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ASTORIA, OREGON:
SUNDAY-
-JANUAUY 29. 18E8
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(Monday excepted.)
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The Astoriak guarantees to its ad er
asers the largest circulation of any newspa
per published on the Columbia ri er.
About 600 cs. salmon remain at tbe
Long Island cannery.
The ice in tbe Willapa was fifteen
inches thick last -week.
Court will be held in Oysterville on
the last Monday in March and Au
gust Yesterday's moon eclipse was invis
ible. The snn was eclipsed a part of
the time.
The Columbia, Oregon and Walla
Walla are here. The State will be
down to-day.
Reports from Shoalwater bay are
to the effect that serious damage has
been done to the oyster beds by the
late freeze.
In the Washington territory last
Friday an actto create a fish commis
sion and provide for the propagation
of food fish, offered by Warman, was
indefinitely postponed.
The li. R. Thompson arrived down
from Portland yesterday and starts
to-day to tow a vessel up. It will be
some days before she resumes her
night ronte. The Bonita leaves at
six to-morrow morning.
Eev. E. Hove will hold divine ses
vice at 230 p. m., to-day, in the
Swedish church, upper Astoria. As
he is an eloquent speaker, it is inter
esting to hear him for those who un
derstand the language Norwegian.
The Oregon & California road,
which had a debt of S10,000,000 when
bought lately byStandford, Hunting
ton and Crocker, will shortly be tak
en out of the hands of the receiver.
The bondholders will receive n new
issue of long time bonds at a reduced
rate of interest
There was another handsome addi
tion yesterday afternoon to the fund
for purchasing a team of horses to
pull the engine of Kescue No. 2, by
Brenham VanDusen, who subscribed
855. The team has been bought, a
handsome span of iron greys, which
will weigh 1,400 pounds each, and
has been named "Nick" and "Char
ley." The steamer City of New York,
from China and Japan, entered San
Francisco harbor last Friday flying a
yellow flag. Three cases of smallpox
were found on board. The purser
contracted the disease before the
steamer started and was left in Hong
Kong, and a lady cabin passenger
died on the passage. The steamer
has been placed in quarantine.
The News learns that Gov. Pen
noyer's sawmill had lost 2,000,000 feet
of logs during the recent break-up
of the ice in the river. These logs
were valued at 12,000. Two steam
boats are busily engaged in recover
ing the logs, and it is thought quite a
number will be saved, but it will cost
from one-third to one-half what they
are worth to recover them. J. H.
Jones fc Co. lost between 200.000 and
300,000 feet of logs, valued at 86 per
M feet, but expect to recover a major
portion of them. An extensive raft
of this firm's logs was caught in the
Willamette river near the mouth.
The raft had hung together well, and
was caught by a steamer and tied to
the bank.
Some time since Edward Parry, a
seaman on the American ship Merom,
which was in the river last Septem
ber, dissappeared and was supposed
to have deserted or to have been
drowned, and wages amounting to
S1L10, due him for services on ship
board, were left by the ship's captain
with collector of customs Abrahams.
Afterward Parry's body was discov
ered floating in the Columbia at Asto
ria, and was buried by the coroner of
Clatsop county. Yesterday, says the
News of the 28th, in the United
States court, Judge Deady, in re
sponse to an application, ruled that
the money duo Parry should be used
to help defray the funeral expenses
of the deceased, and ordered that it
be paid into the treasury of Clatsop
county.
Frcsli Taffy Every Dnj"
At Johnson Brothers' Bakery.
Gauibrlnus Beer
And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa
loon, 5 cents.
A Sunny Boom
With the comforts of a home, library,
etc. Apply at Ilolden House.
Are you made miserable by Indiges
tion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of
Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shioh's Vital
izer is a positive euro. For sale by w.
E. Dement & Co.
A fine cup of coffee, at Whitcomb &
McGillas's.
Private Kooins.
At Whitcomb & McGillas's restaurant,
for suppers, parties, etc The best
cooked to order.
Fine Dwelling Douse to Bent.
Good termstosuitable tenant Inquire
at this office.
