The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
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STATE OFFICIALS.
Governoi .
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Supt. of Public Instruction.
eaators...... :
Congressman
State Printer
, K. Pennoyer
O. W. McBride
...Phillin Metschan
E. B. McElroy
(J. N. Dofoh -
ij. H.-Mrtehell
Hermann
.. ....Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge.
Sheriff -.
.C. N. Thornbury
.......... .-.!. L. Cates
Clerk
Treasurer
Commissioners.
. . J. B. croasen
Geo. Ruch
W A. Leavens
....... i Frank Kincnid
a-,,. John E. Burnett
Surveyor - E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy enciiey
Coroner William MleheU
It is becoming more doubtful every
dav that anv free coinace bill will be
J - w
paesed by'the present congress. Demo
cratic opinion is said to be changing
very rapidly not pimply as to the wisdom
of the measure but as to its merits. It
is perfectly evident that this change is
being effected lees from pVuiciplrt than
policy. The party that so vigorously
denounced republican demonetization
.when in the minority now find them
selves in power with an elephant on
their hands. A free silver plank in the
platform would break the party in two;
so it is said. They would have to say
good-bye to New England, to the middle
states and to such states as Wisconsin,
Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. Then, too,
leading German papers have Berved
notice that the German vote will leave
in a body on a free coinage issue. So
principle must be sacrificed to exped
iency as it is more important td hold of
fice than to be consistent, and- easier to
bear the charge of a stultified record
than to be ousted from power.
A classi faction of the poor of New
York City by the secretary of the So
ciety for the Improvement of the Condi
tion of the Poor shows that nearly one-
half of the large number of cases of
poverty are the direct result of exces
sive dram drinking. Next to this it
was found that habitual dependence on
charity had sapped the independence of
a number estimated at twenty per cent.
while of the entire army Of the poverty
stricken of the great .city only twenty
per cent, are classified as "meritorious
poor."
One of the most powerful implements
of war ever invented is the Hotchkiss
rifled gun recentlv' tested at Hartford.
Conn. It is capable of throwing a des
tructive conical shell a distance of ten
miles and of piercing the armor of the
strongest ironclads afloat. .In its silent
strength it will preach as persuasive a
sermon on "peace on earth" if not good
will to men as could possibly spring
from human effort or as ever fell upon
the ears of the unregenerate eons of
Adam. ,
It is now positively asserted that not
withstanding all report to the contrary
there never was any question of the
postponement of the wedding of Miss
Mattie Mitthell, daughter of Senator
John II. Mitchell and that that event
will take place as announced on the 11th
instant. The banns of marriage between
Francois Alfred, Duke de La Rochefou
cauld and Miss Mattie Elizabeth Mitch-
-ell have been alreadv announced in
-Paris.
: r-;
The East Oreyonian is crying for taffy
from its Portland namesake. The Dalles
Chronicle.
' Heretofore you have accused us being
in need ot soothing syrup. rroDaniy
you are envious and is need of a bath.
' East Oregonian.
, Thanks. . Just had one. It is the cor
rect thing, however, to give babies taffy
after medicine.
A touching story comes oyer the wires
from San Diego county," California. A
Mrs.' Mary Gregory, postmistress of Vil
aa, falsified her -returns to procure
means to buy food for her children.
She was tried for the offence and. fined
$50. Friends furnished the money- to
pay the fine and the woman was libera
ted.
The tax levy of Baker county is' 32
mills. A -man over there who has to
pay 3 2-10 per -cent, tax on 'the face value
of a mortgage (and the borrower always
pays the tax directly or Indirectly) ; will.
appreciate a law that . was intended ' for
the capitalist but. which alas! invaria
bly cinches the wrong man.
Ihe JNew; lork Frets tells now a
woman reformed her husband from the
smoking habit. ' A contract was entered
into, the prime condition of which was
that she was to " buy - the cigars. He
smoked one and quit. ' : '
a ne uenver Jews, a paper, tnat is an
earnest advocate ot tree trade as a na
tional economic policy, with an incon
sistency that is delightful to a protec
tionist thus argues in favor of fostering
the industries that : lie nearest to us.
Tne same principles applied to the na-
tion which the Neics applies to the state
re all that the most ardent protection
ist could aak. - .
