The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-03-06

and will conclude with dancing. Don't
miss this if you care to spend a social
eve. Admission, children 10 cents;
ladies 10 and gentlemen %.
FOR soma time past Maier & Benton
have been giving out tickets to purchas-
ers of goods from their store, each ticket
emitting them to a chance on a fine
Garland steel range. Saturday night
the drawing took place at the store, when
No. 1852. held by Miss Della Michelbach,
was the successful number, and the
young lady is the lucky winner of fine
1 range.
i A Walla Walla paper says that P. E.
Farrelly, of Portland, is now in Dublin
settling up an estate by which he in
herits $35 900. He will return home
about the latter part of May. Mr.. Far
reilly is very we'll known in The Dalles,
having left here for Portland but a few
years since. His friends will be glad to
learn of the good luck which attends
him, making his declining years free
from financial cares.
Invitations are out for a birthday
Good Intent society at the home of Mrs.
D. M. French Wednesday evening.
Those who attend are expected to give,
as proof that they're glad they are liv-
| ing, an offering of cent for each year
of their ageJ The ladies have promised
faithfully not to divulge the number of
cents given by anyone. A good program
10 70 ha nd orlo l,,ro
served.
Mr.. Clark, the star performer of The
Dalles Minstrel club, will return to
Heppner in the near future with COM
plete stock of jewelry, musical instru-
ments and stationery, and will occupy
the building known as t'The Maine. -
Heppner Gazette. We predict that
Heppner young ladies will have no diff
Guilty in remembering the Maine. We
would advise Art to 'sleok little oud"
for fear some Spanish maiden may
purchase her bracelets of him, and in
the meantime give him a blowing up.
About three months ago VIM. Pointer
arrived in the city with his parents
from the valley, hoping to receive benefit
to his health, he having been a sufferer
from consumption for the past two
years. But, like many others, he came
too late for the disease to be checked,
and three weeks ago took to his bed.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock he was
freed from his suffering, passing away
at his home on Union street. between
First and Second. He was 10 years of
age. His remains will be taken to Hills
boro tomorrow for burial.
The new school law will make some
difference as affecting the county teach
ers in various aspects, but superintend-
ents are generally favorable to it's pro-
visions. Instead of an examination
every quarter, as formerly, one will be
held twice year only. Under these
circumstances not so many permits will
be likely to be issued because of the
risk taken in allowing teacher to have
charge of school for such long period
before she can have chance to qualify
at regular examination.
Douglas Dufur recently received a
letter from his brother, George, who is
at Manila, telling him of his good for
/ VLuhO III OcInS dppOlAIO0 OL1clal
| stenographer for the Eighth army corps,
under Gen. Hughes. This will give
George quite little extra salary Some
{ OF the ooys writing home before the re.
cent conflict, said that if they obtained
their discharges and were allowed trans.
portation they had been talking very
strongly of forming a mining company
and remaining over there, believing thai
their are fine opportunities for making
money there. Others intend going in.
to various kinds of business on the
islands.
Gov. T. T. Geer yesterday received q
letter from Gen. Lew Wallace, the
famous author, urging Oregon's execu,
tive to appoint Malcolm S. Jameson now
fret sergeant of company E, Second
Oregon volunteers, to the second lieu
tenancy In that com pany, his reason fol
the request being personal friendship
!. for the young man and his family. Gen
Wallace's letter came little late in the
9 day, for Mr.. Jameson WAS appointed
), second lieutenant of that company of the
e Oregon regiment on January 19.-Salem
!. Statesman. We have been informed
II that Gen. Lew Wallace is related to the
Jameson family, AN uncle of Malcolm I
D father. If we remember rightly.