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" c-5 -T -.' . m V Srfitf 3K- ? . . '. a t JS .fi v ' Ji.i SPt,3w' CO. QtsttftlMi Vol. XVII. Astoria, Oregon, Frilaj Morning, September 29, 1882 STo. 154. tie SUttilttr--. LIFE IN A MONTANA FRON TIERJTOWN. The following amusing descrip tion of the mixed life of u frontier town, is given in E. V. Smalley's third paper on "The New North west," which is a notable featuie of the October Century: The picturesque features of life in a western Montana town like Missoula are best seen as evening approaches. Crowds of roughly clad men gathered around the doors of the drinkinjr-saloons. A gionp of Indians, who have been squatting on the sidewalk for two hours playing1 some mysterious game of cards of their own inven tion, breaks up. One of the squaws throws the cards ii.to the street, which is already decorated from end to end with similar relics of other games. Another swings a baby upon her back, Ues a shawl around it and herself, secures the child with a strap buckled across her chest, and strides off, her moc casined feet toeing inward in the traditional Indian fashion. She wears a gown made of a scarlet calaco bed-quilt, with leggings of some blue stuff: but she somehow manragcd to get a civilized dress for the child. They all go off to their camp on the hill near by. Some blue-coated soldiers from the neighboring military post, remem bering the roll-call at sunset, swinir themselves upon their horses and go 'galloping off, a little the, worse for the bad whisky the- have been drinking is the saloons. A miner in blue woolen shirt and brown canvas trousers, with a hat of as tonishing dimensions and a beard of a year's growth, trots up the street on a mule, and with droll oaths and shuffling talk, offers the mule for sale to the crowd of loun gers on the hotel piazza. No one to wants buy, and, after provoking a deal of laughter, the miner gives his ultimatum: "I'll hitch the crit ter to one of them piazzer posts, and if he don't pull it down yon mav have him." This jrenerous of fer was declined by the landlord; and the miner rides off, declaring that he has not a solitary four-bit piece to pay for his.supper, and is bound to sell the mule to some body. Toward nightfalhhc whole'male population seems to be in the street, save the busy Chinamen in the laundries, who keep on sprink ling clothes by blowing water cut of their mouths. Early or late, you will find these industrious lit tle yellow men at work. One shuf fles back and forth from the hy drant, carrying water for the morn ing wash in old coal-oil cans hung to a stick balanced across his shoul ders. More Indians now a "buck5- and two squaws, leading ponies heavily laden with tent,- clothes mid buffalo robes. A rope tied around a pony's lower jaw is the ordinary halter and bridle of the Indians. These people want to buy some article at the saddler's shop. They do not go in, but stare through the window for about five minutes. The saddler, knowing the Indian way of dealing, pays no attention to them. After a while they all sit down on the groiind in front of the shop. Per haps a quarter of an hour passes before the saddler asks what they want. If he had noticed them at first they would have gone away without. buying. The Yamhill Reporter says that lately, while Kalloston & Co.'s ma chine was threshing on F. Stott's farm on the Lake, somebody put powder and coal oil in a bundle of grain. When fed into the cylin der the combustibles ignited, and almost immediately the machine was admass of flames and burned to the ground. The Oldest Newspaper in the World.) As it has recently been enlarged and issued in a new form pre scribed by special Imperial edict, it may be noticed as something in the way of a curiosity. It i the Emperor Quang-Soo who has issued the important edict. The niime of the journal is King-Pan. and three editions are now issued daily. The first appeals early in; the morning, and is distintively 1 called Histing Pan (buf-incas sheet). It is printed on yellow paper, and contains trade prices, exchange quotations, and, in fact. ivery va- i :..i :..ii: .. i and general news. n circulation is between eight and nine thou sand. The second edition, known as the Shuen Pan (official sheet), appears during the foienoon, also printed on yellow paper, and de voted to official