' 4THer Ilegu latof Line Dolis, Joys, Books, Aibuiris, Pianos, Or i gans, Musical Instruments. Tie BaSDs, ftrM- nl Astoria . NavigatiotL 'Co. - . ; "'-'' THROUGH FieioEaMlisssale Tiiroueh illy' serine' (Sundays ex- epted.betjreen.The.Dallo and Port land. Steamer Regulator leaves ine Dalles at 7 a. m. connfcctingyaVCascad l,..-V wifh itxumttr -Dalles Cltsri flriWr Dallmt fOitv leaves' Portland tTarmbill street dock) at-JV,a.; -m. con tacting with ateamer Kegulator-ter ln Sal lea. VV-!.' : " PEASE & MAYS. PIUINGH- . way. Roaad trip. r tine "tt $2 0(1 . 3.00 . Freight. Rates Greatly Reduced. Mhinmnnt.. rMMivwl at wharf aiiT-.tilkitt day or night, and delivered at Portland in" arrival. Lire stock shipments faite.j,'.0li or or address .. . - ... x . fW..CvALUWAY, b: f. laughlin," THE DALLES. OREGON OTJ FtllCS AKE BELOW ALL COMPETITION. 'V'V ; ' "a7 Uoa Mario SWEKFINC -KliUUCTlONS. 3s'iurniof ot" holiday presents E. JACOBS EiNSi The Dalles Daily Chroniele, Bnterpd the Postoffioe at The Dalles, OTegon, a iwcoud-clasa matter. Local Advertlnlna;. 10 Centn per Hue for first insertion, and S Cent per line for each sutwequeut insertion. Special rates for lontr time notices. All local notices receired later than o'elock will aptwar tue following flay. Weather Forecast. J r OfHcto forecast for twenty-four homrt ending at p. m. tomorrow: Rain. Followed by cooler temnera tnr. Paguk. It it a waete of time to read the papers delayed by the blockade. They are trnly "back numbers" yoidT of new or matters of interest. -.. Crandall A Bureet are now settled in. their new store in the Michelbach brick on Union street, next door to Floyd & Shown's. Call around. "' Renorta from Morrow coonty say the ! snow has nearly all disappeared. In the i region of. Antelope there is only abont ; an inch of snow left bh" fhe-groand. e BDecial election on the 20th WEDNKSDAY DEC. 28, 18fti LOCAL BBBTITHH. cord wood at are how run- Mud is bejrinning to show up at the street crossings. Leave your order for Maier A Benton's. Trains on the U. P. R. ring nearly on time. Medal contest at the Court house to night. Be sure and attend. F. H. Prior of Hartford, Conn., is in the city on a tour of observation. A fine lot of furniture going very low at Crandall A Burget's new store. - The river this morning stood S4 feet above aero level, but is slowly falling. In the upper John Day and Mitchell regibni snow is now only abont one inch deep. Train men report the snow all gone below Hood River, with a prospect for more. Mr. Frank French and Miss Gertrude Trench are spending the holidays at home.' The Antelope Herald has an excellent article on sheep from the pen of Mr. Murphy. F. C. Sexton, R lidman and M. L.ig ner, of Dnfurregioterod at Jhe Umatilla today Mr. Ed. Winirate is in the city from f bis business home at Antelope, to spen I (the holidays Archbishop" Gross passed ' through at noon today en route to a mission at Pendleton. A heavy train of freight came through from Portland today, ' reaching The Dalles at noon. .' A boom of logs burst away at Bridal Veil yesterday, and came very near tear ing out another bridge. The rain down Portland ways on Monday last was one of the most pour ing kind witnessed for years. Call at J.olea Bros, and make arrange ments for . tbe celebrated Warner's butter for the winter months. Carpets and furniture at reduced rates at Crandall A Burget's, next door to Floyd A Shown's drug store. -. Several train loads of delayed cattle are held at Heppner where feed is cheap. Freight trains began moving today.- The legislature will meet at Salem under the new dome, on the second Monday, the 9th day of January, '93. ' A portion of the shed at the" stock V , l, r - . i i 1 r yara scajes ieu in rrom ine weignt and water on the roof yesterday tuenced falling In tiitgTiity about 12:30 p. m. and continued as we go to press, with prospects of increasing. You can carpet vour rooms at about your own price by calling on Crandall A .Barget, at the new store on Union street. ; ioint representative for the Orant and ; Harney district, the republican eandi- date, Gowan, was elected by 200 ma- iofitv v ,m-f orace Patterson is in receipt of the sad news of the death of a brother in Halt Lake. His brother Rufus lias just left The Dalles oh a visit to a married sister in California. ' . ;; ' A section of the old foundry, in the East End collapsed this, morning from an overload of snow and water on tbe roof. The property is owned by the Willamette Iron works in Portland. J' Geo. McKinney, the V. P.-yard - man, has surrendered his job, and goes to Portland tonight. He has filled the bill here faithfully for two years. Never made an error in the make upf nor got a wheel off the track. The oublic schools of The Dalles are enjoying the' customary holiday va cation.. which will continue the balance of the week. Studies will be resumed on Monday, at the academy, the Bisters school, and the public schools. .