THI DALLK8, - - - - - OBEOOX
fbXday,
JUNE 5, 1891
LOCAL AMD PERSONAL.
Mr. Jno. K. HcCormick of Palonee
City, Wash., is in the city.
Captain Wilson has been employed to
command the new steamer.
Oar Talmage sermon was lost on the
- recent wreck bat we hope to have one
for next week.
- , r our Honored sacks of wool were re
' eeived at the-Wasco' warehouse today
up to early this afternoon.
lne Darge Julia is unloamng a cargo
f timothy hay, from the Klickitat land
. ing, for Joles Brothers.
Lost A bunch oi ten or eleven keys.
The finder will be rewarded by return
ing them to this office.
The ladies of the M. E. church will
serve their friends with ice cream and
cake on the Fourth of July.
un Decoration day Dr. Holiister wore
surgeon's sash that had been worn by
his father daring Sherman's famous
march to the sea.
; The Indians report that the crickets
are doing a great deal of damage to
everything green on the Warm Spring
reservation.
Sunday was a good dav for wool
men if it was Sunday. Seventeen loads
arrived in the city, sixteen of which are
being unloaded at the Wasco warehouse
.Monday morning. -
Before a man can know anything there
most be a sort of preparation for it. As
Amiel says : "A man only- understands
that of which he has already the begin
nings in mm eeu.
ine Dalles ice company received yes
- terday two carloads of Lake Cocolalla
ice. which is superior in quality and
thickness of any ice that has ever been
brought to The Dalles.
Ex-senator Biggs and Mr. Clark Dun
lap, of Sherman county - arrived in town
this afternoon. They have come to con
fer with our citizens to see what meas
ures could be taken towards building a
line of railroad beiween this city and
Sherman county.
, In the store of Joles Broehers we saw
' last Saturday a box containing thirteen
strawberries which weighed a pound,
They were' raised by John Klint on Mill
Creak. Who can beat tins 7 Where is
Hood River?
; The reports of committees of the state
grange showed that the membership of
the order had doubled in Eastern Oregon
during the past year. During that time
ten new granges were organized in the
state.
Messrs. Murdock McLeod, Tom
Glavey and John Russell from Kingsley,
yesterday brought into this city sixty
--' head of live - hogs which weighed an
' average of 180 pounds each. They were
shipped, to the Sound market.
Judge J.' H: Bird was fortunate enough
to have been the possessor of a policy of
12000 in the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance company and as that com'
pany is one that always pays its lossess
- promptly, his mother will soon be in re
ceipt of the money.
It is said that Secretary Halford, who
.has recentlv returned from a trip to
Europe, had to deny while on the other
side of the water a rumor that President
Harrison was traveling around the coun
try with Barn urn's circus.
' - Mr. Thomas U. Smith gave us a pleas
ant call Friday. He reports that
at his place on Rail Hollow, above Dufar
yesterday ' morning,- after it had rained
hard all night the ground in his garden
was mirey as in the spring after the frost
leaves the ground.
'" Mr. R. G. Guthrie, of Rutledge, in
forms us that a rain fell at his place,
thoroughly saturating the ground. The
rain fall was lighter from the Gordon
Ridge north toward the Columbia river.
Good crops and plenty of sheep grass are
assured.
- Mr..' Louis Hulbert of Moro, has suf
fered a compound fracture of both bones
of the right leg from a horse falling on
him. Dr. Rinehart was called in thirteen
hoars after the accident and succeeded
in reducing the fracture and giving him
relief after intense suffering. Mr. Hulbert
will be brought to The Dalles this after
noon to be near the doctor.
Mr. Geo. B. Pulliam, wife apd family,
' late, from Missouri, who have been re
idinz in Sherman county for a short
time passed through the city today with
the intention pf locating in the Hood
River valley. -The Chbonicle man spoke
,-a good word for Hood River and bespeaks
for Mr. Pulliam a cordial reception from
- its people.
A railroad bridge, a little east of Hood
River was set on fire last night or early
this ' morning, as Is supposed by the
sparks from a passing locomotive and be
fore it could be extinguished eight bents
were destroyed. -Word was immediately
sent to this city and the -west-bound pas
sengers on the 4.40 train were transferred
to the D. S. Baker, which will continue
to run till the bridge-is repaired.
