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Insertion.
CLATSOP T1DE-LAKD RECLAMATION XLET
150. '-Eujiuant to call the above meeting was
held Fridav afternoon the 4th Inst., nt
the town hall, Skipanon Landing, Clat-.
sop county. After some general di'icus
sion, Mr. D. k. Warren being called to
the ohair, stated the object of the meet
ing to be the arranging for the reclama
tion of the tide-land lying between the
Skipanon landing and Mr. Hiram Gray's
east line, on Young's bay near Lewis and
Clarke's river.
Mr. Warren urged the importance of
this reclamation to those present, as well
as to the property holders of the entire
county. He also clearly stated that un
le33 it was accomplished, in his opinion,
the Clatsop road would not be built this
year and possibly not for several years to
come.
The feeling of the meeting being unan
imously in favor of making the proposed
reclamation, after some discussion as to
the proper point for western end of pro
posed dyke, it waB
Resolved. That the dyke begin near
Mr. Phin Warren's house and cross the
Skipanon below and near the "Cut-off."
Following the above resolution Mr.
D. K. Warren declared hi- willing
ness to give right of way for extending
the present county road down to the end
of the dyke, free use of sand for building
said roa'd, and desired being placed on
record to this effect. On motion it was
re30lred that a committee of three be
appointed by the chair to prepare and
submit to the people of Clatsop plains an
argument setting forth their willingness
and desire to have the proposed dyke
cross the Skipanon at the point agreed
above. Robert L. McEwan, John Adair,
Jr., and F. J. Taylor were designated as
such committee. F. J. Taylor, being
present, signified his willingness to act
on above committee and generally do all
in his power to aid the work in hand.
i On motion, the secretary was instructed
to obtain the approximate acreage to be
affected by the proposed reclamation and
represented by owners, and in their ab
sence by other persons present, which re
sulted as belew:
" J. and S. D. Adair, 700 acres; Hiram
Gray, 142 acres; D. K. Warren, 400 acres;
A. Sutherland, 239 acres; W. L. McEwan,
125 ceres, represented by Robert Mc
Ewan; F. Hill, 63 acres, represented by
A. Sutherland; John Hess, 23 acres, rep
resented by A. Sntherland; H. Brallier,
20 acres; a. B. Smith, 10 acreH, repre
sented by A. Sutherland; J. and O. Wirt,
13 acres;!). E.Pease, 10 acres; Chas. Ward,
5 acres, represented by A. Sutherland;
Chas. McGuire, 6 acres, represented by A.
Sutherland, Total number of acres,
1.734.
On motion, Mr. F. J. Taylor was re
anestad to nreoare and submit at the next
meetincr. a form of agreement under
which the above property holders m;ry
carry on the desired reclamation.
On motion it was ordered that the
secretary hand the proceedings of this
meeting to the Astoria papers for publi
cation. On motion the meeting adjourned to
met in the town hall at Skipanon land
ing on Friday, April 18th, at 10 o'olock
A. u. WM. B. ADAIR,
Secretary.
A Shooting Affray,
About twelve o'olock last evening
those living in the -vicinity of Trul
linger's mill were startled by the report
of a pistol and cries of murder and for
help. Several persons hurried to the
place from whence the words came and
found a man whom Mr. Trullinger recog
nizfid as Julius Fraser, who has been in
his employ as fireman for several months
past, lying close to the well in front of
his bouse, and helpless from the effects
of a shot in his side. When the wounded
man became sufficiently composed he
stated that he bad been down
town in ..company with James BeeTes,
who has been employed by Mr. Trullin
ger as snginser in his mill, and that be
was trying to indues Beeves, who was
considerably under the 'influence of
liquor, to go home. When they bad got
almost .opposite Reeves' house, Reeves be
came fractious, and, fearing injury,
Fraser tried to get away from him and
ran past Trnllinger's house down to the
mvMjtoWM just beyond, when Resves
fare up the chase and started back,
taser following after to the well,
where the shooting took place.
It was impossible to find out exactly
how the trouble occurred at the well.
