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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 21. 1897.
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LOCAL BREVITIES. i . - .
Wednesday s Uaily.
From 426 acres of land near Kingsley,
belonging to M. A. Moody, sixty tons
of bay were not, and more than 9,000
bushels of grain have been threshed
this season. . . ,
... The hose team haB begun practicing
for the tournrment and by that time
' will be in conditition to -give all com
petitors a lively race. . .
If a fellow could can up a few hun
dred gallons of this weather and ship it
to the Klondike next winter, it ought to
sell readily fur a dollar a can. -
The weather clerk, with utter disre
gard for everything and everybody, has
ordered up weather for tomorrow which
he classes as fair and warmer.
Doctor Hollister says Maloney "has a
fighting chance for his life." That's
the chance Dan is looking for, and be
will therefore probably get well.
Mr. Larkm Weaver, who has resided
here for a year or more, and who has
been sick for some time, was taken to
Arlington not long ago by his mother, in
hope of benefiting his health. . He ral
lied for a abort time, but Thursday
passed away. He leaves besides bis
wife, one little daughter.
Th. enoinn fnr rhn rVtlnrahia Southern
railroad arrived here today and this
afternoon it pulled out fbr Biggs, carry
ing Superintendent Ly tie and others.
Two miles of the iron is in place, and it
is expected that the road will be finished
by September or at least during the
first few days of that month.
This was the hottest day of the year,
Mr. Brooks, the local weather observer,
rennrtinir hia thermometer as register
ing 105 degrees in the shade. A re
markable thing about it is that there is
but little difference between the heat in
the shade and that In the sun, the ther
mometer only going up to 108 when ex
posed to its full rays. And yet, in spite
of this, Pague has ordered warmer wea
ther for tomorrow.
Oats and wheat are as high as a man's
head on Indian farms on the reserva
tion in the Klamath agency division,
and there are about 700 acres of it, says
the Klamath Falls Republican. The
oatB will yield fifty bushels to the acre,
and wheat forty, and there is not an un
promising acre among the whole 700.
This information is ' furnished us by
George Horn, the Klamath agency
farmer, who was in town yesterday.
Crops at Yainax are repotted poor,
which is, no doubt, through lack of
proper cultivation.
Thursday's Sally
A pair of specs was found today. Call
at this office.
The temperature today at 3 :30 o'clock,
its highest point, was 107.
It seems to us that anyone attending
the sale of horses at Ward k Robinson's
stables next Saturday, may buy some
good young horses at a bargain, as they
are to be sold on one year's time. Horses
are going to be horses before we are
aware of it.
The bridge across 3-Mile, this aide of
Senfert's place, has been in bad condi
tion for some timo, but has been repaired
and made safe by the road supervisor.
Sand has blown in the road near it to
such an extent that teams and scrapers
were employed to remove it. ' -'
There is a report current to the effect
that the steamers lone and Sarah Dixon
were to be put on this route September
1st. There is probably no troth in the
report, for to put on a line would re
quire the purchase of a landing and the
building of a wharf, both of which cost
monev. . , ' . 5 "
Andy Baird, a Walla Walla cattle
buyer, was in Elgin the latter part of
last week en route home with a small
band of beef cattle, which he had pur
chased in Wallowa county. ,. He found
only a, few stockmen who wonld sell
their fat cows for ' the price he could
afford to pay. ,
-' It ie reported that there are- three
stray negroes roaming about the woods
near Elmira, and they have slept in the
church building there . several nights,
says the Eugene Register. The people
in the vicinity would like to see them '
move on. , The negroes act very much
as if they are in hiding.'
One of the aeronauts who sailed away
never to be heard of again was Frederick
Gower, the first husband of Mme. - Nor-
dlca, the American prima donna. The
match was unhappy, and Mme. Nordica
brought a salt for divorce. Mr. Gower,
who was an amateur balloonist, con
verted a large fortune in stocks into cash
and soared away into the skies, which
was the last glimpse of himself, the
money and the balloon. After several
years of widowhood Nordica married a
hungarian operatic singer. There is
lingering impression- that Mr.' Gower
may have landed and destroyed his bal
loon, and that be is-living somewhere
incognito. - '. ':".','.
