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gsr-fTe 0 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21), J 883. PRICE JblVE CENTS. VOL. XXX, NO. 25. of -nwitwy'gp'yapy A BUSINESS CAUDS. TO UK H. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office, Room 4 and 5. over City Book Store. G KO. XOLAXD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ice iu Kinney's Block, opposite Citv Mail Atorla. Oregon. C. W. f UI.TON. a. C. FULTON FUIFor ISKOTUERS. TTOHNEYS AT LAW. -Minn 5 and 6. Odd Fellows Building. c. K. TIIOJISOS , Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Special attention Riven to practice In the U ; land Office, and the examination of land titles. A full set of Abstract Books for Clatsop County in office. ukfick Up stairs, opposite Telegraph Office. r l. A. IIOWIiBV. ticctrney mid Counsellor tit Law office on Clienamus Street, Astoria, Oregon b 1. IVIMTOK ATTORNEr AT LAW. Booms No. 11 and 12, Pythian Castle Build ing. p B. WATSON, Atty.at Law and Deputy Dist. Atty. All business before the TJ. S. Land Olllce a pecialty, Astoria, - - Oregon. TU. J. K IiA KOKCh. DENTIST. Booms 11 and 12 Odd Fellows Building. ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON. TABS. A. U, AM) J. A. KUITON. Pliyoiciaus and Surgeons. Office on Cass street, thre3 doors south of Odd Fellow's building. Telephone No. 41. TAY TUTTIiE, 31. I. 'MUSICIAN AND SURGEON Officii Rooms 6 Pythian Building. Residence : SE corner Wall and West 9th streets, opposite I. W. Case's. A. E. 8IIAW. DENTIST. Itooms in Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Cass and Sqnemoqua streets. Astoria Oregon. M- K8. DIt. OlVKSS-ADAlS, Office and residence, D.K. Wan en's for mer residence, Astoria, Oregon. Diseases of Women and Children, and of the Eye and Ear, specialties. W." BAKER, 31. D. No.21,CassSt. Office hours from 9 to 11 A. M., 2 to 5 r. M. rR.O.B.ESTE8. IMLYSIC1AN AND SURGEON. Office : Gem Building, up stairs, Astoria, Oregon. rvR. AIjFKEO KIX.NET, Office at Kinney's Cannery. Will only attend patients at his office, and may be found there at any hour. TR. FRANK PAGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Opposite Telegraph Office, Astoria, Oregon. p ELO F. PARKER. SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY AND City Surveyor of Astoria. Residence : Near Clatsop Mill. N. D. Raymond. Deputy, Office at City Hall. "C C. IIOLBEX. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds For Washington Territory. AUCTIONEER. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGKXT. Office at Kolden's Auction Rooms. Cliena mus Street, Astoria, Oregon. H. A. SMITH, DENTIST. Rooms 1 and 2 Pythian C. H. Cooper's Store. Building over E. 0. HOLDEN, AUCTIOHEER Hh COMMISSION ACENT. ESTABLISHED 1874. Dealer in Now and Second-hand Furniture and Bedding. 'Will conduct Auction Sales of Land, StocK or Household Goods in the country. Will appraise and purchase Second-hand r unuiure. Consignments solicited. Quick Sales and Prompt Cash Returns Guaranteed. Astoria Agent for Dally and Weekly Ore-gonlan. $m& Remain A Dyspeptic. "I have been suffering for over two years with Dyspepsia. For the last year I could not take a drink of cold water nor eat any meat without vomiting it up. My life was a misery. I had had recommended Simmons Liver Regulator, of which Lam now taking the second bottle, and the fact is that words cannot express the relief I feel. My appetite is very good, and I digest everything thoroughly. I sleep well now, and I used to be very restless. I am flesh ing up fast; good strong food and Simmons Liver Regulator have done it all. I write this in hopes of bene fiting some one who has suffered as I did, and would take oath to these state ments if desired." E. S. BaLLOU, practise, Xeb. H. ZEIUN & CO., Phi fade! pha, Pa I'rlrv Sl.OO. isner Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, Paints. Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOR SALEM PATENT ROLLER MILLS Portland Holler Mills. FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON . GaM IS Port. "I have boon a great sufferer from Torpid Liver ami Dyspepsia. Eery thins I ato disagreed with wo until I began taking I can now digest any kind of food, never hai o a headache, and lia e gain ed fifteen pounds In -weight." "W. C. SCIIULTZE, Columbia, S. C. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Office, 44 Hurray St., New York. SPECIAL Burning Tests MADE AT OAKLAND, CAT.., OCTO ber 11. lfOT.bv CHARLES .?. WOOD BURY, at the request of the City Council. In the presence of the Chief Enpmeer of the Fire Department, the Fire Warden, Citv At torney and members of the City Council Ef.AIXK OIL, Burned at 13! desr. STAR KEROSENE, Frnm Whittier. Fuler & Co. Rnrnrd at 120 d-sr. STAIIMGHT, "Famllj- B'nvnrito," IturiK'd at IO; dog-. PCinij Oil-, Iturned it 14 tlrjr. GOIjDEX star, Iturncd at 110 dog. "Extra Star" Kerosene BEATS THEM ALL ! Sajt Fbacisco. October 21, 187. Messrs. WHITTIER, FULLER & CO., Front and Fine Streets, City : Gentlemen : I have made a very careful and thorough Bur-iiue Test of j our "EXTIt A STAR KKKOSKNK, WATKR WHITE, KX P11ESSLY FOB FAMILY USE," Ad flnil the Burning Test to be 23:8 Degrees. Very respectfully j ours, CIIARLE3 J. WOODBURY. UUnL OIL. THE GAS MAN ATTORD'S THEATER Some Interesting Faots Concerning The Assassination of Presi dent Lincoln. There were many persons con nected with the sorrowful conspir acy on the night when President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth; the actor at Ford's theater, Washington, during the performance of "Our American Cousin" who were never discovered. Some have died, others are doubt less alive to-day, but wisely keep their mouths closed as to their knowledge of the hideous plot. A few years ago one of these made a startling revelation upon his death bed. It showed that the con spiracy, as first carefully planned, was defeated at the last moment by a mere trifle, and that, had the details of the first plot been car ried out, the assassin could not have been known. This sounds strange now, but it is perfectly true. The story comes from ac tors, some of them well known in tlie theatrical world, but who do not wish their names mentioned. They knew the man who made the confession, himself as employe be hind the scenes at Ford's and thev have never doubted that he told the truth in his last moments. The man referred to was the gas man of the theater. Such a per son is an important factor behind the scenes. He has solo charge of I the apparatus and at the signal of the fctacre manarrer lowers and raises the light, turns off and lights up the gas, etc. All this is done now-a-days by merely touching different electric buttons; but at Ford's the clumsy system of that day was in use. Turn-cocks were attached to the pipes in a chest set well back on the stage, out of sight. The gas man kept the key, and he alone had access to the chest. It is a mistake to regard B joth as a desperado, bent on executing h:s devilish scheme even at the sacrifice of his own life. The pub lic manner of the assassin dtion, and his leap to the stage iu full view of two thousand people, wa un after thought, adopted on the pressure of the moment, when lib own carefully matured scheme had been defeated. Much as he w.iuf ed to kill the preident, he iM-vm wanted to be known as the uss.t--sin, and had his plan not mi.M-.ir-ried ho never would have been known in that character, save per haps to a select circle of admiring confidants in Baltimore, Washing ton, Richmond, Charleston and New Orleans, who could have been safely trusted with the dreadful secret. His plan was simple, and its simplicity seemed to insure its success. The president's party having been seated in their box, at a given signal the gts was to be turned off, leaving the whole house in darkness. Booth having marked the exact Dosition of his victim at the in stant, and having access to the box would promptly do the murder m the dark. So trreat would be the confusion and uproar in the im mense audience that packed the house, over the mere fact of total darkness, that the horrible tragedv just secretly and sucessfully ac complished could not be made known for some time so that it would be understood. The gas man would have locked the chest and quietly departed with tho key in his pocket, it might be half an hour before the house could be re lighted, hi the meantime the commission of the crime had been perfectly hidden by the darkness. It would be a question in the case of the escape of the assassin: for although Booth had taken the precaution to have a saddle-horse ready in the. alley outside, he deemed it a mere