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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1889)
tk s-y -gwy f -w tTTySjptWi,' .jF'uy y 'itHSPW!Wi.fs PJ $fa Sttu gtfan. ASTORIA, OREGON: SATURDAY- july is. issn. ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted.) J. P. HALLORAN & COMPANY, Publishers and Proprietors, Astouian Building, - - CassSteeet. Terms orSnbscription. Served bv Carrier, per week ...... 15 ct.s Sent bv Mail, per month . 60 et " 4l " one year. -S7.00 Free of postage to subscribers. The Astoriax guarantees to its adver tisers the largest circulation of any newspa per published on the Columbia river. Telegraphic news on the first page. It is easier to create develop one. a boom than to Alex. Gilbert offers his saloon to ness for sale. busi- The Gen. Miles arrived from Gray's Harbor yesterday. The T. J. Potter begins running to-day on the Seaside route. There are about 40,000 ties at Skipanon for the A. & S. C. R. R. Co. Haying has abont finished all over tho county. A big crop is reported. All bills against the county must be filed with the county clerk to-day. For artistic job printing in any colored ink, go to The Astobian job office. Supt. Clinton yesterday finished the work of repairing the roadway to Union town. A man who proved up on his timber claim last month yesterday refused $2,000 for it. Clatsop county's ten million dollars of coal and lumber will soon begin to be de veloped. The season when grouse, pheasants, etc., can be lawfully shot begins next Monday. A marriage license was yesterday is sued to Alexander Moody and Anna Pearson. "No news," says mail carrier Woeden: everybody busy harvesting." That's good news. The folks over on the Sound expect the T. J. Potter will be replaced by the It. It. Thompson. William Walker, of Gray's River, has sold his farm to S. A. Miles, of St. Hel ens, Oregon. Over 350,000 represents the aggregate of the transanctions in Astoria real es tate yesterday. Grapes and canteloups are in the mar ket. Blackberries retail at Gj cents per box, some boxes. The river boats are daily bringing down large quantities of canned salmon from up river canneries. Messrs. Ito3s and Wirt have been awarded the contract to improve Benton and Washington streets. The correct answer to the question 'Who is going to have tho Astoria col lectorship?" appears as far distant as ever. One of the first things this national administration should do is to give us a reliable mail service to and from Al aska. "The Manzanila left on her Alaskan trip at five yesterday afternoon. She is expected to return about the 'Joth of next month. "Outside" or inside capital can bo prof itably invested here. Money commands eight and ten par cent, on gilt edged security. & - - The force of the ebbing tide has been so strong the fore part of the week in Baker's bay that it has carried away six or seven fish traps. Provision should at once be made for a public park. Here is a chance for some land owning philanthropist to get in and immortalize himself. The steamer Kurluk, which went ashore on July 5th near the light-hous8 on Fraser River, got off and has arrived at Port Townsend. She will go to Victoria to dock. Capt. J. G. Hustler yesterday sold 110 acres of land, on Young's river southeast of Williamsport, about two miles from tne city, to Mr. Angell, of .Fortlanu, tor 22,000. Chas. A. Gardiner and his company will appear at Ross' opera house in "The New Karl," next Thursday. Reserved seats next Tuesdaj' at the New York Nov elty Store. The steamer Clara Parker yesterday brought the schooner Sjiarrow to Knapp ton.' She goes to the Claskanine this morning for a load of ties for the As toria and South Coast railroad. Dudley Blount and Wm. Maxwell went up to Tongue point yesterday, taking along their guns and managed to kill two large American eagles, measuring six feet from the tip of one wing to the other. A mail route will shortly be established from Vernouia to Forest Grove. This will give a clear route from Jewel, clear through, and will be a much needed con venience to Clatsop and Columbia county residents. "The fact that you have to take out a license to sell liquor proves that it is wrong to keep a saloon." "Well, I had to takeout a license in order to get married. Perhaps you'll tell me there was some thing wrong in that?" The city council, at its next meeting, will probably levy a tax for the current year. The tax roll was turned over some time ago, but, so far, it