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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1888)
. -I"!. j- x !&, B " t2j $tw gaUtj gtftorim ASTOBIA. OREGON TUESDAY .DECEMBER 25. 1S8S. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. Fob the sixteenth time The Asto bian tips its hat to its multitude of readers and heartily wishes them, one and all, a Merry Christmas. "Christmas comes but once a year, and -when it comes it brings good cheer:" So runs the old rhyme, and so it is at every recurrence of this Christmas time, which is or should be a, time of-peace, of-happmoss and lovi ing remembrance. The religious" aspect of this joyous occasion is overlooked in the festivi ties universally observant, gifts, the reunions, and good cheer attendant upon the day. . " We have none too many holidays, and the merry Christmas day is one of the brightest in our" yearly calen 'dar. AX IMPORTANT-MATTER. This silly assessment law that we have is one of the first things that the coming legislature should alter so as to insure just and equable taxation. As it is the law and system are a farce. Millions of dollars worth of property escape taxation, fictitious "debts" are allowed, and a premium is- virtu ally set upon rascality. The law al lowing indebtedness should be re pealed and a stricter account demand ed from the several county assessors, and while on this subject, it is in order to direct the attention of the Clatsop county court and other courts to the matter of hidden property; property that es capes taxation. We mean realty, land and improvements thereon. There is a good deal of owned land in this county that is not taxed; there are be lieved to be a good many land owners in Clatsop county whose names do not appear on the county tax rolL It is the province and should be the pur pose of this andothcr county courts to see that no such omissions are made. As it is at present tho whole thing is a farce. The assessors, in this regard, need the assistance, co-operation and support of the county courts. The granting by congress of the right of way to tho Astoria and South Coast Bailway company to build a bridge over Young's river, was another big step in the preliminary work of the road. Congress can con fer a right of way quicker than a good many folks nearer home who would be greatly benefited, but who appear to look upon the soheme from too sel fish a standpoint But people who will stand in the way of progress and improvement, cannot . continue to occupy such objectionable position, He Told It To His Wife. Tom Dick, what word can be made shorter by adding two letters? Dick I give it up. Tom Why. short, of course. Dick That's pretty good. I'll spring that on my wife as soon as I get home. 1 bet 1 11 eaten ner. (At home) Dick My dear, what word can be made longer by adding two letters? Wife Why any word. What a foolish question. Do you think I'm an imbecile? Hello, where are you going Dick I'm going to hunt np the fellow That introduced that joko to me. There's something wrong some where. 'A Woman's Dlscorcrjv- "Another wonderful dicoyry lias been made and that too bv a hulv in this county. Disease fastened its clutch es upon her and for seven ean she withstood Its severest tests, but her vi tal organs were undermined and ueaui -seemed imminent. For three mouths she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr, King's New Discovery for Consump tion and was so much relieved on tak ing first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has been miracu lously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lute? Thus write W. C. Herrick & Co., ofShelbyvil!e,N. C Get a free trial Dome at j. w. conns urug-siorc. Notice. Onr store is not quite so crowded in the morning; parties can have more time in making their selections by visiting our store in the morning. GBrFFiu & Reed. All of Herman Wise's customers are invited to call at his store from now un til Christmas Eve and leave their ad dress. Santa Claus has a surpriso in store for you. TelephoneliOdKing House. Best Beds to town. Rooms per night 50 and 23 eta, per week S1.50. New and clean. Private entrance. Our Dew Drop brands of canned fruits take the lead. We have apricots, peaches, cherries, pine apple, blackber ries, etc, Tho mpsox & Ro3S. The Display of Holiday Goods at the New York Novelty Store is something simply immense. Their prices are lower than the lowest. Price the New York 'Novelty Store's line of Plush Goods, Albums, Auto graph and Scrap Books. If you are looking for anything of the' kind you are bound to get them there after pricing them. Ludlow's Ladles' $3.00 Fine Shoes; also Flexible Hand turned French Kids, at P. J. UOODJIAN'S. SUBBENDEBED THE VESSEL. Loss of Life on the "Kate Adams." Loxdon, Dec. 24 Parliament was prorogued to-day. LABOB IN DBTBOIT. Deteoit, Dec 24. Congressman Hurd, chairman of the special com mittee on immigration and labor, be gan an investigation this forenoon. The evidence showed that a number of Canadians worked in this city dur ing the day or season, retaining their alien character. This amounted in tho