The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
SATURDAY. - - - - FEB.. 14,1891
METEOBOLOGIOAL EEPOET.
Pacific Rela- D.t'r W State
Const bab. tlve of 8. of
Time. " Hum Wind a Weather.
8 A. M 29.66 28 M 8W Pt Cl'dy
3 P. M 29.70 40 76 W "
Maximum
temperature, 44; minimum tern-
perature, 2.
Total pncipitation from July up to date, 4.25:
Hverage precipitation lrom july to date, 15.67;
averatftj demciency from July 1st to date, 11.32.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES.
Thk Dalles, Feb. 14, 1891.
Weather . forecast till IS m.,
Monday; rain and snow on
high altitudes. Stationary tem
perature. RAIN
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The militia fired several volleys in
front of the Vogt Grand after the parade
. last night.
D. McLaughlin master mechanic, and
J. Walch general foreman of the Albina
whops, are in the city.
The tin horns and cow-bells manip
ulated by the small boy last night really
seemed to be able to make themselves
heard all over the county.
Mr. Herb Glasier sent up the big fire
balloon last night. It acted sensibly and
followed the course of the Columbia up
through Eastern Oregon.
When Mr. Nolan made his bow to the
audience last night, some perverse kid
in the galleries sung out "Oregonian,"
and brought down the house.
Mr. Walter S. Elliott, of Indiana and
a late employee of the Union Pacific
companv at-X11 Grande, has accepted a
position as night clerk at the depot here.
Four of the inhabitants of the tent city
at the resevoir, assisted in adding to the
incarnadine complexion of the city last
night, and are doing penance in the city
jail this morning.
Governor Pennoyer, Senator Mitchell
and Dolph and Binger Hermann have
all performed valuable service of the
state but B. S. Pague has performed the
most signal service of them all.
Residents of The Dalles who have been
at Salem looking after our interest, com
plained of the mud in the Willamette
valley. They can't see anything fine
about a cilmate when there's rain and
mud nine months of the year.
Master Lynden Garretson the three-vear-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gar
retson found a beautiful crocus growing
'In the yard, and brought it to this office.
I Lynden is a bright little fellow and has
4 our thanks for his pleasant gift, and yet
nore pleasant remembrance of ns.
A Belgian gun manufacturer says it is
a mystery to him what becomes of all
the guns made. They are not perisahble
or easily destroyed, yet year after year the
great manufacturers have increased their
works until the number of guns and
pistols that are made each year are
something enormous, and the trade, in
stead of decreasing, is constantly grow
ing. Judge Schutz is busily engaged today
in moving his big safe into the office
formerly occupied by Col. Lang. He
told us privatelyjthat Drew's barber shop
was so close to his door that people com
ing into his office expected to get shav
d. We all know the genial judge, and
know that insinuation is undeserved
hence appreciate his effort to get away
from the evil suggestion.
Through the kindness of Rev. James
A. Varney state inspector of fruit pests
and horticultural commissioner of the
4th district we received today the first
biennial report of the commission, which
will be noticed hereafter. The commis-
- sion has done excellent work, and Mr.
Varney nas.been foremost in it. lie is
an expert in matters pertaining to our
orchards.
"A Hint to the Wine, Yon Know."
If some of the boys and girls are not
very careful how they pick up things in
the stores when they thinkthe proprietor
and clerks are not looking at them, they
will surely come to grief. The boys who
took those tablets yesterday out of the
book store are on the wrong track. Boys
don't do it any more ; better go back and
get on the right track, and when you go
into a store try to keep your hands off
the oranges and apples. The store keep
ers see more than you think they do.
City Treasurer's Notice.
All City Warrants registered prior to
July 6, 1889 are now due and payable,
Interest ceases on and after date.
J. 8. Fish.
February 7, 1891. City Treas.
The question has been asked, "In
what respect are St. Patrick's Pills bet'
ter than any other?" Try them, You
will find that they produce a pleasanter
cathartic effect, are more certain in
their action, and that they not only
physic but cleanse the whole system and
regulate the liver and bowels. For sale
at 25 cents per box by Snipes & Kinersly,
fiSvery man knows how good he would
Tw were he some other man.
