The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-14
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Gen. j. A. Varney is in the city.
Boy wanted at J. G. Baldwin's.
ment at this Office.
A light shower of rain fell in the city
early yesterday afternoon.
The Regulator started on her first
business trip to the Cascades and return
this morning.
Hon. ]. ID. Lee generously handed $40
to representative of the relief COM
mittee this morning.
Mr.. Horace Rice of Boyd has the
thanks of the CHRONICLE for the present
of box of delicious peaches.
Tomorrow and after, the Regulator
will leave her landing every morning,
Sunday excepted, for the Cascades and
return, at seven o'clock sharp.
M. Gushing left in the city today, for
shipment to the Portland exposition,
some magnificent punches of Black
Hamburg, Muscat, Tokay and Rose of
Peru grapes.
ing letter from Hon. Phil. Metchan of
Salem, enclosing check for $35 to be
disbursed among the sufferers by the
late fire. The contributors are Phil.
Metchan $40, Frank E. Hodgkin $40 and
J. d. Switzerland 50.
Billy Graham of the Opera restaurant
has opened up the neatest place in town
on Front street next door to Jones' cigar
store. This is only sample of the pure
grit of our business men and shows the
stuff that Billy is made of. Mr.. Graham
says his Irish is up and he is going to
''stay wild 'em.'
Last Saturday, the decomposed body
of man, supposed to be Mr.. Niles of
the firm of Niles & Vinson of Walla
Walla, was found in box car, partially
covered with coal, at La Grande, Or.
The car was one of train that had ar
rived three days before the discovery
was made. The skull Of the dead man
was badly crushed.
Since the mass meeting of citizens,
held after the fire, the hobo population
of the town has very steadily diminished
till 1T is now rare thing to find one.
The fact is the trains are watched care
fully, and when any of them bring in
these unwelcome gentry, he no sooner
hits the ground, than he is arrested.
The foreign hobo element hear of this
and keeps away.
Pendleton's contributions to the suf-
ferers by the great fire has been expend-
ed in commercially judicious manner.
Mr.. Carol has not wholly relied upon
the statements of any one as to the
needs OF the people but has gone among
them himself in quiet unostentatious
way and wherever need was discovered
i. has been supplied according to the ex
tent of the contribution under his CON
troll.
The assessment roll of Crook county
ifor the current years shows 115, $50 acres
of decided land, at an average price of
$500 and PSI 1888 acres of "Road land,''
at 96 cents an acre. The county has
9,94O horses, assessed to an average price
of $22.65; 13345 head of cattle at $12.36
and l40, ,49S head of sheep at $175. The
gross value of all property.is $2.O39, ,639,
and the total taxable property is 81, $780,
S75. The net increase for the year over
that of 1890 is $l41 ,515.
Major g.. w. Ingalls, writes to the
CRRoNIcLE asking us to urge on our
readers from all quarters to bring in
samples OF grain, fruits vegesables and
wool for the Portland exposition. Major
ingalls, expects to reach The Dalles by
tomorrow night and he reports having
obtained fine disply for ''Oregon on
Wheels. from Baker, Union and Una
lila counties. He has 25-pound early
carAnge, 22-pound beets, ten inch
peaches and Clappi Favorite pears
weighing nearly pound each, besides
minerals of great value. The major, a
perfec enthusiast in his work, by the
way, must have done some solid work
up in Baker county for he writes US that