A gentleman who was present at the
memorial .services Saturday remarked to
the writer' that there was a wide differ
ence between!- .the action of the O. N. G.
boys last.. Saturday and that of two or
three years ago, on which occasions the
members at the O.N..G., on arriving at
the grounds;" "broke' ranks and went, one
time to a baseball game on the reserva
tion grounds, and the other, to a target
. practice, instead of remaining for' the
ceremony aidv escorting the G. A. R.
boys back 16 "the city. The change under
a new command was as marked as it was
pleasing to the members of the G. A. R.
to all Iqyalvfiilizens and we have no
doubt, tothe'G-.. G.'boys themselves.
Tom - Strftjklin' came into ' town - this
morning from, his place at Barlow's Gate.
He and agentleman from beyond the
mountains are on the trail ot two horse
thieves who stole a span of horses from
the ranch of the gentleman referred to,
about four miles southeast from Port
land. The thieves travel in a one-horse
baggy and lead, the two stolen horses.
They got their horses shod yesterday at
Dufar and proceeded in this direction,
whither Mr. Stricklin and the gentleman
who lost the horses followed them this
morning. The horses stolen are both
bays weighing about 1200 pounds each
and are branded J. E. connected. The
men who stole them are each about 35
years old. It is to be hoped they may
not escape. . - :
i4XU iiluiU i l lie ifuctuaunij ; Lopes and iears that
have filled the minds of the many
friends of Judge J. H. Bird, have at last
been set at rest forever by the announce
ment of his death at Passadena, Cali
fornia, yesterday morning at 11 o'clock.
Judge Bird was born in this city about
36 years ago. His aged and grief-stricken
mother, to whom he was everything
that an affectionate son ought to be, still
survives him. The judge was a man of
generous and kindly impnlees. No man
had a warmer spot in the hearts of those
who kpew him best. His tender solici
tude and generous care for his widowed
mother was alike honorable to his head
and heart. Judge Bird was educated in
the Willamette university and studied
law under the late Judge Whitten of this
city. He was admitted to the bar in
1880 in the same class with Senator
Watkins, Hon. F. P. Mays and Judge A.
S. Bennett. His ability soon placed
him in the front ranks of his profession,
and five years ago he was elected judge
of the Seventh judicial district. No man
ever sat upon the bench whose decisions
were more just or more universally re
spected. More than a year ago his
health gave way and symptoms of the
dread disease consumption were mani
fested. He removed to the milder
climate of San Diego, California, where
he remained till about two months ago
when he changed to Passadena. While
the genial air of Southern California may
have prolonged his life, as the result
proved, it' could not stay the progiess
of the disease. His 'remains will be
brought to this city for interment, and
are expected to leave Passadena today
and -arrive here about next Thursday
morning.
The Welcome Km in.
A private letter from Kingsley under
date of May 26th says : "It commenced
thundering this evening about 3 o'clock,
the clouds darkening in the east over
Sherman county, and about 4 o'clock
rain commenced to fall in large drops,
followed by hail as large as peas, melting
as they reached the ground and in less
than a quarter of an hour the roads were
flooded running in a stream three inches
deep, putting one in mind of the effect
of an old-fashioned chinook wind would
have on a snow bank in the spring. Af
ter the shower fences were found washed
away at the intersection of gulches. In
some places the bail was as large as
marbles and it flattened and uprooted
the grain but the benefits more than off
set the damages."
Another , letter dated Kingsley, May
25th says: "It rained here from 11
o clock last night and kept it up until 4
o'clock this morning. The country is
safe and every granger on Tygh ridge
wears a broad smile as he enters the
store with the remark, 'was not that a fine
rain we had last night.' "
County assessor Barnett came in from
Kingsley today where he has been assess
ing. He bears testimony to the fine rain
they had in that section.
. . . Circuit Court Notes.
In the circuit court today the case of
Dunn & Singleton vs. Schooley, which
was commenced yesterday, was argued
and submitted and given to the jury.
