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i'triz 'L CZJ t gaUjj istonan. ASTORIA, OREGON: KK1DAY. ..JANUARY 11, 1&81 ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (.Monday excepted) 1 J. F. EAKLORAN & COMPANY, PC11LISHEKS ANI ri:01'KIET0R8, ASTORIAN BUILDING. - - CASS STREET ' Tenati of Subscription. Served bv Carrier, per week lacts. Sent by Mall, per mouth GOcts. ;" . " one year .. 87.00 Free of postage to subscribers. S"Advertlsemenjs inserted by the year at Hie rate of $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising fifty cents per square, each insertion. " ' - ' Around the City. .The Tom Conjoin, which, left here soa. time ago, is in port at San Francisco. The county court was in session all yesterday and concludes its labors to-day. Reserved seats for the Langrisho per formances at the New Vork Novelty Store. The leap year party next Thursday night occasions" an extraordinary degree of interest. -,Tfie Ladstect: cleared for English sHore3 yesterday with 14,131 barrels of flour, worth 00,000. The British -bark Isle of Erin, 899, 3lcCurlie, master, 90 days from Newcastle is outs'de with a pilot aboard. The Carrie Winslow is finished at Westport. She takes a cargo of 1350 11 to-Mbntevido, and gets 15 a thousand for it. The Angerona and Willamette went to sea yesterday; the Tillie E. StarbucI: and JL B. Field arrived in; the iAidslecl: came down. Tour conrts were in session in Astoria yesterday, besides a good deal of private courting, which will ultimately lind its way to publication. The business of the 0. 1L & N. Co., be gan at the new dock yesterday. The offices are fitted up comfortably and the building is convenient throughout. The Astoria Social club meets next Monday. The rehearsal of tho Cantata of Daniel fioes on, tho performance of which will be given in February. The attention of citizens interested in annual and quarterly licenses such as wharfingers, auctioneers, teams, billiard and pool tables, is called to the fact that tfiey are now due and that the ten days gace have expired. To Bk Stopped. Tho Xeics claims to be possession of tho information that all terminal work at Albina is to be stopped, the laborers discharged, and those in charge return to New York. The Xeics comforts Portlandites with the assurance that "Tacoina can have the terminus, and the machine shops, and the elevator and all that if she desires, and the great metropolis will content itself with the fact that Jay Gould and the Short Line company does not sleep, and that she will, without doubt, be the great railroad center on the Pacific coast. Moke S"o .Mistake.' Seattle real estate agents bid high for business and wax eloquent. The follow ing is an adv. from the Post-Intclligcnccr of the 4th inst: DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE ABOUT Jackson street property. Just so sure as there is a sun, so sure Jackson street properly, in Burke's second addi tion, will sell for a thousand dollars a lot one year from to-daj'. Out of five blocks I owned a week agolast Monday morn ing, I have but one block and six lots left. Now, who speaks for the last block? This will land me high and dry out of debt, then up she goes fifty per cent. I've got tho bull by the horns now and don't ask odds. The last block, boys, is a lucky one. Apply to . Circuit Court Proceedings. t In the circuit court yesterday the usual crowded condition of tho court room evinced the extraordinary interest mani fested by citizens in the proceedings, 'in the case of L Bergman vs. P. H. Fox decree was entered in faor of plain tiff. C. H. Page, assignee of L J. Arvold vs. A. M. Twombly; order issued restraining defendant from selling property at exe cution. State vs. Jos. Dubois; plea not guilty. State vs. John Leahy et nl; plea not guilty. Trial set for Monday. "State vs. John Rvan; ploa not guilty. State vs. Frank "vedig; withdraws plea of not guilty and enters plea of guilty; sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. State vs. "Win. Gill: jury; on trial. Shively vs. Elliott; demurrer to answer oi defendant overruled. In the case of Grant vs. Baker et al, counsel for plaintiff gave notice of inten tion to file bill of exceptions, and appeal the case to the supreme court. A Short and Useful Lesson In Sea Craft. f .''I will tell yon something about paint ing buoys," said the pilot. ""When you enter any harbor in tho world where tho