1S90
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Around the rising generation cen
ters the hopes and aspirations of all
true American citizens. The young
k men and women, before mature habits
are formed, are more susceptible of
- outside influences than at an; other
period in life, and are very liable to
be debauched from associations or
' dwarfed intellectually from comming
ling with" persons of the lowest types.
For tljis reason the greatest care
should be taken of our boys and girls,
because from their daily intercourse
they may develope into models of de-
" portmenc and character or become
permeated wich the seeds of brutality
and viciousness, fitting them only foi
' .' the penitentiary or gallowa. There is
no doubt in the mind of any reasona-
. ble man that too- much care cannot be
' devoted to the training of the youth
ful jnind, just budding into manhood
or womanhood, for in' this epoch of
existence impressions are more easily
. received and morb permanently re
tained. If parents allow their child
ren "to be in attendance on police
courts . every day and thus become
familiar with the lowest and most de
basing crimes they cannot expect that
they: will exemplify- the" nobler facul
ities of manhood or womanhood.
Evil communications corrupt good
- manners is as true now as it was when
we copied it as a writing lesson. This
is true in boyhood or manhood, in
girlhood or womanhood, and to make
the human character what it should
be careful training must be had and
the greatest watchfulness exercised.
7 Tuat this is not done is clearly evinced
by a vie w of the streets of an Amer
ican city any day in the year. Child
ren of very few years of age, hardly
out of their 8 saddling clothes, are
found around street corners, police
- stations, viewing crime in its most
revolting forms, and listening to the
language of scullions and bummers.
- Such influences are debasing, and if
parents have any solicitude for the
' future of their boys and girls they
will forbid their visiting these places
-where vice and brutality are exposed to
: the common gaze, and keep them at
home where the influences of love and
peace will shape their characters prop
erly for the future. Fathers and
mothers have a duty to perform
in this regard which cannot be
evaded, and which will redound
. to the permanency and purity of
the government and free institu
tions.
The message of - Mayor Moody to
the common council last night has the
true and correct ring to it, and will be
fully endorsed by every . one having
the best interests of the municipality
at heart. His showing of the decrease
of indebtedness is very compliment
ary to the financial ability of the
mayor and encouraging to property
owners. Un the. matter of sewerage
the message appeals to every one in-
teresiedQ'U18 health of the comma
- i j . yi fifimilfl Ha vanforl yv I
uu uw -"'
the councU in f6TOng the plans
suggested. As regards 2r?jj we are
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glad to note that the mayor SVtBB&t
the determination to carry out the
course adopted by the council, and we
can assure him he will have the full
and hearty support of every water
consumer in The Dalles, with the pos
sible exception of those who are still
financially attracted to the "flesh-pots
of Egypt" the filth and slime now
furnished by The Dalles Mill and
Water Company. J. he message is
such es might be expected from a
clear-headed business man, as Mr.
Moody is, and in whom, the citizens
can have the utmost confidence that
the affairs of the municipality will be
managed with the closest economy
and to the best interests of all tax
payers.
There has been very little interest
manifested in the election of water
commissioners except by those under
control of the old company. It makes
little difference who the water com
mission is, the council has the full
control of the matter and are pledged
to the pumping system. Already
advertisements are out for bids for
this system, and will have to be acted
upon. 'v : The citizens ot The Dalles
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must have, a new water system, and
-tfar agitation will never cease until a
healthful and adequate water supply
is inaugurated. The Times Moun
taineer has accomplished its purpose
in witnessing a beginning made in the
right direction, and it will hold the
council to its pledges if every member
of the water commission is opposed
to the action.
We are informed that several cit
izens on' going to the polls Monday
were informed that only one ticket
was in the field, and voted it the old
company and flume company ticket-
without knowing the fact that there
were opposing candidates. We were
aware that the Portland and The Dalles
corporations would do everything pos
sible to keep the people of The Dalles
from expressing their honest sentiments
on the water question; but did not be
lifcve they would resort to the miser
able scheme of perverting facts and
falsification.
Business pluck is necessary for the
development of the resources of any
community. It makes little difference
how advantageously any point is sit
uated, if those interested in its growth
do not exercise enterprise and energy
SATURDAY JULY 12,
the town win ate and allow other cities
to reap the advantages which it nat
urally possesses. The Dalles, from
the time of Indian supremacy to the
first settlement of the Anglo Saxons,
has been the center of trade for the
nor' h west. It was so situated that
naturally it commanded the trade of
the Columbia river, and should always
be assured of this supremacy if the
people interested in its development
had exhibited the least pluck cr busi
ness energy. But what have been the
facts in the case. When roads were
necessary to attract trade to this city,
nothing was done to make them passa
ble, and now, when the Columbia river
is at the command of this community,
the citizens tremble in their bones be
cause the railroad company has dis
charged a hundred employes. If we
had the business grit of Spokane
Falls, Baker City or even Pendleton,
steamers owned by The Dalles would
now be making daily trips to and from
the Upper Cascades, and th railroad
company would be the suppliant in
stead of the business men of The
Dalles cringing at every movement
and craving the least favor from the
heartless and greedy monopoly. If
The Dalles will rid itself of moss
back ism it may yet survive, and be a
leading city of Oregon; if not it will
die of inertia.