The case involves a part of the price of
51 washing machines which Dunn &
Singleton claim they sold to Schooley
Schooley claims he was merely acting as
an agent and after paying the company
$81, the remainder of the price was off
set by him by a bill for travel and adver
tising. An item of the bill included the
cost of starting a laundry, which School
ey claimed was done to advertise the
business. The jury had not agreed at
the time of going to press. The case of
Bower vs. Houser, involving the value
of a horse belonging to the plaintiff,
which he alleges to have been fatally in
jured while being worked by Houser,
came on this afternoon.
Wbt the Treasurer and Governor Have
. to Say Thereon.
Salem Capitol Journal.
A Journal reporter approached Gov
ernor Pennover today as to the progress
made in baifding the state portage road
at The Dalles of the Columbia. He
found the governor still reluctant about
newspaper interviewing but gathered a
number of suggestions from a free talk
with his excellency. At present the
Union Pacific railroad has a line of boats
and of railway on both sides, that virtu
ally gives it a monopoly of all freight.
It is to break this monopoly that the
state of Oregon will build about a mile
of narrow-gauge three feet railway to
connect the river above and the river
below the falls. This narrow-gauge
road will be equipped and operated by
the state. An independent boat is being
built on the upper river, that will be
completed as soon as the road is ready
to open. The governor thinks the state
portage roau wm cause a great reuucuon
r c ' i . i i r t-. .
id. ireiifnis on grain uu wool irom dust-
era Uregon.
"1 shall have some business for the
new attorney-general at once," said our
governor. "We shall be compelled to
exercise the power ot the state to con
demn land for a part of the right of way,
and it will be done at once."
The reporter next accosted Hon. Phil
Metechan, state treasurer, who has been
giving the details ot the portage road
a good deal of attention. He said :
"It will be completed inside of sixty
davs and inside of the appropriation of
$60,000. We are having a little trouble
with one' of the owners of land the road
must pass over to get a good landing,
The land he owns is worth about f500
and he asks $2500 for a ten years lease
over it. The state will have to exercise
its right of eminent domain and have the
right of way appraised and condemned
according to law. Engineer Farley will
go east to procure the rolling stock as
soon as all the work of grading is well
under wav. The state will equip and
run the road. The employes will work
for the state. One locomotive and
enough cars will handle the business at
actual cost and we will see if the pro
ducers of Eastern Oreeon and Washing
ton will be prevented in getting their
grain and wool to market at reasonable
rates. The whole thing will be finished
in 40 or 50 days. I look for great redac
tions in freight rates from Oregon's little
portage railway.
Some Fine Cattle.
Mr. W. F. Alexander a brother of Mr,
Geo. W. Alexander, late of Wapinitia,
has just arrived from his home in Mis
souri, bringing with him a very choice lot
of thoroughbred and short horn and
Devon cattle and a thoroughbred running
stallion and mare. These animals are
to be added to the herd and stud of Mr.
Joseph Trippeer, of Wapinitia. About
two years ago Mr. Trippeer imported
sixty head of Devon and Shorthorn cat
tle and a few thoroughbred running
horses. His success has been such as to
encourage him to continue in the busi
ness. His sales have been widely dis
tributed all over Eastern Oregon. Last
fall he sold five head of thoroughbred
Devon balls to Curtis C. Strong of Port
land. Mr. Trippeer thinks a cross be
tween the Devon and Shorthorn makes
the best cattle for all purposes in the
world. Last fall his cattle came off the
range in better condition than any oth
ers in his neighborhood.
Mr. Trippeer has now a stud of six
teen thoroughbred runners. The new
stallion is of the Ariel stock and is
registered in Brace's stud book. Mr.
Trippeer intends to have a full exhibi
tion of his stock at the next district fair.
The Chronicle heartily wishes him the
success .he deserves for improving the
stock of Eastern Oregon. "
Some time ago the Chboniclk pub
lished an account of a foot race in Cali
fornia among the state university
students in which Mr. Ed. Mays, son of
Hon. Robt. Mays, of this city was the
successful contestant. Last week the
Berkley boys had some more running
and in a race of 440 yards between S. V.
Casady of the Olympic club and Ed.
Mays of '93, the latter won in fifty-five
seconds to the great delight of the uni
versity boys.
The San Francisco Call of last Sunday
in giving a report of the university races
has this to say of them :
Another event, which was an all-ab
sorbing one, though the existing records
were not approached, was the 440-yard
run, open scratch, between 8. V. Casadv.
