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ASTORIA, OREGON:
SUNDAY. APRIL 29, 1SS3
-Hay
Portland.
is $28 and $30 a ton in
Tho Oregon is due
San Francisco. '
to-day from
See Frank Fabre's adv. Uo fur
nishes ice in quantities to suit.
Tho public school in district No.
1, wiil close on Friday May 18th.
The Lotnbardian startod up yes.
terday; the Indiana will put off
about 400 tons here.
The Gen. Canby will leave Gray's
dock at ten o'clock this morning on
an excursion to Uwaco and Fort
Canby.
Chas. Wallman has removed from
the Centennial to the Central hotel,
which property he has leased. Read
his adv.
Wm. McCormick reports his
steam laundry a success. A few good
ironers could find employment in the
establishment.
There will be a meeting of the
tax payers of school district No. 1, at
the Main street school house at half
past seven to-morrow evening. See
notice.
- At a lato hour last Friday night
Judge Bowlby received a dispatch
from Forest Grove to the effect that
his mother was not expected to live.
He and his family went up on yester
day's boat.
No evening service m the Presby
terian church, as it proposes uniting
with the Congregational church in the
last service to be conducted by Rev.
T. W. Walters before his departure
from the city.
The week that has p.ist was com
paratively a dull one in Astoria. The
aggregate of sales was not np to that
of a year ago. The greatest activity
is in real estate, which since the possi
bilities and probabilities of a railroad
are developing into certainties, is in
great demand.
Chaplain Scott will preach in the
Baptist church to-day. The subject
to-night is, "Brain, force and con
science," and will be especially inter
esting to young people. The older
children of the public schools with
their parents are especially invited.
Service at 11 a. m. and 7:30 r. jr.
VILLARD'S VIEWS.
The Astoriii Railroad.
Full Report or the Conference.
At the last meeting of the Astoria
chamber of commerce it as thought
advisable to have some expression from
Mr. VHJard concerning the probable
building of the railroad between here
and Forest Grove. In response to a tel
egram that gentleman fixed a place and
date to meet and discuss matters, and
on Tuesday, April I'tth, a committee
consisting of I. V. Case, J. I). Merry
man, A.W. Berry, C. W. Fulton, and
Aug. C. Kinney, met Mr. Yillard at the
office of the O. It. & '. Co. in Portland.
After the commute had been present
ed, Mr. YiJlanl remarked that he had
been informed that the gentlemen pre-
You cannot build railroads without
money. There was no way of accom
plishing the object until now. As soon
as the proper authority had been voted
at the meeting of the stockholders, held
in London a little over a month ago, I
telegraphed instructions to Manager
Koehler to immediately arrange for
sending out a surveying corps to go over
tho line and collect information with
reference to its proper location and the
natural resources of tiie country through
which it will nass such information,
in short, as would enable me to form a
correct opinion of the merits of the en
terprise. There was no time lost at all.
I supposed when 1 reached Astoria that
the party had been in the field for some
time. audi only learned there that it
had just taken the field. You probably
know that Mr. Hurlburt is in the field
now. In addition to that, on the day be
fore 5 esterday. detailed a timber ex
pert, Mr. Templeman, to make a special
ent desired to talk with him in regard
We have received a well executed
map of the N. P. It. It., 0. R. & N.
Co., and tributary lines. The map in
question gives Astoria prominent pos
ition in its proper locality, and the
particular one we have received is so
admirably fixed that the sky seems to
come down at the same distance on
every side of it. The horizon is grand
ly defined. Good.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Astoria Iron Works held at the
office of the company last evening, it
was decided to increase the capital
stock of the company S2C,000 more
than the present amount. This is a
good showing for an Astoria enter
"prise that is not yet two years in exist
ence. It is the intention of the com
pany to put np a substantial brick
building as soon as suitable opportu
nity presents itself.
"Now, see here. I want you to
lend me $3,500 for thirty days; Fll
give you a mortgage on lots and
blk. ." ''Butyou don't own them."
"Never mind, I will own them half an
hour after I get the money." Tho
money is lent, tho lots purchased, the
deed made out, the mortgage record
ed, tho lots sold for $5,000, tho bor
rower "lifts" the mortgago and is
ahead $1,500 minus tho interest on
$3,500 for one month, all in three
days. From, "A talc of two cities."
