The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-16

authority, that $4,000 feet of lumber has
been ordered to this city to repair the
car shops.
Tom Kelley, of the Umatilla House,
lost one of his finest horses the other
day. 1t had only been sick one day.
He is unable to tell what was the
matter.
All signs point to large crop in
Klickitat this year, but the people need
large crop more this year that ever
before. as the railroad and school land
will take almost or quite 500 900 out of
the county during the next two years. -
Klickitat Leader.
Two car loads of cattle destined for
Portland were fed today at the stock
yards. They came from La Grande. A
shipped yesterday to the same destina-
ton.
gentleman from the country started
in to paint the town yesterday evening
AT late hour last night the contract
had cost him, besides damaged reputa-
ton and big headache, the loss of his
coat and purse containing $135.
The Spokane Chronicle says of G. M.
Pullman, the man who makes the Pull
man cars and is worth $12 900 600, that
he came into the world ''without cent
in his pocket" That's as much as say
ing that in early life George was tramp.
Do you want job? The government
wants to contract with some one to
carry the United States mail from Sitka,
A lac1- - i l.
once month. The distance is 1850 miles.
A bond is required from the successful
bidder in the sum of $2o 900.
Mr.. E. l.. Hedstrom, of Buffalo, New
York, arrived in this city this morning.
He leaves tomorrow for the Fossil coal
fields, accompanied by members of the
board of trade and other interested
parties. On Mr.. Hedstrom's opinion of
the new coal mines will depend whether
this city will have line of railroad
reaching there or not.
Yesterday forenoon a number of armed
men led by the deputy sheriff of Gillian
county left Arlington for the purpose of
arresting three men who are supposed to
be hiding from justice on an island in
the Columbia river nearly opposite
Castle Rock. One was charged with
committing rape, another with horse
stealing and the third is an escaped
prisoner from Goldendale. No further
report has reached us at the time of
going to press.
The last number of the West Shore at
hand, has the appearance of severe
attack of la grippe, and that, badly
Ever since Mr.. Samuels' dismissal. the
Pride of Oregon, in illustrated journalism,
has had this curse of affliction thrust up
on it, and has applied as remedy ''ama-
teur photographiture" display, and other
attempted features of that class which is
neither attractive or worthy of the space
they occupy We are sorry to say, at this
geometrical progressive rate of shrinkage
We fear its motto will be non est Oh
give us the old West Shore.
Nichols and Garrison who have a
stock ranch on the John Day river,
about mile and half from its mouth,
have lost nearly eleven hundred dollars
worth of horses besides some cattle dur
ing the past week. Some miscreant has
not only placed poison on the range but
actually entered the stable and poisoned
some of the horses there. The man in
charge came near dying himself, from
the effects of what he believes to have
been poison, administered he knows not
how.
A very sad fatality seems to follow the
Scottowe family, which, it will be
remembered, were the victims of a
disaster in this city last fall, when the
head of the family lost his life by step
ping off the incline west of the Umatilla
House. DIR. Reinhart has just received
a letter from Mr.. j. G. Scottowe, son of
the old gentleman who was killed here,
and who will be remembered by many
OF our citizens, informing him of the
death of his young wife, of heart trouble,
on the 10th instant, at her home at Sun
shine, W. L. She left babe of sixteen
days old. Her remains were shipped to
Scotland accompanied by Mrs. Rad
mond and the child. The elder Mrs.
Skottowe who was injured here is in Ire
land and is still bedfast with little hope
OF recovery.
1t is believed there is nothing hand
somer in the state than the uniform of
the band boys of the Third regiment of
0. n. g., of this city. The boys them
selves are delighted as they have reason
to be. The drum majors is exceedingly
beautiful, not to say gorgeous and magni-
hcent. The coat is Prince Albert cut, of
scarlet cloth, with white facings slashed