The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-31
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

town.
There are four "drunks'' in the Gala
boose.
pleasant call today.
E. B. Mcfarland and Mr.. Woodworth
went to Portland today.
A. McCully and H. H. Traveller went
to Goldendale yesterday.
G. w. Haight of Cow Canyon and Joe
Warner of Nansene are in the city.
The CHRoNIcLE thanks Hon. Binger
Hermann for valuable documents re-
ceived.
Don't forget "Our Beautiful Young
ladies' at the Vogt Grand tomorrow
evening.
Geo. H. Thompson left for Portland
on the delayed train at IL o'clock this
morning.
saloon offers attractions superior to any
in this city.
The sheriff has been receiving county
taxes at lively rate for the past three
or four days.
The directors of the Eastern Oregon
Cooperative association held meeting
today in this city.
Our reporter saw large lot of new
granite iron ware on the counters of
Mays & Grove today.
County Treasurer Ruch has sent to the
state treasurer $4,000 as part of the pay
ment of the state tax of Wasco county.
Mr.. Claypool of Crook county has
thirty-four head of horses at the stock
yards awaiting shipment to Portland.
T. w. Sparks expects soon to leave
this city for Portland where he intends
going into business ON his own account.
The CHRONICLE office is under obliga-
tions to Mrs. Samuel L. Brooks for vase
of ealla lilies which were presented by
her.
Beef and mutton already has an up
warI tendency. We are informed that
wethers command $2.75 per head deliv
cred at BakS5r City.-GrGnt County Mems.
The members and friends of Epworth
League spent a pleasant time at the
residence of Rev. Mr.. Brown last even
ing.
The CHRONICLE rises to remark that it
thanks ''ought'' for his interesting letter,
and hopes to receive many more from
the same source.
A wreck occurred last night, short
distance this side of Wetherby. The
engine and one freight car went through
bridge Nobody was hurt.
At the sand-blow above this city,
where the company. used to employ
twelve white men to keep the track
clear, Jay Gould has three Chinamen.
The CHRONICLE is receiving the COM
pliments of many of its readers for pub
fishing the series of Talmage's sermons
on the Plaques of the Cities"
AS will be seen by special dispatch
to the CHRoNIcLE,- the business portion
of La Grande was reduced to ashes this
morning. The fire is now under con-
troll. The loss is not stated.
10. Mack returned from Portland
this morning at six O'Clock. The train
was five hours late owing to burnt
bridge a few miles below Hood River
The train waited on the rail till gang of
men was procured and the bridge re-
paired.
We are pleased to know that Mr.. John
Bonn is not going to leave The Dalles as
we had supposed from reading para
graph in the Glacier. 1t is his nephew
Mr.. Joseph Bonn. who has bought a
home at Hood River.
The dispatch in another column an
z fnoupcing the fire at La Grande was read
to hroe Heisler late. of Dufur and now
a rfNept of La. Grande. He says sc
far as the dispatch is concerned the
main part of the town is not injured (; only
one general store, four saloons, a barber
shop and, he infers from their location
perhaps, some Chinese houses. The
= rumor that the company's shops were
tburned appears, to be. without. founda.
tion.
The Easter decoration committee of the
Congregational church were composed Of
Misses Iva Brooks, Clara Story and Mr.
Norman Wilson, and many favorable
comments have, been made on their work
on that occasion. The committee desire
to thank Miss Georgia Smith, of Hood
River, for quantities of flowers, ferns
etc, that were SO kindly sent by her te
the church and which added much to the
beauty of the decorations.