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SUBSCRIPTION RATK8.
T Kin (TOCTAOB FUTAID) IX ADTAXCB.
Weekly, 1 rear. $ 1
6 month. 0 75
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Dally, 1 year. 6 00
month. S 00
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Address all communication to " THE CHRON
ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
JEFFERSON SIMPLICITY APOCH-
RYPHAL.
A very aboured impression is abroad
as to the simplicity of the lives and
manners of the founders of this repub
lic. In their day men were much more
formal with each other than are we of
today. - Their style of dress would be
considered ridiculously elaborate even
by a modern dude. To attend such a
meeting as congress "the gentleman's
valet combed and drew back the long
hair, tied it with a bow of ribbon to
match the coat to be worn and covered
it thickly with perfumed powder, then
helped to jut on his master's coat of silk
or satin,' often of brilliant hue and
nearly always more or less embroidered,
buckled on the always worn rapier,
handed him his laced hat and called' his
coach. -TUe low shoes were ornamented
with buckles, the silken hose, the satin
breeches fastened at the knee with orna
ments, generally like those upon the
shoes, of gold, the Shirt and neckcloth
of lawn profusely decorated with costly
laces, and the long tatin waistcoat had
been donned before and the gentleman
of those rude and simple days' was
ready to take his seat." The manner of
the "father of his country" himself,
must have been far from simple if it be
true, as. related, that governor Morris,
an intimate and highly esteemed friend
of the president, won a wine supper for
daring to say to Washington "My dear
general I am glad to see you looking so
well," and the governor afterwards de
clared that no human inducement could
tempt him to take a like liberty again.
Even Jefferson's celebrated ride n
horseback to his inauguration was the
result of an accident, so far as the horse
back part was concerned, for Jefferson
had purchased a coach and four for the
ceremony which did not arrive on time,
and thus a simple necessity, through the
lapse of years, has been turned into a
virtue, and an incident is now credited
to "Jefferson Simplicity."'
THE SAN JOSE SCALE.
It is useless to conceal the fact that
unless vigorous action is taken by- our
fruit growers io destroy the pests
that are infecting many of our
orchards, in a short time and in
many places, fruit raising will be
thing of the past. Portland papers
inform us that Mr E. 'W. Allen, secre
tary of the state horticultural society
lately examined a lot of boxes of apples
received from California by commission
merchants, and finding them to be in
fected with the "San Jose Scale" ordered
them to be destroyed or shipped back to
California. The dealers concluded to
ship them back and some boxes of the
apples which have been sent out to dif
ferent towns were recalled and the whole
lot returned. ' The apples show bright
red spots on their surface and with tbe
aid of a. magnifying glass, on each of
these spot can be seen a gray scale at
tached, under which is deposited the
eggs of the scale bag. The San Jose
scale is a much dreaded pest and a law
passed at the last legislature forbids the
sibling ul lieuU, at bur priced n
credit, but he informs us that there is
practically no cash market for horses, in
that section. Mr. Murphy was leas suc
cessful, having only disposed of four and
he is now on his way back with the re
mainder. Mr. Dickerson believes that
there must be 20,000 draft horses in the
various pastures between Portland and
Centralis on their way to market or for
sale, and probably twice as many smaller
horses. Yesterday a gentleman fed 10
head of horses at Mr. Richmond's sta
ble. He had had them in the Sound
country but could not sell them and was
on his way back to his home in North
Eastern Washington. We believe these
facts ought to be known so that persons
contemplating the taking of horses to
these markets should know what they
may expect should they go there.
THE
EDITED BY-
DALLES IV. C.
T. UNION."
ON THE
HEIGHTS THE
PUREST.
AIR IS
BT EDITH SESSIONS TUPFIB.
The Oregonian did some excellent fig
uring lately by which it was able to
prove that the opening of the Columbia
river would secure to Portland the great
bulk of all the tonnage of Eastern Ore
gon and Washington. At the end of a
somewhat lengthy article are found
these significant words: "The upshot
of it all is, the Columbia river must be
opened. A portage road -will soon be
completed at the Cascades; a portage
road must be put in operation at The
Dalles. And not to mince words about
it Portland mutt take the lead in it.
That's the kind of talk we like, and if
the Oregonian will only keep it up we'll
soon get an open river.
An interesting feature of the World's
Fair will be a grand reunion of the Blue
and the Gray. The plan is to build a
laree Davillion for the veterans of both
armies and to have the war relics of all
kinds stored in the building. The" vet
erans are to camp in tents furnished by
the war deDartment. 'all cam pins to
gether. The various states will be asked
to furnish transportations for their own
veterans. The government will be asked
to furnish the rations, the Blue and
Gray building is to be built by all the
states combined and the reunion is to
last from ten to thirty days.
THE COMMITTEE MAKES ANSWER.
WhT the Sham Battle VfM a Sham-
Col. Houghton In a Bad Light.
Thk Dalles, Or., July 7, 1891.
Editor Chbonicle: We the com-
Mook not at the road behind;
The path that ever down doth wind
Through ain and shame and their dark kind,
But lift my heavy, tear stained eyes
Before me mountains tops uprise
They seem the gates of paradise.
From those white peaks pure breezes blow.
To cool my fevered brow below
They come from tho eternal snow.
Through storms and griefs and doleful sights,
1 must press on to sweet delights
The air is purest on the heights.
