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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1889)
ra ffftf. flattj $t0m ASTORIA, OREGON: TUESDAY. -NOVEMBER 12. 1SS9. City council meets to-night The county court is. in session In the justice court yesterday on motion of the district attorney the case of Joe Baker charged with as sault and battery on a sailor, was dis missed. That flag has arrived from Boise City, gold and silver and stars, ringed, streaked and striped; it don't come up to Capt. Hustler s Hn'g by a long shof, but it is pretty good for Boise City. The planet Jupiter, which shines .so brightly just over Yonng's bay these evenings, is thirteen hundred times bigger than this Kills gob of mud we call the earth. What a big thing a Jupiter real estate agent has! A petition is in circulation for a county road from Young's river to "Dagget's point crossing near the old mill, connecting with the road around Smith's' poiut. It is being num erously signed by busiues3 men. Property on the peninsula on which is situated the seaport of Oregon is worth just double what it was worth one year ago, and yet. the values of property have scarcely begun to ad vance in proportion to what they will. At a business meeting of the mem bers of the Baptist church last Sun day evening, a unanimous call was ex tended to Rev. Mr. AVeeks to accept the pastorate of that church. The reverend gentleman has tlio call un der advisement. Talking of big potatoes, about the biggest thhig in the way of spuds seen in these pdrts yet arrived at The Astorian office yesterday, from J. F. Warren, of Knappa, several of them would fill a bushel measure: they are fifteen inches long and three-and-a-half inches through, and are dry and mealy. Yesterday Capt. J. II. D. Gray was in receipt of a dispatch informing him that his father, the venerable W. H. Gray was very sick at the residence of J. Karam, in Portland, and that he was likely to die at any time. The sad news will be read with sincere regret by thousands in the northwest who venerate Mr. Gray, the pioneer of pioneers. The Albany and Astoria railroad company has purchased the entire plant of Searle fc Deane, which was used on the Oregon Pacific road. The plant is sufficient for use by a force of 1,000 men, says the Statesman, that the Albany and Astoria Co. means business. Some further important de velopments concerning the movement of this road may be expected soon. A great deal of time is lost in read kcab guinruter si eye eht elihW .gni to the left to read again toward the gnidaer yb emit evas dluoc ew thgir back and forth alternately as the blind ot emit fo etsaw a eb dluow tl .od plow in strips one way, and return -aerc era eW .gnidaer in oS .yldi tures of habit in this regard. Several thgir morf daer segaugnal daed eht fo to left. The only United States emblem which has an eagle upon it is used by the revenue marine. The revenue flag was created by an act of congress approved March 2, 1799, the secretary of the treasury prescribing iu August of that year thaLthe ensign and pen nant directed by the president under tha't act should consist of "sixteen per pendicular stripes, alternating red and white, the union of the ensign bear ing the arms of the United States in dark blue on a white Held. Longtime ago Hon. A. Yan Dusen had built a large red flag, with "Wells, Fargo & Co." on it, in big white letters. It used to occasionally float in the breeze, but of late years has been in seclusion. Brenham Van Du sen yesterday made a present of it to Capt. Hustler, and from this on, whenever the San Francisco steamer i3 due the gigantic streamer wiU float from the top of the highest flag pole in Astoria, at the Main street dock, a signal that the steamer will shortly arrive. To what base uses are benzine and husbands put by indolent wives. Mrs. Bailey, of Portland, was in the habit of making poor Mr. Bailey do the family washing every Monday. To faciKtate this disagreeable job, Mr. Bailey used benzine in the wash water. The other morning he tossed half a teacup of the fluid into a tub of bofling water and a terrible explosion f oUowed. Half the kitchen was blown out and the family linen was hurled into the ironing day without prepara tion. Mr. Bailey is in the hospital and one repentant woman is resolving never again to shirk her wifely duty. The old racket of chucking down a 50 greenback for a couple of bit cig ars was tried in this city last week by some jay who had worked it success fully in some little place, and thought he'd try it on here. It didn't work. The first place he struck he and his companion called for a couple of cig ars; he flung down the 50 greenback. The proprietor of the cigar store Charley Olsen stuffed the fifty into his vest pocket and began covering the counter with the change "Hold on," said the chap. "I