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f'l turn Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, May 3, 1883 3To. 29 rt RAILROAD GREED. Pacific Roads Seeking Public Lands "Chicago, April 28. The Tri bune's "Washington special says: The Tribune has held that the decision and ruling in the case of the New Orleans and PaciGc rail road, that the assignment of the right of a railway company carried with it whatever rights that corpo ration may have to United States land grants, would be used by the southerner as a precedent under which it would lay claim to the vast unearned land grant land of the Texas Pacific railway. That prediction has been verified. The railway magnates who own the Southern Pacific railway and who are the assignees of the franchise of the Texas Pacific railway have made an application to the interi or department that a. commissioner be appointed to examine and re port upon what was once the Texas Pacific land grant. No official announcement has been made of this application from the interior department, but is learned, from a source which cannot be questioned, that it is substantially true. The technicalition of the application may not have been made in that exact form, but as a matter of fact, the owners of the Southern Pacific railway have al ready commenced a proceeding by which the unquestionably hope to procure a vast domain between the oceans which was granted to the Texas Pacific company, and which congress has not declared forfeited. It is expected that great politi cal lawyers, Roscoe Coukling, possibly, and others, may appear in "Washington to demand of the interior department that the princi ple which Attorney-General Brew ster has laid-down-as to the rights of the assignees of a franchise of a dead corporation to any unearned land grants, provided only that congress shall not have formally declared them forfeited, shall be indicated in the matter of the ap plication of the Southern Pacific railroad for the Texas Pacific land grant, just as it has been in the claim of the New Orleans and Pa cific to the unknown road of which it became the assignee. The principle in both cases is the same. The officers of the interior depart ment have declined to express opinions whether the decision in the case of the New Orleans and Pacific would prevail in the case of the Southern Pacific. The indi cations are that they will soon have an opportunity to decide. If the decision of the United States superior court in a rooent case is to be the guide if the secretary of the interior is to con sider that he is simply an execu tive officer, acting under a judicial mandate, as construed by the attorney-general of the United States, it is very possible that the vast domain granted to the Texas Pacific company may, before con gress shall convene, be declared to belong to the Southern Pacific, although the construction of the Texas Pacific was scarcely begun and that corporation has ceased to exist. Should such a decision be made, the railway barons who own the Southern Pacific, forfeited behind the doctrine of vested rights, will be able to ask the new congress what they are going to do about it. Persons interested in the preservation of the public domain are considering the prob lem whether any legal proceedings can be commenced by private citizens which would prevent the transfer of this unearned grant to the Southern Pacific until con gress can act upon it. Washington, April 28. Coun sel for the Central Pacific railroad company yesterday filed with sec retary of the interior a brief in which they appeal from the refusal of the commissioner of the general land office to proceed with the patenting of lands to the Central Pacific railroad company as the successors of the California and Oregon railroad company in Cali fornia. The question involved in tkis appeal relates to the construc tion to be given to the act of July 25,1S66. Counsel for the railroad company maintain that the forfeit ure section of the act does not differ in its legal effect from the forfeiture clauses of other land grant acts which have already been adjudicated by the depart ment and the United States su preme court. Deep-Sea Lighthouses The proposal made of Anderson, of Leeds, to establish "deep-sea lighthouses," will be viowed with great intercs. The scheme is in