SATURDAY MARCH 6 1897 ITEMS IN BRIEF. (From Saturday's Daily.) E. C. Peese took an outing today go ing as far east as Ruf us. Charlie Frazier is improving rapidly and will be sound and well in a short time. The roads are drying last and people Mn rAt about with little inconven- . ieace. " The Misses Lay are reported con valescent, and their recovery is now assured. John Anthony, of LaGrande, is In the city visiting his covsin, August Buchler and family. " Father Bronsgeest was called to Hood River today to visit one of his parishoners who is dangerously ill. :'. The Pilgrim brought up a good num ber of passengers from Portland yes terday, and took away quite a number this morning. The 1897 assessment roll was turned over to the sheriff by County Clerk Kelsay today with a warrant attached for the collection of the taxes thereon. J Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Kretzer left for Wasco today. Mr. Kretzer is engaged in drilling artesian wells in Sherman county and has put down six during the past winter. : We are pleased to state that District Attorney A. A. Jay ne has determined to locate in The Dalles, and that ne Will Decome a permuneui. raiu" the city. Moore Bros., bankers of Moro, in Sherman county, are working for an electric plant for the town, the waters of the Deschutes to be used to operate the plant. Last niffht Star Rebekah Lodge, No. 2a was instituted at Dufur by Dr. O. D. Doane, district deputy. The ' lodge was organized with a charter membership of 24. W. L. Campbell, of Caleb, Grant county, is in the city today, and is ex- molting a cauucr buuuv uuo di v . . . a walnut inau was remuvcu ii win hand by Dr. Dietrich, of Dufur. ' Carl Petz was in from Ersklnville yesterday, and reported everything flourishing throughout Sherman county. Crop prospects are better than ever before known in that siction. A. Field was the first man in Wasco county to pay his taxes for 1897. No had the roll been turned over t,a aiini.;? tnfloir than Mr. Field ao- n; uuo oui u wuhj, - pearedand squared his account witn "the county, taking up tax receipt No. 1. The idea that the ground-hog came . out on the 2d of February, saw his shadow and crawled back into his hole .1A1 riillv TTooriri(T (an- WOS bUUttJ o r tured one near the Cosmopolitan that didn't appear as it he had been in his hole for six months. Tom'Ward is the happy possessor of a little bantam rooster that has more pluck than either Corbett or Fitzsim mons. The litttle bird is given the freedom of the Ward, Kerns & Robin son livery barn,- and is ready for a "scrap" with all comers. .Those who contemplate attending ' the minstrels on the 8th are warped to all be on hand at 8 o ciock suarp, as members of the troupe desire to tafa.e th 10 o'clock train for the East, in or- : der to escape the retribution that may follow their appearance on the stage. ' This morning N. Jenson, who wa3 in the employ of Seufert Bros, at their ' cannery aboye The Dalles, slipped and fell, striking his head upon some tim bers cutting a fearful gash in his scalp. He was brought to this city and had his wound dressed by Dr. Logan. Had it not been for the Regulator 1 : Tim Ttnllpa wnuld have paid out a quarter of a million . dollars more for freight than they have in the last five or six years. A line that has thus saved them money in the past is still entitled to their patronage in tne luture. A "loaded" stick of wood in the office of Brokaw Bros., at Stan wood, in Snohomish county, a few days aj;o, shattered the stove and injured C. J. Jerne. Mr. Hannock and another man Jt ' 1 I ! . i . Vi viianrta rtf escapeu uuuaruicu, uuvugu v. the stove were hurled past their neaus and buried i0h walls. 9 The '"nickel in-the slot" machine has invaded Dufur. It may be seen and tested at the drug store. As a "nickel consumer it will discount the "nearest-the-crack" game. It won't take buttons, so hereafter our deacons when taking collections will find it a "button-in-the-hat" game. Dispatch. Some of the apple orchards of Hood river seem to have been considerably injured by the freezing weather in November last, but we do not believe the damage is as great as has been re ported during the past week. The Yellow Newtown and Spitzenberg apple " trees seem to be the most affected. Glacier. The city jail evidently has charms for a drunk who was released yester day after having served a sentence .and at once proceeded to celebrate the event by getting on a big drunk last night, and was rnn in again by the marshal. Recorder Phelps gave him a $15 dose