THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1897. The Weekly Ghronicle. TBI DALIES. - OBCQOH OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY. Published in two parts, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. - - . SUBSCRIPTION RATES. BY If All., POSTAGE rSXFAID, IS ASVAKCC One year Six months . : Three months II SO 75 60 Advertising; rates reasonable, and made known on application. Address all commnnlcatlous to "THF CHBON- ICL," Tne Dalles, Oregon. Telephone No. 1. LOCAL BRETItlBS. Saturday's Dally. The steamer lone brought op sixty five bead of cattle from Cascade Locks last night. Tbey belong to a Mr. Tozier. Senator Corbett- is in Washington holding down his seat in the senate. Between sessions is the only time Gov. Lord's senator can get into the seat. . Mr. Frank Driver, the model farmer of Waraic, is in the city. He has 4,000 bushels of wheat, of the very best qual ity, which he is now hauling to market. . Those who enjoy looking at perfect fruit, and are engaged in froit culture, will do well to visit Hood River during the frnit fair, beginning there Wednes day. ... ... Judge Mays, who is just in from Tygh says, the flouring mill at that place is being pushed to completion, and that it will be but a short time until it is grind' ing the crops of the neighborhood. The porch over the entrance to the Commercial Club will, no donbt, look all right when the pillars are placed nnder it and it is all completed, but at present it looks like a cemetery lot in suspense, Wheat continues to arrive as fast as .it can be taken care of, and those who are beet informed say the crop of this county will be between 750,000 and ' a million bushels. The price today is 70 cents. The entertainment given by the Christian Endeavorers last night at the Christian church, drew a large, .crowd. The programme was well .rendered, and the affair was a success financially and otherwise. The track at the fair ground is being pat in good condition, and the pavilion cleaned op and overhauled. From the number of farmers who have called at this office for the premium lists, we infer that the agricultural exhibit will be better and larger than usnal. Miss Hill had her class in geology across the river yesterday afternoon, sampling the foundation stones of the city of Grand Dalles. . Mr. Johnson, of ' the ferryboat, to encourage young Amer ica in the pursuit of knowledge, very generously passed the class of fourteen over and back free. A telegram received from Portland at 2 o'clock this afternoon stated that the operation on Col. Sinnott bad been suc cessfully performed and that he was "feeling fine." The operation required two hoars. The colonel's many friends will be pleased indeed to learn this, and all unite in hoping that he may be rid forever of bis trouble. Miss May Enright, secretary of the Columbia Southern, informs us that the road will be completed into Wasco thiB evening, or early tomorrow morning, and that the first through train will be run from Biggs to Wasco tomorrow evening, leaving Biggs on the arrival of the Spokane flyer, about . 6 :30. The road will commence moving grain Mon day. J. E. David, representative from Gilliam county, recently put in his claim for salary at the last . so-called meeting of the legislature, demanding pay for the full forty days. Secretary Kincaid, however, refuses to pay the bill until the next legislature meets and makes an appropriation or passes an act authorizing the payment of the salaries of the men who held up the legislature. Asa Alexander and T. Bennett have returned to Corvallis from a hunting trip on Gates creek, thirty-two miles beyond Eugene. They captured two of the sixty deer killed in the vicinity dur ing the week they were camped there. ' A buck, two does and three fawn were killed with two shots by one man dar ing their stay. The shooter used a shot gun, and fired while the deer were drinking in the creek, says the Corvallis Times. At the regular business meeting of the Epworth League last , night, the follow ing officers were elected for the ensuing term:. Mr. John Parrott, president; Mrs. J. B. Warner, first vice; Mies Mable Cross,, second vice; . Miss Ethel Deming, third vice; Ed. Michel, fourth ' vice; Miss Lola Ewbank, secretary; Miss Constance Whealdon, treasurer; Professor Landers, chorister; Miss Edith Randall, organist, and Mrs. E. J. Collins, assistant organist.