After the shooting Reeves went to his
house, and in the meantime Frassr was
taken to the office of the West Shore
mills. Dr. Baker was sent for and the
police summoned. Fraser had been in
the office but a few minutes when Reeves
came back and found him there,
and. drawing bis pistol, threatened to
shoot him again, and was with difficulty
rammed bv those guarding tbe wound-
mA mnn. Beeves then went back to his
house and resisted all attempts for his
Arrest, threatening to shoot anyone who
approached. Additional police f oroe was
sent for 9$ jn the meantime he
jBlipped out oi some nnguarded way and
went down town, and while on
hit way back to his house again
was arrested, and a Smith and Wesson's
five shooter and dirk knife were taken
from him, after which he was lodged in
the city jail.
Fraser was taken to the hospital, and
at half-past one was paralyzed in his
lower extrmeities. soittine blood, and
apparently suffering intense pain. The
doctor fears that the ball which entered
the left side near the sixth rib may have
passed-through the lung and lodged in
she spine.
less? Etpsfelleau,
Some very young Republicans and a
few older ones met at the hall of Astoria
Engine company No. 1 last evening in
answer to an alleged call. Mr. F. J. Tay-
Llor was elected president and F. L. Par-
ker secretary, jar. xayioruauvu uou
read and suggested that it was in order
to find out what tke meeting was for.
Mr. A.F, Johns asked for information
relative to the purpose of the meeting,
aid suggested that in his judgment it
was ra little premature. C. W. Fulton
stated that the signing of his name to the
"call" was wholly unauthorized, and that
- he knew nothing of the matter till he
-arrired on tbe evening boat from Port
land. C. J. Curtis said that some one
fcad-suggested that a club be formed and
that some one else had said he would see
O. W. Fulton and that it would be all
-Tight. Capt. Hustler thought that it was
a little previous and that thero was no
necessity zor tne meeting, a. r, oonns
moved that the convention adjourn to
'May 3d, which was carried, and the pro
eeesion jUed out. .
Use Piasaltf s Cough Balsam, at Yf .
JJemaat Co.'s.
TOPICS OF TIIE TIMES.
Thl.
Hf If iiTm A CnTha. v-ITa !. a ?tHfl4 t m 1
v !
This little. jHjfvish vrile through a 1
hort and rmTious life, what is it all '
verth?- hat does it amount to? If of,hMt5 t'he larRefit number of adherents
11 the unnumbered myrads of millions who took the trouble to eo to the polls is
myrads
ut hmnun beings that haTe been born, '
funil toiled, and died; if from oceans'
depths, battle-fields, forest fires, earth's
convulsions, famines, and epidemics, ,
thero could be marshaled the grand pro-J
-.,.,, , , ., , I
co-sou of tne dead, and to them, one by j
one, oould be proposed the question, J
, "Was life worth living as jou lived it?"
what would be the response?
If the his
toricpuiiod goes back some three thou
sand ye:ir.-. or more, and our wise ones
wno fend history could be called upon to
answer for those unanswenng dumb,
how much of this column would it take
to rfivc the nuin&s of all those for whom
it cordd ho truthfully, answered that their
lives were worth living? From out all
this ?reat concourse is there one one
afiIue " atetnat mignt or mignt
I WL JJt-YU UCCa Uir,ltJU04 HUUt J. AI.J.J1
out tiii: throng thero had been blotted
all the names that history has preserved
to us, would the world this little unim
portant, inconsequential speck of the
universe have been, in any essential
particular, different from what it now is?
If any one of its islands or continents
had sunk when Atlantis droppedbeneath
the wava, or millions of ages before,
would they have been missed t Hacfany
of the races whioh livo to-day been an
nihilated, as others have been, would
there be an unoccupied space in earth's
human family? If all that is human
should die to-day, would the universe be
disturbed? If all 'the great men and am
bition; ones should die to-morrow, and
leave the common people to work out
earth's great cencerns: if all tho wealth
that human skill and human toil ha3
produced could be consumed, and all tho
monuments of human building be
blotted from 'the earth; If all
the .learning that hides in print
ed pages could be destroyed, all tradi
tions forgot, and all who live could
have no further learning than that which
comes with any ohild of nature, would
the world be worse or better? Given a
new earth and a new people, an earth un
titled, a people in a state of nature, what
would a generation produce? What an
hundred generations? If we oould find
oarbi&esm the happy valley of Rasselas,
withoat knowledge except that of instinct,
no wants except those suggested by na
ture, in the association of those like our
selves in health and in innocence, with
out other cares than to provide for what
nature demands; if we had for clothes
fig-leaves, provided the climate justified
it; furs, if the climate demanded it; if
our food were bananas if in tropical lati
tudes, and pine nuts or seal oil and fish
if in moro northern regions, would we or
would we not be happier than in the con
dition that these ever so many millions
of 3 ears of development, these ever so
manv centuries of civilization find us?
