The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-31
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Sodom. Oh, Gomorrah! what name.
Hon. George Watkins came home this
morning and will return to the capitol
Monday.
E. C. Smith, of Lyle, Klickitat county,
paid the CHRONICLE pleasant visit
Saturday.
Up at Baker City they have Just had
six inches of snow and everybody is
sleigh riding.
Toboggan stock is at bedrock and still
going down, but the toboggans are not
bnilt that way.
Mr.. j. G. Olliphant of this city has
gone to Portland to work for the rail
road company there.
The dead journalist w. A. Mcpherson
was buried at Portland yesterday. His
funeral was well attended.
Six new pupils have entered the
Wasco Academy recently, and a number
of others are expected soon.
When silver dollar is only worth
eighty cents in gold, has silver depre-
ciated or gold increased in value?
Hon. Robert Mays and j. F. Farley,
Esq, returned from Salem this morning
where they have been for the past week.
When the painters get through with
the outside of the court house it will be
improved fifty per cent. in appearance.
The board of trade will meet this even
ing. A full attendance is desired as
business of Importance is to be con-
sidered.
Messrs. Saltmarshe & Co., fed and
shipped to Portland last night four cars
of beef cattle for Mr.. Swisher, of Payette,
Idaho.
A new company of state militia, will
be organized at Hood River next week
regiment.
Mr.. c. L. Richmond who has had
seige of fever is able to be about the
house and is expected to be at his bust
ness in few days.
Farmers throughout the county are
very busy running their plow teams for
all they can stand and the coming sea-
son promises to be propitious one
The CHRONICLE considers items from
the Hood River GlazieU proper plunder.
The editor of that sheet dare not skick''
if we do steal things without proper
credit.
We are glad to learn Mr.. j. l.. Thomp-
son who met with the accident of
breaking his leg some days ago is i'm
proving nicely and will be around on
crutches soon.
special meeting of the Board of Trade
will be held at the board rooms tonight
at 80, as very important business is to
be transacted. A full attendance of the
board is urged.
rumor has gone out that our wheat
merchants will not buy wheat at any
price, VIII ich we are informed is incorrect.
They will buy all offered at the highest
cash market quotations.
The Wasco academy began it's third
term last Monday with a fair attendance.
This institution is doing good work, and
our people feel proud of the fact that our
young people are availing themselves of
the opportunity of being fitted for a useful
life. Students after graduating can en-
ter state universities on the academy's
diplomas.
We have been accused at times for the
past year of writing a certain series of
articles for one of the Goldendale papers.
We wish to say once for all that we have
never written line for any Goldendale
paper since we quit the Tribune. We
had sufficiency on that long-felt want,
to last anyone, not an utter swine. a
lifetime.
A California syndicate has been
formed for the purpose of booming
Pasco. The company has purchased a
large body of land adjoining the city and
will expend large sum in advertising
and working up the scheme. One argu-
ment used in the enterprise will be the
opening of the river to navigation that
Pasco will be the head of STEAMBOAT
traffic.
The Dalles is to have new grocery
store. Mr.. r. A. Roscoe and George
Gibbons have rented the building on
Court and Third streets, formerly occu-
pied by Leslie Butler and are fitting it
up as a grocery store. The gentlemen
will open the new establishment in fine
style next week and intend to carry as
good and choice stock as any store in
town. They are both well known and
respected among The Dalles people and
we feel sure they will succeed.