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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1890)
55v : pKr-rsirr1-1?? ' " "J"$"?$?yf Tf-f 5 " " t frsv-rrr -'"T 1 JULY 2. ISOO ISSUED EVERY MORNING, J. F. HALLORAN & COMPANY, Publishers aud Proprietors. ASTOIUAN BUILDING. - CASS STRKF.r. Terms of Subscription. Served by Carrier, per week is cts Sent by Mail, per month....... Co cts '?nt by Mall, one year 7.00 Free of postage to subscribers. Thk Astoiuax guarantees to its adver tisers the larsest circulation of any newspa per published on the Columbia river. CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. Main street was yesterday fixed so that teams cau now travel on it across Third street Nearly G00 has thus far been col lected on the subscription for the cele bration of the Fourth. Many of the small boys could not wait until Friday, and numerous fire crackers were popirin; yesterday. Before the county clerk yesterday E. Alexander made final proof of a preemption claim on the Nehalem. Sam Ho, n Siwash, killed two, fine sea otters last week on the beach near Aberdeen. He sold the skins for SfM) each. Oar now postmaster, James V. Hare, took formal possession of the postolfice yesterday, and is now in full charge. Planks are being laid on Third street, between Cass and Main, o that the former muddy place will soon bo a. thing of the past The rainfall for June was 4.69 inches; in June, '84, the Astoria rain fall was 2.04 inches; in June, '85, 2.78 inches; 'SG, 2.03: 'S7, .G3; 'SS, 7.23; '89, The Methodists of Portland are coming down here on the steamer Harvest Queen on the Fourth. The excursionists will have an honr and a half in this city, two hours at Fort Ganby, aud return homo by moon light Tho number is limited to 400. Three or the successful candidates on the Republican slate ticket were born in this state in tho year 185L They are George W. MclJride, secre tary" of state, K. S. JJean,' supreme judge, and Frank 0. Baker, state printer. On board the steamship Greyon last evening wero two 3-inch rilled field pieces and carriages, for the Bishop Scott academy at Portland, which came from the Benicia arsenal, Cali fornia. The boys are evidently to be drilled in light artillery. The arlicle entitled "A Special Be quest," addressed to George "NV. lincker, signed by seven members of Seaside Lodge, No. 12, A. O. U. W-, which appeared in yesterday's AsTOttiAN, was published by the sole direction of G. "NV. Buckcr, and with out tho consent of the seven signers. W. A. Sherman is to be grand mar shal on the Fourth, in place of Capt Wherity, who has other duties to per form. The committee on arrange ments desire the services of 30 young misses, from 10 to 10 years of age, to ride in the car of Liberty. Any who will take part are invited" to apply to O. H. Stockton, chairman of the com mittee of arrangements. J. W. Stengele, the accomplished draughtsman has prepared in water colors a bird's eye view of Astoria, showing the peninsula and outlying vicinity in fine style. He has made arrangements for the furnishing of 10,000 of these, lithographed in colors. The sheet will bo 24x32 inches, ami will constitute a splendid advertise ment of our seaside city. "Work is delayed on the completion of the Astoria and South Coast rail road to Seaside, owing to the fact that the fish plates and spikes did not ar rive with the rails, haviug been de layed somewhat on the line of the TJ. P. Trains will commence to-morrow, connecting with the steamer T. J. Potter, and passengers will be carried to the Ohanua creek, about xz miles this side of Grimes. When the miss ing articles arrive, tracklayiug will be completed the above distance. The Northern Pacific Bailroad Co. has placed, water meters on all the water plugs along the wharf at Taco nia, and will hereafter require all ves sels to pay for water at the rate of 15 cents ier 1000 gallons. The Emma Jtaytrard was the hrststeamer to take water under the new regulations and it required just 7000 gallons to satisfy her thirst for drink. This amount satisfies for one trip aud she will drink here each dav a total of 14,000 gallons, at a cost