THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1895.
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' Notions and Fancy Goods.
Sicilian Shell Hair Pin8, per dozen : . . .' . .3oc
Ladies' Parses, each .. .. 5s
Ladies' Fancy Silk Garters, per pair $1.25
Ladies' Fine Saxony Mittens, pair '..25c
Ladies' Fine Silk Mittens, special 50c
Our regular $1 Kid Gloves, special. 75c
Colored Border Handkerchiefs, special 5c
Embroidered Swiss Handkerchiefs, special 12c
Tarn O'Sbanters, all colors 50c
Ladies' Plaid Waists, latest effects $2.75
Misses' Eton Caps -25c
Satin Ribbons, Nos. 7 to 12, per yard 10c
Buttermilk Toilet Soap, per cake. 5c
Suspender Mountings.
Dry Goods and House Furnishings.
Our entire line of 40 and 50c Dress Goods to close at 25c
All onr Novelty Dress Goods, all grade?, at cost. " ..' :
Chenille Portieres, immense block.;.: . .'. . .$3 per pair np
Lace Curtains, latest designs . . . . . . . 50c per pair up
Ready-made Sheets and Pillow Cases. '. . . .20 and 75c np
Art Denims, newest shades and patterns. .40 and 50c yd
Pore White Turkish Bath Towels, 54-inch .75c
White Bed Spreads, from our specials . .95c np
Pure All Liden Huck Towels, special 16c up
Fancy Curtain Screens. . . 10 and 12c yd ,
Down Pillows '.. from 75c to $1.59
Special line of Fancy Art Silks, 75c special, 50c
25 per cent, discount
on all Capes and Jackets.
Warm Footwear.
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Child's and Misses' Felt Slippers, best qualities. . . . .
' ....now going at 90c and $1
Child's and Misses' Felc Slippers, fnr trimmed. ..."
, " can be had for $1.25 and $1.50
Ladies' Brown Felt Slippers, beaded, and trimmed
in velvet 11.50
Ladies' Black Quilted Satin Slippers, Needle Toe. .$1.75
Ladies' High-cut Felt Slippers, fur trimmed $2.00
Ladies' Tuikish Sandals, Tan and Red Kid .$1.25
Gents' Embroidered Velvet Slippers, spec. .$1 and $1.25
Child's, Misses' and Ladies' iButton Leggings
to go at $1, $1.25 and $1.50
: : : Special. : : :
Special'
Misses' Cape Mackintoshes, double texture. $5.75 $4.00
Boys' Cape Mackintoshes f " . 5.40 3.50
Ladies' Cape Mackintoshes
Men's Cape Mackintoshes
8.00 5 90
5.35 3 75
Men's Furnishings.
Fine Embroidered Satin Suspenders, atest shades
and best materials, just in.
Gents' Hemstitched Silk "Reefer" Mufflers, some
thing new ; all shades .85c to $1.20
Fine Ribbed Underwear, good at $1.90 $1 50
Special values in Silk Handkerchiefs at 50c
Fine Linen Handkerchiefs at. 33Kc
1 Special Inducements
in Clothing and Overcoats. : : :
You will find the largest line at lowest living prices.
H. m. MLLIMMS 5l CO.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Daily.
A marriage license was issued today
ty V. W. Tompkins and Ouida Bunker,
The ceremony will take place tomorrow,
Sleighing a few miles out in the coun
try is reported very good. In town a
good many cutters are to be seen upon
the streets.
George Mann, the engineer of the
switch engine in The Dalles yards, is
taking a lay off, and Larry Hayes is
taking his place.
Quite a brisk trade in Christmas is
being carried on and teams from the
country loaded with evergreens are a
frequent sight.
A large number of laborers at the
Locks have been discharged. The
Dalles City took over fifty to Portland
yesterday. Out-door work is over for
the winter.
A marriage license was issued today to
A. N. Rahui and Miss Henrietta Rand
Both parties are well known young peo
pie ot Hood River and the wedding will
be a society eyent there.