For a'eTiti bruise, burn or scald, there
is nothing equal to Chamberlin's Paint
Balm. It heals the parts more quickly
than any other application, and unless
the injury is very severe, no near is ieii
For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
The windows of the Baldwin resturant
. . present a fine appearance this morning
and amongst the early vegetables we
notice that Mr. Graham shows the finest
Nnrwiv rabbasre we have seen this
spring. Billy is bound to have the best
CAN BE PURCHASED.
The Forfeited Land are Now Subject
to Purchase.
Captain Lewis register of the land
office baa received a telegram from the
commissioner of the general land office
stating that the forfeited lands are sub
ject to purchase as pvovided in the cir
cular of January 3d, which was printed
in this paper at the time.
THE PORTAGE ROAD.
The Committees of Two States
Meet at
Portland Today.
' Portland, Feb. 14. The meeting of
the special committees appointed by
Oregon and Washington legislatures to
consider the feasibility of joint action in
building the portage system at Cascades
and The Dalles reconvened at 10
o'clock this morning. Several engin
eers appeared before the committee and
gave estimates and views as to. the prac
ticability of the scheme. No definite
action was taken. The committe is still
in session. "
Court Notes.
The following business was transacted
yesterday:
Curtis vs. Thompson ; sheriffs sale
confirmed.
Gibons, Macallister & Co. vs. R. S.
Thompson & Son; order for sale of
attached property.
State vs. Chas. Johnson ; arraigned.
' State vs. Thomas Hannan and Wil
liam Ryan ; pleaded guilty to larcency
from a store.
The cases of Coyle, Frost, Skalkeim,
Restorf and Flaherty against the O. S.
L. & U. N. were settled for $2000 each.
Buckley vs. Buckley, divorce ; referred
to J. M. Huntington.
Assignment of A. J. Douglas, estate;
settled, and assignee discharged.
Baldwin vs. Phillips; sheriff's sale
confirmed.
Assignment of E. C. Miller, estate;
settled, and assignee discharged.
Mary L. Atwell vs. W. Atwell ; . de
cree of divorce.
This morning the case of the State
against Charles Johnson was called and
defendant pleaded guilty.
The case ofjSnipes vs. the O. S. L.&U.
N. for burning property near Rowena is
on trial before a a jury today.
Grand Jury Report.
In the circuit court of the state of Oregon
for Wasco county.
In the matter of the final report of the
Grand jury for February term, 1891.
To the Honorable, the Circuit Court
above named :
We, the grand jury for the February
term, 1891, respectfully show to the
court that we have been in session five
days, and have inquired into all crimes
committed within the county so far as
they have come to our knowledge, and
have found and reported to the court
five true bills and three not true bills,
We have also inquired into the condi
tion and management of all offices per
taining to the courts of justice in the
county, and find that the same are in
good condition and are, and have Iteen,
carefully and properly managed and kept
so far as we are able to judge
We also visited the county hospital
where the sick and indigent are -kept,
and found that the same is well kept.
and that the inmates thereof have good
care and attention and comfortable
quarters and are well provided for,
We also inquired into the condition or
management of the public prisons in the
county, and find that they are in as good
condition as circumstances will permit
We find however that the county jail is
badly constructed for ventilation, and
that it is difficult, if not impossible, to
keep the same in a healthy condition.
We find that the cells in . which the
prisoners are kept at night are so situated
that there is almost no ventilation at all
therefor, and that the atmosphere therein
is fetid, impure and unhealthy. We
think that there is urgent need of some
kind of change so that these cells may
be more thoroughly ventilated.
We therefore recommend that the
county court take immediate action in
this matter.
Having disposed of all business that
has been brought before us, and having
no further business to transact, we
respectfully ask to be discharged.
George Rowland,
' Foreman,
Dalles City, Feb. 13th 1891.
"The DerU'a Teakettle." -
Klamath Star.
That Boiling hot-hole known as "The
Devil's Teakettle," just a mile from
town, is a perfect horror. The water
trembles and sparkles with heat and
sends up from the dark mouth of the
cauldron a vapor whose hot, withering
kiss causes tne grass to curl up ana die
There is no fence around it, and the
earth is crumbling away from beneath
its surface. Nobody can look upon its
frightful possibilities without a painful
sense of fear and abhorrence. What if
sombody, standing there to look down
1 .1 3 3 1 1 . ...
niuuiu Duuueuiy winK inrougn ine crust
People might walk into it at night, or i
runaway team haul its human freight
into it. Cattle falling into it are boned
to a jelly .in ten minutes. Sight-seers
are continually going there, and the hor
rible cauldron ought to be fenced. The
civilization of this country shouts in our
consciences, "Fence out those horrible
possibilities."
