THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1892.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER 'OF WASCO COUNTY.
Entered at the Pwrtcffiee at The Dalles, Oregon,
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Address all communication to THE CHROX
T.CLE," The Dulles, uregon.
tff Bobs Moodv desires the success of
. the republican ticket at the next election
he had best put a padlock on the mouth
-rf the fool ke has hired to run the
Times-Mountineer or otherwise put
limit on his rations of liquid refresh
ments. "Dead things crawl," says that
!1a nheet. ominously enough. If the
Mountaineer's borrowed latin is intended
to mean that Saturday's work was
Moody triumph, more than a dozen men
on the successful ticket will resent it as
an insult. If it was a triumph of Moody
it is the triumph of a boss who has
butchered every ticket he has helped to
make for half a score of years; it is the
triumph of a man who is bound hand
and foot to the railroad corporation that
has held us in its grasp for years ; it is
the triumph of a man who will bend every
' effort and sacrifice every principle to
control the state ticket, the only ticket
in which the masses of the people have
any real interest. In a word, if it was a
Moodv triumph, it was the triumph of
J the Bame man who became the eubserv
- ient tool of the Union Pacific last fall in
the efforts of that company to drive the
people's boats from the river, "Dead
things crawl," ay, that they do, and, if
"bossism always meets defeat in the re
publican party," as this silly braggarts
boasts, the party will resent a state
ticket dictated by a man who has proved
himself to be the most dangerous enemy
the )eople of Wasco county have to con
tend with today. Bossism in anyone
may be contemptible, bossism in Moody
is destructive anu calamitous.
The importance, of sending the right
kind of men to the state conventions of
the two great political parties cannot be
overestimated. The success of either at
the polls, eo far, at least, as the state
ticket is concerned, depends entirely on
the selections made. The local interests
at stake are entirely too great to allow
mere partisan politics to interfere. The
party that nominates a railroad man to
the legislature will be defeated. More
than this, the candidates must be clear
of all railroad influence. The Union
Pacific will watch tBe coming elections
and support with all its influence the
saen it can best use to serve its purposes,
Ahe spending of $100,000 by that com
pany would be a bagatelle, if so be it
could defeat another state portage. This
is the only regret we have in connection
with the outcome of the republican
primary elections. It gives a confirmed
and avowed enemy of the people
standing in the state convention,
standing he ought never to have had,
and a standing, if we err not, the people
will deeply regret. The dethronement
of Farley is nothing to the Chhosici.e.
Better men than he have been downed
The enthronement of Moody is
menance to the liberties of the people.
Today s dispatches tell us that Sena
. tors Dolph and Alien stood side by side,
in the senate yesterday, in a fight made
for the settlers within the forfeited por
tions of the Northern Pacific grant in
Oregon and Washington. The bill un
der consideration was proposed by Sena-
tor uoipn to return to the settlers on
these lands $1.25 per acre of the amount
they had paid when the land was sold to
them at the rate charged for within the
limits of the railroad grants. The bill
received favorable consideration in the
senate two years ago, but this year, for
some unaccountable reason, it was
antagonized both in committee and on
the floor of the senate by a strictly party
vote; the democrats in both places
maintaining that the money should not
be returned. No fairer measure ever
came before congress. Settlers who
paid $2.50 an acre for their pre-emptions
or commuted homesteads did so under
what was practically an assurance by the
government, that a railroad would be
built contiguous to their claims. The
road has not been built. The odd sec
tions have reverted so the government
gets the minumum price for the whole
and ought to return to the settlers the
excess which it has received, under what
has proved to be a false pretense.
There is no hope for a dalles portage
built by money appropriated by the gen-i
eral government. The effort to obtain
an appropriation was honest and well
meant, but it was a forlorn hope from
the beginning. If the government will
let the work by contract and have it
finished in two years the state can have
portage built by that time, and if the
stale ever builds the portage, it will be
built on the Oregon side of the river, and
this means infinitely more to The Dalles
and Wasco and Sherman counties than
if it were built on the other side.