of $2.10 daily or SG3 per month. Under the old arrangement by which water was obtained at this port, this same amount of water was furnished at S5.00 per month. The time has passed when thinking Ieople are intlneuced to any great degree by windy boom articles of western townsites appearing in eastern papers. The so-much-a-liuo story, nearly always gushingly told in a stereotyped, manner, does not carry much weight with it People are be ginniug to realize that after all tho local newspaper is the best medium through which to make known tho advantages of their town. It is not the singlo article that accomplishes the most, but tho regular and persis tent placing before the public the record of facts as they occur that con vinces people, it is tlio local paper that does this most effectually. Obituary. The sail fate of Lafayette Gates, who was killed by a tree the fourth day of June, seems sadder still as we remem ber It is only a year ago last winter he left Grays narbor, happy with the thought that he was going to spend Christmas with his sisters, lie only reached Astoria in time to see his sister Mary once before she died aud saw her laid in her last resting place in Clatsop cemetery two days before Christmas, and now brother Lafe has gone to see his sister Mary, father, mother and brother who have all gone before him, hut he has lett many behind who will sadly miss him. S Order your Cakes for the 4th of July at the Columbia Bakery. Ice Cream Parlors. On the morning' of the 4th of July CooIcyBros will open the handsomest Ice Cream Parlors on the coast, where Ices of all the principal llavors will he served in first class style. Ttie ladies of the W. C. T. U. will serve Lemonade, Ice Cream, Cako and Coffee, cm the Fourth of July, in Capt. Flavel's brick building. Ice Cream at Jeff's JJew Restaurant to-day. WEDNESDAY.. r SOMCIL MEEffiiS. Last Erenii's Transactions of tic ' City Fates. wzaX'LAK neuTixj: or jtvsixnss Couneilmen Bergman, Elbou, "Wick man, "Welch and Fox, and Mayor Crosby were present last cveuiug. Anditor and police judge Jewett, chief of police Barry and city attorney Curtis were also in attendance. Megler Jc "Wright were granted a liquor license. The Electric Light Oi. were given till the 20th inst to fill their boutract City surveyor Tluelsen hauded a report of the grade-, of the streets in McClure's As toria. The report was referred to the street committee. Two bids for city printing -were read, one from J. F. HatloraiKY Co., for two cents a square, minion tyie, and $G.7S a thousand for blanks, another from the Columbian Publishing Co.. for one and three fourths cents a square, minion tvje, and $3.71 a thousand for blanks: re ferred to city attorney. 11. L. Jcfiery was given the contract to feed the city prisoners at fifteen cents a meal. ) Timnc vetoes. The following communication was read. To tin Members of the City O'n.cil: GhNiLKMKS: Ordinance 2w. en titled an ordinance providing for the is suing of bonds for the purpose of meet ing outstanding indebtedness and to runk i needed improvements in the city of Astoria, is herewith returned without my signature. as these bonds could have been nego tiated l a premium double that which was accepted from N. W. Harris & Oo.. saving to the city the sum of $:!.', I deem it my dutv to disapprove tin1 measure. Another loss to the cit3' occurs in ihis wise: tho ordinance specifloa that the bonds shall be dated "June 1st, 1K0. which hi' the approval of the same the city would have to pay one mouth's interest, amounting to $llf, without valuo received, as it would havo been impossible to havo had the money de livered to tho treasurer short of the first day of Julj or even later. This would be saddling upon the city on all outstanding warrants interest equal to the rate of fourteen per cent per annum for the time being. Magnus G. Cbosky. Mayor. The ordinance was then placed on its third reading and final passage and was lost, by a vote of three to two. The mayor's veto regarding an or dinance granting Messrs. Henderson, Urquhart and Blakcny, a franchise for erecting poles and stringing wire.?, was then read. Begarding this, he