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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1900.
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LOCAL BBEV1TIE3.
Baturdij'a Dally.
Dr. Sander, rooms 1 and 2, Chapman
block. tf
Circuit court for Sherman connty con
venes at Moro county Monday morning.
Remember that Cocoa not Cream Tonic
will promote growth of hair. Charles
Frazer, sole agent. n91m
Id the county court today the petition
of M. M. Cushtng and others for tbe
location of county road, and the vaca
tion of part of another road, was laid
over till next session.
If you bare dandruff, your bair is
falling out. Use Cocoanut Cream. For
eale at Frazir'a barber shop. nO Iui
Coroner V. II. Butts was down town
yesterday for the first time since his last
violent illness. He was again down
today, and save tor the weakness inci
dent to "his illness is freer 'rom pain
than lie has been at any time since bis
.nearly Mai injury a year ago.
If your hair is dry and dead-like, Co
coanut Cream Tonic will give it life and
luster. It is pronounced the finest
tonic on earth. Can be had at Frazer't
barber shop, agent. c9 lm
George Alick, a thoroughbred siwasb
Indian, was brought up from Hood
Kiver today by Constable dinger, and
committed to tbe county jail in default
of $400 bonds. Alick is charged with
stealing a couple of horses from Indian
Slim Jim, as well as sundry other crimes
that seem to insure him a term in tbe
penitentiary.
Mr. R. J. Davidson and Miss Grace
Confer, a worthy young couple from tbe
Victor neighborhood, were united in
marriage at 0 o'clock yesterday evening
at the Obarr hotel, Rev. U. F. Hawk
officiating, The ceremony was per
formed in the presence of a few friends
and acquaintances of the high contract
inn parties.
It may not be generally known that a
very desirable and pleasant driveway
has been established along tbe river
front, starting at the foot of Washington
street and ending out towards the
Seufert ranch. The city furnished a
bridge across Cbina creek and Seufert
Brothers, with their usual liberality,
did the grading.
Ariida . Quinn, wife of Alvis Quiun,
a prominent farmer of the Dufur neigh
borhood, died at ber home last Wednes
day, after a short illness. The deceased
was the daughter of Ezra Henson, now
a resident of the Hsod River valley.
She was born in Marlon county 42 years
ago and was married to her surviving
husband In 1S76. She leaves a husband
and eight children to mourn ber loss.
The funeral was held yesterday forenoon
from tbe United Brethren cburcb of
Dufur, of which the deceased has been a
member since its organization.
Annie Turnbow, wife of William Rob
ertson, died Thursday morning at her
home on the A. F. Fergnson ranch,
short distance south of 8-Mile, aged 36
years. The cause of death was typaold
fever and a complication of other trou
bles. The deceased was tbe daughter of
Frank Turnbow, a former resident of
this county. She leaves a husband and
six children, the eldest being a boy oi
some 19 years. The remains were laid
to rest yesterday in the presence of a
large number of sorrowing friends mid
neighbors. Impressive religious ser
Vices were conducted by Rev. P, P. Un
derwood. Mrs. Robertson was a good
woman, a knd neighbor, a faithful and
loving wife and a tendor and affectionate
mother. Her death leaves a sad blank
in tho family and community.
Manager Clark of the Vogt is to be con
gratulated upon securing for bis patrons
the engagement of such a powerful play
andco.npany as "Tennessee's Pardner"
which will be sean here. "Tennessee's
Pardner" is a corned v-dranm. and was
suggested by one of Bret Harte's stories
of "Roaring Ca up," but the original pl 't
has been slightly modifli.'d in order to ail-
niit of mora dramatic situations. The
company Includes tho names of a nnrn-
ber of distinguished players, incjuding
Jano Corcoran, James XI. Brophy and
Estha Williams. .The play is liandeoinelv
staged, and Is undoubtedly one of the
most entertaining attractions on tgur.
The success "Tennessee's l'ardner" has
earned In past seasons assures local play-1
goers of a treat to be appreciated i:i the !
play's presentation in thin city next Tues
day evening.
