THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1895.
Tbe Weekly GhForriele.
TH UALLKS - llltKUUN
Entered at the postoffiee at Tbe lMllts, Oregon,
as second-clatia mail matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
ajvernoi W. P. I.ord
Hocretary of State II K Klncald
Treasurer Phillip Metscban
Bnpt. of Public Instruction U. M. Irwin
Attornev-Gcneral C. M. Irtleman
u. ' SO. W. Me Bride
0,""'" jj j Mitchell
IB. Hermann
juusirai,icu j,y R Kills
Sate Printer. W. 11. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.'
County Judee.... Geo. C. Blakeley
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A. M. Kelsay
Treasurer Vm. Michell
. , ( Frank Kincaid
vuumjuuui )A.B. Blowers
Assessor F. H. Wakefield
Surveyor E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . . Troy Shelley
Coroner W. H. Butts
DAY VERSUS POST.
The Dalles, Or., Nov. 9, '95.
Editoh Chronicle: The Pendleton
Tribune quotes Major Post as having
lately eaid that tbe locks at the Cascades
will not be open for a year or more, and
the statement will go a long way with
many who have noted with sentiments
bordering on disgust tbe numerous de
lays that have marked the progress of
this work for almost a score of years.
Yet, possibly, Major Poatdoes not know
verything and, whether or no, bis
prophecy is at variance with a statement
made to me only three days ago by Mr.
I. N. Day, one of the contractor?, while
showing me over tbe works. Mr. Day
said in substance:
'"Our contract, which covets sufficient
work to leave the locks open for traffic,
will expire next March. We have asked
for no extension of time beyond that
date and ha'3 no intention of asking for
tiny, unless something shou'd occur
altogether outside the line of probability,
Our firm has greater direct interest in
the speedy completion of the work than
any outside party. The government
holds back $150,000 of our money till
such time as the contract is finished.
We are now employing about 500 men.
Half of the last gate is in place and the
other half will be in swinging order by
December let. The hydraulic machinery
for operating tbe gates is on the way
here and a force of men is already pre'
paring the bead works, a mile and a half
from here. With ordinary, reasonable
weather all the stone work involved in
our contract can be finished in thirty
days. The same can be said of the
lower entrance to the canal, where a
large working force is making rapid
progress. The heaviest work is at the
coffer-dam, where there is a core of
about 40,000 yards of dirt and rocks to be
removed. Of this we are taking out
from Bix to seven hundred yards a day
and will increase this amount after the
present week. If nothing outside the
ordinary course of events shall happen
we shall certainly have all the excava
tion work finished in two months from
now. The concrete work on the floor of
tbe upper canal will be but a short job
and our work is done and the canal will
he ready for the passage of boats. We
know no reason why the locks should
not be open for traffic by the 1st of
March and we are doing all in our power
towards that end."
I shall only add to this statement of
Mr. Day that everything that came
under my observation, during the couple
of hours I spent in looking over the
works, indicated perfect good faith on
the part of the contractors. Messrs.
Day may not have the locks open on the
1st of March. but they certainly appear to
think they will, and ieem to be doing
all in their power to that end, and my
own opinion is that they wil' accotn
plish it. Hugh Gouelay.
CONTRADICTION.
A remarkable exposition of human
nature is being displayed in our larger
and smaller journals in its most contra
dictory development. This is accom
panied with a enarliriess of temper, that
seems most unbecoming any sort of man
hood. We say manhood advisedly, for
we have not yet observed whether the
editorial sisterhood, have coincided with
the drift and spirit of these remarks.
Were it exclusively belonging to them,
as it most assuredly is not, the world j
would say, "thev growl because thev
were not asked to the wedding." As it
is, we are forced to conclude these growls
must be a tign they, these editors, are
disappointed in their affections, finan
cial or some other kind. And even
granting this to be the case, nne would
hardly expect a full grown man, no
matter how badly he felt snubbed to
compare an . American young lady, of
good behavior, good education, with
nothing to be said against her presuma
bly except that she married whom she
pleased, to a dirly . squaw ! For the
credit of American journalism, we hope
these things will stop, and that future
Englishmen or any body else who can
win a bright American wife, may be
permitted to do so unmolested without
raising snch a yelping halloo, as our
papers have recently been filled with so
largely.