Justice Davis has been making im
provements to his high court of justice,
and has fitted up a private office to
- which he can retire to settle the mighty
questi ins that require solution.
One hundred and twenty young hogs
wese received at the stockyards last
evening from Tygh Valley. They were
to have been taken down on the Regula
tor this morning, but were too late in
getting to the dock.
... Further reports from Bakeoven eay
that an inch and a half of snow fell there
eeveral days ago; but that the subse
quent rain has melted it, and the ground
' at last accounts was bare. So far there
is no complaint among stockmen.
It is said John Hampshire is getting
up a military company to help Presi
dent Cleveland onforce the Monroe doc
trine. As yet only one recruit has been I
found, and he was persuaded by the
promise of a sutler's commission.
The Stanford Mandolin Glee Club will
give a concert in Hood River December
27th. We would like to, hear them in
The Dalles, as the club possesses great
merit. The Stanford boys would doubt
less draw a good house should they come
here.
The pastor, Rev. O. D. Taylor, will
- conduct the UBual service at the First
'. Baptist church tomorrow morning at 11
o'clock. Subject "True Philanthropy ;
What is It ; What it Does." The Sun
day school follows the morning service,
and will be devoted to singing. No
evening service.
A party of students from the Portland
University came up on the Regulator
last night on their way home to spend
the holidays. They were equipped with
the regulation college colors, mandolin,
guitars, and had everv appearance of
the typical college student.
Wheat 'shipments have begun again
on the Regulator. Three hundred sacks
of wheat went by boat to Vancouver to
: day. Besides the wheat, one hundred
sacks of flour went to the same place.
Monday another load of wheat will be
taken below. The business done by the
Regulator this fall and winter is much
in excess of that done in previous win
ters. - '
Two deeds are on record in the connty
clerk's office today. One was from "F.
McLeod to George H. Lemke for block
2 in the town of Parkhurat and w of
lot 3, in block B in town of Waucoma.
The other deed was from the Hood
River Townsite Company to J. N. Mc
Coy for lots 11 and 12, block 25, town of
Hood River.
Mrs. Heald, Hood River's accom
plished musician, whose piano playing
is much admired in The Dalles, baa de
cided to leave for the East. The citi
zens of Hood River wished to give" her a
farewell benefit, bnt owing to the early
date of her departure, Mrs. Heald was
compelled to decline the offer. The
offer of the testimonial was signed by a
large number of Hood River's best citi
zens, and is highly complimentary to
Mrs. Heald's personal and musical ac
complisments. The people of The
Dalles who have listened to this lady's
playing will join with the citizens of
Hood River in regretting her departure.
Yesterday the public schools closed
for the holidays, and students and teach
ers are enjoying a well-earned rest. The
vacation will last two weeks. No spec
ial exercises marked the closing day,
the regular recitations being gone
through with. Two weeks after the re
assembling of school the examinations
will be held, some of the reviews being
begun several days ago. The attend
ance has been very satisfactory since
the opening in the fall, and while it
may decreaee some after the holidays.
the difference will not be great. Most
of the teachers will spend their vaca
tions in The Dalles, while some students
from abroad will visit their homes.
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The paper hangers are working on the
new club roomB and soon will have that
part of the refittirig" done. The altera
tions in the interior have been decided
upon and it only remains to carry the
wishes of the trustees in effect. The fur
niture will be ordered today and by the
time it arrives the rooms will be ready
tor being fitted up. The paper and car
pets have been selected with good taste,
and the rooms promise to look very at
tractive. The main hall will be ( arti
tioned off to accommodate the bowling-al
ley, billiard room, gymnasium and bath
rooms. It is the intention to fix np the
social rooms first, so as to give the mem
oers tne Decent 01 these as eoon as
possible. Electric lights will be placed
throughout the building, and every
convenience which the finances of the
club can allow will be provided.
Mr. Charles F. Mitchell, who has
charge of building the new road up Mill
creek canyon to Matney postoffice, sends
word to The Chronicle that one-third
of the road is now completed. The com
ing of winter has made it necessary that
work be discontinued until spring. One
hundred and nineteen dollars have been
collected from the citizens in The Dalles.
