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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1892.
MICTHWKST NEWS.
At Fish Lake, in the Cascade itionn-;
tains, twcntv miles north of Priueville,
snow is reported to be eleven feet deep. ;
The democrats of Oregon will have a j
grand banquet in Portland next Friday
evening. It will cost fo a plate, so the j
official account says, j
The Paiucville Neic assures its read
ies that tlie outlook for the early com
pletion of the Oregon Pacific railway 19
now more hopeful than it has been in a
long time. ,
All the saloons of l'rineville entered
into an agreement on the first of the
month not to sell any more liquor on
credit. This policy is expected to en
force prohibition on tne army of impe
cunious drunks.
The board of capitol commissioners
met at Salem on the 5th to open bids and
consider plans for alterations in the as
sembly chamber so as to improve its ac
constic properties. Various plans were
considered whose estimated cost would
amount to from $0000 to $10,000 each
Action was deferred awaiting the result
of correspondence with European
experts.
A democratic club was organized at
Hood River on the 2nd, with a member
ship of twenty-five, which it is to be
hoped will be increased to one hundred.
Charles S. Roberts is president; C. L
Morse, vice-preeidens ; T. Prather, sec
retary; and .J. ft. Hand, treasurer. In
connection with the club a committee;
was appointed to organize a tariff reform
The Greenwood Murderer Confession.
Denvek. Colo.. Jan. A. Charles
Schmidt, who is confined in the jail here,
confessed his part in the Greenwood
murder, which took place near Napa,
Cal., last February. Schmidt says he
came to this country in 1879 and visited
a number of places in search of work,
eventually reaching California. He
claims he met a well-dressed American
in Napa county who offered him work
on a ranch if Schmidt would accompany
him, which he did. They visited a
number of saloons, and passed the night
either at Benicia or Port Costa. The
nest day the stranger compelled him at
the pistol's point to accompany him to
the Greenwood residence. Here they
bound Cantain Greenwood, and when
Mrs. Greenwood arrived the stranger
threatened to kill her if she did not give
np all the money in the house. She
gave him all she had and the stranger
then bound her, and gave both of them
something to drink from a tin cap.
The men then drove to a saloon about a
mile from town. Subsequently they re
turned to the houee, and the straDger,
after firing a number of shots at the
Greenwoods, again ransacked the house
When the men camped for the night the
stranger gave Schmidt something to
drink, and when he regained conscious
ness the stranger was gone. Schmidt
says he tried to shoot.the latter while he
was binding Mrs. Greenwood, but the
pistol refused to go off. When they
stopped at the house a second time
idt. let the horse so. and the stran
ger, hearing the wheels, fired at him,
and compelled nun to re-enter me uouse.
Schmidt states he would have made a
confession before had he known the
whereabouts of his companion, who had
lpjion. rniiRist.ino' of the following ?entle- whereabou
men : Charles S. Koberts, C. W. Wolf- threatened to kill him if he divulged the j
ord and C S. Stowell. j secret.
Where Napoleon's Friend Wa. Found. ,
On the voyage in a frigate from Alex
andria to France Napoleon said to those
who were in his confidence:
"I am taking; . two 1 very different
chances. If this vessel is captured by
the English and I am thrown into an
English prison I shall be in the eyes of
France a common deserter, a general
who left his army without authority to
do so.
"But if I reach France in safety, sab
due the factions, take command of the
army and carry out my plans for the na
tion's good, I shall win the blessings of
onr fellow countrymen.
"I will not be taken by an English
vessel. If we encounter one we will
fight as long as possible, and when the
enemy begins to board- ns we mast sink
the ship."
This desperate plan was received in
silence and with evident disapproval, ex
cept by Gaspard Monge, who said, when
it appeared that no one else was going to
speak:
"Yes, general, you have stated the
situation exactly. If what you suggest
happens we must sink the ship."
"I was waiting for this proof of mend-
ship, and I charge yoa with executing
the plan," replied Napoleon.
Not long afterward an alarm was
given, and every one hastened to his post
to defend the frigate against an ap
proaching English vessel. It was soon
discovered, however, that th9 vessel was
not English nor unfriendly.
"Where is Monge?" inquired Napoleon.
"Find him and tell him that the danger
is past."
