The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-24
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.

stove.
Chas. E. Haight has lost diamond
scarf pin and offers reward of ten dol
lars for its recovery.
Mr.. Frank Lee, editor of the Klickitat
Leader, was In the city last night but re-
turned home this morning.
The wife of Mr.. Nicholas Blasen, of
Eight Mile, was buried today, at 2
o'clock from the Protestant Episcopal
church.
Mr.. E. o. Mccain, who has resided in
this city and neighborhood for the past
year will leave in few days to visit his
father at Stewart, Colorado.
We are pleased to see Mr.. August
Buchler again on the street. His arm
ia yet in a sling but he expects to be as
good as new in couple of weeks.
Mr. Chas. Dehm who has charge of
the machinery at Fort Stephens, on the
government jetty works arrived from be-
low on the noon train and will remain
for few days.
Elder Richardson of Klickitat comfy
organized two Sundays ago, in the town
of Dufur, church of Disciples, and has
engaged to be with them hereafter on
the second Sunday oil each month.
1t is said that since the Rowena tres
tie was burned, involving loss to the
U. P. company of $500, sixty watch men
have been put on the road b tween
Troutdale and The Dalles.
1t is reckoned that the Palouse coun-
try will, this year, raise enough grain to
fill fifteen thousand train loads of fifteen
cars each No wonder the farmers of
that neighborhood fear another blockade.
Nothing is being done at the stock
yards beyond taking care of the melan-
choly brindle COW and calf and opening
and closing the gate of the corrall to q
recreant bovine, brought thither by the
assiduous officers of the law.
One of Spokane's newspapers saved
that city $1,000 last week by exposing a
little Job to dispose of some bonds with
out due publicity. Those who were in
it for the Doodle are as mad as usual
against the cuss of a newspaper that is
always giving such snaps away whenever
they are attempted.-DemocrGt
The Wasco warehouse will, to night,
have only about 700 bales of wool left of
the immense number that has been
handled there during the season. Dur
ing the last "a hours sixty three bales
have been received but the wool-hauling
is practically ended for this year.
''The sacred walls of old independence
Hail. says the Philadelphia Record,
''are literally covered with the pictures
of men famous in the history of the
United States, Pennsylvania and Phila-
delphia. Among them is a portrait oi
John Bardsley. Not one of these pict-
ures has ever been taken down for any
cause, and when within a fortnight John
Bardsley's portrait is removed from
Common Council Chamber, as it certain
ly will be, precedent will be establish
ed. The picture hangs at the extreme
right of the presidents chair and is a
speaking likeness of the defaulting city
treasurer"
The tickle character of the goddess oi
fortune is aptly illustrated by a story
that comes to us from Baker City con.
oerning Dave Scholts, an old time
freighter between here and Canyon City
A few years ago Dave got caught, during
the winter in this city in heavy snow
storm which held him here, hard and
fast under heavy expense for feed fol
his teams for period of two or three
months, and left him dead broke, sc
that but for the kindness of August
Buchler and two or three other gentle
men in this city, himself and horses
would have starved. AS it was, in
short time everything he had was sole
at a sheriff's sale and poor Dave betool
/ himself, as dernier resort to prospecting
in the Blue mountains. How well be
has succeeded can be gathered from the
fact that the erstwhile freighter and all
round busted bankrupt sold half of ont
of his mines the other day for the SNUG
little sum of half million.
Mr. A. s. Macalister returned from
Portland this morning. He informs u
that the contract for finishing the Cit,
of The Dalles has been let to Paquet 4
Smith and that the boat will be finished
and the portage open and running, be
yond reasonable doubt by the first o
September. The lower boat will b,
first class in every respect, just littl
smaller than the Regulator, but, Mr.
Paquet thinks, able to beat her in 4
race and this is saying good deal as tn
Regulator will certainly run. like
scared wolf