The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-09
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

From Mr. league of Dutch Flat we
learn that the folks there had 'glor-
ious rain"
One car of sheep for the Sound was
shipped from the stock yards this morn
ing by Jack Anderson
Napoleon Perrault, Canadian, today
declared his intention to become an
American citizen.
J. T. Peters & Co., will soon put in
the steam laundry building a complete
set of planer and box factory machinery.
We regret to learn that the wife of
Henry Williams of Eight Mile is i'll with
measles. Her condition however is not
dangerous.
John Irvine, Esq, formerly old
resident of the Irvine farm, Chenoweth
creek, near this city, and now a citizen
of Lake county, is in The Dalles visiting
relations and friends.
From the kind of load that Charley
Denton had on his wagon this morning,
as he drove through Second street it is
believed he has taken out license to
peddle beats"
The county court has granted full citi-
zenship papers to Thomas f. Wickens
and to Ernest Jordan, former subjects of
the British Empire and to John Schasser
former subject of the German Empire.
new barber shop has been opened
in the East End by Peter NJ. Stack, in
the store occupied by F. Dehm, the
matchmaker. Mr. Dehm is going to have
a sign put out with the legend ,''If Peter
don't shave you l will
From j. B. Havely of Boyd we learn
that the rain fall at his place was twenty
eight hundreths of an inch sufficient to
wet the ground ''clear through" The
prospects for good crops is very encour-
aging. J5
The most potent and most perfect
remedy for sleeplessness is to drink hot
water. 1t can be heated over the gas or
over spirit lamp, and one who tries it
will find himself going off to sleep like
an infant
There will be a match game OF base
ball between the academy and The Dalles
mines this afternoon at the fair grounds; !;
Il close game is expected. AS we go to
press before the game is completed a full
report will be deferred until Monday.
Jack Robinson, who is known here as
having been connected with Hitchcock
& Frasier, the contractors for the reser-
voir, at the presidential reception the
other day in Portland had his pocket
picked of hundred and forty dollar
gold watch and chain.
From the Wasco Observer we learn that
the contract for transcribing the records
affecting the new territory lately added
to Sherman county has been given to
Geo. H. Thompson of this city. The
price to be paid for the work is So cents
folio.
There are "a new steamers in various
stages of construction ON the Willamette
and Columbia rivers. This business is
more promising in these sections than it
has ever been before. Portland is the
headquarters for the boat building in
dustry in the northwest, and has turned
out more fine passenger boats than any
other point ON the coast.
An incident happened Thursday
at the Cascade Locks which was neither
down in the programme nor reported in
the dispatches. When the presidential
train came to a stand at that place bis
burly son of the Emerald Isle, standing
about six feet from the president, callec
out in his loudest tones, "Three cheers
for jim Blaine" and they were giver
with will.
In the Notre Dame Scholastic for tn,
present month is a very excellent article
on the tragedy of the Roman Cincinnatu
and the Greek Neobolus written by Mr.
N. j. Sinnot, son of Colonel Sinnot, o
the Umatilla House The article reflect
very great credit on the talents of it
author as well as on the thorough educa
tional training OF the Notre Dam
college.
From w. l.. Ward we learn that tn
free bridge road across the Deschute
was never in so fine condition as it i
under its new keeper John Harris. Mr.
Ward says there is not a rock or ston
on the road from one hill to the other
and tina the road is in better repai
than he ever thought it could be place,
in. Mr. Harris deserves the credit TO
all this as well as for having reduced tn
toll so per cent.