has not been equalized. The equalization board will meet next Monday. The Siuslaw steamer, Acme, which went ashore about 100 miles above San -Francisco, is said to be a total wreck. The Whitelaw's wreckers were sent up -from San Francisco and report that she is filled with sand and fast going to pieces. G. K. Grimes yesterday filed for record a plat of Railroad addition to Ocean Grove, on that part of lot No, 4, sec. 10, T. U N. R. 10 W. A deed has been made in accordance with tho plat , of 150 lotB for $15,000, and will be filed for record to-day. Recorder W. B. Ross yesterday received $4,000, 2,000 for Mrs. C. Gratke, and 2,000 for Mrs. H. Peurella, widows of lately deceased members of Seaside Lodge No. 12, A. O. U. W., an organiza tion that provides promptly and sub stantially tor the widow and the orphan. J. R. Syron, of Polk county, is per haps the oldest man in Oregon. If he should live until September 25th ho will be 100 years old. His hair is white as snow. He is an early riser and retains a surprising amount of vigor. Ho spends his time generally in walking and read ing. Sup'fr. Jackson and twelve men are busv surveying lines at Smith's Point, and will soon begin platting the proper ty into lots and blocks. As soon as that work is done a portion of the property will be put on the market. An avenue 12."5 feet wide is among the projected im provements. -- r Col. Jas. Taylor and wife will next Monday evening at their hospitable resi dence celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, fifty years of happy married life. The event will be a notauio one, and will be doubtless an occasion of con gratulations on the part of a large num ber of citizens. At North Beach one can only bathe. At Clatsop is afforded bathing, fishing, clam ming, moonlit groves, etc., and close by is as good hunting as there is in America. Necanicum is the only place on tho northwest coast where one can catch clams in tho morning and shoot an elk in the afternoon. Geo. Noland yesterday bought the fol lowing propertv from Win. Hume: Lot 4, block 114,'Shively's Astoria, lot 7, block 58, lot 7, block 135, lot, 5 block 109, lot C, blook 32, lot 4. block 129, lot 7, block 92, lot G. block 117, and lot !, block 14C, McClure's, also twenty acres .1. W. Hume tract near Smith's Point, for $12,000. Since the 1st of the month Juan P. Vial, Rasmus Rasmussen. Peter Ander son, Marin Tornioh, Jno. Johnson, Thom Ekoos, Chas. 01?on, Andrew Asp and Harry Bell, have renounced all allegiance to sundry European princes and poten tates, and paid this country the compli ment of declaring their intention to be come citizens thereof. The Times says that in Jackson county the streams everywhere are lower than ever known in the history of that section nince first, settled by white men, at this season of the year. Rogue river itself is but a mere creek compared with its usual June volume, while Bear croak i3 well nigh dry, and the lesser tributaries aie but reminisceuws of water courses. The timber land in northwestern Ore gon is being gobbled up at a very rapid rate The Tillamook Headliyht and Co lumbia MM to hand this week have 2o0 timber netices: here are (55 solid seotions, and that is only a drop in the bucket. Thousands of dollars nre being put into this species of property, and in a year or two more, if it keeps on at the present rate there will be very little left. Word has been received says tho Mist, that Mrs. P. A. Larubnt, who is at llwaco for hor health, is in a critical condition. Her foot is no bettor, and the Astoria doctors recommend amputation, as the only moans of savitiu her life, and an other examination und consultation was to take place this week, whbii a leuiaiou will be arrived at in her case. Captain Lamout left Monday for Astoria to be with Mrs. Laniont. who has been taken to that place. Under no circumstances should a per sonal warfare be waged in newspaper columns. The public takes no interest in private grievances, and their airing is generally to the injury of the paper. Subscribers don't pay their money to read how unscrupulous and mean a contem porary is, and the papers that indulge in violent tiraues soon realize tueir error in reduced subscription lists and de creased receipts. The paper that first publishes the news in a condensed and authentic form is the one that American people want to read. Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. O. Han thorn was uassine the Occident hotel with an envelope containing $98.05 in his nana, wnen n gust 01 winu sirucK mm and lifted his hat from his head. On the impulse of the minute he raised his hand to save his hat, when the envelope containing the coin drooped and burst, the money rolling in all directions. He managed to gather all but a twenty dol lar and a five dollar piece, which went through the cracks in the road into the bay. Mr. Hanthorn will give a nice little reward for the return of the coin. The Astoria Real Estate company filed articles of incorporation yesterday, J. H. D. Gray, J. W. Gearhart and H. F. Prael, incorporators. The objeot and business is to buy, sell, hold and lease real estate, and do a general collection, insurance and commission business. The principal office is Astoria, Oregon, the amount of stock is $20,000, divided intoOO shares of 100 each. The duration of the corpo ration is perpetual. The company, of which Hon. J. H. D. Gray is general manager, and E. C. Lewis is secretary, has opened an office in Cass street, one door south of the Odd Fellows' building, and is ready for business. Mr. Kelley, of the firm of Kelley, Dunne & Co., of Portland, appears to be a gentleman whose soul is consumed with carking care regarding Astoria's prosper ity. He was loudly proclaiming his dis belief in Astoria's railway prospects yes terday morning, and offered to bet a $75 suit of clothes that the railroad from here to connection in the Willamette val ley would not be made in the stipulated time. The offer was promptly taken by G. Wingate who knows a good thing when ho sees it, and the bet was duly re corded, it Mr. Kelley wants to duplicate that set ne can be accommodated. The writer would just as soon have Mr. Kelley pay for a $75 suit of clothes for him as anybody eiBe. Special Sale. This day only, Lawton Blackberries at5 cents a box. by the Astoria Grocery and Canned Fruit Company, old I. X. L. corner. Come early. Buttcrirli Patterns. Parker & Hanson are the Astoria agents of the Bntterick Publishing Co.'s patterns, and are now prepared to fur nish theru. Cataloguescan.be had on application. Coffee and cake, tpn cents, at the Central Restaurant Go to Jeff's lor Oysters. ALREADY KNOWN AND STATED. But Pleasant Enonsdi to Be Repeated. The following is from yesterday's Oregenian: Mr. William Reid, president of the Astoria and South Coast Railroad com pany, informs an Oregonian reporter that the Pullman Car company of Illi nois, yesterday completed the first five freight cars, standard gauge, twenty tons capacity, for the Astoria and South Coast road, which were shipped to St. Louis, there to be loaded with rails for Astoria. Other twenty freight cars, twenty -five tons capacity, are now un der construction by the Pullman com pany, to be finished on the 28th of July and then sent to St. Louis for the rails there, and the remaining five flat cars will reach St. Louis from Pullman on the 8th of August. These cars are marked "Astoria fc South Coa3t Railway," and will bring with them all the rails neces sary to lav the track from Young's bay to the Ocean house. The locomotive No. 1 was inspected yesterday at Danville, 111., and will reach Astoria in fourteen or sixteen days. The company has now under consider ation an offer of 1,000 tons of fifty-pound steel rails from Chicago, to complete the road from Young's bay into the heart of the city of Astoria and extend the line southward from the ocean shores to a fine timber region. Two surveyinglparties have been formed by F. E. Habersham, the engineer. One leaves this morning to locate the line from the Ocean house, and the other leaves on Monday to locate that portion from the Willamette valley aoross the coast range to Astoria. The first ex cursion coach is to arrive at Astoria about the end of August, and whenever the first ten miles beyond the Ocean house have been surveyed by the en gineers, the construction company will commence work expected about the end of this month on the grading. As the rails have to wait for the Astoria railway company's flat cars to be constructed at Pullman, in order to bring these rails overland in that company's own cars, it is not expected that tracklaying will be completed and the road in running opera tion to the Ocean house until the end of August. All of the ties, 41,000, for the fourteen miles are now lying delivered on the grade at Skipanon, ready to be laid down whenever, the locomotive arrives. This weighs twenty-eight tons and is a Rogers make, cylinders 15x22 