The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.


ing friends in the city.
Quite snowfall covered the hills
north of this city to-day.
The Oregon Pathological society will
meet at the city hall Saturday afternoon
at o'clock.
Messrs. F. A. Bailey, and Hermann
Heppner of Cheyenne are in the city
visiting friends.
Rev. o. d. Taylor is in Buffalo and is
much pleased with his trip. He expects
to return about the last of February
The East End is remarkably quiet to-
day, no stock shipments or anything
else except few cars being loaded with
wheat.
Recorder Knaggs held financial in
quest on seven able-bodied hoboes Mon
day morning, finding work for all of
them.
A good many farmers are in the city
today attending meeting for the pur-
pose of electing directors of their Mer-
camille company.
The Baldwin restaurant will be opened
this week under the management of Mr..
and Mrs. w. S. Graham. They expect
to have the restaurant open for dinner
Wednesday.
A flock of sheep will be sold at Mr..
James Woolery's place, Friday, under
chattel mortgage. There are 1016 in the
band and some one will have an oppor-
tunity to make good purchase.
Something should be done by our citi-
zens towards getting survey for rail
road to the Fossil coal fields and our
Board of Trade should take hold of the
matter at its next meeting. The coal is
pronounced by experts the best on the
coast.
The question some of the visitors at
the locks Sunday have been trying to
solve since their return is, with 100 men
employed, how can $4,000 be expended
each month? With less than 90 actually
employed the question becomes yet more
difficult.
This morning there is scarcely man
left of the crowd that beseiged the land
office yesterday. They made no kick,
no audible complaint, for they are used
to this kind ofthing, and therefore
naturally maintained the silence of the
damned.
Mr.. Minto's bill to create the office of
state railroad commissioner is very
lengthy. 1t has some good features one
of which is that it makes the office an
elective one. 1t also gives the commits
sion considerable power, and would no
doubt, be a vast improvement on the
present powerless board.
A law suit is in progress this afternoon
between Thomas F. Jones, plaintiff
against w, H. Butts, defendant The
suit is being tried before his honor JUS
tice Schultz and jury, and is brought to
obtain an accounting, the plaintiff claim
ing to have been a partner with Mr..
Butts in the buying and selling of some
horses. Bradshaw & Story appear for
the plaintiff and Hon. E. B. Dufur for
defendant.
Col. q. E. Morgan came up from Port
land this morning after his dog. Some
one of the men employed on the reser-
voir has him claiming first that he got
him out of the pound in East Portland
and then when told there was no pound
there, said he got him in Portland. The
Col. got his dog all right without even
executing flank movement, and will
take him home tonight.
At meeting of the city council last
night the new charter was read. 1t
covers fifty-two pages of legal cap and is
pretty close copy of the old charter.
1t provides for nine members of the
council and takes the principle execu-
tive powers away from the mayor. 1t
has been referred to the city attorney
and after his opinion is had it will be
sent to the legislature. We will speak
more fully of it when we can get a chance
to read it.
Harvey Warner son of J. o. Warner,
OF Iygh Ridge and Joseph Kennedy
were taking ride in wagon a day or
two ago near Mr.. Warmers place when
the horses became frightened and ran
away. One tug came loose, and the
tongue dropped to the ground, and one of
the wheels striking rock, Henry was
thrown into the spokes of the hind wheel.
One of his legs was broken above the
knee, Kennedy injured his ankle badly
and will be laid up some. time. DR..
Whitcomb of Dufur was called and re-
paired all damages SO that time will
bring them through all right.