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ITEflS IN BRIEF. .
From Saturday's Dally.
Snow waa visible on the high
across the river thi9 morning.
Mr. J. T. Rorlck, of North Dalles,
returned from below on today's local.
The evidence for the state in ihe
Lee Gitt case was closed at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
' Webfoot is itself again. The papers
announce that they are having fine
rains everywhere west of the moun
tains. Judge Bradshaw has ordered that the
jury in the Lee Gitt case be not allowed
to separate during the' trial, hence
they are kept in charge of a bailiff of
' the court. ,
Lloyd Montgomery, the boy mur
derer of Linn county, Is very success
fully playing the insanity act. Yester
day he became so boisterous that it re
quired three physicians to quiet him.
- There is probably not a city in the
. state where the people entertain them
selves more generally than they do in
The Dalles. There is hardly an even
. Ing that there is not tome sort of
amusement.
Albert Allen, who came in from his
farm this morning, informs us that
there has not been enough rain in the
section between Eight and Fifteen
Mile creeks so that farmers can begin
plowing. i
Lee Gitt's fate now rests in the hands
. 0f4he following jury: S. D. Fisher. F.
Magear, P. Risch, A. W. Quinn, John
End. Emil Schanno, J. M. Filloon, H.
Prigge, J. R. Cunningham, Van Wood
ruff, C. Richmond and Lee Rondow.
Prof. N. N. Riddell, Ph. D, will hold
: a mass meeting, for men only in the
' M. E. church tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. Subject of address, "The
New Man and the Tiger." All men
will be cordially welcomed.
. At the last council Are of Wasco
- tribe, Wednesday, the Prophet, with
" that kindness of heart for which he is
renowned, furnished a bountiful lunch
.for the brothers, of which all partook.
The Redmen's hearts were made glad,
and all blessed the order and showered
thanks on the head of the prophet.
Grant county's volcano has vanished.
The reported eruption was nothing
more than a great, big bonfire built
near the summit of Strawberry moun
tain. The heavy rains of a few days
' - ago put out the flames, and the people
of that section nave once more assumed
. ' their normal condition.
The Union Whist Club was very
: ' pleasantly entertained last evening by
Mr. and Mrs. O. . Kinnersly. In the
contest for championship Mrs. L. E.
Crowe was awarded first prize, and
Mrs. Hostettler was the unfortunate
recipient of the booby. ' After the
cards were laid aside, dancing was in
dulged in. for a few hours.
. It is generally agreed among the
business men of The Dalles that
monthly bills will not be presented
until next Tuesday, Deo. 3. The first
of the month coming on Sunday would
make it impossible for many to prepare
. their bills for presentation on trie
second, hence the postponement of
collection day.
, From 1,000 to 2,XK bushels of wheat
. are shipped . from The ' Dalles . daily,
This should not be. . Every bushel of
this wJ-.fsi should be ground into flour
Jbefore it is shipped. , " The Diamond
-.. mills, aitnougn among in e largest ana
' best east of the Cascades, have not a
-capacity for handling all the wheat
. that is brought to this market, were
their capacity doubled they could not.
There is certainly an opening here
for another flouring mill.
Sheriff Driver left this afternoon for
Salem with Myron Taft and Charles
erman. He will deliver Taft to the
cials at the penitentiary and young
erman will be lett at the reform
scfsooi Mr. unver win ,oe aetainea
in Portland a short time, having been
subDGpnaed as a witness in the case of
the Sate vs. ' Barker and Scott.
charged fith having stolen sheep from
the late .1 Solomon Houser of this
county, wmich case comes up In the
circuit conftt at Portland next Monday.
judges work will begin in that estab
lishment within a few weeks. ...
The lectures of Proff Tripp at the
Baptist church Saturday and Sunday
evening were ell attended and were
full of intrest to the hearers. The pro
fessor is an enthusiastic temperance
worker. He will meet with the Good
Templar lodge of this city tonight and
will go to Dufur tomorrow.
Over two hundred men attended the
mass meeting for men only in the M.
E. church yesterday afternoon. Prof.
N. N. Riddell, Ph. D., gave an addres?
on "The New Man and the Tiger," in
which he threw out many telling
truths that created much interest and
enthusiasm, and stirred the hearts of
his hearers to their deepest depths.
The report of a cut in steamer
ireigbt rates by the O. K. & N. Co. ap
pears to be unfounded; and the state
ment contained in a San Francisco
dispatch yesterday morning that Good
all, Perkins & Co. had announced the
cut to meet the recent slash in the
freight schedule by the Southern Pa'
ciSc, says the Oregonian, is evidently
erroneous. ' .' '
The great American hog, though at
present commanding a very low price.
is certainly a source of revenue to the
farmers of this vicinity. Numbers are
shipped to Portland from this and
Klickitat county almost every day. This
forenoon we noticed six wagons loaded
with fine fat porkers arrive from across
the river, and this is only an every'
day occurrence.
DepLty Sheriff Butts was the busiest
man in the city this morning. It de'
volved upon him to summon twenty
good and true men to serve as special
jurors,-which was no easy task since
the city has been scoured from one end
to the other for jurors during the pres
ent terms of court. But Mr. Butt?
was equal to the occasion, and at noon
reported having the twenty jurors
headed toward the court house.
The Glacier gives this very timely
advice about patronizing home industries:-
"Hood River fruit growers
should profit by their experience with
the wooly aphis on trees shipped . here
recently and prepare to raise their own
trees or give encouragemsnt sufficient
to home nurseries to grow them. Now
would be a good time to order your
trees for next year's planting.' If our
home nurserymen are given orders
now, they can furnish plenty of good
healthy one-year-olds from the graft by
this time next fall to supply the valley."
From Tuesday's Daily.
The city is undergoing an epidemic
of lectures, entertainments, etc.
M. H. . Nickelsen and A. B. Jones,
both of Hood River, are in the city.