announcements, fashionable intelligence and gener al new.s. The third edition ap pears in the afternoon, and is in tended for circulation in the prov inces. This is printed on red paper, by way of variety, and bears the name of Titani Pan (county sheet). It is made up of extracts from the earlier editions. All three issues are edited by six members of the Han-Lin Acade my of Science, who arc appointed and salaried by the state. The paper first appeared in the year Oil, but came out only at inegu lar intervals. Since the year 13.11, ho.wever, until now, it has been published weekly, and of uniform size. Formerly it contained noth ing but orders in council and court news. Now it has become more like a newspaper in more J: civilized countries. The Chinese capacity for imitation is nnin 6x cmplified. The morning, Or busi ness issue- has the largest circula tion, and the total circulation in Peking is some thirteen thousand. This is not large for so populous a city, certainly, and considering, too, that the 'price of a .copy of the journal is less than one cent of our money. Considering, also, that the venerable sheet is nearly a thousand 3'ears old, it slsows a lack of appreciation on the part of the Chinese that might hardly be expected. But the paper is, neverthless, without a doubt, a pay? injr institution. George Washington's Youth It is in the merry summer time. To him, the mother of the father of his country; -"George dear, where have you been since school was dismissed?' "Hain't been no where, ma." "Did you come straight home from school, George?" "Yes, ma'am!" "But school was dismissed at three o'clock and it is now half past six. How does that come?" "Got kep' m!" "What for?" "Missed m' joggraphy less'n." "But your teacher was here only an hour ago, and said you haven't been to school all day." "Forgot. Thought all the lime it was Saturday." "Don't stand on your feet in that manner. Come here to me. George, 3011 have been swimming." "No'mo." " Yes , you have, George, haven't" your" "Noap." "Tell your mother, George." "Nuck." "Then what makes your hair so wet, my son?" "Sweat. I run so fast comin' from .school.' "But your shirt is on wrong side out." "Put it on that way when I got up this morning for luck. Always win when you play for keeps if your shirt's on hind side out." "And you havn't the right sleeve of your shirt on your" ann at all, George, and there is a hard knot tied in it. How did that come there?,' "Bill Fairfax tied it when I wasn't lookin'." "But what, were you doing with your nciy 01 Cukui:i:.. ""'Sfcpnince from his memorial expc shirt off?' '-Didn't have it off. He jest' tooken and tied that knot .tin there when it was on me. 'GeorgeP "That's honest truth, he did." About that time the noble Bushrod came along -with a skate strap, and we draw a vail over the dreadful scene. merely re maiking that boys do not teem to chanire so much as men. On Sunday afternoon, Aug 20th, the old French flagship Muiron, carrying 24- nutis, foun dered off Toulon. This vessel was the very one upon which Napoleon Bonaparte embarked to return to dition to Egypt at the close of the last century. The Muiron has for some years been used for the police service of the port. That the career of a vessel with the particular associations mentioned should have been finally closed jon the very day that England planted her foot so firmly in Egypt, is re garded as a curious coincidence. The disaster is attributed to the vessel having been struck a few days before by lightning. She went down in five minutes. The crew and prisoners on board had a narrow escape. Metallic City, Nevada, near Candelaria, boasts of a unique house. Its walls" are made of empty candle boxes filled with sand and piled on each other. The outside has been painted a brick color, and striped so that the structure looks as though it was made of bricks. The mantle piece is made entirely of human bones taken from some medical' college, .each -gorncr .being orna mented with uhckulls of men who died in Pioclio w.ith their boots j on. A recent report on the lumber .. business of the Pacific edest esti mates the whole annuaPproduct aV 750,000,000 feet, worth at mill prices about 12,000,000. Cali fornia is credited with 300,000,000, Oregon with 250,000,000, Wash ington with .100,000,000, and Brit ish Columbia with 50,000,000. The saw