The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-02
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Miss Emma Ward, of Kingsley, is in
the city.
The field of the National flag has now
forty-four stars.
Hon E. B., Dufur went down last
evening on business to Vancouver.
This is the hottest day of the season.
The mercury at 8 O'Clock stood at 949.
The CHRoNIcLE acknowledges a pleas
ant cali to-day from A. j. Dufur, Junior,
of Dufur.
Two of the sons of Robert Mays, Ed
and Robert, have returned from Cali
fornia where they have been attending
school.
'tU. p. Sam visited camp last night
and entertained the band with a song,
the refrain of which was, "There is no
flies on the drum major"
Frank Melone Esq, is baling his wool,
and will ship, as prices in this market
are. quite unsatisfactory to him. We
understand several other wool growers
will do the same thing.
The Baker City papers are more ag-
itated over a recent game of base ball
than they are about all the, great ques-
tions now agitating the state and nation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Menefee went
down to Portland this morning. Mrs.
Menefee will remain for month or six
weeks and Mr.. Menefee win return on
Sunday.
The Evangelical Lutheran services
will be held next Sunday, 40 80 a.am.;
and O'Clock p. IN. Sunday school at
9:3O.a. m. cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all. A. Horn, Pastor.
@. b. Avery, for some time hostler in
the company's yard at this place, re-
moved yesterday to UmatilIa. William
Mahoney, formerly fireman of the
company, takes the place vacated by
Mr.. Avery.
Major Burke has, it is said, expressed
himself as surprised and pleased with
the fine soldierly appearance of the boys
of'the third regiment, and says he has
seen men after fourteen years. service
who did not do better.
We understand that Mr.. M. j Ander-
son known in the literary world as
"Keno" and in the legal world as the
late prosecuting attorney for the Jack
Knife Judicial District has located at
Dufur.
After dress parade yesterday evening
the band marched through the tents
and serenaded each visiting company.
At the close of each serenade the boys
responded by giving 'three cheers" for
the band. and it is no figure of speech to
say they made the welkin ring.
Secretary ]. NJ. Huntington is in re-
ceipt of the charter of the Columbia
Building and Loan association, of this
city, and now the association can be said
to be fully in operation and the CHRoNt-
Gle hopes it's future will be bright and
successful. The charter is handsome
one and is on exhibit at Mr.. Hunting
toms Office in the Vogt block: Theasso-
citation has 81 members at present, and
243 shares have been subscribed for.
The CHRONICLE office would be pleased
to have the farmers of this county send
in statistics of the number of bushels
per acre of grain and corn, and the
amount per acre of roots, vegetables, &c,
produced during the coming season. A
simplew to make an estimate of grain
where it cannot be otherwise obtained
is to take four strips of wood each three
feet long and nail them together in the
form of a square; then drop this square
overaa piecetof average standing grain
and~eut and thresh it by, itself, Stats,
tising the productiveness of our soil, and
if furnished to this Office will be placed
where they will do the most good. - 4
We had the pleasure of4rneeting to-day
Mr.l'Rs B.. Sinnott, younger son of Col
Sinnott, who, together with his brother
Mr.. N. J. Sinnott; returned last Monday
from attendance at the University o
Notre Dame; Ind. Both Of the youn,
gentlemen, we understand, are in excel
lent health. The younger is-six~ feet
and the elder six feet two inches IL
height, while their ages are respectively
eighteen and twenty years. y We Under
stand that both have distinguished them
selves at the university. and I'VE car
readily believe it, as far as Master Mich
olas is concerned, after having read al
essay of his, entitled Reconciliation, ,
which was delivered at the oratorica
contest of the university on June 10tl
ult., and is published in the Notre Dam
Scholastic of une l3, 1884, The essay i
a fine ,impassioned appeal to Americai
citizenship to bury in a common grav,
all the bitter memories of our late fratri
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