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Vol. xix. Astoria. Oregon Thursday Morning, July 12, 1883 No. 88. KA.ST BATTLE OP THE CIVIL WAR. An interesting bit of personal and general history, is the fact that Colonel David Branson, now a resident of this place, is the man who fought the last battle and gave the last order to ceaie firing, at the close of the war of the re bellion, and did it at the mouth of New Mexico's great river, the l?io Grande. The battle was fought on May 12th and 13th, 18(35. Col. Branson was sent out from the general camp on Brazos Island with a mixed command of about three hundred men from the sec ond Texas cavalry, dismounted first Missouri, colored, and the thirty-fourth Indiana, to capture a herd of cattle for the use of the troops. "While out he was at tacked by a force oi about six hundred Texas cavalry with ar tillery, under General Slaughter and General Ford. During the fight a war-ship arrived off the harbor with the news of the sur render of Kirby Smith, the last of the confederate forces in the field, and consequently the end of the war. General Barrett, the com mander of the garrison, ordered Colonel Branson to cease firing and return, which being impossi ble on account of the pressure of a superior force and the well known enmity on their part toward the colored troops and southern white union troops, the engagement was continued, though the unionists retired, fighting, toward the island. General Barrett came to the res cue on the 13th -with a small rein forcement, and the fight back to the island occupied all that day. Near sunset, as Gen. Branson was crossing the ferry with the main body, the attack was renewed upon the rear guard, in command of Captain Coffin. Colonel Bran son had just gone back to the guard, and the enemy were re pulsed; the last battle of the war was over. Then it was that Colonel Bran son, who had been informed of the good tidings brought by the war ship in the offing, and fully com prehended its importance and the historical significance of that day's work with himself as a modest though conspicuous figure in the closing scene of the great tragedy, gave the order to "cease firing," with probably deeper feeling than he ever before gave a military or der, and gratefully sheathed the sword that had for four years been the symbol of command through the bloodiest war of the ages, never arrain, he hopes, to draw it in a deadly conflict with his fellow-man. Turning to Captain Coffin, he sententiously and with m animation he can never feel ajrain, remarked: "That winds up the war," when the Captain re plied with equal emphasis, "les, and I thank God we are alive.1' The impressive scene closed as the sun was sinking behind the sand hills on the western bank of the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mex ico, and was witnessed by inter ested crowds of men percked in the rigging of 'eighty men-of-war and other shipping anchored in the offing and flying the flags of nearly every nation on earth. Albuquerque Journal. .The passage of the bill by the English house of lords permitting a man to marry his deceased wife's sister, ends a controversy which could have scarcely been more bitter had it been a proposition to marry a live wife's sister. But prejudice, after fifty years of agi tation, has given way at last, and as soon as the house of commons passes the bill an Englishman may bave'the same rights and privi leges in the United Kingdom which he now enjoys in its colo nies and in the United States. "The indications given of ap proaching change--of the weather by pains and muscular aches amongst those so afflicted, are often wonderfully active; but some of the best of these natural barometers we have lost since the people have been using St Jacobs Oil." Yennor's Montreal (Can.) Weatner JJullettn. Davy Jones' Locker. i i,i r n,.,. i h very one has heard ol "Davy Jones' locker," vet few know who Davy .(ones is and what his locker consists of. Old sailors an of the j opinion that the locker is at the bottom of the sea. off soundings. Its mouth is between two gigantic . , j ii : mountains, whose sides gradually t recede like those or a funnel, for J hundreds of miles. All currents i tend thitherward at a certain phase of the moon, and thus every lost , ' ' I eventually drifts into the great submarine mouth. When angered by offenses against his unwritten laws, such .as setting sail on Fri day, carrying dead bodies, killing cats, dropping water buckets, and the like, sailors-believe that Davy will porsonalh appear and demand satisfaction sometimes being satisfied with the sacrifice of one man and sometimes pulling a ship and its crew down in his locker. Many sailors aver that they have seen Davy Jones. The X. Y. Times utters a word of caution about the indelible, or ink pencils, which have come so much into vogue lately. A most useful implement to the business man, this innocent looking pencil can easily be converted into a treacherous friend, and on no con- J