Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1884)
' CI J VOL. XX, NO. 101. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1884. PRICE, FITE CENTS. WOMEN DEGRADED BY THE BIBLE. We have bad female acrobats, fe male bicyclists and female ball play ers. That we now have a female atheist is what might have been ex- Sected. Mr. Bob Ingersoll long ago emonstrated by the success of his lectures that atheism may be made a profitable profession, and if people will flock to hear a man blaspheme his Maker they will flock with great er alacrity to hear a woman perform a" similar feat. A female atheist, be ing more unusual than a male atheist, can hardly fail to be more attractive, and her blasphemies will have a pi quancy peculiarly their own. Women ought to be profoundly grateful to the female lecturer who, on Sunday last, denounced the Bible and the Christian religion as the ene mies of woman. There has always been an impression that Christianity had elevated woman, but a few intel ligent atheists have never failed to recognize the folly of this impression. The female lecturer fearlessly charged the Bible was insulting, enslaving and degrading woman. This charge is so true and forcibly expressed that it ought to win for the lecturer the enthusiastic gratitude of her sex. The religion of the Bible teaches that woman has a soul. The lecturer evidently regards this as an atrocious calumny, and there can be no doubt that the belief that woman has a soul has done much to degrade her. It has made it seem necessary to her to secure the safety of her alleged soul by embracing the Christian religion, and that religion its votaries to obey the laws of morality. No unpreju diced person, therefore, will deny that religion enslaves woman. Nothing could be more conclusive than this argument The Bible has also degraded woman by teaching the revolting dogma that we should treat others as we desire to be treated. This dogma is perhaps unobjectionable when it governs the treatment of women by men, but it degrades women by curtailing their liberties. It requires a wife to treat her husband kindly, no matter what her natural impulses may be, and it forbids a woman to be selfish and un feeling in her conduct towards others. Just so far as woman obeys these tin just demands she becomes a slave, and is consequently degraded. She can only become free by renouncing Christianity and treating its require ments with contempt. Christianity, with its insulting as sumption that a woman has a soul, and its tyrannical demand that she shall be unselfish and obe dient to the laws of morality, is, as the lecturer showed on Sunday last, utterly beneath the notice of any true woman. If a woman is weak enough to want a religion, let her embrace Mohammedanism, which does not insult her by theories as to her pretended soul, and threatens"her with no worse punishment than the whip or the bowstring of her husband. There, too, is Mormonism, which does sot compel a wife to live in solitude with her husband, but gives her the company of other wives, aDd so ele vates her mind and morals. It is astonishing that the world should so long have accepted the claim that Christianity elevates woman, and lovers of truth can not be too grate ful to the noble female atheist who hks exposed the falsity of the claim, exercised for herself her natural right to shriek "There ain't no God, and I wouldn't believe in Him if there waB! Now there!" N. T. Times. Coon-Catching Oysters. "To show you that oysters have ense, I will tell you what I have seen a hundred times. I have stood be hind a tree on Cat Island, in the Mis sissippi Sound, many a moonlight night, and watched