Vol. xix.
Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning,
August
16, 1883
No. 117.
MURDERED FOR -HIS MONEY.
The little town of Matamoras,
Ohio, thirty-five miles below
"Wheeling, "VY. Va., has just ex
perienced a singular and uparal
leled sensation. In lSG-i a New
'York -syndicate sent a man, whose
name cannot now be recalled, to
iMatamoras to prospect for oil land.
He came with a fine team and had
about him $50,000 in Greenbacks.
He went from Matamoras to Arch
er's Fork, a short distance above,
and stopped with a man named
Ward, whom he took into his em
ploy. He and "Ward prospected
about the country for a time, when
suddenly he disappeared. His
team remained at Ward's, but that
individual said he had absconded
with his employers funds and had
leit him the team in payment for
hisBervices. The story was scouted,
but there was no evidence of other
facts, aud it therefore had to be
accepted. Soon afterward Ward's
circumstances underwent a great
change. He was a poor man and
owned a small and sterile farm,
which he disposed of and moved to
Matamoras, where he purchased a
valuable hotel property, and
branched out amazingly. About
three years ago Ward, while walk
ing into the yard from the house,
threw his hands up, and exclaim
ing, "Oh! my God!" dropped dead
With his death all talk of the (lis
appearance of the New Yorker
ended, until it was brought back
in a thrilling way recently. James
West, a good-for-naught about
Matamoras, who had suddenly come
into possession of money a long
time ago, was taken down with an
illness that proved to be fatal.
Finding -his end approaching, he
said: "I have a terrible disclosure
to make; send for a minister."
The minister came, and West
poured out the long-hidden m's-
tery concerning the stranger.
Ward had come to West and told
him of the prospector's money,
and how easily they might obtain
it. The two men decided to mur
der him, and took into their confi
dence a man named Kirkbride, a
butcher in Matamoras. The three
waylaid the stranger one dark
night at Archer's Forks, and, while
Ward and West held him, Kirk
bride cut his throat with a butcher
knife. They then robbed him of
his jewelry and about $30,000 in
money. On one finger was a gold
ring which fitted so tightly that
they could not remove it, and they
therefore decided to allow it to re
main. They buried the body under
a manure pile for a few days, then
dragged it up and threw it in
well on "Ward's place and filled up
the well. Ward gave out that the
"well had caved in in order to
cover up the crime. The three
divided the money equally and
kept their mouths shut. West
said, in conclusion, they might
find the skeleton in the well, and
could identify it by the gold ring.
Shortty after making his confession
West gave up the ghost. The
disclosure created the most in
tense consternation and excitement
in Matamoras, though no prompt
measures were taken to institute
tho search suggested. Kirkbride
was there and ridiculed and denied
the story; but after some little
time had passed, the filled-up well
was looked for, found and searched,
and the excavation brought to
light a skeleton with a gold ring
clinging to the bony finger. At
this the town went wild, and Kirk
bride was placed under arrest to
answer the charge.
Retribution.
The death of John Gilham, the
central figure of the Ku-Kluxers
in South Carolina, recalls the do
ings of that secret body of night
raiders. In 1869 Gilham,who was
& man of good family and some
property, took a prominent part in
the clan of which he was a mem
ber. One night two negroes were
murdered in the most brutal man
mer by a band of Ku-Klux, and
the evidence of Gilham's com
plicity was so strong that a war
rant was issued for his arrest, to
xt bid "which, he fled from home
and found refuge with T. G. Gay,
who lives in this county. Here he
has lived for fourteen years, avoid
ing human beings, two large pis
tols buckled around him, and liv-
-r .
ins: in constant ureau oi arnsi.
Mr. Gray lives just between the
swamps of Keg and Line creeks,
and in these swamps Gilham
passed the greater part of his time.
He was a terror to all the negroes
who knew him, who related fear
ful stories thev had in some wav
learned of his past lift. Though
he had lived more than fourteen j
years in this county not more than j
fifty white people knew of his ex-1
istence. For a long time Liilham i
had been subject to cramps. One
day last week he was in the swamp
alone when one of these cramps
attacked him, rendering him ut
terly helpless. A negro man pass
ing 03' in a little while was re
quested by the sick man to inform
Mr. Gray's family of his condition,
but this he refused to do, thus in
flicting retribution for the crime
inflicted upon two of his race four
teen years before. For four hours
he lay in the swamp suffering un
told pain, when he was rescued by
a seining party, but too late to
save mm, lor nc soon uieu.
fipcriiif to the (Hlofn-T)einwnt.