Nautical Almanacs,
And Pacific Coast Tide Tables, for sale
at the New York Novelty Store.
mrtr"T"tfvmm
THEEE PASSENGEES DE0WNED.
The Loss of the Steamer "Gleaner."
Capsized Near Tousue Point at Koon
Yesterday.
Upon tho arrival of the steamer Im
provement from across tho river
shortly before seven o'clock yesterday
cveuiun, " was learned mat a dread
ful accident had befallen the steamer
tr leaner and her passengers about
noon, near Tongue Point.
Considerable excitement was acca
sioned by conflicting rumors regard
ing the calamity, and several contra
dictory stories were in circulation.
Capt. Peter Jordan, the master of
the unfortunate little craft, was in
terviewed about nine o'clock, and the
following is his acconnt of the occur eccur
ence: "We left Wilson & Fisher's dock
for Deep Kiver at 1030 this morning.
The steamer Lillian had left for
Knappton about twenty minntes be
fore, and the Improvement for Gray's
river about three-quarters of an hour
before. There were seventeen pas
sengers aboard and we had between
three and four tons of freicht. some of
wnicn was forward and some ait.
"'The wind was blowing strom? from
thosonthwest WhenwegottoTongue
i pint mere was a heavy swell run
ning, and when about a mile nortli
and east of the point the vessel
broached to, the freight listed and
she capsized, going on her beam ends.
She couldn't right herself and imme
diately began settling. When I felt
her sinking I climbed out of the pilot
house window, jumped into the river
and swam to a fishing boat that we
have in tow. Several who could swim
also jumped off and made for the
boat, climbing in, and as soon as pos
sible a lino was thrown from the fish
ing boat, she was hauled alongside
and those wno were hanging on were
taken into the boat.
'I do not remember ihe name? of
all the passengers. I had not col
lected the fares and cannot recall the
names of all aboard. There were H.
A. Shaw, Jr., Ellsworth Shaw, Peter
Waeken, Erik Mannala, O. Nelson,
Malcolm McFarland, and a friend of
his, Isaac Melin, Cole, Jacob
Rennell, Mrs. Olson, Mis3 Mary Holt,
Mrs. Lewis, and Miss Hilda Wilma.
'Three of those, Miss Holt, Miss
Wilma and Jacob Renuell, were in
the cabin or some other part of the
boat and didn't get out quick enough,
and were drowned. It wasn't more
than two minutes from the time the
boat upset till she had sunk in about
thirty feet of water, about four feet
of the pilot house sticking up.
"Cole was in the stern of the boat,
and jumped in as soon as ho felt the
boat going over, lie threw out the
net that was in the boat and after
wards we flung overboard tho pig
iron ballast
We staid around about fifteen
minutes and seeing no sign of the
bodies nor any chance of saving them
we started for Stark's Point, at the
mouth of Deep River, two men row
ing. We got to Stark's Point short
ly after noon. Myself, the engineer,
Chris, and Erik Manuala, who was
badly hurt, came over on the Im
provement, .Thick I had sent a mes
senger after and which came over
from Gray s river as soon as possible.
The remainder of those who were in
tho boat went on to Deep Eivcr.
"The Gleaner was 40 feet keel, 12
foot beam, about 8 tons burthen, and
was worth 83,000."
"About twenty minute3 after we
took to the boat I saw a stern
wheeler coming down the ship chan
nel. It was so misty I couldn't make
out what her name was. That was
all the boat I saw.''
Jacob Renell, one of the victims of
the disaster, was a Russian, aged 40
years, a hard-working man, a resident
of Salmon creek. What adds to the
terrible surroundings is the fact that
he leaves a wife and six children, tbe
eldest of whom i3 12years of age.
Miss Mary Holl, another of those
drowned, was a daughter of W. W.
Holt, of this city. She was in the
26th year of her age. She canio here
from Keokuk, Iowa, in April
1886, with her father and uncles.
Henry A. Shaw, Jr., mado n gallant
effort to save her. She was in his
arms at one time and he was trving
to get her to tho boat, when nhe was
suddenly struck apparently lifeless.
