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our Shoe Department, which we are anxious to clean up previous to stock-taking.
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All our Lilly, Brackett & Co. fine
. hand-sewed $6.oo Shoes.
The best on earth. Only $4.35.
A large line of Men's Congress
and Lace Shoes: Regular $1.50.
Special 95c. Corner Window.
Broken line of Men's Shoes; , reg
ular prices $6, $5, $4, $3," $2.50.
To go at half their marked price.
Gentlemen, these offerings give
you an opportunity to get Fine Foot
wear at less than cost.
Special. Ladies' Shoes.-
Our regular line of $2.50 Shoes,
including the Bay State, Pease & Mays
Own, Hast New York and Waverly;
all fine Footwear. Going at $1.70.
Brown Shoe 'Co.'s Fine Shoes, in
coin toe; very -latest lace and button.
Regular $2.75. Special $1.85.
Thomas G. Plant's fine Vici Kid;
full line of sizes and widths. Regular
$3.00. Special $2.15. Every pair is
guaranteed.
Brown Shoe Co. fine Button Shoe,
stitched in white; the bon-ton Shoe of
the season. Reg. $3.00. Special $2.10.
Special. Ladies' Shoes.
J. & T. Cousins' Choice Line of
Shoes; finest quality stock; up-to-date
toes. Regular $3.50; Special $2.40.
J. &T. Cousins' Hxtra Fine Stock;
narrow square toe; good assortment of
sizes. Regular $3.75; going for $2.60.
Thomas G. Plant's Fine McKay
sewed welt, invisible cork sole, pointed
toe. An up-to-date Winter Shoe. Reg
ular 3.50. Sale $2.60.
PEASE & MAYS.
All goods marked in plain figures.
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The Dalles Daily Chronieie.
TUESDAY.
- J- DEC. 8, 1896
Weather Koiccant.
Portland, lec! 7, 1896.
Fob Eastern Oregon Tonight and tomorrow
occasional tain.
Paguk. Observer.
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Random Observations ana Local K vent,
of Lesser Magnitude.
were, and one that will increase steadily
until the last day. It ia quite probable
that 6ome of those who pat their proof
off- to the last day will get left, through
inability of the land officers to attend, to
them. .
Married at Salem.
Miss Katie Putnam will play here on
the 16th.
License to marry was issued today to
George H. Yeakle and Rachel J. Finch.
A nice six-room, hard-finished dwell
ing house on the bluff for rent. Apply
to J. H. Cross. dec7-2t
Work comes from L. E. Crowe that
he is In quite poor health, and with !
Mrs. Crowe is now iu Paso Robles.
The Si Perkins Company, which
einceled its date here on account of beirg
detained by a washout near Colfax last
week, will appear here either on the 19th
or 21st.
D. Allen, who runs the Moro stage
line, was prevented for a short time
making his usual trips, by the wretched
condition of the road, but came in last
night as usual.
The ice gorge bangs on like a poor re
lation or a case of the itch. It moves
and squirms, and tosses, but absolutely
and utterly refuses to go out. It cannot
posBibly last much longer. ,
The many friends of Mr. Robert Mays
will regret to learn that he is confined
to his bed, and will hope with us that
his illness may be of short duration and
that his genial smile may soon again be
seen in our midst.
Pease & Mays are showing in their
center window a beautiful line of men's
soft hats and Fedoras in browns, tans,
slateB and blacks, up'-to-date styles.
Regular price, $2, $2.50 and $3. Your
pick of the lot for $1. 8-12
Do not fail to call on Dr. Lannerberg,
me eye specialist, ana nave your eyes
examined free of charge. If yon suffer
with headache or nervousness you on
doubtedly have imperfect vision that, if
corrected, will benefit you for life.
Office in the Vogt block.
Cuban advices today state that Captain-General
Weyler has been wounded,
and that Maceo had crossed the track
with a large force. All news from the
front is suppressed by the officials at
the palace. In the case of the Spanish
forces, no news is generally bad news.