the oysters when the tide was out, and those near the spit we're either partly or entirely out of water. The island is full of rac coons, which skirmish around all night looking for soft-shell crhbs, fish and oysters. The oyster opens his shell to air himself, or maybe to catch unwary mosquitoes, or sand flies, when the coon, who is on the lookout, sneaks up behind until he is near enough, and thrusts his paw into theshelL Very often the oyster is extracted, so quick is the 'coon's movement, but sometimes the 'coon gets the worst of it If the oyster is anyways fly, and manages to hear the Voon creeping up, he waits until the "paw is thrust in, and then clamps down upon "it You inow what a grip an oyster has. The 'coon of course, is fast caught in a steel trap, you might say. But if it is a single oyster and not strongly im bedded in the bottom, the 'coon pulls it out and hops off to a tree, where he pounds the oyster until the shell is broken, and leisurely feasts upon it His paw is sore, but he has been suc cessful, and he is satisfied. If, how- ever, the oyster happens to be one of the cluster fast in the bottom, the 'coon would be in a bad fix. I have ,een at least fifty slick old 'coons (&aght in that way and have to spend "ih night in the oyster bed. When the' tide began fo rise and they saw that they had to get away or drown, 4Eey would gnaw off their imprisoned paws and hobble away on three legs. When the water got high the oyster would spit the paw out. I've picked ap'R thousand such paws." Chicago Times. jte Mormon Church figures up pdi a, 'formidable array of digna taries. It now includes a president, twelve 'apostles, fifty-eight patriarchs, three thousand eight hundred and eiriitv-five sentinels, three thousand v me hundred and fiftv-three hio-h- priests, eleven thousand choirs, one taos&nu. iivo uunarea oisuops, ana fafcrthousand four hundred deacons. IfcfAriraDa there is a membership of two thousand two hundred and sixty two. In -Idaho twice as many, and Mormon missionaries are at work all orer,Europe and the United States. The New York Sun frantically heuts: "Where is the American ,MUor?" Don't know. If he will only wait patiently until next June we can ir$ him a job piloting disappointed 2MKLta&l candidates up' Salt river. How it Feels to be Scalped. Marvin Holly, of Dearborn county, Ind., has a tender pink spot three inches wide on the top of his head where he was scalped in 18G9. He has recently been in New York and told of his adventures. Holly was with Custer's command when the at tack was made on Black Kettle's camp, in the Big Horn valley. After desperate fighting, he fell with a shattered arm. The rest of the story is in his own werds: "Suddenly I heard a shot, and two squaws fell dead in the snow by my side. One of our boys had discovered my situa tion. The papooe3 and squaws in stantly scampered away, but the In dian was determined to run the risk of getting my scalp anyhow, and he bounced down on me with his knees on my chest, drew his knife and, the next second, although it seemed hours to me, the top of my head was in his hand, and he was gone. Im agine some one who hates you with the utmost intensity grabbing a hand ful of your hair while you are lying prostrate and helpless, and giving it a sudden jerk upward with force enough almost to loosen the scalp; then, while this painful tension is not relaxed, imagine the not particularly sharp blade of a knife being rnn quickly in a circle around your scalp with a saw-like motion. Then let your imagination Jgrasp if it can the effect that a strong, quick jerk on the tuft of hair to release the scalp from any clinging particles that may