Clearance Sale of Bieyeles - t NEW AND 2d HAND WHEELS - For Less than Half Price Important Notice Maier & Benton will give away one TO THE LADIES OF THE DALLES AND VICINITY. In anticipation of the approaching Elks ball, we have just received from. New York a few high-grade Novelties in Dress Trimmings for evening wear. The assortment, though limited, com prises the choicest creations of the largest exclusive manufacturers of Dress Trimmings both in this country and Europe'- . All Goods Marked in Plain Figuree. . PEASE & MAYS, Gariana Steel Range For every One Dollar pur chase during January and February we will give one chance free on the steel range. ...ITlaier & Geaion ,.THE HKOTflSE DEALERS.. 67 Seconi SL . THE DALLES, OR. The Dalles Daily Chronicle. SATURDAY JANUARY 28. 1899 Telephone . No. 1. TAKE NOTICE. TO OUR ADVERTISERS: All Changes in Advertisements must be handed in before io o'clock A. M., no changes will be accepted in the al ernoon. This rule will be positive. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. The Dalles, January io, 1899. are steadily increasing in interest, will continue during the coming week. School Clerk Schmidt is now busy taking the annual enumeration for dis trict No. 12. The total number this year is expected to be in the neighbor hood of 1400.. For the past several years enumeration has shown a steady in crease from year to year. In March '93 the total was 907; in '94. 1053; in '95, 212; in '96, 1282; , in '97, 1309; in '98, 1347. 1 1 nam or nrua na I ft V SVSl TbDf v 1 o.it.v. war- rlrrntiidi i winfti nrfinifirnf" r 1 j 1 1 -mmm Horticultural Emile Scl WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. Dalles Club Minstrels At the Vogt opera house tonight. Remember Manhattan Shirts 98c A. M. Williams & Co. Two cars of cattle belonging to Chas. Butler are at the stockyards and will be shipped to Port Townsend tonight. Steve Russell, one of the morphine fiends who has been confined in the city jail, was this morning sent to Van couver, where his relatives reside. . The Mascots of the minstrel show may be the least in stature of all the com pany, but their cake walk is immense, and vou'll say so tonight. - U . . .. 1 I 1 11 Xt-M. - C TU Dalles public schools for the present week following the semi-annual promo tion, is even 800, and 98 of this total are in the high school department. In the fall term of "chool ending last week, the total number of pupils en rolled was 896, a gain of 36 over the cor Society f this Mr. no doubt will be an excellent officer, for there certainly is not a man in the state who takes a greater interest n horticulture than he does. His 'ad vice is always timely and greatly ap preciated by the people of The Dalles and viciniiy. Today is indeed a perfect day, and now is the time for some newspaper to remark that the "spring has come, gentle Annie ;" the "frogs are croaking," or words to that effect. Already the wild .flowers are beginning to make their appearance and some ' of our residents are working on their gardens. This, however, seems a little premature, for colder weather is sure to make its ap pearance before "summer comes again." The Endeavorers. of the Christian church will conduct an nnusuallv in teresting service tomorrow evening, commencing at 7:30. The day is gener ally known as "Endeavor Day ;" and appropriate addresses will be delivered and papers read by leading Endeavor workers, upon various topics touching upon the great work of Christian En deavor.. Special songs will be inter spersed in the program, and it will be a service well worth one's time to . attend Mr. David Ureignton, of 3-Miie, is in receipt ot a paper which gives an account of the celebration of the sixtieth wed- number belonging was 719, a gaiu of 37 the average daily attendance was 681, gain of 29. -- There will be a cattle men's meeting held at the court house in this city on Saturday, February 4th at 1 p. m. The object is in regard to protecting their right on the forest reserve. All interested in the matter are earnestly requested to be-'present. R. F. Barnes, deputy collector of cus toms, is up from Portland today taking the measurements of the Regulator. ; A .new ruling has been made whereby own era may name ' their vessels after the home port. - The Regulator will, there fore, in the future be termed the Regu lator of Dalles City, instead of Portland, as formerly. .- s . v Tomorrow in the morning and evening ' at the Methodist church Chancellor Thoburn will be present and address the - audience. At bis last visit bis congrega tions were delighted with . the chancel - lor's sermons and are anxious to hear him again. ' Rev. Warner will also be present, a will also the -pastor. Rev, Wood, and ibe revival services,, which responding period last year ; the average . , . . . K. 'r . mo ,,1 ding anniversary .of his ancle and aunt. fat took lire and the blaze was soon be yond control. Mr. King sustained a number of painful burns about the hands and wrist. A correspondent from Goldendale says : Within the week there hve been shipped to Lyle and the monto of the Bib Klickitat river two carlosras of tools and"railroad builders' outfitfend it is eaid a party of surveyors were recently Jaeen on the south side of the mountain, working towards The Dalles. Thursday a crew was seen driving stakes at a . lively, rate on a survey that haaf just been . made through Farmer Day'e field, a point a few miles sonthwet of Goldendale. It is believed the savveying party of en gmeer A. E. Haumdod is the unknown party, and thatit will be in Goldendale soon with the lane of survey . v Mr. and Mrs. David'. Creighton. of Tin 1 ulliti flnllfi Trill is an unusual oc currence, particularly, when -the couple are as young in appearance and lively as this couple is said to be. Mr. Creigh ton is 83 years of age, and said to be bb spritely as a man of half his' age, while his wife, who is 79, is full of life, and not a grey hair "has made its appearance. At their fiftieth anniversary, forty-three relatives were present, only one having passed away since that time. A few days ago the summer residence of Leon Juston, near the Cascade Locks, was destroyed by fire under peculiar circumstances. The place was occupied by Mr. King and wife who were en-J gaged