f3 ASTORIA, OREGON: SUNDAY JULY 22, 18SS Seattle is to be tricity. lighted bv elec- Regular service churches to-da3. in the city There are 217 state penitentiary. convict i the The new insane asylum at Salem will be ready for occupancy Septem ber 3. The Oregon Francisco to-day. morrow. is due from San The Queen sails f o- -R. M. Stites shot himself through the head in Dallas last Wednesday morning, with fatal result. E. 0. Holden's special and per emptory sale begins at Sheriff O'Neil's at two o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Itoscoe Dixon expects to get into his new quarters on the 1st of August. Frank Fabre begins operations to morrow. Yesterday was as dry and windy as any of its hundred predecessors. What a wonderful phenomenon a shower would be! Passenger cars are now running on the Oregon Short Line to a point forty-five miles from Shoshoue. One hundred and six have been the highest figures recorded by The Dalles thermometers this season. The Dayton Chronicle snys it was 19 minutes before there was a stream of water thrown from their new steam firo engine at the late fire. Oats is being exported and im ported, the Columbia bringing 216 sacks from San Francisco and the SMc carrying 300 sacks away. This is Sunday and prayers for rain are in order, but theje doesn't eem to bo much use in praying for rain with the wind in the present quarter. Eastern Oregon and Washington dispatches report harvest going on. Wheat, 35 bushels to the acre, barley 60 bushels to the acre, is not un- Next Friday and Saturday, there will be a bicycle contest at Portland, in which Willie Warren, one of the most graceful and expert bicyclists on the coast, will participate. There will be an excursion to Young's River Falls this morning on the Clara Parker. She will leave her dock at 0 o'clock. A good time may be anticipated. Tickets Si. Ladies free. The East Portland fire, regarding which thero were so many conflicting rumors, was a small affair a dwelling house on 3rd and E. Loss, SI ,200; insurance, $800. The usual com plaint comes concerning tho "ineffi ciency" of the fire department. It was reported somo time ago that Rev. J. V. Milligan would preach his farowell sermon to-day. The many friends of that gentleman will be glad to know that he has been prevailed upon to stay, and that farewell ser mon has been indefinitely postponed. Sheriff Sears of Multnomah, Ex St. Superintendent Win. Bradcn, and Messrs. Norton and Borden came down yesterday on the Wide West; it ia not true the roason they went back on the same boat was that they had been notified to leave by the com mittee. The Dalles Sun ia after the pimps and parasites and other human lice that crawl in convict breeding holes. It closes a plain spoken article by say ing: "It is to be seen if law and or der can bo relied upon, or an enraged public be forced to apply tho law with their own hands." "A gentleman from tho east'' in lormB tlie Uregomnn that Astoria is the "terminus" of the Columbia river, and our contemporary inakeB editorial announcement ot what it is pleased to style the "fact." Can such things be and overcome us like a summer cloud without our special wonder! To tho people of Ilwaco a tele graph station such as is now contora plated will be of great convenience. Tke Columbia cable will soon be here and as soon as it is laid, and the con' nection complete, our friends at Il waco can be in telegraphic communica tion with all tho world and the rest of mankind. All classes and conditions are on a strike. The telegraph operators. cigar makers, butchers and others. lady who reads the papers and keep3 posted, yesterday said that the eight hour system was just as much woman's right as a man's. Thit she had begun work at 6 a. m., and she was coin to quit at 2 r. it., and she did. .Phetogr&pit