THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. 1896.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday's Daily.
"Maid of Gotham, ere we kUs,
Tell me what the deuce Is this?"
Phe answers with a chilly laugh,
"ily breaeh of promise phonograph.'
Considerable rain fell at Umatilla yes
terday. The county conrt house is soon to be
ornamented with a cement walk.
John Carlin shipped twelve carloads
of sheep to Chicago this morning. '
Love, Courtship and Marriage .at
Baldwin Opera House tonight. Couples
matted and mis-matted.
The name of Mark Long, musical di
rector, now appears at the conclusion of
the concert program for tomorrow.
A white plate lowered into the waters
mas' excursion, . could be seen at a
depth of 94 feet.
The Misses Taylor will open a pri
mary school, with kindergarten meth
ods, in the First Baptist church on Mon
day, Sept. 14th.
A Massachusetts young couple have
made a desperate wager. If McKinley
is elected she will marry him ; and if
Bryan is elected he will marry her.
Mrs. Phillips is just receiving a large
assortment of the latest novelties in
millinery; also a large assortment of
ladles and children s street hats at 50
and 25 cents each. . Please call and see
these bargains. sl2-lt
Ninety cases of salmon were pat up
yesterday at Herrick's cannery as a re
sult of the first days pack. A still larger
number will be packed today. This,
though not as large a number as hoped
for, is encouraging to all hands.
Mr. Qrey will organize his second and
third class in German on Saturday after
noon at 4 o'clock, September 19th at the
old Lutheran chapel on Ninth street
All desiring to participate in the work of
either of these two classes will please
attend this meeting.
Seufert Bros, shipped five cases of
fresh salmon to New York City by ex
press last night. These are iced at
varions points along the route and reach
the breakfast plates of Gothamites with
all the delicacy and excellence of flavor
that we obeerve at home.
Mr. urey will organize a class in
Latin on next Monday evening at
o'clock at the old Lutheran chapel. All
desiring instruction in the Latin lan
guage are requested to attend this meet
ing, so that the time for instruction and
other necessary, arrangements can be
established permanently, at once.
The salary of stock inspector has suf
fered the most from the grindstone of
economy. Formerly it was $900 a year,
and was reduced successively to $700,
$500 and $300 annually. Yesterday the
county court split the $300 in the mid
dle, and the present incumbent will re
ceive only $150 per year.
Ed. Marshal is being tried today for
larceny in a dwelling, the complaining
witness being the sparkling, often ine
briated, sometimes lachrymose "Irish
Moll," who avers that she saw the de
fendant engaged in robbing her trunk at
the hacienda. As soon as possible she
gave the alarm. The trial has occupied
the entire day at Justice Filloon's court.
Late this afternoon he was bound over
under $200 bonds.
It is reported by the men who were
engaged in excavating for Davenport's
saw mill at the head of the ditch on
Hood .River, and they are all truthful
men,as6erts the Glacier, that after a blast
was set off a live toad was set free that
had been imbedded in the hard basaltic
rock 18 inches from the surface. The
toad had swelled up to several times his
natural size and completely filled the
cavity where he had been imprisoned
for thousands of years. As soon as set
free by the blast, the toad wilted to the
ordinary size and hopped away, probab
ly to hunt up the companions of his
youth. The kind hearted men stood and'
watched the toad enjoy his liberty.
They couldn't think of making the toad
a prisoner again even for exhibition, and
brought to town only the hole in the
rock to verify their story.
Monday's Daily.
The river now stands at 9.9.
Mr. A. S. Roberts brough t up fourteen
thoroughbred Sopbshire bucks from
Troutdale Saturday night.
The buildings and barns of Adams &
Hinkle, together with nearly all the
contents, burned last week at Glen wood,
Wash. '
Charlie Heppner demonstrated a les
son in natural philosophy Saturday,
which ia much safer to learn from a
school book that is, that powder when
touched with a spark is instantly trans- j
formed into a gas many, times its own MR. AND MRS. TURNER DROWN
bulk. He had about a quart of black
powder which he .touched with the
lighted end of a cigarette to "see how it
burned." He now carries his arm in a
sling and his face and feat.da are badly
powder-burned.
