THE DALLES . WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY.' DECEMBER 5. 1896.
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Wednesday's Daily.
Hon. Henry Blackmail was a passen
ger' on the weEt-bound train
morning.
The weather forecast (or tonight and
tomorrow is Know or rain, with chinook
wind probable.
Joe Howard ia in from Prineville with
300 head of cattle for shipment east,
He has his stock on 10-Mile, awaiting
the opening of the road.
The town is flooded with book agents
today, nearly every man yon meet hav
inc one nnder his arm. Ihey are
gathering up lots of money too.
ice west-oouna passenger arrived ai
9 o'clock Ibis morning. The rotary
from Pendleton reached the Cascades at
10 o'clock last night, and is cleaning the
track below that point.
The suit in eqnity of Mary Davenport
against Stephen M. Meeks and others.
the declare void a certain mortgage on
the ground of fraud, was argued before
Judge Bradshaw today and submitted
H. H. Riddell for plaintiff, Dufur &
Menefee for defendant.
The sleighing seems to be good, at
least the fellows in the cutters look as
though they enjoyed it. The walking,
however, the only means of, locomotion
permitted to the newspaper fraternity,
is execrable. The snow crawls under
fellows feet as if it were alive.
The Si Perkins company is billed for
Saturday, Dec. 5th. This company is
meeting with great success in this part
of the country and is receiving flattering
press notices. Their midday parade is
novel and funny and the band is the
talk of every town they have played in.
They give a free band concert in front
of the opera house at 7 o'clock and all
lovers of classical music should hear it.
Remember the date. Admission 50 and
75 cents.
The west-bound passenger arriving
this morning is still held here awaiting
developments at Bridal Veil. It is
hoped tbe road may be opened some
time during the night. The rotary is
moving slowly down from Bonneville,
meeting with considerable trouble on
account of tbe sliding snow. The cuts
made by her have been partly filled, so
that it is impossible to tell exactly when
the blockaded train will be got out The
. snow is melting, and if this continues
the road will soon be open, as tbe plows
can handle it if it gets damp.
Thursday s Daily
Captain Wand and Mr. Alden, mate
land last night.
State Treasurer Metschan was married
in San Rafael, Calif., yesterday after
noon to Miss Sweetser Sutherland.
License to wed was ieBued November
30th to Charles D. Smith and Miss Ida
J. Hansberry, both of Hood Siver.
The sleighing is still good and certain
ly more pleasant than when the thermo-
meteor was hunting the cellar a few days
ago.
There was a bowling contest at the
. club last night between the married and
single men, the blessed benedicts win
nine as usual.
The ice jam here shows no sign of
breaking, being still bard and firm.
The crossing is safe yet, many people
making the trip every day. ,
The ice gorge below Vancouver broke
last night, but that above the town is
still solid. No boats are running on the
Astoria route on account of floating ice.
The Republicans of Salem have nom
inated Dr. J. A. Richardson for mayor.
The Dr. was formerly a resident of this
city, being a member of the firm of
Richardson & Logan. Dalles ' people
always come to the front. .
: Miss Clara Grimes returned to Port-,
land on the afternoon train. A sleigh
ing party was given in her honor last
evening, and enjoyed by the members of
the last summer's camping crowd, of
which she was one.
The blockade betweei here and Port
land was t roken last night, and no
farther trouble is anticipated, at least
until the coming of another storm. It
was quite warm west of 'the mountains
yeBterduy, a chinook blowing all day."
Sid Kelley and Robe t Jordan yester
day loaded 8.000 pounds of lime for tbe
Warm Springs agency. " The roads are
in bad condition, and It is quite proba
ble they will have trouble in getting
down tbe big hill this eide of the agency.
Th VAathw fdronnaf trw (ha ttaaf BOalr
has been remarkably good, striking con
ditions here every time. For tomorrow
'the forecast is rain and warmer. We
know this storm was not-intentional on
the part of the weather clerk, and that
as soon as he discovered bis mistake it
would be rectified. ;As a matter of fact
the storm was cut to fit Montana, and
was missent.
The bright sunshine and higher tern
peratnre are conducive to a more cheer
iul view of life, but they fail to bring
any items to this shop. The item mar
ket is absolutely bare, and the belief
might easily be entertained that the crop
is still in the ground,. ljke the potatoes
It works both ways at La Grande,
One man is sending bogs to Nebraska to
fatten on cheap corn, and another u lm
porting corn from that state to fatten
his hoes. The latter plan is the one
that ouzht to win.. Wheat is too dear to
leave anv profit in feeding hogs, and
hence the demand for Nebraska corn.
