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ESS- DALLE3 ,VT2X!nLY The Weekly Ghroniele. OFFICIAL PAPER OF WA8CO COUNTY. COUNTY OFFICIALS. uty J Sheriff.. Clerk Treasurer..: Commissioners. . . Assam or. Bnrvnvnr Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Bhi.-lley Coroner N. M. Eastwood C. Blakeley T. A. Ward J. B. Crossen .......Wm. Miche:l (Jas. Damielle (Frank Kincaid Joel W. Koonts E. V. snarp CANALS , ARE POPULAR. The great waterways of this country re capable of a wonderful growth and improvement. The recent disasters pon the Mississippi should be guarded Against as much as circumstances will llow. And, speaking of the Mississippi, the day is not distant when its northern arm will be connected with onr inland oceans and a ship may sail from New Orleans to Chicago. Thn will come the Nicaragua canal, by which that same vessel may proceed directly into the Pacific and down the western coast of South America. There is no donbt that a shiD canal will be cut from the lakes to the Atlantic. Congress has al ready been asked to provide for surveys and make estimates, and when Brother Jonathan gets so far the end is assured, Canada is enlarging those waterways which would admit British war vessels from the St. Lawrence river to these lakes, and at present we have no a venae . of approach. Under these conditions, in a few years from date, the grey honnds of the ocean, will traverse lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior, ancnoring in Chicago and Dulutli. . A -direct connection via the enlarged Erie canal and the Hudson river will open up another stream for traffic to New York. Talk of ship building and re vived 'maritime interests! What will people behold who live another fifty years? That not only railway but naval supremacy belongs to this republic, and that supremacy will entail a commercial Importance which today is only feebly shallowed. The litigation between lawyer Goode and Alex Berry of Condon, still boils with unabated fury. Berry moved to Marion county about three weeksago, taking along a few head of horses on -which Goode claims to hold a mortgage. Last week he had Berry arrested on a charge of larceny by bailee, and Consta ble Carlisle went down to Salem and toroueht him back to Arlington. The Globe says Berry demanded a trial, and as Goode did not appear to conduct the prosecution, Squire Zeigler dismissed the case and Berrv was turned loose. Thus poor old Gilliam is "in for it' again to the tune of several hundred dollars unnecessaay expense. It would be a Brand thing for the country if the law compelled iroeeciuin witnesses in auch cases to give bonds for the costs, A Washington ' dispatch 'informs ns" that Mr. Hermann has obtained a de cision from the interior department which is of much interest to settlers upon ansurveyed lauds within railroad land grants.' A number of settlers in Oregon, residing within the unsurveyed indemnity limits of the Oregon and Cali fornia road, in the Willamette valley, had been denied the right to file their claims in the local land office upon the day the plats of survey were filed in that office, and these settlers submitted their case to Mr. Hermann, who ap peared for the settlers in the depart ment. The department now' decides that the order of restoration made August 15, 1887, which was-a revocation of the indemnity withdrawal as to that grant, embraces the nnsnrveyed as well as surveyed lands within the indemnity withdrawal, and that any qualified set tler thereupon, previous to the filing of lists of selections by the railroad com pany, is entitled to the land. People on the east side of the cascade mountains, anywhere within a reason able distance of the Barlow road, will all sign a petition to the legislature for a renewal of the charter to the road com pany. They realize that if it was not for the Barlow road company there would be no road, and without the r.uid there is a great many people who would be practically shut out from the valley. It would be money in the pockets of l-ebanoii, Albany. Salem, Oregon city, and seifish Portland, to make it a free first class road : but thev will never do ' A peculiar political incident has just been reported from Illinois. It was one of the funniest complications that the postoffice department has ever exper ienced. The town had a German demo crat as postmaster under Mr. Cleveland. When Harrison was elected he was suc ceeded by a republican postmaster, who died, and the office was then turned over to the widow. "When Cleveland was elected last fall the German demo crat thought that he also had been re elected postmaster. ' He appeared at the postoffice with a wagon and persuaded the postmistress to-allow him to remove the effects of