Seufert Bros, will follow their ship
ment of 25.000 pounds of salmon last
Friday with a like shipment tomorrow
evening. ,
No. 1 wheat is selling at the Diamond
Mills today for 46 cents. This is a very
good price for the times. There is said
to be a shortage this year in the world's
product.
Jacob .Wollner, a wool merchant of
San Francisco, is in the city. He states
that if McKinley . is elected he will pay
wool raisers 15 cents a pound for their
wool next year.
Judge Liebe received a telegram today
from Giles Patrick, stating that he is in
Ferndale,-California. The telegram was
forwarded from Eureka. Patrick is a
beneficiary in Richard Closter's will.
Major Jackson, of the regular army,
and Col. Telfer, inspector general of the
O. N. G., airived in the city on the
noon train today and will inspect the.
militia company at the armory tonight.
Attorney J. L. Story left today for
Portland on legal business in connec
tion with the suits of the Eastern Ore
gon Land Co. vs. divers settlers in Sher
man county who have patents to certain
lands claimed by the land company.
Mr. W. H. Taylor shipped some Hun
garian prunes to New York last week
that brought the remarkable figure of
$1'.55 per box. The high figure was be
cause of the superiority of the fruit and
the excellent packing. Other fruit sold
by its side for $1 per box. ..
The case of the State' vs. D. P. and
Wm. Ketchum was settled at Portland
Friday, resulting in the complete ex
oneration of defendants. The charge
was herding sheep on the reserve
heinous crime forsooth, but of which
they were proven absolutely innocent.
Tuesday's. Sally
The rain last night amounted to .18
of an inch.
Mr. and Mrs. Herrin left for the Locks
this morning to meet officers of the
grand lodge of Workmen and Degree of
Honor.
Many of the ladies are attracted to
Pease & Mays these days by an elegant
now stock of fall dress goods, which has
lately arrived, and of which, we under
stand, they have a great variety.
Republicans of 8-Mile precinct will
organize a McKinlev club at the Lower
8-Mile school house Monday night, Sept.
21st at 7:30 o'clock. All Republicans
are cordially invited to be present.
J. H. Graham, who was killed yester
day, was a brother of William Graham,
who was killed seven years ago the 17th
of this mouth by being scalded to death
in a railroad accident above The Dalles.
Capt. Waud states that the .bulkhead
on the shore side has been built ready
for the cement at the Locks, and on the
island side it has been cleared ready for
the masonry, which will be built up
fast.
Mr. J. S. Koontz returned today from
the head of 8-Mile where he has been
for the past week. Toe weather up
tbeie is now cold continually and in
camp a fire must be kept up all the time
if comfort is to be insured.
The car of Italian and silver prunes
shipped last night by The Dalles Com
mission Co., was made up as follows
J. H. 'Stadleman, 50; Geo. Sellinger,
102; W. H. Johnson, 168 ; Amos Root,
37; E. Lane, 20; A. S. Bennett. 402.
A. M. Williams & Co. have some very
handsome windows, which will well re
pay inspection. There is a splendid ex
hibit of underwear in .one of them,
which, being seasonable, will attract
much attention. There are some drives
in other lines, also, noted in their ad
vertisement elsewhere in this issue.
News was received in this city today
of the death of Joseph Carey, a son-in-
law of Mrs. Hawthorne, who was killed
near Eugene last week, while riding a
horse, by his spurs catching in the saddle
girth, frightening the horse, who reared
and fell, crushing its rider. Mrs. Carey
is a daughter of Mrs. Hawthorne and re
sides in The Dalies.
At the inspection at the armory lait
night Major Jackson expressed his com
plete satisfaction as to The Dalles militia
company. (Jompany j and the non
commissioned staff came under the ex
amination. The different maneuvers
and the manual of arms was gone
through with by Capt. Cbrisman, under
the instruction of Major "Jackson, First
Lieut. Reese and Second Lieut. McAvoy.
Major Jackson and Col. Telfer left later
for Wasco. . . . .,
Death
of Two Colored Citizens
Floating Under a Scow.
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Exact Location Demanded.
