THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1896.
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LOCAL BKKVIT1ES.
Wednesday's Daily.
The Elks will hold their regular an
nual memorial services one week from
. Sunday. .
Mr. Long is educating about a dozen
young fellows in the art of tooting brass
horns, and - by spring expects to have
them far enough advanced to play with
the band.
It is expected that Bishop Cranston,
the newly appointed dignitary of the
Methodist church, will fill the pulpit cf
the church here some Sunday in the
near futnre.
There was jast enough snow fell this
morning to make one think it was mid
winter, and then the weather clerk re
membered what he promised yesterday
and shut off the eupply. -
Mr. John Booth has leased'the Bald
win opera house, and will convert it
into a skating rink. The band boys will
get their scenery out, and the stage and
all other impediments will be removed.
The ladies who enpy the privileges of
the Commercial and Athletic Club rooms
Thursday afternoons, respectfully invite
the members of the club to sha e those
privileges with them Thursday after
noon, Nov. 26th.
The locks at the Cascades will not be
operated tomorrow because it is Thanks
giving and a legal holiday. The boats
will run jnut as usual, making a transfer
of passengers at the locks and carrying
no freight. Passengers will have to
walk only a few yards, in going from
one boat to the other. .
As the time for making cash entry on
the forfeited Northern PHcific railroad
lands expires Jan. 1st, 1897, the busi
ness of the land office is picking up. and
there will be quite a rush of business
from this time until that date. There is
no probability of the time being extend
ed, no demand having so far been made
for it, and all desiring to piake proof
must do so during the year 1896. .
L Of course this would be a proper oc
casion to print a dissertation on Thanks
giving, its origin, ris? and progress, but
we do not purpose doing it. At the
Episcopal church Rev. Goss will trace
out the history of Thanksgiving, and at
the Congregational Rev. Grav will do
the same thing. We stand at-ide and
request that all our readers attend ser
vices and they will find out ail about
Thanksgiving, and also something to be
thankful for.
If we had nothing else to give thanks
for, we should certainly find euffi tient
reason for so doing in the fact that we
do not have to chase around after news
items. Today our weary brogans have
thumped the icy by-ways in vain, for
items are not, and neither is anybody
else. After making the rounds of the
town we reached our den possessed of
the information that Jack D noliue has
a turkey that is, from its size, some re
lation to a pterodactyl. That's all we
know, except that we would like to sam
ple the bird.
Friday's Daily.
Circuit court adjourned over today
until Dec. 28th.
Mr. Ketchum last night shipped 1200
head of sheep to Troutdale.
Up in Montana the mercury is down
to 30 and 35 degrees below zjro.
One carload of hogs was shipped to
Seattle last night by Mr. Parrott.
We have heard no complaints about
mosquitoes bothering anyone last night.
Have you?
About 350 head of cattle from Crook
county were shipped from Grants today
to eastern points.
Mr. Parrott has purchased and shipped
about 2,500 hogs ' from this point to
Seattle since the first of September.
Roller skating promises to become
quite the local fad if Jack Fr ost sees fit
to withdraw his opposition. The ice is
being well patronized today.
The Thanksgiving services at the
Congregational church were appropriate
and beautiful. The sermon was a re
markably good one, and the singing ex
ceptionally fine. -
Don't forget the social at the Gojd
Templar hall tomorrow evening. A
brief program will be had, after -which
baskets containing lunches will be auc
tioned to the highest bidder.
Three carloads of cattle were shipped
on the Dalles City this morning to Port
land, where they will be loaded on the
cars and sent to Port Townsend. They
were shipped by Chas. Butler.
Judge Bradshaw opened court this
morning, and the case of the Davis Sew
ing Machine . Company . against Wm.
Tack man is being tried out without the
intervention of a jury, Huntington &
Wilson for plaintiff, H. H. Riddell for
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defendant.
Mr. S. L. Brooks gives the tempera
ture this morning as 2 degress below
zero, the coldest for November in . 23
years. Other thermometers gave lead
ings varying from zero to 6 below.
The extensive plant of the Inman
Poulsen Lumbering Co., of Portland,
was destroyed by fire Thursday night
The loss is about 485.000. and 150 men
will be thrown out of employment.
A very pleasant afternoon was spent
at the club rooms yesterday, when
ladies and gentlemen alike enjoyed the
pleasures there afforded. In a bowling
contest between the ladies and gentle
men, the former were victorious.
The Sunday school of the Christian
church will give a concert and enter
tainment Friday evening, Dec. 4th, at
the church. A very entertaining pro
gram is promised. In making engage
ments for that night, don't forget the
"little ones."
