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0 r - Vol. xviii. Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 5, 1883. No. 83. ,.. &W$ j' JU lv JrJllI' II lr DOWN IN A WELL An Old Georgian's Fright ana a First - rayer. For twenty years an old man of our count v, whom w will call .Jack Baldwin, has cultivated the I 8ou ana arawn uiereirom a sup jwrt for himself and wife; he is childless. Not long since Jack left his house in soarch of a miss ing cow. His route led him through an old worn out piece of ftMn 1tr, rC il-".t ,.- stnp ... a. ' :c;:t, m the center of which was a weH, about t wen 13' Or thirty feet duep, that at some timo had prob ably furnished the inmate? of a dilapidated house near by with water. In passing the spot an ill wind drifted Jack's hat from his head and maliciously wafted it to tin edge of th well, and in it tumbled. Now Jack had always practiced the virtue of economy, and he immediately set about re covering his hat. lie ran to the well, and finding it was dry at ihe bottom, ho unrolled the rope which he had brought for the purpose of captunng the cow, and after several unsuccessful attempts tojofJ T d ff hat with a noose, he con- catch the eluded to save time by going down into the well himself. To accom- plish this he made fast one end of the rope to a stump hard by, andjuar?,r ,u PPare uur" in,s was soon on his way down into the well. It was a fact of which Jack j was less obvious than the reader hereof that a mischievous fellow whom wt- will call Neal. Neal was in the old building and saw Jack go down into the well, and it so happened that Jack's old blind horse was near by with a bell on his neck. Tho devil himself, or some other wicked spirit put it into Neat's head to have a little fun; so he slipped up to the old horse, unbuckled the strap, and approached the well wit ith the , bell in his hand, ting-a-ling. Jack thought the old horse was coming, and said in an audible tene: "Hang the old blind horse, he's comin1 this way, sure, and he ain't got no more sense than to fall in here on me whoa, Ball!' But the sound of the bell- came closer, and Jack was resting at the bottom of the woii. "Great Jerusalem!" said jach."uiu om onnu 1001 win oe T ? ffl. -1-1 11?f r l Mi 1 t right on top of me in a minit whoa, Ball, whoa, haw, Ball!'' Just then Neal got clote to the well and kicked a little dirt on Jack's head. Jack thought Ball was about to come, got close to the side of the well and began to pray: "Oh, Lord, have mercy on whoa. Ball a poor sinner I'm gone now. whoa Ball Our Father who art in who, Ball heaven, hallowed bo Thy jee, Ball, jee! what'll I do? name. Now I lay me down to si jee, Ball, out of your livers! (just then in fell more dirt). Back, Ball. Oh, Lord, if you ever intend to do any for me back, Ball, whoa, ho! Thy kingdom come jee, Ball." "Oh, Lord, you know I was bap tized in Smith's mill dam whoa Ball, hoi' up! murdei! whoa farewell worked." Neal could hold in no longer and showed himself at the top of the well, with a big, hoarse laugh, which might have been heard two miles. This was more than Jack could bear and he started up the rope like a monkey. "Blast your pictures, I'll girc you fits; I'll make our ears ring worse 'an that bell." Neal took to his heels and ran like a quarter horse, and the last that was seen of him he was half a mile from the well, with two big dogs grabbing at his coat, and Jack was close behind him, yelling at the dogs. Monte znma, Ga. Weekly. Group, Whooping Cough and Bron chitis immediatefv relieved by Shlloh's Curd. Sold by W. E. P8exL By Telegraph j The New York papers talk dis - paraginglvof Cleveland's inaugural jaddress. Work progresses on the Pana- ma canal. I )cLcsseps says he will surely finish it by 1588. Thirty convicts were drowned last Saturday while crossing tho Turkhsseegee river, North Caro Hna. Great floods in Austria and Ba- varia are destroying million's worth of property and occasioning 1 - i.f loss or life. The national park at the Yel- lowstone is to be enlarged to in - 11 , , , .,,-. f-Mrt rtik.rwofl tint rtH fo lt,l rt 4stf- ri ' "" The latest Lamjtrr story is that she calk-d last Friday upon Mrs. Storens a well-known New York society lad v and was refused ad- mittance. J. D. Taylor, Republican, was elected last Wednesday in the 17th Ohio district to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death Tn conffress ja?t Wednesday, x. agt: 01 vvuiiiuriiia saiu inai. mure UKl cenaimy oe a r.yer anu bKbbiun oi i:nirrKSs. A high toned Japanese prince, now visiting Washington, is so mighty a potentate in his own es- J timation that he has refused Presi- j dent Arthur's invitation to din- ner. - 1 Tho, post office department has contracted for a new style posha card or combined letter and envel ope. It is thought probable that all letter postage throughout the United States will be reduced to j jtu' cents per haif ounce. yillard will immediately tely place j $30,000 in X. P. six per cent bonds in the hands of the regents, as an j endowment for the university of; Oregon The regents of the uni-' versity contemplate- an enlarge-! ment of the curriculum of studies, j The senate is still arguing the I TOlv Trtlin 'Pi-iffn.. nncn T- iiHraAfr ' -1- IW 'YHI J. W IUI .4A Xb UktiaUii? universal interest from the fact that Grant and Logan are opposed to CJlch other tho former claiming that Porter was wronged; Logan charging that he was a coward and deserved death. There was a funny scene in the Houso of Representatives, last "Wednesda. A bill was up for consideration, and the house being I weary was about to pass it, when Neal, of Ohio, who was in a bur- bar's chair, heard of it, and being opposed to its passage ho bounced from the" chair, wiped the lather from his face and ran into the arena in his shirt sleeves, demand ing the speaker's attention. Hav ing succeeded he ran back after his collar and coat, and between intervals occupied in getting him self into presentable shape, man aged to hold the house from any rash vote and had the motion re jected. The Perversity of His Parishioner. Sometimes what appears to be a very wicked wish may turn out to be entirely proper and kind. Of a certain man who had just died, a sweet-tempered, Christian neigh-! bor said, selemnly: "John Stark U dead, and I hope he has gone to ,' well, one of Mr. Van- derbilt's dashes will express the lo cality. The minister was shocked. "And what could he have done to you," he asked, "that you indulge ! in a wish of that kind?' "Oh"! was the reply, "my hope was based on my lovo for my fellow-men. John was a queer body. Ho uever belonged to an organization of any kind, but h tomeaow managed to j .smash the whole thing in a little , while, ami T thought if he had j gone to the place nbove nientioned there vrotilrlu't ho much of it loft ' j hJ the timc ycm Mltl Set r h(h? pardon, parson." . A petition has beeiT circulated . jand signed in Coos county pray- j ing B further appropriation from ! congress of $30,000 in behalf of ' the Coquille $40,000 for the jetty , and 10,000 for the improvement i of tho river. Both ends of life is shrouded in mvcfnri' A t.i Inn'- lnmv , ? 