standard gauge. The contractors will commence work not later than the 5th of August, and will continue grading during the fall and winter season, and hope to reach a fine timber region tributary to Astoria, with track laid thereto, by the last week of January, unless work is stopped by severe rains or some unforeseen occur rence. Mr. Reid states that the con tract has been let for and work com menced on one mile of the trestle work between the west shore of Young's bay and to the channel of that river, and when completed in six weeks another contract will be let for the east portion of that bridge from the channel, 2,950 feet, to Smith's Point on the Astoria side and continued into the city, leaving the draw span uncompleted and open un til the iron work arrives from the east in October next, The site of the pasaeuger depot in As tof ia has not yet been determined, but a contract has been let for the construction of the Astoria terminus and passenger depot wherever located by the board of directors. Yariou3 liberal offers have been made for sites for a passenger depot at the south end of Astoria, below El more's canuery, but the general opinion seems to be that the line should bo ex tended into the city as far as Lafayette street where a passenger depot will be built if the owners of property in that vioinity, to be improved by 1 he depot, will vacate fifteen or twenty feot adjoin ing that 9rept. Columbia River Salmon Catch. An experienced gentleman tells The Astobian that all that is said about the poor run of salmon is no more nor no less than the truth; that the trap3 and boats aro doing nothing, and that if it wasn't for the seines there wouldn't bo any salmon at all. The dry weather has been a great thing for tho' seinos, there having been scarcely any rise in the river, thus enabling them to seine in un usual places, Some of the seine men have made a great deal of money, and all have done well. The traps, too, in many plaoes have done fairly well, though not nearly so well as was hoped in the early part of the season. The gill nets have done poorest of all. Our informant says that he knows of many boats which will not average more than 250 fish for the season. This, di vided among two men, is not a very bril liant result for four months' work, apart from the wear and tear of gear. It is now a foregone conclusion that the Columbia river spring salmon pack for '89 will be considerably behind that of former years. The Barkentine "Collaroy" Broke In Two. SatT Fbakcisco, July 11. All of the orew of the British barkentine Collaroy, with the exoeption of the captain camo down on tho Humboldt to-day from Eu reka. Collaroy .went ashore about five miles above the Humboldt light, several days ago. The crew say that the vessel broke in two last Thursday. The Colla roy was bound from Newcastle, New South Wales, to Puget sound, with a cargo of coal. Notice. The drawing for lot No. 2, block 43, Shively's Astoria, will take place on Monday evening at 8 o'clock sharp, at the rooms of Alert Hook and Ladder Co., (Van Dusen Building.) AH holders of tickets are invited to be present. Herman Wise. THE LADIES DELIMITED. The pleasant effect and the perfect safety with which ladies may ie the liquid unit laxative, byrup or .b igs, un der all conditions make it their favorite remedy. It is pleasing to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual in acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels. The Paris Tailor Has jiLSt received the most elegant Stock of Spring and Summer Suitings. Don't miss going to see him. He. turns out Elegant Fits, and sells very cheap. Don't buy any clothing, but go at once to the Paris Tailor first. He keeps the finest selections at the cheapest prices, and turns out the. best work in Astoria. If you want to have a fine suit of clothes go to the Paris Tailor. He can make the best fitting suits and sells the cheapest. GUliren Cry in-Fttclier's Castorla PERSONAL MENTION. City attorney Noland retained from Portland yesterday. Judge Raleigh Stott of Portland was in the city yesterday. Collector Hobson returned yesterday from a visit to Salem. Judge F. J. Taylor goes to Hillsboro next Tuesday to hold court. Miss Lou Root, of Seattle, is in the city, the guest of Mrs. Geo. Noland. Eugene Brock takes charge of the Elec tric in the absence of Capt. Fisher. Mrs. Jacob Strauss and family of Port land are visiting relatives in this city. Major T. H. Handbury camo down from Portland