said: Tho city being well supplied with tele phono facilities and a firo alarm .v.siui. which amply supply the reqnirouunt.s in , their respective spheres, and which are ; akin in their naturo to tho franchise i asked for, it seems to mo unnecessary to grant any moro franchises of the char acter at present. ! The mayor's veto was sustained by a ' unanimous vote. i A third veto was read from the j mayor, shutting down on the ordi-! uauce granting N. J. Levinson ,v. Co.. i a franchise for the American district teclgraph service, for the same reason ' as given in the case ol xicimerson, vi al. This veto was sustained by a unanimous vote or the five council men. The committee on fire and water made a report recommending the purchase or a team or horses for As toria Engine company No. one, as soon as the engine house of that company was ready for occupancy in its new situation." The report of the commit tee was adopted. The city attorney made a report re garding the ownership of streets run ning north and south, to the effect that the city owned them clear to the ship channel. It was recommended that all buildings now on those streets be ordered removed. Councilman Welch made a motion to that effect It w.'is adopted by a unanimous vote. The city attorney's report was adopted. The claim of AV. 11. Smith lor laying sewer pipe in the street in front of the enstom house was returned with out recommendation. for further advico and submitting plans for the inspection of the council. Auditor Jewett suggested that the legal limit of the city's indebtedness was now about reached. On motion, the committee was au thorized to go ahead and adverli.se for bids for the construction of the house. City assessor "Wright notified the council that he had turned over the city lax roll to them; at the time of the lire 111 his olhce some of the transfer books were burned, and the catastrophe had occasioned unavoida ble delay. Ho also presented his bill, amounting to o2S. The matter was referred lo the ways and means com mittee. Tho ordinance regarding the placing of electric light poles was amended, requiring that the poles shall start from a depth of five feet below the surface of the gronnd, aud shall be planed smooth and painted, and was passed. An ordinance, appropriating $135.40 to Chas. Heilboni for carpet for lies cue No. 2, was passed. An ordinance, appropriating $2,8S4 from the street fund, to pay for labor and material on crossings of streets in tersecting Third street, was passed. An ordinance, appropriating $35S.93, to pay the Clatsop Mill company for lumber, was passed. An ordinance, declaring the proba ble costof improving Tiiird street, was passed. Tho following claims were ordered paid: Oregon Improvement Com pany, S5.20; Sundry Persons, $320; The Astouiax, $32.05; West Shore Mills, $3G8. The bill of Dr. O. B. Estcs for $32 was paid after some discussion. The bill of H. B. Thiclson for $599.25 was referred to the committee on ways and means. The Point Adams Life Crew. Capt A. McLean yesterday engaged the crew for the life saving station at Point Adams. They are employed till June 30th, 189L Their names arc Donald Mcllaye, Peter Anderson, David Kindred, Albert Kerr, Harry Oonolly, Joseph Clancy, C. J. Mcin tosh and "Ym. H. Chase. The record of cures accomplished hy Hood's Sarsapanlla can never be com pletely written. The peculiar curative powers of Hood's JSarsaprilla are suc cessful when everything else has failed. If your blood is impure, your digestion out 01 orucr, iry jioou. s barsapanlla. Thompson- & Uo?s. Large stock of Oil, Alcohol and Gaso line Stoves ntXoe & Sculley. fPIirt nmmiitra mi Tiiililir i,rmvrf v i to whom was referred the plans for an I )L If h llltl ot regUate these mat engine house proposed to be erected ters and throw the tricky methods of on tho lot near the Pacific Uuiou j fvimllers into disrepute, what would Packing Co.'s premises, recentlv pur- !,c f ' nRe of real newspajiers spend chased bv the citv, reported, .asking I ' lar?, s,"us m ,l lon r real PERSONAL 3IENTI0X. Chief Barry returned from Portland yesterday. Mrs. Montgomery goes to "Willapa to-day on a visit of