Cedar Circle will rIvo the 'Street fair
and carnival" on December 7th, at
Fraternity hall. This entertainment
will be nniijiie and out of the common.
The animals brought from abroad will
be interesting. The German booth will
be attractive, as also w ill be the Indian
tepee with its longs and environments.
The candy booth is always an attraction
where twee's will be served by sweet
rosebud girls. German refreshments
will be served by a troe child of the
Faderland, and where songs by a son of
tbe Rhine will be rendered. Italian
music w ill be en j iyed, and even Ireland's
Blarney atone will be there and every
body will want to kiss it. A gypsy
maiden will tell your fortunes, if you
wish; and then if dancing it wanted,
good music will he provided to which
you may trip the merry time away.
Everybody come. Admission 10 cents.
In the county court today tbe petitions
of S. F. Petersen and J. S. Wisener for
liquor licenses to sell liquor in the
Mosier precinct were granted, after the
matter bad been taken under consider
ation from Yesterday. Yesterday after
noon Attorney John Gavin appeared
before the cort urging tbe appointment
of J. B. Rand, of Hood River, as jailor
and janitor of the court house, vice
John Fitzgerald, who has held the
position for many years. Mr. Gavin
opened bis argument by stating that
politics had nothing to do with the ap
pointment, and theu gently intimated
that Fitzgerald's retention was offensive
to the democratic central committee.
The court asked if the attorney had any
charges to make against the present in
cumbent and on being answered in the
negative the court unanimously decided
that there was no vacancy in the case
and so tbe matter ended.
On Tuesday last Mrs. Southwick of
Saiem, who is Grand Attendant of the
Women of Woodcraft, organized a Circle
of that order at Dufur. The guards of
Cedar Circle and several members went
out to assist in tbe installation of offi
cers of the new Circle. The following
guards were driven out by James Taylor
Capt. Minnie Goseer, Mrs. Filloon and
Mrs. Pearl Clark, Misses Kate Goseer
and Lena Jackson, James Taylor, and
Mr. and Mrs. Watts. The people of our
neighboring city re re royal entertainers,
as the banqnent following the organize'
tion proved, and Elm Circle has a fine
corps of officers who have their ritual
istic work down "pat." The following
officers were installed: Past G. N.
Agnes Wright; G. N., Maude Johnston
Adviser, Elena Dodds; Banker, Minta
Hinman; Clerk, Edith Menefee; Ma
gician, Kitty Reed Johnston; C. G.,
J. K. Woods; Attendant, Hattie Woods;
I. S., Louis Balch ; O. S., Mary Lathum ;
Managers, Ella Anderson, Geo. Johns
ton, W m. Wright.
Monday's Daily.
Mrs. Olivia Morgan is now in Prine
ville, where she is giving lessons in art
work.
H. C. Rooper, of Antelope, has been
appointed administrator of the estate of
the late George S. Chandler.
Murdock Finlayson, who was shot at
Antelope last week, is improving rapid
ly and bis recovery is now confidently
anticipated.
Anthony Sarsfield brought over from
Centerville today 25 head of fat bogs,
which he sold to Frank Taylor at $4.75
per hundred pounds, grots.
C. K. Sinead, tbe fruit drier man,
shipped East last week from Mosier fifty
tons of dried prunes, on winch be got an
advance of 3.1 cents a pound.
Professor Meakin, bead lecturer of the
Woodmen of the World, is billed to
speak in Ftaternity hall December 10th,
under the auspices of the local camp.
Over in the Centerville country last
week T. X. Crofton sold his farm of 320
acres to Henry Garner for $8000, and
then bought tbe D. B. Gaunt ranch for
$11,000.
Rev. Dr. Alexander Blackburn, of the
First Baptist church, Portland, will lec
ture in the Calvary Baptist church
of The Dalles on the evening of the 19th
of December, instant. Subject, "Gump
tion-"
The Gentlemen's Driving Association
Saturday night awarded the contract for
grading the drive-way to S. W. Aldricb,
of Portland, for the sum of $1,045. The
contractor has been instructed to com
mence work forthwith and rush it to
completion.