At Ross & McFarland's lodging
camp on Gnat creek, about four
miles from Knappa, are some of the
best workers on this northwest coast.
As an instance of what they do, and
what they justly consider "a good
day's work," may be mentoned that
on Tuesday of last week two men
undercut and sawed down fourteen
trees, which would scale 50 M. Last
Friday, two others, J . P. and D. P.
Ross, undercut and sawed down a
tree seven feet in diameter inside of
two hours. Tho Knappa boys think
this can't be beat, and they have ex
cellent reasons for -thinking so.
Hotel Arrivals.
OCCIDENT.
Geo A Pease, D P Thompson, Port
land; L A Loomis, C Holburg, Ilwaco;
George T Myers, Fisher ton; M D
Weidenfeld, M Micheal, S F; Geo W
Forner, Wiluska; Morris Isaacs, City;
Miss A Perry, St Helens; J P Ross,
Knappa.
PAEKEU HOUSE.
O Hitberis. S F: H A Snayth, A
Wahlers, F Hoffman, E Y Everett, T
Doig, Portland; A A Balmanno,
Lewis & Clark; Ollio Clark, S F; C
O Cammings & wife Bodie, Cal.
to the Oregon Central land "rant, He
said he would be glad to hear what
the committee had to say respecting the
matter.
The committee thereupon expressed
a desire to hear first what Mr. Yillard
had to say upon the subject of their
mission.
Mr. Yillard said that that was always
the wav. He was expected not only to
do the talking and the thinking, but
also the most essential thing to pro
vide the money for building railroads.
He centinued: "You may have seen
in the papers some statements, which 1
have made in other places, with refer
ence to the extent of the financial rc
soutces I had to provide, in order to do
what I considered the best thing for
Oregon and Washington territory, that
is, to complete tfee railroad connection
between the state and territory and the
east first of all. The construction which
the O. It. & N. Co- has been carrying
on along the Columbia river has mainly
had reference to that end. L would have
been very glad to have accomplished
more in the way of railroad construc
tion than has been accomplished during
the past two years, but it was a matter
of physical and financial impossibility.
As :ome of you may know, a year and
a half ago it was impossible to com
mand the labor necessary to carry on
railroad work here, owing to the com
petition created by the Northern Paci
fic, the O. R. & N. Co., (winch two cor
porations then represented distinct in
terests) and the Canadian Pacific rail
way. 1 remember when I was here at
that time I was told by our engineers,
very formally and distinctly, that we
would have to pa S3! per month for
wages for unskilled labor, instead of
S2J and S2G, and that it would be diffi
cult to procuie labor even at that figure.
It was almost impossible to command
skilled white labor to the extent to
which we lequired it in connection with
railroad work. At that time railroad
construction was nro2U'ainir at a very
lively rate all over the United Mates.
and it was exceedingly difficult to ob
tain competent engineers. Incompetent
ones were plenty, but really competent
men. able to superintend large railroad
works, involving immense outlays of
money were very scarce, and could
hardly be had for any compensation
1 state these facts to show you that
it was not very easy a year and a half
ago to extend our railroad construction
programme beyond the limits within
which we have been carrying it on so
far. Moreover, it was a fact, as you
must know from the financial history of
the Oregon & California Railroad com
pany during the last twelve years,
which is a matter of public notoriety,
that the construction ot the line for
which you now plead was dependent
upon the financial resources of a bank
rupt and discredited corporation.
"When I first came to Oregon my
friends in Germany hadjnvested many
millions of dollars in the original bonds
of the Oregon & California Railroad
company. After the first six months the
payment of interest was stopped, and
the bonds, which had cost, them high
prices, depreciated ten or twelve per
cent, of their nominal value in the mar
ket. The people who had lost so much
money were unwilling to finest more
capital in what they considered a des
perate and hopeless enterprise,
lt took three years of very hard
work, continuous pressure and assur
ance on my part of the great future of
this northwest country before 1 was
able to prevail upon the parties abroad
interested in these transportation lines
at that time, to give me any additional
capital at all. 1 commenced with im
proving the steamship service here.
