THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1896.
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Liadies' Cloths and Broadcloths.
In order to reduce our stock still lower, we will make some tempting prices.
Our regular 75c Cloth. .55c yard
Our regular 85c Cloth 50c "
. Our regular $1.00 Cloth ..72c "
Our regular 35c Cloth 25c yard
Our regular 50c Cloth 35c
Our regular 65c Cloth ....45c "
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We Still Continue Our Sale of Sloes Hats.
PEASE & MAYS.
All goods marked in plain figures.
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The Weekly Ghroniele.
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LOCAL, BREVITIES.
Saturday's Daily.
The weather forecast for tonight and
tomorrow is rain turning to enow, and
cooler.
The local at noon was reported tied op
the other aide of Bonneville, there being
several small land elides on the track.
Since its organization in 1887, the
state board of railroad commissioners
has cost the state the grand total of
94,000.
Bishop Morris of the Episcopal chnrch
is expected on the local from Portland
today, and will preach tomorrow, morn
ing and evening.
The winner of the piece of embroidery
at the Snipea-Kinersly drag store will
be know tonight, as the matter will be
settled at 8 o'clock.
The Regulator will be up tomorrow
and will go on her regular run Monday
The v. F. & A. JN. Co. are receiving
freight for her today.
A bright light in the southern sky
shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon was
not caused by the appearance of San
Francisco's airship. It was the snn.
County Clerk Kelsay now sports a
Landsome diamond ring, which, like
that of the specimen pin in Bret Harte's
famous ballad of the Emu, 'He did win
at a raffle."
A number of the friends of H. D.
Parkins gave him a surprise at his home
on the bill last evening. Progressive
logomachy was the feature of the even
ing's amusements.
There was a small disturbance last
evening at the dance, which resulted in
the arrest of a couple of young fellows,
who were this morning fined $10 each
by the city recorder.
Mr. Eoff, who some time ago was
thrown from the door of a caboose, and
' who suffered a fracture of the skull, was
atone time given up by the Portland
doctors, but is now about well and will
soon retnrn to his duties.
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A resident of the East End telephoned
us the startling news, this morning that
it was raining in that portion of the
city. As the rain falls on the unjust as
well as the juet, we are prone to be
lieve him, and you can figure the unjust
as being in that part of the town you do
not live in.
We acknowledge the receipt of a pro
gram of the meeting of the annual state
teachers' association, to be held at Salem
on the 28th, 29th and 30th. The leading
educators of the state will be there, and
it promises to be one of the most inter
esting and instructive meetings ever
held by the association.
. Mrs. Mary Turn bull died at Vancou
ver on tbe 9th and was buried yester
day. She was tbe grandmother of Cap-,
tain James Troup, formerly in the. em
ploy of the O. R. & N., running on both
the upper and middle Columbia, and
the mother of Captain William Turn
bnll, also employed by the O. K. & N.
on the upper river.
Sometime ago John Crate was kicked
on tbe leg by a horse. He did not pay
much attention to tbe bruise, but was
on horseback during the recent severe
cold spell. Tbe result is that he has a
very bad case of blood-poisoning. Ar
rangements are made for taking him to
St. Vincent's hospital at Portland this
afternoon, if the train gets here.
1 The supreme court of Washington has
affirmed the judgment of tha lower
court, finding ex-City TreasuWr Boggs
guilty of loaning the public funds and
taking the interest to himself, which
under the laws of Washington is made
a crime. Boggs was at Spokane when
the news reached him, and at once pre
pared to surrender himself to tbe sheriff.
Marriage license was issued Saturday
to Darius C. Smith and Miss Jessie L.
Sigman, both of Dufur. .
The landslide was removed from the O.
R. & N. in time to let the Sunday night
train up nearly on time.
Cape and jacket sale of last Saturday
at 25 per cent discount to be continued
during the week at A. M. Williams &
Co.'s.
The trial of the caBe of tbe United
States against Tafie to condemn the
right of way for the boat railway, ter
minated Saturday night, the jury find
ing a verdict for Tafie in the sum of
$17,500. This is an increase of about
$3,000 from the former verdict, and it is
probable all parties will call it settled
and let it rest at that.
