The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-04-06

so. A girl will go on the street with a
boy that gets drunk, but the minute he
finds ont girl gets drunk he won't go
with her".-Portlsnd Welcome.
The fifth anniversary of the Degree of
Honor which was held at Fraternity
hall last night was very enjoyable
affair. The hall was crowded, almost
too much so, for dancing to be fully ap-
/ preciated until the crowd thinned out
little. A good program was rendered
at the opening of the evenings enter
tainment; SO that every part OF the
entertainment was success.
! This morning A. A. Urquhart arrived
from Cello with four white men and
five Indians, who were to be witnesses
in the Indian murder case, and at 10
O'Clock the preliminary hearing began.
It is an endless task 10 examine Indian
witnesses, and the examination was not
finished as we go to press. 1t seems
however, to be going much against
Indian Jack, whose terrible countenance
is enough to condemn him.
1t will be good news to not only those
of Prof Condon's old friends who re-
main in The Dalles, but to all who have
heard of his wonderful intellect and
powers of entertaining, to learn that he
will speak this evening in the Congre-
gational chuich at the regular prayer
meeting hour His subject will be,
'rhe Old and the New, or What the
Church Has Lost and What 1t Has
Gained in the Last Fifty Years.
No firm in the city seems 10 be more
intent on making it's store as replete
as does Pease & Mays, and to that end
they aie continually repairing it and
adding thereto. The latest improve
ment is the addition of 40 x 80 feet to
their grocery department. The archway
connecting with the remainder of the
building is now cut through and the
cash carriers are being placed in posi-
tion. In few days the new apartment
will be completed.
This seems to be time of changes in
the o. R. & N. Offices. all along the line.
j. A. Walden, who has been the day
operator in the Office here, will leave at
once for Winona, where he will act as
Clay, whose position as night operator
will be taken by G. F. Neff, who arrived
last night from Portland. Agents also
are to be changed at Tekoa, Rockford,
Starbuck, Elgin and Umatilla, the latter
place to be taken by Mr.. Freeman of
Portland, while Agent Lecch of that
place will be moved to Tekoa.
Murphy is on a bender, and will
be dropping lower from now on. We
have been paying $1.25 sack for our
spuds, but today prices will begin TO
fall. The Oregonian yesterday said
"The price of potatoes appears to be on
the decline, which will be good news to
those who have to buy many of these
tubers. Last week they sold as high as
$1.75 per GENITAL, and one day farmers
received $2.0S per sack. Yesterday loads
found slow sale at $1.25 per sack. Those
who have held on too long are likely tc
lose by so doing"
1t is not common thing to hear o.
persons being stung by scorpions in the
/ neighborhood of The Dalles, although
they are often found among the rock
heaps near by. Yesterday, however
DIR. Hollister was called to attend
Mrs. Stocklii, of Dry Hollow, who haC
been stung by the dreaded insect
In the morning she had gone to the
spring for water, and was there bitten
on the foot. 1t seems there must be
veritable nest at that place for some
time since another mem Der of the famil
was stung in the same manner. Mrs
Stockli is getting along nicely, and it i
not thought the injury will prov
eerious.
/ Representative Tongue has receive
the following letter from the quarter
master-generaI OF the United State
army, concerning the removal Of th
bodies of dead soldiers to their homes
cit is the intention of the goverDmer
to remove the remains of the officers an
soldiers who died at Manila to til
United States, but for sanitary reason
Is the disiDterments have been discon
g. tinued. It is possible that they vii
D. not be done until next winter. TIL
d father of the soldiers should make per
% sonal application to the quar- termaste
general, asking that the remains be ser
&c home when received in the Unite