guess Pve got two bits here." "That's aU Tight," said Olsen, ''here's your change;" and he unloaded two.pocketfuls of nickels and dimeson him. "Did you know," says the San Fran cisco Herald ot Truth, "that the Columbia river was owned .by a Bap tist? WeH, it is, that is, a part of it; the better part of five miles of it at any rate. How does that strike you? This is one of the biggest things out of jaiL Do you know how big the Oolumbia river is? Well, it is ten mfles'ipricle at the mouth. Baptists don't own any of the mouth of it though don't need any; they have plenty of mouth and tongue, too, with out it. But the Columbia, at The Dalles, is a Baptist river. It is at that point one-half mile wide, and eighty-six feet on an average through the center. AU that water and all the fish that swim in that water for five miles above the city, are the property of Iter. O. E. Taylor." . Prof. C. C. Blake, of Kansas, who has had such great success in foretell ing great storms and drouths and the weather in general, gives the result of his calculations for November as fol fel fol eows: November, 1889, will be colder than usual for that month. There will be moderate precipitation, and in the more northern states much of it will be in the form of snow. Tne pre cipitation will be small in the far west and northwest, increasing in the south and east, though it will not be ex cessive in any part of the country, except in a few spots near the coast in the Gulf and Atlantic states. After the cold spell in the first half of the month it will moderate for a few days and then turn cold again. By cold weather, it is intended to say that it will be cold and raw for that month, not cold winter weather. At a recent Sunday school service, a blanU visitor was iUustrating the ne cessity of Christian profession in order properly to enjoy the blessings of Providence iu this world; and to make it apparent to the youthful mind, he said: 'For instance, I want to intro duce water into my house. I turn it on. The pipes and faucets and every convenience are hi good order, but I get no water. Can any of you tell me why I do not get any water?" He ex pected the children to see that it was because he had not made a connection with the main in the street The boys looked perplexed. They could not see why the water should refuse to run into his premises after such fault less plumbing. "Can no one tell mo what I have neglected?" reiterated the good man, looking over the flock of wondering faces bowed down by the weight of the problem. "I know," squeaked a little five-year-old. "You don't pay Billy Welch!" Last Saturday a young man came over from the Willapa, to keep an ap pointment with his best girl. He called in at a barber shop the first place on arriving in town. He asked the barber if dyeing his whiskers a dark color (they " were sandy) would improve his looks. The barber said he thought it would, and the opera tion was proceeded with. But when the job was finished the dye was all over him. His neck was as black as ink a considerable distance from the whiskers, so were his cheeks and tem ples. This was not all. The barber attempted to take out the dye from his skin by putting on some kind of acid, and the poor fellow's pains be gan. His neck and face burned a3 if on fire, his lips swelled, and he was iu a terrible state, and the maddest man in Astoria. He could not call on his girl, and no doubt she was disap pointed, and he left in disgust for his woodland home, convinced that it is not wise to improve upon Nature's gifts. " Who Their Friends Arc. A Journal reporter in visiting the state penitentiary, through the kind ness of one of the officials, was given the privilege to talk a few minutes with one of the most trusted, prisoners who said: "Most convicts " have ex perienced what it is to have and lose friends especiaKy to lose them. Few convicts have more than one social correspondent, and that one is almost always a relative or some one with whom they have become acquainted since their arrest and imprisonment Many have no correspondence, ex cept on business matters, and others neither write nor receive letters dur ing the whole term of their imprison ment. What is becoming of all our boon companions the. men whom we favored in the days of our prosperity, those who were wont to declare eter nal gratitude to us? Where are those persons who asked us to call upon them should we ever be in trouble and need a friend? Once in a while one of them nobly responds to an appeal for help, but more are dumb as the dead to an appeal for even a friendly letter. Few of us can consistently complain of such cold treatment, for it is in accord with our treatment of others. We are no better nor worse on the whole than our chosen com panions; they are treating us as we would treat them were our circum stances reversed. -But now comes the question of who of those we considered our friends in the past, have contin ued faithful in our trouble and im prisonment? Not our old associates in crime nor those upon whom we lavished our "well or iU-gotten money; not those whose favors we strove to win; but the mothers, sisters, wives, fathers, brothers, and honest friends who advised us against our evil ways and whom we ignored and neglected. It is these who have stood nearest to us in our troubleSj visited us in prison and written cheering, hopeful letters." Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparrtla if you want an honest, reliable medicine. Do not take any other which is alleged to ne "anouc tne same" or "just as good." Insist upon having Hood's Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to Itself. Sold bv all druggists. Try it. The Vocalists of the city are invited to to join tne class tor advanced singers, be organized at 8 o'clock sharp, this Tuesday eve, at the M. E. church, un der the leadership of Prof. Dobhius of otrortiand. Anyone finding a small walking stick of hickory with the broken tusk of a boar for a head, and a silver ferrule en graved in script "From S, P. to Jay T.," win comer a lavor oy leaving me same at this office, or at Dr. Tuttle's office Inquiry is already being made for some of those beautiful lots in block 15, Hustler & Aikens addition, at Kobb& Parker's. Remember that they will be on the market for a lew days only at $125.00 and S150.00. Call and make your selections. Bazar. Stamping done to order. Embroidery Lessons, 50 cents per hour. Mrs. A. Rappleyea & Co. COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS. The county court met yesterday and granted the appKcation of August Harder for citizenship, and the appli cation of Swan Wilson for a liquor license, he paying 300 license and presenting the customary papers. The report of the commissioners on the county road from Olney to Colum bia county line, was read, and, on mo tion accepted. FoUowing is the repert: Knappa, Oct. 28, 1889. "To the county court, Clatsop, Ore gon. We have examined the road from Olney, Clatsop county, to Vesper, the Columbia county line. We .find it in very good condition irom uiney to Jewell. It was very well built. A few places should be widened, and some culverts be put in, and the con tractors have agreed to do it. When Ihey are put in, we would consider it acceptable. From Jewell to Vesper we find the road poorly laid out, especial ly the sixth and seventh miles. The road is in a better condition than the first part, with a few places that need widening, which the contractors agreed to do. We find in most all the bridges the specification was too short. They have built them in many places longer than the specification called for. We find there should have been a specification where there was none. For that reason the road is not what it would have been. We would re commend its acceptance when a few more changes are made. F. WT. Smith. Jas. Brown. Nearly aU day was taken in hearing the case of the settlement of the es tate of Margaret Miller, deceased, re garding the bill of Chas. StoU, the court adjourning to 10 o'clock Ibis morning. PERSONAL MENTION. Capt. Allen Noyes is in the city. Bev. G. W. Graunis and wife are at The Dalles. Mrs. Aug. C. Kinney is quite sick at the residence of M. J. Kinney. John Bryce, Sr. returned homo from a business trip to Portland yes terday. Miss Lou Pinschower returned yesterday from a two weeks sojourn in Portland. Mr. Bottom came in from Jewell yes terday evening, bringing his sister, Mrs. Shaffer, to the city, for medical treatment Miss Mattie Owen, of Genesee, Ida ho, formerly of Knappa, arrived yes terday afternoon, and is visiting friends in this city. Barney Coleman was married in Boise City last Sunday. He and his bride have gone on a European tour, and will do the grand in a foreign laud, ten thousand mileH away. Ben Young has returned from the Fraser, where he has had a busy and successful season, adding materially to his bank account; his surplus earn ings will be invested in Astoria. Jno. Chamberlain, an old and well known river man, at present employed as mate of the Lurline, was stricken with paralysis, on board that boat last Saturday, and fears of his recov ry are entertained. J. W. Munson sends word that he is having a whole lot of fun trolling for salmon. At Austins, last Saturday he caught 36 big ones, and says if there is any one in Oregon that can beat that he would like to hear from them. MARINE NEWS AND NOTES. The Alliance sailed for Grav's har- bor yesterday. The steamer City of Astoria, is on the route again. The British bark Oakland, 1G days from San Diego, arrived yesterday. The British bark Earl Dunraven arrived at Queenstown from this port on the 6th. A barge with eight cars