The fellow who formulated the prov
erb that "No news Is good news," lived
long before newspapers were invented
or weary reporters anguished for items.
He knew nothing of tbe hunger and
thirst after items, the joy of a scoop or
the mild satisfaction of a two-line per
sonal on offday8, when a conple of local
columns waited to be filled. Besides we
believe he- was a liar on general prin
ciples.
Friday's Daily.
Si Perkins, at the Vogt Grand tomor
row night.
The trial of X. N. Steeves is going on
atHilleboro.
As we go to press we learn that Mr,
Edwin Comfort, formerly a resident of
this city, died at Arlington last night
Senators Mitchell and McBride and
Congressman Hermann called on Mr,
McKinley at Canton yesterday, on their
way to Washington.
A dispatch from Heppner yesterday
says the snow is all gone from that part
of the country, and that everywhere it is
a sea of slush and mod.
Joe Howard this morning shipped
trainload of cattle to Omaha. Tbe cat'
tie were brought from Crook county, and
were held at 10-Mile during the storm
Tomorrow at noon tbe parade of the
famons Pughtown farmer band, with the
Si Perkins Co., will take place. The
band is a daisy sure, and always attracts
a large crowe,
A lecture will be given by Bishop Earl
Cranston at the M. E. church on Mod
day evening, Dec. 7, 1896. Subject
Professor Satan." Admission, adults
25 cents ; children 15 cents.
Bishop Cranston of Portland, Or,
resident bishop of the M. E. church for
the Pacific Northwest, will preach next
Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the
M. E. church. Everybody cordially in
vited to attend.
Tbe Colombia is rising slowly, and
this, coupled with the wamerr tempera
ture, is causing- the ice gorge to work
considerably this evening." It is liable
to go out at any time, but may hold
until torn morrow.
Parties coming in from Bakeoven yes
terday say that tbe chinook took nearly
all the snow off the high country between
that place and here. The snow fall has
not been heavy in the country sooth of
ns, and it is now about all gone,
The board of trustees of The Dalles
Commercial and Athletic Club met last
igbt and elected officers for the coming
year as follows : President, W. L. Brad,
shaw ; vice-president, H. M. Beall ; eec
retary, John Hampshire ; treasurer, W,
Wilson.
Captain McNnlty came np from tbe
scene of tbe Dalles City disaster last
night. He reports tbe steamer as in
pretty bad shape, but thinks she may be
saved. Tbe lumber had arrived for
building tbe bulkheads and making tbe
repairs before he left,
The chinook ordered by the weather
bureau yesterday arrived all right, bnt
we failed to get much benefit from it
here. It was a-line shot, but carried too
high. The top of the hills across the
river are bare, while the bases are still
covered with snow, reversing the UBual
order of thing.
And Winans went to Hood River at
the beginning of the cold snap, and put
everything in shape for putting np 15,
000 tons of ice. The snow was cleaned
off tbe ice and it was all marked off and
steam np in the boilers at tbe elevator
hen the chinook struck it, and in a
few hoars the ice was gone.
The ice gorge still sticks, but is is con
tinually working. . Last night it began
crowding in shore, breaking some of the
piling at the D. P. & A. N. Co.'s wharf.
It looked for a while' as though the foot
of the wharf would be carried away, and
teams were kept at . work nearly all
night moving wheat and merchandise
from the small warehouse. Tbe ferry
boat is fast in the ice, and it may move
down the river some distance should tbe
gorge go out.- -
Among the varied features to-be intro
duced during the performance of "Si
Perkins," which will be presented by
tbe Burton-Coleman company at tbe
opera bouse next Saturday, Dec. 5th, is
their olio of specialties and tbe famous
"Si Perkihs" orchestra, directed by Prof.
TboB. Marshall, which is Bare to be en
tertaining.. Of the play itself we need
only td say that for ; laughing purposes
there are no better, and this has been
proven by the large audiences it always
attracts, and which is sure to be in at
tendance next Saturday evening, Dec.
5th. The parade given by tbe famous
Pughtown .farmers' , band is great, be
sure and see it at noon.
SHE CAN BE REPAIRED.
The Dallas
City '.Will Be
Repaired.
-Raised and
Agent Allaway arrived home from the
Cascades last night. He - reports . the
condition of the Dalles City as not nearly
so bad as reported. She is resting on a
smooth bed of sand in about four feet of
water and is in no danger from the ice.
