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Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, September 27, 188
No. 152.
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AN IMPORTANT MEASURE.
There is perhaps nothing before
the Legislature that. more requires
legislation at this time than the
enactment of a good road law.
The present law has been tested to
the satisfaction of the people and
found to be worse than useless.
There is annually expended thou
sands of dollars in money and
labor, and the results are anj'tliing
but satisfactory. Senator Myers
has introduced a bill in the Senate
which seems to us entitled to
favorable consideration. It pro
vides for the election of the road
supervisors and an annual tax to
be levied on all property, no in
debtedness to be deducted, of
three mills, and this fund to be
set aside for a road fund, to be
distributed in a similar manner as
is now the school fund. A levy of
three mills will raise a large sum
of money, and if properly used,
will soon make good roads through
out the State. There is nothing
in which the farmer is so much in
terested as he is. in bavins: a good
road over which to haul his pro-
ducts to market, and there is prob
ably no country in which good
roads are so difficult to make,
owing to the long rainy season, as
-Oregon. Yet they can be made
.good, and once properh made
will be easily kept in repair. But
the annual patching up which has
been done with the labor and
monej' so far has made poor pro
.gress towards giving us good roads
Standard.
The great, ferry betwecnEurope
and America is getting to be more
and more like an ordinary river
ferry in the regularity and certain
ty with which the steamers cross
the ocean, and efforts are now
being directed to a still further
reduction of the time of the pass
age. It is said that two vessels
are to be built next year in Eng
land for the express purpose of
carrying passengers, and designed
to make the voyage from Liver
pool to New York in six days.
There are steamers now that can
very nearly do this, but only under
favorable conditions. The new
ships are to bo fitted to do it
with a full degree of certainty.
There is another proposition that
seems likely to be carried out, for
the reduction of the time of water
passage, the organization of a com
bined line of railroads and bteam
ships, the latter serving as ferry
boats between extreme points of
land, and making the passage in
three 'bf four days. Travelers
who do not like sea voyages could
then travel by rail from Philadel
phia or New York to Newfound
land, thence by ferry to Ireland
-and from there by rail and other
ferries to all parts of the United
Kingdom and continent. Phila
ddpTda "Ledger.
A story of a Kentucky orator is
told by the Louisville Courier
Journal. He had received 100
for defending McLarens, and only
10 from Ragg, who was on trial
for the same indictment for
larceny. Closing his appeal to the
jury, he said: "And may it please
you, gentlemen of the jury, when
the last trumpet note is sounded,
and the quick and the dead arise
in the presence of the Awful
Judge, on that final day, when the
earth and the seas melt away, the
angel of the Lord 'will ho seen
kneeling before the throne ex
claiming, 'McLarens is innocent!
McLarens is innocent!' " and sud
denly remembering his ten-dollar
-client, he added in a subdued
voice, "and also Ragg!"
The purity and elegant perfuuie
-of Parker's Hair Balsam explain the
popularity of this reliable restorative.
Pacific Coast Names for Vessels.
Tl is only of late years that the
ames with which we are so famil-
liar on the north Pacific coast have
been given to vessels. Now and
then a vessel could be found, like
the old bark Oregon,that bore such
a name, but they were far from
common, and were a strange ex
ception to the rule that seemed to
call for the bestowal of names pe
culiar to the country cast of the
Rocky mountains. Now, as inti
mated before, a very different rule
exists, and builders seem to de
light in giving Pacific coast names
S Of?
to the fairest craft sent out of their
3'ards. For instance, the State of
California, the Oregon, the Colum
bia, the Queen of the Pacific, the
Umatilla, the Walla "Walla, the
San Pedro, the Tacoma, are the
names given in the last three years
to as main' ships built in eastern
vards for the heavv steam traffic of
the western slope of the country.
The name Tacoma is now borne
by a tug boat, a full-rigged sail
ship, and an immense steam collier.
Alaska is the name of a schooner,
a steamship and a vessel of war.
California was carried by three
vessels simultaneously at San
Francisco not long ago. And now
we have the deep-water ships As
toria, Henry Failing and Henry
Yillard, to say nothing of the Cow
litz, Klickitat, Makah and other
vessels bearing the Indian names
of "Vahington Territory. We
confess to a feeling pi satisfaction
.at the change, and shall be disap
pointed if many more new vessels
are not similarly named in the fu
ture. Seattle lJost-IntclU(jenccr.
