The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
TUESDAY.
MARCH 3. 1891
METEOROLOGICAL EEPOET.
Pacific H Kela- D.t'r 50 State
Owst bar. S tive of B. of
Time. " P Hum Wind s Weather.
8 A. M 30.3S 0 NE Clear
3 P. M 30.33 23 " "
Indicates below 0.
Maximum temperature, 28; minimum tem
perature, 1.
Total precipitation from. July up to date, 6.35;
average precipitation from July to date, 12.13;
a4rae deiHeieacy from July 1st to date, 5.78.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES.
Thb Dalles, March 3,. 1891.
Weather forecast till IS r.t
Wednesday; fair. Slightly
warmer. Cold moving eastward.
FAIR
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The ice on the pond ie only about one
nnd a half inches thick. . .
The Dalles roller mills are running on
full time and turning out a lot of flour.
Phil Wagner, of Eight Mile, is in town.
He reports ten inches of snow on the
level.
Mrs. Solomon has decided to move to
Portland tomorrow on account of her
husband's health.
Somebody hanged Senator Blackman
in effigy over at Long creek last week.
Baker City Reveille.
Two cars of beef cattle are being fed
at the stock yards. They came from
Huntington and are for the Portland
market.
Hon. Robt. Mays had a letter from
Tygh this morning which says that ten
inches of snow fell over all that country
Sunday last. ,
Richard Sigman, of Dufur, is in the
city. He reports that it snowed hard all
day Sunday. About twelve inches of the
"congealed element" still remains.
P. P. Underwood of Boyd Is in town.
He reports that school district No. 20,
levied a tax of $75 for general echool
purposes, yesterday. It is the first tax
the district has ever levied.
Mr. Joseph Shoren. who was run over
.a , 1 - 1 1 1 x .-J n 4 A 1 Viinn noata a r nroo
married only, last January, to the
daughter of Mr. Gus Bartell who is in
the employment of Mr. G. J. Farley, of
this city.
Moody the evangelist, not the sena
tordeclares if an archangel came down
from heaven' to preach in Boston the
people of that town would pick flaws in
his grammer and logic. But if he pro
nounced "pass" "parse" and "half"
"harf" he would be forgiven.
"I shall be dead at just two o'clock in
the afternoon, of the 24th of February,
1891," was the prediction made by J. T.
Jones, of Seattle, five years ago. At the
haur and date he was dead drunk.
Some people can come pretty close to
it. Exchange.
Organizer M. V. Rork and W. A. Sam
ple, of the alliance, are busy filling ap
pointments throughout the county, and
expect to form about fifteen local alliances
out of the twenty places which they
visit. A citizens' alliance will be organ
ized at Pendleton Friday evening.
Rev. C. W. Wells, pastor of the United
Brethern church at Hood River, was in
the city yestarday, the guest of Mr. Leslie
Butler. Mr. Wells expects to commence,
at an early date, the erection of a new
church at Hood River. Thus the good
work goes on.
The cold evenings of the past week
have furnished the young people of The
Dalles with considerable amusement,
and but few are they who "are not in
it," and an occasional slight' accident
to the sliders, will cause some to say, "I
thought as much," and some were heard
to think "five times as much."
We regret to hear that our friend E.
W. Front, of Boyd, was obliged, about
two weeks ago, to take his wife to the
milder climate of Southern California
for her health. The trouble is inflama
tory rheumatism and she is almost utter
ly helpless. Word has come that - she
stood the trip, by Bteamer, better than
was expected.
A Sleighing Party.
Last evening a number of the bright
young people of The Dalles made up a
sleighing party and under the skillful
guidance of Mr. Ward who handled the
ribbons over a spanking team of four
horses, the trip was made in safety to
Mill Creek and return. The ride was a
plesant one and accomplished in safety
despite all the noise that the young
ladies made, and which a Mill Creeker
said might have waked the Seven Sleep
ers. Following are those who participa
ted: Misses Clara Story, Etta Story, Mable
Mack, Ruth Cooper, Jennie Brown,
Anna Sylvester, Grace Mardin, and
Messrs. M. Donald, Will Michell, Fred
Clarke, Densmore Parish, Howard Rid-
dell, Bert Phelps, Ed Wingate.
New Primary ' Election Law.
The new primary election law applies
to this city. Notice must ' be given of
th$4ioiding of the primary seven days
previously with the names of the judges
and clerks. These are required to be
sworn, and the polls must be kept open,
not less than five hours, between noon
and seven o'clock p. m. Any one not a
legal voter or who is not entitled to vote
at any particular primary' or who votes
or attempts to vote at two primaries,
held for the same election, willjbe pun
ished as provided in the act. The vot
ing is conducted as at other elections.