j'esterday and went to Fort Stevens. Mr. J. W. Casey, traveling agent Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, is m the city. W. B. Welch, formerly of Astoria, now postmaster of East Portland, was in the city yesterday. Mrs. Robert Davis, of Portland, is in the city on a visit to her parents, postmaster and Mrs. Bell. J. L. Smiley is now superintendent of the Eureka Packing Co., a position made vacant by the death of F. R. Cogges hall. Mr. W. T. Burney and Mr. L. T. Barin, of Oregon City, will shortly form a legal copartnership, and will make a strong team. Mrs. J. E. Higgins and family returned yesterday morning from an extended visit to friends in the eastern states and the provinces. It is a little over five years since Rev. T. A. Hyland was last here. He has changed very little in appearance, except being somewhat stouter; he was busy yesterday shaking hands with a multi tude of old acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Hyland will remain in Astoria abont t.wn weeks. ..There was a frog who lived in a sprint;, lie causht such a cold that he could no sing.' Poor, unfortunate, Batrachian! In what a sad plight he must have been. And yet his misfortune was one that of ten befalls singers. Many a once tune ful voice among those who belong to Hie 'CPllllS homo' isitftwlvsnnilnil ltf".in1l in the head," or on the lungs, or both i combined. For the above mentioned "croaker"' we are not aware that any remedy was ever devised ; but we re joice to know that all human singers may keep their heads clear and throats In tune by a timely use of Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, both of which are sold by druggists. If a melon sounds "pank" when hit by the knuckles, an expert says, it is ripe. A Souurf Legal Opinion. K. oalnbridge Munday Esq.. County Atty., Clay Co,, Texas says : "Have used Electric Hitters with most happy re sults. My brother al.so was very low with Malarial Fever and .lauudii'e, but was cured by timely iwe of this medi cjne. Am satUtl(d K'ertrjV Hitters saved his life."' Mr. I). 1. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky., adds a like testimony, saying: He poslively believes he would have died had it not been for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward oil", a well as cure all Malaria Diseases, and for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis orders stands unequaled. Price 50 cents and SI. at Jno C. Deiuent's. The late"st styh of Cents' Boots and alines nl . I. .I.Coodm.w's. Meata Cooked to Order. Private rooms for ladies and famine.: at Central Restaurant, next to Foard Sc Stokes. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, itud (uih't ititiees, i-tc. can bebouuht at J lie lowest prices, .it .!. V. Conn's dinsi slot-, opf'siti" n,-i.!.-rt hotel. Astoria. The Albany and Astoriu Rnilrnail. ALBANr, Or. July 11. W. B. Barr. a surveyor of this city and one of the stockholders of the Albany and Astoria railroad, recently incorporated with a capital stock of 1,000,000, began work to-day with a party of fifteen men mak ing the preliminary survey of the route. ITCHING AGONIES. Every Night I Scratched Until the Skin was Raw. IXody rovered with .scales like spots of mortnr. An awful Spec lacle. DoctorM useless. Cure liopeless. Entirely cured by I he Cntlcurn Remedies In five weeks. I am coins; to tell you of tho extraordinary change your Cuticuka Remkdifs performed on mo. About the 1st of April last I noticed some red pimples liko coming out all over my body, but tnougnt nothing ot it until some time later on. when it betran to look likesnots of mortar spotted on, and which came off in layers, accompanied with itchinjr. I would scratch every night until I was raw, then tho next night tho scales, being formed moan while, irore scratched off again. In vain did I consult all the' doctors in 'the country, but withoutaid. After giving nv all hopes of re covery, I happened to see an advertisement in the, newspaper about yonr Coticura. Kem (dies, and purchased them from my druggist, and obtained almost immediato relief. 