They past Go Woman's Friend Stove Mat SUMMER Is not the Time to Buy To make room for new stock, and this Hegctfdless a of t Priees. u a i POSITIVELY INDESTRUCTIBLE. OVERCO s Wouldn't you rather have one now? Today Our $10.00 Overcoats will be marked $6.30. $14.00 Overcoats will be marked $9.40. $18 to $20 Overcoats will be marked $13.10. These Prices are Well, Less than Cost. PEASE & MAYS. 10e eaeh. former price, 50e. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. vr DIRECTIONS. Use, as a general thing, just on top of Btove. If great heat is required, use without the stove lid. J"o etirring required for oat meal, milk, rice, custards, blanch mange, jellies, butters, catsups, apple sauce, etc,, etc, In fact, nothing will burn on it. Coffee will not boil over if the pot is on the mat; bread toasts nicely on it. Try it and be convinced. For the nursery there is nothing equal to heat the milk and food for the baby. If a grate fire, lay the mat on the open fire. If the mat becomes soned. do not wash or scrape, but turn the soiled part next to fire, and burn until clean. We are doubling our Store Room to make room for new Goods, and our present stock has to go. Everything in the shape of . GliOTfllfiG FOH EVERYBODY. -FOB SALE BY- MAIER & BENTON. B. A. DIETRICH. D Physician and Surgeon, DUFTJB, OREGON. Bf All professional calls promptly attende to, day and night. aprl4 JHS 1. GEOGHEQAN, Register V. 8. Land Office, 1890-1894. Easiness Before the United States Land Office m Specialty. Wells Block, Main St., Vancouver, Clarke Co Washington. . novls The Dalles Patty Chronicle. ntered a the Postofflce at The Dalles, Oregon as second-class matter. Clubbing List. . v Regular Our price price Chronicle tnd If. T. Iribnw . .$2.50. $1.75 ' ' nl WmIIj Oregniii 3.00 2.00 " .i iid Wetklj Eiininer 3.25 2.25 " ' Weekly Hew Tork Wld. . . . . 2.25 2.00 f.ocal Advertising. 10 Ceuw per line for first insertion, and 6 Cents uer line for each subsequent insertion. 8pecial rates for long time notices. --. All local notices received later than S o'clock will appear the following day. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 1895 - BRIEF MENTION. Leaves From the Notebook of Chronic Reporters. A change was made -in the clerk's office this moraine, Mr. A. G.fl Johnson, deputy clerk retiring, and Mr.l wire, oimeon Jtsoiton Deine apno:ntea in his pla Che commissioners court met today for the purpose of auditing the bills of the county officials. A full board was present, captain Blowers arriving on the afternoon train. Cnd still the gentle Chinook prevails, id the snow is going rapidly. The juntry south of us is bare, or almost so, ist twenty-four will see it bare heje "recorder's office refused toieldl h an item this morning, and the court- Ivd' house was almost as barren of results, There is but little property changing hands, and marriage licenses hav and it was determined last night to graft some new : ekin on the burned surface. Lang told a friend yesterday that he "had arranged with a big Swede to furnish the skin," and further remark ing that the Swede was "b-b-big enough to n-neyer m-miss it." We hope that the graft vwill take and that the skin from Sweden and Lang's flesh will mix and mingle without bad effects to either Long or the Swede. There were four little children on this morning's passenger, says the La Grande Chronicle, traveling by themselves all the way to Tennessee. They ranged from about 5 to 10 years old, but seemed thoroughly at home on the train. The eldest, a girl, said that their father Mel ton Young, lives in Portland, and is Bending them to their former home in Tennessee. It is no uncommon thing to read of stock running into a barb-wire fence, or a team getting against a banging tele graph wire, but it is' out of the way to county n read of a passenger train getting tangled up in its guiding spirit, the telegraph Such a case occurred to the west bound passenger yesterday morning be tween th Locks and Hood River. The wires had been carried by a falling pole across the track, and every individual wire sought out some different part of he locomotive to grasp hold of; The train was delayed an hour and a hall, (while the wires were cut loose and un- wound from their various positions. i quit. atrsms Dimes of Jacksonville has the fol lowing concerning our former townsman "A new concentrator, with a capacity of eight tons per day, was put in at Z. A. ( Moody's quartz mill . near Ashland last week. The ore from the Mattern mine will be run through it when it is ready for business." City .Recorder Dufur requests us to state that commencing tomorrow, the city recorder's office will be opened at 9 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p m. These are the hours fixed by the charter, and those having business in " that office will do well to remember the Tiours, as they will be- kept strictly. It is really astonishing how rapidly fte work is being pushed at the Cascade Locks, in spite of the heavy snow. Yea terday a train load of sections of the gates, filling fouvteen cars, arrived With two more cars now on the way three of the four gates required will be on the grounds. A large force of men . are engaged in preparing' the gate re ' cesses for their reception, and in a very short time the lower gate will be in place. Boats will come through the locks this year. Engineer Lang is in the hospital at Portland and"- is getting along nicely ' The burn on bis foot heals very slowly The Tlttell Sisters. Of the Tittell Sisters who are to appear here Monday and Tuesday, the Indepen ence, Or., West Side says : " The opera house was crowded to its seating capac y last Monday evening to hear the ttell Sisters in "My Uncle's Will" and "Frou Frou." In the Tittell Sisters W Ford has secured talent that would do credit to more metropolitan towns than we have in the Willamette valley. For clever acting and an immediate entrance to the hearts of tho theater-goers these sisters are certainly in the lead of any who have appeared in this city for years They have played to the Portland houses for a number of vears and their reputa tion as ranking high in dramatic life is too well known to need further mention The Tote at Balem. The deadlock at