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Vol. xix.
Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 8, 1883
No. 111.
THE BUFFALO.
Hib Tramp Will Soon be Heard no
More on the Plains.
In going down the Yellowstone
and across the vast region lying
between Glendive and Maudan,
says the Helena, Montana, Indt
pendent, one is struck with the
evident scarcitv of jrame. This
famous region, "where two or throe
years ago herds of buffalo, ante
lope and deer were to be seen on
every side is now, to all appear
ances, strmned of its came. For
an entire distance from Livingston
to Mandan, 1 only saw two or
three small bands of antelope, and
not a sign of a deer or buffalo
The fact is the slaughter of buffa
lo and deer has been immense for
the past two years, and particu
larly the former. It is estimated
that during the past winter, there
have been 1,000 hunters engaged
in the business of slaughtering
buffalo along the line of the North
er Pacific, between Mandan and
Livingston. An eagle eyed hun
ter cot aboard of the train at
Glendive, and he gave me the fol
lowing details as the 7)iodm op
trandi m slauffhtenne- herds of
buffalo: In the first place, the
hunter uses the Sharp rifle, 40-90
calibre. With this he can kill at
1,000 yards. "When he sees a
herd of buffalo he usually slips up
to within convenient rangre, from
300 to 500 yards, and always so
lects a cow for his first victim.
He does this for the reason that
the cow is followed by both her
yearling and two-year "old calves.
and they will usually stand by her
. to the last. But under no circum
stances will the experienced hun
ter kill his buffalo outright. If he
does, tlje herd will stampede at
once. The policy is to wound
fatally, but so that the animal will
dash around in a circle before fall
ing. This it always does when
raorUUywounded, and after;a taSK
moments lies down. The rem&ind
'- fc'af JBtfi,lierd are not , alarm &d - at:
this, but continue to graze or look
on, dazed spectators of the trage
ay being enacted. After his first
shot the hunter pauses until quiet
is restored, and again fires at an
other cow with similar results.
He always aims to put his ball
just behind the fore shoulder,
which will cause death in five min
utes at tne lurtnest. Y lien cows
have all been slain he turns
his attention to the calves, and
lastly to the bulls. The exper
ienced hunter generally bags the
entire herd, unless he is so unfor
tunate as to drop his game imme
diately, when the survivors stam
pede at once. The buffalo does
not scare at the crack oi a gun.
He has decidedly more courage
than discretion. It is only when
the crack is followed by an imme
diate fall that he realizes its dead
ly nature and takes the alarm.
The policy of killing the cows first
and then the calves has resulted
almost in the extinction of the fe
male buffalo. Herds of melan
cboly bulls can still occasionally
be seen, sometimes in bands of
twenty or thirty, and often with
out a single cow. The few re
maitiing cows now have their pick
of lovers-, and always choose from
the young blood of the herd.
The buffalo bull, after he passes
his fourth year, loses his attrac
tiveness to the opposite sex, and
the aversion seems to bo mutual.
Gathering about him his bachelor
friends of equal age, he silently
retires into the wilderness and for
ever avoids the female members of
the herd who mate with the youn
ger and more uxorious masculines.
As I have said, the bulls are about
all that are nowjeft of the buffalo.
They largely owe their safety to
the fact that their hides are less
valuable than those of the cows,
while at the same time they are
far more difficult to kill.
The hide of the bull is only
worth to the hunter from S1.S0
to $2, while that of the cow
brings $3.25, and that of the two-year-old
calf is worth from $1 to
$1.50. But of late there has
sprung up quite a demand
Srcoaghbut the east for the head
of the buffalo bull. The well
preserved head of an aged bull,
decked out with glass eyes, and
horns intact, will readily sell for
$25 in the eastern markets. Con
sequently, the buffalo hunter of
the future will wage a destructive
war on the bull tribe, and these
venerable relics of a by -gone era
will also pass swiftly away.
The Good of Having Too Much.
What we have called overpro
duction is really progress. New
places and new men offer us
cheaper and better things and we
take them gladly. The new rail
road that has made these cheaper
and better things possible for us
we rarely thank at all, and yet it
is the true thaumaturgist of the
century. Nothing else works
such miracles of transformation.
The contractor who laid track over
a Kansas prairie did not know
that he was putting the beef of
western prairies upon tables where
the "roast beef of old England"
had become too scarce and dear.