Gallery. in .mx. Mc&watrs building, corner LaFayette and Concoraly street. Good work at reduced prices. Indies, Dr. Mitchell has secured rooms at the residence of Mrs. Clough, Chenamus street, wuere ne may do consulted, tree of charge in all chronic diseases. - Ofjlce BOUTS, Jl IV 'J I". -v. TWENTY"-FIVE YEARS AGO. A Long Deferred But Highway. Inevitable The following act passed by the territorial legislature in 1853 is inter esting, says tho Yamhill Reporter, on account of tho iniuiy historic! and distuiguiahed n ranee connocied there with, and thu preaeul importance of the subject : "An act :o incorporate the Attoria and Wiiiaui" tc "aiit-y Kl!!IMau Coin- pany. Section 1. lie it oHReteU by the legislative assembly f the territory of Orogon, that John Adair, John Mc- Clure, James Welch, James Taylor, Conrad BoellniK, W. W. Parker, of Clatsop county, Paton Welkea, J. Lnbrire, Win. Wilson, W. R. llasseit, T. R. Cornelius, Charles McKay, Morris Wolf, li. C. Kinney. Joe Meek, Riley Bean, M. li. Criah, W. T. Newby, Andrew Shuck, Edward Shiel, .1. D. Boon, J. II. Moores, W. C. Griswold, Samuel Parker, Jacob Consor, .Joseph IJolnian, W. H. Rec tor, Louis Westncott, L. F. Grover, F. Skinner, Elijah Bristnw, G'eo. Humphrey, Jos. Teal, 1. R. Moores, Paul Brattain, A. A. Smith, W. C. Gallagher, B. F. WhiUson, Thos. Kendall, Wilson Blair, Chas. Drain, Robt. Newell, J. II. Stephens, J. D. Crawford,!!. V. N. Holmes, A. C. R. Shaw, J. II. Lewis, B. F. Burch, II. Linvillc, John Thorp. J. C. Avery, James Barnhart. I. N. Smith. John Kelsay, A. J. Thayer, William Gird, Isaac Moore, J. Dohse, Leonard & Green, Ladd & Co., T. Pritchard, Job McN.uncc, Thomas Carter, D. D. Lonsdale, J. S. Ryncrson, S. Moss, Geo. Aberncthy, Win. C. Bowering, Thomas II. Smith, II. M. Knighton, Harry Stephens and their associates, successors and assignees are hereby created a corporation and body poli tic, for the purpose of constructing, ercctimr, iuttimr in monition and maintaining a railroad from Astoria to Salem and thence to Eugene City or some other point in the Willamette Valley, by the name of the "As toria Sr Willamette Valley Railroad company. A quarter of a century has.elspscd since these men associated themselves together by this act. Many are num bered with tho dead, and all have grown old and silver-haired, and still there is no railroad In Astoria; but the time will come when ifcwill bo built, and many of these old "pioneers" will live to see this enterprise, started by them twenty-five 3'ears ago, carried forward and completed, and Astoria take the place she is entitled to by na ture in the commercial world. Some Pertinent Suggestions. Astokia, .1 tily 21 1 1883. En. Astouiak: Now would be a good time for tho council to have Water street widened ten feet on each side so as to make it eighty feet wide and provide for any further extension of that street, to be of the samo width. Sqticiiioque should be widened also, any ten feel. This should be done at once, before tho burnt district shall be rebuilt. The water front should also be well considered bv tin citizens and the citv fathers. Thore ia talk of the O. R. & N. Co., extending their wharf farther into the stream. It is so far now that vessels cannot anchor in front of it without obstructing tho channel. It makes no difference to what depth of water a wharf shall be carried, it will cause the channel to shoal alongside of The channel in front of the city is now too narrow and no encroach ments should be allowed upon it. The present waterfront line should be strictly preserved and no person al lowed to build beyond. Means should be taken to prevent the sediment from the shore going into the channel. A bulkhead along Chenamus street and Olney to Squemoque, thence east along that street and Water street to West-Sixth thence south to tho