"Number 85."
"Number 25!"
"Brine on nunibei 25!"
"The court is waiting for number 25 !"
- There was a iittle hanging back on the
part of the usual prompt official, out in
a moment more a tall, fine-looking
woman strode defiantly up, and, placing
herself before the judge, awaited the
usual anestioninir.
There was sowething so piteously des-
Derate in the prisoner's appearance, ana
her ereat haunted eves had a look of
such anguish in their fierce depths, that
the judge, accustomed to all kinds of
sad sights and sounds, vet hesitated a
moment before asking, with unwonted
gentleness :
"What is your name, my woman, and
where were you born?"
"Me name is Aleen Byrne, yer honor,
an' I were born in Aberdeen, off the
Scottish coastland."
"And you are charged with striking a
man?"
"I am, yer honor, an' I ken weel I
stricht the mon."
"And you meant to?"
"I did, indeed, your honor. I only
wish I might a kilt him !"
"That would hardly have been for
your good, Aleen."
"He's kilt me, yer honor."
The woman spoke with a low, impas
sioned wail, which caused respectful
silence even in the lower court, where
touching tones were often unheeded.
"McGinnis testifies that he never laid
a hand on you," returned the judge.
"tie stabbed me to tne nearc, yer
honor, an' the mon kens it well 1"
"Stabbed you? Suppose you tell us
about it." '
"I will, an me voice will sarve me.
Ye micht no ken wba' it is, yer honor,
to hev one bonuie laddie, an none else
ye cauld yer ain. I lett the gude father
o' me lad a-sleepin' in the kirkyard
when I brought me wee son me to this
land. They say this be a countrie flow
. . .. . . . i . i
in wi mux anr noney, out ou, yer uuu
or, it flows wi' milk an' honey for some,
an' for others, I mind me, it flows wi' a
very sea o' poison.
.'For monv a year after I reacht these
shores I toileu in sun an' shade, Dut
wha' greeted mvsel for a the ton so
tionof the 4th, saw an inquiry in J f
terday's edition of the Chbonicle signed hi boot, i h irrowed so fine an' toll
by an indignant "Merchant" and sub- that soon he were ta'an to a gentleman's
scriber to the the celebration fund ask
ing whv the wishes of the citizens of
The Dalles were not carried out in re
spect to the sham battle. The commit
tee can answer this inquiry in a few
short sentences, and put the blame where
it belong. In the first place Col.,
Houghton made the proposition to the
committee that if the sum of $300, the
approximate amount necessary for a
sham battle, be turned over to him, be
would purchase 10,000 blank shells, and
in addition would have the Portland
light battery take part in the battle on
the 4th day of July.
Taking the colonel at his word, tbe
committee solicited subscriptions from
the citizens, stating that the sham battle
would be the main feature of the celebra
tion on tbe 4th of July. And the colonel
accompanied by A. Buchler.C. E. Haight,
W. H. Lochhead, J. O. Mack, J. S. Fish
and others went to the fair ground, in
an express wagon for the purpose of ex
amining the grounds for a sham battle
importation, into this state, of trees or and encampment. The colonel on look-'
fruit infected with it. In our own ing 0Ver the grounds decided that they
neighborhood Mr. Varney has been do- were not suitable for the encampment,
ing good work in the direction of stamp- but told the committe, that if they
lng out this evil, and he reports that thought the grounds fit for a sham battle
the people have, as a rule, shown their and to use his own words, "go ahead
store to help wi' the errants an' to mind
the counter betimes, men tne mon
McGinnis set his evil eye on the lad. 1
was forced to pass his den on my way to
. . ... , , i ; 1 .. .1
an' rra.- tne Dread store, an ue uiiuucu
t was mesel' hated the uncanny look
the place. An' one morn as 1 passet by
he said 1 needn't oe so gran' auuut iu
b'y, he was no above ta'e a sup o' the
liquor wi' the rest o' an e en. 1 begged
me childt for the love o' God to let the
stool alane. .Me Robbie doin' no ill, an
nromised to bide bv me will an' wishes ;
but the mon McGinnis watchet o' night
when't was cauld an' stormin', an' he
rave the lad monv a cup o' his dretful
dhrinks. to warm him. he would say,
I pot a Don me knees to me ain childt.
an' nraved him to pass tbe place no
more, but to gang hame by some ither
road. Then I went mysel' to the mon
wi' out a soul in his body, an' p raps y
ken. ver honor, a mither would beg an
Drav for the bone o- ner pone, an' me
nesh o' her flesh. But he laughet
mv face, an' I runned from his siclit
afore I did him ill.
Las' night, ver honor, the noise
me door frightenet me : 1 runned wr
me micht to see wna were tne iron Die.
an me KODDie swaveo into tne room an
fell at me. feet he was. dhrunk, yer
honor I Then McGinnis pokes his face
in at me door, an' asket, ' Wha' think ye
now, Mistress Byrne?' Did I mean tc
strike the mon. ver honor? An' could I
I'd a sthruck the breath fra' his body 1
Ye'd better keep me wr lock an' key
the night till me gloom dies out ; but
The Chbonicle is in receipt of clip
pings from various newspapers published
in Buffalo, New York, from which we
make some selections :
AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE AT THE DEAB
- BORN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Dearborn street Baptist church
honored itself in a very pleasant recep
tion Friday night, June 12, given in
honor of Eev. O. D. Taylor and wife, of
The Dalles, Oregon. Bro. Taylor knows
when as well as how, to help, and so at
just the time of greatest need the time
when it was felt that something must be
done to remove the financial burden from
the church, and while as yet we were
too faint-hearted to launch out, Bro.
