THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1896.
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LOCAL '.BREVITIES.
Wednesday's Daily.
School Clerk Jacobsen is busy on
'. enumeration work again.
Services will be held in St. Paul
. Episcopal church this evening at 7 :30.
The annual meeting of East End Hose
Co. occurs tonight. The secretary Bug'
gests the law of fines for non-attendance,
Members of the Hook and Ladder Co,
are reminded of a meeting thie evening,
Officers are to be elected and a full at
tendance is desired.
; Mr. Max Vogt has ordered the old
walls of his once handsome buildings
braced, and workmen are today engaged
in making them safe.
The funeral of Wm. De Wolf occurred
this afternoon from the residence and
was largely attended. The Odd Fellows
officiated at the burial.
The high wind which blew last night
tambled dawn a brick chimney of the
residence occupied by Rev. I. H. Hazel
which awakened the family. The chim
hey was about six feet high and the fall
was sufficient to jar the house.
A lady was heard to remark last even
' ing that she did not like the "Uncle
Josh" show at all ; it was not interest
ing ; that in the sawmill scene she had
to close her eyes she was so much afraid
the old man would be too slow to rescue
the lady moving into the saw teeth.
The wife of a well-known citizen was
bathing her feet at the unearthly hour
the brick wall fell this morning, and
hearing the craeh, supposed it was fire,
' Prompt to the rescue, she withdrew her
feet, grasped the pail, and threw the
contents in the stove she was sitting by
The moral of Puck sometimes comes
home to the best of us.
"Grandpa" John Brookhouse left for
Spokane Falls last night to join his
daughter, Mies Mollie, who together will
attend the burial of Mrs. Sarah Hagen,
daughter of Mr. Brookhouse. Deceased
resided in Wasco county for many years
prior to seven years ago, when she re.
moved to Spokane. She leaves three
eons and a daughter. She was aged 41
years.
The remains of Clarence V. Lane of
Antelope, who died . Feb. 3d, were
brought to this city last evening and
will be interred in the Odd Fellows
cemetery tomorrow (Thursday) at
o'clock. Deceased was 39 years old,
born at New Brunswick, Canada, Janu
ary 2d, 1S57. He has been in Eastern
Oregon since 1878 and was a well-known
personage of Wasco county. Deceased
leaves' a wife to mourn his loss. The
funeral will take place from Crandall &
Burgett's undertaking parlors.
The joys of wedded bliss were entered
into today by Mr. DeForst Baker and
Miss Emma Eastman, both of Tygh
Ridge. -The ceremony took place at the
clerk's office, Justice Davis officiating.
An event of this sort always brings back
the smiles of the regular habitues of
that office, in lieu of their accustomed
faded look. Their blase indifference is
replaced by an ineffable smile of peace,
innocence and good will. Perchance it
recalls to life fond memories of a similar
event in their own existence of sweet
trysts, rustling boughs and balmy in
cense, when life was gay as the poet'B
rhyme and the heart was light as the
elder down. At any rate, as the-bridal
procession filed out and away there was
a wistful expression on the faces of
those who remained, and unbroken
silence gave consent to their various
ruminations.
Thursday's Daily
Id the Colfax wheat country plough
ing has been in operation for a week.
Samuel Sturgis, cashier of the Pendle
ton First National . bank, died in Pen
dleton at 9 :05 o'clock Tuesday night.
The heavy engines recently placed on
the ' Washington division have been
proven a success. They are capable of
hauling thirty loaded cars.
Mrs. A. J. Brookhouse, who sustained
a severe fracture of the hip several
months ago, which confined her to her
bed, is ' able to be about 'again. Dr.
Hollister has been attending the injured
lady. . -J
'Conductors ' Miller and Mitchell be
tween Portland and Pendleton, have
been relieved from the ' service of , the
O. R. & N., for causes unknown and
have been succeeded by Conductors
Fowler and Glendening. -. "
' -. The time is close at hand for poisoning
the squirrels that is the beBf- time,
for if poisoned soon there will not be
nearly so many to poison. . O. F. Pick
ard, living near Clyde, Wash., scattered
a quart of poisoned wheat on' a small
portion of his land a few days ago, and
as a result, the next morning found 175
dead squirrels. - -
Countv court will meet on the 10th
for the purpose of combining some
justice of the peace precincts with a view
economy. It is . contemplated to re
duce the number from nine, as at pres
ent, to' four. This will also decrease the
number of constables. v -
The funeral of C. V. Lane occurred at
2 o'clock today, Key. W. C: Curtis offi
ciating. The wife of the deceased was
chief among the mourners. He was
buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery,
Thus passes away another of Eastern
Oregon's honored citizens. '
Coroner's" inquest the two words
have been coined, though so long ago it
would seem as unlikely as would now
the originals from which they sprung.