of railroad iron for the Astoria and South Coast railroad arrived down yesterday. The British four-masted ship Gen. Gordon 51 days from Melbourne, Australia, arrived Sunday evening in ballast Steamboat inspectors Edwards and McDermott were in the city yesterday and inspected the Astoria, Gen. Can by, Restless and Augusta. The steam sealing sohooner Louis Olsen arrived from Port Townsend yesterday. She is the property of Wm. Olsen, of Tillamook, who pur chased her for 2,700. The British ship liorrowdale 109 days from Astoria arrived at Liver pool on the 4th. The ship has made the round trip in less than nine months which is remarkably quick time. The Hew IicoTcrj. You have heard your friends and neigh bors talking about it. Xou may your self he one of the many who know from personal experience just how good a thing it is. If you have ever trh d it, you are one of Us staunch friends, because the wonderful thing about it is, tnat when once given trial, Dr. King's New Discovery ever after holds a place in the house. If you have never used it and should be afflicted with a cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, secure a bottle at once and give it a fair trial. It is guaranteed every time, or money refunded. Trial Bottles Free at J. V. Conn's Drugstore. Ulat-hiuisls, Curpoiitcrs, Mer chants, Laborers anil Cap italists: The Astoria Real Estate Co. are now selling lots 50x150 feet iu Wakren tox,. the beautiful suburb, 3J miles west of Astoria, on the west side of the Skipanon, where the Astoria and South Coast K.R. crosses. The railroad com pany have secured 25 acres of land im mediately west, and adjoining this townsite, for machine shops, round houses, and depot accommodations. Construction ot these important im provements will begin earlv in the spring. This division of the ll. It. will undoubtedly employ from 300 to 500 men at Warrenton, which is also the iunc- tion of the Tansey Point Branch to the proposed .Lumber ana urain Dock, Corner lots, S125; inside lots, S100. When 100 lots are sold, prices will be advanced from 10 to 20 per cent. CLIPPED AND CONDENSED. News Items From all Over the Northwest. Hugh Glenn, of Burnt Biver, was kicked in the side last Wednesday by a horse and instantly killed. The common council at Seattle sent to New York for a model of a new fire boat It was furnished by "William Cowles, who estimates the cost at i0 000. There are now filed with the secre tary of state certified copies of the as sessment rolls of fifteen counties. On the whole the totals of property dis played indicates a lowering of the state levy. Austin, Parkinson fc Co.'s ware house, containing 30,000 bushels of grain and machinery, and Knapp, Bur rell & Co.'s warehouse, containing machinery and 3000 bushels of grain, were destroyed by fire at Pomeroy Sunday night. Loss, 25,000: cause of fire unknown. Fishing closed last Saturday, says the Curry Co. Gazette. It was thought that after the bar smoothed down there would be another run of salmon, but the storm of the present week and the consequent raise of the river about does away with any hope that fishing will be resumed the present season. Indented writing upon iron has jus t been successfully done by John Far rar, an eastern iron foundryman, by the foUowing precess: The impres sion on the iron is made by writing backwards on thin paper, pinning the paper in a mould, and then pouring in the iron. The writing thus trans ferred to the plates, when the iron is cooled, is wonderfully clear and dis tinct, and is so deeply imprinted as to defy any attempt at erasure. X FATHER'S SEARCH. His 17-Year-Old Boy Sailed Tor England on the "Otterspool." Occasionally one meets with a young hopeful who imagines that he posesses the ability to renovate the universe, and that the keynote to all such operations is a sea voyage. To this accomplishment a score or so of very, very rank dime novels is always necessary. Such a young man, with such ideas was in this city only a few months ago, and the way in which he operated may be learned in the fol lowing lines: In the early" part of last January, says the 'Telegram, a gentleman named'N. W. Leonard came to this city from Chicago, and after stopping here some little time went to Salem where he was engaged as tutor in the public schools. Mr. Leonard was for merly state superintendent of public instruction for Iowa, and while here made a great many friends, to whom he often spoke of his 17-year-old son, who was thon in the east at college. About the latter part of the following April, the young man came to this city, having just graduated, but owing to some misunderstanding he failed to find his father and becoming disheart ened at not finding suitable employ ment he went to Astoria and signed articles to go before the mast as a sailor on the British ship Otterspool, which