Taylor came to our rescue.
He made us believe that we conld do
it and do it now. Two thousand four
hundred dollars was a large amount for
a company of wage earners to raise. As
David, by his example caused the
princes and people to offer willingly
toward the bnilding of the temple, so
Bro. Taylor, by his encouraging words
and example so inspired others that on
the morning of May 24th the whole
amount was provided for and seven
hundred dollars besides.
A happiei company than that as
eenibled on that beautiful JMay morning
is seldom if ever seen, and when the
secretary Deacon Winship announced
that thirty-one hundred dollars had been
pledged we could hardly believe our own
senses. The pastor, however, took the
precaution to exact a pledge from tbe
congregation not .to be offended in cae
more than the needed amount should be
pledged.
It was this that prompted the ladies
to arrange for the reception, and
show in some slight degree our apprecia
tion of the timely services of Bro. Tay-
lor. At about eight o'clock the people
began to gather in the church parlors.
A Tittle later the congregation sang "All
hail the power of Jesus name," followed
by prayer by the pastor.
Mrs. ueo. tu. lireen sang, in her own
pleasant style a solo entitled "Whether
my heart be glad or no," to the deligbt
of all.
The pastor, Eev. G. R. Burnside made
known to Brother and Sister Taylor the
object of the gathering, hich up to this
time was a profound secret to tnem.
In answer to this nnexpected demon
stration Brother and Sister Taylor made
some very appropriate and anecting re
marks. An additional surprise was the
presentation to them of life size portraits
of the pastor and his wife. Then came
the cordial ' hand shake in which all
participated.
A very pleasant leature oi the occasion
was the serving of ice cream and cake
bv the ladies.
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This is a bright spot in the history ot
the Dearborn street Baptist church.
Bro. Taylor has greatly endeared him
self to this people, as he had many years
ago to the pastor and his family. . He
has erected in our hearts a monument
that will be new when the church edifice
is old or crumbled to dust. A monu
ment that will not decay, but like the
greatest of the Christian graces, "abide1
forever.
readiness to . assist him in complying and make your arrangements and I will oh, jedge, jedge! there's naught to kill
-14 k .1 1 : - ltA.A I . .. . ... . , I 1 , at- ma. hsnrt an' wlQrit
with the law that requires infected
trees, either to be properly sprayed or
destroyed. As many as eight or ten
lots oi imported rruit nave been con
demned and destroyed. A few days ago
Mr. Varney condemned a lot of appri
cots which had been shipped from a
Portland firm to one of our local fruit
dealers. The dealer notified the firm
in Portland and received the following
reply. ; "We are sorry we shipped you
such appneots and did not know it
otherwise they would not have been
hipped. Mr. Varney was perfectly
right in condemning them, but when
anything is condemned in this way
, please let Mr. V. take it and destroy it
and send us a bill with his stamp, giving
cause why same has been destroyed and
we will not be out anything ourselves,
then." . All persons who have infected
trees should know that the officers of
the state horticultural society are clothed
with ample power to enforce the spray'
ing or destruction of infected trees, and
in case the owner should refuse to do so,
trees so injected may be cut down or
destroyed at the owners expense,
A RAILROAD TO
-. COUNTY.
Before the eitd of the week, it
pected that a surveying party will be in
the field, locating a line of railroad . be
tween this city and some point in Sher
man county. Lieut. Norton will have
charge of the survey and from him we
learn that it is his intention to start
about next Thursday "or Friday. It is
intended to cross the divide between
Ten Mile and the Deschutes and follow
tbe moat practical route from the Des
chutes to the point of destination. The
road is intended to serve the purposes of
a portage around the Celilo and Dalles
rapids and a" means of outlet for the
great agricultural resources of Sherman
county. It irf not intended, so we are
informed, to conflict with the road to
have the battle at any place you may
name, even if I only have ten men to
have it with."
After the committee, by Indefatigable
efforts, had collected the $300 demanded
by the colonel, they were informed by
him that a new obstacle had arisen, that
the sum of $300 was required to pay the
ground rent for the encampment, and
this amount, he (Col. Houghton) said
must be paid by the citizens of The
Dalles. The committee in order to facil
itate matters, and doubly insure the
battle, further appropriated out of their
already meager fund the sum of $105
and turned this amount, to Col. Hough
ton to enable him to pay his ground
rent, making the sum total given Col.
Houghton $405.
At this stage of the proceedings, using
a homely expression, the Col. began to
crawfish, and in conversation with a
member of the committee while in Port
land he (Col. Houghton) informed him
that the "Light" battery could not at
tend the encampment and accordingly
would not take a part in the sham battle.
The 'committee on learning that the
Portland "Light" battery would not
take part in the sham battle immediate
ly asked that tbe amount left over after
paying for the cartridges, be refunded,
is ex-1 jn order' that the committee might make
arrangements for the firing of the na
tional salute : the Col. angered at this
indignantly replied, that if any refund
was made the committee could take
chhrge of the battle themselves. Rather
than disappoint the people, tha com
mittee decided to leave the matter en
tirely in his hands, relying on his in
tegrity that we would have the battle.
