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STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Supt. of Public Instruction.
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S. I'ennover
...... V. McBride
..Phillip Metschan
IS. K. MeElrov
(J. X. Dolph "
" jj. II. Mitchell
1. Hermann
Frank gaiter
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State Printer
COVXTY OFFICIALS.
Count v Judge C. K. Thornburv
Sheritf 1). L. Cates
Clerk J. B. CroBBcn
Treasurer tieo. Rueh
Commissioners
!H' A. Ixyivens
Frank Kineaid
ohn K. Harnett
Assessor '.
Surveyor K. K. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools . .Troy Shellcv
Coroner Williuin Micliell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
Life is too short to spend it discussing
a theory that can neve become a law so
long ns society is constituted as it is and
a particle of respect for vested rights re
mains in the human mind. Under the
laws of tins state there can be no single
tax assessors. Our -taxation laws re
quire all property, both real and per
sonal, to be taxed at a uniform rate.
The assessor has no right to make any
discrimination between improved and
unimproved property other than the de
termination of their market value. It is
the price that either would bring at a
fair voluntary pale that tixeH the assess
ment. It is not the fault of our taxation
laws, bad as they are, if unimproved
lands, held for speculation, have not
borne their share of the public burdens.
The law requires them to be taxed
equally, according to their market value,
witti improved lands, and the assessor
who does his duty knows no other rule.
It is the apotheosis of irony to point to
the Oregouian as an exponent of the sin
gle tax system. That paper has ever
been its persistent opponent and its op
position has always reminded us of the
man who would use a trip hammer to
kill a midge.
An exchange says: "The simplicity
of the single tax will commend it to
those who see an injustice in the tax-ev-erything
system we now have." Oh, it's
simple enough. There's no trouble on
that score. Confiscate to the state the
rental value of all real esate, which
means the destruction of all private
ownership in laud, and you have got all
the taxes you need. Then the bankers
and capitalists will get off scot free, and
the next thing will be the millenium.
An exchange, evidently dissatisfied
with our present economic system, asks
its readers, "Are you getting rich out of
the present state of affairs?" No, son,
we grieve to say it ; we are not, but we
are slowly acquiring a little against a
rainy day through hard work and mind
ing our business. The man who waits
ior "a state of affairs" to make him rich
is what the Karf Oregonian would felici
tously call a tick.
The Washington Independent charges
rthe republican party with a deep laid
chme, in sending out the tuts of the
prominent democrats that have appear
ed in a largo number of papers in Oregon
.and Washington. The Independent
thinks that no strnnger could be induced
to vote for men with such horrible vis
ages. The pictures make, them u hard
looking set, for a fact. '
A Washington paper has been shown
some potatoes that weigh three pounds
each, and the editor says they are a cur
iosity to look upon. Wasco county has
raised potatoes that weighed over six
pounds each and never said a word
'.about it.
For fruit raising the United Slates is
the greutest country in the world, Ore
gon its greatest state and Wasco county
the greatest county in the state. We
. paralyzed the whole Northwest at the
Portland exposition.
Wheat is worth fifteen cents a cental
or three dollars a ton more at San Fran
cisco than at Astoria. Meanwhile the
Union Pacific steamers carry wheat
.from Astoria to San Francisco for fifty -four
cents a ton. ..
lt.is darkly hinted that Grover Cleve
land spends much leisure time practic
ing lullaby songs and studying the path
ological e ffects of paregoric and soothinc
o
syrup ami the rhythmic harmonies of
-Mother iroose.
It is claimed that at the age of 12 the
late Professor Spencer was the finest
penman in the United States. This is
one exception to the rule that the per
son who can write well, and does write
well, can generally do nothing else well.
A calamity orator of the female per
suasion terms the police force of our
large cities "repression by brute force
parsonified." . .
The United States has the proud dis
tinction of having the best credit of any
nation on the Almighty's footstool.
BRIEF STATE SEWS.
Twenty-two practicing physicians have
registered with the county clerk of Lane
county.
The Ashland Tidings' says that the
peach crop in thatvicinitv 6old for $75,
000. One Portland firm p'aid out $20,000.
The twentieth Oregon supreme court
report is just out from the press of the
state printing office. It contains 045
pages.
The new bridge which is to span the
Willamette at Albany is being built at
Cleveland, O., and work upon it is pro
gressing rapidly.
The heirs of Colonel I. R.JMoore, who
left so much land near Eugene, are now
quarreling in the courts over the divis
ion of the property.
John Gray, of Eugene, whose skull
was fractured by the blow of a bar of
iron in the hands of his brother-in-law,
T. E. Kussell, will probably recover.
Andy Kavanaugh, living near Gervais,
set fire to a straw stack lately, and it
i soon spread to his granary and burned
the sacks on of a big quantity of grain.