a mouth to her son John. Miss Lelia Hughas, daughter of E. C. Hughes, has returned from a visit to friends in Hwaco. Capt Moody takes Capt Pease's place as river pilot, the latter having taken command of the T. J. Potter. Etv. G. C. Hall returned yesterday from Salem, where ho had been in at tendance at the State Congregational association. Dr. "Walker, post surgeon at Fort Canby, was a passenger to San Fran cisco yesterday morning on the State of California. Henry Hamburger, a former resi dent of this city, but now -ot San Francisco, is here on a businass trip, and meets 1113113 old friends. Capt Hubbard, a former resident of this city, but who has been living in California, arrived yesterday with his wife and two children, on the steamer Greyon. Mrs. Josephine M. Bobb, an old lime resident of this city, but whose home is now at Forest Grove, arrived Iscre yesterday, and will remain a day or two. Bert Dunbar has resigned his posi tion at C. H. Cooper's, to take effect to-morrow, and will in future be asso ciated with his brother in the count)' recorder's oflicc. Capt. H. C. Kindred returned yes terday from a vacation to the Paget sound country, and is again on duty as m:stcr of the steamer S. G. Reed, relieving Capt. Moody who had tem porarily taken his place. Hon. Frank C. Baker, state printer, was a passenger to San Francisco yes terday on the State of California. His wife will go overland from Port land to-day aud meet him in San Francisco. They propose being ab sent a month, and will visit Monterey, Los Angeles and San Diego, Califor nia. 31AK1NT NEWS AXI NOTES. The steamer Dolphin -arrived yes terday from Shoalwater bay, aud de parted for Portland. The steamer T. J. Potter came down from Portland yesterday on the first trip of her summer schedule, and went to Hwaco. The steam tender Uranzanila, Capt lliehardson, which left here at 3:30 p. m., Saturday, arrived at San Francisco at 9:15 p. m., Monday, only 531! hours on the way. The baVkcntine Tarn G'Shanlir, Capt Hatch, will be towed up to Port land to-day by the steamer Willam ette Chief to receive a load of lumber for lledondo Beach, California The Ueih Canby towed from Hwaco yesterday the barge JAiwoln. on which were 800 cases of salmon from the Aberdeen Packing company, which wero landed at the TJ. P. wharf. The steamship Slate of California, Capt H. S. Ackiey, sailed for San Francises yesterday, with a cargo of miscellaneous freight and a number of passengers. Two cabin and eleven steerage passengers went from here. The steamship Greyon, Capt E. Polemann, arrived from San Francisco yesterday, at 3:15 p. m. She brought 121 tonsof freight for this citv, includ- 1 ing a large amount of empty cans for salmon, mere were caiuu ami u'J steerage passengers. TIh-v Don't iiii-t Itiiir. It takes but a short time for bogus newspapers lo come to the end of their tether. For a few days or a few weeks they can manufacture startling items in their back offices, and as no other papers, not even the great metroiol itan dailies, have any thing like it, the bogus paper enjoys a brief reputation for energy and enterprise. But time straightens that all out Bogus news never amounts to anything in the long ran, and in a little while the genuine newspapers print some real news about the same matter that the iKigus paper had previoasly dealt with in a sensa tional and unreliable manner, and of course the bogus paper doesn't have A-toria tt IU Congratulated Astoria is lo lie congratulated, iu that its railroad dream of years is likely to meet fulfillment. The de mand for transportation facilities iu addition to those furnished by its waterway service, is a part of that city's record for the past decade, and capitalists have at length decided that there is suilicient inducement in the way ot business, present anil immedi ately prospective, to justify a response. Hence, railway connection between Oregon's seaport and other points in the state and Washington is now a matter ot a very few months. The people of Portland and the Willam ette valley generally, since they will share the great convenience and in a degree the prosperity resulting from the