THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, JULY 15. 1898.
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. LOCAL KKEVITIK9.
. Saturday's Daily.
.- The following deputy sheriffs were ap
pointed today: " Bobt. Kelly, chief
' deputy;' F. M. Driver, Wamic;, Will
ard Vanderpool, Dnfarr Frank Gable
andF. W. Wileon, The Dalles ; E. S
Olinger.Hood River ; Albert Fleiachauer,
Cascade Locks; Charles Wallace, An
telope. :
- The suit of the United States against
Senfert Bros., to condemn right of way
for the Celilo boat railway, was decided
yesterday in the United States court,
the jury, after being out about two
hours, returning a verdict allowing de
fendants $25,800.50. It is understood
, Mr. Seufert will apply for a new trial.
Sheriff Stirason of. Klickitat county
estimates that there are 42,534 Oregon
sheep in that county, which have been
driven there for a summer range. Of
this number Kerr & Buckley hare 5,000,
Win. Smith 2,800, Thompson & Crow
2,700, C. W. McAllister 2,500 and about
twenty others have smaller numbers. '
Messre. Alkire and Hardesty are de
veloping what tbey believe to be a valu-
able gold mine ten ' miles east of Mt.
Hood. They were in the city this morning
with specimens of the ore. It is taken
from a four-foot vein, the- direction of
which is northeast and southwest, and
dips toward Hood River'. The ore is to
' be assayed in Portland by three differ
ent assayers. The owners believe it is
; very rich. . .
"Coyote,", an Indian' at Tumwater
was brought in by a friend and taken to
Dr. Hollister this morning to be treated
' for a fractured arm. This occurred from
a fisfht with another Indian on the 4th
of July. They fonght.beating each other
with irons, and Coyote has a very bad
arm, threatened at the present time
with blood poisoning from neglect,
Coyote's only consolation is that his op
ponent is too badly used up to come to
The" Dalles to be treated.
Monday's Dally.
The fruit will be of superb quality this
season.
Grasshoppers have done considerable
damage in various parts of the county,
' The river today marked 40 feet, a fall
of onlv .8 in the last forty-eight houre
Ed. Patterson and Hugh Cbrisman
began work this morning making out
the delinquent tax roll, which will oc
cupy their attention about six weeks.
iwo more train loads of cattle were
shipped from The Dalles yeBterday, one
from Mr. Millik for Montana, and one
from Mr. Mellin for Wyoming. The cat
tie are from the Prineville district.
Mrs. Wilmot Whitfield, who spoke on
'Home Missions'' at the M. E. church
yesterday morning, organized a Ladies
Home Missionary Society with 15 mem
bers, and in the evening from the young
ladies, a Queen Esther Circle, also of
home miBBionary intent.
A hose tournament takes place in As
toria, commencing the 15th of August,
It is not known whether or not The
Dalles will participate, but the boys
propose to practice regularly, so that in
case a way - appears to provide funds,
they will have a fair chance to win.
Practicing will commence tonight.
H. M. Beall, formerly of The Dalles,
has closed his accounts as receiver of
the Linn County National bank, Albany
and will go to California, where he will
spend several months. . He was receiver
' about three years, during which time he
handled $250,000, which went to the de
I positora of the bank, and . was thus put
in circulation.
The band concert yestareay was at
tended more generally by the ladies than
common. ' The music was excellent, as
usual. ' The placing of seats in the
grounds was a wise provision and insures
comfort with delight. Yesterday was
the sixth free concert of the season, and
interest in them does not wane. The
unselfish spirit of the hand is appreci
ated by a liberal attendance. : '
When a echool master entered the tem
ple of learning on Mountain creek a few
mornings ago he real on. the blackboard
the touching legend : "Our teacher is a
donkey." . The pupils ' expected ' there
would be a combined cyclone and earth
quake, bnt the philosophical pedagogue
contented himself with adding the word
"driver" to the legend, and opened the
school as usual. Mitchell Monitor.
Mr. W. M. McCorkle returned home
last night from his visit of six weeks to
Illinois among relatives, after an ab
sence of 'forty-four , years. He stated
that he was glad to get home to Oregon,'
"where he could get a good night's
sleep again.". It is a fact that every one
who leaves - Oregon for the East is not
satisfied until they return. Mr. Mc
Corkle said regarding the financial situ
ation that we did not know what hard
times . are compared ( with' Illinois and
Iowa." There are abundant crops in all
the middle states, but 'that does not
bring hope.. Prosperity is as distant as
if the crops were a failure for the market
is so low that the crops will not clear
tbe cost of production. .