The old English form is "crowner
auest," and implies the ancient habit
of that official in London who was ac
customed to walk around the by-ways of
the city and hunt hp dead men. Law
lessness has so far decreased since those
days that it is not necessary to do that
A questionable death is a rarity, and
there are plenty of persons to apprise
the coroner of the fact, instead of, ae
formerly, the coroner announcing to the
DeoDle how many dead men he had
found that day.
Friday's Daily.
Forecast Fair today; possibly rain
and warmer tomorrow.
Thomas Morgan was re-elected mayor
of Heppner at their recent city election
A leap year party is on the tapis for
next week. Further particulars wuh
the event.
Mr. John Brookhouse and daughter
Mollie, propose to locate permanently at
Spokane Falls.
Mr. Henry Fowler is erecting a very
pretty cottage east of Robert Mays'
house, on the hill.
A deed was conveyed to F. G. Kautz
from W. S. Divers todav for forty acres
of land in sec 21, tp 2 n, r 10 e.
Rev. A. Bronsgeest will hold services
Sunday at Cascade Locks. Archbishop
Gross will also be present on that day,
There is no use in anyone btlding city
warrants, as none ot tnem a raw inter
est, and there is over $600 in the city
treasury.
The residence of 1. J. Seufert, on
Third street, has been raised 4 feet,
The structure will be handsomely re
modelled within and without.
Bridget J. Bolton was made an Ameri
can citizen yesterday, renouncing aue
giance to iler Koyai iiignness, yueen
Victoria of England and Ireland, espe
dally Ireland.
On Sunday evening there will be an
Epworth League rally at the M. E.
church. The young people will have
charge of the regular services. A spe
cial invitation is extended to all young
people to be present.
A writ of review of a judgment that
was entered in the justice court of L. S
Davis August 10, 1895, wherein R. H,
Guthrie was plaintiff and Geo. Kellar
defendant, .' was served upon Justice
Davis today, and will therefore be taken
to the circuit court.
The resignation of Dr. George R. Wal
lace, pastor of the First Congregational
church, was accepted quietly and with
out demonstration by the members of
the church, at a meeting Wednesday
night, at the conclusion of the prayer
meeting, says the Oregonian of today
As Dr. Wallace himself announced be'
fore the members acted upon his resig
nation, there was no other course to fol
low, for he had already accepted a call
to another church. This is the Pilgrim
Congregational church, of Chicago, 111.
There will be a meeting of the Mc-
Kinley Club at 8 o'clock tomorrow even
ing. (Jmcers will be elected and reports
beard from the delegates who attended
the state convention. A general pow
wow will be indulged in, and there will
undoubtedly be plenty of good feeling
and sentiment manifested. Every good
republican is wanted there. Plenty of
seats will be engaged for all tho?e who
desire to sit down, and plenty of stand
ing room for all those who want to talk.
Remember time and place, - Saturday
evening at the council chambers. V
At the late meeting of the Jackson
hose company, a subject was considered
of interest to all citizens. Many resi
dents of The Dalles may not know that
there is an ordinance, giving firemen the
same rights as police during the progress
of a fire. In case of need any bystander
any number of them, may be called
by a fireman to assist him, and failing
to do so, is subject to fine and imprison
ment. In the case of our last great fire,
it is claimed by some that the Vogt
block might have been saved had there
been more workers and fewer spectators.
The next Republican Btate convention
will be held in Portland Thursday, April
9, the date being the same as that fixed
for holding the Democratic state conven
tion. Portland will thus have the two
important assemblies on the same day.