- From the quantity of school latin in
the Times'Mountaineer last night it is
suspected that the editor must have dis
covered some fragments of his lost
"manuscripts."
We have repeatedly called attention to
the fact that the fees of the clerk and
sheriff of this county are outrageously
high. We make the statement and
challenge contradiction that the clerk's
fees amount to more than $10,000 a year.
The sheriffs' are not se large but they
too, must be cut down, to something
within the limits of reason and common
senee. We refer to this matter now in
order to sav that if the convention that
meets here next Saturday is not con
trolled entirely by the enemies of the
people, steps should be taken to pledge
each candidate on the legislative ticket
to work fof the passage of a bill that
6hall place these offices on a reasonable
salary or otherwise cut down the fees to
anmA reasonable limit. A good bill of
this character would save to the county
annually, a sum of money nearly equal
to a five mill tax on all the property in
the county. Will the republican con
vention so manifest its sympathy with
an overtaxed 'people as to attack this
imposition in the manner suggested?
Free coinage, says the Klamath Star, is
a hard blow at the day laborer. That
man is thick in the understanding who
cannot see that "free" silver is poor
silver for the poor laborer. It is wages
in metal whose purchasing power haen'
the strong pull of gold. A staple stand
ard of value gives our business trans
actions a strong heart, settled bargains
and safe calculations, but a proportion
weight of silver and alloy established by
fools and theives is sure to give business
the blues. But the wisdom of this
nation is not confined to party, for even
now both sides are shouting against this
fool and thief scheme of giving the
laborer a sterile dollar and business the
skimmilk blues. It is being pretty well
understood that the poorer the dollars
the poorer will be the earners thereof.
In a sermon recently delivered by Dr,
Parkhurst, the charge is made that New
York city, under the absolute control of
Tammany is governed largely by ex
divekeepers and crooks and ex-couvicts
and men whose detailed written history
would draw tremblingly near the verge
of obscene literature. It is a pretty try
ing state of affairs says the doctor, for
such as are attempting to improve the
moral condition of our young men
particular,to have officials high in power
against whom the aioet damning and
excoriating thing that can be done is to
publish their history.
The Pendleton Tribune rakes the Ga-
zette, fore and aft, - for expressing its
opinion on the congressional fight. We
do not desire to enter into any personal
controversies, says the Gazette, if Mr,
Leasure is the strongest man, we have
been seriously misinformed, and, too, by
members of the republican party hailing
from all parts of the district. There is
one thing we do know, that there is one
man who is spoken of for congressional
honors, who has nothing to - defend,
either in public or private life, and that
man is Hon. W. R. Ellis.
The enemies of Hermann are circulat
ing a silly story to the effect that he has
worked so hard in the interests of this
state that he is tired and worn out and
feels like resigning office and taking a
rest. A "prominent citizen", who is
also, doubtlass, a thoroughbred cam
paign liar, has had a letter from Her
mann to this effect. But the scheme
won't work. There is abundant evi
dence in Hermann's own ' hand writing
that he is in the field and in it to stay.
The weather in this section during he
past winter has been remarkable for its
mildness and the spring up to date is
everything that the .moat inveterate
calamity howler conld "desire. It is in
fact absolutely perfect and the man who
is capable of finding fault with anything
the weather clerk has done around The
Dalles for the past six months and more
would growl at the climate of the New
Jerusalem.
The republican county convention of
Clatsop county met last Saturday in
Astoria and elected delegates to the state
convention. . At the close of the meet
ing a resolution was carried instructing
the convention to vote for Hon. C. W,
Fulton for congress. Mr. Fulton res
pectfully declined and said he was not a
candidate for any office.
"Jonah has killed Dave Hill." Such
is the blood curdling announcement of
the Klamath Star. "Dave Hill," how
ever, is not Tammany's presidential
candidate, but an Indian policeman and
Jonah is hot the man who got into the
belly of the whale but a Klamath Si wash
who got into the belly of the jail.
A Willamette valley exchange says
the practice of carrying large sums of
money in the pockets is fast going out of
date. My ! how slow these Webfooters
are anyhow. Why in this side the
mountains, the practice of carrying
money in one's pockets has gone out of
fashion for many a day.