Four carloads of hogs were shipped
last night by the Columbia Packing
Co. to the UDlon Stock yards at Trout-dale.
Monday's Dalljr.
Mr. T. E. CSpodon, of Antelope, is In
the city. i 'i,
G. H. Bakery! of. the) firm of Baker
Bros., Goldend&ftu I in the city.
H. G. Blair, proprietor of the stage
line between Grant and, Goldendale,
is in theoity. ' ,
i and wife to Hugh FarmerX was filed in
' the clerk's office today. -pi
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hooty leave to
morrow for San FranciscovVnere they
will remain for a month visiting- rel
atives. livJVi-
; xar. j. cooper nas sota w ".y
Market to Chrisman Bros. 'Tnte new
. proprietors took charge of the business
- this morning. '
A homestead proof of L D. Milter,
of Davidson, was received at the laird I
office today. A. H. Buckingham
a homestead entry.
rrT t 1 . . , t tm J 3
i. ills morning me Bneriii waa oraerea
to summon 20 special jurors to serve
In the case of the State vs. Lee Chief?,
which case was called up for trial at 1
o'clock this afternoon.
The most pronounced Webfooter
could have no complaint at today's
weather. - All the day the. sun has
' been Obscured by clouds, and a driz
zling rain has prevailed most of the
time.
The trial of Lee Ching, indicted for
murder was begun in the circuit court
this afternoon. District Attorney
'Jayneand Mr. Sears are prosecuting,
and Messrs. Huntington & Wilson de
fending. At the last regular meeting of Col
umbia Lodge, No. 5,L O O. F. the fol
lowing officers were elected for the en'
suing term: N. G., Henry Boyne; V.
G., James Hazel; Sec., H. Clough;
Treas., H. C. Neilson. .
Saturday night two men were ar
rested on a charge of drunk and disor
derly, and each put up $5 cash bail for
their appearance in the recorder's
court this morning. As neither ap
peared, the bail was forfeited to the
city. -
The lecture of Dr. Kantner, of Sa
lem, which was to have been delivered
at the Congregational church in this
city tomorrow nigl t, has been post
poned. Due announcement of his date
In the city will be given in these col
umns. . E. W. Quarrels, agent for the O. R.
& N. Co. at Grants, is in the city to
day. Mr. Quarrels says several men
have been put at work in the distillery
at Grants, and from appearances he -
We9ton, Umatilla county boasts of a
potato weighing four -pounds and six
ounces. It is not long since a spud
was on exhibition in one of the store
windows . of this city that weighed
seven pounds and a half. It was grown
on the Columbia river bottom some
forty miles below The Dalles.
O. L. Stranahan, who is on the reg
ular jury oanel, took advantage of the
jury being excused Saturday to' go
down to Hood River and vote at the
city election. He is a good solid Re
publican, but when it comes to voting
he gets there as persistently and as
often as a Democrat and Lhat's pretty
ften.
rne uonaon uiobe bears; and is in
high glee thereat, that the O. R. & N,
has concluded to build a. branch road
from Arlington, through Gilliam and
Crook counties, to intersect the Ore
gon Pacific south of Prineville. If
the Globe depends on the building' of
the Oregon Pacific to see this branch
of road built, it will issue several more
volumes before its hopes are realized.
There remain but two criminal cases
on the docket for this term of, court,
one being the trial of Tom ' Lewis
charged with arson in burning hay,
and the retrial . of Thomas Denton
charged with arson, in burning the
barn belonging to the Johns Lumber
ing Co. The jury in the former trial
of this case stood six and six, so the
probability of a conyiction is small.
Mrs. John Brogan while attending
to her household duties shortly after
noon today, stepped on a piece of ap
ple peeling, dropped on the kitchen
floor, and fell. In endeavoring to save
herself she caught the main weight of
the fall on her. left arm, suffering i
fracture at the wrist in; consequence.
Dr. Hollister was at once called and
reduced the fracture.
The telephone . line between La
Grande and Union and La Grande and
Elgin will soon be in operation. The
necessary apparatus has been received,
and is being put in place as fast as pos
sible. While other sections are thus
busily engrged building telephone
lines, why should not The Dalles take
steps to connect itself with Antelope,
Prineville and other points to the
south.
BLCITDERS or LIFE.
Prof. Biddell Lectures to a Crowded Bouse
in the M. K. Church.
Prof. N. N. Riddell, Ph. D., the cel
ebrated lecturer and reformer, lectured
to a crowded house in the M. E.
church Friday night. The subject of his
discourse was "The Blunders of Life
as Seen by the Humorist." The
speaker gave a most interesting and
thoughtful lecture, interspersed richly
with wit and humor, so that he held
the undivided attention of all.
The professor divided his "blunders"
into three classes, those made by the
individual, in society and our national
life. "This is an age of active compe
tion," said the speaker, "and the man
who is to win in the race of life today
must be thoroughly qualified, not only
by a practical education but by natural
adaptation to the chosen vocation.
Every person if prpperly trained can
do something well.. The secret of suc
cess liesTn finding out what that some
thing is, thoroughly qualifying and
presistently applying in the one-direction.
A serious blunder that is made
by the typical American is in scatter
ing his forces; mind is'a limited qual
ity, the more we spread, it the thinner
it gets. The men who are leading in
the world today are those who have
bent all their energies in the one di
rection." Among the social blunders dwelt on
were the mistakes made in the selec
tion of the life companion, largely due
to the artificiality of the age. The
speaker urged the importance of young
people being natural and developing
the peculiarities of their own natures
and illustrated the incongruities of
fads and fashions in society in a most
ludicrous manner. "Marriage is largely
a failure because so many of our young
people get married and then settle
down instead of settling up. They
neglect those little things that were so
attractive In the courting days and fail
to keep on improving the mind. There
is a great mistake made by too many
fathers in failing to keep the sympathy
and confidence of their boys, and as a
result hundreds of - boys are going
that we could get something through,
and this is our man; let us hold on to
him." But th judge considered Tom's
excuse well founded and let him go.