Strange to say, trained skirts do not
always come from drilling.
MO FOB THB CASCADES.
Uncle Sam Asked to Co-operate in
, Building a Portage Road.
Portland Oregouian.
. The commission intrusted with the ex
penditure of the money appropriated for
bridging the chasm at the Cascades with
a portage railway consists of his excel
lency Governor Pennoyer, Secretary of
State McBride and State Treasurer Phil
Metchan. The amount appropriated is
$60,000, and how best to expend this is
the question for the commission to de
cide. Furthermore, their decision must
be in the nature of a recommendation
that is conditional upon the action of the
government, for without the co-operation
of the federal authorities the $60,000 will
fall short of acccomplishing what: is
wanted at this point. The commission
held an informal conference in this city
Saturday evening, and will meet again to
further consider the question at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
What the commission will recommend
is that the government build a track on
the wagon road grant alongside of the
locks. A portion of a track is already
built at the upper end, and it will not
require much money to extend it across
the lower end. The track is narrow
gauge, and was built for the purpose of
transporting material used in the con
struction of the locks.. As the work
progresses the extension of the track will
become a great convenience, if not an
absolute necessity, to the government
engineers having the construction of the
locks in charge. The recommendation
of the commission will, therefore, not be
an unreasonable one, and will doubtless
meet with the favorable consideration of
the government authorities. The road
will serve a two-fold purpose transpor
tation facilities both tor the government
and the pent-up commerce of a large area
of tributary farming countrv.
The matter will be laid "before Major
Handbury , of the United States engineer
ing corps, and if the proposed plan meets
with his approval he will be asked to
make this recommendation to the sec
retary of war. Upon the decision of the
secretary of war depends the execution
of the plans outlined by the commission.
If the track is built by "the government,
the state will . build" the necessary in
clines, pontoons and rolling stock with
the $60,000 appropriation in the hands of
the commission. The building of boats
to run in conjunction with this portage
system will be left to private enterprise.
THE GOVERNOR FEELS CONFIDENT.
A reiKrter yesterday called upon Gov
ernor Pennoyer to learn any additional
facts that might be in his possession re
garding the plans of the commission. '
"Of course we can do nothing," replied
he, "without the assent of the secretary
of war. . If the recommendations meet
with bis approval, and he can have no
good reason for opposing them, the ques
tion of transportation at this point in the
Columbia will be solved. The $60,000
appropriation will be sufficient to build
the inclines and pontoons and enough
cars for carrying the freight. I think
Major Handbury will agree with us re
garding the feasibility of such a co-operation,
and make the necessary recommen
dations to the secretary of war. We ex
pect a favorable reply, and in a week or
two we will be better able to let the
public know just what we intend to do.
As the matter stands, we are powerless
to act, and must await the reply of gov
ernment authorities.
"1 em satisfied that the portage rail
way system is the only practicable solu
tion of the obstructions to navigation in
the Upper Columbia. The locks, of
course, will prove a -great benefit to the
country when completed, but the magni
tude Of the "Work makes it evident that
they will not be available for some time
to come. Something has to be done to
relieve Eastern Oregon and Washington
of its surplus resources, and portage rail
ways at the Cascades and The Dalles sug
gest the only expedient.".
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
UMATILLA HOUSE.
F. D. Tonnes', Vinton, Iowa.
Frank Kellog, Heppner.
C. C. Dean, Albina.
H. Pickering, city.
V. J. Houston, ''
A.. E. Curtis, Albina.
W. H. Heppner, "
C. J. Gibson, "
Richard Sigman, Dufur.
A. V. Anderson, Tygh Valley.
D. Creighton, city."
Geo. H. Hill, Portland.
H. W. Gilbert, Albina.
John George "
C. E. Bayard and wife, city.
Olin Frazier, "
H. E. Blossom, Portland.
J. J. Cleland, "
M. E. Blakeley,
Colombo. Sunday Paper Tragedy.
New York, March 1. A special from
Columbus, O., says: J. W. Elliott and
his brother, P. J." Elliott, were removed
to the county jail from the city prison
shortly after midnight last night by
order of the police commissioner!, who
met especially at the mayor's reeidence,
and concluded that as the Sunday news
papers would contain notices referring
to the tragedy of last Monday, it would
be safer to have the prisoners in . the
strong county jail than in the flimsy citv
prison. This was ordered notwithstand
ing that persons in charge of the news
papers referred to gave assurances that
would make conservative references.