shore, would have a great effect in arresting the shoaling of the water front. The expense would be nothiug compara tively. Stout planks spiked onto the piles from tho ground up two or three feet would be sufficient for the present. PrcLicus. A largo party of Asiorians start ed to the Seaside on the Sam yester day. Such weather as this entices one to call for a vacation, and take a season of enjoyment. It must be jolly fun to be well-to-do, to have abundance of this world's goods and not be obligod to work when one does not feel like it. Under date of tho 20th our wide awake Jewell correspondent writes that the surveying party in charge of EL G. Hurlburt, moved camp on the 18lh and are now camped at Mr. CahilFs place in Vesper precinct, about forty-two miles from Astoria. They went up the Nchalem in canoes; it took hve canoes to carry tho party and their outfit. They are makin about a half a mile a day along tho river. It. C. Templeman's expert part' are on tho line between Jewell and OIncy. Don't fail to call at the residence of Mrs. Clomrh. Chenamus street, and set an Electric Belt of Dr. Mitchell. They cure all chronic complaints without the aid of medicine. Office hours, 1 to 5 p.m. The Pacific Electric Pad Truss cures ruuture in 90 days. Call and see it. Dr.Mitchell,Astor Jlouse.9 to 12 a.m Tho Twenty-First Regiment. A portion of tho 21st Infantry came to this coast 18 years ago, and all of it has been hero 4 years. Since the last of tho 21st came to California in May, 1809, regiment after regiment has been here and gone. Tho 12th Infantry came west with the 21st, but tho gallant 12th has been nearly a year disporting itself on tho pleasant shores of Lake Ontario; the 4th Artillery came out three years after J .1... Olct- it 1i n.n nonrlv two 1 years basking in the sunshine and gas-light f eastern civilization. So, you see, regiment cornea and resiment J goes, but the 21st remains. It has been here so long that the time when it came seems like the vanishing point in the perspective of a picture. Since it first saw the "golden shores of; the Pacific" the war department has been ruled over by seven secretaries: and four division, four department, and three regimental commanders have come, commanded and de parted. Tho 21st has out-lived oven the Indian tribes. When the regiment sailed up the Co lumbia the Modoc was tending his herds at the base of Shasta, and the Nez Perce was living quietly in tho peaceful valley of Iranaha. Where are Modoc and Nez Perce now? They have faded from the land liko the snow from the brow of llood. The Indian has gone, but the 21st re mains. It is rooteil to the foil of Oregon and Washington like one of their fir trees. It has longed and waited for the railroad. Tho railroad is here, but even its mighty engines have not power, it seems, to fear us from our ancient habitation. But tho 21st will not complain. If there is no money to move us, thero will be no money to move any other regiment, and wc should hare no right to be dissatisfied. Bat relying on tho eter nal justness and fitness of things, I My the 21st, like the Chinese, "must go." Cnt. ant. Sol Smith Russell. Of Sol Smith Russell, who ap pears at Occidental Hall in "Edge wood Folks" to-morrow night, tho Chicago Tim si says: "Russell puts so much of that gennino, hearty good humor into it, so much of that healthy, pure, but captivating fun of which he is the natural apostle, that all tho sentiment and humor thero is in the play finds its way straight to folks' hearts and stays there. It is of but few leaders on the contemporary stage of whom it Cm he said that they would rather try tho'clear and health ful thing for a comparatively modest success than win a larger reward by lending then" aid to tho perpetuation of the false .ind the equivocal upon tho boards, iut certainly