- '-'- ' Mr. Aldrich, who formerly edited the Prineville News, accompanied by 'his son, is on the road in from bis ranch on the Farewell bend of the Deschutes, 150 miles south of Tae Dalles. He is bring, ing two loads of wool to this point, it being the last of his season's clip. The 'balance, be took to .Eugene, which is somewhat nearer, bat the roads got so bad that he brings the last two loads here. Tuesday's Daily. r Some large sturgeon are being caught in the big eddy, but there are not very- many of them. General Neal Dow, the great Prohi bitionist, died at Portland, Maine, San day, Oct. 3d, aged 93 years. Don't forget the Hood River fruit fair, beginning Friday. The fruit exhibit will be worth going much further than Hood River to see. A Moscow paper declares that there are thirteen times as many Hebrews as young men of other races who manage to avoid military service in Russia. The Hood River fair opens for entries on the 7th, but not for visitoas nntil the 8th, the fair holding only two days, Fri day and Saturday, the 8th and 9th. The exact date of . the arrival of Her Majesty's ship "Pinafore" will be an nounced tomorrow. Her officers and crew, as well as Sir Joseph and "his sisters and his cousins and his aunts," will entertain The Dalies people in a manner that will make them "glad they're liviu' " The Columbia Southern finished lay' ing track into Wasco yesterday morning, and commenced haaling wheat today. Parties who have been in ' Wasco say that nearly half a million bushels of wheat are piled up there awaiting the completion of the road, and it will go out now at the rate of 30 to 40 carloads a day. The Gesang Verein celebrated its an niversary Sunday in its customary way The attendance was large and everybody was happy, , There Is no people on the earth that can so thoroughly have a good time as the Germans, and when the annual meeting of the Gesang Verein - occurs tbey all join in celebrat ing the occasion. -This was collection day, that day when all humanity loses its sense of politeness and comes . around and asks you how much money you have, and if you bavn't, why ' havn't you, and all that, sort of thing. Collections, bow ever, are good, indicating that the flood tide of prosperity has Bwept over the farmers and left some of its flotsam, jet sam and ligan with the balance of the community.. . Quite a number of Dalles people went op the road on last night's flyer for the purpose of riding to Biggs on the first train , over the Colombia Southern. Among . tbem were Mrs. Lytle and family, Miss May Enright, secretary of the company. Mr. Biggs, owner of the Wasco townsite, accompanied by Mrs. Biggs and Miss Ethel Deming. There were several others, whose names our reporter failed to get. Yesterday at the Methodist Sunday school Rev. Wood delighted the children with a ten-minute illustrated sermon, taking lor his text "The blood of His Son, Jesus Christ, clean seth ns from all sin." By means of bottles filled with liquid he represented how the life was tainted by sin, and endeavored to im press upon their minds the only means by which it can be eradicated. The school was very much interested, and tendered Mr. Wood a vote, of thanks. W. H. Moon, of the Tongue Point sa loon, Upper Astoria, last Thursday shot from his doorway a large American eagle. The huge bird was in the act of rising from the water with a fish in bis talons when Mr. Moon drew a bead on him. The shot took effect in the breast. and Moon soon had as fine a specimen of the golden eagle as perhaps was ever killed in Oregon. The outstretched wings measure seven feet four Inches from tip to tip. , ' Chris Simpson, a Helix farmer, who is among those that "struck it rich", in Umatilla county grainfields this year, just closed the purchase of the W. O. Warren place, near Warren station. Mr. Simpson is exchanging $9000 in cash for this fine wheat farm, which consists of 360 acres. He had a large crop this year, and feels that -Umatilla county land is the best possible investment to make with the proceeds. He has 20,000 bushels yet to sell. - Frank, son Rev. J. H. Wood, was severely hurt Saturday, afternoon while playing ball at the fair ground. He was catcher and was standing at the home plate stooping to catch a ball as a player came borne. Accidentally tne base runner . in touching , the home plate struck Frank in the forehead with bis knee, the blow being severe enough to cause concussion of the brain, frank was unconscious for twenty-four hours, bat is all right again, and will probably be out tomorrow. The Fossil Journal was eleven years old Oct.. 