The continued high . water is having
its effect 4a some of the tenants in the
lower district. We learn that Mrs. Brit
tan is making arrangements to vacate
tbe bouse she has occupied for the past
twelve years. ; It is about time the city
fathers adopted some measures to ex
elude the water from the low places, pre'
venting its becoming stagnant, thereby
endangering the health of the city.
Thejjrisoners in the county jail are at
times visited by Mrs. Cross, who talks
prays, Bings and reads with them, en
deavoring to induce them . to accept
Christ.. . This morning the lady-made
one of her periodical visits. She is al
ways treated respectfully, arid courte
ously, and undoubtedly elevates them
by her spirit of true . unselfishness
whether or not they accept the Word she
brings to them.
Tuesday's. Dally.
' Ripe peaches have been picked by
several residents of The Dalles. .- .
The atmosphere has already begun to
get hazy from the smoke from the moun
tains. ; ,
The well drillers at the Diamond
Roller Mills have progressed to a depth
of 110 feet, and are expectkg to strike
the water vein at any time. .
The ladies of the M. E. church will
give an ice cream social next Wednesday
evening for tbe benefit of tbe fund for
preacher's salary. Ice cream, cako and
a fine literary program, 15 cents.' .
There seems to be a more general
begira to the watering resorts from The
Dalles . this season than ever before.
There is more hot weather than usual
thus far in the season which mav ac
count for it. ' s
Marshal Blakeney announces that be
proposes to strictly enforce the cow and
thistle ordinances.- The thistle ordin
ance provides that every property owner
shall cut thistles on bis own property
and half way across streets or alleys to
the boundary line of any adjacent prop
erty owner. , .
The band has just received $30 worth
of new music. Among it is a selection
entitled "A Night in Berlin," a very
classical production which will require
considerable practice - before the band
will attempt to play it in public. As
the band plays some very difficult pieces
at sight, "A Night in Berlin" will be
something very fine. -
Mr. J. HL. Smithson sold his wool a
few days ago for 6 cents a pound, re
alizing $2,000 which he put in an Ellens
burg bank. The next day the bank broke.
Mr. Smithson is a nephew of Dr. Sid
dall of this city, who is very- indignant.
The bank officiate have committed - a
crime in accepting' money on deposit
jast on the eve of a collapse.
Mrs. F. J. Chase brought in some
cherry branches this morning which
were loaded heavier with fruit than any
we ever saw. The limbs must have
hung straight down by reason of their
weight of fruit. We learn also that the
yield of pears, peaches and apples will
be very heavy on the Chase ranch. The
prune crop will be about fifty per cent.
'THE LAST LEAF.
An Old Man Who Mingles the Present
". Inharmonlously With the Pass. .' , ;
' A (fray-haired native of Ireland called
at The Chronicle office about 5 o'clock
last evening and asked to see the editor.
He stoops with the deformity of age, but
his bright eyes betoken an active brain,
though his remarks subsequently showed
it to be disordered. - Mr. Fair view' life,
for that is his name, lies behind him.
Whatever of usefulness is to be credited
to him bears date of the past. His note
in the scale of human action is jangling
j and discordant, for it is not of this gen
eration. 3 he visions conjured up by bis
conversation are peopled by the now in
material characters of Lincoln, Buchan
an, Grant, etc. They are the characters
co-existent with bis most vigorous man
hood, and bis mind dwells upon them
instead of the present. He thinks he
should be selected for the presidency,
and devoutly believes God is to , aid
him to attain , that . high office. - It
was suggested that he was ineligible
because foreign born. "I have heard
that remark before," said tbe old veteran,
"but it has no force. . True, I was born'
in Ireland, but you know the good book
says we are to be born again.- No one
would believe that if I asserted it on my
unsupported words, so when the time
comes I have a witness, who will swear
to time and place, that I have .been born
again, and that 1, am now American
born." He directed to be published the
following, which be calls a "poem." .
Free silver at 16 to 1. We want a
candidate who will represent those
views. The majority of 'the delegation
has., expressed no presidential prefer
ences. - Xney want a nominee who can
win. I believe every member of the
delegation favors that. If I get. the
nomination of the .People a party, 1 will
be elected by a higher majority than
ever yet a candidate was, and do more
than 50,300 presidents altogether, one
after the other. I desire to say further
that tbe question of free and unlimited
coinage of silver by the government
alone at 16 to 1 has already passed . be
yond tbe domain of argument.