Already $137.65 have been expended in
constructing the road. The grade is
being built ten feet wide. The most
troublesome part of the undertaking
was the blasting, and as this has been
completed it is thought one month's
work will complete the job. The
dwelleis in the vicinity haye already put
200 days work upon it. Mathey is the
new postoffice, which the department
established la3t summer, and the dwell
ers in that region are showing commend
able enterprise in opening up good
means of communication with the out
side worid.
Monday's Daily.
A decree was rendered by Judge Brad
shaw today in the case of Dietzel vs.
Hanson. . - -
Despite reports to the contrary, the
Western Union wires are in good condi
tion and ready to transmit messages .
Owing to the Christmas 'services at
the Episcopal church, there will be no
sermon at the Congregational church on
Christmas day.
A deed, is on record todav from W.
Heisle, and wife to Monroe Heisler for
The officers of the Third Regiment
have engaged the services of Mr. An
drew Kellar. the popular caterer, to
serve refreshments gratis to their guests
on Christmas night.
The crew of the. Regulator had a lively
time this morning loading 120 young
hogs on board the boat. After various
attempts- and much chasing after run
away ehoats, the animals were finally
persuaded to. go aboard. They will be
taken to Portland.
The Oregon Telephone company have
enlarged . their quarters and now
have the office formerly occupied by
Blakeley & Houghton. The latter have
built a new office and made other at
tractions in their store to provide for the
better handling of their stock.
Midnight mass will be celebrated to
morrow night at St. Peter's church. On
Christmas morning masses will be held
at 5 :30, 7 :30 and 10 :30. Vespers in the
evening. Midnight mass is one of the
most solemn observances of the year in
the Catholic church.
The ball to be given by the Third Reg.
iment next Wednesday evening will be
an elaborate affair. The badges for the
different committees have arrived and
are elegant in finish and tasty in design.
An attractive program will be presented
during the evening. The Orchestra
Union will play their best pieces for the
dancing. A prouienadejconcert will pre'
cede the evening's entertainment.
The services at the Episcopal church
Christmas morning will begin at 10 :30
At this hour the precessional, in which
will occur a solo by Mrs. E. C. Price,
will be sung. The choir held a practice
yesterday and went over the selections
chosen for Christmas day. The choir
will be augmented by musical aid from
Cascade Locks. Bishop Morris of Port
land will officiate at the morning service,
Tne county jail is looking spick and
span after going through acaluimining
treatment. The work was done by two
inmates under the supervision of Jailer
Fitzgerald. The appearance of the jail
is much improved, and will be more
easily kept clean than when in its for
mer condition. Jailer Fitzgerald under
stands the art of keeping things in good
shape, and the courthouse is in solendid
order throughout.
William De Wolfe was taken to the
hospital in Portland on yesterday's
local. Mr. De Wolfe has been a fireman
on the railroad for several years ; but
for the last two months has been con
fined to his home in The Dalles by ill
ness of the stomach. ... . The hospital
treatment was believed to be best for
him, and so be was taken below. Mr.
De Wolfe is an Odd Fellows and the
members of that order have been very
attentive throughout his illness. The
sick man has a mother and sister in The
Dalles. -
At the meeting of the Maccabees held
Saturday evening, two candidates were
initiated into the mysteries of the order.
At the close of the initiation an election
of officers was held, which resulted as
follows: Sir knight past commander,
R H Lonsdale; commander, Frank
Menefee; lieut commander, D H Rob
erts ; record keeper, Cbas Cooper ; fin
ance keeper, W G Kern; chaplain, G W
Phelps; sergeant, John Hampshire;
master at arms, George J Brown ; sir
knight 1st m of g, J P Mclnerny ; sir
knight 2nd m of g, NM Lane; sir knight
sentinel, J Zimmerman ; picket, Joeeph
Nitschke. The Maccabeo lodge in The
Dalles is in a flourishing condition and
expects to have its ranks augmented by
some good material in the near future.