It has since transpired that she was
subject to fainting fits, which some
times were of an hour's duration, and
doubtless in the terror of the moment
the unfortunate young lady was
seized with a spasm that was the
means of her losing her life.
Miss Hilda Wilma, the third of tho
drowned passengers, was aged fifteen
years. Her father and mother live at
Deep River.
Erik Manulna had a narrow escape.
He was below, and when tho boat
tipped over, was under the water line.
He extricated himself, got out
through a window, terribly cutting
and bruising himself, and was flung
against thefishing boat by a friendly
wave in time for strong hands to
seize and drag him in as he swept by.
When he recovered consciousness he
found himself lying in the bottom of
the boat When the Improvement
arrived last evening he was so weak
from cold, loss of blood and exposure
that he had to bo carried to the sur
geon's office. Three pieces of bone
were extracted from his noso and his
wounds dressed.
When tho Improvement was re
turning she cruised up and down for
sometime in the vicinity of the dis
aster, but neither the boat nor any
trace of the drowned passengers
could be discerned.
Bad as it is and sorrowful though
the result, it appears evident that had
it not been for the fortunate accident
of having the fishing boat in tow the
list of the drowned would have been
terribly increased. It is not perhaps
saying too much to say that that
fishing boat was the means of saving
the lives or ail who landed-at Stark's
Point
The Gleaner had a small boat and
a life raft, but no attention was paid
to either, which were allowed to float
away, everyone recognizing that their
safety lay in tbe large fishing boat
fTO-l- ..mT-Wl-WCTg5
that, properly handled, could ride
the stormiest water.
Tho Gleaner was not a fortunate
craft. Sometime ago she was snagged,
and since then was damaged some
what by fire while lying at her wharf,
each time requiring extensive re
pairs. It is stated with a considerable de
gree of positiveness that when the
boat left Wilson & Fisher's wharf
she bad thirty-one people aboard, and
when the fishing boat put off from
the wreck there were twenty-eight in
it.
Captain Jordan asserts, positively,
that there were seventeen on board
when he left Wilson & Fisher's dock,
and he certainly ought to know if
anybody does.
The loss of the Gleaner, with the
dark accompaniment of the sadder
loss of life, is believed to bo the first
instance of the kind in this vicinityJ
.Boats nave suuk ana people nave
been drowned from boats here, but
the capsizing of a steamboat and the
drowning of a portion of her passen
gers is something that we do not rec
ollect ever having chronicled here be
fore. Capt. Jordan, who has bad a hard
ran. of luck lately, and lost all ho
bad in that boat, will go out on the
Improvement this morning and look
for any possiblo trace of his boat.
She had but about a cord and a half
of wood on board, and would hardly
float. There is a possibility, if found,
of saving something from the wreck.
Communicated.
Portland, Not. 26, 1887.
Mr Deab Mr. Wisdem:
You have reason to feel proud of
the success of Bobertine. I have used
it constantly for a whole year and
find it beautiful and beneficial for the
complexion. It possesses all the qual
ities you claim for it, and I have
much pleasure in recommending it.
The "Kobertino Powder," your latest
addition to the Artistic toilet, makes
a charming finish and is worthy of its
companion, Eobertine,
Yours truly,
Jeannie Winston.
Refers to Messrs. W. E. Dement &
Co., Astoria, Or.
A Cold Night at Polar River.
The other day there was in this
city quite a distinguished youngman.
His celebrity consists of his having
recorded the lowest temperature ever
observed within the bouuds of civiliz
ation. His name is George A. Garden,
and he was on his way from Lamar,
Mo., to Chicago, where he will act as
assistant observer in the signal office.
It was on New Year's morning, 18S5,
that Mr. Carden, then the signal ob
server at Poplar river, M. T., sent on
the solitary telegraphic wire that con
nected him with the world outside
this brief bntstartlingannenncemcnt:
"Temperature, 62.1 degrees below
zero."