this morning, and he will have another term in the jail. Last night Cedar Grove entertained their friends and invited guests of the Woodmen lodge with the institution of a new lodge, theHilaro Jocundi and the initiation of a stranger into the fold. The exercises were most humor ous, and together with the other exer cises furnished abundant amusement for the guests. Recently the state game commis sioner of Ohio introduced six Denny pheasants from Oregon into Ohio, and the legislature of that state passed a law prohibiting the slaughter of pheasants for any purpose until the year 1900, in hope tnat tne Dircs may be multiplied sufficiently by that time to enable the flscks to survive the open game season. Now is the season of the year to re- oads. While the ground is still airs that are made will be e would suggest, to the eots next scraper jiigh- mony, is insuuicient to sustain a con yiction. Portland Oregonian. This is repetition of the old saying aDoui going away from home lor news, i ne trial of Baker took place in Portland, but the fact evidently escaped the notice of the Oreeonian news gatherer, though the case was reported in that paper tho day after tho trial. Fitzsimmon'8 wife, Rose Julian, who has just lost her mother, will be re membered by many in Portland as havinc hpvn here in about 18S3. She and her brother. Martin, the prize fight prompter, formed a fatuous acro batic team that performed here auoui that time. Since Rose married Fitz- simmons, Martin has abandoned the stage to shine in the reflected glory of his brother-in-law Oregonian. From Monday'siDaily. . Miss Ursula Ruch went to Portland today. Ed. Williams made a business trip to Portland this morning. Miss Myrtlo Michell went to Port land on the Regulator thi9 morning. Miss Nellie Sylvester returned Sat urday evening from a visit to Portland. Miss Lizzie Sampson left this morn ing for a visit with friends in Portland. About 60 head of fine beef were re ceived at the stock yards this after noon..' Will Moabus. fireman on steamer Regulator, is conSned to his room with tonsilitus. District Attorney A. A. Jayno has arrived in the city, and will hereafter be a permanent resident of The Dalles. J. C. Hervz has moved his clothing store to 177 Second street, and now has one of the handsomest stores in th city. Judge Bennett went to Heppner Saturday night to attend circuit court. mhinh convened at that place this morning. I Senator Michell spent yesterday in the city, and left this tnorning for the state capitol. Clarence Bunker, who was called to Portland on account of the illness of his mother, returned Saturday. .Rev. H. K. Hines, of Hood River, held services in the M. E. church yes terdav. and left this morning for his home. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Long went to Portland on the Regulator thi3 morn in or. where thev will spend a week visiting friends. The Regulator had a good passenger list and a considerable amount of way freight when she hrft her dock for Portland this m'orning. The powers' that, .be declare that the legislature will organize Wednesday This sounds like a song we have hean before within the last two months. Miss Ethel Riddell, who has been visiting with relatives in Oaksville for some time, returned to her home in this city Saturday evening by boat. The beautiful weather of last week has changed into a drizzling webfoot mist again, and Eastern Oregon can not boast of being itself any longer. The U. S. senate dessecrated the Sabbath and held a session yesterday passing the sundry civil bill, which carries an appropriation of Sol ,000,000. Messrs. Ernest Hatch and J. Pound prominent bandmen of Arlington, and the latter an attache of the Arlington Record, are in the city visiting friends. Slight repairs are being made to the locks at Cascades today, hence a trans fer of freight and passengers was made and the Regulator will return here this evening, J. P. Province arrived last evening with a car load of beef from Summit Drairie. Crook county. Mr. Province shipped his cattle to Portland thi afternoon. If the old saying of "coininsj in like a lion and goiD? out like a lamb," we ought to have a dandy last day of March. Today had something of a "lion" appearance. Mr. Brooks, who has been superin tending the repairing of the Dalles City in Portland, has returned home. the boat now being in perfect repair and ready to go into service as soon as the new paint hardens. The Albany Democrat says it is learned that 10 or 12 young men of Albany will go to Carson City to wit