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THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.
There is not' room for a shadow of
rioabt that James G. Blaine is the most
popular man in the United States today
of all who are mentioned as candidates
for the presidency during the next cam
. paign?'. There is just as little donbt that
' he can-have the nomination if he wants
it, but whether he would accept or not
and in case he would accept whether he
could be elected or uot are questions no
man can answer. The democrats are
terribly in earnest, so are some branches
of the farmers' alliance. Just what fig
ure the latter may cut in the next elec
tion it is impossible to even guess. That
they will be in the fight, and with a
ticket of their own seems certain and
their existence bodes no good to the re
nnhlWn tjartv. r It is evident too that
in t he next fight free trade influence will
bring the tariff question again to the
(mnt. It is in fact beine pressed to the
front now and protectionists cannot regu
late it to the back ground if they would
The fact that parties are more divided
among themselves on the silver question
may compel it to take a second place but
- whatever republicans may do the den
ocrats are certain to have a free silver
" dank in their national platform. . It is
pleasant to reflect that before the next
campaign the country will have a chance
to see for itself the effect of the McKin
ley tariff on the general prosperity of the
nation. Events too may culminate in
. connection with our enormous coinage
of silver that may give the people a
chance to form a better judgement, than
it is possible to form now, on the poa
Bible results of free coinage. Till then
the Cebonicxb is willing to let people
who have nothing better to do, continue
the work of making and unmaking pres
idents and manufacturing premature
campaign lies. .
THE SAVIORS COAT.
It is estimated that nearly a thousand
; American citizens have gone to Europe
to witness the exhibition of the supposed
' coat of Jesus of Nazareth, which com
menced at Treves on the 18th inst. To
those who have not their atlases before
them it may be well to mention that
Treves is a city of Rhenish Prussia, the
oldest municipality in Germany. It is
situated on the right bank of the Moselle
in a lovely valley between vine covered
hills, about 95 miles south west of Cob-
lenU. Its famous cathedral of St. Peter
and St. Helen retains considerable re
mains in its interior of a previously ex
, isting Roman church of the age of Con
stantino. It contains numerous rich old
chasubles, missals, and famous relics and
amonz others the "Holy Coat," which is
esteemed its greatest treasure. The tra
dition is that the coat was won in a
raffle by a soldier of Augustus, was car
ried by him to Treves andVas there dis
covered in the fourth century by the
Empress Helena, who deposited it in the
cathedral. The Treves relics were con
cealed from the Normans in the ninth
century in crypts, but the holy coat was
rediscovered in 1196 and then solemnly
exhibited to the public gaze. The next
exhibition was in 1512 when, multitudes
flocking to see and venerate it, Leo X
appointed it to be exhibited every seven
years. The reformation and wars pre
vented the observance of this great re
ligious festival but it was - celebrated in
1810, and was attended by a concourse
of no fewer than 227,000 persons, and
again In 1844 by still greater multitudes,
This is the last time it has been placed
on exhibition ' since 1844. Whatever
opinions men may form as to the genu
. in ess of the relic it is a well established
fact that Augustas was particularly
proud of Treves. No place in Germany
is so rich in the remains of the Roman
period and it is beyond question that
Augustus sent many of his soldiers there.
by those who pretend to bo so much
more intelligent ana wise, we are
led to these thoughts by a statement
that appeared a short time ago in
the Ohio State Journal in these
words: "We have before us a
list of about fifty names of residents
of Columbus a list that we consider as
in the main reliable who Lave been
rescued by the Salvation Army, since
its advent in this city, from the lowest
conditions of moral depravity, vice and
wretchedness, and transformed into
peaceable, sober and industrious citizens.
The list does not propose to be in any
way complete, and was hastily, compiled
by a couple of individuals neither of
whom is working in the Salvation Army
ranks." m mmm
Jl FOREIGN BIRTH NO DISHONOR.
When the editor of the East Oregonian
seriously advises his readers that it is
wrong to kill bed bugs and lice, they
may well laugh at his childishness.
When he fills his editorial column with
the crude fancies of a disordered imagi
nation, they may smile at his folly.