In Saturday's issue we published a
little clipping from the Arizona Kicker;
but the credit was inadvertently over
looked. The result was that it appeared
we had furnished a man for a banging
match in a neighboring town. We
cheerfully correct the intimation, and as
cheerfully add that such citizens as we
have of the kind referred to in that ar
ticle never venture away from the sacred
precincts of this, their borne.
A curious lawsuit terminated tbe
other day in the court of common pleas
at Cleveland, O. Two years ago
Humphrey Johnson shot and killed bis
wife, Nellie, at their borne in Collin
wood. Then he committed suicide.
Both bad children by iormer marriages.
The administrator for the wife's children
sued the administrator for the husband's
children for $10,000 damages for the
killing of Mrs. Johnson, and the jury
brought in a verdict for $3,000.
Tuesday's. Sally
Good, fat hogs aie in demand here at
3 cents.
The A. O. U. W. have a- social on
band, to take place Thursday evening.
The river is coming up quite rapidly,
owing to the lieavy rains ana melting
snows.
A large consignment of hay just re
ceived and on sale bv Ward, Kerns &
Robinson. ).'.
The latter part of last week 300 bogs
were shipped from Grant to Troutdale,
and 200 to Seattle.
Mr. Arthur K. Fuller made final proof
on his cash entry in Sherman county, at
the land office today.
Two applications were made , today to
have land ordered into market, for sale.
This is under the law providing for the
sale of isolated tracts, and we believe
these are tbe first ever made in this
office.
Katie Putnam tomorrow night. Se
cure your ticketB and reserve your seats
at the Snipes-Kinersly drugstore.
Twenty carloads of sheep were shipped
from Grant last Thursday to Ellensbnrg,
Wash., where they will be fed for the
winter.
Mr. Rolando, G. Brooks and Eli Hos
tetlar made homestead entries on some
of the forfeited railroad lands in Sher
man county today. ' ;
Tbe ground is surely getting a thor
ough soaking this winter, and it does
not seem possible that the soil can dry
out before next July.
Out on 15-Mile all tbe farmers are
busy plowing. The ground is in
splendid condition, and a very large
area is being turned over.
- The regular Christmas vacation of the
public schools will last two weeks,
school closing Friday of this week, and
beginning again the Monday after New
Years.
The sturgeon catch is getting quite
good again. Yesterday sixteen of the
big fellows were shipped away, the five
larger ones of tbe lot averaging 250
pounds each. Eight were shipped today,
all about the same size and weighing
nearly 200 pounds each.
The Regulator will be in tonight and
will make her regular runs hereafter.
The people along the river on the Wash
ington side will be rejoiced to see her
again, as they have practically been cut
off from communication with the out
side world ever since the ice blockade.
' Mr. Led better, representing the Ore-
gonian, is in tbe city and looking after
matters connected with the Cascade
edition, which is to be published within
tne next lew days, ine title page is
lithographed, and is an artistic piece of
work in five colors. Enormous expense
has been incurred in getting out tbe
edition, but it will be worth all, and
much more than all, it cost.
The alarm of fire this morning was
caused by a burning flue in (Mrs. Hand'
ley's house on Third street. There were
two stovepipe holes in tbe flue, tbe
lower one being stopped with the ordi
nary tin arrangement made for tbe pur
pose. It seems the soot had accumu
lated and caught fire from the sparks
dropping down on it. ' The blaze came
out a foot or more Jnto the kitchen, but
no damage was done, other than making
a little dirt.
Speaking of the run of salmon with
Fiah Commissioner McGnire yesterday,
he remarked that next Beason would be
a good test of the benefits of the hatch
eries. According to the accepted theory
of tbe fish coming buck the fourth year,
tbe run next summer, if it depends at
all on the hatcheries, will be a very
light one. In 1893 no .fish were turned
out of the hatcheries, so that the run of
1897 will depend entirely on the result
of natural propagation. In the mean
while tbe legislation we speak of edi
torially should be looked after and tbe
means provided . for carrying on the
hatcheries. - Washington already has a
good law of this kind, and is now main
taining a fine hatchery on the little
White Salmon in . Skamania county,
about seven miles below Hood River.
LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Bverybodr Bad s Lorelr and llilarloas
Time.
''There's more clothing destroyed by
poor soap than by actual wear as the
tree alkali rots them. Hoe cake is
pure- ly24iij
It is not often permitted to a news
paper in these degenerate days, to
chronicle the wild and wooly happen
ings at a modern social dance, such as
used to happen in the good old days of
the coast, when gold dust was the money
of the country, and six-shooters its
statutes. Yet only a few days ago a
dance occurred, not in Wasco county, of
couree, but not a thousand miles from it,
that would have satisfied the cravings
for tbe sensational, that possessed the
old timers.
A set bad been formed, or was forming,
for a quadrille and as the dancers were
waiting for the music to start up, one
young lady for some cause unknown,
but presumably moved by that great
feminine motor, jealousy, walked up to
another girl in the set, and without
calling time, shaking hands or haggling
over a referee, drew back her muscular
right arrr and dealt that other a blow
in the mouth that would have brought a
storm of applause from the short-haired
patrons of San Francisco's social func
tions. The girl's head went back with a
snap that nearly dislocated her neck,
but she was not knocked down. - In a
moment she gathered herself, tbe blood
of her English ancestors boiling in her
veins, and with the spring of a panther
she landed on her enemy. In a moment
the other girls in the set had taken a
hand, fur flew and claret flowed, ribbons.
buttons, laces and those innumerable
things that go to make tbe female get-up
a thing of beauty, were scattered on tbe
floor like shells on the sand at a public
clam-bake. There was no chance to In
terfere with tbe combatants, for they
were mixed and intermingled until one
could not be told from the othfcr. Tbe
men gathered around and let tbem fight
it out, lending encouragement occasion
ally by shouting, "Pull her hair! "Pound
her in the short rib I" and other re
marks of a similar nature. At the end
of five minutes three of tbe girls were
down and counted out, while the fourth
with one waving hand full of light
mauve hair, and the other flourishing a
gored skirt or two, was hailed as the
victor.'
When the fight ended, a young fellow,
who had been gazing in wonder at the
Amazonian battle, felt his nerves were
utterly unstrung, and getting in the
corner he pulled a bottle of whisky from
his pocket and proceeded to take a
bracer. This was too much for the floor
manager, who could hardly believe he
saw correctly, Walking over to the
violator of eocial etiquette, he sternly
asked bitn if.he bad "ever been in the
society of ladies before?'' and, "If he
did not know that hauling a bottle at a
social function, was an insult to all the
female functionaries?" If he didn't, it
was time to leave, so laying indignant
hands on tbe young fellow, be threw
him ignominiously out of the door. By
this time tbe voung fellow's blood was
hot, and as he lit he pulled a piftol and
fired three sbots in quick succession at
tbe man who endeavored to protect the
ladies from the insult of his presence.
The bullets went high, doing no damage
except to make three neat perforations
in the wall at the opposite side of the
bouse, but at the first fire a married lady
standing by the door, threw up her
hands with a gasp and fell in a dead
faint to the floor. Everybody thought
she was shot, and her husband, in his
frenzy, commenced striking right and
left at everything in sight, getting even
on the slayers of his wife. The lady
soon came to, and quiet was restored,
hut the dance was broken up. The fel
low who did tbe shooting skipped for
another state, the fainting woman was
taken home, the four Amazons departed,
taking witn them their tender escorts,
and the lights went out.
We have the particulars from one
who says he knows, and he vouches
for their truth, only that they are not
told with that detail that would made
tbem much more of an exemplification
of the dances of earlier days, and would
convince the old-timers that tbe chival
rous regard of gentleman for ladies, so
boasted of in earlier days, and the gentle
lovliness or lovely gentleness of the fair
sex has not deteriorated.
We will not give tbe location of the
dance away, but we wish to inform the
public that there is a wbole lot of wheat
money this side of the mountains that
says Corbett, Fitzeimmons' nor Sharkey
can stay in the ring with tbe black
haired Semiramis, who won the fight
above described, for four rounds.