A dense fog drifted up from, the river
this afternoon and covered tha city with
its gray and gloomy wrappineL It had
the appearance 'of a long haTfedgray
coon skin and the the spissituae of an
ice cream soda. All it lacked of being
palatable was a splash of flavoring mat
ter and a epoon.
December 31, 1896, ia the last day in
which lands claimed under the forfeit
ure act can be purchased. As a result
. the land office- is now doing a lively
business, a land office business as it
The Statesman has the following ac
count of the marriage of our prosperous
young townsman. He has just whole lots
offrienda here, who congratulate him on
his winning so fair a bride, and whose
best wishes accompany him and his in
their matrimonial voyage:
At the home of the bride's mother,
No. 90 High street, Salem, Oregon, at
high noon, on Monday, December 7,
1896, Miss Lillian Bernardi to John C.
Hertz, Rev. J. S. White, pastor of St.
Joseph's Catholic church, officiating.
The bride is the youngest daughter of
Mrs. Rosa Bernardi and a native daugh
ter of Oregon and the Capital City. She
is one of the most popular young ladies
in the city. The groom is a prosperous
young merchant of The Dalles, standing
high in the social and commercial world
of his trans-mountain home whither he
and his charming bride went on the 2:20
local train yesterday afternoon. Only
the intimate family and a friend or two
of the bride were present at the function.
Miss Arlena Bier served the bride as
maid while E. Jacobson, of The Dalles,
did the customary duties of the groom.
A delightful wedding breakfast was
served before the depa-ture of the train.
Mrs. Hertz carries with her the ear
nest wishes of a large coterie of friends
for a bright and happy future.
Tfaese Men Keally flew.
A special to the Post. Intelligencer
from Prairie, Skagit . county, says that
on the night of December 4th an attempt
was made there to blow up with dyna
mite three men who were stopping in
the same building. The men were J. C.
and C. L. LaPlant, owners of a shingle
mill, and L. D. Walthers, their engineer.
About 2 o'clock m the morning they
awoke, to find themselves being lifted
into the air. A moment, later they
came down and went through the floor
with the beds in which they had been
sleeping, and the debris of the building
fell on top or them. The men were
partially stunned, put the pulled them
selves out and made their way to a
neighbor's bouse, a quarter of a mile
distant. The. house was completely
wrecked, with its contents, the timbers
being smashed to kindling wood, and
the bedding being torn to shreds. Un
der the floor was a large hole in the
ground, caused by the explosion,' and
the supposition is that the dynamite
was placed in a bag, poked under the
house and then fired. It was a miracle
that the men escaped, everything else
being utterly destroyed.
Refrigerator Xifne. :
THEY WERE DISMISSED.
But the Doxology Remains Unwept, Un-
bonoiecl and I'uiung.
The divine gift of song is not vouch
safed to all mankind, and those who
join secret societies are, as a rule, as
tuneless as the famous harp that orna
mented Tara's halls. It is undoubtedly
true that when it comes to bad singing
every lodge ot every society in the
United States can give every other lodge
of every other society some pointers.
The Elks of this city are no exception.
When it comes to oratory we concede
that order the palm, but the warbling of
the lark, the melody of the nightingale
or the eott and languorous notes of the
bul-bul .are not heard in their lodge
room, any more frequently than in any
other. ,
Saturday night tha members bad a
sort of brief rehearsal, and everything
moved along smoothly until at the close
the presiding officer called for the
Doxclogy.V Then there was fun. The
doxology is not down in the ritual, yet
every member knew be ought to know
the doxology, why of course he did, but
still he preferred some other brother
should "pitch the tune." Every mem
ber looked at every other member, but
silence deep, dark and deadly Settled
like a funeral pall over the meeting.
