The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-08
The Chronicle is the Only Paper ir
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Joseph McEachern returned from
Portland last night.
Portland wants ''an open river to the
sea- to carry off the surplus water.
A large amount of freight for the in
terror is constantly arriving at the Wasco
Warehouse.
We regret to hear that Mrs. A. Bun.
nell is still very low and little hope is
entertained of her recovery.
DR.. Siddall returned from Portland
this morning. He reports that it is
raining very hard in that city.
The first freight car has been rnn on
the new spur on First street, north of
Nc Farland & French's warehouse.
Boyd Ashby and VIM. Hinkle, of
Antelope, brought in yesterday, car
load of horses which they shipped this
morning to Portland.
This Office has still a limited supply of
sugar beet seed from the Oregon Agri-
cultural Experiment station at Corvallis
which it will distribute gratis as long as
it lasts to all who may call. st&a
Stephen Kistner of Tygh Valley has
sold out his interests, there, and. will
leave in the morning for Portland, where
he and his young wife intend to make
their future home. The Chronicle
wishes them many happy days. G 1
The funeral of the late c. R. Patterson.
took place today from the undertaking
rooms of Mr.. Michel. Rev. Mr.. Brown
oficiated. He was inferred in the city
graveyard and the funeral was under
the auspices of his railroad friends.
tA.Georgia man has been found who
has never been to church, has never rid
den on train nor never been in a city.
But for one fact he would make a splen
did juryman for murder trial in Ore
gon He sometimes reads a newspaper )
The pedigree of the Italians killed at
Morewood has been traced with interest
ing results. The mildest criminal
among them was brigand, which is an
ordinary very-day employment in the
part of Italy from which most of the i'm
migrants to this country come.-Oregon-
san.
Sheriff Fell, of Malhuer county, in
u1dklUR d GOuT W buC SOuLAOlh pal - VI
bis county, travelled in three states and
five counties to get to the place he desir-
ed to reach. The reason of this was that
that section of that is destitute of roads
and bridges. y-
A, Wal, of Eight Mile is going to
make sensation at the next district
fair that will undoubtedly do much to
advertise both him and it. Wall has 6
Polled Angus bull calf about a year old
that he offers to enter in ''go as you
please" half mile race for $500 side
The offer is open to any bull calf il
Eastern Oregon.
The operetta of Little Bo-Peep is being
rehearsed daily in the Vogt Grand anc
Mrs. Dexter, whose efficient playing ha
been SO thoroughly enjoyed by our music
loving people, is in charge of the piano
The calcium lights are assured for Satur
day evening and they, with the Greciar
tableaux, by our beautiful young ladies
will prove great attractions. The boz
sheet will be opened Thursday mornin,
at Snipes & Kinersly's.
o. w. Elkins of Prineville left tha
city On Monday evening last and mad,
the trip to this city, 125 miles, arriving
at p. m. yesterday. He immediatel,
telegraphed to Portland to ex-sherii
Coombs, of the illness of that gentle
mans mother, and Mr.. Coombs arrives
in The Dalles last night and left for hi
home this morning. m gfs H
The verdict of the jury in the inques
over the remains of the man Patterson
was that the deceased came to his dealt
by an overdose of morphine, admins
tered by his own hand. 1t appears h
must have taken about II grains, where
as Is to 1s grain is a sufficient dose
Whether he intended his own life or nc
nobody knows.
tE. L. Boyn.on of Kingsley brough
up last night from Glenco, Washingto
county stallion that competent judge
of horses flesh pronounce it to be one {
the finest, if not the very finest specime
of draught stock ever brought into East
ern Oregon. Heis Clyde and Englis
draught and weighed about a week ag
2O2O lbs. In, color, he is dappled bay
stands Is hands high and was sired b
the centennial prize winner Maje
Bruees ssGleneld. ;, He will make th
season around the neighborhoods I
Kingsley. Mr.. Boynton got him of A
Tongue, of Glencoe.