When he treats with lofty scorn and
hitter contempt every one who cannot
follow his mental vagaries but who may
be intellectually and educationally as
much his superior as a giant is of a
pigmy, men may contemn his',inordinate
vanity; but when he labels all who
visits Europe in the character of tourists
in the one category of "Snobs, idlers,
narasitesand slave owners:" when he
onlemnlv advises the members of the
Tninana lecri&latnre to vote for the
accursed lottery swindle that has
long cast its withering blight over that
Bttf and has been a stench in the
nostrils of all right minded American
citizens ; when he advocates a system- of
politica.1 economy that is subversive of
human rights, destructive ot unman so-
society and human government, i
have a right to protest and it is the re
tort of a dastardly poltroon, a retort that
no man with the instincts of a gentle
man would stoop to, to cast np to his as
sailant the accident of his foreign birth
or the fact that necessity may have com
pelled him to accept wages in an honest
and honorable employment. If it were
dishonorable to be born in a foreign
country a residence of four and twenty
years in the United States and a hearty
adoption of American principles, Ameri
can ideas, and American justice should
shield one from this dishonor. But it Is
no dishonor. The country that gave the
writer birth gave thousands of her sons
to defend with their life's blood the flag
that the southern compeers of the editor
of the East Oregonian sought to ruth
lessly trample in Jhe dust, while in
every field and bivouac in ' American
history Irishmen have been first to
share the glory and the fight. No
country ever yet dishonored the man
who was bora ' in it, and the man
who. in the prime of intellectual and
physicial manhood renounces his.alleg
iance to a foreign monarchy and adopts
the principles and obligations of Ameri
can citizenship, has something to boast
of that the degenerate scion of a south
ern slave owner never knew. It is more
honorable to be an Irishman, true as
steel to the American government and
American institutions, as Irishmen in
variably are, than to have the glory that
attaches to a birth beneath the stars and
stripes and yet be the defender and ad
vocate of political anarchy and social
death. It is ten thousand times better
to be an Irishman than to be a fool.
Auruat 2. 1891.
WESTERS OREGON WEATHER.
Rain fell on the night of the 17th and
on the 18th, throughout this .section, in
amount from .10 to .20 of an inch, ex
cept in Joseph and Jackson counties
where only a few drops fell. The
temperature was below the average in
the fore part of the week, but rose
rapidly towards the close until today
when it was from 90 to 100 degrees, ex
cept along the coast.
CEOPS.
The rain did no damage to the grain
but delayed harvesting and threshing for
one day. :There was some slight benefit
in the rain to corn and vegetables,
Winter wheat is all cut and most of it
threshed; spring grain is being cut.
Some smut exists in Douglas and Jack
son counties. Grain is yielding better
than was expected in every county ; 56
bushels per acre from a 16 acre field is
reported from Yamhill county. In Polk
county the wheat generally averaged
over 30 bushels per acre ; most counties
have an average yield of from 25 to 35
bushels per acre. The wooly aphis is
doinsr damage to orchards in Yamhill
county. The onion crop was injured by
lice in Washington county, but as the
acreage was increased the total crop will
be above the average. Hop growers now
expect to gather a very fair average
crop. In Douglas, Jackson and Curry
counties the first crop of figs are over
and the second crop is now setting.
The early peaches are about over and
the second crop will be ripe next week ;
several car loads a day are being shipped
from Jackson county. Josephine county
is shipping three carloads a day of water
melons, trait drying is in progress.
EASTERN OEEGOX WEATHER.
Rain fell in most counties on the 19th
and 20th, varying from a sprinkle to .14
ofan inch. The temperature has been
above the average ana rose, towards the
close of the week, until today it ranged
from 90 to 106 degrees.
CROPS.
. There was no damage done by the
rain though harvesting operations were
delayed for about one-half a day in var
ious localities. Winter wheat is gener
ally all threshed and considerable of the
spring sown grain has also been threshed
except east and south of the Blue moun
tains. All reports indicate the yield to
be above the expectations of the farmers,
except in parts of Wasco county, where
the hot weather in July did some aam-
age. In some parts of Union county rust
is observaDie ; in mis county harvesting
operations are just beginning. In Sher
man, Morrow and Umatilla counties
yeilds of from SO to 40 bushels an acre
are commonly reported. Fruit and mel
ons are plentifuljand large shipments are
daily made. Wheat prices have an up
ward tendency and, except contracted
wheat, few farmers are selling.
a. s. irAGUK, UDserver.
An
Inter-Continental Railway Which
will Connect South, Central America
With the United States.'
SITUATION IS CHILI.
to Bay
A NEEDED REFORM.
GERMANY IN DISTRESS.
'-'-Berlin's dispatches of Saturday last
. eontinnes to give additional gloomy re
J ports of the harvest prospects in the
, provinces. Everything confirms the be-
, lief that the winter of 1891 and 1892,
' will be one of the worst, as far as food is
' . concerned, ever known. The high duties
on grain, which is nearly excluding in
; its nature and effects is awakening the
people as never before. They are clamor
ing for a reduction, but Chancellor Von
. Caprivi is deaf to the appeals and de
"mands of the suffering and the obduracy
in maintaing his pet policy is unwar
rantable when the people are having
- starvation stare them in the face. Be
mov svota Viafnra fia thinVa rt fin1 f2a-
: many in arms for her firesides, and
surely the cry for bread, and no bread
j .ibr the answer, yUl drive the hungry to
not or revolution. Germans will en
dure hardships without a murmur, but
1' when "Gretehen und die kinder shreien
vor hunger," then the German blood
boils with determination.. -
' Reports from Sweden and Denmark are
to the effect that their former surplus
. is cut short by long and excessive rains,
, so that their crops have been partially
destroyed, and that their harvest will
fall short of even an average on lowest
estimate. ' '
bloomy news comes from the Khemsh
provinces that the appearance of the
' dipteral insect is announced, and from
tuab uu ubur khuci uid uxju 4UC9UUU
is of serious moment. '- All in all, the in
qeiry of the people is, what of the har
vest ; what of the tomorrow 7
The response of Professor Wetzell last
evening to the address ot welcome Dy
Prosecuting Attorney W.. H. Wilson
touched upon a real evil in connection
with our, in many respects, admiraole
spstem of pnblic schools. "We don't,"
said ' the professor, "sufficiently bring
together the work of the school room
and text books with the practical things
of everyday life." This is very true.
