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. THE DALLES WEEKLY. CHRONICLE. SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 14. 1896.
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LOCAL BREVITIES
Wednesday's Daily. ,
The Klickitat hills were covered with
enow this morning, bat' it did not re
main long.
The case of the state against L. T
' North was tried today, Dufnr & Mene
fee appearing for the defendant.
In the case against Ed. Marshal
i i . i e .1 1 1 :
uimrgeu wiwi larceny iruui a uhcuiuk,
R. B. Sinnott was' appointed by the
conrt to defend him.
A true bill was found against F. L,
Leonard yesterday, and Sinnott & Sin
nott were appointed by the court to
condact his defense.
The many friends of Prof. M. N. Strat-
ton will be pleased to learn that he has
a nnaitinn an laaphpr in fl.tm Rf.h crarlfl ot
Harrison Street school, Portland.
Every Democrat in the nation can
find some consolation in the election cf
McKinley. Bayard will be superseded
in England and an American pat in his
place.
Yesterday the civil suit of Collins &
Co. against Hendrichsen and wife, to
recover $100 on a note, was tried before
a jury, and a verdict returned giving
plaintiffs judgment for 61.40.
King Oscar of Sweden will head the
Venezuela Arbitration board. The other
fonr members of the board will be ap
pointed, two by the chief justice of the
United States, and two by the lord chief
justice of England.
Jacob Bauer, of Dufur, aged about 63
years, was adjudged insane yesterday by
Justice Filloon, and was taken to the
asylum today. The old gentleman is
' not violent, but is suffering from partial
paralysis of the brain.
License to marry was issued today to
Ozias S. Boardman, of Mitchell, Crook
county, Oregon, and Mrs. Charlotte M.
Clark, of Wasco county. The marriage
will be celebrated this afternoon at 4
o'clock, Justice Filloon officiating.
There were three carloads of our citi
zens went to Portland this afternoon in
one car and a half, and by the time
they reach that metropolis will consider
trie jam on tne line ot toe parade, as a
first rate open breathing space. It is
impossible to name them, as space for
bids, but among them was the foreman
of this news center, Mr. Davenport.
Mr. Alexander McLeod came in from
Kingsley yesterday and had one of his
fingers amputated. Some six weeks ago
be got this finger caught in the machine
with which be was grinding grain, and
had to have the same amputated back
of the first joint. The bone becoming
diseased, it became necessary to again
have it amputated, which waa done by
Dr. Logan last nigbt.
Thursday's Daily
Mr. Clark Dunlap of Wasco, Sherman
county, is in the city making final oroof
on his railroads lands.
The result of the work of Mr. J. L,
Mitchell was the initiation of seven can
didates into the mysteries of the order
of Maccabees last night.
Mr. Wilbur Bolton of Antelope is in
the city. He reports the rain as having
been very heavy in that neighborhood,
and with it some snow fell.
The case of Mrs. TJrquhart against C.
E. Jones is on trial today, and as soon
as it is submitted, that of the State
against Ed. Marshall will be called.
Mr. Eoff, who was thrown from a ca
boose near Arlington several days and
was brought here for medical aid, was
taken to Portland yesterday, his condi
tion becoming more serious.
The young ladies of the Methodist
church will sell pies, cakes and dough'
nuts at the store formerly ' occupied by
Herbring on Second Btreet. Sale will be
held on the 23d, 24th and 25th of this
month. .
Mr. Clark Dunlap reports the rainfall
as being heavy in Sherman county, and
doing an immense amount of good. It
would have been better, bad it come a
month ago, but it is welcome in spite oi
ita VtAincp lata.
The regular quarterly examination
of teachers began Wednesday and will
conclude tomoirow. To ere are but two
applicants instead of twenty or more as
is usual, this being caused by an over
supply of teachers and a weakness in
the demand.. -
Mr. E. Jacobsen arrived home last
night, after a trip through Grant and
other counties of Southern Oregon. ' At
Antelope one of his horses gave out and
he left him with Wm. Wiley, getting
smother hnrsn ffrnm him. Af. fhA nnniA
time an agreement waa made that if
turn Wiley's horse and leave bis own,
but if McKinley won, Jacobsen waa to
keep Wiley's horse and.leave-his own,
or in other words swap even. !
