The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-01-19

Brother Michel, so glad our typos
error furnished you text for dis
course for your paper. Items are scarce
these days.
Hon. Stephen NJ. White, of Los An
geles, Gala, was elected U. s.. Senator
by the democrats of the legislature yes
terday.. 1t was a hot fight and resulted
in majority of two for White.
Dispatches from the capital report
Raley's Cello portage road bill. as
having passed the second reading and
was referred to the committee on in
ternal improvements. Also that the
bill for board of water commissioners
passed the house unanimously.
Sleighing is fine in the city and up
Mill creek valley, but out on other roads
the snow is go fine that it readily mixes
with sand, and the sleighing is not so
good. With what we have today, the
total snowfall of the current winter has
been thirty and one-half inches at The
Dalles.
A Washington special says Senator
Dolph had hearing with Mr.. Hermann
yesterday, before. the house committee
on public lands, for an extension of time
for settlers to make purchases of forfeited
railroad lands, which was passed by the
committee unanimously. Senator Dolph
ADVISES the settler not to depend on ex-
tknsion, and to make payment as soon
az possible.
A jolly crowd made the night merry
last evening coasting on Washington
Astreet. The track was in good condition
And the sleds fairly few. All the turn
butts, fashionable or otherwise, turned
put; and the "bobs'' and sleds that
1were not. bobs were well freighteds at
each descent. Considerable rivalry was
manifested between BLACK Bob'' and
certain other sleds as to which was best
man; but after taking "a tumble to
ITSELF two or three times with all on
board, the dusky Robert fairly asserted
hits claim to the championship. We
may look for more of the same sort to-
hight.
ii Another perpetual motion machine
Ehas been invented, this time by a ranch
er near Pendleton. The Tribune says OF
it. 'It has three wheels from which
drop II balls the size of a marble into q
set of cups, which are thus forced down
ward, dropping again into other cups
and carried up by a miniature elevator tc
start down once more. Mr.. Mills the
inventor, has worked on the contrivance
since he was twelve years old, and is now
about sixty. He has patented many
things of utility, but thinks that thi:
product of HE genius will be the crown.
success of long life of close application
1 to the principles of mechanics
4 The Union Whist club was entertained
last evening at Fraternity hall by Mr..
and Mrs. L. E. Grove. The evening
was devoted to drive whist, twenty five
hands being played, Mrs. G. E, Bayard
won. the first prize, very elegan
1 pitcher, and Mrs. W. L. Bradshaw cap
tured the BOBBY. The evening passe,
very pleasantly at the tables. The clnl
/ will be entertained next week by DR.
and Mrs. Eshelman. Those presen
were DR. and Mrs w E Rinehart, NJ
and Mrs w H Lochhead, Judge and Mr.
g @ Blakeley, Mr. and Mrs w Lord, NJ
and Mrs Hugh Glenn. Mr. and Mr.
F A Houghton, Mr. and Mrs H NJ Beall
Mr. and Mrs J T Peters, Mr. and Mr.
Chas Hilton, DIR and Mrs 6 G Eshel
man. Mr. and Mrs w H Wilson, Mr. an
Mrs II Wilson, Mr. and Mrs
Grove, Mr. and Mrs ] S Fish, Mr. an
Mrs Hobson, Mrs J B Croasen,s Mrs Y
z L Bradshaw Mrs 9 E Bnyard. Messr
E Hostetler, A Bennett, Il H Riddell
DR.. Logan