the office to his place. Me has since been running affairs, fully con vinced that Cleveland's re-election re stored him as postmaster. Represent tive Hopkins reported the fact to the postoffine department and an inspector was detailed to restore the postmistress to her rights. it. Speaker Crisp is out in an interview in which he declares for an extra session of congress and states his reasons, which are much the same as those of other democrats who favor an extra session. Why an extra session should De held is not of as much importance as the fact that he tomes ont squarely for it. It is said that Speaker Crisp will be able to manipulate the present house so as to force an extra session if he so desires. 'Whether ne will do so or not is another question. Congress has adjourned for the hoi days, and will not reassemble until the - middle of the first week of January. while not a great deal has been accom - plished thus far, the arrangement of the appropriation bills is said to be well fftnder way, and their passage will be the principal work with which congress will deal until its adjournment with the in coming of the new administration. More than this is not expected, as con gress at the short session rarely finds .lime for general legislation. At a fire at the residence of Gen. Floyd . Aspinaall, in New York on the 22d, the crowd which gathered soon had the op portunity to see Mrs. Aspinwall.a hand some woman, perched on the roof of a bay window at the third story, attired in a wrapper, calmly hugging a jewel case containing jewels valued at 50,000. She was finally rescued, nearly dead, '. but will survive. . Enough has leaked out in relation to the' proposed new tariff sheet of the Great Northern to inspire much enthu siasm in Spokane. That city is to have rates which will enable her to hold a field distinctively her own. Where she bad controlling competition before she will in future have practically exclusive away ; and where she has bad no oppor tunities in the past, she will now have a free field of competition. . It - was thought the extraordinary measures taken by the authorities wonld prevent another outbreak of cholera in he spring at Hamburg, but indications . ow point to a recurrence of the disease iit epidemic form when warm weather aeta in. It may be interesting for local mem bers of the order to know that the Penn sylvania Odd Fellows pay on an average 4 every day in the yer for the relief wt their members, widow and Orphans. A Boston dispatch says the collector of that port has received a sweeping or der from the treasury department at Washington, concerning the importation of rags. The order absolutely prohibits the importation of rags from Paris, Rouen, Havre, Marseilles, Cherbourg, Dunkirk and Lorient, in France; all ports and places in Russia, Netherlands, Belgium, Austro-Hungary (except Trieste), Hamburg, Alcona and Kiewi., inv Germany. All other places where cholera is known to be prevailing or may nerealter prevail will fie included in the list. A glance over the country fnrnishes sufficient i-viiience in proof of the propo sition that he who conducts his farming in a diversified manner invariably reaps good profits. He raises everything that can be raised on a farm. Ii oie kind of produce finds a sluggish market, the others are certain to. make up for the ioss. He sells eags, butter, meat, fruit and vegetables, besides wheat and bar- i ley and oats. As a result there is per haps no man in the country more pros perous than" the man who farms in this wav. The latest -respecting the Panama canal scandal in Paris is to the effect that the book containing copies of the correspondence with Herz and Anton relating to votes in the senate and chamber of deputies in behalf of the Panama canal scheme, found in the office of the Panama canal company, is said to compromise a large number o! senators and deputies. There are let ters demanding money, together with the rates on which the payment was made. It will be the basis of additional prosecution. It establishes the fact of a blackmailer and go-between in the corruption of the legislators. The usual inquiry is: "When will work be commenced at the cascade canal ana locks ' Up this way the answer is: when? The Oregonian 'sometime Mince said: "'After the close of' the rainy season." At Cascade Locks that may be May. Then the water will be coming up too high for work. "The Lord only knows when work will be gin," suggests a Brother, ask Him. We give it up. This would be a suitable topic for discussion by The Dalles pro posed Bureau of Information. Hurry up the bureau. . The strong advantage of the French government lies in the conflict which always springs up between the Bona-: partisis and the