Sol Smith Russell has earned the title to this honorable distinction, and a generous good fortune has followed the choice, too. And taat the fickle dame has smiled on hjjn in this generous way will not be regretted by his host of friends and well-wishers in Chi- A Public Meeting. Astoria, July 21, 18S3. Eo. Antokian: It seems to me that n public meet ing should bo called at an early day to consider the proposition made by the Astoria and Wiunemucca Railroad company, to build a railroad to As toria on a subsidy of two hundred thousand dollars. If that amount is not raised we will see what amount can be raised on condition that the road be begun immediately from the Astoria end, and that no transfer be made to the land-grant company. This should be done at once. Let us try to get such a sum raised as will be acceptable and push the forfeiture of the land grant that now stands in the way of a rai lroad. Ct'MTUi. 1 1 is reported that late disastrous fires on tho Nehalcm have burned nearly a million dollars worth of tim ber, which bearsbut a small proportion of tho aggregate value of the groat timber areas in that vicinity. The present season's fire3 are the most destructive of any for tho last thirty years. Says I to ?Iysclf I Snys I ! 1 have lots of clothes that arc of no use, bays 1 to myself, says 1. And hatsandshirtsandboolsand shoes, Says 1 to myself, says I. The fishins is over. lve plenty of mon ey, so i li go to Jvanr, ne n dress mc up tony. Says I to myself, says I. So I went to Kant they call liinl the boss. Says 1 to myself, says I. And told him to dress me from iny head to my toes, Savs 1 to myself, says I. So he fitted mc a suit so stylish and nice. with liar, noots, sinrts, ana tiiemiest ties, and charged me the very low est price, Says I to myself, says I. West Shore; West Shore. The Wast Shore for June; splendid illustrations of Astoria: just the num ber to send away. One thousand cop ies at Carl Adlers. Attention Knights. Members of Astor Lodge, Xo. C, K. of i,are requested to be present at the next regular convention. Wednesday, July 25th. Business of importance to dp considered. By order l". U. W. L. Bonn. K. of JL and S. No matter what your ailment is Brown's Iron Bitters will surely bene tit you. To-morrow, the commeucement of the great auction sale at Sheriff O '-Neil's uanKmpt store. and P AUCT or Dry Mil Clotiiii, Millinery, 23to, By E. C. AT Sheriff O'NeiFs Bsnkrnpt Storb, Comer Concoiuly and Jlnin Street. Commencing Monday Afternoon From 2 io 4 o'clock, and in the Continuing till STORE TO LET. SHOW COUNTY FINANCIAL REPORT. Exhibit of the financial affair of Clatsop Comity for the fiscal year ending June :0th. ISfc:. rol XTY Balance in treasury June :0, ISA! I'cceivcd since from all sources Total Paid County orders coupons State on remissions Balance in treasury STATU Amount received from taxes... County fund Amount paid paid State on taxe: smooi. Balance in treasury June :0. lSs Receipts since, to date Total Paid school orders Balance in treasury ." sui:i'X.U3 Amount in treasury June :o, lji-fci at date DKCKASKP Amount in treasury June .', 1SJS. received suiee in uaie Balance in treasury Or.XKI'AI. Total balance in treasury June SO. 1832 Received since from all sources Total Paid county orders .'