"I tossed about all night trying to
keep warm," said Mr. Carden. "The
big stove I kept nearly red hot, but
still the little room would not get
warm. It seemed as cold as the outer
air. Upon me I had piled covering
equivalent to twenty thicknesses of
blankets. Army blankets, buffalo
robes, buffalo coats, cloth coats,
everything in the sbapo of protection
was heaped upon my little bed, yet
still I shivered under it all. No one
can form an idea of tho cold tbat
night. I had to wear the heaviest
mittens, and my sealskin cap was
polled down over my ears. Odpg I
reached my bare hand out of the bed
to throw another stick of wood on tho
fire, and before I could get the wood
in, my hand was so benumbed tbat I
had to drop the stick. Mind you, all
this timo the firo was roaring and
crackling." .S'i. Louis Post Dis
patcli. Notice to Mariners.
Office Light House Inspector, i
TimvTEEOTn District,
Portland, Or., Jan. 27, 18SS. )
Notice is hereby given that tho
four-pilo beacon (with the red lens
lautcrn light) on the port side of
Swan Island channel, Willamette
river, also the Five-pile beacon (with
the white lens-lantern light) on the
starboard side of the same channel
are carried away.
Both beacons and lights will be re
established as early as practicable.
By order of tho lighthouse board.
U. Sebree,
Inspector Thirteenth Lighthouse
District.
Prophylactic Fluid.
(Jives prompt and permanent relief in
burns, scalds, chilblains, venomous
stings or bites, cuts or wounds of every
description.
It is invaluable in scarlet fever, iliph-
incna, smaii-pox, cnoiera, yellow, ly
piioiu aim outer levers.
For sick-rooms, to prevent the spread
of contagion, it is the best disinf cctaiit
known.
Hon. Alex. II, Stephens, of Ga.
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid is article
of little cost, but great value. Its do
mestic as well as medicinal uses are
numerous while its specialities are. most
wonderful. No head of a familv should
ever be without it
Meals Cooked to Order.
Private rooms for ladies and families:
at Central Uestauraiit, next to Foard &
Stokes'.
Any case of Croup can be easily treat
ed and cured by using "The 'Child's
Cougli Syrup." Full directions with
eacli package, which can only be pur
chased at Dement's drug store.
Choice Table Butter
At Carnahan & Co.'s.
"llackmetack," a lasting and fra
grant perturae. Price 25 and 60 cents.
sold Dy w. js. uement.
X,olgiu House to Rent,
Anil furniture for sale. For particulars
inquire at this office.
irni.oii's Cuke will immediately
relievo Croup, Whooping CourIi, and
Bronchitis, hold by W.E. Dement & Co
The finest and juciest steak at Whit
comb & McGillas's.
PERSONAL MENTION.
John Fussell is in San Francisco.
Thos. Boelling returned from Port
land yesterday.
Sheriff Ross returned from Gray's
River last evening.
p.ntTpno Rrnck is stendilv imnrrnr
ing but is not jet strong enough to
sit up.
G. O. Moen returned yesterday
from San Francisco. There was just
enough variety about bis trip over
land to make it interesting.
Does It Pay?
Three-fourths of our people are
troubled with Dyspepsia and liver
Complaint in some form or other,
which by nature of the disease has a
depressing influence on the mind or
body, preventing them from thinking
or acting clearly in any matter of im
portance. Indigestion, coming up of
food after eating, 'dyspepsia, sick
head-ache, acidity of the stomach or
any derangement of the stomach or
liver (upon which the whole action of
our system depends) are speedily and
effectually overcome by the use of
Green's Auqust Flower. The most
stubborn cases have yielded to its in
fluence, as thousands of letters re
ceived will testify. The immense sale
of this medicine is another guarantee
of its merits, (over a million and a
half bottles sold last year.) So wo
ask, will it pay you to suffer from any
of the above diseases when you can
nave immuuiuiu reiiei in ino AUfUSl
Flower. Three doses will prove its
worth. It is sold by all druggists and
general dealers in all parts of the
world.
How to Avoid Unprofitable Detention.
Ocean steamers and sailing craft
have no business at Portland and the
day of dragging vessels up into the
interior should be in the past. Asto
ria is n seaport, and with connection
inland by rail this unprofitable de
tention, sucb as wo have just endured,
would end. Pacific Journal.
Their Uiisiiicsf Booming.