Monge was found at his post by the
powder magazine with a lighted lantern
in his hand. Youth's Companion.
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Uuiiieil liy Political Ambition.
IJuffalo, X. Y., Jan. 5. To say that
.Scintillations from the Klamath Star.
Klamath's calves are al' born with
the hair of their head parted in the the citv was shocked yesterday to hear of
middle. i the complete downfall of Charles J. Hall,
The California Supreme Court has
tempered the winds to ikickley's shorn
Iambs.
The man who takes a drop because
the mercury does is tinder the influence
of iui:ced reason.
A Noble attleiuun who lay dying
lately in Shasta county called his manly
sons around his bed. and his last words
'Keep yer eyes 0:1 the niaver-
were :
irks."
We respectfully tali the attention of
our readers across the I.ockies to' the
glory of our climate. Now that the
blizzards, in their whirling skirts of
ghostly white are waltzing across Kan
sas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Dakota,
we point with pride to our gentle winds
and feathery flakes of the most beauti
ful snow 011 earth. Ye icicled long
beards of the howling, snow-bank-hurling,
soul-freezing trans-Kooky regions,
come in with your sweet confidence and
blue spectacles and bask in the beauty
and brightness of the snow, under
which the bones of our stage" driveis lie
blenching!
Charley IVrrish met with an accident.
Christmas morning. While demurely
performiiitf the iuueth-u of milkmaid oa
a milking stool it suddenly occurred to j wu-ii
him that he had been struck by a
freight train. As he flew endways
through a pair of bars he saw nothing
but a pair of hoofs, a spray of milk
shimmering in the holy sunlight and a
winter-blasted landscape. Then all
was over. "Where am I?" he asked
his wife, who came and roused him
from his lethargy. "You are behind
the bars." she replied soothingly,
"How came I behind the bars?" he
asi'iu asked. "The cow kicked you
ther dear, but you don't know how to
milk. Get up and hire a red-haired
milkmaid '."
is puttinz it mildlv. A better fellow, a
more conscientious official, a man more
popular throughout the country, did not
live, in the opinions of the people. In
his fall, Ball has also' pulled down his
aged father, who was for yeaas treasurer
of the city of Buffalo. Politics did it.
Young Ball was deputy county treasurer.
He aspired to become treasurer. A year
ago he secured the republican nomina
tion, but after a hot canvas he was de
feated by a small majority. Then the
trouble began for him. In his endeavors
to secure an election he used $0000 of the
county funds. Apparently he made
that good by giving two mortgages each
of$:;000, one on his own property and
one on that of his mother-in-law. It
now transpires that the latter was a
forgerv, and Ball's inability to pay led
to "the discovery. Last night Phillip
Slauzoettsr, who was treasurer when
Ball was deputy, made good the forged
security, receiving a deed of what prop
erty Ball still possessed. It is also
learned that Ball used $7000 of the Cath
olic Mutual Benefit association funds in
his canvas, he being at the time grand
treasurer of this order. This sum was
mude good by his father and mother,
who are now penniless through his un
wise political ambition. No criminal
prosecution will be made.
Capt. John W. Lewis, register of the I
United States land office at The Dalles, j
Or., is in the city, enjoying the first :
sight of the country east of the Rockies
which he has had for twenty odd years.
Captain Lewis wa among the first in
this state to enlist in the Union cause
and rendezvoused with his company
at Camp Dick Robinson as
soon as it was opened. He served at
first in the Fourth Kentucky infantrv,
but was transferred to the Twelfth in
fantry and then to the Fourth cavalrv
Factory Employes Dissatisfied.
Chicago. Jan. 3. Three thousand
operatives of the Elgin Watch Company,
of Klgin, 111., stand ready to strike and
only await the signal to quit work. Sev
eral hundred skilled workmen in two
departments walked out yesterday, and
unless all signs fail, the strike will be
come general. Two weeks ago there
were rumors that a general cut-down
was contemplated by the management.
The rumors were verified on the payday
following, when the employes found
their wages decreased from 15 to 16 per
cent. The claim is made that the 2800
employes of the watch company are or
ganizecl and are about to strike a blow
against the recent reduction.
The Kind Hearted Apple Yfoniun.