Jay Cooke staked his financial ex
istence upon a Northern Pacific
railroad, but did not know that he
was making wheat-growing impos
sibe upon thousands of English
farms. Mr. Huntington gave
completion to the Chesapeake and
Ohio, but had no idea that he was
compelling Pennsylvania miners
and furnace men to go to the west
for a living. Still less did ho
think that he was planting a colo
ny of British workers, backed by
British capital, to fight American
industry and American tariffs on
American soil. The railroad makes
the new world at which we are
looking to-day. Wonderful growth
of industries, strange prostration
of industries, panic prices coinci
dent with prosperous growth
these are the first fruits of the age
of railroads. Thev are chansriner
manr ot ntt', viooKS' uacic to
his-: bovhood as a half-for
gotten dream of barbarism.
Each step, however, is a step for
ward. Development comes with
the rail, and cheapness of products,
and marvelous saving of labor, and
greater happiness for all mankind.
Our labor buys with cents what
dollars would not buy when "ve
were boys. Possibly the transfor
mation brings here and there dis
aster. But civilization builds
higher on its own ruins, and al
ways "our bark sinks to a deeper
sea."
Origin of a Name.
Talkincr with a jrcnllcnian
the
other dav about the nocessitv fhr
ouiuruaj duoui uie ntcesMiy "j
obtaining a new name for the sbite
a
proposed to be m ado out of Wash -
ington territory, we suggested
''Rainier." the name of a hiirh i
mountain in the Lascade range.
uAh!"said the gentleman, "that
would never do. Arc you aware
of the origin of the name?"
"Certainly,"" we answered, "it
was named after an English naval
officer."
"You are mistaken" was the re
ply. "The name originated in
this way. "When the discoverers
of Puget Sound were exploring it,
a small party undertook the ascent
of the high mountain, which in a
pleasant day appears so beautiful
from New Tacoma. But they were
unsuccessful and on rejoining their
comrades gave as an excuse for
their failure, 'There's too bloody
much rain 'ere, you know.' Struck
by the aptness of the term the
commander of the parly ordered
the mountain called 'Rain 'ere,'
and it has been so called to the
present time, although the ortho
graphy has been slightly changed."
Instead of convincing us that the
name we suggested is not a proper
one for the proposed state, our
friend's account of its origin made
it appear more appropriate. What
term can more accurately describe
the climate of a gicat share of the
territory than Rainier? IT. IT.
Union.
The Peruvian S3'rup nas cured thou
ads who were suffering from dyspep
sia, debility, liver complaint, boils, hu
mors, teniaie complaints, etc. rainpn-
iets tree to any address. Jsetn w . v o wir
&Son Boston.
Tide Land Decision.
Following is the decision of
Governor Grovsr on the tide land
question, published April 2, 1S76,
concerning tide lands in the state
of Oregon :
His conclusions arc that the
United .States cannot, by patent
or otherwise, dispose of the shores
and beds of navigable waters.
That the title of such lands be
long to the individual suite, and
while a territory is field by the
United States in trust for the fu
ture state, patentees of the
United States, in Oregon take no
land bejow ordinary high water
on navigable streams.
That the state board is author
ized to sell the tide lands between
high and low water.
That no person is .authorized to
convey land below low water, and
all claims to land below that line
are void. That the act of ISGi,
concerning boundaries or tide
lands, does not apply unless the
conveyance is doubtful, so as to
need interpretation. That the
bank owner is entitled to pur
chase from the state the tide lands
in front of him, unless he, or
those through whom he owns
land, has attempted previously to
convey said front.
That the purchaser of tide front
from the bank owner is authorized
to purchase said tide front from
the state. Governor Graver does
not express an opinion as to
whether the state has lost its tide
lands under the act of 18G, where
the deeds are of doubtful construe-j
tion. Tn the light of this rulimri
of the board, applicants for the
purchase of tide lands will be able
to bring their claims to a speedy
adjustment.
Absolutely Pure.
Tills powder never varies. A marvel o
l'n-ity. strength anil whalcsomencss. More
economical than Uie ordinary kinds, and
ffiuuot be ld In competition with Uie und-
uume oi low test snort weight, alum or
lSSSi
j
King
Blood
Is not a "cure all," it Is a blood -purifier and
tonic Impurity of the blood poisons the.nys
tem. dermises tne circulation, ami tinw in
duces many disorders, known bv different
names to uisttnguisii them according to ef
fects, but being really branches or phases of
that great generic disorder. Imparity or
IIIoocl. Such are Dynpcptta, liillioume.