You know very well how it has been
done. 1 had very hard work in doing
it. Then, as you know, we succeedediu
raising means to extend what was then
known as the Oregon Central railroad,
now called the west side division, from
the Yamhill river to Corvallis. Two
years ago the time appeared to have
come for another effoit in connection
with the Oregon & California R. It., to
raise money to do what ought to have
been done ten years ago, and for which
my German friends had at that time
given their money; that is to extend the
line of the Oregon & California com
pany to the California boundary. My
lriends in Germany had bought all the
bonds authorized against the entire
line from Portland to the California
boundary, but instead of having that
entire line built with the proceeds of
the bonds, there were only 200 miles
built to Roseburg. The power to
mortgage was exhausted. It was ab
solutely impossible to do anything
without a foreclosure of the mortgages
and a reorganization of the company.
You will readily understand what I
mean. We could not get parties in
Germany and in England up to that
point until two years ago. That is, to
the point of being willing to make a
new company, so to speak, to which the
existing property should be transferred,
to exchange their bonds for stock and
to permit the making of a new mort
gage on the property, in older to pio
viue means to build to the California
boundary. That was accomplished
after a great deal of hard work, and we
did get the money to begin the construc
tion of the southern extension from
Roseburg to Jacksonville and beyond.
As you know, wc have been engaged in
building this line for over a year. 1
went over the road yesterday and found
about sixty-five miles of the track actu
ally laid and the work well in hand for
nearly one hundred miles beyond. But
it turned out, unfoitunately, alter the
workof construction was started, that
the line will cost a great deal more than
we expected it would. It was found
to be an extremely difficult and expen
sive line. I believe that it will prove
one of the most expensive railroad lines
in the United States. So that within
the last few months, as vou have seen in
the papers, 1 have been obliged to go
again to the original bondholders under
the Ben Holladay administration, who
had given up their first mortgage lin
and consented to the exchange ot their
bonds for stock, and to say to them:
4We have miscalculated the cost of the
southern extension.
I report upon the timber resources of the
not only with reference to the Alaska Indians.
building of the line, but with reference
to the marketability of the timber by
means of log roads leading to the rail
road, or in other ways, that Ls. as far as
the natural resources of the district can
be mado available for feeding the line
directly or indirectly.
Tlif pniiiinittnn. ffretrpd tn Irnnw if if l
was decided to undertake the construe-' challenged.
"Uil Ul tUU A1IIW, 1IUI1 Ifllf lb MUUIII Itlltl-
Delightful Ice cream at Fabre's.
Owner can have a sack of provisions
and sundries by calling at Frank Par
ker's store.
No Ice cream like Frank Fabre's.
Ice cream at Jeff's to-day.
WE MUST HAVE MORK SIOXKV.
You have consented to mak
ing a first mortgage taking pre
cedence of your stock. That is not
enough. You must now consent to
make a second mortgage atlhe rate of
$10,000 per mile. ithout that we can
not go on.
"At the same time, as you have seen
from the papers, I succeeded in obtain
ing their consent to provide means for
the construction ot a line to Astoria
that line which has been contemplated
for so many years, but towards the
building of which nothing has so far
been done, towards the building of
which nothing could be done, as you
will understand from the explanations
made to you, provided however that
upon duo examination into the merits of
the line, the construction of it should be
found advisable. That is iust the situa
tion to-day. Of course, 1 could not ex
pect the public to understand the de-
roilc nf f tio jil-itnlinn rinrinrr thn Ifltfr. tnn
The finest selection of Jewelry ever
sees in Astoria is now on exhibition at
GnsTJLV Hansen s. it you contemplate
m urba.ir -mil will find Stvlos smd
uricas to suit you at the Leading Jewel- money for the purpose of buildingthat
ry Hse of Astoria. ' line until within the last few months.
tails of the situation during tho last ten
years as I have explained them to you,
"You will frankly admit, 1 am sure
that it was absolutely impossible to raise
region, lie Is also to meet me again the
day after to-morrow for the purpose of
mutiny a uiemmuury repun. xiieii m.-
will make a regular timber survey of
the whole region.