ELKS MRMOBIAA DAT.
Appropriately Observed by the Order at
the Locks.
The first Sunday in December is des
ignated by the order of Elks as memo
rial day, and the occasion was appro
priately observed by the brotherhood
at the Cascade Locks Sunday. The
ceremonies of the order on memorial
day are public, and the ritualistic ser
vices are very impressive, tribute be
ing paid to the departed brethren, the
memory of their commendable deeds
on earth extroled and fitting supplica
tion offered for their peaceful reaL The1
services at the Locks were largely at
tended by the citizens of that place be
sides a .number of visiting brethren
f-om Portland being present. Mr.
John Michell. of this city, was eulo
gist, and his well-worded and eloquent
address rivited the attention of bis
hearers to the subject of his discourse,
so vivid indeed were the pictures of
life and death, Ohe duties of man to
man to his Creator, . that his hearers
were frequently moved to tears. Aside
from the regular ritualistic exercises,
an excellent musical programme was
rendered, affording acceptable enter
tainment to all present.
A Pinched Neighbor.
Our neighbors over in Klickitat
county are truly in a bad way finan
cially They have no money for juroi s
or witnesses, no money for feeding
prisoners in jail, none for carrying on
their courts or for any public businei-s.
Individually things are different and
the people are fairly prosperous. As
one rides .through the magnificent
Klickitat valley, and' sees the grain
fields extending for miles in every di
rection, the conclusion is irresistably
forced on one, that the county affairs
must have been badly managed indeed,
to saddle an enormous debt on the
county, and to leave it in a condition of
helplessness. Either this is ' true or
rotten in the laws of the state.
astray for a lack of a aiore honest, ! tner must be something superlatively
sympathetic, loving fatherhood.
"A common national blunder is the
dissipation of the art of conversation.
Perverted society and the books of eti
quette have crowded out every subject
that could possibly be of any benefit
to any one in conversation. About all
one can talk about is the climate and
the weather which is especially inter
esting when you have sixteen months
of it all alike as you do here in Oregon.
"Another most serious national blun
der is treating woman as mentally in
ferior to man, and denying to her the
right of expressing her views by the
ballot on the moral and educational
questions of the noun We deny the
right of franchise to woman and then
turn around and give it without , re
striction to the iguorant, pauper and
criminal foreign born. The right of
suffrage should be given to no one
without educational qualification. It
A Stricken Family.
Word reaches us Tuesday of the death
of Mies Alvie Markley, near Hood
River. Some two or three weeks ago,
some of the familv contracted tvnhnld
filedl I
fng. water from the irrigating ditch
near their "home. Since that the en
tire family, consisting of ten children,
antf-the" father have been attacked by
it, MhtuMarkley alone escaping. The
patient, were, by the doctor's orders,
removed Ylrpm their house and taken to
different neighbors, where they are at
present being eared for, Alvie being
the only anjjofar dying, though some
of the others hre In a very dangerous
condition. '-'."v- .
Hood Klver Election.
Hood River heW its annual- election
of officers Tuesday , but the returns were
not in at the', time , we went to press.
There are two tickets in the field, and,
as we understand it, the regular ticket
with L. N. Blowers for mayor stood
the best chance of winning. The
peculiar characteristic of. this fight is
that the cow, the good, geptle old cow,
is not in the muss in any shape. There
was a time not long since when she
had that community at war with itself,
but she has drifted out, and Out ' of
sight. A city election without;, the
cow question in it is indeed worthy of
V
is not more ballots but bette- ballots
that we need." The speaker made a
most glowing period in comparing the '
difference between politiualsbip and '
statesmanship, and in closing dwelt on
the blunder we are making today by
looking backward over our glorious
past rather than turning around and
facing the questionable future.
Much amusement was occasioned at
the close of the lecture by the pro- j
feasor giving a phrenological delinea- .
tion of the characters of three gentle
men from the audience.
AM IMPOST ANT MINING DEAL. -
A New York Company to Take Hold of
' the Ochooo Mines.
. Mr. E. N. Kluge, a representative of
a large mining company of New York
City, returned a few days ago from
Prineville. where he had been nego
tiating a deal for. bis company. While
there he bought and bonded all the
placer ground in the Ochoco mines,
covering a strip five miles in length
by 300 feet wide, together with the
water rights, flumes, ditches, etc.,
owned and operated by the miners in
that section.
It is the intention of the company
which Mr. Kluge represents to con
struct reservoirs for storing water : in
the vicinity of the ground they have
bought, so that next season they can
operate the mine to advantage. .They
will put in a sawmill at an early date
to saw out lumber for a bedrock flume,
which will be some three miles in
length and will open up the mine on
scientific principles. The ground
whioh this company now lias control
of has been workea more or less since
the spring of 1871, but no one has ever
had hold of the property who had
enougn capital to worn tne ground a
it should have been, hence the results
have been varied. Sometimes the
mines have paid good wages, but as a
rule those who have operated them
have lost money. However, if the
mines are properly worked there; 1b
little doubt they will prove good prop
erty, and since this company is abun
dantly able to work them successfully,
they will most likely make money put
of, the enterprise.
Is Having Good Results.
We are reliably informed that if se
vere weather does not prevent opera
tions, the Rattlesnake Canyon road
will be so nearly completed that wagons
can pass over it within a week. The
heaviest grade on the road is only 18
inches to the rod, therefore it will be
ai easy thoroughfare over which to
haul freight. The contttruction of
'this road is already having a telling
effect on the freight rates extended to
the Sherman county people, the rail
road company haying made a rate of
$2. 18$ per ton on wheat from Biggs to
Portland.- With plenty of good roads
leading into The Dalles, and the Reg
ulator on the river, farmers everywhere
ean be assured of the best prices ob
tainable for their products.
Public School Report.
