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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1888)
CI tafoc gatltj torfm ASTORIA. OREGON: WEDNESDAY -JANUARY 25, 1SSS Sax Fkaxcisco is the only city in the United States that has for resi dents fonr United States senators. Fortland has two, as much as any other American city except San Fran cisco. A Washington- special to the World says: That the national Dem ocratic convention will be heldin New York city is reasonably certain. The president is in favor of such decision and most of the party leaders believe that the best way of insuring the Em pire state to the Democratic column is by selecting New York city as the place to begin the campaign. Arrival of tlie ' Oregon. The steamer Oregon tooted in tho stream at l:lo yesterday afternoon, and a few minutes later lauded at the dock. She has done that hundreds of times, but never with as much in terest to Astorians as yesterday p. m. She had on board a large number of detained Astorians, who embraced the first opportunity afforded to not home; she had a big lot of Astoria freight that had been an object of much solicitude to Astoria merchants till relieved by receipt of goods from San Francisco; and a big, big wad of mail twenty-sis leather pouches of letters and sixty-four sacks of papers, etc. She also had coin for the O. It. & N. employes here and in San Fran cisco, and on the whole, her appear ance here was the canse of ranch sat isfaction to all concerned. The mail, or some of it, was carried to the postoflicc and will be distribu ted in the fullness of timo. Among the returning Astorians were F. D. Winton aud wife. F. L. Parker, E. P. Thompson, L. 0. Kin ney, Thos. Lmville, Fred. Davidson, Wm. Winters, O. A. KeeJ, Alex. Campbell. Tho Oregon reports heavy ice at frequent intervals and somo ice all the way from Portland to Catblamet. From there down here it was smootli sailing. She has a big lot of freight to unload and leaves for Saa Francis co to-morrow morning. The 0. K. &. N. Least. New Yoek, Jau. 19. At the rcgn lar meeting of tho Northern Pacific railroad directors to-day, the draft of the lease between tho Oregon Hail way & Navigation company and the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific was approved aud its execution au thorized. The I'oit, in a financial article con cerning the signing of the lease of the O. IX. fc N. lines jointly by the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific directors, that thero is reason for be lieving that the lease guarantees C per cent, per annum on Oregon Kail way & Navigation stock and that tho liabilities of the Northern and Union Pacific are equal. Also that each company is jointly and severally lia ble for payment of the whole 0 per cent. The only change made from the terms already announced was tho elimination of tho provision by which the Northern Pacific liability was re Htriclcd to one-half the annual renta!. Tho Oregon Itailway iz Navigation directors had already approved of tho lease on Tuesday, and tho Union Pa cific directors ratified it on Wednes day, so that the long pending nego tiations are finally ended. By tho terms of tho lease, as finally agreed to, the Oregon lliilway & Navigation company will bo opeiated by the Un ion Pacific and Northern Pacific com panies for ninety nine years. The Union Pacific and Northern Pacific jointly and severally guarantee the payment of all charges, including a C per cent dividend on tho stock per annum, and in case either company fails to pay its proportion o? the charges, the other company will be liable for the fall amount. How It Is Viewed 111 Portland. The news that tho O. It. & N., the Union Pacific and the Northern Pa cific directors had agreed npou a joint lease of the O. It. & N. property created a little surprise here jester day and a gieat deal of comment, principally unfavorable. Coming at a time when thero was considerable ;.gitation of tho question of securing reasonable rate3 for ore from the Cocnr d'AIeno mines, and a hope that the O. It. fc N. might be induced to build a branch from Farmington iuto the mines, the news was a disappoint ment. Indeed, it is not too much to say that many people viewed the joint