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The Dalles Daily. Chronicle. THE DALLES OKEGON. Entered at the Postofflce at The Dalles, Oregon, as second-class matter. STATE OFFICIALS. tiovenior. : P. Feimoyer 8ecretary of Suite : G. W. Mcltride Treasurer Phillip Metwhan Butit of Public Instruction K. B. McElrwy (J. N. Dolph enators jj I Mitchell Cnnerrasmnti .. B. Hennann State Printer Frank Baker COUNTY OFFICIALS. rvnintv Jnrtcp C. N. Thomburv Sheriff D. I- C'atea Clerk J. B. Crcwuen Treasurer tieo. Ruch i H' A. Leavens uoraniissioners , (Frank Kiiicaid AMNAiutnr John K. Burnett Hurvevor E. F. uarp Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Klielley Coroner William Michell ECHOES OF THE LEGISLATURE. We are not, at present, concerned with the character of the substitute bill which Mr. Johnston panned on on the com mittee on public buildings and falsely pretended to be the bill "the people of The Dalles wanted.'.'. This may become, a proper subject for discussion, at another time, and we shall not shirk the responsibility. We are dealing with the fact that Mr. Johnston deceived his com mittee and misrepresented his constitu ents. The people of The Dalles did not , "want" the substitute bill, unless his honor the mayor, the ex-governor and Senator Hilton are "the people of The Dalles." Messrs. Johnson and McCoy surely are not. On the contrary when the "people of The Dalles" heard the treachery of Mr. Johnston, teji of them, chiefly members of the board of trade and common council, representing .in themselves an easy million dollars worth of property, without delay put for Salem, and demanded a conference with Messrs. Johnston McCoy and Hilton, in the library of the state building. Before this conference, however, was held, two copies of a paper were printed by a type writer; which it was intended as a last resource, to have sent to the speaker and have publicly read in the house. One of those papers is now before us, and after the usual preamble it submits the following allegations : "A petition is presented urging the passage of the bill, without amendment, signed by the representatives of fully nine-ten tliH of all the real estate in Dalles City. "A memorial is also presented from tne Dalles City board of trade, urging the passage of the bill without amend ment. "A resolution is also submitted of the Dalles . City . common council, which, without a dissenting votej approved the t .1... i !iu j jjjtonngo ui nic diu, imiu aiUBllumt'ln. A substitute bill was presented to the committee on public buildings, to which the bill was referred, and of which Mr. O. W. Johnston is chairman, but no member of said committee, except the chairman, ever saw the bill introduced in the house, nor the petition of Dalles City tax-payers, nor the memorial of Dalles City board of trade, nor the- reso lution of the common council of Dalles City, although said petition, memorial and resolution were in the hands of said chairman, before said committee took any action on the bill." This document was read to the two other members of Mr. Johnston's com mittee. Both declared every word of - it was true, protested against the decep tion of Mr. Johnston, and expressed their perfect willingness to expose his duplicity pn the floor of the house. But "the people of The Dalles" were unwilling to adopt this dernier resort un til a conference was had with Mr. Johnston. Hence the meeting in the library, already referred to. The full : delegation of representatives waspreseDt and about fifteen persons from this -city. The people from The Dalles were intensely in earnest, but we think it .cannot be justly said they were discour-' teoua. We speak this, of course from the plane of a common citizen. We can not possibly conceive what great men, so much above us, might consider an insult. We only mean't to be earnest. Ther, perhaps thought us impertinent. 2f bo, we're Sorry t'try. In our ignor ance of the ways of representatives, we thought that we honored one of them, by voting for hini. . We don't think so any more. He honors us by accepting our vote. We used to think that repre sentatives were elected to represent their constitnents. We'll never think so again at least of Wasco county repre sentatives, till we get a chance to elect a new batch. But this is a degression. The story of the conference is soon told. Mr. Johnston was pressed to tell us why he changed the bill. The question was put In different forms. He had one answer and only one. He thought his bill was a "good one,-' and of course it was, for Mr. Johnson thought so, and that was -enough. The "people of The Dalles" had no right to think anything. He was asked again if any persons from this city supported his bill. He said he had "letters." "From whom?" one person was named Any "more?" "Yes others;" ; but their names .he refused to give at that time. At last: Mr. Johnson told us he would confer with MrV McCoy, and tell us what he proposed to do in the course of an hour. (At this stage Sen ator Hilton left the conference. Mark this, gentle reader. You may see the reason anon.) noon auur me conierence scatterea : the representatives to