V The coroner's jury in the case of Silas
Lloyd, who was killed by the cars at the
mouth of the Sinslaw recently, gave a
verdict of accidental death. This is the
first' fatal accident that has happened to
anyone while employed on any work
connected with the construction of the
jetty since the work was commenced,
nearly six years ago. . .'''.
The residence of N. Woldahl, a tailor,
several miles southeast of Albany; was
entirely consumed bv fire between 2 and.
3 o'clock last Monday morning. The
family, who were sleeping in the house,
all got out and saved some of the furni
ture and wearing apparel. ". How the
fire started is not known. The house
and contents were insured. ';
Frahl, who shot Dan Maloney, had his
preliminary examination before Justice
Filloon this . morning, and was bound
over to appear before the grand jury,
with bail fixed at $750. L. Rorden, H.
C. Nielsen and Win. Smith went on his
bond. Judge Bennett appeared for the
defendant, the State being" represented
by John Michell, in the absence of the
prosecuting attorney. .
The Athletic & Commercial Club has
leased the whole of the building where
its rooms are for a period of six years.
Another set of alleys has been ordered
and those up stairs, together, with the
gymnasium, will be moved to the lower
floor. It is the intention to make the
club rooms second to none in the state,
and when the program now outlined has
been carried out, this will be accom
plished. .
. Fern Lodge, Degree of Honor, bad a
very pleasant social meeting last night
after the regular lodge work, there being
a number of invited guests present. ; It
was a sort of informal welcome home of
the grand chief of honor, Mrs. M. E.
Briggs. After a brief program, consist
ing of songs and a few ehort talks, which
were responded to by the grand chief,
ice cream was served, and this was fol
lowed by dancing, which, in spite of the
heat, was indulged in for an hour or
more.
Charles Allger, Wallie Fife, Captain
Shaw and Carl Evans left Tacoma Sun
day in the launch Crescent, for a cruise
on the upper sound in quest of the
whale that has been sighted in the
waters about Vaughn of late. The peo
ple of Vaughn speared the whale last
week, and rode behind him in their
boats for several hours. Messrs. Allger
and Evans were members of the party
which captured' the whale which ap
peared in Henderson bay about a year
ago. Ihey nave the same . whaling ap
paratus with them . that they used in
bagging the Henderson bay mammal
The apparatus includes several iron har
poons, 500 feet of rope, and light buoys
to attach to the rope: ' '
Katie Montgomery has been lost in the
mountains of Ingalls creek, 13 miles
from Leavenworth, since 4 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. She is only 6 years old,
and went from camp alone to pick black
berries. In a few minutes her mother
went to look for her, and though the
search has been continued generally
ever since, no trace of the missing child
has been found. Bears and cougars are
numerous in that vicinity, and. some
claim she has been devoured by those
beasts. It is more probable, however,
that she has drowned in the creek or fal
len over a precipice. A searching party
has been organized, and is now on the
way to Ingalls creek.
Col. George E. Waring, Jr., commis
sioner of street cleaning in New York,
will contribute to McClure's Magazine
for September an article showing that
by improvements . in organization and
method, a length of streets greater than
the distance from New York to Chicago,
is now cleaned daily in New York with
out noise, confusion, or even dust, and
at a constantly diminishing cost; and
that thereby the expense of living 'and
the liability to death have been greatly
reduced, and the whole tone and char
acter of the life of the city perceptibly
elevated. Pictures of all the phases of
street cleaning, from drawings and pho
tographs, will illustrate the paper. .
Justice Rorick of Grand Dalles held
an inquest upon the body of Mr. L.