O. A. C, and E. Mays, '93. The men
are old opponents on the cinder-path
and had met before, Mays on that occa
sion carrying off the laurels. It was
supposed that this victory had engend
ered feeling between the men, and that
report spreading, as such rumors usually
do, had the effect of centralizing the
interest of all the amateur talent on the
grounds upon the twelfth event in yester
day's programme. .
J he race was won in a log by Mays in
55 seconds, three seconds slower than
bis former time, the present University
Club record. After the race was awarded
to Mr. Mays it was represented to him
that he had fouled his oppodent by
striking him on the leg, which showed
evidence of the fact bv a slight scratch
Upon hearing of this he voluntarily re
quested the judges to award the race to
.Mr. uaaady, claiming that he fouled
him unintentionally, but the judges, at
Mr. (Jasady s request, refused to allow
the same.
For the
Week Ending.
30. 1891.
Saturday May
Oregon Weathkr Bcheau,
Central Office, Portland, Okkgox. t
EASTERN OREGON WEATBES.
Cooler, partly cloudy weather with
general rains prevailed since Tuesday;
Sunday and Monday were very wnrin
'with east winds. The rains was heavier
in Union county than in other sections
On 25th and 26th thunder storms were
quite general. On the 26th a south wind
of unusual severity was experienced in
parts of Gilliam county, especially at
Arlington, which did some damage. The
rain-fall amounted to from .10 to .45 of
an inch. South of the Blue mountains
especially in Crook and Grant counties
the weather is yet cool and season back
ward.
CONCEALING THEIR DEFICIENCIES.
CRors.
The tain was of inestimable benefit
and value to the wheat crop. The east
winds did some damage in parts of Uma
tilla, Morrow, and Wasco counties. The
effects of the rain is supposed to offset
the damage. The rains have revived the
excellent wheat prospects throughout
this section. Fruit is well set and thriv
ing well. Strawberries are becoming
plentiful. General prospects for crons
of all kinds, are at the present time most
nattering. u. s. Pague,
Observer U. S. Weather Bureau.
Baby is sick. the woeful expression
of a Des Moines teamster's countenance
showed his deep anxiety was not entire
ly without cause, when he inquired of a
druggist ot the same citv what was best
to give a baby for a cold? It was not ne
cessary for him to say more, his counte
nance showed that the pet of the family,
it not the idol ot his lite was in distress,
We give our baby Chamberlain's Couch
Kemedy, was the druggist s answer,
"I don't like to give the baby such strong
medicine," said the teamster. . You know
John Oleson, of the Watters-Talbot Print
ing Co., don't you? inquired the drug
gist. "His baby, when eighteen months
old, got hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Kemedy and drank the whole of
it. Of course it made the baby vomit
very freely but did not injure it in the
least, and what is more, it cured the ba
by's cold. The teamster already knew
the value of the Remedy, having used It
himself, and was now satisfied that there
was no danger in giving it even to a
baby. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
Long Ward offers for sale one of the
best farms of its size in Sherman county.
It consists of 240 acres of deeded land at
Erskinville. There is a never-failing
spring of living water capable of water
ing five hundred head of stock daily.
The house, which is a large store build
ing with ten rooms attached alone cost
$1700. A blacksmith shop and other
buildings and the whole surrounded bv a
good wire fence. Will be sold cheap and
on easy terms. Apply by letter or other
wise to the editor of the Uhkonicle or to
the owner, W. L. Ward, Boyd, Wasco
county, Oregon.
He wants it known. Mr. J. H
Straub, a well known German citizen of
Fort Madison, Iowa, was terribly afflicted
with inflammatory rheumatism when
Mr. J. F. Salmon, a prominent druggist
rtaoa oTriaorl him ti-s nai liomharlain'a
fain Balm. Une bottle of it cured him
His case was a verv severe one. He suf
fered a great deal and now wants others
similarly aiHicted to know what cured
him. 50 cent bottles for sale by Snipes
iunersly.
The following statement from Mr. W
A School Picnic.