The Walla Walla Union Lays it hopes
there is truth in tho rumor that Senator
G. H. Baker, of Goldendale, is booked
for the United States marshalship for
Washington. The Vnlon handsomely
says it would be pleased to have the
opportunity of endorsing Mr Baker.
A salmon hatchery will be built in the
near future on the Big Klickitat river,
four and n half miles from its confluence
with (he Columbia at Lyle. A building
30x52 leet will be erected and equipped
for handling two1 million eggs of the
Chinook variety, and more of other
species.
The Sinead Evaporating" Company, of
Mosier, dried upward of 130 tons of
pniiiea the past season. George Baity,
r.f Vancouver, a fruit drier of ten years'
experience was In chaw and produced
an excellent product. Tho dryer is of
tj.u Allen style of ten toil capacity. The
an rue company operated a similar dryer
,, eight tun capacity this season at
Bin-
lock.
. About ted days igo a rel smooth in
dividual, accompanied by a coon banjo
player and a tido kicker, dropped into
Walla Walls, says the Statesman of that
place. Ha was looking for suckers.
Somehow or other the town didn't look
a bit good to him, and at the same time
he was quietly reminded by Chief Kauff
man tht tho city treasury was getting
low and a low additional dollars from a
man abjut his sin aal CJ.upiexion J ran over by a freight tnin that cut him
would he!p out a good deal. Naturally in two, horribly mangling the remains,
with toia hunch he did not remain. He j At the tame time tbe engine and fonr
journed on, pasted the home of the I care were thrown from the track, cb
banco man, Wa.lula, and fioa'iy ttruck j ttructing the traffic till thit morning.
The Pal lee, Oregon. j Vi:on worked at hit trade in thit town
A few of the young ladiet and young t for nearly a year, ia the (hop of J. L.
married women of the city met with Thompson and Line Brothert. Hit
Mrt. Tolmie last Fndav afternoon and j in Denver, where he leave a
organised a club for mutual improve- ' w''e and ' 1,0 children, one of them a
menf, which they will call "The Fort-1 married daughter. Coroner Battt will
nighllv." The first meeting will be bold an inquest on the retuaint torn or-
heid at the home of Mrs. (it.i.i.mi.'vrfrVr
Thursday afternoon at 2:30.
Klickitat county ha a real live Swed
ish, count of great wealth, who talks
of building a 100,000-dollar chateau
somewhere near the summit of the Sim
coe mountains, north of Goldendale.
The count, who it in poor health, hat
been greatly benefited by a few weeks'
sojourn .in Klickitat county.
The game of football, which bad been
arranged between Tbe Dalles and Astoria
teams for Dec. 8:h, has been postponed
to a later dale. The Dalles team will
not play Pendleton on Dec. 22nd, as
that arrangemeut interferes with tbe
game between The Dalles and Portland
High schools, at Multnomah field.
The new sidewalk on the old brewery
grade, for which the council appropri
ated $30 at a special meeting held last
week, is in course of construction and
it is expected will be finished Wednes
day. This will be a great convenience,
especially in mnddy weather, to tho res
idents on that part of the bluff.
The following Sherman county people
came over here yesterday to attend
Joseph Morrisey's funeral and returned
home on the noon train : S. S. Hayes,
Milt Dayman, Thomas Callaghan, J. H
Smith, C. D. O'Leary, J. V. O'Leary
and wife, G. E. Thompson, Taylor Bur
gen, G. B. Borhill and wife, J. A. Hand
and wife, R. P. Orr and Jack Daley.
Rev. Paul Kruger was sent this after
noon to the Good Samaritan Hospital,
Portland. Since bis injury he has been
subject to spasms and has required tbe
constant care of an attendant. As tbe
expense was considerable, it was thought
better to send him to tbe hospital where
be would bavo tbe attendance of trained
nurses and where other physicians
might pass upon his case.
Sheriff Kelly today turned over to tbe
county treasurer tbe sum of $11,463.40,
tbe same being tbe balance collected on
the delinquent tax roll. Tbe roll was
therefore turned over to the county
clerk, of whom all inquiries must be
made in the future regarding delinquent
taxes. The sheriff will be out of tbe
tax-collecting business completely till
next March. Of tbe sum banded over
to the treasurer today $646.33 belongs to
Dalles City and $1,002 20 to The Dalles
school district No. 12.