The Waitsburg Timet has a subscriber.
who has never failed for fifteen years to
call on the 16th day of March and pay
for a year's subscription to the paper in
advance. That man deserves a monu
ment. English sparrows have arrived in
Portland and strenuous measures are
being taken for their extermination.
The county conventions of the -two
great political parties are approaching
and there never was a time in the his
tory of this county when the necessity
was eo urgent that only the right kind
of men be sent to the state conventions
to nominate the state ticket. The
Chronicle has no candidate but it warns
the parties concerned tht if any one is
put on the legislative tickets of either
party who is even- remotely allied with
the railroad influence we will do every
thing . 'in our power, publicly and
privately to down him.
The Detroit Tribune says the Michi
gan democratic delegation lately visited
Senator David B. Hill and obtained
from him the statement that he was
not a candidate for the presidency.
Hill said, "I am ambitious to obtain that
high honor but I am fully aware, while
I might secure the nomination, I should
inevitably be defeated at the polls."
All he asked was that the Michigan del
egation should vote with New York as
New York always wins. The statement
is taken cum grano salts.
Senator Mitchell has succeeded in ob
taining an order from the secretary of
war, relieving the governor of Oregon
from responsibility for the loss of gov
ernment property in possession of "the
Oregon National Guard and destroyed
by fire at The Dalles, Oregon, September
2, 1891. Instructions have been for:
warded to the governor from the war de
partment, authorizing him to drop the
destroyed articles from his annua reports
for the year ending December 81, 1891.
A Portland paper announces that Joe
Simon proposes to be absent during the
coming election. It is stated that he
goes to Europe on an extended trip.
This will be good news to many, espec
ially the part that relates to the exten
sion of the trip. Probably the trip is a
political exile. A going up Salt Creek,
as it were, belore the election.
The Astorian says; packers last year
paid all the way from $6.10 to $6.75 per
box for their tin, an average of perhaps,
$6.50 per box. This year with tin at the
factory at from $3.10 to $3.25 per box,
freight, say 40 cents per box, and the
duty amounting to $2.40, the tin is being
laid down here at from $6 to $6.12, per
box, which is-a little improvement over
last vear.
The average weight of. a measured
buehel of Oregon wheat is sixty pounds.
This exceeds the average of any state in
the Union by half a pound. . It is half a
pound higher than California, a pound
higher than Washington, and a pound
and a half over the average for the whole
United States. North Dakota wheat is
the lightest, averaging only 56.8 pounds
per bushel.
The Portland Dispatch has revamped
the old lie about H. W. Scott's wanting
to succeed Mr. Dolph in the United
States senate. This particular lie is so
stale and ancient and maloderonS that
the Dispatch should have disinfected it
before it was again brought before the
public nostril. Compared with this one
Tony's tin plate lies are as fresh and
fragrant as the breath of a May morning.
Wamic Items.
. Wamic, Feb. 1, 1891.
Editor Chronicle :
Rev. Lee Holgate was in Wamic Sun
day March 20th, and preached in the
evening to an attentive congregation he
brought with him 'Miss Rose Holgate
and Miss Anna Heisler of Dufur.
As our crop season is quite through
with, we can occasionally pick up a few
leisure moments in which we can again
give you a few of the passing incidents
that take place in our part of nature's
habitation.
We were visited by quite a lively hail
and rain storm last Friday evening which
proved beneficial to growing crops and
ground that is yet to be plowed. The
winter grain looks quite favorable for a
good crop with most any kind of a
season.
We would like to tell Jimmy Jones
through your columns, that the people
respectfully invite . him to keep his
cricket tribe on the south side of the
river, as we have no U6e for them in
Wamic, but if he does not, we shall cut
all the trees and bridges that span the
river, so that they cannot cross.