sideratiou should be used to write ' the signature of anyone. The composition of the pencil is a pe culiar combination, highly poison- i ous in itself, and herein lies the danger to signature writers com-' petent to give off two or more im- j pressions on damped paper not . tissue paper, be it understood, but j ordinary writing paper. Atten- i tion was directed to this peculi- j arity by an astute official of a mer- j cantile bank, and subsequent ex- periments proved the easy practi- j cability of making a clear copT of 1 the filling in of a check with this j ink pencil. First the writing ofj the check is transferred upsidij down, of course, to a slip of damp ed paper, and from that trans- j ferred right side up to another! sheet of damp paper. Tested re- j cently in the case of a check writ- J ten with liyfcink pencil and sent in 1 from the country, simple hand pressure obtained a very perfect copy of the transferable parts of the decuinent. A well-known Paterson, X. J., j mechanic named William Sutcliffe is ouiiuing a steamboat witn a woodqn boiler, which will be placed in the Passaic river above the falls in a few da-s. The boat is a propeller, sixteen feet long. The boiler is made of a new ale cask and is said to be able of . standing a pressure of 200 pounds to the square inch. It has already been satisfactorily tested at forty pounds pressure. This novel boiler is fitted with flues and the fire, instead of being under, is on top'of it, a drought being sup plied by a tube from underneath. Mr. Sutcliffe is a thorough and practical mechanic, holding a re sponsible position in one of the Paterson locomotive works. Tt is the first time in history that an at tempt was ever made to raise steam in a wooden boiler, and it looks as if the experiment wouM prove, a success. Pianos are being made at the present moment from oak timber 2,000 years old recently taken from the bottom of the Rhine, near Maycticc, being evidently the re mains of the bridge bu.ilt by Drusus an6 mentioned by CVesar in his "De Bello Gallico." A Berlin firm has purcluujed most of the ancient piles, which owing to their hardened state and texture are admirably adapted to the above named purpose and are said to ad mit bf a remarkably fine polish. A Sufferer from Rheumatism. I limped about for 3ears with a cane, and could not bond down with out excruciating pain. Parker's Gin ger Tonic efiected an actonishing euro and keeps me well. It is infallible. M. Guilfoyle, Binghamton, X. Y. Arc you made miserable by Indi gestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of appetite, Yellow Skin V Shiloh'.s Vital izer is a positive cure. For sale by W. E. Dement. on the extension of the Oregon and " niomia muruuu "u, e ue-., abandoned, aim me oui surveying i corps disbanded. New prelimi- j nary and locution surveys are now bnmjj marie from the terminus ........ ... .u n.,., i;..n under the direction of Mr. Hood, . ' -iiuTr u- .u.h.. rrifi Rilroo.l. The abandoned surveys an-said to have eost the nmIr0R(1 company $100,000. It ...ill ..!-. M.. II 1 1, teen mouths to finish the new sur vey, which is being conducted with great care. The country through which the survejr is being made is one of the most difficult yet encountered by railroad engi neers in this state. In many places all the work has to be done in ropes, the bluffs forming the side of the valley being nearly perpendicular. The benches on the river banks cannot lie utilized, for the reason that they are sub ject to overflow during the flood season. It is curious to read to-day, in a Baltimore paper published earh in the century, that 139 slaves had been sold at auction for the bene fit of the United States, and. the proceeds, over $."0,000, placed in the treasury. R Absolutely Pure. pow.ter never varies iHinty.Mrenslli anil vlulcs A marvel o 'Somnific. More economical than the nnlmarv kinds, and cannot he sold in conin.'lition willi tin iiihI- litude of low lost short wright, alum or I ai. Hakim: pownw: Co.. ioc Wall-.t. N. Y imns:n.H( ihivjiits. -Soii nnitt m mm nv w ST03IACH R Xo tiinofliouMliolost if tho stomach, liver ana bowels are attccteti. to adopt thesuro rem edy, lloftctter's Stomnch liittt-r?. Diseases of theorems named beset others far inoro eriou?, and delay is thoreforo hazardou?. D.v-leisia, liver complaint, chills and lever, early rheumatic twinges, kidney wcukncf?, brins serious bodily trouble if trilled with. I.oc no time In usins this effective and snfo medicine. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. THE LATEST STYLES WALL '"PAPER AT B. 3. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window curtains made to order. . ' 255PMy patent Triniinor to cut Wall Paper win ue iounu convenient io my patrons.. Nnfir.P. t ii Ave Tins day sold a half in X terest in the business of sailmukinfc to Mr. .1. Hess of this city. Mr. Hess has been u ii mi- in im- capiicnv oi loremnn lora number of years ami Is fully competent iu all the branches of snllniaklng. Hereafter the business will be carried on in the linn name ot theJAstoria S.nMofl, J. Hess & Co., proprietors. J. HESS. A.M. JOHNSON. Jake Notice. T T.WK.P'DKIKIGXF.D. IIEKEI1Y NO X tify the public of Astoria, if there Is anv claims niroWt i,n .i. claimant please come forward before the 1st of August, and present said claim as I am cping to take atrip to Washington. I). C. " U. U IjILISKKT, For Sale. T71IVE HtTXDKED rnim? tiv nmr A lock Wood, which I will deliver at the houses of customers for $4 a cord. Drayinp or all kinds done at reasonable All surveys hitherto made fifis Mm WM Iff on rnniTi-n II ' FOR RHEUMATISM, 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 Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Ho TtevtiT&lion on earth ivjuals St. Jacods Oil i a safe, sure, simple, nnd cheap External Remedy. A tiial entails but the conparatiTelr trifllau outlay of 60 Cents, and every one tuffr lag with pain can bavo cheap isd i4tlre jiroof of lu claims. Directions in Eleven L&ngiuges. E0LD3YALLDEUGQI8T8AITD-DEALEK3 IN HEDI0IKE. A. vOGrEI,SR Sr. CO., litiltimorc, JIM., 17. 5. A The Olympia land ofiice is doing nearly two-thirds more business than is done by any other oflice on the Pacific coast. The Colfax office lias made, a claim as doing the most business; but the figures do not show it. The Puget Sound countrv, it will be seen, is sottlinjr faster than any portion" of the northwest, and it is likely to con tinue to do so for some time to come. Transcript. SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER. Pain in the right !!e, undor !: of rlls Increaslhg or i)rosun: Niiiieiiuie t!ie pain is on the leftside; the jmlieu; is nirely able to lie o:i the left side; sonu times the pain is felt under the shoulder nnd is sometimes titken for RlionniatSr.ui in the ami. The stomach is affected witli loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels in KPHtral rc costive, sometiniw aller natitiKith laxity; tit'e head is tnmbled with p:iiii,acromnniel withadiill.limvy sensation in the baelcp:irt. There is gener ally a considerable loss of memory, aeoom itanieI with a )aiiil"nl sensation oi having left undone something which ou;ht to have Ikvii done. A slicht, dr cough is sometimes attendant. The patirtij com plains of weariness and debility; he is easily startled; his feet are cold or burn iiur,aud he complains of a prieklj sensa tion of tin skin; his spirit are low, and, althouli hcissatisiled that exercise would bo benelicial to him, yet he tun scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. If y.xt have any of the aliovc symptom?, von can eertalniv be cured by the use of the m-miine l)lt. V. .HcUVSE-S LIVKK TILLS. . . When you buy McLnne's Pills, insist on bavliiK IU- C. McLAJfE-S CK1.K I5K TK1 IAVKIt I'ILIi. matleby lb-m-ini; llros., Pittsburuh, la. if you can not net the uemtiiio IU. C. MeluVSKS LIVKK I'll.t-. .vc-ml us ceiits by mail, and we will send tbem to o:i. FLEMIXfi. BKOS.. I'iflsliurcli. P:i. A.M. Johnson &Go. DEALERS IN UroceriesiCrocteiT A FULL LINE OF Artists' Materials. NEYILLB & 00. Pacific ISfet and Twine Co. San Fkancisw), April l llh, Iks;. I)i:vi:.Sins; For general conviniiuei we have sent a supply of IV'o. :s. V2-1Ij- Genuine Scotcli Salmon IVot Twine, to the care of A. M. JOHXSOX tt CO.. Astoria, which will be sold at low enough figures to make it an object for all net menders to use it for repairs, in place of the more costly Xo. -10. 12-pl.v- Fishermen who have heretofore nsod this grade of twine for repairs, claim that the durability of the patch is equal to the balance of the net, after the latter has had a few weeks use. We think it will be money in your pocket to try it. For prices and samples apply to A. M. JOHNSON & CO., Astoria. Neville & Co. Sole Agents, Uan FrnncL;co 31 and 33 California St. i Han 1 ranclsco- I Id i ELS AND RESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE. IS. Si. I'AHKKR. Prop.. ASTORIA. - - - OREGON. FIRST CLASS HOTEL. Al l. MODKKX IMPROVEMENTS. :tiT V.M COJVD RATnS. Good Billiard Table. aid First Class Sa loon stocked with Fine Liquors. ce-FUKK COACH TO THE HOOSE.-S IT IS A FACT THAT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE ON Concomly Street is the Best in Town. THAT ISr Iia.s Alnajs on Ilaud FR12SII Shoal Waler Bay and East ern Oj-.stcrs. r -THAT- " JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT !lr lm. Iiccii I'roprlctor of the "Aurora Hotel" In Knnpptnn seTcn years. OPEN BAY AND NIGHT. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASS Oyster Saloon, CHENAMUS STREET, ASTOPJA. mUE UNDERSIONEH IS PLEASED, TO JL announce to the public that he has op cued a And furnishes in first-class stylo . " OYSTERS, HOT COFFEE "TEA, ETC AT THE Ladies' and Gent's Oyster Saloon, CHENAMUS STREET. Please rive me a call. ROSCOE DIXON, Proprietor COSMOPOLITAN Chop House and Restaurant. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. ; Meals ." routs ami upwards. L. IVIX.IiltOX & G. BOUIiAJtD, ! ' Proprietors, I .MAIN STKKKT. ASTORIA. PIONEER RESTATTRANT AND LODGING HOUSE. KelittPtI tlironsiiout : theJTable supplied with the best : the lcds clean and comfort able. X First rclas.s House-. Imnl b1he week. - S3.00 Meals to order. I. C. J:0SS. Proprietor. Mwars ai Ship Clailerj. A. VAN DUSEH & CO., Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil. Bright Varnish, Binnacle Oil. Cotton Canvas. Hemp Sail Twine, Coiton Sail Twine. Lard Oil. Wrought Iron Spikes. Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sewing machines, Paints m:l Oils. Groceries, etc. WEI. EDGAR, Doalpriu Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. W. E. DEMENT & CO. GISTS. ASTORIA, - - - OJIEGON Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded, Barbour's No. 40 I2-Ply . SALMON" TWINE ! COM AND LEAD LIKES, SEINE TWINES. A Full Stock Now on Hand. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 511 Market Street, San Francises. Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. WILLIAM HOWE -DEALER IX- Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. Ail kinds of 1? OAK LUMBER, m glass. y-SSHB Bracket Work Boat Materia I. tic. sasaSs?' a specialty. : .....j j Boats of all Blinds Made .to Orddr. I "Orders from a distance promptly attended S. AENDT & JTEROHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH and t Zims ti Boiler Shop All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT W0EK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. BEJrrox Street, Near Parker Hquse, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. LAI ai MARIE DBS BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe- cialty. o.a stistgs , oral l Description made to Order at Short Xotloe. A. I). Wass, Presedent. J. G. IICBTI.EK. Secretary, I. W. Case, Treasurer. .iouk Fox, Superintendent. A. V. Allen, (SUCCESSOR TO PAGE & ALLEN.) Wholesale and retail dealer Id PtOVlsitiBSg Glass and Plated . Ware, TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Together wlta Wines, Liquors,Tobagco,Gigars LOEB & GO., JOBBERS IN 'WINES, LIQUOES, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. J2T-A11 goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET. Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. 0. R. & N. Gb. Will Transact their Business at the MAIN STREET WHARF, & Which has-been Leased, Until Further Notice. E. A. N0YES, Agent. m iimiiimiiiinnii xustxf xzro to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all casea BUSINESS CARDS. NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION Alti Hi SURANCE AGENT-. JpVY TUTTIiE. 31. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms l, 2, and 3. Pythlaa Build ing. Residence Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. QEL.O F. PARKER. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and. City ef A.striA Office :-Chenamus street, Y. M. A. hall Room No. 8. Jfl P. HICKS, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stabs, corner oi Cass and Sqemocdhe stret . J Q.A.BOWIBY, ' " ATTORNEY AT LAW, ChenamusS treet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON J J. JOXES, STAIR BUILDER, Ship and Steamboat Joinsi, jyu. J. E. LaFOJtVE, IEiXTIST, Room 11, Odd Fellows Buildlnj, Astoria, Or. Gas administered for painless extraction of teeth. ' WM. B. GRENELL, II EA, ESTATE AGENCY. CITJ" AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY, TIM BER AND FAR3I LAND. eS-Onice next to F. L. Parker's Store. Cot Clieiiamas and Benton Sts. CEAS. H. WLLLIAMSOM C8. REAL ESTATE AND General Commission Brokers. Ofllceou GcneTlovo street, in the rear, ot E. It. Havre' building. A General Agency 'business transacted. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. T AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING X well known and commodious ateainshfp lines, r STATE LINE, RED STAR.. "WHITE STAR. HAMBURG-AMERICAN, DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN TUNE. Prepaid tickets to or from any European port. For full information as to rates, of faze, sailing days, etc, apply to I. "W. CASK. B0Z0ETH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTORIA, ... Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE WE9T eni. State Investment. Hamburg, Bre men aud North German Fire Insurance Com panies, and represent the Travellers' -LhV and Accident of Hartford, and tho New York Life, of N. Y. We have tho only complete set of township maps In the county, and have made arrange ments to receive applioations, filings, and final proofs on Homesteads, Preemptions. Timber Lands, etc.. having all the official blanks iherefor. Our maps can bs exam ined in the otllce, upon the payment of a reasonable fee. ' - "We also have for sale city property In As toria and additions, and farms and tide land property. Rents, and other collections made, and loans negotiated. IJOZORTH& JOHNS, DEALER is Hay, Oats, . Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and SaM Wooil Delivered, to Order, Draying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALER ts WlNESy LIQUORS AND.C1QARS. FXKST CltAStl -