C3 3 THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. 9, 1895. The Weekly Ghroniele. TUX DALLES, OKKGON Clubbing List. The Chronicle, which gives the news twice a week, has made arrangements to club with the following publications, and offers two papers one year for little more than the price of one : Regular Our price., price , Oroiiele aid S. T. IrikoH $2.50 $1.75 Aroiielt d Weetf j Oregoiiu 3.00 2.00 rcoiele and Wtekl; Examiner 3.25 2.25 ftioiielt aid Wteklj Jew York World. . 2.25 2.00 LOCAL BREVITIES. Saturday's Daily. Stag parties are so called, so it is said, because the men usually stagger home from them. ' t Connecticut has introduced an auto matic gallows ; those who have tried it . will use no other. San Francisco Bul letin. The store of Joles, Collins & Co. will be. closed Monday and Tuesday, the 7th and 8th, for the purpose of taking the annnal invoice. At 2 o'clock the thermometer here stood at 38, the barometer at 29.34 and falling, having lost 11 points since 7 o'clock this morning. The four delightful occasions of each day, the three meals and the evening fireside, are those at which all the mem bers of the family meet. The kindergarten will open Monday in the old rooms where it will remain for one week. After that the school will be held in the back room of the Baptist church. "J. G. Koontz remembered this office this morning with a nice selection of blotting paper bearing the advertise ments of the insurance companies he represents. The weather according to Mr. Pague, will be colder tomorrow, with enow. This may be all right for Eastern Ore gon, but in the basin around The Dalles we fancv that it is more likely to be rain than snow. The rotary got through to Bridal Veil shortly after noon today. This is beyond the worst of the snow, and the train is probably now in Portland. It is ex pected that a train will be worked through tonight nearly on time. Serviceable little mats for the wash- stand may "be made of bath toweling. After these mats have been cut the shape and size required, the edges are overcast and finished with a blanket stitch in Shetland wool. .Mrs. John D. Rockefeller has brought up her daughters very BenBibly. They teach in mission Sunday schools, and one, when a student at Vassar, used her pocket money to defray the expenses of a poor girl at the same college, The sound of the sleigh bells and the tooting of the tin- horns last night gave notice that the sleighing, however poor, was being taken advantage of. The snow is deep enough plenty for sleigh. ing but does not pack well enough to make good footing for the horses. In Finland, more than in all other countries, women enter into the business of life. They are clerks, doctors, den tists, builders, managers of small com paniea and bank cashiers. - For the lat ter office they are especially sought-on account of their reputation for honesty, A dispatch from Bonneville at 1 o'clock, says the ice gorge moved out be fore noon. - - The weather is above the freezing point, and it is thought the river will be clear tomorrow, and it may be possible the Dalles City will reach the Locks today. - Monday's Dally. Probate court in session today and to morrow., ' License to wed was issued today to Chas. S. McGee and Ella B. Nolin. The sleighing is pretty' good below the bluff, and many took advantage of it yesterday.1 . '. Mr. French will show here next week, his agent coming up tomorrow to com plete arrangements. The local passenger arrived through from Portland on time today, the first time since the storm begun a week ago. If the fellows who ride behind the jingling sleigh-bells would kindly avoid our corner they would add much to our piece and peace of mind. Members of the literary society please take notice that tonight's meeting will be postponed, on account of the hall be ing used for church purposes. - County commissioners' court meets Wednesday and all bills to be acted upon at this term, must be filed with the county cleyk by tomorrow night. As we go to press, Mr. Birgfeld tells us all arrangements-for the McKee Ran kin theatrical troupe are declared off, and they will not show here at all. ;,The telephone line, which has been clown near Portland since Thursday, is again in working order, connections be ing made at 10 o'clock this morning. The ordinance about clearing side walks is much better obeyed by our citi zens than by the city itself. The street crossings are in anything but good shape. The roads through the country are not very well broken yet. Yesterday HonsN M. A. Moody and Senator Hilton went out to Boyd, and it took them five hours to get there. "'.' Owing to the cold snap and the rapid' lv-increasincr ice in the river, the Rezu lator will tie up tonight until further notice. The trips yesterday and today allowed her to clean up all odds and ends of freight in good shape. Just listen to those sleigh-bells, and