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.