hold it in place would have on your nervous and physical systems, and you will have some idea how it feels to be scalped. When that Indian sawed his knife around the top of my head first a sense of cold numbness pervaded my whole body. This was quickly followed by a flash of pain that started at my feet and ran like an electric shock to my brain. That was but momentary, but it was tern- j oie. wnen tue xnman tore my scaip from my head it seemed as if it must have been connected with cords to every part of my body. The pain that followed the cutting around the scalp had been frightful, but it was , ecstacy compared with the torture that followed the tearing of it from my head. Streaks of pain shot to every nerve. My knees were drawn up almost to my chin, and my fingers closed convulsively together in the snow, and that was all I -remember. When I came to, I was in a tent. ! The cavalry had come up in the mean time, and the Indians were routed. Only a few escaped, but Black Kettle was among them. A comrade told me that he had shot and killed the Indian who had scalped me, but the scalp was not recovered at any rate. I, with the rest of the wounded, was sent to the nearest agency, and I lay helpless and suffering untold misery for weeks, and when I recovered I concluded that I had seen enough of Indian fighting, and asked for my discharge. The nature of my wound were such that I received my dis charge at once. Gem Custer jocu larly remarked to me afterward that I made a mistake in leaving the service. 'Think,' said he, 'how surprised and disgustedsome red devil of an Indian might be if you should stay with us and happen to fall into his hands when he went to raise your hair to find that some one had been there before him.' " ! Pacific Land Grants. This is, according to the National Republican, the order adopted by the house committee on public lands, together with the amount of grant, miles of road constructed within the time specified in the granting acts, the portion of the grant earned and the amount that is ferfeitable: Texas m Pacific Grant, 14,309,700 acres; miles of road built, none; land earned, none; forfeitable, all Oregon Central Grant, 3,701,700 acres; miles of road built, 197; land earned, 2,000,000 acres; forfeitable, 1,701,700 acres. Ontonogan and State Line Grant, 282,000 acres; miles of road con structed, none; land earned, none; forfeitable, alL California and Oregon and-Oregon and California Grant, 2,12G,52G acres; miles of road constructed, 197; land earned, 1,454,000 acres; forfeitable, 061,926 acres. Northern Pacific Grant, 48,215,040 acres; miles of road constructed, at 20 sections per mile, 228; at 40 sec tions per mile, 197 miles; land earned, 10,675,200 acres; forfeitable, 37,539,840 acres. Atlantic and Pacific Grant, 40, 690,550 aores; miles of road construc ted, at 20 sections per mile. 89; at 40 sections. 36 miles; land earned, 2. 600,800 acres; forfeitable, 38,029,709 acres. Southern Pacific of California Grant, 5.511,264 acres; miles of road constructed, 232; land earned, 2,449, 450 acres; forfeitable, 2,061,814. New Orleans Pacific Grant report ed at 903,218 acres, but found to con tain about 1,500.000 acres; miles of road constructed, none; land earned, none; forfeitable, alL It is said that the stars and stripes never float over the state house at Columbia, S. C. When the legisla ture is in session there is raised in stead a tattered rag of dark blue, with the representation of a palmetto tree and a rattle snake coiled at the bot tom. The "tattered rag" should be a gray one; thus its significance would be more apparent. Dr. Deems says: "Kissing is a pure ly American habit." Let