Finally there was a confused murmur
started, grew and suddenly buret forth
in full and magnificent discord. Judge
Bradsbaw gently warbled anuria from
the "Bohemian Girl," Exalted . Ruler
Micbell tuned, up on "Annie Laurie,"
Bert Phelps broke . forth in something
about "Ta ja ra ra boom d'aye," Charley
Phillips' basso profundo popped up ap
parently from the lower story of the
building with the "Rock of Ages," while
Judd Fish's rich contralto hummed that
favorite selection from II Trovatore en
titled "Murphy Bought a Billy Goaty
He Bought it for a Kid." Harry Lons
dale lost his bearings and warbled,
"There's Only One Girl in This World for
Me," McArthur trilled a trill about see
ing "The Light of Other Days Around
Me," E. O. McCoy caroled a' few notes
of "In This Wheat Buv and Bov," and
THE DURRANT CASE.
Again Bobs Up In the California Su
preme Court.
every other member had a tune of his
own that became blended and lost in
the pot pourri. Finally tbey all came to
a stop ana then one of the members,
whose name shall for obvious reasons
ever remain a secret, said : "Why every
body knows, or ought to know, that the
doxoloey begins:- 'When I can read
mv title clear to mansions in the
ekifs, " and then Johnny Hampshire,
who bad been trying for ten minutes to
make a suggestion, fell at bis post with a
dull, etc. ine doxology was then post
poned. ' . .
The Dalles City Rained.
The Durrant murder case came up in
the supreme court yesterday, on a mo
tion to dismiss the order of submission
made at Los Angeles several weeks ago.
As was expected another delay resulted,
the matter going over for two weeks.
It will be remembered the court threw
a bombshell into the camp of Messrs.
Dickinson and Dujirey, attorneys for
Durrant, by declaring that thfe case, was
submitted without briefs of the defend
ant having been filed. The attorneys
claimed that they did not have to pre
pare the briefs, and aBked that the or
der be dismissed and that Durrant be
given another opportunity to file briefs.
This matter came up today for settle
ment. On. this occasion the delay was
caused by Attorney-General Fitzgerald.
When the calender was called, he arose
and moved for a continuance, saying
that he had exercised due diligence, but
nevertheless was unable to prepare the
briefs to be submitted by the people in
the case. The desired continuance was
granted. -
It is impossible to foretell when a de
cision in the case will be rendered by
the court, inasmuch as the case has not
yet been formally submitted. Mean
while, Durrant is threatened with the
frightful possibility of dying of old age
behind prison bars.
; Bishop Cranston's Lectare
Bishop Cranston's lecture .last night
was the finest a Dalles audience has
been permitted to hear in many a year.
The lecture, while instructive, was bub
bling over with wit, and the audience
was at times convulsed with laughter.
The biehop baa a peculiarly - happy
style, making bis points perfectly clear,
and illustrating them with quaint bits
of humor that are irresistably funny.
Under all the foam was a strong current
of facts that became more forcible from
their witty surroundings.) As a lec
turer, Bishop Cranston certainly stands
at the very top of the ladder.
No more BOILS, no more PIMPLES
Use Kinersly's Iron Tonic." The Snipes
Kinersly Drug Co. Telephone No. 3.
Attention of shippers is called to the
new refrigerator line operated by the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
between Portland, Huntington. Spokane
and intermediated points, leaving Port
land on train 22, Wednesdays and Satur
days. E. E. Lytle, Agent.
The Dalles City was successfully raised
this morning, five scows being used, and
towed by the Regulator to the Cascades,
where she is at present lying near the
incline. She would have been raised
yesterday, but there was a regular hur
ricane blowing and nothing could be
done. 'Repairs will be made on her at
once. As soon as tbe ice gorge here
moves, the Regulator will be put on tbe
route again, and from indications that
will not be long.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair.
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
DR;
CHEATS
. Most Perfect Made?
40 Years the Standard.
AllSteel
Clamp Skates
50e a Pair.
MAYS & CROWE.
School Books
Supplies.
Jacobson Book & Music Co.
No. 174 Second Street,
New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon,
GEORGE RUCH
PIONEER GROCER,
Successor to Cbrisman & Corson.
FULL. LINE OF
STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES.
Again in business at the old stand. - I Would be pleased to
see all my former patrons. Free delivery to any part of town.
Remember
We have strictly First-class
FIR, OAK and
MAPLE WOOD
To sell at LOWEST MARKET RATES. .
Phone 25. JOS. T. PETERS & CO