John Hendricks, a young fellow of 22
years or so, was arrested at Mosier this
morning by Deputy Sheriff E. B. Wood
and brought to town on tbe 12:45 p. m.
train, on complaint made to Sheriff
Kelly by certain Mosier people that the
man is insane. Hendricks was in The
Dalles a short time since when he sue
ceeded in convincing several who met
him that he was certainly crazy. He
seems to be harmless. He claims to
have recently come from Spokane and
says bis home is in Chicago.
E. II. Weston, a stranger here, who
was visiting friends up in the Pines,
last Saturday evening bad occasion to
pick up a 45-caliber pistol that was ly
ing in its leather case on a bed, with the
intention- of banging it on a nail, when
the pistol dropped out of the case and
falling to the floor struck tbe hammer so
as to explode. The ball entered Weston's
left leg above the arkle, and ranging up
wards, eame ont near the knee and
lodged in the ceiling overhead. Dr.
Geisendorffer was sent for hurriedly,
but found no bones broken and no seri
ous injury inflicted, although it was a
very close call.
The remains of the late Joseph A.
Morrisey, of Grass Valley, "Were laid to
rest yesterday (S.it.day) afternoon in the
Dalles Catholic cemetery. They were
brought here Saturday and taken to the
residence of Mr. Morrisey's father in
law, Andrew McDonald, of Alvord street.
The funeral took place from the Catho- j
lie church iu the presence ol a large
number of friends and acquaintances of
the deceaeed. Mr. Morrisey was about
years of aire. He had been ailing for
some time, but the immediate cause of
death was pneumonia. He was a good
man in all the relations of life, and bis
death is deeply deplored. He leaves a
wife and two children.
The Astoria News says: "The P. P.
A A. X, Co. lias purchased the steamer
George W. Shaver an I will assume con
trol of her in about three months. The
Shaver people have bought tho boiler of
the steamer Regulator, which they will
place in the steamer No Wonder, Tho
Regulator is to he pulled on the ways
ami genemlly overhauled, ami will he
equipped with a new boiler. It If ap-
arent the D. P. v A. N. Co. are ptepar
ng to substitute the Reliiince, the pur
chase of the Shaver being taken by some
as continuing the sale of the Reliance,
for which it it known negotiations are
tinder way.
At 5 o'clock Sunday evening, John
Wilson, a blacksmith who has been
working for some time with a construc
tion crew near Mosier, while drunk lay
down to sleep on the railroad track
about two tuilct east of Mosier and was
row
On of the best attractions of the tea
ton, and one that is all it claims to t
really productive of an unforced laugh,
is "My Friend from ludia," which comes
to the Voit Friday evening, December
7th. Thit company thit year it excep
tionally good, and is beaded by Mist
May Votes, the original "Tilly" In the
Bijou theater, New Yoik, production.
Manager Myron B. Rice has introduced
a number of high class vaudeville nnu
bert in thit year't production of "My
Friend from India," making It more
attractive than ever.
Last Saturday Officer Alitky received
a telegram from Walla Walla asking
him to look for Mist Stanford, who wat
expected to pass through here on the
afternoon train and who was supposed
to have In her possession an aatrachan
jacket, which the had stolen from a
store in Walla Walla. Alitky had no
trouble in picking out the girl from
among the passengers, and, addressing
her -by name, told her of bit business.
Tbe girl stoutly denied any knowledge
of the jacket, when he demanded that
she should come with him. As she rose
to her feet tbe officer'! eye rested on the
stolen jacket, neatly folded up and lying
on the seat, where It had been concealed
by the girl's dress. Asjbe officer was
only instructed to find the jacket, the
girl was allowed to go ber way, and the
jacket wat duly returned to the owner
Tuesday's Dally.
Queen Victoria is having her will re
vised. Her fortune is estimated at $30,
000,000.
