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STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor S. Pennoyer
Secretary of State G. W. McBtide
Treasurer Phillip MetKChan
Sunt, of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
. J J. N. Dolpu
nato jj. H.: Mftchell
Congressman . B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baiter
COCNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. C. X. Thombnry
Biieritt It. L. Cates
Clerk J. B. Croc sen
Treasurer ...Geo. Ruch
Commissioner. gfES,
Assessor John K. Barnett
Burvevor 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.
John W. Bookwalter, who owns 60,000
acres of land in Nebraska, proposes to
initiate a great reform in farm life, at an
expense of $75,000 or $100,000, to be met
out of his own purse. His idea, says
the Albany Evening Journal, is to over
come the farmers' discontent, which he
believes to be due mainly to social isola
tion, by bringing the homes together into
a tastefully arranged, village near each
one's land, instead of having them on
the individual farms. He has already
started the experiment on a small scale,
and says : "I am going to build a town
hall and establish a free circulating
library. The scheme is in vogue among
the farmers of Franco, Spain, Italy and
Switzerland, and is a great success."
THE WEALTH PER CAPITA.
The statement prepared by the treas
ury department in regard to the amounts
of money in circulation on the first of
July of the years 1860, 1865, 1885, 1889,
and 1891 would seem to completely con
tradict the constantly reiterated state
ments of a class of financiers and poli
ticians who allege that the present
stringency in the money market and
depression of business are caused by a
searcity of the circulating medium.
"All the statements are made up on
precisely the same basis the amount
of each kind of money in the treasury
and the remainder is given as the
amount in circulation. The amount of !
money in circulation in 1860 was about
$435,000,000 and the amount per capita
was $13.85. In 1865 there was $723,000,
000 in circulation and the per capita
amount was $23.02 while on the first of
January last the amount was $1,529,000,
000 wjth $24.10 as the per capita allow
ance, the highest in the history of the
United States. Owing to the shipments
of gold to foreign countries there has
been a decline since January 1891, not
only in the per capita amount but in
the total, also : but the total circulation
on the first inst., notwithstanding the
outflow of gold, was about $1,500,000
000 and the amount per capita was
$23.27."
BRIEF STATE NEWS.
Ex-Governor Thayer is visiting his
eon Claud Thayer in Tillamook. He
will remain there until the latter part of
September.
William Jordan, son of a well-known
rancher on Jordan creek, was arrested at
Buras Friday charged ja ith hivine stolen
two horses.
"Wednesday afternoon the Hardosty
hotel at .Long Creek caught fire and be
fore it could be extinguished it com
municated to an adjoining building.
The damage amounted to about $0000.
Several cases of diphtheria are re
ported in Crook county. Two children
of John Savage, who lives two miles
from Prineville, have died, and another
was dangerously ill, at last accounts.
The republican candidate for governor
of Iowa has got a $70,000 mortgage on
his farm. He ought to get a good deal
of sympathy in the shape of votes from
the Iowa farmers. They - are about all
in the same kind of a boat. -
"Sweated" $5 and $10 gold pieces are
reported plenty on the Sound, and some
of them are said to be sent here. A so
. ubvtx ui iijbiji; niiu iiiuriaric acta . IS 1
need and twenty per cent, is taken off!
tiie cuui. Hionan,
While riding on the range after horses
last Sunday, Lewis Palmer of Haystack,
met with the usual badgerhole accident
and narrowly escaped being killed, hav
' ing several., ribs and the, collar bone
broken, and shoulder dislocated.
A Kalama mart sits gravely down and
writes that the jetty is the reason of the
email number," of salmon this year.
Pshaw! No such thing. It's the Mc
Kinley bill. If you're giving a reason
at all give the right one. Astorian. ,
The First Chance placer mine,' of Fox
valley, ceased operations and made its
final clean-up for the season last week.
The company has been bothered by a
deficiency in the water, supply, necessi
tating the, mine to remain idle for weeks
at a time. .