building of the projected roads, may well congratulate Astoria upon the realization or its hopes in this direction. Greyon ian. A ST. XOUIS PIIYSICIAJr. lie Tests a California Production. Kis Jtcport. A St Louis gentleman whose affliction was sick headaches was so surprised at their euro by Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla, that he called it to the attention of a relative, who happened to be Dr. P. A. Barrett, the well known St. Louis physician of 2352 Shenan doah Street. The doctor saw at oucc that it difltred from the potash preparations in that it was purely vegetable, and becoming inter ested, began a scries of investigations, and in n. subsequent letter candidly admitted its curative properties, aud says: Vishiug to test its virtues further, I used it in my own family, and prescribed it for patients who required a general system regulator. As a result, I can say it is an almost absolute cure for constipation, bil iousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, aud sick headaches. These troubles usually come from a disturbed condition of the stomach. aud bowels, and Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla is tho best laxative and stomach regulator I have ever sccu, and as a general system corrective is almost perfection. iSigued P. A. BAKRETT, M. D., 2C52 Shenandoah St., St Louis. Hurrah for Hie Fourth of July, When everybody will celebrate with Fipeworks. purchased from F. Feu ell's large assortment of Roman Candles, Sky Ilockels, Torpedoes, Pin Wheels, Xigger Chasers, Uovs' Pistols, and all kinds of Fireworks. The finest stock in the city to select from, and at prices lo suit the most fastidious customer. Come early and have your pick. Tho Little Dandy Alcohol Stove at 2loc cVbculiej'. For the very best Photos, go to Sinis ter. Meals CooKcil to Order. Private rooms for ladies and families: at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. I .,- jii;m.i n iiKjiwiui; j'tiir.i iiiuif ic. THE CHRONICLE'S" WRITE UP. What It Said About the City of Astoria. The San Francisco Chronicle of the 22nd ult, was a sixty page issne of which tens ot thousands were printed. It gave a resume of the progress of the coast, its cities, etc, and the notice of Astoria was as extended as any city in the northwest received. This is what it said. Astoria is a name familiar to every reader of Washington Irving as having been the site of tho first settlement of Americans on the northwest coast fifty years or more ago. The growth of the place has been slow until recently. In 1SG5 the population was only 600, but within a few years it has jumped to 10,000, and now this is one of the most prominent ports on the northern coast All the buildings twenty-five years ago were small frame structures, but they have given way to substan tial brick and stone blocks, many of them being three stories in height Among the more prominent of these are the Astor house aud po3toflice, Odd Fellows hall, Flavel block, Pyth ian Castle, pnblic school and others. In 18G5 the principal business was piloting and Indian trading. Now there are twenty-five salmon canneries in or near Astoria, with a capital of $1,125,000. The city has three banks, three sawmills and box factories, two boiler and machine shops, two foun dries, five boat-builders, three daily and four weekly papers, aud numer ous other busiuess establishments, together with water, gas and electric light works, horse and steam street railways, telegraph, telephone system, express ofiices, chamber ot commerce, athletic club, eight churches, three schoolhonscs, Masonic hall, Odd Fel lows' temple. Pythian castle, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Scandina vian Benevolent Society, etc It has the largest ocean steamship docks north of San Francisco. In addition to branches or industry enumerated above, five or six lines of steamboats owned in Astoria ply daily to ports on the rivers aud bays in its vicinity. Astoria is supplied with pure moun tain spring Avater, brought at an ex pense of $100,000 from Bear creek, a distance of 12 miles; 2 steam lire engine companies and ono hook and ladder company. The