The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-26
LOCAL BREVITIES-

River Glacier is in the city.
c. L. Richmond shipped this morning
nine head of horses to Portland.
Pres. Worthington one of the leading
merchants of Weston made the CHRoNI-
Gle office pleasant call yesterday.
There are no jury trials today. TIL
court is occupied with hearing demurr-
ers, motions, etc. A special venire has
been issued for ten new jurymen.
At the Circuit court today John Rogers,
charged with stealing pistol from an
officer, plead guilty and will be sentenc-
ed tomorrow. In the case of William
Bens, accused before the grand jury of
larceny by bailee, they found not true
bill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riggs of the Abbie-
Darlington Grand Opera company are in
the city for day or two. They are de-
lighted with The Dalles scenery, saying
that it is more beautiful than anything
they have seen for a long while. The
ever-changing hues and tints on the sur
rounding hills are joy and pleasure
to them, as they are to all lovers of the
beautiful who are favored with the OPP
.portunity of looking over the deli ahtful
surroundings of our city. Surely our
environments leave nothing to be desired.
The new two-dollar note it a beauty.
1t is hahdsomer than the old one in
many particulars. The work on it is not
so jammed, and the vignette of Mr..
Window shows in the centre of the GER
tificate instead of being on the end.
The ugly brown seal does not show on
the new issue, but bright carmine seal
supplants it. About SAC, 900, 900 of the
old two-dollar certificates are reported
outstanding. AS fast as these are re-
ceived iii the treasury they will be
marked for destruction.
The Dufur graded school has closed
down for the summer on account of the
prevalence of measles among the child
rem of the neighborhood. Mr.. Frasier
is again engaged to teach ten months
term of this school, to commence in
September. The people of Dufur are
justly proud of their school and believe
there is none better conducted in the
country. 1t is quite fiattering to Mr..
Frasier that he should have held his
position as principal for so many success
\ sive terms.
Sam Klein has invented an attach
ment for a rocking chair that requires
only to be seen to be appreciated during
these hot days. A revolving fan is at
tached to the chair so that it is directly
in front of the occupant and by a simple
string and pulley it is made to revolve by
the ordinary movement of the chair SO
as to create a very refreshing breeze on
the face and neck. 1t heats a common
fan all to pieces, and is much cheaper
and less capricious than small boy
Judge Thornbury says that all that Sam
now needs is a few strands of barbed
wire fixed so as to scratch his back.
1t may be interesting to many of our
readers to learn that through the courtesy
of Mr.. Alex Mcleod of Kingsley we have
been furnished with number of the
cut worms that prove such plague to
the young spring grain of this and ad-
joining counties and have sent them to
the eutomologist of the state agricultural
college for his examination. If that
gentleman can suggest some practical
plan for getting rid of these pests he will
place the farmers of Eastern Oregon un-
der very great debt of obligation.
While this is perhaps more than we can
reasonably expect we shall be pleased to
publish whatever he may have to say on
the subject, in the pages of the CHRoN-
IcLE.
1t is expected that the band boys will
give an open air concert on the balcony
in front of Snipes & Kinersly's store, to-
morrow evening between 8 and O'Clock.
Speaking of the band reminds us that
1.-THE people of this city owe many thanks
to Mr.. Kinersly for fixing up this balcony
and giving the right to use it to the
band, and to Mr.. Glenn for handsomely
lighting up the stand with 1S sixteen
candle power incandescent lights, and
thanks are also due to Mr.. Max Vogt for
a sufficient number of chairs to accom-
modate the band. All of these were do
mated by these gentlemen free of charge.
The people of The Dalles need no words
of ours urging their appreciation of these
open-air concerts. We are much pleased
with the prospect of having them one of
the pleasantest features of our cool sum-
mer nights, and alsothat the band has
found ~ Vocation Mhichis both central
and convenient.