Oliver
brewer.
Cromwell was the son of a
Electricitv moves at the rate of 882
000 miles a second.
There are 7,000,000 pores in the human
pooy.
A CONDON.. FIRE.
The Gil man County Jail Ablaxe. The
. Lusty Lungs of a Prisoner Brings
Relief in the Nick of Time.
The Eoesil Journal.
Condon, Feb. 11. 1891.
The county jail caught fire this fore
noon about 11 o'clock. The stove sits
outside the steel cage, and rather close
to the window sash on the east side of the
jail building which is made of wood.
The window sash was pitch pine. While
all the occupants of the court house,
which is situated near the jail, and dep
uty sheriff were down town to dinner,
the prisoners in the steel cell discovered
that the window eash had caught fire
from the heat of the stove. The lusty
lungs of this bad youth, who is incarcer
ated for stealing a dog, brought help
from down town. He must have yelled
for dear life, for the jail is out on the
prairie about 150 yards from town.
There were about fifty buckets of water
on hand within five minutes of the alarm
being heard, and the fire was put out be
fore it did any more damage than to
burn out the window frame.
Later on, about 12 :30, after everybody
had gone away, Mr. Anthony, deputy
sheriff, discovered that the fire was not
all out and the town folk had another
little run. A small blaze had crept be
tween the studding, but it . was soon
quenched.
The cage was not damaged at all, nor
was the prisoner hurt, but he was
frightened.
1 he wind was howling over the prairie
and had the prisoner not yelled like a
scared Indiau, and the boys not re-
ponded promptly, the iail. and perhaps
the clerk's and sheriff's office building,
would have been burned.
On Hand.
J. M. Huntinuton & Co. announce
that they are prepared to make out the
necessary papers lor parties wishing
to file on so called railroad land. Appli.
cants should have their papers all ready
oetore going to the land office so as to
avoid the rush and save time. Their
office is in Opera Honse Block next to
main entrance.
A prominent physician and old army
surgeon in eastern Iowa, was called away
from home for a few days ; during his ab
sence one of the children contracted a
severe cold and his wife bought a bottle
of Chamberlin's Cough Remedy for it.
They were so much pleased that they
afterwards used several bottles at var
ious times. He said, from experience
with it, he regarded it as the most reli-
r , , , ....
auie preparation in use ior coias and mat
it came the nearest being a specific of
any medicine he had ever seen. For
sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
Washington Irvine's father was a
Stotchman. while his mother was a Eng
lish parentage. . .
CHRONICLE SHORT STOPS.
Follow the crowd and you will find us.
Maieb & Benton.
For coughs and colds use 2379.
Mr. J. W. Stewart, of Chicago, will
introduce some fine large work at Prof.
n.astman's gallery. (Jail and be con
vinced.
Does S. B. get there? "I should
smile." S. B.
Did you hear that noise last night?
mat was the drop in our prices.
Maieb & Benton.
Do you want to enioy good health and
live to a good old age, buy your dressed
chickens of J. H. Cross.
C. E. Dunham will cure vour head
ache, cough or pain for 50 cenls, S. B,
Among others we have received these
new gooda during the week. A full and
complete stock of salt fish. These you
should sample. maieb. & Benton.
Big bargains in real estate at 116 Court
fet. rirst come, first served.
Do you want your cows to give good
rich milk and lots of it, buy your alfalfa
hav and teed ot J . 11. Uross.
Get your land papers prepared bv J.
M. Huntington & Co. Opera House
Block, Washington St.
Sliced hams, boneless hams, ham sau
sage and dried fish at Central Market.
The best fitting pantaloons of the
latest style are made py John Pashek in
Opera House block on Third street.
2379 is the cough syrup for children.
Get me a cigar from that fine case at
bmpes & K-inersiey's.
You need not cough! : Blakelev &
Houghton will cure it for 50 cents. S. B
ne nnest stock of silverware ever
brought to The Dalles at W. E. Garret
sons, becond street.