An Old Inventor iu His Garret-
Captain John. Ericsson is now
eighty years old, and is hard at
work on an important invention,
occupying a ding)' chamber in
New York. Captain Ericsson
cave the marine screw to com
merce and through it revolution
ized the carrying trade of the
world. He worked a long time
on his hot air engine, by which he
hoped to create another important
revolution. He put one into the
ship Ericsson, but it was not a
success. The machinery was re
moved and the craft was converted
into a sailing vessel which has fre
quently been in these waters. The
hot air engine is slowly working
its way, but it does not promise to
supplant other motors. At a later
date Ericsson invented the Jroni
tof. That invention has revolu
tionized the armed navies of the
world. The torpedo in some
shape had been known for a cen
tury. Tt was long ago applied to
small craft, or sunk in channel
ways for the purpose of blowing
up ships. But the most form
idable torpedo boat ercr con
structed, and on essentially a new
plan, was that produced by Er
icsson. And now it is said the old man
has just completed a steam engine
to be driven by solar heat. 1 1 is
a small motor designed lor pump
ing water on the plains. During
the last decade much attention has I
1
been given by scientific men to
the practicability of collecting so
lar rays to be used as a motor.
Steam engines have been driven
in that way. Ericsson proposed
to construct a cheap motor which
could be used when a small power
was wanted; and this was nowhere
more needed than on the hot, dry
plains between the Missouri river
and the Pacific coast, and just
where little or no fuel could bo
procured. The sun would be an
endless source of boat. There are
hundreds of miles on these deserts
where there is neither wood nor
coal. Water is found at a depth
of from one hundred to three hun
dred feet. Perhaps the latest in
vention of Ericsson will turn out
to be one of the most important
he has ever made. Perhaps the
sun which scorches and burns in
the desert, creating a terrible arid
ity, can be employed through this
invention to make the desert
blossom as the rose. The first
successful demonstration of the
sun-motor applied to laising wa
ter on the deserts, will go a long
way to convince many skeptics of
the practicability of such an in
vention. And this Yankee country has
to import steel for the two 2i-ton
guns being made at the "Washing
ton navy yard. Nobody here ever
wanted such masses of steel be
fore, and so there is no machinery
to manufacture them with.
. Speaking English.
"The fact is,' said Dr. "Weston,
chatting with the Jester a few
days ago, "that we speak better
English and more of it in America
than they do in England. In
America, wherever you go, from
Maine to Texas and California,
wherever you find an American,
you can converse with him,rcadily,
without the least difficulty in un
derstanding him. He may use
I . . .
slang freely, ofttn too freely; he
may speak with an utter disregard
of gramatical construction, but you
know what he says and what he
means, ami a graduate oi Harvard
and a miner in the mountains can
carry on a conversation without
difficulty. The miner may have
some difficulty at times in under
standi:)"- some of the collegian's
sentences, but the graduate has no
trouble, and he can talk down to
his comrade's comprehension, if he
will. But in England, an English
man ma' go into certain localities,
where he neither understands the
English spoken hy "Englishmen,
native born like himself, nor can
he make himself understood by
them. We have nothing iu
America to correspond with cer
tain unintelligible dialects pokcn
in Enirland by Englishmen. Sol
say that, as a nation, the Ameri
cans sneak better English than do
the English people." Ihtrli nylon
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removing all traces of such disease from the
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DEALERS IN
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A band of genuine savage
Apaches were shown at the recent
Santa Fe fair. It was a hard mat
ter to get them to go there. They
had seen few white laces except
behind a raised musket. When
the wagons were read? to start
several of the foremost braves, who
had been almost persuaded to
make the trip, refused to go along.
The sight of a railroad train awed
the Indians into exclamations of
lDe sa-ra-ta ra" (wonderful),many
times repeated with whispered
breath. These barrel-breasted
fellows, who would face a bear
empty handed, were afraid to step
into the cars, and the squaws
cringed behind their trembling
lords. At last thev suffered them
selves to be led falteringly
aboard, and, as the train moved
off, the' covered themselves with
their blankets and dropped panic
stricken between the seats.
A LETTER FROM GERMANY.
.-i:.i:i.N, January II, I.sS.
Vory.eutcciiifd sirs:
The praise your liver Pills have culled
forth here is wonderful. After inking one
and a half boxes of your genuine UK. C.
McI.AXE'S L.IVKK PILLS. 1 havi. ,-n.
tirely recovered from my foiiryvursViiffiV-
ing. All who kvnv me wonder how l,
who. for so mniiv venrs. Iiml im (i.. I
aun coum inn Mecp lor imcKnclic, si Itch
in my sine, ami general mohuh !i n.i.t
plaints, could have recovered.
