The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-23

Besides these four large graves, or
rather, accumulations of bones, several
places were observed that had the ap-
pearance of single, sunken graves. But
the, prevailing method of burial evil
IDENTITY was or is, to wrap the corpse in a
blanket or other inclosure and lay it. on
the bones of its ancestors. In course OF
time the blanket rots and disappears and
and nothing but the bones remain. 1t was
a scene where the meralist might well
Einger and reflect ON the vanity of all
earthly things, but there was no time to
moralize, and after twenty minutes or
so, that seemed all too short, the whistle
warned us to the boat and We were
again soon safely steaming homeward.
Captain Michel who was on board, hav7
ing relieved Captain McNulty for little.
time the latter was conyersing with ac-
quaintances in the fore cabin, when
Rev. o. d. Taylor, by preconcerted
arrangement, i'm a few well chosen
words moved vote of thanks to Captain
McNulty for the pleasure of the trip and
the courtesy of having allowed
the passengers to visit Memaluse
Island. dozen voices seconded
the motion and it was carried by roar
of "ayes'' that rose high above the
sound of the rushing steam of the en-
gines. Then Judge Bradshaw, waving
his hat overhead, called for three cheers
for the captain which were given with
will but before they had died on the air
in chorus of laughter the burly captain,
blushing like q school girl, had rushed
from the cabin and was climbing the
stair to the wheel house. As the boat
put into the wharf three rousing cheers
were given for the band that had SO roy
ally entertained us on trip that every
body united in pronouncing one of the
pleasantest they had ever enjoyed.
Not single event happened TO mar its
pleasure and never kicker" was in
the crowd that wended its way home
ward from the boat landing, hoping to
have the pleasure OF enjoying many
such on the Regulator before the shad-
ows of the year lengthen out to close.
The Lonbardy poplar, in Western
parlance, is a rustler- If there is water
VI AdOA5IuLC AZ 1I5 Au1UCOldIC AClkAOOE-
hood it viii reach after it and find it.
Citizens of The Dalles have seen, at var
ious times, the Court street sewer
clogged up with thick punches of root
let's from the trees growing ON the sides
of the streets, ten to fifteen feet. distant.
A CHRONICLE representative was shown,
yesterday we'll on Mr.. Crandalrs lot
on Fulton street which is becoming
rapidly filled up with ,bunches of tiny
rootlets from poplar tree that stands
thirty feet from the well.
CD. Bright as principal and w. H.
Biggs, W. NJ. Barnett, W. D. Arms
worthy, Clark Dunlap, B. F.. Medler,
Jesse Edgington and Henry Krouse as
surities have entered into bond with
Sherman county, in the sum of six
thousand dollars. to erect 4 court house,
free of charge to the county, in the town
OF Wasco, four months from the date on
which Wasco shall be lawfully declared
the county seat OF Sherman county.
Plans and specifications for the building
are filed with the bond as part of the
instrument.
A few days since, in San Francisco, a
relic of '49 was found by a workmen
named johnson, employed in tearing
down an old house on Morton stert.
The property belongs to Levi Strauss,
and when the contractor took the con-
tract to clear the lot so as to make room
for brick addition to store adjoining,
the frame structures were sold to res
taurant man named Wilson. In the
backyard among the rubbish was a
giantpower-can which nearly every one
had considered empty, or filled with
worthless stuff, as it had been knocked
around for years, but Johnson is an old
miner, and looked with more reverence
upon the contents of the despised can.
After making an Investigation, he asked
Wilson to give him $25 for the can and
its contents, saying the metal might be
worth something. The offer was promptly
refused, as Johnson had expected. So
Johnson carried the material over to the
mint and received 10000 for the gold
dust. That was what the can was filled
with.
Marco Boxzaris.
Soon after Fitz-Greene Halleck haA
published his stirring Marco Bozzaris," I"
he repeated the poem to lady, an init.
mate friend of his. She expressed great
admiration of the beautiful lines, but
when he was In full enjoyment, of what
he considered her perfect appreciation
! she surprised him by the innocent query:
ssWho was Marco Bozzaris?"
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