Snipes & Kinersly are anxious to cure
your headache for 50 cents. 8. B.
For a lame back, a pain in the side or
chest, or for tootache or earache, prompt
relief may be had bv using Chamber-
sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
Those easy chairs made bv Livermore
& Andrews are the neatest thirnr of the
kind ever made. They are just the thing
ior your porcn or lawn in the summer,
and are as comfortable and easv as an
old shoe. Call and see them at 77 Court
street..
I have something specially fine
to offer for this season.
Blue Point Oysters,
Diamond Brand Eastern Oysters,
. Booth's "Old Honesty" Brand,
Salmon Bellies, .
Canned Salmon,
Eastern Codfish,
Canned Shrimps,
Canned Lobsters,
Choice Eastern Codfish,
No. 1 Chicken Mackerel, -Extra
Ohoioe White Pish, ,
Smoked Holland Herring, -Pickled
Oysters and Lobsters,
French and American Sardines.
Yours Sell-fish-ly,
62
John Booth, M
SECOND STREETUU
Asea of Early American- Statesmen.
No fallacy is more firmly fixed in the
public mind than that which represents
the eetaohBhment of our government as
the work of old men. The delusion is
imbibed in childhood, and is uncon
sciously cultivated by the text books
used in school. - The fathers of the re
public" are depicted in all the histories
with wigs, queues and other accessories
of dress that ' apparently betoken age,
and the pupil naturally concludes that
they must have been old when the na
tion was bom.
In point of fact they were an uncom
monly young set of men. George Wash
ington, senior in age as well as in author
ity and influence, was but 43 when the
Revolution broke out, and 57 when he
became first president; Thomas Jeffer
son only 83 when he wrote the Declara
tion of Independence; Alexander Hamil
ton but 82 when he became secretary of
tke treasury; James Madison onlv 23
when he was made member of a Vir
ginia committee of safety, and 86 when
he was Hamilton's great collaborator in
the production of that political classic
The Federalist.
Nor were the . leaders in the great en
terprise exceptional in this matter of
age. Forty names were signed to the
constitution of the United States on the
17th of September, 1787. Leaving out
of account four whose birthdays are not
given by the books of reference, only
nve of the remaining thirty-six had
reached the age of 60; twenty of the
number were less than 45 years old, and
twelve were under 40, among the latter
being one (Hamilton) of 30, another of
29, & third of 28, and a fourth who lacked
some months of 27 when the convention
met. The average age of all the mem
bers did not quite reach 45 years. The
most important committee to which the
instrument was referred for final re
vision .consisted of five members, four of
whom were between 30 and 88 years of
age,, the fifth and least prominent being
60. Century.
The Baths of Londos.
There are as many great baths in Lon
don as there are theatres in New - York
city. They are Turkish, Roman, vapor,
electric, swimming, medicated, hot, cold,
tepid and salt. The most interesting are
tne great public baths. Nearly every
district of London has one. and often
there are public wash houses in connec
tion with them. Some of the older of
these baths are dark and more or less
gloomy, but the newer ones are very in
vi ting. Take the Battersea public bath
as an example. Its first class tank is 100
feet long by 85 feet wide, with a depth
of 6 feet at one end and 8 feet at the
other. It is lined with white glazed
bricks, roofed with wood and iron and
ventilating skylights, and has fifty locked
dressing boxes. In the same building
there is a second class bath, 75 feet by 25
feet in size. At certain times women
use both baths. The water is heated
when it is desirable. These baths are
distinctly popular. The first class price
varies from a shilling to f ourpence, and
the Becond class from sixpence to two
pence, the cheaper baths being those in
the more thickly populated parts of the
city. The wash houses connected with
many of the baths seem to be of very
great public benefit. Julian. Ralph in
Harper's Weekly.
Secret of Saving; Gas Bills.
For several months a Brooklyn man
has been terrified by the size of his gas
bills. He is a family man and enjoys a
good income, but he does not tamely
submit to swindling and extortion. Be
lieving he was being robbed he com
plained to the company which supplies
him, but it availed him nothing.
Stall the bills were presented with un
varying regularity, and as the days
shortened and the nights lengthened
they became larger. Finally he grew
desperate, but was still powerless. . At
last he found an unexpected ray of
hope. It came in the shape of this ad
vertisement in a newspaper, printed . in
big type:
"Reduce your gas bills over 75 per
cent. Secret free by mail for only $2.
