, 1878-04-06
4 New and Prosperous Town.

A New and Prosperous Town.
The town of Goldendale, the
metropolis of Klickitat county,
is situated 30 miles from The
Dalles on the Columbia river.
At present the town has three
hotels, two stores, two shoe
shops, two blacksmith shops,
one photograph gallery, one
large steam sash and door fac
tory and planer, one grocery,
one brickyard, one cabineG shop,
one jeweIer shop, one harness
shop, two butcher shops, where
the best cuts Of beef can be had
for five cents per pound, one
-four mill, where the best flour
can be had for $3.50 per bbl.,
one wagon shop, one Chinese
wash house, a large Methodist
church, and a Baptist church in
the immediate vicinity. A CON-
pany has been organized to man.
utacture agricultural imple-
ments. A woolen factory Is
about to be constructed. A
water ditch, one and one-half
miles long, has been dug to sup
ply the town with water for ir-
purposes. The town
has also a livery stable, from
which coaches run semi-weekly
to The Dalles. In addition to
the stores above named, a mer-
chant, popularity known as
Frenchy, has large store one
and one-half miles above the
town. There are five saw mills
within convenient distances OF
town. AS near As can be ascer-
tanned, Klickitat county produc-
ed last year $4,000 bushels Of
grain, mostly wheat. The crop
this year will amount to over
bushels. Grain and
other produce finds a market at
The Dalles. No town in the
upper country has better pros
poets in the future than Golden
dale. The population Of the
hasabeut doubled since
the last general election.
Among the solid men of the
are H. 7. Levins, county
auditor, Thos. Connell, county
treasurer, s. NJ. Gilmore, pro.
bate judge and Republican can
didate for delegate at large in
the constitutional convention,
and Thos. johnson, an enter
prising business man and mer-
chant.-Vdncouuer Independent.
A painting by Gabriel Max,
now on exhibition at the Austri-
an Art Union, is exciting atten-
ton in Germany. 1t is called
''The Child Murderess," and rep
resents a mother with the babe,
whom she has loved and killed,
in her arms, crouching in a des-
olate place by the side of
stream, and giving the little
bleeding head one passionate
kiss before throwing it into the
water. In point of color and
execution it equals if it does not
excel Max's most famed works.
A Portland boy was seen
throwing a wheelbarrow load of
empty bottles and cans into the
back yard Of his residence. In
he said: wWe're
going to have some visitors
come in from the country. We
may not have much to eat; but
if they see these things they'll
think we've had lsters, cham
pagne, figs, and nuts till we've
got tired of EN-, and are living
on bread and taters for a healthy
change"
A White Pine country rancher
thought one of his mules had the
on the hiud legs. and del
iberately proceeded to investigate
the matter. Although he was waf-
ted to the spirit land on q pair Of
mule heels instead of the traditional
angels pinions. the watt was emin-
entity successful in all the minutest
details.
A competition has been open
ed in France for u monumental
statue to NJ. Theirs, to be erect
ed at Nancy. Models are to be
sent in before June Is. The
jury ie the same as that for the
section of sculpture at the Uni
versal Exposition.
The reason given for girls
not being able to throw anything
with the accuracy of a boy is
that her collar bone is some
inches longer and some degrees
lower down, and. being long and
crooked. interefereS with the