Especially we hope that when a man,
bearing a name honored by many, does
. something the American people do not
fully approve of, they will not think it
becoming to shout after him "Your
grandfather was a stable boy i'J, or any
other similar epithet. yhat itJxe waa?
Have we not been trying for more than
a century in this country to prove that
"a man's a man for a' that?" Let us
live up to our professions, and hold
every man accountable for his own per
sonality, be he descendant of canal boat
man, rail splitter, tanner, or of "Jack
Churchill, the stable boy."
ST. LOUIS AND SAN FHANCISCO.
As it becomes every day moie certain
that the Republican National Conven
tion will nominate the next president of
the-United States, the list of cities who
wish to be chosen for the place of hold
ing the convention is increasing. St.
Louis is the latest aspirant for the'honor
and offers some cogent reasons why the
big meeting should be held in that city.
It is urged that Missouri has no candi
date for the presidency, and the conven
tion would be thus freed from any local
influence, such as contributed to the suc
cess of Lincoln in 1SG0 at Chicago.and to
the Cincinnati nomination of Hayes in
187(5. While the feeling of the state
where the convention is held has proba
bly little to do with nominating the man
whom the convention considers politi
cally the strongest yet, the argument is
one frequently used, and in a dearth of
other reason may have some merit.
Since no citizen of Missouri is seeking
the nomination, the distinguished gen
tlemen, in whose hats the bee is buzzing,
would enter on a clear track. Another
argument which the people of St. Louis
put forth is that holding the republican
convention in a southern state, even if
only so far south as Missouri, would do a
great work in stimulating tbe southern
republicans who have recently shown
laudable determination to break away
from democratic domination and obtain
republican success at the polls, as
evinced by the elections last year in
Missouri and West Virginia and this
year in Marvland and Kentucky. The
third advantage claimed by St. Louis is
its physical superiority ; its situation as
a railroad center with abundant tele
graphic facilities and ample hotel accom
modations. Since 1888 when the demo
cratic convention met in St. Louis, it is
claimed that that city has made great
advances in the facility with which it
can handle large crowds.
The entering of St. Louis into the con
test of cities, if pressed vigorously, will
undoubtedly interfere with the claims of
San Francisco, and yet it should not. As
long as the republican committee con
tinued to choose Chicago as the place of
meeting there was heard little, if any,
complaint throughout the country.
lb rough being selected as the meeting
place for successive conventions the
"windy 2ity':hadcoineto be looked upon
as having the first right to be considered
and bear the name of the "convention
city:"' but since the national committee
saw fit to break away from tradition and
three years ago chose Minneapolis, other
cities have now the precedent for put
ting forth their claims. Among all the
contestants San Francisco is tbe most
worthy of recognition. The far East,
the middle West and the South have all
been honored by having the republican
convention meet in their borders, and
now it is the time for the West to be
recognized. San Francisco can offer all
St. Louis can, and more. California
has no candidate, and while Western re
publicans need no incentive to more
enthusiastic loyalty to the party princi
ples, yet the fact that one of the Pacific
states was chosen would cause great sat-
faction to the workers in the ranks.
San Francisco is large enough to easily
handle the immense crowds attendant
upon the convention, while it has a
climate unequaled and a hospitality un
paralleled among American cities.
The Golden Gate city has made great
promises, but it can fullfil them all.
Never was the time for holding the con
vention west of the Rockies so propi
tious a now. The West is recognized iu
literature, finances and commerce; why
not in oolitics?