Arrangements" have been made to have
a picnic for the children of the public
schools, on the 12th of June. The pic
nickers will goon the boat to Hood River
and partake of the famous strawberries
of that place. It has been suggested
that the 3rd. regiment band be secured
for the occasion in order to give the chil
dren a treat such as listening to the
music of the band and watching the
drum?major swing bis baton. The band
has offered to go on that occasion for the
small sum of $25, and a movement is on
foot to secure" that amount by subscrip
tion from the friends of the children,
Snipes & Kinersly have kindly consent
ed to act as treasurers and receive sn'r
scriptions to the fund. The public are
invited to hand in their dimes and quar
ters for the little folks and assist in mak
ing the day pleasant for them.
Letters Advertised. .
lne following is the list ot letters re
maining in The Dalles postoffice uncalled
for Saturday, May 30, 1891. Persons
calling for these letters will please give
the date on which they were advertised
Allison, Ed R
Beny, Doss
Brown, AC i -
Cantrell, I M
Fowler, L V
Hewett, Mrs S H
Johnson, J P
Lucas, John
Mills, Mrs Adaline
O'Brien, L
Kobinson, Mrs Max Tibbits, W E
Veisteg & Maltner Ward, Henry
M. T. Nolan, P,
Bern, Wm
Brerley, G W
Bomer, L B
Driscon, James
Graves, Chas C
Humbert, Miss F
Kaidera,MiseMary(2
Luxcelo, Thomas J
Mitchell, Lily
icoberts, Mrs L K
Memorial Day.
Memorial day was duly observed at
the G. A. R. cemetery with the usual
solemn memorial services. About the
hour of two p. m. the members of the
G. A. R. and W. R. C, formed in line on
Second street under directions of A. G.
Johnson marshal of the day, and escorted
by the two local companies of the third
regiment, and proceeded by the regi
mental band marched to the cemetery
grounds, under the command of Colonel
Houghton accompanied by his mounted
staff. A procession of Good Templars and
a large number of citizens formed in the
rear. Arriving at the grounds the two
companies of O. N. G. formed on right
and left flank with the G. A. R. in cen
ter, in front of the monument and op
posite the grand stand. The memorial
services were conducted by Commander
W. S. Myers in a very impressive man
ner. Prayer was offered by the Rev,
Comrade Hall of Astoria. The services
were interspersed with appropriate
music bv a select choir and by the regi
mental band. It was estimated that not
less than a thousand persons witnessed
the ceremonies. Ine benediction was
pronounced by Rev. Comrade W- H.
Wilson and tapps being sounded the
G. A. R. boys were escorted back to their
post room.
Circuit Court Motes.
In the circuit court this morning a de
cree of divorce was granted to iNelne
Orsborn from her husband, Marion
Orsborn.
Judgment was allowed in the sum of
$1000 against G. T. and L. H. Prather in
favor of J. R. Dawson.
The case of Bower against Hauser, in
volving the price of a horse, valued at
$125 was on trial as we go to press, and
is likely to occupy the rest of the day.
Eighteen witnesses have already been
examined and at least half a dozen more
have been subpcened. The case came in
on Friday afternoon and was continued
till 10 :30 p. m. of that day.
B. Denny, a well known dairyman of
New Lexington, Ohio, will be of interest
to persons troubled with Kheumatism,
He says : "I have used Chamberlain
Pain Balm for nearly two years, four
bottles in all, and there is nothing I have
ever used that gave me as much relief
for rheumatism. We always keep a bot
tle of it in the house." For sale by
snipes & Jvinersiy.
Forfeited Kallroad Lands
We are now ready to prepare papers
for the filing and entry of Railroad
Lands. We also attend to business be
fore the U. S. Land Office and Secretary
of the interior. Jfersons tor whom we
have prepared papers and who are re
quired to renew their applications, will
not be charged additional for such papers,
XHOBNBUHY HUDSON,
Rooms 8 and 9, Land Office building,
The Dalles, Oregon.
FOB SALE.
A choice lot of brood mares ; also i
number of geldings and fillies bv "Rock
wood Jr.," "Planter, "Uregon Wilkes,'
and "Idaho Chief," same standard bred,
Also three hne young stallions by
Kockwood Jr." oat of nrst class mares.
For prices and terms call on or address
either J. W. Condon, or J. H. Larsen,
The Dalles, Uregon.
Notice.
