THE DAIiLES WEEKIiY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1896.
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LOCAL BREVITIES
Saturday's Daily.
County commissioners court will meet
one week from next Monday, and circuit
court Fobruary 8th.
Quite a number of Indians are vns the
city, a little late for Christmas, bnt still
on band, and apparently having a good
time.
Only five more days of leap year, and
then seven vears without a chance to
pop. Young ladies ! It is the last call
in the dining car, for you will be the
other side of 26 before another leap
year.
The Christmas tree and exercises of
the Lutheran church held at the court
house, were well attended, the court
house being crowded and all attending
were greatly pleased. The programme
occupied an hour and a half, and con
sisted of four class-songs, one double
quartette, several dialogues ana recita
tions, and four brief orations by young
men. members of the bible class, this
latter feature being highly sgoken of,
The event was only prepared for within
the past two weeks, but was a thorough
success.
Monday's Daily.
License to marry was issued Saturday
to John M. Powell and Delia A. White.
At the Congregational church last
night the members of the Sunday school
gave a very entertaining review exercise
and concert.
Yesterday being St. John's day, by
special invitation of Rev. Goss, the
Masons attended St. Paul's church in a
body last night.
At the evening service at the Method
ist church yesterday three persons were
baptized and seven received into full
membership in the church.
The hose team has had a picture taken
of all its members, which is a very good
one. It is on exhibition attheSnipes
Kinersly drugstore and will, in a few
davs.be presented to. the Commercial
Club.
The foot-bail game between the Port
land fiphnnl nnA fha T)a11ir hnvs
will come off at the fair grounds New
Year's day at 2:30 o'clock. Tickets 25
cents, on sale at all the business houses.
The young ladies of the Good Tem
plar lodge surprised the young gentle
men Saturday night, by providing a
fine luncheon of cake, coffee, etc. Al
though taken by surprise, the boys
were equal to the occasion and met the
charge of their friends with open mouths
and solid molars. The latter won the
victory.
In speaking of the Stanford foot-ball
team, the Oregonian mentions Chester
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Oregon. The Fisher mentioned is not
from Southern Oregon, but from The
Dalles, which accounts for bis kicking
qualities, and bis name is Forest Fisher.
The Dalles boys all come to the front in
some shape, and their versatility is
shown in the fact that they are as handy
with their feet as they are with their
beads.
Ed. Hpwell and S. M. Combs, not
having received the wagonload of Christ'
mas presents they deserve, are now stay
ing up all night waiting for santa claus
to come back. Each of them has one
stocking himg up in a freight car, with
the door left open and each of them only
wear one pants leg rolled np. It is to
be hoped that Kew Years will treat
them better and permit them to take
down their stockings again.
There was a pleasant party Christmas
night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
F. Drews, given by Mies Pauline Drewe,
to celebrate the holidays and also the
silver wedding of her parents. The
house was beautifully decorated with
mistletoe, and merry games made the
evening fly. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Drews, Mrs. Meta Byrkett,
Misses Lizzie Ebrck, Lizzie and Agnes
Bates, Pauline Drews, and Messrs.
Frank Sandrock, A. H. Kennedy, E.
Burchtorf, M. Hanson and F. Drews.
The appearance of Ellen Beach Yaw
at the Vogt Wednesday night is an
event of no small importance. It gives
the music-lovers an opportunity to hear
her; perhaps the only one they will
ever have, and they may well feel flat
tered in that Miss Yaw consents to sing
for us. Not another town of its size on
the coast will be granted this privilege,
and the price of admission is only two
thirds that charged in Portland and
other cities. Tickets (1, on sale at the
Snipes-Kinersly drugstore.
Tuesday's. Dally
When you find time hanging heavy on
your bands, just bear in mind that there
is a circulating library here, and then
patronize it.
The United Artisans will not meet to
morrow (Wednesday) night, on Recount
of many of the members wishing to at
tend the Yaw concert.
The handsome photograph of The
Dalles hose team, on exhibition at the
Snipes-Kinersly drugstore, was the
work of our local artist, Mrs. D. C.
Herrin.
A letter from Fred Wilson and Ed.
Wingate states that the boys made the
trip as far as Victoria without being sea
sick. They are getting along on their
way to the islands by this time.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Thursday night.
