The Dalles Times-Mountaineer from The Dalles, Oregon • Page 4

SATURDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1895 hills NTT HI 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 mountains. 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 murderer of Linn county, Is very successfully playing the insanity act. Yesterday he became so boisterous that it required three physicians to quiet him. There is probably not a city in the state where the people entertain themselves 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 Woodruff, C. Richmond and Lee Rondow. Prof. N.

N. Riddell, Ph. 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 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 mountain.

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 indulged 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 bushels of wheat are shipped from The Dalles daily, This should not be. Every bushel of this should be ground into flour Jbefore it is shipped. The Diamond mills, aitnougn among in 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 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 establishment 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 professor 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.

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 statement 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 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 "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 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 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 tomorrow for San FranciscovVnere they will remain for a month visiting- relatives. livJVi- xar. j.

cooper nas sota Market to Chrisman Bros. 'Tnte new proprietors took charge of the business this morning. A homestead proof of D. Milter, of Davidson, was received at the laird I office today. A.

H. Buckingham a homestead entry. rrT 1 tm 3 i. ills morning me Bneriii waa oraerea to summon 20 special jurors to serve In the case of the State vs. Lee 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 drizzling 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 defending. At the last regular meeting of Col umbia Lodge, No. O. F.

the following officers were elected for the en' suing term: N. Henry Boyne; V. James Hazel; H. Clough; H. C.

Neilson. Saturday night two men were ar rested on a charge of drunk and disorderly, and each put up $5 cash bail for their appearance in the recorder's court this morning. As neither appeared, 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 has been postponed.

Due announcement of his date In the city will be given in these columns. E. W. Quarrels, agent for the O. R.

N. Co. at Grants, is in the city today. 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 regular 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. has concluded to build a. branch road from Arlington, through Gilliam and Crook counties, to intersect the Oregon 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 afternoon 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 possible. 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. the celebrated 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 The secret of success liesTn finding out what that something is, thoroughly qualifying and presistently applying in the one-direction. A serious blunder that is made by the typical American is in scattering his forces; mind is'a limited quality, 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 direction." Among the social blunders dwelt on were the mistakes made in the selection 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 designated by the order of Elks as memo rial day, and the occasion was appropriately observed by the brotherhood at the Cascade Locks Sunday. The ceremonies of the order on memorial day are public, and the ritualistic services are very impressive, tribute being paid to the departed brethren, the memory of their commendable deeds on earth extroled and fitting supplication offered for their peaceful reaL The1 services at the Locks were largely attended by the citizens of that place besides a of visiting brethren f-om Portland being present. Mr. John Michell.

of this city, was eulogist, 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 entertainment to all present. A Pinched Neighbor. Our neighbors over in Klickitat county are truly in a bad way financially They have no money for juroi 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 the magnificent Klickitat valley, and' sees the grain fields extending for miles in every direction, 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 etiquette 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 blunder 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 restriction 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 entire 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. 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 the cow question in it is indeed worthy of 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- feasor giving a phrenological delinea- tion of the characters of three gentlemen 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 negotiating 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, 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.

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 severe weather does not prevent operations, 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 railroad company haying made a rate of $2. per ton on wheat from Biggs to With plenty of good roads leading into The Dalles, and the Regulator on the river, farmers everywhere ean be assured of the best prices obtainable for their products. Public School Report.

During the month of November the public school enrollment and attendance are generally the largest of the sjhool 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; 586.

Average daily attendance, November, 1894, 568. A Happy Reunion. rne moody mansion was the scene of a pleasant family reunion Thanksgiving day, all the children except one son and his family being present for the punishment of Turkey. Malcom the banker at The Dalles; William and family, also of The Dalles; Ralph 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 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 she was several.pounds 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 Saturday night. The facts in the case as gathered from the evidence adduced at the trial are about as follows: Lee Gitt, Chinaman who was found guilty of murder in the second degree by the jury Saturday, has resided in the city for a number of years, and has been employed as cook in the Skibbe hotel. The murder was committed 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 witnesses, and Lock Woo recognized the fact that he was about to die. Another 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 evidence was only brought out by im. peachment and bringing other 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 defense were paid by Chinese gold. We have been informed that funds even came from San Francisco to fee the attorneys in this case, and it is well known that some of these Chinese companies are very wealthy.

extended comment. Vor Over Fifty Tears. An Old and Well-Trie?) Rem EDY. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over. fify 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 and is the best remedv-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 Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and imtuo do inner Kino. 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, opera house on 3. Notice.

Those owing the Tduc8-Mountatn- EER for advertisements, subscription, to 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 comfortable 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 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 degree, 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 the courtroom being nearly vacant. The arguments attracted a still larger crowd. 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 settle 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 report, ordered paid. Resignation ot R. B. Hood as member 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 light ing streets 180 00 Columbia Hotel, feeding prison 17 10 C.

J. salary 50 00 W. R. Brown, working prisoners 1 00 Dan Maloney do do 9 00 Mays Crowe, mdse 2 15 Dalles Electric Light Hunts fire department 6 40 M. T.

Nolan, mdse. 2 25 Chronicle Pub. printing. 12 25 Dalles Electric Light lights offices 5 40 0. J.