Mo Harm Done.
We are in receipt of a letter from the
mayor of Richland, New Mexico, stating
that a man named ' Henry Rice was
hanged there two weeks ago by the
local vigilance committee. The charge
against him was stealing r cay use, but
scarcely had he been buried when it was
discovered that a mistake had been
made and the wrong man hanged. Al
though they went to work and hanged
the right man, the people felt a little
conscience stricken. It was ascertained
that Rice was from this town, and tbe
mayor writes to express regrets and ask
what can be done about it. Rice left
here about three months ago. Our peo
ple will remember him as a lazy, shift
less critter, with no ambition above
getting drunk. There was some talk of
banging him here, and had be held on
long enough that would have been bis
fate. We can't see where any harm has
been done. He didn't steal tbe cay use,
but it was just as well to hang him and
get him off the earth. He had no rela
tives, we believe, and if he had they
would not raise a row about it. If the
good people of Richland have nothing
more on their conscience they need
worry no longer.
Seriously Hart.
Mr. L. C. Stevenson, of Bear Creek,
was seriously hurt last week by being
thrown from hia seat on bis freight
wagon, while returning from The Dalles
with a load ot freight for Oakes & Wil
son. Tbe accident occurred between
Antelope and Bakeoven. He had fast
ened tbe lines to the brake and after
lighting his pipe, reached down to get
hold of them, when the wheel of the op
posite side struck a rock and he was
thrown to the ground. Tbe hind wheel of
the wagon, which was loaded with 6,500
pounds, ran across the side of his head
and lengthwise down his bo.iv, breaking
an arm, and one leg in two places and
otherwise bruising and cruehing him,
Other teamsters were near, who took
him to Antelope. He will probably re
cover. Crook County Journal.
Katie Putnam Coming-.
The Dalles has an unenviable reputa
tion as a patron of good shows. We
think our people thoroughly appreciate
a first-class play, but tbe trouble ia that
they somehow all turn out to see some
measly take, and then the really merit
orious companies get the cold shoulder,
until finally they conclude to try it
once more, and they are almost certain
to make the trial on the next fake that
comes along, only to get home with an
additional load of disgust. What we
need is to switch and miss the poor onea
for a time. The coming of Misa Katie
Putnam affbrda a splendid opportunity
to begin She stands high in her pro
fession, ia now playing an engagement
at the Marquam in Portland, and should
have a crowded house here.
The only way to get good companies
here ia to patronize them, and if we do
this and let the barnstormers go un pat
ronized, we will not be long afflicted
with the latter class. Miss Putnam
shows here on the 16tb.
Siberia and Her Vast Resources.
1. V. Ivanov and Peter Kulatuhof,
members of the Russian geological sur
vey, have been for some time paBt inves
tigating tbe mineral resources of Siberia
along the route of the great Siberian
railroad. Tbey traveled a vast distance
of mountain region. Their duty was to
explore tbe country for 100 miles on tbe
strip along which the road rona or ia
surveyed, so as to get a good idea of
what the country afforded.
"We found it a wonderful country and
in point of scenery and in its resources
of gold, silver, copper, lead, coal and
other minerals," said one of the gentle
men. "It was all that we could have
desired. We collected many specimens
of different kinds of ore, which we are
taking back with ua to St. Petersburg.
In places, besides minerals, are enor
mous areas of magnificent agricultural
lands, 'available 'chiefly for wheat, oats,
barley and other cereals. The great
rivers afford fine opportunities for com
mercial development. It baa a thous
and interests that can only be alluded
to."
Beantlfnl Window,
The big show windows of A. M. Will
iams & Co. are certainly things of beauty
today. Window decoration baa grown
to tbe dignity of a fine art, and whoever
arranged tbe display spoken of ia an
artist of undoubted merit. It is impos
sible to give any description that would
do justice to tbe artistic grouping of
beautiful things. The only way to get
an adequate conception of tbe work ia
to take a look at it yourself. Word
painting will not fill tbe bill.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair.
Cold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
Wanted.
A" young lady desires housework in
family. Apply at this office.