printer's trade to 40 per cent, and in street car men to 25 per cent. SUBBENDEBED THE VESSEL. WAsmsaTON, Dec. 24, Secretary Whitney to-day received a cable mes sage from rear admiral Luce, in com' mand o the. United States steamer Galena at Kingston,' Jamaica, who says the American steamer Haytian aepuoiic, recently seized at Fort an rnsco uj me nayueu BUinonuen, had been surrendered to him upon demand. CHEAT L0S3 OF LIFE. Memphis, Dee. 24. L033 ot life by yesterday's accident is not yet defi nitely knowm The prospects are the exaot number of the drowned will never be accurately known. It is stated that thirty-five is the most conservative estimate. Oat of the party of fifteen white la borers who boarded the steamer, only two are said to have been saved. If this be true, and there is no means of ascertaining the facts, tho loss of life may reaoh sixty, as many negroes on the lower deck lost tlieir lives in at tempting to swim ashore from the stern of the burning steamer. The boat and cargo is v-ilued at S14D.000. The Kate. Adams has the record of the fastest time between Helena and MemDbis. She was tho steamer that conveyed president Cleveland and wire from West juempnis to ttiis city on the occasion of his visit to the south. A SHIPMASTEB'S OPINION As To Bar Pilotage and Towage. Br. Ship Maxwell. Astoria, Obeqok, Dec, 1858. Captain Betts, Deab Sib: In answer to your request I give you my opinion regarding the pilotage ssrvice on the bar and Columbia river. First, as to the bar pilotage, I can only instance my own experience. My ship was off the bar in 35 fathoms of water on the 9th of November last, tho weather being so thick we could not make toe land out. We stood off the land, and when about 30 miles off we fell in with a pilot boat, and though this boat was without pilots she gave us our position, which allayed my anxi ety very much and enabled me to keep the ship in such a position that on the first favorable opportunity we were enabled to get in. The weather kept very thick and was blowing hard until thel'ith, when wo received a pilot and sailed in. We saw no tugs until near the bar. I consider that if compulsory bar pilotage was abolished the result would be a great loss ot shipping, and consequently an increase in the insurance premiums. As to the river pilotage Mr. John son on the 13th ultimo took charge of my ship at 2 v. if., and at 7 a. h. on the 14th anchored her off Portland. Before coming down Mr. Hoyt was most attentive in going and sounding the bar, and saving us the utmost possible draught; he allowed us to load to 19 feet, and though in cross ing the different bars, and particu larly the St. Helens bar, where there was barely sufficient water for our draft, by his care and attention we got down without grounding. I am of opinion that if the river pilotage was abolished as aa inde pendent body the tag boat captains, as servants of a company, would have a strong inducement only to load the ships to such any easy draught as would insure a speedy passage down. The consequence would be that the extra lighterage required under those circumstances would amount to considerably more than the pilot age rates. There are other objec tions to doing away with the pilot age service which must strike every one. The pilots work for the inter est ot the ship, and I think it wonld be unwise, and would militate against the interests ot the port to abolish them. Of course yon are aware that this is my first visit to your port, but what I have said is after 15 years as a shipmaster, and after having had ex perience in most of the principal ports in the world. So you can put the foregoing down as how it strikes a stranger. I remain yours sincerely, T. G. Fbaseb. P. S. Why don't you agitate and get the river deepened? Something for the New Year. The world renowned success of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and their continued popu larity tor a third ot a century as astomaculc, Is 8carc-ly more uonderfuUhan the welcome that greets the annual appearance of Hos tetter's Almanac. This valuable medical treatise is published by Hosteiter & Co., Pittsburgh, Fa., under their own immediate supervision, employing 60 hands in that de partment. Six cylinder printed presses, 5 toldlnc machines, 5 Job presses, &&, are run ning about e even months lathe year on this work, and the luue of same for 1883 will not bQjesa than ten million', printed In the English. German, French, Welsh, Norwe gian, Swedish, Holland. Bohemian and Spanish languages. Kefer to a copy of it for valuable and Interesting reading enn cerniug health, and numerous testimonials as to the efficacy of Hos'etters's Siomach Bitters, amusement, varied information, as tronomical calculations and chronological Items, &c, which can be depended on for correctness. The Amanac for 1SS9 can he obtained free of cost, from druggists and general country dealers in all parts of the country. Hoticc. A full Hoe of Sunset Diaries for 18S9. contains the Astoria Tide tables and other valuable information. These dia ries make handsome Christmas presen's for old and young, to bo obtained only at Gbiffix & Reed. Sweet Apple Cider, At the Astoria Soda Works. Tender, Juicy Stoak at Jeff's. CHRISTMAS CHIMES. A. MerrjJ Season of Esjojmtnt. 