The New York state board of health
has been vigorously looking into the
adulteration and the deterioration of
drugs, and out of 8,305 samples of drugs
investigated during three years not one
half were rated "good." These samples
had to be obtained with caution and
secrecy, and were taken from shops from
all parts of the state. Many of these
drug9 are not much U8ed) but lhat ia
excuse for their not being what they are
represented to be; and Dr. Tucker, the
chemist of the board, thinks that some
valuable and well-known old-fashioned
remedies, have fallen into disuse because
the thing that made them efficacious is
left out in the simulacra sold. Twenty
six out of 123 samples of chloroform were
found to be impure; and as now and
again we hear of deaths from chloroform
(very rarely, it is true), may it not be
that in the country shops an inferior or
adulterated article has done the mis
chief? The East Oregonian and Tribune,
Pendleton's daily newspapers are en
gaged in a journalistic war which, just
at present has the appearance of a fierce
conflict. As a general rule, newspapers
accomplish more when they devote all
their energies to buildiDg up the town in
which they are situated than in spending
vital force in warring with one another.
Both the papers mentioned are doing
good work for Pendleton, and doubt
less, after a brief spell of hostility,
they will settle down to their wonted
course of action. . . -
THE END OF THE SOLID SOUTH
The solid South has dropped 'out of
politics, says the Globe Democrat. Tues
day's republican victories in Kentucky
and Maryland are decisive on this point.
The republican majorities in Missouri,
Maryland and West Virginia last year,
and the practically tie vote between the
parties in Kentucky at that time, was
ascribed to democratic apathy. But the
republican majorities just rolled up in
Kentucky and Maryland can not and
will not be attributed to any such con
dition.' The size of the recent vote
in both these states is fatal to any pre
sumption of this sort. All the democrats
went to the polls, but thousands of them
voted the republican ticket, and will
continue to vote it so long as the re
publican party is true to its ideals.
It will be alleged, of course, by tbe
democrats that their reverse in Kentucky
and Maryland was due to factional feuds
in their party, ana in some aegree
this explanation is valid. . The split on
silver in the former state' and the fight
against Gorman in the latter turned
many votes over to the republicans. But
these causes were merely contributory.
They simply assisted in turning the scale.
Tbe republican majority in neither state
would have been as large without them,
but there would have been a majority of
some size or other. There was no split
in Kentucky on the silver question or
anything else in 1894, nor was Gorman
or Gormanism an issue in the Maryland
canvass. Yesterday's break in the
democratic line in the south shows that
the causes are deeper than is popularly
supposed, and have been longer in opera
tion. That is to say, geographical parties
and geographical politics have reached
their end. It will be no longer possible
to determine a state's partisan complex
Ion by its latitude. Mason and Dixon's
line has been abolished. States on both
sides of it will hereafter divide freely on
the questions of the time, irrespective
altogether of their attitude toward dead
and gone issues. Tbe country has
emancipated itself from its bondage to
the ante-bellum era. Texas annexation,
the Wilmot proviso, the Kansas-Nebraska
law and secession have at last
lost their power to sway the people in
either South or North. A great era in
the nation's political history has been
closed.
The general situation in Europe and
Asia is increasingly serious. Reports
are rife of a special Russo-Chineee treaty
which, however, arevdenied by the gov
ernments. The Russian press is bitter
in its attacks on England, and the
German press manifests considerable
sympathy. The result is a general im
pression that Germany is in favor of
giving Russia free hand in Eastern Asia
to divert her attention from European
matters. There is also manifest a grow
ing hostility in Italy to the Triple Alli
ance, trance is keeping quiet, being lor
the time being absorbed in her cabinet
crisis, wbicb, however, is not held to
have any special significance in general
politics.
President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania
railroad company, stated recently that
the outlook for business for his road was
excellent, and to provide increased facil
ities for handling the great quantities of
freight,' which he could see in tbe near
future, the road had ordered 60,000
freight cars. This is one of tbe best
evidences we have seen in tbe opinion of
one of tbe most sagacious railroad man
agers of the country for the business out
look. The Salem Statesman pertinently
says : If it cost the state $772.20 to de
liver five prisoners from Grant county to
the state penitentiary with wheat at 36
cents and no Bale for hops at any prlco
and no quotations on wool; and if it
cost $10,000 to make the assessment of
Marion county what will the next lax
levy amount to?
The Tacoma Ledger says "Wm. O.
Bradley had a splendid chance to be
governor of Kentucky this trip, but be
wasted it by declaring himself a gold
bug." He thought the "silver craze was
dead." The Walla Walla Union, in not
ing tbe above says Governor Bradley
must have had two chances and judging
from the returns the Union is right.
