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tmn Vol. xix. Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 31, 1883 Ko. 130. A TERRIBLE HOUR. Death Stared Him in the Face. "I shall never forget ray experi ence in a mountain district of Ar kansaw," said Capt.Mellvine when the conversation had turned upon adventure. "There are many pleasant occurrences that we for get, but an affair of honor remains with us. The memory of a pleas ant dream soon passes away, but the recollection of a nightmare becomes a mental landmark. Some time ago I was instructed by my employers to repair at once to the "White Oak mountains, and buy all the cattle that a reasona ble sum of money would induce to leave the rugged trails. I boarded a railroad train and was soon rush ing towards my destination. So ciability is a prominent feature of my nature, which I suppose is an heirloom left by long experience as a newspaper reporter; and I had not been long on the train un til I had formed the acquaintance of several gentlemen, among them a United States deputy marshal who gave me his card, with an evident air of pride in being con nected with so prominent an insti tution as our government. At a small station, a long-haired man, a genuine native of Arkansaw, I surmised, boarded the train and took a seat opposite me. I was desirous of hearing him talk in his quaint dialect, and I moved over, addressed him, and handed him my card. He looked at the card significantly, and carefully placed it in an old black pocket-book. He eyed me nervously for a mo ment and asked: "Whar mout yer be goin'?" "White Oak mountains," I re plied. "I get off at Patsey station." "He looked at me again with an earnestness, and uneasiness of gaze that I could not understand, and said: "I reckin you'll fiud it rite pleasant up thar. Best lot o' feelers that yer eTer seed, an' they ain't afeerd, lemme tell you." "I could not divine why their physical courage should in the least add to the pleasure of my visit, but supposing the remark grew out of his own admiration for men who are not 'afeerd,' and that such information would lighten, in charming anticipation, the fatigues of the journey, I did not ask him to explain. He did not seem to 'cotten' to me, as the planters sometimes say in ex pressing predilection, and he left his seat and stood near the door. I approached him again, feeling more than ever an interest in him, and asked if he had ever been among the White Oak mountains. "Have I got fingers and toes?" he replied. "I can answer assuredly con cerning your fingers, and can speculate with chances in my favor in regard to your toes," I said in facetious attempt. "Wall, then, I've been thear." "Many cattle in that coun try?" "Yes, an' yer'll find some of them putty hard to han'le, lemme tell yer." "My friend, I must confess that you puzzle me. I have asked you Several very civil questions, ex pecting civil answers, but you are so evasive that I can get no satis faction." "You've gone to school, hain't yer?" "Yes." "Talk Latin, I reckin." "My knowledge of Latin is limited." "It's what they call a dead talk, ain't it?" "Yes, it's a dead language." "Then you mout need it ar'ter awhile." "I don't understand you. Your meaning is as dead to me as the language in question is to the un lettered world." "So much the worst for yer, I reckin, yer air sorter proud o' yer l&rnin' an' it' may be all right to fling out yer book business at every man yer see, but it don't speak o' very soun' sense, lemme tllyer. In my country, when a man gets to spouting like yer've been doin', we put him down as a grinnel an' don't have nothin' more to do with him." "By this time the train was slacking up at a station. The brakeman shouted "Patsey," and in a moment more I was standing on the platform. The next busi ness to be transacted was to hire a horse which I did after consider- able trouble. .lust as T mounted and started across the rugged country, 1 saw my long-haired as quaintance on a mule, riding rapidly in the direction 1 was to take. 1 called to him buthe made no reply. "My first instructions were to first call on a gentleman named Harvej'. I learned that he lived about fifteen miles from the station, and when night came on I had considerable trouble in pursuing the right course. Hunying clouds obscured the moon, and I could only get an occasional glimpse of the narrow and deflecting road. Suddenly my horse stopped and snorted. 