These are questi6ns that resemble life
itself in this particular we must all
"give it up." To tho question, "Is life
worth living?" it may be tersely said, "It
depends on the liver." Some people
think that the woild is out of joint when
it is only themselves that are disjointed;
others think they've "got religion," when
they have the dyspepsia. Whether we
write of Astoria or Australia; of the ninth
or the nineteenth century; of the siwash
or sybarites, one statement may be made
without fear of successful contradiction
we are all in pursuit of happiness, and
all that anyone of the human family
thinks, says or does, is thought or said
or done to gratify that desire. Happi
ness is the mainspring of every action,
the goal of every hope, the iruition or
every wisu. rne generally aooepieu
statement that "labor is dignifying" is
undergoing revision. It is becoming a
generallj accepted idea that we all work,
not bocause we are enamored of work,
but to further happiness in somo way;
those that do not need to work and yet
do work, keep on working because they
find more happiness in working than in
anything else; thoso who spend money
freely find their happiness in prodigality;
those who save and stint derive happi
ness in being stingy; the charitable are
happy in the oonBciousness that the re
cipients of their charity are grateful; the
uncharitable are happy in the belief that
that which they might have spent in
charity is still their's to use in some way
which they believo to be moro conducive
to their happiness, eaoh one seeking hap
piness in his own way. Of course, to tne
man who preaches prohibition it seems
singular that his neighbor should find
happiness in an occasional glas3 of oold
tea, and yet to that neighbor it doubtless
appears as singular that his prohibition
ist friend should find his happiness in en
deavoring to abridge the rights of thorfe
who don't agree with him. The monk
in his cell finds his happiness in tbe life
of a recluse and looks with abhorrence
upon the lifo of a dovotee of fashion; to
compel both to exchange places would
rosult in mutual misery, while each fol
lowing the bent of his own inclinations
is intent solely on his own happiness. It
is this pursuit of happiness that bo uni
versally influences all our relations with
others, all implied or ascribed motives
being directly traceable to the searoh af
ter happiness that impulse that ani
mates in common every child of earth.
This matter of happiness is the un
known quantity in the equation of
life. We say a man is "ambitious";
what we really mean is that he finds
his happiness in the pursuit of place,
prominence or official position. We say
that another "man is not ambitious;
what we mean is that his happiness lies
in other ohanuels." Some men are born
politicians. They are never happy unless
they are smelling out a job in the ene
my s camp or putting up one in their
own. It isn't because they mean any
harm bv it: it is because their idea of
happiness lies that way. If their notions
of happiness lay m some oiner uirec-
IIOUH, 111 piBCtS Ul prULUUltUO Ul JJlcwo
clubs and layers of pipe to seenre the
coveted nominations, we would find them
inciting discord in the church or trying
to find out how Mrs. Blank manages to
dress so on Blank's salary, or wondering
why Blink didn't see what was (oing on
while Mrs. Blinkwas away. It is a sad
commentary on human nature that the
pursuit of happiness takes so many un
worthy and responsible forms, but so it
was m the beginning, is now and 6ver
shall be world, without end all men. Ac
cording to all accounts this seeking after
happiness has been unfortunate for all
hpnas at various times. Municipal affairs
got so bad at one time in Gomorrah that
the chosen few who sought their happi
ness in other less devious ways, fled be
tween two davs and left the Gomorrah-
ites to be sent to their eternal sempiter
nage by cremation. Another time, if we
are to believe what we are told, the whole
lot or our ancestors grew so persistent in
their search for happiness by forbidden
paths, that they were oheok&d in a whole
sale and salutary manner by being
drowned; a few being reserved to keep
the race from dying out, and the first
thing the chief of tbe survivors did was
after the deluge to get comfortably how-oome-you
so, in his still mistaken idea of
happiness. So that as we string the
beaaed centuries on the strand of time,
let us not be self-abased in the thought
that happiness, which we all worship, is
any more misleading now than when this
rounded orb was young.