Saturday the 19th, was a lively time
in Wamic. The Barlow State Grange
and the republican primary. Both
meetings the same afternoon was the
cause of quite a crowd assembling m the
city. Grange business and electioneer
ing ere the topic of the afternoon,
which made the meeting quite enthusi
astic. Born. To the wife of John Eubank,
March 15th 1892, a son. Mother and
child doing well. John is the happiest
man on Juniper flat. He thinks that
if the crickets do not eat him out, he
will have a good crop, and a boy that
will help him to gather it. - - : .
Uncle Toby.
The Sam of Appropriations. .
Washington, March 24. The sundry
civil appropriation bill amounts to little
more than $25,000,000, about $13,000,-
000 less than the similar act of last con
gress. The largest cut made is in the
items for public buildings. There is
also a saving of over $300,000 on account
of military posts. .
OFFICIAL COUNTY COURT REPORT.
SCHEDULE OP EXPENDITURES.
In accordance with an act entitled "An
Act to authorize the publication in coun
ty newspapers of the proceedings of
County Courts; and fix compensation
therefor." Approved, Feb. 11, 1891.
W Jobert8,- preparing specifica-.
tioriapod River grade.. $ 7 00
Road District No. 14, proportion
of 2 mill taV. 196 00
Road District Now, proportion
of 2 mill tax. . . . :Sw. . 55 00
State of Oregon, County of Wasco bs.
I,- J. B. Crosse n, County Clerk of the
county of Wasco, state of Oregon, and
ex-officio clerk of the. Circuit court, do
hereby certify that I have carefully com
pared the foregoing with the original en'
tries in docket of county commissioner's
court, March term, 1892, as the same
bow appears . in my office and custody,
and that it is a true and correct trans
cript therefrom, and the whole of said
original entries of expenditures of which
the salaries or fees are not fixed by stat
ute. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, and affixed the seal
l.- s. of said court, this, 24th day of
March, a. d. 1892.
J. B. Cbossen, Clerk.
By E. Martin, Deputy.
BILLS ALLOWED.
JosT Peters, Juror $ 21 20
J T Root " 4 90
Emil Schutz, witness 2 20
Chris Bills, witness.. 2 20
J B Condon, atty.. 5 00
E F Sharp, surveyor 18 00
T J Driver, viewer 4 00
Frank Uabel, ; 6 00
J N Moad " 4 00
W R Cantrel, chairman. 2 00
A V Anderson " 2 00
C W McCowan, marker 2 00
E F Sharp, establishing corners 8 00
Troy Shelly, reports of 45 school
districts 135 00
In the mattter of road district No 14,
it appearing that the proportion of the
2 mill tax is $196 Supervisor, Henry Hud
son was authorized to draw this amount
and expend the same on needed improv
ments of roads in his district.
In the matter of road district No. 8,
the proportion being $55 a similar order
was made in favor of Supervisor G. B.
Halver.
In the matter of bids for repairing the
grade leading to Hood River bridge, the
bid ef J. W. Harper being the lowest
the contract was awarded to him
for $415 and his bond fixed at $800. The
other bids were James McGinty, $720 ;
B. H. Thurston, $640; Frank Bolton,
$980; J. W. Morton, $1,542.14.
E. Schano, R. G. Closter and L. D.
Davis were appointed viewers, and E. F.
Sharp surveyor to view and appraise
damages in the matter of a road of pub
easement for Seufert Brothers, through
the lands of C. Coventon.
The report of the viewers and surveyor
of Tygh Hill road was read a second time
and the road ordered opened and estab
lished as a legal county road.
In the matter of operating and build
ing of the Tygh hill road
It appearing to the court from the pe
tition of the citizens of the southern
portion of this county, as expressed in a
public meeting of such citizens, and by
a committee of such citizens appointed
to represent the matter before this court
and from the personal knowledge of the
court, that the proposed road up Tygh
hill, is a great necessity, involving the
future prosperity of that portion of the
county, and consequently a great benefit
to Dalles City, and it appearing that
this is an extraordinary work, which will
require the expenditure of a large sum
of money, and the services of an expert
in the road making business ; and that it
is the wish of the people interested, who
have contributed means to aid in this
work:
It is ordered that Thomas J. Driver be
and is hereby appointed a commissioner
to build the said road. That he is vested
with authority to superintend and carry
on the work to the best advantage to
the county, and the construction of said
road.
mat tne sum oi $z,oou is hereby ap
propriated from the 2 mill tax levied by
this county for road purposes toward
the building of said road. And
it is requested that all contribu
tions, either of monies, work, or other
benefits to said road, be placed in the
hands of T. J. Driver, and at his die
posal for the building of said road to be
so used and appropriated by him.