Probably no one thing lias caused
such a general revival of 'trade at W. E.
Dement & Co.'s Drug Store as their giv
ing away to their customers of so many
free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption. Their trade
is simply enormous in this very valu
able article fiom the fact that it always
cures and never disappoints. Couglis.
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and
all throat and liinc diseases ouicklv
cured. You can test it before buying
by getting a trial bottle free, large
size SI. Every bottle warranted.
OyMerji In Krery Style
At. tllf (Vntrnl l?(stnnrniit iipvr.
to
Foard &. Stokes'.
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Vnr (lift vprv hpit rnrtnr rt tn TI S
Sinister.
Solid".
Pennant's Nautical Almanac. Pacific
Coast Diaries, and Tide Tables for 1888,
M UKIFFIX CC HEED S.
Coffee and cake, ten cents, at Whit
comb & McGillas's.
Every mother is interested in know
iii!i that a special preparation for chil
dren, called "The Child's Cougli Syrup"
is now for sale only at Dement's drug
store.
The best Ovsters in any style, at
Whitcomb & McGillas's.
All the patent medicines advertised
i' .his paper, together with the choicest
.erfumerj". and toilet articles, etc-can
ie bought at the lowest prices, at .1. W.
Conn's drug store, opposite Occident
betel, Astoria.
A Nasal Injector tree with each
bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy
?rice 30 cents. Sold by W. E. Dement
Telephone J.o-tsinff House.
Best Beds in town. Rooms per night
50 and 25 cts., per week Si JO. New and
clean. Private entrance.
"ROSCOE CONKLINC,"
No. 354. P. C. J.C.I. II. It., Tf INNER or the
Tno-jear-old Sweepstake at State Fair, 1SS7
I offer to public patronage, the serving of
tliis magnificent registered Jersey Bull :
D.im. Annie Looncy 3rd. No.GSJ, Mime reg
ister ; liutter record. 17 lbs. 12 oz. ot unsalted
butter in 7 days. Those who wish Milk Rich
In Cream, will find it profitable to mate their
cows to this butter-bred bull. Service fee
reasonable. J. A. KOWAN, one block west
of M.un street, (on the county road) near
Young's river.
-THE-
STEAMER WALLUSKI,
JOHN (!. BLAKE. Master,
Is ready for business, and will do Towing or
BUSINESS OF ANY KIND
On the lllver. at reasonable rates. Head-
luartcrsat (ir.iy's Wharf.
J. II. I. GKAY, .
Agent.
Over 6,000,000 PEOPLE USE
RRT e C J
& J 0.M.FERRY&C0.
K. B- mo admitted to bo tho
Largest Seedsmen
in ino wufiu
D.H.FE.HBTA CO'S
IUutntM, Dftcrlp.
SEED
ANNUAL
For 1888
wiD be mailed
FREE TO ALL
applicants, ana
to last season's
customers with
out ordering it.
Invaluable to all.
Every perron using
Carden,Floldo'Flower
ff rr"rOli0tt!d send for
SEtUb is. AadrtM
D. M. FERRY&CO.,Potrolt,M.ch.
TEE PINGEE & COKgBB CO'S
UEAUInu arcw.'fawi
aLlvarieties, sizes and PRICES
FIVE ErEH-BLUumiau rt.nrc.iuni-,
' CLIMBING AND uoss ROSES.
MP W AND RARE FLOWER SEEDS
. . " JK m ht c . Kew Moon Hower. Olenitis,
rts-J!JAMl LILIES. KewCirrMnth..
VNDERKULORNAMENTAL
:.i,tr-.to.l. describes over 1330 NEW EST and
iMCPST Varieties Of ROSCS.StbD!,
iMTS and BULBS, and teEa how to grow
-1-4 Free If yoato plant anything, send
iT3 Vparo Established. ocereSmv.
,7.l?i .THE DINCEE &. CONARD CO.
W aWTCS.Wt Grove. Cheater Co.. Pa.
s!m8Si
jfifcttz&xnz
MaUSSL,Xay
ECON
The
Owing to the continued rush at this estab
lishment we are compelled to engage extra help,
along with the improved Lamson's Gash Hall
way system, thereby saving our patrons the
trouble of waiting.