The activity of volcanic action
in the Snake river lava beds near
the line of the Oregon Short Line
railroad, says the Idaho States
man, is driving main' of the grad
ers from the work. Tn an area of
about 22 square miles, at short
distance apart, smoke and flames
of peculiar odor, color and shape.
issue from the chasms and scams
in the lava. The irritating, sul
phurous vapors in themselves,
cause many to quit work, while
the unusual agitation of the boil
ing springs and the general com
motion all over the fields of lava,
has caused a superstitious fear to
take hold of many of the railroad
hands, and they are leaving the
section, terror-stricken. The whole
fcrea has the appearance from a
distance of being afire.
This story of strange practice is
told of a Kans:us lawyer: The law
requires that a. person must be 21
3cars old before he can preempt
land. "When one comes to ask if
he can evade this law and have
his boys who lack some years of
being 21, "prove up" some land,
the attorney smiles serenely and
says: "Of course; certainly; it is
the easiest thing in the world!
And when the time comes to make
out the papers the attorney marks
with a piece of chalk on the floor,
"21 years old." He places the af
fiant on the floor standing on these
words, and has him swear that he
is "over 21 years old."
It seems that it was President
J. J. Ilill, of the Chicago, Minne
apolis and Manitoba railroad, of
whom Rufus Hatch lately wrete:
"A gentleman residing in St.
Paul was check clerk on the. dock
at 35 per month not main- years
ago. lie invested his savings in
land, gained the confidence of
English capitalists, and to-day he
is president of the" Manitoba rail
road, and said to be worth G,
Q00,000. By the immense sale of St. Jac
obs Oil we begin to realize that
the world is not slow to recognize
what is good for its ailments.
Some Facte About India Wheat.
Not long ago we referred to the
growing importance of British In
dia as a wheat-producing countty.
It is doubtful, however, if Ameri
cans appreciate the gigantic pos
sibilities of this new competitor!
in furnishing the wheat supply of,
the world, or Euiopeans thepos-j
siblo magnitude of the stores they j
may eventually draw from that
source.
A correspondent of the Indian
Daily News says that at a low es
timate the Punjab country already
produces 10 to SO millions of
maunds of SO pounds each, annu
ally, one-fourth of which amount
is available for export. The yield
can be increased to an enormous
extent. On the "Bar,' a tract ly
ing between Morlton and I. chore,
are two million acres of the rich
est of soils, which may be easily
made wonderiully productive by
irrigation from the great rivers.
Then there is the so-called "des
ert" between Jacobabad and Sibi,
known as the "Put," on which
there docs not now appear a tree,
and hardly a blade of grass a ter
ritory of 2,000 square miles all
of which may be made productive
by irrigation from the Nari river.
"When it has completed its irri
gating canals and cuts in the Pun
ts s
jab district, where 1,40S,0CS acres
were reclaimed last year, the gov
ernment will undertake the open
ing up of these new regions, and
America and Russia will find all
these millions of deserted acres
wavinjrwith luxuriant wheat fields.
and ready to pour their precious
products into the lap of Europe.
It is well for American pro
ducers to keep in mind such facts
as these, distant as the time may
seem when they have a bearing
upon American agriculture.
As we stated before, however,
we shall not look upon it as a ca
lamity in any sense, when Ameri
can wheat no longer finds an out
let across the Atlantic, for a mar
ket for more concentrated pro
ducts is by far a better market
than the one that takes them crude
and bulky as they come from the
earth. Beef, pork, mutton, cheese,
butter, wool, and manufactured
goods, are the form of export that
most enrich the people of an agri
cultural country. J'rairir. Par
mer. The Happy Past.
A. seedy-looking fellow dropped
into the citv editor's room, and
failing to borrow a half dollar, he
begged to narrate his experi ence.
"1 used to be an officer of state, I
did. I was sheriff and member of
the legislature and constable and
clerk of the courts and judge and
a candidate time and again,and had
a hiarh old frolic, I did."
"I don't believe it," said the
city editor.
"Why don't you?"
"Because 1 have a letter here
which says you are a thief and a
liar, and a scoundrel and a villain,
and a traducer and a perjurer, and
a defaulter and a plotter, and a
low-down brawler and a lover of
all that is vile and wicked and dis
honest and abhorrent to decent
people, and a
"Aha, stranger, go on and read
that all over again and read it loud.
J t sounds like old times. It brings
back the days when I run for office.
It reads like an editorial in an op
position paper, and brings again to
my memory that blessed period
when I felt likel was somebody and
life was worth living. Oh, glorious
hours ol 1113' past, will ye ever
come back to mcV" and the tears
rolled down his cheeks as the city
editor pronounced again the magic
words and then gave him a epiarter
to sober'up'on.-ZoiffsyiVe Courier-Journal.
