The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-03-16
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

AoOllIC DCOPlC hIlON "a SOONA oAAAAS WhOh
they see it, and cemetery is not always
lonely place:
The Congregationists will give social
the residence of Mr.. B. S. Huntington
next Friday night.
James Fulton of Ten mile lost his
youngest daughter Bessie last Friday
night of mbraneous Group.
II. w. Nuchols, C. w. Malette, Harry
Morris, II. Heppner and Mr.. Weeks, OF
Albina, were in the city Sunday.
We are pleased to hear that the son of
Hon. E. B. Dufur, who was quite sick
for the past two days, is very much
better.
The Pacific Fence Works received to-
day fro m Sellwood car load of dressed
and rough pickets to be manufactured
into fencing which they propose to sell
at prices to suit the times.
w. H. Corson is moving out of town
today to his ranch on Five Mile His
extensive pasture is now open to receive
horses and other animals for any length
of time during the coming season.
Captain John Lewis, the genial regis
ter of the Land Office feels awfully
proud of the handsome compliment paid
to him the other day. A stranger from
the country mistook him for the late
county assessor!
The Dalles is improving some
what of late, and has added another
metropolitan attraction to long list of
convenience for the travelling public.
1t is a vehicle of the Irish jaunting car
persuasion and is presided over by the
genial Messrs. Gibbons and Howe.
1t is said that the only persons en-
speaking of themselves are editors, kings
and persons who are afflicted with tape
worm" We understand now why some
men who are not editors yet run news
papers and use the word freely They
have tapeworm.
Mr.. K. H. Nortons surveying party
are all here and everything is ready for
the commencement of the survey of the
road to the Fossil coal fields, just as
soon as Mr.. Norton has recovered suf-
ficiently from an attack of sickness. We
are pleased to see him again on the
street and to receive his assurance that
the work will commence in few davs.
City Assessor c. W. Dietzel informs us
that he has, for the first time in the
history of The Dalles, obtained COM
plete list of the ownership of every lot in
the city. This will ensure the assess
ment of some valuable property to GER
tain nonresident taxpayers, who have
always, to very great extent, evaded
taxation altogether. The amount of city
property which will be thus placed on
the next city assessment roll, cannot be
worth less than 100000.
Captain H. Anlauf, who has just re-
turned to this city from Walla Walla,
communicates the following:
At O'Clock yesterday morning an
alarm of fire walked up the fire laddies at
Walla Walla. The flames were issuing
from a building on Main street. near
First. A Chinese wash house, saddle and
harness shop, store and wagon shop were
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$500. The boys worked nobly and saved
the fine brick building adjoining.
The facilities of the Times Mou,taineer
office will be sadly strained, to put in
type all the new names that are being
applied to the CHRONICLE man. The
latest, which are the fruit of the invent
i've genius of Representative Mccoy, de-
serve a little attention. He is called a
''hedgling" when he is old enough to be
Mr.. McCoy's father which he is not, and
for which he is devoutly thankful. But
he was "cheap clerk" of committee at
the last legislature Oh the pity of it
This is the crime of all crimes; the sum
of all villanies! He ought to have owned
railroad warehouse, wear railroad
coli and travel on pass.
A meeting of the city council was hel d
Sa turday evening, in the recorders
office, at which the mayor and all the
members were present excepting Mr..
Dutur who was unable to attend owing
to the sickness of his son Burnham.
Mr.. Dufur, who had been appointed to
examine the features of the new water
bill and report, sent message inform
ing the council of his inability to attend
and asking postponement till he would
be able to be present. Bids for the new
sewer were opened when it was found
that John Kaseberger and John Elton
were the two lowest bidders; the formers
bid being the lump sum of $40, and the
latter's being 80 cents a lineal foot for
584 feet The bids were rafarrod Il, AZ.