The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-05
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Programmes,
Visiting Cards,
Funeral Notices,
Wedding Cards,
And Everything Else,
At the CHRONICLE office.
Mr.. G.. H. Southern of Boyd was in
the City yesterday.
Mr.. L. Heppner is suffering from an
attack of erysipelas.
Forty Thousand babies were born in
New York city in 1890.
Mr.. S. E. Bartmess, of Hood River
was in the Guy yeste' day.
Mr. r. C. Wallace of Wallace made us
pleasant call yeste' day.
Miss Edna Glenn is the subject of an
attack of erysipelas.
Mr.. R. II. Lonsdale, who has been
quite Sex, was again visible yesterday.
teachers institute will be held at
Duiur on the goth and 2lst, of this
month.
At Orodell the ice is IA inches thick
and is selling at $3.50 per ton on board
the cars.
Mr.. F. A. Baily came up from Port
land yesterday and will leave for Omaha
tomorrow.
Messrs D. NJ. French, G. J. Farley,
ard B. F. Laughlin, returned from
Salem this morning.
Mr.. George Waldron formerly of this
city is engaged in taking stock for Ben
son & Richards tie Gojdendale druggists.
Miss Laura G. Johnson, of this city,
left on this mornings train for Albina,
where she Will visit her brother for
short time.
Crandall & Burgett sold bill of furni-
ture to parties in Bridal Veil yesterday,
the purchasers stating that they could
get better bargains in The Dalles than
Portland.
The foreman OF the building depart
ment of the U. p. is in town making
estimates for repairing the shops. Does
it mean anything, and if SO what?
Mr.. George Newak is endeavoring to
get License to start a saloon in the
second ward. A remonstrance is being
circulated against it.
placed large order with the Boston
Shoe & Leather Co. and our citizens can
soon have an opportunity of wearing
shoes made at the factory here.
Billy Graham of the Baldwin Restau-
rant is up to bis old tricks again. If you
don't think so take look at his front
window. Mr.. Graham certainly does un-
derstand how to decorate window.
But two prisoners are in Jail awaiting
the action of the grand jury, and these
are held for minor offenses. 1t is there
fore probable that the criminal docket
will be very short.
Mrs. w. P. Cummings and child of
Touchet, WASH, was driving along a
road, when the horse became frightened
and ran away, throwing them both out
of the vehicle. Mrs. Cummings received
only slight bruises, but the child's neck
was broken.
There was a little row at j. H. Gov
entons place Tuesday one man getting
struck in the head with rock, and re-
ceiving bad cut and slight fracture of
the outer skull. DIR. Hollister took a
stitch in the wound and removed small
splinter of bone.
Three young gentlemen on pleasure
bent, sought Mr.. Maier Tuesday and
permission to skate on the ice company's 8
pond which was refused. They did not
care for little thing like that and got
there just the same. Their sport did not
last long as the ice broke and one of them
lii he celebrated DIR. Foster mention
ed in Mother Goose 'fell in puddle up
to his IsS-ltAle, and never went there
again.
( The Chinese New Year celebration
will commence here Saturday and will
be protracted through Sunday and Mon
day. Already preparations for its appro-
pirate celebration are being made.
China gin and somshu fire-crackers and
bombs, colored paper and lanterns are
being gathered together, the small pig is
vanished, and the dog tripe, dessicated
saurians, smelliferous dried fish and rat
sausage, are crowding the wash house
larder ready for demolition. The Chinese
fatted calf, SO to ospeak, is in the shambles,
and the hand painted goose hangs high.