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FOR
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Backache, Soreness of the Chest,
Gout, Quinsy, Soro Throat, Swell
ings and Sprains, Burns and
Scalds, General Bodily
Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
Ko Preparation oa earth equals St. J.cobs Oil
as a safe, mire, simplo and cheap External
Bersedy. A trial entails but th comparatively
tritinR outlay of 60 Cents, and eTery oao luffer
Ing with pain can bavo cheap and fodti'o proof
of its claims.
Directions in Zlersn Language.
BOLD BY ALLDBUGGISTS AKDDEALEE3.
IN HEDIODIE.
A. VOGEU3R & CO.,
liaUimore, An., XT. IS. A.
SHORT BITS.
The green above the red a
watermelon.
The dangerous feat of sliding
down the Mount Washington rail
road on a board has been performed
by Miss E. V. Coleman, who made
the three miles in K) minutes.
There were no.naijs jtijhe board.
Mormon women are always ex
pected to take their babies with
them to the tabernacle services.
The Mormons have solved the
problem of keeping their congre
jration awake durhisr the sermon.
SY&PTOfclS GF WORKS.
The countenance is pale nnd leailcn
coiorctl, with occasional Hushes of a. cir
eumscrllict! spot on one or both cheeks;
the. eyes become iliill; the jiupIN dilate;
an azure semicircle- inns along the lower
eye-1'.il; the inx is irrltnled, swells ami
sometime bleeds; :i swdlinu of the upper
lip; M-.-isi.-mal headache, with humming
or thiohhiiiK of thu cars; an uniiMisil se
cretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue;
breath vcrv foul, nrticularly in the morn
ing; ap.ctite variable, tomotlmes vora
cious, with u gnawing seiwr.tion of the
stomach; ut olher-sentirely gone; fleeting
pains in the stomach; occasional nausea
ami vomiting; violent pains throughout
the alxlnmen: 1nwc1. irregular, at time
po-tlve; stools slimy, nol uufiemic-utly
tingol with blood ; belly sxrollcn amllian.1 ;
urine turbid ; respiration occasionally dilli
eult ami accompanied by hiccough ; cough
somelimcsdryand convulsive; uneayand
ilistutbed sleep, withgrindiugof the.oeth ;
tamper variable, but generally irritable.
Whenever the above symptom-! arc
found to exist,
D1I. C. m-LAKE'S YEHSHFUUE
viil certainly cfl'ect n cure.
In Inning Vermifuge be 5ure'3U Uf.'.
tlie genuine IK. C. Me HANK'S VKKMI-I'L'tW-:.
manufactured by ricminc isru.,
21 Wo(h1 Street, Pittsburgh, I'a. The
maiket Is full of counterfeits. Yon will
In- rhiht if it has the signature of :-'lci-Iiig
IJros. and C.McIinc.
If your storekeeper does not have the
genuine, plcsise report to u-;.
Send in a three cent stamp for J hnud
some advertising cauls.
FLE3HXU BROS., rittsliiirgrh. I'a.
1 . STOMACH &
JITTER5
That terriblo scoargo fever nnil nsue. and
its convener, bilious remittent, besides affec
tions of the stomach, liver and bowels, pro
duced by miasmatic air and water, arc cradi
cited and prevented by tho use of Jlostettcr's
Stomach fritters, a purely vosetnblo elixir,
indorsed by physicians, anil more extensively
used as a remedy for the above clas ol dis
orders, as well as for many other, thnn any
medicine of the use.
for sale by all Drugrists and Dealers
generally.
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nuouuLC5 rircai OLftaa
Ovster Saloon, l)
CIIENAMUS STREET, ASTORIA.
(WW UNDERSIGNED IS PLEASED TO
ft. announce to the public that he lias op
ened a
rairsr. rij.vss
S2v3DLg; Touse ,
Anil furnishes In ftr-t -class st!e v
OYSTKP.. HuT COFFEE TEA. ETC.
at tui:
Ladies and Gent's Oyster Saloon,
OH EXAM I'S STREET.
Please gp. i me :. call.
ROSCOEjDlXON, Proprietor
A, M. JOHNSON & Co.,
b anil b:
1
32os mil 'or!:;r- ol":ii! hinds.
I.ot-Ii. I:ilti( :tm. 3Ii'UiiH.ical'
:tll sizes.
T.u- liciiiuiio Troit.s Si-ofrli
S':ils:i:i zivt Twiiuvs.
.Ii-m.uiil Twines: Canvas, all
3fs C'iiorTiiiMl Oars.
The IhM nvuutment or
GROCERIES
In Town.
Till- Best GOFEKKS ami TKAS.
'Vy oiirlflelro.M'IJaiiiiif; "Powder
PoMiively the be.t ever male.