The prisoners were safe behind the
doors at the jail before it was known to
the public that the transfer was to be
made. At. the jail the Elliotts were
locked in seperate cells. In an editorial,
over his own name, W. J. Elliott simply
asks a suspension of public opinion un
til he is tried. In the news columns of
his newspaper he publishes in full the
articles in last Sunday's issue of the rival
newspaper, by its editors and Osborne,
the man he shot, in order, as he explains
in a preface, that the public may judge
of the provocation. He states self-defense
will be his plea.
On Hand.
J. M. Huntington & Co. announce
that they are prepared to make out the
necessary papers for parties wishing
, 11 i :1 3 l . . i -
cants should have their papers all readv
before 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.
' 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. S. Fish.
February 7, 1891. City Treas.
ABOCT HILL ASI1 HUNT.
Reports That They Have Formed . a
Combination.
Railroad men generally are disposed
to view the news about Hill and Hunt
as confirming the report of a combina
tion between the two. Hill is accredited
with ar intention of coming into Port
land by way of Spokane, Pomeroy and
the Hunt system, also of building into
Gray's Harbor and securing Hunt's valu
able subsidies, both there and in Port
land. He wants, it is thought, to tap
the great grain regions of the Inland
Empire. Hunt's Gray's Harbor road is
practically completed from Centralia to
Montesano, and arrangements have
already been effected, by which Hunt is
to use the Northern's right-of-way be
tween Montesano and Aberdeen.
Real Estate Transactions.
Allmia Robinson and B. HI Robinson
to Robert Mays. Lot 2, block 4 in
Laughlin's addition, $4,000.
CHRONICLE SHORT STOPS.
For coughs and colds use 2379.
Does S. B. get there? "I should
smile," S. B.
C. E. Dunham will cure your head
ache, cough or pain for 50" cenls, . S. B.
For a cut, bruise, burn or scaldthere
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 scar is left.
For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
Get your land papers prepared bv J.
M. Huntington & Co. Opera House
Block, Washington St.
Snipes & Kinersly are anxious to cure
your headache for 50 cents. S. B.
Sliced hams, boneless hams, ham sau
sage and dried fish at Central Market.
2379 is the cough syrup for children.
Get me a cigar from that fine case at
Snipes & Kinersley's.
You need not cough! Blakeley &
Houghton will cure it for 50 cents. S. B.
As the weather has been so bad for the
past few days, the artist at Eastman's
gallery has concluded to continue the
reduced prices for Paris panels one week
longer. Pictures taken until March 7th
at half price.
Those easy chairs made by Livermore
& Andrews are the neatest thing of the
kind ever made. They are just the thing
for your porch or lawn in the summer,
and are as comfortable and easy as an
old shoe. Call and see them at 77 Court
street.
Boat Hog Feed.
The bane of extensive pig breeding in
this country has always been too large
dependence on corn as feed. Corn is
good for fattening hogs, and it is chiefly
in corn growing districts that the bulk
of marketable pork is produced. Yet
even here farmers who grow pork should
provide, so far as possible, their breed
ing animals with something less fatten
ing. Land that will grow corn wiH also
grow good oat crops, and there is no bet
ter feed for any growing or breeding
animal than ground oats. If it is too
fattening the oatmeal may be mixed
with fine wheat middlings, which are
worth half their cost after they go
through the pig into the manure pile.
In summer a clover pasture should be
provided in an orchard if possible, and
this with fallen fruit will make a little
ground oats and middlings go a long
way in keeping a herd of sows in the
best possible condition for producing
good breeding animals
Exclusive corn feeding is now general
ly conceded to be a main cause of the
prevalence of hog cholera. . When for
generations swine have had no feed ex
cept com, saving possibly a little grass
in summer, their constitutions are grad
ually undermined and become unable to
resist disease. Breeding for generations
from immature sows has also done some
thing to weaken the constitution, though
it may have had some compensating ad
vantage in promoting early maturity.
American Cultivator.
Fractured Bones In Animals.
B. Root, Essex county, N. J.: Valua
ble horses and cattle may have broken
bones of the limbs set, dressed and heal
with a considerable degree of success.
But in consequence of the struggles of
injured animals, whenever secured by
every known appliance of the skillful
Burgeon, deformity from displacement is
the rule and not the exception. The
fare, legs of valuable horses may be set
and dressed with a fair degree of success
where the proper appliances of the vet
erinarian and bis skill are secured at an
early hour after the accident has oc
curred. .There are stallions doing good service
after having had a fore leg broken. One
that has had a broken leg is a fine road
horse, and a three rninrita horse will be
compelled to take his dust all day long
unless the driver of the broken legged
stallion drives out of sight of the slower
horse. In every serious injury of ani
mals we command immediate surgical
advice, and if the case is incurable have
the animal put out of suffering. Ameri
can Agriculturist. i
Plant A Haifa for the Fowls.