Children are taught to learn by rote the
technical rules of grammar but the
grammatical construction of the sen
tences in conversation and writing is
neglected. The same is true of mathe
matics. There is almost a craze in our
public schools for this branch of study,
The knottiest arithmetical puzzles are
mastered by pupils who could not com
pute, in practical life, the number of
board ' feet in a load of lumber or the
number of tons in a mow of hay. And
it is still worse if we speak of orthog
raphy. . Pupils who have completely
mastered the spelling book utterly break
down when they come to the practical
use of the simplest words in letter writ
ing, if the institute, now in session
here, can point out to teachers an effi
cient method of correcting these evils
it will accomplish much good to the
rising generation.
What the Chilian Hlnlater Haa
. Regarding It.
Washington, D. C, Aug, 27. "The
war is over," said fcenor razano, tne
Chilian minister. Commenting on the
cable dispatch received from Chili and
Foreign Minister Foster, the insurgent
represetative said he received the tohow
inz cablegram late last night: "Iquique
Aug. 26. Notices inspired by dictators
agents in lime are absolutely without
authorization." Foster further said
case the insurgent party were defeated it
only meant the prolongation of the war
and that the insurgent force would be
increased in every possible way and the
dictators fought to tne end.
The Insurgents Defeated.
Washington, Aug. '27. The Chilian
minister at Washington today received
a cablegram dated Valparaiso, Aug. 26,
saving that on the 25th the insurgent
army was completely defeated in Vino
del Mar. A division of the Chilian gov
ernment array cut off their retreat to
1 - J iif 1 .1 . r J
snips buu ouugeu taew to ourptyiuer un
conditionally.
Hla Triumph Complete,
London, Aug. 27. The Telegraph this
morning publishes a statement of a pri
vate cablegram from Pcesident Balma-
cedatothe Chilian Legation declaring
his triumph complete.
The Report Confirmed,
Paris, Aug. 27. A dispatch received
by the Chilian legation in this city from
Buenos Ayres confirms the report that
the insurgent forces surrendered to Bal
maceda.
The Crews of two Whalers Massacred
Near the Mouth of the Mackinzie
River Other News Notes.
London, Aug. 25. The Timet today
publishes 'a three-column article upon
the projected inter-continental railway
which when completed will link South
and Central American republics with
each other and with the United States.
In discussing these plans the Timet ex
presses the opinion of James G. Blaine,
United States secretary of state, as "A
man of grand idea, and if, as it seems
quite possible, he is the next president,
there will be some chance of realizing
the scheme." Continuing the Timet
says : "It is obvious that the scheme
has political as well commercial ends in
view to joining the North and South
American republics, even though the
first outward sign, the nnion, will be
nothing. Iron rail with the supreme
center of republican government at
Washington is a conception of captivat
ing magnitude.
AWAITING THE PROCLAMATION,
All Claasas of Cltisena Anxlona to Locate
on Indian Lands.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Aug. 24. The
recent information concerning the open
ing of the Indian lands has caused an in
flux of people here that is surprising,
ine Doomers are arriving with wagons
of every description headed for the Iowa
and Fox reservations. When the presi
dent's proclamation is issued throwing
the lands open for settlement there will
be a scramble almost equal to that which
took place on the opening of Oklahoma,
Every conceivable specimen of humanity
has put in an appearance. The gambler
and the missionary elbow each other
equally anxious to be among the first
when the order for the invasion is pro
claimed. Some have gone so' far as to
build flat boats with which to cross the
streams, others have houses on . wheels
stocked with provisions ready to move
at a moment's notice. On a line which
extends from the Cimmarron to the
South Canadian, a distance of sixty
miles or more, are camped a thousand
homeless persons anxiously awaiting the
president's proclamation. The southern
negro, the northern white, and the red
Indian mix under the United Stales
marshal's surveillance unconcernedly,
but when the order to move is given,
there will undoubtedly be trouble.
WORK IN THE RCINt.
A NEW
CANDIDATE FOR
URALIZA TION.
NAT-
insect immigration is ordinarily a
thing to txwdreaded but occasionally a
foreign buyworth welcoming applies for
naturalization. The Australian lady bug
served ' as an offset for the 300,000,
000 scales imported from Tahiti and
now, says the Examiner, Mr. James
Shinn haa succeeded in domesticating at
Niles an insect that bids fair to raise fig
culture in California from the rank of a
harmless amusement to that of one of
the great industries of the state. The
little wasp that is going to do this favor
enters the flowers of the otherwise use
less Capri fig, loads itself with pollen,
and carries it to the Smyrna fig. With
out this assistance the latter does not
mature, and it is the lack of the little
wasp with the big name Blattophaga-
pe rises that has confined California
hitherto to the culture of the inferior
California, fig instead of the luscious
fruit of Smyrna. " ,
, Onions for Coughs and Colds,
mere is no remedy that acts more
promptly on the -Throat, Lungs, and
Chest than Onion Syrup. - It loosens
the phlegm enabling vou to throw it off.