The call lor the Kepublican state con
vention states that it is for the purpose
of nominating candidates for presiden
tial electors and state and district offices,
except congressmen, and of electing four
delegates-at-large to the Republican
national ' convention, and to transact
such , other business as may properly
come before the convention. . - .
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A FALLING WALL.
Peril of Mr. and Mrs. Hogan-
Froperty Destroyed. .
Mr. J. J. Hogan and wife were rudely
awakened from slumber about 2 :30
o'clock this morning by being suddenly
thrown from their bed, the floor of their
room sinking three feet in an instant,
while the noise of the falling walls of
their domicile, the crash, of breaking
dishes, the creaking, twisting and turn
ing of demolished woodwork, furniture
and apparatus apprised them that some
thing terrible out of the ordinary had
happened.
Such was indeed the fact. The
skeleton brick wall adjoining their bouse
had given way with the violence of the
wind, which at that hour amounted at
most to a gale, and the solid mass of
mortar and brick found little resistance
in its earthward descent by the com
paratively feeble barrier interposed by
Mr. Hogan's structure. The forward
part of the dwelling fell prostrate to the
ground, completely destroying all the
valuable photographic apparatus, plates
and fixtures. ' The remainder of the
hou?e, though standing, is destroyed as
completely. It has been wrenched and
trie ted, broken and torn, till it is fit
only for kindling wood.
A reporter visited Mr. Hogan's do-
molished premises this morning and
found things in a sorry plight. Here
was chaos exemplified. Broken crockery
and bric-a-brac, valuable pictures and
kitchen furniture, torn carpets and
splintered boards, a tireless stove,broken
windows, all contributed to an extreme
cbeerleesness which seemed greater.
possible, bv contrast with what it had
been a moment before. The Chronicle
man found Mr. Hogan in a much more
hopeful state of mind than might be Bup
poBed. While he deplored the loss of
his goods, it was lost to sight by his
thankfulness to Providence that himself
and wife were not instantly killed.
Mrs. Hogan alone sustained some slight
bruises by her experience, but life and
limbs are spared them, and a feeling of
gratitude was uppermost in their minds
that it was no wprse. He expressed a
determination to re-engage in the same
busicess, but will be compelled to pur
chase everything again from the found
tion up.
The wall which fell is the remains of
a brick store owned by Mr. Sherar, for
merly Mr. E. P. FitzGerald's, which
perished in the great Dalles fire of 1892,
and recalls the death of Michael Dia
mond, who perished by fire at the time
in the same building.
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Chantauqna Circle.
The Chautauqua Circle met with Mrs.
W. H. Biggs last evening, and were
most pleasantly and profitably enter
tained. After quotations from Gold
smith the lesson, "Initial Studies in
American Letters," by Henry A. Beers,
professor of English Literature in Yale
University, and "The Growth of the
American Nation," by H. P. Judson,
professor of Political Science in the Uni
versity of Chicago, was led by Mrs.
Shackelford and Mrs. Crandall. Ques
tions on "Current Events" and "Ameri
can Literature, followed. Ihe process
of striking fire, as used by the civilized
and uncivilized nations of the earth, and
the evolution of the Lucifer match, was
presented by Miss Lang. A book review
of Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" by
Mrs. Crandall, and an extensive paper
on "Japan" Dy airs. Myers loaowed.
Also a Bhort history of the Red Cross
work and Clara Barton by Mrs. S.
French and Mrs. Don n ell.
Several musical selections by Mrs
Eshelman and Miss Deming added
greatly to the pleasure of the evening,
especially Mrs. Eshelman's rendition of
Ryder's transcription of "The Old
Oaken Bucket" with variations.
Jackson Bose Officers.
The regular annual meeting of Jack
son Engine (Jo. JNo. 1 took place last
evening. Ihe following officers were
elected::
A. Sandrock, president.
F. W. L. Skibbe, secretary.
R. Sinnott, foreman.
Harry Clougb, treasurer.
W. H. Butts, first assistant.
Tom Maloney, second assistant.' - '
Finance committee Geo. Lie be, John
Blazer, W. Klindt. ,
Standing Ben Ullrich, J. W. Fisher,
G. Bartell. - . -
After the meeting the members of the
company ent to the Saibbe hotel,
where a fine lunch was served, and
otherwise enjoved themselves in the
oiliest manner.