FALSE
ECONOMY AND
PATRIOTISM.
FAINT
The signing of the dependent pen
sion bill by President Harrison, says
the Inter-Ocean, removes the sting
from the deservedly cauHtic remarks
of ex President Hayes in his Grand
Army day speech at the Kansas Chau
tauqua. Justice has, at length, been
done to the soldier. But the speech
of the ex-president will, endure as a
scathing denunciation of the false
economy and faiut patriotism which so
long withheld from the defenders of
the union their just reward, and as a
vindication of the Republican policy
of liberality and justice.
Af.er the war had ended the first
question confronting the nation was
the payment of the national debt,
ilany there were who advised its pay
ment in paper, worth not more than
50 cents of its face value in any coun
try where a metallic standard was rec
ognized. The Republican party stood
for payment . of the debt in dollar
pieces, the intrinsic value of each of
which was 100 cents. Mr. Hayes was
the Republican candidate for governor
of Ohio upon a platform which af
firmed this principle. The ex-soldiers
who then received pensions payable in
paper, or who, not being pensioners,
received payment for labor performed
or goods sold in such depreciated pa
per, and who had been paid their
bounties and their war earnings in
paper, voted, almost to a man, for pay
ment of the national debt in coin, or
its equivalent. This noble sacrifice of
personal interest and prejudice went
far toward that speedy re-establishment
of the national credit which re
duced interest on the publio debt from
7.30 to 3.50 per cent. Many and
subtle were tTe appeals made to the
veteran that he should vote for "pay
ment of the bond-holder in the same
(paper) money which was good enough
for payment of the soldier." Had the
soldiers so voted, the country would
have been dishonored by practical re
pudiation of its debt. But the men
who had preserved the unity of the
country at the peril of their lives voted
fnt nrMPrvAt.inii tt ftiA tnpArlir ef ffia
country at some cost to their not
Mr. Hayes
heavily filled purses.
makes a timely reminder of this sel-
dom-remembered second service of the
soldiers.
It was high time that the promises
made by the press, the pulpit, and the
politicians were redeemed. One state,
as Mr. Hayes said, has paid $60,000,
000 out of its own treasury in aid of
indigent or feeble soldiers who were
not on the pension rolls, but such re
lief Bhould be a national, not a state,
undertaking. No man who fought
for the union should be the recipient
of private cr state charities. Every
such man has earned the rights of
national support in the time of his old
age, sickness, or iufirmity. A pension
is not a charity; it is payment of a
debt, and Mr Hayes has presented
this idea in a most forcible manner.
We are surprised to see the delega
tion in congress from the west so
strongly in favor of free-coinage of
silver, and using the worst sophistry
in support of their position. Thev
Pretend t0 believe that the govern
ment 0411 create weaitn oy a single act
of legislation, and relieve the wants of
tne poor by placing its stamp
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up uoimrs auu uau-tioiiars. ixotn
mg can oe more fallacious than such
arguments. Labor is the basis of all
values, and without the productive
power of labor can be enhanced wealth
will not be increased. However much
money the government may coin, with
out labor produces more tlan it now
does and there is less competition
in the market, and' the productions of
the country are increased times will be
hard and the ills which we now have
will continue.
Another member of the uniott was
admitted July 4th by President Har
rison signing the bill for the admission
of Idaho. The northwest have four
states interested in the River and
Harbor bill and internal improve
ments. The new state is one of great
natural wealth, and has varied re
sources awaiting development. Wy
oming will be the next to enter into
statehood, and with a constitution
admitting worn n to the privilege of
the elective franchise there will soon
be a practical test of woman suffrage.
In a few years both Idaho and Wyo
ming will double their population and
wealth, and for advancement will not
step to the rear of any commonwealth
in the country.
The water commission, while adver
tising for bids for the pumping sys
tem, win entertain any estimates
for water by gravitation or other pro
cess. JNow is a good time for curb
stone theorists to put their ideas into
practice, and not waste their puerile
notions upon water on gaping crowds
of bummers on street corners.
PLAIN TALK.
The census of 1880 gave Tho Dalles
2250 population, and the enumeration
this year will give the city less than
4000. Calculations, based upon the
vote cast two years ago, and the num
ber of school children enrolled, have
placed the population at 5000; but
this was evidently over estimated.
There is no denying the fact that the
city has never jiroperly appreciated
the advantages which it possesses. If
it had, inbtead of having scarcely 4000
residents it would have 10,000. We
do not believe there is a city on the
Pacific slope with the same natural
advantages that pursues such a suicidal
policy in everything that impels
growth and prosperity. Every new
enterprise creates enthusiasm for the
passing moment, and after that all
interest dies out and." the city goeb
back to its graveyard existence. A
few years ago there was manifested
considerable enthusiasm about build
ing boats to do the carrying trade to
seaboard. A steamer was purchased,
and all indications pointed ' to the
practical solution of the frieght prob
lem. The secretary of war was re
quested to grant the privilege of using
the goverment property at the Cas
cade Locks for a roadway for drays
and wagons. . An official letter, with
the seal of the government, was re
ceived, acceeding to the terms of the
request. .A steamer the A. A. Mc
Cully was at the mouth of the locks,
waiting for high water to be' placed in
the trade of the Middle Columbia.