"Railroad building, like every other
commercial enterprise, can only succeed
if conducted upon sound business prin
ciples. I have explained to you the suc
cessive failures that have occurred in
the past in connection with the Oregon
& California Railroad company. In the
I'ght of past experience" I certainly
would not be justitied, (because I only
stand here as a trustee of tho owners of
the property; in recommending them to
provide further capital by means of put
ting an increased mortgage ahead of
their stock unless 1 was satisfied that
the investment would prove a satisfac
tory one. Whether that will be the case
1 do nut know at this moment, and there
may be sixt days yet before I shall
have the information before me from
which lean arrive at any satisfactory
conclusion.
"I have heard a good deal, through
correspondence and otherwise, of the
value of these lands. I think L know
all -about your position as a town. I
think I keep as well posted as to the
growth of particular localities in the
state as anybody here. Perhaps more
so, because" 1 make it my special busi
ness to watch the progress of all points
in which our transportation Hues are
interested. 1 said I have heard a good
deal about the value of this land grant,
but I have no positive evidence of its
value. I have no evidences, in the first
place, as to the extent of the timber
resources embraced within the limits
of the land grant. I ought to have
also further evidences as to the com
mercial value of these timber resources
xs to the practicability of marketing
them. 1 wish to know Vomething more
than I do now as to the mineral and ag
ricultural resources of this land grant.
When the information shall be at my
command I shall arrive at a decision
very promptly, and whatever that de
cision may be you will bo advised or it
with equal promptness.
1 believe your chamber of commerce
has made efforts at Washington to bring
about a declaration of the "forfeiture of
the land grant in question. Now I want
you to distinctly understand that I have
no lault to find witn anybody lor not
wislnug to tie up a large body Of public
lands for an indefinite period. 1 do not
believe in it auy more than you do. But
you ought to understand the bearings of
the case. Take the Oregon and Cali
fornia land grant, for instance. The
interest in the lauds yet to be acquired
by the company by construction hereaf
ter is mortgaged, as well as the lands
that have actually been acquired and
conveyed to the company by the United
States government from previous rail
road construction, and this interest is
mortgaged in trust for the benefit of the
bondholders of the company. There
fore it is beyond the power of the Ore
gon & California railroad company.
And it is beyond the power of myself as
president of the company. I have noth
ing whatever to do with it. That trust
is held by three English gentlemen for
the benefit of the bondholders, and it is
for them and not for tho company not
for me as president to say how these
claims shall be disposed of. 1 want
you to
UXDEUSTAXD TIIA.T XJZV.Y CLEARLY.
Even those trustees cannot forego
those clai ms without the consent
of the holders of the first mortgago
bond issued under that trust. I meau
that would be the construction placed
by them upon their trust."
The committeo inquired if Mr. Yillard
intended to convey the idea that no
transfer of the land grant could be mado
to any other company if it should build
the road.
Mr. Yillard said that he meant simply
that the trustees have no right to part
voluntarily with anything belonging to
the bondholders. lie said: "I have ta
ken that ground. 1 have made this ex
planation simply to show you that it is
not always so easy to accomplish things
as appears on the surface. If the pres
ent investigation into the .merits of
these lands and the general question of
the advisability of constructing a lino
to your town should result in the con
clusion that it would not be a paying
enterprise for us to engage in, 1 should
certainly be in favor of saying distinct
ly and once for all to whom it may con
cern, that we should not insist upon
whatever claims tho company has.
What the trustees under the mortgage
will do is another matter. But, as lar
as I am personally concerned, I should
be in lavor of throwing these lands
open either to the public, or of having
them devoted to some other purpose.
At the same time. I want to tell you that
1 understand the temper of congress and
the government generally on the land
grant questien. it nas ueen my
business to sound that temper, and to
know the policy of the government.
And vou may believe me when I say
that if the company should surrender
its claims to that land grant no other
corporation will receive the benefit of
them. That land will simply be re
turned to the public domain. These
claims are part of the trust the company
has created for the benefit of the bond
holders. Mr. Dolph, counsel of the com
pany is present, and he will inform you
whether I am right in this."
Mr. Dolph said that the claims re
ferred to by Mr. Yillard were mortgaged
as well as everything else, and of
course could not be abandoned as a
voluntary act, or conveyed without the
consent of the trustees.
