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The Dalles Daily Chronicle. WEDNESDAY. MAY 20, 1891 METEOBOLOGICAL BEPOBT. Pacific H Rela- D.t'r fS 8tate OoftBt bar. tive of E. of JTlme. Hum Wind a Weather. 8A.M. .... DO.06 52 87 NW PtCloudy 8 P. M 80.07 70 40 East " Maximum temperature, 70; minimum tem perature, 47. The river is standing at 24 7-10 feet above "0," having risen 1 and 7-10 of a feet within 48 hoars WKATHIK PROBABILITIES. Thb Dali.es, May 20, 1891. Weather forecast till 12 m Wednesday; fair. Cooler. FAIR The Chronicle is the Only Paper in The Dalles that Receives the Associated Press Dispatches. LOCAL BKEVIT1ES. The Wasco warehouse is now receiving I rom 500 to 600 bushels of wheat a day. The price remain's at 80 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Wood Gil man and Mrs. Cheney, of Gilliam county, are in the city and the guest of Mr. and "Mrs. Smith French. W. A. Obarr of Lower Fifteen Mile died yesterday morning of heart disease, a malady with which he had been threat ened for some time. The Fourth of July committees are re quested to meet tomorrow (Thursday) night at the board of trade rooms at 9 o'clock. The wreck of a freight train of twenty cars occurred Monday morning last at Shoshone, Idaho. The cause, as near as we could learn, was a defective bridge. The trainmen on No. 7 last night reported that the engineer and fireman had been killed. The measles are having quite a run at Dufur, there being a large number of adults as well as children afflicted with that disease. It is so bad in the public schools that it is seriously thought of closing down for the term and it is prob able that will be done. A service of foreign missions will be held by Rpv. A. Krause, of Tacoma, Wednesday, May 20th, at '8 o'clock p. m. in the German Lutheran parsonage on Ninth street. Rev. Horn will hold serv.'-e on Sund ly, May 16th at 10 :30 a. m. and 7 :30 p. m. Sunday school at 9 :30 a. m.v All cordially invited. -Tne house and contents of John Koontz, who lives on the north side of the state road near the ranch of Peter Ruflner, were completely destroyed by fire at about 8 o'clock last evening. The fire was caused by a lamp explosion. Aft TTrutnt.z hntfl n Bmall itiQiitranoA n.n Uhe house and contents of $290. Day before yesterday the Oregonian 1 il. : r T T i - juvku ifu-s n.n ui iiuuu mver Dunw berries at 25 cents a box, while California berries were selling at 15 cents. Yester . day the quotations of Hood River straw berries only were given and they had raised to 35 cents. It is almost safe to eay that the California berries are still 15 cents. Hurrah for Hood River. Crook county has lately been produc ing a bountiful crop of criminals and lunatics. Sheriff Booth left here for Salem last Sunday night with two crazy men. Since that time a deputy passed through with one man sentenced to the state penitentiary for three years for grand larceny and another sentenced to one year for attempting the life of his father-in-law. . Isaac Joles wenf off "fishing" last Saturday and returned Sunday night, bringing with him a specimen of gold bearing quartz. All who have seen it pronounce it to be the richest thay have seen for many a day. Where he found ; i ; . w -i i i lb in ins own secret, air. joies leit again on Monday morning and has not since been heard from, but some people are of the opinion that he has struck it rich, and the Chronicle hones he has. F. A. Snfert met with a painful ac cident yesterday at the fishery which will lay him up for a week or two at least. On jumping from a small eleva tion to a board "floor his left foot landed ... on the poing of an eigbtpenny nail that projected so far that it ran right through his foot from sole to upper. It is need-.- less to say that the accident gave him a restless night but the pain has consider- ably subsided this morning and no dan ger is apprehended. Mr. J. F. Venner has on exhibition at the store of Fish & Bardon one of the simplest devices in the way of a churn we have seen for a long time. The power is obtained by a small balance . wheel and crank which gives the dash a rotary movement, thus doing away with all splashing of the cream. The power can be used on any old fashioned churn or crock. Mr. Venner is simply selling the right for Wasco county. Now is the time when the youngsters enjoy a game of marbles out in the warm evening air on our clean streets, under the shining of the electric lamp. Such a game was witnessed last evening by a ' Chronicle reporter, in front of the Joles Brothers' store, and it was enjoyed im mensely by a crowd of onlookers. Tom , Joles, who weighs 300 and ever so many J pounds, was certainly the smallest boy of the lot and it was no small part of the entertainment to see the little fellows scoop him out of every marble that he had. THANKS TO ALL. Reo I A tion s Fused Ty tbe ' farmers' v i "A Institute at Wasco. Ki.