Mrs. S. L. Young received a telegram
yesterday morning announcing the death
of her brother, George Marshall, at
Oregon City. She left on the afternoon
train for that p'ace. Mr. Marshall was
about 33 years of age and bad been sick
for a long time.
With a continuation of the present
weather for a few days, the ice harveet
will begin. At the Umatilla Judd, the
genial, is arranging for the storage of
about 100 tons of coldness, and the ice
companies are all getting ready to be
gin active work.
Quite a number of young people sur
prised Rev. W. C. Curtis and wife
Wednesday evening, taking possession
of the house and spending a delightful
evening. On departing they left a neat
little pile of silver to be used in pur
chasing a memento of the occasion.
The Red men's entertainment and ball
'ast night was a success in every way.
The expose of spiritual manifestations
by Professor and Mrs. Read, were com
plete, and highly gratifping to the large
audience. The dancing was kept up to
a late hour, and was thoroughly enjoyed.
The ladies of the Episcopal guild met
at Mrs. Douthitt's Wedneslay and
among other things elected officers for
the ensuing years. Mrs. Sheldon was
elected president, and Mrs. Candall
secretary, but the name of the vice-
president our news-gleaner failed to
gather in.
The water in the Columbia is deci
dedly cold, at least Theodore Nickelsen
thinks eo, since his impromptu bath
yesterday. He went out on the ice to
see how far out from the shore it would
bear, and determined the line of de
marcation between that strong enough
and that not, to a nicety.
There promises to be a very large at
tendance at the Vogt tonight to greet
the Spanish Students. The cold weath
er cuts no figure as the room will be
thoroughly warmed, and the outside
temperature will not be permitted to en
ter. All lovers of music should bear the
Spanish Students as it is a first class
company, of first class artists.
Wheat is looking up and it is now
claimed that seventeen million bushels
will be required monthly by Europe,
from now until next July. As it is im
possible for one year's crop to overcome
a year of short crop and at the same
time make a surplus, the outlook for
good priC'Bis very bright. It is toler
ably certain that next year's wheat crop
will not sell below 70 cents a bushel.
Hon. J. N. Brown, of Morrow county,
and a member ot the coming legislature
arrived here Wednesday evening and
spent Thanksgiving in The Dalles. Mr.
Brown is a candidate for the position of
speaker of the house, and is evidently
making a canvass for the place. He in
terviewed Wasco's representatives yes
terday, but with what success only the
parties to the conversation know, and
they have not come aronnd to tell us.
A Coasting; Accident.
Wednesday evening Ora Bagley and
nother boy were coasting down Wash
ington street, riding in that peculiar
manner known in the parlance of the
small boy by that crude and inellegant
expression which is a synonym for ab
domen exploder, one boy riding on top
of the other. Near Wm. Mich ell's resi
dence the sled ran into a post, the fence,
or some other obstruction, and the boys
were de-sleded in an abrupt and violent
manner. As a result Ora had one of hisJ
ears split and his head cut, it requiring
a couple or three stitches to close the
wounds.
stands at the Head.
Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La., says:. "Dr. King's
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Safford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it; it
never fails, and is a sure' cure for Con
sumption, Coughs, and Colds. I cannot
say enough for its merits." Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment.
It has been tried for a quarter of a cen
tury, and today elands at the head. It
ne rer disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Houghton's drug store;
Clark, the East End jeweler, makes a
specialty of fine watch repairing. Call
and see him.
AN IMPROMPTU GUILLOTINE
And the Fearful, Gory anal Unexpected
Kesalt.
It is really astonishing how sedate
men, men of excellent judgment and
keen discernment, will occasionally do
the most stupid and apparently . un
called for things. A case of this kind
was called to our attention this morning,
the event happening to one of our lead
ing citizens, a man of learning and abil
ity, and one whose judgment has moie
weight, in Gilliam, Wasco, Crook and
Sherman counties, than any other man
in them. Now, this gentleman, after
breakfasting this morning suggested to
his wife that the big gobbler provided
for tomorrow's feasting should be slaugh
tered at once. "The occasion," said he,
"reminds me of my boyhood. Many a
turkey and chicken have I beheaded in
the days of long ago, and surely my hand
has not lost its skill." And so he pro
ceeded to the basement of the house,
where the wood and things are stored,
and then he proceeded to arrange for the
execution. A couple of rings were fas
tened to the joists of " the floor above, j
placed there to hold a swing for his only
son. The ntness of the surroundings at;
once appealed to his discerning judg
ment, and so be tied a piece of clothes
line to the gobblers' legs, pulled the
other end of the line through the ring.
