The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLES
OREGON.
utered at the Postoflice at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class matter.
8TATK OFFICIALS.
Governoi . . . 8. Keunoyer
Secretary of State G. W. McBride
Treasurer ?..Phillip Metschan
Bupt. of Public Instruction E. B. HcElroy
frMffi-U
Congressman B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge, C. N. Thornbnry
Sheriff D. L. Cates
Clerk , . ...J. B. Crossen
Treasurer Geo. Rnch
Commissioners IfVankncSfd
Assessor John E. Barnett
Surveyor. E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
( The Dalles that Receives the Associated
" Press Dispatches.
THE CANDIDATES FOR NOMI
NATION. The eight gentlemen who have con
sented to allow their names to be used
as candidates for city offices need no
words of commendation from the Chron
icle. The record of every man of them
is thoroughly clean and ' above the
breath of suspicion and reproach. It is
the very recrudescence of a miserable
and pevish factionalism that would in
sinuate otherwise. The head of the
ticket would confer more honor on the
city by accepting its mayorship than he
would receive by being elected. The
names of R. V. Gibons, Paul Krefi,
Chas. E. Haight and II. C. Nielsen
are the names of clean, honorable and
respectable citizens who would be an
honor to any ticket. There is no better
young man in The Dalles for steadiness,
sobriety and industry than Frank Mene
fee and the writer has known him from
boyhood. We have no citizens more re
spected and honored for their enterprise
and devotion to the best interests of The
Dalles than those of Orion Kineraly and
Max Vogt. These names may not all be
approved by the primary tonight but
the citizens will have hard work making
. a better selection.
THAT STAR CHAMBER.
Any thirty-three citizens or any three
citizens, for that matter, had a perfect
right to petition or request a number of
other citizens to allow their n imes to be
used as candidates for office in the com
.'ing city election. The action of three
men would, of course, be in no way
binding on anybody. A request to
allow one's name to be used as a candi
date is not a nomination and so far as
we know, the meeting of the thirty -three,
never by any public act said it was such.
By what authority does the editor of
the Times-Mountaineer call the meeting
of the "33" a "private primary" and
talk about "star chamber" meeting?
The same party who signed the petition
have secured the circuit court room of
the county court house for a public pri
mary tonight, and will submit the names
they have chosen for approval or rejec
tion. A "star chamber" composed of
thirty-three of our best citizens is just
as likely to select good candidates as one
composed of the mayor and his stool
pigeon the editor of the Timex-Moun-taineer.
A CORRECTION.
When Mr. Michell says that the Rev.
J. A. Orchard and C. F. Hobart are not
residents of this city he, on the one
hand, comes as near the truth as is cus
tomary with him and on the other is
contemptable disingenuous. Mr. Or
chard has had his home exclusively in
this city for more than two years and is
a larger tax-payer than the "enterpris
ing" citizen who returns $3000 worth of
property and offsets it with $3,200 worth
of debts. . Besides Mr. Orchard is not
the pastor of the Eight Mile church or
of any church. He is simply an evangel-
ist, with The Dalles as the head-quarters
for himself and family. Mr. Michell
has discovered that one C. F. Hobart
lives at Starbuck, Wash. It is quite
likely that he does, but the Mr. Hobart
whose name was on the original petition
was, as Mr. Michell doubtless well
knows, C. C. Hobart of this city, and
.the mistake in the middle letter was
made by the copyist.
FREE COINAGE IS CLASS LEGIS
LATION. We cannot for the life of us under
stand how it is that those who cry loud
est against class legislation should be
the foremost in demanding free coinage
of silver. , To us free coinage means
nothing less than a scheme by which a
silver miner can take 76 cents worth of
silver to the United States mint and get
a dollar for it. In that case the miner
would make 24 cents and the govern
ment lost that amount. To as this is
Bimply robbing the government for the
benefit of the silver ring. The existing
law is better. The government buys
monthly in open market, at its market
value, what, practically, amounts to all
the silver the country produces, coins 76
cents worth of it into a dollar and pock
ets the difference. No one ought to ob
ject to this for the profit of the govern
ment is something in which we ail have
a share. Under existing conditions a
free coinage law is as if congress should
enact that the government should pay
the farmer a dollar a bushel for his wheat
and foot the loss between that price and
its real market value. It would, of
course be a fine arrangement for the
farmer but no honest farmer wants such
a law. It would be class legislation
which is another name for legalized rob
bery. Why then should the people de
mand such a law for the silver miner?