Ual Ma que.
The second annual masquerade ball of
the Workmen and ' Woodmen will be
given at the Baldwin ' opera houee on
February 14th. Prizes will be given for
the finest costume, both lady and gentle
man, and second prizes for the beet sus
tained character. These prizes are ex
hibited at the stores of L. Rorden, Prinz
& Nitschke, Snipes & Kinersly and E.
Jacobsen's. ; Mr. C. L. Phillips will be
floor manager. The floor committee is
composed of the following named gen
tlemen : C. F. Stephens, S. P. M.
Briggs, Hans Hansen, A. L. Reese, W.
H. Young and Wm. Hoering. All mas
queraders will be presented with a
valentine. : '
"Uncle Josh Sprnceby."
The "Uncle Josh Spruceby" troupe
was greeted with a full house last even-
Lot No. 1.5
Ladies' Black, Full-Fashioned Seamless Hose,
Plain and Ribbed Tops. Regular price, 25c. Closing out price, 15c.
Lot No. 2.
Ladies' Black and Grey Extra Fine Wool Hose,
......Regular price, 30c. Closing but price, 20c.
Lot No. 3.b
Ladies' Extra Fine, Full-Fashioned Hose,
in Plain Black and Grey. These goods are all Wool and of
superior finish. Regular price, 35 and 40c. Closing out price, 25c.
Lot No. 4.
Closing, 15c.
Children's Fine Ribbed Cashmere Hose
Full Length, with Cotton Heel and Toe. Reg. 25c.
LOt NO.- 5.SSS25
Children's Extra Heavy Ribbed Bicycle Hose,
in Black and Dark Grey. This is an extra good Hose for
Boys Regular price, 30 and 35c. Closing out price, 20c.
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS.
mg, and they deserved' it. The play
is one of a species purely American
which, well rendered, never fails of ap
preciation. Though the plot is neither
deep nor intricate, it serves admirably
to introduce several thrilling situations,
as well as pleasing novelties, often ap
proaching the vaudeville.
Mr. Burt Hodkins in the title role
well portrays the unsophistocated Yan
kee farmer, both in bis home surround
ings and his confident, yet timid, entry
into urban life. He avoids a tendency
of the times to vulgarize the part, or
play to the galleries," and gives a
natural, truthful counterpart of - his
adopted character.
The part of "Luke Fay" by Frank
Holstead, who leads "Uncle JoBh's"
daughter away from her rural home to
the city,' was well sustained. "Hank
Mont," a city sport, was cleverly taken
by Maurice Haynes, who invested the
character with a sprightliness and dash
seldom equalled, and makes a capita
foil lor the villian. ,
Chief among the specialties is the
skirt dancing of Miss Pearl Height, most
gracefully executed, and the marvelous
gun and baton spinning of Major
O'langhlin. As to the latter the claim
is probably truthfully made that he is
unexcelled in the world.
The sawmill scene easily takes first
place among the scenic effects and con
stitutes the most thrilling climax of tie
play. An innocent and abused young
wife is thrown before the real whirling
saw that is really sawing real boards,
and before she is rescued is bo near the
rasping teeth of the saw that the audi
ence involuntarily shudders as tbey
witness seemingly impending and awful
death. Very strong in this act is Frank
Holstead, whose glaring eyes, ghastly
contortions of countenance and fiendish
malignity bo well portray the Bupposable
conduct of a multi-murderer.
As a whole the cast is well-balanced,
and supplemented by a fine orchestra of
nine pieces, is well worthy of patronage
in any center of population.
Teachers' Examination.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
The Body of Alborn D. Sanborn
Near Kingsley.
Found
Notice is hereby given that for the
purpose of making an examination of all
persons who may oner tneinseives as
candidates for teachers of the schools of
this county, the county school superin
tendent thereof will hold a public ex
amination at his office m The Dalles,
beginning at 1 o'clock p. m., Wednes
day Feb. 12, 1896.
Dated this 1st day of Feb., 1896.