It relieves that tightness and oppressive
teeiing in Uheet and all soreness of the
Lungs. As a tonic and restorative it
has no equal. Dr. Gunn's Onion Syrup
is medicated in a manner so as to be
more effectual than the plain syrnp and
not have any taste or odor of the onions
making it very pleasant to take. . Sold
at 50 cents by Blakeley & Houghton.
Directors of school districts where
seating or apparatus is needed are re
spectfully requested to correspond with
Mr. C. B. Patterson who will call upon
them with samples as early as possible,
Mr. Patterson who is the general agent
of C. F. Webor & Co., Portland, dealers
in school supplies, is making headquar
ters at ine .uaues. and will give especial
attention to Wasco, Sherman and Klick
itat counties for a few weeks. ' .
A TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT.
: We have never admired the methods
of the Salvation Army their assumption
parades. band'.musSe and tam bonnes
their loud mouthed piety and general
extravagance : but we have alwavs held
' and hold now that they are doing a work
,aa ww uvuv s u vuuiv-ucOf mtm a
Constituted, can do, or at least seem
..HSnw a if Amn t. ....... .. l
-n tiling by tHtciupi. lb mas a g I auu ywwm
-ciple laid down by the .the great Master
"hiaiaelf, "He that is not against us is
rfor.ua" and any body of men who are
.doing good, and helping to lift their fel-
jlow men from vice and depravity and 1
INFORMATION WANTED,
The Chroxicue office sends with this
issue of its weekly edition a slip contain
a list of questions for tha farmers of this
and adjoining counties. Information is
sought to be obtained as to the number
of acres planted to eereale and other
crops during the earreot year and the
average amount per acre of the product.
The information is intended to be used
for the special benefit of Wasco, Sher
man and other adjoining counties. The
kind compliance of jU farmers in whose
hands the list of questions may fall, will j
confer a favor on ns and possibly hegefif
themselves. -The answers may be re?
turned as soon as definite results are
obtained.
A Word to Ladies. -
Ladies who desire a beautiful.' clear
stun, tree from pimples, boils, blotches
ana otner erupt tons, should commence
at once to use Dr. Uunn's Improved
Liver Pills. They will also remove that
heavy look about 'your eyes and make
them bright, and will cure headache
from whatever cause it arises. Remem
ber, you are only reauired to take one
small pill at Ded time, which is coated
with pure sugar and will not gripe or
proauce any unpleasant sensation. Bold
at. 2o cents by Blakeley & Houghton's.
The Wasco warehouse is supplied with
grain sacks which will be sold at the
lowest market figures. aul4wtf
A Sure Care for Piles.
Itching Piles are known bv moistnre
like perspiration, causing intense itch
ing when warm. This form as well as
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding, yield at
once to Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy.
which acts directly on parts affected.
absorbs tumors, allays itching and ef
fects a permanent cure. 60 cents. Drug
gists or mail. Circulars free. Dr. Bo
sankb, 329 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Sold by Blakeley & Houghton.
i
Farley & Frank have a tank of ma- i
chine oil which they offer at post to
close ont as they intend in future to
keep only oils used in their business.' tf.
For sale, due east of the fair grounds,
eight and a half lots, containing a good
dwelling-house, barn, and other build
ings. Ttie grounds are all set out in
choice-bearing fruit trees, grapes and
berries. Will be sold ajt' a bargain if
bought within the next two weeks, as I
desire to leave the city. - . .
-. J. W. 1.LTON.
' A choice article of Hood River seed
rye for saje gi the Wasco Warehouse.
S-21-lm ' i
Estimated
Put at
Loss of Life Now
Seventy-Four.
New York, Aug. 24. The work of
delving for the dead in the ruins of Park
Place was continued throughout the
night, during which time five bodies
were found, making a total of seventy
iour victims to tne awrui explosion.
Later. The body of Ernest H. Shod-
dosk of Brooklyn was found. An Italian
working in the ruins was seen to take
something from the body of the victim,
A silver watch was found upon him
which he admitted taking. The police
took him to the station and on the way
he narrowly escaped lynching. He will
be held for trial.
By noon two more bodies were found,
So far only the edge of the ruins is being
searched. ' The firemen believe at least
fifty bodies are under the debris. It is
thought that by tomorrow afternoon
all the bodies will be recovered,
1 A HITCH IN THE SCHEME. .
the
Enormous Floating Debt of the
V. P. Gets a Set-Back.
New York, Aug. 26. A bitch in the
financial scheme by which the enor
mous floating debt of the Union Pacific
was to have" been extended for three
years is bBlieved to be due to uncertainty
concerning Jay Gould's' purpose in the
matter. The understanding . in Wall
street is J. Pierpont Morgan cousenta to
act as trustee in the proposed fund rais
ing scheme only after exacting from
Russell Sage. Sidney Dillon and Georore
T n)A , :J. i .
u . uvmu tamiaaiuuB ' ui great import
ance to the road. One of these conces
sions, it is believed, iB the presidency of
the road, and it 18 stated Morgan se
lected his able lieutenant, Spencer, to
Bucceea rresiaent xniion. ...