The funeral of Maurice Cushiog, who
died at Sumpter Sunday, will take place
at tbe Catholie church in this city
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends
of the family invited.
A great event among the local Wood
men of the World will be tbe visit of the
fraternal evangelist of the order, Profes
sor John P. Makin, of Salt Lake City,
next Monday night at tbe Baldwin.
It may interest somebody who loBt a
gate last Halloween to know that there
is one lying in a hollow at the northwest
corner of the old box building on Wash
ington street, north of the M. E. church.
It is officially announced in Berlin
that President Kruger will be received
therewithal! honors due the chief of a
state. The emperor, however, will stay
away from Berlin during the time of
the Boer president's visit.
A large number of those who will
take part in the "Temple of Fame"
were present at the preliminary meet
ing last night. The first rehearsal will
be held in the basement of the M. E
church Thursday evening at 8 :30, It is
important that all characters be present
Those ladies' patent leather shoes in
A. M. Williams & Co's. show window,
bave you noticed them? They're worth
$3.50 a pair regularly, but next Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday they will be
sold at $2.00 a pair. A rare chance to
get a fine dress shoe for next to nothing
Mrs. Pearl Burford, who has been
here for a abort time undergoing medic
al treatment, died this morning, Decern
ber 4th, aged .4 years. She leaves a
husband, who is a resident of the Hart
land country, Klickitat county. Mrs.
Burford bad been ill for a long time,
and her death was not unexpected.
Fifteen municipalities in Southern
California have banished the saloon, and
60,000 people are under local option laws.
Tbe towns are Pasadena, Riverside,
Monrovia, South Pasadena, Long Beacb,
Orange, San Jacinto, Elsinore, Compton.
Escoudido, Pomona Redlands, Whittier,
Santa Monica and Ontario. Riverside
county has a prohibitory law and
Ventura and Orange are trying tor one.
Superintendent Gardner of the Boys'
and Girls' Aid Society telephoned the
sheriff la? t night that Alva Simmons,
who was tent from here to the home
about three weeks ago, had escaped and
would probably beat his way back to
The Dalles. Simmons was accompanied
by Wilbur Allen, a lnd of his own age,
who was committed from Pendleton,
The authorises here are on the lookout
fot the lrui.n'.s.
Owing to a misunderstanding in dates
the Circle social will ba Thursday
evening instead of Friday evening. Re
member it is only 10 cents admission,
and a novel progruoi luis been prepared.
There will be home-made mndiet, and
refreshments, if you wi-di them; there
will bu music for dancing, if you core to
dance, in addition to program, and there
will Le a midway at llris fair worth
seeing. Admission 10 cents.
Lact Saturday Nathan Cooper arrived
iu the city from Billings, Mont., accom
panied ly bis bride, be having been
united iu marriage with Mits Love
Crampton at Billings on November 2Sih.
They will spend a short time with the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. J.
Cooper. Mr. Cooper is a worthy young
nun, who bv hi energy has succeeded
In business, as well as in other respects.
His friends in The Dalles will txWnd to
them the heartiest congratulations and
best witbet.
and patront of the school thoweJ, their
appreciation of the lady by torning out
in tuch numhert that the tchixl room
didn't near hold the crowd. The ad
mission to the entertainment wat free
but w lively wat the biJding that the
proceedt from the ta'.e of a lot of baskets
filled with frnilt and candy netted the
library tbe snug turn of 114.7").
At a late hour a game of foo'.btll h at
tven arranged between Heppner and
The Pallet at the former't groundt on i
the aftrnoon of December 14h. This!
game it for the champloushlp of Fast
ern Oregon, and the Pallet team thonld
tpare no ttfort to get in readiness for
thegani?. All members of the asioolu
tion, and etpevially player, are re
quested to meet at the opera house to
night at 8 M. The captain of the team
will expect hard work from a!) until the
game is pulled off.
It may be of interest to the Dalles
boys to learn that the football game re
cently played at Heppner between the
big team of that place and the high
school team of La Grands, wat won by
the former by the score of 64 to 0. h
Times ttatea that Heppner tcored So
pointt in the first half and 29 iu tbe
second : "The visitors only bad the ball
three or four timet during the whole
time and Heppner't skilled heavy
weights walked through, over and under
them and made touch-downs whenever
they felt like It."