Alfalfa should be raised by every one
for chickens, for it is superior to other
grasses for this use. The laying hens
prefer It to either red or white clover,
and it benefits the fowl as no other kind
of green food can. When it is cut off it
grows up rapidly and becomes thicker,
supplying an almost inexhaustible am
ount of green food for the birds. Nothing
but the purest seeds should be used, and
good ground given to it. Light, sandy
soil is good for it, and it must be pro
tected from the weeds when young.
After it gets a good start it grows i
thickly that other plants are crowded
out of the BoiL . The seeds should be
planted in April, and in early June it
can be cut off for the chickens. It will
continue to grow luxuriantly all through
the summer. Annie C. Webster in
American Cultivator.
Get Ready for the Fair.
Every farmer and fruit grower should
try to produce and save something
worth showing at the great Columbian
exposition. Chicago alone cannot make
an exhibit worthy of this great country.
Demand for a Standard BalL
- "J don't pretend to know much about
the railroad business," said the superin
tendent of one of the great rolling mills
of .the Illinois Bteel company, "but I
don't see any necessity for the diversity
of the steel rails in use by our railroads
today. The fact is, each road or system
of roads has its own particular form of
rail and will use no other kind. You
can readily perceive how this handicaps
the rolling mill men. Part of our works
are shut down at present because we can
not safely go ahead and make a stock of
rails to be sold in the future. If there
were but one standard of rail in use we
could do this, because then there would
be a market for our products at all times
if one road did not want our surplus
rails another would.
"I have talked to a half dozen railway
magnates at least, and everyone of them
holds precisely the same views that I do
upon this subject. ' But no one Beems
able to suggest any practical solution of
the difficulty. Each of them said: 'I
heartily agree with you. There ought
to be a uniform rail in use throughout
the country. And our road has the best
rail that has been invented, too. I
would like to see it adopted as the stand
ard raiL Of course our rail is folly pro
tected by patents, but for a proper con
sideration we would permit other roads
to use it'
"There it is in a nutshell! Every road
wants a uniform rail; every one wants
its own particular rail adopted; every
one hopes to grow rich by its patent
rights if a uniform rail is to be agreed
upon. It is impossible, I think, to estab
lish a uniform standard. But it would
prove a good thing for all parties if it
could be done. Rolling milla then might
be busy every working day in the year."
Chicago MaiL .
. Caring m Cold.
To get rid of a cold send to the drug
gist for a mixture containing sulphate of
atropia one 240th of a grain; bi-sulphate
of quinine two grains, and Fowler's solu
tion, five drops, to each dose. - Take a
dose once in two hours for three or four
times, or until the throat begins to feel
slightly dry. If this does not entirely
relieve the symptoms, repeat the treat
ment the next day. Copy this prescrip
tion carefully, and use it with care, as
some of the ingredients are poisonous.
There is no danger in using it if the di
rections are followed exactly.
Before going to bed take a warm bath.
The next morning sponge the body rap
idly with tepid water, rubbing it hard
until the blood circulates quickly and
the skin is in a glow. Take more exer
cise than usual, and do not sit in a hot
room with the windows shut. Mii- &
teaspoonful of cream of tartar in a tum
blerful of water and drink it during the
day. If there is constipation take a
gentle laxative, as a rhubarb pill. It is
very important that all the avenues of
the body for carrying off waste matter
should be wide open. Ladies' Home
Journal.
Quick Work by Reporters.
. The greatest feat of reporting that has
ever been performed by the official re
porters of congress was that of preparing
the senate report for The Record Wed
nesday night, Jan. 14. The chief re
porter was sick, and but two men were
available to do the work. The senate
was in session for fourteen hours, all of
which time was spent in an active dis
cussion of the silver bDL It was after
12 o'clock at night when they adjourned,
and during the session they had talked
over 120,000 words. Two stenographers
took the report, and, by dictating their
notes into phonographs for typewriters
to transcribe, they had all the copy ready
for the printers by 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, and The Record was on the desks
of the senators when congress convened.
Washington Cor. Philadelphia Tele
graph. - -
Some Experiments In Hypnotism.