1st. t Eight of .those years it has been under the management of James 8. Stewart, who will .continue to fill its paces with bright and ..wholesome mat ter. . To say yiat the Journal is a good newspaperwould ,be,.to damn it with faint praise. It is more than that. Its editorials are always .thoughtful, logical and well written, while its local page is a history of the county happenings told In a piquant way. Our scissors often follow its column rules, and we hope they may continue to do eo for many years to come, eyen nnto the time when the Journal is taking the press dispatches and has -blossomed into an eight page daily, Thursday a trainloadof cattle, twenty- two cars, was forwarded eastward from Baker City Most of these cattle, were bought in the Powder river and the Burnt river sections. A great many are of the Hereford and Gallaway breeds and the prices for them ranged from $28 for 2-year-olds to $30 for 3-yearpld., ; which is the best figures sellers have ob: j tained for the past decade. The ship-, ment goes mainly to Omaha, and com-, prises 600 head of as fine beef cattle as can be gathered from any range. Monday's Dally. During the absence of Mr. Crad e- baugb, Mr. Richard Gorman will do the local work on Thb Chronicle. . The Endeavor Society of the Christian church holds its regular monthly meet-' ing tonight at 7:30. All members are; requested to be in attendance. The latest reports received from Mr, Sinnott'e physician were very flattering. the doctor stating that be sees no reason at present why he should not soon be fully recovered. Three car loads of thoroughbred ram- boaillets and delaine rams were shipped this morning by Mr. Johnston, manager of the Baldwin Sheep & Land - Co., to Cheyaone, Wyoming. On account of trouble up the road bow morning passenger trains were several hours late today. The Spokane train arrived at 11 :20, while the Over land did not come until 1 o'clock A very successful session of the teach era' institute for Crook county was held at Prineville last week.. Superintend ent Johnston was president of the in. stitute and Miss Lou Campbell secretary Mr. Hale, an old resident of Portland', came up a few days ago and is so favor ably impressed with the country east of the mountains, that he is making ar rangementa to purchase a farm in this vicinity and locate here permanently. The country editor is a reliable ency clopedia. A subscriber sent this query to a Kansas editor recently: "What ails my hens? I find one or two of them' keeled over to rise no more." The reply was: "The fowls are dead. It is an old complaint and nothing can be done except to bury tbem." Work is being poshed on the club rooms as rapidly as possible. A large force of men are busy down stairs, pre paratory to patting in the bowling alleys; while lathing and plastering are being done on the upper floor... In a few weeks The Dalles club will have quarters second to none in the state. ' Dr. Byron Miller ot Portland an Eshelman of this place yesterday per formed .a very successful operation on Seth Morgan. One of his eyes, which has been affected for a long time, was taken out, operated on and put back. and at present the patient is getting along remarkably well. It will be at least four months before either the Britltth ' India or Argentine wheat crop is harvested, and at tbe present time there is no assurance of a big wheat crop in either place. So farm ers need not be alarmed over the "bear" stories that are likely to be in circula tion regarding the wheat crops in these countries. Pease & Mays opening last night drew an immense crowd. For three hours there was scarcely standing room for J the large number of people who came to see their beautiful display of fall and winter clothing, dry goods and groceries. Every department was arranged with taste and skill, and one glance will prove that their stock is only the largeet, but most complete of any house in tbe city. . No one should fail to see that charm ing opera, "Pinafore," which is to be rendered at the Vbgt opera house Satur day night. No town of The Dalles size on tbe coast can boast of as many or better singers than can ours, and much of the youth and beauty of our city with such high recommendations are taking part. The opportunity should not .be overlooked to hear the same. Fred D. Hill, who went to Wasco as the Oregonian representative when tbe new road opened, .returned last night. He says that little town is booming in every tense of the word.