Old, but always good. Fine scenery.
beautiful stage settings, live blood
hounds, and a . first-class company of
first-class actors. Don't fail to see it.
The Si Perkins Pughtown band is a
daisy, sure. As the members went
wandering around the streets yesterday
afternoon they attracted a great deal of
attention, and when tbey ' gathered at
the intersection of VVashington and
Second and began playing, everybody
flocked to hear' them. For a half hour
they paralyzed business in the Dalles,
more thoroughly than a Bryan boom
and a 16 to 1 campaign.
Last evening a number of young peo
ple met at the home of Miss Ethel Deal
ing, and after ascertaining that every
lady had succeeded in safely conduct
ing the leap year young man thus far,
they proceeded to the residence of Mr.
John Parrot, whom tbey completely
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took by surprise. However, the house
and its contents were turned over to
them, and with games, lunch, laughter
and song the evening was delightfully
passed.
The examination of Cooper Douglas,
the young gentlemen who struck James
Fisher on the head with a pistol at the
dance Christmas night, occupied the at
tenlion of Justice Filloon this morning.
Attorneys Phelps and Gates represented
the State, and J. L. Story the defendant,
After hearing the testimony, the justice
concluded the offense had been com
mitted and bound Douglas over to ap
pear before the grand jury, with bonds
nxea in me sum oi ?zuu. This is more
fun for the fellow who tamed out the
lights.
The case of J. A. White vs. O. D,
Taylor occupied nearly the entire day,
The case grows out of the sale of some
stock in the Columbia River Fruit Co.
by the defendant to the plaintiff, with a
guarantee that the money should be re
turned if the stock was not satisfactory,
The jury, after being out several hours,
returned a verdict of $120.50 for the
plaintiff. Mr. Taylor will appeal the
case to the supreme court. John F.
O'Keefe appeared for the plaintiff and F.
E. Emerick and James H. Davitt for the
defendant. Saginaw Courier-Herald.
Tuesday evening while Mr. J. M.
Roth was returning from The Dalles,
by way of Endersby, be met with an ac
cident that came very near being seri
ous. His team of young horses had at
tained considerable speed as they came
down the Endersbv hill near R. Sic
ilian's, when the pole to the hack
dropped to the ground, which af
frighted the horses and they be
came unmanageable. Mr. Roth was
precipitated to the ground with great vio
lence, sustaining a severe scalp wound,
which dazed him for some time. Upon
bis arrival in Dufur, Dr. Dietrich
dressed the wound, and now Mr. Roth
appears to be as sound as ever. The
pole to the hack was broken, and the
harness in several places, also, but the
horses were not materially injured.
On a Sturgeon Hook.
Walter Klindt met with an accident
while sturgeon fishing this morning,
that be can congratulate himself on not
being more serious. He was hauling in
bis lines, on which were several large
sturgeon, when he slipped and tell.
One of the big books caught in the mus
cles of his leg, just about the bottom of
his pocket and was pulled its full depth
into the flesh. With great presence of
mind he seized a batcher knife lying
bandy, and cut the hook from the line.
He came to town today about noon, and
Dr. Logan pinched the eye off the book
and pulled it around and through the
flesh point foremost.
Thank You.
The Salvation Army officers wish, in
,
behalf of those assisted, to thank the
people of The Dalles for their liberality
in helping the poor on Christmas.
Twenty families were assisted according
to their needs in the way of food, cloth
ing and toys. Some of the merchants
gave very liberally. Among the number
tbey especially wish to mention the
splendid donation of A. M. Williams &
Co. There was also a quantity of partly
worn garments sent in, of which a few
remain that will be given out whenever
any in need are found. . .
Hot clam broth every
Ad Kellar's.
day at noon at
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JUST A SMALL BOY.
Bat He Was
Ubiquitous and Bad Two
Gizzard.
The numberless things a small boy can
do in the course of an hour, each without
premeditation or object, is simply as
tonishing; but it is no more so than the
number of things he can devour in the
same time. Going down on the boat to
Hood River Christmas morning our at
tention was attracted by the vigorous
and maggoty movements of a youth
about 10 years old. The boy was on his
way to Hosier to spend Christmas and
make the day one joyous carnival for
some family.