Since she struck, the water .has fallen
about two feet, enough so .that the ex
tent of . her 'injuries can , be told'.: She
strock on the starboard side, the point
of con tact, being about opposite tbe fire
box, aDd tbe hole in her side . extends
from that back about' the length of the
boiler. The bog chains parted, but
owing to the fact that she is lying nearly
level on the sand the wood work is not
much twisted or damaged. Lumber was
sent down this morning to the Cascades,
from which point it will be taken to the
scene of tbe accident, and used in re
pairing damages. A bulkhead will be
built around the damaged part, and it is
thought she can be patched up in pretty
good shape in twenty-four to thirty-six
hours. If the river falls another foot
she cannot be floated, but from present
indications there will be a slight rise in
a day or so, so that no trouble will be
encountered on that score.
In this connection it is proper to cor
rect an erroneous idea that the locks
were closed on Thanksgiving day on ac
count of it being a holiday. Superin
tendent in charge, Engineer Morris,
says that tbe valves in the nydrauiic
machinery used in operating the gates
had frozen, and when tbe water was
turned on were injured. The locks were
therefore kept closed necessarily until
the damage could be repaired, and so
instead of taking a holiday the em
ployes, as well as Mr. Morris, were hav.
ing an extra bard day's work.' The
officers of the D. P. & A. N. speak in the
highest terms of Mr. Morris and bis
management of the lockB, be sparing no
effort to facilitate tbe passage of tbe
boats, and are under obligations to him
for valuable suggestions in the present
trouble with the Dalles City.
looked after as closely in tbe year to I
vvu4 t J -1 u ftuc real Kuua AUO U1UU
has done much in the year of its exist
ence towards advancing the interests of
our city, and in tbe future will be able
to do much more. It has become one of
the features Dalles social life, and has
come to stav. -
An lea Pick In Bar Head.
A FAMOUS OLD HOTEL.
Col.
Slnnott Growl Reminiscent Over
the Old Hostelry.
The burcing of the old Peoria hotel
at Peoria, Illinois, a week or ten days
ago put Col. Sinnott in a reminiscent
mood, and to our reporter he gave quite
a long account of what he calls one of
the most famous old hotels in tbe coun
trv. "I was bead clerk in tbe hotel dur
ng the 50s," said he, 'and in those days
it was tbe meeting place of the political
leaders of those days. While there
often saw Douglas and Lincoln,, and to
give a list of those who have slept with
in its walls would be to publish the
names of all the great Westerners of
the West. Judge Lyman Trumbull
tbe great statesman ' and jurist; David
Davis, senator from Illinois and member
of the supreme court, also one of
the commission of fifteen to settle ' the
Hayes-Tilden election controversy; Col
D. Baker, who afterwards became
famous on tbiB coast, was senator from
this 6tate and fell early in the war
General Shields, Mexican war veteran
and United States senator from two
states ; William Pitt Kellogg, afterwards
governor of Louisiana duriug recon
strnction days ; Robert Ingersoll, and
bis brother; Congressman Kellogg, who
went out from Washington to see the
battle of Bull Run.and saw more than he
wanted ; General Lew Wallace, tbe fam
ous author ; Horace Greely, prince of
newspaper men ; Col. A. Bush, tbe
shining light of the old-fashioned Ore
gon Democracy, friend of Grover Cleve
land, and boss banker of Salem, besides
hundreds of others. :. "It was here," ad
ded the colonel, "that Abraham Lincoln
had his first and only fist fight, of which
am the sole surviving witness." I will
give you that story some time, said he,
and then be turned away to attend to
one of the hundred guests who came in
on the west-Don na train this morning
and who are awaiting the opening of the
road.
THE DALLES ATHLETIC CLUB
Bleats New Officers and Ssarts on
Second Tear.
Its
The regular annual meeting of The
Dalles Commercial and Athletic Club
was held last evening at the club rooms,
Vice-President E. C. Pease presiding.
The secretary's report was read and
adopted. W. H. Wilson being absent,
bis report was read by the treasurer,
Roger Sinnott. It ehowed that the to
tal receipts for tbe year were over $4,000
and a balance on hand of about $600.
As the club rooms have been fitted np
during the year, the showing is an ex
ceedingly good one. . ': x
On motion it -was ordered that the
sewn members receiving the highest
nnmlier of votes should be declared
trustees. Upon a ballot being taken
W. L. Bradshaw, E. C. Pease, W. H.
Wilson, R. B. Sinnott, H. M. Beall,
Geo. C. Blakeley, . received the - most
votes, there being a tie between tbe
names of R. H. Lonsdale, J. P. Mclner
ny and J. F. Hampshire. A second bal
lot was taken and Hampshire declared
elected. : The trustees will elect the
other officers. "'".
