any time, day or night. Shipments for
way landings must be delivered before
5 p. m. Live stock shipments solicited.
Call on. or address,
U. C. HLLKUKY.
Gaa.raU Agsst
THE DALIES OREGON
HENEI L. KTJCK,
-Hianfmtnrsr of sad dsalet la
Harness and Saddlery,
ascend St., 1 HoodVs warshnnea,
THE DALLES, ' OBKOOH
A Wsrb
faetkta
tluna-Ml to Hv M
B. K HUNSHKER'S
.. CASH GROCERY STORE
Is the place to buy Groceries, Confectionary, Fruit,
Nuts, Wood and Willow Ware, Crockery,
Cutlery, In fact a General Stock
men's Supply store.
Wesell for cattb, which enables us to give
More Goods for a Dollar .
Than any store in The Dalle.
New Goods arriving- every day and sold at Bedrock Prices. Call and examlna
for yourself. . -
Moses Old Stand
NEXT DOOR TO DIAMOND MILLS.
t
Crockery - m Glassware
BRILLIANT.
If you want to see some pretty patterns
in crockery call at J. B. Crossen's.
Tea Sets, - Dinner Sets, - Single Pieces
Open Stock
A fine lot of Lamps, French China, English Semi-Porcelain
and Holiday Goods to arrive soon.
J. B. Crossen',