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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. JANUARY 16. 1897;
The Weekly Chronicle.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
- ' Wednesday s Doily.
The Elks charity ball promises to be
the grand event of the eeason.
The Good Templars will have a Wheel
- of-Fortune social in their hall next
Governor Rogers of Washington took
the oath of office today and assumed the
reins of government.
"Dudley Eshelman, brother of Dr.
Eshelman of this city, is secretary of
the Washington senate.
A peach tree in bloom in January ia a
strange sight in this latitude, yet there
is one near the bridge across Mill creek
that, tooled by the weather, has blos
eomed as though it were April.
According to the statistics there were
6,520 suicides in the United States last
- year. An appalling number, yet when
one looks over the country they really
. wonder that they were so few.
Mrs. VanBibber drove in from her
home last night and left her horse
bitched back oi Worsley & Van Bibber's
store. When she' got ready to go home
she discovered that someone had stolen
the harness, all except the collar.
We were misinformed yesterday in re
gard to Truman Butler taking a place in
French & Co.'e bank. There is no va
cancy in that institution, and the rumor
was cut from whole cloth. Mr. Butler
has not yet arrangsd for the future, but
will not be out of employment long.'
The house committee on public lands
yesterday authorized a favorable report
on the bill providing that settlers on
Northern Pacific lands, whose riehta
would have been forfeited Jan.. 1, 1897,
- snail nave an additional two years in
. which to comply with the regulations.
It was ladies' night at the cluo last
night, and the bowling alley was crowd
ed with the fair sisters, bent upon out
bowling the male members of the club.
There was a larger attendance than
there has been for some time. Th'e new
lights had something to do with the
larg9 gathering.
Sacramento now receives a 15,000-volt
current of electricity from a plant 30
. miles distance, and had previously se
cured a partial supply over 24 nrrles of
wire. The California city has appar-
Anflv finrrmn alro toil fii. itualf that o Innn.
dietance supply of the current is practic
able in every way, and also economical
Mr. Samuel Walton, who came up
from White Salmon today, says the
fruit treos in that neighborhood were
not injured by the November cold snap.
As closer examinations are made on this
side, the damage on this account is pro
nounced n.uch less than . was at first
supposed.
J. E. Mattison, of Fargo, North Da
kota, in an interview published in the
Telegram yesterday, asserts that there
ara fine gold fields in the Olympic moun
tains, and that he and a man he calls
"Scotty" took out quite a handsome
sum last summer. He predicts there
will be a big rush into the Olympics
within the next year or two. .
Frineesa de Chimay, who eloped last
summer with Janos Eigo, a Hungarian
gypsy musician, has been engaged to ap
pear in tableaux vivant at the winter
garden at Berlin immediately after ber
divorce from ber husband has been ee
.cured. She will be paid $750 per night,
which is certainly a big price to pay for
looking at a divorced Chimay.
Mr. Campbell has a large elk in the
building on the corner of Federal and
Third streets, which he has about fin
ished mounting. Mr. Campbell killed
the elk in Tillamook county last year.
and it is certainly a monster. He esti
mated it as weighing 1400 pounds, and
it certainly looks as though it would do
it. The mounting is . quite well done,
and the skin is one of the handsomest
we have ever seen, the coat being re
markably smooth and heavy.
West of the Blue mountains, in East
ern Oregon, very wet weather has been
experienced, but east of the Blues, in
Grand Romle and Powder River valleys,
the winter has been very dry. In speak
ing of it the La Grande Chronicle says :
"Daring the fall considerable rain fell,
but since the fore part of November the
weather has been remarkably dry." In
Umatilla connty there has been a heavy
rainfall, more-eo than ueual in fall and
winter.
Frank Murphy and J. C. HopkinB
were arrested in Siskiyou Sunday,
charged with having burglarized the
store of D. E. Winker & Son, in Ash
land, Saturday night. On their persons
were found, among other things, thirty
nine pocket knives, seven razors, $15.55
In cash, skeleton keys, toothbrushes,
etc. The adventurers are now in jail
and seem to be booked for Salem. They
have but little to say, but intimate that
a third man was with them and shared
in the rash taken. . ,.' ,,
An old gentleman named W. L.
Campbell, who resides at Mitchell, put
np at tb.e Columbia hotel last night,
and his morning reported to Mr. Tooney
that be bad been robbed of about $40.
which he had placed in a purse under
his pillow. He had looked, be said,
carefully for his money and could not
find it. In a short time the chamber
maid came down stairs with the purse,
which she had found in making the bed.