channel is marked by buoys you will find that those on your right as you pass in are painted red, and those on your left black. If you should see one painted in red and black horizontal bands the ship should run as close to it as possible, be cause that indicates the center of a nar row channel. Buoys with read and black vertical stripes always mark the ends of extensive reefs, where there is a channel on each side. When red and "black checkers are painted on a buoy it marks either a rock in the open sea or an obstruction in the harbor of small extent with a channel all around. If there are two such obstructions and a channel between them, the buoy on tho right of you will have red and white checkers, and the one on your left will have black and white checkers." "Supposing a wreck obstructs the chan nel?" "A green buoy will be placed on the sea side of the wreck, with the word ''.Wreck plainly painted on it in white letters, provided there is a clear channel 'all around it. Otherwise an even num ber will be painted in white above the word 'wreck1 when the buoy is on the right side of the channel, and an odd number if the buoy is on the left." Situation Wanted. ..A. competent girl wants a situation in a private iainuy 10 uo nuusi: v.urh dress E. F.. P. O. Box 309 Astoria. Ad- Planos to Rent 'On eav terms at Adler's mttslc slow- Fine "Dress Goods. A splendid line of ladles dress goods is oeing uispiayuunii um x.iupirc:iurc. At the Empire Stare You will find the finest laces and em .broideries, of richest quality. Hosiery, Hosiery. Ilohlery I The latest novelties in ladies and childrens hosiery at Prael Bros. v Corsets and UB.dcrvrcar. - All the latest makes and styles of cor sets and ladies underwear at Prael rBros,' Empire store. THE TILLTE E. STARBUOK. Tho Fiit Iron Full-Rigged Ship Built in the Uuitcd States. Full Description of the Tcstel, Her Vojsce and Her Cargo. The American ship Tillie E. Starbuck, 2300 tons, Rogers, master, arrived in yes terday afternoon, 210 days from Chester, Pennsylvania, and 20Ddays from New York. She was towed in early in the afternoon, but a strong ebb tide and east wind prevented her f rom reaching anchor ago in tho stream till after eight o'clock yesterday evening. The Starbuck is the first full-rigged ship ever built of iron in the United State3. She was built at Eoach's ship yard in Chester, Pennsvlvania, and is named after the wife of William Hadwin Starbuck, of New York city, who is her sole owner. Mrs. Starbuck is a native of Chester where the ship was built. The Starbuc!: is 2,0 feet over all, 2i8 feet on the low water line, 42 feet beam, 23K feet depth of hold, and with a dead weight of 8750 tons of cargo, has an ex treme draught of 21 feet C inches. With 2500 tons of weight she draws 18 feet 9 inches. It is calculated that she can carry 4230 tons of measurement. Her keel was laid in December, S2,and is of the best hammered iron, 10 by 3 inches, the stem and stern post of the same material, 10 by " inches. Her frames are C by 3 inches, spand two fet from center to center. Tho lower deck beams are 11 inches by 11-1G of an inch. The plating is laid lap-streak throughout, 15-10 of an inch from the garboard, and 12-1G above tho bends. Both decks are laid in narrow planking of yellow pine, 3" by ZyA inches, which has an extremely fino elxect. Tho mast partner-plates are of extra size, and are secured by diagonal braces to the stringers. In fact, the upper deck, for its whole length, is diagonally braced, while there are diagonals "at each partner on the lower deck. Under each mast for a space of twenty feet is a heavy rider keelson. 'Vhe ship has been built under an especial survey of the Bureau Veritas, and at the New York office they say that the Tillie E. Starbuck is the strongest and best built vessel that has ever passed under inspection. She has received from the bureau its highest classification. On deck she has a low topgallant forecastle with n chain life guard around it. Between tho foro and main hatches is an irn deck-house, in which are tho galley, the quarters for the crew and a small engine for hoisting or pumping purposes. She has a poop-deck about ninety feet long, beneath which is the cabin, which is entered in front from tho main deck and also from a compan ion-way on one side of the uf ter part of tho ioop-dcck. Abaft on this deck is a wheel-house for the helmsman, inclosed in which