The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-05
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


town last evening.
The Diamond FIGURING Mills are shut
down for few days.
Cram & Williams received fourteen
more car loads of ice today.
Miss Gorgie Smith of Hood River is
in the city visiting friends.
James A. Easton of Dufur called today
and subscribed for the CHRONICLE
J. B. Colville, agent of the Georgia
Minstrels is registered at the Umatilla
House.
The afternoon west bound freight has
been abandoned today. 1t goes out to-
night at | o'clock.
Thomas Burgess, of Bake Oven, is in
the city. He reports stock in fine con-
dition and plenty of feed.
Mrs C. Fl. Haynes, of Hood River, is
in the city and is the guest of Mrs. S.
L. Brooks.
VIM. Odell has just returned from the
Willamette Valley with car load of
stock sheep which he will take to his
sheep ranch in day or so.
The CHRONICLE is pleased to hear of
the recovery of Miss Ettie Story, daugh-
ter of Mr.. j. L. Story, who was taken
suddenly sick a few days ago.
Mr.. Geo. Filloon, of this city, considers
the outlook for good times during the
ensuing year, for this section, were
never brighter than they are today.
Some one, we are told, put salt on the
Methodist church hill, so as to stop
coasting. Was this action designed to
"starve out the TIM, special? We
hope not.
Mr. Grant Mays is in from Antelope
and reports all kinds of stock in fine
condition, and there is no suffering of
stock in that section or elsewhere as far
as he knows.
The CHRONICLE regrets to hear that
Col. Houghton has been under the
weather for the past few days, with la
grippe. We hope to see him around
soon again.
A very pleasant gathering of young
people was held Tuesday evening, at the
home of Miss Bagley, in honor of the
visit of Portland friend. A very pleas
ant evening was reported.
Mr.. o. l.. Phillips, secretary of the
board of water commissioners, received
this morning from Secretary of State4
Mcbride, a certified copy of the Dalles
amended water bill.
Charlie Richmond has team that
left for the Prineville country on the 9th
of last month. 1t is in responsible
hands, and he supposes the depth of
snow in that region has delayed its re-
turn.
The occasional correspondent of the
Oregonian, who signs himself ''Rabe- |
las" is a former Walla Walla man and
is known as R. w. Mitchell. He is at
present employed assecretary and super
intendent of the Portland exposition.
At the East End today our reporter
had the honor of shaking the hand of
Prof. Hazel. ''King of the clouds who
contemplates, as soon as the weather |
permits, making a jump from para
chute 5000 feet above The Dalles. If |
the CHRONICLE man ever gets up so high |
as that, farewell earth he's going on |
up.
There is a rumor that there is some
difficulty between the train men on the
u. P. road and the company. A com
mittee of one from each western division
of the road is at present at Portland
conferring with the superintendent.
The trainmen have given the company
till today to give them an answer.
Our reporter observed several new
signs today, at the East End. One is
that of ''E. Karcher, tailoring, cleaning
and repairing" Mr.. Karcher is from
Wlsatc3&, Wash, and has come here to
stay Rother new conner, whose sign
is over the Skibbe restaurant, is George
RRobberts. 3 Ob. o ornamental sign painter Mr..
ROBERTS Is also a new conner, and from
the evidences we have seen, is an excel +
lent and skilled workman. We heartily
bid them welcome.
Deputy U. S. Marshal johnson came
down from Arlington this morning, where
he has been investigating matters per-
tanning to the recent robbery of the post
office at Blalock, on the night of the 25th
ult. A number of tramps broke into
the store and post Office building and
opened a number of letters and abstract
ed from the till seven or eight dollars.
Five menhave been arrested and now in
Jail in Arlington. Mr.. johnson will re-
turn to Arlington with proper warrants
for. their appearance before Commissioned
Huntington of this city. IL