Has Changed Hands.
Walla Walla, Aug. 24. The wheat
market is steady. Buyers and sellers
are gracefully meeting, and about 20,000
bushels changed bands today, the price
being 74 cents for club, with oc-
cassionally 75 for a choice lot, and 76J
for bluestem. A prominent grain dealer
nas estimated that to per cent of the
wheat crop has passed from the hands
of the farmers. Dasen berry & Stencil
shipped from Eureka Flat alone 65,000
bushels last week. A prominent wheat
buyer, who is well informed on the
situation, in the course of a conversation
toaay saia ne coma see no reason for a
decline in prices now. Buyers report
mo quality oi wneai to oe excellent.
Last Monday,, at Heppner, George
Muir's haystack caught fire and, together
with 500 bushels of wheat, was totally
destroved.
1
A' son of James Hunt, of Gervais,
while riding a horse last Tuesday was
kicked by another horse which he was
driving and his leg broken. .
The expenses of Yamhill county for
July, 1891, as shown by bills allowed by
the county court, amounts to $3668.36 ;
those of August amount to $3152.47.
An agent is in Tillamook soliciting
subscriptions for stock to form a com
pany to build a telegraph line from
there to Forest Grove, also to Bay City.
The wheat fields in the yicinity of
Blue Mountain station, between Dry and
Pine creeka, in Umatilla county, are
averaging from forty to fifty bushels an
acre.
Andrew Person was killed at Haynes
Slough, Coos Bay, last week while cut
ting down a tree, which split and
"kicked" back injuring him so that he
died in a few hours.
Large cleanups are reported from the
placers of the Susanville district in
northern Grant and extensive develop
ment work is being done on the quartz
properties of that district.
One dollar and twenty-five cents per
day and board, or $1.75 per day without
board, is the rate paid for laborers at the
mining operations on Rogue river, in the
neighborhood ot uold Hill.
The contract to furnish the lumber
and construct the dam, crib, head-gates
and bridges on the Lebanon-Santiam
canal was awarded to H. Wilson and
D. Walton for $16.20 per thousand feet,
Last week Joseph Komblaskey was
seriously if not fatally injured at Brinn
Bros,' logging camp on Milton creek by
a falling maple limb, which was struck
by a tree. He was hit on the head and
back.
. wore at tne quicksilver mines on
Beaver creek is being rushed, over thirty
men being employed there. A large
amount of money is being expended in
the purchase of machinery and in open
ing tne cinnabar deposit.
Let the state of Oregon build the
portage railways on the Columbia river,
and let congress improve the Willam
ette. These improvements are feasible
and possible, the "locks" are a political
ignus fatuns.. Wett Hide.
Mrs. S. E. Wynne's residence at Cot
tage Grove had a narrow escape from
being burned Wednesday evening, but
with the timely assistance of several
men who saw the flames in time, it was
saved without much damage being done,
ine oooy ot air. vvuey, who was
drowned at Elkton some two weeks ago
was recovered last Sunday, where it had
washed upon a rock about a mile below
where tne accident occurred, and the re
mains were buried in the cemetery at
Elkton.
Young Nutt, the counterfeiter who
was recently captured in Eastern Oregon,
says the two Coon brothers who escaped
told him they had manufactured $500
worth of spurious $5 pieces which they
Buuceeueu in woriuug on on .ruget so una
last summer
" Andrew Person was killed on Haynes'
slough, near Marshfield, last Saturday
He was engaged in felling a tree which
had not been undercut, and when the
tree fell it split and sprung back, strik
ing him a fatal blow. Deceased was a
native of Sweden.
a baiem music dealer Friday sold a
$125 organ and put it in a wagon to de
liver it. He covered it up and in a short
time heard an explosion and discovered
the instrument on fire. It was totally
destroyed and the wagon badly damaged.
vvnat caused tne nre is a mystery
Henry Keene, Ed. McKehhy and John
Porter were at Mill City the first of the
week as appointees of the county court
of Marion county to select a site for a
bridge to span the Santiam at Mill City,
They agreed to a site just below the rail
road bridge as the most suitable. .
Black woodpeckers are more numer
ous than usual at iiood Kiver, and are
doing considerable damage to the apples.
Mr. Clarke has shot a hundred of them
this season and others have killed goodlv
numbers of them, but they are still in it
to the damage and detriment of the
farmer.
