nJ V (U ,-fefe 0SBi' VOL. XXIII, INtO. 16. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY JANUARY 18, 1885. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. L - -' III 111 11 21 N ill II I mm'ii''--SPIWto Ml E3i 1 HI ll 1 ill liil BUSINESS CA1U. iS-. A. I., and .F. A. VV '..'Fit's. ihj vici:i:isanI Surt-oiis. Will slvc promnt attention to all calls, from au jtrl of the city tr 'tmtrv. Oltte uvr Allen' Store, corner Cass and iMfiiioqiui streets, Astoiia. Oregon, Telephone o. 41. D K. FICAXEI IA;i. l'liyalrian Kxitl urscou. Office, Cor. Main and CheHanms streets. OMMCK HOCKS : -9 to 11 . M. ;-2 to 5 I'.M. KesitlHicc. m site the Johauscn building CNO. A. DOKKIS. KO. NOI.AMI SJ,A?I & IOISlC!S9 ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in Kliine Hloek. imosHe City Hall, Astoria, Oregon. (U VT. FtJLTOX. J. C FULTON. FUr.TOKf 15 MOTHERS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms 5 and G.Odd Fellows lluildiug. .. Q. a. now lu . J. a. gill. BOWLBY & oiex. Attorneys and Counwt'IIorH sit Low, Office on Clienamus Stioet. Astoria. Oreson. Tp C. IS01iIKX, NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION -AKI IN SURANCE AGEN'X. "t EI,0 V. PARKKH. SURVEY Of: OF ClatHop Coanty.antt City of AHtoria Office :-Cheuamus street, Y. M. G. A. hall Room No. 8. p 'W. L.KICK. ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT. Officii : Room 9, Kinney's Rriek Mock, TAY TUTTIiK, .tt. . PHYSICIAK AND SUIiIJOS Office Rooms :, 2, and 8 Pythian RulM Iur. Rksidkntk On Cedar Street, back of St. Mary's Hospital. f r. hicks. A. k. miaw. IIIOKS & SHAW. DENTIS1S. Rooms in Alien's Ruildlng, up stairs, cor ner Cass and Squcmoqna streets, Astoria Oregon. BANKING AND INSURANCE! I. W. CASE, Broker, Banker, and Insur . ance Agent, ASTORIA, - OREGON. OFFICE HOUltS : From 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock 1. M. Bozorth. & Johns, Rel Estate and Insurance Agents nnd Brokers ASTORLV, .... Oregon. Wewrlto policies in the following well known Fire Insurance Companies : rnozxix of hartford. SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL OF EDIMJUHC.. LION. OF LONDON HOME. OF NEW YORK. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE, OF LIVER POOL. PHtENiX. OF BROOKLYN. CONNECTICUT. OF HARTFORD. OAKLAND HOME. OF OAKLAND, CALA. And also represent the WESTERX. of California. HAMll URQ-liRKMEX, of cr-'.AMKlUC-' STEAM UOIL- er Insurance co. Real Estate Bought and Sold on Commission. 3". O. ROSS, tliABIAG lTXIS:5tTAIiER, Main St. Astoria, Oregon. THE LATEST STYLES IN WALL PAPER AT B. B. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window curtains made to order. S3PMy patent Trimmer to cut Wall Paper will be lound convenient to my patrons. Boat Building. THE REST STOCK AND WORKMANSHIP GUARxVNTEED. Boats of Every Description Built. Shop over Anidt & Pcrchen's. PC. 31. I-EVniKKS. VISITORSJOORTLAND Should not forget to call at Town e's San Francisco Callery, where may bo seen photographs or all the leadinpmen and women of Oregon and Washington Territory. Skillful operators always In attcndance.and the most minute attention paid to pictures of children. Don't forget the location. S. W. corner First and Sorrison streets, up stairs. No trouble to show specimens to visitors. Street railroads pass the door every ten minutes, and this is the nearest gallery to the five principal hotels. -THE g BESTTQNIC. ? This medicine, combining Iron with pure vegetable tonics, quickly and completely Curca DjMpcpvIa, Indigestion, Wenkties Impure Itlooil,.1InJ aria, Chills and Fevers, and Ncunilln. It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the Klilncyn nnd Liver. It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. It does not Injure the teeth, cause hcadachc,or produce constipation other Iron medicines do. It enriches and purifies the blood, stimulates the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength ens the muscles and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of Energy, Ac, it has no equal. 