That the said Thomas " J. Driver,
commissioner, be required to give
a bond in the 'sum of $5,000 for
the faithful discharge of his duties as
such commissioner, and that he be re
quired to take and file an . oath of office
for the faithful discharge of his duty as
such officer. That he shall receive a
compensation of three dollars per day
for his services in such office - during all
of the time necessarily' given in the dis
charge of the said duties as such officer.
And the county clerk is authorized to
draw warrants, not to excetd the said
sum of $2,000 In favor of said commis
sioner, for the said purposes, in such
sums as may be required by said com
missioner, after he has filed the necess
ary bond and taken his oath of office.
In the matter of the affidavit of H. W.
Steel, in relation to error of boundaries
of road districts 10, 12 and 25, it was or
dered that to avoid complications the
boundaries remain as they are till the
next January term of court.
The sum of $265.60 was apportioned to
road district No 4 from the 2 mill tax.
No bond having been filed in the mat
ter of the county road petitioned for by
Chas. Ehrck and others, the petition
was laid over till next term.
The court adjourned till Monday
April 4th proximo.
MARKET REVIEW.
THURSDAY, March 24, 1S92.
March so far has given an increase of
traffic in. all lines over the corresponding
period of last year, and trade in general
has been quite satisfactory in compari
son with other, spring business. Prices
are of an unusal character in merchan
dise, save in staple groceries, as for in
stance, sugar advanced on half a cent
per pound a week ago, but today is not
as firm and shows a downward tendency.
Coffee is very firm, and an advance is
expected, owing to the unsettled condi
tion of affairs in Central America and
Brazil. It will not be surprising if it
should be quoted several marks higher
at an early date.
In the produce market there is noth
ing worthy of mention as it is well sup
plied and prices are nominal.
The wheat market report are as usual,
week, with no encouragement for . an
advance in prices, but on the contrary,
a decline.
The wool market is without interest,
some reports come in that the stock on
hand of last year's clip in eastern
markets, has not been all sold and there
is no presentprices given -for the new
clip which will be of an excellent qual
ity, and much larger than that of last
year in our wool district. . Present
prices are low, and as a last year buyer
said, will remain low, with ou prospect
of a realization of last year's prices.
Our review is unchanged in corrections,
as last week '8 quotations contain with
the present. Eggs are a little short of
supply, but prices are the same.
There is some inquiry for fat primed
beef cattle, also for mutton sheep at
former quotations. '
Veal is getting plentiful and prices
are fair.
Wheat We quote 75 to 80 cents
per bushel. Seed wheat finds ready sale
at $1.00 per bushel. Corn in sacks $1.20
$1.2o per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is short of sup
ply. We quote 1.20 cents to $1.25 per
cental.
Barley The barley supply is fairly
good with a limited inquiry. Brewing
$1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental. ,
Flour Local brands wholesale, $4.50
per barrel at the mills $4.75 retail.
Millstcffb We quote bran at $20.00
per ton. Retail $1.00 per 100 tts.
Shorts and middlings, $22.50 $25 .00
per ton.
xIay lunotny nay is in good supply
at quotations $15.00 to $16.00. Wheat
hay is in market at $10.00 per ton loose,
and 12.60$13.00 per ton. and scarce.
baled. Wild hay is quoted at $12.00
13.00 per ton. Alfalfa $12.00 baled. Oat
hay $13.00.
Potatoes Abundant at 50 to 55
cents a sack and demand limited.
Butter We quote Al .50. 65 cents
per roll, and more plentifull.
Eggs Are not coming in freely and the
market strong, we quote 12W to 15 cents.
Poultry Old fowls are in better sup
ply at $4.00 to per dozen.