The dance given Saturday evening by
the Geaang' Verein Hormonie .was in
every way a complete success. A merry j
crowd of people assembled at the Bald
win opera house and whiled away the
hours to ; the strains of music. The
managers of the affair were unstinted in
their efforts to make every one of their
guests enjoy the evening, and the re
sults were entirely successful. The floor
was in good condition and the repeated
encores asked for by the dancers showed
that the music was much appreciated.
The dances given by the Gesang Verein
have always been enjoyable events, and
the one of Saturday evening followed in
line with its predecessors.
The peaceful slumber of our citizens
was awakened last night by the rattling
of windows and dashing of the raindrops
against the glass. It didn't take long to
tell that a genuine cbinook had struck
the town. The wind from the west has
been blowing all day with alternate
bursts of sunshine and showers of rain.
The streets are sloppy and the sidewalks
covered with pools of water. From what
can be learned the chinook is general
all over this section of country and the
snow is rapidly disappearing. The
weather bureau predicts colder weather
to come tomorrow. Coasting and sleigh
ing is spoiled for the time, but the win
ter is young yet and there will be plenty
of snow to make the roads good for
cutters.
Celebration of the Looks Opening.
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Mr. S. L. Brooks, president of The
Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation
Company, has received a letter from
Mr. J. H. D. Gray of Astoria, which
contains matters of interest to the peo
ple of The ' Dalles and all Columbia
river cities. . .The matter is one which
belongs to the consideration of our new
commercial club, and when the organ i
zation of that body is completed this
request from Astoria should receive im
mediate consideration. The opening of
the Columbia river means almost as
much to Astoria as to The Dalles, and
these two cities should unite in provid
ing suitable preparations for the event
The letter reads as follows :
Mr. S. L. Brooks, The Dalles. Or. :
Dear Sih: I have been appointed by
the Astoria chamber of commerce chair
man of a committeeof five to take nnder
consideration the proper celebration of
the opening of the Cascade locks, and it
is tne desire of the committee to co-op
erate with other like organizations
and especially with The Dalles, to make
the opening of the locks an event wor
thy of the people of the states of Oregon
and Washington ; also to show to con
Kress that we appreciate the vast amoui
of work and money expended in their
construction.
I called at the. U. S. engineer's office
while in Portland yesterday to ask when
they would fix a date; but was informed
bv the chief clerk that Lieut. Taylor, the
omcer in cnarge, was out ot tne city,
expect further information on his re
turn. Has The Dalles made any move
yetr - Very truly yours,
J. a. D. ubay,
The Locks and Their Completion.
Here is the way the Portland Dispatch
criticises the way the things have been
carried on in the building of the Cascade
locks : . .
It took a private corporation less than
two years to build the locks at Oregon
City, and the government has been
tw'entv-five years at work on the lower
cascades. The first estimates on this
work were about 11,200,000. Three
times this amount has been expended
and the work not yet completed.
The Moro Observer is of the opinion
that the tedious delay has been occa
sioned by the United States engineers,
who have stood in the way. Be this as it
may, money and time have been squan
dered at a fearful rate in this undertak
ing and still there is uncertainty at what
date the completion of the locks will be
accomplished. The people of Eastern
Oregon have learned patience, so that they
have ceased to murmur. The contrac
tors are on record of saving that boats
will pass through , the canal by March
1st, and the difference of opinion which
exists makes the subject a good one for
betting. .-.
Military Ball.
The following is the program of the
promenade concert to be given by the
Orchestral Union brass band at the offi
cers' ball Christmas night :
March "Kins; Cotton" '. Souta
Overture "The Rambler" Motel
Waltzes "ViiJons oi a Beautiful Woman"
Rotas
Polonsise "Royal Decree' ..r ......Bennett
Overture "Sounds From the Sunny South"
Iscnman
March "The Thunderer Sousa
Forty-five "Old Hickory" Wagons have been sold by us in the past four
months. This we think is an expression of the opinion of the people who use
wagons that the "Old Hickory" is what we claim it to be the best made wagon
on earth. We are not offering the "Old Hickory" as a Cheap Wagon. We fully
Guarantee every piece of tlmljer prt into the "Old Hickory" to be First-Class,
and will cheerfully replace free or charge any piece brokeu, which proves to be
brash or unsound, regardless of cause of breakage.