Tbe outgoing board of trustees have
made an enviable record, and as three
of the old board are re-elected and some
first-class material added in the new
trustees, the affairs of the club will be i
- Last nights Portland Telegram says
A most extraordinary attempt at suicide
was made about 6 o'clock last evening by
Mrs. Benjamin I Jones, a demented col
ored woman, living at 513 ' East Eigh
teenth street, who with one hand held a
dirk-shaped ice-pick up to the right side
of her head above the ear, while with a
hatchet in the other hand she drove the
pick with repeated blows, through bone
and brain five inches into the skull,
when she fell unconscious to the floor.
Her husband, in an adjoining room,
found ber lying upon the floor, the ice
pick imbeded almost to the handle in
head, and Unrequired tbe exertion of his
utmost strength with his body ' braced
against his wife's to draw it forth.
... The woman was afterward removed to
the Good Samaritan hospital, where Dr.
Richard Barber, assisted by Dr. Harry
F. McKay, performed a very delicate op
eration, trephining her ekull and wash
ing out, out me noie maae Dy the ice
pick, which was followed -with a probe
for-five inches. Her recovery ia not an
ticipated, and death from septic men
ingitis is considered only a question
time. ,
The marvel is, where tbe woman ob
tained the strength it drive tte pick
such a depth into her head, as her skull
was of unusual thickness, and the oper
ator who bandied the keen-cutting tre
phine saw, experienced more than usual
difficulty in cutting through tbe bone,
Tbe surgeons at the hospital are unable
to understand this part of tbe case, as it
is something new in their experience.
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Sharkey Won on a Foul.
The much talked of fight between
Fitzsimmons and Sharkey came off ac
cording to contract in San Francisco last
night, and was won by Sharkey in the
eighth round on a foul. Fitzsimmons
had his opponent whipped from tbe first
round, Sharkey being unable to do any
thing with him. It was claimed before
the fight that the referee, Wyatt Earp
intended to give the fight to Sharkey on
some pretext or other, and the sports all
claim this was done. Sharkey had made
a foul before that, but Fitzsimmons
made no claim on that account. The
fight all the way throngh was fair on
Fitzsimmons side and if any foul blow
was struck it was by accident. Fits
Simmons says he made no foul and that
the referee has simply robbed him
The fight by rounds shewed 4hat Fitz
bad no reason to resort to a foul, as he
had his man well whipped at the time.
and it is doubtful if be could have
stayed the round out. Legal steps will
be taken to prevent Sharkey drawing
the stakes.
Just What Miners Want.
All who are, or expect to be, interest
ed in mines will be glad to know tbat
Henry N. Copp, the Washington, D. C.
land lawyer, has revised Coup's Pros
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part of the work has been almost en
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engineer, who has had years of experi
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The book is a popular treatise on as
saying and mineralogy, and will be
found useful to all who wish to discover
mines, ihe first part of tbe work gives
the United States mining laws and reg
ulations, how to locate and survey t
mining claim, various forms and much
valuable information. Tbe price is 50
cents at the principal book stores, or of
the author.
General Applegate Dead.
General Ehsha L. Applegate died at
Ashland yesterday. He was 65 years of
age, and had been in poor health for
some time. The dispatch announcing
his death, says :
He was sitting in a chair at his home,
and bad been conversing with the mem
bers of the family as asual. but com
plained of an inability to breathe easily,
and requested that the door, be opened
to admit fresh air, when he suddenly
and almost without warning dropped his
bead and was dead. - "
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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.
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Or anything in the Feed Line, go to the
WASCO : WAREHOUSE.
Our prices are low and our goods are fipt-cla".
Agents for the celebrated WAISTBURG "PEFKLESS" FLOUR.
- Highest cash price paid for WHEAT. OATS and BARLEY.
Tfis Price on Farm vagons lias Dropped;
That is, the price on some wagons has fallen below our price on "OL1J
HICKORY" Wagons. Why? Because no other wagon on the market will sell
alongside of tbe "OLD HICKORY" at the same prices. It is tbe Dest ironea,
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best paiatea ana ngntesc running, ana we guaraoire every uii, m "
be strictly flrst-clrss. If you want the UHEAFkbl' wagon on tae market, wa
haven't got it; but we have got the BEST, and solicit comparison. 1
' ' v - MAYS & CROWE, The Dalles, Or.