The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-14
Mitchel1 News.

Weather extremely warm, with a
cloudless sky, slight breeze and very
dry.
Mrs. DIR. Harick returned after an alb
sence of more than two months.
1. N. Clark returned to his old haunts
for few days last week. The ravages
of time are very noticeable. His hair
is almost white. His home is in Cali
fornia. He came with horses belonging
to Lou Kiton, which Kiton purchased
in lower California.
Hard times have put the people daft.
Hardly day passes without someone
passing east or west. Some of them
have small bands of stock. Going,
going, and seeking what? At such
times as this the old adage "the rolling
stone" should be we'll weighed, for
surely now there is but little moss to
gather, and that is better gathered
where you know its haunts.
July 4th, 1894, is thing of the past,
and dwells in our memory as a vivid
dream, with many pleasantries and a
few unpleasantries to fix it firm in our
minds. 1t was hailed very quietly.
Not with the boom of the cannon g
hoarse peal, nor from the loyal throats
of a thousand stalwarts. Only the
clarion notes of a barnyard solo rever-
berating from cliff to cliff awoke the
July morn. At 10 80 the Declaration of
Independence was read by w. II. Sas-
ser; also an oration by H. Luny, which
was patriotic to the core, in fact excel
lent. In the afternoon we were further
entertained by the Mitchell literary
society. A solo, "You Know" by Max
Putt and Miss Stella Boadman was ex-
cellent in execution. A recitation, "In-
dependence Day." by Allie Keys, was
very nicely done. Recitation, fCurfew
Shall Not Ring Tonight by Rita Cham
berlain. Little Rita deserves extra
praise. There seemed to be nothing
wanting to make her speaking perfect
for one so young. Ones heart could
stand still when Bessie had mounted to
the topmost round on the ladder in the
bell tower and looked over the street be-
low; and when she dauntlessly clung to
the bell as it swung far out into space
we could almost cry aloud for sympathy,
and when she had received the assur-
ance that her lover should live there
were tears in our hearts, if not in our
eyes. A cornet and organ duet by Miss
Sella Boardman and Frank Chamber
lain and instrumental music, songs and
recitations filed up the time for two
hours. At night a ball was given,
which was the incest that has been here,
1 believe I can safely say, in years.
The hall was crowded to discomfort, but
with all there was one round of mirth
and good will the entire night. These
are the pleasant things we will like to
remember on this 4th of July, 1894
The unpleasant things will tell you.
The bitter must be mixed with the
sweet to make the sweet the sweeter,
But does it,?
During the day, as is usual, someone
must try to put to shams this our indie
pendence day. This time one man hit
another solid lick over the head that
stunned him a few minutes, but moth.
ing serious but arrests, if that is serious
came of it. At night about 2 O'Clock
Jim Holman stabbed an old gray-head
ed man, by the name of Scott. In thi
case only a little bad blood was drawn
Good came of that. There is one thinl
j would be glad for the readers of thi
paper to know that not in many cases
it citizens of this little town that carr
on this warfare. In one case this tim