THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31, 1900.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Saturday Dally.
After loll of two weeks, to Allow the
c! :ks to attend to registration matter,
tl liceoM buiiness wa again revived
to Jay, and John T. Grimes and Bertie
Waller, of Hood River, received perniis
ioq of the county to marry.
Commissioner N. C. Evans completed
a thorough elimination of the bocks of
the clerk's, sheriff's and treasurer's office
tt'ire leaving for his home st Hood
L'ver. He found them in splendid con
d 'jd and all public funds accounted
f-r.
Cbarles, the young son of Fred Fisher,
ml ) lives on Ninth street fell and cut
hia. .elf very badly under the chin yester
day, almost causing a fatal injury. Dr.
Ga!jendoiffer, who was called, took
several stitches in the cut, and be will
Boon be all right again.
Rev. TJ. F. Hawk returned home last
iiiht from Portland, and will conduct
the services at his church tomorrow.
He left little Raymond in a comfortable
condition, end seems hopeful that he
will now improve steadily. Ha also
called on Mr. MacAdaui and says he is
now able to sit op a short time each
day.
Speaking of the disease now so preva
lent throughout the country, a lady
from Moro says that much can be done
toward preventing it by adhering to the
strict rules of cleanliness; that nine
cases out of ten are found in homes
where filth abound, and these show
the same carelessness in exposing their
neighbors, an i thus it spreads.
All who attended the Students' Liter
ary Club last night greatly appreciated
Dr. Gelsen lorffdr's address on Bacteri
ology. In an interesting manner he
pet 9 on a subject of mucb moment to
all. During the forty minutes, which he
occ:, ied none grew restles, as Is often
the case, but were attentive through
ont. A male quartet rendered two se
lections.
While Dalles audiences are often ac
' cased of being too cold and unapprecia
tive, there is a danger of going to the
; other extreme and applauding promlscu
ouily , thus deluding the actors and dis
gutting others in the audience. If
; there is anything of merit in a per
formanc?, let it be given, as the boys
lay, the "glad band," and encourage
' the performers ; otherwiee let us at
least preserve a becoming silence.
It would appear to those who gaze at
the ground covered with frost each
! morning, that the nights must be ex
tremely cold; but Buch has not been
toe case as yet, the thermometer going
no lower than 20, and last night but 23
The fruit has received no injury so far
; unless it might be on the north side of
" the river in the vicinity of Columbus,
where the buds mayhap hare burst.
(However, we have heard no report from
' there.
The Astoria bowling team, composed
of I.'efsrs. McGowan, Wise, Johnson,
;C;o,lale, Daws and Sovey, will arrive on
;t' J evening's train and play our team
'at the club alleys tonight. Their luck
.Iz.-ii somewhat in the contest with
the Illiheos Thursday night, when they
were beaten in four straight games,
with a total score of 9Sfl to 805. Rolling
will begin at 8 o'clock tonight, and the
lady friends of the club are invited to
be present.
The Brannlck hotel, at Skagway,
Alaska, was destroyed by fire on the
morning of January 17th, with a total
loss of (10,000. The owner, E. J. Bran
nlck, was formerly connected with the
Mite' 11, Lewi 4 Staver Company in
Port! id. The fire started from a de
fective floe. The thermometer was at
isro, and the wind was blowing at a 40
mile gait. The firemen kept four streams
of water on the fire, and succeeded in
keeping the flames from spreading, bOt
the hotel was a total loss.
Mf. M. E. Graves, state superintend
ent of the Washington W. C. T. l, ar
rived this afternoon and will spend few
days in the city in the interest of the
temperence cause. Beside speaking in
the Uathodist church tomorrow morn
ing an 1 the Christian in the evening,
be "l address a union mass meeting
at the Methodist church Monday night,
in ' ' b the various churches will unite.
It h een some time since a speaker of
ber C. jriptlon has visited The Dalles,
and her presence will be appreciated.
The hoi rd of health have ordered that
bo public gatherings of any kind lie
held in Wasco until such time as they
deem It safe for the public health. This
lnclu,' i the literary, dances, church
and 1 iool. The latter wa closed till
furtl. r orders this morning. The city
council alio prohibited any freight,
pssc er or mail trsffio from Moro to
this c:'y. The mail has been quaran
tined since January 1st, bat the law has
been avoided, we ar sorry to say. In
view of the lix new case reported at
Moro, let os hope no mora violations
will take place, for this is a serious
matter. Ntws.
Among the many things which may be
said against the company which ap
peared at the Vogt last night, there is
one thing sore, and that is that they
kept their promise. They advertised a
cheerful liar company and verified their
statement by steering as clear of the
piomUes made concerning ibe merits of
the productions fes possible. With the
exception of perhaps seven of the nine
performers, the cast was passably ajood.