Havine leased the Mount Hood hotel
at Hood River, I would respectfully call
the attention of the traveling public to
the fact that the house is being thorough
ly renovated and will be open for the re
ception of guests on or about Jl.iv 1st,
and I would most respectfully solicit a
share of ihe public patronage. Nothing
will be over-looked for the comfort of
guests. Geobgb Hebbebt.
Removal Notice.
J. H. Cross has removed his feed store
to corner Second and Union streets. He
desired te invite his patrons and friends
to the new stand where he has increased
facilities for doing business he also de
sires to return his thanks to his customers
and friends for their liberal patronage
and hopes by fair dealing foment a con
tinoance ot the same.
NOTICE.
M.
Who U the Traitor T .
The directors of The Dalles, Portland
& Astoria Navigation company have
been quietly making arrangements for
the charter or purchase of a boat for a
connection below the Cascades and
thought they had succeeded, but some
traitor in camp gave their plans away,
and Thursday night last the Union
Pacific railroad bought the boat the
directors expected to secure and have
tied it up as they did the Baker last fall,
presumably for fear of the floating ice.
borne one in lne Dalles has proved a
traitor to the best interests of this city
and the farmers of the interior and time
will tell who he is.
R. E. French has for sale a number of
improved ranches and . unimproved
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. They will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms,
Mr. french can locate settlers on some
good unsettled claims in the same neigh
borhood. His address is Grass Valley.
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be bherman eonnty, Uregon.
(good
Not Entitled to Repayment.
Acting commissioner Stone has
written the land office at this place that
parties who fail to comply with the
law under which they have made their
entries, within the time prescribed by
law, are not entitled to repayment of
fees, commissions or purchase money."
Why It Rained.
A friend writes in from Boyd that they
have had a fine rain at that place and
attributes it to the fact that a Methodist
camp-meeting has just started at Dofur.
Colonel Bain Coming;.
Col. Bain, who is justly considered the
finest orator on the American platform,
will lecture in The Dalles on the 6th
and 7th of June. The lectures will
"Safe Side of Life for Young Men" and
Drink the Enemy of Labor and Busi
ness." Truly may it be said, that it is
not often in a life time that the people
have an opportunity of hearing a man s
wonderfully gifted. Miss Willard says
of him : "To a pictorial memory, a keen
incisive judgment and a sunlit imagina
tion, Mr. Bain adds a pleasing presence,
faultless manner, and voice of mellow
compass and subtlest sympathy."
O. D. Taylor Beard From.
The Buffalo (N. Y.) Erpreu of May
25th says "that Rev. O. D. Taylor of
The Dalles, Or., will preach at the
Dearborn street Baptist church at 10 :30
a. m. today, after wnicn ne wiu asK ior
pledges to cancel the church's indebted
ness, amouting to about $2,400." It
seems the appeal was saccesrui as a
private letter from Buffalo since received
informs us. The amount raised was
$3,100 and the church there L much de
lighted with Mr. Taylor's efforts.
We are pleased to note the fact that
The Dalles Chronicle under the able
leadership of Brother Gourley is rapidly
forcing its way to the front ranks of jour
nalism and that its aabscrintion list has
a phenomenal increase. Klickitat Lead- good-natured smiling oing on at the ex
tr. . J"wn u uje yituiiu. ; jxtntaim aecvra
Notice.
One fresh milk cow for sale.
milker). Apply at this office. .
Our valuable little contemporary. The
Dalles Chbonicle. mistakes the attitude
of the church in commenting upon the
individual opinions of prelates anent the
Sunday opening of the world's fair. The
opinions expressed by the Catholic hier
archy are able and diversified, but in no
way do they commit the church to any
particular stand. Whatever the individ
ual opinion may be of any of oar prelates,
it is needless to say that in no way will
they seek legislative assistance to far
ther a moral principal which is capable
of being propagated only by the influ
ence of ecclesiastical unction. Catlwlic
Sentinel.
A large, fine-looking man was visitfng
the Ashland ladies recently, selling them
seeds for an improved clematis vine that
blossomed out into a fower as large as a
saucer. With a very sweet-scented lot of
talk and pretentious ceremony he suc
ceeded in planting a box of his seeds in
the gardens of a large number of Ash
land's flower-loving ladies, taxing them
a fee of from $1 upwards. He did well.