royalists of the old regime whenever the republic' shows signs of weakness. - Either prefers the republic to the other, and both know each other. The indications are now strong that the present government has the army, the navy and the masses well under control, and that it will be able to subdue any revolutionary movement which the opposition may be capable of developing. The present snow storm has probably played havoc with freshly ripened ber ries which were .to hare been plucked from vines west of the. mountains on New Year's day. Notwithstanding this there is consolation in the thought that there are but few states in the latitude of Oregon producing ripe strawberries and raspberries up to the middle of December, as this state did. Secretary Foster will resign his port folio before leaving for Paris to act as agent for the United States before the Behring sea arbitrators, who meet on February 28d. As only three weeks will elapse between his departure and the end of the present administration the vacancy will not be filled. The use of nickel in armor-plates, and the probable increased demand, has stimulated the search for the metal long.known to exist in the Black Hills, and a South Dakota dispatch says Wood Thurlow, of London, while in Rapid City a few weeks sine, invested in numerous claims in Burnt ranch dis trict, near there, aud his property is now under development. Very rich ppecimens from large deposits near Har ney were brought in yesterday. The assays show a large per cent, of nickel and from $5 to $10 gold per ton. Numer ous claims have been staked along the nickel ledges. , . Report coiues from Washington to the effect that a number of ranchmen and other residents of Mexico on the Rio Grande border ;! tils claims for dam ages through the iepredationsof bandies and tlif i-Hik-d revolutionists from Texas. These bandits, while claiming to be of a political character, are noth ing less than freebooters. They intimi date settlers, take horses, cattle or what ever they see fit to appropriate. These claims, it is understood, will bp formally presented to the United States govern ment for indemnity on the ground , that the United States Is responsible for jiot suppressing the outlawry which origi nated in its territorv. - MONEY TO LOAN We have an unlimited aniount of money to loan - on aj .proved farm security. -. Thornbury & Hudson, The Dalles, Or SHERIFF'S SALE. Notice la hereb - riven that bv virtue of nn execution and order of sale, tamed out of the Circuit Conn of the state of Oregon, for tlie county of WaSco, on the 5th day of Dcnenibe: 18SCJ, to me directed and delivered. a suit " therein and theretofore pending wnerem j. a. uiiirora was piainnn William A. Hanna and Elsie Hanna wcre.de fendanta, commanding me to levy upin nd scu ceruuo real estate neremnit.-;r particular mentioned and described, to sutisfy the Mliu of I '.7a.4), with interest on said sum at the rate of eielit D- reent. wr nnnnin sin e the l;th diii November, 1S92, and the further sum of $11)0 at torney s lees, togetuer with the costs and :is burseinents. made and expended in tuiid suit. and the costs, charges and expenses of sale, I did levy apm and will on Saturday, the 21st day oi January, is, c me iroitt aooroi tnecouotv court house in Italics 'itv. Wasco county. Ore gon, at the hour of 2 o cuv-K In the afternoon of said day, sell at public auction t- the highest bid'ier for cash In h;i'nl, all of the fol mring- aescriDea real estate, n-wit: The north half of the southeast quarter and the east half of the northeast quarter of .-lection thirty-four (34) in township oue 1) nortu of range fourteen T141 east of the willnmelte me. ridian. In Wasco county, Oregon, to satisfy and pay saiu sums Roove mennonea. Dated this 22d day of December, 1892. T. A. WARD, ww.2u snenn ox wasco wountT. state ot ureg- NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. U. B. Land Offlcc, The Dalles, Or,. Dec. 3, 1892. 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 res-ivtar auu receiver at ice uaues, ur., on satuid :' Jan. 21, 1893, vi: Asa W. Whetstone, " Homestead Application No. 8846. for the SO S' and H'i of Section 29, T. IN. I.. 14 . He names the following witnesses to Drove hii continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz; 1-eter (jodfrev, John Kvan, An drew McCabe and Henry Ryan, all of The Pull-, or, 12.9-l.iS JOHN W. LEWIS, Register, NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. A queer story is told by the Cincinnati Times-Star as the failure of a Clermont county merchant a few weeks ago. While in that city he was attracted by the watches displayed in a pawn shop window, and steeped inside to examine them. Two or three persons from bis village happened to