to look after the place. The King family lost all their clothing and jewelry, and all the furniture ex cepting a few pieces were burned.' The building was valued at $3000 and the furniture at $1500. The total insurance was but $1800. The fire originated in the kitchen.' Mr. King and bis wife were at dinner at the time. Mrs. King Was f 'trying out" some lard on the .kitchen, stove. J' Daring her absence the Yonng America often gets dissatisfied, and patting the expansion theory into practice desires to take in new territory. Accordingly, yesterday afternoon Mike and John Bohan, aged 15 and 11 years, spread their wings and flew away, mak ing up their minds that home restraints were not "in it" with the liberty to be derived from traveling over the country witn a norse ana cart. They chose as their favorite direction the road which leads to Dafur, and at last accounts were! beard of at that place. Learning of their whereabouts their paternal an cestor started after them, and will no doubt see that they return home. The Oregonian of laa week reports Astoria as being confronted with a con stantly increasing school attendance and ft constantly decreasing assessment list. J. he same condition exists in a lesser degree in The Dalles. In '94 tax es were assessed on a total roll of $1,413,. 434 by this district, with an average daily attendance in the schools of 414; in '95 the roll decreased to $1,280,370 and the dally attendance increased to 517; in "96 the roll decreased to $1,186,- 151, and the attendance increased to584 ; in '97 the roll increased to $1,193,161, ana ine attendance increased to t9t ; in '93 the roll decreased to $1,172,479, and the attendance increased to 660. The present roll for collection of taxes this year has increased to $1,181,703, and the school attendance is the largest in - the history, ol the district. 1 Two weeks ago we were sleigh riding ; today we feel that a picnic would be the most appropriate pastime. ' In . every community tnere are croagers, who, as the Baying is, "shake hands with the devil before they meet him." These un fortunates are now borrowing trouble re garding tbe fruit trees,; saying that they are beginning to put forth budB, ' and that the cold weather, which is sure to follow, will nip them and so cause a fail ore of the crop. Those who have made horticulture a study inform ui that there is not tne slightest cause lor concern as yet, as there are no signs of buds. One gentleman tells us that he baa been a resident. of thissection since '63, and there baa been but one failure of 'the fruit crop since that time, and that Was in 1878. The peach crop-baa been a We wish to clear out all old stock before mov. ing into new store and have some bargains. . This is an. opportunity to get a bicycle cheap ' All wheels sold at half regular price. Opposite old stand. Rftet the Holidays. ' We have a large. stock ot Pianos, Organs,-Sheet Music, Musical Instru-, . ments, etc., that we are eelling at popular prices. . Our stock of Stationery and Books is complete. Jacobsen Book & Music Co. 170 Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon. partial failure in a few instances. Let us not cross the bridge before we reach it; but en jay the pleasant weather, as best we can. If the reporters who attended tbe re- bersal of the minstrel performance last night were permitted to give it a genuine write-np today, and oar readers would take our word for it, there wouldn't be an inch of standing room to spare in the hall tonight. Every feature alone is worth the price of admission. We con fess, that while we anticipated a good show, it far surpasses what we expected and Dalles people have still more Tea son to feel proud, of, the local talent as a number who make their first appear ance tonight prove themselves far ahead of most of the professionals who visit our city. The boys have taken no end of pains to give na an entertainment of merit and should be encouraged.. 'Be sides no one can afford Io miss seeing the ahgw. From the opening overture to the cake walk at the close, each fea ture ib particularly fine, and it is diffi cult to Bay which ' possess the most merit. May Be Reconildered. It is said that the bill to create tbe county of Wheeler may be reconsidered having lacked one vote of being passed." It received just 30 votes. Had there been a full attendance it is believed it wouid have passed, and it is not at all im probable even yet that the vote by which it wis defeated will not be recon sidered and the bill pot to another vote. HawBon led tbe opposition to the-' bill. He was loaded for bear, and ' In his speech against it probably made .the oratorial effort of bia life. He claimed that the new county would cutoff .the best third of Gilliam county, including nearly all of tbe county's best timber and Water supply. He characterized the bill as an injustice to the people of his county who had remonstrated against it, and would be left with nothing bat debt with which to carry on business if the dismembering were permitted. His plea was that the question of dismem berment be left to the public of h's county. fttMOpo ratio SATURDAY, JAN. 28, CIllD Iiistiels Bnsiness Is Liyely at Blantat Coiinter?. Scarce an hour of the business day passes bat that someone is buying these good blankets. A price list that covers every purse, and not an unworthy one in the lot.- All-wool, part wool, and cot ton, although tbe last two are in the minority. If we tell you that a certain blanket is all-wool, you can rely on it being so. It is'nt always so everywhere. Present clearance prices make blanket baying all the more attractive at this store. : A. M. WILLIAMS & CO. Cuh In Your Cbeck. . All county warrants registered prior to Mch. 14, 1895, will be paid at my office.'- Interest ceases after Jan. 14, 1899. O. L. Phii.wp8, . County Treasnrer. Elegant Gostumes. Latest songs, specialties AND CAKE WALKS. Reserved Seats 75c. N General Admission 50c. Reserved seats on sale at tbe Snipes-Kinersly Drug Co.s' store, commencing Tuesday morning, Jan. 24, 1899. fiot Cheap Goods, Hat Good Goods Cheap. We are determined to sell the entire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions, Groceries Cheap iov Gash. SAiynJEii Lt. bhooks, 1 Successor to E. J. Collins & Co.