The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-22
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

LOCAL BREvITIES.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Brickle, of Victoria,
are in the city on visit.
The thermometer stood So degrees in
the shade at 80 o'clock today.
- Lawn social at the grounds of the
Congregational church this evening.
Joseph Mayhem, John Carey and e..
w. Henderson of Kingsley are in the
city.
The gratifying of ones passion for re-
venge is often very poor pay for the
labor involved.
Senator Dolph and family are announc-
ed to leave Washington for Portland on
the 25th inst.
What do the critics mean now by Nc
Kinley prices? Do they refer to the
high prices farmers are getting for their
products? ts?-Capitat Journal.
Mr.. j. F. Atwell, of the Cascade Locks
and Hon. NJ. P. Isenberg, of Hood Xiv
er, give this office pleasant call today.
Mrs. j. Doharty says she can beat c..
l.. Phillips on chickens, as she has over
$50 little ones. Mr.. Phillips will have
to set another hen.
DIR. G. S. Shaddis and attorney G. A.
Rideout, from Texarkana, Ark, both
colored, passed through this city We'd
nesday last, on their way to the Sound
cities. They are looking for favorable
place to locate.
All hands employed to work on the
portage at the Cascades will be hired by
the foremen of each department of the
work. The superintendent of construc-
ton informs us that all applications for
work must be made to them.
What will the Portland corporation
crowd do to head off the $60,0O0 state
portage railway at The Dalles, with the
governor behind it ?-Salem Capital Jour
nal.
Do? 1t will not be necessary for Port
land to do anything as long as the Union
Pacific road owns Major Handbury.
F. G. Sexton, of Kingsley, brought in
to town yesterday three head of fine
young graded Percheron mares, which
he intends taking to the valley for sale,
today. He expects to get an average of
5000 each for them. Last fall Mr.. Sexton
sold a sucking colt of the same stock for
$3.50. 1t pays to raise horses of that
kind, and pays well.
Our old friend P. M. Kistner, late of
Wamic, has started boarding house
known as the Grange hotel In Mrs. Win
gates building on Third street next
door west of the old Grimes feed stable
Mr.. Kistner will furnish his patrons
with good, wholesome, we'll cooked,
old fashioned meal for the low price of
% cents. We bespeak for him a liberal
share of the public patronage.
At the meeting of committees on the
Fourth of July celebration held last
night, very little was done that is worth
relating. The grounds have been Sc
cured for the sham battle and the cele-
bration is of course an assured fact, but
the absence of members of committees
holding important positions caused very
little progress to be made. The meeting
adjourned to next Monday evening.
A valued correspondent writes from
Hood River: Decoration day will be
observed here. The procession will form
in the streets as follows G. A. r. post
Sons of Veterans, w. R. c., company d,
Third regiment, ON. G.. and citizens
and schools. They will march to the
Smith school house, where speeches will
be made by M. P. Isenberg, G. J. Hayes,
G. L. Gilbert and others. A picnic din
ner will be served after which there will
be military exercised by company D,
singing by the different schools, declama-
tions, etc." = .
We find the following item in one of
our exchanges: "a farmer near town
has, been in the habit of running ac-
counts during the year, and paying in
the fall with the proceeds of the dairy,
when he counted himself lucky, if he
made both ends meet. He resolved to
try anew plan, for one year at least.
Accordingly be hired sum of money at
hetegal rate of interest and began pur-
chasing for cash, with the result that in
the fall he found he had money enough
to'pay the borrowed capital, and nice
little balance of 5000 to place on inter
est. Since then he runs no accounts.
Cash will always discount credit
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
UMATII.LA HOUSE.