The ascent was to be made Monday
morning; but,unfortunately although
there was only a watchman onboard
Sunday, near noon, the boat burned
to the water's edge, and nothing more
until recently was ever heard of oppo
sition on the river. The burning of
the McCullv the dav before she was
to enter the traffic of the river,
was a matter difficult of explanation,
and a satisfactory solution has never
been made. Soon after this event, a
movement by the board of trade - was
made for bridging the Columbia river.
The city charter was amended allow
ing non-taxable bonds to be issued
for the' amount of money necessary,
and Hon. J. N. Dolph secured the
passage of a bill through the senate
granting Ahe lMUes the privilege or
constructing a bridge over this' navi-
gable river. A committee was ap-
pointed, and a competent
engineer
hired to make an estimate of the cost
of the project The committee did its
duty, and made its report. That was
all that was done. The transporta
tion scheme and the bridge project
both "sleep the sleep that knows no
waking," and there is no monument
to mark their dishonored resting
place. Such has been the fate of al
most every enterprise that has been
originated in this city for the past ten
years. Every effort to build up the
municipality and improve its natural
facilities has met determined opposi
tion from our own citizens. The rea
son of this is the . bitter factional
hatred that exists between our own
business men. If a transportation
scheme is favored by a certain man, it
will be opposed by another: and if a
bree thouShfc to "be .vanH
it is certain to meiaJKth-D68ition
Erom some source. At present, the
mayor is in favor of an early water
supply by the most available means,
and the same factional fight is carried
to its fullest extent In almost every
instance, as regards business enter
prises, The Dalles has pursued a sui
cidal policy, and our own citizens have
"knifed" the greatest factor, of our
development. The city has every
natural advantage for growth and
development; but there must be har
mony before the least progress can be
made. There is no use in disguising
facts any longer, for the time has
come when we must do something
it we expect prosperity in
toe tuture. ine nrst thing is
to do,' away with these factional
fights in business enterprises, and if
we cannot do this there is no use in
attempting anything for the benefit of
the City. While this Constant fight
continues among ourselves our busi-
ness will depreciate and The Dalles
will be the graveyard of buried hopes
and blasted expectations.
The ire of the Celestial empire" has
been aroused by the exclusive meas
ures, and the Chinese minister in
Washington says his country will re
taliate if the exclusion acts are not
modified. At present China is realizing
the importance of modern improve
ments, and in building railroads, etc.,
offers a good field for the investment
of money. American capital is in
terested now in building railroads in
the great empire, and if retaliatory
measures are adopted our fellow citi
zens uay find themselves at a disad
vantage. There can be no question
that China has as much right, from' an
international stand-point, to forbid
Americans immigrating to the em
pire, as the United Slates . have
to order Chinese subjects out of
this country. As a mere matter of
financial gain, it is simply a balancing
of accounts whether the country will
gain morn by opening wide the gates
to these Mongolian hordes, and our
citizens enjoying tne same priv
ileges in the Celestial empire, or
by excluding them be excluded
ourselves in turn. China may be a
good field for capital, but not for labor;
and it makes no difference to the wage
earners of this country if the gates of
the empire are forever barred to them;
but to the millionaires it will be far
different. By keeping Chinese out of
this country we give more labor and
better wages to our own poor, and this
is certainly a great consideration in a
free government.
Our northern neighbor Canada
has seen considerable prosperity in the
last quarter of a century, and she
glories in the progress she has made.
An exchange from the Dominion gives
the following statistics: "Canada has
an area of 3,610,000 square miles and
is larger than the United States. At
the time of confederation and for some
time after it was thought that a very
large portion of the country was un
suitable for cultivation or for settle
ment, but the opening up of the
northwest struck a strong blow at
that idea and y it has been further
dispelled by the results of recent in
vestigations, such as the facts made
known regarding the great Mackenzie
region. Exclusive of the area cov
ered by the great lakes, Canada has
an area of over 3,470,000 square miles,
or about 40 per cent, of the area of
the whole British Empire." With
such a delicious slice of the British
empire attached to the United States
our country would be great beyond
comparison, aud the time may yet
come when te stars and stripes shall
wave from the Arctic ocean to the
Gulf of Mexico, and shall claim all
lands on the Pacific and Atlantic seaboards.
THE DALLES AS A MANUFACTUR
ING POINT.
- We can learn many lessons from the
eastern states regarding development
of resources. For years that portion
of the United States has grown out of
its youthful tendencies, and now in its
mature existence has many practi
cal illustrations of the necessary fac
tors of commercial life. Mr. Sam'l L.
Brooks, of this city, who has been an
active business man for the past thirty
years, has lately returned from an ex
tended tour of the eastern states, and
has made careful examination of the
impelling forces which actuate growth
in the older cities. He is an acute
observer, and his conclusions can be re
lied on as the result of clear judgment.
Speaking of manufacturing industries,
Mr. Brooks says he was surprised to
see towns of from 2000 to 3000 in
habitants with two or three factories
in them. These Kept a large amount
of money in circulation, and was the
principal support of the population.
