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Our stock of Celuloid Goods and Crestware will be
offered this week at a great reduction. ' Everything
must go by Xmas.
Nothing would be appreciated more by a lady than
a fine Card Case and Purse combined. We are offering'
an exceptionally fine line of these from 25c to $2.00.
Handkerchiefs. Everything in this department is
a bargain. Nothing but the latest designs are shown
on our counters. "
Gloves, for evening and street wear, can be found
here, from a 4-button to a 30-b'utton length.
We are making a special offer of Japanese Ware
in China. The goods will be offered at one-half their
original cost.
Japanese Silk in all shades. We make a special
price for this week of 35c a yard.
A choice line Figured Drapery Silk from 50c yard.
Special for Gentlemen.
Special drive in Neckwear, in Four-in-hands and
Tecks, ranging in price from 50c to $1.00, will be sold
for 50c each.
Fine Neckwear.
We have on display a line of Riifus Waterhouse
Co.'s Neckwear, conceded to be the finest in America.
See window for display.
Gentlemen's Silk Handkerchiefs, in plain and col
ored borders; the sweetest thing of the season.
Mufflers in air colors, and a large stock to choose
from. Come and inspect them.
PEASE & MAYS.
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The Dalles Daily Gbponieie.
TUESDAY.
DEC. 22, 1896
Weather Forecast, t
Portland. Dec. 19, 1896.
Fob Eastern Obkoon Tonight and tomoi
row rain and warmer.
Pagbe. Observer.
WAYSIDE GLEANINGS.
Kandom Observations and Local Erenti
of Lesser Magnitude
Professor Martin gives away presents
each night to ticket holders, the prin
ciple gift being $5 cash.
A little child of B. F. Miller of Hood
River died Sunday morning, and was
buried at Hood River yesterday.
Tomorrow and Thursday the ladies of
the Good Intent Society will sell pies,
cakes and doughnuts, as well as kitchen
aprons, at the building formerly occu
pied by H. Herbring.
We have beautiful blooming plants
suitable for Christmas presents. Also
choice cut flowers, and chrysanthemums
in all colors for Christmas decorations.
d22-2t Mrs. A. C. Stubling & Son.
Great Sachem J. Carr and Great S. S.
O. Schuman are in town on an official
visit to Wasco Tribe No 16, I. O. R. M.
All members of the tribe are requested
to attend the council fire tonight punctu
ally at 7:30 p. m.
The South Carolina supreme court re
cently decided that it is not arson to set
fire to one's own dwelling-house, either
at common law or under a statute mak
ing it arson to set fire to "any house,"
and the fact that the property is in
sured makes no difference. '
The greatest number of desertions in
the department of the Columbia have
occurred recently from Fort Spokane,
which has only a moderate garrison
General Otis is inclined to the opinion
that the reason is that the Boldiers have
been tempted to run away to' the mines
in that vicinity.
A Christmas tree will be had in the
audience room of the Methodist church
Thursday- night at" 7:30 o'clock. All
members and friends of the . Sunday
school and church are invited to be
present and to place any gifts on the I
tree. ' All presents should be brought to j
the church as early as possible Thursday
afternoon, .
Arrangements are nearly completed
for a course of lectures to be given in the
Congregational church. The time
chosen will be latter than that of last
years course and probably will take
place in the latter part of January,
1 February and March. The topics are
not yet fully known. As soon as they
are, the schedule will be published.
The legislature will meet in a few
weeks and the stockmen of Eastern
Oregon should tret a move on towards
circulating a petition of that body, ask
ing that it memorialize congress to open
the Cascade reserve to the pasturage
of stock. If our : stockmen expect to
. accomplish anything, they must work,
and the memorial from the Oregon legis-;
lature will have more effect than all the
petitions that can be drawn up directly
to congress.
Arrangements are completed for tak
ing County Judge Mays to Paso Eobles,
California, and he will start tomorrow.
He has been suffering from an attack of j
inflammatory rheumatism for nearly
three weeks, and . though 'everything
possible has been done for him, he gets
no relief. It is expected the baths at
Paso Robles may soon put him to rights
and permit his return. .
, The preliminary steps are baing taken
for organizing a company here for the
purpose of building a woolen mill. It
seems assured that the move will be
successful and that in the near future
the matter will take definite shape. If
the matter meets with the response ou
the part of our business men, that is an
ticipated. Work will be begun very
shortly and some of next spring's wool
clip will be worked up into goods here.
LAWYER STEEVES IS ACQUITTED
Jurjr Came
to an Agreement
day Forenoon.
Tester-
time it will furnish plenty of amuse
ment for older folks.
Lots of Fan.
Yesterday the courts were kept busy
trying to settle matters between Reid
and Puch. It seems Puch had received
a lot of ladies underwear for the pur
pose of selli ngthe same within certain
territory. According to Reid's story,
Puch left the territory assigned to him,
and sold the goods, or part of them, for
getting to pay for them as sold, accord
ing to contract. Reid telegraphed here
and - Nigbtwatchman Wilev arrested
Puch. No warrant coming, Sheriff
Driver turned him loose, Reid by this
come here and had Puch arrested again.
Then Puch turned over the goods to
Reid, and Reid dismissed the suit. 'Then
Puch had Reid arrested for false im
prisonment, but this was dismissed.
The parties are having an awfully jolly
time, and what they will do next, no
man knows.
A Christmas Stocking.