means of communi cation iu S8o was by river navigation aud is so largely at the present time. Bailroad liucs counect the seasido re sorts in all directions with Astoria, while a road is being built through to the Willamette valley to connect with the Southern Pacific system, ior the year 1SSS -S9 there were exerted through the Astoria enstom house $0,215,3G2 worth of products -wheat Hour, lumber and salmon. In the same period the imports were $117, 591. In the foreign trade twenty-five steamers and 102 sailing vessels were cleared. Of domestic vessels, 21-1 entered and 232 cleared. This does not embrace any ot the cargoes taken from the river by ocean steamers to San Francisco, Cat, or salmon shipped overland from Astoria, nor the large quantity of lumber shipped coastwise in coasting vessels. Good lignite coal is known to exist within twenty-five miles of Astoria and will be developed when a railroad is built Good prospects ot iron are found. The agricultural feature is principally gnusses, vegetables and small fruit, and excellent dairy lands. Lumbering is extensively carried on. Three saw mills, with a capacity ot 150,000 feet a day, in Astoria supply the domestic demand and two export, foreign and coastwise. Clatsop county is pre-eminently a timlier comity. The large sawmills in the city of Portland are supplied chiefly from logging camps in the vicinity of Astoria, and tliongh many billions of feet ot tiuib&r have been taken out, it Ls so small compared lo the supply that it may truly be said that up to this time scarcely a mark has been made on the timber area. Fir, spruce and cedar are the prevailing timbers, with a good deal of hemlock and some maple. The future of Astoria is bright In less than two years the Astoria and South Co:ist Bailroad will connect with the Southern Pacific system and be its ocean terminus in the northwest The Union Pacific and other transcontinental lines will follow, if indeed they do not precede. There is room and bright prospects for manufactories or all kinds 111 this city. The completion of tiie Columbia river jetlv bv the United States govern ment at a cost of $0,000,000 will so deepen the bar channel that deep craft ocean steamers and the largest class of sailing vessels will visit and discharge their cargoes at Astoria, from whence it will bo taken by railroad to the in terior and foreign imports to all parts of the world. The beantifnl and healthful seaside resorts in tlu3 vicini ty are visited and enjoyed bv from 15,000 to 20,000 people during the season. ;titi:it'h:illc ISit.sritc. Mrs. Michael Curtain. PlainuVld.III., makes the .statement that .she caughl cold which settled on her lungs; she was treated a month by her family phy sician, hut grew worse. He told her lie was a io;Wvw riclim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's Xw Discovery tor Consumption; .she bought a bottle anil to hcrdclight found herself bcntfited from first dose. Hie contin ued its use, and after taking ten bottles found herself sound and well, now does her housework and is as well as she ever was. Free trial bottles of this great Discovery at J. W. Conn's Drug Store, large hi-ltles, 50c and $1. Hemember the Austin house at the Seaside is open the year 'round. The Hoffman EInusc Cirtr. The La Paloma cigar and other fine brands of cigars; the finest in the city, at Charley Olson's, next to C. II. Conner. Woinharl's !S;r. And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. Ludlow's Ladies' S&OO Fine Shoes; also llexible hand-turned French Kids, at P. J. Goodman & Co.'s. All the Choicest Delicacies, made hy only first-class men at the Seaside iJakerj-. Good Goods and low rates at the Sea side Uakcry. Talk is cheap. We lead, others fol low. Try the home made bread at-the Oregon liakery, and judge for yourself. For a good Shave, go to F. Ferrcll. Just arrived, a large assortment of Crosse & Blackwcll's choice Pickles and Relishes, at Thompson & lloss. For Rcut. A Restaurant, all turnished, aud in good shape. Apply at the Jfain Stieet House. The latest style of Gents' Roots and Shoes at P. J. Goo DifAX & Co.'s. For a good Clean Room, go to the Main Street House. TclephoneliodEiHs House. Rest Reds in town. Rooms per night GO and 23 cts per week 1JM. New and clean. Private entrance. Look at the Cooking and Heating Oil Stoves at Noe & Sculley. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. JULY 1. ' As Filed in The County Recorder's Oflicc Yesterday. Oregon Land Co. to J. M. Shelley, S blk 53, Pa cific addn S A. M. Phalan and wife to A. E. Han ford, lots 2, Sand 8. blk 38, McClure's L.B. Abercrombio and wife to Annie E. Olseu, lots 5 and G, blk 4, Ocean Grove. Previously reported this 325 100 200 year $1,475,012 Total lo date $1,475,637 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL. The United States has 16,000 flour mills. There are 6S5,000 women voters in Euglaud and Wales. Urick-Mlns are burned with kerosene instead of wood. A New York house ships 50,000 school books to Japan yearly. Only tho American flag will be car ried on Labor day in Brooklyn. Huntsville, Ala., is to have a cotton mill backed by a capital of $1,000,000. The Adams Express company is re ducing wages from S5G and $60 a month to $50. London has a women's cigarmakers' union with nearly six thousand mem bers. New York tailors kick against fash ionable people who smuggle clothes from Europe. The people of this country consume, it is said, 200,000,000 bottles of. pickles annually. The manufacture of artifical ice iu Baltimore is steadily developing as an industry. D. Edgar Crouse, a rich bachelor ot Svracnse, N. Y., is finishing a stable which is said to havo cost S700,000. Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota says enough tin will be produced 111 Dakota next vear to supply the entire United States. Philadelphia bakers want to have their hours of labor so adjusted that they shall not havo to work more than six days in tho week. A company to place advertisements 011 the ceilings of barber shops for tho perusal of men getting shaved has been formed in New York. Ilenrv A. Noll, a German, has a clock that will run 10,000 years, aud show the seasons, years, months, days, etc. lie wants $12,000 for it. The size of the farmers' alliance of North Carolina is scaring the poli ticians. They want a railroad com mission and no free passes for legis lators. . The South Boston Iron "Works, tho oldest gun ronndry in the United States, is going to remove its plant to Middlcsborongh, Ivy., to get near to ores an d fuel. Two hundred and sixty-one thousand six hundred members of building and loan associations in Pennsylvania have laid aside for a rainy day over $26, 000,000. Fanny "Williams ot Colnmbns, Lid., has completed a 10-mile grading con tract on the E. and 1. railroad, and has taken a contract for twenty-five miles of grading on another road. Eoehester butchers will raise prices to this scale: Hound steak, 11 cents; porterhouse, 20 cents; sirloin, 18 cents; rib roast, 15 aud 16 cents; shoulder roasts and stealcs, 12 cents. John L. Sullivan was a tinker's ap prentice. Tho boss kicked him one day for being late, aud John L. knocked him through the window. Then he stopped working. Three hundred and fifteen acres of land adjoining the corporate limits of liarlford Citv, Ind., sold June 19, for $60,000 c:ish, to tho Hartford City Glass company. A plate-glass factory of thirty-live plate will be built on the grounds. The shipbuilding industry of Cin cinnati is now a thing of the past, and its famonsnmrineway, after fifty years' service, has been abandoned for good and all. It was on these ways that were built the four famed Mississippi steamers named Natvhez, two before and two after tho war. Last year the world raised 2,000,000 bushels of wheat. The United States grew 490,000,000 bushels; France, 306, 000,000; India, 237,000,000; Bnssia, (with Poland), 300,000,000; Portugal, 0,000,000; Denmark, 5,000.000; Spain, 73,000,000; Switzerland, 2,500,000; Ger many, S1,000,000; Hungary, 95,000,000; a-;o" "r;.,r. ?i7nnnnnn. tm-c;.i 09 . sia Minor, 37,000,000; Persia, 000,000. Morgan & Sherman GROCERS A ml Dealers iu fi. special Attention Civcnto Filling Of Orders., t fJL LINE CARRIED Ami Supplies furnished at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered lu auy part of the city Office and "Warehouse In Hume's New Building on Water Street. P. O. Box 153. Telephone Ho, 37. 