V " . ' - ;.. John C r . J-aibvibw.
You have this published throughout
tbe papers of the United States," said
he, "and you shall lose nothing by it," j
arid - there was the familiar twinkle of
the old politician's eye that goes with
that kind of a promise. "And bV the
way, call me Professor.. I ' have been
called Professor ever since I advocated
the navigation of the atr. I proposed to
start from tbe city gardens in San Fran
cisco, fly to Sacramento, then down the
river to tbe bay, where I would settle
on the water like a gull, then rise and
fly back to San Francisco. The scheme
failed, because the man who was to go
with me backed out, but I have the ma
chine yet, only the wings are broke
now."
In this disjointed way the old fellow
rambled on, ever recurring to bis polit
ical aim and the scenes of life, based
upon the past. The old man is the re:
alization of the sad poem of 'The Last
Leaf." For the past .fifteen years he
has lived at the Locks. His dementia
is harmless, but pitifully. shows tbe help
lessness' of extreme age, which excites
only a feeling of the broadest charity.
THE COUNCIL DEADLOCKED.
r our
Items
of
Interest
Ladies'
Shirt Waists
AT A BIG REDUCTION.
Our Regular $ .75 Waists.
r . Sale Price, $ .60
Our Regular $ .85 Waists:..:.....'....
Sale Price! $ .70
Our Regular $1.00 Waists . ... .. . ...
' Sale Price, $ .75
Our Regular $1.25 Waists....... .....
Sale Price, $1.00
Our Regular $1.50 Waists.. ... ...
:. ...........,.: Sale Price, $1.20
Our Regular $1.75 Waists... -
' Sale Price, $1.45
Our Regular $2.00 Waists. .;. . - ,
. ......... Sale Price, $1.60
Summer
Wash Fabrics
AT A MARKED REDUCTION.
Our Regular 12c Goods ......:..'. .
SaleTrice, ' 9 jc .'
Our Regular 15c Goods .
......Sale Price, 12Jc
Our Regular 20c Goods . ,-.
......Sale Price, 16c
Our Regular 25c Goods
. . Sale Price, 20c
Our Regular 30c Goods ...
......... :...;:.i:.:......:...:..Sale Price, 24c
Our Regular 35c Goods .,... . " ."
:......:...SaIe Price, 27c
Our Regular 50c Goods .. ...
": ...... ......Sale Price, 37R:
LINON " BATISTE and SILK COLLARS at 50 per cent deduction:
we win conunne our sale or SUMMER UNDERWEAR for
other "week, .v . : -
an-
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE & MAYS
Jackson Gnllck's Body Found.
Hoiln Items.
Mosikb, July 13, 1896.
Editoe Chboniclb:
Mrs. Thos. Harlan and son, Mr. Frank
Ginger, arrived from Colorado on Thure
day last. ..'
Mrs. L. Hughes of Montana, who has
been visiting Mrs. A. L. Daggett, start
ed home on Saturday via Portland;
Miss Nellie Daven i ort, after an ab
sence of several months in Portland, re
turned home on Saturday accompanied
by her sister. . . . -
' Mr. John Evans, engineer for Daven
port Bros, lumber company at Hood
River, came home on Thursday, and
started for the harvest fields in Sherman
county today.
The civil engineers of the O. E. & N.
Co. were here last weekdping some work
in the water service deprtment.
Wm. Davis took the lead to the har
vest: fields last Tuesday, and will be
followed by quite a number of the boys
in a few days. ' -V .
C. A. Bryant & Co. have nearly a car
load -of silica at the station ready for
shipment.
' Novus Homo.
;;' Awarded ' "
Highest Honors-World's Fair,
Qold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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MB
. . Most Perfect Made. ,;
40 Years the Standard.
Tho Mayor and Three Councilman Want
VT. II. Butts for Marshal.
The chief business before the city
council Saturday evening was the ap
pointment and confirmation of marshal,
but the meeting was barren of result
There is a deadlock in ' the common
council at the present time, on the one
side tbe mayor and three councilmen
and on the other the remaining six coun
cilmen. Reduced to individuals, four
out of ten are determined that W. H.
Butts shall be the next city marshal,
and six of ten are for some one else.
The first business before the meeting
was a petition from Mr. J. M. Patterson
that the council fix a rate of . $3 a night
or $15 per week for shows in the armory
hall. Referred to the finance committee.
