The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-30
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LOCAL BREVITIES.

j. O. Mack went to Portland this
morning.
E. L. Boynton, of Kingsley, is in the
city on his way to Portland.
Mr.. Peter Hanrahan leading farmer
of Tygh Ridge is in the city.
Mrs. Ben Robertson left the city on
the west-bound passenger this morning.
Portland's new morning daily will be
called the Tribune. 1t will appear about
May lst.
Jno. Woods shipped two cars of cattle
from the stock yards to Portland this
morning. lf -
Filoon Brothers have just received a
car load of Baker barbed wire from
Chicago.
The directors of the Eastern Oregon
Cooperative Association meet in this
city tomorrow.
Conductor Charley Thomas and Con-
ductor Tracey, accompanied by Mrs.
Tracey, went to Portland today.
Mr.. Solomon who has been sick in
Portland for nearly two months has re-
turned to his home in this city.
The Union Pacific Co., paid their state
and county taxes to the sheriff today
amounting to $10,639.
At the freight depot, today, we no.
ticed large consignment of goods for
The Dalles Merchantile company. e
John Dillon the commedian with an
excellent company will give perfor-
nance at the Vogt opera house on April
9th. s fL,, t
j. w. Condor went to Portland yester-
day to return tonight, bringing the new
plats of the West Dalles property with
him.
Thirty four head of horses for the
Portland market are expected to arrive
in this city this evening, from Crook
county. ILL.,
Roscoe q Gibbons offer a choice lot of
salmon bellies, salt mackerel and herring
at their new store in the Masonic build
ing.
a CaptaAa II. Anlauf returned to the
city today from Walla Walla, where he
has been sojouring for the past four
weeks.
Mr.. Floyd and Mr.. John McKenna
former employees of the company at this
place but now of La Grande, were in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. Bailey, formerly chief clerk of the
division master mechanic in this city,
has been appointed chief clerk of the
general superintendent.
Mr.. John Bonn of this city has pur-
chased 20 acres of land in the Hood
River valley, and we understand he in
tends going to reside there. Mr.. Bonn
is an excellent citizen and we shall be
sorry to lose him.
'Fron'a private letter just received at
this Office we learn that the Hon. John
p. Wager, of Pendleton, who has lately
visited California and at last account
was in very poor health, is at Portland
and may be expected at The Dalles in
few days. .C-ffrs s
Anybody who thinks c. L. Phillips is
not a rustler would change his mind if he
had seen him vigorously spading his
garden the other night between the
hours of eleven and twelve O'Clock.
Charley is bound to have garden sass of
his own raising or bust.
The funeral of the late Chas E. Dun
ham rnd his infant son took place yes
terday afternoon under the direction of
the Masonic fraternity of which Mr..
Dunham was member. Services were
held in the Congregational church,
where the Rev. Mr.. Curtis delivered
touchingly tender and appropriate dis
coqR. The church was crowded till
seal BY standing room was left, and the
fun procession was one of the largest
ever seen in this city. Father and child
were laid. side by side in the Odd Fellows
cemetery. - @
Astoria wants to increase the capacity
other water supply. D.. P. Thompson
owns the present system, and offers to
sell 1t to the city at the price it cost him,
$50 900 notwithstanding it pays him an
interest of one'per cent a month on $l00-
900. Mr.. Thompson gives as his reason
for wanting to sell, that it is part of his
present financial policy to dispose of all
of his holdings of that nature throughout
the state and that if the Astoria built
other water works he would have them
to buck against and of course could not
expect to have SO much revenue from
his property as it has hitherto yielded.