We may live in a small "country" town,
bat we know a good thing when we see
it and are willing to give credit whare
credit 1 due. If a company starts out
oa the road with the intention of doing
the square thing by the people who
patronize them, they will find no more
appreciative people than tb se of The
Dalles. But, If, on the contrary, they
pick up, a job lot of actor and actresses
and present a show with absolutely no
merit to it, they will be received ac
cordingly. Monday Dally.
The county clerk is busy making ont
the road supervisors' tax list, which,
together with a plat of each road district
in the county, will soon be mailed to
the various road supervisors.
This morning L. K.Carinichael and
Mattie A. Yocum wee granted a license
to wed. The tormer has been a resident
of Oregon for some months, while his
prospective bride has just arrived from
the East.-
Still the marshal and nightwatchman
continue to "gather them in." Three
were arrested yesterday. James Hamil
ton for drunkenness wa fined $2; Sam
Seveieon came back again and will have
to work out a $10 floe, while John Mc
Laughlin, another old offender, was.
fined $5 for vagrancy.
It is reported in the city today that J.
A. Little, who has epent the past few
days in the city, received a telephone
message last night to the effect that his
partner, Donald McRae, of Antelope, was
thrown from his horse a few davs since
and so badly hurt that he is not ex
pected to live. Little left for Antelope
today.
Through the determined efforts of
Postmaster Riddell, tbe pobtoffice key
matter has been arranged in a manner
which will be satisfactory to all. The
many who have failed to preserve their
receipt may present their key and
make affidavit of payment. Those who
have recently re-paid may have their
money refunded.
At the special invitation of tt.e "old
maids" of The Dalles, a convention of
the unfortunates of that description will
be held in tbia city on Tuesday evening,
February 7th, at tbe Baldwin. Patience
Catcbaman will be among the dis
tinguished delegates. - Tbe public will
be invited to attend the business ces
sions. Among the Astoria bowlers who
visited the city Saturday evening was
B. D. Johnson, formerly telegrapher for
the Western Union office here. Since
being stationed at Astoria Balfe has
taken charge of the weather prognostica
tion and has been christened "Rain-in-the-Face."
From the amount of rain
the people of that city have been de
Inged with during the past season, he
has earned the cognomen.
Though many mile away from Ore
gon, B. 8. Pague still turn his weather
eye toward hi old haunto, and in a
letter to a friend, dated the 24th, be
ays: "If no marked change takes
place you will not have enough snow to
make any unusual rise in tbe river,
Should the present cold wave develop
properly there, it will be followed by
another which will give Oregon cold
weather about the close of the month."
Mr. Pague expect to go to Washington
about May 1st and return home July 1st.
The doctor,, a dentist and ardent
advocate of 16 to 1, wa pounding bis
little flakes of gold into the hollow tooth
of a bard-beaded Scotch farmer and dis-
enseing the while hi favorite topic. "I
tell yon, sir," said the tooth carpenter,
money ia the creation of law. Gold
ha no Intrinsic value." "If that is
sue," said the Scotchman, "you surely
wouldna think o' charging m onything
for what your'e plttin' in ma tootbT"
And a silence fell on tha dental office so
dense that you could cut It with a
knife."
"A prophet hath honor tare in his
own country" does Lot evidently apply
tobowleis. At least not to The Dalles
team, for on their own alley they seem
to be invincible, having won in every
contest here. Their last victims were
the Astoria team, which has been very
successful In the tournament; but Satur
day night our boys beat them the last
three games. There was no very bril
liant playing, Baldwin being high man
with a total of 108. Houghton was high
in the single score for The Dalles team
with a score of 6(1, and Sovey, of Astoria,
made 50 for high. At the close of the
contest the guests wore banqnetted at
Keller's oyster parlors.
Few will take issue with the Antelope
Herald in its assertion that taxea are
too high in Waico county. It is too
true? nearly four per cent is a heavy
burden ; but, let as ask, who Is to blame?
Expenses must be met. The state was
forced to make a levy of 6.3 ; th school
tax ia fixed by law at five mills; the
scalp bounty and soldiers' bounty are
also fixed by law. Tbe county levy this
year is 11 mills, 21, lower than last year.
Municipal and special school taxes serve
to swell tbe aggregate, and the latter at
Antelope is pr cent, or 15 mills.
Everyone is ready to denounce high
taxes, but tha same people seem ever
ready to petition for something which
will make them higher.
