The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-10-28
PEHSE K WAYS

Readers of THE CHRONICLE are invited
to make note of,the new advertisement
of Freeborn & Co., 295 Alder St., Port
land, one of the oldest established houses
in Oregon, always up to the times.
The young ladies' Aid society of the
terfy Social on Halloween eve, Oct.
31st, in the building next to Floyd &
Shown's drug store. Admission, in,
Guiding supper 25 cents.
H. G. Nelson yesterday harvested his
honey. The crop amounted to 60 lbs. of
prime quality valued at 25 cents pound.
He says it does not cost cent more to
keep bees than it does to keep mosque
toes, and they are much more profitable,
The Esquimaux who are coming to the
worlds fair are expected to suffer from
the extreme heat of our winters, it is
fortunate, then, that they will not arrive
here until the country has cooled down
after election.
A peculiar trade is reported between
Mike Kennedy and Mart Wing at Wam-
ic. Mike wanted some cats and had a
valuable dog. Mart had the cats and
wanted dog. So he bought the dog for
5000, payable in cats at $40 a head. The
trade is bona fide contract, witnessed
by T. J. and Bert Driver.
Starkweather of Clackamas county, is
never satisfied unless he is chasing a
roiDbor, He &c n ,oaoDoo,,I;et +bie ,,oo,
He is statesman "out of job wait.
ing for political crumbs. Phil Shannon
says he is thoroughbred Jack, contin-
ually braying oph-oph-oph-is.
Lake & Woodcock's new mill was Wis
tied by Messrs. Chrisman and Connolly,
who unite in saying that it has the finest
machinery of any mill in Wasco county.
On a run of eleven hours it cuts %, 900
feet of lumber. It is located in a fine
place, convenient to the settlements,
and has an abundant supply of timber
handy.
Mr.. John Buckler, another brother of
Mrs. Brickell, has arrived from Victoria
and will identify himself at once with
The Dalles. Mr.. Brickell is taking quite
lively interest in colonizing our city.
He has lived away from here Just long
enough to learn that there are very few
if any better points for business on the
| coast.
Capt. Shannon, one of the originators
of the Peoples Transportation Co., which
gave the old Oregon Steam Navigation
Co., such lively racket on the Column
bia river early in the sixties, is in the
city. Phil belongs to that class of men
who never rust. He is looking as hale
and hearty as he did 30 years ago, when
we first met him in Oregon city.
Assessor Flower of Portland died yes
terday, after an illness of twenty days,
from the effects of cold contracted by
Sitting in a street car where he was ex-
posed to the cold current of air while
lthe conductor held the front door open
| and collected fare from passengers on
hthe front platform. This is custom
that should be broken up, it is produc-
tive of many more serious cases of sick
mess than are reported.
Commencing Saturday the 29th at IL
a. M, and every Saturday at the same
hour until otherwise ordered, there will
be offered for sale at public auction
/ through W. Fl. Butts, auctioneer, ,sby
authority of the city, the remaining un
sold lots, belonging to the water fund
Not many lots remain unsold, and no
body should miss the opportunity to be
present and make profitable invest
ments. The terms of payment are very
liberal