ness the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight, They will walk all the way, and ex pect to leave Albany this morning, Rev. J. N. T. Goss, who has filled the station of rector of the Episcopal church of this city the past year, has accepted a call from Salt Lake, and has" severed his connection with the church here. Mr. Goss ' farewell ser mon was delivered yesterday. One of the men employed by Glenn & Co , the contractors of the Astoria & Goble railroad, had a terrible ex perience recently. He was sent with a horse from near Clifton to a point several miles away. The man lcsi his way, and for three days and nights wandered hopelessly lost in the timber, finally bringing up near Knappa, in McFarlane's camp. Special Agent Sherwood, of the In dian department, recently held a coun cil with about 25 Indians, who live near Tumwater, on the Columbia river, for the purpose of ascertaining if they would consent to be moved to ' tne Yakima reservation. The old braves'! who had mar's Tumwater their home since childhood, by a unanimous vote, declined the government's proposal to move them. The matter is left to the option of the Indians, hence the colony at Tumwater will not be disturbed. A. G. Ogilvie, of Fossil, Gillam county, has sold a band of 2400 3-year-old wethers to Charles White, for $2 a head, after shearing, to be delivered in May. Lacy Bros, are interested with Mr. White in the purchase. These are the sheep Mr. Ogilvie " bought of Mr. Stehver last fail for S1.75 a head. The expense of running them from that time until shearing will be about $500, and they will produce 11 pounds of wool a head; and Mr. Ogilvie figures that by this sale he will make a clear profit of $1500. From Tuesday's Daily. . Hon. F. P. Mays is ia the city for a few days. Mrs. C. L. Phillips went to Portland this morning. A daughter of A. Middleswort was buried at Mosier Sunday afternoon. Judge and Mrs. G. C. Blakeley re- last night from a visit to Port- inches of snow have y"inBurns,as measured that place. in prospects about tsars J. L. Daven- Ltoday. evening the Ingregational a pleasant aal church. A pleasing program has been prepared for ttiat evening, after which a dainty lunch will bo served. You are cor dially invited to be present. Divers are at work repairing the valves that operate the gates at Cas cades. It will require several days to get the locks in opera tiou. C. W. Watts, editor of. the Albany Telescope, spent last night in the city the guest of Mr. and Mi s. J. M. Filloon, and left this morning for his borne. The Good Templars have postponed their social which was to be given nxt Saturday evening, for one week, and will be given Saturday evening March 13th. Io is conceded that the Senter Pay ton Co. furnishes better entertainment than anyothbr company of like size on the road. They open in The Dalles tonight. R. J. Gilmore, of Heppner, who is buying beef for Fry, Brune & Co. of Seattle, is in the city, and shipped three car loads of cattle to tho sound this afternoon. Judo Mays got home last night from California, and is much improved in health, though lie has not thoroughly recovered, being still bothered some what with rheumatism. Chas. Donnley, who has had a posi tion in T. A. Hudson's office the past year, left this morning for San Fran cisco, where he will reside in tho future, pursuing the study of law. Several Fossil sports, blessed with more time and horses than money, are planning to go on horseback to see the big light at Carson City on Marcn 17th. The ride can be made in ten days. Nicholas Fox, arrived hero Sunday from Granduche de Lexembury, Ger many, and is visiting his brother, Mathew on Mill creek. Mr. Fox ex pects to make Oregon his permanent home. The Oregonian quotes a prominent O.R.&N. official as saying that the talk of a new time card on that road all or iginated from a dispatch sent out from Pendleton. The wish was probably father to the thought. J. L. Kelly returned this morning from Omaha where he went with a train load of cattle and hogs some two weeks ago. He got his stock through in cood condition and sold them at fiir prices in Omaha. W. Z. Mass, of Crook county, has re turned to Prineville, from the South, where ho took a band of horses to sell. The last of his horses were sold at Natchez, Miss., and he does not speak well of the horse market there. The floral offerings at the funeral of Mr. Williams yesterday were most beautiful. Handsome designs were Dresented by the Elks of Portland and The Dalles, also by Messrs. W. H. Moolv and