After" tbe disposal of this business
there was a momentary silence, broken
by the mayor, who stated tbe object of
the meeting to be the selection of a mar
shal. - He said he had been unable to
make any appointment except the one
he had heretofore made, and hoped the
council would take another ballot and
make the confirmation. Of all men in
the city Butts was the ideal man in the
mayor's estimation who could work har
moniously along with him. He should
like to have his choice respected, be
cause Le is in a great measure responsi
ble for the marshal's actions ; whatever
mistakes the marshal makes is treasured
up against the mayor who made the
appointment. ;
Councilman Nolan moved that a ballot
tie taken, which 'resulted as before 6 to
3 against confirmation, when the mayor
announced that' he had no other names
to propose. The meeting then adjourned
without further remark. .
No intimation was given of yielding
on either side, even in the event of a
change in .the vote. - All this suits the
present incumbent, Mr. Blakeney. He
believes " tbe best way out of the diffi
culty is for the mayor -to present his
name, and he believes that seven out of
the nine councilmen would vote ' for
confirmation. '. .... '
The question of draining the standing
water out of the lots between First
street aDd the alley came'up. ' The mar
shal said arrangements had "been made
by which men were" going to work Mon
day to open the manholes and - let the
stagnant water run off.. '
Sam Thurman, while out in a small
boat about 8 o'clock last ' evening, ob
served what looked like a corpse rising
and falling npon the waves and pulling
toward it, discovered that such was the
case. It was the body of Jackson
Galick, drowned eix days previously.
The location of its discovery was at an
eddy in the river near Mr. Thurman's
wheel, the corpse having accidentally
washed within tbe eddy, where it was
retained, instead of being borne down
the river by the current, as may have
more naturally been supposed. The
corpse is now in a shocking state of de
composition and will be buried without
opportunity being given to view the re
mains.' From appearances the body
must have been face downward chafing
upon tbe rocks, as a great portion of tbe
face and upger portion, of the body is
missing. It is considered remarkable
that the body should have risen to tbe
surface in six daye. as nine days has
been the - universal experience for
drowned person to rise to tbe surface.
THEY DIVIDED BY TWELVE.
Bow tho Jury Beached a Verdict In the
Boat-Railway Case.
. As was stated at the time the verdict
in the condemnation case of tbe govern
ment against Seufert Bros, was rendered,
neither party to the suit was satisfied,
and both were talVing of asking for
new trial. Perhaps tbey both under
stood then how tbe jury arrived at the
verdict, says the Oregonian.
It is said that each member of the
jury wrote out the amount of damages
he thought tbe defendant was entitled
to, and that these amounts were added
together and the total divided by 12, the
number of tbe jury, and the amount was
agreed upon as the verdict. One of tbe
jurymen asserted the damages at $750,
and another at $100,000. A new jury
might award more or less, and each
party to the suit seems willing to try a
new deal.
An outsider who listened to the trial
says it was funny to hear the arguments
made, which tended to convey the idea
that there were tons and tons of .fish to
be hauled to the railroad every day in
the year, and that "trains or boats '
would be running over the boat railway
so close together .that a wagonload of
fish could not be hauled over it without
danger of being ran over.
The facta in the case are that the bulk
of the fish are caught at ' The Dalles
within ten days, and that the whole fish
ing season there lasts only about a
month. As to the boat rail way r per
haps Mr. Seufert may live long enough
to see a boat pass over it, and perhaps
he may not; but it will be a longtime
before there is one boat per day passing
up and down over the proposed boat
railway. However, this probably cuts
no figure in the amount ef damages
which should be allowed on general
principles. ' : . - "
County Court Proceedings. . '
: Petition for road by W..-A. Husbands
and others'; granted. ' V
Petition of C. P. Balch and others for
county road; W. H. Whipple, C.H.
S tough ton and Willard Vanderpool ap
pointed viewers ; J. B. Qoit surveyor. .
Petition' of G. Sequi and others for
county road; .prayer of petitioners de
nied. -i-A : '
R. B. Tucker, petition for privilege to
build a house on county road lirajits in
Baldwin precinct; granted. -
H. Kelson and others; petition' for
county road withdrawn.
'. Petition for extension of time to file
assessment roll; granted and time ex
tended until first Moxfday in October.
Final report of Wm. Michel, county
treasurer, approved.
Simeon. Bolton appointed deputy
county clerk, salary as heretofore, $75
per month. , ;
In matter of allowance for road super,
visors, ordered that supervisors be al
lowed one day '8 time for every day five
men or more are worked on county road.