Crandall.making estimates 5 00 C. J. Crandall, 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 iraz front' serving on the Jury, as he was Buffering from a malady that would 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 bare beeatrylng dor Ing all this term 6fjourtto find jurors Thmmaundt ofbmth ism whose daily Ufa Is 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 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 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 department, 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 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 consideration 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" 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 York Sun, they speak English that 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 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 which abound out there; hence "their name, mushrat French. Against all ridicule they will 1 maintain that; no beast, bird or fish is more sus taining and healthful than this animal.

"Take eem fat," said one of them to a New vt ho spent part of his vacation on the flats, "take eem fat, stoff eem up with airb (herbs) an speece (spice), put eem on' fire an' eem, nn'sh! what will yon? 'Heispairfect, 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 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 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 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. 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 brotherhood, 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 engineers 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 parlor car seat on an express train for In-anapolis a few days ago and as he was sbout to pass through the gates was surprised to hear himself accosted in em-nine tones with the somewhat startling uestion: "Please, mister, you for awhile?" Looking aroutrH 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 genial-looking citizen to place hi ought ticket at the disposal of one and take the other one under his ing while he personated the absent jwner of the pass. "Which is my wife?" he inquired, ith an inward qualm lest his own absent 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 manager and actor, one Sunday in 'the winter left the Biadt theater and drove to his little playhouse, "Auf den 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 meant a holiday for the actors. They tooV the wildest liberty with the text, 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 behind one of the pillars. ofli. er seized the audience, saying: "Inrrest jou for disturbing the course of a public 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- oration, wasplalntift, and J. C. Baldwin, Ellen i. Baldwin and Sigmuod Stern, were defendants, and to me directed and delivertd, commanding me to levy upon and sell the lands mentioned and described In said writ, and hereinafter 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 December, 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 attorneys fee, and the further sum ot ttiJH and interest on said sum since the 12th day of November, 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 November, 1896.

T. J. DRIVER, nov23 Sheriff of Wasco Ore. NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION. Lavs Omci at Thb Dalles 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 and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver, at The Dalles, Oregon, on De-eember7, 1896, viz: WTLLIAM G. OBRIST, Hd. No.

3522, for the nex sec. 9, M. He names the follow! riff witnemes to nrnn his continuous residence upon and cultivation ox, saia tana. Tlx: James Nelson. David 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. 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 1BW, viz: JOHN M. DARNIELLE, Hd. No.

8178, for the ne see. 12. tp 1 13 W. M. He names the following witnesses tn nrnve his continuous residence upon and cultivation of.

said land, viz: Joan a. Baker, of Boyd, F.Wlnslow, of lrorur. uenrv William, or The rRiia. flewwo rauerson, 01 ine uaues, ure. DOTS JAS.

F.MOORE, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Lard Omoi at The Dalles, November 13. 1895. Notice Is herebv aiven that the following uauivu aebuvr nas uieu oouce 01 ills intention to mage nnal proof In support of his claim, 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.

Tn 1 A R. 15 E. W. M. He nsmes the following witnAiutM his continuous residence upon and cultivation ux wu iaau, viz F.

H. Wakefield. Jsron Keltv. Joannh Kelly, John Quirk, of The Dalles. Oregon.

jao. Jiuiuui, aegisier. Dee 46-6 NOTICE TOR PUBLICATION. liAjm Omci at Tbb Dalles, I November 18, 1896. 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 December 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 sasa lana, viz: P. Snodffrass. Asa Sumdill. nf Ttok 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 bargains this year, and WILL GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU HONEY Simply because we satis'ied with making very rmall profits Wf i. re oreparetl to mo Plumbing, Tinning. Hot yater Heating, Pinnace Work We employ none but 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 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 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 Flrsn Claaisi Harness Shop REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE THE DALLES Moody's rehouse OREGON ME 3 "I I ConstfrtAtfvn I 7 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. 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 "B' of Block 41.

In the "Vnrt issues juiuiarv iceservation." in daiim ritv -Wasco county. Oreeon. and also the of tha NWirf. and the Nwu of KWv of Kami in Township 1 North of Binge 15 East W. 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 purposes. Malt Liquor.

Columbia Brewery Beer on draught. 94 Second THE DALLES, OH Thfa ertra-. ordlnftrr Ra Jnrenator la tae moat wonderful soovery of are. it is Ik en en-o-dhTth tlflc tuen of Europe and 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, and develop) ana restores wesa 'gars. P. ins in the dsck. lot set bvaav or 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 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.

to respona ana rurnisn testimony concerning said AllfMMui kh.w1nnni.nl This notice is served bv nuhlfcuUnii tha I Hull nnrl aen oruer ui me register ana receiver maae or this oate. IAo. MUG RE. novzs Register. A.

F. MARTIN, BUYER AND SHIPPER OP Hides and Furs POULTRY, EGfiS. AND VEAL. The Highest M.irket Price Paid in Cash. me before seliini? elsewhere Office, center, of block west of Skibbe's qulcklv.

Over 2,000 private endearments. Preinaturenea means imnotonov In ihA flrrt st we. it is a of 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 lslnseJed boxes). Written cnaraniae riven far a auto six boxes and are rot cntlrrly cured, sue mora miiv nrnu-'anana CetUmnnisls. Address 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, 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, East anmaarsws, jMjugwesjviaui. wosm. and Cigara Always Will be Kept.