placed a block of wood convenient, with
the ax bandy, and grabbing the gobbler
firmly by his legs, placed l.is long and
bewhiskered neck on the block. Then
the ax was raised, and with an awful
swoop descended. The gobbler's neck
was severed and the ax buried half its
depth in the wood. The executioner
made a pull on the rope, and up went
his turkeyship with a rush, nearly to
the ceiling. Then there was a commo
tion, and such a flapping of wings and
contortion of body as tbat dead but kick
ing turkey made has not been witnessed
either in or out of turkevdom . for
many a year. The bold executioner
turned pale and dodged behind a con
venient post, to shut out the horrid vis
ion, and at the same. time escape a del
uge of carminated gore that the turkdis
tributed without fear or favor. Finally,
when all was still, the trembling man
came from, behind the post and surveyed
the field of carnage. As his eye took in
the results he tied the end of the rope to
the post and left the inanimate turk to
whatever fate might befall him. He re
ported the death of the turkev to his
wife, and then came down town to try
and get an invitation out to dinner to
morrow. He has not been home since,
and the reason is soon told. To a friend
he confeseed that when the turkey was
dead, and not before, he discovered that
the family washing was hung np in the
basement, "and," said he, "if there was
a piece of it that that turkey missed, I
do not know it." If you do not believe
this story, aek Judge Bradshaw, who was
a witness to the whole transaction.
So Say We, All of Us.
Tomorrow being Thanksgiving the
Chboniclb force will in obedience to the
request of both the president and gover
nor "refrain from their usual avocations"
and devote the day to returning thanks
as other good people do. A printer has
much to be thankful for, more, perhaps,
than those citizens who pursue other
callings. His or her principal cause for
thankfulness being in the fact that he or
she was not born twins, and so escaped
a double dose of all those ills that hover
around the print shop. The employes,
foreman, compositors and devil unite
with the tired and mayhap tiresome edi
tor in wishing all The Chronicle read
ers all manner of good things, and hope
tbat all have so prospered in the last
year tbat their thanks may be deep,
heartfelt and abundant.
DIED.
At the residence of P. E. Michell, at
Columbus, Wash., Monday, Nov. 23d,
Mrs. Abigail Byrd, aged 79 years, 6
months and 23 days.
Mrs. Byrd was born in Nova Scotia in
1817, being of a large family, of which
only two are now living. The only sis
ters known on this coast' were Mrs. At
water, mother of Hon. Joseph Atwater,
deceased, and Mrs. Robert Kinney, de
ceased. Mrs. Byrd and family were
early of Ohio, after which they moved to
Wisconsin, crossing the plains in 1853,
and settling in Yamhill county, Or. The
deceased lived in that county nntil fif
teen years ago, when she came to The
Dalles to be with her children, of whom
two are now living Mrs. Mary 'Bird of
The Dalles and Mrs. P. E. Michell of
V Columbus, Wash.
Mrs. Byrd joined the Baptist church
at the early age of 17, and has been a
consistent member ever since.
The Forum.
The Forum for December will contain
A noteworthy symposium on "The elec
tion lis Lessons and Its Warnings."
The first paper in the group is contrib
uted by the Hon. Andrew D. White,
who, in a very valuable and suggestive
article sets forth some of The Practical
Lessons of the Recent Caaipaign. Dr.
White is followed by Mr. D. MacGregor
Means, a well known publicist of New
York, who, under the title "Will Gov
ernment by the People Endure?" ana
lyzes the causes of discontent which led
to the recent crisis. Prof. Goldwiu
Smith completes the triology with a paper
entitled "The Brewing of the Storm," in
Which he discusses the recent crisis from
the point of view of an outsider.
HISTORIC SLAVE AUCTION.
The Sale of Pinky Bald to Have Inspired
the Emancipation Proclamation.
In the second of The Ladies Home
Journal's "Great Personal Events'
series in the December issue Mrs. Henry
Ward Beecher writes of "When Mr,
Beecher Sold Slaves in Plymouth Pul
pit." Recalling the historic sale, of
Pinky, Mrs Beecher gives these details
Ad old colored woman bad written to
Mr. G. Faulkner Blake, the brother of
one of our church members, that her
little grandchild, named Pinky, was too
fair and beautiful for her' own good, and
was about to be eold 'down South,' and
Mr. Blake asked if she could be freed.
'Not unless you bring her North,' re
plied Mr. Beecher ; 'I will be responsi
ble for her, and she shall be lawfully
purchased or sent back.' The answer
was a - compliment, to which Mr.
Beecher laughingly referred a3 the only
tribute ever paid to him by a slave
owner. 'If Henry Ward Beecher has
given his word,' wrote the dealer, it is
better than a bond.'
"So Pinky was brought to Plymouth
church and placer! upon the pulpit, as
Sarah, another slave, previously had
been. The scene was again one of in
tense enthusiasm. ' Rain never fell faster
than the tears of the congregation. The
pretty child, the daughter of a white
father, was bought and over-bought.