If we must have free coinage let it be a
hundred cents worth of silver coined in
to a dollar. Then the miner gets all his
silver is worth and nobody is the loser.
But if this is impracticable, surely it is
our highest wisdom to so limit the coin
age of the 76 cent dollar thai it shall not
drive out of circulation, which it inevit
ably would, the 100 cent dollar and leave
us with a single silver coin currency.
Practically it is of no moment what a
dollar has made, whether of paper, gold
or silver, so long as it is an honest dollar,
and a 76 cent dollar is asmuch of a
swindle as a 26 inch yard stick, even if
the silver barons, under a free coinage
law, should get a thousand, governments
stamps on every one of them.
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
himselt, and was now satisfied that there
was no danger in giving it even to a
baby. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
Mr. V. H. Brown, the expert piano
tuner is in the city now. Any one hav
ing a piano to repair or tune, will have
same promptly attended to, it their or
der is left at E. Jacobsen & Co., 8 music
store..
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.
A shoe-fastener company has failed.
That's a characteristic of most shoe-fasteners.
The-:-Vogt -:-Grand.
ONE NIGHT ONLY !
Toi7day Jupe 15
George : Tver's
MINSTRELS.
Under the Management of Rich & Harris.
f D TRIUMPHANT in
TO TROUBADOURS tO
The World's Greatest Minstrel Organization.
A FEW OF THE MANY.
COMEDIANS. -
George Thatcher, Lew Dockstadter,
Burt Shepard, John A. Coleman,
JayQuigley, George W. Lewis.
The Singing Wonders of the World.
R.J. Jose, Raymon Moore,
H. W. Frillman, Thos. Lewis,
W. A. Patterson, Rush Elliott.
SPECIALISTS.
Crain & Lorenzo, Comic Trapeze Artists,
Wood & Shepard, Musical Comedians,
Frank LaMondne. Wirn Wallrei-
John G. Coleman, Eccentric Dancer.
ueorge iewis and His Corps of Dancers,
And the One and Only Geo. Thatcher.
Watch for Grand Street Parade.
Admission 75c and $1.
Seats on Sale at Snipes & Kinersly's.
I. pMklLgEN,
DEALER IN
SCHOOL BOOKS,
STATIONERY,
ORGANS,'
PIANOS,
WATCHES,
JEWELRY.
Cor. Third and Washington Sts. .
Ralph Gibons
announces himself as a can
didate for .
CITY MARSHAL
, "Spit!-" a Neighbor- i"
The workmen employed at one of the
chair making works in an English town
were .cutting -np a large cherry tree at
the cironlar saw bench when something
quirted in the sawyer's face, and ran
over the bench in all directions. - The
engine was stopped, and an examination
showed that the saw had struck a cavity
in the tree and liberated a considerable
quantity of quicksilver, afterward esti
mated as half a gill. The log was care
fully examined, and it was found that
many years previously a hole had been
bored in a slanting downward direction
through the heart of the tree, the quick
silver poured in and the hole carefully
plugged. The rings of the tree showed
that it was ninety years old, and that
after the hole had been plugged the
growth had covered the head of the plug
with several inches of solid wood.
As it was known the tree came out of
an old cherry orchard at Allerton, York
shire, where yearly "a cherry feast"
used to be held, it was thought the
quicksilver had been put in the tree in
connection with some old ceremony, but
later it was found that np to thirty or
forty years ago quicksilver was thus em
ployed to kill fruit or other trees
by . those who had "grudges" against
their neighbors. ' It was usual to do this
in the dead of night. A piece of bark
was first carefully taken off. the hole
bored, quicksilver poured in, the hole
plugged, and last the bit of bark was
carefully replaced.' The tree from the
next rising of the sap began to wither. In
the present case the attempt was a fail
ure, for except where the quicksilver
had lain (it had not penetrated some
inches beyond the end of the boring) the
tree was sound. Notes and Queries.
Hoptoo's Compromise.
Near a town in ' the southern part of
Georgia lived Mr. Branscombe, a
wealthy fruit grower, who was em
broiled in a perpetual feud with a poor
trucker named Hopton. The feud was
based on Hopton's hog, which committed
havoc in Branscombe's garden, and
Branscombe finally shot the animal.