genious, but it appears perfectly practicable. It is proposed to construct such lighthouses of hol low riveted ironwork in the form of a large cylinder, about 3C feet in diameter, and 290 feet in length, consisting of three essen tial parts. The upper portion, rising 140 feet out of the water, is to be similar, so far -as shape, ar rangement and internal fittings are concerned, to the tower of an ordinary lighthouse. The central portion, about water-line, is to be packed with a material much lighter than water, such as cork wood, and capable of forming a durable and unsinkable floating power. The lower portion, ex tending to 150 feet below water line, is intended to resist the force of wind and weather acting upon the tower and as ballast to lower the center of gravity of the whole structure to an desired extent. But to render the light-tower still safer it is proposed to admit water and if necessary to employ a quan tity of iron as ballast. The light house would be erected complete in the shipyard, launched and towed out to its intended sight, where it would readily be made to assume its erect position by admit . ting water to tne lower compart ment. Having been properly floated and ballasted it is next to be securely attached by steel wire ropes two inches in diameter to anchor blocks, weighing about 200 tons each, sunk in suitable po sitions, so that in water one mile deep each rope would be from two to three miles long. The pro posed displacement would bo about 2,000 tons, for which, it is thought, there would be no diffi culty in procuring adequate moor ings. As the structure would be entirely dependent for its floating power upon the light material con tained in the central division it would be unsinkable, even if struck by a ship or an iceberg. Its peculiar form and arrangement would give it great stability, so that if forced from the perpendic ular it would instantly right itself with great power. But it has been calculated that even a hurri cane moving with a velocity of 100 miles per hour, equivalent to a pressure of fifty pounds per square foot, will only cause a de viation of ten degrees from the perpendicular. Against this it is to be noticed that the sag, or sink ing towards the middle, of the mooring ropes will form a most effective spring to control any ten dency to oscillation. As the wholo mass of the superstructure is com paratively great, and the area ex posed to the lifting force of waves very small, it is thought that tho rising and falling motion caused by passing waves will be almost inappreciable. It is proposed at the same time to connect those floating lighthouses by cable with the mainland, and thus the ex treme desirability and the increas ing necessity for lighthouses and telegraph stations in mid-ocean would be fully met, and various important objects might be at tained by their construction. A storm warning from the Atlantic, for instance, could be sent thirty six hours in advance, and a yearly saving of many million pounds' worth of maritime property and, what is of far more importance, of hundreds of valuable human lives thereby effected. On the other hand, shipowners could be apprised of the passage and condition of their vessels and could forward as sistance or instructions to the same en.route. Moreover,- the'deep-sea lighthouses would form good ren dezvous for vessels in distress or shipwrecked crews. Pay of the Regular Army. The regular army of the United States is at present made up of twenty-five regiments of infantry, ten regiments of cavelry, 5 regi ments of artillery and a corps of engineers, comprising in all 5,000 enlisted men, 2,181 commissioned officers, making with 312 cadets and nine professors, a grand ag gregate of 28,002 men in active service, there being also 400 re tired officers on the rolls. The annual pay of the General of the army is 13,500, and of the Lieu-tcnant-General, $11,000; while the Major-Generals receive $7,500, Brigadier-Generals 5,500, Colo nels 3,500, Majors 2,500, mount ed Captains 2,000, and Captains dismounted 1,S00. The Chap lains, of whom there are thirty four, receive 1,500. The pay of a private soldier for the first two years of service is 13 a month, being increasod 1 a month for each year of service, until for the fifth vear it is 1G a month. If then he re-enlists he receives SIS