mills number about 7,000, and the capital invested in them and the timber lands for their supply is about $10,000,000. The bell of a Massachusetts! woolen mill was rung at o o'clogk every morning except Sundays. It weighed 2,000 pounds, and was intended to awaken every employe, which it did, as well as every one else in town. It was complained of as a nuisance, and a supreme court judge enjoined the owners not to ring it before GJ- a. m. This decree has been affirmed on ap peal to the full bench. W. A. Shepherd, a convict in the Seatco, W. T., penitentiary, has fallen heir to Sp,000 left him by a relative in England. He robbed a safe at Steilacooni about a year ago, and has a long sentence to serve, which this windfall will doubtless shorten. -When a man prefaces his con versation with, "Now, I know this ain't any of my business," 3011 ma' be pretty sure that it isn't. A woman preacher is like a dog walking on its hind legs; it is not well done, but yon arc surprised to find it done at all. Jolmson. Multitudes of people who .have been in great dread of rheuma tism, neuralgia and other painful diseases, now rest perfectly easy, knowing full well that St. Jacobs Oil will cure those troublesome ailments without possibility of fail ure. The purity and elegant per f tuiio of Parkcr'ii Hair Balsam explain the popularity of tlus reliable restorative. "llacknretack,' a lastrnu ami fra Srant perfume. Trice 25 ami 50 cents, bold by V. IL Dement. HaS fiE3H""f"HErv9 stc f ppip 1-, urmk;,m. fZZZTKisWBbKr&ySfKK CERE0K FOR RHEUMATISM J Heuralgia,J$c1dlTcaLuMkio, Backache, Sorntst-f the Chest, Gout, Quinsy;$or6.Tkrottt, Swell ings and SprdinsMurns and Scatds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear ani'Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, andall-ather Pains and Aches. No reparation en earth juIi Sr. Jacob Oil u a safe, atire, simple :ni cheap Esteraal Bemedj. A trill eoteik but the coxnprmuely trifling outlay cf 50 Ceahl, and erery one tuStz inc with pain can haT" ibeap t4 rxwitire proJT cf its claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. S0LDBYALLDEUfiGIS3ANDJ)ElL3B3 III MEDICINE. A. VOGEiER & .CO., "Baliitnore, ATtf., U.S.A. SHORT BITS. Only seven days elapsed after the wedding of a man in Du buque, Iowa, before i.e eloped with the bride's cousin. Colonel luirersoll lectures are 3?eil2felrailg,!Loil 'Si? fe&'Y1'5? b' -Buddlrists-to" 'counteract tlieintlu cn.ee of theChristian missionaries.. The amount- of "laud sown -to wheat in Umatilla county this fall greatlycxceeQslliat ot anypre- Lceding .ycaiT -Severur . farmers will seed 2,000 acres or upwards and quite a laiijft number will plant 1,000 each SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. The eom.ter.nnee is j.alc nmt leaden colore I, with occasional llulie of a Wr-cuni'-erilK'il .iot on on-or l.uth eheek-; the pe- ln-coine ilt'II: Hie piiiil dilate; nn azure MriuU-Iretc mi :ilou tin: tower eye-lid; the luce N .rntjiled, vill-, nmt )iiieriinelIf-mi':;usreiJii:uii,l!u- sier lip; irt-intsionnl lie:il:-lie, with lu::i!uttng or throithini; of the cui; an unu.-ual se cretion of nllvii; -limy or furretl tongue ; lmtath very fonl.iiartleiihirly in lhe inorn inn; tipiietite vanahle, -oinetlnie- oni-ciou-, with a mmwiii; :-eu-:ttion of the -toim;i'h ; atother,cnlirely Kime llcetinjr triiu- in the Moiuuch; oetslouat nnua ami vomiting; violent pains throughout the abdomen ; lioucN Irregular, at times costlw; MoN .-limy, not unfrcnuetnly tingcl itii blood ; belly swollen and hard ; nunc turbid ; respiration oee.i-ionallj dtJH cult and aei-omp'nitHt by hiccough ; cough soiuetimesdiynnd eon nisi ve;uncst-y ami disturbed cep, with grinding of the teeth; b'tniicr ariable, lint genenillj irritable. Whenever the aliove suntonis are f'Miiul to e.lst, lilt, C. IcLAK'S VEKMirriJE witl c-erlalnly effect a euie. In buviug Vermifuge he Mire ou i.t tlieircnuliic Jlt. V. 3IcI.ANlTS VUIOU. risi:, manufactured by I'lcmlng ttro-.., Jl Wood Street, l'ittsbnrgti, la. The m irket N full of eonntcrfeit-. You u lit he liuht if It has tlicslgnatiuo of i'lt-tii-ing Itros. and C McLuue. If your storekcejier does not h.iw the genuine, pltse reiort to us. Send u a three cent stump for I :t.