The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-09
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Mrs. Magoon of Portland, is visiting
friends in the city.
The Tygh Ridge country had another
nice shower night before last.
The Wasco Warehouse to-day shipped
the last of a thousand sacks of wool for
the season.
An exchange says that wheat is being
burned up around Walla Walla owing to
the lack of rain.
A correspondent writing to the Ochoco
Sherman county, is soon to have news
paper.
The case of Jane Skottowe VS. 0. S. l..
d u. N. Ry. Co., is on trial and bids fair
to consume the whole day. The jury is
as follows:
w. Corson, Geo. Joles, w. I. Wiseman,
Ben Foreman, Geo. Miller, j. F. Staniels,
A. 2. Jones, B. McCully, S. F. Wood,
M. j. Speicenger, w. g. O'Dell and J. S.
Schooling.
All bicyclists in the city are requested
to meet this evening at the store of
Messrs. Mays & Grove at $50 O'Clock
sharp. All who intend to enter in the
roadster and saddle races for the Fourth
will meet at Mr.. j. o. Mack's at 8 p. m.
The LADIES' Good Intent of the NJ. e.
Church will give lawn party in the
lawn at the corner of Washington and
Fourth streets, on Saturday evening the
18th. Every body invited. Ice-cream
and cake and a social time are on the
programme.
Jas. Knight who has resided at Kings
ley for the past six or eight years passed
through this city today on his way to
Hood River where he intends to make
his future home. We commend him to
the good people of Hood River as an
honest man and good citizen.
The decisions of Judge Bradshaw are
meeting with, the hearty approval of the
general public. A gentleman said to
the writer today, 81 have never seen. a.
judge who tries harder both to oblige
and do what is right or who came as
near succeeding in doing BOTH
There is one more grave in the journal
istic cemetery. Like all the good the
deceased died young. Its name was the
american and it was born last Friday
morning in Portland. 1t lived Just two
days notwithstanding the fact that there
was said to have been forty Thousand
dollars worth of provisions in the finan-
cial larder. Be that as it may the nour-
ishment was not forthcoming and it was
quietly laid away beneath the daisies
after q fitful life of forty eight hours.
Mr.. Alex Mcleod, who is juror at
thepresent term of court, paid flying
visit to his home at Kingsley on Friday
returning on Sunday. He reports graiu;
on Tygh Ridge as looking well but not
growing fast, on account of the cold wea-
ther. There was frost on Saturday
night which however, did no greatly per-
ceptible injury. The ground is thor
eughly soaked and if there is a poor
crop in that neighborhood it will not be
from lack of moisture. All they need
there is warm weather. Mr.. Mcleod
believes the Tygh Ridge will turn out as
large a crop of grain this year as it ever
did
A friend of the CHRONICLE is blessed
with two bright little daughters which
are named t'Bulah'' and Prudence.
The family all love singing and as they
are in possession of piano and mother
that is fine player and musician, they
indulge in vocal exercises to a considera-
Bile extent. A Sunday or two ago they
were all engaged in singing ''Land Of
Bulah" and at the conclusion of the song
little Miss Prudence, over whose fair head
some six summers has passed, spoke up
and said: "Mama why don't you sing
land of Prudence sometimes2 I should
think you might!'' The question is still
unsolyed. ..fe .e,t
change in the management of the
OchOcO Reueiac has taken place, Dayton
Elliot having purchased half interest
in the paper and hereafter twill be pub
ished and conducted by Douthit &
Elliot. A further change is indicated by
the announcement that six years -exper-
fence has taught the past manager that
the field is too small for a strictly
partisan paper and that in the future it
Will be run on strictly independent lines.
The country cannot have too many inde-
pendent papers and we wish it abundant
success.
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