War was at once declared by Hopton,
not against Branscombe personally, but
against all his belongings. He tore down
fences, wrung 'the necks of chickens,
smeared Branscombe's front steps with
paint, and continued this petty persecu
tion until the fruit grower was exasper
ated beyond endurance.
He set a watch on Hopton, and finally
caught him in the act of pouring turpen
tine' into the pump. The next day
Branscombe swore out a " warrant for
Hopton's arrest . for malicious mischief,
and it was served that afternoon.
- .'Hopton resisted violently, but finally
calmed down, and while on his way to
the office of the justice of the peace ex
pressed a wish to see Mr. Branscombe
and "settle the whole affair." The con
stable was an obliging fellow, and ac
ceded to this request.
"Runnel." said Hopton, when .brought
before Branscombe, "let's compromise
this matter." "
"Very well," assented Branscombe
readily "During the past six months
you have committed damages to the ex
tent of $300. What is your proposition?"
"It's this, kunnel," drawled Hopton.
You drop this prosecuting me, and 111
let ye off." Youth's Companion.
The Origin of "Grog.
Until the time of Admiral Vernon the
British sailors had their allowance of
brandy or rum served out to them un
mixed with water. This plan was found
to be attended with inconvenience on
some occasions on account of a shortage
in the brandy locker, and the admiral,
therefore, ordered that in the fleet he
commanded the spirits should be mixed
with water before being passed around
among the men. This innovation at first
gave great offense to the hardy sailors,
who had been used to taking their drinks
"raw," the result being that Vernon be
came very unpopular with his men.
To add to his unpopularity the ad
miral, who was conscious of the .im
mense responsibility that rested upon
him, became morose and gloomy, often
walking the decks for hours without
speaking or looking either to the right or
the left. In these taciturn moods he al
ways wore . an immense grogham coat
thrown loosely over his shoulders; this
resulted in the sailors nicknaming him
"Old Grog," and the term soon came to
be applied to the weak mixture stinting
ly given out to the men, who had for
merly looked for a regular allowance of
"pure stuff." "Grog" became quite pop
ular after a time, but not until the origi
nal mixer of the formula had "gone to
his reward." St. Louis Republic.
Her Lovely Lettooe Dish. .
I want," she said hesitatingly, as she
poised her basket in front of her. pretty
chin with a thoughtful air. "to get some
lettuce.", ,
"Yes m," said the market man; "here's
some; very nice it is too."
"Is it all that color?"
"Wby-er-yes'm; all lettuce is green
you know."
"Oh, of course; but it's too bad. I got
a lovely blue dish to put lettuce in, but
rm sore green would look horrible in it.
1 never thought about there not being
any shades, you know."
' And as she turned away the market
man was almost sure he saw a tear of
disappointment in her eye. Washington
Post ,
A Horse with Eight Feet.
There is a horse on James McCloud's
farm in South Dakota which has. eight
feet, otherwise it is perfectly formed in
every respect. Not until the fetlock
joint is reached in the descent from the
shoulder to the foot is there any differ
ence between this horse and any other.
At the pastern joint, however, the branch
begins, and two perfectly formed hoofs
are found on each of the four legs. St
Louis Republic.
A Psjodoi.
Sanso He is not rich, ' and yet he
makes a great deal more money than he
spends.
Hodd How can that be? (
Sanso He works in the United States
mint. Harper's Bazar.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Ineceuor to C. BICK.i
-DEALER IX-
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SILVERWARE,:-: ETC.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
The Dalles
Gigar : Faetory,
1'IEST STREET.
FACTORY NO. 105.
ptjrj. A t C of the Beat Brands
VIVJ XA-JLkZ manufactured, and
orders from all parts of the country filled
on the shortest notice.
The reputation of THE DALLES CI
GAR has become firmly established, and
the den:and for the home manufactured
article is increasing every day.
A. ULRICH & SON.
-FOR-
Carpets and m$m,
v CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as to
QUALITY AND PRICES!
R. B. Hood,
Livery, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought atid Sold on
Commission and Money
Advanced on Horses
left For Sale.
