The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-10-25

Twenty tons of clay for the Colum bia
river glass works, is en- route from st!
Louis. This clay is to be used for con
struction purposes. The European clay,
for the cupola and retorts, will reach
here tomorrow. It passed PocatellP
yesterday.
= Among all the explanations and theoE
ries that have been presented concernt
ing the withdrawal of Col. Bob Mille&
from the Cleveland ticket in Oregon
none fits the subject better than that of
Master Willie Crossen, who says "Col.
Bob wasn't tall enough
Young Chapman, who was believed to
be honest in his declarations of inno-
cence respecting the charges brought
against him for having a stolen horse
in his possession, so deceived the officers
that he must now take his chances in a
criminal prosecution before Justice
Schultz.
The Buffalo Express of the Goth no.
tices the promotion of James 6. Hub
bard as master mechanic of the Erie
system at East Buffalo. He is relative
of Mr.. Linus Hubbard of this city, and
has many friends in this city and Port
land who will be pleased to hear of his
| well deserved promotion.
Mr.. A. Keller, moved into his new
store yesterday morning. A full line of
bread, cakes, pies and confectionery,
cigars, oysters, etc., will be opened. He
invites all his old patrons around to the
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bank, and as many new ones as can find
time to come, andNhe promises to do his
best to please them all.
Sheep dip is terrible drain upon
farmers of the Inland Empire which
they can in great measure overcome.
Mr.. Bonn of this city, has set the exam
pie of cultivating tobacco for dip pur-
poses, and his eminent success shows
what may be accomplished. Besides the
prolific growth of tobacco here, we no.
tice that tobacco with leaves thirty
three inches long and seventeen inches
wide has been grown this year in Grant
county along the John Day river. It
was not intended for curing, but for
manufacturing sheep dip: If the prac-
tice becomes general with sheep-owners
they will save themselves thousands OF
! dollars.
Col. Bob Miller has put the state to
$25, 900 expense, through the various
counties, by not finding out that he was
not eligible as an elector on the Cleve-
land ticket, "until Weaver man could
be found for the place. A sort of slow
combination. Nathan Pierce, populist
of Umatilla county, has been dug up tc
combine with the democrats; and Bob
drops lout, just because he is ineligible
and he is ineligible because he is ineli.
gible. That is the only reason assigned
i He is said to be suffering from severe
cold contracted during the recent snow
storm in Eastern Oregon, perhaps while
he was up here arranging his ineligibil
ity with Pierce. No man is at liberty tc
state what the disability of Colone
Miller is, as the information was i'm
parted to me under pledge.of secrecy
says Chairman Dan Murphy, of th.
democratic state central committee
''but it is bigger thing that we hav,
discovered than the discovery of Amer
lea by Columbus. It may be tina
some of the electors on the republican
ticket in the different states are ineligi
BILE for the position of presidential
elector for the same reasons, and were
to say of what the. e-.disability consists, i
is not improbable that the republican
would withdraw certain of their candi
! dates for electors" Republicans max
no mistakes, to rectify which the people,
money must be squandered at this lat