pass and saw him. They went home and gossiped about the matter. A report was spread that he was hard up, and had been pawning bis watch in Cincinnati. The report injured his business, and his creditors also be gan to press him. In a short time he was compelled to make an assignment. U. 8. Land Okfick, The Dalles, Or Oct 2, 182. Notice is herebv eiven that rhe following. named settler has filed notice of bis intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the register and receiver at The Dalles, Or., on December inu, lwz, viz: , H , Aaron " Toak, Hd.No. S638, for the SWU Sec. 29 Tp. 1 N, R 14 E. W. M. He names the following witnesses to nrnve his continuous residence upon and cultivation fa saiu ihuu, viz : . W. Allen, D. Hyre, A. McCabe and F. Hunt, aiioi i oe isanes, ur. 11 4W12.9 JOHN W. LEWIS, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. U. S. Land Office, The Dalles. Or., Nov. 2fi. 1S92 xmce is Hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make nnal proof in support of his claim, and inut said proof will be made before the register ami receiver at ine uaiies, uregon, on January ou, iao, vix: William H. Wolfe, Homestead application No. 8104. for " the folti .NE1,' and lots 1 and 2 of Sec. 4, 1 p. 1 6. R. 1-J ji. v . il, ... He n-imes the following witnesses to prove his (ifcininnons residence upon and cultivation of uiu iaiu, viz: , -'J. It. Hall, F. A. Obrist, D. D. Nelson and G Hell Is, all of The Dalles, Or. 12.2-6twl.fi JOHN W. LEWIS, Register. The Hillsboro Independent has a strong article criticizing some of the proposed amendments to the tax laws of the state advocated by the Portland chamber of commerce. That body seems to have two ideas which it calls reforms ; one to repeal the mortgage tax law, the other to exempt notes and accounts from assessment. The correspondence - ferred to discusses those points. Miners in Tennessee again threaten to release the convicts at the Coal creek mines. No one can tell jutt what they will do. There are about 163 men at Coal creek, and they are under strictly military discipline. The miners swear that the convicts shall be released before Gov. Buchanan's term expires. Whether they will attempt to carry their threat into execution remains to he seen. - Pioneer Bakery. Having airain reopened this popular bakery and employed the services of a first class baker, I am prepared to furn ish the public with the yery best of bread, pies and cakes on short notice ffext door to Cnrisman s Corson, Cor, Washington and Second streets, The Dalles, Ur. jeo. Ktch. . ADMINISTRATRIX' SALE. Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of an order from the County Court of the state of Ore gon, for Wasco county, made on the liith day of November, 1892, In the matter of the estate of a. U. Moore, deceased, I will, on the 24t'. day of December, lsyj, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. of said day. sell at public auction sale, at the door oi tne county court oouse, in ine Danes, Wasco county, uregon, tue xoiiowing-aescrlbea real property oeionging to tne estate oi A. u. Moore, deceased, to-wit: Lots 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12, and Wi feet off the west aide of lot 11, all in block 6 of Langhlln's Bluff Addition t Dalles City,-Oregon; said proper to be sold to the highest bidder for cash In han SARAH A: MOO..E, Administratrix. 2 Dated The Dalles, Or.. November 18th, 1892. Stwll.25-12.23 SHERIFF'S SALE. Fy virtue of an execution and order of sale, i sued ont of the Circuit Court of the State of -regon for the county of asco. to me directed. in the suit where n the S- llcitors' Loan and Trust Co. is plaintiff, and William F. Ouvtou. Mary E. tiuyton and D. McKelvey are defend ants, commanding n;e t" levy upon and male sale oi loose e- rtain pieces ana : arceis oi laud in Wasco county. State of Orearon. known and describe as the west half of the southeast quar ter and the east half -f the southwest quarter of Section four 4) in township o e (1) south of ar.ge thirteen (13; east o the Willamette merid ian, containing on- hundred and sixty acres, I nave mis aay levied upon saia land aud on Fri day, February 3d, 1893. at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m. of said day, in front of the Court house do'-r, m said county and state, I will Bel said land at public auction to tbe highest bidder inereior. t. A. WARD, Sheriff of Wasco County, State of Oregon. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. A WE WANT YOU to act as our agent. We furnish an expensive , ' outfit and all you need free. It costs nothing to Ine Snow and Consequent blocking Of I try the business. We will treat yon well, and ,).. .inatno. ., . . , ueip you to earn ten timet ordinary wages. Hotn the Street car lines has COSt the mer- sexes of all aces can live at home sad work in Chants Of Tacoma not less than II 0.000. Ctlmn time, or all the time. Any one any where , Tv,,vw' -can earn a grea deal of money. .Many have made One firm alone estimates its loss at $5,- Two Hundred Dollars a Month.. No class of 000 because-of the loss of two days' j wi"JSSJSLS iiS.TSS business. I Peasant, strictly Honorable, and pays better than anv otner onereo to agents. loo nave a clear field, with no competition. We equip yon with everything, and supply printed directions for beginners which, if obeved faithfully, will bring aore money than will any other bnsiness. 1m- uffiT, mnr nrfMfMAta I A'hv nnt 9 V.in n-n tin n lion dollars by the death of an ancle in ' aail? nd surely at work for a- Seasonable t-. , . , . - . : Industry only necessary for . absrlnte success. Devonshire, England. He says he Will : Pamphlet circular giving every part Malar is sent i Bee to all. Delay not in sending for it. OKOBGK 8TINSON CO., ttz No. 8, PorUaayd, Me. A young printer by the name of E. F. R:-Dawe, has fallen heir to "half mil- invest in Spokane. Fred Grant of the Seattle Pot-Intelli gencer haa been appointed minister to Bolivia. .-V Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878. U. 8. Land Office, The Dalles, Or., Feb. 23, 1892. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of conrresa of June 3, 178, entitled "An act for the sale of tim ber lands In tbe states of California. Orearon. iicvMjauiu aamiigbou .territory, Thomas C. vargher, Of Dufur, county of Wasoo, sate of Oregon, has tins uay mea in tois omce nis sworn statement for the purchase of the NJ-j of NE'4, SK?4 of auu rco;i "i oi eec. no. is, in town- shin No. 2 S.. ranee No 14 K. W. M.. and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more vaiuauie ior lia amuer or stone man tor agricul tural purposes, and to establish bis claim to said land before the register aud receiver of this omce at ine uaues, ur., on uie 3d day of Febru ary, 1893. He names as witnesses: Robert Harrison, of Nansene, Or., Murdoch HcLeod, Of Kingsley, Or., John Adams, of Nansene, dr.. and John Murray, of Kanseue, r. Any and all persons claiming adversely the aoovje -cnoeu innas are requestea to me their claims in tlhs office on or before said 8d day of February, IMS. 1Udw&'. JOBJT W. LEWIS, Register NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION. D. 8. Land Office, Tbe Dalles, Or., Nov. 21, 1892. 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, at The Dalles, Oregon, on January 11. 1893, viz: . K. D. Pitcher. Homestead Application No. OSSS for the HEUof Sec. 26, Tp. 4 S. R. 14 east. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, vix: C. L. Morris, Van Woodrnfr, Charles Haywert and Ed. Wing, all of Tygh Valley, Or. Any person who desires to protest against tbe allowance of such proof, or who knows of any substantial reason, tinder the law and the regulations of the Interior Department, why such proof should not be allowed, will be given an opportunity at tbe above-mentioned time and place to cross-examine the witnesses of said claimant, and to offer evidence in rebuttal of that submitted by claimant -etwIL2s-12. . JOHN W. LXWIS, Register. MlSS ANN A. PETER SCO. r Fine Milli nery! 112 Second St THE DALLES, OR PAUL KREFT DEALERS IN & CO, PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS, And the Most Complete and the Latest Patterns and DesisjiiB in Sh.,5f urfrllt'ul PajnTte," w1 VApe,T lia,1Kerfi- ot the lst brands of the Sherwin-V il .ams and J. W. Masnry's Paints- need 'n all our-work, and none but the mosL skilled workmen employed.- Agents for Masury Liquid Paints. No chemical combination or soap mixture. A first class article il all colors. All orders promptly attended to. Store and Paint Shop corner Thirdand Washington Sta.'. The Dalles, Oregon Freeborn & Company, DKALBRS IW Wan Paper ana goo ti moLiiaings, 295 ALDER ST., COR. FIFTH, ti. NcifBiR 95, Portland, Ohioon. WE HAVE THEM! All the Latest Novelties for the Holidays, CONSISTING OF . NECKWEAR, MUFFLERS, HANDKERCHIEFS, SUSPENDERS, , GLOVES, ETC. jOHNC.HERTZ, 109 SECOND STREET, THE DALLES; OREGON. NEPTUNE SHAVING PARLORS AND BATH ROOMS, FRAZER & WYNDHAM... Proprietors.' . - At the old stand of R. Lusher, no Front St. The Dalles, Oregon. 'There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at its flood. leads on to fortune" The poet unquestionably had reference to the Cnv-i Sale I Fraiii & Cane is at CRANDALL & BURGET'S, Who are selling these goods out at greatly-reduced rates. MICHELBACH BRICK, - - UNION ST. FIRST CLASS J Pi CAN BE HAD AT THE nn M niTlH" iu U A ' I CI p. UUH C H RON I CLE O FFICE Reasonably Ruinous Rates.