Salem still continues with not much hope of its being broken The vote today was Dolph 42, Hare 10: Williams 11. Weatherford 8, Lord 3 Moore 1, Lowell 3, Barkley 1, Waldo There were no changes as far as Dolph was concerned. - When Baby was sick, -we gave her Castoria. ' When-ahe was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, Wanted. at A girl aa an apprentice. Apply Mrs Forwood'a dressmaking parlors, the former Gilhousen gallery on Court street A Debate and Spelling; School. Last night a class, being taught by Mrs. Geo. P. Morgan at the Locks, en tertained the citizens of that place with a debate followed by a spelling match. The debate was upon the subject "Re solved, That the Signs of the Times Do Not Indicate a Speedy Return of Pros perity." The question had a good many knots on it for the young people to tackle, but they made a good struggle on each side, and arrived at as satisfactory conclusion, perhaps, as older people could have done. The argument took the lines of protection and republicanism on one side, and democracy and free silver on the other. It was quite a co incidence that those who expected bet ter times baaed their hopes on the ex pectation of the republicans again as suming the reins of government, while the negative side believed the times would not get better, because the laws are wrong. Those taking part in the de bate were Messra Benson and two Al- drich brothers for the affirmative and Levins and Parkins for the negative. The hall was crowded and everybody was deeply interested in the debate. Unfortunately we were compelled to leave to catch the train, before decision was given or the spelling match settled. One of the boys touched ua in a tender spot. He said there were only $5.17 per capita in circulation fn this country, and that made us wonder' where that extra $5 was. In Nebraska. We received today a copy of the Cal laway Tribune, a newspaper published in the drouth-stricken section of Ne braska. The paper 1b printed on wall paper, and the editor, Frank Conly, says that this is done because it is all be can get. We reprint a few short items from his paper to show something of the condition of affairs there. Wasco county should do something towards helping them. The itema are aa follows : "A fellow northeast of here atole a sack of flour, and when the officer got there to arrest him the children were eating it raw." "It ia now estimated over 12,000 left this county last fall ; in fact all who could get away went." "The food trains from the South to the drouth sufferers of this state will furnish the sort of union that is needed between the South and West." - "To have all you want to eat is a luxury in this country now days." Infringment Suits. The Western Electric Company, of Chicago, on December 10, brought suit in the - federal court at Springfield, III., against the Decatur Telephone Exchange for an accounting. The Decatur ex change is about to begin business with the instrument manufactured by the Harrison Telephone Company. An in fringement of patent is claimed. Tho Western Electric Company has also brought suit for infringement against several other companies in differ ent parts of the United States. . The Western Electric Company ia a sub-company of the American Bell Telephone Company, and does most of their manu facturing, t-t-a Monilay anil Tnesiay Evenings, lEBEUAST 4 and 5, 1895. PERSONAL MENTION. P. Heald and Dr. Brosius came up Hood Kiver this atternoon. Frank French, who has been visiting turned borne last night E. B. McFarland, who arrived here yesterday from the East, reported extremely cold weather on the trip ougti the section east ot bait L: man Cm Salem, ,r Mr. Leslie Butler, who has been visit ing friends east of the Rockies for sev eral weeks, arrived home Monday morr ing. He reports having had a delightful Visit, and mat tne weatner was an in couldjje-deaired. 1 fcfpain banished by Dr. Miles' Paila Pills. . Dalles Opera House CHARLOTTE, ESSIE and MINNIE T IT TEL L, Supported by W. 8. FORD'S Company of Players. ARE TOE BEST CIGARETTE SMOKERS who care to pay a little more than the cost of ordinary trade cigarettes will find the PET CIGARETTES SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS Made from the highest cost Gold Leaf grown in Virginia, and are ABSOLUTELY PURE Monday Evening "Drifted Apart'1 Tuesday Evening a double bill ... '. My Uncle's will," toiiowea Dy Augustine Daly's comedy drama "Frou Frou' Reserved Seata on sale at Blakeley & Houghton's drugstore. The AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE 0. 125 Milk St., Boston, Mass.' This company owns Letters Patent No. 463,569, granted -to Emile Berliner November 17, 1891," for a combined tele graph and telephone, and controls Let ters Patent JNo. 44,7cii, granted to xnos, A. Edison May 3. 1H92, for a speaking telegraph, which Patents cover funda mental inventions and embrace all forma of microphone transmitters and of car bon telephones. janzs ff. A. VAN NORDEN, ; DEALER IN patches, Clocks, Jewelry AND SPECTACLES. rea;on Railway A Navigation Company vv hud Atepairer ana iDipceior. pairing of Ftne WatohM a Specialty. 106 Second St., THE DALLES, OR Look Here. This ' is January 10, 1895. Have you got any of Wasco county's warranta reg istered prior to Feb. 1, 1891?. They will be paid if presented at my office. In terest ceases after Jan. 10, 1895. Wm. Michell, County Treasurer. A Long String of Fish Is not Carried up a Side Street. It's just about as important to let folks know that we've got extra fine Hams and Ba con,Eastern Buckwheat Flour, genuine Maple Syrup. The Finest Coffee in town. A fine lot of New Breakfast Foods. THAT ELEGANT DAIRY BUTTER (Dufur) For all those who calljPon us we have bargains in Fine Goods; for those who don't, sympathy. J. B. CROSSEN; G-rocer. Ask Central for 62. ' E. J. COLLINS & CO. will occupy this space. Keep your eyes open. TERMS STRICTLY CASH. THE CELEBRATED COLUMBIA BREWERY, AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop'r. This well-known Brewery ia now turning out the best Beer and Porte east of the Cascades. The latest appliances for the manufacture of good health ful Beer have been introduced, and ony the first-class article will be placed oa be market.