The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-06
LOCAL BREvITIES.

OIl btlC 5CNOLN PoaSS'
Col. Balm at the Congregational church
tonight.
W. H. Moore, Polk Butler and 10.
Warner of Nansene are in the city.
The admission to Col. Bain's lectures
will be free.
There were shipped from the stock
yards today for Portland and the Sound
two cars of horses, one car of hogs and
a car and half of calves.
This office acknowledges a pleasant
call from Captain and Mrs. Endersby
and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Dickson of
Eight Mile.
The regular business council of the
Patrons of Husbandry will meet on
Eight Mile at the McHaley hall, next
Tuesday at 10 a. IN. and will continue in
session two days.
Messrs. j. J. Lucky and Mic. Billen, of
Hood River, have purchased 100 acres of
land opposite Hood River on the Wash
ington side and intend to go extensively
into strawberry culture.
The freight rate on unsecured wool,
between this city and Boston, New York
or Philadelphia, is $2.65 per hundred.
On secured wool the rate is $500 per
hundred.
The following prominent officials of
the Union Pacific railroad passed through
this city, by special train, yesterday
Sidney Dillon, S. H. H. Clark, f.
Mcneil, f. Cookingham, j. P. O'Brien
and G.. A. Cameron.
The law case in the circuit court C. S.
Miller, plaintiff, VS.. Mary E. Miller, prin-
cipal, William Grant and Malcome Moody
sureties, defendants. A judgement of
$1005 was awarded to the plaintiff for
the use, occupation and damages extend
ing over period of four years.
The full number of men that can be
worked profitably are engaged on the
new boat. The contractors seem deter
mined to rush her through. An en-
ploye said to the writer, There are no
idlers around and no soft snaps. When
go home at night 1 need TO lullabies
sung to me to hush me to Sleep"
The first accident that has occurred in
connection with the building of the new
boat happened this morning when an
employe named Shearen cut his foot
with an adze. After the wound was
dressed the man had grit enough to
come back to work, but Mr.. Paequet
thought he had better go home and rest
for few days.
The writer, no matter where, or when,
or how, has found ballot cast by jury
man in late trial at the present circuit
court. The defendant had charged the
plaintiff with killing dog called tBum-
mer." So the juryman made out his
ballot to read, "For the plaintiff. one
thousand and five dollars and six bits
and five dollars off for Bummer.'
Today being Labor Day, circuit court
adjourned last night till next Monday
morning. To facilitate business, how
ever, Judge Bradshaw consented to hear
an argument on motion to strike out
part of defendants answer in the libel
case of M. A. Moody VS.. George w. Row
land and others.
While ]. o. Warner, of Nansene, was
quietly sleeping a few nights ago in
back room of the St. Charles hotel.
Tacoma, a fire occurred in the front part
of the bull ling. The smoke and flames
having shut off all egress by the front
hallway he kicked out window of his
bedroom and stepped out on the ground,
which in that case was conveniently and
welcomely near.
From Mr.. J. w. Dickson of Eight
mile we learn that small blue bug is
playing havoc on his and some of his
neighbors' potatoe vines. From the
same source we learn that Mr.. Alex
Strachan of Dufur has had three acres of
wheat entirely destroyed by grasshop-
pers. These pests are also working
on the tomatoe vines and cabbage plants
on the McHaley place on Eight-mile.
Mr.. j. G. Egbert is in the city. He in
forms us that the rainfall in his neigh
borhood has been very light, that grain
is suffering and that this remark will
apply to the whole country eight miles
south of the Columbia. Of course this
is but small territory and that part
never was much of a grain country any
how, The. ground is now so dry that the
tar weed and mustard and lupin are
withered and dead without having
bloomed out.