The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-28
local BREv1TIEs.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex McleOd OF Kingsley
were in the city today.
Mrs. M. G. Selleck left Saturday to
spend few days in the country.
Mr.. J.3J. Parker. the special agent of
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of
New York is in the city on business.
A CHRONICLE reporter, saw to-day in
the store of E. Jacobsen & Co., a new
lot of self playing musical instruments.
DIR. D. Siddall will leave tomorrow
morning for trip to the Sound country
and intends to be gone about two weeks.
Mr.. John Booth has presented the
CHRONICLE with the first grapes of the
season. They are from Mr.. A. J. Marsh's
place
Mrs. 1. j. Norman and children re-
turned home from camping out trip to
Hood River yesterday evening at 8: 100
o,elock.
It is said that Judge Boise has joined
the farmers alliance and that he is now
making speeches in favor of alliance
principles.
The state funds. have arrived to pay,
the men and defray the expenses of the
Sd regiment encampment. 1t is being
disbursed as fast as possible.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Driver of Wamic,
Mr.. H. w. Wells of Sherar's Bridge and
Mr.. George Mcleod of Kingsley are in
the city making final proof on land.
Conductor r. B. Moore and his young
bride returned last night from their
wedding trip. They visited Portland
and the Beach and report having had
very pleasant trip.
The San Francisco Examiner is most
anxious that the next campaign should
be conducted on high moral principles.
Hence it advises the republican party to
getrid of Quay and Dudley. The Er-
aBainer has pious horror of them.
A man of positive convictions is not
necessarily intolerant and bigoted.' Over
zeal is as nsich to be deprecated as un-
der zeal, but the man who would not
fight for his opinions, if need be, as a
rule has not got any and ought not to
have any. t
Enquiries of a number of persons from
the Tygh Ridge country lead US to fear
that the late grain is suffering much
from the present hot weather, and
unless it modifies very soon it will cause
a. very considerable shrinkage in the
crop.
We learn from an exchange that in
Umatilla county they have placed signs
on important grades warning stock driv-
ers to keep their herds off the grades and
when the warning. is not needed they
impose fine, unless the damage done
to the road is repaired within twenty
four hours, -,--- .,~,,,.
A private letter from Mr.. E. B. Nc
Farland dated the 26th inst, states that
his wife has little boy about week old.
Both mother and child are doing we'll.
They will remain in Portland until
about August 18th when they will go to
nwaco for seaside visit.
In an area, in the city of London,
England, lying between Blackfriar's IS
bridge and London bridge, containing
about thirty-three thousand inhabitants,
there are said to be sixty eight per cent.
of destitute poor. This appalling rev.
elation is made by book. of statistics
recently published by General Booth of
the Salvation Army.
Mr. S. R. Husbands of Mosier is in
the city. He returned about week ago
from the Sound country He reports
everything very quiet in Tacoma
andfF Seattle and the people very
much discouraged. Mr.. Husbands at
tended the annual meeting of the A. O..
w. w. The meeting was a great sue
cess. The membership of the order has
nearly doubled during the past year and
it is in very prosperous condition.
The membership numbers between two
hundred and fifty and two hundred and
sixty thousand, all in the United States.
Mr.. Husbands was much pleased with
Victoria, which, he also visited. What
struck him most was the quiet comfort-
able, easy-going character of the Victor
ians. 1Thty seemed to enjoy life, as it
came, far more than the bustling Ameri-
can. He thinks Victoria a delightful
place to visit on a summer trip, but after
all, he returned home, perfectly satis-
fed with Mosier and Eastern Oregon.
The lady who was seen taking bundle
from the store of A. NJ. Williams & Co.,
the other night is spotted-as lady of
good Judgment. She, got a bargain in q
first class dress at cost.