Liver Complaint, ConttipalUm, Aerrmw Dis
order. Headache, Backache, General Weak
nets, Heart Dlscate, Dropsy, Kidney Dteow;,
Pile, Ithcumatitm, Catarrh, Scrofula, Skin
Disorder, Pimples. Ulcere. SicelHna, dc,
dr. Kins of the Ulood prevents and
cures these by attacking the caiwe. Impurity
of the blood. Chemists and physicians agree
In calling It "Uie most genuine and efficient
preparation for Uie purpose." Sold by Drug
gists, SI per bottle. See testimonials, direc
tions. &c In pamphlet, "Treatise on Diseases
oi uie iiiooa." wrapped around each bottle.
D. RANSOM. SON & Co.. Props
nunaio, is. .
Street Improvement Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City ot Astoria
propose to order the construction of a
sewer twenty inches wide and eight in
ches deep in front of Lots 1, 2. 3, and 4.
Block No. 03, along the south side of
Court street, in the City of Astoria,
Clatsop County, Oregon, as laid out and
recorded by John McClurc and extend
ed by C3'rus Olney, to connect with 01
ney street sewer: the lumber to be used
in the construction of said sewer shall
be sound fir not less than two inches in
thickness, and unless a remonstrance
signed by theowners of two-thirds ofthe
property fronting on said portion of said
street be filed with the Auditor and
Clerk within ten days from the final
publication of this notice, viz. June 20th
185, the Common Council will order
said improvement to be made.
Hy order of the Common Council.
Atlesl T.S..TEWETT.
. A . . Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, August l. i8Sa
Shiloh's Catarrh ltemedy u posl
tive cure for Catarrh, Diptheria and
Canter Mouth. Sold by W. . Dement.
of the
ElRMAN REMEU I. s
FOR
RHEUMATISM
J
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.
Ko Preparation cn trth equals Sr. Jacoes Oil
bj & tafe, sure, simple and cheap External
Bexnedy. A trial entails but the conparatirelj
trifling outlay of uO Cents, and every one suffer
ing with pain can bare cheap and podtlre proof
of it! claims.
Direction! in EleTen Language.
E0LDBYALLDEUQGISTSAin)DElLEB3
III MEDICINE.
A. VOGEIiSR & CO.,
SaltUnore,2Jd., XT. 8. A.
The most humble of the civil
functionaries of the French repub
lic arc the naval cats. There
are some hundreds of them, and
their importance is duly recognized
by the state, which supports them
in such comfort and dignity as
befits their official position. The
French naval cat enter. the ser
vice in Ills kitreuhood, and .spends
the first year or two of his active
career on board a man-of-war.
where he is berthed in the hold
and permitted to devour whatever
he can catch, Having thus passed
through apprenticeship, ho is sent
ashore and quartered al one of the
five naval ports as a terror to the
rats and mice that swarm in the
victualling yards and store sheds.
He is then entitled to an allow
ance of five centimes a day, and
this sura is regularly paid on his
behalf to the Directors of Cats,
who lays it out in horseflesh for the
use of his forces.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
lViln in the right .side, tinder edge oi
ribs increasing on pressure; somctitm-s
the pain is on the IcR side; the patient is
rarely able to lie on the left side; .some
times the pain is fell under Uie shoulder
and Is sometime taken for RhetimatiMn
In Uie arm. The stomach Is affected with
loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels
in geueral are costive, sometimes alter
nating with laxity; the head is troubled
with pain,nrconipnuied withndull,lieavv
Kenitioii in the I jack part. There is gener
ally u considerable loxs of memory, accom
iKiuied with a painful sensation of having
left undouu something which ought to
have l)een done. A slight, dry cough Is
sometimes attendant. The patient com
plains of weariness and debility; lie is
easily startled ; his feet are cold or burn
ing, and iiu complains of a prickly .sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low, and.
although he is satisfied that exercise would
be Iwnetielal to him, yet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to trv It.
If you have any of the above symptoms,
you can certainly be cured by the use, of
the genuine 1K. C. 3IcLA"E,S X.1VEK
I'lLLS.
When you buy JIcLanc's Pill, insist
on having IMS. C. Mcl-ANK'S CKLK
1JUATKI) LIVKIt PILLS, made by Fleming-
ItroK., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Jf you can not get tho genuine IK.
