The Dalles Daily Chronicle December 31, 1890 page three LOCAL BREVITIES Mr. C.R. Bone of Hood River (Oregon) is in the city. Judge Dysart, of Centralia, Washington, is in the city. Dr. H. Logan who has been spending a few days in Portland has returned home. Dr. J.J. Steiner who has been spending a few days in Portland, returned this morning. J.H. Larsen arrived home from Walla Walla (Washington) to-day bringing with him a race horse and a speeding cart. There will be a shooting match at live pigeons on the beach (Oregon shore)tomorrow. Joles Bros. furnishing the pigeons. [Transcriber's notes: These shooting matches were a yearly event at the seaside]. Mr. Merrill T. Fish, of Albany (Oregon) at one time foreman in the SUN office here is in the city visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hislop of Tacoma (Washington) arrived this morning and are visiting their daughter Mrs. E. Jacobsen. Thomas and Isaac Joles made another raid on the Sherman county geese last Saturday returning home Monday with 45. G.W. Joles won the leather medal for bad shooting at the last meeting of the Club and wears it on his vest like a little man. Mr. J.H. Middleton of Hood River who has been at Boise City (Idaho) for several weeks, passed down on the passenger [train] yesterday morning. Thomas A. Hudson, fire insurance agent has handed the CHRONICLE a very handsome calendar of the Liverpool London and Globe company, which has on it all the storm signals. It is gotten up in an exceedingly handsome manner. Scott & McCoy of Grant (Oregon) shipped thirty-five carloads of wheat one day last week. Cars are getting plentiful, which indicates that the worst of the wheat blockade is over. It has cost the farmers whole lots of money, and the same state of affairs is liable to arise any year unless the Columbia [river] is utilized for carrying away our wheat crops. SHOOTING AT MITCHELL Johnny Bilyeu arrived here yesterday after a doctor, bringing the news of a shooting scrape that occurred in front of the dance hall at Mitchell (Oregon) about 1 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Bilyeu knew but little of the circumstances of the difficulty more than Amis and his brother had some trouble with the Magee brothers in front of the hall and three shots, were fired, two by Marsh and one by Bob Magee, one of which took effect in Amis' right groin. Mr. Bilyeu left shortly after the shooting, but when he left it was supposed that the Magees had skipped out, neither of them having been arrested. Dr. Belknap left yesterday afternoon for Mitchell to attend the wounded man. Sheriff Booth also went over to look after the men who did the shooting -- OCHOCO REVIEW Mr. Z.P. JOnes, of Moro (Oregon), is in the city. He is the gentleman in charge of the Sherman county toll road, and informs us that the statements made about his collecting one and two dollars toll for a two-horse team are incorrect. The court allows him sixty cents but he charges only fifty cents. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Visit ORWASCO-L@rootsweb.com archives for additional issues of The Dalles Chronicle early years articles Historic The Dalles Days October 3-5, 2003 Contact: 541-296-2231 tdacc@gorge.net Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson _________________________________________________________________ Get 10MB of e-mail storage! Sign up for Hotmail Extra Storage. http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es