precaution. There would be no proof, nothing more than suspicion against him if his plot succeeded. The signal for turning off the gas was thought to be a master stroke of the plot. None but a man of strong dramatic instinct could have chosen it. Let the reader recall the time. The fall of Richmond and Peters burg, the pursuit and surrender of Lee had followed in quick succes sion, occurring but a few days be fore. The north was trans ported with joy; Washington was full of soldiers; a thousand of them would be at Ford's theater that night, as it was known that the president wonld attend. The manager saw that something be sides the rather tame play of "Our American Consin" must be pre sented to satisfy the patriotic over flowing of mens hearts. So it was made part of the programme that when tho president's party was seated, several male quartettes should take the stage and sing the national anthem, "Aly Country, 'Tis of Thee," the house naturally joining in. A designated line of this anthem was to furnish the signal to the gas man. With the last short line of the first stanza, "Let freedom ring," tho whole theater was to be plunged in darkness, and the mur der would swiftly follow. Down to a time possibly not more than one minute preceding the singing of the fatal line, events seemed to march straight on to the consummation of the tragedy ex actly as planned. The overture was done; the president, Mrs. Lincoln, Major ltathbone, Miss Harris had arrived and were seated, amid the plaudits of the house; the singing of "America" from the stage had commenced. Booth stood at the box-door, one hand on the knob, the other on his pistol; the gas man behind the scenes went to his chest. And then It was the great Talleyrand, I believe, who said that "from the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step." The truth of the saying was never proved as it was in that moment ! An actor of the company had for several days been on what in those days was called a "racket." He was lingering about the wings on this evening in a boozy condition, when the manager caught sight of him and proceeded to give him "a wigging." To do so more at ease, he plumped the delinquent down on the gas chest and took a seat beside him. Tho gas man came up and saw at once the "cue" could not be given. He did not darn to draw attention to his pro ceedings hy requesting the m-iu-Hi-r to move. To he watchi'd was to insure him the scaffold! The anthem went on; "Let free dom ring" w;.s sonorously lolled through the house; the lights were u id.muiPil; the piece was finishi-d with wild applause; the play be gun. And there in the lobby was Booth, raging with disappoint ment, striding up and ilnwn, now seen by half a dozen different per sons, nerving his hand and his brain for the public assassination that occurred an hour later. 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Dement- !i l)ysii'psiuandi.iv(.-r Complaint, von have a printed jir.araiiti-e on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitaluer. It neer fails to cure. Sold DV w . uement. Win- will you coup;n when Shiloh's Cun- will cive immediate relief. J'rice U cts fiOcls ami SI. fc"Id by W.E. De ment. Tho Kev. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bout- bon.lnd., says:"liotn myseu anuwue owe our lives toSmi.on's Consumption Cure." Sold by W. K. Dement. Notice. A M, PA11TIF.S nA VINCI CLAIMS ii. iuralnst the Fishermen's Union are re- liuesteu 10 Rive Or seim iiicm iu uie accic- tary.A.hutton.atliis office, before Satur day, the 28th inst. Boat Building. JOE LEATHERS Is at tho old stand prepared to build all kinds of boats used on the Pacific Coast. Builder of steamers Electric. Favorite, Tonguin, and others. Model Making a specialty. Stock and YekmanshIp nrst.class. m b Kw Wj9 J www Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a cent ury. It is used by tiie United States Gov ernment. Endorsed by the lie.ids of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest, and most Healthful. Or. Price's Cream Baking Ponder does not contain Am monia. Lime, or Alum. Sold onl v in Cans. l'lUCE BAKING POWUEit CO., KF.WYORK, CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. HOTELS AND 1JESTAU1JANTS n. B. PARKER, Prop'r. First Class in Every Respect Free Coarli f o the Houso. CUIUS!. BVEXSOX. F. COOK THE! EVENS0N & COOK On tho European Plan. LA11GE CLEAN ROOMS, A FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT Board by tlis Day, Week or Month. Private Rooms for Familie', Kte. transient Custom Solicited. Oysters, Fiili, Meats, Etc., Cooked to Order. 