During the month of November the
public school enrollment and attend
ance are generally the largest of the
sjhool year.' In November, 1894, those
items exceeded all previous records in
the history of The Dalles public
schools. However, ' the past month
again breaks the record and below are
published the figures furnished us by
the principal:
Enrolled from opening of school in
September: November, 1895, 698; 1894,
647. Enrolled during November, 1895,
662; 1894. 620. Average number be
longing during November, 1895, 626;
189?; 586. - Average daily attendance,
November, 1895,606; 1894, 568.
A Happy Reunion.
rne moody mansion was the scene
of a pleasant family reunion Thanks
giving day, all the children except one
son and his family being present for
the punishment of Turkey. Malcom
A., the banker at The Dalles; William
and family, also of The Dalles; Ralph
E., a lawyer at Portland, and his fam
ily, and Miss Edna formed the family
circle with the head of the household.
ex-Gov. and Mrs. Z. F. Moody. Zenas
A.' Moody, the - other son, lives in
Southern Oregon, with Jiis family and
could not be prerent. William has
but recently returned from a sight-see
ing trip to. Europe, which he enjoyed
very much Salem Statesman.
A Twenty-Four Pound Baby.
Ababy whose weight was 24 pounds at
birth was born to the wife of John J.
Mackey, a janitor in one of New York's
office building the other day. It is a
girl and bears the proud distinction of
being the heaviest child ever - known
at such an early stage in the game of
life. The attending physician said it
is a remarkable incident in a phyt 1
ciin's career to assist at the advent
Of a baby of that weight, particularly
If the child be healthy, as is the , case
of the ponderous Miss Mackey. - At the
ast .account she . was several.pounds
.heavier than at birth.
, LEX GITT'S CRIME.
A Brief Statement of the Case As Heard
in Court.
Lee Gitt was convicted of murder in
the second degree, the verdict of the
jury being rendered at a late hour Sat
urday night. The facts in the case as
gathered from the evidence adduced at
the trial are about as follows:
Lee Gitt, the.. Chinaman who was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree by the jury Saturday, has re
sided in the city for a number of years,
and has been employed as cook in the
Skibbe hotel. The murder was com
mitted soon after midnight on Auy.
19th. and Lock Woo, the victim died
about 6 o'clock the next morning.
There was testimony of a quarrel, and
a crowd of Chinamen seen running
across the street from the south side,
as though they were pursuing the man
who was killed. Screams were then
heard proceeding from the wash house
in the old Snyder building, and two or
three Chinamen were seen to run away
from the building, apparently those
who had pursued Lock Woo from the
opposite side of the street. The first
person who arrived on the scene found
Lock Woo bleeding profusely from a
wound in the left side, and holding a
knife in his left hand as though he had
just pulled it out of the wound. This
knife was identified as one that Lee
Gitt had had in his possession for a
long time, and . witnesses testified to
the marks of blood on it when found
near Lock Woo on the morning of the
homicide.
Lee Gitt was arrested soon after the
tragedy in an outbuilding used as an
ice bouse in connection with the Skibbe
hotel, and on being, brought befoie
Lock Woo was recognized by him as
the man who inflicted the fatal stab.
This was testified to by several wit
nesses, and Lock Woo recognized the
fact that he was about to die. An
other accomplice, who indicated to the
officers while . under arrest that Lee
Gitt killed him (Lock Woo), and that
he pulled him (Lee Gitt) off, was on
the witness stand; but he evaded
the questions put to him by
the counsel for the state, and his evi
dence - was only brought out by im.
peachment and bringing other w t
n esses on the stand to whom he told dif
ferent versions of the affair. As far
as one can draw a cone usion from thi
facts in the case the trouble seems to
have originated from the animosity
between different Chinese companies,
as an attorney from Portland was
hired to aid the prosecution, and it is
evident that the attorneys for the de
fense were paid by Chinese gold. We
have been informed that funds even
came from San Francisco to fee the at
torneys in this case, and it is well
known that some of these Chinese
companies are very wealthy.
extended comment.
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Comlnf Attraction.
Every theatre goer and reader of the
dramatic news in the daily papers,
knows the excellent reputation the
Chase stock company, which opens at
the Baldwin opera house on next Mon
day evening, bears. It Is a dramatic
organization composed . of the most
thorough and versatile artists. The
company has the reputation of being
the most versatile company ever ap
pearing in this city, and also has the
most extensive reportoire of plays.
They render equally well farce, come
dies and classic plays. In fact the com
pany is composed of ail around actors
and actresses. The plays to be pre-'
sented here, with the exception of the
classic and historical plays, are all new,
many of them the work of Charles W.
Chase, author of "Uncle's Darling,"
Little Coquette," "Fabio Romani,"
etc. So our theatre goers will ' not
only see new faces but new plays, as
well. "Uncle's Darling" is a play no
one can afford to miss seeing. The
company opens at. the, .Baldwin, opera
house on Monday,-Deo. 3. -
Notice. .
Those owing the Tduc8-Mountatn-
EER for advertisements, subscription,
etc., to Sept.- 1, 1895, ; can settle the
same by calling on the undersigned, at
Wo. Michell undertakinar parlors.
corner inira ana Washington streets.
JOHN JVUCSKLL.
The Dallea Oct. 22..1895. . .
First and Worst.
The firt snow of the season fell Moi -day,
, that is if the wet and greasy
slush that was the result can be called
snow. - About an inch of slop remains
to remind us of the fact that Winter is
folding his shin bones for a comforta
ble seat in the lap of Autumn. Winter
is built that way running his cold race
by a series of laps, and he don't get off
the lap of Autumn until he thinks he
has made a mash on ever gentle
Spring. Disagreeable as it is under
foot, the weather .is coming as near to
suiting everybody as it could. The
slush suits the farmer because it puts
the ground in good condition, starts
the fall grain and takes the place of
rain. It suits , the stockmen, because
it is reasonably warm, starts the grass
and permits his stock to get along with
very little aid in the shape of hay. It
suits, the merchant and the business
men, because whatever is of benefit to
the farmer and stockmen benefits
them. So, taken all in all, however
nasty it may be. everybody is happy,
but the bill collector (that being col
lection day) who slops around grumb-,
lingly; but darn a bill collector any
way. .