Our store is crammed with goods from floor
to ceiling. Novelties arriving daily per Ex
press from the East.
P. S. Wholesale buyers and patrons from the Country
will please call in the morning, thereby saving the usual
afternoon rush.
-TIIE-
DIAMOND PALACE!
GUSTAY HANSEN, Trop'r.
A Large and Well Selected Stock of Fine
Diamoniis s Jewelry
At Extremely Low Prices.
All floods lloaght at This Establishment
Warranted Genuine.
Yl'ulcli unci Clock Repairing
A SPECIALTY.
Corner Cass and Squemoqua Streets.
Carnahan & Co.
SUCCESSORS TO
T. "W. CASE,
IMI'OKTEItS AND WHOLESALE AND
KETAIL DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Corner Cltenamus andJCass stre els.
ASTCUIA OKEGON
BOOTS AND SHOES!
Of Best Quality, and at
LOWEST PRICES,
AT THE
SIGN OF THEJOLDEH SHOE.
TOHCKT TTAEEKT.
fflURKAY & CO.,
GEOCERS
And Dealers la
nTx n,
Special Attention Given to Filling
Of Orders.
A FULL LINE CARRIED
And Supplies furnished at Satis
factory Terms.
Purchases delivered In any part ot the city.
Office and "Warehouse
In Hume's New Building on Water Street.
P. O. Box 153. Telephone No. 37.
ASTORIA. OREGON.
VirginlaCigar anft Tobacco Store
J. W. B0TT0XI, Proprietor,
Water Street, Two Doors East ol Olney.
Fine CIgarj, Tobacco and Smokers Articles,
Sold at Lowest Market Kates.
FRUITS. CANDIES NOTIONS.&o
1 B
iitiyiIi nn I
biuiMj mm-
COMBINED WITH
place Where to
-IS AT THE-
FEE H MERIES AID PROfl II
Promptly Delivered
AT LOWEST PRICES IN ANY PART OF THE CITY.
Fruits and Vegetables
In Season. Everything Warranted as Represented. Corner Cheiiamus and
Benton Streets.
FIRE- BRICK dealer ix FIRE CLAY
Hay, Oats, an! Straw, Lime, Brick, Cement, Sanfl anfl Plaster
Wood Dclliered to Order. rajing,Tf -trains and Impress Business.
XEU apply to the Captain, or to
The New Model Range
CAN BE HAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OF
Agent. Call and Examine It ; You Wlil be
Buck Patent Cooking Stove,
AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES.
Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand.
BAZAR.
Co to Nora Rappleyea's,
FOR
Tablescarf', Embroideries, Underwear
uress uoous, uuuons. ituenmg,
German Knitting Yarn, Spanish Yarn
Worsteds, Aprons, Handkerchiefs, Knitting
Silk, Embroidery Silk, Collars and Cuffs,
Pins and Needles, Etc., Etc.
Ladies invited to call.
Stamping done to order.
One door south of AsToniAJf office, Cass St.
. Fashionable Dressmaking.
MRS. JOHNSON.
A First-class Dressmaker, lately from the
East, is associated with
Miss M. L. Richardson,
On Cass Street. 3 doors south of The Asto
kiait office, where they are pre
pared to do
Dressmaking In All Its Branches.
Ladles, give them a call and be convinced.
A perfect Fit Guaranteed.
buy
STCAMEB
S1M1U PARKER
Eben P. Parher,Master.
For TOWING, FREIGHT orCIIAU-
il. It. PARKKJt.
H WSkBiSfiitS. AHCfcxJTD
Pleased. E. K. Hawes Is also Agent fur the
ESTABLISHED - - 1870.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Drafts drawn available In any part or the
U. S. and Europe, and on HongKong, China
Odd Fellows Buildixc, Astoi 1 1. Oregon.
Furniture and Upholstering,
Mattresses Made and Repaired,
Paper Hanging, Carpets Sewed
and Laid.
Furniture Sola on Commission.
Shop, corner Main and Jefferson Strep's
MARTIN 0LSEN. .