- Wasco, Oregon, May 15, 1891.- EDrroB Cijroniclk: - At the Farmers' Institute held at Wasco on the 13th and 14th inst., the following resolutions were adopted.-- ' ' Resolved, That the thanks of this in stitute be tendered. First To the good people of Wasco and vicinity, for their kind and generous hospitality in opening p us their homes and in ministering so acceptably to our comfort and pleasure. Second To Profs. French and Letcher for their invaluable services in giving us the benefit of their knowledge and of their scientific researches on the 'differ ent subjects that come before the insti tute. Third To the representatives of ,the county press who have done so much to make this institute a success, and by publishing its proceedings and discus sions have increased its usefulness so largely. " ' Fourth To the Wasco band and mem bers of the choir who have added so much pleasure and interest to our meet ing by their sweet and charming music. Fifth To all who by their attendance, attention and interest have made our institute the grand success it has been. Sixth To the sisters and matrons who have shown us such kindness in attend ing to the - wants of the inner man by the bountiful spread of the richest and choicest of viands that were fit for a king. Seventh Resolved, that the thanks of this institute are'tendered Bros. Medler and Pike, our president and secretary. Eighth Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent by our secretary to the papers of Wasco and Sherman counties for publication and also a copy to Profs. French and Letcher. Jobk Midler,: Frank Pike, President. Secretary. , Bring out That Pick. The railroad commission, it is said, spent two days examining the road be tween this city and Portland. We hear they carried a pick along, wherewith to examine the timbers of the bridges and tressels on the route. That was right. We hope the pick did not catch cold by being too freely exposed outside the Pullman sleeper to the raw air of our climate. If what we hear is only half true the commission ought to have had with them, beside the. pick, a few dozen monkey wrenches, an army of track lay ers, several hundred thousand new ties and a regiment of bridge builders. A gentleman well known in this city says he has within the past three days walked the track between The Dalles and Chenoweth creek and he offers to bet a thousand dollars that on this little bit of road he can pick with bis fingers enough spikes out of the rotten ties to fill two 100-pound nail kens. He found, in sev eral places the nuts off the fish bars, either half way off or peacefully lying beside the bolts. Some of these he screwed back into their place, the best he could with his fingers. It is said that parts of the bridge across Mill creek are rotten and liable to crumble to dust at any time. Tbe gentleman referred to says that after' what he has seen with his own eyes he would scarcely take his chances of a ride between this city and Portland for a million dollars, and yet we have no doubt the commission will continue to draw their salary and re port that the Union Pacific is in "excel lent condition and its trains run on time to a dot." A Dalles Boy In the Kast. An exchange from the east brings the following letter from a young man who emigrated from that section a year or so ago and has cast his lot with the good people of The Dalles. We hope the young man, whoever he is, will remain a Good Templar while he remains in the city and will not fall into other bad hab its, for he seems a bright, wide awake boy. Below is the letter : t A letter received from Commodore Shorty, dated The Dalles, Oregon, says : "This will be a busy week for me, for we will have the right, real simple-pure Uncle Tom's Cabin company Monday evening. It shows in a tent. What a chance for a small boy ! Then on Thurs day I have to meet the president. He will stop fifteen long minutes for me to look him over. Then I have an interest in a sail boat, which requires some at tention ; and then just think of it ! on Saturday night I have to attend the Good Templars' lodge, of which I am a -shining light, and help by my