4 11 aa, , V4,4 1, mtw IT en he's born or when he dies. ' J t- . jDars ootn enough, howeber, between dese two acks ter I et in 1 a mighty heap ob debilemeut. Arkansaio Traveler. ' - I fccvan thousand men are now t working on the British Columbia' section ot the Canada-PhciIii; rail- J a sucu rapiu progress is bcincr made that the contract will, " i to all appearances, be completed i within the settled time. Tiiccaseof J. Paschal Smith. charged with assault upon Robertson, occupied the attention of the Court yesterday. O. W. Fulton appeared for the defense, and District Attorney McBride for the prosecution. The case went to the jury at 9:15 last night. ,1 .. mi 1 . T J, B CC ABSOfUieiy ure. ThU ponder neTer rariet. A marreJ of purity, jdrenpth and wliolesonirness. More economical than Hie onl narr kind, and cannot te sold lncomp thion'with the mul titude of lovr test, short vreijht, alum or KoVALlljkrisoI'orfmmCo.. loe WH-it. S Y '- imhiui.1 1. mmM viiiu iii. (una. At lfcntir9-a Cf.7-f ?if .'n 1 7fP9fiS King of the Blood l! not a "cut C all." It is r blond-nurifn'r nnd tonic Impuntyof the blood poisons the srs tern, deranges the circulation, and thus In- duces many disorders, known by different names to distlnculsh them accordlneto cf- fecLs, but being really brandies or phases of that great generic disorder, liannrity or uiat great generic a isomer, liannrity or Itlood. Such arc Dysprj)ia, uiUlotumct, , Liver CntnnlainL Consttnatlnn. Xtrroux Dis order. Headache, Backache, General Weak-1 f. Heart Dbcaxc.Dropittj, Kidncv DUcate, . Pile, Rhtumatitm, Catarrh, Serotula, Skin " Dhordert, Pimples. Ulcer. Sicelltngs, Ac. j tLc. JLlas or the Blood, prevents and ' cures thc.ee by attacking the caiwe. Impnritv i ju mc uiuuo. uiiemLsus ana pn j sicians agreo ; hi cauins 11 ine most genuine ana einrlent prepanition for tlie purpose." Sold bvDrug gists, SI per bottle. See testimonials", direc tions, &c. In pamphlet, "Treatise on Diseases ot tlm Blood." wrapped around each bottle. 1 D. RANSOM, SON & Co.. Props 1 Buaalo. N. Y. I 1. W. CASE, ; I IHl'ORTKK AND WHOLESALK AND RK : TAlli LIAJKK IS ; GENERAL . MERCHAMS Corner Chenamns and Cass street. 1 OREGOU : Street Grade Notfce NOTICE is hcrebv irivon tlmt tho. Common Council of the City of Astoria, ' Orecon. propose to establish Iho rr?.rf,i of Cedar street at its weatcni terminus 28 feet above the base of crades. tfy order of tlie Common Council. Pty VnDUlL' I . v. UiXtl!i. d-904 JLuditor and Cleric v snv J H 0M iMV T sa mp.ffn s rATTW 1 B MM Is si xSsaaiT .Bll 4gBfl THSGREA? ?gS j FOR ' BHEUIATISI. Neuralgia, Scfatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell- Ipuitjr. Arsis on and Water ings and Sprains, Burns and Colors, int and Kalso Scalds, General Bodily mino Brushes. Pains, ' Constantly on hand full and eholeo stock Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted BcSSd Vanr7 ,Jrncerie 0b1t tio Feet and Ears, and all other 1 our .stock of crockery and tti&ss Paint! nrrf JSrhat Ware Is the Iarsest and most Oompleto 1 - - - ..-..- ...2S ?J!Si S!?",SiA5i" S cf ItacUitM. . Directions In neren Laagasgef. SOLDBYALLDBUQGISTSANDDEALiaa HI 1IEDI0IHS. A. VOG-BIJER Sr, GO. r , TTl TTl On the 13th of November the Swedish nation celebrated the hundredth nniversary of tho birth of thoir great poet, Essias Tegner, whose famous "Frithjof .saga'aa long been one of the' most widely read-books tho litera-l ture of any oountrv ev-r pro- ' duced. h LETTER F.D GSRaiAY. 1:1 n January P. ISA Very esteemed sirs: The praise your Liver Pills !:n polled forth horo Is wonderful. After taking one SiSTi tircly recovered from iiirfcuryrniV u:r,- lux- All -who know mc wonder liw I.f 'J&tf&&w$l. in my hide, and Renenil juniim'!i com- plaints, could have recovered. Au old lady input-city, who ha. Miir.