Circuit Court in Session.
Promptly at 10 o'clock this morning
Sheriff Driver gave the customary an
nouncement from the courthouse door
that circuit court was about to begin in
i
its session. The courthouse was filled
with witnesses, jurymen, lawyers and
spectators. The following attorneys are
in attendance: Frank Menefee, B S
Huntington, H S Wilson, E B Dufur,
W H Wilson, G W Phelps. J L Story, J
B Condon, R B Sinnott, N J Sinnott, H
II Riddel), A S Bennett, J H Cradle
baugb, John Michell and N H Gates,
The Dalles. . A A Jayne. and Jas M
Johns, Arlington.
The grand jury was selected this morn
ing and is already hard at work. Fol
lowing are the members : A S Blowers,
foreman, William Heisler, M B Znm
wait, Hans Lage, J L Kelly, W I.
Hinkle and Thomas Leabo. The county
is fortunate in having such an able grand
jury. They are all good men and will
be found fearless in doing their duty
and at the same time slow to entail un
necessary expense upon the county.
THE DALLES COMMENT FAVOR
ABLE AND UNFAVORABLE.
Arlington Record: Despite their
earnest protestations we have never
more than half suspected that The
Dalles is in favor of an open river be
yond their own iDcoiporated limits.
Possibly our reasons for supposing that
they are averse to removing obstructions
further up stream, are based upon the
assumption that it would mean less
business and less money for The Dalles.
A very fertile country, which is now
tributary to them on account of th- ex
treme low rate they enjoy, would find an
outlet at Columbus, Wash.., then again
the Sherman county trade, a large por
tion of which reaches The Dalles would
be transacted at the river. The trade
from Antelope nnd Prineville will
naturally flow toward The Dalles, until
such time as that country shall be in
tersected by a railway line Irorn some
where and in some way connecting them
with the outside world. On the whole
it is impossible to understand that an
open river above Tbe Dalles would in
any way benefit that city. Attention
to their own selfish interests would
very naturally prompt them to oppose
any attempt to open the river at Celilo
either by canal or portage. If they can
rise above their pecuniary interests and
sacrifice their own profits for the bene
fit of their less favorably situated neigh
boring towns, their action in so doing
would surely be worthy of commenda
tion. Salem Salesman : The Dalles Chron
icle thinks "there is nothing that helps
a city, country or state like getting out
ot debt and keeping out," and the fact
is mentioned by that paper that tbe
semi-annual statement of Wasco county
recently published shows an improve
ment of $26,000 over six months ago,
that sum representing the reduction in
tbe debt of that county for the six
months since last March. These figures
are probably somewhat delusive, for
they cover the period ot tax collecting
time. But tbe Chronicle is correct in
its general statement. Large county
debts furnish opportunities for tbe tying
np of funds that might otherwise be em
ployed in enterprises of public benefit.
And the interest on them is a great drain
and burden. Such counties as Wasco
and Marion should get out of debt as
fast as they may, and then stay out.
EDITORIAL COMMENT ON
GON'S NEWSPAPERS.
ORE-
Salem Statesman : Oregon ought to
be proud of her newspapers. No state in
the Union can boast of as good ones,
taking into consideration the limited
field, owing to the comparatively unde
veloped condition of the country and the
sparce population.
The Oregonian ia the ablest news
paper on this coast. It does not print so
great a volume of matter aa the leading
San Francisco, New York or Chicago
dailies, because it does not draw patron
age from such vast and rich populations.
But it serves its readers with as complete
a resume of the general news of the
world as they do, in as presentable
shape, and it is edited with ability far
superior to the average of the great dail
ies of the country. New York has only
one newspaper (bat compares with it in
profoundness of editorial" discussion, the
Sun ; Chicago has only one, the Trib
une; and San Francisco has none.
What are called in journalistic par
lance the "country newspapers," too, of
Oregon are much above the average.