. stale on remissions coupons on bonds state taxes school orders . Balance in treasury. A Distinguished Author and Actor J Coming to Astoria. In dramatic annals of tho past twenty years no one has figured more honorably and conspicuously as play wright and manager than Leonard Grover. And his work, covering a quarter of a century, 13 as familiar as household words all over the American continent. In recent years ho has written "Our Boarding Huuse " "My Son-in-law," "Lispet," Cad," "Papi Burleigh," "Viva," 'Tho City" and other plays; while I tX tnO as manager no nas comroneu leadins theaters in New York, Chi-! cago ana wasmngton, u. u. nis latest enterprise is the Leonard Com edy Company, organized to produce i? .i J 1 : II.. ins own piays-, an-i now n.u, suk- cessful he has been the seas ui in San Francisco bears witness. Appearing there in n round of his plays they gave 129 performances, altogether the most successful engagement known in" that city for years, and the closing performance took the shape of a bene fit to the successful author. Tho company now close their wonderfully successful season on the Pacific coast by a visit to all. the principal places of interest. Astoria is to be amuiig the first, and the company will appear at Occidental liall tor a nariou ot two nights, commencing next Friday even ing. Steamer Dayo. Following is a resume of sailin-'i dates for ocean steamers for -July, Steamers loaviug .isiui iu aim oan T?tinnnipAA rtTTnt- ftiino flfivo- VltOM ASTORIA IFROXlSAN-FItANTISCn J V .Tnivi at in a. m .iiiiv Queen.... Monday isjstate Monday 25 OreKon.-Tnursurya;ii;oiiimi:iinursaay2G State Sunday 29'Qiieen .Sunday ia i J . --i X Fortune may be made by hard work, but cau '. neither be made nor enjoyed without! health. To those living sedentary lives Dr. Jl. V. fierce'a "Golden Medical Discovery ia a real friend. It stimulates the liver, purities the blood, and is the best remedy for con sumption, which is scrofulous disease of the lungs. By all druggists. 5- r.r --- eremptory ALE! FiimsI evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, Further Notice. CASES. ETC.. FOR SALE. Kl'M. S GjZu VS !)8 S2.';,389 3G SIR '14 OS i,(oo 00 iTT 7ii 4.017 511 FUXI. S10rT27 99 257 76 10,585 75 .SlOiW. 75 HU.vn. K14 01 C,m 15 S 7,013 16 l,7.". 7C S7G 40 S 7.013 16 7,613 16 - PUXi. 1 07 1 07 35 98 29 10 FUXI. SKMMAKV. G5 08 S 65 03 7.189 04 "34,465 98 S11,G55 02 10,914 03 j.m ,o 1,600 00 10,585 75 0.736 76 ?::,0i)t :rj :"6,09i 33 S 5J3CO 67 1L B. SPED DEN', County Clerk. A Sufferer from Rheumatism. 1 limped about for years with a cane, and cohld not bend down with out excruciating pain. Parker's Gin ger Tonic eflected an actonishing cure and kucps me well. It is infallible. M. (riiilfoylc, Binghamton, N. Y. rv'oticfc. -Dinner at "J EFF'SnCHOP HOUSE every day at 5 o'clock. The best 25 cent meal in town; soup, Csh, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, pudding, etc. A glass of S. F. Beer, French Claret, tea or coffee included. All who have tried, him say Jeff is the BOSS.r ForaXcat Fitting; Boot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che- ' ct-flof nvf ilnnr in T IV Pocn AH goods of the best make and guaran- teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving, custom work, .oolc Here! . "," '"v " Vr." " Juu j,et ,t, ,f you mtss Dinner every I lii' frmii ."I fn S 5smins fich oifilif l.-irwls day from to S. Soups, fish, eight kinds ot uieai. vegci'iuics. pics, puciumgs, coi- fee,tea, wiiu, . t. Deer, or unit, lim ner 25 cents. "Woodcutters AVnutctl. I wish to contract with parties to cut from 200 to 500 cords of wood. Apply io Jas. Bell, Upper Astoria- Frank Fabre wilt reopen for busi np in fine new huilriincr onnosite TnK Astokiax office next Aionday. Ice cream, oysters, coffee, etc., of the best quality. Look out for' the auction sale at Sheriff O'Xeils. Banish ill health, nervousness, vex ation, tretfulnea3, etc., by- using Brown's Tron Bitters. Take notice of Sheriff O'Xeil's new advertisement. Over S4.000 worth of diamonds and jewelry on the : revolving, stand in the I g i& i sunli'Mit. ' " rn... l,. fnr tl TVio.-o tf nct.utu. ,uu;- 1 bon. Ind- savs: "Botti myself and. wire i owe our lives toSnn.oii's Consumption j cirn Soul uy w. is. uemenc i If vim want extra nice Jellies nud Marmalades e:o to A. M. JOHN'SOX & CO.7. AverilFs mixed paints, the best in use, for sale at J. . coun,s drug store. 