Its poor poiicy to be too intimate these
days ; at least to carry it to such an ex
tent as to slap everybody oa the arm
whom you meet, for these be "sore"
timee. Speaking of vaccination, reminds
as that a number of the young men of
the city took precautionary measures
yesterday and are armed against the
a' tacks of the disease so prevalent
throughout tbe country. A local physi
cian says: "It was amusing to hear the
proffered requests concerning the very
spot where the vaccination should be
made; one would have thought they,
like the young ladies, expected to appear
decollete. It however, soon was potent
that there are other uses for the arm in
society." It is said one popular young
man paid little heed to preliminaries,
but after discovering the doctor had got
hold of his society arm, actually fainted
away. He is now practicing reaching
around all tbe dummies in a dry goodB
store with his left arm and succeeding to
beat the band.
An error 'inadvertently made in the
headlines of tbe bowling column last
week did an Injustice to The Dalles Club,
by stating in effect that an unreasonable
delav in starting the games between The
Dalles and the Y M. C. A. occurred at
The Dalles. The fact is that it was at
the Y. M. C. A. alleys, in this city, that
the Incident took place, and not at The
Dalles. All bowlers were acquainted
with tbe real situation, but this explana
tion is duo to The Dalles bowlers In
order to set them right with general
readers. Illibee lost three games to the
Y. M. C. A. on the 19th Inst. This
team was compelled to bowl under even
more trying conditions than did Tbe
Dalles the previous week. Tbe team
was on hand and ready for plav at the
regular hour, 8 p. m., but the manage
raent again delayed the games, on ac
count of a performance which was being
given in the gymnasium ball overhead
This delayed the bowling rntil about
10:30 p.m. Oregonian.
That "honesty is the best policy" was
proven by the fate of the "Cheerful
Liar" aggregation, which played one
"consecutive night" to a large (?) and
enthusiastic (?) audience and then after
falling to connect on Saturday night,
"silently stole away" leaving a portion
of their baggage behind them. It is the
intention of Manager Clark to put only
good plays upon tbe boards, and there
fore, after enduring the performance of
Friday night, he determined to refuse
them tbe house Saturday, but, in spite
of persuasion and protestation, the man
ager insisted on giving a performance,
Two reserved seats were sold, arid per
haps a half dozen made their appearance
at tbe hall and the curtain failed to rise.
Yesterday the manager left town, and
threw the entire company on the cold
world. All but two of theui succeeded
in getting out of town, these two
acknowledging that tbe company de
served the fate it met. It seems that,
eing hooted out of Portland and thor
onghly demoralized, they came up here
with the intention of breaking in a num
ber of green recruits and at the same
time accepting the people's money for
their rehearsals. But we're not so green
as we look. Indeed, there are few places
tbe size of The Dalles where such critical
audience are found, and any show of
the calibre of this company will meet a
like fate within our gates. If there'
anything on earth perfectly disgusting,
it is a snide theatrical compauy.
Tuesday'! Dally.
We understand that Frank Seufert
has purchased what is known as the old
Sharp place, on 3-Mile, paying to the
state $4,000 therefor.
Portland I faring well In the theatrical
line, with such artists as Nevada, Nance
O'Niell, the Bostonians and Clara
Thropp appearing all in one week.
Mis Mabel Riddell has resigned her
position at the poatoffice delivery win
dow and will leave tomorrow for a visit
with relative in Portland. Mir Melvla
Dawson will fill the place tvocated by
Mis Riddell.
Harry Rice, who wa celebrating
China new year in great shape this
morning, ran into Marshal Hughes and
soon found himself in Recorder Gates'
court with a $3 fine over bis head, which
he is now working out.
Hugh Brown, the would-be insane
prisoner at the county jail, still keeps
up hi Insane action and he is an actor
of no little ability. However, he will
be tested a few day more. Yesterday
he ate a little, the first time for a num
ber of days.
The Shaw Company, which was to
have played a week's engagement in
Baker City during the week beginning
Feb. 5th, have cancelled the engage
ment on account of the severe illness of
Mr. Shaw. They were to have played
In The Dalles later during the month,
which date will no doubt also be re
called.
A few of the neighbors of District
Atty. Jayne gave him a genuine surprise
last night, the occasion being hi birth-
"Procrastination is the Thief of
THREE DAYS MORE of the greatest privilege ever accorded the public of thie locality to buy goods at a
Great Sacrifice. You may give but little heed to this warning but you will wonder at the difference in
price after the First cf February as compared with the present time. Therefore take this final warning and do
not put off longer the purchases thst will save you dollar simply because you think well, really, I do not need
anything this month.
During the balance of this month wa will have on sale our Cloaks and Jackets at the lowest
possible prica in order to try and dispose of them that they may not figure in our inventory.
