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rm &m i ii i ii if ii ii n n Ho. 113.-0 Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon. Saturday Morning, August 11, 1883 OLtJ VANDERBILT BEATEN. How he Was Forced to Sign a Con tract. I learn that the long standing differences between the Vander biltsand the Garrisons have at last been settled. The story of this feud and its origin has never been told before in print. It commenced in 1849. That year Captain, now called Commodore, Garrison went from the Mississippi river to New York, having had a difficulty in 1848 on his boat, which resulted in his killing his antagonist. The dead man had many friends, and William C. Ralston, his clerk, persuaded Garrison that his life would be constantly in danger if he staid there, and therefore he had better quit tho Mississippi river for good. Having quite a fortune, Garrison took the advice, and went to Now York to begin anew. At that time Commodore Vanderbilt owned a lino of sailing vessels from New York to San Francisco. Garrison proposed to buy out this line, and alter some negotiation a price and terms were agreed up on. Before the first payment was made gold was discovered in Cali foania and the line at once became enormously valuable, and Commo dore Vanderbilt though he had made a contract, flatly refused to conclude the sale ana turn over the property. Garrison did all he could to get possession, but to no effect. One morning he went to Vanderbilt's office, and h-ing down the sum agreed upon as the first payment and the contract, asked Vanderbilt to take the money and sisrn the contract. He refused to do so in rather harsh words. Garrison deliberately went to the door of the room, locked it and careful put the key in his pocket. He then drew a six-inch derringer pistol, cocked- it and said, "Com modore Vanderbilt, it is now five minutes to 11 by the clock on your mantel. I will give you five min utes in which to sign that contract. If it is not signed when that clock strikes 11, at its last stroke, by the Gbd that made me, I will spatter your brains all over this floor!" Tick, tick, went the clock. Garri son's pistol, with its huge yawning black muzzle, was within eighteen inches of Vanderbilt's brain. He could not move, for Garrison's eyes were as cold and hard as those of Atropos, the pitiless Fate. A mo tion would be certain death within the instant, with no one near to keep time. It was four minutes three minutes, then only two min utes before he had to die. "When it was thirty seconds to 11 Van derbilt picked up his pen, took the paper, signed it, blotted it and handed it to Garrison. As tho latter took it the clock struck the fir ststroke of 11. Garrison un locked the door and went away That afternoon the news of Van derbilt's capitulation caused much wonder. Garrison was asked how it had happened. "Oh, I suppose the old man saw he had been wrong," was all the reply he ever made. The episode of the pistol and the dramatic incident attend ing the signature Garrison never spoke of. Twenty years after it occurred Commodore Vanderbilt himself told the story. For years everything Vanderbilt could do was done to thwart the stout old commodore who had compelled him to do what he had promised But Garrison throve wonderfully in California. He made the house of Garrison, Fritts & Ralston a power on the Pacific slope. His old partners are dead and he is fighting disease with an indomita ble courasre. Garrison has lived years and years longer than his family could have hoped for. The loss ot his eldest son a low month ago greatly shocked him and in his last days he has forgiven all his enemies .nds as I hear, there is peace between him and his great rival's family at last. Washington Herald. Are vou made miserable bv hull gestionCdnstipation,.Dirziness1Loss of appeattwteuowcjKiny anuoirs vital ise is-a positive cure. For sale by TV. . uement. The Solid Content a Fanner Feel3. Farming is a slow way to make money, but then there is a law of compensation about everything in this life, and farming has its bles sings that other pursuits do not have. The farmer belongs to no body. He is the freest man on earth and the most independent. He has more latitude and longi tude. He has a house in the coun try with plenty of pure air and good water. If he makes but lit tle in the field he has no occasion to spend but little. II can Vaisc his own hogs and sheep and cattle and chickens. His wood costs nothing, and luxury of big back logs and blazing fires in open fire places all winter long is something that city people long for, but can not afford. My own farm cost me ,000. 