The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-23
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

This is a pretty white country after all
This is the last week of the present
congress.
Tobboggan stock ought to be at a
premium.
Mr.. Chas. Melette, of Albina, was in
the city yesterday.
Hon:Geo. Watkins returned from the
legislature yesterday morning
Mr. w. M. Stewart is visiting DIR. J..
f. Watt at Olympia, Washington.
-'Pinafore'' is being rehearsed and will
be ready for production soon after Lent.
Mr.. Anderson shipped two cars of
mutton sheep from the stock yards yes
terday to the Sound markets.
Mr.. John Fopina has two cars of
horses at the stock yards, feeding, which
he will ship to California this evening
where he will dispose of them.
Mrs. Lulu ID. Sampson returned from
the capitol, where she has been during
the session of the legislature, as clerk for
one of the committees.
The barometer was 30 .0S this morning
which is lower than it has been at The
Dalles at any time for the past eleven
wears,
Messrs. Mcfarland & French sold
$4,000 pounds of wool last Friday at
IL cents per pound, which is an advance
of I1a cents.
The legislative delegation and menu
bers of the Third house have returned
to the constituents in pretty good shape,
he ~,
at the capital.
The cars of the west bound passenger
train ran into an open switch as they
came into this city this morning and two
cars were derailed. Owing to the train
being at slow speed no damage was done.
The Dalles has not been favored with
theatrical company for some consider
able time. With "a fine opera house and
people that will cheerfully patronize
meritorious entertainments it should not
be such long distance between them.
An order was made to put the Baker
on the route between this city and the
Cascades on the 18th but was cancelled
the next day. To save expenses would
1t not be economy to abandon the trains
on account of few inches of snow on
the track?
The snow storm that visited this sec
tiop last Saturday night was general
over Eastern Oregon and Washington.
The depth of fall here was twelve inches
and gave precipitation of ninetv-fiye
one-hundredths of an inch of melted
snow,
The passenger train that left here for
the west labout 10 O'Clock this morning
was dItched not far from Wyeth, injuring
several passengers. There is rumor that
three or four were killed. DR.. Doane.
the company's surgeon, left here about
O'Clock for the scene of the wreck.
Mr.. L. Payette has leased the Larsen
Hay and Grain barn, on the corner of
Madison and Second streets, and has
changed it into blacksmith shop.
putting into it two forges. This
makes another addition to East End. |
That part of the city is making some
important improvements and changes
preparatory for an active season of busi |
ness.
At regular meeting of the Masonic
Veteran Association of the Pacific coast.
held in San Francisco Thursday. the
18th inst, it was unanimously resolved |
to celebrate at Portland or Oregon City
'on the 23d of September next, the forti
eth anniversary Of the organization of
the Most Worshipful Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons of the State of Oregon.
in conjunction with the said grand lodge.
Sneak thieves are at work around the
churches. A silk umbrella was stolen
from the Congregational church last eve
ming during service. A man who would
do as mean thing as that would
steal the pennies from off his dead
mothers eyes, and kick the corpse be-
cause they were not quarters. The
wretch should have the umbrella showed
down his throat and opened. There is
no hopes of recovering the stolen article
Tor the place the thief is to 90 is so hot that
the umbrella will burn up.
Mr.. A. w. Branner, the proprietor of
the stage line, running out to Prineyill. e
nsame In over the road last evening. Mr..
fanner says the storm of the past few 4
flays has favored the interior with a
good depth of snow; in some places it is
two and half feet deep, and has fallen
on unfrozen ground, with the exception
of the higher points. He thinks the ont
look for an abundant growth of grass and
a large harvest of cereals was never better
and with reasonable facilities for trans
portation and cheaper freights, the
Gun try is all right.