Rose Terry afterward Mrs. Koee Terry
Cooke, the famous authoress threw a
valuable ring into the basket, and Mr.
Beecher picked it out and put it upon
Pinky's finger, saying, 'Remember
with this ring I do wed thee to freedom
President Lincoln took a lively
interest in the case of Pinky, the details
of which were related to him by Chief
Justice Chase and by Mr Beecher.
was not in Washington with my hus
band at the time, and therefore cannot
verify the story that the sale of Pinky
inspired President Lincoln to issue the
almost Divine proclamation of emanci
pation."
Stage Accident.
On Tuesday morning the Fossil-Arl
ington stage met with a terrible accident
while coming down the tbirty-miie hill
One of the wheel horses slipped and fell
and tipped the stage over again Bt the
bank, breaking the coupling and tongue.
Wm. Stewart, the driver, was hurled
violently to the frozen ground and the
four horses and front wheels of the Btage
all rolled into a barbed wire face at the
foot of the hill, cutting several of the
hoises in a frightful manner. Although
conscious, Mr. Stewart was unable to
get up and attempted to crawl to the
home of J. B. Smith, a mile down the
canyon, but had to give that up also,
He lay there from about 9 o'clock until
after 11 o'clock, when Charley Baker
who was on his way to the saw mill for
lumber, found the poor fellow, who was
almost frozen. He brought him to the
home of Mr. Smith, where his injuries
were looked after as well as possible
under the circumstances. As no bones
were broken, Mr. Stewart did not think
it necessary to send for a doctor, saying
that he thought he'd be all right in
couple of days.
Mr. Baker gathered up the mail
pouches and brought them to Condon,
reaching here about dark. The mail
was sent on horseback to Clem and like
ly was taken through to Arlington last
night. -
This makes the third accident within
the last month that has happened at the
same place Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Dodson
bad a terrible smashup with a load of
Inmber, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. 'Edwards
buggy broke down, and now this stage
accident. Condon Globe.
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the xpostoffice at The Dalles un
called for Nov. 28, 1896. Persons call
ing for the same will give date on which
they were advertised :
Backus, Lizzie Beary. C
Brown, Mrs Martha Brown, H J
Farell, Wm
Fates Miss C
Franklin, G B
Gossen, Charley
Haskell, George
Hunter, E
Kahler, Mrs Josie
Langhlin, Lizzie
Miller, John
Hall, W 8
Hix, Mrs Davis
Jensen, Mells .
Little, John
Mott, C G
McPreod, Jessie
McAaren, J R
McDonald, Rlit, care Osborn, Lottie
Martin, r T Udell, Jim ma
Patterson, Levia (2) Purser, Geo T (2)
Pearson. H A Richardson, C W
Robertson, Sarah Stangle, Joseph
Signe.Letty Mrs (3) Wa.-d, CD
Williams, Walter . Walters, U
Wright, W D Young, Mabel
J. A. Cbossen, P. M.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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Good Times
Coming
Now is the time to lay in your Fall and Winter
Supplies before they go higher. We have a good
stock of Hay, Grain and Feed, Flour and Groceries,
Seed Wheat, Oats and Rye.
Garden and Grass Seeds in Bulk.
Now is the time to put in Fall Seeds. Experi
ence has demonstrated that fall plonting is the best
for most things. We have a good supply of Fertil
izers for exhausted and worn-out gardens, lawns, or
chards, &c.
Fresh Butter, Hams, Bacon and Lard. Eggs,
Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks and Geese bought and
sold. Goods sold at Bedrock Prices for Cash. Free
and prompt delivery.
J. H. CROSS.
Corner Second and Union Streets.
7 rTQ Buys a good
$3-5
Ladies' Cloaks.
Remember, all these goods
iceable and fashionable, and at prices never before ap
proached in The Dalles.
Tie Price ok Farm wagons H3S oroposti;
That is, the price on some wagons
HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Benause
alongside of the " OLD FJICK'iRY" at
best painted and lightest running, aod we guarantee every bit of material In it to
be strictly first clres. If vou want the CHEAPEST Wagon on the market, we
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BUYS'SUIT at C. F. Sfeph-
ens.' Intermediate prices up to $4.50.
Is all C. F. Stephens asks for a servicea
ble suit of MEN'S CLOTHING. Tho
best Black Diagonal for $12.00.
An elegant aceortment of
1890 styles just received,
a part ot which may be
seen in show window.
v
are latest made, warm, serv
bas fallen below our price on "OLTk
no other wagon on the market will sell
the same prices. It is the best ironed.
and solicit comparison.
CROWE, The Dalles, Or.