is a right and left steering-gear. Below are rooms for the captain and of ficers and two spare state-rooms for pas sengers, and in the forward part of tho poop is the pantry and sundry store rooms. She is a vtr full vessel, with a long and extremely fiat floor; her forward end sharpened to an easy entrance, and her run long and tapering. An elliptical shaped stern terminates an over-hang very much longer than is usual iufreight ing'ships. which it was thought will ren der her easier when running in a sea, but which has not quite come up to tho ex pectations of the builder. She has three hollow masts, made from the best fire-box steel, seven-sixteenths of an inch thick, doublo for ten feet above the deck, and strengthened inside with angle iron from deck to hounds. The ship has double topsail and single top gallant yards, and three standing skysail yards. "Her lower yards are ninety feet, and her upper topsail yards on her fore and main are seventy-two feet, which is the length of her crochick yard, and her fore and main top-gallant "yards are the same as the upper mizzen topsail yard. As hhe lay in the stream last night our marine reporter, who viewed her by the light of the moon, noticed that her fore top-gallant and main royal were gone, and her rigging otherwise gave evidence of hard weather. She stands straight in the water, too straight for beauty, and it looks as if a little more sheer, and an ad ditional three or four feet forward would add to her appearance and probably to tho comfort of those who ride aboard. She is said to have scant keel, and to be modeled in that respect something after the fashion of a scow; whatever merit of carriage it gives her, it certainly detracts from her speed. She will doubtl6S3.sail the stormy main for the next thirty or forty years in perfect safety, but she dots not give the appearance of a vessel that sailors would "hanker arter" for moro than half a dozen voyages. Tho Starbuck left Chester Juno 13, 1833, but encountering stormy weather put into New York to repair, from which port sho sailed June 23. Breezes foul and tem pests murky chased her over the south ern Atlantic, and about the middle of September SHE iBBIVCU AT STANLEY in the Falkland Islands, and repaired her siwrs which were sliohtlv strained. From Stanley on th6 11th of October she re sumed her voyage to Astoria and rounded the Horn in safetv, being spoken on the Pacific side October 28th. On Dec. 2ith she made Tillamook light, but a driving gale sent her standing well to the south west, till milder breeze3 allowed her terminating her voyogo yesterday after noon. Captain Rogers, who is a very pleasant gentleman, brought her out, and, it is said will immediately assume charee of a vessel now lying in San Francisco, of which he is one-fourth owner. It is rumored that Capt. Perkins, of the Mount Washington will have charge of tho new iron vessel. She had a charter to return with 3,300 tons wheat from Caesar & Co., but the charter expired long sxce. THE CABQO OF Till: STA1UEUCK is the most valuable that over left New York in a sailing vessel, is said to be the most valuable that ever rounded the Horn, and is assuredly the most valuable that ever crossed the Columbia river bar. Among the other little articles of bric-a-brac that adorn tho hold may bo men- nuuuu iweuiy-iwu Mjuumuuves lur iuc i. P. R. Ft. The larce ferrv-boat to be used between Kaiama and the Oregon side of the Co- minuia is aiso to oe iouna somewnere in her hold, and will take a day or so to put together after being hoisted out. It is at present in 57,159 pieces, and when in shape will be of the following dimen dimen seons: length between perpendiculars, 320 feet; length over all, 330 feet; breadth of hull, 41 feet; breadth over guards, 73 feet C inches; depth of hold 13 feet C inches. She will bo sup plied with a boiler room on each sideand twp horizontal non-condensing engines, 38 inches diameter and 9-foot stroke. She will be furnished with side wheels 27 feet in diameter by 8 feet face. Three' lines of track will run along the deck, giving a canacitv for 27 cars. When loaded sho will draw about seven feet. The joiner work along tho sides will contain state rooms, mess room, saloon, etc., for tho accommodation of tho crew. With tho exception of theSofano, which plies be tween Benicia and Port Costa, Cal., sho will bo the largest transfer boat in the country. The total