Some people get so in the habit of
using what is generally looked upon as
profane language that it becomes second
nature to them. If they could all be
brought up as roundly as the man in
the following anecdote, perhaps their
manners would soon be mended. Ex-
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, brother
of Colonel Nat Taylor, recently of San
Jose, tells the story: A stranger ap
proached him recently with extended
hand and said:' "Your face is familiar,'
where in h 11 did ! meet . you?"-" "I
don't know," replied the ex-governor,
what part of h 11 are you from?"
George Washington Turner and bis
wife, well known colored people of. The
Dulles, who have been in the laundry
bnsiness for some time, were drowned
about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. .
With another colored man known as
Jenkins, they had been fishing above
the rapids. They had hauled in their
sturgeon line, getting about 300 pounds
of fish, which was deposited in the bot
tom of the boat along with a salmon
they had procured. In the boat, also,
was their dog, a small yellow pug. Jen
kins, who was the only survivor of the
occupants of the boat, and who is the
only living witness of the tragic 'occur
rence, tells the following particulars.
The boat, after receiving its load of fish,
was rowed down over the rapids, and
was heading directly for the bow
of Davis' scow, which is anchored
across the river about a mile and a half
distant. Jenkins who is a proficient
oarsman, saw the danger, and shouted
to Turner to row with his shore oar.
Turner was unskilled in the use of oars,
and becoming frightened, accidentally
knocked out Jenkins' oarlock with his
oar. There remained one other lock on
that side of the boat, but this also was
in some manner knocked out through
the hurry and agitation of Turner. In
another moment the . boat bad drifted
to the scow and was at once submerged
with all its occupants, except Jenkins.
By standing up in the boat he in some
manner grasped a shore line which helps
fasten the fish boat steadily in the river,
and climbed hand over hand to it.
But Turner and bis wife sank to rise no
more. Their four-footed companion al
so drowned with them.
The small boat came up a short dis
tance down the river badly batterred
and a greet hole stove in its side near
the bottom, but it was tenantless. The
current flows very swift where the acci
dent occurred, and it is scarcely prob
able the bodies will be' found, though
efforts have been made today to do bo.
Turner was a son of Mrs. .Whitaker,
who died not long ago at the Portland
hospital.
Turner and Jenkins had but just
formed a partnership in the sturgeon
fishing bussness and this was their
first day's work fishing. Mrs. Turner
had expressed a wish to go out with
them in the boat, and had almost been
dissuaded by friends to whom she had
spoken, but unfortunately their advice
bad not prevailed. She was the first to
sink out of sight beneath the scow,
holding her dog in her arms. ' Her hus
band followed directly.
In the boat was a . sturgeon weighing
250 pounds. The same sturgeon was re
covered this morning and brought to the
express office. The sturgeon lines and
hooks were lost.
New
Fall Dress Goods.
Our Fall Goods are arriving daily and we will soon have our complete
stock open for your inspection. The Dress Goods Section has already
made a good showing with some of the choicest materials. France,
England, Germany, and last but not least, America, have contributed
to our stock. Many of these handsomely woven materials are confined
to us for this section of the country. Come and look them over.
THe Fall Importation
of Black Goods.
No woman's wardrobe is complete without at least one good Black
Gown, and we are in shape to Gown he town. Handsome Lustres,
unique Brocade Effects, fine Figured Mohairs, standard All-Wool and
Silk-and-Wool Materials, all fresh from foreign looms, and with a mod
esty of price that will make you ready buyers. '
See Our Center Window..
ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
PEASE
INDIAN RELICS.
They Are Becoming; Scarce Sr. Suther
land'a Fine Collection.
Kipe tomatoes lor catsup Scents . per
pound at Dalles Commission Co. sl4-2w
County Court Proceedings.
Ot C. P.
Petition tor county road
Balch et al, prayer granted.
C. A. Cramer, petition for change in
road district; denied.
W. Bolton et al, petition for incorpor
ation of Antelope; petition granted;
election to be held October 19th, 1896.
Boundaries as prayed for in petitien ; T.
Harper, P. A. Kirchheimer, W. Bol
ton judges ; E. M. Miller and E. Shutt
clerks.
D. S. McKay, petition for liquor
license; granted.