Very few towns in the Eastern states of
the size of Pendleton, Baker City, The
Dalles, Albany, Eugene and Roseburg
maintain daily papers. Yet all these
keep up creditable publications issued
every day, some of them showing com-
mendaole enterprise. lhe .Fencueton
East Oregonian editorials are always
able and instructive. So are those of
The Dalles Chronicle, the Astorian at
Astoria, the Albany Democrat and Her
ald, and neurlv all tbe balance of the
ambitious dailies issued from Oregon's
ernwine little cities.
In the Rervice of modesty, we will
pass over Salem in this discussion, only
mentioning the fact that there are manv
cities as large as this in various sections
of the country that are satisfied wun
newspapers only of hebdomadal issue.
Any newspaper worthy of the. name
uses every resource at its hands in the
betterment of its service to the public
We Relieve this is especially true of the
leading iournals of Oiegon. Their divf
dents are mostly "glory." The growing
condition of their fields will make this a
necessary condition for a long time. W e
are willing for Oregon to be judeed by
her newspapers. If all other enterprises
will keep pace with their progress, we
will be swift in the race for greatness as
a people.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Suiurcuy.
Mr. A. B. Craft of Rufus is in the city.
Mr. C. G. Hickok, a merchant of
the Cascade Locks, was in the city this
morning.
Mr. Lyman Lee returned to Portland
today, after a visit of several days in
The Dalles.
Messrs. Georse R. and Charles L.
Campbell returned yesterday evening
from Portland.
Mr. W. E. Camobell, the well known
surveyor, returned last evening from a
yisit in Portias).
Mrs. P. W. DeHuff camo home last
night from a visit to their daughter, Mrs.
Cates, in Cascade Locks.
Mr. J. R. Rankin, who operates lhe
ferry across tbe Columbia at Hood River,
was" in the city this morning.
Mr. Joseph Paquet, a well-known conr
tractor and boat builder of Portland,
came up to The Dalles last nigbt.
Prosecuting Attorney Jayne, who has
been in the city several days, left last
night for bis home in Arlington.
Mr. Charles Lewis, son of Captain
John W. Lewi?, of this city, is down from
Grant county on a visit to his father.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Schenck and
Mrs. Sheldon, returned on the Regu
lator last evening from a week spent in
Portland.
Mrs. Grace Dexter of Vallejo, Calif.,
who has been visiting several weeks in
The Dalles, the home of her childhood,
left for VaKejo on the afternoon train.
Mrs. G. C. Bills returned this morn
ing from a month's visit to her parents
in Genasee, Idaho, where she was called
by the fatal illness of her sister, Mrs.
Mollie Attell.'
Messrs. J. W. French and H. S. Wil
son and Dr. Hoeh Lojrao retnrned yes
terday from Goldendale where they
went on business connected with tbe
new bond Issue contemplated by Klick
itat county.
Monday.
Mr. D. S. Kimsey of Antelope is in the
citv. . -
Mr. J.
citv.
O. Burkes of Moro is in the
Mr. John Ft. Cunningham, of Wapi
nitia is in the city.
Dr. J. F. Watt, of Hood River came
up on the noon tain.
Mr. William H. Heisler. a prominent
stockman of Crook county ,is in the city.
Prosecuting Attorney Jayne came
down from Arlington this morning to
attend court.
Mr. Max A. Vogt went to Portland on
the afternoon train. He will return to
morrow night.
Mr. J. H. McDonoueh ' came up from
the Cascades Saturday, returning yester
day afternoon.
Mr. J. T. Mullen, of Portland, a for
mer resident of The Dalles is in the city
attending court.
Constable Trana came up from Cas
cades last night to appear as a witness
before the gruud jury.
Mr. A. E. Tyler, manager of the
Western Union office in this city, spent
yesterday in Portland.
Amos Underwood, one of the pioneer
eatllern along the Columbia river is in
the city from Underwoods Lauding.
Mr. Peter Mohr, a well known resi
dent uf the Hood River valley, is in the
city, being summoned for jury duty.
Mr. William Farre and wife of Day
ville passed through The Dalles yester
day on their way home from Portland.
Mr- James M. Johns, an nttorney of
Arlington and formerly editor of the
Arlington Record, is in the city attend
ing court.
Mr. Brent Driver, a brother of Sheriff
Driver, and a prosperous farmer of the
tVamic region, is in the city attending
the circuit court.