an exgubernator ial council, and we to lunch. Less than two hours after a compromise . was afiected. That night a new bill was framed, measurably satisfactory to The Dalles contingent. They yielded some thing, the -mayoral and ex-gubernatorial representatives yielded something, and the next day the bill passed the house without opposition. But and here the great genius of Senator Hilton shines out in iridescent glory ; he was not bound to support the bill, in the senate: and" he didn't. THE WORLD'S FAIR. . However much it is to be regretted that the Oregon .Legislature made no appropriation for the World's Fair, that body can scarcely with fairness be blamed. It was no secret that the gov ernor intended to veto the bill, if the house should pass one. In his opening message he condemmed all such appro priations by name and acted consistently with his viewp, when he vetoed the dis trict fair ' and wagon road bills. The governor would have approved of an item of $10,000 being placed in the ap propriation bill, to be at the disposal of the Oregon Commissioners, but this bill had to be reported before the World's Fair bill was put on its final passage. and the item could not, therefore, be in serted. Besides those ' who favored a liberal appropriation did not thank the governor for approving this pittance of $10,000. Perhaps it's just as well When the real live people of this great state, who proudly love it and earnestly seek its glory and advancement, and whose cheeks now burn with shame at the thought of no worthy representation amid the coining galaxy of states and nations, at a world's exhibit when these shall have, by one great united efiort, made at their own cost a volun teer exhibit, worthy of themselves and worthy of the state, as we devoutly pray and fondly hope they may, then they will have the proud satisfaction of re membering, during the coming cycles of an honored immortality, that Oregon had an exhibit at the World's Fair, and that the Paleozoic Silurians and their moss-back governor "weren't in it." PIETY A LAST RESOURCE. A striking example of the tendencv of human nature to relegate all matters of religious thought and feeling to the per iod and circumstance of sickness and death is afforded us by the deep interest the newspapers of this country have taken in locating ecclesiastically the late General Sherman. When the general was alive, as long as he never ran for office, nobody cared to enquire what his religion was or if he had any. Now that he is dead the pious editorial fraternitv want to know all about it. J That's all ngnt enough. Nobody finds' fault with it; but why not have begun the inquirv sooner? Why associate religion only with sickness and death? Simply be cause it is another illustration of the truth of that well known couplet : "When the Devil wusjick, the Devil a saint would be, When the Devil got well, the devil a saint was he." JOHN WESLEY. One hundred years ago today John Wesley, the father and founder of Methodism, died. His history needs no relation here. It is known in every corner of the earth where Christianity has penetrated. The world was his parish and the millions of souls, in. heaven and earth, made better by the teachiugof himself and the church he founded are his epitaph. A Newspaper Man in tack. The Astorian. Last night Bob Feeney was setting type in the office of the Tacoma Globe. This rnnrm'nff lo ia T i i? the quarter millionaire. - r-veryDoay in Western Washington remembers R. E. Feeney, who started the Wmlrm. WnrIA eighteen months ago. He homesteaded mucuiy-iuree acres nue iront about half way between the South Bend Mill and Potter's hotel in Sea Haven. Several attempts were made to dispossess him, but he stuck, and when the boom came he Hold nl.riir. K IWntl. it iri a determined effort was made to oust iiim. rie was oeat, but secured a rehear ing of his case. There was an immense amount at stake, for twelve lots to the acre, each lot selling at $1,000, and seventy-three acres of such property, was something big. Feeney came to Astoria for a while, then went over on the sound. About Christmas time he went to work setting type- - He put his case in the hands of an Astoria lawyer. Last night came the following brief dispatch - Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Com missioner decides for Feeney in' case of Pineo versus Feeney. This means that' the commissioner of the general land office has decided for 1 1 J r .) i i , , . fccucy, iud uciouuiuit, huu maKes mm get $250,000 for. It is probable that Bob. mi uir a ouu uij uia iuw bOillgllt, and not set type for awhile. 