o 2 2 9 t3 ffl tn m0 o I 3 to m Oh A Change in our Adv on Monday. So 33 o . 2 2 o to The Dalles Daily Gtoonicie. SATURDAY. DEC. 26, 1896 Weather Forecast. - PORTLAND, Iec. 2G, 1896. For Eastern Orkgon Tonight and tomor row, "rain or snow." Pagbe. Observer. WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Kandom Observations and Local Events of Lesser Magnitude. ask any questions', Douglas drew a pistol and struck Fisher a heavy blow on the head, knocking him down and catting a gash in the back of his head that it took several stitches to close. As usually happens in 6uch cases, the innocent suf fered, Mr. Fisher having nothing to do with it. After doing all the damage, Douglas discovered his mistake and ekipped over to Washington to avoid arrest. Of course the smart fellow who caused all the trouble is now perfectly happy. His mind being relieved from the heavy County commissioners court will meet! 8train caused by evolving so stupendous one week from next Monday, and circuit court Fobruary 8th. , ' Quite a number of Indians are in the city, a little late for Christmas, but still on hand, and apparently having a good time. . Circuit court will meet Monday pur suant to adjournment, and at that time Judge Bradshaw will decide several im portant equity suits. The Si Perkins Company which shows here Monday night, will give its grand parade with the hay-seed band between 1 and 2 o'clock of that day. Look out for it. Only fivo.more days of leap year, and then seven years without a chance to pop. Ypuni laftjes ! It is the last call in the dinini car. far you will be the other side'of 26 before another leap year. The Chrietmas tree and exercises of the Lutheran church held at the court house, were well attended, the court house being crowded and all attending were greatly pleased. The programme occupied an hour and a half, and con sisted of four class-songs, ono double quartette, several dialogues and recita tions, and four brief orations by young men. members of the bible class, this latter feature being highly sgoken of The event was only prepared for within the past two weeks, but was a thorough success. Professor Martin with his inimitable sleight-of-hand performance and the life like Marionettes, continues to draw crowded bouses at the Vogt. His enter tainment is clean and very Interesting to old and young. Tonight bis engagement closes, and several special features will be introduced. Go yoursel and enjoy it and get double pleasure out of it by tak ing vour children and watching their happy faces. . ' TROUBLE AT A , DANCE. practical joke as turning out the lights, can easily soar to the pinnacles of bliss where, let us hone, neither the mind nor matter containing it will be out of reach on the annual visit of the fool killer." A Stamper. Caused by tlte Incandescent II Qui or of a ' Brilliant Joker. . JUST A SMALL BOY. Bnt He Was Ubiquitous and Had Two Gizzards. average wiry, squirming boy, with too much nerve and - activity to be quiet, and who had in his interior a quart or two of pepsin and a couple of gizzards. Mr. H. F. Davidson has had construct ed a stamp burner made of sheet iron, in the shape of a stove, that will likelv revolutionize the work of clearing ground of stumps.. The design was brought here by Mr. Bone, when he're turned from the Sucker state last spring. The advantages of this stump burner, like a bob tail flush, are all in the draw It is said that when set round a stump and loaded with pitch, wood and fired, it creates a draft that can only be likened to a cyclone. Davidson sat up with it eight hours the other night, and after feeding it about eight cords of pitch pine, it drew tears to his calloused cheek, drew blisters on a log ten feet away, drew all the neighbors within a radius of a mile to see it work, and be thinks, if given full vent, it would draw a mortgage on the farm. He first bored a hole in the stump, and with a stick of giant powder shattered and loosened up the 8 tump to give the mersheen a good start. After burning eight hours the stamp swelled up, probably with ita importance of being the first stump ex perimented with, and the sheet iron burner can't be removed till the stamp dries out next summer. . A patent haB been applied for, and couuty and town ship rights will be for sale by Bone & Davidson, proprietors. Glacier. A. J?. & A. M. Notice. There was a little digression at the dance at Brown's hall last night not down on the bill. It seem a some one on mischief bent turned out the lights several times while the dances were on, until it finally grew monotonous. Finally Cooper Douglas, one of the musicians, got tired of it and when the lignts went out made a rash for the corner where the switch is located. The ' first man he met was James Fisher, and without pausing to A stated 'communication, of Wasco lodge No. 15, A. F & A. M., will be held in Masonic hall, The Dalles, Or., on