1 be gan to notico that the scaly eruptions gradually dropped off and disappeared one by one, and have been fully cored. I had tho disease thirteon monthbefore IJbocan taking the Cu ticura RkmedIks. and in four or five weeks was entirely cured. My disease was eczema and Dsoriasis. I recommendod tho Cuticuka Remedies to all in my vicinity, and I know of a great many who nave taken them, and thank me for the knowlodeo of thom. es pecially mothers who have babies with scaly eruptions on their heads and bodies. I can not express in words the thanks to you for what tho Cuticuea Kemkdies havo boon to me. My body was covered with scales, and I was an awful spectacle to behold. Now my skin is as nice and clear as a baby's. GEO. COTEY, Merrill, "Wis. Sept.2l.18S7. Feb. 7, 188S. No trace of tho diseaso from which I suffered has shown itself since my euro. O. C. Guticnra Remedies. Cure every species of agonizing humiliating, itching, burning, scaly, and pimply diseases of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair, and all humors, blotches, eruptions, sores, scales, and crusts, whether simple, scrofulous, or contagious, when physicians and all other remedies fail. Sold everywhere. Price. Cuticura. 50o.: Soap, 2oc.; Resolvcct.SI. Prepared by the POTTKR DrUO- AHD CHEMICAr. CORPORATION, Boston. -Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases." CI pages, 50 illustrations, and 100 testimonials. QIMPLES, black-heads, rod, rough, chap i III1 ped, and oily akin provented by Cuti cura. DOAf. I CANT BREATHE. Chest Pains. Soreness. Weak ness, Hacking Cough, Asthma. Pleurisy, and Inflammation re lieved In one minute bv the Catlcnra Antl-Paln Plaster. Nothing like it for Weak Lungs. W te New and Seasonable CO a yULS rmnxau India Linens, French Danity, Venetian Stripes, - Corded Piques, French Lawns, w 1 EnglishNamsook cub Margate Piques, -gj Victoria Lawns, Figured Piques, "3 8 Ferdinand Cloth, Persian Lawns, g Indian Demity, Cable Cords, -fl Bishops Lawn, French Batiste, -ts P Welt Pique, Checked Swiss. Embroidered Swiss. CO v: " I. H Leading Dry Goods and Clothing Ho for TMasiuO! Free Camping Grounds at Austin's. There is an abundance of clams, crabs, trout, oystersrand all kinds of salt and fresh water flsli. (iood safe Sea bathing, fresh air and the best hunting grounds in America. Campers and visitors can And at my store everything they require In the way of an outtit and provisions. A tirst class bar and billiard table are connected with my establishment. Board from 7 to S9 per week. For particulars call on or address JAS. P. AUSTIN, Store, Seaside, Oregon. Austin's is open the year round. Prices of Lumber. On and after this date, until further no tice, we will furnish lumber at the Mill, at the following prices : Bough Lumber 8 per M ft. Flooring and Bustle 15 " " WEST SHORE MILLS CO. Astoria, April 10, '89. WISHES Astoria Real Estate Co. Office First Door South of the Odd Fellows Building Offer for Sale on Reasonable Terms, Several Lots of City and Farm Property. And will do a General Commission and Brokerage Business. Persons living at a distance can rely upon having any Order for the Purchase or Sale of Properties intrusted to our care, promptly and faithfully attended to. ASTORIA REAL ESTATE CO.. J. H. D. CRAY, Manager. E. C. LEWIS, Secretary. Morgan & Sherman GROCERS And Dealers in I Special Attention Given to Filling Of Orders. A FULL LINE CARRIED And Supplies furnished at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered in any part of the city. Office and Warehouse In Hume's New Building on Water Street. P. O. Box 153. Telephone No. 37. ASTORIA, OBEflOH. Dog Lost. ON TUESDAY MORNING LAST. A young Shepherd slut. Finder will be suitably rewarded by delivering same to Occident Cannery. Cannery lies Goods Department ! ! IN THE Kobler & Clase Music loose, SOLK AOKNTS FOR The MATCHLESS DECKER BROTHERS, Ivers & Pond and J. C. & Fischer Pianos, ALSO Mason & Hamlin and A. B. Chase Cos Organs. WiitP for Catalogue and Prices. WINTER & HARPER, 71 Morrison St., PORTLAND, OR. Sheet Music and Merchandise Dep't Separate. B. Tf. FISCHER, Proprietor. J. O. CLINTON DEALER IN CIGARS AND TOBACCO, FRUITS, NUTS, Candles. Smokers' Articles, Etc. New Goods Received Dally, OppoHlte Gity Book Store. Astoria Gallery. FOR THE BEST PHOTOS, TINTYPES Or any Kind of Photographic Work, Call at the ASTORIA GALLERY, Quod "Work and Reasonahlo Prices Guaranteed. Misses C. &. Z. CARRUTHERS, (Successors to H. S. Shuster.) COOPER, Jeweler. Jr i - Goods House of Astoria. Notic i All Holders of Tickets are hereb noti fied that the Drawing of Lot No. 2, Block 43 Will take place on the 15th Inst., At a Hall to be named in the local col umns ol this Paper, in due time. Barms ill on Hani. The Reliable Dealer In Clothing, Hats, Furnishing Goods, Trunks, Valises, Boots, Shoes, Etc. Occident Hotel B ing. t Herman Wise & A