The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-01-05
PEASE &c MA Us.

In the county court this morning
Judge Blakeley heard the final account
of II. c. Rooper, administrator of the
estate of W. C. Tarleton, deceased.
This estate has been in the probate
court for nearly three years.
Columbian stamps" are now for sale
in all denominations. If one could
afford to buy the whole set and frame
them as a souvenir it would make
good Columbian biography. Perhaps
they will be cheaper next January, as
they have but one year to live.
The weekly meeting of the small and
early dancing club was well attended
last evening. The first part of the eve
ming is given to lessons in dancing, and
after that, dancing for the remaining
part of the evening. Miss Mason is a
competent instructor and is having good
success with her classes.
The following septiment, compliment
airy to The Dalles/ entertainers, is from
the Portland Nispatch: "The members
of the Oregon 4 Aress Association envy the
passengers of the Union Pacific who were
weather bound at The Dalles. The
treatment accorded the editors last
October had left very warm spot in
their hearts and nothing would make
them happier thaHNto be showed in at,
that beautiful city,
Last night the Union Whist club held
its usual Wednesday evening meeting,
being entertained by Judge and Mrs.
Bradshaw. The evening passed very
pleasantly at whist. The scores ran
bigh; Mrs. W. H. Wilson carrying off
the first prize with score of twenty-six
Npoints ahead. Mr.. w. Lord capturedj
the BOBBY after an exciting contest with
Ia score of twenty-five points below zer1.
The house occupied by Frank H1ot,
on Mr.. J. II. Sherar's Smile ranch, was
destroyed by fire last night. Mr.. and
Mrs. Huot were absent, on visit to
Portland, and the place was in charge of
their son Frank, who says he retired
about 8 80 last night, and was awakened
soon after by the approach of the hamesI
The house and contents were whollk
consumed. Mr.. Huot's loss is much
more than the loss of the building,
which it is understood Mr.. Sherar in
tended removing for new structure in,
the spring.
Chris Cunningham, who is in posi-
tion to know what he is talking about,
Asays that all the spring lambs in Idaho
have been contracted for at $3.50 per
fhead, to be delivered next spring, and
sheep which will then be two-year-old
are under contract for delivery at So per
head. These figures do not indicate any
depression in the sheep-growing indus
try. In Umatilla county the condition
of affairs is the same. Grown sheep are
worth from $3.50 upwards, and lambs
command Droportionately high price.
N. B. Larmour, an active miner of
Gillian county, has located coal dis
covery on Camas creek, between Camas
prairie and North Fork, which he is con-
fident will prove big thing. He said
nothing about what he had found for a
time, but quietly sacked fifteen or
twenty pounds of the black-looking rock
and took it to Portland. 1t was there
analysed and pronounced anthracite
coal. Mr.. Larimore hurried back and
located two sections of land, claims being
taken by himself and seven Portland
parties. He says that the substance
seems unlimited in extent. There is an
immense vein, thirty feet thick, and
groupings can be traced for distance OF
1000 feet. Other parties have seen it
but paid no attention to it. The find
will be developed as soon as favorable
weather permits.