then realize how hard it is to make a newspaper with the merry jingling jangling, measly things- making a fel low's fingers beat a tattoo on his copy everv time they pass, and 'that is twice a minute. In mentioning the Odd bellows in stallation program the other day, we in advertently failed to make mention of Miss Russell's recitation, which was pronounced exceptionally .good, as all those who have had the pleasure of hear ing the talented young lady, will readily believe. - It is really astonishing how . people will prevaricate. It has been telegraphed telephoned, written, expressed and freighted up here that there were seven feet of snow at the Cascades, but par ties who made the trip on the Regulator yesterday say that there was at no time over two feet of the fleecy at that point, the other five existed only in someone's imagination, and didn't cool its fervor either. A fine Chinook prevailed all afternoon yesterday, and the result is that we have only two feet of snow where we had three before. A cold wave swept down . . . ... from the east during the night, and the gentle Chinook hied itself away. In consequence of this, the thermometer registered 13 above zero this morning, and more than one average good citizen profaned a few times when the faucet refused to turn or the water to flow. Tuesday's Daily. County commissioners court tomorrow, There will be a meeting of Jackson Engine Company, at the council chamber at 7 :30 this morning. Owing to a enowslide at Oneonta last night, the local passenger from Portland did not leave that place today. It was raining at Pendleton this morn ing, and we may look for that same kind of weather here tonight, or tomorrow, It commenced snowing again at an early hour this morning, and the pros pects for another blockade are exceed ingly good. Friendship Lodge, K. of P., installed its officers for the ensuing term last night, and also raised four Esquires to Knighthood. Just cast your eye, one ot them is enough, on M. HonywHl's new ad., as it will appear tomorrow. You will find something to interest you. Nine carloads of hogs arrived here from Weiser, Idaho, and other points east of us on their wayp Troutdale. Many of them are dead, and the smell is enough to stop the ice in the river. The new telephone system seems to be getting a large number of subscribers and it is probable there will be nearly 200 phones put in. It will- be extended to any point in the city limits, and will be operated day and night. There were but few sleighs on the streets today and the tinkling bells were unheard. All morning the snow came down steadily and all afternoon a light drizzling rain fell. In consequence the streets and sidewalks have been de serted all day. D. L. Cates, or "Curg," is in the city, shaking hands with his friends, which means nearly everybody in the city.- He is much pleased with the Locks, though he says it is dull there now on account of the work being shut down by the snow. Sometime since, the Gibsons, husband and wife, were tried before Justice Da vis for a trifling offense and found guilty. As .they expressed a desire to leave the county, the- Judge suspended sentence, but told them if they came back they would have to take their pun ishment. " As they returned a day or so ago, a commitment was made out for them today. It is quite probable that their next move will be to the insane asylum. , The river is blocked with ice this morning from Crates 's point up to the Regulator wharf and is steadily filling up above that ' point. The Regulator got up steam this morning, anoMorcing her way through the shoTe Ice went into winter quarters at Hungry harbor above the city. Today the sentence imposed by the white man's laws on Caroline, expires, and she will be again given the wild freedom of the forest, if she wants it. However, the chances are that the fall ing, snow and dreary landscape will cause here to eschew the liberty of the foothills and to drown her sorrows and forget her woes at the first opportunity. Rev.' W. H. Sellick on Sunday even ing preached a sermon from the theme "The Dance of Death." He treated the general subject of dancing and then took up the charity ball to be given at Fra zer's opera house. The persons who are active in making preparations were re ferred to in severe terms as contributing to the recognition of an institution which is productive of immoral results. His remarks were most emphatic and he scored the charity ball idea very severe ly. East Oregonian. . v ' The English Literature class, with a few invited friends, were entertained by Mrs. A. R. Thompson and Miss Rucb at the home of the former last evening, when the reading of "Macbeth" was the principal feature of the evening.. The different parts were well rendered, that of Macbeth -being taken by Mr. Nicho las Sinnott and Lrdy Macbeth by Miss MeliBsa Hill. - Food for the mind was