The seeds are also doing well, after con
siderable nourishing and very tender
care. They are radishes. . The hand
some florist is gone, and there is lots of
A Credit to Oregon.
Little Mary Roberts, who has been to
the Asylum for the Blind, at Salem,
paints a delightful picture of that insti
tution. She entered its doors last Sep
tember, and returns able to read point
print as rapidly as anybody reads a book.
She became quite an adept at type-writing,
and she has learned to sew so well
that she expects soon to enter the em
broidery department. She is a very in
telligent little girl, and it is touching to
hear her tell how truly and why the in
mates all love Mrs. and Miss McFadden,
Miss Olive Opwell, Miss Scott, the
music teacher, and Mr. Gardener, the
net and hammock teacher. The insti
tution is trying to get all the blind little
ones, and why should it not? It is the
best home on earth for them. The state
supports the teachers, and the little ones,
with their intellects and sympathies de
veloping among their own class, feel less
keenly their common misfortune. Be
sides, they learn there to be self-support
ing, mat institution is a credit to Ure
gon. Klamath County Star.
Secretary Foster appears to be getting
what the bovs call "rattled" over the
condition of the treasury. To quiet the
alarm created by the announcement that
be intended to extend the out-standing
42 per cent bonds at 2 per cent, instead
of receeming them when they mature
September the first next, which would
have been done under Cleveland's admin
istration, he had his director of mint fur
nish a statement to the press which
made it appear that the enormous sum
of $258,000,000 was available to pav any
debts or appropriation. This was so
absurd that Mr. Foster had himself in
terviewed in order that he might sav
that he did not altogether endorse that
statement. He then proceeds to figure
out an available cash surplus of $70,000,
000 and to naively inform the country
that he also considers the $100,000,000 iu
gold, which has always been regarded as
a reserve held against the S350.000.000
greenbacks in circulation, to be available
cash, and that he will not hesitate to use
it if it comes to a pinch. Notwithstand
ing these statements the daily balance
sheet of the treasury shows a surplus of
less than $12,000,000.
The May Debt Statement.
Washington, May 30. The May debt
statement, to be issued Monday, will
show an apparent increase.-of $250,000 in
the debt since the 1st inst. This is due
to the fact that the disbursements dur
ing the month have been unusually
large, leaving less money in the treasury
May ot, by about the amount stated
available for the payment of the debt.
Anarchy Among- Cannibals.
Mabseillh, May 30. The steamer
from New Hebrides Islands in the South
Pacific, brings advices to the effect that
a state of anarchy prevails there. Num
erous conflicts have occurred, in which
690 natives were killed. In each case
the bodies of the dead were eaten by the
victors.
A Gladstonlan Victory.
.London, May A). The election of a
member of parliament in place of Cap
tain Verney recently expelled from the
house of commons yesterday resulted in
a Gladstonian victory.
The Great Premier No Worse.
Ottawa, June 1. Sir John MacDonald
slept more than usual daring the night
His symptoms this morning shown no
change from yesterday.
Why One Old Neero Could Not Write and
Auotlier Coald Not Count.
j Two stories characteristic of the negro
! were told in the smoke room of a trans
atlantic steamer
Said a gentleman from New Orleans:
I stood on the levee in our city one
morning while the paymaster of a river
steamer was engaged in paying off the
roustabouts
"As each man presented himself at the
cashier's window the paymaster asked
the question whether he would sign his
name or maae bis mark if he was un
able to write' the paymaster, of course,
subscribed the name and left a place for
the man to place a cross.
"Ton must recollect that .since the
close of the war and the establishment
of schools for freedinen the negroes of
the south are very unwilling to admit
ignorance upon their part
"The payment of the men proceeded
without incident until one young up
country darky presented himself at the
window in response to the calling of the
name Engine Jackson.
" 'Will yon write your name or make
a cross, Jackson?, said the paymaster.
" 'I'll write my name.' replied the
negro.
"The pen was handed to him and the
place for his signature was carefully
pointed out on the pay roll
The man took the pen clumsily,
dipped it in the ink, looked at it and
then at the pay roll and finally laid it
down on the desk.
" 'What time is it? he asked, looking
up at the paymaster.
" "It is just 10 o clock,' was the reply.
" 'Well, then." said the darky, I guess
I ain't got time to write my name. I've
got to meet a man at the custom house
at 12 o'clock, and I guess I'll just make a
cross.'