O.X3S;0 GrOODS
oral! kinds put up lylc.Nt Packers.
Richardson's ami Robhin's Canned CJoo.ls.
IVrius Casli. fronts Small.
OS(:i"E US A CALL'S!!
B. B. FKANKLTN,
UNDERTAKER,
Comer Cas-i and Stiuent.nqlio streets,
ASTOUIA. - - - - ' OREGON
DKAI.KK IX
WALL PAPER
AND
VINDOW SHADES
AND
UM)KUTAKKUS GOODS.
I'lnici and Fancy
SEWIWG OF ALL KIIMDS !
Snt?s maje ir tle best st!e froin
." ti. S50.
Sativmcfiou Guaranteed
MRS. GiKO. HIXjJjKK.
Xevt do,r to V.'eston Ilome.
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Boat JSixXc3.i n g .
WiLLSAr HOWE
Ilaviiir lately ret iinicii from ISritlshrolmn
hi.i, is to he found at his
OI.O STAND IN GRAY'S HUILPING
YIlerl, he is doing
FJUST-l'I.ASH WORK OXIiV.
ST. HELEN'S HALL,
AKT S):-:iAT.1SK?kT.
rilil!-: COIN'S OK TEACHERS LONG EN
JL vsxsas III St. Helen's Hall has ju.it been
reinforced !v the addition ofMx new teach
ers, live of tlichi from iirominent cdticitional
Ii stitMtious of the Eastern States. Two or
IIicm; are eng.med in tlic Mitsical Depart
ment, three in the Eiiidish and one (MISS
FUI.LICIO in the Art Department.
MISS FULMCIv is a lady of Engliili birth,
hut educated in tl:U cmtntr. She was
graduated nl Vasar College, and has since
spent much time in the best private Studios
in the Eastern States. She comes with the
highest recommendations for her attain
uienti and skill as a teacher of fainting nnd
Drawing. These cover the whole ground of
instruct ion in the lr.t Art Schools, embrac
imr Oil I'aintiii" in Iiudaipe. Flower and
Slill-life Studh's: Cniyon. Charcoal, AYater
1 oiors, l'cncii. rcn ami iiiK.nim uecoraiive
Art in all Its branches.
MISS FULI.ICIC is a lad ol lihor.il edu-
caliou and superior culture, and the Kector
and Principal of St. Helen's Hall recommend
this department of their school to its patrons
with entire confidence, being well assured
that it v.r.s never under a more competent
iusttuctor. or one of more varied acquire
ments. sj9.(l.lm
Equalization of County Assessment.
NOTICE IS HEKEP.Y GIVEN THAT the
AsM'S.sincnt roll of property liable to be
taxed in Clatsop County for the year 1SS2,
will he completed by the first Monday in
Oetol'cr. 1PSJ ; and the County Court pursu
ant to law has fixed that day as the time for
ail persons interested to examine the same
at the County Clerk's ofllce in the Court
house in Atoria. in said county, and to note
obiections thereto If any there shall be.
AY. V. PABKER
dtd County Assessor for Clatsop Co., Or.
Astoria, Oregon, September Sth, 18S2.
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MI.SCELLAIS'EOU?.
S. AltNDT & FERCHEN,
ASTOKIA. - OKKdOX.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
JUACICSMITH
Lsr-rc
l8HOP
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Boiler
All kinds or
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AND
STEAMBOAT WORK
l'l-otnptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
CANNERY DIES,
FOOT OF IAKAYETTE STRF.ET.
AST0R2A IRON WORKS.
Bextox'Stkkbt, Nkak Iai:kki: House,
ASTOUIA. - OI.'EGON.
GENERAL MACHINISTS AND
Rflll CD UADQ . .&
zrx-utntmiM r-mnniiUur-'
LilNDiilMRLVI ENGINES
Boiler Work, Steamboat Work,
and Cannery Work a specialty.
Of all Descriptions made to Ordci
at Short Xoticc.
A. 1). "Yass, President.
.1. G. HusTt.r.K, Secretary.
I. V. Cask, Treasurer.
John Fox, Superintendent.
WILLIAM EDGAR,
Cornfir Alain and Chpnamns Streets,
ASTOUIA 011EG0N
ItKALKR IN
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
The Celebrated
JOSEPH nODCERS & SONS
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY
AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM
and other English Cutlory.
ST ATCXOESXTr J
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc.
A fine stock of
Watches nnd Jewelry. 31 uzzle anil
Iti'ccclt Loading Shot diiiiiM mid
UIIIcm, KcvolvcrH. Pistols,
nnd Ammunition
ma 1:1 XK
CliANMKS
also a ri;,E
Assortment of Tine SPECTACLES and EYE
GIASSES.