lease as the ''bottling up" of the north Pacific coast for the time being. An Oregonianman spent thoafternoon interviewing merchants, capitalists, railroad men and others on tho situa tion, and nnder tho promiso that names would not bo used, obtained free expressions of opinion from every ono ho approached. All of ihem had read the OreijoniarCs edito rials on tho railroad situation, pub lished during the past ten days, and expressed approval 'of lho position taken. There was a unanimity of opinion that, under the joint lease, very few branch lines would bo built and eo far as railways can affect it there will bo slow development of ag ricultural resources. Oregonian, 21. The Quickest Trip On Kccord. San- Fitixcisco, January 22. The steamer Arago, Capt. Hall, has suc ceeded in making the smartest ronnd trip to Coos bay oa record. She left this port at v. si. on the 17th, load ed 750 tons coal, and arrived here again at 11 o'clock yesterday, making the round trip in three days and twenty-two hours, and the passage down in forty.four hours. 1 M A fine cup of coffee, at Whitcomb & MeGMas's. FILLING A COLUMN. When mails are behaving them selves and arriving in Astoria every day in the week, except Sunday, and otherwise conducting themselves as mails should, there is an average of 100 nowspapere flung on The Astori an's reading desk every evening. As wo had but one mail since the 7th, till yesterday afternoon, and a3 the daily hundred had been piling up at Portland or some other out-of-the-way place, there is a big batch of pa pers to be received when tho job of distributing is completed. Parties who contemplate putting down car pets, papering and ornamenting the sides of their apartments with pleas ing and polito literature, or otherwise using paper in quantity, will hear of something to their advantage by call ing at this office any time after ten a. n. A large discount given. There is one feature of an accumu lated mail that is particularly annoy ing in a newspaper effice: it is not propositions for membership, nor for tne tnim or tuirty-tnird degree, but propositions to swap. Ordinarily they come-at the rate of half a dozen a day, but in times of great scarcity, when water pipes freeze up and peo plo that spent SCO to fix their own private pipes are busted out from tho main just as badly as the man that anted off the S60 in draw poker, and let his pipes freeze and bo blowed, wuen such unhappy circumstances combine, then comes an avalanche of propositions, when tho delayed mail arrives. These propositions are from people all over the American continent who imagine that a junk shop is a side show attachment to every well regu lated newspaper, and who are willing to give anything they have under tho sun, (except cash) for gilt edge adver tising. Success m one instance rec onciles them to a hundred failures, and they don't know what let up means. The furniture man in Grand Kap ids, Mich., and the shotgun man in New Haven, Conn., and the book man in Philadelphia, and the man with a cranherry swamp in Now Jersey, and the man with an orange grove in Florida, and tho man with a dead sure thing on baldness in JIos3., and the man with a Jersey bull in Iowa, and the woman with a remedy for freckles and moles in Boston, and the man with a patent pump in Illinois, and the man with a religious news paper in Ohio, and the man with an undiscovered telephone in Newark, and tho man with improved billiard tables in New York, and tho company with the patent fertilizer in Chicago, and the company with fine old whis key in Louisville, and tho man with champagne cider in San Francisco, and the fiends with insurance, soap, blacking, religious books, counterfeit money, pills, preventatives, etc., et cetera, etcetoraw, to the tnno and number of a light brigade 000 strong, come smilingly with a proffer of their goods and wares, which they ask us to swap for advertising. The worst of it is that the whole business must be looked at and not consigned, unwept, unhonored aud unsung, to the waste basket, for these bo clever chaps, and get their propo sitions up in good shape, and lest one bona fide order or proposition from a man with the coin be- missed, the whole tormented batch must be