Mr. Louis M. Bunnell, of Centerville,
and Mies Nellie M. Johu, of this city,
were united in marriage Thanksgiving
day at the lenidenee of the bridegroom's
brother, Mr. M. D. Bunnell, ten miles
south of Centerville, Rev. N. Evans, of
Goldendale, officiating. The ceremony
wat performed fn the pretence of a large
number of friendt and relatives, after
which the company sat down to an ele
gant dinueV. The wedding presents
were numerous and valuable. The
young couple will make their home for
the present at the Mi D. Bunnell farm.
PEOPLE COMING AN1 GOING.
Saturday's Dally.
Frank Leiblin was in town today from
Kingsley.
John Carl in is registered at the Uma
tilla House frdtn Gruss Valley.
G. L. Carroll, of Mosier, Is in tbe city,
the truest of the Umatilla House.
W. S. Gribble is registered at the
Umatilla House from Hood River.
G. II. Dimmick is registered at the
Umatilla House from Mount Hood.
H. N. Derthio and T. M. Confer, pio
neer farmergf of Victor, were in town last
night.
G. Perkiug aud J. P. Cooper are regis
tered at tbe Umatilla House from Mount
Hood.
Mrs. Helen M. Southwick, of Salem,
visited with Cedar Circle last night.
Mrs. Southwick is the Grand Attendant
of the Women ol Woodcraft.
Monday's Dally.
S. F. Blythe, of the Hood River Gla.
cier, was in town for a short time yea
terday.
William Kintz and C. B. Wood were
In town yesterday from Mosier.
Miss Grace Hobson returned vester
day to Portland to resume ber studies
in tbe Business College.
Miss May Enright returned to Port
land yesterday after a short visit with
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Logan.
Mrs. D. M. French and two children.
after spending Thanksgiving here, re
turned to Portland yesterday.
Miss Esther Hexter. of Portland, spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Tolmie and re
turned to ber home yesterday afternoon.
Professor Aaron Frazier, who has been
a resident of Mitchell for some years,
bat retnrned with his family to bis old
stamping ground at Dufur.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lake and children
returned last night from spending
Thanksgiving with Mr. Lake's fnther,
Mr. John Lake, of Portland.
Judge Bradshaw went to Moro today,
where he will open the December term
of circuit conrt this afternoon. He wat
accompanied by Judge A. S. Bennett,
W. 11. Wilton, r rank Menefee, o. e.
and Mrt. Huntington and Sam Stark.
Tuesday's Dally.
F. H. Buttou was in (own today from
Hood River.
Hon. G. W. Johnston, of Dufur, was
in town today.
W. M. McCorkle. the Tygn Valley
miller, is in town today.
Marshal T. J. Driver went to Portland
this morning on legal business.
R. G. Sigman, a prominent farmer of j
the Dufur neigh tiorliood, was in town
today.
Mayor M. J. Anderson, Henry Johns
on and W. V. Crafts were in town lust
ultiht from Dufur.
Mr. Wilton Freeman, who has been
II with typhoid fever, left on the boat
Ina morning for California, where he
expects to regain his health.
GOIN3 EAST-
If you intend to take a trip Eutt, ask
your ticket ayent to route you via. Tho
Great Wabash, a modern and up-to-date
railroad in every particular.
Through trains from Chicago, Kansas
City, Omaha or St. Louis to New York
and New England points. All trains
run via Niagara Falls and every through
train has free reclining chair cars, sleep
ing and dining cars.
Stop over allowed on all tickets nt Ni
agara Falls. Km C. Clink,
Pacific Coast Pass. Agt,,
Lot Arteles, Calif.
C. S. CiiANk, G. P. A., St. Louis, Mo.
Clarke & Falk't flavoring extracts are
the best. Ask your troccr for them.
Ma... i.ited ..d l-ir. real Hr..
Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday. Senator
Henna received a bill today for thirty
tix pig' feet, and he ordered it paid at
one. The senator had not eaten the
pig' leet, nor had be teen, or even re
ceived them. The bill came from Mrt.
