Dauphin County diner suddenly closed after co-owner was jailed for relentlessly stalking a woman

Update: Dauphin County diner closes after owner goes to jail The Highspire Diner at 255 Second St. in Highspire recently closed. The reason for the closure of the landmark restaurant, which opened in ...

One of the owners of the Highspire Diner, which suddenly closed without explanation, has been in jail since October for stalking and harassing a woman for most of last year. David Obenstine, 51, of ...

The word dauphin is French for dolphin and was originally the hereditary title of the ruler of the Dauphiné of Viennois. While early heirs were granted these lands to rule, eventually only the title was granted. The wife of the Dauphin was known as la Dauphine.

From 1350 to 1830, dauphin was the title given to the eldest son of a king of France, or the heir apparent to the French crown. The title was established by the royal house of France through the purchase of lands known as the Dauphiné in 1349 by the future Charles V.

dauphin, title of the eldest son of a king of France, the heir apparent to the French crown, from 1350 to 1830. The title was established by the royal house of France through the purchase of lands known as the Dauphiné in 1349 by the future Charles V.

His elder brother, Louis Joseph, died at the age of seven from tuberculosis in June 1789, and Louis Charles became the “Dauphin”, the title accorded to the heir apparent of the throne of France.