Hides .Prime dry hides are quoted at
.06 per pound. Culls .0405. Green .02)
.03. Salt .03.04. Sheep pelts
1.00 to $1.75: butchered, 75 to cents:
bear skins $6 to $8 ; coyote .60 ; mink 50
cents each ; martin $1.00; beaver, $1.75
3.00 per lb. ; otter, $2.005.00 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50- to $4.00 each : Red Fox,
$10.00; Dilon gray, $25.00; Black Fox,
$25.00; Pole cat, $.25 ; Wildcat, $.50;
Hedghog, $1.00 to $3.00.
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
02, ordinary and firm.
Mutton Choice weathers $3.25; 4
per tt in carcas.
Hogs Live heavy, .05. Dressed
.06; !
Countrv bacon in round lots .10.
Lard 51b cans .12 ; 1 10&
401b .08.09.
Lumber The supply is fairly good.
We ouote No. 1 flooring and rustic
$26.00. No. 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
$16.50. Rough lumber $9. to $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.50$2.60. Lath $2.85.
Lime $1.65$1.75 per bbl. Cement
$4.50 per bbl. ,
STAPLE groceries.
Coffee Costa Rira is quoted at 23
cents by the sack ;
Sugars Chinese in 1001b mats, Dry
Granulated, $6.J; Extra C, 5 cents
C, 5 cents.
American sugars Dry Granulated in
barrels- or sacks, 6 cents ; Extra C, in
do., 54 cents; C, b4 cents.
Sugars in 30fi boxes are quoted:
Golden C $1.80; Extra C, $2.10; Dry
Granulated $2.25.
Syrup $2.25 to $2.75 $ can, kegs 1.90
to $2.00 $ keg.
Rick Japan rice, 6J6) cents ; Is
land rice. 7 cents.
Beans Small white, 4(55 cents;
Pink, cento by the lOOlbs.
Stock Salt Is quoted at $17.50 per
ton. Liverpool, 50 tb sack, 70 cents
100 fcsack, $1.25; 2001b sack, $2.25.
Apples 1.001P$1.50 box and scarce.
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carrots
and onions, 1 cent per pound.
. IortIand Live Stock Market.
Portland, March 24. The following
prices of live stock in this market are
furnished by A. Fargher Sc. Co. : Cal.
steers, average 1,150 to 1,250 lbs., $3.90
$4.00 ; Grass fed steers, average 1,000
to 1,200 lbs., $3.25 $3.85; Grass fed
cows, average 900 to 1,100 lbs., $2.50
$3.25; Hogs, block, average 125 to 200
lbs., $6.15; Stock, average 80 to 125 lbs.,
$5.50 5.90; Grass fed sheep, valley,
80 to 95 lbs., $4.50 4.85 ; ditto average
100 to 110 lbs. $4.90 $5.00; Grass fed
sheep, Eastern Oregon, average 95 to 110
lbs., $4.90 $5.00. Th market is strong.
especially for sheep and hogs.
British Columbia proposes to increase
the Chinese head tax from $50 to $100.
The Wonderful Chinook.
- A correspondent at Calgary 'write as
follows: ."On Wednesday night, Jan. 20,
this part of Canada witnessed one of
those peculiar phenomena called- Chi
nook. The day was an ordinary winter
day clear, bright and frosty. About 8
p. m., without a sign of warning, a gale
sprang up in an instant. Those inside
rushed out to see a blizzard, but instead
they were met by a clear sky and s hot,
soft wind. In a few minutes the ther
mometer jumped from a few degrees
above zero to 48 above... The wind was
from a point or two north of west. A
change so sadden, though unusual, has
occurred before. But what seems strange
is that during all of this time the ther
mometer was 40 degs. below zero at
Laggan, a little over 100 miles west of
here, and in the mountains. A differ
ence of 80 degs. of heat in 100 miles
must be something wonderful. Yet the
wind, which was blowing a gale, and at
times almost a hurricane, was blowing
directly from Laggan. The wind and
the heat was maintained during the
greater part of the night, and the cold
was intense at the other point for all
that time. Now, the question 1 would
like to ask the learned men of the east
is, Where does the chinook wind come
from?" Toronto Mail
The End of a Connecticut Boll Case.