1 have 120 acres of open land in good condition, and it yields me on an average about $5 an acre above all expenses. Say nine per cent, upon investment. Well, that is mighty little, consid ering my owu labor and supervis ion. I've seen the time when I made five times as much without in' capital except my head. But then we have to keep a pair of horses to ride around and they have to be fed from the farm. There are little leaks all around, but still are happier on the farm than wo were in town, and feel more secure from the ills of life. We fear no pestilence or disease, no burglars or thieves We lock no doors, and Mrs. Arp has quit looking under the bed for a man. 1 love to hear the churn dasher splashing in the buttermilk. I love to hear the roosters crow and the peacock holler, and the martins sailing around the taartin gourds. T love to hear a neighbor stop and chat about the growing crops. I love to take the children with me to the water mill and fish below the dam amid the roar of falling water, or paddle around the pond in a leak' batteau love to wander through the woods and glades, and wear old clotiies that can't get any older or dirtier and get caught in a shower of ram if I want to. Old man Horace re marked about z,UUU years ago that the town was the beat place for a rich man to live in, and the country was the best place for a poor man to die in, and inasmuch as riches were uncertain and death was sure, it becomes a prudent man to move to the country as soon as he can set there. Farm ers have their ups and downs, of course, but they don't collapse and burst up like tradesmen. They don't go down under a panic. Mill Arp. It is argued by the Indianapolis Journal with a good deal of con sistency that the indiscriminate abuse of railroads should cease long enough at least to afford an opportunity of giving credit for the good things done b3' them. In the management of railroads have taken the lead by excluding from their service the drinking classes as a measure looking to greater security of life and property, thus putting such a tangible premium upon sobriety as to have an imme diate and extended influence in the right direction. The day is coming when drunkenness will be a complete bar to employment in all honorable pursuits. It is so now in many fields o labor, and the tendency is becoming general. "When it does, much will have been accomplished in the disposition of the liquor question. The good work will be appreciated more fully in time, and the result will go a long way in mitigation of the abuses practiced in other directions by railroad corporations. The editor of a Bloomington, Ills, paper called a lady resident a "dudess." The lady proved she was not a dudess by thrashing the editor.- The party of the first part who was also a clergyman then preached a sermon on false im pressions and acknowledged that his ideas of what a dudess is, were not in consonance with existing facts. Instructive Figures. The following estimates, made by Mr. Charles S. Hill, Statistician of the Department of State for the Metropolitan Industrial League, New York, aro most interesting: Age United States,dating from the Declaration of Independence, 100 years; United Kingdom, dat ing from William the Conqueror, S00; France, dating from Charle magne, 1,100; Russia, dating from Peter the Great, 350: Austria, t ! datinjr from Charlemairne 1.100. 1 Population United States, 1 loU,UUU; Lireat isntain aim Ire land, :U,o0.",000; France, 37,1GG, 005; Germany, 45,307,000; Rus sia, 02,000,000; Austria. 39,175,- 000. Wealth United States 55,- 000,000,000; Great Britain, 45, 000,000,000; France, $40,000,000,- 000; Germany, $25,000,000,000; Russia, $15,000,000,000; Austria, 814,000,000,000. Debt United States. S1,S00,- 000,000; Great Britain, $3,S00, 000,000; France, $4,000,000,000; Germany, $90,000,000; Russia, 2,000,000,000; Austria. $2,000, 000,000. Expenses United States, $257,- 000,000; Great Britain, $415,000, 000; France $050,000,000; Ger many, $150,000,000; Russia, GOO,O00,O00; Austria, $370,000,- 000. The Chicago Post says it is re ported that P. M. General Gresham has caused the name of the new southern postoffice, Langtry, to be changed, because the mails are apt to io astrav there. Absolutely Pure. This jxtivder never varies. A marvel o purity, htrniglh and wlolesomeness. More economical man uie ordinary Kinus, aim cannot he sold in competition with the mul titude of low test short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Scldonlu in cans, ltOY- AI. HAKINIi l'OWDKU CO.. 105 Wall-St. J. . Kfe . STOMACH j&t 8ITTE&S IIo5 tetter's Stomach Bitters, by incrcasin?tbo vital povrcr. and rendering the physical func tions reimlar and active. Kccds tho system in good working order, and protects it against disease, l or constipation, dyspepsia and liv er complaint, nervousness, kidney and rheu matic ailments, it is invaluable, and it affords a sure defence against malarial fovcrs.bosidos removing all traces of such disease from tho fyftem. For sale by all Druprists and Dealers generally. BLACKSMITH AND Horseshoeing Establishment. T HAVE LATELY SKCUUED THE SEIt JL vices of a coinnetent borseshoer from Il linois, and will guarantee satisfaction In that worK. cannery woric ami jjenerai Diack smithinK dono at reasonable rates. Shop JOHN FEELY. rjERJLANlA BEER HALL BOTTLE KEKR DEPOT. OtiKNAVC.S STEKKT. A8TOKIA, Tie Jlest. or Lager ff Ctfi. a Glass Orders for the ia Brewery Lett at this placo will be promptly attend ed to. ,ByNo cheap San Francisco Beer sold at ifflSTETTEta P W CELEBRATED uus piace WM.DOCK. Proprietor. ill ISWPt : IT IS A FACT - s -TiMT- fW THE GREAT afli JEFF'S BH1BIAT! Neuralgia, Sciatica. Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quins, 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. No Preparation on earth equals Sr. Jacobs Oil ti a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Itemed. A trial entails but tho crapanUrely trifling outlay of 50 Cents, nnd erery one Buffer ing with pain can have cheap snd pofiUre proof cf ita claims. Directions in Eleven languages. S OLD BY ALL DRUG GISTS A2JDDEALEI13 IK IEEDICHTE. A. VOGELER & CO., Saltitnore, V. S. A. The Chico, Cal., Record has the following: Although secured in a cell at lied Bluff for murder, Char ley Montgomery, editor of the semi-weekly Tociiii, is a hard worker, nnd furnishes his paper with man' able articles. lie is furnished newspapers by the sher iff, who is also his partner in the publishing business, and the 3'oung man is able to- give- his readers some brilliant ideas on tho topics of the day. Charley has a wife and two little babies who liiusti have bread, and he does not allow 1 the stain of murder to handicap him in such a manner as to neglect his dear ones and let them starve. "symptoms of a diseased livsT" I'aln in tho right, xlde, under -!ue of rllw, increasing on pressure; souictinu-s the pain is on the leftside; the Hitic:.t w rarely able to lie on tho left side ; soiir timcs the pain is felt under the shoulder and is sometimes taken for Rheumatism in the arm. The stomach is ufTectetl with loss of appetite and sickness; the towels in general are costive, sometimes alter nating with laxity; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied wit ha dull, heavy sensation in the IkicIi part. There is gener ally a considerable loss of memory, accom panied with a painful sensation of linviug left undouw Munethiug which ought to have been clone. A slight, dry cough is sometimes attendant. The itatieut com plains of weariness aud debility; he is easily stnrtled : his feet are cold or burn ing, and be complains of a prickly scilsh- tion of the .skin; his spirits arc low, and. j altliougtt iieissatisileu tnat exercise wouul lw it.iietlcial to him, yet lie can maireely summon up fortitude enough to try it. If vm lmv mivofthi? ulKivosvnintnms- vou'ean certainly Ik cured b- thenseof I the genuine 1K. C aicLAXE'S LIYEK ! I'lLLS. When you buy McTvine's Pills, insist on bavin: JK. C. McLAXI-rS CELK- i:i:atj-;i livkiu'ills, niauebyj-u-m-itit; llros., Pittsburgh, la. If vou can not uct tnc genuine int. C. McLANK'S I.IVEU PILLS, fct-nd ns J5 cents by mall, ami we will scud them to you. FLEMING 1JR0S., Pittsburgh, Ta. TO THE TRADE !! Messrs. Wm. E. Hooper & Sons BALTIMORE, KID., Havejriven as the EXCLUSIVE SALE for racmc coast or tneir celebrated WOODBESET TWINES ROPE, Including a Full Line of COTTOH 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. HENRY DOYLE & CO. 517 and 519 Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO. "HANSEN BROS. SASH AND DOOR FACTORY. AND PLANING- MILL. A full stock of name manufactured goods constantly on nanu. Special Attention given to Orders. All work guaranteed. Your patronage so- uciteu. ASTORLA. - - - - Oregon Hi:': ELS AND RESTAUKANTS. PARKER HOUSE, A. ASSKIiL, Manager. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON. FIRST CLASS HOTEL. A 1.1. V.ODEKX IMPROVEMENTS. mrv asm cor.i baths. None But White Help Employed. e-FKKK COACH TO TOE HOUSE.- CHOP HOUSE ON Concomly Street is the Best in Town. -THAT ! lit: lias AIwjvj s oil lluud FRESH Shoal "Water liny ami Eant v.vn Oysters. THAT ;;JEFF,J IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT lie has itrrn l'roprletor or tke "AHrora Motel" in Knappton sctch years. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. PIONEER RESTAURANT AND LODGING HOUSE. Befitted throughout : thelTable supplied with the best : the beds clean and comfort able. A First :class ITou.se. Hoard by the week, - 55.00 Meals to order. J. (;, ROSS, Proprietor. COSMOPOLITAN Chop House and Restaurant. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. foals 25 routs nnd upwards. i. IIOUliAKD. .11 A IV STUX.EX. Proprietor - ASTORIA. NEVILLE & 00. Pacific Net and Twine Co. sax FuAXdsim, April llth,lSRa DkauSiks: For general convenience, we have sent a supply of Wo. 30, 12- ply outline S'cotoli Salmon ISet Twine, to the care of A. X. JOILN'SOX & 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 eostlv No. 40, 1 ply. Fishermen who have heretofore nsed this prade 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 he money in your pocket to trj' It. For prices and samples apply to A.M. JOHNSON &C(X, Astoria. Neville & Co. Sole Agents, I qn vmnclsco 81 and SJ California St. f an nincwco- A.M. Johnson &Co, DEALERS IN snesi A FULL LINE OF PARKER, UKALEK IK Hay, Oats, Straw Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand H'ool Delivered to Order, Graying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALER IX WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS FIRST CLASS 20 BOATS A2fl CANNERY SITE FOR SALE TIIEPROl'EKTY KNOWN AS A. P. CO.'S Net Racks, adjoining Fort Canby. 