Mr. Yillard said that he had spoken
very freely, and that he would now be
glail to hear what the committee had to
say.
The committee inquired whether In
the event of the investigation now being
made proving favorable, the road
would be built and built immediately.
Mr. Yillard replied in the affirmative.
He said that in that event the work
would be taken in hand at once; that
the financial arrangements were already
made but he said the committee, as
sensible men, would readily understand
that it would not do for the company to
go blindly into any enterprise involv
ing millions of dollars, that is, without
knowing the ground on which it was
stepping.
He went on to say that a great deal had
been said about his hostility to and pre
judice against Astoria. Such statements
he said, had no iouudation in fact. He
explained that the steamship and steam
boat lines which he represented were
naturally greatly interested in the town
of Astoria, and that they would, of
course, do nothing that would work to
the injury of that place.
The committee expressed their satisfac
tion at these, assurances. The commit
tee thereupon requested information as
to when the question of the building of
the line would be decided.
Mr. Yillard replied that it could not
be said definitely when the survej'ors
would finish their work. Ho believed
Manager Koehler had informed him
that the result of the survey would be
known in about 00 days. It was not
proposed to make a superficial examina
tion such as was made once by some of
the
TEOPLE OP ASTORIA,
but a thorough study of the
whole ground would be made,
to complete it.
Mr. Yillard replied that it was impos
sible to tell how long a time would he
required until the line should he defi
nitely located and the surveyors were
able to make exact calculations. lie
assured the committee, however, that it
it was decided to take the work in hand
there would be no delay in pushing it to
a speedy completion.
Mr. "Villard informed the committee
that it had been decided to build the
line from Corvallis to Junction Citv
and that it was expected that this line
would be completed during the coming
summer.
Tlie committee asked whether, in the
event of a determination to build the
Forest Grove-Astoria line, Its construc
tion would commence from Astoria or
from Forest Grove.
31r. Yillard replied that that alo de
pended, in a great measure, upon the re
ports of the engineers, but that he did
not hesitate to say, as far as ho could
judge by .the situation, be would be in
favor of beginning the line from Ato
ria.
He said it would depend in some
measure upon the question whether
the company could obtain the req
uisite terminal facilities within
the town limits of Astoria. Be
told the committee that he had never
n. Astoria--
In your issue of this dato is an
article on "Alaska Indians" taken
from tho Bulletin, which contains two
statements that should not go un
it has been noticed
I that tho native3, both on the Ameri
can and Asiatic coast, havo no re
rehgiou.s ideas and no conception of a
G ki." There arc in southern Alaska
over twenty missionaries, who, be
cause of the:r mission, are most liable
to know the religious sentiments of
the people, and their unanimous testi
mony i that the tribe3 among whom
rht-y M'r all have a system of mytho-!..-
and worship a great or supreme
spirit. There nre no races or persons
without anme conception of a God,
but there seem to be a few absolutely
Godless persons among the more
civilized nations. Our missionaries at
Sitka, Wrangel, Hydah, Haines and
other station? bav yet to "find the
first tribe who have no system of
worship. They may worship a false
God, but still he is a God.
Agniu ho says "among the Alaska
Indiana there is no idea of future life
Those who
Rev. S. Hall Young's
laska will remember
ho doctrines of the
O. B. COOPER, GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
mi: i i
The Leading Dry Goods
t2XC3.
Clothing House of Astoria,
otlrxul frr otilc til tr ftiif if !.& n.iAln .- .
pect the company to build a railway t,, j " future pumanment.
their town, ol course, tho company has ' heard
a right to look for assistance from them j .
to enable it to enter the town and to se- i lecture
cure enough space U:ere to do its bu-d-j Miraethiujj of il
ager of the Northern Tacifie Terminal t natives, as to their belief in the trans
company of Oregon, and an expert on j migration of souls? so that while they
terminal facilities, to give his opiuion , , ,'., .,..