There is an old apple woman who does
business on a Wall street corner who de
serves a medal for one of the best natured
dispositions in this town. The other day
a coal wagon, one of the big ones drawn
by three horses hitched abreast, drove
up to her corner and slowly and clumsi
ly backed tip against the curb. Then the
driver swung his horses around so a3 to
give another team a chance to get
throngh the street. Round came the
heavy animals, not with very much
speed, but with a momentum which
proved disastrous to the proprietress of
the stand end her goods. Down she
went, while a good share of her apples
went tumbling after her.
Luckily she was pot much hurt, but
as she reclined on the pavement she saw
one of the horses add insult to injury by
opening a vast mouth and closing it upon
the biggest apple on the stand. Then
up roee the old woman in hot haste.
But not to seek vengeance. Instead, she
picked np two more apples and hospit
ably handed them to the two animals
which hadn't helped themselves. And
what is more, she looked as if she hadn't
a grievance against anybody in the
world. New York Times.
temK.Tatuiv durin? the
iiK'O January 1st,
Wtvt, 10
Total execs
month. 1.
Total e:cc.s in temperature
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Prevailing direction of wiud. 9dav
days East, 11 flays calm.
Extreme velocity of wind, diu-otinn 'and date.
40 to 45 milea, from the Soutl:v.'j.st, on tae earlv
morning of the 2!'th.
Total precipitation, 4.11: number oi tlavs on
which .0! iiu-ii or more of prer-ipitution fell, 20.
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Snow fell on the 25th a:;d :;!.. t to a !.'
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Slav in Fail!) to Put l"p.
Njcw Youk, Jan. 4. Neither Slavin,
his friends, Charlie Mitchell, nor any
representative of theirs, put in an ap
pearauce at the Herald office today at
the hour they had appointed to meet
Charley Johnson, John L. Sullivan's
backer, to cover the $2500 put up by
Johnson some weeks ago. After waiting
half an hour for them to appear, John
son drew down the forfeit money. He
says he is ready to put it up again at
He was taken prisoner j an' time the Australian can induce some
bv promotion
at Chicamauga and was one of those 1 one to back him against Sullivan
who escaped from Libby through the
famous tunnel. After serving throngh the
war in the volunteers lie received a com
mission in the regular army and was
sent to the Pacific slope, where he has
been, save for one short visit, over eince.
He tired of post service after four or five
years and resigned and went to ranch
ing in wregon anu pursued mat avoca
tion successfully till appointed register
iapt. iewis nau an excellent m
Shot m Child and Missed the log.
Chicago, Jan. 5. A big black mad
dog created a panic on South Water
street this morning. George Paul and
William Martez were bitten - by the
brute and several others had narrow es
capes. Several policemen .tried to ehoot
"ihini, but none were able to do eo.
iHiot George Haves, of Pinkerton's watch
record and his old comrades, whom he : sfrv! attempting to kill the brute,
has been looking up in Kentnckv for the :?h.ot 11 2v1ear;old chlld U 19 tho"&ht
last week, have been delighted to see j f atall.v- The dog escaped.
him and to see how little a quarter of a' , . . ,
century has changed UUn.-Louisvitie. I Orippe to EnBland.
i.Ky.) Journal. . ' London, Jan. 5. There were nineteen
, ' 7 j deaths from la grippe in thrs city last
Meaicai uazene aiiecres mat tiw 1. m.. j:
throughout Great Britain. Whole fam
ilies are prostrated. There seems to be
no prospect of a change for the better in
One Way to Vix Vp un Old Uoom.
If you are repairing an old house and
wish to have one or two striking and ef
fective features, choose a Toom for a den
and havo the whole of a winde wless side
finished with drawers, enpboards, nooks
and pigeon holes. Shut in somo of these
with stained glass doors, drape others
with real silk or blue and white porce
lain tinted crapy goods. Leave a gal
lery along the top for busts, pottery or
unframed paintings. Cover the floor
with matting and rugs. If possible
place low seats in the windows for plants
or books. Select wrought iron frames
for hanging lamps, with a copper candle
stick placed here and there for pick up
use.