'Tis said that truth is stranger than fic tion. Here is an illustration of the truth of the saying. ' A prominent physician and old army surgeon in eastern Iowa, was called away from home for a fewdavs ; 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 able preparation in use for colds and that it came the nearest being a specific of any medicine he had ever seen. . For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. The American saddle is being used by the British mounted infantry. Tit Crocus, - "Best, little sister," her altera said . Violet purpio, and wild rose rati . Beat dear. rat. tUl the sun cornea oat Till the hedge bud, and the grass blades-apvoaC we ere saXo in toe kindly earth, and warm -In the upper world, there are alee anil sluai Oh. wait for the robin's true clear note. For uwsouna or a arming winarafioet; For the laughter bright of an April shower To call and wake you, sweet Croens flower. But brave heart Crocus said never a word. Nor paused to listen for note of bird - Or laugh of rain drop. In rough green Test - v And golden bonnet herself she dressed, , Br the light of a glowworm's friendly spark. And softly crept up the stairway dark. Out through the portal of frozen moid Into the wide world, bleak and cold. ' : But somehow a sunbeam found the phvee Where the snow made room for her lifted face. Madelines Bridges in Ladies' Horns Journal. ' Tusvtln la Conarress. There was much knitting of brows and cudgeling of brains among the Latin scholars in the house recently.' An after noon paper appeared a day or two ago with a Latin motto, - "Nunqnam animna Bed ignis via." - The college graduates in the press gallery put their wits to work, and after one of them had discovered the meaning, it was decided to pat the university men on the floor to the test. Representative Wilcox, of Connecti cut, who studied law at Yale, gave it up with the expression that he could do it better if the sentence was not incom plete. - Representative ' Buchanan, of Virginia, who is an alumnus of two Vir ginia universities, tried in vain to help Mr. Wilcox in the translation. Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, one of the ablest men on the floor, said that he did not recall the quotation, and that it was impossible to catch its full import with out the context. Literally he thought it would read, "Never the mind (spirit) but fire makes the way," and he added that he would try and find it. Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylva nia, who, with Judge Stewart, of Vir ginia, wrestled with the problem, thought the quotation was ' from some press reporter, or had probably origi nated from some old Greek who was not very familiar with the Roman language. He made a free translation, without re spect to grammar, which read, ''Never mind, but fire away." Washington Post Seasonable at Any Rata. . "Ah, I like this snow! "Yea?" ' "Yes, indeed." "Good day for umbrellas?"". . "On the contrary, a good day for snow shovels. ' The trade thus far in snow shovels has been backward for two sea sons. As a large wholesale grocer. m cellar has been stored with several tons' of snow shovels for the past two seasons. Now it begins to look as though we could raise the wind and the snow with em." . . . "But suppose the present blizzard doesn't hold out?" "What then? Why, sir, nothing on earth, especially in Michigan, can beat the ingenuity of a wholesaler." Why why hem why, we'd just get out those forty gross of fly screens we have in the cellar and rush 'em at half ofT.'Detroit Free Press. " .' Use of Petroleum Increasing. It is an interesting fact that the first use to which petroleum was put in Eng land was not that of a luminant. Its chemical composition rendered it a most useful medium for preserving substances which have a strong affinity for oxygen. Chemists employed it in preserving po tassium and metals possessed of kindred qualities. Hot naphtha, it was discov ered, dissolved phosphorus and sulphur, and deposited them on cooling. It was found to be, too, an excellent solvent for gutta percha, caoutchouc, camphor, fatty and resinous bodies generally, and hence it was extensively used in the arts for these purposes. Its great use, how ever, is as a source of artificial light, and notwithstanding the present use of coal gas and electric lighting the employ ment of petroleum for this purpose still increases. Chambers' Journal. Will Kot Stay Bom. The engineers on the ' Fairhaven and Southern railroad in Oregon have struck another natural phenomenon only sec ond to "the .Devil's Breadpan." The gap of five miles in the track two miles beyond the boundary is a low, swampy place, which it was found necessary to pile. A forty foot pile was driven right into the swamp, and then another was driven over it. But the second pile would riot stay down. As soon as the driver stopped pounding the pile began to rise again. Pound as they would the workmen could not make that pile stay down, for at every blow it seemed to cry "resurgam," and rose again as soon as the pounding ceased. Singleton (Cal.) Courier. ' Tom Jones Kabblt Baaeh. Tom Jones, a worthy colored man, living near the ' Northeastern depot in Athens, has domesticated a large colony of the old field gray rabbits. Tom has about twenty-five breeders, and says that rabbits are raised as easily as chick ens. They run at large in the yard, and become as tame as house cats. They in crease very fast, and sell readily at ten cents each for pets or cooking purposes. There are always orders ahead for them. They grow very fast, and frees one pair he can raise more rabbits in a year than the best hen will raise chickens. Atlan ta Journal. 