The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-11

The citizens committee of 15O of Port
land has determined to put full count,
and legislative ticket in the field upon
platform devoted almost entirely to cit,
affairs.
Col. James Taylor, accompanied b,
his daughter-in-law Mrs. E. A. Taylor
is at the Umatilla house. He comes t,
The Dalles in hope of finding relief from
troublesome bronchial affection.
H. w. Wells, of Sherar's Bridge, is il
the city. Mr.. Wells challenges Eastern
Oregon to produce larger lamb thar
one that was dropped in his flock the
other day, that tipped the beam al
eighteen pounds, twenty-four hours after
1t was born.
The republicans of The Dailes held a
ratification meeting at the Court house
Saturday evening at which speeches
were made by Hon. P. H. Ward, form
erly Judge of the Thirtieth Judicial Dis
trict of Indiana, Prosecuting Attorney
w. n. Wilson and Editor John Michel
made rousing speeches in defense of re-
publican principles.
A fine draught horse, the property Of
Andy Lytle of Prineville, dropped on
the street yesterday morning nearly op-
posite the M. E. Church, paralyzed and
completely helpless in the hind quarters.
When first seen by the writer the poor
hrI1 vrac ur1f ffori fAak \
he might die any moment, but he still
lives as we go to press, after having been
drenched with enough medicine to start
drug store.
James Macken, the well known stock
man of Macken Flat, Sherman county.
sold last week eleven acres of land in
East Portland for the snug little sum of
$50 600. The land was purchased by a
syndicate of gentlemen who intend to
plat it and put it on the market. If we
remember Alright the tract was pur-
chased less than a score of years ago for
a small sum and bequeathed by the late
Father Macken to his nephew James.
Jamie is good fellow and well deserves
his good luck.
Astorian. Astoria, which by reason of
OF her location enjoys the power of
speaking for the cities and towns on the
Columbia river, thanks Uncle Sam for
the lightship that will soon be placed
near the jetty. The Columbia river will
testify by her presence the care which
the general government bestows on the
great waterway which extends from here
to the Canadian line. The Pacific
Northwest is justly proud of the great
river which mariners can henceforth en-
ter safely in foggy weather, guided by
the rays from the illuminated ship.
Some months ago E. R. Luckey, of
Eugene, brother of J. c. Luckey, Indian
agent at the Warm Springs, disappeared
suddenly and mysteriously without any
apparent cause, leaving wife and fam
lily with whom he had always main
tanned the kindest relations. No
authentic trace of him had ever been
found till few days ago when Nathan
Wolf, drummer, was in Eugene and
informed Joseph Lucky, brother of E.
R., that he had met the latter at Sacra-
mento, between February 9Th and 10th
and had ridden south with him quite a
distance. Wolf says he knows E. R.
Lucky well and could not possibly be
that MIR. Lucky talked quite
nationally and that he noticed nothing
wrong about him. When Wolf last
saw him he was still jeurneying south
and the inference is that he is still
alive. twas feared that he had met
with foul play in Portland where he
had been Immediately before his dis
appearance.