'Twos the night before Christmas, and an tnrougn tne nouse Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Tho stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. Christmas is emphatically the chil dren's festival. For them is displayed tne lavish array of. cuts: to them Kris Kringlo is a veritable reality, by them tho Christmas festival is made the purest and most home-like of feasts, in them is the sweet faith that many of us lose on life's pathway, and through them we live again over our own childhood and the youthful zest reflected from their bright joang iauea as luey come trooping in 10 see the laden Ohristmas tree and its won derful fruit on Christmas eve. Yesterday the time-honored Christ mas tree occupied a prominent place iu our city churches, in each of whiob a nappy crowd collected, and to a re porter who visited each it was hard to say who were the most pleased the givers or the recipients ot the gifts. At the Episcopal church last even ing Messrs. Trenchard, Tattle aud Reed dispensed the presents to the delighted little ones, at the Method ist church Messrs. Petersou, and Proebstel ; at the Presbyterian church, Messrs. Holden and Hanser. In all the churches the pastors were de servedly and generously remembered. Rev. W. S. Short received a well filled purse. Rev. Mr. Grannis and Rev. Mr. Hall were equally remembered, and at the Congregational church. . Miss Nettie Wilson, the accomplished or ganist, was the recipient ot a $40 set of books. In many homes there were private Christmas trees. THE SWEET WOED "HOME." Dr. Talmtge'f Tribute to Tha Theme. "Home! It is a charmed word. Through that one syllable thrill un told melodies, the laughter of chil dren, the sound of wellknown foot stops, and the voice ot undying affec tion. Home! I hear in that word the ripple of meadow brooks in which knee deep we waded, tho lowing of cattle coming from the pasture, the sharp hiss of the scythe amid thick grass, the creaking of the hay-rack where we trampled down the load. Home! Upon that word there drop the sunshine of boyhood and the shadow ot tender sorrows and the re flection of 10,000 fond memories. Home! "When I see it in book or news paper that word seems to rise and sparkle aud leap and thrill and whis per and chant and pray and weep. It glitters like a shield. It springs up like n fountain. It thrills like a song. It twinkles like a star. It leaps like a flame. It glows like a sunset. It sings like an angel. And it soma lexicographer, urged on by a spirit from beneath, should seek to cast forth that word from the lan guage, the children would come forth and hide it uuder garlands of wild flowers, and tho wealthy would come forth to cover it up with their dia monds and pearls, and tho kings would hide it under their crowns, and after Herod bad hunted its life from Bethlehem to Egypt, and utterly given up the search, some bright, warm, day it would flash .from among the gems, and breathe from among the flowers, and toss from among the coronets, and the world would read it bright and far and beautiful and resonant as before, Home! Home! Homer The Verdict Unanimous. W. D. Suit, Drugelst BIppus. Ind., testifies: "1 can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has ei en relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years standing." Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: "The best selling medi cine I have ever handled iu my -0 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, Kidneys or Blood. Only a halfdollarabottleatJ. V. Conn's Drug store. ADVICE TO 3IOTIIKIIR. MBS. WlNSLOW'S SOOTHINO SVBUP should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, yoiteus tho gums, allays all pain, cures wind cholic, and is tho best remedy for diar- rnoDarwenty-uve cents a Dome. Our stock is now complete; it will be to jour interest to buy now while you can get gooa selections. GEIFPIS & ltKED. Tho latest style of Gents' Boots and anoesat r. j. uoodhajts. Wcinlinrd's Brer. And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, o cents. Open Oystrrh By the pint or quart at the Red Corner ai (truer. 31eals Cooftert to Order. Private rooms for ladles and families at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. NEW TO-DAY. AND Oyster Parlors The Most Fopular Resort in the City. Everything First-Class. Private Entries and Private Booms for families ana fames. Homo-Made Pastry a Specialty. Eastern and Shoalwater Bay Oysters In jiTery siyie Wedding and Party Dinners prepared on snon nonce, ah Kinas oi Domestic ana Imported Wines and Cigars, Came of All Kinds In Season. Next to Cement's Drug store, Third St Astoria, Oregon. RucKer s Restauran TICKS OP THE TELEGRAPH. Southern Republicans will let Gen. Harrison alone in the formation of his cabinet Wm. Graham drank embalming fluid at San Bernardino, CaL, on the 23rd, and died in great agony. Gov. Moonlight has made all Wy oming angry by officially stating that the territory