The men who made the arrest of Al
bertson, near Gardiner, have been quar
reling over the $500 reward. Detective
Ives has already announced that it be
longs to W. W. Cochran, of Eugene, as
all the other officers were employed by
the day.
Silver salmon are very plentiful at
present in Yaquina bay. From morn
ing till night her waters are dotted with
boats trolling for them, and it is but an
ordinary two hours to catch six or seven
weighing from ten to twenty-five pounds.
A United Presbyterian church was
dedicated at Shedd last Sunday. The
sermon delivered on that occasion by
Rev. S. G. Irvine, D. D., of Albany, was
hia four thousandth discourse. Dr. Ir
vine is an Oregon pioneer, and his
strength is unabated.
James Hackey, a resideut of Albany,
aged 86, is entitled to the distinct on of
having assisted in building the first rail
road in the United States, that between
Germantown and Philadelphia, just
about sixty years ago. In fact he he ped
lay the first rail.
A democratic mass meeting will be
held at the opera house in Albany to
night. Chauncey F. Black, president of
tho Natiomil Association of Democratic
Clubs, and James M. Beck, attornev
general of the state of Pennsylvania",
arc expected to address the meeting.
L. L. IJurtenshaw, who was brought
from Coos county to Jacksonville, by
Sheriff Birdsey to answer an indictment
for embezzlement, was released from
custody on Wednesday, bonds having
Iweu furnished by relatives living in
Linn county. He has since left Jackson
county.
fiKVKIS!. MrKTTnv I
Sardou, the great French playwright,
writ.PS n ViftTirl un fiti tKaf If olmof
quires a magnifying glass to read it.
General Black, ex-commissioner of i
pensions, savs "Barkis is willin.'. to ac
cept a nomination for the governorship
Dr. Andrew Wilson, the famous Brit
ish scientist, savs women are cruellv
heedless in tiinrinr ctTOtnyti iftan
They could save the horses bv getting off
in groups, he thinks.
In General Grant's time Sayles J.
Bowen was inavor of Washinc-ton.
Now he is a messenger in the treasury j
department at $00 a month. But even
this is more than Bardsley is getting.
The pope is so frail and thin that it
seems as if a breath would blow him
away. But despite his extreme acre and
feebleness he retains a wnrulnrfnl VinlH
on life. His faculties are unimDaired.
How the Rothschields are housed at
Ferrleres, near Paris, may be judged by
their live establishments, worth $4,000,
000, needing the services of 150 people.
The stables contain 100 horses. When
l,ouis Napoleon visited Ferrleres the;
his honor, the cost of which was $300,000.
The report comes from Washington
that General Wade Hampton's health
has begun to fail. A correspondent who
saw the old warrior last week savs his
feeble and uncertain gait surprised him.
General Hampton is now over 70 .years
of age. He has always possessed a rug-
give way under the burden of years.
James B. Hammond, of typewriter
fame ,is frequently in Atlanta. He is a
small, man and frishtmllv tortnr1 !
with neuralgia. It is impossible for him I
to sit still for five minutes at a time. I
For twenty years he has not been out of
pain. . j
Another Consignment KecelTed. j
Sax Francisco, Oct. 2. The Pacific!
Mail Company's steamer Citvof Svdnev
l.arrived from New York, via Panama. '.
last evening. A part of her cargo con- j
sisted of six cases of Turkish towels, con-:
signed to Neubergcr, Reisa & Co. So'
soon as Deputy Surveyor (Jaskill heard
of the arrival of the goods he had them
sent to the appraiser's store. Neuberger, !
Reiss & Co. will be given tne usual j
twenty-fonr hoars in which to enter the i
goods, and, if they fail, the collector will '
open and examine the cases. The gen- S
eral impression is that the cases contain !
goods similar to those which made up I
the consignment opened yesterday. j
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A. Big Lawsuit Onletly Settled. !
Salt Lake, Oct. 2. The big suit of j
Alexander Badlam, Isaac Trumso and j
other San Francisco stockholders of the j
Bull ion Beck Mining company against i
the difectors of that company in which ;
plaintiffs sue to recover $350,000 dam- j
ages, was dismissed in Judge Sean's:
court yesterday on plaintiffs' motion. :
Attorneys refused to give any inform-
tion as to the terms of settlement, but it '
is said the directors are entirely satisfied. :
No Obstructive Wire lu Paris.
It should be noted that the question
how to dispose of wires a question that
makes so vast and so continually recur
ring an agitation in all American cities
never comes up at all in Paris, and is
seldom mentioned in any European city.