' It Chins; on trial.
A jury was secured this Tuesday in
the case of the state against Lee Ching,
charged with murder in the first de
gree, in the killing of Lock Woo. The
following gentlemen composed ttejurj :
W. D. Jones, T. Edmunson, R. H.
Guthrie, Geo. W. Rowland, Peter
Godfrey, A. McDonald, Frank Gabel,
Francis Klncaid, F. M. Thompson, W.
R. Haynes. W. H. O'Dell and F. J.
Kellar.
We understand the prosecution of
fered to accept ' a plea of guilty of
manslaughter, but Lee Ching, dc
daring his innocence refused the
offer. The testimony was the sacne
as in the case of Lee Git and the
case seemed to attract but little atten
t!on the courtroom being nearly vacant.
The arguments attracted a still
larger crowd. ,Le Ching was a wit
ness in the case of Lee Git, and accord
ing to his story, instead of assisting in
the crime did his utmost to prevent it
The question for the jury to decide is
on this point. It is not denied that
Lee Ching was present at the killing,
so that the capacity he was there in
whether friend or enemy of, the de
ceased.
Obarr is willing to settle the case for
S2J0. On motior. it was ordered that
the city attorney be authorized to set
tle on that basis, and that warrant be
drawn for that amount whenever
called for by city attorney.
Reports of recorder, marshal and
treasurer read and placed on file.
Claim of Brown and Maloney at the
rate of 82 per day, as per marshal's re
port, ordered paid.
Resignation ot R. B. Hood as mem
ber of the council accepted, and Chas.
Lauer elected to fill the unexpired
term.
Ordered that warrant be drawn on
the general fund to pay interest on the
bonded indebtedness of the city.
Ordered that Certain cross-walks be
declared dangerous, and that strt
commissioner be instructed to repair
the same.
BTT.T.3 ALLOWED.
ieo. J. Brown, engineer fire
company .$ 75 00
J. H. Blakeny, marshal's salary 75 00
G. W. Phelps, recorder's salary 50 00
Dalles Electric Light Co., light
ing streets 180 00
Columbia Hotel, feeding prison
ers.. 17 10
C. J. Crandall,treasurer's salary 50 00
W. R. Brown, working prisoners 1 00
Dan Maloney do do 9 00
Mays & Crowe, mdse 2 15
Dalles Electric Light Co.. Hunts
fire department 6 40
M. T. Nolan, mdse. 2 25
Chronicle Pub. Co., printing. . 12 25
Dalles Electric Light Co., lights
offices 5 40
0. J. Crandall.making estimates 5 00
C. J. Crandall, telegraphing... 2 65
F. G. Connelly, night watch 60 00
MUSHRAT r'RENCH.
MOHdWSMe)
: He Was Excused.
Wlille the sheriff was rustling up a
epe -ial venire of sii jurors Thursday
afternoon to try the Chinamen in
dicted for murder, and the court
was -taking a short recess, Tfm
Targher, of Dufur, who had just been
summoned, rusnea into tne court
room, and approaching Judge Brad
shaw' requested his honor to excuse
h iraz front' serving on ' the Jury, as
he was Buffering from a malady that
would .prevent his- renjainloB -In the
jury box continuously." A Your Honor,"
interrupted Attorney H. S. Wilson,
before the Judge , had time a to replyt
(don't d4ty e bare beeatrylng dor
Ing all this term 6fjourtto find jurors
Thmmaundt ofbmth ism
whose daily Ufa Is .making severe drafts pn
their vitality, require something; that will
brlnf vew material to the worn out nerve
centers. This is Jus what Dr. Miles' Ee
storatlve Nervine does.
"I tuui been suffering for yeare
from . headache. . neuralgia, sleeplessness,
and general -nervous prostration, unfitting
tor social, household and business
duties, and, periodically, was
Completely prostrated, wett J jmujs.
remedies, but received no benefits until I
Cited Dr. DOem Cestorative JSercine,
when I found alabst Immediate relief, and
have frpromff quite my former self and am
Affain able to attend to my mmiw,
which Is that of a brash mannfactarer. I
have recommended the Kervlne to others
who have naed It with thaaamegood results".
Milwaukee, Wis. Ites. Am a Pxtoxb.
Dr. Klles Nervine is sold on a positive
-narantee that the first bottle will "benefit
klldrniriFlataeellltattLS bottles forS5.or
Dr.5 Miles' Nervine :
Restores Health
Delay at the Locks.
' The condition of affairs at the Cas
cades seems to be badly mixed, and
the work is not progressing as rapidly
as It should. It seems the delay is
caused now by the engineers depart
ment, which forbids the dredging of
the approach to the canal at the upper
end. We do not know how true this
is, but it seems to be a very well cir
culated statement. Mr. Day has gone
to Washington to get matters in shape
again, and it is hoped his mission will
be successful. The people of Eastern
Oregon have waited patiently for
many years. for the completion of this
work, and they should not be again
disappointed. The season has been an
exceptionably favorable one for com
pleting the work, the people have been
promised that it should be done, and if
H is not some one is going to hear
from them, -i - . .
COMMON COUNCIL
WLi in Bexnlar Session Tuesday Evenlnfi
Decembers.
Council called to order by Hon. F.
Menefee, mayor," and upon roll being
called the following councilmen were
fund to be present: M. T. Nolan, A.
R. Thompson, S. S. Johns, G. C. Eshel-
man, Ueo. iioss, R. E. Saltmarshe, L.
E. Crowe and T. F. Wood.
Minutes of last regular and special
meetings read and approved.