. Wednesday, Benjamin R. Mael, a resi
dent of Long Creek, dropped dead while
, en route from his residence to , the saw
; mill of J. J. Patterson, a half mile dis
.tant. His little . grandchild was with
, him and thinking he had only fallen
down did her utmost in assisting him to
rise. . ;
Charles Eads recently had an. en-
counter with a grizzly bear near Summit
Prairie, Grant county. He dismounted
his animal to slay hia bearship, but was
deli eh ted to resnme his saddle after
badly wounding the animal , The second
shot changed the scene' and the bear re
jpaire&tor the thicket. ;
u A wheat platform is building, by.; a
company of farmers at, Athena. It is an
alliance platform, says the East Oregon
ian, only in the sense that directors and
shareholders of the company are mem
bers of the alliance. Farmers will haul
their wheat to the platform and leave it
there for sale at the best figure obtain
able. .
Monument and surrounding vicinity
was visited by a destructive, hail and
wind storm last Friday. The wind blew
furiously, and carried hailstones through
the air with immense force, doing, great
damage to all growing vegetation, more
especially grain and fruit. . About one
half of the . peaches and apples were
beaten from the trees.
A young and clever Japanese has just
arrived in Pendleton from his native
home. He wishes to learn farming, and
when he masters the art of raising grain
successfully will, engage in agriculture
with hia brother, who follows shortly, on
their own account. He was educated at
a Presbyterian mission in Japan, under
stands" English and is an intelligent
representatiye of his race.
. The receut encampment of the state
militia cost atxrat $35,000, which has
been paid. It would be interesting to
know just what the state got for the
money. As much more would hand
somely aid in exhibiting Oregon's pro
ducts at the world's fair. The encamp
ment has so far as known resulted
only in considerable dissatisfaction and
growling among all who participated.
Astorian.
CONCERNING THE CROPS.
Great Apprehension Felt Throughout
Meiiou A Sad State of Affairs.
St. Louis, Aug. 5. The latent advices
from the City of Mexico are to the ef
fect Jhat great apprehension is felt there
regarding ' the crop prospects. An
alarming state of affairs exist in the
principal grain-producing districts ow
ing to the long-continued droughts,
while in the state of "Vera Cruz, where
large crops were expected to be har
vested, the heavy rains which have
fallen since the 15th ult., have caused
the Papalsapan and San Juan rivers to
rise, and extensive' farming tracts along
their banks are under water. All crops
in consequence are reported a failure,
and the situation in Vera Cruz is des
perate. Cotton is heavily 'damaged and
i-acotaipuui is tnreatenea by the rivers,
which are increasing; in volume.
and the people residing there fear
kiwi destruction ot the place.
The crops between Tuxtipeca and
Omattan were swept away, and
these two towns are under water.
as also are four other towns. The corn
crop of Satovento, which promised a
large yield this season, will be a total
loss and the country inundated for miles.
Hundreds of cattle have been drowned.
The fruit crop is a partial loss, and if the
flood continues every tree will' be killed.
Unless a good drenching rain falls in
the drouth-stricken districts within the
next three or four days, a complete fail
ure will result, and famine stares the
people in the face.
Business Situation on the Sound.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 5, 1891. ;
To the Editor of the Chronicle:
In your, paper of the 28th inst., 'ap
pears a report of Mr. S. R. Husbands, of
Mosier, who has just returned from vis
iting the Sound country and "reports
everything quiet in Tacoma and Seattle,
and the people very much discouraged."
For a part of his facts Mr. Husbands
draws on his imagination. Business is
quiet in Tacoma and Seattle, in compar
ison with the feverish ' condition
of two years ago ; but not more quiet
than it usually is in thrifty and grow
ing towns in times of average business
health. I have just returned from Ore
gon, and every place I have seen there,
not even excepting the steady and reli
able city of Portland, appears quite as
dull as Seattle. This city is growing
every day, and the people are not "yery
inach discouraged, nor in any degree
discouraged. I do not presume' to speak
for the people of Tacoma further than to
say that one who talks with her busi
ness men finds no evidence of discour
agement. The wild excitement in real
property which prevailed in those cities
during the boom period has subsided,
but legitimate transactions in real prop
erty are reported from day to day, at
figures little, if anjr lower on the average
than the highest, in times past ; and in
the meantime population still increases,
building goes on, and all productive in
dustries expand as rapidly as heretofore.