H. L. Lonsdale, of this city. It should have been stated yesterday that the Odd Fellows lodge of this city attended the funeral of the late Owen Williams. Mr. Williams was only a visiting member, though the local lodge paid due respect to the deceased brother. One of the largest corners on wool ever attempted is said to exist at Chicago in anticipation of a new tariff on wool. The syndicate is said to control 1.000 bales, or 500,000,- 000 pounds of Australian ard South American wool. According to a Weiser special to the Idaho Statesman the managers of construction for the Seven Devils rail road are authority for the statement that actiye work will begin on that road inside of 30 days. Salt Lake par ties have a contract for 20 miles of the road through the Weiser canyon, and tho contract for all bridge aDd tie tim bers have been let to Levi Allen. Omaha is already in the field adver tising the International Exposition which she expects to hold in 18US. A recent west bound train had one of the Pullman coaches decorated with a huge banner bearing the inscription, "Trans -Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, 1893, June to No vember. Advertising matter relative to the enterprise was freely distributed by the train employes. There is nothing too good to be said of the next Concert Co. that enter tained tho people of The Dalles at the Vogt opera house last night. Miss Hext is an accomplished elocutionist, asd her posing in 45 different positions was immense. Herr Carl Walther is maBter of the violin, and gave a num ber of fine selections, while Prof. Flolub pre3idod at the piano as one who was a natural musician. (or Over fifty Years. Ai Old and Well-Tried. Rem edy. Mrs. Wiusiow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. ' Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug gists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. To cure a cold in one day take Lax ative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tht money if it fails to cure. 25 cents. For sale by Blakely & Houghton. EART DISEASE, like J many other ailments when they have taken hold of the system, never gets better of its own accord, but Constantly grows worse. There are thousands who kaow they have a defective heart, but will not admit the fact. They don't want their friends to worry, and Don't know tchat to take for it, as they have been told time and again that heart disease was incurable. Such was the case of Mr. Silas Farley of Dye svtlle, Ohio who writes J une 19, 1894, as follows: I had heart disease for 3 years. my heart hurting me aimost continually. The first 15 years I doctored all the time. trying several physicians and remedied, until my last doctor told me is was only a question of time as I con Id not be cured. I " gradually grew worse, very weak, and completely dis couraged, until I lived, propped half up in bed, because 1 couldn't lie dourn nor sit up. Think ing my time had come I told my fam ily what I wanted done when I was gone. But on the first day of March on the recommendation of Mrs. Fannie Jones, of Anderson, Ind., I commenced taking Ir. Miles' Sew Cure for the Heart and wonderful to tell, in ten days I was working at light work and on March 19 com menced framing a barn, which is heavy work, and I hav'nt lost a day since. I am 56 years old, 6 ft. 44 Inches, and ''weigh 2501bs. X believe I am fitlly cured, and I am now only anxious that everyone shall know of your wonderful remedies." Dyesville, Ohio. Silas Farley. Dr. Miles Heart Cure is sold on a Dosltiva rnarantee that the first bottle wiU benefit. All rtFni-ffiaTa coll it. nr. SI A hnFtlns fnrKn nr it will besent. prepaid, on receipt of price ij the Ir. Miles Medical Co-, Elkhart, ind. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Restores Health SCHOOL DISTRICT tiO. ITS. iTinancutl Kepurt Submitted by K. Jacubseu, Clerk, for year ending, Alarcn 1, 1897. KECEIPTS. On hand March 1, 1890 S l.4 u4 Atn tree d from taxes collected (,lt u- From County school fund 2,93;) 20 State school fund 2.051 20 " tuition collected 535 75 " all other sources 1 1 25 Total 811,807 79 DISBURSEMENTS. Teachers' salaries S8.222 50 Clerk's services 200 0i Janitor's ' 1,047 0;i Insurance 17 50 Interest 48 18 Water rent 46 oO School desks 317 50 Apparatus 319 96 'Phone services 46 0 Tuition refuuded 5 00 Printing M 00 Fuel 81 8(1 Renaii-3 on school houses. . .. 641 64 All other nurnoses 114 Ralance on hand U35 90 Total LIABILITIES, Out standing warrants. . . Interest on same Total .$11,807 70 $8,0.",.") 