a month, and for each subsequent re-enlistment 1 more. A Chicago clerk went last year to Dakota, to a hotel reputed to be doing a roaring trade it was. He returned lately, completely cured of all desire for change. The hotel, he says, was a small frame structure, with a school section on the top floor, and three hundred people often slept in the house. "They came in wagon loads. The landlord made money, but he never was around, and I had to do everything. The landlord was selling town lots and surveying and ran a lumber yard and every thing. The first day I was there I had to leave the office and drive thirty teams around to tho barn and help to unhitch the horses, and all the time I was there I was half hostler, half chambermaid, half cook, and half everything there was. Why, an hotel cleric is of no more accoutit out there than an alderman here. It would make you sick. I had to help wait on the table, help make beds, split slabs for fuel, bail out the cellar, deal a faro bank iu which the landlord was interested, milk six cows, go out and hold a chain for surveyors, scrub the office floor and lay out corpses." SBQ POWDER Absolutely Pure- This powder never varies. A marvel of purity. jtrciith and whalesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be .sold In competition with the mul titude of low test snort weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Roy al Bakixo rorKn Co.. too Wall-st. N. Y. NEVILLE & CO. Pacific Net and Twino Go. Sax Francisco, Apr ll(li,1883. Deaii Sins : For general convenience, wc have sent a supply of fo. 30 lOoly Conuino Scotch Salmon Net Twine, to the cure of A. M. Johnson & Co. Astoria, which will be sold at low enough figures to make It au object for all net mend ers to uc it for repairs, in ,lace of the more expensive No. 40. 12-ply. Fishermen who have heretofore used this zrade of Twine for repairs, claim that the durability of the patch is equal to the bal ance of the net, aftc- the latter has hrd a few weeks' use. We think it will be monev in your jweket to try it. For prices and samples apply to A. M. JOHNSON & CO. Astoria. Seville & Co. Sole Agents, Co i?...ie. 31 and 3 California St. f San Francisco. Restlessness at night; nervous twitching; nightmare, etc., give way to peaceful slumber, tired nature's sweet restorer, by using Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier, the Vegetable Sedative and Tonic MjyN lTII A ' ! Xd nsls 3 "3- d Rr li- .5 i.JP 3 ri - V ? -Z 55 S i " i-- wjj lV5u M ir - .'.s.i Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell' ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Hdcdache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation ca earth equals St. Jacobs Oil u a safe, sitrr, simple and cheap External Bemedj. A trial entail but the comparatively trifllcr outlay of 50 Cents, and erery one tuffer ing with pain can haTo cheap and paitiTe proof cf iu claims. Directions in HeTen Lang-ages. BOUDBYALLDBUGGISTBAHDDEALEES IH HEDI0EJE. A. VOGSLER & CD., Baltimore, 32tL, V. S. A. The Chief Rustler. John Kinney, leader of all the New Mexico rustlers and the man who has proved such a terror to the cattle interests of the new territory, is about thirty-two years of age, five feet seven inches in height, stout, rather bloated, weighs 165 pounds, florid complex ion, light brown hair, blue eyes, full, round face and light mustache. He is a braggart, talks loud, drinks uara, iacKS pruaence, nas Kinea two men, brags of killing others, is bold, but lacks nerve. He is believed to be an Irishman. Kin ney has been operating in southern New Mexico, Texas and old Mexi co for three years. He was for merly a soldier in the Eighth United States Cavalry. He has a ranch in a cotton grove south of Rincon, where he has spent most of his time since leaving the army, butchering and shipping stolen cattle. Kinney is a sort of mnjor general, having control over all the rustlers. Santa l?c New Mexican. MOTHERS, READ. GnNTS: About nine years ni;o I lind a child two years old and nlmost dead. Tho doctor I had attending lior rnnld not tel! what ailed her. 1 n-skcri him if lie did l.ot think it was worms. Ho said no. How ever, this did not satisfy me, as ! fe.t con vinced in my own mind that .