The fact is, the resources of western
Washington are so varied and so vast
that it will always be one of the
last regions to feel the effects of such
general depression of business as the
entire business world is passing through
at present, and one of the first to recover
from them. Very respectfully,
, W. Laib Hill.
Farmers Holding Back Their Wheat.
ChATTANoooA, Tenn., Aug. 5. -The
millers are. forming a league to purchase
western grain. They claim that, the
Middle Tennessee farmers, with the alli
ance behind them, will sell only at enor
mous prices, grain having gone np from
82 to 90 cents in a week, and flour has
advanced 25 cents per barrel. The mills
so far have succeeded in running on
Tennessee wheat, but the supply will be
inadequate to the wants of flour makers.
The Judge Refused.
PoBTLAsn, Aug. 6. D. B.. Whildon,
who has been in jail several days await
ing extradition to Alabama to answer
the charge of - forgery, petitioned the
United States court this afternoon . for a
release on a writ of habeas corpus. ' The
application was denied.
The. Treaty Signed. .
Pabis, Aug, 6. It is Btated the treaty
of alliance between Russia and France
has been signed. . ' .
Embarrassing for the Pole.
A charming, and it mnstJw.cortfessed,
rather coquettish widow, whose. ntne ia
familiar to many of youwaa recently
being escorted home from a literary rer
ception by two yftungraen, an English
man ana a folej. Now the Ple could
not speak English, nor. tte EttK.lishppuan
Polish, nor even. French, in-which lan
guage the lady waa, accustomed to ad-,
dress the Pole. Tbus, .iu a BOrt of liri
gnistic medley, the three were discuss
ing the marriage of a very young girl to
an old man whose recommendation was
his money.
Said the Englishman (in English, of
course a dead language to the pole):
"Now, Mrs. , if ypull pardon the
candor, I don't really believe you disap
prove of such a marriage as violently as
you jsay yon do. Yon women are all
sordid creatures get you to the scratch.
Tell me. frankly, if you had to choose
between, that rich old man and say, for
instance, me (the Englishman was con
spicuously impecunious), which would
yon take?" - -
She Why, you! You are at least young
and- '
They- were interrupted bv the Pole
muttering and jabbering under his mus
tache. . ,
"Excuse me, madam," he hissed in
French. I see I am de tropl" and off he
went down a side street. Of course they
were thunderstruck, nor could they
possibly account for his strange conduct.
A half hour later, while the imperturb
able Englishman pursued the even tenor
of hia way down Sixth avenue, " such
peals of laughter as rang out from the
lady's dressing room!
"He must understand a little English f
she said to herself, "just enough to have
made him think Mr. had proposed
and 1 had accepted him. No wonder he
felt'detrop!"'
She has never seen the Pole since.
New York World.
, Carlyle and Some Young Men.
When' we think of bores we are tempt
ed to wish that all men had something
of Carlyle's rudeness. The mighty
Thomas was bidding "Good day" to a
very conceited young man who had fa
vored him with a long -sermon on things
in general. He went politely to the
door, and then said:
"Well, Mr. Bland, I've received ye for
the sake of your father. Now goodby;
and 1 earnestly hope ID never see ye
again!" .
On another occasion Carlyle looked in
a passionless way at a visitor -who had
been holding forth for ever so long, and
said:
"Man, but ye're a pnir creeture!"
The anecdote recalls one of a cobbler
who once got rid of a tiresome caller by
putting his hanis on his lapstone and
pensively gazing at the talking nuisance.
Finally he said:
"I suppose, now. they tell you that
God made yon?" . ,
The terrible insinuation was too much
for the bore, and he fled, utterly routed.
Irish Times.
Curiosities About Beans.
Of all edible pods, it is believed that
the bean has been the longest known
and most widely cultivated. It was
used as food by the ancient Jews and
considered sacred by the Greeks and Ro
mans. A temple dedicated to Kyanetes,
the god of beans, formerly stood on the
sacred road near Eleuuis. Kyanetes was
called the god of beans because he was
the first to cultivate them for food. The
bean feast, which the Athenians cele
brated in honor of Apollo, was charac
terized by the excessive use of beans.