has 50,000 people. A large fleet ot bar bound vessels, comprising forty ships and steamers arrived at San Francisco last Sunday. The proposed meeting ot the Chi cago anarchists last Sundny evening was outwitted and foiled by the po lice. A fire at Menominee, Mich., has de stroyed the town and occasioned suf fering among the frost-bitten sur vivors. Two boys smoked near a Mt Pleas ant, O., dynamite magazine last Sun. day and blew everything in the neigh borhood out of existence. The steamer Kate Adams burned to the water's edge forty miles south of Memphis, Tenn.,last Sunday morn ing. Ot the 200 people aboard 40 lost their lives by drowning. The wrecked Taquina Bay has been finally abandoned. Capt Lord ssys the wreck was due to the pilot's carelessness, and that it was his (the captain's) first trip to Yaquiua. The general verdict Is that Qrifiln & Heed have the largest and best assort ment of Holiday Goods ever shown in the city. We are selling Bisque Figures, Vases, Cups and Saucers. Dresden ware, etc., at remarkably low figures. Call and examine. Griffin &Kebd. Coffee and cake, ten cents, at the central itesiaurant. 4iiiBll Sf Si iTiMkBlbl WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. o Crockery, Glass g Plated Ware. o The Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and ITegetablea. Received fresh every Steamer. a. B. PAHKEE, FIRE BRICK OEALEBiM FIRE CLAY Hay, Oats, ani Straw, Lime, Brici, Cement, Sand ani Plaster Wood Delivered, to Order. Draflng, Teaming and Exprtu Baslsett. IER apply to the Captain, or to CHRISTMAS BALL ! GIVEN BV THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR, OS Christmas Night, Dec. 25, At Liberty Hall, For tue benefit ot the Sick Benefit Depart meut ot the K, ot L, No disreputable character! allowed, TICKETS, Sl.00 Tickets miv be had ot the committee : J. E. Saart, J. W, Duulap, Leander LobacR, Dancing will commence at 8 o'clock. JEFF'S Is the Leading and Only First-Glass RESTAURANT. Good Cooking. Clean Services. Reasonable reiceu. 1 route Walters. Prompt Attention. Try Him and You will be More than Satisfied. Everybody Says So. Private Room's. MAIX 8IBKBT. - ASTOBU. CANDS; Manufactured and For Sale at Wholesale Price, at The Oregon Bakery . . A. A. CLEVELAND, Pror. Gool Bread, Cale and. Pastry None but the Best Materials Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread deUrered in any part ot tne city. Christmas THE NEW YORK NOV Are now established in their new quarters, where they m1...m n n.n.nr.f.d r.f.r.1 J-tC -nA fitA.rf 1 n r mAPt- ever brought to Astoria, without exception. We invite ar.d defy competition. with either Portland or San Francisco in both prices and quality. An assortment of every thing unsurpassed anywhere. The New Opposite Occident Hotel, CLARA PARKER Eben P, Parker,Uaster. ' -". For TOWING, FREIGHT orCrWlr. H. B. PA It K Pit. 11 . ,ii ill 1 ) 11 AUG. !!l,li:!,fl, Sample Rooms. Dealer to "Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Agent for the GUION Ftearahip Lino and Vge bTTJ tueTTHJNUVALLA Steamshli HID Line, nlrect. AIs , agent for "STenskj xdbuneu" and "Svenska Ametlkanaren.' Corner of Water and West Ninth Streets Astoria, Oregon. BOOTS AND SHOES! Of Best duality, and at LOWEST PRICES, AT THE SIGN OF THEJOLDEN SHOE. Allen & Krosel. Handsome Wall Paper, ABTISTIC DECOKATION. Painting, Papering. Graining, Etc., Done in Satisfactory Ftyle and at Satisfactory Prices. Corner Jefferson and Cass its.. Astoria, Or. Strike It Rich! bcxyOcb Groceries! Provisions -OF- Foard & Stokes Their larEely Increasius trade enab'es them to self at the Tiry lowest marxln of profit while giving you iroods that are of first class quality. Goods Delivered All Over the City. The Highest Price Paid for 'Junk. THE DIAMOND PALACE! GUSTAY HANSEN, Prop'r. A Large and Well Selected Stock of Fine Diaiii i Jewelry At Extremely Low Prices. All Goods Bought at This Establlinmeat Warranted Genuine. Watch and Clock Repairing - A SPECIALTY. Comer Cass and Squemogoa Btnets. Gift? Y navel's 2Tra Bricls Building, 1 HilllmS II 1 niiiiiBii u MP HE STORE Next Door I fiW M flip -1 H 8 WW ttftk hhBbb . - mm 'W t QnlS7 Hun w BARBOUR'S n q a jggj b sr,f2i n i HAVE NO EPAL ! GRAND Pita PARIS 1878, ASfD GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION D'HONNEOE. They received the ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX THREADS at the London Fisheries Exhibition 1883. And have been awarded HIGHER PRIZES nt the varioos INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, Than the goods of any other IN THE WORLD. Quality Can JUlways be Depended on. ExperieiGeft Fielilse do tor. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 5 1 7 and 5.1 9 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. WOODBERRY SEINE TWINE, ROPE and NET TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, POUNDS and TRAPS furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices. !B S tffc IE n jfbt jtn mr m B i jaJa jM& W if on ijnnriQ iUStj UUUUd i have opened and are now dis- "TVI I'll OfA H rtlfffHF I .rtrtnC ASTORIA, .OREGON. to Postofiice. Lowest iii -