After the celebrated Wins ted bull case
was ended on Friday the bull was deco
rated with ribbons and flags and led
through Main street Upon the tipper
part of the bull's appendage the animal
had a handsome bouquet made of white
ribbons; his horns were garlanded with
yellow ribbons, around his body was a
surcingle, and each of his sides was
ornamented with an American flag. He
was a gaudy looking bovine, and his ap
pearance drew plenty of attention from
the crowd of people on the streets.
.. He is a small animal, not worth at the
outside over twelve dollars he was sold .
a few months since for ten dollars but
this lawsuit, occupying nearly a week
before a jury, with about sixty witnesses
on both sides, has brought his total cost
up to about $500 that is, reckoning the
costs on both sides, including lawyers'
fees. The man who lost the suit not
only loses the bull, but as one dollar was
given to the plaintiff with the bull; the
loser will have the costs of the suit to
pay, besides his own lawyer's fees. Beef
comes high sometimes especially bull '
beef. Hartford Courant
Married on His Deathbed.
Wednesday Stroud Van Meter and Miss
Spencer were married at Marengo, Craw
ford county, Ind., the bridegroom at the
time being on his deathbed. About ten
days ago Van Meter and two brothers
were injured by the premature explosion
of a blast of dynamite while working in
a quarry near Marengo, his injuries con
sisting of a broken leg and arm, the loss
of an eye and internal injuries iflaVwill
almost certainly cause his death. The
Wounded man and Miss Spencer had .
been for some months betrothed, and
were only waiting for an improvement in
their financial circumstances to have the
ceremony performed. When the acci
dent occurred the young woman insisted
that the ceremony be performed at jtace
in order that she might be at liberty to
care for her betrothed. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Millions of Bed Herring.
The waters of the inlet at this time of
the year are fairly alive with red her
ring. The general belief is that shipping
will drive these fish from any waters,
but any one standing on the deck of a
boat lying in the stream can see millions
of them now. Saturday afternoon sev
eral boys were observed fishing in the
old Indian fashion, and they secured a
lot of fish. The Indian method is as
follows: Take a slender pole about
twenty feet long and drive in on one side
a dozen or two of tenpenny nails; then,
sitting in the bow of- the boat, propel it
by paddling with the pole. The pole, in
passing through the water, catches the
fish on the nails. In this way a large
quantity may be caught in a short time.
Vancouver Telegram.
A Brave Conductor.
The conductor of a passenger train
near Saline City, Ind., a few days ago
by his presence of mind averted a hor
rible accident. The train was standing
at the station, when by some mistake a
freight train was backed upon the main
track. The engineer on the passenger
train, to avert a collision, reversed his
train and with tho fireman jumped. The
collision was slight, but the passenger
engine soon was running at a frightful
speed. The conductor, noting the de
sertion of the engineer and fireman, at
the risk of. his life clambered over the
tender- and closed the wide opened
throttle, stopping the train just in time
to prevent a collision with an incoming
tram. Philadelphia Ledger. ---r.
Eight Remarkable Marriages.
Eight of the most remarkable mar
riages on record took place within a few
weeks in the parish of St. Mane, Que
bee. Two neighbors named Marin and
Rhaeume have each eight children, four
sons and four daughters. Rhaeume a
four sons have married Morin's .four
daughters, and Morin's four sons, lave
married the daughters of Rhaeume.
Yankee Blade.
An Adjustable Propeller.
A recent English invention is a screw
propeller in which the blades can be ad
justed for maneuvering or can be feath
ered for running under sail. New York
Journal.
In a skating match which occurred re
cently at North Plain, Conn., between
young men, the prize contested for was
the hand of a young woman in marriage.
A German inventor is reported to have
devised an ingenious camera for taking
photographs . of the internal organs of
human beings and beasts.
Kansas produced nearly 60,000,000
bushels of wheat last year, and the acre
age this year promises to exceed that of
1891 by fully 25 per cent