u? remem ber this, dear brethren, and ever liberally patronize home industry. Those who have medicine-chests re member that St Jacobs Oil is the great specific for bodily pains and household accidents. Che DlmmiU'rt CohkIi BaUam. J. M. Yantls, Sweet Springs, Mo., writes : ''My mother has had bronchia! and pulmonary affection for forty years and In that time has tried almost every thing, but never found anything to give her the relief Dinuniti's Cough Balsam has." At W. E. Dement & Co.'s. Brace up the whole system with King of the Blood. See Advertisement. 5 THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FOR PAIN. RslitrM aa cure ItHEU3IA.TIS3r, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, BACKACHE, EnjlCHS, TOOTHICZE, SORE THROAT, QCLSSr, 8WELLIK03. SPRAINS, Scrsztt Cats; Ercisa, THOSTBITE3, BURNS, SCAXIKa, Xsl all otVr boUlf achat aa3 ptini. nm cms i EoniL SoM by all nratrifU aal Deol-rt. DiroclW-u In U Ti: Ciulc j A.7:;sb: Ca. Cmmcikcj A- Vweltx a Co.) BilUaar 3(L,C.S.A. Kixia: of the Blood Ir noi : -irr fl!.M It Is a Mood-purifier ami tonic. Impunt of the blooil poisons the sv. tern, di-nuija? the circulation, and thus in duce n:i!iv disorders, known by different names li. distinguish them according to ef fects, but ling reallv brunches or phases oi that great generic disorder. Impurity 01 attend. Such are DyiKpxia. LHUiuxumeiut, Livtr Complaint. CmnUtattim. AVrrwiw Dw onlcr. Headache, Backache, General Weak no. Heart Ditcanc, Dropsy, Kidney Dfxcaxc, DUnr&cr, Ptmnlca. Vlccr. SuflUny, tie.. tic. Kinr or the Itlnnd prevents and cures these b attacking the caw-e. Impurity of the blood. Cueinistsaud pli vsici.uih aaree in calling It "the most genuine" and efnrlent preparation for the mirnoe " Sold bv Dniir- gists. St er bottle. ee testimonials, direc- ii(in,MC.1ni pu'iplilev'lrMlIinn Diseases ot the Mood," w ranped around each bottle. D. RANSOM. SON & Co.. Props Buffalo, X. . S. ARNDT & FERCHEiW STOKlA OKEfiON. The Pioneer Machine Shop BLACKSMITH -rf. 8HOP zm -f"Si n.:,- oL -.i&Jii&& Duuer anop -HSrjjfc All kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, , AND STEAMBOAT WOEK Promptly attended to. A specialty made of repairing OANNEKY DIES, FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STKEET. FOffl I STOKES. I A FHLL LINE OF Fancy Groceries. WINES AND LIQUORS HARDWARE I AND Ship Chandlery: Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. In Welch's New Building . 1 COAL! COAL! The Oregon improvement Co. Now have for sale at the new Bunkers. SEATTLE COAL i For Domestic use, clean, $7.50 per tou of 1 2.2101b?. i For Steam imp. average. $fi.5o per ton of j 210 lb-. , For Sti'am use. screenings. 84.50 per ton of 2210 lbs. Also constantly on hand Flrst-clnu Cumberland Coal For Blacksmith use, at market rates. E. A. SOYES. Jan2U-3m Agent. ASTORIA Brewery Beer Saloon. The Best Beer 5 cts a Glass. Dot Lunch every Day from 10 to 12 A. M The best, of Liquors and Clears on hand. A deservedly popular place of social resort. GEO. HILLEK. HANSEN BROS. SASH AND DOOR FACTORY, AND PLANING MILL. A full stock of home manufactured Roods constantly on hand. Special Attention given to Orders. All work guaranteed. Your patronage so licited. ASTORIA. Orepon NOTICE. s TATE AND COUNTY TAXES A RENOW due ana payable at my office. A. M 1 WIMlttLiX, tt Sntrlfi Clatsop C. mypn him pP5S w$ BfiS&hj St 'TK rrrs. iM: mmwr V3M2SStf Ed. D. Curtis &: Co. Carpels, npnoMery UNSURPASSED in! , STYLE ANDOTISH. FURNITURE, v A COMPLETE STOCK. Harilware mi Sfflp Ctafllery a: vak dusH & go.. HKAl.KK.vIac Hardware and ShipjChandlery, Pure Oil, Brighjyarnish, Binnacle Oil, Cotfon Canvas, Hemp Sail Twinfjii Cotton Sail