influence to save the tallen. un, i am a Joe at that, you bet!" Lillian Smith, the girl shootist, who has been giving exhibitions through Oregon during the last year or so made a big hit in Tacoma during President Har rison's visit. The big banner on the grain arch erected in honor of the presi dential visit threatened to demolish the strucsure. An effort was made to lower it, but the halyards were tied to the top of the arch and could not be reached, the structure being regarded as not strong enough to bear a man's weight. In the emergency Lilian volunteered her services. Producing a small rifle, she shot ' away the halyards, though they were swaying at a lively rate in the strong breeze. The feat was watched bf a large number of people and heartily applauded. Madam Le Grande, The great medium and magnetic healer will be here for a short time only. - Don't fail to make her a call. Room 31, Jackson House, Second street. List of Jurors for Regular Maj Term. . T H McGreer, Antelope. F A Young, Bake Oven. Ben Forman, Wapinitia. S G Blackerly,: V - A J Dufur, Dufur. V : ' Robt Bradley " W L Vanderpool, Dufur. T M Bradley, " FCClaussen, " Alex McLeod, Kingsley. Chas Davis, " D L Bolton, Boyd. . JAGulliford, Grant Bolton, " Danl Farrengton, Boyd. C E Haight, Dalles. Frank Egan, The Dalles. G WFilloon, , " Hugh Glenn, " John S Schenck, " GB Welch, R F Gibons, " D G Hill, " Robert Rand, Hood River. J R Rankin, " F R Absten, " H C Coe, " J J Gibbon, DCCrapper, S R Husbands, " D A Hamilton, Cascades. Sabbath Defenders Sustained. Tacoma, May 18. The appeal case of D. M. Cook from the judgment of Jus tice Sharp, in which Cook was taxeed with the costs of prosecution in the case of the state vs. Bowers, came up in the superior court todsy. Cook was acting for the anti-Sunday Saloon association and swore out warrants against a saloon keeper for keeping open on Sunday. The case was dismissed by Justice Sharp and Cook taxed with the costs, on the ground that the charge was frivolous. The association appealed to the superior court, and today Judge Allyn reversed Justice Sharp's decision and taxed the costs on the county. Judge Allen in the course of his decis ion goes out of the case at issue and gives his opinion of the Sunday law in general, pointing out that the city or dinances must conform to the state law and that the city officers have full power to enforce the law. He protests, how ever, against prosecutions of this class, as they are a burden to the state and county, and the courts have too much to do to have their time taken with these cases, which could easily be settled, as it is simply a case of police regulation. It is understood that the question of Sunday closing will now be pushed again vigorously by tbe association, as it has retained Parsons & Corell to conduct the suits. - About Heading;. There is food for thought in the fol lowing remarks found in the Themis of Sacramento: Men are but grown-up children. Plato's reasoning with regard to instruct ing children applies with full force to adults. That which a man is forced to read never makes any lasting impression on his mind. Superficial and hasty reading is positively injurious to the memory. Plato said long ago : "Les sons that instills forcibly into the mind do not remain there. Make use of no violence towards, the children in the lessons ye give them ; manage in some way or other that they educate them selves while at play, in this wise ye will be better prepared to become acquainted with the disposition of each one. It is necessary to lead children to war on horseback, let them approach the thick of the fray. Ye will put aside patience in toil, more courage in danger and more ardor for the sciences." It is not the amount one reads that makes him learned, but what he digests and stores up in his memory. This loose and promiscuous reading is detrimental to the mind. A Oreat Mine Shut Down. The greatest silver and copper mining camp on earth, Butte, Mont., has not been dull for years. Wednesday the last of the employees of the great Anaconda Company were discharged, even to watchmen, and the company mines at Butte and the mammoth smelter at Ana conda are shut up. More than 3000 men are thrown out of work. The fact that the workmen were kept on the pay-roll several weeks after the order to shut down was given, but at last let go, indi cates that the company hoped to resume soon. That hope has undoubtedly vanish ed. It was announced that the trouble was a dispute with the Montana Union railway