not the only, kind partaken of, for a dainty lunch was served after the read ing, and then games occupied the latter part of the evening, which served to divert thoughts from murderous deeds and the vision of Banquo's ghost. Dnfar Doings. The New Year was christened by a heavy snow "storm that makes it very bad for all stock that are not under shelter. The snow fell steadily for about twenty-four hours, covering the earth to the depth of two feet on the level, mak ing it very disagreeable under foot, Snow plows, large and small, brooms. shovels, etc., are seen on every side, in dustriously plied by a sturdy hand Old King Frost, assisted by the north wind, has forged his ice chain upon ponds and creeks. Here and on every hill is seen the small boy (or rather he is heard.-for sometimes the volume of gentle voice is greatly in excess of his stature) coasting and skating at the im minent danger to his cranium, and the anxious mother is ousy applying arnica and plasters, and generally soothing the woes of this active member of every houeehold. Now is the farmers holiday, but he ac cepts- it with ill grace, eeemingly be- gruding the time that he has to be idle, Mr. A. Canfield of Boyd was in town last week. Mrs. J. Craft is confined to her bed by sickness, and the two children of Mrs Laura Hinman are sick with the scar- letina. Mrs. Polk Butler is spending the holi days on the Ridge at their farm, leaving Omer to act as "chef" and Roy to. wres tie with the pots and kettles. The W. L. S. bonbon social Saturday night was enjoyed by quite a crowd of young and old. A spicy literary pro gram, interspersed with music and sing ing, commenced the exercises of the evening. . Waldo Brigham read a comic selection of "An Old Darky's lecture on Apples." Ruby Slusher recited "Her First Let ter," which was nicely done for the first attempt. .Pearly Woodford spoke -'Small .Dress making." Little Tcody Warren, only 3 years old, ' recited "Dickory, Dickory Dock," without a blunder. Katie Whipple and Jennie Moore spoke their pieces with credit to them selves. Albert Haynes deserves mention. He recited with great distinctness for one eo young. One ot the striking features of the evening was a recitation by Amy John ston, which is a very pathetic piece and was executed in a manner deserving much praise. She was dressed in rags with her long hair hanging, which with her excellent delivery, made it more impressive and was met with loud ap plause. The company then formed in a grand march, making a very comical appear ance as thev went to and Iro, wearing the bonbon caps, which were of many different shapes. Games were indulged until 11 o'clock. All spent an enjoya ble evening. New Year's night was celebrated by the masquerade ball. A large assem blage ot spectators and maskers crowded the hall. ' The scene was one of gro tesqueness, composed of a fantastic mix ture of gaily-dressed, nimble-legged clowns, fair brides, dainty flower-girls, Japanese ladies, sailor boys, yachting girls, bootblacks, negroes, negresses, and almost every character imaginable, was here represented. Among some of the most noticeable was a costume as "Sunflower" by Mrs. Mary Vanderpool, which showed much skill and taste in the arrangement. T. H. Johnston rep resented a cavalier of the 16th century, and well did he do it. Mrs. Laura Johnston was "Sleighbells," and re ceived a prize for having the pret tiest ladies' costume. She was dressed in white, dotted with snowflakes and frost, while a string of silvery sleighbells responded to every movement of the wearer. Ann Neal represented "Dufur flouring mills." She was dressed in a plain dress entirety made of flour sacks the letter side out. She gracefully bal anced a sack of flour on her shoulder. while miniature sacks were hung about her. It was one of the best sustained characters. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. H. Dufur went as King and Queen Cotton, and took one of the prizes. . James Staats acted a negressj and he did it to perfec tion, for very few knew him. It- was well worthy of note. The "German Doctor" was effectually carried out by A., Howie.' Dan McDonald was dressed as an bid lady, and received the booby prize, which was a Chinese doll.' He looked very motherly as he administered the proper chastisement to the inoffen sive doll. . Mrs. Ed Bohna received the first prize for the best sustained ladies' character. . She was a Japanese ' lady. Thos. Glavy received the. first prize for the best gentleman . character, as an Irish lord." Over seventy-five num bers were sold, and dancing was carried on until the "wee sma' hours" of the night. - ' Quiz.