12 300 00 $8,355 RESOURCE. Am't due from 1896 tax roll. $7,158 ffi ' 15!)5 " " . 930 85 Total $8,089 81 Liabilities less resources. . . 205 31 The total enumeration for the year, of persons of pchool ago (between tiie ages of 4 and 20 years) as shown by the clerk's report is 1309, and the enumera tion for the past four years has been. 1S93, 907: 1894, 1058; 1S95, 1212; 1890, 1282, which shows a substantial and steady growth in the population of the district. Since the district will draw about $5 per each person of school age from the state school fund.the receipts this year from thatsource will be some thing over $6500. That the financial affairs of the dis trict have been well managed the past five years is evidenced by a comparison of the standing of the district in 1893 with its present condition, taking into consideration that during this time the Academy Park building has been bought and refitted, also that a lot has been bought in Tackman's addition, and a school building has been moved to that property, besides the district-has established its own water works, and all the buildings, except the one in Tackman's addition, are supplied with water, without cost of rent. In 1893, the liabilities of the district, less re sources, were 1,618.95. Now, after the district has acquired title to the property above mentioned, they are only $265.31. A red milcn cow came to the farm of Theodore Mignet about the middlo of November, aud the owner can have her by calling and paying expenses. The cow is about 8 years old, white soot in forehead, no marks or brands, left hern broken off, and had a short piece cf rope with ring in end on her head EVERYBODY PLEASKD. The Dickens Students 'Well Received at 't'iieir Second Entertainment. The second Evening with Dickens was highly appreciated by the large assembly in attendance at the Vogt last night. The entertainment was even better than the one given Thurs day evening, and it was a rare treat to all to see the characters brought for ward by the gifted au:hor so well por trayed by local talent. Little time had been devoted to rehearsals, and the acting might have been improved upon by more thorough training; but the parts both in the tableaux ana dramas were exceptionally well taken, and re flected great credit upon thoso who took part; also are Mr. Erntt and Mrs. Eshelman to be complimented upon their untiring efforts and skill in man aging the renditions. The program rendered last night was as follows: GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Bedroom of Manor House Tableau Sons Male Quartette Diningroom in Manor House Pantomime KICHOI4AS KJCKELBV. Mrs. Squeers Givinir Treacle. Pantomime Nickelby and Gride , Tobleuu Eupnonium Solo J. G. Miller . CEB MUTUAL FRIEND Fireside Scene Drama Boflin"s Bower Tubleaa Recitation Walter Reavid At Home Tableau PICKWICK PAPERS. Discovery of the Stone Tablenu Mrs. Burdell'K Mi-itake Tableau Vocul Soft). - Ivy Green"' Miss D. miiiK Mr. Pickwick's Mistake Tableau Music Whistling Trio The Elopement Tableau Vocal Solo J. S. Landers DAVID COPPEBFIELD. In the Boat House ...Tableau Vocal Solo Miss Myrtle Michell DOMBKV AND SON, Dombey and Florence Tableau Violin Solo H. Burt-hstorf At Brighton Tableau Dombey and Florence..-. Table; Piano and Guitar Duett Florence Hilton and Clarenee Gilbert OMVtt TWIST. The Work House Kitchen Tableau Genius of Dickens jTableau The Snipes Kinersiy Drug -Co. fur nish paints, wall paper and window glass. Painting ana papering by the day or contract at lowest prices. Tel aphone No. 3 A Uood Citizen. At 3 o'clock last Saturday Owen Williams died at Good . Samaritan hospital in Portland, of cancer of the stomach. Owen Williams was' born in Cane vie, South Wales, about 53 years ago. He came to America somo 20 years ago; and has resided since ' in The Dalles and San Francisco. " For a number of years past he has been engaged in the wholesale liquor business with C. J Stubling in Th Dalles, and has been recognized by all bis associates as an honorable, straight forward business man, Mr. Williams had no family, and so far as is known, had only one rela tive, a niece residing in Australia. Mr. Williams was a Knight of Pythias and Odd Fellow, holding bis membership with those lodges in Sa,n Francisco, and was an honored mem ber of Cascade Lodge No. 303, B. P. O. Elks of this city. The funeral was conducted from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Stublicg at 2 o'clock this afternoon under the auspices of the Elks lodge and attended by Friend ship Lodge No. 9, K. of P., in