value of the Starbucks cargo is somewhere between $900,000 and $1,000,000. She lies abreast of Gray's dock, and will, doubtless be vn object pf interest to hundreds to-day, Oh, I Say! Have von seen the new Archer pat ent barber Chairs, recently imported from Itochester, X. Y..ly ilr. Heilhorn for Joe G. Charters ? They are without a doubt the three finest chairs of Ihe kind in this state. .For the finest work in the tonsorial line call at Charters' opposite Hume's store, corner of Oluey and Squemoqua streets. SETTS FB0X ALL rOIKTS. V Brier Synopsis of the World's Sews. The Star Koute cases have thus far cost tho government $113,032. E. C. Fabri has resigned as director of the Oregon and Transcontinental. Wat- .Tnoonb Cook thinks there are not five newspapers in tho United States fit to read. By tho burning of a Catholic convont at Belleville, Ills., 31 of the 71 inmates lost their lives. Ben Butler thinks it will be a national calamity if the Democrats don't win tho next presidential election. Abram Hewitt, possible Democratic presidential candidate, won t tell what he thinks about the tariff. Honest John Sherman, of Ohio, says that he will not accept the presidency of the Northern Pacific B. K. Co. The sixth anniversary of the death of Victor Emanuel brought 00,000 Italian pilgrims to Rome to place wreaths on the king's tomb. An official of the Oregon Transconti nental Company states that there is noth ing in the published, rumor of the dLscov ory of a million and a half additional li abilities. A fierce storm along the Atlantic coast has done great damage to shipping and other property. From fourteen to eighteen inches of snow have fallen at various points. There is a lack of harmony between the house judiciary and the public lands committees over the question which shall consider the bills to forfeit the Pacific railroad land titles. Chas. Whitehead, formerly of the Portland News, was shot in Los Angeles last Wednesday by T. S. Harris, former ly of the Panamint AVics. It is thought Whitehead will die. President Coolidge of the Oregon Rail way and Navigation Comany, has ap pointed G. S. Morrison to investigate the affairs of the company on the Pacific coast. He will be hero next week. A bill has passed the Senate for the payment of $0000 to the parents of Lieu tenant Schwatka, the Arctic explorer. The claim arose out of the taking of the senior Schwatka's laud in 1859 by the government for a military reservation. The Glcnbervie and Kale F. Troop, salmon laden from this port, the former for Liverpool, the latter for London, have been signalled within a short dis tance of destination, and have, donbt less, arrived out. Captain Eads arrived in London yes terday, for tho purpose of attempting to seouro English capital for th8 promotion of his plan to build a ship railway across the isthmus of Tehanntenec. Tho enter prise is regarded with moro favor in Lon- UU11 IUUU IUUI Ul Jt3 AJUO.-Ci " "i.u."". Officers of the American navy are re ported at Dundee, Scotland, for the pur poso of chartering n whaling steamer to engage in searching for Greely, the Arctic explorer. It is expected that Cap tain Adams, tho Arctic explorer, will be appointed to command the expedition. He has expressed a belief that the Greely party is alive. On the 8th, at Elgin, Idaho, a newly married couple named Parker, who two hours before had been pronounced one, were sitting together in the house of the bride's parents, when a ten-year old brother of tho bride came up with a pistol, which he had taken from a trunk, and thought to scare his sister by point ing the weapon toward her, but the gun was discharged, sending its contents into his brother-in-law, the ball entering the forehead and producing instant death. According to a statement of the presi dent of the Canadian railway, there will soon remain to be constructed of its 290G miles of main line unly two gaps, one of less than 300 miles, on the Pacific side of the Rocky mountains, and one of 143 miles, north of the lakes. It is expected both of those will be filled in tho next two years, and the president reports that that the cost will not exceed the amount of the cash subsidy and land grant bonds remaining in the hands of the govern ment. Judge Callender,of Clatsop has audited a bill to pay Oregon war claims; it was introduced in the house by Representa tive George last Wednesday. M. C. George also introduced the