An old portable clothes closet may be
converted into a corner shrine for sucb a
room by being covered with dark red
plush, in which is kept somo family heir
looms or a beautiful vase. A few odd
bamboo pieces of furniture will best har
monize with the rest of the room, or stiff
carved chairs in dark mahogany. An
old fashioned desk, such as was in con
stant nse in New England years age, or
any antique table or stand will find a
suitable abiding place here. Brooklyn
Eagle. ' .
The Trouble With tho Pepper.
The lato P. T. Barn urn, being a pro
nounced joker, turned also his witty
faculty to use. When ho told the Adiron
dack landlord, with great solemnity, thai
he. hesitated to find fault with anything
about the hotel when so much was agree
able, he was urged by the landlord by
all means to be frank and do so. "Well,"
said Barnum. "it is only one .thing; I
have discovered with regret that your
pepper is half peas." The landlord de
clared it could not be; bnt, on being as
sured that Barnum knew pepper as well
as ginger, he wrote a caustic letter to his
grocers about sending him such stuff.
They, knowing doubtless who the real
complainant was, wrote back that if he
would spell "pepper" he would find half
of it composed of p's, and that that
which they sold had only the amount the
orthography required. Printer's Ink.
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SAMTKI.. I.. HKiMiKS.
Voluntary yignal Corp" Observer.
following letter was received by a physi
cian Irom a man whom he knew, prac
ticing medicine, and desiring counsel :
"deer Dock I havo a pashunt who's phy- j the near future.
sical sines shows that the wind-pipe has j
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down into his stumicki have given him i Chicago, Jan. 5. John B. Carson,
everything without effekt his father is j ex-president of the Chicago & Western
wealthy horable ann influenshal as ho is Indiana Belt Line railroad, ex-president
a member of the assembly nnd g.l nose 1 of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
l dont want to loow hym what shH i (lu ; railwav, and who'had held many other
An Ex-Railroad President Dead.
What the Truffle Is.
- The ancient Romans, at whose sump
tuous banquets truffles played an im
portant role, supposed that their exist
ence was one of the material results of
thunder. More modern botanists have
classed it as a species of mushroom, bnt
it can scarcely be termed such. To be
exact, the truffle is a tuberculous fungus,
a sort of morbid extravasation of vege
table sugars analogous to oak balls or
nnt galls, and doubtless originating, as
these latter, by the sting of an insect.
Washington Letter.
ans be return male. Yours Frat."
j important railroad positions, died this
I morning, after an illness which com
pelled him to retire two years ago. .
Against the World.
Thurston Goodpasture, who lives six
miles south of Eugene, thi morning! The Inflnen.a In Belgium.
left nt the. fj,mr.i r,f7;,.,. i.. ..." ' Bi:isels, Jan. 5. The influenza is
green, and fullv headed out. which' he ! niS?'5? a11 over Belgium. Many cases of
pulled up in inn field today. What ' the disease including a number of fatal
place is there in the Ilnitoii st.Ati.-i thnt ones, havewxurred amoner members of
can furnish such a sample at this time j the colony for lunatics' at Gheel. All
Of the rear? "Ollr Orcs-otl"' h:w tho I t.iip si'!rinia nt. Millnon am plnwil l.ii
What He Hoped.
Mr. Do Brute My wife has a dog
which knows a hundred different tricks.
Wouldn't yoa like to have him?
Showman Indeed I would. la lie for
sale?
"No."
"Won't she sell him at any price?"
"No."-
"Then why do you uprvik to mo about
him?"
"I Was
bo.; ciiinatu. Ewjerte Guard.
' count of the influenza epidemic.
i steal him.
iu hi;
' Go:
yo:i would
A. A. Brown,
Kcepj a full assortment of
Staple and Faacy Groceries,
and Provisiops.
which heortere at Low fiuro.
SPECIAL :-: PRIGES
to Cash Buyers.
Highest Cash Prices for Kis anfl
other Produce.
170 SECOND STREET.
D.
P. Tkouvsos'
President.
J. SCHKKCK, II. M.CEAI.1.
Vice-President. Ownicr
first Rational Bank.
:he dalles.
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thing, neutral in nothing, it will, live only to fight
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Commencing with the first number of the second
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while the price ($1.50 a year) remains the same.
Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain
moie, reading matter for less money than any paper
published in the county.
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