a body, and by a large concource of sorrowing friends. Washing for Gold Without Water A tourist returned .from Mexico re ports having seen two -Mexicans dry washing for gold, says an exchange. They were at work in a dry gulch. without a sign of water in sight, and had brought the auriferous sand in ba9ket9 to the mouth cf the ravine, where tho wind blew strongly down the "alley. Their washing apparatus consisted of a heavy army blanket, in the center of which they placed about a peck of the sand; then, each Mexican tiking hold of the blanket by the cor ners, they tossed the sand high aloft again and again. The wind blew away the fine sand, while the heavier parti cles with the gold fell straight back into the blanket. When at last they paused there remained in the blanket a double handful of gravel and heavy sand, in which glittered a few yellow specks of gold. The men cleaned up three and four dollars a day. Immigration Notes; The Oregon and Washington boards are doing good work .and should be liberally supported and encouraged. As a result of this work many eastern eop'e are turniug their attention to the Pacilic Northwest. If tho reader has any friends in the cast who are likely to come here this year send their names and addresses to the un dersigned and I will see that they get a supply cf llio best literature and full information as to this country. Geo. S. Batty, General Agent Wisconsin Central Lines, Portland Oregon TAXES ON W.4SCO CO. Ear 18U6 Tht-y Amounted to tS85,083.8i for all I'crposes. The following data is taken from the warrant of the county clerk attached to the tax roll for 181)7: Total taxable property as equalized by state board $l,123,f.05 Supplemental assessment. . . 135,488 IN INCORPORATED TOWN'S. Dalles City $1,123,50j Antelope ffi!,l.'i3 Dufur 49.62 Hood River 41,00.3 TAXES FUNDS. For state purposes 4 mills.. $11,572 00 ' SL-hool- 2 " .. 14,Siy7 4ll Indigent soluk-rs and sailors 1-10 mills 2-! 9 Special road tax 1 mill 2.0'.i!) 48 County purposes 11 1 10 mills 47. 754 45 SPECIAL TAXES. Dalles City 5 mills $5,5(i7 2S School Dist No. 1 10 mills. - D7(i 80 152 fc( 2,0!)0 37 148 08 ("0 (55 210 t(i 150 42 7,158 97 W 07 172 90 33 92 517 37 22 85 34 9t 97 88 147 64 17 03 1,125 (ii 24!) 82 t4 52 97 52 Total taxes to be collected. $sj,9S3 87 XIII! M1SSINU CADET. He Is 1 Said to be With the Insurgent Army of Culm. Russell Montgomery, son of Mr. J. B. Montgomery of Portland, who has been mourned as dead almost a year, is reported to have been seen very lately in Cuba, as a lieutenant in the insurgent army. He was a naval Cadet at Annapolis academy, and failing in his examination the presumption was that he committed suicide. Vv hen the news of his aisappoarance reached his home both Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery were prostrated. The best detectives that could be found were at once put upon the case, and for ten months there has been no ces sation of effort among the searchers. This information is conveyed in a letter from Virginia, written by an in surgent officer who went home for treatment of wounds he received in battle. This letter is of very recent date, and the writer claims to know Montgomery very well. Ho says when he last saw him he was in excellont health and spirits. There is no reason to doubt the report as it is remembered that the cadet wa9 ever enthusiastic in the cause of Cuba libre. That he should have made his way to the island and joined the insurgents is regarded as highly probable. "They Are tho People." The legislators of Oregon and Wash' ington are now in session, and for the time being "they are the people." The day is not far distant, though, be fore many of them, like their predeces bors,"wiil for obvious reasons wish they had never seen the respective state houses. Of course they will all re member some pleasant features con nected with the service of their con stituents, such as free entertainment, passes, etc.; but between the "pull" of the office seeker, the fine and coarse work of the lobby member and the thousand and one ' vexations, many will get enough of the "good thing:." But the citizens who spend this same season their time and money traveling, and who use the Wisconsin Central lines between St. Paul or Minneapolis and Chicago or Milwaukee will be sub ject to no such annoyances. They will get the best service on earth and a square meal at reasonable cost. For particulars address Geo. S. Batty, Geni Aflrent, 246 Stark St., Portland. Or.; or call on your nearest ticket agent. Lawlessness at