Late Friday evening, much to the sur
prise of the committee, we were informed
by the Colonel that he had made no
provision whatever for the firing of the
national salute. The committee then
took this matter in hand and fired the
salute themselves. As a grand ultimatum
to his farcial actions he (the Colonel) in-
SHERMAN
the gnawm' at me heart, an' wisht
mesel' an' me lad were in the kirkyard
aside tbe gude father I
The woman at the bar extended
clenched hand as she added with vehe
mence :
"Thev tolled me, an' I could prove
the mon sold liquor to the bairn under
age, tbe law could stoop nim. it s my
ser wud like to see tbe law stoop one
the miserable rumsellers o' the land !
tell ye, judge, there's naught but God'
gruesome vengeance can stoop bis ilk
an' when that falls it'll crush ye all !
Tt's a' weel enough to rest the mither
an she strikes the mon as ruins her ain
childt. but wait ye till tbe Lord Al
mighty strikes aye wait ye for that
an' ve dare!"
As the threatening voice stilled, the
woman was pronounced discharged, and
after his re-appearonce in court, Alcum
nis was lodged in the county lail on
charge of having willfully sold or given
intoxicating drink to a minor. iliB com
rades declared the evidence on which he
was convicted to have been illegal and
uncertain.
Oovernor Tavlor, of Tennessee, re
cently told of a colored clergyman who
preached a sermon on the text, And the
multitudes came to him and he healed
them of divers diseases." Said he
"My dying congregation, this is a terri
ble text. Disease is in the world. The
small pox slays its hundreds, the cholera
its thousands, and tbe yellow fever its
tens of thousands, but, in the language
offtbe text, if you take the divers you
are gone. These earthly doctors can cure
tbe small pox. cholera, and yellow fever,
if they get there in time, but nobody but
tbe good .Lord can cure the divers.
Mrs. Humphrey who conducts a tem
perance column in tbe Times, of 1-au Ik-
ton, Dakota, recently put tbe question
in this vivid way :
Which?
Wife or Whisky ;
The Babe or the Bottle ;
Home or Hell. .
Blair's Salary.
"Washington. July 6. Acting Secre.
tary of State Wharton today declined to
talk about the formal refusal of the Chi
nese government to receive ex-Senator
Blair as United States minister to that
country. He said, however, that be
would like to have it known that Mr,
Dufur and Tveh Vallev bnt tathnr to ... -it . e . Jt iiiair has drawn Dut one month's salary,
. rSrt of oil sTstenT wteinJ formed th fiftv-n.nth which the law allows, since his appoint-
point will be The Uaues. We have no
reason to think that the men at the back
of this movement do not mean business.
They ask nothing of the people towards
tbe cost of survey and location and the
road, and intend to ask nothing till their
plans are completed, and then only such
Assistance as may be within the means of
tbe persons who will be directly benefit-
ad by the road. We heartily wish the
enterprise success and we have a grow
ing assurance that not many years .or
perhaps months will pass till our wishes
rill be realized.
A few weeks ago Messrs. J. C. Mur
phy and E. C. Dickerson of Antelope
took a band of horses to the Sound for
minute of the eleventh hour and after all
our trouble, that he did not deem it ex
pedient to have a sham battle.
These are plain and unadulterated
facts, and in this position we appeal to
the community demanding to know
whether the verdict of the public will
place the blame with the Fourth of July
committee or with Colonel Houghton,
Thanking you for the space occupied
we are respectfully yours.
J. S. Fish, Chairman.
Geo. C. Blakklet,
Henbt J. Maier, -J.
O. Mack,
W. H. Lochhead.
Some men's talent for discovery is al
together in the line of fault finding. -
ment, and that he is not, as erroneously
reported, drawing a salary now as minis
ter to Uhina, -
Tbe number of sheep in Eastern Ore
gon is estimated at 1,500,000, and the
wool clip for the season of 1890 is esti
mated at 8,678,123 pounds, The gen
eral average price obtained was fourteen
cents, which amounts to $1,214,937.22.
The sheep themselves represent an esti
mated value of $3,750,000:
The Ohio republican convention which
met Wednesday, nominated for governor
Hiram C. Wheeler, for lieutenant-gov
ernor, George Van Houten, and for su
preme judge, 8. M. Weaver of Iowa Falls.
The convention Dassed a resolution en
dorsing prohibition, by a vote of 951 to
What a church can do when there
f C L .... J wn-nA In nnn.ka ia mnl I
1 1 1 ill auu cuuiago tu uuuoiMikCi la nui
illustrated in the case of our Dearborn
St. Church. On May 24th, under the
lead of Pastor Burneide and the Rev. O,
D. Taylor; of Oregon, an effort was made
to extinguish the old nigh-mare pi
debt of $2,400. Bro. Taylor led offhand
soinely in his gifts, and the people sec
onded his generosity, until subscriptions
amounting to over S3,t"Ju were made.
will take a year, perhaps, before the
subscriptions are all paid, but the sub
scribers will pay, and in a few months
the good people oi Uearborn St. win in
vite us all to join with them in the dox
olosv. BvEev. George Whitman, pas
tor of the Cedar street Baptist church
this city. JSujjalo Jixpres..