- Thousands of bushels of wheat are piled there await ing shipment, while tbe - population Is increasing daily. From a town of 200 inhabitants it has grown to one of over 600, since the railroad was started, and is growing rapidly. . Fred VanNorden returned from a trip throagh Sherman county last night, where he has been representing T. A. VanNorden'e jewelry establishment. He says that his trip was successful from a financial standpoint, but he traveled on a wheel, and as the roads are badly cut np, he had some tiresome rides. He is not discouraged, however, and contem plates another trip of the .same nature in the near future. To Batter Makers. I have one of the new improved Elec tric Churns and can do the churning in one to wo minutes. I can recommend it to any one. The first day I got mine I sold three : next day six ; one day eleven. Every churn sold sells abother. I cleared $182 in 36 days. To show it, is to make a sale. I advise any one wish ing a churn or a good paying business of their own to write to tbe U. S. Novelty Mrg. Co., 1517 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. Subscribes. Michael, ville were Morran and son. of Center in town this morning. Mr. Morran , says - that .-as long as he has lived in that section he has never seen such poor roads from the ferry to the .foot of the. monntain, and Bavs this is the; main mason that the Klickitat farmers do not haul their train to The Ih1 !-: It wnnld take but a Small item to jut "ihia road in good shape, and why", we consider what a large amount ci.f,rade The Dalles loses in consequence of this, it , looks as if something should be doartoward3 putting it in shape. AH doe . preparations are being made for tbe coming fair. Tbe track is being put in the best of shape'. The stables and. pens, in which stock are to be ex bibited, are undergoing a course of re pairs, xbe pavillion is being fixed up and in fact everything that would make the fair successful is being looked into and. we ctmj safely say that Uie coining meeting will be one of the most success ful, we have had for years, (some of the horses that are entered in the speed contests ore already here and the others are coming in dailv, so that bv the 12th everything will be in perfect readiness ,The, will of . the late Samuel Cate of Newport was filed for probate with the clerk. of Lincoln county last weeK Af ter'directing expenses and setting apart $1000 for the education of his daughter, Carrie Case; $500 for tbe education of his daughter, Nora Ca e, and $2000 for the education of Rov Case, the balance of the property is to be divided equally among his wife, Mary Case, and bis five children, ellie. Buckley, Ida Ingalls, Nora L. Case and Carrie Case. His wife, Mary. Case, and two sons-in-law, John - Buckley and -W. S. Ingalls, are named to act jointly as executrix and executors. M. S. Woodcock of Corvallis is named as legal adviser. - Catting Scrape. . Prineville has had another cutting scrape. -This time it occurred in the O'Neil saloon between 112 and 1 o'clock last Sunday morning. - During an alter cation between Ei. Harris and Wm. Stroud, the former was stabbed by Stroud. 1 Stroud, with two or three others, was seated at a table playing cards. A lot of the cowboys were in ..town that night and were having a jolly time of it. Sev eral of them, Harris being in tbe crowd, went into O'Neil's saloon, and after tak ing a drink, went back toward the table where the playing was going on. Harris went np to Stroud and started a conver sation with him and all the witnesses said tbey thought it was a josh, as tbey seemed . to be good friends.' Several words passed between tbem, when Har ris states that stroud jumped . up and erabbed him and at the same time struck him in tbe back with a knife and also the left leg. Dr. Belknap was summoned and at tended the wounded man. The cut in the left leg was only a slight pnncture and does not amount to anything. . The other cut is in tbe back at the base of the fifth and sixth rib and was about one and a half Inches deep and one long and if it had not been for the bones might have been a fatal wound. What Miles Saw. General Miles has just returned from Europe, he having gone across the pond to ee9 the war between Turkey and Greece. He says : 1 "I have seen all the great armies of Europe, except the Spanish army, and if Soain should declare war against the United States I may possibly have an opportunity of seeing that; - Of some thing over 3,000,000 men under arms, I have seen nearly 400,000 in