over freight rates, and Marcus Daly vouched the information that work on a new line of railroad would begin at once, which may or may not mean that the works will not resume until the road is finished. Anaconda is a dead town and Butte is crowded with idle men, all because of the shut-down. The latest fad of engaged couples is for her to take a long hair of bis mous tache between her teeth as he kisses her and jerk it out as they draw apart. A young woman in Harlem has over three hundred of these hairs, and all of a diff erent color. - As fine a lot of strawberries as we have ever seen is now on sale at the store of Barnett fr Rice. They were grown on the ranch of Mr. Cashing. Lost, on the streets of The Dalles, a mourning neck-lace. The finder will please return it to this office. - Cash paid for eggs and chickens at J. H. Cross feed store, second street. FOR SALE! A Good - Business THE CHALLANGE CHURN POWER. County Right For Sale. On Exhibition at FISH & BARDON'8. $20 REWARD. TTTIXL BE ."Mil FOR ANY INFORMATION TV leading to tbe conviction of parties cutting the ropes or in any way interfering with the wires, poles xc lamps of Thi Elkctric Light Co. H.GLENN. Manager CHRONICLE SHORT STOPS. Use Dufur flour. It is thfe best- . , Fresh Gilmore's butter at 50 cents per roll at Maier and Benton's. - Those who try it, always buy it. S. B. A. M. Williams & Co., have on hand a fine lot of tennis and bicycle shoes. . . Ask your grocer for Dufur flour. Pure maple sugar at Joles Bros., eight pounds for $1.00. The drug store of C. E. Dunham, de ceased, is now open and will be so con tinued until further notice. For coughs and colds use 2379. Those who use the 8. B. headache cure don't have la grippe. The celebrated Walter H. Tenny Boston-made mens' and boys' fine boots and shoes in all styles, carried by The Dalles Mercantile company at Brooks & Beers old stand, - For the blood in . one-half teaspoonful doses S. B. beats Sarsaprilla. 2379 is the cough syrup for children. Get me a cigar from that fine case at Snipes & Kinersley's. Long Ward offers for sale one of the best farms of its size in Sherman county. It consists of 240 acres of deeded land at Erskinville. There is a never-failing spring of living water capable of water ing five hundred head of stock daily. Tiie house, which is a large store build ing with ten rooms attached alone cost $1700. A blacksmith shop and other buildings and the whole surrounded by a good wire fence. Will be sold cheap and on easy terms. Apply by letter or other wise to the editor of the ChrokiclJs or to the owner, W. L. Ward, Boyd, Wasco county, Oregon. "'Baby is sick. The woeful expression of a Des Moines teamster's countenance showed his deep anxiety was not entire ly without cause, when he inquired of a druggist of the same city what was best to give a baby for a cold"? It was not ne cessary for him to say more, his counte nance showed that the pet of the family, if not the idol of his life was in distress. "We give our baby Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," was the - druggist's answer. "I don't like to give the baby such strong medicine," said the teamster. You know John Oleson, of the Watters-Talbot Print ing Co., don't you? inquired the drug gist. "His baby, when eighteen months old, got hold of a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and drank the whole of it. Of course it made the baby vomit very freely but did not injure it in the least, and what is more, it cured the ba by's cold. The teamster already knew the value of the Remedy, having used it himself, and was now satisfied that there was no danger in giving it even to a baby. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. Forfeited Railroad Lands We are now ready to prepare papers for the filing and entry of Railroad Lands. We also attend to business be fore the U. 8. Land Office and Secretary of the Interior. Persons for whom we have prepared papers and who are re quired to renew their applications, will not be charged additional for such papers. Thornbuby & Hudson, Rooms 8 and 9, Land Office building, The Dalles, Oregon'. Notice. Having leased the Mount Hood hotel at Hood River, I would respectfully call the attention of the traveling public to the fact that the house is being thorough ly renovated and will be open for the re ception of guests on or about Mv 1st, and I would most respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage. Nothing will be over-looked for the comfort of guests. ; Gbokge Herbert. FOR