The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

This being Ash Wednesday Lent COM
mences.
Mr.. Ben E. Snipes of Seattle is in the
city on business.
Mr.. Fred Bardon is quite i'll from the
effects of severe cold.
Mr.. Wolf purchased wagon load of
sheep pelts this afternoon.
We are. pleased to see Mr.. William
Michel on the street again.
Mr.. A. Lytle, of Prineville, is in the
city and will return home today.
Mr.. N. Whealdon is in Portland and
will return on the night passenger.
ST. Valentine with his conglomerated
stock of love and nonsense will hold
royal court Saturday.
Rev. James Connolly and Rev. F. R.
Spaulding will begin series of revival
services at the Methodist church tonight.
Mr.. Bakers saloon building is going
up rapidly, and will soon be ready for
occupancy. Mr.. Lauer is making the
counter for it.
DIR. John Steiner of Portland, father of
DIR. Steiner of this city left Monday for
Berlin, to make study of DIR. .Koch's
lymph treatment.
DIR. Crosby the veterinary surgeon
went out to Mr.. Underhill's place today
TO examine into the cattle disease which
has been so fatal this winter.
Ten carloads of cattle were fed at the
stockyard Monday, and eight yesterday.
Four carloads of sheep were shipped
yesterday, but today there is no business.
It is to be hoped the company will put
on an extra passenger train on the 18th.
The cars are so crowded now that it is
almost impossible to find seat.
Hon. w. Lair Hill, of Seattle, came
up on last nights passenger and is quite
indisposed, so much SO, that he is con-
fined to his room. 1t is hoped he will
be out in a few days.
The leaden skies today give promise of
copious showers, but the season has been
so remarkably dry that like the portage
railroad bill we can have but little con-
fidence in promises, until we see. them
fulfilled.
The bill extending the time for. pay
ment of taxes, in Washington, to March
Ist has become a law. Parties who have
paid the 10 per cent penalty on delien-
quent tax since January LIST can proba-
bly, the recover the same.
w. P. Miller, Esq, of San Jose, Cal,
a Dalles old timer is in the city and is
the guest of Mr.. X. B. Hood. Mr..
Miller is one of the old land marks of
this county and we cordially welcome
him to our city. E $50 4t
1t is dollars against nickels that the
portage railroad bill is not kept, as it has
been for nearly two weeks, in the com
mittee for nothing, and thatthe intent is
to kill the bill. 1t is also safe bet that
unless our citizens get vigorous move
on themselves the new charter bill will
be hypnotized.
Mr.. Josh Hardy has some excellent
paintings on exhibition in his windows.
The view down the Columbia is remark
ably good, and ga Gray Morning on
Naragansett Bay" is masterpiece.
They attract considerable attention and
are we'll worth walking around that way
to see.
Within the past 80 days go head Of
cattle and horses have died near Mr..
Underhill's place near here, from some
unknown disease the symptoms of which
are similar to those in blind staggers
The state veterinary surgeon has ex-
amined into the matter but has not yet
made public his opinion.
The testimony in the case of the Hood
River Ditch and Water Co. was fled by
the referee yesterday afternoon. 1t COW
ers 703 pages of legal cap closely written
and consists of 4234 questions and ans
wers. It will probably furnish the court
with reading matter, and food for thought
for some time.
The contract for laying the sewer
through the block bounded by First and
Second, and Union and Court streets,
(which was let to Mr.. Bert Thurston, has
een temporarily abandoned owing to
the discovery that a mistake had been
maderSthe survey, and that the sewer
would have to be laid several feet deeper
than called for in the contract 1t will
probably have 10 be re-let.
Our dispatches yesterday mentioned
the shooting of Mr.. j. O. Greenwood
and the murder of his wife by robbers at
Napa, CAL, Monday. They were uncle
and aunt of Mr.. John Dexter. They
were very wealthy people which nc
doubt was the cause of their being attack
ed, although Mr.. Greenwood stated that
they only secured "a that being all the
money in the hOuse