barracks and in garrisons and in field maneuvres, be sides nearly 100,000' men engaged in the construction of war material.' : - "What I have seen does not indicate that the millenium is at hand when swords will be beaten into' plowshares. There was never a time in the history of the world that such energy,' ingennity and wealth has been devoted to war pur poses. The resources and industries of many people are largely devoted to maintaining large standing armies and formidable navies. Fortunate are' tbe people ot the ' United ' States that tbey are walled up between two oceans, yet this fact would not warrant tbem in any other policy tbaa keeping a reason able percentage of the population folly equipped and instructed, in modern ap pliances and methods of war." . Billy Man Held Married. ' ' William, or as be is more familiarly known, "Billy" Mansfield, the foreman in the Times-Mountaineer office, left Saturday morning on the train for Port land, where he took tbe train for Coeinoi'oli?, Wash., and Monday at 9 o'clock he embarked on the matri monial sea. At that time Miss Henri etta Valene Owen, youngest daughter of Hon. H. C. Owen, of Eugene, ;-became Mr'. Mansfield, and Billy, the un tamed cayuee of the buneh grass hills, for the first time slipped his head into the matrimonial halter. He ought to have been lassoed and branded long ago, but somehow The Dalles girls were un able to get,him in the corral and it re mained for one of Eugene's bright-eyed girls to gather him in off the range. Billy is an all-around good fellow, a good man, a good printer, and. will undoubt edly make a good husband. We con gratulate him on the happy event, feel ing certain that once being broke to lead, he will soon become bridal-wise. Nitrogene cures all female t rabies. -BATTLE WITH A FIEND. Foar Women .Attacked oy an Unknown ' .Man In Colfex. A dispatch from Colfax dated Sept. 29th, says :. . ' At 11 o'clock last night four. women fought desperately with an unknown brute, who, was finally beaten off and es caped jn. the .darkness,.., The, entire force of the sheriff and marshal are searching for the fiend, and. if eanshr. it : HK. be will be lynched. :". . . .1 . Mrs. Mattie Smith, a wkW. liv 5n a colt i n th t.i,5.fci. .v.:u . - u 1 1 . TCbUUW VI town with . ber. 14-vear-old dau?hr. IHJie. .1 hey were awakened by tbe-attempt of a man to enter . at a window and screamed for help. Willian Colv'va, a neighbor, came to her call and found two men on the sidewalk. They declared' tbey were not borglarsi and -offered to accomi)iry ...VIr..jt.iii down town in search of Ue police. They started with him; but gave, an excuse and dropped off. A few minutes later a. man an. peared at a wind-rw. broko it and en tered the house. The frightened women ran ta the back doorr but, bearing a man on the .pQrcb therey broke through the window and Sd ta-:Mr..Cplvin'8 house. The brute, ran. after them, eeissed the girland choked her. The mother ran to her daughter's rescue and wrested her from the graep of her assailant, and the two women succeeded in eettlnz into Mr. Colvin's house. Before: the door could be closed, the ruffian hurried him self against it, and, although four women inside were pushing againBt tbe door, he succeeded in getting inside. There a terrific struggle took place. The fiend seized Mrs. Colvin and dragged her oat upon the porch. There he choked her and threw himself upon her. Mrs. Back, Mrs. Colvin's mother, struck the ruffian with a hammer, and at the third blow he released hie grip and fled in the darkness, leaving his hat and shoes be hind him. When the officers- and neighbors ar rived they found many signs of the fierce battle that had been fought. Tbe floor was strewn with torn clothing and broken furniture, and the terrified women were prostrated. Miss Smith and Mrs. Colvin were suffering severely from the choking tbey had received. Tbey are confident they could identify their assailant if he is caught. - Trapped s Bear. Edctor Chronicle : Mr. Frank Connelly, who left The Dalles in July in company with Casey McDonald, intending: fee engage in stur geon fishing along the coast, writes to his friends that be killed a large black bear recently that yielded him seven gallons of lard. As fish did not seem to be very plenti ful and bear tracks were numerous along the river, be probably concluded that bruin was causing the scarcity of fish in that vicinity, and accordingly set a trap to catch him and awaited devel opments. A few days after, anxious to