The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-18
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LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The river tell SIX inches last night.
The Misses May and Grace William.
have gone to Portland on visit
Captain Stone has purchased the
Davis scow fish wheel.
Mr.. G. j. Bryan has left.a pocket book
at this office which he found. on Wash.
ington street. The owner can have il
by calling for it. I8
DR.. L. L. Rowland of Salem, brother
of Mr., George Rowland, of this city, is
visiting his brother and will remain in
the city for few days.
Miss Iva G. Brooks left on this morn
ing's boat. for visit to Mrs. M. S. Bur-
rell of Portland. Miss Iva will spend
the summer in Salem, Silverton, and
Portland, returning in the fall.
We have received another long COM
munication on the single tax theory
but as it contains nothing new and does
not pretend to answer the CHRONICLE,
we must respectfully decline its publ
cation. 80, ~
The calking of the new boat was
finished today and the painters will
commence on the hull in the morning.
The timbers are orderedf Tor the launching
and some of the irons and hog chains
have already arrived. Mr.. Lewis Paquet
expects to have all ready for launching
by the middle of next week.
Z. NJ. j. Anderson protests against the
story current all over town that sixteen
sheepherders were voted from Antelope
last Saturday night. =. He assures us
there were only fifteen as the sixteenth
man was unable to climb the steps to
the court room. We gladly make the
explanation. ee.
Captain Gomez has sold his scow
wheel to Winans Brothers,. They took
possession of it at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning and by three in the afternoon
1t had caught about a thousand pounds
OF salmon. The largest salmon yet
caught on this wheel weighed 66L
pounds. The Winans Brothers caught
about four tons of fish yesterday. The
run has now fairly commenced and the
fisheries will, for time, doubtless, catch
all the fish they can handle.
For what reason should United States
district attorney or deputy marshal be
maligned for working at the polls for the
success of municipal ticket of their
own choice? They were not there in any
official capacity but as private citizens,
exercising the simple rights of citizen
ship, in an election, when the issue gave
no room for the display of any of that
offensive partisanship, which was so
obnoxious to ex-President Cleveland.
Frank Gabel came in this morning
from Wapinitia aud reports very heavy
rains in his neighborhood for the past
two days, enough to insure good crops.
He thinks the rain yesterday was very
general. The crickets in the grove have
either been drowned out or eaten up, all
save one, Mr.. Gabel says, and one of
Med. Lewis razor-backs was after it fol-
lowed by Lewis brindle pup. If the
hog has not got the cricket by this time
1t will have reached the Tygh and been
drown. Mr.. Gabel informs us that there
was big dance at Mr.. Chris Confers' on
the 18th inst. The whole neighborhood
sympathizes with France, but all the
same very pleasant time was had.
The suggestion made by our CORES
pondent "Why Not,'' for the appoint
ment of another night warchman is well
timed. The temporary abolition of the
office of street commissioner may OF NAV
not be wise, but there can be no doubt
that no one man, no matter how active
and efficient, is able to give sufficient
attention to the whole city. As con-.
sequence, the people on the bluff have
long been infested with a set of con-
temptible sneak thieves &ho pick up
everything they can lay their hands on.
IL mas come to such pass that person
canpot lay curry-comb down in an un-
locked barn without its being carried
of. We commend the suggestion of
second night watchman to the common
council
An honored class of our citizens. the
old and hardy pioneers, who drove oxen
across the plains In the late forties and |
early fifties, will occupy prominent no.
sition in the Fourth of july procession
in Eugene.
Hon. John Whiteaker, attired in pio-
neer costume-overalls, brogan shoes.
checked shirt, straw hat and yarn sus,
penders-has been selected to drive the |
three yoke of oxen engaged for the oc-
casion. As he punched the bulls the
plains across, first in 1S49 and again in |
1852, he may be depended upon to keep
them in line. t