The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-30
LOCAL BKEv71r1Es.

city next saturday.
The regular meeting OF the w. G. 7.
u, will be held in the reading room on
Friday at three o'clock.
The one solitary question that agitated
this community today was What has be-
come of the street sprinkler? CO..
Hon. j. D. Lee and family. and Rev.
II. Brown and family left on the boat
this morning for Chenoweth Landing.
The New York Herald announces that
if Mr.. Cleveland is nominated for presi-
dent in 1892 it will support the republic
can candidate.
We were pleased to see our old time
friend Mr.. Tom Foley on the street to-
day after having been confined to his
room for the past three days. ~
Mr.. Frank Laughlin left to-day for
Goldendale and other places north of
the river, from whence he will proceed
to join his family at Glenwood, and re-
turn to The Dalles in. few days.
An Irishman, observing a lady walk
ing on the street dressed in a fashionable
trailing skirt which swept the ground
thus; "Mum i beg your pardon, but
hadn't ye betther give yer suspendhers
a hitch?''
Engineer Geo. w. Lang, who has been
under the care Of the physicians of St.
Vincents' hospital, Portland, for the past
month, came up to this city, yesterday.
He is so far improved in health that he
will leave for a months trip to the coast
tomorrow. r
The round house at the Cascade Locks
was burned up, night before last and it's
contents, consisting of two donkey"
locomotive engines completely ruined.
1t is generally believed that the fire did
notloriginate through spontaneous com
bustion.
Messrs. George A. Liebe, H. T. John
ste A, and Lieut.. Norton went down to
Portland last evening to lay before the
leading citizens there the claims of East
ern Oregon to have a portage around
The, Dalles, on the Oregon side of the
river.
Yesterday a CHRONICLE representative
saw in show case in the store of Mays
& Grove, the finest exhibition of pocket
cutlery he ever set his eyes on. He
counted as many as 120 different kinds
of pocket knives, no two of which were
alike.
Tonight is the time for the moonlight
excursion OH the Baker to Hood River
and return. There cannot be doubt
that it will be very enjoyable affair.
A scow will be attached to the steamer
for dancing purposes and the Third reg
iment band will furnish the music.
Only eleven more days and the lordly
salmon may, unmolested, plough the
waters of the Columbia from the British
possessions to Astoria, without fear oi
the horrid gill net or the deadly wheel.
Even now the fishing season is practi-
cally ended up this way. Nearly all the
wheels have stopped and the nets are
catching next to nothing.
The proposition to Portland to open
the Columbia river, aa outline of which
was published in yesterdays issue, is oi
etrpassing importance to Astoria, and
as Q business proposition is, worthy OF
endorsement and practical aid. 1t is in
order for Astoria to subscribe to the
stock and do all in its. power to further
the scheme In this, as in all other
large projects, cooperation is essential
on the part of every community likely
to benefited directly or indirectly =
Astoridn. tr--
j, A lawn party was given by the lady
bicycle riders of this city to the gentle.
men of the club last evening at the spa
cious grounds of Mrs. A. M. Williams
The occasion was a pleasant one. Ice
cream was served and from the amount
consumed It might be judged that bicy.
cling gave good appetites. A lew such
partiesb the loversof the silent steed'
viii make the wheel decidedly popular
in The SDalles. ,r...,
As Chas. SaDdoz was peddling garden
truck this morning, histeam, which was
standing in front of the jackson house
while he was on the opposite side of tbs
street, took fright at something and
started on run down Second street til
Il came to Nieisen's corner where it col
iided with the telegraph pole and wai
brought to dead stop. The horses
were uninjured, but the wagon pole
snapped off short near the hounds and
one of the hind springs was broken,
while the harness was somewhat demor-
alizeo