Petition of Stubling & Williams for
Saloon license read, and on motion it
was ordered that license be Issued.
Petition of Huntington and others
for alley-way being under considera
tion it was on motion ordered that
action on same be indefinitely post
poned.
The select committee on the Obarr
ease, reported that pleadings In - the
easwJkftd Jbeen" filed,, aUo that -Mrs,
Ther Un Near Detroit, and Bt present a
Fast Centnrr.
Out in the region of the St. Clair flats,
near Detroit, lives a peculiar tribe
Known in general as the mushrat
French. Nowhere else in the United
States is there a community such as
this in language andcustoms. Despite
the fact that their ancestors have lived
there for a century and a half, says the
."ew York Sun, they speak English that
s barely intelligible to the average ciu-
en, while their French, it is said, is to
silly beyond the ken of a Parisian, in
jne respect they are particularly nota
blethat is in their ability as story.
ellers. The ; Detroiters understand
them, and the mushrat French know
t, so that as raconteurs they are not at
their best before them, but let them get
old of a guileless easterner and they
will fill him full of the most marvelous
tales of hunting and fishing adventures
that ever came from the mouth of man.
As a means of earning money they
hunt and fish, selling their prey to the
mark eta. Their, own. staple food ar
ticle is the nmskrat, called "mushrat,'
which abound out there; hence "their
name, mushrat French. Against all
ridicule they , will 1 maintain that; no
beast, bird or fish is more delicate,' sus
taining and healthful than this animal.
"Take eem fat," said one of them to a
New Yorker,: vt ho spent part of his va
cation on the flats, "take eem fat, stoff
eem up . with airb (herbs) an speece
(spice), put eem on' fire an' .roast eem,
nn'sh! what will yon? 'Heispairfect,
l ou nhall not tell eem from duck. Gen
1 ilman of New York come 'ere to eat
cluck. - We give eem mushrat cook
comme il fait. He say: . 'Ah, heaven 1
Ah, (iod! Nevaire .have I eat such, a
duck! He thought it was a duck, that
mushrat." .
IN DEADLY COMBAT.
Wapiti and the Red Deer. la Central Park
Msjht a Duel.
-War was proclaimed in Central park.
The wapiti and the red deer bucks were
spoiling for a fight. ; It is a way they
have at this season of the year, says the
New York Recorder, and in the forests
many a duel to the death is fought, with
no seconds standing by, end with no
human or other appreciative eye to wit
ness the valor displayed.'
For the past few. days the wapiti and
the biftgesi'ot the red deer bucks have
glared at each other across the barbed
vire fence which separates them. Then
'they began charging at each other, and
their antlers eame together with many
a resounding, crash. After much ma
neuvering Keeper Snyder got a rope
over the horns of Mr. Wapiti, but the
buck did not mind it in the least. Then
a dozen keepers got hold of the lariat,
and with great difficulty--forced the
wapiti Away from his panting rival, and
he waa put into a paddock where there
were only young fellow bucks whose
nntlern had scarcely begun to sprout
and whom, of course, he would not con-
dencend to attack.
The blood of the red stag, however,
seemed boiling, and having no longer a
foeman worthy of his boms he chased
and prodded the poor, ladies of his
harem The keepers,' at the risk ; of
their liven. , sawed off his antlers and
his martial spirit seems to be knocked
out of him forever.
FOR THE TRAINMEN.
Tax Texas Central baa the ' finest
track and roadbed la toe Lose Star
state.
.'Ax effort will jiow be made to dig
out the Silverton railroad in California.
It is buried under snow.
Exbvics stripes are to be worn by the
conductors and porters in the employ
of the Wagner Palace Car company.
' Tax wives of railroad men and oth
ers interested in the Brotherhood of
Bailway Trainmen are about to organ
ise a ladies' auxiliary to the brother
hood, similar to the ladies' auxiliary of
tne urotnernooa ox locomotive -n-
gineers.
Oif the Philadelphia division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, boxes of tools.
chiefly for the benefit ef locomotive en
gineers who may, have, to disconnect
the awe rods of their, engines, have
been placed at a mtmbercl signal tow
ers alone tlx- rort
SHE USED THE PASS.
The Ingenious Scheme of a Woman on a
Train.
A genial Chicagoan, who for obvious
reasons does not care to have his name
rinted on this occasion, secured a par
lor car seat on an express train for In
anapolis a few days ago and as he was
sbout to pass through the gates was sur
prised to hear himself accosted in f em
nine tones with the somewhat startling
uestion: "Please, mister, couldlbor
.w you for awhile?" Looking aroutrH
j found two buxom women, who hesi
itingly explained that they were rUl
g on a pass made out in the name of a
ntlcman and his wife, and as the gen
Icman was not present, they wanted
!e genial-looking citizen to place hi
ought ticket at the disposal of one
.'dy, and take the other one under his
. ing while he personated the absent
jwner of the pass.
"Which is my wife?" he inquired,
w ith an inward qualm lest his own ab
sent better half should ever hear the
story.
"You can take your choice, sir," said
the lady in search of an escort, and he
irompUy did so by taking the arm of
the younger fair one under his own and
leading her into the car. The couple
proved to be right jolly traveling com-
anions and the citizen's only re gret in
the transaction was due to a fear that
the story might leak out and get home
ahead of him.
The Pablle Arrested.
Herr Waltersdorf, the German man
ager and actor, one Sunday in 'the win
ter left the Biadt theater and drove to
his little playhouse, "Auf den Ilauneii,''
outside the town. The play announced
on the bills was "Kabale and Uebc."
The audience consisted of one solitary
jerson. Nevertheless, Waltersdorf iu
i is ted on beginning the play, to the chn
grin of his company who expected
that, the empty .playhouse meant a
holiday for the actors. They tooV the
wildest liberty with the text, a, id
scarcely a word reached the audience.