Mr. V. C. Lewis and Mr. L. Russell,
two well-known residents of the Locks,
and prominent Elks, were in the city
yesterday on legal business. '
Mr. Emil Schanno returned on the
Regulator Saturday from Portland,
where he had been attending to the
packing up of Wasco county's exhibit
Mr. Otto Kobler, who has been visit
ing his old home in Canton Bern,
Switzerland, has arrived in The Dalles.
He greatly enjoyed his trip to Europe
and a visit to old scenes, but is glad to
be again in America, the land of his
adoption.
Tuesday.
Mr. N. H. Barnum of Moro is in the
city.
Dr. P. G. Barrett of Hood River was
in the city yesterday.
Mr: G. D. Boardman of Grass Valley
is registered at the Umatilla.
Col. E. W. Pike, formerly- a citizen of
Goldendale but lutely removed to Van
couver, is in the city.
Mr. J. Monroe Berry of St. Louis is in
the city visiting Mr. R. H. Lonsdale.
Mr. Berry is on hia woy to Portland.
Mr. Henry Liebe of Portland arrived
on last night's train and will spend
several days visiting the family of his
uncle, Judge Liebe.
Messrs. T. H. Johnston, M. J. Ander
son and R. Sigman, all citizens of the
enterprising town of Dufur, are in the
city attending court.
Mrs. Joseph Merchant, of Walla Walla
is visiting Mrs. George Herbert in The
Dalles. Mrs. Merchant arrived on the
noon train from Portland.
Mr. C. J. Coatsworth of Buffalo, N.
Y., arrived in The Dalles last night.
Mr. Coatsworth spent a winter in The
Dalles two years ago and has a large
circle of friends, who welcome hia re
turning visit.
Mr. T. A. Hudson will leave tonight
for Huntington where be goes to adjust
the insurance of those who hold policies
in the New Zealand company and the
American, of Philadelphia, and who suf
fered by the fire of yesterday. .
TAKE STEPS
in time, if you are a suf
ferer from that scourge
of humanity known as
consumption, and you
can be cured. There is
the evidence of
hundreds of liv
ing witnesses to
the -fact that, in
all its early
stages, consamp-'
tion is a curable
disease. Not
every case, but a
larsre fiercentc.ge
eases, and we believe,
fully 98 per cent, are
cured by Dr. Pierce's
flolden Medical Dis
covery, even after the disease has pro
gressed so far as to induce repeated bleed
ings from the lung?, severe lingering cough
with copious expectoration (including tu
bercular matter), great loss of flesh and ex
treme emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by "Golden Med
ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease ? You need not take
our word for it. They have, in nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whatever in mis
representing them, and who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of "Golden Medical Discovery,"
but who have been forced to confess that
it surpasses, in curative power over this,
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" and
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene
fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypo
phosphites had also been faithfully tried
in vain. . . .
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 160
pages which will be mailed to you, on
receipt of address and six cents in
stamps. You can then write to those who
have been cored and profit by their ex
perience. Address for Book, WORLD'S DlSPENSAJtT
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Interesting Statistics for ITasco County
Conuty Assessor F. II. Wakefield lias
just finished tho assessment roll for 1895.
Assisted by Deputy County Clerk C. L.
Gilbert, Misa Lang and Miss Ida Wake
field, the assessor has been exceedingly
busy during the past few weeks, the
force working oftentimes lute into the
night. The work has every appearance
of being thoroughly done; the book ia
neat and great care has been taken to
have accuracy in everything. As Mr.
Wakefield says, his assistants have taken
great pride in their work and he is sure
the taxpayers of tbe county will feel
that everything has been thoroughly
done. The amount of taxable property
this year ia $3,230,999. Last year it was
$2,960,151, a gain to the county of over
$250,000. Following ia the general
summary:
-Number of acres of cultivated land,
322,809 15-100; total value, $1,182,282;
average value, $3.63. Improvement' tn
deeded land, $7750. . Towu and city lots,
$954,251. Improvementa on town and
tiity lots, $2000. Improvements 011 lands
not deeded or patented, $00,827. Miles
of railroad bed, 60 70 100; total valae,
$303,500; average value, $5000. Rail
road rolling stock, 60 70-100; total value,
$35,508; average value, $584.97. Miles
of telegraph and telephone lines, 121 8-10 ;
total value, $12,785; average value,
$104.96. Merchandise and implements,
$260,602. Money, $55,928. Notes and
acconnts, $104,009. Shares of stock,
8o225. Household furniture, carriages,
etc., $92,350. Horses and muleP, 5712;
value, $S9,246; average value, $15.02.