know results, he visited the vicinity of the trap, aud when within about fifty yards of it, he heard the mingled sounds of scratching claws and angry growls, having no deadly weapon with him, he wisely concluded to make no further ad vance on the enemy, but all possible haste to the nearest neighbor, two miles away, for a gun. Securing one, he hast ened back to tbe scene of dreadful cir cumstances, and selecting an easy tree to climb, within easy range of bruin, he brought bis'gun to his shoulder, took dead aim, pulled the trigger, and the gun happening to be loaded, bruin bit tbe dust. This same 'veteran hunter killed a email cab some fifteen years ago in the Three Trainloads of. r STEEL SUPERIOR RANGES Have been sold already this year. All prices, From $30.00 up. Eighty styles, from small family size to as large as wanted. ' '' , ... There are more Superior Stoves and Ranges In use in this territory than all other make9 of Stoves combined. This is con-' elusive evidence of the superiority of Bridtie & Beach Co.'s cele brated Superior Stoves and Ranges. Qn sale at MAIER & BENTON, Sole agents for SUPERIOR Steel Ranges, THE DALLES, OREGON. Cascade mountains and tracked another one into a hole in tbe ground. He is justly proud of this last achievement, and bis record as a successful bear trap per, is tbe envy of all the fishermen along the river. His Partner. ELECTRIC LIGHTS. Can tfce City Afford to Go Backwards, and DWlthot Them. i Monday's Dally. The re?.rt of the committee on tbe mB"er ol tne city wiy oe mad l" " couscn tors evening, vv nat it evening. will be of course cannot be told nntil to morrow, but we hope that some plan has been foaod by which the darkness of the winter nights mar be chased away, and that our citizens will be able to get around after 5' o'clock in tbe even- rag without the aid of a lantern. The old coal oil lamps might as well be dropped from the- problem, as they were not even sufficient to serve as land marks, giving no more hgbt than a red headed girl in a dark parlor with ber best fellow.. The are system is toe only satisfactory one, and we- presome it rill be that or nothing.'- The Dalles is in debt, ifr is true, and mast economize as far as- possible, bat it strikes as that it cannot afford to bo without modern lights. The saving, should be along other linear The lights will cost $150 per month, about the sum each theatrical trotip takes- ont of onr city, a sum amounting to about Scents per month for each person in the city, a sam that would be raised' by saving tbe price of three cigars in two months by each voter. The question resolves itself not into, can we afford' the lights, . but into "Can we afford to do without them?" Women and 1'ostal Bast&s. Wherever postal savings banks are in operation women are among tbe asost appreciative patrons of the system. As a rule women are more careful ef smalt sums than men, and seem to bavea more , practical realization of tbe value of sncb accumulations. In many families- it is only tbe foresight of tbe wile that leads to provision being made against a day of adversity. Tbe desire otf women more generally than of men i for m place of abBolote safety fox their' small savings rather than high rates of' inter ests. Consequently they are especially appreciative of the stability which the postal savings bank affords. Probably congress could do no other one thing that would so commend it to the women of the country as would the establishment ot a postal savings- bank . system. Chicago Record. Or Cosm Be 'Would. Prof. Jacobsen created quite a sensa tion in Fossil this morning, by walking along the street carrying a baby on each arm. As Jake has always claimed to be an unmarried man, naturally quite a number of the boys gathered around to get an explanation as to where- be got the twins. Closer inspection revealed tbe tact that the babies consisted of large rubber dolls, which the professor sells as well as pianos aad organs. Jacobsen is an original advertiser,. to say the least, but it cost him tbe cigars, inst the same. Fossil Journal. We don't know anything about tho transaction, bat we will wager a& nickel that Jacobsen only took to the dolls be cause the Fossil girls were all spoken for. Jacobsen is a great ladies man,' and in lieu of something better, would natur ally take tc the dolls. Caen in lour Cheeks. . All county warrants registered prior to May 6, ls3i will oe para at my office. : Interest ceases after Sept. 30, 1897. C. L. PKIM.IPS, Uountv xreasnrer.