Hon. W. C. Wills, member of . the
state board of equalization, is in' the
city, He came in from Prineville in
order to examine, into the assessments
of the counties of Eastern Oregon prior
to the meeting of the board, which takes
in December.
. Last night a couple of cars loaded
with grain left the track at the crossing
of Washington street. They had to be
unloaded before they could be got
ten back on the track, and the result
waa that the east-bound pafseuger was
delayed here a couple of hours.
. The jury in the case of the State
against L. T. North accused of indecent
exposure, brought in a verdict of guilty
last night in twenty minutes after the
case had been submitted to them. Mr,
Fred W. Wilson assisted in the prosecu
tion, and as it was his first case in the
circuit court he is much ' more elated
over the result than the prisoner.
Thanksgiving evening Wasco Tribe,
No 10, 1. O. R. M., will give an enter
tainment at the Vogt opera bouse.
Among the other good things on the
program will be an exhibition by Prof.
Reed, consisting of tricks legerde
main, and we believe, an exposi
tion of some of the phenomena per
taining to spiritualism. The Redmen
do with their might whatever they un
dertake, and bence it is already safe to
eav the entertainment will be a success.
Rosa Bonheur leads the life of a re
cluse in her chateau in the depths of the
Forest of Fontainebleau, near Paris.
She secludes herself from all, and it was
with the greatest difficulty that tbe
editors of The Ladies' Home Journal
succeeded in getting a proposition be
fore her that .she should write her
autobiography for that magazine. After
nearly a year's effort they were sue'
cessful, and once Btarted on her work
the great painter found so much interest
in it that she made over a dozen spe
cial Btudies and pictures of animals to
accompany. the text. The antibiograph
ical article, with the valuable unpub
lished drawings, will appear in tbe
Christmas Journal, together with por
traits of Rosa Bonheur aa she works in
her studio and home. '
Friday's Daily.
The Junior Endeavors will give an
entertainment at tbe Christian church
this evening. Admission 15 cents.
Invitations are out for a banquet given
by tbe Ladeia' McKinley Club at the
Umatilla House Saturday evening. It
promises to be a very pleasant affair.
The criminal docket this term is about
the shortest we have bad for some time.
The law docket is not long and probably
tbe jurors will be discharged before
Thanksgiving.
Toe rain still falls and tbe sea of slop
continues to grow. Second street is an
infringement on the Venetian canal
patent, though the slop is shallow
Boots drawing over two feet are not safe
to navigate it with. V
Air. wm. Kelsay oi Antelope lost a
package of dry good a between Pease &
Mays store and tbe brick yard east of
town last night. The package was
marked Wm. Kelsay & Son, and the
finder will confer a favor by leaving the
same at this office, or at Pease & Mays.
The case of Ed. Marshal, charged with
larceny from a dwelling is on trial today,
Mr. Marshal ia charged by the grand
jury with stealing from a trunk in the
dwelling house of Mrs. Ann Garfield,
more commonly known by the title of
Irish Molly. Mr. Roger Sinnott ia con
ducting tbe defense.
Mr. B. F. Laughlin, who has been
buying wheat at Grant for some time, ia
again home. The heavy raina made
the roada so bad that for a while de
livering wheat at tbe railroad will cease,
and in such weather as permits, the
farmers will devote their time to plow
ing. Mr. Laughlin telle us the bulk of
the wheat from Klickitat haa been de
livered, but that there ia etill a large
amount in Sherman county.
If you have nothing else to give thanks
for, come around and subscribe for The
Chronicle, and by Thanksgiving day
you will be glad you are alive. ' Our
columns are running over witb wisdom,
news; wit and general information.