as to the amount of real estate that d" lloL have a uefinite idea of Heaven
would probably be required at Astoria. or hell they do believe that the soul
Mr. Il'lirinn .fntil tli? in Mo ntiiniti ! J
there would probably be needed at least i "over dies but passes from one being
nan a iniie or waier-iront ana irom lor- , to another through countless ages,
IV to PliThtv ;inrps of fronnii fur iprminnl i "
purposes. ' Mr. Young has been four years and
,ht1,'0r&"ry"!:lnV!ho og People speaks
town would be a liberal one toward the ' their own language, and has conversed
tmned. Mcuiuta men-, with t!l0 jiead meu of every tribe near
The committee thereupon, after tho coast from the cxtremo south to
niaiiKing Jlr. Villard lor ttee candid j tne far orh
uuiuuci iii viuicii lie uau cxprcsscu ni.s ;
views to them, look their leave and re-
turned to this city.
I have just received a large consignment of Lace Curtains, and
Curtain Materials, in the newest designs, and would invite an inspec
tion from intending purchasers, confident that for rarity and Low Prices
NO SUCH VALUE HAS EVER BEEN OFFERED IN ASTORIA.
SiUss and Dross Goods,
We are showing oa our Centre Counters a collection of the most
elaborate and richest Goods ever shown in this City,
AT REMARKABLE LOW PRICES.
All Silk Rhadames,
All Silk Poulards,
All Silk Ottomans,
Etc.,
Drap B'Almas
"Wool Surrahs,
Satin Soleils,
Etc.
Distribution of School Monoy.
School Superintendent Sloop made
a distribution of county school funds
yesterday to the several school dis
tricts of the county, as follews: Dis
trict No. 1, 355 pupils, $1,794.38; Xo.
2, 59, 8298.G3; No. 3, 19, $90.16; No.
4, 33, S1G7.03; No. 5, 15, 875.91; No.
G, 9, $45.54; No. 7, 39, $197.40; No.
8, 23, S141.G3; No. 9, 110, $55G.75;
No. 10, 28, $141.03; No. 11, 30,
$151.84; No. 12, 45, $227.77; No, 13,
13, $65.79; No. 14, 41, $207.52; No.
15, SO, $151.84; No. 1G, 37, $187.27;
No. 17, 52, $203 20; No. 18, 100,
$809.03; No. 19, 14, $70.91; No. 20,
14, $70.94; No. 21, 24, $12L3S. Tho
aggregate number of school children
I iuc tar mum. oureiy ma siaieuieuis
are as well worthy of credence as those
of any newspaper correspondent One
word as to the "tobacco and rum." It
has always been supposed that the
wealth of the northern Indian consis
ted chielly in furs and blankets. The
Indian likes his rum too well and
it has too near the same effect on him
as on his white brother for him to
hoard enough of it to p:ow rich upon.
The Indian, like tho white man who
dnnks much rum, seldom goes on a
"quiet spree" either on his own or
another mans rum.
J. Y. MlLLIGAN.
Astoria, Or., April 28, 1883.
IIARD Limi'S I.V BREAST.
Dr. IL V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dear Sir I wrote you some tirao ago
that I thought I had a cancer. There
was a -large lump in my breast as large
as a walnut, and had been there for
in tho county is 1,155. The present months. I commenced taking your
apportionment was $5,842.58, being: "Golden Medical Disco very," "Favor-
anout fco.Ub per child. This is, we ite Prescription" and "Pellets" in
oeueve, tne largett school appropria
iioii per capita, ever
county. , Irvington, Mich.
tol appropria- June, and the lump is gone.
made in this , Yours gratefully, Mrs. It. R. Clark,
REVOLUTION!
A complete Revolution has
Gooods since the advent of
been inaugurated in the Prices of
CXiOJSJSS,
"We are now showing; the Largest and most Eiegant Line of La-?
dies' Cloaks and Wraps ever brought to this City.
BJack Dolmans,
Trimmed with Lace, Fringe, and Gimp. "
Black Silk Dolmans,
Lined and Trimmed with Guipunj Lace and Gimp.
Fine Brocaded Satin Dolmans,
Handsomely Trimmed with Chenille Fringe.
Walking Jackets, Mantles, Ulsters and Dusters.
Shetland Shawls, - y
Evening Shawls,
Wool Shawls,
All Sizes and Colors.
CLOTHING AND GENTS FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT
We are showing, without doubt, the largest, and most complete
stock of Mens', Youths', and Boys' Clothing ever brought to Astoria,
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES.