Christiana Puulap, of Fort Wayne, lnd..
and the tenator wat charged $1.M) for
the three doien. Accompanying the
bill wat a letter from Mr. Ptinlan. in
,n" "iJ : know yen will
tui,llt very bold woman for writing
5"" lu'8 !""", but I am a poor washer
oman and my old man Is a day laborer,
and between a we have to work very
hard to support our live little children.'
Mrt Dunlap then wrltea that the r.ad
purchased three dozen pigs' feet at live
cente each and hat) put them on the
ttove to cook. Her butband had agreed
to watch them white the went out to do
tome work. That wat on the evening
Mr. Hanna tpnke at Fort Wayne, and
Dunlap, forgetting ali about the pigs
feet, went to the political meeting.
When Mrt. Punlap returned limine the
found the pig' leet on the ttove burned
to a crisp.
Enough to cause trouble.
"To think," concludes the letter,,
"that my husband, and a good demo
crat, would neglect hit duty and those
expensive pigs' feet just to hear a big
republican like you! That's enough to
cause trouble in any family. Then when
he returned homo he announced that
'Mark Hanna was all right!' and ha,
would be darned if he would vote for
Bryan!"
Senator Hanna laughed heartily when
be read the letter, and then, turning to
Elmer Dover, hit tecretary, teid : "Give
her my compliments and enclose $2.
She needn't mind the change."
"My Prlend From India."
The mere fact that If. A. Du Soucbet'e
effervescent comedy toccets, "My Friend
From India," is to be presented here at
the Vogt opera house one night, Dec.
7th, by the Myron B. Rice Comedy
Company, is ample guarantee that those
intending to visit same will tie more
than repaid for their investment of time
and money. The company ia headed
by Miss May Voket, who will be seen lit
ber original character of Tilly, the eccen
tric German maid, which she baa played
nearly one thousand nights. Others of
this year's company are: Walter E
Colligan, Late Vrohman, Sidney Lee,
Lewis Peters, Millard Simpson, Wm.T.
Gaunt, Frank Parry and four society
beauties, Rose Tapley, West Temple,
Emma Chase and Edna Ewen. Man
ager Rice lias added a nnmber of vaude
ville features to this year's performance,
Deluding all the late song successes, for
which a musical director is especially
carried.
Cash Contributions.
In addition to the list of contributions
of food, clothing and other commodities,
published in yesterday's Ciikonici.s as
the gift of the pupils of The Dalles pub
lic schools to the Boys' and Girls' Aid
Society at Portland, Professor Landers
furnishes ns the following list of cash,
contributions:
High School $ 7 55
Miss T Rintoul's mora 1 10
Miss L Rln tool's room 1 15
Miss Michell's 55
Mrs Baldwin's 1 50
Mrt Roche's 45
Mitt Ball't 2 35
Mrt J W French, through Carmel
Bolton 5 00
Mist Flinn't room 45
Mist Cooper's 2 13
Mitt Thorn pton't 73
Mitt Wrenn't 2 75
Mitt Elton's 1 8(1
Mitt Douthit'l 40
Mits Cheadle's 2 55
Miss Roberts' 75
Total $30 25
Hoard ot Water Commissioners.
The regular monthly meeting of tt. a
board of water commissioners was held
last night at the recorder's pffice, with a
full attendance.
Little business wat done, tave the al
lowance of the following bills :
L II Kretzer, bal on well boring. $476 60
J B Crossen, superintendent .... 60 (10
C A Borders, helper's talary 60 00
N H Gatet, tecretary 10 0t
Maier & Benton, mdse 1 44
J E Ferguson, hauling 'ih
Hansen & Tbomeen, sawdust. ... JO
J Blakeney, hauling '2
Mays A Crowe, mde 2 72
The treasurer's report was as follows:
Nov 1 Bal cash on hand $1,081 2fi
Nov 30 Cash from water rent. 1,191 75
$ !,173 04
By warrants redeemed 842 5tt
Nov 30 Bal cash en band.
. . .$2,f:!0 54
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