The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-28
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The Oregon state grange resolved in
favor of the free coinage of silver.
]. w. Moore, J. P. Moore and Polk
Butler of Nansene, were in town last
night.
The Oregon State grange has decided
to hold it's next annual meeting in the
Dalles.
M. P. Isenberg of Hood River, is billed
to speak at Wapinitia tonight, on the
political issues of the times.
H. S. Mcdaniel, republican candidate
counties, was in the city last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Holder were in
the city last night on their way home
from the meeting of the state grange.
Two drunken hobos occupied the city
Jail last night. They were this morning
fined in the usual sum of s. and costs.
PIP. Underwood of Boyd, who was a
delegate to the state grange meeting at
Albany, arrived in the city today on his
way home.
w. ID. Moody, who has been in the
employ of Hon. Robert Mays, for three
years past, leaves today with his family
for Merced, California.
Mayor Mays came in from his Antelope
ranch yesterday. He says he never saw
crops look SO promising, as they do all
over the country between the Deschutes
hill and the Dalles.
The steamer Regulator will make an
evening excursion to Hood River and
return Monday evening. The Dalles
brass band will furnish music, and a
pleasant time may be expected. See
advertisement, in another column.
George Washington Childs, the we'll
known editor of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, arrived in Portland yesterday
morning. At 8 80 last evening Mr..
Childs was rendered a cordial reception
at Hibernia hall by the printers and
newspaper men of Portland.
President Harrison gives his support
to the national Columbian public school
celebration, which plans to give the
public school the leadership in all the
local celebrations of the 40Oth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America on Oct
ober IL. He urges its value as an OBJ
ject lesson to the rising generation.
Williamsburg county, South Carolina,
was visited by a series of terrific lorna
does on the 26th and 9th, accompanied
by heavy rain and hail. Houses were un-
rooted and blown down, trees uprooted
and crops of all kinds almost totally de-
stroyed. Hail drifts were three feet deep
in fence corners. A number of persons
were injured.
Brother Shut of the Moro Observer
will soon sever his connection with that
paper and remove to Antelope to manage
new paper soon to be started at that
place. 1t is understood the new paper
is intended to advocate another division
of the county. Poor Wasco She will
soon be in the same fix the mans dos
was after his tail was cut off behind the
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The Portland Dispatch objects to the
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government to buy 20 cents worth of sill
yer, coin it into a silver dollar worth Ion
cents and pocket the 30 cents. The
Dispatch would prefer that the silver
miners and spectators should poke
the 80 cents. OF course the D;spatch il
y opposed to class legislation.
Owing to the heavy importation o
silver from Spain, over 10000, 900 hav
ing been received since the commence
ment of the year, another monetar,
conflict has arisen in Havana. The ma
jority of the retail tradesmen accept th
dollar only for ninety five cents becaus
of the discount on silver as against gold
In some parts of the interior Mexica
silver is only accepted at seventy cent
on the dollar.