- Kenned vs steam yacht went adrift yesterday when the ice broke away from the shore below the mouth of Mill creek The steam ferryboat started after the derelict craft, and towed her to a safe place where she was again moored. The sheriff of Baker county finally landed his prisoners in the--Salem peni tentiary. They were James Reedy and J. T. Marcuin. " The first will serve six years for manslaughter, and the latter one year for larceny. They were four days making the trip from The Dalles to fortlana. -The turkev which has escaped the Cholera is still prevalent in Hamburg. Four more cases an d "two-deaths were reported yesterday. Three cases are re ported frjBi-DaTikirk-rFrtrfci Albert Roberts of the Big of the Dee Chutes, eighteen miles The Dalles, reports the snow rapidl appearing. Tbe ground was froze: he soil is ' getting a thoron, chirdro Af " tbe Congregational Sunday School; to the number of over a . l ijiundred, had a jolly good time at the i for I party given last nisht in Thb Chroniclb Bend regiwrk frnAi TBI m . i mm gjhysjbakinz ii -1 hall. They bad a splendid collation, and' plays' to their? hearts content, en-, joying th occasion ever so much better than they would the prosy Christmas tree. V - ' Three serious-' accidents occurred to coasters in, Port .Townsend the xrther night. "One victim had his"-'-thigh bone broken,, another, suffered from a frac tured wrist, and the third escaped with severe and painful brutses. Every snow fall in the western towns is attended ith some ' such accident to careless coasters. '. . ... "v. .- Blakelev A Houghton, pharmacists. The government has prepared to issue' iiv-January a complete hew set of post-I age stamps', commemorative of the 400th' niversary of the discovery of America. They will be called the "Columbus is- ;e," and will he the 'finest ever made y any government. They will be on. le ar the various postofiices only dur- nsr the vear bt 1893. and then will be withdrawn from general tsctm. ;.v:-...--:V.vV.'' "We'are pleased to learn from an As toria dispatch that Messrs'. WVH. Rem ington, of Salt Lake, and A. B. and W. W . Corey , of- Ogden , Utah; contractors on- the Astoria and Portland railway, arrived there in time, to straighten up the affairs of the. company.: They have resumed work on' the road in fulfillment of the terms of their contract .with the subsidy guaranty company.. Nothing definite could be given to the public as yet- .. , . : ' Vice-President Houstonr of the Pacific Mail, says the fight of. the- Panama. Tail road with tbe Pacific Mail in opposition to American interests will, as much as .anything else, be the means of building 175 Second street, have secured the eer-i the Nicaragua canal. He says he is now vices of Mr. A.: Tilzer. a graduate of the Moscow school of pharmacy and a licen tiate of Massachusetts and Rhode Isl- nd. Mr.. T. is a "Deutscher Apoth- eker," and has had ten years' experience in the drug business in this country and Europe. Eastern colleges, etc., ' are liberafly provided for. by. ,the. millionaire. . John D. Kockafeller has made another big do nation to the University' of Chicago. The sum is underetoonVto be over $100, 000. Dartmouth college has also just received a bequest Of $200,000 from the late Ralph Butterfield, M.' D., of Kan sas City, Mo. .. ' Mr. P. F. Bower, who has many friends in. this city, but who has been a resident of Astoria for a number of years, was married in that city on the' 17th to MiBS Mabel, tmly daughter of P. W. Parker, editor of the Astorian.. The bride was a compositor in the Astorian, where she had labored for several years. Both were well known and very popular in Astoria socieKjm arewell social party was given in full sympathy with the work of build ing tbe canal. It is announced officially that the president of tbe Nicaragua canal construction company . is carrying on negotiations with a syndicate of bankers looking' to placing a large amount of the bonds of the company. An .Episcopal cathedral, with pews forever free, is to be built in New York City at a cost of from five to ten million dollars " The corner-Btone.-was laid yes terday. ' In itr national aspect the cathedral project commands attention, on account of its" aim and; scope: Al ready, without any public appeal, and with very little individual -solicitation, over $1,000 000 has been subscribed or bequeathed to the cathedral. One of the first and largest" subscriptions was made bv a Presbyterian. ji Miss C Scylla of lbanksgiving ana tne v,naryp- M- Glara Su b Mi8 Da8ie Folsom, disof Chriatmas may look forward toll w!rM, pHln for hr home in gobbling times oi peace, numannj had an abundance of the white meat and a surfeit of the black meat, and . no bedv will take turkey in his for man; and many a week. The interesting feature of the ex peri ence social at the M. E. . .church lecture room Saturday evening will be the sketches by the ladies as to how they earned the dollars ""contributed for the organ fund.