1 "l'l'oaue uEcmmit xaui Shiloh's Catarrh Kemedy a posi tivc cure for Catarrh, DIptheria and Canker Mouth. Sold by Y. E. Dement. Brace up the whole system with King ot tne mood, see Advertisement. I mm O. B. COOPER, GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Till? V 1 The Leading Dry Goods Clothing House f Astoria, XiJLCE CT7iT25hZ2TS9 I have just reoeived 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. Silks and Dress Goods, We are 3howing oa our Centre Counters a collection of the most elaborate and richest Goods ever shown in this City, AT REMARKABLE LOW PRICES. All Silk Rliadames, Drap D 'Almas All Silk Foulards, "Wool Surrahs, - All Silk Ottomans, Satin Solils, Etc., Etc. "We are now showing the Largest and most Elegant Line of. La dies' Cloaks and "Wraps ever brought to this City. Black Dolmans, Trimmed with Lace, Fringe, and Gimp. Black Silk Dolmans, Lined and Trimmed with Guipure Lace and Gimp. . Fine Brocaded Satin Dolmans, Handsomely Trimmed with Chenille Fringe. Walking Jackets, Mantles, Ulsters and Dusters. Shetland -Shawls, Evening Shawls, Wool Shawls, All Sizes and Colors. CLOTHING AMD GENTS FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT We are showing, without doubt, the largest, and most complete stock of Mens', Youths', and Boys' AT EXTREMELY Largest Stools, Znowesi Prices in Astoria, C. H. COOPEK, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS BUILDING, ASTORIA. OCCIDENT STOBE. Having received the mo3t complete line of Oent3 Furnishing Goods ever opened, ia Astoria, 1 shall offer to buyers the choicest Neckwear, Underwear, Dress Shirts, F3J.cy Shirts. White Vests, Linen Dusters, Alpaca, Coats, etc., etc. At the Very Lowest Prices ! The Largest Assortment of styles in Soft, Stiff and Flexible Hats, ull stock of Clothing, including fine Prince Albert Coats in Black and Blue The Tailoring department comprises Casslmeres, Worsteds, Tweeds, etc. Tne Leading TAILOR, CLOTHIER, HATTER IT PAYS TO TRADE ITH ME ! "WHO? FKANK. ELBERSON, SeasiaeBaiery & Confectionery- "77"JbL 1 because my Goods are the Best and Always Fresh. Cakes Candies ctc.fiimIshedfor'VeddIntr nartles. on short notice, and Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. Cake ornamenting a specialty. Opposite G. IV. Haae's. A. G. SPEXARTH WILL OPEN IH-A SHORT TIME IX The building now occupied by W. E."Dement& Co. - L. K. G. SMITH, Importer and wholesale dealer iu Cigar and Tobaccos, Smokers' Articles, Playlas Cards, Cattery, Sta tionery. Etc The largest and finest stock of MEER SCHAUM and AMBER GOODS in the city. Particular attention paid to orders from the country, Thso.BRACKER, Manager. Chenamus Street, Aitorla. Oregon. Clothing ever brought to Astoria LOW PRICES. Finest Goods. and Straw Hats, AH the leading the largest stock of imported Cloths. and GENTS FURNISHER. MAGNUS C. CROSBY, Dealer in lARBfASE, IRON, STEEL, iron Pipe and Fittings, PLTJ MBEBS AND STEAM UTTER? Goods anljocls, SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON TIN AND COPPER, : Cannery anft Flsiermens Snpplles Stoves, Tin Ware and Himsi Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN, COP PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING Done with neatness and dispatch. None but first class -workmen employed. A large assortment of " SCALE? Constantly oa luad YOKEST" "SVe have for sale HOSROFS Celebrated Yokes, Which are acknowledged by all Loggers lo be the HEST IX THE STATE. jSWAUItANTED NOT TO CHECK, d wlm AVI LSOX & FISHER. Astoria. FIRST QUALITY LUMBER. THE WESTPORT MILL COMPANY IS IN THE FIELD AND PROPOSES TO remain. "We will take orders for lumber from 100 to C00 M at the mill or delivered. We also manufacture lath and shlnries of Al quality. Flooring a Specialty . Address all orders WESTPORT MILL TO.