The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-18
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The wind is terrific today.

LOCAL BREV1TIES.
The wind is terrific today.
B. Kelsay of Fossil is in the city.
Cherries are beginning to ripen in the
city.
G. P. Balch the Dufur druggist is in
the city.
Mr.. Arthur Powell, of Portland, spent
Sunday in the city visiting friends.
Mr.. H. H. Sutcliffe from Goldendale
is in the city visiting friends and rela
tives.
Louis Davenport, of Mosier, paid the
CHRoNIcLE office pleasant visit last Sat
urday.
Billy Cantrel of Tygh has sold his
band of horses to C.. V. Swartz of Grass
Valley.
Julius l.. Fisher has gone to San Fran
cisco to attend the Jackson and Corbett
prize fight.
Wilbur Hendrix of Dufur and Mr..
Lander of Salt Springs gave this Office a
pleasant call today.
A lawn social will be given in the
grounds of the Congregational church,
on Friday night next.
VIM. Goodwin Esq, returned from the
coast last Saturday, where he has been
during the past winter.
The river is rising quite rapidly, hay-
ing risen 2 feet and three-tenths since
last Saturday evening. f.s~
The Kings Daughters will meet at
Mrs Palmer's tomorrow (Tuesday)'at
p. IN. A full fall meeting is desired.
At IL O'Clock today the Wasco ware
house had unloaded twenty-five wool
teams, pretty good forenoon's work.
Mrs. Rosie Robinson and George L.
Davenport, of Portland, after spending
few days with their parents at Mosier,
are now visiting friends in this city.
"a private letter from G. A. Williams
late of Wamic informs us that he has
located at Seattle and is much pleased
with the cityand its surroundings.
Owing to the, illness of one and the alb
sense from the city of another member
of the board of pen.,ion examiners, there
will be no session of the board on
wednesday May Zuth.
Mr.. John Corum has just came across
the Cascade mountains on the Barlow
route. He reports the road to be in fair
condition with no snow in the way OF
travel. Several wagons have already
passed over the road.
Judge Thornbury and Captain Lewis
went out to Dufur on fishing tour last
Saturday, returning yesterday evening
The Judge caught so and the captain 81
so they said, and the judge pronounces
this ga fair average" "
We are informed by Grant Mays, who
has just come from Antelope, that a
heavy rain fell on Friday night in that
part of this county and in the northern
portion of Crook, which wet up the
country in good shape, doing an immense
amount of good.
load of lumber for the new boat ar
rived here last night. The entire amount
needed--something like 100 900 feet, has
been ready for shipment for nearly a
week, but just now the railroad COM
panyg true to its established policy, has
remarkable scarceness of flat cars.
A small sorrel, branded H. g. on
right shoulder with some saddle marks
and shod all around, escaped from the
stable of the editor of the CHRONICLE at
twilight yesterday. She had onsa check
ed horse cover, nearly hew. Any infor-
nation as to the animal or the blanket
will be appreciated at this office.
Mr.. Robert Mays informs us that he
has been on the range for the past two
weeks with the horse round up. 1t il
justCfnished, . and he7reports that the
horses are in much, better condition than
was expected. There was no loss from
the winter, and there will bea large in
crease in colts over last year. = j
Alcareful estimate places the number
OF bushels of wheat shipped from Sher
man county last year at 100000. 1t il
the opinion of all with whom we have
conversed that The prospects in that sec
tion-for good crop were never brighter
than they are at the present time, and i
Providence continues to favor then
Sherman county will harvest fully 25 PEI
cent more grain than she ever did be
fore.
Madam LIE Grande,
The great medium and magnetic beala,