The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-11-01
Come to the Court house toni ght.


The attending physician has hope
today that unless something happens to
cause a relapse, the Woods children
may recover. They are not out of dan
ger, but their condition is improved to-
day over that of yesterday.
Garfield now enjoys the distinction of
being one of the few towns in eastern
Washington where tickets for any part
of the world may be obtained, the Union
Pacific having recently established a
first class Office at that point.
The electric fluid was welcomed at
40 p. m. today, as it coursed through
the wires and notified everybody in The
at the plant, at the usual hour this even
ing, no preventing circumstances inter-
venlng. *
A Washington dispatch states that
the president was at his desk in the
White House again at his usual hour
yesterday morning, and attacked with
vigor the immense lot of business which
had accumulated during his enforced
absence.
At a meeting of Dalles City water
works board last evening the resignation
of director and President G.. L. Phillips
was accepted, and Hon. A. S. Macal-
lister was chosen to fill the place as
director and Hon. w. H. Wilson was
elected president of the board.
Friends of Mr.. Hensell of Lyle, Wash.
will be panied to hear that he has com
pletely lost the sight of his left eye in
consequence of the accident OH the 26th
ult. He returned to his home yester-
day by steamers Dalles City and Regu-
lator, from Portland.
Henry G. Jewett OF Jewetsville, Erie
county n. Y, issues circular to owners
of speed horses to come there for their
winter training. One of his claims is
that he has ''the only mile covered track
! in the world" He has perhaps never
heard of Yamhill CO., Oregon, and }. L.
lHallett.
The United States supreme court has
advanced, and set for argument the Sec
ond Monday in January, the cases of the
United States against the California and
Oregon land company and The Dalles
military road company. These are
known as the wagon-road land-grant
cases.
| A sample box of Italian Prunes raised
by c. E. Chrisman of The Dalles, an6
dried in his patent fruit dryer in Is
hours, may be seen at THE CHRONICLE
fpfice. This case has been through the
exposition where it was properly award
ed a premium, as was almost everything
FIN the fruit line from Wasco county.
Postmaster NJ. T. Nolan is making ar
official inspection of the postoffices o
Wasco county, by order of Postmaster
Gen. Wannamaker. 1t is a sort O
| thank-you job, but as Uncle Sam makes
fr practice of beating" postmasters
IImuch of which is an imposition on th,
Ipublic; perhaps if Mr.. Nolan dosn'
kick its nobody's business.
The 20-year lease on Switzler island
in the Columbia river, which is to b,
transformed into an orchard, provide
for the planting of 400 acres at once
with the privilege of using the remain
ing 800 acres if desired. Preparation
are being made to irrigate the land a
once and within a few years the Ian,
4 will bevery valuable and productive.
Hon. Binger Hermann arrived at Th
IUmatilla on the noon train today
and will address the people this .evenin
at the Court house. He appears to b
lin splendid health, but like many othe
,lepeakers in this campaign is Athlete
| somewhat by cold. He will be able t
i Nentertain his hearers, however, an
~Reverybody ia invited TO be present