E. C. Rogers et al, petition for county
road ; J. B. Goit appointed surveyor ; C
Hayes, J: Henrichs and V. Wmchell
viewers.
A. W, Calvin, petition for- liquor
icense; granted.
In the matter of 1 mill tax belonging
to road districts. Ordered that the
clerk do not issue warrants from and
after this date on the 1 mill special road
fund without an order of this court.
C. G. Wetmore appointed supervisor
of road Dist. No. 9 to fill vacancy caused
by tbeTesignation of C. F. Mitchell.
In the matter of wood for court bouse.
Bid of J. T. Reynolds accepted for pine
and fir at $2 per cord. Bid of J. T.
Peters accepted for oak at $3.75 per cord.
In the matter of sidewalks around
court house. Ordered that Kocher and
Freeman build a cement walk; price
325, to be approved by Judge Mays.
In the matter of salary of stock in
spector, ordered that from and after the
date on which the present incumbent
qualified, the salary for same shall be
$150 per annum.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
Dr.. Sutherland of this city has per
haps the finest collection of arrow points
and Indian relics in the city, though he
has only been collecting for two years.
The other day he received a very fine
bow and half a dozen arrows from Cali
fornia from a former patient he had
treated in The Dalles. The arrow points
are affixed to long, straight, well-made
arrows of ependid workmanship. The
bow is also very fine, with a strong gut
string. The bow is painted in red and
blue with a regular design. Dr. Suth
erland has arrow points which he values
as high as to each. The value does not
consist in the worth of the stone, but
the rarity of workmanship and the dif-
ficulty of it.
Arrow points have been getting
scarcer and scarcer of late years, and
their value will rise fast from now on
Of 1,500 points that Dr. Sutherland has
secured in the past year, only about 500
have been newly found. They are
chiefly brought in by Indians, who per
sistently wander over the sand fields in
search of them, but the business is be
coming unprofitable even to them from
their scarcity. They have sought to
make them, but their deception is easily
discovered by the connossieur, for their
manufacture is a lost art. There is a
regularity of the cicatrices, and a
smoothness of work which cannot be
duplicated in this day of the world.
The most common stone is the obsidian
Others are found of cornelian, agate, por
phyry, bone, petrified wood, etc.
There are other valuable Indian relics
besides the arrow points. Numbers of
mortars and pestles, implements and
images have been found which have a
great attraction to the curio hunter.
The mortars contain evidences of much
usage, and no doubt a great deal of
grain nas oeen pounded np in. tnem.
Some of them were evidently used to
mix paint in, for they are still colored
with the same mysteriously made and
lasting pigments which are to this day
to be seen in hieroglyphics on the rocks
above The Dalles. Then, too, there are
Indian baskets, skillfully woven, but of
course of more recent manutacture.
Misses Anna and Bess Lang have -the
choicest collection of Indian baskets in
the city. These are becoming rare, also,
for civilization has Induced Indians to use
analine dyes and gaily-colored worsteds,
which renders them of no value to the
relic hunter. .
Others who are known to have good
collections' are Rev. W. C. Curtis and
A. Ullrich. The fire of 1891 destroyed
some very valuable collections, among
them one belonging to Mr. Geo. Morgan.
The Concert.
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The concert yesterday was not radic
ally different than those which had pre
ceded it. While the absence of Mr.
Peterson's cornet could be noted, yet the
music was quite as sweet and the sev
eral selections so well sustained under
the competent leadership of Mr. Long
that the absence of Mr. Peterson did not
seem by any means irremedial. The
serenade "Pleasant Dreams," one of the
sweetest selections in the repertoire of
the band, was never exceeded in beauty
by its rendition yesterday. "The Mill
in the Forest" was very fine also. Best
of all was the clarionet solo of Mr. Mark
Long. There are few musicians on any
instrument who can pass from note to
note with the felicity possessed by Mr.
Long. Distinct and clear, without the
trace of a slur, Mr. Long brings out a
succession of 64th notes with the dis
tinctness of the written music before
him, and wide changes of compass he
instantly accomplishes, preserving every
tone in its original and separate beauty
His solo yesterday was more difficult be
cause of its length, otherwise the audi
ence would have insisted on their en
core.