fol lowing bill3 on the 9th. For permanent improvement of tho bar at tho mouth of the Columbia river, $500,000; for locks at the Cascades, $500,000; for the lower Willamette and Columbia rivers, $242, 000; for Coos bay, $150,000; for Yaquina bay, $140,000; for tho Coquille river, $00, 000; for the uppor Willamette and tribu taries, $31,000; for the Umpqua river, $12,000; for the -Cowlitz river, Washing ton Territory, $6,000; for Young's river, Oregon, $2,000; for Lewis river, Wash ington Territory, $3,000; for gauging the waters of the Columbia river and its tributaries, $3,000, To allow the cities of Portland and Astoria, to levy and col lect tonnage taxe3 for the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. Also a bill in relation to certain fees allowed registers and receivers. A bill to restore to the public domain certain lands with in the idemnity limits of the military wagon road from Dalles City, on the Co lumbia river, to Fort Boise, on the Snake river. A bill for the construction of a revenue marine steam launch for Alaskan waters. A bill to authorize the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company to construct one or more bridges across the Wil lamet river in the state of Oregon, and to establish them as post roads. Also a memorial from citizens of Oregon and Washington Territory, asking for for feiture of the-Oregon Central Railroad Company's grant. Advice lo CousumpilicA. On the appearance of the first symp tomsas geuerai uebiiity, loss or appe tite, pallor, chilly sensations, followed bv niuht sweats and cough, prompt measures should be taken. Consump- tionn s scrotuious disease ot the lungs; therefore use the great anti-scrofulous or blood-purifier and strength-restorer, Dr. Pierce's -'Golden Medical Discov ery." Superior to Cod liver oil as a nu tritive, and unsurpassed as a pectoral. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, and kindred affections it has no equal. Sold by druggists. For Dr. Piercers treatise on consumption send two stamps. World's Dispensary Medical As sociation, Buffalo. N. Y. lTc Dluiniitt'fl CoBsh Balsam. J. M. Yantis, Sweet Springs, Mo writes: "My mother lias had bronchial and pulmonary affection for forty years and in that time has tried almost every thing, but never found anything to give her the relief Dimmiti's Cough Balsam has." At W. E. Dement & Co.?s. Notice. Dinner nl-J EFF'SCUOP HOUSE everyday from 40 to 8 o'clock. The best 25-cent meal in town; soup, fish, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, Juddinf. etc. A Rlass of S. F. Beer, 'rench Claret, tea or coffee included. All who have tried him sav Jeff's the BOSS." Roscoo Dixon's new eatinc house is now open. Everything has been fit ted up in iirst-ciass style, and Ins well Jmown reputation as a caterer assures all who like good things to eat, that at his place they can be accommodated. All the patent medicines advertised in this pnper, together with the choicest perfumery, and toilet articles, etc can be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. uonn's urug store, opposite ociden hetel, Astoria. Why will you cougn when Shiloh's Cure will give, immediate relief. Price 10 cts ) r.ts and -51. Sold by W.E. De ment. Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy a posi tlve cure for Catarrh, DIptheria and Canker Mouth. Sold by w. E. Dement. HOTEL AKKITALS. pahter housk. T Whitlock, Ilwaco A MoKow, Ft Cauby Mrs W J Umphrey, E J Cummings. do Ilwaco WL Stone, Westpt I W Francis, Port N T Boulder. Port P Patterson, Ft Canby OCCIDENT. C W Fulton, city J Strang, Port W O Owen, Stevens J H Watam, St Paul M T Harmon, do W G Seabury, Port L D Readchiffe city W H Gray, O'lney J L Stout, Seaview R E Mclntire, Cath j kj norseiau,u -jcwo'nw T Ross, city J Loeb, Helena O W Jackson, Port S F Brant, West R Horton, city R Williams, city. "Tfcrevr Away ber supporter." Dn. Pierce: -A neighbor of ours was suffering from "female weakness" which the doctors told her could not he cured without a supporter. After con siderable persuasion my wife induced her to try your "Favorite Prescription." After using one bottle she threw away the supporter and did a large washing, which she had not done in two years before. James Millei;. 