-r.tl . for m.iny years from Kid tic-v i!:v-im. nod ' tho doctors had given her tip. u.:c two or , your piiu. and Rot more ra.e' n.nu -.1,0 J has from nil the doctor. uh -.'.. J. VON 1I it I'l.i;,? Wm i aeV- A trial entail but the conpamUrelj " .i"wt-iVi .."' U,V V in. trifllDR entity of &0 Cf at, ami evcrr i vJTtt. U,"1"' ,"n,,i U?,tcr.,b1-...BarFLturo3A.A:e ; iiu iiui f(rilu 1-t ..! f .- o- rt. 19 m. - injr vritii pain can haro cbtap end idsiro proof ?!"" uxi, niuuc oumua uouiew, tum- -- BEWARE OF IHITATONS. Tho genuine are never suj; ir-coite-1. Every box has n red whj sc:il on tin ...J. with tho impressien: Mcl.unf' I.m.t mi. The gonuine SIcTVNirs i.ivi.ii TIT.Ti Iiaoi- flk ctfrnntiic. -i g "T . jli vi oiiiuiuiu w ,m tii-kf : and ricmlmrUros.on the wrapit InsNt upon having the uenuiue UK. .:. ' JSCtAK'S L.IVKII 1'ILLS, pti-lwr.ti ty I'lcminif llros., or Pittsburgh, Pn t' v marlff ttolnir full nf fmltotlnnc ... . . name McLane. speiied diirertutiy, hut of bnme pronunciation. If your storekeeper does no ha the . uenuine 1K. c. .Mi-LAXf-.-, ci:i.k-; IlKATKU I.IVKK 1'II.LS, rend iH. ;5 J cents, and we will send yon n x hj mail, ! mairxGMOS., raw,,,,-,, r. j T ATHT) iv. r 1 " jJSUA1 LVO UU.J Jonni:i i. mryr., WTlSTTr.S 'T t-i-lA-ikt LIQTJOKS, AND CIGrA RS AGKNT.S FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses anclj Eastern Distilleries. j BSAll goods sld at San FrancHeo Prices. MAIN STitF.KT. Opposite Parker lIou, Astor.a, Oregon. W. E. DEMENT & CO. ! ja.RTO'.sGs'rs. ASTORIA, - - onroox. Carrj in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET, and FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded, NOTICE. Having scld an Interest in the business to f c Dcmcnr l takc tnls meth.Hl of Infonn- lng my friends and those Indebted to me uak - "" U 1.UHO.I Ul UUUt.UIltlI UlUl'Ul aHudio m cnniiM itn .11 nM ivnnnt. ' "V7. E. DEMENT. 'ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS . Oysfor Saloon. CirKNAUl-S STREET, ASTORIA. HK UNDERSIGNED IS PLEASED TO Announce to tltr. l.uUIo that be has 00- FIIWT CLAS,S Ai:d funiMt la flrst-dasa stjln 0"STKK- HOT COL'FKB TEA, ETC. AT TUK J Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, GHE3AMUS HTREKT. Vlenstt ixa me a caJI. J:0.SC()E:DIX0X, rroprietor A. JI. JOn.hOX. O. n. 3TICKKDS A. BL JOHNSON & Co., Defers In CROCKERY & CLASS WARE. Ato Yfholesale Dealers In I puSnis. on.. v.nii, !-. joiucjw u.crii'ueu 111 .Asiona. Consutinffot ,ers wjiaonaue cups, cic., &e. 1'Vf rythlas sold at Lowest UtIbc RltM. ' Qiinlxtj- unranteed. An I'xamlnatlon trill mora tbsa repay you. WM. EDQAR, ASTOKIA. - OfiEOON, Dealer U Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipea, Stationery and Optical Goods, Jowph Rodger and Vbstenltolra GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. UMX.TIXA:tl A WD K.Gin 'Gold and Silver Watchc3 and Chains. mai:TIX KOXBD. J. X. TOKK3 & STOKES, YJ,o!..alc and retail dealers la Wood and rillow-ware, ' .,.-. . GROCERIES. ' . n. .... . . . Tobacco. Cinars.Winesand Liquors i-iii-ri'V .ivTi rntrcrrrrt Fruits and Vegetables. 