If The Dalles, he emphatically
sav. would nattern after some
v-i r ;
of these little towns and inaugu-
rate factories with her commercial
advanta2es. and the large agricultural
country tributary the city would soon
have from 10 000 t0 lf, 000 jnhabi-
tanta. There are a dozen industries,
he says, which could be operated
successfully in this city, and for
which The Dalles has better facilities
than many eastern towns. Any one
who has paid the least attention to
factors of development in any city
knows that every manufacturing in
dustry increases the wealth and popu
lation of the community, and will ver
ify the statement of Mr. Brooks. The
Cascades are full of the most desirable
timber for manufacturing purposes,
and could be made available for
factories with the expenditure
of capital. Thousands- of cattle,'
ready for market, are shipped every
year from our local stock-yards, and
.- .
these could be used iq a beef-packing
establishment and tannery if tbese-
were started in the city, '-ifi'connec-
be
operated at. little expense. During
the season the run of salmon is suffi
cient to keep another cannery running.
The vast ' amount of wool handled
every year could be turned into fab
rics to an advantage, and there are
better facilities for a woolen factory
than anywhere in the state. We
might mention other industries for
which we are especially adapted; but
these will suffice to show what a bright
and prosperous future there is before
Dalles if our business men had
sufficient energy and grit to grasp the
situation. With these factories in
operation, and an opposition line of
boats to seaboard this point would be
as safe a trade center as there is in the
state of Oregon. We recollect the
time when the annual run of salmon
was unheeded, and not a dollar was
realized from the millions of these
fish that swarmed the river.
i bis
wnnnn m am infnrmoil una
has made $50,000 in the catch of
salmon, and other firms smaller
amounts. Formerly a few loads of
apples or peaches were transported bv
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wagons to Canyon City or to Klickitat;
but now .here are peveral fi:W-
ping fruit east in refrigerating cars,
and a reliable man told us that
he had sent 2000 boxes - of peaches
from his owu orchard to St
Paul in one week last . fall.
The possibilities of the future are in
calculable, and our children may live
to see the time when The Dalles furni
ture and woodenware made of Cascade
timber; The Dalles leather, manufac
tured, from the hides of bunch-grass
fed cattle; The Dalles cloths, loomed
from the improved fleeces of Eastern
Oregon sheep; The Dalles canned fruits,
lucious as any in the worlJ, and The
DaHe. bacon and ham, shall be in
airuoso every cuy oi me mat. , we do
rnf ..r tn . tho A at, f.
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-t r"-"r" 'c I
dead as though they were fossil re- I
mains of the pliocine period.
As congress is nearing adjournment
it is very important that their atten
tion should be called to some matters
of great importance. Tha northwest
is very much in earnest regarding the
improvement of the Columbia river
from its highest naviijable waters to
its mouth. This stream drains a rich
agricultural country, which, if trans
portation was reasonable, would be
rapidly - developed. Congress can
not be too- liberal in appropria.
tions for the -locks at the Cas
cades or the boat railway oe-
tween this city and Celilo. Another
matter of almost equal importance is
the forfeiture of the land grant to the
Northern Pacific from Wallula to
Portland. The settlers on the public
domain in Eastern Oregon bave pa-
Itiently waited for several years to
procure titles to their homes,and noth
ing has lieen done. This congress,
in both branches, is Republican, and
the party for its own prestige in the
Inland Empire, should not delay action
any longer. Perhaps if the boards of
trade of the different cities interested
ia the navigation of the Columbia
river would memorialize the delega
tions in Washington it might hasten
action in these matters. '
There can be no doubt of the sub
stantial growth of Portland, the me
tropolis of Oregon. It has rid itself
of its Old webfoot lassitude, and is ex
erting itself in the right directioa
Not content with the trade of the
productive Willamette valley, the bus
iness men are forming syndicates for
the inauguration of manufacturing in
dustries, and the city will possess suf
ficient life within itself to insure
business growth and prosperity aside
from its commercial facilities. Not
disparaging other cities in the north
west, there cannot be the least doubt
that Portland will constantly forge
ahead, and will always maintain its
prestige as the great city of Oregon.
TELEGRAPHIC.
STOnV OK A CRIMB. .
Bismarck, July 9. Citizens of this
city will probably soon be edified by a
double Indian execution. About two
months ago Turtle-Ko-Head and another
Indian who belong to Fort Brthold
agency, went out on a deer bunt, and
Turtle-No-Head accidentally shot bis
partner, according to his own statement.
The young and good-looking squaw of
me aeaa inaiao, witn tne natural instinct
oi uer race, auenipiea io Dire a joung
half-breed, named O'Connor, or White
to Kin Turtle -.No-Head's souaw.
The half-breed was loth to undertake the
I job, but the good-looking squaw, who is
me oene oi ine trioe, promised him her
favor if be would do it. It was the old
story over again of a designing woman
ana a weag man tne old story behind
which Jyraud, the French strangler, is
niaing anu nnauy White JSIk consented
and Killed the squaw by crushing her
head with an ax as she was entering ber
tepee. The crime bad been kept quiet.
A deputy United States marshal went to
Fort Berthold last vwV nit n.td
.... u u. . t.a . v. v.
O'Connor and the 80uaw who caused the
nnrAv, .ho ...i.. .. u . T-i"
I ed in the county jail here to await a hear
"""""i mv 1.1uci o uave ucca twig-
"g on Thursday. A number of Indians
" T1 "S1 n ow?' and grtmany
i more win oe attracted Dy the coming trial
I The two will doubtless pay the death Den
alll This will be the only legal trial of
bu muiau ior murder in ine JJtticotas since
tne tiMntinn nr RruvA Rah at V n . n w
ten years ago tor the murder of a white
settler named Johnson.