1 urged him but he would not proceed. I dismounted to ascertain the cause of his fright, when I was seized, and despite re sistance, bound and gagged. There seemed to be quite a number in the party of captors, for while bound to a horse and hurried along, I heard numerous sup pressed voices. We must have traveled several miles over a country rough with ravines and al most precipitious with hill sides. When we stopped I was rudely lifted from the horse and taken inside a log house, built so close to the mountain side that an im mense rock formed a side wall of the structure. I was placed upon a bench and my hands were un tied. I saw around me ten or twelve rough looking men, heavily armed. They were fierce in ac tion and determined in expression. I had pleaded with them, 'ere they placed the gag in my mouth, but now they had restored to tne the use of articulation, I was mute and almost stupified. At every turn I saw great copper vessels, and off to the right, where my ej-es inad vertently wandered, I saw a rude cornmill and pile of corn. "So you've come out here to take us to the penitentiary, eh?" said a large grizzly-bearded man, stepping in front of me. "No, sir," I replied. '1 never heard of you before. 1 came to this country to buy mountain cat tle." "An' I reckin you've found more of 'em than you can buy." "I don't understand you. I don't know why I was brought here. I never harmed any of you, and why you should inflict pun ishment on me is something I don't understand." "Oh, he's powerful innocent," exclaimed a fellow who looked at me with an expression of blood thirsty revenge. He don't know what we mean now, because he ain't got his crowd with him.' "That's the way he's trying to work it," exclaimed the man who leaned against one of the copper vessels, 'but turn him aloose an' he'd show us.' "Gentlemen, you " "Gentlemen," repeated a chorus of voices. 'Did you hear that. He's gettin' powerful' meek'. "Young feller," said the grizzly bearded patriarch, 'we're goin' to put a mighty tellin' lesson before your eyes. "We're citizens of this here Amerikin gover'ment, and don't want to be pestered in the exer cise of our natr'l rights. Our forefathers fit and bled for the 'stablishment of this Yewnited States, an' we think that we've got a right to make whisky when and whar we please." "Now your talkin'; put it to him!" exclaimed the chorus. "You may be a brave man," continued the patriarch, "an' may be discharging your duty, but its our duty to see that you don't. "We could have killed you easy enough without puttin' ourselves to the trouble of fetchin' you here, but we wanted to furnish an ex ample to a fellow that turned trai tor. We want to hang youj right afore his eyes an' then bang him." " j "A groan arrested my attention, and looking around, 1 saw a young man bound hand and foot, stretch ed upon the floor," "That young chap," continued the grizzly leader, "went down to Little Rock some time ago air we've foun' out by your raid, turned traitor on us. If it hadn't been for him you wouldn't now be so close to whar the real work of eternal punishment begins. Hold the young feller up an' let the sin ners look at each other." "Gentlemen, I never saw the young fellow before, I declare. There must be a mistake here. "What do you think my business is anyhow? For God's sake do not act until you know what you are doing! Heaven knows I did not come here to harm anyone." "That talk mout amount to a great deal afore a judge an' jury, but afore us it only amounts to what it's worth." "What am I charged with? Give me a chance to defend my self." "It wasn't expected that you wanted a chance. A man that is so bold as to come right out as you have done oughter know that if he's tuck thar ain't no chance fut him. Fetch the rope Josiah!" "The young man addressed im mediately appeared with the rope. I begged and prayed, but they slipped a noose over my neck and throwing the rope over something above tightened it. "Before you murder me," J gasped, "tell me what I have done?" "You are a