It is for the general interest to patron-
kize articles of home manufacture in every
line of trade in which a supply can be
had. because we thus increase the labor-
employing capacity of the state and keep
money aT nome in uireuiauuu. n ucn
we give "preference to goods that most be
ordered from distant localities, we, turn
the cold shoulder to . home enterprise
and lielD thoso who do nothing for the
state in return. We equally retard the
reneral DroBDeritv when we loose an op
portunity to promote the development
of the state's natural resources. Jo-re
lation and interdependence so permeate
oar modern society that industrial activ
ity of a marked character in any line is
far-reaching in its influences' and bene
fits. . -
Portland will strongly resent the ac
tion of the Astoria chamber of com
merce in sending a set of resolutions to
congress urging that instead of appro
priating money for deepening the chan
nel of the Columbia f rora Portland to
the sea the money be given to the Cas
cade locks and the Dalles portage And
yet if the greatest good to the greatest
number is a goodjeeonotuic policy, Astoria
is right. "The deepening of the channel
would benefit"rPortland.' the opening of
the river would benefit three states. '
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that sealed pro
posals will be received at the office of
the Citv Recorder until 4 o'clock of Feb
ruary 6th, 1892, for grading the square
gtthe intersection of Ninth and Pent-
land streets. Ine council reserves the
right to reject anv and all bids. Par
ticulars furnished upon application to
the Kecorder. -
By order of the Common Council.
"Frank Mekefee,
Recorder of Dalles Citr.
Dated February 1st, 1S92.
2-1-5
Could Comfort and Cheer Hluri.
Columbus, O., Feb. 3. John Swim, a
miser, aged 97, whese relatives are suing
for a guardian to care for his $300,000
eetate, today, received a proposal of mar
riage from a widow of this citv, who
says she is only 67 ; that - her heart has'
been moved to pity by reading -of his
troubles, and that she thinks she could
comfort, cheer and lighten the lonely
hours of his remaining years.
To Succeed Bradley
New York, Feb. 3. A Washington
special says President Harrison will ap
point Judge Green, of the United States
district court of New Jersey, to succeed
the late Associate Justice Bradley of the
United States supreme court.
A Light Shock at Olympla.
Olympia; Wash., Feb. 3. A light
shock 'of ea tbouake was experienced
here about 8 :30 o'clock this evening.
Death in a Big City., .
The shadows of metropolitan life could
scarcely have .a more ghastly illustra
tion than m the case of the corpse of the
old man at a Greenwich street window
staring into the windows of the elevated
cars for two days, the - butt of the train
men's Christmas time humor. A little
while before was the killing and man
gling of another man on the elevated al
most immediately opposite a window
where sat his wife and child looking in-
nocently out and wondering who it was
being carried away under the protecting
nlanket. ' -
We are wont to look upon the extraor
dinary situations created by the novelist
and playwright with satirical severity,
but the pen of Sue, Dumas, 'Dickens and
of a host of imitators never conjured up
from imaginations vivid with research
and practical observation a more pa
thetically impressive picture than is pre
sented in the dead man at the Greenwich
street window. Yet such things are so
common in New York that thev are
swallowed up in the great maelstrom of
metropolitan events forgotten in a' day.
New York Herald. .
Dividends in Philadelphia.
The January payments of interest
and dividends in this ' city - are the
heaviest of . the year.. Upon Jan. 1 in
terest matures on a large portion of the
national debt, and the government pays
the quarterly interest on- the 4 per
cents., about $5,590,000, and also $1,838,
705 semiannual interest on the Pacific
railroad bonds known as the "currency
sixes." The semiannual interest on the
debt of the city, due Jan. 1, is . now
being paid. - The city interest due is
$1,516,075, of which $589,773 . goes into
the city sinking fund. : -The principal of
the city debt upon which interest is dis
bursed is $33,417,300. It is estimated
that all the money paid in Philadelphia
lor January interest and dividends ex
ceeds $10.000,000. Philadelphia Ledger.
. A Tmrtle's Long; Fast. .
In June last a tree on . the ' farm of
Mortimer, Hamilton, in Jackson county,
IncL, was blown . down and . pressed into
the earth a large snapping turtle. Some
days ago the limb which imprisoned the
turtle was -removed,' and the animal
crawled off, apparently unhurt. -During
all that time it had existed without food
or water. Yankee Blade. - . .
Agsinst Wide .Cravats.
The attempt to widen a dress cravat
nearly two inches is a fallacious fancy.
There is nothing so untidy looking as
the appearance of the band of the white
lawn cravat above ' the coat collar.. At
this width, unless it is crumpled consid
erably, it would reach almost to the top
of the. linen collar. Clothier and Fur
nisher."... . , . ...
Naw HaseDaJl Glove.
A new form of baseball glove has in
the palm an air cushion or pad which
can be removed and inflated. It is made
in compartments, connected by free but
restricted passages, and -. surrounds a
central portion. which is unpadded. The
, arrangement of the glove is said to give
admirable results. New York Journal.