Address , Cincinnati, O," .
Eagerly the oppressed citizen sent on
his money and anxiously he awaited the
receipt of the secret which ha felt would
be the means of keeping hundreds of
dollars in his pockets. In a few days the
secret came. . With trembling hands he
tore open the envelope and extracted
a card. On this he saw in big, black
type, "Use kerosene oiL" For a few
days the citizen kept his secret, bnt at
last his wife gave it away. New York
Herald. -
Thirteen Tears' Work with a Penknife.
Nicholas Levialer has erected in his
parlor a wooden model of a large coun
try residence which he made with a pen
knife. The building measures four feet
by two, is two stories high, with a
French roof and observatory, and has
bow windows and porches. A flight of
stairs connects the first and second floors,
both of which are neatly carpeted, and
the walls are covered with paper. The
parlor and bedrooms are filled with fur
niture, and have chandeliers hung from
the ceilings.
The model contains nearly "all mod
ern conveniences. It stands in a gar
den that occupies almost all the parlor
floor. On the grounds are gravel walks.
witn settees, a pump and tzoGgh, an
airy little structure for courting couples,
and a strong watchdog. Mr. Levisler,
who is a laborer, has been at work on
the model for thirteen years, doing small
parts at night when he returned from
his day's occupation. Baltimore Sun.
Ostriches l California.'
xne successful importations or os
triches from southern Africa in 1882 and
1883 caused a great deal of alarm to the
Cape Colony growers, and the provincial
parliament imposed an export duty of
$500 a head upon them. Notwithstand
ing this well nigh prohibitory tax, en
terprising Americans have since brought
over something like 100 birds, and those
already here have done so well that it is
only a question of time when semi-trop
ical California will supply this continent
with its ostrich plumes. Cor. Chicago
News.
HOHTB DflLtLtES, Wash.
. In, the last two weeks large sales of lots TrTSt--
have been made at Portland, Tacoma, Forest in the WeBt- .
Grove, McMinnville and The Dalles. All BootandShoe
are satisfied that i,.,.
North Dallk Furniture Wfj.
NORTH UALLES Wjre wrls
Is now the place for investment. New Man- CuGBliCal
ufactories are to be added and
iiiCJluo a ue uextau aays will be lm- Several
portant ones for this new city. JW Cfltt3fTP
can at the office of the
Interstate
Or 72 "Washintrtrvn St. POPTT a -ntt rw
O. D. TAYLOR, THE
-: DEALERS IN :-
Siapie and Fancy Groceries,
Hay, Grain and Feed.
Gheap Express Wagons flos. 1 and 2.
Orders left at the Store will receive prompt attention.
Trunks and Packages delivered to any part of the City.
Wagons always on hand when Trains or Boat arrivea.
No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts.
H- R- GLHSIER
DEALER IN
pine Cigars and TobacGo
Pipes, Cigarettes and Smokers' Notions.
GO TO
THE SMOKER'S EMPORIUM.
109 Second St., The Dalles.
D. W. EDWARDS,
DEALER IN
Paints, Oils, Glass,
tions, Artists' Materials, Oil Paintings, Ciroinosani Steel Engravings.
Mouldings and Picture
Etc., Paper Trimmed Free.
3Eo-t-u.x-o Frame ACade to Order. .
276. and 278, Second Street.
31. O. NICKELSEN,
-DEALER IN-
STATIONERY. UOTIOflS,
BOOKS AND MUSIC.
Cor. of TM aM Washington Sts, Tne Dalles, Oregon.
HL C. NIELS6N,
Clothier and Tailor,
events' Fvirnlsliiiis Ooods,
tyats aijd Qap5, Jrui, ilalises,
Soots AZid. Slioes, 33to.
CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS., THE DALLES, OREGON.
: For the Best Brands and Purest
J. O. MHCK,
Ul7ole$ale : Ijquor : Dealer,
171 SECOND STREET, THE DALLES, OREGON. ; '
large improve- KFW RRinPP
Jlem toilroad
Investment Co .
D AXLES, Or.
Wall Papers, Decora
Frames, Cornice Poles
- - The Dalles, Or.
Quality of Wines and Liquors, go to :-