Twin?. Lard Oil. m$ Wrought Iron Spikes. Galvanized Outsails. Agricultural '-Implements, Paints :iud Oil. 4srreriN. cfc. The Gem -Saloon. The Popular Resort- fdrAstorians. y , FOR THE- Finest of Winesjan"& Liquors Go to the GEtf-TSALOOX. ALEX. CAMPBELL, fT PKOPKIETOlt. H" p ASTORIA IRONWORKS. BKjrroN Stkkkt. Ska it Pakkkk Housk, ASTOBIA. - OP.KCOX GENERAL MACHINISTS AND BOILEI MAKERS. LAND Hi MARIE EMMS BoilerWork, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work a spe cialty. Ofall lH'srrlptioii made to Order at Short Xotire. A. D. Wass, Provident. J. G. Hustlek, Secretary. 1. W. Cas , Trc.iMirer. John Fox.Superintendent. C. H. BAIN & CO. DEALKIW I Doors, Windows, Blinds, Transoms Turning. Bracket Work. A specialty, and all worK guaranteed. Oak. Ash. Bay, and Walnut lumber; Ore gon and Port Oiford Cedar. All kinds of bo.it material 011 hand. C. II. BAI. &. CO. THE LATEST STYLES WALL 'PAPER AT B. 2. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. Window curtains made to order. BrMy patent Trimmer to ut Wall Paper will be lound convenient to my patrons. BARBOUR'S HAVE NO EQUAL. -THE The London Fisheries Exhibition HAVE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL TO- Tie Barta? Brotes Company -FORTHE- SUPERIOR TY OF THKIE FLAX NET THREADS. Salmon Se mm HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE. U.B.PARKKH. I'roi... ASTORIA. - - - ORjtfiON. Al.CKOSBY, - - Day Clerk- Phil. BOWERS, - - .Vljrfit Clerk. Jas. DUFFY lias the Bar and Billiard room. First Glass in all Respects, FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. IT IS A FACT -TnT JEFF'S CHOP HOUSE ON Concomly Street is tht Best in Town. THAT lie has Always on Hand FRESH Nlionl Water Bay aad East ern Oysters. THAT- "JEFF" IS THE BOSS CATERER. THAT Me fan been Proprietor f the "Aarra Motel" la KaapptoB nrrea yean. OPEN DAY. AND NIGHT. A Good Cup of Coffee AND OYSTERS AT Mrs. Powell's Coffee House, Ou Main Street next to Oregon Bakery. . Campi Restaurant SEW AXD WKLL EQUIPPED THROUGHOUT. L.Serra has rebuilt his establishment and Is prepared to accommodate the traveling pub Ic. A good meal furnished at any hour or the d.t or night. he d est Liquors and Cigars' at the bar. Two doors west of Dee Foster's. n28 6m LUIGI SERRA. THE BEST Boarding and Lodging House. rhax. Wallman has opened a boarding and Indglog home-south of O'Brien' hot. 1, near the gas works. The talile Ls supplied with the best the m:iket afferds: jro d food and clean beds will he furnished at the regular prices. Give rue a call and satisfy vourelves, chas.' wallman. Fipres Never Lie ! JEFF OF THE CHOP HOUSE 9 Can prove by his hooks that he Is doing the biggest business of any RESTAURANT In the cltyr and he will guarantee to give the best meal for cash. H. B. PARKER, DRALKK lit Hay, Oats, Straw. Lime, Brick, Cement and Sand Wood Delivered to Order. Oraying, Teaming and Express Business. Horses ana Carriages for Hire. DEALKB I7 WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS FIRWT CliAMH CANNERYMEN ! ! PACIFIC METAL WOEKS Importers and Manufacturers ot WHITE METALS. Canners' Solder a Specialty, Strip Lead, for Leading Lines, Plate Zinc, for Cutting Acid, Bar Copper,Pig Lead and Pig Tin. 48 Xorth Hecond St.. Portland, Or. 115 dt 117 Mrtt., Nan Frmnrlnen. California. B. F. STEVENS & CO.. CITY BOOK STORE, Have Just received a mammoth stock of Books. The younjc and old, rich and poor can all be accommodated. AGENTS FOR THE Kranlch &. Bach and Maarfsfeldt St N'otni Piassnand Wentera CottaKe OrgaHH, Orders for all kinds of Music or Instru ments will be promptly filled. B.F. STEVENS St CO. FOR TILLAMOOK. The new Steamer A. IQ. FXjEDXjD. N.P.JOHANSEN, - - Master Will leave for TILLAMOOK, on When Freight is Offer?, (Weather permitting.) TOR SAILING DATES AND PABTICU- I. lars apply to J. G. HU . HUSTLERMain &.LIJSN ft LXWIS. Tiriiwwiir weei wnan, Asiena: ai roru&na ; j . Jk sivj& x TRANSPORTATION LINES. Oregon Railway & Navigation COHPASY. OCEAN DIVISION ' During the month of January. 