LACKS TRUTH ONLY.
COLD FACT S DESTROY AN ENTER
TAINING GHOST STORVV ;:" i
latjKXmeva of Liord I.rtton Wblcb'A
Mora - Valuable in Relation -Than In
Truthfulness An v Alleged ilsunttd
WVIch Did Kfis.. -!.;:,?. ..
Koiimntlc Lord JLiytton waa, but' not
enperatitioua. His death, however, baa
revived the story of the yellow boy's
room, tne gnost cnamber said to exist at
KJiebwortn nouse, tne beautiful ances
tral home of the Lyttons for more than
600 years. At . Jlr, ' W. P. Frith's door
most the charge be laid, of having put
the interesting tale in -circulation, for .we
find it nrst in his engaging volume of
Reminiscences.'" V After relating West-
wood's experiences with the weird wom
an of the Maison Blob, the painter sup
plements the story by another anecdote
of more tragical significance.
'At . Knebwprth. he says, "the seat
of Lord Liytton there is. a bedchamber
called the yellow boy's room." Be then
proceeds to-relate - that during a- visit to
Kneb worth. Lord Castlereagh. while the
guest of the grandfather of-C" late
British embassador' to Parish 'raa as
signed without.a word of warning to the
mysterious and haunted room. ' Feeling'
very tired be soon dropped into sleep,
but his uneasy slumbers were troubled
and it was not long .before he awoke.
What it was which startled him his lord
ship never knew, bat the sight which
met bis eyes as he gazed at the still burn-
lug ins ku uiei naQDrattijugcuuugu. I
The figure of a boy, with long, yellowish
hair streaming down, sat in front of the
fireplace with his back toward the Irish
nobleman. As the latter looked, the lad
arose, turned toward him.' and drawing
back the curtain at the bottom of the
bed with one hand,' with the other he
drew bis ringers two or three times across
his throat. Of course the impression
produced on Castlereagh was decidedly
disturbing. Bui wer- insisted that he
must bave been dreaming, but his lord
ship declared with emphasis that be saw
the figure as distinctly as be saw his host
at that moment, and that, far from being
asleep, be was wide awake.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. '
Mr. Frith then adds that Mr. Bulwer
did not tell Lord Castlereagh Byron's
"carotid cutting Castlereagh" that the
yellow boy always appeared to any one
wbo was destined to die a violent death
and always indicated the manner of it
to his victim. .. :. ... ... ;
A more amusing and less unpleasant
incident is told of the same chamber at
Knebwortb . by our artist author, the
subject being a timid, nervous brother
painter who spent a night at the poet's
lovely and stately retreat in Hertford
shire. The father of the author of "Ln
cile." Mr. Frith says, confided the de
tails of the Castlereagh story to his
guest on allotting the yellow boy's room
to him, remarking on bidding him good
night. "You will not be frightened, will
your "No o o, said the painter, with
an ashy face. "Well, it is getting late;
what do you say to retiring? Yes, that
is your candle. Too warm for a fire in
your room. You don't mind? Good
night." "The rest of the story shall be
told,"" says Frith, "in my old friend's
words as qearly as I can remember them.
I bad seen, he went on, "the infernal
room before dinner, and I thought it
looked a ghostly sort of place, and when
I reached it that night what would I not
bave given to be back in my own room
at home! 1 looked under the bed, up the
great, wide chimney, and had a shock
from the sight of myVwn face in the
looking glass. No ghost could, be whiter
than 1 was, ; 1 don't believe in ghosts,
you know, but still it was really too bad
of Lytton to tell me snob things just as
I was going to bed. and then to put me
in the. very placet There was an awful
old cabinet. 1 managed to pull open the
door and was tugging at the other,' when
niy candle went out bow, 1 don't know
somebody seemed to blow it out. 1
can't tell you what became of it; all 1
know is I jumped into bed with my
boots on, and lay trembling there- for
hours. Frith literally for hours till
sleep took me at last; and never was 1
more thankful . than when 1 awoke and
saw tbe sunshininginto the yellow boy's
room. .
NO TROTH IN THE STORY.-
The circumstantiality with which Mr.
Frith tells these short, tales must con
vince his readers that, be is. thoroughly
satisfied , in. - his own mind that the inci
dents. which he carefully describes all
Happened at. Rnebworth. And., yet. in
that, respect, he is altogether out in his
reckoning. There is no yellow boy's
room in that grand old house of the Lyt
tons at' Knebwortb. Uord Castlereagh
never spent a night there, nor is it .known
that he ever visited the place. in iiis life.