opened and read. Pitman says this column must be filled ont, so it is hero put down that these cold snaps and accumulation of delayed mail tend to coldsnap the patience of such men as the post- jnaster, the telegraph operator and tho clerks at the O. It. fc N. dock, to be asked fourteen times an hour, ten hours a day, "Is the steamer down when is she going to get to come down when -did she start has she any mail aboard is tho lino work ing do you suppose there will be any passengers why did the Walla Walla come back why did the Columbia go on where is tho river boat when will the Stale bo in why do you shake your head is that clock right how thick is the ice at Portland arc tho O. fe. C trains running has the boat passed Kalama, how is Walker's Island do yon think they'll make it can I get to Portland to-day can I leave for Sin Francisco to-morrow how can I get a letter east," is, we aro told a little confusing. It's like asking a newspaper man who has told all ho knows (and it didn't take him long) "what's the news?" just after he's out of bed and has started to get some items for the next day's paper. But, as Besserer of the Jour nal says, "some fish fry that way," and it adds a delightful spice and vari ety to whatis humorously called "life," of which this present form of existence would otherwise be totally devoid. And there is still room enough in this yere collum to add remarks by no means solium, bnt the truth of which will be recognized by our gen tle and ferocious readers that the arrival of the accumulated mail brings a good many letters that an swer themselves. A good many letters came on the Oiegon yesterday that will require no answer; their very de lay has mado an nnswer unnecessary, tho occasion that gave rise to the letter has passed away, and now no answer need be sent. And so it is with a good many things in this life. The maxim "Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day," is a good pro verb, but not infallible by a long ways. There's lots of things that we would do a great deal better not to mind trying to do to-day, and wor rying because they weren't done, when if we could only just see it, we could save ourselves infinite trouble by putting it off till to-morrow, and when to-morrow came it wouldn't be necessary to do it at all. and all that worry and work could have been avoided. So these few little midnight thoughts may strike a responsivo chord of lemembranco now that you've got a letter, or half a dozen of 'em, aud after reading you think, "Well if Td got that last week I'd had to have answered it, but now it doesn't call for any reply." And in this way, after all, there may be some little saving satisfaction in a delayed mail. We Don't Believe It The searcher of local items received a genuine surprise yesterday morn ing. He met an Astorian who said he didn't read The Astorian; every one in the county reads it. It is just as much a part of the daily or week ly occupation of men, women and children to read this paper as it is to eat or sleep or work. Sometime ago there was a murder trial before Judge Taylor, and there was some trouble in getting a jury. Before a jury was finally impaneled 101 were examined aj to their quali fications, and ont of the 101, when questioned, 98 said they read nbout tho matter in TnE Astorian. Wo thought then and think now that was pretty good ground for the belief that everybody read The As torian. It may be that what he meant was that he didn't pay for it; that he bummed the news the same way that he bums the tobacco that he con sumes, or it may be that he gets some one else to read the paper to him, or imposes his presence where it is be ing read; but he is surely mistaken if indirectly or some way he doesn't read The Astorian, for ho does. They all do. That Terrible North Coast. San Feanxisco, Jan. 19. Vessels which arrived in port to-day from Se attle and Tacoma experienced very rongh weather on their way down. The Oregon Improvement company's steamer Willamette came near going under. Her crow state that they never before have made such a rough pas sage between these two ports. Soon after the vessel left Seattle the weather grew cold and stormy and a stiff northwest breeze sprang up. Her