The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-10-16
LOCAL BREyITIES.

Mr.. Ed. Riggs came up on the Regu-
lator last night.
Willis Hendrix, a prominent, farmer
of Dufur, was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. w. E. Garretson is visiting Mrs.
DIR. J. A. Richardson of Salem.
X. Sigman and John Easton of Dufur
were registered at the Umatilla house
yesterday.
Ordinance Sergeant l.. S. Fritz re-
turned from Portland on the Regulator
last night.
Mr.. A. Henry Kennedy left last night
for Moro where he has accepted posi-
tion on the Observer.
Mr.. Will Grunow of the TSmes-Moun-
taineer, went to Portland last night to
take in the exposition.
A project has been submitted to the
citizens of Baker City for the purpose
of building Il Touring mill.
Jack Mcintosh. a prominent base
ballist of Umatilla county, has fallen
heir to fortune of $4,000.
Judge Boise has decided that the rail-
road companies cannot remove their
cases to Judge Deady's court.
The monotony of two drunks per night
in, the skookum house was broken night
before last. Nobody was arrested and it
is to be presumed nobody was drunk.
Saunders & Son have added to their
l.,t,o ha,- f,n
doors and mouldings and have opened
an Office on First street, next door to the
Office of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation Company.
The band boys have already ordered
their instruments from New York.
They are expected In about two weeks.
The horns are the latest improved in
triple silver and the drums are also the
latest improved with nickle rims and
gilt trimmings.
The following names are registered at
the Umatilla House: III. Kaseburg,
L. Kaseburg, A. Barnett, L. Sexton and
E. Mcmillan, Wasco; Hugh Cleek and
wife, Albany; Peter Hanrahan, King
sley; ]. p. Abbott, Wapinitia; H. Per-
ault, Grass Valley.
t. A. Van Norden, the jewler, who
has resided in this community for sew
eral years past, departed for The Dalles
Oregon, on Sunday last Mr.. Van Nor
den is very estimable citizens who has
made many friends here that regret his
determination to make his home else,
whare Hnwaver his laovirrr 80 - -
cause he loves. .Lassen less, but then his
daughter, who recently became Mrs.
Thomas Wood, resides at The Dalles,
and it will be more homelike for the
handsome middleaged widower to be
with his favorite child. We wish Mr.
Van Norden prosperity in his new
home.-Lassen AdVocate. Mr.. Van Nor
den informs us that he intends to start
in business here and make this his per-
manent home.
We regret to learn that Tom Joles has
become a convert to the doctrine of a
deprecated currency. He has a ten
cent piece with hole in it that PLAYS a
more important part in his busi-
ness than the biggest hog dollar
dollar he ever owned When a guiless
child of the forest lays down piece of
money for purchase Tom always gives
this particular ten cents back in change.
Then the Indian, to get rid of it, buys
something more and pays back the ten
cents. A CHRONICLES reporter found
Tom the other day, after he had passed.
it off on-each one of half dozen squaws,
two-or three times, whom he had loaded
down with purchases, and at the end
Tom was in possession of the ten cents
and ready for the next Indian.
Nuts for Farmers to Crack.
A short time ago George Smith and