In the autumn of 1884 , 1. spent , two or
three very agreeable days at Knebworth,
tbe gneet of Lord Lytton, who very kindly
showed me everything of interest about
bus home and its charming surroundings.
1 thought it . strange that .the yellow
boy's room if there, really, was -such a
room bad not been open to me, and that
tbe . very story associated with it in tho
Frith reminiscences had been, kept back.
So. 1 sent off . a . hurried note to. Owen
Meredith, then performing his embassa-
dorial functions in the gayest capital in
tfinrope, and an early mail brought me
these linBer-.'; . v. jVr.v'-.'-..-.rf --:;"..
ii-u. L -Paris, 8th Feb'y., 1888.
a 'My. Dkar. Mr. Stewart I i answer"
your letter of the 12th nlto. in desperate
and . unavoidable haste..' Mr. Frith's
autobiography is all wrong about the
story of the 'Yellow Boy." That story
was told by Sir Walter Scott of Lord
Castlereagh, who is said to have seen
the 'Yellow Boy' in some house in Ire
land at the time when he was secretary
for Ireland, just before the union... and
the story . went that tbe apparition then
predicted to him the mode of his death.
But tbe incident certainly did not occur
at .Knebworth,-. nor; -do- I .think . Lord
Castlereagh was ever there. Yonrs very
faithfully. . . ' Lytton."
.The Castlereagh story is quite familiar
to the readers of Scott and Lockhart's
noble biography. Independent.
SOCIETIES.
A88EMBLYNO. 4827, K. OF L. Meets in K.
of P. fl.ll thi. -vtnrl aimI fonrth WMiuw.
I Jays of each month at 7:30 p. m.
TXTA8CO LODGE, SO. 15, A. F. A. H. Meets
T I first and third Monday of each month at 7
TALLE8 koyal ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6.
XJ Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
ot. ear & month at 7 P. M.
rjOtrjMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, I. O. O. F.Meeta
J everV Fridav eveninc it 7:80 n'iiav: in v
of P.-hall, -corner Second and Court street.
Sojouming brothers are welcome.
H. Ci-ough, Seo'y. H. A. Biixs.N. (i.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. ., K. of P. Meets
everv Mondav evenlnr at 7:m nvinoir in
Schanno'a building, corner of Court and Second
streets-. Sojourning members are cordially in-
i . W,Vatrss( K.oI R. and 8. y , c. C. .' -
WOMEN'S-' -eHKISTI AN " TEMPERENCE
UNION will meet everv Fridav aftamnnn
at S o'clock at the reading room.. A 11 are invited.
TEMPLE LODGE NO. S, A. O.- V. ".'- Meets
at K. ef P. Hall. Corner Second and rvi,i
Streets, Thursday evenings at 7 :a0. .
W. S UllBii Financier, . .. , ; ..... . , ; f. y.
TAB. NE8MITH POST, So. 82, G. A. R. Meets
r every oaturuHy n i van r. M ., lu the K. of P.
Hall.
B- OF L. E. Meets every Sunday afternoon in
the K. of P.- Hall.
JESANG VEREIN Meets every Sunday
BOF L. F. DIVISION, No. 167 Meets in the
K. of P. Hall the firxt and third Wednes-
oay oi eacn moncn, st 1 :i F. M.
THE CHURCHES.
T. PETER'S CHURCH Rev. Father B&oxs-
1 GEEBT
st Pastor. Low Mass every Snnday at
High Mass at 10:30 a. m. - Vespers at
a. h. n.urn Aiass as iu:j a . v.- v-Mnm
NT CHRISTlx CHURCH. Preaching
the Y. M. C. A. rooms every Sunday at 11
in the
a. m. and 7. p. m. Sunday school immediately
wt-w iuuiiuuk . n v. A. vn:UHTa, paCOr.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Union Street, opposite
Fifth. Rev. EUD.Butcllfte Rector. Bervices
every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. M
A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Sundav
Evening Prayer on Friday at
School 9: 45 A.
7:80
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. I. Tat
Loa, Pastor. Morning services every Sab
bath at the academy at 11 a. m. Sabbath
School immediately after morning services.
Prayer meeting Friday evening at Pastor's resi
dence. Union services in the court house at 7
P. M.
CONGREGATION ALi CHURCH Rev. W. C.
Cuktis, Pastor. Services every Sunday at 11
. M. and 7 P. K. Snnday School after morning
service. Strangers cordially invited. Seat, free.
f E. CHURCH Rev. A. C.SPENCEB, pastor.
i?A Services every Sunday morning. Sunday
School at 12:20 o'clock p. m. A cordial invitation
is extended by both pastor and people to alL
A. A. Brown,
Keeps full assortment of
le
r and Provisions.;
which he offerr at Low Figures.'