cargo consisted of 2400 tons of coal and some miscellaneous freight, and when the water began rolling mountain high tho Willam ette rolled with it Out of the sound tho condition of affairs was still worse. The wind rose to a hurricane, and the water tossed the vessel about like a cork. Sometimes she was al most unmanageable, and ns she would swing around with the current a huge wave would strike her with -8uch force that had she not been very strongly built her sides would have been stove in. Near cape Flattery the Willamette was nearly turned over on her beam ends. Before she right ed herself she was struck aft, near tho hatchway, and the upper deck was stove in. Heavy timbers snapped like straws beforo tho force of the waters. Yonns Salmon In The Clackiunni. State fish commissioner E. P. Thompson visited the fish hatchery on Clackamas river Wednesday and returned with a jar fnll of yomg salmon, which were shown to Gov. Pennoyer, who, in a recent letter to senator Dolph, said there were no Chinook salmon in the Clackamas river. The governor frankly admit ted that the young fish were genuine Chinooks. Among the lot was one two headed fish. At present there are 1,000,009 fish in the hatchery. A few days ago 40,000 were liberated. Oregonian, 20. A Needed Life Savin Station. San Frakoisco, Jan. 22. Charles Webb Howard, who is an extensive land owner in California, has deeded three acres of land on tho coast three miles north of Point Eeyes, to the government for a life saving station. The site was selected by Lieut. Mc Clollan, of the life saving service. Point Eeyes is thirty-eight miles up the coast from San Francisco. A Total Wreck. San Francisco, Jan. 22. The tug Relief, with a crew of men, and John D. and AdolphSprekles, returned late to-night from the scene of the strand ing on Dnxbury reef of the bark Claim Spreckles. Tho bark, as an nounced yesterday, went ashore on the reef Saturday morning. As was expected, tho bark is a total wreck. A Four-Hasted Schooner. San Francisco, Jan. 22. Tho new four-masted schooner Volunteer, built at Gray's harbor, W. T., for Simpson Brothers, has arrived and docked at her wharf. She will be used in the Northern lumber trade. The Verdict Unanimous. W. D. Suit, Druggist. Bippus, I ml., testifies: "1 can recommend Electric Hitters as tho very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Klieumatism of 10 years' standing." Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: "The best selling medi cine I have ever handled in my 20 years' experience, is Electric Bitters." Thou sands of others have added their testi mony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure diseases of the Liver, Kidnevs or Blood. Only a halfdoIlarabottleatW.E. Dement & Co.'s Drug Store. Every mother is interested in know ing that a special preparation for chil dren, called "The Child's Cough Syrup" is now for sale only at Dement's drug store. I1UY YOOK Groceries Provisions -OF- ;oard & Their liTRely increasing trade enables them to self at tho very lowest margin ol profit while giving you goods that are of first class quality. Goods Delivered All Over the City. Tho Highest Price Paid tor Junk. Astoria Im Ills. Coucomly M., Foot cf Jackson, Astoria. Or General Machinists an! Boiler Maters. Land and Marine Engines BOir.KK WORK. Steamboat Work and Car.r.cry Wcik A SITCIALTV. Castings of all Descriptions Made to Order at Short Notice. J. d. flUSTLKn"" L W. Ca-k. JOHN FOX President. .Secretary Treasurer. Superintendent, Notice. SEALED mOPOSALS WILL BE P.E CeiVedllV Ihn limlerstirnori nt. his nfflpp until We.ln.-sd.iy. Februarv 1st, 1888. at 12 uvij ;.., lur uie roiisinrcuoii oi a unuge over O'Hauna creel: where the old bridge was situates near .ea hide. Clatsop county. Orecon, iu the coumv road from Skipanon landll)!; to Sta Nirtp ;i.'mi!inn'tnTil:m'inrl specification on nie In mv office. K-Rhtto icjvki, .my ana an uich is nereuy ra-ervea lly onltr of the Coumv Court. CLTKENCHARD. . . . County Clerk. Astoria. Or., .I.umr.ry 9th. 18S3. Magnus G. Crosby Healer in HARDWARE, IM, STEEL. iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES, TINWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, 17133. AND Oopper. KOLT &. CO. Proprietors. Manufactures of MOLDINGS. SASH DOORS, BLINDS. RAILS. BALUSTERS, NEWEL POSTS, BRACKETS. Scroll and Turned Balustrades Koat Material, etc. Orders solicited and Promptly attended to Satisfaction Guaranteed as to Style, Quali ty and Prices. Mill and Offleo "or. Polk and Coucomly streets. Astoru. Oregon. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, M Capt. Itogers old stand, corner ol Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Ilorseshoemir. Wasons made and repaired. Good work cuarauteed. The Asior House Saloon. CEO. M. RCVVE, Everything Everybody Else Says, and More Too. The liest is none too rod 1 for friends and patron. Will Try to Please. T!i AMtor House Saloon. The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEVELAND, Trop'r. M Bread, Cafce aufl Pastry None hut Hie liest Materials Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered In any part of the city. Seaside Bakery. Bet Milli Bread ami CAKES OF ALL KINDS, Manufacturers of Fino Candles. AND Ornamental Confectionery And Ice Creams. Wholesale and Ketail Dealer in Candies. JCIIXVSOX, JIROM. Cadar Street Improvement Notice. NOTICE is herebj Riven that the Common Council of the City of Astoria propose to order the improvement of that portion of Cedar street, in the City of Astoria, Clatsop county, Oregon, as, laid out and reconled by J.M. Shively, from the east side of West Sixth street to the east side of Salmon street, by re placing all missing piles with new ones, and replacing all defective stringers with new and sound ones, and replank ing the same, with new and sound fir planks four inches in thickness, to a width of thirty feet through the center thereof, said improvement to be made to the established grade of said street, and unless a remonstiance signed by the owners of two-thirds of the property fronting on said portion of said street be filed with tho Auditor and Police .ludge within ten days of tho final pub lication of this notice, to wit: on or be fore Tuesday, February 7th, 1888, the Common Council will order said im provement to be made. Bv order of the Common Council. " Attest: T.S..IEWETT, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon, January 12th, 1888. Wing Lee & Co. IMrOnTERS AND DBALEES IN Chinese and Japanese FANCY GOODS, Curiosities, Lacquered Ware, Ivory Toys, Fine Crnckcrs. -Ilk and Crape Hand kerchiefs, Shaw 1. Tea. Ladles' Underwear, Etc. This is the only place to buy the cheapest and finest articles at any time, You are welcome to call and examine our immense new stock. No trouble to show you the prices. J U CU Y. , Proprietor, and also Contractor for furnlsiilne Chinese Laborers promptly for all kinds of Work. Cass street, south of The Astoman office. ASTORIA INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA FII ai wm INSURANCE CO. KKA XK DEKUJI .rrcsi.1ent W. II. SMITH ..Vice-President JOHN A. CHILD Secretary No. 100 Second St, Portland, Or. I. W. Case, Agent, Astoria, Or. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fire Insurance AGENTS. Kenresentinu the Largest and Most Relia ble tire Insurance Companies. All Business promptlrtind accurately tran acted. FlavelsWhar'. - Astona Oregon. CAPITAL STOCK - - $500,000 THE NORTHWEST INSURANCE CO. F. E. Beach ..President J. McCraken. Vice President J. Loenenberg Treasurer 1C 1". larliart hee y aim Jianaser DIHFCTOKS. JJ-oewenbem J. K. Gill, II. L Tijtock, F.K.Arnold. F.M.Warren. .I.MiCrakeu, F. K. Beach. D.D.OlIphant, . Egseit Ko. 33 Washington street, Portland, Or. R. L. BOYLE, Apent. Astoria. Oregon. Oinee at I. X. L. Backing Co, DepsM in Oregon, 300,000 ASSETS, S 3 5. SOX. 2 8 8. Royal, Norwich-Union and Lancashire Com bination Joint Policy. Union of San Francisco. Gennaida of New York. State Investment of California. Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation. JIABIXK IXSUIUXciTctrVEUEn BY OITK OPES POLICIES. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. Agents. $67,000,000 Capital Liverpool & London & Globe. North British and Mercantile of London and Kdinbiirgti. Hartford of Connecticut. Commercial ot California Agricultural, of Watertown, Now York, London & Lancashire ot LUerpool, Eng . Fire Insurance Companies, Kepreseni in a capital of Sii7,ooo,0uo. i:. van tnri:.v. Agent FUESTOr-AJf. nnoCoicmiFnsMTiDgerAr ient York.Enelind, wbrra ttm m J. l-o&se of 'Muons wat held A D. ?J6. A'v Urps IlliutnteJ CfcUlnnio of Masonic books tni coeds with bot tom riice. AjroU miatai. Pj eir Iitrcra!. t4y Betters of i.urinnt,at!r.v T!FnTHIf3 A fT JAicrUcrtlUalienaaJajiauItcUi-eMlEioiwrye-TYorlw AGENCY MT.ColBin&Co. OF SAN FP.ANCISCO. Flavcl's Wharf and Warehouse, Astoriu. Oregon . Cannery Supplies at Lowest I'rices. Storace and Insurance at Cutrent Kates. Banking Department Drafts on the leading Cities of the World JOHN P. McGOVERN, Agent. K. II. Coleman. Accountant. Is one of the greatest blessings v. lieu jou hate it under com ml. If jou build voui lire in one of those JIagee Itanges or one of those Acorns or Argandsnt John A. Mont gomery's, you will lind it a pleasure t pre pare a meal, or if you get one of those Heat ers you will find them to be clean and eco nomical and an ornament to your parlor. If von intend getting a range or a heater don't fail to look at his .stock. You should call in .see his beautiful Ornamental Coat Vases The RAontesano. JOHN W. WELCH. - - - Master. Will make weekly trips between Astoria and Westport, Touching at Svensen's Landing. Leaving Westport at fi A. si.. Saturdays. ltcturning,leae Wilson & Fisher's wharf at 2 1 si. same day. Will also IeaH Wilson & Fisher's wharf at 12:30r. M.. Fildays, for Westport and all way landings For Freight orTassnge api usage apply on board or 1). a. WELCH. Agent. io Notice. ALL TARTIES HAVING CLAIMS against the Fishermen's Union are re quested to give or send thentto the secre tary. A Sutton, at his onlce, before Satur day, the 23th Inst. J. 0. DEALEK IN CIGARS AND TOBACCO, FRUITS. NUTS, Candies. Smokers' Articles, Etc. New Goods Keoelvcd Dally. Opposite, City Rook Store. Notice to Fishermen. ANY FISHERMAN WHO OWNS A BOAT and Net will And it to his benefit. If He will communicate with A. SUTTON, Sec'y C. B. F. P. Union. Astoria, Jan. So, ms. Jeweler. X'v'' Fire' L i 0 Ei B SjP JtIh . WHOLESALE AND KETAIL DEALEK IX ins Groceries, Provisions end Mill Feed, o Crockery, Glass Plated Ware. o The Largest and finest nssortment of Fresh. Fruits and 'S'egotabXes. Iteeeivctl fresh eery Steamer. II. Ulfi il I THE LUir.tvr sTOPK or mm "t mm Hi ii KSna. & f on HHH K& r3 ESS? BBS Xi BB CHffl mi ESSy S1 School and Miscellaneous Books, And Fine Stationery in Astoria. J&.a?fcisf s Material, musical Instruments and Motions. "Asents for the celebrated DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES ami Pacific Coast Charts and Tide Tables. mmnjwiii'imnui ijnuiwumM-MMl-U rTWn.g - Just Received Gray Blankets from $1.75, up. White " " 3.25 " Comforters " 1.00 " Also a Full Line of the Celebrated .Brownsville, Oregon, Flannels, Cassiineres, Yarns. Clothing and ITmlervrare. All at the Lowest Prices. W. T. PARKER, Manager. 3r?-Tr' PfMF4&-l C'etiuffw I ikc-m rill WFTTIMR A SPECIALTY USTAULISI1E1) 1812. " CAPITLA, 5:r.0.000 The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of IK" THE UNITED STATES. Salmon Parse Seines. SabaonFonnd Nets. Salmon Gill Nets. FtTFish Nettings of all kinds supplied at the shortest possible notice, anil at Hip lowest rates. All made from our Shephard Go!dJ$edal Thvines. Guaranteed to botho strongest and most desirable twino now made especially for the PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES. This TWINE is manufactured onlv bv ourselves, directly from the raw material. and costs no more in NETTINGS than the cheaper grades. Send for samples; also for our illustrated catalogue. Highest awards .it Boston. Philadelphia and London. American STet and Twin Company, BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS. Have a Finely Jewelry , Watches, Clocks,Optical Goods Fine Stationery. Cutlery and Fancy Goods. Of All Descriptions, Bought in the Best Markets and CANNOT BE UNDER SOLD by any one this side of San Francisco. . Opposite Parker House, Main St., Astoria. mm llsi! !sa i la Ej ' fJ I VI tv vm Hi v-l $P, &y M; m a g m M Mil ! m h' m re &1e it P. MB TTTtyqgKCT'gw - ri:'iIJ.r""'.' - H l.'.--''wr?-mJ'iJM a Luvge Lot ol JL 6tMais ? ssaws V&Grifai Kra1 Assorted Stock of ' II h n Sr &UB II 14t$9 .V. s 'iTi?VJ ft.. 0 If Store