There are absolutely no obstructive wires
in Paris. The government has purchased
the telephone as well as the telegraph
system, and all the wires for these ser
vices are placed in the subways of
Bewers. The wires of the electric com
panies are buried under the sidewalks.
Armored cables are laid in simple con
duits, or even in tho bare 6oil, without
the slightest difficulty from any point of
view.
In crossing streets it is forbidden to
break the paving, and underground con
nection is made from the manholes of
the sewers. The whole city of Paris will
have been laid with a network of elec
tric lighting cables a few months hence,
and traffic on the sidewalks and in the
streets will have suffered a minimum of
obstruction, while mo injury whatsoever
will have been done to pavements. All
these minor questions of practical mu
nicipal engineering that we in our cities
are attacking' in a fumbling, rude, orig
inal way, heedless even of the experience
of our nearest neighbors, while densely
and contentedly ignorant of the experi
ence of foreign cities, have been thor
oughly solved in Europe. Dr. Albert
Shaw in Century. .
Sisters to Marry Brothers.
Clerk Bird in the orphans' court yes
terday granted marriage licenses to two
pretty girls, who are sisters and who are
going to marry two brothers. The par
ties are Amelia Louisa "Wilke, aged nine
teen, who will wed John Somershoe,
aged twenty-five. This couple are resi
dents of Olney. The other pair are Ag
nes Theresa Wilke, aged seventeen, who
will become the wife of Alexander
Somershoe, aged twenty-six, a resident
of Franklinville. The young ladies were
accompanied by their mother, who, with
a beaming smile on her countenance at
the prospective happiness of her chil
dren, gave her consent to the coming
nuptials.
The clerk said that the nearest ap
proach to an incident of this kind was
some time ago, when a man came in and
got a license and shortly afterward
another man came in giving exactly the
same name and getting a license to
marry a woman of nearly the same name
as the other. Mr. Bird asked a few
questions and discovered that the appli
cants were father and son, and that
neither of them had been aware that
they were courting sisters until they
found it out at the license office. Phil
adelphia North American.
After tbo Jewelers.
Captain Porter's determination to treat
as counterfeit money all money that is
gilded and made into scarf pins or any
kind of ornament has roused the ire of
jewelers generally. Several dealers
called aj the secret service office and
protested against Captain Porter's strict
interpretation of the law, and the editor
of a journal devoted' to the interests of
the trade gave him a scoring. Captain
Porter said hia views had not changed,, a
particle, and he straightway swore out a
warrant for the arrest of Charles Korup.
Korup has a place at 345 Clark street,
and he was caught with some gilded
nickels in his possession the edges of
which were milled. Korup was held in
$500 bail by Commissioner Hoyne.
Captain Porter 6aya he will continue to
arrest all jewelers having this class of
goods in their possession. Chicago Trib
une. ltazors Buried with the Dead.
In making the excavations for the new
Trinity Lutheran chapel, on North Sixth
street, beyond Washington, it became
necessary to remove the remains in sev
eral of the graves in the old cemetery.
In one, of the graves, which had been
there seventy-four years, a perfect skele
ton was found, under the head of which
was a razor, the handle of which had
rotted off. In the early days of the
century it was customary to bury with
the body the razor which deceased had
used during life. The skeleton was in
a good state of preservation. The con
tents of the other graves simply consist
ed of a little dust. Among the old graves
is that of General Francis Swain, who
was in the revolutionary war and who
died in 1820. Reading Telegraph.
Climbing Mount Hood.
It is about time that parties were be
ing made up for excursions to Mount
Hood. It used to be a regular thing for
parties to be made up to climb that
mountain about this time of year, the
month of July being generally consid
ered the most favorable month for mak
ing the ascent. For some reason such
parties are not so common of late. Since
parties spent the night on the mountain
and burned red fire there on the evening
of July 4, the ascent of the mountain is
not looked upon as much of a feat.
Portland Oregonian.
Mr. Hood's Bad Cum of Blues.
T. EL Hood, a citizen of Frankfort,
Ind., has been subject to epileptic at
tacks, and, in consulting a young doc
tor by the name of Perkins, decided to
take his treatment, which consisted of a
small pill to be taken every night before
retiring. In a short time he began to
turn blue, and today he is as blue as in
digo. His entire body is blue, with his
face and hands a deeper hue. The doc
tors can ascribe no cause for the change,
and the best skill has failed to restore
natural color. Cor. Cleveland Leader.
, An Untimely Death.