The lime recently manufactured by
the Joseph Lime company, at Joseph,
and the unusual demand for the article
will lead to the burning of another kiln
immediately. Messrs. Snell & Johnson
left Monday for the mountain, and have
begun preparations for burning 450
. A Lift-hf Sentence,
New Tobk, Aug. 25. Two bodies
were recovered from the rains at Pari
Place this morning: They were identi
fied as Tom H. Ellis of Ellis & Mc
Donald, and Frederick W. Trippie, pro
prietor of the drug store in the ill-fated
building. The Italian who was caught
robbing the bodies yesterday, was sen
tenced to tne penitentiary for bix
months today.
Five more- bodies were -disclosed , but
they could not be reached because of
the heavy load of machinery on. top of
them. . The police think there were fifty
corpses in the cellars. That would
make a total of ninety killed.
No Rain for Two Teara.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 24. A pri
vate letter from Albert Garcia, a promi
nent citizen of the state of Chihuahua,
Mexico, tells of a most widespread and
pitiable famine in that state. There has
been no rain in many sections of the
state for nearly two years. The cattle
are dying by thousands, and men, women
and children by scores are dying from
nunrer. . rresiaent uiaz has been ap
pealed to and has suspended the customs
duties in order that bread stuffs from
the United States can be gotten to the
Starving people with the least cost.
Chicaop, Aug. 25. A Washington
special says : . A catastrophe is reported
by the treasury department from the
arctic rpgjpns. It is said the erews of
pi two small steam whalers wintering
nea the mpth. pfthe Mackenzie about
ova nines east oi r-omt narrow nave
been massacred by the natives of . that
region. The steamers were the property
of the Pacific Whaling Company, and
carried sixty men as c rews. They were
well armed, equipped and provisioned.
bushels in the second kiln
There has already been some trouble
with forest fires in this section, says the
Jacksonville Timet, and there is likely to
be considerable complaint on this score
before the season closes. Hunters and
others in the mountains are' altogether
too careless about setting out fire where
it will do the most harm.
The plans and specifications for the
Albany Mining and Milling company
new ten-stamp mill have arrived at
Albany, and two or three members of
the company will go to the mines the
first of the week to make arrangements
tor the Placing ot the mill, which will
take considerable preliminary work.
The Oregon railroad commission has
denied the Union Pacific company an
extension of time to make -a showing
why a reduction of rates should not take
place over its lines and ordered the new
rates to go into effect on September 1st.
The reduction amounts to an average of
ten per cent, on grain and mill stuffs
and fifteen per cent, on live stock.
Miss Mamie Wilson, of Rock Point,
last - week distinguished herself by an
act that deserves to be classed as heroic
having jumped into Rogue river to res
cue her companion, Miss Lily Hay, who
had fallen in while fishing, and who waa
sinking for the last time when Miss Wil
son discovered the mishap. or tupately
Dotn escaped a watery grave by the
promptness of the young lady. ,
That was a very energetic figure of
speech the editor of the Moro Observer
used the other day when describing cer
tain editors on whom humor, satire, jest
and figure of speech are all lost. ' "You
might as well set a dish of strawberries
and cream before a hog as crack joke
in the presence of such men. Neither
the strawberries nor the joke would be
appreciated'
Six hundred acres of nickel in Joseph
ine county within thirty miles of Grant's
Pass is the latest sensation. We can.
fairly swamp Uncle Sam's treasuries
with five-cent pieces when, we get it de
veloped,, The Cosricr is not at liberty
to give names and locations just yet, but
the nickel is there and the number of
acres has not been exaggerated. e
can make Douglas county blush with
envy and turn Blaine's eyes away from
Pan-American reciprocity and Warn- j
eon'f off he second term when we send '
mines, or rather nickel fields.
The potato output around Buena Vista
will this fall be something near 70,000
bushels.
Saturday 2600 head of sheep werej
shipped from Klickitat county to the
xroutdale Meat Jfacking company.
The Tillamook County Fair associa
tion will hold their first annual fair at
Tillamook, beginning September 1 and
lasting three days.
The teachers in Grant county are tak
ing steps to adopt a graded system of
work for the country schools. A com
mittee has been appointed to formulate
a system.
Last Taesday an immigrant train con
taining fcve wagons and about twenty
persons passed through Prineville en
route to Multnomah county. They were
from Minnesota and North Dakota and
had been on the road since May 4.
Mrs. Emma Ward has the contract for
carrying the mail from Farewell Bend
to Prineville, Crook county. She has
distance of thirty miles to travel across
the desert, with only sand, sage and
juniper in sight, a nd not a drop of
water on the route.
Yesterday morning the eighteen
months son of John A. Splawh, who
lives in Klickitat countv, near the Col
umbia river, was found drowned iu i
trough in the spring house, which Mr,
Splawn uses for cooling milk.
Eugene Guard: The south-bound over
land train last night beheaded a man at
Harrisburg, the head having been en
tirely severed from the body. From all
appearances the person was a tramp and
he had either gone to sleep on the track
or committed suicide, the latter being
me view must generally entertained.
jpjj! Go.
Dealers in
THE HKCOND EASTERN OREGON
DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
SPEED PROGRAMME FOR FAIR OK 1891.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1891.
Race No. 1. Running Saddle horse, stake 5
enterance, 150 added, live to enter, three to
start; eaten weights.' The officers of the society
to have the right to reject any entry that In their
judgment does not strictly constitute a saddle
norse. nan mue aaan.