The custom house," said the New
Orleans man, in conclusion, "is about ten
minutes' walk from where the man was
standing."
"That reminds me of a little expe
rience I once had with a negro," said a
brick manufacturer of a little town up
the Hudson, who chanced to be of the
party.
"We called the man old Uncle Ned,"
continned the speaker. "He was a dear
old white headed fellow, with a bent back
and about seventy years old at the time
the incident 1 am about to relate occurred.
"He bad lived in a little shanty in the
town for years and did odd jobs at
whitewashing, masonry, work and va
rious other things.
"One day I wanted a man to stack
some brick for me in piles of a thousand
each, and to turn a little something in
the way of Uncle Ned 1 hired him for
the job
" 'Can yon count, Ned? 1 asked him
after 1 had told him what I wanted.
" 'Yes, indeed, I kin, massa," the
fellow replied with a chuckle, '1
count right smart, and he ran off
numerals up to ten glibly enough.
"Ned began his task and worked
steadily for some hours. I looked oat
of my office window after awhile and
saw that he had far exceeded his number
of a thousand bricks to a stack.
"1 walked out to see about it. He was
hard of hearing and did not detect my
approach as I came up behind him. 1
drew nearer and overheard him say, as
he lay each brick on the stack: 'A nuddei
an' a nudder, and der goes a nudder. A
nudder, an a nudder, and der goes a
nudder.
' 'What in the world are you doing,
Ned? I asked.
" 'Countin' de bricks, massa,' he re
plied, as he continued, 'A nudder an' a
nudder, and der goes a nudder.'
But, Ned. you can't count bricks that
way; that is not counting. I thought
you could - count one. two, three, four,
etc
Yes, I dun tole you lT could count,
an' so I did up to ten, but Ned's pretty
ole now, massa, an' after ten he dun for
get his schoolln'. an' so he counts a
nudder, an' a nudder, an' der goes a
nudder.'
There was something pathetic about
the poor old follow's speech," continued
the speaker. "Of course I paid him for
his day's work," he added: "but I had
to have his stack of bricks recounted, and
had to give the balance of the job to a
couple of twelve-year-old boys, who were
more expert at figures than he." New
York Herald
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EnclUh Hospital 8tatiatlcsv
Talrin tho quantity of medicine used
at St. Bartholomew's hospital, London,
as a fair criterion of the medicine used
per patient, the quantities of medicine
used every year in the hospitals of this
country are as follows: Ointment, 80,000
pounds; cod liver and castor oils and va
rious kinds of mixtures and lotions, etc.,
150,000 gallons; upward of half a million
pilla, and between thirty and forty tons
of linseed. Mr. H. C. Burdett estimates
that the hospitals of the kingdom have
invested property worth ten millions.
Their income is nearly a million and a
quarter per annum.
The expenditure per bed vanes most
strangely, ft is least in Scotland and
greatest in an Irish institution. At
Westminster it is only 70 per bed; at
University College hospital it is 110 per
bed; at the Royal Surrey County hospi
tal it is 111: at the Devon and Exeter
51, and about the same at the South
Devon and East Cornwall hospital.
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Did you note that dispatch from At
chison. Kan., relating how "Mrs. Ellen
Patton, a local poetess of considerable
note, dislocated her jaw this morning
while yawning?" Did you observe that
record of how "Rnfns Ortheridtre. of
Worcester, Mass., "broke the small bone
of his left leg in stepping out of led?
Did you reflect upon the solemn fact that
Colonel Warton, of Jefferson, Mo., while
I picking his teeth "with a wooden tooih
pick, drew it down iuto bis lungs and
died of strangulation'" This brief arti
cle is pimply intended to show bow. in
the midst of life, you may be--somewhere
else. Cincinnati Enqnirer
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Augmented In Every Departmrat
Amaze ana Amase.
Saturday's Baseball Game.
The ball game last Saturday between
The Dalles and the Cascade nines was a
ery close game and was witnessed by
goodly turnout. The game resulted in
to favor of The Dalles. Following is the
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alliance leaders claim to be authorized
to make public the alleged fact that i
Senator Stanford considers he holds his '
great foi tune simply as "steward for j
hese people." j
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