The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-12-27

The train which left Portland at p.
M. yesterday reached The Dallee at 2:15
p. III today. ~
Mrs. P. NJ. S. Briggs was delighted to
receive Christmas visit from her father
from Chehalis on the first train yester-
day.
Mr.. N. Whealdon managed to get
home from the consolidated city yester-
day. He may be set down as a perfectly
competent manager after this.
Capt. Sherman, who is placing the
Regulator on the ways today says the
ice is more solid and compact along the
edges of the levee than he supposed. 1t
is pretty hard ice.
The gorge in the Columbia at He'll
gate has broken away and the river is
filed with floating icebergs today, but it
is not an obstruction to navigation. 1t
has caused the river to rise rapidly.
The ladies of the Good Intent society
are leaving nothing undone to make the
Experience social success, Saturday
evening The small sum of 25 cents
contributed for the organ fund, admits
one to the social and the lunch.
Mrs. K. F. Miller, managing editor of
Chicago Industrial Magazine, paid us
fraternal visit yesterday. Mrs. Miller is
out for vacation, and will write up her
observations for special edition of
l 200. 900 copies. She left The Dalles
well posted with respect to resources of
the Inland Empire.
The air has been full of rumors con-
cerning accidents and Balfe Johnson, of
the W. q. I. Co., turned it to profitable
account by hanging out bulletin with
IAN accident scare head in big 40-line
pleas. The details directed travellers to
in Balfes' company, when an accident
should happen.
Gov. and Mrs. and Miss Moody, anx-
ious to return to their Salem home,
made the start today. They had got as
| far as The Umatilla house on their jour
Nnev at one O'Clock, and with others were
patiently watching the clock tick the
Ihours away-it should he an act pun
Tishable by severe penalty, for any rail
| way company to suppress information
of the kind, and keep people waiting for
trains that never come.
The weather the past few days serves
to remind a few old timers of the DAYS
when the Canyon City mail contractor
started out with the mails daily for the
south, for several weeks, but never got
beyond the foot of the hill at East End
There the mail was securely packed
away in u safe place, and when trave
became possible it went onTits way. By
this little device the contractor was paid
and there was no fines imposed by the
knowing ones" at headquarters il
Washington city. 1t was a necessary
deception.
The Nez Perce Indians now refuse tt
sell their allotted lands in the reserva
ton. Editor Alfred, of the Lewiston
Tribune, who was here yesterday, say
there has been a syndicate at work Oh
the Indians to prevent sales. The syn
; dicate propose leasing the lands for
term of years. The commissioners hav
called another council for the 29th, ant
, will then endeavor to get the poore
t Indians to consent to the sale. Th
: council as at present constituted is com
posed entirely of the wealthy mem ber
: of the tribe, who have big herds Q
: cattle and horses themselves, and wisl
' to retain the pasture lands ias long a
: they can and to lease what they do no
: require themselves to white men TO
grazing purposes only.