83" The genuine has above trade mark nnd 1 rosf ed red lines on wrapper. Take no other JuIru.1jl,J ItltOW.t CHLEIC1L IX), niLTI20RE,XD REDINCTOX, WOODABDJJt CO., Tortifind, Or Wholesale Ai'xts. TUTT PILLS TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LEVER, and MALARIA. ' From these sources arise three-fourths of the diseases of the human race. These Byraptoras indicate their existence: Xioss of Appetite, Koxvcla costive, Sick Headache, fullness after cat iff, aversion to exertion of body or mind, i:ructat ion of food, Irritaljil Ityoftempcr,X.ovi8plrIts,AfccHnc orhavi ng neglected t.omcduty,2iz ziiiess,FIuttcrlnguttheIIcart,Iots before the eyes, highly colored Urine,COXSTlIATIO.V,ana demand the use of a remedy thatacta directly ou the Liver. As a Liver inedicincTDTT'S 1'ir.I.S have no cquaL Thclractionon tho Kidneys and Skin is nlso prempt: removing all Impurities through these three ' scavengers of the system," producing appetite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear skin and a vig orous body. TCTT.S PULLS causo no nausea or griping nor Interfere Trim daily work and axo a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. jldeveryw-hcrc2a OUice4t.MurrnySt.NV. GKATllAIROir'V"llISTm5 olmncroil In. 1,-j-pana Mf m ka stantly to a GLossr Rlack 1v asinglo application of this Dvn. Sold'by Drug- ?ists,or tent by express on receipt of SL Onice, 4i rurrav Street, New York. nnra zotal op vzzruu zzzzszz rssa. A. V. Allen, Wholesale and RetailJDealcr In QtQaerteSg Provisions, MILL FEED. Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Togtther wlfi Wines, Liquors,Tobacco,Cigars G. A. ST1NS0N & CO., BLACKSfYllTHlNG, At CaiL Rogers old stand, comer of Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work Horseshoeing. vagons made aud repaired. Good work guaranteed. Insurance Office OF Geo. P. Wheeler & Co. Representing the following first-class For eign and Home companies : Royal Norwich-Union and Lancashire, assets. S3C.000.000 South British and National, " 20,000.000 Firemans Fumi, " i rX) 000 Union, Fire and Marine " l.Ooo'ooo State, (dwellings only) M 100.000 And the old and reliable Travelers Life and Accident Insurance Co. of Hartford. Conn. Deposited in Oregon, 400,000 for the security of Policy holders. Ppmnn&l Affrnttnn i'ivn tn ill lutctnnee and SatiKfactlon Uuaranteed In every' in- Office Iii Hume'd New Building, Asto ria, Oregon. W. E. DEMENT & CO. ASTORIA, OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FAHGY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded DYING FOR ITS MASTER. An old man and a young one met in an uptown museum the other day and found mutual interest in discuss ing a den of snakes. "If you -would caro to hoar it," said tho old man, who was old only in years, his sturdy form indicating that not more than two-thirds of his life was behind him. "if you would caro to hear it I will tell you a story about a snake, not one of theso foreign reptiles, but a home-bred rattlesnake, too common, I suppose, to find a place here." 'Tell it," said the young man, "snake stories are always interesting. And so it came about that fifteen minutes later the two sat at n table in the quiet corner of a quiet restau aut with a bottle of Tokay, for which the place is famous, between them. The old man lifted the wino glass be tween his thumb and finger, watch ing the exquisite light playing in the red depths of tho glass, and thus be gan: "My name is Thomas "Wilman, and I live in Philadelphia, whero my son Harry is a prominent business man. Thirtj'-one years ago yesterday I married in Great Barrington, Mass., as pretty a girl as that village (fa mous for its pretty girls) ever shel tered, hue had been well brought up, but had no fortune. I had $1, 500, which I had made by running a sawmill. We wero young and had tho world before us, and we conclud ed to go west Going we3t in thoso da3 didn't mean, as it seems to now, going bej'ond the Mississippi. Going into lork stato was going west then. I had a cousin in Cattaraugus, a lit tle village on tho Erie railway, thirty miles east of Dunkirk, and we con cluded to go there. It wa3 late in August when wo reached Cattiraugus. My cousin gave us a hearty welcome, and I set about looking for a spot to build. Cattarangus is a curious sort of a place. Tho village is surrounded by hills, and tho Tvonder to mo i3 that it doesn't slido down into the wash bowl-like valley on thoide of which it is mine a Jittio creek runs through the village, and a mile to the west finds itself in a deep narrow valley, with almost perpendicular sides, 100 feet high. This valley is called Skinner Hollow, and is one of the most picturesque spots on the Erie road. I went down into tho hollow prospecting. The sides, where they are not steep, wero covered with a neavy growth 01 nrst-ciass pine, and for miles around the hills were thick with tho same timber. I saw there was money in a sawmill right down in that hollow, and I built one on the stream, which I could seo was a good-sized creek mo3t of the year. It is ono of the branches of