Skibbe yesterday evening, the jury find
ing that be came to bis death from nat
ural causes, probably from prostration
on account of the heat. The body was
in a bad state of decomposition, and was
buried . near the place where it was
found. - From the position ot the body
and the gun it is supposed that the old
gentleman bad eat 'down on a rock to
rest and to watch for birds, as there is
a little spring about thirty yards from
the spot. .The shot gun was lying
against the rock, both barrels at full
cock. Eight or . ten feet further down
the hill was his cap and ten or fifteen
feet further the body lay, the head rest
ing upon a stone.
Friday'sDaily. ' ; . . .''
This . was ladies' day at the Moody
bowling alleys in every sense of the
word, for Mrs. Geo. G. Blakeley broke
the record of the alley with a score of 61.
" Maloney's condition is unchanged this
morning, which is in his favor. With
no change for the worse in the next
twenty-four hours, his chances ior pull
ing through will be good. ; V
' The steamer Queen arrived at Seattle
from Alaska Wednesday, and brings re
ports that strikes have- been made on
Stewart's river that are a6 rich or richer
than the Klondike, and they are on
United States soil. I ' '" - I ' .'.' ,
A ' woman named Anderson was. ar
rested this morning, charged with the
larceny of a watch from Joe Koehler.
The case will be tried : before Recorder
Sin no tt .this evening at 7 o'clock, Mr. F.
W. Wilson appearing for the defense.
;The harvest is only about one-third
over, and perhaps hardly that. -. The re
cent warm winds will cause some of the
very late spring sown grain to shrivel,
and will cause some loss in the cutting
of the fall grain, on account of the latter
shattering. ' "":"'.'' ;. -
The wheat crop of the United States
is estimated . this year at 575,000,000
boshels, and the rise of 5 cents a bushel
day before yesterday added $30,000,000
to its value, and that means as much as
is expected to be taken from the Klon
dike next year. '"
And now the scientists have turned
their attention to the great lakes, and
assert that in the course of time, they do
not say how long, the Niagara will cease
to carry the lake waters to the ocean,
but that they will break through from
Lake Michigan and empty into the Mis
sissippi, it would be an easy matter to
divert the flow into the canal now build
ing from Chicago to the waters of the
Mississippi, and so leave all Canada
without water transportation On the St,
Lawrence.
Last Friday - morning a cow belonging
to Westley Bailey, a farmer who resides
on H. Debus' place, a few miles from
Walla Walla, accidentally fell into a
sixty-foot well which was being used for
a garbage dump. It was at first sup
posed that the animal had been killed
by the fall, but her loud bellowing soon
proved the contrary, it required nine
hours of labor with a derrick and two
horses to release the unfortunate, but
when she was brought to . the surface
she appeared but little the worse for
wear, and immediately began munching
grass.
L. C. Coleman returned to Jackson
ville - from San -Francisco last week.
While at that city he had four sugar
beets, raised on Griffin creek, analyzed
at the Spreckels refinery. . The result
showed that they averaged ten ounces in
weight, contained 16.53 per cent of sugar
and co-efficient of purity of 85 per cent,
the percentage of saccharine matter is
high, especially as the beets are not ma
tured. Those containing 14 per cent
sugar, with a co-efficient purity of over
80 per cent, are considered good. Should
beets raised in other parts of Jackson
county turn out equally well, a factory
may be put up in the near future.
' Cyrus G. Harwood of Milton was in
town the other day, having nearly re
covered from a peculiar misfortune that
nearly cost him bis life. He had been
at Meacliam, and was driving down the
mountain toward Pendleton, when sqme
insect lit upon his hand. He brushed
it away and was shocked by a sudden
sting. In a few minutes he fell from his
wagon, crazed with pain. : He was
found on the road unconscious' and con
veyed to . a mountain house, where he
was sick for several days and came near
to death's door. ' As soon as he could
bear removal he was taken to bis home
at Milton, and has since grown stronger,
Mr. Harwood has no idea what the
thing was that bit him, as he did not
see it when he brushed it off. He can
onlyj theorize that it may have been
some poisonous spider- that made its
home in the brueh along the roadside.