- The -admission and lunch only costs 25 cents. There will be a crowded audience. . Horace Rice has a letter from" Rep. Hermann wbich shows that there is little hope of the Dolph bill, or any other measure, passing tbe democratic house for the relief of the possessor of a tract of railwav forfeited land. If .the applicant for the land resides upon it, he has until nextJWLta-pxose-up fcotem porary says the official figured ow that the portage railway at the' scadea is a decided success. It was put in operation in September, 1891, thel first receipts reported being $917.05 onl November 4th. 1891. During the past year' the total receipts were $7,030.91 ,, and the total expenses-$6,202.29, leav ing a balance Of $83762." The road hai n-a Kfeat benefit, -giving to the farm rs a saving of six cents on every bush I 4 The Dalles. Card-playing was followed by the ever-pleasant pastime of candy. pulling, and refreshments were then served. As a fitting finale to the even ing's pleasure, the-gueste were taken out for a merj A gentleman of considerable influence in Portland business circles, who was laid up in The Dalles by the snow block ade down towards the centre of Wisdom, was asked to explain why it was that the U. P. R. Co. didn't send put a boat to take tbe passengers to Portland from Bonneville? The prompt answer was "The U. P. R. Co. do not wish to recog nize the nver in any way, shape or manner." That is about the size of it. .- A very stubborn fare occurred in Portland last night. The whole block of wooden buildings on" East Alder " and Union, 100x150, occupied by the owner, E. J. Bruce as a furniture' store, and others, including the Barker hotel, was destroyed, . Losses $60,000. The fire ap peared to originate on the second floor in the rear of the hotel, preceded by a sort' of explosion, as if a lamp had burst. The flames quickly spread above and in volved the" upper portion of the tbree buildirigtfi -and the dense ' 'smoke -'-poured upward from' every quarter, indicating Speaking of the' disaster between Bridal Veil and Latourelle, Supt. Bax ter says the water from the hills had undermined and washed away about 60 feet of a fill a mile and a. half west of an o pridal Vefli 'leaving the track suspended t?S. 113V QUIUVOf WU1U UT OTO ,tl ashout.. A little after 9 p. m. the rain came along. The; engine crossed ver the washout, but the mail, baggage nd express cars went down into tbe gulch. The coaches stopped just as the front wh'eels of the first one went off the rail, and no one was -burt. . . TVi New Year uartv to be -given by the German . Geeang Verin' Harmohie, will take place at Armory hall Mew Years Eve. Dec. 31st, 1892. A good. time may be expected, and all invited may be as sured of a pleasant evening. Tickets may be had at Kellers -bakery at $1.00 each. ' Umatilla county stockmen have suf fered from thieves considerably .this winter, ard the maximum of impu dence t on the part of the robbers was reached Saturday evening " when a strange -cowboy rode into' Umatilla and tied his' horse in front of .the hotel. . For. a time nothing was seen of him until he was noticed going from hotels to board -ine houses taking orders for dressed beef. A. R. Jacks engaged a quarter of iMwf. but soon missed his valuable milch "cow.' His hired man went in search of it, and upon passing a vacant houBe, heard a, cow bellowing. Going inside, be saw tbe lost animal awaiting its fate, surrounded by butcher tools of . ... ri .. everv " .description. . ine cumuwreiw cowboy, smelling' a rat, very quickly mounted his horse and escaped - How much better it would '.be all round, if the U. P. R. Co. officials had a uiandin? order for employes to let tbe- riubiij know about matters which inter est the publicr The narrow escape of a passenger train from a 40-foot plunge at Colrimbus trestle this side of Oram,, a hrok&i raiU having been : discovered just in the nick of time and not one in stant to snare, was. . what delayed tne. 4:20 p. m. train yesterday. The train backed op to Grant, sent for a detail of section men who came and made the re pairs. But it was a very close call, and the waiting public had . a perfect right to know the particulars. Just such a cir cumstance happened at Latourelle Monday night. A bridge f.went out un der the weight of the locomotive, bag- vare and mail and express cars." ' The two cars went down with the bridge The locomotive fortunately escaped, and it was providential that the passenger coaches kept the track. This accident delayed the train twenty-four houe but not a word could be learned by those having friends on board, or by waiting passengers at the stations, when tbe facta