Sense and nonsense can both be found,
together witb some fresh ideas direct
from the factory. Try our original
panacea for all earthly troubles, the
Daily Chronicle at twenty-six doses
for half a dollar.
Advertised Letter.
Following is" the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at Tbe Dalles un
called for Nov. 14, 1896. Persona call
ing for the eamo will give date on which
they were advertised :
Bell, Wm Balch, H E
Babbington, Kate Clark, Leona'
Caryannie, M Cover, Lee
Farley, Frank Frenks, Fricker
Hamiltyn, Thos Holt, O G
Judkine, Lottie Jones, Minnie
Kerr, Florence Mitchell, W
Moh r, Fred McDonald. John
Morse, Mrs C W Marie, Miss Robins
Roberts, ME Remington, J R
Stringer, O A (2) Sparks, T W
Smiley, Thoa . . Staack, P
Turner, Bertie Waver, Dolph
J. A. Ckossen, P. M.
There's more clothing destroyed by
poor soap than by actual wear aa the
free alkali rota them. Hoe cake is
pare '. . Iy24-ij
; V - The Other Side.
Editor Chronicle In this morning's
Dispatch la an article entitled "A Live
ly Scrimmage," which presents one side
of the case. I ask space to present the
otherj. as l am the pereorralluded to. I
and my friend applied at the box office
asking for two seats as near the front as
possible. '.The ticket seller tolS us "You
can go within four or five seats of the
front. row," took ray money and gave me
tbe ticketB. I saw no usher nor anyone
else, and after waiting a few minutes we
took seats in, I think, either the fifth or
sixth row of eeaUt An usher, I suppose
it .was, asked me to move. I asked him
what fot, and he said "These seata are
reserved."' I said:, "Why were you
not here to show ub where we were en
tied to ait? He said, "I've nothing to do
with that." I aaid, "Put me out if you
can." "l will not -ao mat,' .ne saia,
but I will "see that you are put out."
I said: "Why did you not have some
body to look after seating people?" '
The curtain was up and tbe first act
on when we were first requested to move.
He came back at tbe end of the act with
the nigbt watchman. They told me I
must - pay more money or move.
told Mr.' Wiley if he , would get me
my money we would go out. in is
he promised to do, but upon getting to
the door be said be bad nothing to do
with it. , I insisted that he did, when he
drew bis club and attacked me, trying to
knock me dowrl, which be could not do.
I took hia club away from him ' but did
not 8trike him with it. My - friend took
no part in the proceedings wnatever,
Wiley never let me know he was an
officer, and I did not know that he was.
When informed that he was, I restored
hia club and . went' with him peacably,
This is all there'was of it. "
James Gallagher
A Desperate Contest.
The merry. go-round haa struck a pay
streak. Its proprietor recognizing that
love is what makes not only the world,
but tbe merry-go-round - has offered
gold watch as a prize to the most pop
ular young lady in The Dalles, the en
tries being for girls up to "a certain age.'
Young America is on hand to prove his
divinity, and as each time he rides he
gets a ticket, and with each ticket gets
a vote, life is to him or.e joyous round of
pleasure. Aa it ia a free for all, no weights
for age, it ia hard to make any estimate
as to the result. It mav be a damsel
fair and 26 or it may be some sugar
coated little lady of sweet 14. The elec
tion, so to speak, is running high, higher
and hotter and more fierce than the Mc
Kinley-Bryan fight, for in the eyes of
tbe partisans there is more at stake,
and every individual doughty little
knight is determined that bis particular
divinity, the sun of his first affections
and whose bright beama "illuminate like
an X ray the innermost recesses of his
soul shall wear that watch. As a re
suit, nigbt and day the merry-go-round
whirls gaily, though somewhat creak
ingly, not being permitted to stop long
enough to get its gudgeons greased
The nickels flow in, the tickets out, and
the watch ticks listeningly waiting for
the selection of its fair owner.