- - Notes of the Storm. Last night the dispatcher's office of O. R. Sc N. was moved out to Trutdale from Portland and the first news from mat village received lor sometime was sent through on the wires. -. That was the nearest point to Portland at which the telegraph lines were in working con dition. There had been about fifteen inches of snow, and Thursday afternoon and night a tremendous fall of sleet wrought destruction on all sides. The street cars are tied up, the streets block aded, telephone, electric, telegraph and rapt the trolley wires are down all over the city, which is in darkness, not an electric light burning. It will require practi cally a new system of wires for all of these plants as the down wires have to. be cut and put out of the way at once. The electric cars to Oregon City, Van couver' and the city suburbs are all abandoned, and the telegraph lines are down in all directions from Portland for a distance of twenty miles. "Oyer this same" area the fruit trees are about ruined, being broken down "by the weight of the sleet. The damage from this source is immense, but cannot be esti mated until the snow disappears. From Bonneville to Troutdale the O. R. & N. is blockaded. A terrific wind storm swept across from the Cape Horn country and at Latourelle the snow drifted on the track to the depth of 30 feet. At the Cascades there is about 7 feet of snow on the level, gradually de creasing from that to the east, to 3 feet here and one at Arlington. The rotary snow plow from La Grande was sent for and arrived here this morning. It was expected that No. 1 could be worked through to Troutdale and possi bly Portland sometime tonight. The river is frozen solid at Bonneville, and the boats sent out by the O. R. & N. to attempt to reach Bonneville yesterday, could not get beyond Vancouver, the river being blocked at that point. The Regulator left on regulalar time this morning, and will probably find her way to the Locks, but it seems assured that the Dalles City will not meeet her. It is barely possible the ice gorges of the lower river may have moved out as the weather is not cold, but there is not much hope of it. The O. R. & N. expects to get a train through from Portland tomorrow, but nothing can be done until the wind lets up at Latourelle, as the drifts fill up in a few minutes after the rotary has forced its way through them. The center of the terrific sleet storm seems to have been at Portland, though wires are down all over the Sound coun try, indicating that it got its work in there. Want s New Conn ty. , Mr. A. R. Lyle, a prominent resident and stockraiser of Crook county, was in the city yesterday, and will not return home until after the close of the legisla tive session, he representing his country in that body. Mr. Lyle is one of the leading republicans of Southeastern Oregon, and his election as member of the legislature in a county strongly dem ocratic, attests his popularity. He states that stock in Crook county are in good condition, and. taking the winter well. One week ago there were twenty ihches of snow on the range, but now it is rapidly disappearing. Mr. Lyle says that the people in bis vicinity are anxious to have a new county formed out of the eastern part of Crook, the northwest portion of Grant, and a slice frjm the southeast part of Grant, and a bill is prepared for such purpose. Mr. Lyle has agreed, if the majority of the taxpayers living within the lines of the proposed new county will join in asking for the same, he will introduce the bill, and do what is in bis power to secure its passage. The sheep men of Crook county are hoping for better times, and better prices for wool, when the present democratic administra tion goes out of power, and the republi cans again assume control of the govern ment. Until then they are content to live as beet they may. Mr. Lyle left for Southern Oregon last evening and will return to Portland during the week. Degree of Honor. Wednesday evening there was a goodly number of members of Fern lodge out to witness the installation- of officers, not withstanding the snow was falling fast and the streets were well nigh impassa ble. The installation service was per formed in a very pleasing manner by Mrs. Mary S. Myers, past chief of honor. The following officers were duly in stalled for the ensuing term : Mrs.' B, J. Russell, chief of honor; Mrs. Maggie Herrin, lady of honor ; Mrs. Alice Runyon, chief of ceremonies ; Mrs. Evelyn Eshelman, recorder; Miss Cora Joles, financier; Mrs. Ollie Stephens, receiver; Mrs. Annie Urquhart, usller; Miss Mabel Sterling, inside watchman ; Miss Emma Jacobson, outside watch man. .... The Degree of Honor is a social organ ization for the wives, daughters, mothers and sisters of member of the A. O. U. W. "" " Real Estate Transaction. Frank X. Kramer to Charles B. Adams, all of lot 3, block A, of Kramer's addition to Dalles City; $200. Oak' Grove cemetery association to Waucoma lodge, No. 30, K. of P., ceme tery ground near Hood River. An Expert Contractor." Yesterday about noon Will Condon, who had lieen shoveling snow from the sidewalks in front of his residence in a desultory sort of a way for jr.st long enough to got an idea how big the con tract was, and also to begin to think that it was real wirked of him to do that work and deprive some needy person of the profits of the job, wn9 approached - . .... oy a Drawny, oroad-shouldered man, who struck him for the job. " "How much do you want," said Will, "to ciean the whole walk?" "I will work for ; four bits an hour," said the man.