Campbell had rolled the purse in the
corner of the sheet in the super-abundance
of caution, aud not finding bis
money at first glance, became, excited
and thought be was robbed. -Thursday's
Dally
The county clerk is engaged in map
ping and recording the road districts of
the county as they exist at the present
time.
Two hoboes were before the recorder
this morning. They said nothing, and
are now sawing wood to 'settle a bill of
$5 each.
There will be a business meeting of
the Epwortb League this evening in the
lecture room of the M. E. church at
8:30. All members are requested to be
present.
The city council met last evening, bat
on the roll oeinz called it was louna
Jonathan Bourne's tactics had been
adopted and there was no quorum pres
ent. The meeting was adjourned to
Friday evening.
The senate at noon today adjourned
over until Monday. It is tbonght that
by that time the lower bouse may get
together. Until it does, it can only ad
journ from day to day. After tomorrow
the members can drawtno pay until the
organization.
Chris. Meier is agent for the Excelsior
Burglar Alarm. It is a compact little
affair that can be carried in ones pocket
and can be applied instantly to any door
or window. The opening of the door or
raising of the window at once sets the
alarm going. It is a neat device and
never bangs fire.
The sun came out beautiful this morn
ing, tinting the enow-clad hills of Klick
itat with a pink blush like a Dalles
girls' first effort in the 'line, and intro
ducing The Dalles people to long lost
shadows. As the weather clerk has
promised us fair weather tomorrow, we
may get used to this sort of thing, but
it is decidedly strange to see the sun in
full shine as it was a while today.
Friday's Daily.
There are now five prisoners in the
county jail. .
There is Bnow all around The Dalles,
but none here.
Thomas C. Piatt has been nominated
in caucus for senator from New York.
Albert S. Willis, United States minis
ter to Hawaii, died at Honolulu, Jan, 5.
The cost of the election in this county
in November, outside of rent for polling
places, printing of ballots, etc., was
$516.60.
The public schools are holding their
half yearly examinations, which will
continue through several days of the
coming week.
There have been several arrests in
connection with the Obarr robbery, but
after sweating the suspected persons,
they were all discharged, there not be
ing evidence enough to justify their
being held for examination.
George Aleck and Indian Jim were
arrested yesterday morning at Hood
River, charged with breaking into a
house belonging to another Indian and
stealing a lot of things therefrom. They
had their examination before Justice
Prather, and were bound over to appear
before the grand jury in the sum of $250
each. They were brought up on the
Regulator last night, and are now in the
county jail awaiting trip.1. ''
'Senatorial Elections.
Senator Perkins was re-elected at
Sacramento yesterday, receiving 73 out
of 120 votes.
Charles W. Fairbanks ia the caucus
nominee for senator from Indiana.
Orville Piatt has been re-elected sena
tor from Connecticut.
The Illinois legislature will ballot on
tbe 17th for a senator to succeed John
M. Palmer.
Mrs. Obarr Robbed.
Last night, or rather this morning, at
lil5 two men entered Mrs. Obarr's
lodging house and took $132 from under
her pillow. They entered the hall and
then with chieels pried open the door to
her bedroom. She heard the in, but was
too frightened to call for assistance, but
lay perfectly quiet while tbe thieves
reached under her head and robbed her
of her money. She has but little to Eay
about the matter, and evidently does not
have any suspicion as to who robbed
her. ' . v
A. Care for Lame Hack.
"My daughter, when recovering from
an attack of fever, was a great sufferer
from pain in the back and hipB," writes
Louden Grover, -of Sardis, Ky. "After
using quite a number of remedies with
out any benefit she tried one bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and it has
given entire relief." Chamberlain's
Pain Balm ia also a certain cure for rheu
matism. Sold by Blakeley & Houghton.
U. P. SAM.
Bis Fiddle and Ills 8onr. Recall the
Old Mining Days.
U. P. Sam came in from his winter
quarters at Dufur yesterday, and amused
an idle crowd with his music last night.
Sam is a character, a relic of by-gone
days, and his strident voice and 'not al
ways harmonious fiddle, recall the vis
ions of other days. Ab the son'ful
strains of "Sweet Betsy from Pike,"
leap from the tortured catgut and pul
sate the shuddering East Oregon ozone,
one recalls the bearded miner, tbe long
trains of patient pack animals following
the giddy old gray bell-mare, the cov
ered wagons, the big teams, and the
swearing machines that drove them.