Stands by the Colonel.
Hood River, Or., July 6, 1891
' Editor Chboniole : If you will kindly
grant space in your paper I wish to cor
rect an unjust, and untrue, statement
made (perhaps) through some misappre"
hensive of the facts in the case, by yonr
local correspondent to the Daily Oregon
tan and published in today's paper
wherein he states that at the last moment
Col. Houghton refused to allow the men
to fire after The Dalles shad subscribed
$300 to assist in carrying out the pro
gramme of sham battle and that the
colonel was being severely censured
therefor, now I wish to say that no
colonel or general on the face of the
globe could conduct a sham battle in the
face of the blinding sand storm that was
raging at the fair grounds all the after
noon of July 4th, an order could not be
heard ten feet away and had it been un
dertaken it would have been a total fail
ure with a great many chances for acci
dents, for which the colonel would and
should have been severely censured, but
in the face of all this I know Col.
Houghton did everything in his power
to get the men together fur the firing
after dinner but the men had scattered
(knowing that it could not come off in
the gale then blowing) and could not be
assembled. I think instead of censur
ing the colonel the people should give
him nothing but the highest praise, for
he has received censure enough outside
for bringing tbe encampment to The
Dalles. Now, if after receiving all the
benefits financially, amounting to thous
ands of dollars tbe people then go back
on such a gentleman as . I know Col.
Houghton to be, I think the ones, who
do it are guilty of base ingratitude to say
the least. - This places our colonel be
tween two fires but I believe his week's
experience in camp has fitted him for
almost anything. I also believe his un
wavering honesty and fairness - at all
times is worthy oi comment and Draise.
and the regiment should feel proud of
their colonel. .Company D of Hood
River, stands by him.
A. S. Blowers, -Capt.
Company D, 3d Reg. O. N. G.
A VERY SAD AFFAIR.
Toons; Man Goes Away from Home
and Finds Bis Wife Dead on His
Return.
Wasco, Or., July 6, 1891.
Editor Chronicle : A very sad affair
occurred near Grass Valley on July 4th.
Mr. Roy French left his wife at home on
the morning of the 4th and attended the
celebration at Grass Valley, and played
at the dance on the same evening and
returned home on Sunday morning and
found hiswife lying on the bed with her
hands folded on her breast, dead. An
inquest was held laBt night by W. H.
Williams, J. P., of Moro and Dr. Rol
lins of Grass Valley. The verdict given
by the coroner's jury stated that she
came to her death by poison, either by
her own' hands or other parties, The
evidence of witnesses failed to find any
thing positive in the matter.
There seems to be no doubt bnt that
the young uouplealways lived happily
and she would have no cause to commit
the act herself. The general opinion is
that she was affe !ted with heart disease
or something of the kind. The mystery
will probably never be solved. Thev
have been married about eight months.
The writer was not present but got his
information from one that was there so j
the above must be abopt correct,
Ripostes, j
EASTERN OREGON. '
Warmer and generally cloudless
weather has prevailed. No rain has
fallen. On June 29th and 30th. July 1st.
2d and 3d were very warm, tbe tempera
ture in tne neat ot the day ranging Irom
85 to 95 degrees, except of course in the
more mountainous regions and higher
elevations where it was cooler.
chops,
The weather has been just what was
needed and desired. Haying operations
are in full sway. Wheat, oats and rye
are heading in excellent shape. There
has been an absence of the hot drying
winds and the previous excellent wheat
prospects continue. Spring wheat had
especially made vast improvement. On
July Jst the first Oregon peaches were
ripe and shipped from The Dalles.
Cherries are ripe in Grant countv.
Throughout the entire section the pres
ent prospects are most flattering for a
successful harvest. B. S. Pague.
Observer U. S. Weather Bureau.
lau UiUuiDlU. -tiA) IriUl tlves U(nt in luwrimr-l
2J0 grape vines in bearing, half an acre of black
berries, one acre of strawberries, 3 or four acres
of corn and 2 of clover. There will be about
4UU0 pounds of blackberries this vear, also big
crop of peaches grapes, apples, etc. Fine irri
gating facilities with water all on the place:
1JUU leet of flume, two reservoirs, over 400 feet of I
water pipe,- conveying water into house. Be-1
tween 8 nd 9 acres In cultivation halanm in I
woods. Most of land lavs well and can be cultl-1
vated. Price $2,200. Call on at ranch or address
F. R. ABSTE.V,
Hood River, Oregon. I
Dealers in
GROCERIES, HARDWARE
-AN
THE ELECTRIC ROUTE.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
out of the Circuit court of the State of Ore-1
gon, ior me coun ty ot w aseo, m pursuance of an
order and decree duly made and rendered In
suit entitled, Robert Kellv, plaintiff, vs. Cvrus
M. Brown aud C. G. Abbott, defendants, and to
uic uiiwuu anu aeuvereo, ana also Dv virtue of
another execution issued out of said Circuit
court in pursuance of a judgment dulv made.
rcuuereuniiueuiereu ujereinin an action wnereln
said Robert Kelly is plaintiff and said C. O.
Abbott is defendant and also to me ri1nteri H
delivered in pursuance of said order and decree
ana oy virtue ot saia executions I did lew upon
ana wiu sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash in hand on the 25th day of July,
1891, at 2 o'.cloek p. m. of said dav, at the court
nouec uoor in issues city, nasco county, Ore
gon, me lonowing aesennea real estate, to-wlt:
i ne southeast 51 of sectio
three (3) south
iFARM IMPLEMENTS.