Mosler. , Last Sunday night L. J. Davenport and family, of Mosier, were absent from home attending some exercises at the school house, and while they were away some villainous rascals cut the wire on a line of fence for a distance of nearly 500 yards, also broke down the posts of the fence. Monday morn ing Mr. Davenport found three cf his cows had been poisoned, but was able to save the lives of two. Ha so far has been unable to Ex the guilt of these misdeeds upon anyone, but believes he knows who the guilty party is. Should he be caught, the severest punishment should be meted out to him, for such lawlessness as this can have no excuse, The penitentiary would bo a paradise for a wretch guilty of such conduct. To Bund the District! At an election of the legal voters of Dalies school district No. 12, held last Saturday, it was voted to boud the dis trict for $20,000 for the purpos-i taking up the present floating debt of about $7,000 and to erect and furnish an eight- room school building in Academy Park. It was by no means a full vote, only 142 ballots being cast, of which 75 were for bonding the district and 67 against. It is exDected by the direct ors that the bonds can be floated at premium that will realize ia the neigh borhcod of $22,000,which will be ample to erect the new building and liquidat ing the floating debt cf the district. Card t.f Thanks. Rev. and Mrs. Goss take this oppor tunity for thanking their friends and acquaintances for the many courtesies and kindnesses shown them during their residence in The Dalles, and regret that time will not permit them to do so ia person, their departure being somewhat hurried at tho last on account cf their desire to commence work in the new field of labor under Bishop Leonard of Utah with the be ginning of Lent. J. N. T. Gosf, E. E. Goss. John Openheffer, a farmer, living a few miles from Arlington, on the Washington side, was kicked by. a vicious horse Sunday, and the tbiefh bone of his left leg broken. The frac ture is a .complicated one. He was taken to Arlington for medical treat ment, and is in a precarious condition. If you have ever seen a child in the agony of croup, you can appreciate the gratitude of the mothers who know that One Minute Cough Cure relieves their little ones as quickly as it is ad- : ministered. Many homes in this city i are never without it. Snipes-Kinersly j Drug Co. 2 3 3 15 4 5 5 2 8 0 9 2 12 0 13 4 14 2 l(i 2 29 0 32 2 33 3 34 3 42 3 43 0 50 10 5(5 7 58 5 61 5 TO JHUINCi IX AUSKNXEKS. Tho Davis House Will Caue the Arrest of Absent Members. A Salem dispatch dated March 1, says: The temporary house today de cided to adopt drastic measures to bring in absentees. Members of the original house present wore a.vorn in by Chief Justice Moore, and a number of assistant sergeants-at-arms were ap pointed by temporary Speaker Davis and dispatched to different parts of the ttate with warrants to serve ou absont members. There is little doubt, however, that the court will bo appealed to by iai-La-bers of tho late Bttison house w ho have been served with warrants. Word was received here tonight '.hul four represen.atives, Hope, C-jr-n, Gurdane, and Jennings, had boa arrested in Portland, and that tViej would at onco try to throw the matter into the courts on habeas corpus pro ceedings. It is said also that Repre sentative Smith, of Marion, is ji ;jared to resist, and, when he is arrested to morrow, will endeavor to stcur.; his release on habeas corpus, and bolides, will have tho lc-gality cf the who'-'1 p-o ceediug and its collateral issu-.-s it sted. The outlook, therefore, is tuut tho entire matter of legislation must be held in abeyance until the cdu.-dj de termine whether it is or is not their business to interfere in the legislative muddle. The expectation is that, if a test case be brought hero, it would bo heard immediately in the circuit court, and an appeal tak-.a to the supremo court. There is no d-jubt Chief Justica Moore would cause it to be advanced on tho docket. If all expedition be used by both sides to the controversy, a final decision may ba reached within two or three weeks. If either side light for delay, a settlement may be , deferred indeunicely. INDIANS' TESIPEK.1NCE CONVENTION. A row Wow on tho Itcservation Was Held Friday. Something new has happened on the Umatilla Indian reservation, disprov ing the oft repeated assertion that there's nothing new under the sun. It is nothing more or less than a. tem perance convention, held for Indians by Indians and with none present but