Race No. 2. Trotting Yearling stake, 10
entrance, and f50 added; o payable July 1, 1891,
when stake closes and entries must be made
balance oi entry due Sept. 21, 1891. Hull mile
dash.
Race No. 3. Trotting Two-year-old class,
mile heats, best two in three, purse oi f75.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 189L
Race No. 4. Running Inland Empire stake
for two-year-olds, 20 entrance fib added; $10 pay
able Sept 1, 1891, when stake, class and entries
must be made, balance of entry due Sept. 21, 1891.
Colts to carry 110 pounds, fillies and geldings 107
pounds, non-thoroughbreds allowed ten pounds.
Half mile dash.
Race No. 5. Running Three-eights of a mile
and repeat. Purse of 1U0. '
Race No. 6. Trotting Gentleman's roadsters
stake, 5 entrance, 50 added; five to enter, three
to start To be driven by the owner to road eart,
half mile heats, three in five.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1891.
RACE No. 7. Runnfnsr Half TntleHiuh. nn ka
Of 1100. - "
Race No. 8. TrotHne Three mtnnrn rlAsK.
mile heats, three in five, purse of $100.
FE1DAY, SEPT. 25, 189L
Race No. 9. Itunnine Half mile and remit.
purse of $150.
Race No. 10. Trotting 2:40 class, mile heats,
two best in five, purse of 1125.
Saturday, sept. 26, 1891. '
Race No. 11. Running Three onirivn nf
mile, handicap Entries close Sept. 24, 1891, with
lyment oi o. weights announced 2:00 p. m.
ipt. 25. Acceptance of weight and balance of
entrance money due Dy S:0U p. m. same day,
purse of $125.
Race No. 12. Trotting Free for all. Tnilehent.
best three In five, purse of $175
hack no. 13. iTOtnng Ihree-year-old class,
mile heats, best three In live, purse of $100.
Conditions.
Eligible onlv to horses owned and Inentori in
the Second District, Oregon, and Klickitat county
Washington, prior to April 1, 189L
. Entrance in all purse races 10 Tier cent, nf the
amount of the purse; iour or more to enter, three
to start.
All entries in trottln? races, not nthprwioA
specified, to close with the secretary, at The
Dalles, on Sept. 1, 189L All entries in running
races, not otherwise specified, close with th
secretary, at The Dalles 6:00 p. m. the night be-
iwre uie rax uines pmue. io money given
for a walk over. Entries not accompanied by the
money will not be recognized. Nominations to
be made in writing, giving the name, age, color,
sex, sire and dam (if known, and when not
known that fact should be stated,) and colors of
uiu owner, inis ruic win oe strictly enforced.
In case the nurses above given do not fill with
iour complete entries, the board has the power to
reduce the amounts of the nnrsea an in their
judgment seems proper.
ine Doara nas ana reserves the right to post
pone races in case of inclement weather.
Any horse distancing the field shall be entitled
to first and third moneys only.
in an races, not otnerwise specified, money to
; divided 70, 20, and 10 per cent of the purse.
All running races to be governed by the rules
: the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association.
All trotting races to be governed bv the rules nf
mc nBuuuui xruiuug Association.
GROCERIES, HARDWARE
-AND
1 II 11 Hi 1 111 1 U JJ HI JJ 11 i u
WALTER A. WOOD'S
REAPERS and MOWERS
Hodge and Benica Headers, Farm Wagons,' Hacks, Buggies, Eoad Carts Gang
and Sulky Plows, Harrows, Grappling Hay Forks, Fan Mills, Seat Cnsh
ions, Express and Buggy Tops, Wagon Materials, Iron and Coal,
etc etc.
Agents for Little's Sheep Dips.
Lime and Sulphur, etc.
A Complete Line of OILS, GRASS and GARDEN SEEDS.
The Dalles, - . - - Oregon.
THE DALLES MERCANTILE CO.,
(Successors to BROOKS fc BEEKS.)
The Dalles,
Oregon.
Jobbers and Dealrs in
$t&ple and FanciJ Dnf foods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and finn TZn
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Hardware. Flour. Bacon.
Headauarters for
Teas, Cofiies, Dried Fruits, Canned Goods, Etc.
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all kinds Bought and Sold at Retail or in Car
load Lots at Lowest Market Rates. V
Free Delivery to Boat and Car and
. : 1 .
390 -A-ZCsTDD 394 SBCOETXI SXiaiEEBT. , :
Harry Clough
Andrew Larsen
Htl BL . if-
mm irence
Wore.
W" Send to J. O. Mack, Secretary, The Dalles,
Oregon, and obtain blanks upon vhicn to make your
entries.
J. O.
MACK,
Secretary.
JAS. A.
VASNEY,
President.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
Wasco county.
H. Knight, Plaintiff, yb. a. 8. Cathcaet, De-
TY VIHTUE OF AN EXECUTION
Corner of Second and Laughlin Streets, The Dalles, Or.