An old ladyln our city. win. -in:iT. i
for many years from kidnev .!. i..ut
the doctors had given her uj. tx k two of
your Pills, and pot more n-!n-s thaa i
H.n from all the doctors. Your- ru! .
J. von nn: kkih;.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine arc never MigKr-n.:ited.
Kvi-ry Imix has n ml wax seal on Hit is.t.
with the impression: 3lcLano's
Pill.
The genuine McLANKS i.fYSCK
PILLS bear the Mcnature of C. "Irl.:iin. :
ami Fleming Ilros. on the wmpiK'ts. '
Insist uiHin having the genuine 1K. v. '
McLANK'S LIVKIt PILLS, prepare! ;.
riciuiiig iiros., oi nii.suurgn, im.. u
market leiug full of imitations of :
name IcLnne. spelled dltferentlv. Im: .i .
same pronunciation. ;
II your MorcKeeper loes not have H:r
genuine DK. c. .McLANK's cki.i:.
UKATIil LIVKIt PILLS. m-imI ii .
cents, and we will send you a Ikx i m-.H, I
and a set of our advertising cnrd. ,
FLKMIXfi 1U10S., Pittsbunrh. 'sl.
A. . Alien,
.snccEsoK to im:i: & am.kn.)
Whole-sale and retail dealer la
PtovishmB
Glass and Plated Ware,
TltOPICAL AND DOMESTIC
FRUITS AND VEGErABLES.
To-ethpr with
Wines, LiquorsTobacco, Cigars
BLACKSMITH
AMI)
Horseshoeing Establishment.
THAVE LATELY SECURED THE SEK
vices of a competent horseshocr from Il
linois, and will guarantee satisfaction In that
work. Cannery work and general black
smithing done. Tit reasonable rates. Shop
near Kinney's cannery.
JOHN FEELY.
SI,"
EH
HOTELS AND KESTATJKaNTS.
PARKER HOUSE,
A. ASSV.Ll,, Manager.
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON.
FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
MOT ASD cor.i BATHS.
None But Vhite Help Employed.
I curFKEE COACH TO THE HOUSE.-S
IT IS A FACT
-Tiirr
JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE
; Concomly Street is the Best in
Town.
-THAT
i Ur has Aluaj on Hand FItESII
Shoal Water Bn5 aud East
ern Oysters.
THAT
i; JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER.
-TOAT
lit linn born I'raprlctor or the "Aarora
Hotel" iu Knanpton ictcr years.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
PIONEER RESTAURANT
AND
LODGING HOUSE.
Refilled throughout : theTable supplied
with the best : the beds clean and comfort
able. A First :-lass House.
Hoard by the week. - $3.00
Meals to onler.
.T.G.ROSS, Proprietor.
COSMOPOLITAN
Chop House and Restaurant.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
Meals ." ccnt.s and upwards.
;. ROUIi.VKI. -JIAI.V
STSiF.KT. - - -
Proprietor.
- ASTORIA.
2sTEYILLE & CO.
Pacific Net and Twine Co.
.Sax Francisco, April llth,188S.
Dkak Sins;
For general convenience,
wo have sent a supply of No. 30, 12
ply KJeimiiie Scotch Salmon Net
Twine, to the care of A. 3L JOHNSON
& CO.. Astoria, which will be sold nt
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
ply. 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 yourpocket to try it.
For prices and samples apply to
A. M. JOHNSON & CO.,
Astoria.
Neville & Co. Sole Agents, I s pnncisco
31 and 33 California St. ) "San ranc,sco-
A.M. Johnson &Co.
DEALERS IN
lUUUiiUU
A FULL LINE OF
lUftJUJ
OUAT.KU IX
Hay, Oats, Straw.
Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand
Wood Delivered to Order,
Graying, Teaming and Express Business.
Horses ana Carriages for Hire.
DEALER IK
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FIRHT.CIiASH
20 BOATS
CANNERY SITE FOR SALE.
THE PKOPEUTY KNOWN AS A. P. CCS
Net Hacks. adloinlncFort Canny. 2o 23j;
fKt boats, good for Baker's Bay or up river
fishing ;' U net racks complete ; frontage 200
teet runninc to ueen water: one diock on
shore with mess house.
ThW Is the most convenient place for
salmon nets, traps and seines and decidedly
the best location on the Columbia river for a
salmon cannerv.
Will sell for cash or will take stock with
satisfactory Fishermen's Packing Co.
BOZORTH & JOHNS.
Mm
Artists
Materials
WILLIAM HOWE
-DEALER
Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber.
All kinds of
OAK LUMBER,
GLASS,
Boat Material, Etc.