Cattle, 7115; value, $66,612; average
yalue, $9.36. Sheep and goats, 121,673 ;
value, $123,473; average value, $1.01 J.
Swine, 4855; $10,719; $2.20. Gross
value of all property, $3,447,067. Ex
emptions, $216,06S. Total tuxable prop
erty, $3,230,999. Number of polls, 689.
A Saturday Afternoon Party.
Vermont Day was delightfully spent
by thirty-two friends of Mrs. H. S. Wil
son, in her beautiful home on 3d street.
Drawn together by birch bark invita
tions, their fate depending on the num
ber of spots they could secure on their
birch bark score cards, surrounded by
most artistic decorations in tones of
green, with the coat of arms of Vermont .
over the entrance to the front hall, and
lastly maple sugar in every conceivable
and desirable form, in a most tempting
lunch, tho ladies felt tiuly that their
lines had indeed fallen in pleasant places.
Progressive euchre claimed close atten
tion during the early part of the after
noon, the result being that Mrs. Mc
Farland carried home with her a maple
sugar log cabin, as a consolation, while
Mra. Thornbnry proudly claimed tbe
head prize the ' shield of Vermont,
charmingly painted on birch bark, by
Miss Holcomb.
After enjoying to the fullest extent the
hostess' efforts for their entertainment,
the following ladies wended their way
home, believing that a more pleasant
afternoon had never been spent :
Mra. Sinnott, Brooks, Schenck, Thorn -bury,
Myers, Marden, Glenn, McFar-
land, Lord, Sheldon, French, Crossen,
Blakeley, Hilton, Eshelman, McCoy,
Pease, Crowe, Briggs, Crandall, Hun
tington, Peters, Fish, Hudson, Knck,
Kinersly, Moody, Houghton, Price,
Crossen jr. W. H. Wilson and Hostetler.
Marvelous Result.
From a letter written by Rev. J Gun
derman, of Dimondale, Mich., we are
permitted to tnaka this extract: "I
have no hesitation in recommending Dr.
King's New Discovery, aa the results
were almost marvelous in the case of my
wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist
Church at River Junction she was
brought down with Pneumonia succeed
ing La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms of
coughing would last hours with little in
terruption and it seemed as if she could
not survive lliem. A friend recom
mended Dr. King's New Discovery ; it
was quick in its work and highly satis
factory in results." Trial bottles free at
Blakeley & Houghton, Druggists.
"Mahara's Original Colored Min
strels," was side-tracked at this point,
and Bhortly thereafter we were treated
to some fine music by the colored band
on parade. The sale (f seals became
brisk and at the hour of the opening of
the evening performance Battery Hali
was packed to the doors. To say .
that tho eutertainment came up to
expectation but mildly expresses the
feelings of the nudience, for, from start
to finish they were kept iu a state of
hearty good humor, andaccorded the
colored artists rounds of applause.
Kearney, Neb., News.
There are so many t cedents to live
stock whicn cause delay and loss to the
farmer 111 his work. In a large number
of instances the delay would be but
trifling if a remedy was promptly applied.
Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Lini
ment has'for many years been regarded
as the farmer's friend. Its healing on
flesh of domestic animals is immediate
and permanent. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00
per bottle. For sale at Snipes-Kinersly
Drug Co.
For Sate Cheap.
Owing to a change of residence, I offer
for eale all my household furniture and
everything" complete for housekeeping.
Terms reasonable. Every article in first
class order. Apply to A. C. Wyndham,
residence 5th and Lincoln, or at the
barber shop of Frazier & Wyndham,
Front street. Please call imraedi
ately. 9d2w.
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