1884. Ocean Steamers will sail fmm Cortland for San Francisco, and from San Francisco for Port land every' dnyi, leaving Alusworlh Dock, i-oruana. at miamgnr. ana spear atreei Wharf, San Francisco, at 10 a. m. TaroHKB Ticket sold to all principal cltle tn the United States, Canwla and Europe. RAIL DIVISION. Passenger Trains leave Portland for East ern points, at 7 :SO P. M. dally. KiyE&V BITKieN (Middle CelHBibia). Boats lare Portland for Dalles at 7 :O0 A m. ALSO: Ceave Port-i land for (Moo I To. I We.lThu. Fn. I S , Atori& nd I I lower Co- I lnmbis....l6AMl8 AM Djtoa. Dr.:? AM,1 oSrtSui"! fiAM Vletori.BOfi AMJ6 AM BAM 6 AMU AM 6 AW 7AM,1 ITAMJ IB am! KAM'.BAM.fAM'fiAM Laavea Materia for Portland itbLia. dailv ex cept Sanday. Pullman Palace Car runnioir between Por -land, and St. Paul. O. II. PKKS;OTT, JOHN MOIH, . , Ji-"'80'- Sun't or Truffle A. L. STOKES, E. P. KOOERS, AMiat. bBp't. General Ajtent or rrafflc. Passenger Dep't. Oregon & California R. R OREGON St TRANSCONTINENTAL COMPANY, LESSEE. On and after Doc 2d, 1883. trains will ran as follows : DAILY (Except Sundays). KASTSIDE DIVISION'. Betweca PeKTLA.IDand GSA.VTS PASS MAIL TRAIN. LEAVE. ARRIVE, Portland 7 :30 A. MjGrant's Pass-t :20 a. m. Grant'sPass 10:o0P. mi Portkmd 4:25 v. M. ALBANY EXPRESS TRAIN. LEAVE. ARRIVE. Portland. 4 :00 p. ac. Lebanon 9 Co p. si Lebanon 4 H5 a.m. Portlands lo :05 a. si Thf Oromin nnri Pullfnrnlj Voltmorl L."... makes connection with all Regular Trains vu jvantsiue division. WKSTSIDE DIVISION. Bftwrfn iurtlMUfl unci forvHllio KAIL TKAIN tILKAVE. ARRIVE. Portland 9 :00 A. stiCorvAlli 4 i2Q p m. CorvallLs 8 :30 A. srJPortland 3 HSU p. m. . KXPHK3S TKAIX LEAVE. ARRIVE. Portland 5 0P McMlnnville 8 :O0 pm McMInnvllle5:45 AM Portland 80asi Close connections made at Grant's Pas with the Mapes of the Oreeon and Califor nia Stage Company. arTIckets for sale at all the principal points in California, at Company's Office, Corner F and Front 6ts., ,-ortland. Or. Freight will not be received for shipment after 5 o'clock p.m. on either the East or West aide Division. K. KOBHLKR, GtVl Ma-ager. A. L. aTOKKS. Ajut. aup't. of Traffic. JOHN MUIB, upt. or Trafflo. E P BOOrRi, lienaral tt't Paiengr Dep't. llwaco Steam Navigation Go.'s WINTER SCHEDULE. Astoria to Fort Stevens, Fort Car.by, and itiva 0. Connecting by stages and boats for Oysterville, Moniesano and Olympia Until runner notice the llwaco Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Gen. luriles, W HI leave Astoria On Mondays Thursdays, and Saturdays (Oysterville and Montesano m:dl days. at 7 A. H. FOB Ft.Stevens, Ft. Canby and llwaco OS Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays The steamer will leave Astoria at 9 a. m., as formerly, not belns confined strictly to schedule time. Fare to Fort Canby and llwaco, "Sets. pyIlwaeo freleht, by the ton. In lots of one ton or over, $2 per ton, C-For Tickets, Towage or Charter ap ply at the office of the company, Gray' wharf, foot of Benton street. J. H. D. GRAY, Agent. Shoalwiter Bay Transportation Co. SUMMER ROUTE. Astoria to Olympia, Touching at Port HtevertM. Fori Cunby, II wan. North Beach. Oynierville. North Cove. Peterson f'olnt. Ho- qalHn, JIontHan, And all pointson Shoal water Bay. and ( Jn Harbur. GEN. .nLES. Strs. or On r.iIumWa Hun GEN. CANBY " GEN. GARFIELD M MONTESANO Mlioal water