One can again hear tbe hurdy house
music, and the swish and thud of booted
feet as they whirled tbe hand-painted
damsels of those days in the worldly
waltz, and the clink of glasses as tbe
music ceased and they all slid up to the
bar to get their three fingers of coffin
varnish straight. - But those days are
gone, only to be recalled in memory,
when such as U. P. Sam lift the curtain
that hides the long ago.
Sam is on bts way to Salem, he says,
to assist in organizing the lower house
of tbe legislature. "Music hath charms
to soothe the savage breast," and May
hap Sam may prove exactly what is
needed. At least be cannot make things
worse than they are.
- The Chronicle suggests that he be
employed as amusement committee for
the unorganized. For $5 per day Sam
will show each side up to the other in
doggerel verse and hog-corral music, that
will make both sides sorry they are
alive. We look for a successful organi
zation of the lower house in less then
six hours after Sam gets in the crowd.
Concerning a Dog.
"Think naught a trifle, though it small appear.
Bands make the mountain; moments make
tbe year,
And trifles life."
. So said tbe poet, and history indorses
his statement. Bologna went to war
over a bucket ; Troy fell on account of a
woman ; Grecian mythology tells how
heaven was upset by an apple inscribed
"To the Most "Beautiful," which, by the
way, was the first cause of the eiege of
Troy, and sacred history records the
stupendous effects caused by plucking
one small apple. Why, then, should we
turn up our cultured noses because
someone comes to tbe front with a half
column of private woe on account of a
dog. A dog is larger than a bucket,
much larger than an apple. This being
true, we gladly give space to tbe sub
joined letter, which is presumably the
simple, unvarnished tale ot a dog. The
Chronicle said the dog was a cur dog
the trouble arose over, but it seems it
was mistaken. It didn't occur that way.
Mr. Jackel's letter, hereto appended,
speaks for itself, also for tbe dog:
Centerville, Jan. 11, 18'J7.
Editor Chronicle:
Sib : In reply to an article publiehed
in The Chronicle of Jan. 9;h, and head
ed "All About a Common Cur Dog," I
wish to make the following correction :
The said canine was a well trained
sheep dog, and had been in my posses
sion for four years past last November.
About the 18th of December, 1896,
Henry Yeackel and Henry Ritschke
came to my sheep herder and took forc
ible possession of tbe dog, claiming they
had bought the dog from young Wheel
house. . The statement claiming that
Con. Yeackel had possession prior to
this time is a lie. In regard to the
ttit to replevin and possession of tbe
dog, the actual owners, as per evidence,
disclaimed the dog in controversy, his
testimony proving that it was a different
dog altogether than the one in dispute.
But the justice of Centerville court de
cided the case against me. on tbe
grounds that Mr. Wheel bouBe was too
good a man, that he couldn't discounte
nance his testimony.
John Jackel.
The Charity Ball.
Arrangements for the ball to be given
by the Elks on the 2d. are about com
pleted. Tickets will be $1.50 per couple.
Committees have been appointed as fol
lows: Executive J. S. Fish, W. H. Wilson,
C. L. Phillips, Grant Mays, G. W.
Phelps, H. W. French.
Reception J. Michell, G. C. Blake
ley, T. A. Hudson, E. M. Kelsay, P. W.
DeHuff, E. O. McCoy and W. L. Brad
shaw. Floor J. Hampshire, H. Riddell, T.
J. Seufert, H. Lonsdale, M. Vogt, Jr.,
J. Hertz.
Decoration Geo. Ferguson, E. Jacob
sen, E. Sherar, C. Stubliog, T. J. Driver,
J. A. MoArthur.
Tbe lady patronesses, who will assist
the executive committee, are: Mes
dames W. L; Bradshaw, Geo. C. Blake
ley, W. H. Moody, J. B. Crossen, P. W.
DeHuff, W. H. Wilson', H. French, C.
L. Phillips, J. S. Fish, T. A. Hudson,
and Misses Mary Lay, Etta Story, Ben-
l:ih Patterson, Ida Wakefield, Elizabeth
Saui)-i m, Dorothy Fredden, and Mattie
Curbing.
31 r. Story Va First.
' Editor Chronicle :
In your article of Tuesday I think yon
have done an unintentional injustice to
Mr. Story in relation to tbe matter of
the case of King vs. The Eastern Oregon
Land Co. It ia true that I was interest
ed in the case of White and Ward
against Higenbotbam and Powell, which
involved the same question ; but those
cases have not, as far as I know, aa yet
been decided by the secretary of the in
terior. The commissioner of the general
land office decided against us In the Hig-
enbotham cases, as be did against Mr
Story in the King case, and we appealed
to the secretary of the interior. I do
not know in what order tbe cases were
appealed, oni x presume tney were
taken np about the same time. I pre
sume the ground taken in the brief was
about the same in all the cases, although
I have not seen Mr. Story's brief.