Sunday Dec. 27th, 18S6, at 7 o'clock p m. sharp, for the purpose of attending divine service. " Ail master Maeons in good standing are requested to be pres ent. By order of W. M. , F. A Abernethy, Secy. -A. F. & A. M.. Special Notice. A special communication of Wasco Lodge, No. 15, A. F. & A. M. will be held in Masonic ball, The Dalles, Or., on Monday evenining Dec. 28, 1896, at 7 o'clock p. m. Business, installation of officers. All members are requested to be present. By order of W. M. d26-2t v , F. A; Abbbnetht, Secretary. at noon at . tf i Hot clam broth every Ad Kellar's. day The numberless things a small boy can do in the course of an hour, each without premeditation or object, is simply as tonishing; but it is no more so than the number of things he can devour in the same time. Going down' on the boat to Hood River Christmas'naorning our at tention was attracted by the vigorous and maggoty., movements of a youth about 10 years old. The boy was on his war to Mosier to spend Christmas and make the day one joyous carnival for some family. . Previous to the boat leaving the wharf he seemed to have general supervision of boat, cargo and passengers. He was from one deck to the other not less than a dozen times in as many minutes. He read the marks on the freight and asked passengers their names gave out a won derful amount of information as to the boat's movements, and ' was generally busy. After the bolt started the field of his labors became more circnmecribed. He remained inside most of the time, because it was too cold to holy-stone the hurricane deck or slush the main mast. He was .abundantly supplied with Christmas cheer suitable for one of his age. As soon as the boat pulled out he procured a bundle pT licorice sticks a foot long and commenced to absorb one of them. As he chewed at Sue end of the stick he took down allthe folding stools piled in the lorwara cabin, then he piled four or five of JLhem on one and sat down on tha aggregation That only satisfied him for a moment, and he placed three of themon the deck built op in the cabin over tbe hpiler and tried that for . a yoed. . Then from tbe fathomless depth of his pocket he pro duced a mosauito bar fuli of 'candy, which he soon placed where it would do tbe moat good, climbing on top of the pile of stools-to do so, and aril the time he kept np a running fireof small talk, disseminating- eomefeally wonderful information. - After the candy two ap ples followed on the program, that dropped into his system and' were lost. Then followed three feefr-of licorice and another apple, and a afie surrounded the latter be told us, ipsetrict confidence, he was . going to eat Christmas dinner at Mosier, and expressed the wish that it "was ready now." He settled the set plea and other truck by climbing tbe hog-chains and getting a fall on bis head that must have mode him see Santa Cl.aus, for he got urj smiling and came over to ua to expatiate on ine magnin cence of the Christmas tree be saw the night before. As he left tbe foot plank at Mosier he ducked bis head in the sand bar, and throwing up ma neeis. went over like a streak and came down full length on his back. Then he sat up, and as the turn of the boat shut him out from our range of vision, he had dug up another apple from the - mysterious recesses of bis clothes and was stowing it away in bis hold, as though he had experienced famine. And yet he waB only just an Christmas Trees. Christmas Eve was observed by most of tbe churches, by having the usual Christmas trees with their wonderful fruit, and the exercise appropriate to tbe occasion. The Methodist, church had two trees and a jolly old santa claus with a pack full of toys on bis back. The Congregational church was crowded witb little folks and their parents each happier than the other, all participating in the presents plucked from ' the generous boughs. At the Christian church there were appropriate exercises, but no tree. The Sisters had a very handsome tree and some verv beautiful exercises, and among other things, a big, generous santa -claus. Christmas night the Lutheran church and the Sal vation army had their exercises, the latter having a Christmas stocking in stead of a tree. There were candy, nutB and apples galore, and something for every little one, besides more substan tial, if not so filling, other things. The Episcopal church has its Christmas exer cises Monday, somewhat late to be sure, yet certain to be enjoyed by the young sters who have capacity for a Christmas tree every night in the year. St. Paul's Cbnccb. LARGE CONSIGNMENT WILSON jy ST RECEIVED at MAYS & CROWE. Program for Sunday evening, Dec. 27tb, Festival ot St, John the Evan gelist : Anthem by Choir, "Arise, Shine for Thy Light Has Come," Isaiah Lx:l, 2, 3 : - , Sir G.J. Etoy Gloria in Excelsis, Ko. 451 Old Chant Magnificent, No. 67 .'. 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