The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-30
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Last Sunday all the saloons in Spokane
were closed.
Mr.. Hampton Kelly, OF Wapinitia, is
in the city.
DIR. j. ]. Steiner has returned to the
city to remain here for the present.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Solomon
is still unable to leave his bed. He is
with his family in Portland.
Fifty head of stock cattle, from year
lings up, changed hands the other day,
near this city, at $40 head.
Mrs. G. w. Dietzel, who has been Wis
iting her parents east, for the past three
months, returned home yesterday.
The Warm Springs Indian Brass Band
will discourse music to the people of
Prinevile at their. celebration on the
Fourth.
Charley Hall shot a seal yesterday
near his fish wheel, which dressed 500
pounds. He is trying out the oil that
is in it today.
q, State lecturer William Holder organ
;zed a new grange on Three Mile Creek
barter members.
eeufert Bros made their first shipment
peaches to Portland yesterday, con-
ting of ninety baskets of Alexandrias.
hey are first class.
We regret to be compelled to announce
our inability to find room today for the
address of Judge Hill at the funeral of
MIR. Atwater. We hope to insert it
without fail tomorrow.
1t took ten tons of straw berries to feed
this season. No one, it is hoped +,
/ grudges these poor people plenty of
kcream into the bargain.
Next Saturday will be July 4 Al states
IN the Union = 444 members of congress +;
s,444 fires A, ,444 orators; 444 ,444 pic
slics; 4,444,444 in procession; "A 4444 444
people cheering for the flag.
Decoration of the stores and dwellings
at least, the business part of the city
k now in order and we have no doubt
A will be attended to by our citizens in a
manner worthy of themselves and of the
occasion. il
Last year the cannery put up 81, ,l75
cans of salmon, holding four dozen to the
can, and this year trifie less than 1000
.ans. Practically, there are no salmon
npning. The cannery is working fifty
Een men.
Mr.. III. Arnold brought into this office
hs morning sample of the Blue Stem
Yariety of wheat, grown on Chenoweth
creek, on summer..fallowed land, sowed
the spring. 1t is fully four and one
If feet in height, and equals the best
ing wheat we have seen this season
lcensus bulletin just issued from the
srthent having to deal with mines
thinning, treats of sandstone. From
this bulletin it is learned that the value
If the output of Oregon's two sandstone
arries in 1890 was $S424. The produc
ion was $4,000 cubic feet. Oregon had
no place in the tenth census, but in the
present one she occupies thirty-seconG
place, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Idaho
and five other states being behind her
! Ohio leads the list.
Conductor Seely met with an accident
1t night that will certainly lay him uI
fseveral weeks. 1t was ON the eas
nd night passenger between the pas
ger DEPOT and the Umatilla house il
city. The baggage car, it appears
fad been sent out without any steps OF
it, and Mr.. Seely forgetting the fac
stepped out to look forward when h,
missed his footing and fell to the ground
HIS left arm and shoulder were badly
\ bruised, one tooth was knocked dowr
4 his throat and his face cut and eye black
ened. Drs. Logan and Doane were call
!. ed in and the man made as easy as poss
ible and he was taken to Portland thi
morning. it-
Louis Klinger of Dufur told the writer
the following story of dog of the "Soon
pr" variety that he once owned. Thi
particular dog had large, bushy tail
land one day while Louis was choppini
wood the dog laid his tail across one o
he sticks and Louis chopped it off close
Instead of raising howl as Louis sup
posed the dog would do, the intelligen
animal wagged the stump, winked a
louis, as much as to say, ''See if dom
get even with you," picked up the piec
of tail in his mouth while the blood wa
still squirting from it and the stump
and trotting off to the newly painte,
porch of Louis house, smeared it all owe
NTH blood, SO that it took Louis all tn