Mr. u. a. uiarke is becoming very
proficient in the use of bis traps, and
his bird music never sounded so sweet,
nor was it as brilliant, as yesterday. He
has an able assistant in Mr. A. Kennedy
A BRYAN CLUB.
An Organization Effected at the
Home Saturday Evening'.
Court
The Bryan club of The Dalles held
their first meeting Saturday night in the
court house. There were about sixty
present when the meeting opened, with
a diminishing number as the meeting
progressed. The first business' of the
meeting was the election of a president.
There was but one nomination, Mr. J. L.
Story, who was elected by acclamation,
and who made a short speech in res
ponse. Though a Populist of recent
conversion, -Mr. Story is an apt pupil,
and like his great leader of oratorical
fame, arrays class against class the
laboring classes against the "plutocrats"
and "money lenders." He exhibited a
roster containing 210 names of purported
adherents to a Bryan club.
For vice-president, the difficulty at
once appeared 01 selecting any wno
would accept the doubtful honor, and
was in turn declined by Mr. A. S. Ben
nett, Mr. Reese and Mr. Koss. Finally
Mr. B. H. Thurston and Mr. J. B.
Crossen accepted the positions without
murmur. They elected Frank Hill sec
retary, but couldn't make him serve, and
so the assistant secretary, Mr. J. A.
Donthit, fulfilled the requirement.
A committee of three on constitution
and bylaws was appointed, consisting
of A. S. Rennett, Al Reese and B. H.
Thurston.
There appearing to he no other urgent
buBijess, speeches were declared to be
the order, and on call Mr. A. J. Brig
ham, of Dnfur, took the floor.' Mr.
Brigbam is a very earnest advocate of
free silver and talks quite entertainingly, .
but is not willing to let the Republican
party consummate financial legislation
in the only permanent and feaslble'way,
by international agreement. Mr. A. S.'
Bennett followed Mr. Brigbam in the
usual lines of argument. He gave
Bryan, an entirely new appellation,
calling, him "that great commoner,",
and "our big brother." Mr. E. B.
Dufur also made a short extemporaneous
speech, promising to do better aa the
campaign progressed.
A motion was then carried that a '
committee of three be appointed to ar
range for a meeting hall and times of
meeting ; alao to arrange for epeakera
and to invite ex-Gov. Pennoyer and Mr.
I. H. Barclay to address our citizens at
some future time in their convenience.
Mr. R. F. Gibons was then elected
treasurer, and the meeting adjourned.
- After adjournment eleven names were
added to the club.
Hood Hirer's Blf Club.
Mr. M. P. Isenberg's prediction that
Hood River would have a wonderfully
active Republican club before November
is already verified, for last Saturday a
McKinley and Hobart sound money club
was organized there with a membership
of 130. Mr. Isenberg was elected tem
porary chairman and made an eloquent
speech, which elicited hearty applause.
G. J. Gessling was elected president of
the club; W. M. Yates, secretary; Will
iam Potter, vice-president, and Frank
Jones, assistant secretary. L. N. Blow
ers, J. W. Morton and William Smith
were appointed a committee on roles
end order of business, to report at the
next meeting.
This Fellow Wants to Bet.
John Eagan, of Indianapolis, baa '
signed and sent to the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette the following order : "I
am (and nave Deen lor lorty years) a
Democrat, but will now bet $20,000 to
10,000 that McKinley will get everyone
of the northern and western states. I
will bet $20,000 to $10,000 that McKinley
will lie elected, and I will make a bet
of $5,000 that Bryan won't get as large a
vote as Greely. These will hold good
until October 1st."
The Wasco Warehouse Co. begs leave .
to inform Farmers that they have STOR
AGE ROOM for 200,000 SACKS of
WHEAT and any one wishing to store
their wheat and hold for later market
can do so on usual terms. Also, they .
will pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for Wheat, Oats, Barley and Rye. s2w
Tfie Price on Farm vagons las Dropl;
That 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 best ironed,
best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every bit of material in it to
be strictly first-clrse. If you want the CHEAPEST Wagon on the market, we
haven't got it ; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison. ' '.
MAYS -& CROWE, The Dalles, Orv