C. McI.ANI7S I.lVKIt PILLS, send us
cents by mail, nnd we will send them
to you.
FLEMING BROS., Pittsburgh, Pa.
TO THE TEADS !
Messrs. Wm. E. Hooper & Sons
BALTIMORE, MD.,
Have given us the EXCLUSIVE SAI.K for
Paclflc Coast of their Celebrated
WOODBERRY
TWINES 1 ROPE,
Including a Full Line of
COTTON SEINE TWINES,
WRAPPING TWINES,
SAIL TWINES, ETC.
In addition to above, we have on hand a
Complete Assortment of
Needle Brand Seine Twines.
Palmetto Seine and Wrapping
Twines.
HENEY DOYLE & CO.
517 and 519 Market Street.
SAN FRANCISCO. .
A Nasal Injector free with each
bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy
Price CO cents. Sold by V. E. Dement
I i 1 : 1 ELS AND RESTAUKANTS.
PARKER HOUSE,
A. AHHEIifj. Manager.
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON.
FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
Al.l. MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
HOT AIfI COM) BATHS
None But White Help Employed.
ea-KKKE COACH TO THE H0USE.-5
IT IS A FACT
-rTIIAT
JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE
ox
Concomly Street is the Best in
Town.
THAT
He has Always on Hand FRESH
Shoni "Water Bny nnd East
crn Oysters.
THAT
"JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER.
THAT
lie lias uccu I'roprictor of ike "Aurora
Hold" in Knapptoa acres years.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
PIONEER RESTAURANT
AND
LODGING HOUSE.
Relit ted lliroushout : theSTablc supplied
with Uie bet: the beds clean and comfort
able.
A First :class House.
Hoard by the week.
$5.00
.ueais to oruer.
.1. 0, ROSS, Proprietor.
COSMOPOLITAN
Chop House and Restaurant.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
3cnls 2.1 rents nnd upwards.
:. OUIiAICI,
3I.IS.V STKF.ET,
Proprietor.
- ASTORIA.
NBYILLE & GO.
Pacific Net and Twine Co.
Sax Fhaxcisco, April Tlth, 1883.
4)km: Sins;
For general convenience,
we have sent a supply of No. SO, 12-
ply 2enuine Scotch Sulxnou Ret
Twine, to the care of A. aT. JOHNSON
& 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 No. 40, 12-
piy.
Fishermen who have heretofore nsed
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. 31. .1011 NSON & CO.,
Astoria.
Neville & Co. Sole Agents, I qn T?mnMM
31 .mdrs California St. pan Francisco,
A.M. Johnsoii&Co.
DEALERS IN
8
i ii
i
i
A FULL LINE OF
iter
.Mais.
23:. 2K E JEfc,
DKALKK IX
Hay, Oats, Straw.
Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand
Wooil Delivered to Order,
Draying, Teaming and Express Business.
Horses ana Carriages for Hire.
OKALEIt IX
WINES, LIQUORS AND. CIGARS.
FIRST CliASH
20 BOATS
Broc
Crockery
ft Ttl f
ffia
ill 110 10
CANNERY SITE FOR SALE.
milE PROPERTY KNOWN AS A. P. CO.'S
JL Net Hacks, adjoining Fort Canby. 20 23H
foot boats, good fur Baker's Hay or up river
ashing ; 1 1 net racks complete ; frontage 200
feet running to deep water; one block on
shore with mess house.
This Is the most convenient place for
salmon nets, traps and seines and decidedly
the best location on the Columbia river for a
salmon cannery.
Will sell for cash or will take stock with
satisfactory Fishermen's Packing Co.
BOZORTH & JOHNS.
WILLIAM HOWE
-DEALER IX-
Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber.
AH kinds of
OAK LUMBER, J
GLASS,
Boat Material, Etc.
Boats of all Sinds Made to Order, j
S"Orders from a distance promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases
S. ARNDT & FERCHEN,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
BLACKSMITH
SHOP
4,
AXD
Boiler Shop
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
axd
STEAMBOAT WORK
Promptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
CANNERY DIES,
FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS.
Bkxtox Stbeet, Near Parkkr Hou3b,
ASTOIHA. - OREGON.
GENERAL MACHINISTS AND
BOILER MAKERS.
LAM ail MABIHE EMMS
BoilerWork, Steamboat Work
and Cannery Work a spe
cialty.
Ofall Descriptions made to Order
at Short Notice.