Previous to the boat leaving the wharf
he seemed to have general supervision
of boat, cargo and passengers. ' He was
from one deck to the other not less than
a dozen times in as many minutes. He
read the marks on the freight and asked
passengers their names gave out a won
derful amount of information as to the
boat's movements, and was generally
busy. . After, the boat started the field of
his labors became more circumscribed.
He remained inside most of the time,
because it was too cold to holy-stone the
hurricane deck or slush the main mast.
He was abundantly supplied with
Christmas cheer suitable for one of his
age. As soon as the boat pulled out be
procured a bundle of licorice sticks a
foot long and commenced to absorb one
of them. As he chewed at one end ox
the stick he took down all the folding
stools piled in the lorward cabin, then
he piled four or five of them on one and
sat down on tha aggregation. Chat only
satisfied bim for a moment, and he
placed three of them on the deck bnilt
up in the cabin over the boiler and
tried that for-a bed. Then from the
fathomless depths of his pocket be pro
duced a mosquito bar fuli of caady,
which he soon placed where it would do
the most good, climbing on top of the
pile of stools to do so, and all the time
he kept up a running fire of small talk,
disseminating some really, wonderful
information. After the candy two ap
ples followed on the program, that
dropped into his system and were lost.
Then followed three feet of licorice and
another apple, and as he surrounded the
latter be told us, in strict confidence, he
was going to eat Christmas dinner at
Mosier, and expressed the wish that it
"was ready now." He settled the set
pies and other truck by climbing the
hog-chains and getting a fall on his head
that must have made him see Santa
Claus; for be got up smiling and came
over to us to expatiate on the magnifi
cence of the Christmas tree he saw the
night before.
As he left the foot plank at Mosier he
ducked his bead in the sand bar, and
throwing up his heels, went over like a
streak and came down full length on his
back. Then he sat up, and as the turn
of the boat shut him out from our range
of vision, he had dug up another apple
from the mysterious recesses of his
clothes and was stowing it away in his
hold, as though be had experienced a
famine. And yet he was only jast an
average wiry, squirming boy, with too
much nerve and activity to be quiet,
and who had in bis interior a quart or
two of pepsin and a couple of gizzards.
TROUBLE AT A DANCE.
Caused by the Incandescent Humor of a
Brilliant JOker.
There was a little digression at the
dance at Brown's hall last night not
down on the bill.
It seems some one on miechief bent
turned out the lights several times
while the dances were on, until it finally
grew monotonous. finally uooper
Douglas, one of the musicians, got tired
of it and when the lignts went out made
a rush for the corner where the switch
is located. The first man he met was
James Fisher, and without puusing to
ask any questions, Douglas drew a pistol
and struck Fisher a heavy blow on the
bead, knocking him down and cutting a
gash in the back of his head that it took
several stitches to close. As usually
happens in such cases, the innocent suf
fered, Mr. Fisher having nothing to do
with it.
After doing all the damage, Douglas
discovered bis mistake and skipped over
to Washington to avoid arrest. Of
course the smart fellow who caused all
the trouble is now perfectly happy.
His mind being relieved from the heavy
strain caused by evolving so stupendous
practical joke as turning out the
lights, can easily soar to the pinnacles of
bliss where, let us hope, neither the
mind nor matter containing it will be
out of reach on the annual viait of the
fool killer.
A Stumper.
Mr. H. F. Davidson has had construct
ed a stump burner made of sheet iron,
in the shape of a stove, that will likely
revolutionize the work of clearing
ground of stumps. ' The design was
brought here by Mr. Bone, when hejre-
turned from the Sucker state last spring.
The advantages of this stump burner,
like a bob tail flush, are all in the draw.
It is said that when set round a etump
and loaded with pitch, wood and fired,
it creates a draft that can only be likened
to a cyclone. Davidson sat up with it
eight hours the other night, and after
feeding it about eight cords of pitch
pine, it drew tears to his calloused
cheek, drew blisters on a log ten feet
away, drew all the neighbors within a
radius of a mile to see it work, and he
think9, if given full vent, it would draw
a mortgage on the farm. He first bored
a bole in the stump, and with a stick of
giant powder shattered and loosened up
the stump to give the mersheen a good
start. After burning eight hours the
stump swelled np, probably with its
importance of being the first stump ex
perimented with, and the sheet iron
burner can't be removed till the stump
diies out next 6cmmer. A patent has
been applied for, and county and town
Bhip rights will be for sale by Bone &
Davidson, proprietors. Glacier.