Come and see the "Old Hickorv." It talks for itself.
xklatcs & growe,
Second and Federal Sts., . THE DALLES, OR.
At the Churches Yesterday.
A large audience filled the Methodist
church last evening to listen to a Christ
mas sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. H.
Wood. The speaker took his text from
the verae in which the announcement of
Christ's birth is made and preached
from it an able sermon, most appropri
ate to this season of the year. Mr.
Wood spoke of Christ in four different
roles First, as a statesman, in which
capacity Christ taught lessons of politi
cal prudence to the people of Palestine,
and showed his wonderful insight in to
the civic institutions of the age; Christ
as a reformer was the next subdivision ;
then as the greatest philanthropist of all
ages ; and finally as the saviour of man
kind. The speaker spoke of Christmas
and the habit of gift-making at this
time. Presents, he said, were too often
given with the hope of receiving some
thing in return. The rich receive what
they do not need, while the poor go un
remembered. Remember the poor at
Christmas time was Mr. Wood's closing
thought.
AT THE CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. W. C. Curtis was listened toby
large audiences yesterday morning and
evening. At the evening service the
theme . was founded upon the story by
Edward Everett Hale entitled "In His
Name." Mr. Curtis proceeded to give a
resume ot the story winch told of the
Poor men of Lyons" and the deeds
which were done for the love rf Christ.
The central idea gathered from the story
and which the speaker enlarged upon
and elucidated was the dependence of
one person on another and the utter
helplessness of a selfish life. The ser
mon was a most spiritual one, and lis
tened to with deep attention by the
hearers. The singing by the choir both
morning and evening was of a high
order.
A Cutting; Affray.
Dr. Dei t rich, who arrived in town at
noon from Dnfur, brings word of a
cutting affray which occurred at Wamie
yesterday afternoon. A courier arrived
at Dr. Doitrich's residence last night
asking him to go to Wamic to attend
Tom Edmonsen, who had been seriously
and perhaps .fatally stabbed by Ed
Stoey. For some time there has been
bad blood between the Stoey and EJ
munsen families, the cause being a very
trivial one it bsing alleged that one of
the Edmunsen family stole a spool of
thread' from the Stoeys. Yesterday
afternoon Ed Stoey came to EJmunsen's
house, about three miles from Wamic,
and after some conversation the stab
bing occurred. Dr. Dditriuh was unable
to go to Wamic, and Dr. Kane of Dufur
was summoned. The exact extent of
Edmunsen's injuries are not known, but
it is believed tbey are very serious. At
last accounts Stoey had not been ar
rested. Wamic is situated at the south
ern end of this county.
A fundajr Wedding.
Yesterday morning at 10 :30 Rev. I. H.
Hazel joined in marriage Mr. V." W.
Tompkins and MissXDuida Bunker. The
ceremony was witnessed by only the im
mediate relatives' of the family. The
presents were numerous and very hand
some. Mr. Tompkins holds a responsible
and lucrative position in the government
engineering corps, at the Cascade Locks
and has a bright pros nee t before him in
this line of work.
The bride, who is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Bunker, is one of The
Dalles' fairest young ladies.
The happy coup'e took the afternoon
train for Portland yesterday. After a
wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins
wiii make their home at the Locks.
Garland Stoves are the Worlds Best.
We respectfully invite all those in need of a cook or
heating stove or steel range to call and examine our new
line and get our prices. . We have a verv large assortment
to select from, we can give you splendid bargains this year,
and will guarantee to save you money, simply .because we
are satisfied with small profits. . .
We are also prepared, to do plumbing, tinning, hot
water heating, furnace work and employ none but first class
workmen, pratical and experienced in this class of work.
All woik guaranteed. Special inducement to cash buyers
MAIER & BENTON,
HARDWARE DEALERS and PLUMBERS,
Next door to Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co.; A. Bettingen's
old stand, Second street.
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