1V1TRRKI., Opp. .ard JL htokrs A FIHST CLASS SALOOK Bun in connection with the Premises. The Best of WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGAR?. ood Bil i.ird Tables and Private Card Booms. THE Casino Restaurant One block from the O. K. & N. Dock, M. M. SERRA, Proprietor. A Good Meal For 25 Gents. Oysters la any Style, 25 cents. In connection with thi3 Popular Bestau rant Is run a fl-st-class Saloon, well stocked with choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars. AGENCY Wiii.T.Goleman&Co. OF SAN FRANCISCO. Flavel's Wiiari and Warehouse, Astoria. Oregon. Cannery Supplies at Lowest Prices. Storage and Insurance at Current Bates. Banking Department Drafts on the leading Cities of the World JOHN F. McGOVERE", Agent. Ct. II. Colcmau. Accountant -BUVYOUK- Groceries Provisions OF Foard & Stokes Their largely increasing trade enables them to sell at the very lowest margin of profit while giving you goods that are of first class quality. Goods Delivered All Over the City. The Highest Price Paid for Junk. For Rent. mHE HOUSE AND PREMISES FORMER X ly occupied by Dr. Tuttle, on Cedar y occupied by Dr. t. Enquire of streei J. TAYLOR. -CASH.- a S?SOA2d -IK- Fflen's Knit Wool Underwear, And in Nlen's and Boys' Clothing. TUESDAY, JAN. 10th, 188S, I will commence selling tho following sis different lines in first class regular make of Knit Wool Lndershirts and Drawers regardless of first cost, on account of my having tho solo agency of Conger's Patent "Chest Shield" Undershirts and House's Patent "Double Seated'' Drawers. These lines I flaco on sale at SI.25 each shirts or drawers, making 2.50 per suit, most of which formerly sold at$3.50 per suit, viz: Mens Fine Wool Scarlet Undershirts or Drawers. Hen's Fancy Stripe Wool Vicuna Undershirts or Drawers. Men's Fino Wool Buckskin Tint Undershirts or Drawers. Men's Fancy Stripe Wool Gray and White Undershirts or Drawers. Men's Fancy Stripe. Wool Scarlet and Whito Undershirts or Drawers. Men's Conde Wool Mottled Undershirts or Drawers. These abovo lines of goods are all non-shrinking, and of uniform durability, finished seams, and general perfection of manufacture. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING. Having closed out from the manufacturers at tho closing of tho year, entiro lines in suits, pants, &c, which were made np for last fall's trade, and which I guarantee are first class as to make, fit, etc., and at Cgnre3 which enables me to offer them at factory prices. Theso said lines aro too numerous to mention in this space. Among said lines I have some bovs' (13 to 17) all wool Cheviot Suits for S7".50. which are cheap at oven $10.00; Men's all wool California Cassimere Suits for $13.50 which are staple at 17.30; Children's (4 to 9) Overcoats at 4.00, formerly S5.f)0, Boys' (5 to 10 Overcoats 3-"0, formerly 4.50; Youth's (12 to 17) Overcoats 4.50, formerly .r0; Men's fine Overcoats, etc. I. :. QgCOQID, Kiunej't. Brick Building, Astoria, Oregon. 'TlSN ATOS5SJ I JkZfcf OtlMMWjjp GRAND PRIX PARIS, 1878, AND GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION D'HONNEDK. ' They received the ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX THREADS at tho Xiondozx Fisheries ESs&ibition 1SS3. And havo been awarded HIGHER PRIZES at tho various INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS Than the goods of any other IN THE WORLD. Quality Can .Always "be Depended on, Expiert Fiiii Use no Ote. EERILY BOYLE & Co., 517 and 519 Market Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. Seine Twine. Rone and Netting: Constantly on Hand, SEINES, POUNDS and TEAPS furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices. ConsistinK of 4 CAR LOADS of line Artistic and Plain Furniture, Carpels, Oil Giosh, Madras-Ssik LACE AND PORTIERE CURTAINS, Dado Shades, &c, Has Arrived. These goods were purchased direct from Eastern Manufacturers and shipped beforo the recent advance in freight, the benefits thereof we propose to share with our customers. j Call and See Us. -ONE PRICE.- m SAaS Opposite Bescue Ensine House. CHAS. KE1LBORN.