Menory ana pther Things.
There was fairly good skating on the
sidewalks at an early hour this morning
tbe rain winding up in a light fall of
sleet. As we came slipping our little
tootsies down to our treadmill, the crisp
icy sidewalks set our memory to roam
ing into the miety past, when with the
old curled-toed skates we "glid" over
tha frozen surface of the mighty canal.
To the time when the one rosy cheeked
and fur be wrapped little divinity that
flowed across our youthful yision, and
filled our adolescent heart to overflowing
with the blissful pain of an overgrown
dose of puppy love. To the time when
but just here our feelings overcame us
and we sat down to recuperate. It
didn't take long, owing to the coolness
existing between us and tbe sidewalk,
to yank our memory out of the dim past
and fetch her back to the painful pres
ent. As soon as she arrived we remem
bered that '. under such circumstances,
tbe best thing to do was to get up.
This we did, taking something less than
a quart bf dampness np witb us. Tbe
only moral that, we perceive in this
digression is that it ia better to concen
trate ones thoughts on the beans and
spuds that we have witb ub, or ought to
have, than on the lilies and languor, tbe
roses and red cheeks of the too long ago.
There ia more solid comfort in a corset
fall of eatables, than pleasure in recol
lection of w'bat might have been, but
sn't.
An Unique Bet and Its Barren Results.
Election bets are easily made, and as
tbe person backing bis opinion generally
feels certain that be cannot lose, he is
sometimes easily induced to put to the
hazard and die of a wager some things
that in his calmer moments he would
not gamble on. That some of these
foolish bets are paid speaks well of the
honesty of the better, but at the same
time often exposes the. seeming lack of
gray matter in his upper story. It is
impossible, however, to estimate a man's
mental capacity by tbe kind of election
bet he makes, because, as we have said,
he never expects to be 'called upon to
Day it. It is only by accident that
many of these stray and unique beta be
come public property.
Such a bet waa made, so we are told,
recently by oar excellent fellow-towns-
man, Mr. Harry B. Morse. As the story
cornea to us, and of course we da not
vouch, for its details, Mr. Morse, Al
though a Republican, it Btemejiad some
doubts' as to McKinley's election. These
doubts being , expressed sub rosa to '-a
Republican friend, were tbe cause of the
bet which yesterday evening Mr. Morse
paid. It appears that who ever should
lose the bet was to confess his lack of
judgment by having hia hair shaved of
a la-Bill Nye, and thus show by pro
ducing an artificial- forehead, running
nearly back to bis shirt collar, what he
apparentlyneeded. 'This operation waa
submitted to last evening by Mr. Morse,
and the . uncommunicative tonsorial
artist only admitted to our reporter the
facts in the case, as soon as he got a
chance. The excuse was made that the
hair was falling out, but the sly wink of
an outsider put the barber on, and
hence the record of this mournful inci
dent.- There is nothing but a hat dot
between' Mr. Morse and heaven, but he
keeps the Obstruction in place steadily,
Hatless he looka like some venerable
monk (this word not abbreviated) intent
only on. the salvation of hia fellow-man
or like Socrates just before he took hia
last drink, when with, uplifted eyes he
made that immortal statement, "She do
move' . However the hair will grow
and 'the memory of election bets pass
away, and we chronicle this one only
that our friend may be saved the annoy
ance of questions by sympathetic friends,
and prevent bis. being mistaken for the
Wyoming humorist, William Nye.
Self-Denisl Week.
The Salvation Armv is all alive and
actively engaged in preparing for its an
nual Self-Deuial week, which takes
place throughout tbe United States
from Nov. 16th to"22d inclusive. Large
sums of money have been raised in past
years, and it is a wonderful testimony to
the army's development and activity
Each member of the army, aa well as
friends of its many social institutions,
are asked to abstain from all luxuries,
aad in many cases officers and' soldiers
have actually determined to do without
certain articles of food which are ordi
narily considered necessary, in order
that by their acta' of self-denial they
may add financial support to tbe army
and its many different branches of work
' The social operations throughout
America have been greatly developed
daring the past twelve months; new
Food and Shelters have been opened in
New York, San Francisco and Kansas
City respectively. Aa a natural conse
quence, therefore, the demands upon
the army's lands have increased, and
this will require still greater -efforts to
raise a correspondingly increased amount
during this special Self-Denial week,
The total aimed at is $40,000.