I5h Gray'- Hari.o Connecting with Staj: ovrr Portages. Leavti Astoria for Olympia, at - - 7 A. 31. Ou Mond ys, Tliursdajs and Saturday, arriving at Montesano the davafter leavim: Astoria through trip in 60 hours. Leave Olympia for Astoria on same days. Columbia Transportation Co. FOR PORTLAND. (FAST TIME.) Thn popular steamer FLEETWOOD, Which has been refitted for the comfort 0 passengers will leave WlLon and Fisher's dock every Monday, Wjetinesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 P. M. Returning Ieavs Portland every Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 A, M, Arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M. An additional trip will be made on Sunday of Each Week, Living Portland at 9 o'clock MHBtfay Moraine Passengers by this rout connect at Kalaraa f orKousd ports. U. B. SCOTT. BUSINESS CARDS. Q K. THOHSOX, 1 Attorney and Counselor at Law. Room No. 6, over White Hoitoe. ASTOKIA, OREGON; O. W. FULTON1. O. C. FULTON. 4 FI7LTOX BROTHERS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rooms.? and C.Odd Fellows Itulldlm;. T q.A. UOWLltV. ATTORNEY AT LAW. - ' Chenamus tn-et, ASlORIA, OREGON O J. CU11TI8 , ATT'Y AT LAW. Not.tr Public, Commissioner of Deeds for Calliomla, iNew York and Washington Ter ritory Rooms 3 and 4, Odd Fellow nulldlu;?. As toria Oregon N R -Claims at Washington. D. C, and collections iiapeci.ilty. A V. ALMA, Vstorla Am-nl Hamburg-Magdeburg and German-American FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. "C C. HOLDKX, NOTARY PUBLIC, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AND IN SURANCK AGENT. C. W. li El CK. ARCHITECT AND DRAUGHTSMAN. Scholars rernved fur Course of Draughting. Es?Olflce over White House Store. Q.KL.O V. tM.KU.KK. SURVEYOR OF Clatxup Coauiy, mid City or Astoria Ottlce :-Cheiiaruui street, Y. M. C. A. hall Room No. 8. JTR. X. C. 1JOAT3IAX, Physician and Surgeon. Hootni 0 and to. Odd Fellows Building. ASTORIA, OREGON. JAY TliTTm 31. 1. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Okmok Rooms 1, 2, and 3. Pythian Build- hiff. A KraiDKKCK Over J E. Tliomas' Druse Store. Xjl P. HICK, PENTIST, ASTORIA, OREGON Rooms In Allen's building up .stairs, comer of Cws ami Siemocfjlf strrt . J. RISBERG. Practical Tailor. On Genevieve street, opp site Bnzortb & Johns. Jio-sm THE THINGVALLA LINE. Is the only DIRECT LINE Between NEW YOitK audSC.VNDIVAVIA. Flr-.t class Stcamors and good usage. TIrk l for nalc at A. M. JOHVOX'S. Aueni, Asimiu, uregon. GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY. Bills of Exchange on any Part oi Europe. 1AM AGIJNT FOR THE FOLLOWING well known and commodious steamship lues, STATE LINE. RED STAR. . WHITE STAR. hamburg-american. dominion line. NATIONAL. and AMERICAN LINE. Prepaid tickets to or from any European port. For full Information as to rates of fare, sailing days, etc, apply to I. W. CASE. OKO. P. WIIEEI.EB. W. L. irOKB. Notary Public. WHEELER & ROBB. GENERAL Real Estate 1 Insnrance icents. We hae very desirable property in As toria and Upper Astoria for sa e. Also, tine farms throughout the county. Accounts carefully adjusted and collec tions made. Wc represent the Itoyal. Norwich Union and Lanca shire. 1 n mu ranee Co'.. With :i combined capital of 830,000,000. THK Traveler Life and Aceiilent Imuir- anee Co, of Ilaitford. and the .Uau- hattan Ife liixuranrc Co.. of New York. We are acents for the Daily and Weekly Nnrthicest A'cirs, and the Oreyon Yidctle. All business rutrustfd to our can will re ceive prompt attention. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers In LUMBER, ElY, GRAIN, POTATOES, AND COUiXTRY PRODUCE. Advances made on Consignments. SNIE.MflD I