Xiaxgest Stock,
Finest Goods.
and
Lowest Prioes m Astoria,
o. H. COOPER,
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BUILDING, ASTORIA.
Sheriff O'CTeil's Bankrupt Store.
we sen goous at tnetr Keal value. We charge no fancy prices
such as the people of Astoria have had imposed upon them before our
arrival.
Although we have
X5 emorallzed. -tlxe Moroliants,
Wo feel confident that wo have
BENEFITTED THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
We have practical proof in that respect by our receipts which were
a hundred per cent.
Better than Our Utmost Expectations.
Now Shapes and Styles in MILLINERY
Bargains in DRESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS,
Domestics, Gents' and Boys1 Clothing, and Furnishing Goods,
Cloaks, Dresses, and Dolmans, at
OCCIDENT STORE.
The Largest Assortment of
Ever Shown in Astoria, AH the Leading and Standard Styles iu Sort, Stiff, and Flexible
The Most Complete Line of Gents' Furnishing Goods
Foreign and American.
Summer Suitings. Fine Clothing.
D.A.
Th.e Leading
TAILOR, CLOTHIER, HATTER and GENTS FURNISHER.
SH, I
IT PAYS
TO TRADE WITH ME !
WHO?
FRANK ELBEESON,
SeasifteBaierj & Confectionery.
Because my Goods are the Best,
and Always Fresh.
Cakes Candles etc., furnished for "Wcddine
parties, on short notice, and guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction.
Cake ornamenting a specialty.
Opposite . W. Hume's
Sheriff O'Neil's Bankrupt Store,
ISAACS & SUMMEBFIELD.
Corner Concomly and Main Streets,
L. K G. SMITH,
Importer and wholesale dealer In
Cigars ami Tobacco, Smokers' Articles,
PlaylBZ t'ard. CHtlcrj, Sta
tionery. Etc.
The largest and finest stock ot MEER
SCHAUM ahd AMBER GOODS In the city.
Particular attention pidd to orders from
the country, , ,
ASTORIA, OREGON jehenamus Street, Astoria. Oregon.
I. W. CASE,
IMPORTER AND VfHOLESALE AND RE
TAIL DEALER IN
GEHEBAL KRCEASDISE
'""orner Chenamus and Cass streets.
ASTORIA .... OREGON
North Pacific
Furniture Emporium.
5eo. A. ricn.iance, - - Prep'r.
Cor. 5th and Alder Sts. - - Portland, Or.
Straw Beds, per doz. - - 510.
Spring Beds, each, - $5. to $15.
Lounges,
In Raw Silk, Carpet, and other coyerlnc
From $10. to 515.
Samples of cover and particulars by mall
If desired.
Sinner Bill of Fare
At JEFF'S Chop House to-day:
sour.
(Fresh Eastern Oyster.)
fjsii.
Baked Sea Bass.
BOASTS.
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Yeal Stuffed.
EXTREES.
Beef Steak Pie, Pig's Head, (pickle
sauce). Corn Beef and Cabbage, Breast
of Limb (Spanish).
VEGETABLES.
Mashed Potatoes, String Beaus, Aspar
agus. TUDDIXG.
Corn Starch.
PIES.
Blackberry, Rhubarb.
Tea, Coffee, Wine or S. F. Beer.
Meals, --- 23 cenK
Wanted.
A competent dressmaker. Apnlyto
MRS.T.S.JEWETT.
Notice.
Remember that hereafter you will
find Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds
at A. M. JOHNSON fc COS.
REMOVAL I REMOVAL I
GREAT SLAUGHTER OF GOODS !
New Yorfe Novelty Store
Has to Move on the 1st of May,
And In order to save the breakage and damage In moving goods we will sell our entire stock
Consisting of
Bafcy Carriages, Bird Cages, Jewelry, and Silver Ware, Clocks,
"Watches,
And all the Brlc-a-Brac In our Store at
San DF:ri:Exojsoo 7Vliolesale PrioeS
For the Balance of this Month only.
Come one and all, and convince yourselves that we mean business.
NEW YORK NOVELTY STORE, Cor. Chenamus, and Main Streets.
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