JFFICE OF-
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stage Leaves The Dalles every morning
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7:30. All
freight must be left at R. B. "
Hood's office the evening
before. . . , .
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
COLUMBIA
Qapdy :-: paetory,
W. S. CRAM, Proprietor.
(Successor to Cram & Corson.) -
Manufacturer of the finest French and
Home Made
East of Portland.
-DEALER IN-
Tropical Fruits, Nub, Cigars and Tobacco.
' ci?n ,raln "y of these goods at Wholesale
or Retail
vrFESH OYSTERS
In Kry Style.
104 Second Street, The Dalles, Or.
. Wood Dealers Attention !
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
at my office In The Dalles, until Monday,
July 6th, at 7:30 p. m., for 53 cords of good, dry
oak wood and. 15 cords of good, dry, fir wood to
be delivered during the month of Julv at the
several school houses in School District No. 12,
Wasco county, Oregon.
Bj order of the directors.
, . J. M. HUNTINGTON,
n5-12 . . Suhool Clerk.
$20 REWARD.
WILL BE PAiu FOR ANY INFORMATION
leading to the conviction of parties cutting
he ropes or in any way interfering with the
wires, poles or lamps of Thi Ei.kctb.ic Lioht
Co. . H.GLENN,
i-i j . Manager
Removal
v
41-H.
Herbring's
D GOODS sfE'
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
with the Latest Novelties of
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS
General Merchandise,
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc. "
'Groceries, Hardware,
Provisions, Flour, Bacon, .
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates.
Free Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of the City.
390 and 394 Second Street
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a
Lvirioli Counter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
- r and Will Serve
Hot Goffee,- Ham Sandwich, Pigs' Feet,
o and Fresh' Oysters. . -,
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second St., near corner of Madison.
,Also a
Branch ? Bakery; 6al ifornia
Orange Cider, and the
Best Apple Cider.
If you want a good lunch, give me a call.
. . Open all Night
The Ladies' Tailor
School of Dress Cutting
AT
Mrs. Brown's Dressmatinj Parlors,
Cor. Fourth and Union Sts., '
The Dalles, Or.
Each scholar can bring in her own
dress and is taught to cut, baste and fin
ish complete. . ' ''
They are also taught to cut the seam
less waist, dartless basque, French bias
darts and most every form of sleeve.
PrTn the dressmaking department I
keep only competent help.
Dress Cutting: a Specialty.
C. N. THORN'BCRY, T. A. HUDSON,
Late Rec. U. S. Land Office. Notary PubUc
THQRNBDBY&HUIISOK,
ROOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE BUILDING,
PostofHoe Box 825.
THE DALLES, OR.
Filings, Contests,
And all other Business in the U. S. Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
We have ordered Blanks for Filings,
Entries and the purchase of Railroad
Lands, under the recent Forfeiture Act,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for advertisement
in this paper. .
Thornburv & Hudson.
John Pashek,
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.
pierGaaut Tailor
4btiJ.
every Department is filled
the Season. : -
& BEERS, Dealers in
J. M. HUNTINGTON fc CO,
Heal Estate and
Insaranee floents;
Abstracts of. and Information Concera'
ing Land Titles on Short Notice. :
-. - '
Land for' Sale and Houses to Real
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Bu0iqe00 Location?,
Should Call on or Write to us. '
Agents for a Full Line of
Leading Fire Insurance Companies,'
And Will Write Insurance for
on all .
. DESEBABLB I2.IS3CS- ,
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
Phil Willig,
124 UNION ST., THE DALLES, OR.
Keeps on hand a full line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
Ready - Made Clothing.
Pants and Suits
MADE TO ORDER . .
On Reasonable Terms.
Call and see my Goods before
Durchasing elsewhere.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn lias lemoved his
office and the office of the
Electric light Co. to 72
Washington St.
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any caae ef
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costlvenesa we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the .
directions are strictly complied with. They are
Surely vegetable, and never ail to give satisfao
on. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
Pills, 2b cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WF8T COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
ILLTNOIS. .
BLAKIIBI tt HOUGHTON,
PreaerlDtion Draesrlsta.
17S Second St. The Dalles, Or,
Steam Ferry.
fx f TMrrrif a. is now running a steam
J. U. fcViiJlS Ferry between Hood
River and White Salmon. Charges
easonabje ' R'. O. Evans, Prop.
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