A. D.TVass, President.
J. G. Hustler, Secretary.
I. W. Cask, Treasurer,
jonx Fox.Superintendent.
LOEB & CO.,
JOBBERS IN
WINES.
LIQUORS,
AND
CIGARS.
AGENTS FOR THE
Best San Francisco Houses and
Eastern Distilleries.
Tumblers Decanters, and All
Kinds of Saloon Supplies.
""All goods sold at San Francisco Prices.
MAIN STREET,
Opposite Parker House. Astoria. Oregon.
BUY THE BEST !
BARBOUR'S
Irish Flax
Salmon Set Threads
Woodberry, and Needle Brands,
SEINE TWINES.
AND
CORK AND LEAD LINES,
Fish Pounds, SeincM, and XetH
Imported, to Order. A
Larp Stoctof Kettinff, FisnLines
AND FISH HOOKS.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
HENRY DOYLE & CO.,
517 and 519, MARKET STREET
SAN FRANCISCO.
ISTAgents for the Pacific Coast
FOARD & STOKES,
WE HAVE OPENED AGAIN
In Hume's fev Building,
And are Ready to Supply
the "Wants of Our
Customers.
A FULL STOCK
OF
Fresh Groceries,
AND
Bracket Work
A SPECIALTY.
BTJSOTESS CAKDS:
Q AV. FULTOX,
ATTOKXEY AT LAW.
Rooms 5 and C. Odd Fellows Building
XClTXTW PTTRT.TP
AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN
SURANCE AGENT.
JJLY TUTTX.E, 31. D.
PHYSICIAN AND STTRR-RON
! In?.FFICE-Roomsl'2'and3-PythIanBulld-
RESiDEXCK-Over J. E. Thomas' Druir
! Store.
Q.KLO V. PARKER.
SURVEYOR OF
Clatsop County, and. City of Astoria
Oitlce :-Chenamus street, Y. 31. C. A. hall
Room No. 8.
JP P. HICKS.
PENTIST,
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON
Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner
f Cass and Sqeraocqhe stret .
J O,. A. ROAVJjBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Chenamus!V.treet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON
J J.JOXSS,
STAIIi BUTtDER,
Ship and Steamboat Joiner
JQR. .r. K. IiaFORCB,
BEA'TIST.
Room 11, Odd Fellows Bnlldlng, Astoria, Or.
Gas, administered for painless extraction
of teeth.
Qt J. CUKTIS,
ATT'Y" AT LAW.
Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds for
California, New York and Washington Ter
ritory. Rooms 3 and 1, Odd Fellows Building, As
toria. Oregon.
N. 15. -Claims at Washington. D. C, and
collections a specialty.
GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY.
Bills of Exchange on any
Part oi Europe.
1AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING
well known and commodious steamship
ines,
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 fare,
sailing days, etc, apply to
T.W.CASE.
BOZORTH & JOHNS.
Real Estate and Genera! Insurance
Agents.
ASTORIA, ... Oregon.
WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST
eni. State Investment, Hamburg, Bre
men and North German Fire Insurance Com
panies, and represent the Travellers' Life
and Accident or Hartford, and the New
York Life, of N'.Y.
We have the only complete set-of township
maps In the county, and have made arrange
ments to receive applications, filings, and
final proofs on Homesteads, Preemptions,
Timber Lands, etc.. having all the official
blanks therefor. Our maps can be exam
ined in the office, 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.
BOZORTH & JOHNS,
WM. ED GAR j-
Dealer in
Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes
Meerschaum and Brier Pipes,
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY
Revolvers and Cartridges.
Grace Church Parish School.
Eear of Church Buildinsr.
THIS SCHOOL WILL RE-OPEN MON
llft SJpTlfonillP T ICS'! Tho mnml..l..
Ing or the children willbe carefully watched,
and made a special point. In addition to
the ordinary course of study there will be
instruction in the elements of Vocal 3Iu
Hir, Drawinc and Calisthenics. If
maun uraintuie or expeuienr, classes win De
formed In Higher Mathematics, Botany, As
tronomy. Advanced Music anil Drawing,
Tor which light extra charges will be made.
Terms i a month, strictly in advance.
OFFICERS.
REV. m n. wrr nnv -roai-
MISS ANNA W. C OTITIS. - -Principal
suss m. v. TltKNCHARD, . - Assistant
For further particulars apply to
REV.M.D.VTLSON.