- "That's too much, "but I'll give yon thirty cents an hour," was the re ply. And then thev argued : ; "Won't work for that." '"Very well, I will pay no more." "It isn't enough." ; "Its all I will give.": And so it -went, neither labor nor capital conceding- the point, until finally the man said: "Well, need the work,' what will you give me tfi doit all?" Will sized that length of the walk up, made a mental calculation as to how long it had taken to clear the little spot he had gotten away with, and casting a furtive glance out of the corner of his left eye, said: "I'll give you $2 for the job." The man walked the whole length of the walk, had the work all pointed out so that there could . be .no dispute, and with a sigh remarked":' "Well, it ain't enough; but I need the money and I'll take it." "Sail in," said Will, passing over the enow shovel, and then he went into the bouee, got into his slippers and as lie warmed his feet and settled down to solid comfort with The Chronicle before him', he felt the solid pleasure of home surroundings, and commiserated the other fellow who was filling his place behind the snow shovel. Directly he saw a man ' with a . snow shovel on his shoulder coming to the door, and found his man had completed the work. He could scarcely believe his eyes, but realizing the work was finished he stepped outside to pay the man off, so that Mrs. Condon wouldn't know how high snow shoveling was. It took the man 40 minutes to earn $2. Will never kicked, but he told a friend of his it would be some time before he put an ad in The Chronicle as a contractor. . Don't Shoot the Robins. Complaint is" made that not only the destructiye small boy with his airgun and bean-shooter, hut men with shot gun and rifle have been killing robins in the past few days. The heavy snows have driven the little fellows down from the hills until they are more numerous here than ever before known. There is no reason on earth why anyone should kill them and the legislature was. so strongly of that opinion that it passed a stringent law against it. The least fine for the offense is $5, the greatest $100. The members of the rod and gun club do not desire to make trouble for anyone, but insist that all offenses against the game law coming to their knowledge will be vigorously prosecuted. This notice is published at their request, that all may take warning, and parents will do well to caution their boya that the kill ing of robins is against the law. It is contrary to a boy's nature to let a bird tempt him vainly to take a shot, but it will have to be done. A Wedding and a Death. We clip from the Antelope Herald the three items following: Married on Christmas day, December 25th, 1894, at the residence of the bride's parents, on Hay Creek, by Rev. Wade, Mr. Joseph McColIum to Miss Lydia Dunham. The happy young couple at tended the New Year's ball at this place. As we go to press the sad news reaches us of the death of Mrs. O. S. Boardman, one of the best known and highly respected ladies of Mitchell. She was ill only a few days. She leaves a husband, son, daughter and sister-in-law to mourn her death. 'Last Wednesday, January 2d, was the worst and most disagreeable day this section has witnessed for years. Early in the morning a heavy enow storm, or we might more appropriately say, a Dakota blizzard, set in, and kept it up with great fury until late in the night. Next morning fifteen inches of snow covered the ground more than has fallen at one time since '90. As we go to press" (Friday morning) a glorious Chinook is blowing and the "beautiful" congealed element will probably be all gone in a few' days. Odd Fellows' Installation. The Odd Fellows gave a public in stallation of officers last night to mem bers of the order and a few invited friends. An interesting musical and literary program was rendered, the feat ures of which were a piano duet by the Misses Nickelsen, piano and violin by Miss Ruch and H. A. Yorke, which was heartily encored, and a quartette ren dered by . Mrs. B. S. Huntington, Mrs. Chas. Corson and Messrs. Balle Johnson and Wm. Magee. The address was de livered by Hon.. John Michell and is pronounced by those who heard it, a masterly effort. . The officers were installed by P. G. M; Dr. Doane, after which all were invited to the room down stairs, adjoining N. Harris' store, where a splendid supper was Eerved by A. Keller. Abcut 100 persons were present. The Chronicle prints