3F2UCnor2, FEED, A?n PRODUCE. . . -....w- . - (()! IV I li 1 " w x AX1 General Commisaion Merchants ANTOItlA. OltKGOV . . """i"- -'xl t,J "uon Hallway tKav.ca'i Dek. dV WlLSOS & FlSHE?, SKIP CHANDLERS. URAI.KaS 1S Iron, Steel. Coal, Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WROUGHT AND CUT GALTANTZKD ssx:k&s. XalIs -'PPpp iVail and BHrrs. j Shelf Hardware, Paints and Oils 1 j Rubber and Hemp Packing of all Kindt. PROVISIONS. FJ.OUR A2fl 3IH. FJBE1. Agents for Salem Flouring Mills. Comer Chenamus and Hamilton Streets ASTOKIA. OKEGON. Dressmaking. Plain and Fancy Sewing. Snitg cmde in tlio test Styla aad GHaraateed to Pit Mrs. T. S. Jewett. K-OOMS OVER MR3. E. S. WARRBN'S.l Cleaning Repairing. NKA.T. CHEAP AND QUICK. BT UEORUE JL.OYETT, Mala StcMt, ppoMl N. ls. a M ! I 5 c 80 - H IB ,1 n Si? 2 r- J Smo3?SwIS S.rnaZ M 5 o kO g -s rn x - ppb ip 0 y -05 p 1 o o i WILLIAM HOWE liitMiMiiiiaMMiiuiiiilfiaiiiiiiillitiHiiiiiiiitiiiiaiiifiilat wwwmnnniM -dkai.br rx- Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds or OAK LUMBER, GLASS, Boat Material, Etc. iBliilll j Boats of aH Kinds Made to Order. ! L. ............. ........ M -'. . . -.....j tTOrden from a distance promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed la alt esses. MISCELLA27EOTJS. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Ssarex Sibrw, Nkab. Pjoixex Hossh, ASTORIA. - OSECO. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAND MARINE ENGINES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work, and Cannery Work a specialty. OASTI3STGS. Or all Description! made to Order at Short A'otloe. JL I). "V'A33. rrcsldent. J. (J. IIl'stlkk, Secretary. I. TV. Cask, Treasurer. Jonx For, Superintendent . ARNDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOPj Boiler,- Shop ENGINE, CANNERY, AlflJ STEAMBOAT WOEK Promptly attended te. A iptclalty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, IOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. BKALHR IS Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime. Brick, Geme'nt and Sand ITesd Delivered to Ordor. Dray ing, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. . DKALKB IX WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. riRHT CIiASS SOLID GOLD JEWELEY, BRACELETS, Scarf Pins, Chains, Watches, SILVERWAHE, Of every description. The finest stock of Jewelry In Astorin. EVMll goods -TTarranted as representedr GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER. &$&;?:; Kll kinds of AND Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. BUSINESS n ,-t ' 1, ',: 1; OAEDB. E. V. ItOLDFJS,, NOTARY PUBLIC, JLUOTIONEKR, COMMISSION A7 SUEANCB AGEJil. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop Coftnty,aad. City f Aterla Onlce r-Cnenamus street, Y. M. 0. A. haH IU)omNo.8. r . DiXiIiAJlD, Attorney at Ia,vr. OFFICE AT ST. HELENS, OREGON. "Will attend terms of Ooart at Astoria, KaLitnaaud Portland, TCT D. WINTOJT, Attorney and Counselor at Law. B"Offico In rytliian Bal'dinff. Eooas 11, 12. ASTOKIA, --- - OREGON. TAX TUTTIiE, M. . PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEOM OyriCB Rooms l, 2, and S.rythlaaBnild injf. Residence OrerElbersoa's Batory, op posite Baith & Myers' Saloon, k la. MILTON. M. J. Physician an SnrseaB. OFFICE Over A. Y. Allea's sroery store. Rooms, at the Faiker House. "O P. HICKS, I-BNTIST, ASTORIA, - - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, comer of Cass and Sqemocqhe streets. "T K. UFOBCE, DENTIST Beutal Raaai rer Case's 8 lore, Chenamus Street. - - Astoria, Oreso. . v , J Q. A. BOWLBY. ATTORNEAT LAAV. Chenamus Stroet. - ASTORIA, OREGOft G. A. STINSON & CO., ' BLACKSMITHING, At Capt. Rogora old staad, coraer f Ca and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery tto-Ic. Horseshoeing, Wagons made and repaired. Good iren: guaranteed. Jf. TTKnTHEIHER. I. TTHRTHEIXEB. M. WERTHE1MER & BR0. MANUFACTURERS OP FINE Havana and Domestic Cigars No. 61S.Fr oat St. Sas Franeisc NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP. John Feely, OPPOSITE KINNEY'S CANNJ.RY Biacksmithing, Boiler Work, and Cannery Repairs Ad TFsrk Wanaatod.