As a result of the revived interest in
hypnotism caused by the Eyraud- Bom
pard trial in Paris some experiments in
hypnotism were " made at the Hotel
Eaiserhoff, Berlin, Monday, when some
Btartling results were produced. One
subject in a hypnotic condition showed
that it is not always possible to suggest
to a hypnotized person to perform acts
which are absolutely contrary to that
person's natural inclinations. The sub
ject in question was a sportsman, who
was successfully made to believe that he
was present at a horse race at which he
had backed the winning horse, but when
it was suggested to him that he should
divide his winnings he awoke with a
start. Pall Mall Budget.
Protecting Tracks from Drifting Snow.
The Delaware and Hudson railroad
has adopted a novel means of preventing
the snow from drifting back on the tracks
after it has once been removed. In those
places where it is most likely to drift
back to the rails banks or walls of snow,
some twenty feet to one side of the road,
are erected. The blowing snow comes
to these walls, is arrested in its flight and
either etnys there or ; just drops to the
other side of the wall.- The snow wall
affords much protection from drifts. The
wall is formed of that snow which has
melted enough to cake. New York Tele
gram. Honey In Ginseng- Roes.
An uptown man in ten weeks has paid
$3,886 for ginseng root taken from the
Catskill mountains. This root is used
principally by Chinamen, who consider
it a valuable medicine capable of curing
all diseases. It is exported in large quan
tities. The root hereabouts is dug up by
boys, who in this way make considerable
money during a season. The merchant
referred to is extending this business,
and next year expects to secure at least
$5,000 worth of the root. Kingston
Freeman. .
He Sues.
A Brooklynite worth $70,000 has for
several years been borrowing his car fare
from an acquaintance and never paying
a cent. . The other day he was sued for
27, and the creditor brought his book
into court with the date of every nickel
he had loaned. He said his limit, even
to a friend, was $25. Detroit Free Press.
EOBT. JyCLASZ-S.
MAYS &
(Successors to ABUAMS STEWART.)
netailers and ffotabera in
Hartware, - Tinware, - Giauiteware, - Wootfenware,
, SILVERWARE, ETC.
-: AGENTS '
"Acorn," "Charter Oak" "Argand"
STOVES AND RANGES.
Pumps. Tine, numbers'
Packing, Building Paper,
SASH, DOORS, SHINGLES.
Also a complete' stock of flai-nfintos' 'RWVctuv.'c o,?
Farmers Tools and Fine Shelf
-AGENTS
The Celebrated R. J. ROBERTS "Warranted" Cutlery, Meriden Cutlerv and
-.-. . , c vjuivn mtjii wuHoiine troves, urana uii Stoves
and Anti-Rust Tinware.
All Tinning, Plumbing,
win oe cione on
174, 176,. 178. 180 SECOND STREET,
NORTH DflLiLiBS. -WaRh.
' In the last two weeks large sales of lots TTKV
have been made at Portland,
Grove McMinnville and The Dalles. All BootandShoe
North Dalles
Is now the place for investment. New Man- CflemiCal
ufactories are to be added and
portant ones for this new city.
Call at the office of the
Interstate
Or 72 WashinctnTi R. "POT? HPT. A -ntt
O. D. TAYLOR, THE
: DEALERS IN
Staple and
Hay, Grain
Gheap Express Wagons flos. 1 and 2.
Orders left at the Stcre'willjreceive prompt attention.
Trunks and Packages delivered to any part of the Cits'.
"Wagons always on hand when Trains or Boat arrive.
' i
No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts.
NEW FIRM!
toseoe 8t
-DEALERS IN-
7 STAPLE 7 AND 7 FANCY V GROCERIES,
Canned Goods Preserves, Pickles, Etc.
Country Produce Bought and Sold.
' Goods delivered Free to any part of tJie City.
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
& I. C. NICKELSEN,
-DEALER IN-
STATIONERY
BOOKS AND MUSIC.
C. or TM anl Wastanaon Sts,? Dalles, Oregon.
H.C,NIELSeN,
Glothiei? and Tailor,
. . . .
Gents' FxirTi1rilTis GoocIh,
Boots . n txcl Shoes, mo.
CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS., THE DAIJ.Ef, OREGON.
a
X.. IE. CBOWK.
CROWE
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FOR THE
Hardware.
FOR-
Pipe Work and Repairing
snort JNotice. .
- THE DALLES, OREGON.
Tacoma, - Forest in the Wef-
Fflinitflre Ify.
Yire Works.
large improve- wcw RRinPF
uay n win u im- Several
Fine Cottap.
Heai Railroad
Investment Co..
DALLES, Or.
and Feed.
NEW STORE!
Gibons,
Court Streets, The Dalles, Oregon.
.NOTIONS,
Giocenes,