The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Additional local news on the second
page.
Abbie Darlington in the Rose of
CASTLE " tonight
Mr.. Jno. K. Mccormick of Palouse
City, Wash, is in the city.
Captain Wilson has been employed to
command the new steamer.
Lost-A bunch of keys. The finder
will be reasonably award ed by returning
them to Charles Stumbling.
From this side of the river we saw to-
day on the Klickitat hills field of grain
already cut for hay. this is surely the
first of the season.
The Indians report that the crickets
are doing great deal of damage to
everything green on the Warm Spring
reservation.
A fish wagon, run in connection with
a fish wheel on the other side the Colum-
bia, supplies the people of the Klickitat
valley with salmon at five cents pound.
So says the Klickitat Leader.
T. is said that Secretary Halford, who
has recently returned from a trip to
Europe, had to deny while on the other
side of the water a rumor that President
Harrison was travelling around the coun
try!with Barnum's circus.
From the Capital Journal we gather
that the editor of that paper had
quarrelsome neighbor whom he convert
ed from the error of his ways by milking
IL L. L. -
sick.
The regular monthly meeting of Jack
son Engine company NO. l will be held on
Tuesday next June End at 7 80 p m. A
full attendance is especially desirable as
the company will take measures to prop
erly celebrate the 90 Fourth" -.-.s.s r, -
The real estate market continues firm
but not very active. There have been
very few sales during the past week,
most of the transactions being in farm
property. There is very little desirable
city real estate offered but prices ap-
pear to have an upward tendency.
Mr.. Thomas H. Smith gave us pleas
ant call this morning. He reports that
at his place on Rail Hollow, above Dufur
yesterday morning. after it had rained
hard all night the ground in his garden
was mirey as in the spring after the frost
leaves the ground.
Mr.. r. G. Guthrie, of Rutledge, in
forms us that a rain fell at his place,
thoroughly saturating the ground. The
rain fall was lighter from the Gordon
piI1a ~ 1a 81 HI
Good crops and plenty of sheep grass are
assured.
A man named +. A. Clay, who says he
works for the railroad company while
walking along one of our sidewalks last
night stubbed his toe and fell against
rail and dislocated his left shoulder. DIR.
Logan reduced the dislocation this morn
ing.
Mr.. Louis Hubert of Moro, has suf-
fered a compound fracture of both bones
of the right leg from horse falling on
him. DIR. Rinehart was called in thirteen
hours after the accident and succeeded
in reducing the fracture and giving him
relief after intense suffering Mr. Hubert
will be brought to The Dalles this after
noon 10 De near GDo QOCCOr.
A number of young hoodlums who
have been engaged in stealing cherries
from Mrs. Gray's and other yards were
arrested this morning, but by the inter
cession of parents were released from
the hands of the officers. They have
promised to abstain from such petty
thieying in the future. We hope they
will do SO, for it is from such boys when
they grow up that our jails and peniten-
tiaries are filled. The parental ;infiu-
: ence should be used to keep the youthful
element from such things. = ia
Tom, Stricklin came, into town this
morning from his place at Barlow's Gate.
He and gentleman from beyond the
mountains are on the trail OF two horse
thieves who stole span of horses from
the ranch of the gentleman referred to,
about four miles southeast from Port
land. The thieves travel in one-horse
buggy and lead the two stolen horses.
They gothic horses shod yesterday at
Dufnr and proceeded in this direction,
whittier Mr.. Stricklin and the gentleman
who lost the horses followed them this
morning. The horses stolen are both
bays weighing about 1900 pounds each
and are branded j. E. connected. The
men who stole them are each about 35
years old. 1t is to be hoped they may
not escape.