The Egyptians, contrary to the na
tions above mentioned, considered beans
unclean, and would not venture to touch
them. Pytfiagoras admonished his schol
ars, "Abstain from beans." The natives
of Egypt and most all oriental nations
look upon the black 6peck on the wings
of the bean flower as the written char
acters of death. St. Louis Republic.
North, the Nitrate. King.
Colonel North, the nitrate king, has a
daughter Emma, to whom he gave 500,-
000 and told her to marry whom she
liked. All the young sparks' in Chili
used to laugh about her, but she will
probably end by being at least a duch
ess. He has one son. Harry, or, as he
used to . be called when I knew him,
"Arry." He was then a small boy go
ing home to school, and on. landing at
Montevideo came off with a box of com
mon grass as a curiosity to take to Eng
land. He had never seen Jt blade of
grass at Iqnique, where nothing grows,
and the boy could not understand our
laughter at his greenness. North gave
Harry $50,000 on his twenty-first birth
day, and told him to have a "jolly spree."
1 believe , Harry is. now in the army.
San Francisco Letter.
Safe and Dangerous Railroads.
With the exception of the Chinese rail
ways, with , their prejudiced crazed
wrecking mobs, the nnsafest roads in
the world: are those of Spain, whose
landslides and inundations wreck 4. train
every , few. weeks, not to mention the
risk from bandits and insurgents, .The
safest are those of northern Germany
and England.
" Statistics prove that in 1888 and 1890
only three but of 62,000,000 North Ger
man passengers lost their lives by causes
which could in any way be ascribed to
the neglect of precautions on the part of
the railway officials.. . In Great Britain
during the same period the ratio was
one fatal accident to 19,000,000 safe
trips. In America three out of ten fatal
casualties can be traced to the disad
vantages of the one track system. New
York Telegram
A. Bad Blunder.
Visitor (in jail, to prisoner) What are
you here for? - '
Prisoner For stealing.
Visitor What did you steal?
Prisoner I stole a girl's affections.
Visitor Well, that is no infraction of
the law.
Prisoner Hem; 1 carried 'em off with
her father's horse and buggy. New
-York Epoch...
The two year old running stake and
all trotting races close September 1, 1891 '
for our district fair Don't- overlook it. ;
C'nier your norses in time.
10.00 Reward.
' ' Lost, a diamond scarf pin the. above
reward, will be paid by returning to C.
E. Haigbt.
THE CHURCHES.
F'iRST BAPTIST CHI' RCH Rev. O. D. Tat
lok. Pastor. Services everv Sabbath at 11
v. h. and 7 :! r. m. tMibbuth School . at 12 M.
rtayer meeting., every Thursday evening at 7
j clock. - -r .
CONGREGATIONAL. CHURCH Rev W C
Curtis, 1'axtor. Services every Sunday at 11
v. u. and 7 P. M. Snndny School after morning
ervlce. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free.
ME. CHURCH Rev. H. Beowk, Pastor.
Services every Sunday morning and even
ing. Sunday School fet v&4 o'clock M. A cordial
invitation is extended by both pastor and people
to all. .
lTV.PAUL's CHURCH Union Street, opposite
O Fifth. Rev. Eli D. Sutclift'e Rector. Services
ivery Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7;30 r. M. Sunday
chool 12:30 p. M. Evening Prayer on Friday at
OT. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father Bbons
O oeest Pastor. Low Mann every Sunday at
7 a. x. High Mass at 10:30 a. k. Vespers at
SOCIETIES.
VSSEMBLY NO. 4827, K. OF L. Meets in K.
of P. hall on first and third Sundays at 3
o'clock p. m. .
WASCO LODGE, NO. 15, A. F. & A. M. Meets
first and third Monday of each month at 7
?. M.
DALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6.
Meets In Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
f each month at 7 P. M. : -
MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Mt. Hood Camp No. 59. Meets Tuesday even
ingof each week in I. O. O. F. Hall, at 7:30 P. M.
COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. O. F. Meets
every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Odd
Fellows hall, Second street, between Federal and
Washington. Sojourning brothers are welcome.