East Oregonian.
PROGRAM ARRANGED.
Liberal Parses Are Offered for the Com-
. Ins; Tournament.
The executive committee, in whose
hands was placed the arranging of the
program for the tournament have de
cided upon the different attractions for
the occasion, and the program decided
upon - will be one that will attract
the attention of visiting firemen.
The purses are sufficiently large to cause
contesting teams to do their best, and it
is expected some records will be broken
at this meeting of the association. '
Following is the program adopted by
the committee, which begins September
6th, and lasts three davs:
MONDAY..
Grand parade 10 :30. - ' .
Banquet at Vogt opera house, 12 m.
Welcome to visiting firemen, by Mayor
M. T. Nolan. ,
Address by Nicholas J. Sinnott.
Trial heat bub-and-bub race 2:30 p. m.
Delegate ' meeting at court house 8
p. m. . . - ' -- " : .
TUESDAY. '
Wet test 9:30; first prize $100, second
prize $50. ',-'''.'
Dry test 2:30; first prize $100, second
prize $50. , " -.
, - widnksdat.
Final hub-and-hub race 9:30;, first
prize $75, second prize $50. -. J :
Championship ' race - 2 :30;- first ' price
$150, second prize $50 and championship
cnp. ', ' . ':. - '
Grand ball at Vogt opera bouse at 9
p. m. ' ;
Mrs Smith Bridget, told yon to get
ham for dinner, and you got the steak.
Bridget Share, Oi never eat ham.
Evening News. v ... - y.
DAN MALONEY SHOT.
Attacked Jack Frahl the Second Time,
and the Latter Shot to Kill.
-Tuesday afternoon about 3:45 three
pistol shots, fired in quick succession,
drew a crowd to the corner of Court and
First streets, where it was learned that
Daq Maloney had been shot by a young
fellow 21 years of age, named Jack Prahl.
Maloney was take"n into a room back of
the Baldwin saloon, and Dr. Hollister
was called to attend to his Injuries. An
examination disclosed that one 'bullet
had struck him about two inches below
the left nipple, ranging downwards.
The wound is identical with that that
killed President Garfield. - He was taken
to a room in the' Bettingen building,
where he is being cared for. - Dr, Hoi
Meter informs us that the bullet proba
bly lodged in the right kidney. His
pulse has. been at 130 all night, bet he
shows wonderful vitality and has a fight
ing chance for hia life.. ;
The trouble, it seems, began at Camas
Prairie, Whsh., last 4th of July over a
horse race, and was renewed , yesterday
by Maloney when he ran across Prahl,
words leading to blows, the latter being
given by Maloney, who struck Prahl.
This being -over, Maloney Again ran
across Prahl at the Baldwin corner and
knocked him down. As Prahl got up'
he picked up a rock and warned Ma
loney not to come any nearer. .The lat
ter continued to advance when Prahl
pulled his pistol and fired, with the re
sults stated. -.-- - , '.
After the shooting, Prahl walked up
Court i street to the Wiseman corner,
followed closely by Constable Hill, who
called upon him to surrender. Prahl re
plied that if he was an officer he would
do so, and Dick Gorman, who was look
ing out of tbe window from Bennett's
office, and who knew Prahl, called out
to him to surrender that Hill was an
officer. . Prahl threw his pistol down
and walked quietly to the city jail. The
pistol was a new one purchased yester
day after the first trouble, from Mays &
Crowe. It is a 33, Ivor-Johnson Arms
& Cycle Co. Works of Pittsburg, Pa,
make, and is. of the hammerless style,
Prahl at tbe jail seemed somewhat ex
cited, but very wisely' refused to make
any statement concerning the arfair.
BIG DAY AT ASTORIA.
The Annual Regatta Bagan There Today
With a Grand Marine Parade.