WALTER A. WOOD'S
REAPERS and MOWERS
Four Murderers are Electrocuted Early
This Horning; at Sing; Sing;.
Sing sing, N. Y. July 7. The electro
cution of four murderers, Slocuin,
Smiler, Wood and Jugiero was done this
morning. Slocum was killed at 4:422,
Smiler at 5:14, Wood at 5:39 and
Jugiero at 6:16.
A small white flag run to the top of
the pole announced to the waiting re
porters outside that Slocum', the base
ball player, the man who had hacked
his wife to death with an ax had died
just five minutes before. Before the flag
was set the news had been sent on a
dozen waiting wires..
The death-like silence which fol
lowed the raising of the flag was oppres
sive. . '
At 5 :15 o'clock the first rays of the
morning sun topped the eastern bluff
and brightened up the scene.
The square of blue bunting which
crawled slowly up the pole at 5:15
nounced that Smiler. tbe salvation army
boy, the slayer of his third wife, bad
given life for life five minutes before
At 5 :44 o'clock the black flag went up
the pole again. It settled a fact that the
negro Word who bad killed his com
panion, a quadroon, dnjpng a quarrel, was
dead. .
Then that " big muscular fellow
Jugiero, who in a fit of rage stabbed to
death one of his countrymen, was to be
the next. The flag of death for him was
red. The red flag went np at 6:06
o'clock.
The entire time consumed in execut
ing the four men was one hour and
twenty-three and one-half minutes.
No one knows who were the legal
witnesses to the killing. The witnesses
had remaiued in the prison all night. It
was the idea of the warden to keep them
within the walls where they could not
be interviewed.
The mistakes of electrical experts
which were made at tbe execution of
Kemmler in a past failure were carefully
avoided today. The tested voltage of
the dynamo bad been brought up to 3000
while it was estimated that the voltage
wich was turned into Kemler's body
was only 750.
liie witnesses were Desiegea by re
porters when they came from the prison
All of them refused to say anything,
however, except that the executions had
passed off without any hitch and bad
been successful from a scientific stand
point.
They all went to the execution chair
bravely and met their fate without a
struggle. The electrodes were not ap
plied as in the Kemmler case to the top
of the skull and base of the spine but
were bound to the foreheads of the con
demned men and the calves of their legs,
The current was turned on in each case
for twenty seconds. The voltage was
from about 1500 to 1300 in each case,
There was an apparent evidence of
revival as in the Kummler case, and the
current was turned on the second time
for each man.
Medical men present agree that death
came on the first contact and that the
seeming revival was merely the relax
muscular action.
Dr. Barker, prison physician came out
shortly after twelve and said the autopsy
was completed bnt that no statement
will be given out for several hours.
The Sing- Slug; Murderers Burled.
Sing Sing, July 8. The bodies of tbe
four murderers executed yesterday were
buried this afternoon In quick lime. Xo
services were held in the prison or at the
grave. - JNobody was allowed to be pres
ent at the burial.
fhe southeast lA of section ten (10) in township
.iiicv ioj nfuiu ui ntiiiTC Lnirteeii f i;ii etutt I
eiie menaau, in nasco countv. or., and con-
Hodge and Benica Headers, Farm Wagons, Hacks, ; Buggies, Boad Carts'-f ang
and Sulky Plows, Harrows, Grappling Hay Forks, Fan Mills, Seat Cush
ions, Express and Buggy Tops, Wagon Materials, Iron and Coal,
taining 100 acres more or less. Toeether with all
and singular the tenements, hereditiaments and
apurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise
appertaining or so much thereof as shall be'sufn
dent to satisfy the sum of $725.00 w ith interest
inereon ai tne rate ot ten per eent per annum since
the2oth dav Slav. 1891. toeether with the further
sum of fca.17, costs and disbursements of said
suit; and the further sum of $290.30 and interest
inereon at tne rate oi eight per cent per annum
Irom the 17th dav of December. 1Kn. anrl th
. - -i ,
iunner sum ol j.ju.44, costs and di bu moments I
ann accruing costs herein. D. h. CATES,
Sheriff of Wasco Countv, Oregon.
Dumr, WatUns and Menefee, Attorneys for
r-iaiiinn. j
Dated the 15th day of June, 1891. Jnl9-Jy24
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
etc. etc.
Agents for Little's Sheep Dips.
Lime and Sulphur, etc.
U. 8. Land Office, The Dalles, Or., July 6, 1891
' ivotlce is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his clidm, and
that said nroof will be made hpfnra th rwhtw
and receiver of the U. S. Land office. The Dalles. I
riiilllp M. Wagner.
Hd. No. 3ol5. for the NU NEW. and FJ VUX'
Sec 31, Tp. 1 N, R 14 E.
ije names the following witnesses to prove his
vuuuiiuuub reBiuence upon ana cultivation oi.
said land, viz.: Henry Williams. W. A. Allen.
Win. Enderbv and John Funrusnn. nil of Tho
uuuri, ur.
jyiu-augu , JOHN W. LEWIS, Register.
A Complete Line of OILS. GRASS and GARDEN SEEDS.