Cattaran gus creek, which empties into Lake Erie thirty miles west of Buffalo. "I built my mill there and close to it a little house, so closo in fact, that the two joined. I took Jvatie, that is my wife, down there and we began housekeeping. That waB well into tho winter, and I began logging at oace. I hired a gang of men to help me, raised mouey by contracting my lumber ahead, and started in. "Wo cut logs on the hill olose to the mill, rigged up slides, and ran them down to the log-way. I tell you it was music to me when tho saw ripped into the first log and a clean-cut slab dropped off from the teeth. We Jiad a little jollification. That was tho first log ever cut in Skinner hollow, and people drove ton miles to see it Business was good. Thero was lots of snow, which made it easy work getting logs to the mill and drawing the lumber out to the village, besides giving mo all the water I wanted. In fact water was running over the tail of my flume every hour from the time I turned it into the race until tho middle of July. Then a dry spell came on, ana 1 had to shut down for two or three hours every day to let my race fill up. "But I did'nt mind that I had a tip-top season and made money. I had logs enough at my door to keep me busy for a year, and I knew where there wero plenty more when they ran out And, besides, I had two to look after instead of one. Tou wouldn't think if you'd seo Harry, with all his refined ways and educa tion, that the first music Lo ever heard was a saw tearing through a pine knot But it's so. He was a pion eer's son and knocked around a saw mill until he was in his teens. "Well, when business was slow I worked around the house, fixing up things for Katie, so as to make her more comfortable. She couldn't have been more contented. She used to think that sawmill was just about tho pleas antest place in tho country. Hour after hour she'd stay out thero with me, and we'd keep up tho conversa tion while the log was running back and stop when it went P to tho saw. Dear me! Dear mel "Why. I can see her a3 she used to look in those days just as plainly as if I stood there with her to-day. She used to jump on the log and ride up pretty close to the saw, and then just as I would got scared and jump to drag her away, off she'd go. Nobody was ever hap pier than we were, and wo have never been as happy since, though wo have been pretty happy, and are yet" The yellow sunlight flickered into the room where tho two sat, and the wine looked like blood as the dancing rays shone through it. Tho old man was lost in happy reverie, and the young man ventured to remind that thero was a snake story promised. "True," said tho old man, starting, "Pm just coming to that I lost my self thinking of those old days. Thero were snakes then, and we had killed them. Battlers used to come out on the ledges of rock and lie in the hot sun. One or two had come around the mill, aud I had shot one in our door yard. But we thought nothing of that. People living in the woods or in wild places get used to things that would fill them with hor ror in a settled country. "Wo expected to find snakes, and as long as they kept their distance or gave us a chance lo shoot them when they got too near we didn't mind them. "As I told you, I fixed things up around the house during the slack time. One of tho bits of furniture I knocked together was a bedstead. It was more like a broad lounge than a bedstead, for it had neither a head nor a footboard. One end was raised a little liko a couch, and that was the head. HVohad some bearskins and blankets to sleep on and moro blankets to cover us. It was a big improve ment the floor, whero we had been sleeping, and after a day's hard work handling log3 1 used to think it about as comfortable a spot as I knew. ""Well, it got along into the fall and we began to have chilly nights. Tho equinoctial gave U3 a big rain, and for a fortnight I had all tho water I could use. Then it got dry again. Ono afternoon, after several days of uireaiemng weatuer, it ocgan 10 rain. Hour after hour the rain came down till about 9 o'clock in the evening, when it suddenly cleared off aud turned cold. It was late fn October, and we kept a fire burning on the hearth, nights, more for the baby's sake than for our own. Our bed was parallel with the fire-place, and stood out near the middle of the room. "We had an English shepherd dog named Leo, which wo took with us from Massachusetts. He was a black-and-white beauty, and my wife, who had raised him, thought about as much of him