1 Every Italian in the service of the pope has been dismissed, and the duties of the domestics in the papal apartments, both in the antechamber1 and the interior, are transferred to foreigners. An inquiry had shown that Crispi had several secret agents in the Vatican. Mr. Caminetti, who has been awarded a seat in the next congress, Is of Italian parentage, but a native born Calif ornian, and he is said to be the first man from California in either house who was born in the state. . The interest bearing part of the nation al debt amounted to about $619,000,000 at the beginning of last month. This is the only part of the debt which is burden some. Exchange. SNIPES & KLNERSLEY, Wholesale ana Retail Drwsti Fine Imported, Key .West and Domestic OIGhAJE-S. f AGENTS FORI E8T'D 1862. C.E. BiYAlD (JO., Heal Estate, Insurance, and Loan AGENCY. . Opera House Bloek,3dSt. Don't Forget the MacDonald Bids., Props. THE BEST OF Wines, iipors and Ciprs ALWAYS ON HANI). Chas. Stubling, PROPRIETOB OP THB dEW(lfl, New Vogt Block, Second St. . WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Liquor "." Dealer, MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT. 1 itjM-nrlrt'jfirti'i1 wiawiireia, um line uic wave ycaLTs comes the rerdict that VICK'S SEEDS never mtlllwa rfomtoiwaia JmJm 1u -- ' ' I :j UUK., UHJUCV .UU MUCHGB 1)11 others, when vnu ran htiv nrcK a Make no mistake this year: sendio cents for Vick'a lyrttx briuae, aeauct tne 10 cents from hist order, ana it costs nothinz. It is better than ever lanne pases, colored plates, grand aovetfes worthy of JAMES VIOK. BEEDSMAM, Booheater. H. Y. FOR FINE Commercial Job Printing COME TO THE CHRONICLE OFFICE. W. E. GARRETSON, Leading-?- Jeweler. SOLE AGENT FOB THB . All Watch Work Warranted. Jewelry Made to Order. 138 Second St., The Dalles, Or. W Ef!B UI r 1 iITai THE DALLES The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated at the head of navigation on the Middle Columbia; and is a thriving, prosperous city. ITS TERRITORY. It is the supply city for an extensive and riclTagri- cultural and grazing country, its trade ' reaching as far south as Summer Lake, hundred miles. THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET. The rich grazing country along the eastern slope of the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands of sheep, the wool from which finds market here. The Dalles is the largest point in America, about shipped this year. THE VINEYARD OF OREGON. The country , near The Dalles produces splendid crops of cereals, and its fruits cannot be excelled. It is the vineyard of Oregon, fornia's best, and its other fruits, apples pears, prunes, cherries etc., are unsurpassed. ITS PRODUCTS. The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia yielding this year a revenue of $1,500,000 which can and will be more than doubled in the near future. The products of the beautiful Klickital valley find market here, and the country south and east has this year filled the warehouses, and all available storage places to overflowing with their products. ITS WEALTH It is the richest city of its size on the coast, and its money is scattered over and is being used to develop, more farming country than is tributary to any other city in Eastern Oregon. . Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un limited! And on these corner stones she stands, S. L. YOUNG, (Succennor to K. BECK.) -DEALER IN- Jewelry, Diamonds, SIIiVEHWflRE, :-: ETG. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired and Warranted. 165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or. -FOIt- Carpets ag Furniture, CO TO PRINZ & NITSCHKE, And be Satisfied as U QUALITY AND PRICES. REMOVAL. H. Glenn has removed his office and the office of the Electric Light Co. to 72 Washington St. iP WflTM CHICKS a distance of over tve original wool shipping 5,000,000 pounds being - its grapes equalling Cali The successful merchant is the one who watches the mar kets and buystothe best advan tage. The most prosperous family is the one that takes advantage of low prices. x uaiies MERCANTILE CO., Successor to BROOKS & BEERS. will sell yon choice Groceries and Provisions f-OF ALL KINDS, AND AT MOBK KKASONAELKS BATES J THAN ANY OTHER FLACK IN THE CITT. 1 v . i n c ivi c ivi ts c K we deliver -all mrr- - chases without charge. . 390 AND 394 SECOND STREET. John Pashek, piercM Tailor. Third Street, Opera Block. Madison's Latest System, Used in cutting garments,' and a fit guaranteed each time. Repairing and Cleaning Neatly and Quickly Done. FINE FARM TO RENT. THE FARM KNOWN A3 THE "MOORE f Farm" situated on Three Mile creek about two and one-half miles from The Dalles, will be leased for one or more years at a low rent to any responsible tenant. This farm hae upon it a f ood dwelling house pad necessary out bnild ngs, about two acres of orchard, about three hundred acres under cultivation, a large portion of the land will raise a eood volunteer wheat crop in 1H91 with oitiinajily favorable weather. The farm is well watered. For terms and particu lars enquire of Mrs. Sarah A. Moore or at the office of Mays, Huntington & Wilson, The Dalles, Or. SARAH A. MOORE, Executrix.