The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-22

Mr.. ]. ]. Eoff came up from Portland
yesterday.
Captain Henry Coe of Hood River was
in the city today.
Jack Anderson shipped two cars ot
sheep to Portland last evening.
The old fashioned black cricket can be
seen on Eight mile creek in thousands
| John Jack assisted the famous actress
Charlotte Cushman during her farewell
tour.
J. F. Haworth and E. Jensen went to
Portland yesterday as delegates to the
Epworth League convention.
Miss May Enright has returned tc
this city to take her old place as day
operator at the depot telegraph office.
Mr.. Ben McAtee of Tygh left for home
today with beautiful monument to be
placed over the grave of his brother, w.
H. McAtee.
The county school superintendent in
forms us that the county appropriation
for the current year amounts to $2.15
per pupil, as against $2.1O for last year.
There are now 81 districts in the county.
The old scow fish wheel of jackson &
Gomas, now the property of Captain
Stone, which has lain for long time on
the beach near the foot of Court street,
has been moved about rs feet toward the
river and is now afloat. She is being
thoroughly overhauled and will be
moved in few days about two miles up
the river.
Steamboat service on the Columbia
will reduce freight rates, and this Will go
hard with the railroad company whose
voice has risen so often above the growls
of Eastern Oregon "We are hardly max
ing expenses But the admission of
Newfoundland may cheaper the price of
Goldfish and thus enable the poor, strug-
Cling company to live a little more eco
nomically. There is hope yet.-KLamath
Star.
Mrs. Captain Lewis and Miss Lewis
went down on a visit to Portland yester-
day, on the train. The only thing
singular about the train part of it is
that it has been more than "a years
since Mrs. Lewis was ON the cars. Even
the genial captain, much as he has seen
of the world, had not ridden on the cars
for 10 years till after he came to The
Dalles.
Notwithstanding the quiet appearance
of the town and the frequency of the re-
mark ''there is, nothing a doing "a
CHRONICLE reporter counted today over
80 head of horses all belonging to farm
ers or freight teams from the country,
being fed at the yard of The Dalles Mer-
chantile Co., and at the yard of W. H.
Lockhead, there were two 6 horse and 6
four horse teams whose wagons were be-
ing loaded with about $4,000 lbs. of
freight for Prineville and Mitchell.
Geo. A. Liebe, Emile Schanno and
Chas. Schmidt went out yesterday to
appraise the damages connected with
the opening of a new county road from
the McHealey place. on Eight Mile to
Dufur. While at Dufur the party visi-
ted Mr.: William O'Qell of Hood River.
who is still very low, and cannot, it is
believed, last long. Mr.. .O'Dell spoke
feelingly to his visitors of the kindness
the Dufur people had shown him dur
ing his illness.
School district No. 16 has had some
difficulty with its teachers and superin-
tendent Shelley was called upon last
Saturday to give his judgment in the
case. 1t appears that the. directors in
some way actually hired two teachers to
conduct the same school term-Mr. o. 3.
Connolly and Mrs. VIM. Menefee. Mrs.
Menefee is in charge of the school and
Mr. Connolly believing himself rwronged
appealed to Mr.. Shelly. AS the district,
is only liable for the pay of one teacher
it is held by Mr.. Connolly that the direct
ors are personally responsible for the
other. AS we understand it the direc-
tors dosnot deny having hired both. 1t
Is believed however that the matter will
be adjusted without legal proceedings.