SALE. A choice lot of brood mares ; also a number of geldings and fillies bv "Rock wood Jr.," "Planter," "Oregon Wilkes," and "Idaho Chief," same standard bred. Also three fine young stallions by "Rock wood Jr." out of first class mares. For prices and terms call on or address either J. W. Condon, or J. H. Larsen, The Dalles, Oregon. He wants it known. Mr. J. H. Straub, a well known German citizen of Fort Madison, Iowa, was terribly afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism when Mr. J. F. Salmon, a prominent druggist there, advised him to use Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One bottle of it cured him. His case was a very severe one. He suf fered a great deal and now wants others similarly afflicted to know what cured him. 50 cent bottles for sale by : Snipes Kinersly. ' NOTICE. R. E. French has for sale a number of improved ranches and unimproved lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood in Sherman county. They will be sold very cheap and on reasonable terms. Mr. French can locate settlers on some good unsettled claims in the same neigh borhood. His address is Grass Valley, Sherman county, Oregon. The following statement from Mr. W. B. Denny, a well known dairyman of New Lexington, Ohio, will be of interest to persons troubled with Rheumatism. He says : "I have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm for nearly two years, four bottles in all, and there is nothing I have ever used that gave me as much relief for rheumatism. We always keep a bot tle of it in the house." For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. Merino Sheep for Sale. I have a fine band of thorough bred Merino sheep consisting of 67 bucks, about 340 ewes and about 200 young lambs, which I will sell at a low price and upon easy terms. Address, D. M. French, The Dalles, Or. To the Fublie. Notice is hereby given that all the barber shops of The Dalles will be closed in future on Sundays. Wanted: A girl or woman to do housework in small family. - . J. M. Huntington. Notice to Taxpayers. . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE assessment roll for 1891, in School District No. 12, Wasco county, Oregon, is now in the hands of the school clerk and open for Inspec tion. All persons desiring a change in their assessments are hereby required to appear before the directors who will sit as a board of equaliza tion on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 1st, 2d and 3d days of June, 1891, and show cause why their assessment should be changed. . Posi tively no reductions wiU be allowed after Wednesday, Jnne 3d. By Order of the Directors. J. M. HUNTINGTON, ml5-un3 School Clerk. Lots 50x100 feet ; 20-foot alley in each Block. Soli for Cash or on Installments; Discount ' for Cash. No interest. Thompson & Butts, C. 1 Bayard & Co., Haworth & Thurman, J. M. Huntington & Co., THE DALLES, OREGON. t The Farm Trust C. N. SCOTT, President. PORTLAND, OREGON EOBT. MAXS. MAYS & (Successors to ABRAHS 5t STEWART.) netallors .xxc31 Tobbera - Hanlware, - Tinware, - Graniteware, - woouenware, SILVERWARE, ETC. AGENTS "Acorn," "Charter Oak" "Argand STOVES AND RANGES. ' , Pumps, Pipe, Plumbers' and Steam Fitters' Supplies, Packing, Building Paper, SASH, DOORS, SHINGLES. Also a complete stock of Carpenters', Blacksmith's and. Farmers Tools and Fine Shelf Hardware. -AGENTS The Celebrated JR. J. ROBERTS "Warranted" Cutlery, Meriden Cutlery an Tableware, the "Quick Meal" Gasoline Stoves. "Grand" Oil Stoves and Anti-Rust Tinware. All Tinning, Plumbing, Pipe Work and" Repairing -will "be done on Short Notice. 174, 176, 178. 180 SECOND STREET, Removal H. Herbring's ' DRY GOODS STORE Has removed to 177 Second street (French's Block) nearly opposite his former stand, where he will be pleased to' see his former customers and. friends. He carries now a much larger stock than before and every Department is filled with the Latest Novelties of the Season. I. C. NICKELSEN, DEALER IN- School Books. iMTPPISTATTAMAI , Stationery, Vdictionjvry Watches, JemelpyL- Cor. of TliM and f asMnston Sts, The Dalles, Oregon. H. C. NIELS6N, Clothier and Tailor, . BOOTS AND SHOES, its' FuxmlslilrLs Goods. CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS., THE DALLES. OREGON. : DEALERS IN Staple anfl Fanci1 cics, Hay, Grain and Fee J. No. i22 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts. & Loan Company, Wm. A. BANTZ, Vice-Pres. &; Mgr. Xj. :e3. ceowb. CROWE, FOR THE FOR- THE DALLES, OREGON. Jfiotieel Organs, Pianos,