Xeriophon N. Steeves is a free man.
Yesterday at Hillsboro at 10 o'clock
the one juror who hung put for convic
tion capitulated, and a verdict of ac
quittal was returned to Judge McBride's
court.
For oyer 24 hours the ballot stood
eleven for acquittal and one for convic
tion. ' Saturday the jury stood tn for
pcqnittal and two for conviction, but
yesterday one of the obstinate jurors
gave up and sometime Sunday night the
twelfth man voted "not guilty" and the
jury went to sleep. Monday morning
when the bailiff of the court was called
he was informed that an agreement had
been reached.
Juror Catch in gs was indisposed from
the long confinement. He became so ill
Sunday that be had to be taken to a
physician.
The great expense of the trial and the
time and care expended in trying the
case demanded a verdict one way or an
other, and when the result was an
nounced in Portland general satisfaction
was expressed. The Steeves jury was
locked up last Friday evening and up to
Sunday hightjit was generally expected
there would be a disagreement.
Steeves returned to Portland yester
day evening. He was the recipient of
many congratulations from friends on
his acquittal. His friends in Portland
have been confident 'of bis acquittal
throughout, and have resolutely -stood
by him during the trial.'
The expense of the trial at Hillsboro
will be borne by Multnomah county,
and will be between $2500 and $3000.
Had a disagreement resulted, the case
would never have been tried again.
THE MARIONETTES TONIGHT.
Professor Martin Frorei Himself to be
a Genuine Wizard.
DROWNED IN HOOD RIVER.
Carl 'Wood and W. w. Edgerman Lost
lu a Small Boat.
An accident costing two men their
live?, happened on Hood river, about
eight miles from the town yesterday.
The company building the flume and
irrigating ditch; is now building a bridge
across Hood river for the purpoee of
bringinging the flume across to the west
side. This bridge is about eight miles
from the mouth of the river, and a
couple of miles below the sawmill be
longing to Frank Davenport, where lum
lumber for the flume is being cut.
Monday two men, Carl Wood and a
man who went by the name of Deitrick,
but whose right name is W. W. Edger
man", got in a small boat at the sawmill
intending to go down to the bridge.
The current in places runs very swift,
and .in one "of these places the boat
struck a big bolder and was literally
BinaetaTd to pieces. - t he men were
whirled under by the -current and in a
moment were strangled and beyond
helping themselves. Seven or eight
men working on the flume ran to their
assistance, but the current bore the
bodies down faster than they conld run.
I Up to last night the bodies had not been
recovered.
Carl , Woods parents live in Hood
River valley, and he was a brother-in-law
of Dick Fisher of Mosier.
AlKSteel
Glamp Skates,
50e Pair.
MAYS & CROWE.
- ne salvation army nas nit upon a
novel substitute for a Christmas tree a
stocking. ' Their great annual public
Christmas affair will be iield on the
night of the 25th, next Friday. ' There
will be an excellent program rendered,
including ' songs, recitation, etc., and
the opening of the aforesaid stocking by
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, the latter, we
believe, has never visited The Dalles.
The members of the army have been
very busy preparing to supply the wants
of the poor families of the town. The
bundles made np for.them will be giyen
out that night. Meetine begins at 8
o'clock. Admission 10 cents. i
Have you any doubts
about Schilling's Best
'"' tea? baking powder?
coffee? flavoring extracts ?
soda? and spices?
From the Old Soli.
Your grocer pays
back your money in
you
full
if you don't like them.
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For sale by
V. E. Kahler
The sleight of hand work of Martin,
the magician, is very smooth, and very
interesting. The audience last night
was small, owing principally to the fact
that no one knew anything about it.
until a late hour last evening, but those
present were highly and delightfully
entertained.
Some of the tricks are old, of course,
bat Martin does them so neatly that
they seem new. His trick of taking a
live pigeon from a tiny box, and after
letting it flutter for a minute or two
picking it up,and with a gentle stroke or
two making it apparently dissolve and
fade from sight, was a very pretty one
and brought forth a storm of applause.
There were dozens of other very pretty
illusions, but the feature of the evening
that caught the little folks was the
marionettes. The tiny figures danced,
performed and talked in the most nat
ural manner, and one conld hardly
realize that they were not veritable
Liliputians, come to entertain the little
folks with a vision of fairyland.
While Mr. Martin's exhibition is sure
to make an impression : on the little
foiks they will never forget, at the same
Colonel Sinnott orb a handsome new
cane presented him by Colonel Thomp
son, of Louisville, Ky. The etick is
from a blackthorne in Ireland, from
which Col. Sinnott, when a boy, used to
pluck the berries. Recently Col. Thomp
son visited Ireland and the old home
where Col. Sinnott's ancestors for 700
years have lived, and cut the bit of
blackthorne which be ' has sent the
colonel with the latter's name on
silver plate thereon. The stick is large
at the little end, and Col. Sinnott ex
plains this by saying it is an Irish char
acteristic, Irishmen being noted for
their great beads.
GHflBTPS PRESENTS.
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Jacobson Book & Music Co.
Toys, Albums, Books and complete line of Novelties.
No. 174 Second Street,
New Vogt Block, The Dalles, Oregon.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair.
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.
Most Perfect Made.
40 Years the Standard.
Remember
We have strictly First-class
rixv, uaiv ana
MAPLE WOOD
To sell at LOWEST MARKET RATES.
Phone 25. JOS. T. PETERS & CO