Indians. The convention (p3v wow) was held Friday,' so Jack Chapman, the well known interpreter, today informed the East Oregnian. The object of the pow wow was to give the young men of the thrae tribes some advice on the subject of drinking liquor, which habit has been fast sending the In dians to destruction. Chapman re marked a a he was tolling about the meeting: "We are getting into the-ways of the white man, all right, for yesterday we had a sure enough temperance meeting on the reservation. Several of us made speeches. There were Chief Peo, of the Umatillas; Young Chief of the Cayuaes; No Shirt, of the Walla Wallas; Judge Cash Cash, who used to be the head of tho court of In dian offences before the court was done away with, and I made a speech myself.- We told the young men how it was raining the men of the tribes to drink so much whiskey, and warned tbem that if they kept up their presen. pace it would bo only a few years b-: fore our race would be extinot, except as they might bo left Indian blood in the mixed bloods about these parts. We gave it to them pretty straight on the subject. ' The young men listened with good attention and many of them will take the advice. "Do Jou know we have a temperance society on the reserve, one organized just as those of the whites are organ ized, and I am one of the officers. We are going to do all we can to stop the drink habit among our people, and are going to have some more temperance meetings after awhile." THE CARDINAL'S CLOSE CALL. His Keen Sense of Jmell Once Saved " Him from Being- Poisoned. Years have rolled by since, but the fitory of an almost fatal accident to Cardinal Gibbons has lost none of its interest through not having been pre viously told,' says the Philadelphia Call. Just before he rose to give the impassioned reading of his poem, "King Lear," at the anniversary din ner of the Sons of St. George, Prof. H, H. Hay, of Girard college, told of the happening as it had been related to him while he was traveling in Europe by a -priest acquainted with the cir cumstances. "While the cardinal, who was then an archbishop," said Prof. Hay, "was traveling across the Atlantic some years ago he complained one afternoon that he wasn't feeling very well, but was told by the ship's surgeon to await medical treatment until the following day, when something would be done for him if his sickness continued. On the day following the steward of the steamer was duly sent with a remedy for the eminent prelate. As he was about to place the glass containing the draught to his lips the archbishop was almost overcome by a strange and pungent odor. He hesitated a moment and lowered the vessel containing the liquid until he- recovered from the ef fect of the smell. Glancing incidental ly at the bottle in the steward's hand he noticed the word 'poison' on a label, and, not without a little alarm, asked the man if he knew what he was offer ing. The steward replied that he had done as was directed by the doctor. Alarmed,.-the- archbishop sent post haste to the medical man to make sure of what was being tendered him. This time it was the surgeon who had occasion to manifest surprise. He hur ried to his distinguished patient's side and informed the archbishop that tho glass offered him contained enough deadly poison to kill any two men." A Curd. The committee in charge of "Even ihgs With Dickens,"wish to sincerely thank those who so kindlv assisted in making the entertainments successful Mrs. G. C. Eshelman, Mrs. C. E. Bayard, Miss. Rowland, F. A. Ernst, Committee. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Well Named. "Why do you refer to the trees as acrobats?" "Because their limbs are always in the air." De troit Free Press. Bob "Ah, Jack, did your rich uncle remember you m his will?" Jack- "Yes. He inserted a clause requesting his executors to collect at once all the loans he had made me." Where He Drew the Line. "Your friend, Van Doozc, is a great practical joker, I believe?" "Yes; but he isn't my friend any more." "What's the matter?" "I played a joke on him the other day. Chicago Kecord. Pastor Do you ever play with bad little boys, Johnny?" Johnny "Yes, sir." rastor "I'm surprised, Johnny! Why don't you play with good little boys?" Johnny "Their mammas won"t let 'em!' Chicago Kecord. It was a very cold morning, and Bobby came rushing into the house very much excited. "llomnier," he cried, "there's something the matter with me. Please send for the doctor. I'm breathing- fog!" 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