. Circuit Court Proceedings.
Court met this morning pursuant to
adjournment and transacted business as
follows:
EQUITY.
Davenport Lumber Co vs C P Heald,
dismissed without prejudice.
Ida Lockhart vs Harry Lockhart, re
port filed, argued and submitted.
Mays & Crowe vs John Wood et al,
answer and reply filed ; referred to H
H Riddel, plaintiff to have until Jan
25th and defendant until Jan 25th to
take testimony, and plaintiff to have, un
til Feb 5th to take testimony in rebuttal.
A M Williams & Co vs J E McCor
mack, motion to make more definite
overruled.
Ilattie ICizer vs Henry Kizer, contin
ued for the term.
LAW.
me uayi-3 bewing Machine (Jo vs
William Tackman, decision filed in favor
of plaintiff.
Prineville Land & Live Stock Co vs R
W Mitchell, reply to be filed by first
day of next term.
Joshua Hendy Machine Works vs J (f
and I N Day, eettled.
C H Stoughton vs W R Cantrell,
judgment and order to sell attached
property.
Wm Brown vs F W Skibbe et al, de
murrer overruled, defendant to have un
til first day of next term to answer. Ad
journed for term.
J J Spencer vs W R Winans, demurrer
overruled, and decree for want of an
swer, defendant refusing to answer, and
so stating in open court.
Christmas Trees.
Christmas Eve was observed by most
of the churches, by having the usual
Christmas trees with their wonderful
fruit, and the exercise appropriate to the
occasion. The Methodist church had
two .trees and a jolly old santa claus
with a pack full of toys on bis back.
The Congregational church was crowded
with little folks and their parents each
happier than the other, all participating
in the presents plucked from the
generous boughs. At the Christian
church there were appropriate exercises
but no tree. The Sisters had a very
handsome tree and some very beautiful
exercises, ana among other things, a
big, generous santa claus. Christmas
night the Lutheran church and the Sal
vation army had their exercises, the
latter having a Christmas stocking in
stead of a tree. There were candy, nuts
and apples galore, and something for
every little one, besides more substan
tial, if not so filling, other things. The
Episcopal church has its Christmas exer
cises Monday, somewhat late to be sure,
yet certain to be enjoyed by the young
sters who have capacity for a Christmas
tree every night in the year. '
Cncle Tom's Cabin.
When will the time come when "Un
cle Tom's Cabin" will lose its charm to
the rising generation?. Judging by its
present freshness, its alluring powers
will be perennial. There is something
in the skillful combination of the pa
thetic and the humorous that never
fail 8 to fascinate, and the story that it
telle of the suffering of the poor slaves
appeals directly to the finest sensibili
ties of the human soul. Such plays are
better than sermons. They point a
moral and adorn a tale. They teach us
lessons in thoughtfulness and charity.
They impress on our minds the preceptB
of the golden rule. Mrs. Stowe's book
if one of the greatest books of literature,
because it deals with questions of im
measurable human import, and the play
itself is one of those simple master
pieces that can never die. If it does no
more than to keep alive the memory of
the rise and fall of one of the greatest
iniquities that hietory deals with, it
was not written in vain.
The Cook Twin Sisters colossal Uncle
Tom's Cabin Company will appear at
the Vogt opera house Dec. 31st.
Awarded
Highest HonorsWorld's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
CREAM
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Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
JUDGE SNOW'S RULING.
Must explain to the Supreme Cut
Why He Quashed the Case.
Judpa Snow fit Kntrinnv nnnnrtAfl Him
information agsinst Rev. 6. D. Taylor
for obtaining money by false pretense,
on the ground that Act 234 of 1895, re
pealed the eection of Howell's providing
a penalty for this offense. The fact of
this ruling waa that prosecutions for
offenses of this kind, committed prior to
Sept. 1st, 1895, when the new act took
effect, are barred. Yesterday the su
preme, court issued a peremptory writ
ordering Judge Snow to set aside his.
order and proceed with the trial or show
cause forthwith why he should not be
compelled to do so. The court called
his attention to the recent case of the
People vs. Kinney, In which they held.
directly contrary to his ruling. Saai-
naw Courier-Herald, Saturday, Dec. 19.