After Many Tears.
Tuesday evening a gray-haired gentle
man approached mine host of tbe Uma
tilla and asked if he waa Col. Sinnott.
Being answered in the affirmative he
proceeded aa follows: "Do you remem
ber of a robbery committed here in
1863?"
"Yes," said' the Col. '
"Do you remember who was robbed
then?"
"Yea."
"Tbe man's name waa Louis Daven
port, waa it not?"
"Yes."
"The amount taken was about $8000,
wasn't it?"
"Yea." '
"Where is Davenport now?"
"He lives near Moaier," waa the re
ply.
"Well," proceeded the stranger, "I
have been looking the matter up for tbe
past two years, and I can say , that one
of his herders got away witb that
money."
''Yee," eaid the colonel, "What have
you been doing the other thirty-one
vears?"
There was no answer, and the man
walked away.
Tbe colonel gave us tbe substance of
tbe facts of tbe robbery aa follows : "In
1863, when the train pulled in from
Celilo, Louis Davenport, who waa at
that time a packer, got off the cars car
rying in hia band his saddle pockets, in
which waa stored $8,000 in gold dust.
Meeting some friends, Davenport de
posited the saddle pockets on tbe aide
walk while he shook bands with them.
Reaching after his valuables a moment
later, tbey bad disappeared and from
that time to thia have, never been heard
of." Just what caused the stranger to
take eucb an interest in this robbery a
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generation after it occurred is what is
mystifying the colonel. It seems at
leyt to have made a very vivid impres
sion on his memory.
AN INTERESTING CASI
Expert Testimony Fall to Establish
Forgery, end Plaintiff Wins.
The suit of Annie Urquhart against
C. E. Jones, wa3 tried . yesterday and
late last night was submitted to the jury
which soon arrived at a verdict. It was
quite an interesting case, the action be
ing brought to recover the sum of about
$700, due on a promissory note.
The defense put up waa that while
Jouea had one time owed Mrs. Urquhart
about the sam sued for, that he had paid
the same, and in support of this state
ment produced a cancelled note, and
claimed that the present note waa a for
gery. Expert testimony was introduced,
the weight of it being to tbe effect that
the signature did not appear to be
Jones', but all hesitating about swearing
it waa not. The plaintiff set up that
Jonea came to her, arid stated that hia
other creditors, particularly one in Sher
man county, was .pushing him and
about to sue, tbat if be waa given a little
time he could pull through, and then
asked that plaintiff eurrender tbe note
and take a new one in its place, that by
doing so be could show the note, and by
making his other creditors believe he
was paying off his debts, be could get
time. Mra. Urquhart first objected, but
finally consented and Jonea made a new
note, signing the same while seated in
his buggy, which plaintiff insists was
the reason of hia signature being some
what crude.
The case waa well argued, and being
submitted, the jury found for plaintiff,
giving her judgment for tbe full sum
aued for, and $75 attorney's fees. W,
H. Wilson for plaintiff, J. B. Hosford for
defendant.
The Coal Question.
Editor Chronicle:
Being deeply interested in the matter
of coal mining, I have read witb much
interest your valuable editorial on that
subject. Being an old coal miner I have
ventured a few suggestions, which I ask
The Chronicle, as well as its conteui
porary to print.
Doubtless the majority of the people
in this city are not aware of the splendid
sandstone and conglomerate coal meas
ures lying flat and extending for miles
to tbe south and westward from the
Catholic cemetery, undisturbed by any
eruptiona. These coal measures are ex
actly the same as those that cover tbe
splendid bituminous coal veins of Van
couver island, known at the Wellington
and Nanaimo coal mines. Those mines
furnish more than one-third of all tbe
coal consumed on the Pacific coast, and
employ thousands of men.