424 Jacob Street, Wheeling, W. Vn. Card of Withdrawal. Astoria, Oregon, Jan. 10th 1881. We the undersigned members of As toria Stevedore Longshoremen and Riggers' Union, wish to withdraw from the society, and have accordingly re signed, and have no farther connection with it: Philip Carroll, Wm. McCrosky. P. Hose, JohnAbrou, Jas. McCarthy, P. Martin, R. Johnson, S.. I. Pitkin, 1 iios. Manliehi. G. V. Howarter. .Jo$. Draugard, J. Wheien, G. Gullivan. Jno. Seaman, b. Hansted, U. Chambers. Mark Kefant. 1FHATI do you think that JEFF OF THE CHOP ftOUSK gives you a meal for nothing and a glass of something to drink? uNot much!'' but he gives a better meal and more of it than any place in town for "" cents. He buys by the wholesale and pays cash. -That settles it." For a Neat Fittiu;r Boot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che namus street, next door to I. Case. All goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. The delicious Crescent Creamery But ter for sale at Wyatt & Thompson's. Are. you made miserable by Indi E. Dement Have Wistar's balsam of wild cherry always at hand. It cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, whoopjng cough, croup, in fluenza, consumption, and all throat and lung complaints, r-o cents and ?l a bot tle. The Rev. Geo. JI. Thaver. of Bour bon, Ind., says: "Both myself and wife oweour lives toSnu.on's Consumition Cure." Sold by W. E. Dement Fot Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, you have a printed guarantee on everv bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. It never fails to cure. Sold by V. E. Dement. allackmetack."' a lasting and fra grant perfume. Price 25 anil :) cents. Sold by W.E. Dement FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET By the Xlght. !ny. Week or Month Wrni OR WITHOUT IJOAKl), With use of Parlor. Library and all tho com forts of a home. Terms reasonable. Apply to MRS. E. C. IIOLDEX. Cor. Main and Jefferson Sts. Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE undersigned hits been appointed the as signee of 1. J. Arvold, and all persons hav ing claims against said I. J. Arvold are no tified to present the same duly erifiert to me ai my office in Astoiia. Oregon, within three months from this date. Januarv stli. 18SI. C. H. PAGE. d-Cv Assignee of 1. J. a rvo. REMOVAL. The Astoria Passenger Line WILL AFTER THIS DATE HAVE ITS headquarters at its Stables next to B. B. Franklin's, two doors IMow Thk Asto BTA2f office. I'lrst-class Livery erviee. Carts with horse furnished, for one dollar per hour. Carriages on application The Astoria Passenger Lint- Hacks will leave for Upper Atoru from the stables. Horses taken to board. .MRS. T. O'BRIEN. Mrs. R. QUIHN, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Crockery and J Ins ware, -. Fill I Stools.. XEW GOODS CONSTANTLY RECEIVED. Northwest corner Squcmoqua and Main Streets. ul7-3m Steamer TOM MORRIS. TXI18 si:v and. Favorite Hunt IS NOW READY FOR BUSINESS AND can be chartered lor excursions, special parties, etc., at reasonable rates, a getwral steamboating busings transacted. V. BOELLING, Master. CHAS. A. MAY New Store, New Stock Toys, Fancy Goods. Tobacco and Cigars. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS A TINE ASSORTMENT. Squemoqua street, next door to the Empire Store. 1117-Cin THE7HINGVALLA LINE. Is the only DIRECT LINE Between NEW YORK aud SCANDINAVIA, First class Steamers and good uaj-t. Ticket for xale at A. M. JOHXSO.VS. Apcnr, Astoria, Oregon.' 0, Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bre(a)d ! WHY, AT THE Astoria Bakery & Confectionery Cn Elf AM US STREErr. Not oulv SUPERIOR BREAD AND CAKES AND PASTRY in great variety, hut also THE LARGEST STOCK OF CANDIES IH T0WH. Weddings and parties supplied with the most elaborate ornamental work on the shortest notice and on reasonable terms. This is the most complete establishment in Astoria. - ED.. JACKSOIf, Prop. gestion, Constipation, Dizziness. Loss of appetite, Yellow Skin? Shiloh's Vital izer is a positive cure. For sale by V. IT WILL PAY TO Low Prices Still! EiE2 jWCes aa: b oes "Ft. WILL NOT BE UMBEESOLD! FIVE CENTS EACH. Fireside Companion. X. Y. Weekly Ledeer, .Saturday Night, Arm Chair, familj .Story Paper, Boys of New York Week's Doings, Texas .Siftinj-s, S. F. Chronieie. Call, Oregoiiian. News, and Astohiax. ete ete. 8 Cts., 3 for 25 Cts.. 13 for $1. I'liSice Gazette, Police News, Illus trated Times, Puck. Wasp, aud Judge, Harper's .Bazar and Weekly, Leslie's Weekly and Chimney Corner. Argonaut aud many others. I have printed tickets for those pa ner to make exact change. Back liuni ber always on hanfl. OR PCMTQ Leslie's Topular Monthly. LJ ULIilu. Young Ladies' Journal, etc qn PCUTO Harper's Monthly, etc. Having niado arrangements with all publishers I am enabled to give the public a benefit of the above nam.