Thereupon the solitary audience stood
up and demanded that the play should
be duly rendered according to the piny
bill. "Arrest the public!" said thegiim
manager to a policeman, who lurked be
hind one of the pillars. .The ofli. er
seized the audience, saying: "Inrrest
jou for disturbing the course of a pub
lic entertainment." The whole public
was then marched off to the watch
house, and the play come to an eud.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BY VIRTUE of an execution and orderof sale
Issued out of the Circuit Court ot the state
oi Oregon for Wasco County, upon a decree and
judgment, made, rendered and entered by said
coure on the 18th day of November, 18P6. in
favor of the plaintiff. In a suit wherein the First
National Bank, of The Dalles, Oregon, a cor-
t oration, wasplalntift, and J. C. Baldwin, Ellen
i. Baldwin and Sigmuod Stern, were defend
ants, and to me directed and delivertd, com
manding me to levy upon and sell the lands
mentioned and described In said writ, and here
inafter described. I did duly levy upon, and will
sell at public motion, to the highest bidder for
cash in hand, on Monday, the 23d day of Decem
ber, 1890, at i o'clock In the afternoon of said
day, at the front door of the county oourt house,
in Dalles City, Wasco eounty, Oregon, aU of the
lands and premises described In said writ and
herein described as follows, to -wit:
The north half of lots 4 and 6, In block 22, in
Gates' Addition to Dalles City. Wasco County.
Oregon ; or so much thereof as shall be sufficient
to satisfy the sum of 11877.32. with interest
thereon from the 12th day of November, 1869, at
the rate of tenner cent per annum; 4150.00 at
torneys fee, and the further sum ot ttiJH and
interest on said sum since the 12th day of No
vember, 18S6, at the rate of eight per cent per
annum, anp the further sum of 136,00, costs in
said suit, together with cost ot said writ and
accruing costs of sale.
Dated at Dalles City, this 22d day of Novem
ber, 1896. T. J. DRIVER,
nov23 Sheriff of Wasco Co., Ore.
NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION.
. Lavs Omci at Thb Dalles Obi.,
Oct. 24. 1896.
Notice is hereby given 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 Register
and Receiver, at The Dalles, Oregon, on De
eember7, 1896, viz:
WTLLIAM G. OBRIST,
Hd. E No. 3522, for the nex sec. 9, tpls,rl2e,
W M.
He names the follow! riff witnemes to nrnn
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
ox, saia tana. Tlx:
James Nelson. David D Nelson. Wm. H.
Wolfe, Joseph B. Hall, all of The Dalles, Ore
gon. AO. '. UUUKIi,
SSoct ' Register.
THE GiEIilD STOVES AND RANGES
HR6 TH9 BEST IN THE koRLD.
V NOTICE FOB- PUBLICATION.
Lasd omci ax Thi dalles, Ohiooh
Oct. 2A. 1806.
Notice is herebv aiven that the folktwino'-
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 Register
and Receiver, at The Dalles. Oregon, on De
CBfflHT I, 1BW, viz:
JOHN M. DARNIELLE,
Hd. E, No. 8178, for the ne n see. 12. tp 1 s, r 13
e W. M.
He names the following witnesses tn nrnve
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of. said land, viz: v
Joan a. Baker, of Boyd, Or., F.Wlnslow, of
lrorur. ur.. uenrv William, or The rRiia.
ur., flewwo rauerson, 01 ine uaues, ure.
DOTS JAS. F.MOORE,
Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Lard Omoi at The Dalles, Ore., t
November 13. 1895. f
Notice Is herebv aiven that the following
uauivu aebuvr nas uieu oouce 01 ills intention to
mage nnal proof In support of his claim, s
thst said proof will be made before Register
aou xieceiver. at tm uaiiea. ureiron. on ija.
oember 28. 1896, vis:
SHERMAN SMITH.
Hd. E. No. 3578. for the mww San. T Tn 1 A
R. 15 E. W. M.
He nsmes the following witnAiutM t, t,mv
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
ux wu iaau, viz :
F. H. Wakefield. Jsron T.. Keltv. Joannh
Kelly, John Quirk, of The Dalles. Oregon.
... jao. . Jiuiuui, aegisier.
Dee 46-6
NOTICE TOR PUBLICATION.
. liAjm Omci at Tbb Dalles, Orb., I
, November 18, 1896. f
Notice is hereby given that the following-
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his elsim, and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver at The Dalles, Oregon, on Decem
ber 28, 1896, vU:
EMIL MEKTZ.
Hd. E. No. 5854, for the HEX Sec. 27, Tp. 4
SR18EWM ' .
He names the following witnesses to nmva
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
o sasa lana, viz:
P. Snodffrass. Asa Sumdill. nf Ttok vll(.v
vroeuu, Auuerv suits, u. xiicner, 01 VIOtor,
Oregon.
JAS. T. MOORE. Register.
We resperlfully invite a'l those who are in need of a Cook or
Heating Stove or Steel Kange to call and exuiniue
OUR NEW LINE
nd get our prices. We have a very Inrge assortment -to'felect
frim; we nm givi you .-pleinlid bargains this year, and
WILL GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU HONEY .
Simply because we .ire satis'ied with making very rmall profits
Wf al.-o i. re oreparetl to mo Plumbing, Tinning. Hot yater
Heating, Pinnace Work We employ none but first
cl.iss workmen, practical and expeiienceW in this
-bis of work. All work guaranteed.
Special Inducements
to Cash Buyers !, -
riAIER & BENTON,
Hardware Dealers and plumbers-
Next door to Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co. A. Betti.ngeD'g old stand, Second St
THE DALLES, - - OREGON. '
if nn Ti i Tm rn i t i aihta
MR. PAT. FAG A NY
At his establishment on Second street, next door to C. Lauer'e Meat
Market, is prepared to make . . '
Spring and Summer Suits
BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON
vVHOLESA'E and RETAIL
DRUGGISTS
" wm ncuTs our prompt ana careful attention.