1.STOIS1A, OREGON Thompson & Soss Carry a Full Line of Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries. Give Us a Call and Be Convinced. BOOTS AND SEOES! Of Bnst Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES, AT THE SIGH OF THEJOLDEN SHOE. Notice to Sign Painters. Netici: is hereby given that bids will be received at the office or the Auditor and Police Judge of the city of Astoria, until Saturday, July 5th, 1H), at one o'clock p. m., for the painting of the names of the streets of the city of As toria, on strips of tin. Such strips of tin shall be four inches wide, twenty inches long, painted with two coats of paint, both sides. Letters shall be three inches in height, cut in letters, white on a black background. The committee reserves tho right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Committee on Streets and Public Ways. Attest: T. S. Jewett, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon, July 1st, 1890. Cannery Smiles! five mTJMTxmjEzm iMkSiiH Nottingham Lace Curtains i Sixty Gents Just Received, at Leading Dry Goods and Clothing . II 5 1 7 and 52 1 Third St. Semi-Annual Clearance Deep Gut! N All Departments. Sacrifice IN Clothing Fine Ties. 3 for $1 See My Windews: Call In and Save Money. HermanWise The Live Clothier and Hatter, In the Oqcident Hotel Bl'd'g. le L. R. Abercrombie, Prop. Finest and Most Convenient i Summer Resort IN SEASIDE. Every Eoom Newly Purnislied. Private Eooms for Families. AND TOURISTS. Transient Custom Solicited. TERMS, REASONABLE. Tlis only Abercrombie Hotel at Seaside, OreKOiu For Sale, Entire Herd of the Goodwin Jersey Cotkt& For sale alter June 1st, at Goodwin's Farm, Sklpanon, Clatsop County, Or. PATRONIZE HOWE INDUSTRY! There Is no occasion lor the most fastidi ous ot our citizens to send to Portland or San Francisco lor Custom Made Clothes As they can get Better Fits. Better Work manship, and for less Money. By Leaving their Orders with MEANY. New Goods bv Every Steamer. Call and see him and satisfy yourseU. P. J. Meany. Merchant Tailor. The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEVELAND, Trop'r. Gooi Breaft, Caie anil Pastry None but the Best Materials Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered in any part or the city. Win. Edgar, Cigars, -Tobacco and Snuff. Meerschaum and Briar Pipes. Pocket Cutlery, Marine Glasses' Stationery and Notions. Corner Main and ChenamusSts., Astoria, Or -Ail r laisaat L I WM nasai -0HLL Anml Hotel NEW DESIGNS. FROM per Pair, to COOPER'S A Snap in Real Estate UK Acres, close to river and street car oniy. so.uoo can ne mane on tins Odd Fellows' Building, WW lmihw& fllii I)1E)MI Lots in tee's Astoria Are Iw on AT TIIE OFFICE OF TIIE Astoria Real Estate PRIORS FROM 8150 TO $250 EACH. TERMS One-Half Cash ; the Balance in Six and Twelve Months. d's Is the Choice of Superior Facilities for Shipping in Car Load Lots! Orders for any quantity to be directed to H. WEINHAItD, Corner Twelfth unci It. 'S'clcplionc 72. Jeffs SECOND STREET, OPPOSITE TELEPHONE LANDING. Is Mow Open. THE ORCHESTRA 7 r. m. 25-ct Meals, Private Entrance for Ladies. La Fayette Park. Three Miles from the Postollice and Custom House. 172 CASS ST., g-o to tioiss EOK FRESH BREAD, Cakes-, anil Fine Confectionery. All Orders Delivered. COOLEY BROS. The Oregon Land Co. Where Property Corner Third ASTORIA, For Desirable Acreage Or INSIDE PROPERTY. Call on or Address Leinenweber SECOND SI, Near rostolllce. - FLYNN The Tailor, KEE?S IN Finest Woolen Goods for Suitings. AH the Latest Styles He buys for Cash at Eastern Prices. He Guarantees the Best Workmanship oa all Garments. Call and see for yourself. Barth Block, ASTOMA, OK. Five Doila The House of the 9 Astori; line. Only 500 per acre, for a few day! property witnin three montns. Hrols.ers, ASTORIA, Lager Beer the Connoisseur. Portland, Oregon. P. O. Bex 401 AVI11 i1:iy Selections from II 0 tilt 2, and from 5:391 N Estate Co. Astoria, Oregon. Is Left For Sale. 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