deputy United States marshal on thar hunt of distillers." replied grizzly-beard. "I am not. I am a cattle buyer. No one can prove that I am a dep uty marshal." "T reckin I kin," replied a voice and before me stood the long haired man 1 had met on the train. "I did not tell you that 1 was a deputy marshal!" "No, but yer give me yer tick et," and he produced a card bear-ing-the name and address of J.M. JPetter, United Slates Deputy Marshal. "Then I realized how the mis take had occured. The deputy marshal had given me his card; when 1 introduced myself to the long-haired man, I had without no ticing it, given it to him. I made an elaborate explanation, and in proof told them to search in' pockets, where they would find several cards bearing different names, but would find at least fif ty bearing one name, which was my own. They did so, and took the rope from my neck, and also liberated the young man who they thought had turned infor mer. "I was soon liberated and al lowed to mount my horse. The grizzly man gave me instructions in regard to the road to Harvey's and bade me good night in a spirit of friendship. When I had gone about fifty yards some one called to me to stop. I did not know whether to fly or obey, but know ing that the distillers could, by their knowledge of the country, soon head me off, I stopped. Pretty soon old grizzly appeared. "Here." he said, handing me a bottle. "Take this moonshine along with you. It's the best, an' along towards the turn of the night you'll find it mighty strengthenin. Don't say anything about our pleasant meetin' fur you mout bo sorry fur it. Good bye." The report recently gained Jour nalistic circulation that Rev. Dr. Talmage of Brooklyn, N. Y., had spoken in a derogatory manner of St. Jacobs Oil. A personal inter view with the Dootor, by a St. Ja cobs Oil representative brought out this expression: "I never spoke a word against that sub stance, nor ever heard anything but good of it." -me B&k Slde or Chest use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price 25 oents. For sale by W. Element. iron RHEUMATISM 3 Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of ihe Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scafds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on mrth eqnali Sr. Jaooss Oil u & safe, sure, simple and cheap External Beasdjr. A trial entaib but the comparatively trifling outlay of uO Cent, and ererj one suffer ing with pain can bare cheap and podtiTo proof ot its claims. Directions in Jcren Li&tag5. EOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AJTD DE ALEE3 IS HEDIOniE. A. VGGEIiER, & CO., Halitmore, ZM., IT. S. A. GOOD-DYE, OK IIOYTDY-DO? Sav good-bj'C. or howdy-do What's the odds betwixt the two .' Comin goin' every day Best friends first to .no away Grasp of hands you druther hold Than their weight in solid gold. Slips their grip'while greetm' yon Say good-by, or howdy-do Howdy-do, and then good-bye Mixes just like laugh and cry; Deaths and births, and worst and best. Tangled tlteir contrairict; Ev'ry jinglin' weddiiv bell Skeerm' up some funeral knell Here's my song, and there's your sigh Uowdy-do, and then good-bye I Say good-bye, or do dy-do Jest the same to me and youj Taint worth while to make no fii-is, 'Cause the job's put up on us'P Some one's runnin this concern That's got nothitr else to learn If he's williu we'll pull through. Say good-bye, or howdy-do'.' Absolutely Pi??e. This powder never varies. A marvel o purity, strength and wh )lcsomnev. Mure economical than the ordinary kinds-, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul titude of low test short weight, alum or phosphate powders. SohlunlutH caw. Kov- AL ItAKINC POWOF.lt Co.. 10S Wall-st. N. Y. King of tlie Blood Is not a "cure all," it Is a blood-puriaer ami tonic. Impurity of the blood poisons thesvs tern, deranges tne circulation, and thus in duces many disorders, known by diiTeren: names to distinguish them according to tl fects, but being really branches or pliase of that great generic disorder. Impurity o: Blood. Such are Dupcpia, uUlumntA, Lircr Complaint, Constijxitifn. XcmiM Dl ordcr. Headache, BacUachc, General irifr itrsn. Heart Dicase, Dropsy, Kidneu Direaxe, Files, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrttfula, Skin Dlsvrdcrs, Vimnles. Ui. Sircliltujs, Ac., d-c. TCinir of the Itlooil prevents and cures these by attacking the caiwc. Impurity of the blood. Chemists and physicians agree in.calling it "the most genuine and efficient preparation for the purpose." Sold by Drug gists, SI per bottle. See testimonials, direc tions. &c. In pamphlet, "Treatise on Diseases ot th Blood," wTapped around each bottle. D. HANSOM. SOX & Co.. Props Butfalo. N. Y. J. EL D. GrBAY. Wholesale- and retail dealer In. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND, AND CEMENT. General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria Oregon. W TROYAL RK53 Jfc ISP MOTELS AND RESTATJKANTS. PARKER HOUSE, II. B. PAKKEB. Prop., ASTORIA, - - - OREGOX. E. P. PARKER. - Manager and Agent. AI CROSBY, - - Day Clerk Phil. BOWERS, - - Night Clerk, .las. DUFFY has the Bar and Billiard room. First Class in all Eespects. Fit EE COACH TO THE HOUSE. IT IS A FACT -THT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE ox Ccnsomiy Street is the Best in Town. THAT '. 5i U:is Alwny.s on Hand FRESH i Mionl "Water Hay and East ern 03-slors. THAT '"JEFF- IS THE BOSS CATERER. j THAT tic has nccn Troprlctor or the "AHrora Hotel lit Knapptou seven year. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. I PIONEER RESTAURANT j AND LODGING HOUSE. Kcfittrd throushoul : theSTable supplied with the bet : the beds dean ami comfort able. A First :cl:xss House. lUwnl by the week, - 13.00 Meals to order. J.G, ROSS, Proprietor. COSMOPOLITAN Chop House and Restaurant. OPEN' DAY AND NIGHT. Sfr-sls 23 rents and upwards. G. KOULiAItD. MMS STKEET. Proprietor. - ASTORIA. 5 5 5. X 3H nn.vi.KR in Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand Wood lellvtred to Order, j Orziuimj, Teaming and Express Business. j Horse. nr.a Carriages for Hire. j DRALKK IX W!KS, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. I S-'JHNT LASH 20 BOATS CANNERY SITE FOR SALE. mHE PROPERTY KNOWN AS A. P. COS JL Net Hacks, adjoining Fort Canby. 20 23 foot boat, good fur liaker's Bay or up river fishing ; 14 net nicks complete ; frontage 200 feet running to deep water; odo block on shore with mess house. This Ls tlif 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 ca-di or will take stock with satbfactory Fisherman's Packing Co. BOZORTH & JOHNS. REAL ESTATE DF O DEL SALE CHAS. H. WILLIAMSON & CO. -VTOW IS THE TIME TO BUY A HOME 1 before the Kail ttoad comes. We ha e lots for sal in all the additions in 3IcClure's lots, ringing from one hundred and twenty-five dollars to four thousand dollars. In Shlvely's we hive two lots 9 and 10 in b!k-S that are in a splendid location and easy of across, for SI5o,0O each ; also lot 5 in blk oTi, which Is grading, for SC00.00. In Adair's Astoria we have a number of Hue lots on. or near the Koadway travelled by the stages, for sale at reasonable prices. In Alderbrook we have thirteen (13) lots which we will sell for S3W.00 each, to those who will improve We have also water front on the river Just below town ; abo JGO acres on Young's Bivcr Spiles for Sale. In lots to suit purchasers, at market prices Ofllee n Geneveive Street. Mais of Astoria, eomplete. Scale 400 feet to an Inch. Price, $10.00 each. For side by CHAS. II WILLIAMSON & CO. 2 X NOTICE. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, WESTERN DIVISIONS, Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. Oregon . California Railroad Co. at On September 101 li anil lltli. Account completion of the Northern Pa cine . K, Hound Trip Tickets have been placed on sale-at all ticket stations at 40 per cent, re duction. Tickets good from Sept. Sth to 13th, both days Inclusive. JOHKMDIR E. P. ROGERS A. L STOKES 2 S$v Eg j IS III .1113 ! o 1 w I d SnptofTraSc. GealAg't. Au;3uptTrSc WILLIAM HOWE -DEALER IX Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms, Lumber. All kindi of OAK LUMBER, i 1 H GIi ASS, Boat Material, Etc. .............. ............. Boats of all Sinds Made to Order. "Orders from a distance promptly attended S. ARNDT & JFERCHEN, ASTORIA. - OREGON. The Pioneer Machine Shop .BLACKSMITH SHOP AND Boiler Shop fce-. All kinds of TCT'WrtTKrXl rt A TTMTITI XT -A.VD- STEAMBOAT WORK rromptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing CANNERY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET. ASTORIA IRON WORKS. Bsarron Stkket, Near Paekku Hocse, ASTORIA. - OREGON. GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILER MAKERS. lAHDaiMABIEEMES Boiler Work, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Orall Descriptions made to Order at Short Xotlce. A. D.AVass, President. J. (5. Hustler, Secretary, I. W. Cask, Treasurer. ,lon" Fox.Superlntendent. LOEB & CO., JOBBERS IN WINES. LIQUOES, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOR THE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All Kinds of Saloon Supplies. J-A11 goods sold at San Francisco Prices. MAIN STREET. Opposite Parker House, Astoria, Oregon. BUY THE BEST ! BARB0URS Irish Flax Salmon Net Threads Woodberry, and Needle Brands, SEINE TWINES. AND CORK Ail LEAD LINES, Fish I'oanda, Seines, and Xetn Imported, to Order. A. LaieSloctofKetliBiJisliLiBes AND FISH HOOKS. CONSTANTLY ON HAND. HENRY DOYLE & CO., 517 and 519, MARKET STREET SAN FRANCISCO. IST'AgentH for the Pacific Coast. FOARD & STOKES, WE HAVE OPENED AGAIN In Hume's New Building, And are Eeady to Supply the "Wants of Our Customers. A PULL STOCK OF Fresh Groceries. AND Bracket Work A SPECIALTY. to, and satisfaction guaranteed In all cases BUSINESS OABDS. q iv. FUiroar, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms 5 and C.Odd Fellows Building. jg C. HOLDEN, t , Airr.TIOXF.V:R COMMISSION AXU IK SURANCE AGENT. JAY TUTTIiE. 31. I. PHYSICIAN AND StTRGEOH 1 , Office Kooms 1, 2, and 3. Pythian Bulld- iKSiDEXCK Over J. E. Thomas Drug I Store. t VXllUJE.ll. SURVEYOR OF Clatsop County, and City of Astoria Office : Chenamus street, Y. M. C. A. liall Room No. 8. Jt P. HICKS, DENTIST, ASTORIA, - - OREGON Rooms in Allen's building up stairs, corner f Cass and Sqemocqhe stret . J Q.A.KOWJLBX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Chenanius'treet, - - ASTORIA, OREGON J J. .IOXES, STAIR BUHIER, Ship and Steamboat Joiner. JQK. J. K. IiaFOKCB. - JDEXTIST, Room 11, Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Or. Gas administered for painless extraction ofteeth. Q J. CU15TIST ATTT AT LAW. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds for California, New York and Washington Ter ritory. Rooms S and i. Odd Fellow Bulldlnc. As toria. Oregon. iS.B.-CIalnis at Washington. D. C, and collections specialty. OEO. T. WHEELER. W. L. ROBB. WHEELER & ROBB. GENERAL REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, AND COLLECTION AGENTS. Real Estate bought and sold on Commis sion. Accounts adjusted and Bills collected. Correspondence from abroad solicited. 3f Office in Hume's new building, on Sque moqua street, next door to Foard & Stokes. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part ol Europe. 1AM AGENT FOR TIE FOLLOWING wel! known and commodious steamship ines, STATE LINE, RED STAR, WHITE STAR. II A3IB URG-AMER ICAN DOMINION LINE, NATIONAL, and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid tickets toorfrbmany European port. For full Information as to rates of fare, sailing days, etc, apply to LW.CASE. BOZORTH & JOHNS. Real Estate and General Insurance Agents. ASTORIA, - Oregon. WE WRITE POLICIES IN THE WEST ern. State Investment, Hamburg, Bre men and North German Fire Insurance Com panies, ami represent the Travellers' Life and Accident of Hartford, and the New York Life, of N. Y. We have the 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 ofUcia! blanks therefor. Our maps can be exam ined in the office, upon the payment of: reajtimahle fee. We also have for sale city property in Ai torla and additions, and farms and tide land property. Rents, and other collections made, and loans negotiated. BOZORTH & JOHNS, Grace Church Parish School. Rear ot Church Building. THIS SCHOOL WILL RE-OPEN MON day, September 3.1S83. The moral train ing of the cnUdren 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 Mh Mir, Drawiue 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, Tenns-S a month, strictly in advance. OFFICERS. REV. M.D.WILSON. - - Rector MISS ANNIE W. C ORTIS, - Principal MISS M. C. TREN CHARD, . - Assistant For further particulars applv to REV. if, t. WILSON.