Troy Sheixey,
County School Superintendent of
Wasco County, Ore. fl-dawllt
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair;
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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Coroner Butts, , in response to a sum
mons, left early Wednesday morning
for Kmgsley. About two miles from
Kingsley, on the Neabeck farm, Alborn
D. Sanborn, an old man 72 years old,
lost his life, and on the Sunday evening
previous. . He had been stopping at
Neabeck's place about seven months,
coming there from the Soldiers' Home
in Washington. Sunday evening he
started to return -from Mr. Mayhew's
place to Mr. Neabeck's. This was the
last seen of him alive. The following
morning, Mr. Neabeck, missing him,
started to find him, with other neigh
bors. They first found the horse he
was riding quietly browsing bv the
toadslde, but with the saddle damaged.
Half a mile further they came upon
Sanborn's body, lying on the road. A
hasty examination showed that life bad
been extinct for several hours. It was
supposed that he had lost control of the
horse by being brushed with a project
ing root of one of the oak grubs which
were used in making the fence, a fact
testified to by a scratch over the eye and
forehead, and that started the horse to
"bucking," with the result of throwing
the rider violently to the ground. It is
the opinion of the coroner he died al
most instantly. Marks in the road
prove that the horse had become un
ruly. Coroner Butts took the body to
Kingsley and summoned a jury there,
and the burial took place from there.
Mr. Butts returned to the city at 1
o'clock today.
Following is the verdict of the coro
ner's jury:
Kingsley, Oregon, Feb. 5th.
We, the jury empanelled by the coro
ner to inquire into the cause of the death
of the deceased, find as follows :
That bis name was Alborn D. San
born ; that said deceased was a native of
New York City; that he was about five
feet five inches, in height ; weight about
135 pounds and of the age of 72 yeare,
light complexioned ; that he belonged to
the G. A. B. ; that he entered the ser
vice of the United States on the first day
of October, 1861, aa a private in com
pany A, Second regiment Colorado cav
alry, and was finally discharged on the
first day of October, 1864; that he had
no known relatives in this state ; that j
he came to his death on Sunday even
ing, February 2d, by being thrown from
a hqrse which he was riding, from some
unexplainable cause, and which caused
his death. Said acqident happened on
the farm of W. H. Neabeck, near Kings
ley, Wasco county, state of Oregon.
Dated this 5th day of February, 1896.
E L Boynton,
Chris Fbaley,
P Wahd,
John Hix, .
Alex McLeod,
Geo H Dcfck.
Renovating the ltoad Bed.
Now that spring is open, the O. B. &
N. will commence grading up the road
again, and repairing injuries to the road
bed occasioned by wash-outs, slides, etc.
To this end over 500,000 ties "have been
ordered for use between The Dalles and
Pendleton, and will ehortly be distrib
uted along the line. This ia cheering
news to the railroad men, who have be-
wiuc pcoeiuiizjLiu uy a uuuuuucu inclina
tion for retrenchment by the company.
For Eome time past now the section
crews have been reduced to one man
the boss himself a force totally inade
quate to keep the track in a reasonably
safe condition for any length of time.
A Triumph of Art.
A triumph of the printer's art is the
Portland Illustrated Annual, devoted to
Portland's public schools, a copy of
which reached our table this morning.
The Annual contains half tone portraits
of every teacher in the Portland public
schools, properly classified. The work
of the whole, judged from the portraits
of Mist M. . Fraser and Miss Nellie
Butler, who are well known in The
Dallee, must be very lifelike. The cover
page is printed in colors, and is a revela
tion of the possibilities of finite art,
rivalling in beauty the famed mosaics of
ancient times, unhappily lost to repro
duction even in this wonderful age of
the world. The general public will ad
mire the harmonies of color, the delicate
tracery, the gilded lettering of the cover
pages, while the printer will revel in the
"rule work," as may be seen in beauti
ful combinations all through the book.
Anyone who may wish to see this su
perior specimen of the art preservative
of all arts, may have the opportunity
by calling at The Chronicle office. It
is the work of Peaslee Bros., Third and
Oak streets, and the material came from
the American Type Founders Co., Port
land.
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Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
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 nee
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 timber put into the "Old Hickory" to be First-Class,
and will cheerfully replace fbeb of charge any piece broken, which proves to be
brashjor unsound, regardless of cause of breakage.
Come and see the "Old Hickory." It talks for itself. . '
IHAITS CROWES, .
Second and Federal Sts., THE DALLES, OR.