The Dalles, - - - . .. .- .Oregon.
THE DALLES MERCANTILE CO.,
(Successors to BROOKS A BEERS.)
The Dalles,.
Oregon.
Jobbers and Dealers In
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office, The Dalles, Or., July 6, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his Intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said nroof will be made hefnre th iwriatr
and receiver at The Dalles, Or., on August 21,
VIA.
Frank B. LaMotte,
D. 8. No. 7312, for the SH' S E Sec 6, Tp. 1 N,
range 13 E. -He
names the following wftnefsnM to nrvv
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: John Fhares, H. C. Gordion,
Albert Jordan and Earnest Jordan, all of The
jyiu-augi4 JOHN W. LEWIS, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
; "eqeral lVJePcliaiidige, -
paple and Fancjj Dfif tjoodp,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps. Etc.
Staple and Fancy Groceries. Hardware. Flour. Bacon.
Headauarters for
Teas, CotF;es, Dried Fruits, Canned Goods, Etc..
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all kinds Bought and Sold at Retail or in Car- q
load Lots at Lowest Market Rates.
U. 8. land Office, The Dalles, Or., June 29. 1891.
Notice is hereby riven that the fnllnwlnr-
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim and that
said proof will be made before the register and
receiver of the United States Land Office at The
uaiies, uregon, on August 19th, 1891, viz:
John C. Morton,
ZIA Tn 1 I . 1 miM ' ' r. ' ...... . I
aUHe names"the following witnesses'to prove MFree JDehverv to Boat and Cars and all Parts of the City.
continuous residence upon and cultivation of - J
lespUe,
, all of
Thomas M. Denton and Thomas Denton
ine Danes, or.
jya-augi joun w. uswis, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
390 .AJSnD 394 SZECOHSHD STEEBT.
D. 6. Land Office, The Dalles. Or.. June 17. 1891
Notice is herebv siren that tha fnllnurlnv.
named settler has filed notice of his Intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the reglxter
and receiver of the 0. b. Land office at The
uaiies, Oregon, on August 14, 1891, viz :
William B. Rodman,
Hd. No. 3853. for the NWli See. 27. Tn.4fi.R 12 15.
He names the following witnesses to iirnve hi
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
saia lana, viz: is. n. cnandler, and P. M. Kist-
ner ot 1 ne Dalles, Or., and F. M. Driver and Wil
liam Farlow of Wamie. Or.
jnl9-Jy24 JOHN W. LEWIS, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Harry Clough.
Andrew Larsen
Pacific
Fence
mm
V. 8. Laud Office, The Dalles. Or.. June 10. 1891
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his Intention
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said nroof will be made before the rmrlRtor
and receiver of the C. 8. Land office at The
Dalles, Or., on Angust 12, 1891, viz: ;
M. I. King,
Hd. No. S83S, for the EX NEW Sec. 24, Tp. 4 8, R
u. r., auu , n y oec. 1, 1 p. 4 B, K IS K..
He names the following witnesses to nrove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: E. N. Chandler, and Phillip
Kistner of The Dalles, Or., and James Zumwalt
and Isaac Driver of Wamfc. Or.
jnl9-Jy24 JOHN W. LEW18, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Corner of Second and Laughlin Streets,- The Dalles, Or
- Manufacturers- of ComMuation Fences, .. ' '
The - Best Stock, Chicken and Rabbit Fence
Also Manufacturers of
CT. 8. Laud Office, The Dalles, Or., June 9, 189L
Notice Is hprphv crlvnn that tho fnl InnH ..it.
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final nroof in sunoort of his claim, and
that said Droof will be made before the mriHter
mm receiver at ine uaiies, or., on August Iz,
Harmon P. Brlttlan,
Hd. No. 3830, for the NEJ4 Sec 15, Tp. 4 8, R 12 E,
W. M.
He names the following witnesses to nrove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
c, .' .t 1 .. , .1 ..I - . IT... 1 .... 1 n , . 1
ana rniiup Kistner of The Dalles, Or., and Dan
iel Palmateer of Wamic Or.
Jnl9-Jyl4 JOHN W. LEWIS, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Bad Sffecta of the Recent Stoma,
New Orleans, July 7. Dispatches
received here this morning report the
damage by the storm to be as follows :
Iq Lafayett parish, many houses were
blown down. Northbert Washington
was killed. In West Barton Range par
ish many buildings were demolished.
About 8 o'clock this morning . a cyclone
passed through the country three miles
from Glocester. Many houses were destroyed.-
A negro woman and her' child
were killed "and several other persons
wounded.
V. 8. Land Office, The Dalles, Or.,' June 4, 1891
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver of the U. 8. Land office at The
uaues, or., ou August e, isui, viz:
John T, Porter,
Hd. No. 2811 for the 8 NE!4, KX NEJ4- SEJ
n yA, oec it, i p. o o range 12
He names the following witnesses to nrove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: Q. L. paauet, R. A. Lauffhton
and Jas. A. Noble, all of Wapinltia, Or., and I
nugn oouriay, oi 1 ne Dalles, Or.
mayl2-Jyl7 JOHN W, LEWIS, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Strong and Durable Wire Mattresses.
clough & larsen, proprietors
Snipes & Kinersly, .