as she did of the baby or me -at least I used to tell her so. The dog was fond of me, and I mado a great pet of him. He was a noble fellow, and all ho wauled was for me to whistle just onco and he'd come. "Wo let him sleep in the room at tho foot of the bed. Sometimes in the morn ing I'd wake up before my wife, and I'd whistle just once to the dojr. Up he'd come over tho foot of tho bed, and wake Ivatie by licking her face. Tl.nf r.;nla n.n .! innt- nln,. bed when it turned cold. I threw anj extra piue knot on the fire and went ; to the door and looked out. I shall never forget that look, for it was the last time I ever stood there and saw I stars above tho Skinuer Hollow. l' closed tho door and went to bed, and j soon fell asleep. I slept on the side of .the bed nearest the hearth, my wife slept on the farther side, and tho baby lay between us. For some rea son I didn't sleep long, and when I waked up I couldn't go to sleep again. Finally, I got out of bed and put an other knot on the fire. Leo was stretched out on the floor with his noso between his paws. He eyed me sleepily as I walked around the room, and gave mo a loving look as I stoop ed down and patted his head. I went back to bed and lell into an uneasy sleep. All at once I awakened with a start. It must have been past mid night I seemed to be fully awake the moment I opened my eyes, and such a sight as they rested on God grant they may never seo again. I was lying on my left side, facing my wife, who was lying on her right side. The baby lay on its back between us. As I opened my eyes a dark object glided down from off the baby, and just then the knot burst into flames and flooded the room with light A rattlesnake, fully five feet long, had slipped down from between my wife and myself, where it had been stretched out presumably to got warm, and started, no doubt, by some move ment I Lad maOo in waking, had thrown itself into a coil on the bed at tho baby's feet and just opposite vox knee. "Somebody asks if life is worth liv ing. I think it is as a general thing, but if life had many such moments as that I should say emphatically that death were preferable. For a mo ment I lost my head. I did not move, fortunately, but I seemed to drift en tirely out of all consciousness. For a moment only this lastod. Then my senses came, back to me, and I felt that from the reaction I would prob ably tremble from head to foot How I ever managed to keep my body rigid I don't know, but by an awful effort I did. I know that to stir was death, perhaps for myself, perhaps for my boy, pernapB my tiod! the thought was agony for my wife. Outside I could hear tho eaves drip ping from the rain, and I could de tect tho sound of water running to waste over the flume. To-morrow, I thought, I'll have plenty of water again. To-morrow! "Would I ever see to-morrow again? And it I did would I not meet it alone? In spite of all I could do a shudder ran through my body. (Concluded on fourth page.) Threw nirasclf Out of a Window. A merchant, overcome by nervous prostration, recently became so wild and delirious that he jumped from a third story window of his house and was fatally injured on the pavement Had this unfortunato gentleman tak en Browns' Iron Bitters in time, his life might have been preserved. This potent tonic enriches the blood, tones the nerves, and imparts energy to failing constitutions. Mrs. Phoebe A. "White, Alaska, Mich., says, Brown's Iron Bitters cured me of dyspepsia, poor appetite, and nervous prostration." PARKER HOUSE ASTOJtIA. OKKGO.V. Thi- House has heen newly furnished, refit ted ani renovated throughout, and Is Firt-CJass In All Respects. RATES : From SI 30 to S2 SO, per day. according to room. Syeriul Kates for Steady SJoarder.s This U the he.tFamilv Hotel in the City. Fine Sample Room for Commercial Trav elers, on the ground tloor. Also a first-class Darher Shop connected with the house. Free Coach to and from all Steamships and River Boats. J. II. Cr.OSE. Prop'r. ilAIIA HOTEL. MRS. EVAWALLMAN, - Proprietor. ASTORLA., OREGON. First Class in Every RespcctI NEW HOUSE. NEW FURNITURE. Fitted up -with every Conven ience Tor the Comfort or Transieni and Permanent Guests. Corner Squemoqua and "West Cth Streets. FRANK FABRE'S CHOP HOlfSE. Oysters, Ice Cream COFFEE. The New Model. Everything First Class. CaS3 Street, rear of Odd-Fellows Building. Every attention paid my customers, and the best set before them In first-class style. A QTT&Y"! O T5o 'brcyvTT -ti-o tiUJL lc3 JXiS.CJL y AND COlUmOia Candy