Boats of all Kinds Made to Order.
JSOrders from a distance promptly attended
I
S. AENDT & FERCHEN, i
ASTORIA. - OKEGON. !
The PioneervMachine Shop!
BLACKSMITH
SHOP
AND
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.
Bextox Struct, Near Parker House,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
GENERAL MACHINISTS AND
BOILER MAKERS.
LAUD an& MARIE EE1ES
BoilerWork, Steamboat Work
and Cannery Work a spe
cialty. OSTIKTG-S ,
Of all Descriptions made to Order
nt Short Notice.
A. D.TVass, President.
J. G. HU8T1.ER, Secretary,
I. W. Case, 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.
l-All goods sold at San Francisco Prices.
MAIN STREET.
Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Orecon.
BUY THE BEST !
BARBOUR'S
Irish Flax
Salmon ifet Threads
Woodberry, and Needle Brands,
SEINE TWINES.
AND
CORK AND LEAD LINES,
Fish Pounds, SeincH. and Xets
Imported to Order. A
Larae Stoctof HettiDg, FishLines
AND FISH HOOKS.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
HENRY DOYLE & CO.,
517 and 519, MARKET STREET
SAN FRANCISCO.
ISFAgents for the Pacific Coast.
FOARD & STOKES,
WE HAVE OPENED AGAIN
In Hume's 3'eY Building,
And are Eeady to Supply
the Wants of Our
Customers.
A FULL STOCK
OF
Fresh Groceries.
IX-
AND
Bracket Work
A SPECIALTY.
to, and satisfaction guaranteed in all cases
BUSINESS CABDS.
1 W. FUIiTOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Rooms 5 and 0. Odd Fellows Building.
jg V. IXOJLDEX,.
.NOTARY PUBLIC,
AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN
SURANCE AGENT.
JA.X TUTTIiE, 31. .
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Offick Rooms l, 2, and 3. Pythian Build
ing. Residexce Over J. E. Thomas' Drug
Store.
QEM I''. WRKER.
SURVEYOR OF
Clatsop County, and City of Astoria
Olllce :-Checamii3 street, Y. M. C. A. hall
Room No. 8.
Jfl P. HICKS,
PENTIST,
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON
Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner
f Cas3 and Sqemocqhe stret .
j o..A.isoirBir,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Chenamusi'treet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON
J J. JOXES,
STAIR BUTLDER,
Ship and Steamboat Joiner,
JR. J. K. LaFORCE,
BEKTIST,
Room ll. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Or.
Gas administered for painless extraction
of teeth.
Q J. CUltTIS,
ATT'Y AT LAW.
Notarv Public. Commissioner of Deeds for
California, New York and Washington Ter
ritory. jcooms 3 ami 4, Odd Fellows Building, As
toria. Oregon.
N. IS. Claims at Washington. D. C. and
collections a specialty.
ncucDAi OTCAMoum Anrunv
ui.ni.nHL o l CHiiionir Aucnui.
Bills of Exchange on any
Part oi Europe.
1AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING
welt known and commodious steamshln
lnes.
STATU LINE, KED STAR.
WHITE STAR,
- HAMBURG-AMERICAN,
DOMINION LINE,
NATIONAL. anil AMERICAN LINE.
l'renaid tickets to or from any European
port.
For full information as to rates of fare,
sailing days, etc, apply to
BOZORTH & JOHNS.
Real Estate and General Insurance
Agents.
iVSTOIUA, ... Oregon.
WF. WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST
om. State Investment. Hambunr, Bre
men anil North German Fire Insurance Com
panies, anil represent the Travellers' Life
ami Accident oi mrttoru, and the New
York Lire, of X. Y.
We have tho onlvcomnleteset of townshln
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
DianKs inereior. our maps can De exam
ined in the office, upon the payment of a
reasonable fee.
We also have for sale citv nrooertv in As
toria and additions, and farms and tide land
property.
Rents, aud other collections made, and
loans negotiated.
BOZORTH & JOHNS,
WM. 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.
mUIS SCHOOL WILL RE-OPEN MON
X day, September 3,1883. 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 aiu
Nlc, Drawing: and Calisthenics. If
found desirable or expedient, classes will be
formed in Higher Mathematics, Botany, As
tronomy. Advanced Music and Drawingr,
for which light extra charges will be made.
Terms $2 a month, strictly In advance.
OFFICERS.
REV. M. D. WILSON. - - Rector
MISS ANNIE W. CURTIS. - Principal
MISS M. C. 1RENCHARD, - Assistant
For fmther particulars apply to
REV. M. i). WILSON.