sailed from the Columbia river on the 15th of last May. Soon afterward Mr. Leonard re ceived a letter from his wife, who was in the east, saying that the son had come to Portland, and then the father began to hunt for the young man. He traced him from Portland to As toria, and then through the assistance of James Laidlaw, found that he had gone to sea, bound for England. After severing his engagement at Salem, Mr. Leonard started for Now York, and there took passage on the transatlantic steamer Hervia for Liv erpool. He proceeded to London derry, where the Otterspool landed and arrived there just two days be tore tne snip got m, October liitli. Tlih morning Mr. W. W. Thorn:. -on ' received a letter from h:m, dated : t Chicago, in which he says h? found his boy all right, but thatwhile cross ing the English channel the Ottei spool came near being lost in v. fear ful storm. Ho is coming back to Or egon with his wife and runaway sou, to make this city his permanent home. In his search for the boy the anx ious parent spent all the money he had in the world, and the mother, who remained in Chicago, is a confirmed invalid, having almost wrecked both mind and body with mental anguish, supposing her boy was dead. A Sotiml fjfgul Ojiiiii. K.iJiUnbridge Muuday Ksij., County Atty., Clay Co., Texas says: '! lave used Electric Bitters with most happy re sults. My brother. alio, was very low with Malarial Fever and .Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this, medi cine. Am satisfied Electrio Bitters saved his life.'' Mr. I). I. Wiicoxson, of Horse Cave, Ky., adds a like testimony, saying: He postivcly believes he would have died had it not ben for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure all Malaria Diseases, and for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis orders stands unequaled. Price 50 cents unit ci, lib .inn j. .umiuMiu s. Coffee and cake, Central llestaurant um rents, at the A WICK TO MOTHERS. Mns. Wikslow's SooTnixo Syiiup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind cholic, and is the best remedy for diar-rhcea.Twenty-five cents a bottle. Telcphonciioavriiit; House. Best Beds in town. Rooms per night 50 and 25 cts., per week S1.50. New aud clean. Private entrance. Ludlow's Ladies' SJJ.00 Fine Shoes; also Flexible Hand turned French Kids, at P. .J. Good man's. Xoith Addition lots will 1 e advanced ed to SG0 per lot on Monday. Nov. 17th ; so all who want bargains better get in while there i3 a show at the S45 rate. This is the best property on the market to-day as a speculation, and as the Jay of the country is of the best, it will be a good place for residences in the near future. A. letter in last nigtit's mail calls for G lots to one person and 8 to another. Persons from the distance ap pear to be in possession of some facts of which our people are evidently ignor igner ant: and they wisely select is orth Ad dition as a safe place in which to invest I their money. j.O. Z 9 o &o i & .s n$ s CSS Tl I s oo i I GL-a-8 r I S I I MBfM1 g&H &s g wm R I o -s D 3H fa. & -S sr u rrrfJLtnr? O "3 C9 ley B 4 2 IP : W CO o I fl .-2 Why We lecause "We 're on top and havo downed the other bird ! iecause We've got tho largest stock and the Finest Goods. Because "We knock them all out in prices. Because All judicious buyers trade with us. Because Wo'v got every reason to expect that you too will eventually realize these facts, AND CALL ON HERMAN WIS THE ier an! Hatter, Occident Hotel Building. eo Lo. OS MS " O o feB- GQ B CO fi 8 a3 O 8 rs fe - w v r s CO 0 en EALAN0 The terminus of the Ilwaco and Shoalwater Bay Railroad. THE GREAT EST SUMMER RES.ORT OX THE NORTHWEST COAST. Lies at the head of the Bay, at deep water, and only twelve miles from the bar. The coming Countv teat and Commercial Metropolis of Pacific county. Now laid out. Lots on th market from 50, and upwards. !-or particulars and full information, rail on or address B. A. SEABORG, Ilwaco, Wz T. T3BC3E3 Astoria Real Estate Co. Office First Door South of the Odd Fellows Building The Best Bargains Yet Offered ! In Blocks 21 9 23 and 28, - HUSTLER & AIKEN'S ADDITION. Less than 1 Mile - From the Postomce. SIXTY of these Lots sold within the past 8 days. The price of this Choice Property is going up daily, and may he taken off the market at any time. Price of Lots, SI 15 to $160, according to Location. Flynn the i KEEPS IN Finest Woolen Goods for Suitings. ALL THE LATEST STYLES. He huys for Cash, at Eastern Prices. He Guarantees the Best Workmanship on all garments . Call and see for yourselves. Barth's Block, Astoria THE PJJAVETir PATENT CANT DOG Successors to KIRK SHELDON. HEADQTJARTEBS TOR LOGGEES' SPPLIES, Agency for ATKINS' CELEBRATED SAWS. LANDER'S LOGGING JACKS. GENEEAL EAEBWABE. 151 Front Street, PORTLAND, OR. fi o H M. 0 m fi. O O o u 15 (3 Tailor f STOCK THE