A
says
dispatch from Astoria yesterday
The opening ceremonies of the fourth
annual regatta, Friday morning, prom
ise to be the most brilliant in the his
tory of Astoria's regattas, and tbe whole
affair will probably excel, anything of
tbe kind ever seen on the Northwest
coast.
- In the morning will take place the ma
rine parade, participated in by all the
boats on the river, steam and sailing
vessels, conducting tbe queen of the car
nival and. her maids from the lower har
bor at Flavel past tbe city water front,
counter-march from Upper Town back
to the grandstand, where the queen will
disembark with her .court attendants, be
coronated and ascend the throne ' on the
grandstand. Tbe mayor and city offi
cials will then be presented, and in his
address tbe mayor will hand to the
queen the golden keys, of the city, clos
ing tbe morning exercises. .
During the marine procession and
the coration ceremonies, which are
in charge of Professor J. N. Beggs, a
chorus of 300 voices with the band will
render appropriate music. .
A large number of entries have been
made today for all 'the principal races,
and a special race has been arranged
for Monday. .The grand ball of the car
nival will be held Friday nigbt, and will
be a brilliant affair. The queen of the
carnival will preside, and it is already
assured that a large attendance will be
present.
.The sports on land in the afternoon of
Friday will be of the most interesting
character. Foot races, baseball, Indian
races and other events will fill every
minute. The transportation companies,
particularly tbe O. B. & N. and White
pollar lines, have made themselves
specially .popular with the people by
their liberal donations to the fund, as
well as extensive advertising of the
events.
W e Correct It Gladl J.
A few days ago we took occasion to
comment upon an article appearing in
the Spokeeman-Beview concerning the
loss by fire of all her property by Mrs.
M.J. Delaney at Farmington, and an
appeal for aid following thereon. Our
criticism bore hardly on Mrs. Delaney'a
children, and it seems was unjust. . '
We have just received a letter from
Mr. E. P. Lorris, one of her sons-in-law,
giving an account of th9 whole matter,
bich puts it in an entirely different
light. It seems that Mrs.-Delaney is of
a very self-reliant . and , independent
character, a type of tbe early pioneer ;
that the article in the Spoksman-Bevlew
was published without her knowledge
or consent or that of her relatives, and
that Mr.' Don-is, as well as her other
sons-in-law and daughters, were at all
times willing and anxious to have her
make her home with them, and that
her self-reliant spirit . had heretofore
prevented her doing so. -
The letter to the Spokesman Review
was written by one who knew nothing
of tbe circumstances and was a piece of
unwarranted meddling that has only
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served to make Mrs.' Delaney and her
relatives feel badly. . Of course we knew
nothing of the circumstances, but com
mented upon the conditions as stated in
tbe Review. ' :,
From Mr. Dorris' letter we learn that
tbe deepest affection exists between tbe
children and their mother, and that our
criticism wounded her as much as her
relatives., '. We can only add again that
we werecommentingupon tbe conditions
as they appeared from Mr. Garrett's ar
ticle, and certainly bad no intention of
adding one drop to Mrs. Delaney'a cup
of sorrow. . . ' :
1 We are pleased indeed to make this
correction, and more, than pleased to
know that one case of reported filial in
gratitude is baseless. ' . . '
L.. Sklbbe's Body Found.
The body of Mr. Skibbe, father of
F. W. L. Skibbe, was found Wednesday
in the canyon , between Bruen's and
Crawford's places. His gun was lying
by a rock a short, distance above him,
and it is supposed that he sat' down on
th rock to rest and that he had an at
tack of heart disease. -The gun was
loaded, and there were no signs of vio
lence on tbe body. '
Tbe inquest ' was held that evening,
but as ' there was no one near ,at the
time of his death, no further facts were
disclosed. , . ' ,
Mr. Skibbe-went hunting Sunday,
and not returning in the evening a
search was begun for him, resulting in
finding his body as stated.
DroiDtd In the John Day.