Leading Druggists
Dealers In r'
Paints, Oils and (Hindoo. Glass,
COAL .and PINE TAR,
Artists Material,
"Imported I(eiJ Wegfi and DomeiG Cigar?.
129 Second Street,
The Dalles, Or soon.
A PLAGUE OF OHA88HOFl'EK9.
TJ. B, Land Omci, The Dalles, Or., June 4, 1891
flwuw la uereuy given mac (ne lOllOwulg
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in sunoort of his claim, and
that said nroof will be made before the mrtntpr
and receiver of the U. 8. Land office at The
uanes, or., on August 6, uoi, vis :
Robert A. Laughlin,
1 1 H X. rA OC1 A CI DU'I m e . .
n"ip auu Kjjnriiii Bees, ip.ca,BCt,,
He names the following witnesses to nrove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: W. H. Liavls and J. P. Ahhott. of
n apiuiua, ur., ana nugn uouriay, ana nneia
rnnba, vi jiie uaiies,
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO
INCORPORATED 1889. . t
No 67 Washington Street. . . The Dalxis.-
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Manufacturer of
Baildiiig Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows, Moldings, floast Faraisluiig Etc, "
Special Attention given to the Manufacture of Fruit and Fish
Boxes and Packing: Cases.
Covering; Mile of Territory In Wyom
ing; bnt Moving; Toward Kansas.
Chkybnnb, Wyo., July 7. Portions of
Cheyenne county are being overrun by
grasshoppers. A strip of country ten
miles wide is completely hid from view
by the insects. They settle on railroad
tracks and impede trains. As yet they
have done no damage to the crops as
they are too young. By the time they
are able to fly they will be well out of
Wyoming into Kansas.
A Life for lite.
San Jose, July 7. Manuel Soto this
morning shot and killed Nicholas Smith
and then defied the officers to arrest
him, and opened fire upon them. Over
twenty shots were exchanged before Soto
was killed.
mayl3-jyl7
, or.
JOHN W.
LEWIS, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land OrncK. Tbe Dalles. Or.. Mav 29.
Notice is horeby eiven that the foliowinir-
named settler has filed notice of his Intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the register and I
axuvw at ine isauca, ur., on J Uly 1, isyi, viz:
15. L. Boynton.
H. D. No. 3S10, for the E M 8. E. J,N WW 8 E 4,
and8WNE,Bec.l9?T.S8.,kl3E?
He names the following: witnesses to urnve hia
continuous residence upon and cultivation of.
alH 1 .. .J .1., I; , .V...... l.v ..)... ... I ' . , A '
i,u iu. u. uulu,, nuou uvMny gnu uuan
Neapeack, of The Palles, Or.
juua-jij ju wiu . L&witt, Keglster.
NO. !. HOMESTEAD.
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and Slab WOOD Delivered to
any part of the city,
New - Umatilla - House,
THE DALLF8, OREGON.
HANDLEY & SINNOTT, PROP'S.
LARGEST : AND : FINEST : HOTEL : IN : ORLGOn:
Land .Office at The Dalles. Or.. June 1 iaqi
I. Georare M. McLoed. of Kinralv dr . hn I TSntor an A Pa.vA f u i. vr rr.. j
made homestead application No" 2797, for the 8 -66-6 v " yvxuyuu) , aim onice oi tne Wester
Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel.
nd S KS, fee. 15, Tp. S 8, K 13 E.,
W. M., do hereby trlve notice of mv Intention to
Increase (n
Number of I'nbllo
Children,
Washixotoh, July 7. The -census
bulletin on education shows an enroll
make final proof to establish ray claim to the I
iuuu noove uesvnoua, ana tnai l expect to prove
my residence and cultivation before the register
aud receiver at The Dalles., Or,, on July 28, 1891,
by two of the followine witnesses: Husrh (Jnnr-
fiehool I lay and Wm. H, Butts, of The Dalles. Or., and
Lafayette Davis and Timothy Mavbew, of Kines
ley, Or. Jn5-jyl0 . GEORGE M. McLEOU,
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.,
ment in tbe public schools of the United N"d uVSSh 7o &n&l'
iue ueuuub ui ail ui creuiiora in
ine amount oi tneir respective c
States of 12,525,000 a gain af 26.54 per
cent, over 1880.
proportion to
laims all his
naL All persons
Did Not Violate the Interstate Law,
. St. Path., Minn,, July 9. In the case
of tbe United States vs, J, M, Eagan
and C, H, Headrfdge of tbe Chicago, St,
Paul gnd Kansas City road on trial for
alleged violation of the interstate law.
Judge Thayer this morning instructed
the jury to find for the defendant!.
property, ootn real and persoi
having claims against said assignor arc horeby
notified to present the seme with the proper
vouchers therefor to me at the offiee of Mavs,
Huntington & Wilson within threw month
from tbe date oi tills notice.
The Dalles, Oregon, June 12, 1891."
' ROBERT MAYS Assignee.
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.
CHAS. STUBLING,
-PBOPBIBTOB OF-THE-
TO THE PUBLIC.
TTE HEREBY WARN THE PUBLIC NOT
11 to trust Hike O'Shea for any goods or
money on our account, as wa owe him nothing.
E. P. ROBERTS gOXS.
41- G E RMM N I H.-t--
New Vogt Block, Second Street.
WHOliESflltH and JETfllli lilQUOH DEAltEl.
Milwaukee Beer on Draught.
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