... ' - . Mannfactnrers of. ComMnatioii Fences, - -
Tab Best Stock, Chicken and Rabbit Fence
' . Alao Manufacturers of
Strong and Durable Wire Mattresses.
CLOUGH & LARSEN, Proprietors
ISSUED
out of the ssid court and cause on the 1st
day of July, 1891, upon a judgment rendered In
said court on the loth dav of January. 1890. I
have levied upon and will sell on Sathkut
ihk 29th dat of August, 1891, at the hour of 2
o ciock p. m. oi saia aav, at tne court house door
in Dalles Citv. in said countv and state, at nuhlli
nut-uuu mj uik uignest Diaaer xor casn in nana
non, to Dalles City, In Wasco county, State of
Oregon, to satisfy 1118.44 with Interest thereon at
the rate of ten per cent, per annum from January
Avbu, low, niiu iui ut miurney s ices; ana uie
further sum of S22.03 costs, lean the Bum nf
134.00 paid thereon February 21st, 1890, together
wiiu mxruiuv eosrs nerein.
Dated this 30th day of July, 1891.
. h. CATE8,
Bherifl' of Wasco County, Oregon.
-ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
Snipes & Kinersly,
Leading Druggists
Dealers In "
Paints, Oils and (Hindoo! Glass,
"Weill. jSa,px",
COAL and PINE TAR,
Artists Material,
Imported Ijeij Wegfc and Ddmegtic (Jigafg.
12 Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon.
VJ-OTICE Is hereby given that A. A. Bonney
i." has duly assigned to the undersigned, for
mm. vcucub ui tut inn vrcuiujrs in proportion to
the amount of their respective elalms all his
property, both real and personal. All persons
unviuf; vuuuib iaiusi saiu assignor are nereoy
notified to present the same with the proper
vouchers therefor to me at the office of Mays,
Huntington fc Wilson within three months
irum aaie oi wis nonce.
The Dalles, Oregon, June 12, 1891. "
EOBKKT MAV8 Assignee.
The Dalles, Or., on September 18,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
T HIT fl wvxr.tr T"i t. ri I rm T.. 1 ft .on.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention to
make final proof in suDDortof hpTolnim. nrt that
muu prow win oe miae Deiore tne register and
receiver at
1891, viz:
Mary J. Srlfflrf",
H. D. No. 3570. for the N W t Sec 9S.Tn?S.B
13 E YV M. - - ' . '
She names the following witnesses tn nrnve her
kjii iiiiuuu. iwueuve upon ana cuiavaaon oi,
said land, vis: Joseph Beezley and Robert Mays.
ui iuc .uuiea, nr., ftuu i nomas iriAvcy ana joun
jjyjj-sepa jvua w. LEWIS, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Omci, The Dalles, Or., Aug. 10, 1891
Notice is hereby given that the follnwfnir-
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. S, Land office, The Dalles,
Or., on September w, 1891, viz. :
Oeo-rge W. Robertson.
Hd. No, 8S98, for the W BEX, and SWW,
Sec.' 5, Tp. 2 S, R 14 E W. II.
Be names the followine witnesses tn nirnt
continuous residence upon and cultivation of,
said land, viz.: Toomas H. Ward, A. P. Fergu
son and B. 6. Closter of The Dalles, Or. and Mar
tin Wehman, of Xausene, Or,
uusn-sepio jua. w, U-.W1S, Keglster. '
THE DALLES LUMBERING CO.,
INCORPORATED 1888.
No. 67 Washington Street. . . The Dalles. ..
Wholesale and Retail Dealers and Mannfactnrers of
Building Material and Dimension Timber, Doors, Windows; Moldings, House Fornisliings, Efe '
Special Attention given to the Manufacture of Fruit and Fier
Boxes and Packing Cases.
IJVfcotory- a,xx3L Xjaxx3a.Vor Vrd At Old 3F. Dalles.
DRY Pine, Fir, Oak and Slab WOOD Delivered to
any part of the city,
New - Umatilla House,
; THE DALLFS, OREGON.
HANDLEY & SIN NOTT, PROP'S.
LARGEST : AND.: FINEST : HOTEL : IN : OREON
Ticket and Baggage Office of the O. R. & N. Company, and office of the Waster
. Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel. 1
Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of all Valuables.
CH AS. STUB LING,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. -
U. 3. Ind Office, The Dalles, Or., Aug. 17,1891
Kotice Is hereby eiven that the iollnvriiw-
named settler has filed notice of his Intention to
make final prooisin support oi his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver' of the V. 8. Land office at The
Dalles, Oregon, 0 September 28, 1891, riz : ,
Abraham Bio very. "
-PBOPBIETOR OF THE-
41-
GERMHNIK
New Vogt Block; Second Street.
Hdo. S; 36, for the SWt eec.25,Tp.l8,KHE.
He names the followine witnesses to Drove hd
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: James JEaatoa ir.. of Dufur. Or..
and James Underbill, P. P. -Underwood and
Josiah BU, aU of, Boyd, Or.
Ugzi-sejsrt . jomiN w. .lewis, .Register.
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