Sunday morning, August 8th, Fred
Heidtman, aged about 18 years, -waB
drowned in the John Day river about
two miles below the mouth of Service
creek. In company with two other boys
he rode bis horse across a email channel
of tbe river to an island and' all three
went in swimming. None of ' them
could swim but a little, but they under
took to swim from the island to tbe
main shore. Heidtman gave out in the
middle of the stream, and though the
other boys, who bad gotten across, made
a gallant effort to save him, be sank in
ten feet ot water. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. C. Heidtman. ' The
body was recovered in a few hours and
interred at Fossil. ' ,
, Bitten By a Battler.
Lulu Rowe, aged about 12 years, was
bitten by a rattlesnake Sunday while
visiting at the Moody ranch, at the
mouth of the Deschutes. She wed
from town Sunday morning and had
been on tbe ranch less than half an
hour when she was bitten, the snake
fastening its fangs on the calf of her leg.
One of tbe men on the ranch tied a
bandage around the leg above the wound
and dosed her liberally with whiskey,
which did not seem to take much effect
upon her. : He then sucked the poison
from tbe wound, or at least attempted
to do so.
Lulu was brought home, and while
the leg is still very sore, all danger of
serious consequences is passed. '
The snake when killed was found to
have eight rattles.
Drop ir;
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Bid
of Bieyels.
The season is getting late, and to close out
our stock now on hand we have marked them
. down to . : ' .
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Yon will find one coupon in
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bag. Buy a bag, read the coupon
and see how to get your share.
Horticultural Affairs.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Sher
man County Horticultural Society was
held in Mora Saturday. Vice-President
Huff presided and D. C. Ireland acted
as temporary secretary.
It having come to the knowledge of
the ' committee on pests that diseased
apples, wind talis, etc., were being re
tailed to farmers at the price of good
healthy fruit, it was resolved that the
committee secure evidence of the fact
sufficient to prosecute venders of such
stuff at the October term of the circuit
court. .r ' - '
People who buy any such fruit are re
quested to make a record of it, together
with day and date of purchase and the
name of the person or persons from,
whom such diseased fruit was purchased.
The secretary was instructed to for
nish a copy of these proceedings to Mr.
Emile Schannoand The Dalles and Gol
dendale papers for publication.
Verbal report favorable, to the pros
pects of the October fair in Moro were
received, and committees continued.
' On motion the meeting adjourned
until Saturday, September 11, 1897.
Moro Observer. '
A Good Authority. !
upon the statement made in Wednesday's
issue of this public educator and dis
seminator of news that the temperature
yesterday was 195. We do not deny the
fact that that was getting it up pretty
high, but we disclaim any intention of.
causing sunstroke, prostration or suffer
ing from exceseive heat. We cheerfully
concede to any of our readers the right to
reduce that temperature juBt as many
degrees as he or she pleases, but we wishv
to call attention to the fact that the
temperature was arranged by the devil!,
and if he isn't an expert on heat, why
in ineuaiies isntner
SMILES.
Applicant I would really be afraid to
work for you at those wages, sir. -
Tradesman Afraid? Why, what is
there to be afraid of, my young friend t
A nnlinant WT oil - di. T h,DA all
through my life been schooled to the
idea that a little earning was a danger
ous thing. Boston Courier.
Jabbers Where did you spend the
Havers Where I lost my identity.
Jabbers Eh? , " . '
Havers Among my wife's relatives,
where I am simply known as "Mary'a
husband." Truth. .
. The sea serpent managers have caught
the theatrical idea of sending out a No.
2 sea serpent, so that the play of the :
monster; with tbe original cast, can be
seen in two places at the same time.
New Orleans Picayune. -
She Ob, James, how grand the sea
is. How wonderful. I do so like to
hear the roar of the ocean.'
quiet. Lustigen Blatter. '
"What is the use of going to Klon
dike?" asked the magnate. "There is
enough money in ice right here at
home." Cincinnati Enquirer. .
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