175 Second St. THE DALLES, OR.
The New Columbia Hotel
$1 Per Dav
First-Class Meals, 25 Cents
T. T. NICHOLAS. Ii-op. -fetor.
Cor. Front and Union Sts The Dalles, Oreeon
Z. F. MOODY
Generl (iramisin and Forwarding: Jliirliaiil.
391. 393 AND 395 SECOND
(Adjoining-Railroad Depot.)
STRE6TV
Co n sign menrs Sol icited
Prompt Attention Paid to Those Who Favor Me With Their Patronag-e
RUPERT 5 CHBEL
Wholesal and retail manufacturers Vif and dealers in '
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars,
Tents, and Wagon Covers.
And All Article Upt n Flrsn Claaisi Harness Shop .
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE
THE DALLES
Op"sltr Moody's V rehouse
OREGON
ME 3 l
"I I ' ConstfrtAtfvn
I
7 m:
ADMINIBTKATOK'S 8ALK.
Notice Is herebv siren tbat the nndnriimiid
uuuuiainiwr vi uio esnaie ox oaraa siaes,
deoeased, will on Monday the 18th dav cf De.
eember 1866, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M., of
saia aay at tne rront door or the oounty oourt
boose in Dalles Cltv. Waseo nonntv. nnunn
sell to the highest bidder for eash in hand the
following described real estate belonging to the
state of said deceased, to-wit: ,
Lots "A" & "B' of Block 41. In the "Vnrt
issues juiuiarv iceservation." in daiim ritv
-Wasco county. Oreeon. and also the S of tha
NWirf. and the Nwu of KWv of Kami in
Township 1 North of Binge 15 East W. M, In I
rr asco county, uregon.
uaieo. una vin oayoiKoremDer, 1896.
J. P. McrWERTJV.
Adm'r of the estate ot Sarah Staes, deoeased.
THE GERMAN I A
71ILJNC & Will MS. J) CFs ...
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
All brands of Imported Liquors, Ale and Porter,
and Get uine Key West Cigars. A Full Line of
CALIFOBNIA : WIKES : AKD : BBAKI IES
Twelve-year-old Whiskey, strictly pure, for medicinal pur
poses. Malt Liquor. Columbia Brewery Beer on draught. "'
94 Second !treet. THE DALLES, OH
t
Thfa ertra-. .
ordlnftrr Ra
Jnrenator la
tae moat
wonderful
soovery of
e are. , it
is Ik en en-o-dhTth
'
!c&dinflr?ien.
tlflc tuen of
Europe and
Amorf",
Hudrsn Is
Hadpas stops
Prematurencss
of the dls.
jharze In 2a
dara, rnrea
TiOST
IAHH00D
DlEKinAnL
ra'llng Ben.
satlrnx.Kcrr-
ous twitching
of the eycf
kuu osnei
8trenrthfti
Invigorates
and tones the
en'irefyttm.
Hudiaa cures
gab 111 ty,
.missions.
and develop) s
ana restores
wesa f 'gars.
P. ins in the
dsck. lot set
bvaav or
fc&ititopped
NOTICE.
LASB OlTXC AT TBI DaXLXS. OBSOOB,
movemDer iv, iaua.
Oomrjlaint havlrur been entArtuI tfela am
by Orvlile O. Wlngfleld against Norral E. Gray
ivr auaauuumg; am nomesieaa entry is o. 4to,
dated August 22, 1863, upon the tail sec. 27, tp
iiitv,ian WW ljuuiy, wregQO. WHO a view
to me cancellation or saia entry, the said par
ties are hereby summoned to appear at the
dwvs cuuinu u. a. IjBdu umca on inn an.fi
day of December, 1886, at 10 o'clock A. M., to
respona ana rurnisn testimony concerning said
AllfMMui kh.w1nnni.nl
This notice is served bv nuhlfcuUnii h tha I Hull nnrl aen
oruer ui me register ana receiver maae or this
oate. IAo. t . MUG RE.
novzs Register.
A. F. MARTIN,
BUYER AND SHIPPER OP
Hides and Furs
POULTRY, EGfiS. AND VEAL.
The Highest
M.irket Price
o
Paid in Cash.
me before seliini? elsewhere Office, center, of
block west of Skibbe's Hotel.'
qulcklv. Over 2,000 private endearments.
Preinaturenea means imnotonov In ihA flrrt
st we. it is a tymp'.om of snni"sl weakness
snd barrenness It can be atonped In go days
The I ew dineovarv waa ma A tw ftf, nM.l.
IstsofthaoldismocsHudsoa Medical Institute.
It IS the struiweat vltallxer mada. It i mm
powerful, bnt ba-mlrss. Sold for $1.00 a pack
sireor packages for $5.00(1 lslnseJed boxes).
Written cnaraniae riven far a auto h
six boxes and are rot cntlrrly cured, sue mora
miiv nrnu-'anana CetUmnnisls. Address
H CD SON MEDIO A ! INSTITTITlt . .
Jaattom Stock too, market & ElIJa tt
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
1
Notice is hereby riven tbat the co
partnership heretofore existinir be
tween Douglas S. Dufur and Fred D.
mil is Dereoy aissoirea tnis date by
mutual consent. Said Fred D. Hill
will assume all co-partnership liabili
ties and collect all accounts due said
firm, and continue said business.
t'BED U. HILL
Douglas s. Duftjr.
Dated Dalles City, Ore, Oct. 10, 189.-
Old Soldiers, Attentlonl
Midway Saloon
MHRDeRS & JTVlCHGLBKCH
Second Street,
Between Court and Union
PR0PRI6TGR9.
JUST OPENED
who seeftoiiiinois vaiiey under jcSPt.oes. Fine Line of Best Brands of Wine3, Liauor8t
will confer a favor on an old comrade bv send-I . . iwwi
ing their address to Meyer Rotachild, &2t East
anmaarsws, jMjugwesjviaui. wosm.
and Cigara Always Will be Kept