-d re ductions. I have also ltcduccrt the price for Subscriptions, which will be as follews: Harper's Weekly, peryear.S 3 3 75 not $1 00 3 73 " 4 00 3 50 " 4 00 10 00 " 12 00 :; 75 " 4 00 i: 75 " I 00 2 85 " 3 00 2 75 " 3 00 2 73 " 3 00 2 75 " 3 00 2 73 " 3 00 2 75 " 00 3 75 "4 CO uazar Monthly All three for Leslie's Weekly. Leslie's Chimnt'j Comer Leslie's Popular Monthly, Fireside Companion, New York Ledger, atunkiv Night. Family Story Taper, ' Arm Chair. S. F. Argonaut. And all others too numerous to mention at this same rates. Now is your time to subscribe for the "new vcar. Remem ber CAEL ADLER'S SUBSCRIPTION HEWS DEPOT. The Crystal Palace CARL ABLER, PEOPEIET0E. HANSEN BROS. SASH AND DOOR FACTORY, AND PLAHIETG MILL. A (till stock ot homo manufactured goods constantly on hand. Special Attention given to Orders. All work gtiarantcvd. Your patronage so-licltt-d. ASTOKIA. .... Oregon Stop That Horse! From Slipping. USE THE PATENT SHOE. George McLane HAS .IC.VT UECEIVF.D A TATENT Ilorsf-lioe from the Patent Olllce. for the purpose of preventing all classes of hors es from slipping on plaid;, or steep mads-, Hr,es short with this shoe "WILL NOT SLIP. A trial will convince anyone. I keep Two Firj--eIiN tihoern In m shop. Try ilie NEW SHOE. frirOiriiH and Contracted Ifool'cure a .specialty. No satisfaction no pav. GEO. McLANE. CANNERYMEN ! ! PACIFIC METAL WORKS Importers and Manufacturers of WHITE METALS. Canners' Solder a Specialty, Strip Lead, for Leading Lines, Plate Zinc, for Cutting Acid, Bar Copper, Pig Lead and Pig Tin. 4H North Mi'coml St., Portland, Or. 113 1 117 Hr-tHt., San Francisco, California. Boat Building. JOS. P. LEATHERS Formerly over Arndt A. Karchea'd Machine Shot IS ItUILDING FIKST-CLASS BOATS IN the hop formerly occupied by M. John son on C"ncomlv street, one block west of Hansen Ilro' Mill. Model, Material and Finish Flrt-clus. Drugs and Chemicals J. K THOMAS, i DRUGGIST V-A Pharmacist, HOIUIUM)lvV IS Prescriptions carefully compounded Day or Night. FOR T will offer my STOCK of CLOTHING at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES in order to reduce previous to stock-taking February 1st. a ill lliO ilOAl tf GENTS Furnishing Goods, Hats and Caps RiSDIJGS 1Y f II POOPED IYI I AH u. II. yUUrCIl, IAL The Leading Dry Goods and Cothing House of Astoria. "STFor ?pecial Dry Goods Advertisement see Daily Independent. Jgl FIRST QUALITY LUMBER. tiik WESTPORT MILL COMPANY S IX TITE riKLD AND PROPOSES TO remain. We will take orders for lumber from 100 to fOO M., at tlie null or delivered. We also inanutacture latb and shingles of At quality. Flooring a Specialty . Address all orders WESTFOllT MILL CO. h. C, 1JKXNKK. SJt. SOLID GOLD JEWELRY Scarf Pins, Chains, Watches, Of every description. The llncst stock of Jewelry in Astoria. v3"AU goods warrantedasrepresented 6USTAV HANSEN, JEWELER. gtMKgg-ggBEa Firs? Annuai CloiiJtols'Fiiriiisli Begins To-day at the Occident Store. Men's Overcoats Reduced, Business Suits Reduced. Hats Reduced. Th.e Leading TAILOR. CLOTHIER, HATTER and GENT'S FURNISHER. YEARLY M.D.KANT Men', Youths', and Hoys CL0THIN G. BARGAINS in Furnishing Goods, Etc. Suits made to Order, in Fit e Style from S30 upward, anuria "cat Fit guar anteed at 21. D. KANT'S Merchant Tailor and Clothier. VF& r- -) CLOSING JL SALE 1 f OF WW 0 I BARGAINS II I IN S1 I Mir SALE! Ax nil Clothing. THE QYEKCOATS, OVERCOATS, AT COST 0 Days. FINK DRESS SUITS BUSINESS SUITS. WORKING SUITS. D. Magnus C. Crosby Dealer in HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, Iron Pipe and Fittings, Plumbers and Steam Fitters Goods and Tools, SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, -a?-o. and cjoppi-- Cannery anfl Fisiermens Snpplies Stoves, Tin Ware and House Furnishing Goods. JOBBING IN SHEET IRON, TIN. COP PER PLUMBING and STEAM FITTING Done with neatness and dispatch. None Dut.flrst class workmen employed. A large assortment of SCALES Constantly on baud Clearance Sale of Days Only. Youth's Overcoats Reduced.. Dress Suits Reduced, Furnishing Goods Reduced. Ms af.tJtLr4H".iiMIUI f v Oew York Novelty X steke: y MAIX STREET, Opposite the Parker llousi'