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Jan. 31, 1900. . . .
All Gooda Marked
In Plain Figures.
day anniversary. Gathering at his home
they telephoned to the oflice for Mr.
Jayne, who was busy there, saying a
gentleman wished to see him. He hur
ried home and ran Into a crowd of jolly
neighbors, who spent the evening most
pleasantly with them.
Anew American girl will be intro
duced to tbe public in the pages of the
March Ladies' Home Journal. She will
owe her creation to Howard Chandler
CLrlety, tbe young artist who has re
cently won great distinction for his most
interesting portrayals of American
womanhood. Tbe first drawing wiil
show the "American Girl at Churcb,"
and subsequent ones will picture ber a
a bride, at college, at sport, on the
farm, in cociety, as a daughter, and as a
mother. There will be eight page
pictures in all.
It is not accessary that in every
surgical operation performed the patient
should he taken to Portland, some very
delicate work being done by our surgeons
at borne. Yesterday afternoon Dr. J
A. Geisendorffer, of this city, Dr. H
Dodds, of Dufnr, and Dr. II. E. Beers,
of Wasco, performed a difficult operation
on Mrs. Geo. Nolin, of Dufur,.who is
stopping at what was formerly the Ag
new boarding bouse, on the corner of
Fourth and Union streets. - The patient
stood the ordeal remarkably well and
ia reported as getting along nicely today
Tbe following members of the "Young
Ladies Single Blessedness Debating So
ciety" will be present at the session of
old maids' convention to be held at the
Baldwin Tuesday evening, Feb. 7th :
Josephine lone Green, president ; Rosilla
Abigale Hodge, secretary; Calamity
Jane Higgine, Rachel Rebecca Sharp,
Tiny Short, Mary Jane F raddler, Jerueha
Matilda Spriggins, Patience Catchaman,
Sophia Stuckup, Julletta Long, Betsey
Bobbet, Charity Longface, Cleopatra
Beth Blown, Penelope Gertrude Doo-
little, Polly Jane Spratt, Violet Ann
Ruggle.
A note received from Mrs. Mullekln,
hose family ha been reported through
out the city as having the smallpox and
being quarantined, informs the Chroni-
clb that none of the family have the
smallpox or any other disease, neither
are they quarantined. She says tha
they are disgusted with the conflicting
stories which have been circulated. The
Chronicle yesterday reported them as
being quarantined ; but it seems as they
are out of the city limits no official quar
antine has been placed on them, but
strict orders having been given to pre
vent the children from attending school
or the family from circulating around
town until the required time elapses,
and it Is proven they have not taken it
from the Poole family.
Speaking of th artesian water stiuck
few days since in Prinevllle, the Re
view says: "mat tney nave eiruia
artesian water at the depth ot ISO feet
seem to be an assured fact. The only
problem now is, w hat can be done to
keep the sand from filling up the pipes?
This, we understand, can be easily done
with the proper machinery. It has long
been tlie opinion of many that artesian
water could be found in the valley, and
we think the matter has been fully
demonstrated. This fact alone is worth
much to our county, and if this well
works satisfactorily (and we see no
reason why It should not), no doubt but
what ether experiments w ill be tried in
other sections. Many acres in Crook
county could be reclaimed if water could
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be had and it seems now that the only
thing to do is to go after it."
A Canadian exchange has a very in
teresting article on the salmon canning
Industry of that country. Among other
things the article states that something
like (6,000,000 Is invested in It, and dur
ing the short period that the season lasts,
$3,000,000 on an avorage is paid out,
while the value of the canned salmon
exposed in 1898 was nearly $3,500,000.
There are now in British Columbia 67
canneries. The most of them are on the
Fraser riyer. Tbe announcement was
made yesterday that an association has
been formed by ,43 of the canneries on
the Fraser river, the arrangement In
volving the price to be paid for salmon
and tbe size of the pack. It is also
stated that after the fishermen's price
has been regulated, the canners will be
bound each one by the deposite of a
f i,uuu ceruaeu cnecK, not to f tter more
than the set price for fish. Astorian.
GOEBEL ASSASSINATED.
Kentucky Political FeiMl (Java Rise to
Attempted Aasasiilnatlon or Goebel.
A special dispatch received this after
noon from Frankfort, Ky., the scene of
the political fight between the Demo
crats and Republicans, says :
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 30. Excite
ment runs high in the city today, and
the streets are thronged with armed
men, while the people eurge wildly to
and fro with anxious countenances.
The intense excitement is caused by
tbe attempted assassination of Goebel,
the Democratic contestant for governor,
this morning. Report says he may live.