1896.
I'attl Outdone JUIss Yaw's
Voice.
Wonderful
Over a year ago, while Miss Yaw was
abroad, there was a very conspicuous
article published in the New York Her
ald, a column in length, headed as
above. ' It discussed that voice as hav
ing the greatest eonipats of any soprano
recorded by history x rarg of nearly
four octaves, from G below the staff to
E in alt., and expreased surprise that a
voice reaching each an altitude should
possess such breadth and beautiful qual
ity of tone in the lower and medium
register.
Later we heard more of this phenom
enal voice' through the Parisian papers,
which spoke of her as having a power
fully high and extraordinarily crystal
line soprano, with wonderfully bird-like
notes, which rose and fell with the pre
cision and "rondeur" that French peo
ple characteristically compare to falling
pearls. Not only did they comment up
on the extent of this young girl's voice,
bat upon the sympathetic quality and
strength of the medium tones, and tha
perfect ease with which she sang.
Surprise Party.
A pleasant surprise party was given
Mr. and Mrs. Willerton, on Alvord
avenue, last evening, it being their
twentieth marriage anniversary. The
evening was enjoyably spent with games
and jokes, till a dainty luncheon waa
served. Many beautiful presents were
given. Among those present were, Mr.
and Mrs. Randull, Mr. and Mrs. Chan
dler, Mr. and Mrs. Steers, Mr. and Mrs.
Stevens, Mrs. Waters, Mrs. Herbert,
Mrs. H. N. Stevens, Mrs. Goddard, ot
Portland, Miss Rawson, Miss Snipes,
Miss Boyer, Misses Grace and Bertha
Willerton, and Master Ernest Wil
lerton.
A Powerful Freezing: Mixture. - '
Many readers know that a mixture of
two parts of pounded ice aud one part of
common salt will reduce the tempera
ture of anything inclosed so as to be
wholly surrounded by the mixtuse (say
a milk can in an ice cream freezer) to a
point 36 degrees below that at which
water freezes. There are bnt few read
ers, however, that know of the remarka
ble properties of a mixture of chloride
of lime and ice. A mixture ot three
parts of crystalized chloride of lime and
two parts of ice forms a combination
that will freeze mercury in seven min
utes. St. Louis Republic.
Christmas at Endersby.
Endbksby, Or., Dec. 28, 1896.
Eoitob Chronicle ;
The entertainment and supper at this
place Christmas eve was a grand success.
The house was well filled, and each
one's part was well performed. There
was an abundance of pop corn, apples,
peanuts and candy, and after the exer
cises the tables were spread, and every
body's part waa well performed there.
too. After supper a number of fine se
lections were rendered by local vocalists
and then came the parting.
G. W. F.
GOT EVEN WITH THE CLERK.
low a Country Uuest Hade the Ilotel
Official Pay Up.
A country guest at a certain London.
hotel, having a dread of pickpockets,
went' to the clerk and hajided him, a
20 note to be put Ln the safe, saya
Comic Cuts. Asking for it nm day
he was thunderstruck wheal the func
tionary to whom he had given tha
money coolly denied any recollection
of the matter. Whereupon the coun
tryman went to a lawyer.
"Get another 20 cote," said the law
yer, "and go, accompanied by a friend,
back to the hotel. Apologize to the
clerk' for your mistake. Say it waa
a defect of niwnory. Attribute it to
absent-mindedness. LVpos'.t the sec
ond SQ note in the presence of your
friend ami come back to me."
The mystified niralist obuerved in
sl ructions to the very letter.
"Now." said the lawyer, "go back
rJoiie to the clerk and ask h in for your
2(1 r.ote. Knowing' that jour friend
e:iw him r?ceive it he v.-il!gveyou back
the second one. Then take your friend
viCh you next day, approach the clerk,
ask him boldly' far that 20 note and
as there was no witness to your receipt
of the second note he will be forced
to reituirn that also."
The ruse proved completely success
ful, much to the gratification of the
countryman.
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