CHINE8E EXCLUSION.
New Yobk, July 9. A first-class raid
against Chinese exclusion seems to be on
foot throughout the East. Fraudulent
interviews with the Chinese minister on
the subjects is being made the excuse tor
attacks on California and the Pacific
Coast generally, on account of its attti
tude on the Chinese question. Colonel
Bee succeeds in having bis special plea
for the Chinese printed in the World
thrOUgll the agency Of a teleeranhic cor-
respondent in Han Francisco. Wharton
Barker, who was engaged with Count
juiiaiewiiz in securing an alleeed ereat
concession from China for a syndicate, also
appears in a lengthy article to abuse the
exclusion act. The majority of the Wash.
ington correspondents of the New York,
Boston and .Philadelphia papers to-dav
- duibuuiuk uio luea tnai me
V mo uujunuuauie ana
sieze tha occasion
to read the Pacific Coast dwellers a lesson.
-frothing like it has been seen in the East
in years, and never since the Chinese lit
Mar bnrean at Whl.m s- nvJ
Cisco ana JNow Xuik. weal into the busi
ness of distorting ' facts concerning the
Chinese question on the Pacific coast.
CYCLONE KILLS 700 PEOPLE.
MuecAT, Arabia, July 9. A terrible
cyclone prevailed here and adjacent coun
try last night, and great damage was done
in the city and surrounding country.
Many bouses, here and on the plantation,
were demolished. The loss of lives is ap
palling. Reports thus far are that over
700 people have been killed.
ANOTHER CYCLONE.
Vebgennes, Vt., Julv 9. Nine men
were drowned at Bolles'Bluff last nignt
their boat being capsized by a terrific cy
clone, which also passed over this city,
doing great damage.
THE PYTHIAN ARMY.
Milwaukee, July 9. The review of
the Pytiuan army by General Carnahan,
this afternoon at Cold Springs park was
the event ot the day. Thousands of peo
ple gathered to witness ttis review!
Ueneral Carnabao, surrounded by his
staff, took a position in front of the grand
stand. The large Wisconsin brio-ada
came nrst, followed in rapid succession by
men irom oiuer scales. The prize drills
began to day and will be continued every
j .:i n i i .. r
ubj unui uoisiieu. in ine election of om
cers to-morrow Ucorge B. Shaw of Eau
Claire, Wiscondo, will be chosen supreme
chancellor. Omaha will be the place of
the next meeting.
A RACE WAR.
Wheeling, W, Va July 10. Dis
patches from Bramwell, Moore county,
say there is great excitement throughout
the mining region growing out of the
terrible riot occurring on the night of
July 6, on the line of the Bluestone
orancn ot the .Norfolk & Western railway
auu iu lurmr irouoie may occur at any
time. It seems that several hundred ne
groes made an excursion over the road.
no tuere was a gooa ceal oi liquor on
board the train, and a number ot fights
Trri . t . P
uccurreu. w uen witnin a lew miles from
Bramwell three or four negroes attempted
iu cut b wnue man s inroat ana Detect
ive W. G, Bdlbwin and three of bis men"
who were on the cars, tried to protect the
man. MDey were at once attacked bv
about thirty drunken negroes, who broke
tbe car 86418 ,nt0 fragments and used tbe
T
wnicn nine neeroes were disabled
Vv. I. Baldwin was stabbed la tbe left
Bide, hit on tbe bead witn a fragment of
iron, ana terribly cat. nis wounds are
serious. Detective Campbell was badly
burt in tbe side. Detective Robertson
bad- bis right arm broken. W. G. Baldwin
uuk 1 uckiu, wu uau siaooeo mm in
the shoulder and again in tbe arm. At
Bramwell, art attempt was made to ar
rest the negroes by citizen, which led to a
second not, out six negroes were jailed.
Several negroes were beaten almost lo
death.
DESTROYED BY FIUE,
i.
Fort of Bpaisk, June 27. Detai!
concerning tbe destruction of the town ot
Fort de France, in tbe French island of
Martinique, have just been received
Immediately after the catastrophe, Gov
ernor Casee, of Martinique, sent an appeal
for assistance of tbe governor of Trinidad,
Sir William Robiosoo, assuring him that
three-quarters of the town was burned,
and more than 5000 persons were without
homes and food. Aid was wanted. The
lire occurred June 22. Steamers were sent
from St. Pierre to help fight tbe lire, but
arrived too late to be of much assistance.
One thousand seven hundred houses were
destroyed, valued at $2,400,000, and fur
niture, etc, valued at $5,G00,000; in all,
$8,000,000 - It is impossible at this
moment to led the number of victims.
demagogical, and many paMrsja-Glber'tfl.1" 8?PE0?0,.U daim, and that said proof
sections of the East triso.felthT. M ?'J!. "S& JSd?w
Twelve bodies have been recovered.
Many were charred beyond recognition,
others fearfully mutilated. Fifteen sol
diers are receiving attention at the hospi
tal, niauy seriously and one Jatally
wounded. A number of civilians were
wounded. Fully three-quarters of the
town was destroyed, as regards area, and
seven-eights of the inhabitants are home
ess. Among the public buildings des
troyed are the poor bouse, cathedral, cus
tom bouse, town ball, convent of St.