nrooerlv belonged to tbe public. to know; as the public were interested. A paragraph is going the rounds o Like another the one wHo's used Lr. Pierce Favorite Prescription. She's Sk stronger and a happier omB and a healthy one. Tbe ache. fiains," and weaknesses, that mad ife miserable are - eone -the func tional disturbances or irregularities that caused them have been care. Face and.; figure show the change, too. '. Health has restored the charms that rightfully belong tw her. For all the weaknesses and ailments peculiar to womanhood, u Favorite Prescription V is posi tive remedy. No? other ? medicine for women is guaranteed, as this is, to give satisfaction in every cane, or the money is refunded. It's pro prietors are willing to take the risk. What it has done, warrants thesa in guaranteeing1 what it will do. ' It s the Cheapest medicine vow. cau buy, because it's guaranteed t give satisfaction, or your money m returned.- s . .... You only pay or th good ytm get- ., - K . t;an you ask more r . - That's tlri peculiar plan all Xtw Pierce's mediciBes are', sold on. Twelve year old Maddihgly whisky. Simon Pure for medicinal purpoeeet afc Stabling A Williams'. :: . - '- - . ' -'" ' tl Notice to Contractors. Th DaiIkkb, Or,-, Dec.' 14, 1892. Chief Engineers' offit. Columbia Rait- way A Navigation company: . Sealed proposals will oe receivea this oflce until December 28th, 1892, for the construction of the portage railroad of this company from Columbus to tbs western terminus (opposite craie a point), a distance of twenty-two miles, including grading, bridging, tunnelwork, tracklaying and ballasting. Rock, exca- ratiin an1 (nnnalvnrk to be AOTB the press which does the Inland Empire menc by January 15th, 1893, and great injustice, especially jnst at this completed by May 15th, 1893, and all on the eve of the convening of the remaining W01: . wl"l'""ralB,"f OUiy lOtn, XOWO. - piuuif, plans, epecincations ana fipproxirnatv estimate ot quantities can oe oouunea Narrow Bseape. Antelope Heralds Perry Maupin made 'a miracnlous escape last Tuesday from what might have been a very seri on s accident. While coming along i rough road east of town in his 4-horse wagon one of the front wheels went into a chuck hole, throwing Perry forward with his leg down between the brake comb and the wagon bed. He fell on over and was horizontally suspended by his leg, and as the horses could not be stopped, he was dragged in this condition- about 50 yards, bis head thumping the frozen ground;every step. Finally he was jarred loose and fell to the ground with a heavy thud, and, to add to his pain, one of the wheels ran . over his leg andbruised it :up considerably. In a few minutes be regained consciousness and overtook the horses and,-wagon. Perry has a bruised, leg and a sore head, building.' but still holds the champion belt aa-.-be-' the presence of the fire throughout theig the hardest man to, kill in the north- west. by application to the chief engineer, aa. also the blank forms for proposals on - and after Saturday Dec. 17th. No pro posal will be received unless written upon such blanks. All payments wilt le made in caso, wnnin iweuiv unjr from the date of each monthly estimate, -such monthly estimate to be made on or about the last day of each month during which the work .was done .or materials furnished. . The right to reject any bid is reserved. All applications or hids to lie addressed to Emrky OVJVER, Cniet Enigneer, French's building, The Dalles, Oregon. time, assembly, which it is expected will pro vide for. -a portage railway around the dalles obstruction.- The paragraph in question reads as follows: "Dnriug the vear 1890 the Oregon Railway and Navi gation company carried to Portland on its line in Oregon 45,000 tons of wheat and in 1891, 50,000 tons. In 1890, 776 carloads of sheep, cattle, horses and hogs were shipped to Portland, and in the following vear the number of car loads was increased to 793." The above fignre8 are misleading. - Sherman county alone, has shipped an aggregate equal to 'the above sum, which leaves Baker, Union, Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, Crook and Wasco counties to be heard from. Th Chroniclb gave the most reliable and authenticate figures on the 16th, for the period of 'eight years, show ihg shipments of wheat alone aggregat ing 2,lO0;6o0 tons, which would present the sum of over $525,000 at the price, 25 cents per tori-' transportation ; a sum more than equal to the cost of construc tion, equipment "abd'opersting- expenses of thfi mini for be entire eiurht veara. These matters should not be improperly r XDe'aIer8 . n"'!! and. represented, at this time especially. I Uigars. jmiwauxee -Deer m v.rauguw 11 HAS. 8TUBUN8. OWEN WILLIAM. Stublirig & WiUiams. The THE' DALLES, i rX)REGON f -wheat shipped to Portland." . ...... .- 1- . Jii-W- -"-