Isaac Dixon several months ago came
to this country from England and went
to work as a laborer in a rolling mill at
Passaic, N. J. He drank ice water" to
excess Thursday and died Saturday as a
result. Since then it has come to light that
had he lived seven months longer he
would have received a large estate in
England. - Why he came here and hired
out as a laborer no one appeared to
know. He was to be married within a
few weeks to a young lady of Paterson.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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A NEW
Undertaking Establishment !
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
' ' DEALERS IX
Furniture and 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.
Having made arrangements with a
number of Factories, I am pre
j pared to furnish
Doors, Windows, Moulding
6)
STORE FRONTS
And all kinds of Special work. Ship
ments made daily from factory and can
fill orders in the shortest possible time.
Prices satisfactory.
It will be to your interest to see me
before purchasing elsewhere.
Wm. Saunders,
Office over French's Bank.
W. E. GARRETSON,
iweieL
SOT.E AG EXT FOB THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order,
j 13S Second St., The Ialles, Or.'
D. I'. Thompson' J. s. Schenck, H. II. Beau.
President. Vice-President. Cashiei
First national Bait
THE DALLES.
OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
I Deposits received, subject to Sight
! Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
remitted on day of collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
New York, San Francisco and Port
land. DIRECTORS.
D. P. Thompson. Jxo. S. Sciiexck.
T. W. Spabks. Geo. A. Liebb.
. H. M. Bkall.
THE
Dalies, Portland & Astoria
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
Elegant Steamer
HEGUMTOH
Will leave the foot of Court Street
every morning at 7 A. M.
for
Portland and Way Points
Connections Will be Made with the
: i Fast Steamer
DAIiliES GITY,
At the Foot of the Cascade Locks.
For Passenger or Freight Hates, Apply
Jto Agent, or Purser on Board.
Ofiice northeast corner of Court and Main street.
S. I-. BROOKS. Agent.
FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TKAXSACT AGENEUALSaXKIXU BCSIXESs
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.
Sight Exchange - and Telegraphic
Transfers sol don New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
Building Materials !
STJ
M
M
Of Every Description -will "be Sold at
FOR THE NEXT
Call Early and Get Some of Our Gen
uine Bargains.
Terms Ghsh. 4-
H. Herbring.
J. H. CROSS,
-DEALER IK
Hay,
Gri,
HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATOES- '-
Cash Paid for Eggs and Chickens. All Goods Delivered Free) and Promptly
TERMS STRICTLY CKSH.
Cor. Second & Union Sts.,
TTTB
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IGreat B
Removal I
Wcount of Removal I will
ocl of Boots and Shoes. Hats
Trunks
mntei-s, . Desk,-. Safe, Fixtures,
i
-eat Bargain. Come and se
At reduction in retail.
V
125 Second 'Street,
HUGH CHRISMAN.
Successors to GEO. RUCH,
Keep on Hand a Complete Stock of
Groceries, Roar, Grain, Fruit ani mill Feed.
Highest Cash Price Paid for Produce.
- Corner of Washington and Second-St. The Dalles, r.
Successors to A. BETTIXGEK, Jobbers and Retailer In
Hardware, Tinware, Wooienware and Graniteware, "'"LT
Heating and Cookstoves, Pumps, Pipes, Plumbers and Steam
Fitters .Supplies. Carpenters' and Blacksmiths' and
Farmers Tools, and Shelf Hardware.
AlfcTinning, Plumbing and Pipe Work will be done on Short Notice.
Second St. The Dulles, r.
The Old Germania Saloon.
J0HH DONflVON, Proprietor.
The best quality of Wine, Liquors and
Cigars, Pabst Milwaukee Knicker
bocker and Columbia Beer,
Half and Half and all kinds
of Temperance Drinks.
A L, WAYS ON HAND.
Trpe Fenouned liolinist.
Hew August- flamold.
ON
Thursday Evening Oct. 8th, -
AT THE
COURT HOUSE
Under the Auspices of the
Y. P. S. C. E. of the Congregational Church
Admission 50 cts. Reserved seats 75 cts.
Tickets on sale at Snipes & Kinersly's.
ER GOODS
S fl.u.BIF j.l.c
THIRTY DAYS.
Feei ail ur.
TATnT tESt, OH.
argams !
Removal I
and Valises, Shelv-
The Oalles.
W. K. COESON.
TO RENT.
A Union Street Lodging House. For
terms apply to
Gko. Williams,
Administrator of the estate of John
Michelbaugh. dtf-9-2 '
Still on Deek.
Phoenix Like h.as Arien
From the Ashes!
JAMES WHITE,
The Restauranteur Has Openetl tho .
Baldwin tyestauFant
ON MAIX STREET
Where he will be glad to see any and all
of his old patrons.'
Open day and Night. Firet class meals
twentv-five cents.