Joseph, Inspection LeQebe, slaughter
house and Usiue Pointe Simon. The cele
brated library was also destroyed. Various
British West Indies islands have promptly
aided with grants and money, a
A RIOT IN GEORGIA.
Griffen, Gj., July 10. A fatal race
riot occurred at Starr's millpood, Fayette
county, this afternoon. Four negroes
were killed and six wounded, two of whom
are reported dying. Eight whites were
shot, but it is thought only one of them
fatally, making nineteen killed and
wounded. The trouble started with a
row between a darkey "who was selling
wine and a white man. The quarrel was
taken up by others, until many became
involved. The shooting soon beoame
general. After emptying their weapons
a demand was made to av merchant tor
more ammunition. He refused to sell,
but the infuriated rioters helped them
selves to all he bad. There were over S00
people on the ground, and it is a mystery
the shooting was not more-fatal in re
sults. Farmer Morgan, of Kansas, when he
heard of the Ashby nine c isaster 1 1 Penn
sylvania, where twenty-eight miners lost
their lives, wrote t the relief committee
offering to marry any one of the widows.
providing she dm not have over three
.hildren, the committee to imuke the
selection for him. He aatd he was a
bachelor of good lialiits, with a pretty
larm that was paid for. The committee
laid the proposition before the widows,
and it was found that nine of thini were
willing to become Mrs. Morgan, where
upon their photographs were forwarded
to the Kansas philanthropist, and he will
choose lor himself.
rEUSOSALS.
Carl Miller, of Mendocino City, tso1 through
n i . i .. II.
0. I - I LAkU II,. U U BM.a.
impart!! entirely cured his
joy s eirciuuio bur-
liver and kidney
trouble.
Pob'tT. rarrr, Assistant Superintendent Pull
man l iii'g Cur Company, whilo la California
lat summer, did not sutler with his usual siek
headaches. He gave Joy's Vegetable Sar&aparUla
as the preventing agent.
. John M. Cox lives at 735 Turk St., S. F. ITo
used to bo aillicted with sick headaches. lie
had one attack the day be commenced tuking
Joy s vegetable bursa pari 11a, due none since.
Ihey arc done.
C. A. Bushncll. of the Murphy Buildinz,
waikvicu, o. r., nui.u ivnu uuiCBtiuu buu
I ilypepta in Its worst form for years, till Joy's
Vegetable Sarsaparillo came to his. relief, hp
Market St., 8. F., sufierod with indigestion aud
now recommends it to everybody similarly ai-
nictea.
Mrs. Dr. J. E. Mason, of No. J053 Market St,
S. ., vrbosex trouble was chronio biliousness,
savsof Joy's Vegetable Borsaparilla. "itsactlou
on the liver and kidneys Is decided and I am
steadily improving:.
A. W. Borart is a wholesale shoe manafaern-
rer, at 765 Mission St, S.F. Me says," Joy's Vege
table Sarsaparilla has given him entire relief
Irom his indigestion and dyspepsia."
Electric Bitten.
This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men
tion. All who have used Electric Bitters
sins the same song of praise. A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys, will remoye pimples, boils,
salt rheum and other affections caused by
tmpure blood. Will drive malaria lrom
the system and prevent as well as cure all
malarial fevers. For cure of headache.
rnnatinntinn ami i n H i nrAct 1 nn in, Plantfin
I Rittfirs. Entire RAtisfnr?tinn D-naranteorl
or money refunded. Price 50 cents and
$1 per bottle at Snipes & Kinersly's drug
store.
NEW TO-DAY.
, NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION..
I - Land Omc at Tn Daujs, okhoox.
i i t i ... ...i- :. v
i-bs nea notice or -flis-iateDUon tonuuie nuai
Dalles, Oregon, on August 23, 1890, viz:
WM. J. KERR,
Hd. App. No. 1331. for the SE1 KWl. Wl SWU.
w flbton, oec. i p. a, I&. 10 W Al .
J?0 HS.toP'
upon and cultivation of (aid land,
via:
Adalor Pereault. Chas. A. Bncklev. Ilenrv Para.
tum ino done, auoi ur&ea vauev, or.
JullS JOHN W. LEWIS, Register
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Labd Optic, at Tin Dalles, Oa.,
July 11, 1H90.
Notice 1 hereby iriveii that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the register and receiver at The
Dalles, Oregon, on August 19, ISM. viz:
WM. S. WOODCOCK,
Hd. App. No. 2223. for the NW1. Sec 20. To. 1 S.
E. UE WM. .
He names the following witnesses to Drove his
continuous residence upen and cultivation of said
land, viz:
Ed Doyle, win. Doyle, Charles Doyle, Ben South
well, all of The Dalles, Or
JOHN w. LEWIS. Register.
SHEEP RANCH F0STSALE
160 Acres Deeded Land, 360 Acres Bail
Eoad Land and 80 Acres
. School Land.
A fine farm of 160 acres of deeded land, 860 acres
ot railroad land, and 80 acres of school land
wan good spring-, situated nine miles south of The
Dalles, and about one miio from the forks of Mill
creek. County road to the place. Fiftyacres sowed
in grain thrown in with the place. Price, $1800.