The whole people of our city are aware
tbat five of oar townsmen have been at
work about four miles west of The Dalles,
on Uhenowetn creek, for eeveral years,
and have expended eeveral thousand
dollars drilling down through these coal
measures with a steel bit and connect
ing rods, in search of coal, and by bard
work and perseverance have reached a
considerable depth, but tbe fine -grain
and hard character of the rock encoun-
He Price on Farm wagons Has Drops!;
That ia, the price on aome wagona haa fallen below our price on "OLD
HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Because no other wagon on the market will Bell
alongside of tbe "OLD HICKORY" af the same prices. It is the best ironed,
best painted and lightest running, and we guarantee every bit of material in it to
be atrictly first-clrss. - If vou want the CHEAPEST Wagon on the market, we
haven't got it ; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison.
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worth of valuable articles
suitable for Christmas
gifts for the young and
old, are to be given to
smokers of Blackwell's
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bacco. - You will find
one coupon inside each
tered during the last year have been the
Ctuse of their making very slow pro
gress; in fact their average drilling for
the last three month has not exceeded
one inch a day. This is altogether too
slow, and haa demonstrated tbe fact
that further work cannot be accom
plished without tbe use of a diamond
drill. Thia will coat about $1,000. Now
these men are asking tbe people of this
city to furnpb $500, or one-balf of the
amount, and they stand ready to put np
tbe other $500 or more if it requires it,
and will drill the hole to a depth that
will settle the question of coal or no
coal in this neighborhood. None of ua
can say that these men are asking any
thing unreasonable, for tbe matter ia
one tbat should engage the earnest and
earliest attention of our people. Tbey
certainly have the energy to raise
the email amount, knowing, as tbey all '
do, that if these men are successful. It
will be tbe crowning glory of this city,
and insure its prosperity tor the next
hundred years. Imagine trains coming
in from the mines half a dozen times a
day and a dozen steamboats barges and
echoonera receiving it at our wharves.
There would be eight hundred or a
thousand men at work in tbe mines.
There ia no excuse for leaving this
matter drop. Fifteen hundred dollars
were easily raised bere for celebrating
the opening of the Cascade locks, and
self interest should make the raisicg of
$500 an easy task.
A Coal Miner.
Beport of Grand Jury.
In the circuit court of tbe state of Ore
gon, for the county of Wasco. In the
matter of the final report of the grand
jury, November term, 1896:
Comes now the grand jury empan-
nelled for tbe November term of circuit
court for Wasco county, 1869, and re
spectively report aa follows:
We have been in session three days
and have found and returned into court
from time to time, four true bills and two
not true bills. We have also examined
into eucb other mattera aa came before
u.
We have visited tbe office of the coun
ty clerk, sheriff and treasurer and ex
amined the records oteacb office, and we
find the same kept in excellent manner.
The county jail waa also visited, and we
found it in good condition and tbe in
mates well attended. We visited the
poor farm, and found all county charges
well provided and satisfied with their
treatment.
Having completed our labors, we aBk
to be diacbarged.
Folk Butler,
L. N. Blowers, Foreman. .
Clerk.
A Meat Derive.
Mr. Milton Harlan, formerly of this
paper, has accepted a position aa agent
for the Chautauqua "Drawing Board
and Writing Deck." Thia ia an ingen
ious device for Instructing tbe young in
the art of drawing, the first lessons ia
arithmetic, letters and tbe presentation
of objects to tbe eye in connection with
tbe name. It needs but to be eeen by
thoae who have the care of youngsters
to be appreciated. Mr. Harlan expects
to visit Dofur and other inland points In
the near future, to introduce the desks,
and will no dnubt meet with a hearty
welcome and abundant success.
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