No payment made to supervisors until
annnal settlements are made.
All claims against Wasco county here
after shall be duly verified and sworn to
before they will be considered by connty
court. . .
In matter of taxes due for 1895, or
dered that the sherifT make return on
roll according to law, when clerk will
make delinquent roll. It is the sense of
the court that tbe tax must be collected.
Petition of T. G. Condon for stock in
spector, granted.
Robert Estoup, about 26 years of age,
living about five miles northwest of Mil
ton, 'attempted suicide by hanging, on
Tuesday evening. When discovered, be
was lying upon the-ground, the rope
having broken, "otherwise all efforts to.
previvahim would have been of no avail.
Medical assistance was soon procured
and it was first theught that he could
not recover.. However, on- Wednesday
evening, though he was still uncon
scious, hopes were' entertained that he
could be brought round;
Rev. J. S. McCain, editor of the Co-
xjuille Herald, who is a delegate to tbe
Populist national convention, will leave
Tuesday for St. Lonia. J. F. Johnson,
of Wallowa county, who is also a" dele
gate, was to have left for St. Louis yes
terday. In speaking of probable candi
dates, Mr. Johnson says he has no fa
vorite, but that be is opposed to fusion
in any manner. " "We should put up a
true-blue Populist, and if tbe free-silver
element means business tbey can sup
port him," is Johnson's theory. Eugene
Guard. - -' .
. Lost! Last! -
On the morning of July 4lb, between
5 and 8-Mile creeks, a tan-colored valise
clothing and other valuables. A liberal
reward will be paid on leaving the same
at this office. . . ' jul6-d48-wlm
NORTHWEST NOTES.
Camas Prairie on Monday was visited
hv a tk..i1a. ... J : - I It
m buuuuci aiAjiuj, uuruiK wuicn las
llgntning struck a tree, felled John L.
Bislera to the ground, stunning him, and
killed a cow belonging to Bislers.
A 7-y.ear-old girl named Minnie Fisher
was caught in the act of burglarizing a
house in Spokane on Monday night, and
after she had been arrested, several
other recent burglaries in that city were
traced home to her. The little girl says
she was forced to commit the crimes by
some man whose name she ill not divulge.
ine executive committee of the Ore
gon state board of agriculture will meet "
in Salem on Saturday, the 18th inst.. for
the purpose of appointing the necessary
gatekeepers, letting the pool privileges '
1 . . . 1 . . . . .
auu blkuuiu)) ui iirr prej iuj uittry uusi-
neBS for the opening of the next state '
fair. Tbe personnel of the committee
is as follows : William Galloway, ex-of-ficio
chairman; J. H. Albert, D. H.
Looney, Richard Scott, Z. F. Moody. -
The last thing written by Mrs. Har
riet Beecher Stowe, only a few days be
fore her death, was a loving acknowl
edgement to the public for fond renaem-'
i . . . - .
affectionate esteem, on her 85th birth-'
day, which she sent to the Ladles Home.
Journal. In tbe next issue of thia
magazine it will be published in fac "
simile.' It reflects the beautiful nature
of the gifted authoress, and by her death -
Kan Tuwaim. h.v loaf mna.n. . 1 1, a
American public. .. -
' Bed uoed Bates.
Tbe O. R. ScN. Co. will sell round
trip tickets for one fare Tor the following;
conventions : Republican National Con
vention to be held at St. Louis, Mo.,
June 16th. Democratic ' National Con
vention to be held at Chicago July 7tb.
Peoples Party Convention and Ameri
can Convention to be held at St. Lonia
July 22J. National Convention Young'
Peoples. Society of Christian Endeavor
to be, held at Washington, D. C, July '
7th to 13th. National Educational As
sociation meeting to be held at Buffalo
July 3d to 10th. Encampment G. A. R.
to be held at St. Paul Sept. 14th. For.
further information ' call on or address' ,
yours truly, E. E. Lttlk, ,
jo3-tf Agent.
' Subscribe for Tuk Chronicle and get
the news.
!de Price on Farm wagons las Dropped;
S5?TTbat is,' the price on some wagons has fallen below our price on "OLD.
HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Because no other wagon on the market will sell -alongside'
of the "OLD HICKORY" at the same prices. It is the beet ironed,
best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every bit of material in it to
bfr strictly firsfrclrss. If voa want the- CHEAPEST Wagon on the market,lw
haven't got It ; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison..
'' f : : ; :; MAYS & : CROWE,. The Dalles, Or.