Apply K LAIKA BIMMfcS,
lljul The Dalles, P. O.
Dissolution Notice.
NOTICE is hereby (riven that the partnership
heretofore existing between Alexander Scott
and Geo. A. Hamilton, doing? business under the
firm name of bcott A Hamilton at Grass Valley,
Sherman County, Oregon, is dissolved bv mutual
-cooseni. Alexander Boon win pay all lndeDleuaess.
and will assist in collectine all accounts, notes etc.,
doe the late firm ' The business will De carried on aa
usual at the old stand under the firm name of Scott
-o., wno will carry a full stock of general mer
chandise. A LEX AN UER SCOTT.
GEO. A. HAMILTON.
Grass Valley, Or., July 5, 189J.
ncALin RESTORER.
IT 13 THB IDEjtl. MEDTCTfTE.
It rouses the Liver and Kidneys and Stomach,
cures Headache. Dyspepsia, creates an Appe
tite. Purifies the Impure Blood, and
Mates The Weak Strong.
I
LPFUNDERIS J J
il
J il I Vi 1 ;l :i M II 6 liTTri
t7sed everywhere. SI a bottle: six for $3,1
HENEI L KUCK
Manufacturer ot and dealer in.
Harness and Saddlery,
Second St, near Moody's Warehouse,
THE DALLES, - - . 01 EQON.
All Werfe tiuaraateed to Cilve Sat-
sfaetioa
THEOLDCSrABUSHKl)
COLUMBIA BREWERY,
Second St., Eaat End,
AUGUST BTJCHLiER, PROP.
Has been refitted throughout with the
LATEST IMPROVED MACHINERY
And la now manufacturing thr
Best Keg and Bonled Beer
and Porter
In Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Btlehler alwmn alma In .K I
Liur apDarasos ana wui furnish hia tamN K.
nuai w any n n marsct; wU
The Local Paper.
Baltimore Journal of Commerce.
Every established local newspaper ro
ceives subscriptions from large cities
which puzzle the publisher to account for,
but the Nem York Timet lately threw
some light upon this matter: "A whole
sale grocer in this city, who has become
rich at the business, says his rule is that
when be sells a bill of goods on credit to
immediately subscribe lor the local paper
of bis debtor. So long as his customer
advertised liberally he rested, but as soon
aa be began to contract his advertising
space he took the fact as evidence that
there was trouble ahead and invariably
went for the debtor." Said he: uThe
inan who is too poor to make his business
known is too poor to do business. The
withdrawal of an advertisement is evi
dence of a weakness that business men
are Dot slow to act upon. There's nothing
like it." s
BARGAINS ! BARGAINS 1
A. BETTLNGEN,
-Dealer In-
Hardware, Stoves, Tinware.
133 SECOND STRIET,
Next door to Snipo: fc K'n irsly's drug store.
THE GENUINE
SOLE AGENCY
For the AboYe Stoye.
and satisfaction guaranteed in every instance.
not as warranteu, money will He refunded.
MB. A. ISETTINGEV is selling his entire stock
oi iiaraware, stove ana Tinware
AT COST !
Be means business, and this is a rare opportunity
ior inuvaina.
J. A. MILLER'S
CHICKEN : COCK : WHISKEY.
" AGENCY.
CHARLES STU6LINC, GERMANIA,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
PIONEER-.-GROCERY,
GEO. RUCH, Proprietor.
Northwest corner ot Second and Washington sti
CHEAPEST
place in The Dalles for all kinds of
GROCERIES
FLOUR,
GRAIN,
WILLOW-WARE, &u
Toankful for favors in the past, I would respect
GKOKOR BUCH
Imported English Shire Stallion,
LORD HAWKE.
Having; purchased the celebrated stallion, LORD
HAWKE, he will make the season at my farm on
Eight Mile creek, Wasco county, on Thursdays, Fri
days and Saturdays, and at W. L. Ward's on Mon
days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. '
Charges tor the season, $20.
1'EDIGUEB.'
No. 142, LORD. HAWKE (6087V. Brown, foaled
1883. Bred by -Mrs. Coward, Womersley, Ponte
fract, Yorkshire. Imported 1388. .
Sire, Kins; of the Valley (3174); he by Devonshire
Lad (595); he by Conqueror (538); he by Hertford
(1037); he by Honest Tom (1082); he by Hertford
Dam bv Waxwork (2285); he by Waxwork (5272);
he by Black heg (141). V
Grand dam by Honest Tom (1102); he bv Eng.
land's Hero (758); he by Derbyshire Hero (582); he by
Derbyshire (580); he by Derbyshire Piggott'sj.
Parties wlshinz msturaire can be aammodtad
. at my farm or at Ward's farm for reasonable charges.
The best of cars will be taken of animals, but no
responsibility for damages will be assumed.
iaiku hah KG won the 100 premium at Hexam
in March, 18S8. Tho price paid for LOUD HAWKE
wis 82,500. "
apr5-w A. J. MoHAIiET.
CLEARANCE SALE
il
a1
it.
-BY-
Mrs. C. L. Phillips,'
At No. 81 Third Street.
WOOL EXCHANGE SALOON I
DAN. BAKER, Proprietor.