-he li;I. I obtained n bottle of DK. C. 3IeI.AM:S CKLEimATEDVEKMIFUGlvucnuhic). I gave her a teaspoonful in the morning and another ntnIght,nfterwhichshopu.sed seventy-two worms and was a wHI child. Since then I have never been without it In my family. The health of my clnMren remained so good that I had lugUi-tod watching their actions until about ti.ri-o weeks ago, when two of them pri-enled the same sickly appearance tiiat la:uiy did nine years ago. So I thought it matt be worms, and went to work ni once with a lottIe of UK. C. McLANH'S VKKJU FUGI iMJtwcen four of my children, thSr ages being as follews: Alice, S year.; Charley,-! years; Emma,C5,ears; John. 1 years Now comes tho result: Alice and Kiinna cnmeoutall rlght,butCliarley pasxii forty live and Johnny about sixty worms, 'fre result was so gratifying that 1 j-pont two days in showing the wonderful f fleet of your Vermifuge around I'tiea, and now have tho worms on exhibition in my store. Yours truly, JOHN 1'IPKU. The ccnuiuc IK. C MrT.ANES VKR MIFl'fil" is manufactured only by Fleming Bpgs., Pittsburgh, Pa., and lwar the s5natures of C. 3IcI.nne and rirmlnj; Krou. It is never made in Si. IuN or Wheeling. IJo ure yon get the gonuine Price, 25 c-n: bottle. FLEjIIjIG ttltOS., Pittsbnrglt, Pa. King of the Blood Is not a "cure all," it Is a blood-purifier and tonic. Impuntv of the blood poisons the sys tem, deranges tiie circulation, and thus In duces many disorders, known bv different names to dlstiugukh them accerdhii: to ef fects, but being really branches or phases of that great generic disorder, Impurity or Ulood. Such are Dyspepsia, Itilltoitimcss, Liver Complaint, Conitlitatlnn, Aeroiiw Dto order. Headache, Backache, General ircav ttexs. Heart Disease, Dropty. Kidney Dicac, Piles, Wieumatism, Catarrh, Scrttfula, Skin Disorders, Pimples. Ulcers. Stealings, ttc. lc. Kins: or the IJlood prevents and cures these by attacking the cause. Impurity of the blood. Chemists and physicians ai-rce In calling It "the most genuine and efficient preparation for the purpose." Sold by Drug gists, SI per bottle. See testimonials, direc tions. &c In pamphlet, -Treatise on Diseases ol the Blood." wrapped around each bottle. D. RANSOM, SON & Co.. Props Buffalo. N.. Dyspeptic and Nervous people, "out of sorts," Oolden's Liquid Beef -will cure. AshforColdcrVs, takeixo otfier. Of druggists generally. fcfc 1&3H ZH uLRMaN IE1EI1 3?0-B RHEUMATISM. C H. STICKELS. A. ffl. JOHNSON & Co., Dealers In CROCKERY & CLASS WARE. Also Wholesale Dealers In Paints, Oils. Varnishes, Glass. Putty. Artl.tt Oil and Water Colors, I'aiut and Tfalso- ni i uc Brushes. Constantly on hand a full and choice stock of Staple and Fjuicv Groceries Only tho Bc.t kl'P"- Oi:r stork or Crocl-pry mnl Glass Ware is the I.ar-fKt and most Complete Stuck o r opened in Astoria. Consisting of Tea and Dinner Sots. Toilet Sets. Mass. Fruit, Mid V:ter .'ets. liar Fixtures. Ale Mi:;-. Tonics, KiMle Bottles Goblets, Tum bler Li:i ouade Hi-is, &tr , &c. Ker thln sold at Lowest UvlngRates. iuaiiiy iZuaranfccd. An Examination will more than repay you. W. E. DEMENT & CO. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Cam in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and f A?3GY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded, LOBB & CO., JOBBERS IN WINES. LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. AUKNTS FOlt TIIE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers, Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. J3--A11 goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STUEET. Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon. MAGNUS C. OROSBY, Dealer in HARBfABE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe ant! Fittings, PLUMBERS AXD STEAM FITTER0 Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON TIN AND COPPER, CaBnery acft Flsliermens Supplies Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN, COP PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING Done with r.eatncss and dispatch. None but first class workmen employed. A large assortment of SCALE? nondantlv on hand HANSEN BROS. HA YE BEMO TED ! Frorri-their old quarters to their NEW SHOP AND FACTORY NEAR KINNEY'S CAN NERY. Cleani ng It epairing. NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK. BY GEORGE IiOVETT. Main Street, opposite N. Loeb's. Dressmaking. Plain and Fancy Sewing. Suits mado in the "best Style and Guaranteed to Pit Mrs. T. S. JeweU. ROOMS OVER MRS. E. S. WARREN'S.l BILLIARDS! BILLIARDS! JAS. UIACOJIJJEIt Has opened a Temperance Billiard Parlor Next to Geo. V. Hume's Store. Fresh Eastern and Shoalwater Bay Oysters in every Style FINEST CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate ; Ties, Cakes Sandwiches, etc., at the Counter. Also in connection with the Parlor A, Fine Shooting; Gallery. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, At Capt. Rogers old stand, cornsr of Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good work guaranteed. A.M. JOHNSON. WILLIAM HOWE DEALER IN Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds of -S&MlfitK 3cfc 2 X ETC OAK LTTMBRR. 'i 7 ' fta-iK-? . KT.ASS. UW Boat Material, btc. -isisseess a specialty. I Boats of all inds Made to Order, j : ,mmmm J JS-Ordera from a distance promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases S. ARNBT & FEECHEN, ASTOKIA. - OKEGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AND Boiler Shop &&&&? AIl kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty mado of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Benton Street, Near Parker House, ASTORLi. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAPaDiMABlEEHGIMS Boiler Work, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. O-A-S-OLTIKTCa-S , Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short Notice. A. D. "SVass, Prosedent. J. G. nt'STLER, Secretary, I. W. Case, Treasurer. johx Fox.Suporintendent. A. V. Allen (SUCCESSOR TO PAGE & ALLEN.) Wholesale and retail dealer tu Provision Glass and Plated Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together with Wines, Liquors.TobaccaGigars Wilson & Fisher, SHIP CHANDLERS. DEALERS IN Iron, Steel, Coal, Anchors, Chains, TAR, PITCH, OAKUM, WROUGHT AND COT GALVANIZED 3PIEES, Nails, Copper Nails ami Burrs, Shelf Hardware, Faints and Oils Rubber and Hemp Packing of all Kinds. PROVISIONS, PT.OUR AND MIIX FEED. Agent3 for Salem Flouring Mills. Corner Chenamus and Hamilton Streets ASTORIA, OREGON. HEADQUARTERS Foster's Emporium. Most Complete Stock in Astoria Novelties of all Kinds Fruits Both Foreign and. DoracHtlc Wines and Liquors OI Superior Brand. FOSTER'S CORNER, 0 R &ND0CX sg .- ,. ,t BS r ix -tTT..i, . UiPggg DlaClei YVOlik BUSINESS CAPJDS. T C. HORDES. NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND ' IN SURANCE AGENT. Q. r.SiO F. IMJCXEIt. SURVEYOR OF Clnttsop Coutijy.and City of Astoria Office :-Chenamu3 street, Y. M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. "j-jt . WIJiTOH, Attorney and Counselor at Law. e-Offlce in Pythian Buildin--. Rooms 11, 12 ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. TAX TUTTIiE. 31. J. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms 1, 2, and S, Pythian Build ing. Residence Over J. E. Thomas Drug Store. TCT P. 1HCKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - OREGON Rooms In Allen's buildinc uo stairs, comer of Cass and Sqemocqhe strets. J q.A.BOVIiBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenamus Street, ASTORIA, OREGON (gHEIKJAa aagssw- Dealer I Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. CEHERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Sills of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. I AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship lines, STATE LINE. RED STAR, WHITE STAR. HAMBURG-AMERICAN, DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid tickets to or from any European port. For full information as to rates of fart, sailing davs, etc, apply to I. W. CASE. CLATSOP MILL COMPANY Successors of GEO. W. HUME SAW MILL. MANUFACTURERS $ DEALERS IN LUMBER, SALMON BOXES, TRAYS, ETC. Office and Mill CORNER OF WEST 9TH A.JCD "VTATElt ST5 SC. 33. PARKER, DRALER IX Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand 1Vool Ilelivereil to Order, Draying, Teaming and Express Business, Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALER IK WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. FIJtST CIASK FIRST QUALITY LUMBER. THE WESTPORT MILL COMPANY IS IN TIIE FIELD AND PROPOSES TO remain. We will take orders for lumber from 100 to 600 M., at the mill or delivered. We also manufacture lath and shlnelea of Al quality. riooring a Specialty. Address all orders WESTPORT MILL CO. S. O, Bbkkbs, Smpt. - . --