Factory. Ed. jacJit5on, Proprietor, ,.,..,-,, .,.. ttt.,t. BL muLCrr (,)F,TUE J"2!DFA0TUnBB . ;;ndJ!ivo Moa5?" - - f euc Mj?ed Cf3- 30 cts Per lb PIam Candies and Taffya 20 " " Rread. Pies and Cakes delivered every day. Ornamental work for Weddings and Parties. Heat Ice Cicam at reasonable prices Cheapest and best place in town. Don't forget tho place ; Chenamus St. near the Postoffice. The Seaside Bakery FRESH BREAD Delivered in any Part ot the City. CHRISTMAS CAKES: Home-Made Candy Mado Daily: The Trade Supplied: Pine Pastry: A First Class Establishment. Prices to .suit tho times. F. B. ELBERS0N, Prop'r. Change of Agency. We hare appointed MR. O. F. MORTON Our Selling and Collecting Agent at Astoria. All those uUhlng to purchase a first-class SEiriXG MACHINE, or to make pay ments due us will please call on Mr. Morton. Headquarters at B. S. HYORSLEY'S Sales room. The Singer Mfg Co., 92 Morrison Street, Portland, Or. Columbia Transportation Company. FOR OXt?k2Ii FAST TIME! THE POPULAR STEAMER FLEETWOOD "Which has heen refitted for the comfort of passengers will leave "Wilson & Fisher's Dock eTery Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 P.M. Returning leaves Portland every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 A. M. arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M. H7""An additional trip will be made on Sunday of Each. "tt'eeK. leaving Portland at v u'ciock miuuny jiornins for Sound ports. WiIson& Fisher SHip Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS a:st MILL FEED AGENTS FOR Salem Flouring Mills, Portland Eoller Mills, Capital Flour and FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA, OREGON. B. B. Franklin, Merlaier ana CaMnet Maker, SQUEMOQUA STREET, NEXT TO THE ASTOI1IAX BUILDING. fSAll work done in a skillful manner on short notice at reasonable rates. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. BiurroN" Street, Near Parker Housb, ASTOttlA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. - LAND anfl MARINE EHBIHSS BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. OSTIIKrG-S , Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short IVotlce. A. D. TVass, Trosident. J. G. Hustler, Secretary, I. W. Case, Treasurer. Johx Fox.Superintendent. S. AENDT & JFERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine BLACKSMITH SHO Boiler All kinds of ENGINE, GANNEEY, -Ain STEAMBOAT W0EK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. PAST TIME! H.A llHHiHHHofnuMKaculHSfluM Shop 4rSS Shop 'Hp Passengers 05 this route eonnect at Kalama u. u. uuuxr, resident THE BEST IS THE PETTO A SIEfiCT ! Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY Is of Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed hy all who use It. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Rising Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Solo Agents for Astoria. H, B. PARKER DBAXER ET Hay, Oats, and Straw, LIME, Brick, Cement, Sand and Plaster. Wood Delivered to trder. Draymg, Teaming, and Expri Business J. H. D. GRAY. Wholesale and retail dealer In. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storage and Wharfage on reason able terras. Foot of Renton street, Astoria, Oregon. ' WM. EDGAR, Dealer In Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. CORNER MAIN AND CHENAMUS STS. The Gem Saloon. The Popular Resort for Astorians. For tho Finest of Wines and Liquors Go to THE GEM SALOON. ALEX. CAMPBELL, - - PROPRIETOR ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE, AUG. DANIELSON, - Proprietor. BebHiltaad Refitted TfcroHjchout. The Best of WISES, IilQUOKS, AND CIGAKS, For a Good Cigar, call for one of "Danielson'3 Best." Corner "West 9th and Water Streets, Astoria. n9-6m BRACELETS, Scarf pa, Chains, fatcies, SILVERWARE, Of every description. The finest stock of Jewelry In Astoria. GyAll goods warrantedasrepresented GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER, Magnus C. Crosby Dealer In HAM ARE, ffilffl, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings,- STOVES, TINWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING G001 SHEET LEAD STRIP SHEET IRON, T'i-n AND Ooppe! Good Building Lots IN ALDEKBEOOK For Sale at Low Rates. Apply to HY3LXN C. KIN SET, At office of Clatsop Mill Company, on the Roadway. "SECURE THE SHADOW' Ere the substance fade, and when you visit Portland, make it a part of your business to , callon"W.H.TowxEat the San Fran-i Cisco Gallery. S. W. corner First and! Morrisoa streets, and have your photograph taken in the highest style of the art Sol Bi Jewelry,