NEAR THE OLD MINT, SECOND ST
THE DALLES, OR.
ne .f wines, Up, m sJ
always on band.
Free Lunch every evening.
FOR SALE!
MiikCows and YoanffStock
ALL COWS WARRANTED
Good Milkers.
INQUIRE OF
J. J?. Mtxtlock.
. THREE MILK CREEK.
J.O. MACK,
WHOLESALE
Liquor Dealer
FRENCH'S BLOCK,
Seoead Street m The Dallas '
OVER 700 KlNftsND SIZES 1
SPRING MILLINERY
l)llll miM.ri l n.ni , vi , . AN
for Infants
I 'V 'A to chMre '
irecommend it aa superior to any prescription
known to me." B. A. Aacsnra, U.D
m SO. Oxford St. Brookiyn.N.T.
laMeadoi fewn Farm
c.
I have for the season's trade 300 Spanish Merino Rams,
which will be sold to Biiit '.he times. Call aud examine stock,
which can be branded and left until breeding season free.
. C.B. DUKBIN.
ma 24 5mo Antelope, Watoo county, Ore (ton
..-NEW SPRING GOODS
Siapie anti Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' and Boys Clothing, Hats and Caps, k,
Are :lai1y arriving and will he sold at oar well
known low prices.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Pall assortment always on hand, and at
PRICES; THAT DEFY COMPETITION.
We especially call attention to our larjre stock oi
J. & T. Cousins Em York Shoes,
Which for FIT AND WORKMANSHIP an so well and
favorably known througoat the United States.
Our Prices are the Same as in New York Citv.
An inflection of our New
TERMS CASH.
H. HERBEIM.
E. JACOBSEN & CO.,
-DEALERS IN-
SCHOOL : BOOKS :
AGENCY
KAIIIIOKI' OE&MS,
The only absolutely MOUSE AND DUST PROOF
v ivvi
Webster's Unabridged
103 Heconid Street,
DEALERS IN
Fine Upholstered Goods
. Furniture, Carpets, Hastings, Parlor
XXaaLd.erta.Tri n gy a, Specialty.
' Collins, Caskets, Burial Robes, Etc.
an be found at all kettrs of tht day or night at (Mr
from aeeona.
THE DALLES LUMBERING GO.
dows, Mouldings, Fluted Casings
ters and Newel rosts, House
Fittings, Counters and Shelving
Drflsspd lnmhpr nf oil o-rnrlps
Special reduction to builders for the season of 1890.
Fish and Fruit Boxes and Packing Cases: Dry Fir, Pine, Oak
and Slab Wood. Cheapest in
in building formerly occupied
Washington Street.
WHOLESALE
Hardware, Iron. Steel
SOLE ACENTS FOR WASHINGTON
BUCKEYE MOWER AND REAPER.
Tnese Machines are too well known to need comment. Thousands of faxmsrs havs
nsed them and speak of them with praise. They are the only Harvesting
machines that will give ENTIRE SATISFACTION to the purchaser.
miller's star vibrating
AULTMAH'S
The most Effective and Successful Combination for Threshlnr and Clea&lnf
Grain ever constructed. '
BUCKEYE SlEELfRAME TWINE-BINDERS.
. . - " ... . . . III. lllllllt
jcxtraordlnarr Strenslh and Durahiiitv- Th hi mi... ,.i
om yet known. We have two styles, the Elevator Binder and the riatform Binder both xosUent both
teoommended by hundreds ot patrons.
SOIOTTLHt PiEM WAIMS,
BUCK-BOARDS, FOUR-SPRING
MOUNTAIN WAGONS,
BUCKEYE AND SUPERIOR DRILLS
AND SEEDERS.
SORBIN DISC HARROWS.
VVODGES-HAINES HEADERS.
HAISH BARB WIRE.
'fSEND FOR CIRCULARS.
E. P. FITZGERALD, Agent The Dalles, Or.
and Children.
CastorU can. Colic, Constipation,
I Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, KructaUoa.
I KUis Worms, giTes sleep, and promotM U-
I Wltturlon, BUcstfc
Thb Cornea CoapaiiT, 77 Murray street, N. T.
. ruitijrrv. irop.
-IN-
Oooda is rMruvtfnll ani;lt
AND : STATIONERY!
ITOR TI1H2
in tuo iiitvi AtCiu
Dictionary, only $3.50.
TIIK DALLES, OR.
Ornaments, Window Shades, Etc.
plac of tiwiiwn, Watkingta ttnt, (we dom ntrtk
aiyn oj am lAgni.
Manufacture
. Doors, vWin
and Rosettes, Turned Bannis
i urnisbings, Store Fronts, Office
in the latest designs, Rough and
f!frlnr Shinrloa arA FonrA Pnata
the city. Leave orders at office,
by Win. Tackman & Co., No. 67
apSU
1
Front, First and Streets,
PORTLAND, - OREGON, "
DEALERS) IN
ai Farm Machinery.
AND NORTHERN IDAHO FOB THE
thresher.
STAR TRACTION ENGINE,
I 1. bltO UIKUMIVW VI ASXMt, IMUUUIH WiWA
.1.. a ....i.i.u ..-- t k .uu
fiSS SUSS
OODDSCO
Children Cry for .PJtcher'jCastorla;