SPEGIAIi :-: PRICES
to Cash Buyers.
Hiilest Casl Prices ftr'EfpanJ
other Prodice.
t70 SECOND STREET.
J. S. BCHKNCK,
' President.
. II. Beau
Cashier.
First Rational Bank.
."HE DALLES. -
OREGON
A General Banking Business transacted
iJeposits received, subject to bight
Draft or Check.
Collections made and proceeds promptly
rcuiibteu oil usj ui collection.
Sight and Telegraphic Exchange sold on
iNew lorfe, ban r rancisco and iort
. ... land. ....
: DIRBCTOKS.
D. P. Thompson. Jno. S. Schbnck.
Ed.
M. Williams, Geo. A. Lixbk.
. H. M. Bkall.
W. E. GARRETSON.
in
1 6.
SOLE AGENT FOB THE .
IHi'lllil, p.J "i
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry . Made to Order,
,-. -' 1 88 Sseond St. The Dalles, Or. .
FLOURING MILL TO LEASE.
rpME OLD
DALLES MILL' AND WATER
'a Flonr Mill will be leased to Te
J Corapan
ponsiDie
es. For information apply to tbe
- WATER COMMISSIONERS.
' 1 he Dalles, Oregon.
Notice.
All parties having claims against the
estate of Ralph Fonger, deceased, will
please present the eame to T.'.T. Nicho
las, administrator.
Columbia Hotel,. Dalles City,' Or.,
January 6, 1892..- jO-lm
and Fancy Groceries
Jeweler
no
EOBT. M-ASTS-
MAYS &
SALE AGENTS FOR
,,flcopn',and"ChartefOak"
-'f;:? STOVES AND RANGES.
Jeietrs Steel Ranps, and Marison's and Boston's Furnaces.
. "
We also keep h large and complete stock of -
Hardware, Tinwate; Granite; Blueware; Silverware, Cutlery
Barbed Wire, Blacksmiths' Coal, Pumps, Pipe,
. Packing, Plumbers . Supplies, Guns, .
f Ammunition and Sporting Goods.
Plumbing, Tpinizxg Gun
' Machine Work
COU. SECOND AND FBDCR1L STS.,
G-r eat Bargaiiis !
" .-
EEM
Removal ! Removal I
On account of Removal I will sell my
entire stock of Boots and. Shoes, Hats
and Caps, Trunksand Valises, Shelv-
ings, Counters, Desk, Safe, Vixtmres,
at a Great Bargain. Gome and
my offer. ,
GREAT REDUCTION IN RETAIL.
J.
125 eeond Stfeet,
4 -if 'S ; s a V -.
HEW FULL HUD WHITER DRY GOODS
COMPLETE IX EVERY DEPARTMENT.
Glothing, Gents' furnishing Goods, Hats, Gaps,
u Boots and Shoes. "
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Full Assortment of the' Leading Manufacturers.
Cash Bayers mill save money by examining oup stock
and prices before
The Dalles Mercantile Co.,
Successors to BROOKS & BEERS, Dealers In
General Merchandise, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
Groceries, '. Hardware
Provisions, - . Flour, Bacon,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
l . .. . Of all Kinds at Lowest! Market Rates, . - ; -
Free Delivery to Boat and
' - 39Q and 394
H. G- HI
Clotniei?
BOOTS AND SHOES, r
Hats and Caps, Trunks andrTalises,
CORNER OP SECOND AND WASHINGTON
PAUL KREFT & CO.,
Paints, Oils, Glass
. And the Most Complete and the. Latest
Patterns and Designs in
- WATiTi 3
Practical Painters and Paper Hangers. None
but tbe best-brands of the Sherwin-Williams
Paint used in all our work, and none but the
most skilled workmen-employed. All orders
promptly attended to 10-17-d
Store' ud Flint Shop corner TUIrd and
.' Washlairton Str.t.
Xj- cbo wjb.
CROWE, 11 1
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Repairing and Light
a Specialty.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
see
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purchasing elsewhere.
H. Herbring.
Curs and all-parts of tlte City
Second Street -
ELS6N f
THE DALLE8, OREGON .
The Old Germania Saloon.
JOHN DOHAVOtf, Proprietor.
The best quality of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars, Fabst Milwaukee Knicker
bocker and' Columbia Beer,.
Half and Half and all kinds
of Temperance Drinks.
Always on hand
and
Tailott