H. A. Bills, Sec y R. G. Clostbr, N. G.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9., K. of P. Meets
every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in
Schanno's building, corner of Court and Second
itreets. Sojourning members are cordially in
rtted. Geo. T. Thompson,
D. W. VA.U8K, Sec'y. c. C.
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE
UNION will meet every Friday afternoon
it 3 o'clock at the reading room. All are invited,
-pEMPLE LODGE NO. 3, A. O. U. W. Meets
i. at K. of P. Hall, Corner Second and Court
"treets, Thursday evenings at 7:30.
John Fiixoon,
W. S M YKK8, Financier. 3. W.
J. M. HUNTINGTON &'CO
Abstracters,
Heal Estate and
Insaranee Agents.
Abstracts of. and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale " and Houses to Rent
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Buiqe Location?,
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of.
Leasing Fire Insurance Companies,
And Will Write Insurance for .
on all
DESIRABLE
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
W. H. NEABEACK, .
PROPRIETOR OF THE
Granger Feed Yard,
THIRD STREET.
I At Grimes' old place of business.)
Horses fed to Hay or Oats at the lowest possi
ble prices. Good care given to animals left in
my charge, as I have ample stable room. Give
me a call, and I will guarantee satisfaction.
W. H. NEABEACK.
The Dalles
Gigar : Factory,
" PIEST STKEET. :
FACTORY. NO. 105.
'CSTf A T O of the Best Brands
orders from all parts of the country filled
on the shortest notice.
TVlB Knntitinn nf TTTTT! TUTT lTa PT.
GAR has become firmly established, and
the demand for the home manufactured
article is increasing every day.
A. ULRICH & SON.
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 feee my Goods before
Dtu-chaaing elsewhere.
!
J. H, CROSS,
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Hm, Grain, Feefl ai Flior.
HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATOES.
Cash Paid for Eggs and Chickens. All Goods Delivered Free and Promptly
TERMS STRl.CTLY CHSH.
Cor. Second & Union Sts.,
Summer Goods!
SUMMER GOODS
Of Every Description will be sold at
A : GREAT : SACRIFICE
For the Next THIRTY DAYS.
Call Early and get some of our Genuine
Bargains.
H. Herbring.
Terms
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS A BEERS, Dealer In " '
General ' Merchandise,
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
G-roceries.
Provisions,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Kates.
Free Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of the City.
390 and 394 Second Street
NEW FIRM!
Hoseoe
-UKALER8 IN-
V STAPLE 7 AND
Canned Goods, Preserves, Pickles, Etc.
Country Produce Bought and Sold.
Goods delivered Free to any part of the City.
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
E. Jacobsen & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL .
R00KSELLERS AND RTATI0NER3.
Pianos and Organs
Sold on EASY INSTALLMENTS.
Notions, Toys, Fancy Goods and Musical Instru
ments of all Kinds.
Alall Order FiUed Promptly.' .
162 SECOND STEEET, - .... - THE DALLES, OREGON.
ANEW
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
. . DEALERS IN " .
Furniture , anil Carpets:
We have added to our business a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices 'Will
be low accordingly.
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank. . ' ;
$20 REWARD.
WILL BE ."AiU FOR ANY INFORMATION
leading to the conviction of parties cutting
e r"pea or in any way interfering with the
wirt poles or lamps of Thk Electric Light
Co. H. GLENN.
Manager
FLOURING MILL TO LEASE.
rpHE OLD DALLES MILL AND WATER"
J company's Flour Miu will De leasea 10 re
sponsible parties. For information apply to the
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
' TJie Dalles, Oregon.
Undertaking Establishment !
111-
Summer Goods?
Chsh.
" Hard-ware.
Flour, Bacon,
NEW STORE'
& Gibons,
7 FANCY"
Court Streets, The Dalies, Oregon.
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a
Lu.iion Counter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
and Will Serve - : ' -
Hot Coffee, Ham . Sandwich, Pigs' Feet,
. .. and... Fresh Oysters. . ,
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second St., near corner of Madison.
Also a
Branch Bakery, Califof nia
Orange Cider, and the t
Best Apple Cider.
If you want a good lunch, give me a call.
Open all Night
SteamFerry.
t) ft mHltf C is now running a steam
IV U. EVH4IO Ferry between Hood
River and - White Salmon. .. Charges
reasonable. R. O. Evans, Prop.