the news. - Why the Girls Laughed. All the girls in Hudsonville, Mich., have been trying to catch Adrian Van der Slouis ior a long time. Today they are all laughing at him. A fair maid of ' Jamestown, Ottawa comity, won him, and they were married last night. After the blushing bride had received the congratulations of her friends she, leaning on the bridegroom' arm, led the way to supper. The bridal cake was a beautiful thing, covered with a thick layer of soft sugar and chocolate. The cake had been too tempting for the bride's little sister. She had helped herself to a quarter section of it, but be ing unable to eat it before the wedding company went into supper, had hidden it under the table on a chair. That waa the" chair "'on which Adrian Van der Slonis sat, and Adrian Van der Slouia wore fine lavender trousers. He did not know that the cake lurked there. -. When he arose from the wedding feast and led the way out of the room" the guests began to laugh. The bride, a woman of nerve and quick perception, hurried Adrian and his lavender trousers into another room. Then with a sponge she applied gasoline where it would do the most good and soon all evidences of the chocolate were removed. Then the happy couple returned to their guests. But Adrian was ill at ease. Bashful at best, be was damp with per spiration and gasoline. He felt he must do something to distract attention from himself, so he passed around a box of cigars. All the men took one and lighted them. - Then Adrian Van der Slouis took one, bit off the end and put the cigar between his lips. Then he took a redheaded sul phur match and scratched it on his lav ender trousers. There was a pufl", a blaze, a yell of agony. "I'm afire!" cried Adrian, clutching his coat tails. . v By way of rendering the promptest as sistance all the young women shrieked. One man seized the water pitcher, an other ran to the well. Only the bride kept her wits about her. She grabbed up a hairy mat and put out the incipient conflagration. Adrian's trousers are ruined, and he ate his breakfast today from the mantel. But worst of all, the girls who tried to win " him 'are laughing at him. New York Heaid. Tirenty-Flre Cents to the Pan. A rancher lfving on Sutton creek a few miles southeast of Baker City, brought dozen chickens to town the other day and disposed of them to Mr. Waller Fernald, of the First National Bank, re ports the Democrat. Iu dressing-one of them gold particles were found in the craw. A few days alter the rancher came to town again and Mr. Fernald in formed him of the find and suggested that the rancher had better do a little prospecting for diggings in the vicinity of his home. The rancher on his return home began a search for gold in a gulch near bv and has been rewarded by a prospect of twenty-five cents to the pan. With the coming season Mr. Rancher proposes to turn his attention to placer mining. Needs a New Bone. Four inches of snow fell this morning, and the barometer went down 38 points blnce 5 o'clock last night, standing at 2 o'clock at 29.80. The lowest thermome ter last night was 10 above at '9 o'clock at which time a fog settled down oyer the city and the temperature commenced to rise. Shortly after noon it began to rain with the temperature at 26. The weather forcast from Portland for this place today waa fair, which is as near as that office has come to being cor rect in 98 straight guesses. It is to be hoped that when the' sugar echedule is settled, and the gold reserve gets forti fied again, Uncle Sam will buy the signal service office at Portland a new goose bone, for it needs it badly. . A Secret. If all the ladies knew thesimple secret that a had complexion is due to a dis ordered liver, there would be fewer sal low faces and blotchy skins. This im portant organ must be kept active and healthy to insure a clear and rosy color. Dr. J. A. McLean's Liver & Kidney Balm as a purifier, beats all the creams and lotions in existence and will pro- duce a more permanent effect. Removes bad taste in the mouth, offensive breath,' yellow tinge in the skin, wind on the stomach and that dull, billions feeling which sc surely indicates the torpid liver. Price $1.00 per bottle. Snipes & Kinnersly, Drug Co. . '''"." PERSONAL MENTION. . Saturday. Mr. Joseph Soesbe of Hood River is in the city. . Miss Matilda Hollister returned last night from a visit in Portland. Mr. C. H. Cummins of Endersby made this office a pleasant call today. Messrs. Ed M. Williams and John Weigle returned on the Regulator last night lrom a few days' visit in Portland. ' Hon. T. R. Coon , one of our legislators, ' is up from Hood River today and will re main a day or so before leaving for Salem. " - ' Mrs. Ford, accompanied by her daugh ters, Misses Elsie and Alice Ball, and son, .Ti ramie, returned from Portland yesteiuay morning. ' Andrew cottage to Kellar rent has a four-room tf