1VAZC IS IKCliAItEI WITHOUT
F1TJIT1XKK XOTJCK
a;v And no terms of peace until
every man in Astoria has anew
.suit of clothes
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HfJ? .llAUi: II V 3IEAXY.
Look at the prices:
Pants to order from -Pants,
Genuine French Cassimere -Suits
from - - - -
SS0U
St 00
The finest line of samples on the coast to
select from. P. . I. MEAN Y,
Cass street, ne;.t to Hsii'i-n's .Itwclrv store
Health is Wealth.
Dr. E. C. West's Nerve and Drain Treat
ment: a specific for Hysteria. Dizziness,
vjvu iumuiis, iM-nmii iieauacne, iiieiitai lie
tare
abuse, or over-indnlsrencp. u-li!li 1p?uU tn
nilsen-, decay and death. One box will cure
recent cases. Eaeh hox contains one months
treatment. One dollar a hox, or six boxes
for five dollars ; sent by mall prepaid on re
ceipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to
cure any case. AVtth each order received bi
as for six boxes, accompanied with live dol
lars, re will send the nurclniser onr written
guarantee to return the money if the treat
ment does not effect a cure. Guarantees is
sued! only by W. K. Denient. druggist, As
toria, Oregon. Outers by mail at regular
prices.
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BUSINESS CA11DS.
Tp C. HOLDKS,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Al'CTIOXKKK, COMMISSION MUD
SUILVNCE AGEN1.
1K. .I. V. NSIAPTEK,
I'HYSICIAX nnd SURGEON".
(DKUT3CHER ARZT.)
IHweases or the Threat a Specialty.
Ofllce over Conn's Drug Store.
Q.TCI.O F. PAHKliK.
SURVEYOR OF
Clatsop County, and City or Asterin
oitlce : Chenamns street, Y. M. C. A. hall,
Iloom No. s.
T O.'BOKOKTJI,
I'. S. t'nniuilstloncr, .Votnry PrbIIc, aad
Insurance Aseat.
Agent tor the Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co.
of Hamburg, Germany. and of the Trav
elers' Lire and Accident Ins. Co., of Hart
ford. Conn.
arOillce in Pythian Building. Keoms 11, 12.
Xjl I. friNTON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
tfS'Ofllce in l'ythian Building. Booms 11, 12,
ASTOUIA, - - - OREGON,
TAY TUTTIiE, M. 1.
PHYSICIAN AND SUEGEONj .
Office Over the White House StoreV A
ltKsiniutcK OveEnersoftBakeW.ai:H--.
I.T)bsJte Barttr-iMvcrs' Saloon. - , - -
A ii. rurrow 31. .
PhyMlciau and Surgeea.
OFFICE Over A. V. Allen's grocery store.
Booms, at the Tarker Home.
"P p. nicies,
PENTJST,
ASTOBIA, - - -' - OREGON
Booms in Alten's building ud stairs, corner
of C;iss and Sqeniocqhe streets.
T K. I-aFOHCK,
DENTIST
Dental ICooinx over Cane'. .Store
ClienamiLs Street, - - Astoria, Oregon.
I Q. A. BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Chenamns Street. - ASTOBIA. OBEGOI
y T. UURSiEY,
" ATTOKSEY AT T,AW.
ifay be foil ml at the Court House.
G. A. STINSON & CO.,
BLACKSM1THING,
At Capt. Bogers old stand, comer of Cass
and.Court Streets.
Siiip and Cannery work. Horseshoeing.
Wagons made and repaired. Good wotk
guaranteed.
Cleaning Repairing.
NEAT. CHEAP AND- QUICK. BY
UKOItttE L.OVETT.
Main Street, opposite N. Loeb'3,
HEADQUAKTERS
Foster's Emporium.
Most Complete Stock in Astoria
Fireworlis! Flags!
Fruits Both Foreign and IeCBtic
Wines and Liquors
Of Superior Brand.
FOSTER'S CORNER, O B &ND0CK
Delinquent City Taxes.
NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I,
the. undersigned. Chief of Police, have
hpen furnished with a warrant from the city
council requiring me to collect the taxes as
sessed for the year 1832. and now delinquent
upon the list, and make return of the same
within M.ty davs. All parties so indebted
will therefore please take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
C.W.LAUGHERY,
Chief of Police.
Astoria. Oregon, September 19, 1S32.
BOOKS
FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
CARL ADLER.
A complete stock of School Books- andw
school supplies. Any hook nsed In thfr pub-
lie schools of Clatsop County can be obtained
at my store. CARL ADLEB.