Mr. Story is entitled to the credit of
having obtained the first decision from
the secretary of the interior favorable to
our contention in these vases. I am not
entitled to any credit for tbe decision in
the King case. I . write this out of
spirit of simple justice.
Very Respectfully,
A. 8. Benkett.
A Free-Silver Club Meeting-.
The Union Bimetallic League of this
city, tbe Bryan campaign organization,
held a meeting at the old Odd Fellows'
hall, in the Turner block, last night.
Quite a number of the faithful gathered
in the hall to listen to addresses and
keep informed on the work of the club,
District Attorney J. ' E. Jeffrey of Her-
ling, Jackson county, ex -representative,
and State Lecturer H. E. Hayes of the
grange, made addresses on the political
situation and needed legislation.
W. M. Hilleary of the state grange
was also present.
Action was taken by the club to.
further legislation in the interest of the
common people of the state. After con
siderable discussion the following'reso
lutions were adopted by the club:
"Resolved, By the Union Bimetallic
Club of Salem, Oregon, that we heartily
endorse the conduct of those members of
the legislature who are refusing to assist
in organizing he bouse against the in
terest of the people and tbe interest of
the boodlers.
"Resolved, That we, as citizens, mind
ful ot the corruption which has existed
in previously 'organized' legislatures,
lend our moral support to the effort now
made to organize the house in tbe in
terest of good government." Salem
Statesman.
Politics makes strange bed-fellows
The Union Bimetallic league and the
Oregonian are now standing in together.
Tbe Lecture Course.
The committee of ladies in charge of
the matter of arranging for a series of
lectures to be delivered in the Congre
gational church, have not yet completed
arrangements for the entire course, but
have the matter well in hand,- and the
first of the lectures will be given Janu
ary 19th. The lecturer ia Col. Jaa. Jack
Bon, U. S. A.; subject "James Russell
Lowell. The second will ""be given one
week later, on tbe 26th, by Mr. Lydell
Baker, on "The True versus the False
Monroe Doctrine." February 2J. Judge
Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton will
handle the subject "Thou Shalt Not;"
and on the 16th, President Penrose, of
Whitman college. Walla Walla, will
discuss "A new Chapter of American
History."
The topics are well chosen, and those
who will discuss them are all gentlemen
well worth listening to. There will be
one or two others to complete the course,
whose names and subjects will be given
later.
O. E. S. and Its Officers.
Columbia Chapter, No. 33, O. E. S.,
held its first meeting under its new
board of officers last evening. They are :
Mra B Jane Russell, W M ; EK Rus
sell, W P; Mrs Alice Crossen, AM;
Mrs Sa'llie Clark, Treas; Mies Lena
Snell, Secy ; Mra Emilie Sandere, Cond ;
Mrs Martha E Bigga, A C ; Mra Mary
Clark, Chaplain ; Mra Mary Blakeley,
Marebal; Miss Bertha Glenn, Adah;
Mra Almira Burget, Ruth ; Mra Evelyn
Eshelman, Esther; Miss Salina Phir
man, Martha ; Mrs Eliza Kelsay, Electa ;
Miss Edna Errhart, ' Warder ; Harry
Clongh, Sentinel; Mra Alice Varney
Organist.
Fish In of Washington.
Koehler of Cbehalia baa introduced a
bill to abolish fishwbeels, traps, etc,
and proposes to make a vigorous fight
to make it a law. His bill provides that
ft shall not be lawful for any person to
nee or operate any pound-net, trap,
weir, wheel or other fixed appliance for
the purpose of taking fish in the public
watera over which the state has ex
clusive or concurrent jurisdiction, pro
vided that set-nets may be nsed for such
purpose at any time that it may be law
ful to take fish in such waters and
streams. .
I. O. O. T. Social Program.
The folio wine program will be given
by The Dalles Lodge, No. 2, 1. O. G. T.,
tomorrow evening commencing at 8
o'clock.
Male Qunrtet "The Two Roses"
Recitation "The Two Glasses"
Bolo "Sweet Brown Eyes" Ethel Deming
Select heading Wm. Harper
Solo '-He's a Drunkard Tonight". .J. 8. Landers
Recitation "A Course of Love too Smooth"
Mabel Riddell
Solo "Rock-a-bye Birdie" Edythe Clarno
Recitation Walter Reavis
Duet "Don't Go Out TonightMy Darling"..
Susa Chase and Edna Barnett
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