-i-.il-some ad et t Ning eards. FLE3n:W' K0.S., Pittsburgh. ia. 1 STOMACH 5lTTBs That terrible scource fever and a sue. and its convener, bilious remittent, bosidca affec tions of tlio stomach, liver and bowels, pro duced by miasmatic air and WRtcr. arc eradi cated and prevented by the use of Hostctters Stomach ISitters, a purely vegetable elixir, indorsed by physicians, and more extensively used as a remedy for the above cla3 ot dis order?, as well as for many other?, than any medicine of the age. For'sale by all Dnncri'U and Dealer? generally. IJ" CELEBRATED lA ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Ovster Saloon, ; ciikxamcs street, astoria. 11he cxdeksigxed is pleased to . announce to the public that lie lias op ened a FIltMT (TjASS TCT! ---- tor -l rn cm I Vnd fiimKliiv. in fu-a-elastjle j ov-steks. nor coffee tea, etc. l 1 UK ! Ladies and Gent's Oyster Saloon, CHEXAMUS STREET. Pl.ae sjiw iin a ml!. ltOSCOE;niXOX, Proprietor A. M. JOHNSON & Co., Itopps :itul 4'ortn;r oi":i!I Kiiiflx. ISIoc-l.s. t'nlcii nutl :?I-U:iIiii'or :tll size. The ciii:iii S.tsoii.s Scotch , Salmon int j nines. J3!ruiaiil Twine-: C'rmtn1. all SVs: Copper Tipped 0:ir. The 5i;-t nvtortiuciitnr GROCERIES In Town. The BestL'OFIl'ES anil TEAS. Try our rtlelrose Unking IoMler IV t:tir! tin- host eve r made. cixsrscKix goods if :tll Kitnts (Hit nj hj hest Packers. IMch.mlsoiiV ami KoMnn'-t Canned (5oK Tfrins fesli. Profits Small. StO-CIVE IS A CAM.-TU R B. FKANKLTN, UNDERTAKER, -m j Corner Ca ;md Sqiiempqljn streets, ASTOKIA, - - OREGON DFAI.KU IX WALL PAPER A.l WINDOW SHADES AN1 UMJEUTAKKKS GOODS. j IMaln and Fancy SEVIWG OP ALL KINDS! Sm.s made ir the best stvle from $.", to 0. Satisfaction Guaranteetl. M lift. O KO. I-II-Li Lj'K h. Xe door to Weston noun, jell Boat Eriilcling;. VtflLLIAM HOWE llai:.-4h.lelyietiuned fronir.ritI-.li C'oluin b:a, e to be found at his OKI) .sTYNI) I tJKAVS ni'ILOIXO Wheie he Is doing KIKST-O.ANS WOKK OXIY. 1ST. HELEN'S HALL, AICT !3?IAKT.Wi:XT. f iiiii: coitVs w TEAniKits i.oxc i:x- JL gaged in St. Helen's Hall has just been reinforced by the addition of .six new teatdi crs.llw of them from prominent educational ii.stitutions'-uf the listern States. Two of tlie-e are i ng.igcd in the Ma-Ical Denart itipnt. three in the Kngll-h and one (IISS IM'I.LSCK in the .rt )eiartnieiil. Miss FL U.ICIv is a lady of English birth, but ediu-tted in this country She was graduated at Vaar College, and has since sieut ii.itrlt time in the bet priate Studios m ll:e l:tst-ni states. She collie's with the hilirst recoiimieudations for her attain ments ami skill as a tearher of Tainting and Drawing. These eocr the a hole ground of instruction in the best Art Schools, embrac ing Oil Tainting in landscape. Flower and Mill-life Studies : Crayon. Charcoal, Water Colors.. Pettf il. Ten and Ink, and Decorative Art in all it-branches. MISS rTI.MCK isa huh of. liberal edit it ton and superior culture, and the Hector anil rriueip.il of St. Helen's Hall recommend this department of their school to its patrons with entire confidence. being well assured that it was never under a more competent instructor, or one of more aried acquirement-., sji.d.lni Equalization of County Assessment, vrmicc is uehiiuy gi vex that the i. Asse-sineiit nll of property liable to be taxed in Clat-ort County for the year 1&S2. will be ompieted bj the fin-t Monday in October. I sr: and the County Court pursu ant to law has fixed that dav as the time for all persons interested to examine the iSune at th Countv Clerk's office in the Court hoiwe in Astoria, in sild county, and to note objeethins thereto if anv there shall be. W. W. TAJIKER, dttl County Assessor for Clatsop Co., Or. Astoria, Oregou, September 8th, 1SS2. H.ij g 3 m 3 Zl EiH s 9 -s m m i M ISCELLAXEOUS. S. ARNDT v: FERCflEN, ASTOKIA. - OKEfiOX. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH -S, SHOPi -sy 0-fS Boiler Shop All kinds ol ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Tromptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Be.vtox Stkket, Xkai: Ta!:kku Housr, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. FAi6?MlRiNEfiMlifiS Bailer Work. Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. OASTIXOS. Or nil Descriptions matle to Onler at Short' A'otiee. A. D. Was. President. .1. CS. Hustlku, Secretarv. I. W. Cask, Treasurer, loitx Fox, Superintendent WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner 3Inin Bnd Chonnmus StraeU, Ab-CORIA ORKGOa DCILKR 13 CIGARS AND TOBACCO, The Celebrated JOSEPH RODCERS &. SONS GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM and other English Cutlory. STATIONERY I FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Sleershaum Pipes, etc. A line stock of Watrlte antl .Jewelry, ?lurzle and Rruerli I.oadln Shot Guui mid Klfles, RevolverM.' IMntoln. antl Amniuiiition MAIH.VR ii LASSES ALSO A ViSK Assortment or line SI'FfTACI.ES and EYE GLASSES. 1VAK 3H DF.CIiAItKO WITH 4 IT FriCTHi:iC XOT1CK ;, -VV--J "" n0 terms of peace until fjl' tfVery ",an ln As'(,r'a' " :i "' P 1IAOK 11 Y HKASY. Look at tlie jirices : Pants to order from - - - S8 oo Pants, Uenulne French C.Lvsunere - 12 50 hints from - -- -- -2o00 The finest line or samples on the coast to select rroni. P..I.3IEAXY, Cavh .street, ne.t to HaieuV.lewelry store Health is Wealth. If. IC C. West's Xerve and Rniin Treat ment : a .specific for JIvsteria. Dizziness. Convulsions, Nervous Jlcadnclie, Mental De pression, Iass of Menionr. Spermatorrhoea, Impotency, Involuntary EniLSsions. Prema ture Old Ajje, caused by over-eertion, self abiLse, or over-Iudnlsence. which, leads to misery, decay and death. One box will cure recent cases. Each box contain'; one niQiitlis treatment. Oue dollar a box. or six boxes for live dollars ; sent by mail prepaid on re ceipt of price. We guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With each order received tr ustor six boxes, accompanied with live dol lars, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to return the monev If the treat ment does not effect a cure. Guarantees is sued! ouly by W. E. Dement, druggist, As toria, Oregon. Oiders by roaji at regular prill's. jss-e i Msmmmr KSk-. mm. yrj m B8S5-' m. -4 X m 5 3 z CO o o Z 2 m O 8c q LP 5 m oh o 33 Om ca aw o zC0 HX o kO ;S2! f- o CD P BUSINESS CARDS. V? C. HOLDE2V, NOTAEY PUBLIC, Al'trriOXEEK, CO.M3IISSIOX AND SURAXCE AGEKT. "TVK. .1. . SHAFTKK, rilY.tli'IA ami SCKGEOX. (UKtrrSIJURR ACZT.) Diseases oi'the Threat a Specialty. Oflke over Conn's Dnig Store. Q.KI.O F. PARKKR, SURVEYOR OF C'latMop County, aud City 9f Aster ia Ottlce:-Chenamus street, Y.3I.C. A. .hall, ItoomNo.s. J." KOOKTH, r. s. Coiimilsiloiicr, Xofary Pablic, aaft Insurance Ageat. Agent tor the Ilamburg-Bremeu Fire Ins. Co. of Ilamburj, Germany, and of the Tarav elers' Life and Accident Ins. Co., of Hart ford. Conn. j3-Ofllce in I'jthian Building. Ttooros 11, Iff. Tjl . WIXTOS, Attorney and Counselor at Law. ssrrOffiee in l'ythian Buildine;. Rooms II, 12. ASTOKIA, - - - - . OBGON. JAY TUTTIiJE, M. 1. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; iFpqw"; rfhi-i.lJth -" " ' OFFICE.Qte.r. A, rJlAlkftl WfffttyleH'. 4 i;oo"iu, at tiwaiSfNrJIdiiir. F p. hicks, .ujrLf?r ASTOKIA, - flV- &$mP- Itooms in Allen's building up stairs, comer of Cass and Suemoeqhe streets. T K. La FORCE, DENTIST Denial Knout over Cat' Stare, Cheiiaiiuts Street, - - Astoria, Oregon. I Q. A. EOWLBY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Chemunus Street. - ASTOKIA. OKJfOON Ty T. Itl'UXEY, ATTORNEY AT IutW. May be found at Uie Court House. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, - At Capt. Ilogers old stand, comer of Cws and.Court Streets. Ship and Cannery wort, Hcrseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good work guaranteed. TAXLORXlltl, Cleaning Repairing. NEAT. CHEAP AND QUICK. P.Y - (KORUE liOVETT. Main Street, opposite N. Loeb'a, HEADQUARTERS Fosters Emporium. Most Complete Stock in Asttrii Firewovhs! Flags! Fruit Itotlt Forelafu aaA JDemciitie Wines and Liquors Of Superior Brand. FOSTER'S COENER, 0 B &NDOClt Delinquent City Taxes. JVfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I. Li the undersigned. Chief of rolice. have been furiashcd with a warrant Irora the city council requiring me to collect the taxes as sessed for the year 18S2. and now delinquent upon the list, and make return of the same within sixty days. All parties so indebted will therefore please take notice and govern themselves accordingly. C.W.LAUGHERY. Chief of Police. Astoria. Oregon. September 19, 1882. BOOKS FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! CARL ADLER. A complete stock of Sehool Books and school supplies. Any book used In the pub lic schools of CIatsopCounrycan.be otttaJBed at my store. GAM. ADLEB. V a K..-4 . ,. v-. 5 ?. trM.VJT.l . "- sgT- T. -