Thousands of people are coming hor
ridly into the city and tbe city is in a
fever of excitement.
WAR NEWS.
A late dispatch received by this paper
and dated Lindon says :
"Surrender of Ladysmith expected
hourly. Boer pressing British, and all
reports indicate British loss and lefeat.
Butler and Warren send discouraging
report home.
Censorship keeping reports down, '
He Got Into Trouble.
"Jim made an awful break at tbe
Jackson' last night."
"What was that?"
"You know that frightfully ancient
Miss Jackson, don't you? Well, Jim
asked her what she thought about the
beglnning-of-the-century question. She
said she hadn't considered it. 'That'
too bad,' said stupid Jim; 'I thought
with your experience you would be able
to settle it.' Jim will never get into the
Jackson house unless be goos as a
burglar."
Eitray Notice,
Estraved from the Huott farm, on
Eight-Mile creek, a red yearling bull,
neither marked nor branded. Please
let me know where he is.
RonT. Mays,
The Dalles, Ore., Jan. 30, 1000.
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are'sold on
a positive guarantee. Cures heart-burn,
raising of the food, distress after eating,
or any lorm oi uyspepsia. une nme
tablet gives immediate relief. -5 cts.
and 50 cts. Blakeley A Houghton, druggists.
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Jackets 4.00
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Time.
Hundreds of dollars have been saved by the purchas
ing public. We still have a
Good assortment cf Men's Overcoats,
Ultsters.
" Suits,
" " " Bovs' Overcoats,
" Ulsters,
Suits.
Now is your time buy while vu can save from 13 to
3 per cent on fall goods. Wa must have room for
spring stock.
New Goods Arriving Dally.
& MAYS
The Teachers Ro tertalned.
Superintendent Gilbai t, who has ever"
the welfare and pleasure of the teacher
at heart, could.imngme no greater pleas
ure on bis birthday anniversary than to
entertain them at bis home last even
ing. And so, at the invitation of him
self and wife, the professors and teach
ers of tbe school, with a number of their
i iends, passed a very happy time with
them.
Cards containing Illustration which
represented prominent cities and au
thor were distributed to the guests and
with them a card similarly numbered,
and an hour of guessing tean, which
was most amusing. Gazing for a tiaia
at a boy sitting on an extra long branch,
one teacher Immediately jotted down
Boiee City, only to find that the boy
bad no connection with the branch, as
he always has at school, but that tha
city was Long Branch, which name
should have been as familiar to a tutor.
At the close of the contest Miss Wrenn
and Miss Phirman were found to be a
tie for the prize, which, upon diawing,
the latter obtained. Miss Georgia
Sampson won second prize.
A musical program followed, Pro.
Birgfeld and Clarence Gilbert rendering
a piano and violin duet; Miss Sampson
singing two selections; and there wera
also two solos by Rev. D. V. Poling.
The guests then groupnd around tbe
tables, which were arranged about tha
parlors, and thoroughly enjoyed the
splendid lunch provided, which seemed
to prepare them for renewed activity,
and "Dumb Crambo, "a game somewhat
resembling charades, and bringing ont
the histrionic talent of thn participants,
began. So interesting did it become
that midnight was far past befora
tbe guests realized how dissipated tbey
were, and hastened to depart with
hearty congratulation to Mr. Gilbert.
During the evening, unknown to
many of those present, Mr. Gilbert was
called asidj and presented with an ap
propriate gift, with the compliment of
the teachers of tbe Dalles schools.
An Earnest Temperance Worker.
The Dalles has at present In her midst
a loyal temperance worker in the person
of Mrs. M. N. Graves, state superin
tendent of the Washington W. C. T. U..
whose home is in Yakima. Unlike many
who, traveling in behalf of various or
ganizations, assume an air which re
pulses those who look at the matter from
an opposlteview, and accomplishes
nothing in behalf of the great cause tbey
represent, Mrs. Graves possesses that
ladylike, sincere manner which is at
once impressing and convincing, carry
ing those convictions of a noble woman
hood into ber work which characterized
her sturdy ancestors, who were among the
earliest of Oregon' pioneers.
Yesterday morning she addressed a
large andience at the Methodist church,
awakening an interest in the work of
the W. C. T. U. and the temperance
cause in general. In the afternoon she
spoke to the children at the Congrega
tional church, and In the evening to a
crowded home at the Christian church.
This afternoon a mother' meeting
was held in the Methodist church, where
she will again epenk tonight.
Acker's English Remedy will stop a
cough at any time, and ni l cure tha
worst cold in twelve hours, or money
refunde 1. 2" cts. and 50 cte. Blakeley
A Houghton, druggists,