20 23J4 foot boats, cood fur Rakpr'a Hv or nn river flshlnj: ; H nec racks complete ; frontage 200 feet running to deep water; one block on shore with mess house. This Is the mast convenient nlace for salmon nets, traps and seines and decidedly me dcsi location on tnc coiumma river tor salmon cannerv. AV1U sell for cash or will take stock with CrocKery HOC ArMs Materials satisfactory Ushermen's Packing Co. BOZORTH Sb JOHNS. WILLIAM HOWE -DEALER Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kinds ot OAK LUMBER, GLASS, Boat Material, Etc. j Boats of all Kinds Made to Order, j "Orders from a distance promptly attended S. ARNDT & EERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. he Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH SHOP AND oiler Shop All kind3 of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of. repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bkxtok Stkekt, Nkxr Parker House, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS' LAND ai IARKE ENGINES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. OASTI3STG-S, Of all Descriptions made to Order at Short Notice. A. D. Wash, President. J. G. Hostlek, Secretary, I. V. Cask, Treasurer. John- 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. -AU goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET. Opposite Parker House, Astoria. Oregon. BUY THE BEST ! B ARBOURS Irish Flax Salmon iTet Threads Woodberry, and Needle Brands, SEINE TWINES. AND CORK AND LEAD LINES, Fish Foands, Seines, anil Xet.s Imported to Order. A. Large StotMMiMLines AND FISH HOOKS. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 517 and 519, MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO. JSEFAgents for the Pacific Coast. FOARD & STOKES, WE HAVE OPENED AGAIN III llumo's Xcvr Building, And are Eeady to Supply the Wants of Our Customers. A FULL STOCK OF Fresh Groceries. IX- AND Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. to, aud satisfaction guaranteed In all cases BUSINESS CAEDS. Q W. Pl'LTOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms 5 and C. Odd Fellows Building. jg C. JIOL.DEX,; IS'OTAKY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCE AGENT. JAY TUTTIiE, 21. . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms l, 2, and 3. Pythian Build ing. Residknck Over J. E. Thomas' Drug Store. QELO F. PAIIEEB. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop Count-, nnd. City of Astoria Olllce :-Chenamus street, Y. M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. r.mcES, PENTIST, ASTORIA, - - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner i uass ana sqemocqne srrec . J Cl.A.BOIVJfjBlT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chergmus3,Uee- -STjORIA.jEGON J J. JO?.'ES, STAIR KUTLDEXt, Ship and Steamboat Joiner, JIt. .1. E. JLaFOIMlE, DEXTIST, Room ll. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Or. Gas administered for nalnless extraction of teeth. Q J. CURTIS, ATT'Y AT LAW. Notary Public. Commissioner of Doeds for California, New York and "Washington Ter ritory. Rooms 3 and 4. Odd Fellows Building, As toria. Oregon. N. B. Claims at washlneton. D. C. and collections a specialty. GENERAL STEAMSHIP ACENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part ol Europe. 1AM AOENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING well known :md commodious steamship ines. STATE LINE, It ED STAE, WHITE STAR, IIAMBlFKG-AaiEKICAN. DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. rrepaid tickets to or from any European port. Fur lull Information as to rates of fare. sailing days, etc, apply to 1. YI.VA.OtU BOZOETH & JOHNS. Real Estate and Genera! Insurance Agents. STOKIA. ... Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST cm. State Investment. Hambunr. Bre men and North German Fire Insurance Com panies, and represent the Travellers' Life and Accident of Hartford, and the New York Life, of N. Y. We Have tho only complete set of township maps in the county, and nave made arrange ments to receive applications, filings, and final proofs on Homesteads, Preemptions, Timber Lands, etc., having all the official ined in the office, unon the oavment of a mantes inereior. uur maps can De exam reasonable fee. We also have for sale city property m As toria aud additioas, nnd farms and tide land property. Rents, and other collections made, and loans negotiated. BOZORTH & JOHNS, WEI. EDGAR, Dealer In Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. Grace Church Parish School. Rear of Church Building, nruns SCHOOL WILL RE-OPEN mon JL dav, September 3.1833. The moral train ing of the children will be carefully watched, and made a special point. In addition to the ordinary course of study there will be instruction In the elements of Vocal Sln h1 Drawing .and Calisthenics. If found desirable or expedient, classes will bo formed In Higher .Mathematics, Botany, As tronomy, Advanced Music and Drawing:, for which light extra charges will be made. Terms S2 a month, strictly in advance. OFFICERS. REV. M.D. WILSON. - - Rector MISS ANNIE W. CURTIS. - Principal MISS M. C. 1 REN CHARD, - Assistant For further particulars apply t() REV. Si. D.WILSON.