Political meetingo and primaries, etc.,
have begun, and what is usually styled
"the campaign," may be considered sb
Irnnnn AAmtnOTKUul. Thfirfl is & COOd deal
of unoonscious sarcasm about that word
"campaign as appuco. to wb jueti
of time betwen conventions and elections.
The word calls to mind all "the pomp and
ninn'nnn rtimnmstanoe of war, and
whan one realizes all the wriggling, twist
ing, beseechinc, buttonholing, promising,
explaining and all the rest of it, it down' t
sswa as though tfcer? was much pomp
, or glorious ciroomstance about it. The
whole mutter is ono of the most prosaic
of actions. Two, sometimes three or
moro. onnosinc Bides name men lor the
variourf offices. By mutual agreement .a
day ir elected on which all those who
can or who want to may go to certain
debated places and exPreBj!"Pi!
I'livk-d: that is all there is to a "cam
paign.'' Of oourso there is a good deal of
"itm iimniT im nnH that is what makes it
.nu renins. In such piping times of
peace as at present, elections would be
very dull affairs "6 absence 1 of more
Htirnnc th roes a little personality be not
now and th. u injected. When questions
of state or national polioy come up for
the arbitration of the ballot, wnen meas
ures iraugnt wiiu impun tu mo wumnj
and its institutions are to be passed upon,
thin comes the stirring of tho popular
hourt and the great wave of popular feel
ing that picks ua all up and carries us to
loftier shore marks than those washed by
the ordinary currents of political action.
Rnt the rireaent oountv. state and
national campaign is mainly one of cakes
and ale. Tho bowls of soup stand in tho
front row. Here, in Clataop connty wo
have, lartnnatcly. few office.', and the
few wr. have dca't pay very hip The
bhcriiTs oiHse-ii probably worth $4,u00 a
yc-.r, !tt count v clerk's a little more.
These, are the principal offices to be filled
here nsrt June, and, it is very natural,
these are the offices that are the most
eagerly .sought after. We say these are
tho "principil" offioes. Were we to men
tion the most important office in the
county wo would designate that
of county commissioner. The two com
missioners to ba elected, together
with th6 county judge, form the real
government of Clal'sop county, on their
election depends a good deal of our pros
perity for the next two years. Tho office
goes begging, as usual. Th reason is
that a man who is qualified, to fill the
office dwn't w-ut it. for the mason that
it doesn't pay. Ana," the reason is a very
good one. It iv not right to expect that
m this new country, where we are all
neceasarlly workers, and where the man
who best applies himself is tho most
successful, a man should be expected to
work foi the community for nothing.
Take Messrs. Leinenweber and Fisher,
the gentlemen that have so ably and con
scientiously filled the position they are
now about to vacate. The time that they
have given to the tfansaotionof the pub
lio business has been an absolute gift on
their part, und nothing is awarded them
bey.nd their own sense of public duty
as American citizens, fulfilled. Thecom
liiiflsionars should be paid, as the sheriff,
who :s the pnua officer and tax collector
of thts oouiity, or tho dork, who is tho
book-keeper and custodian of he county
records. "But," says Borne one, "this is
extravagance, we are a sparsely settled
populace, and must bo economical." Ex
actly, it is in the interest of economy
that we speak. Economy, as we under
stand it, is only another name for good
management; as things go in this world
they are worth what they cost, whether
it be groceries, men principles, or any
other "commodity." If anyone want
what is of value he must pay for it; and
for nothing one gets nothing. It would
be no more than right to pay the
Clatsop county commissioners a per diem
for their services. Our idea in .suggest
ing this is to direct attention to the fact
that whot is really one of the prime
necessities in thp matter of candidature
should be recognized and appreciated. J
In the wider domain of state and na
tional politics there is but little to be
said. What is new is not good and what
is good is not new. The names of those
that are suggested for state ;offices are
names of men that command respect,
which is of itself a subject for congratu
lation. As regards men the Orejoni'an
and Standurd preserve a dignified siloncc
A good many of our interior exchanges
chirp cheerfully concerning the claims
ottuih man and that man. There is some
thing in that. A man that has always
served his party, that has stood in and
stood up for the ticket and done his level
best to win, doserves well of his party,
and if he be honest and capable should
have decent regard paid to his claims. A
man who has sulked or skulked and who
only .shows up when thero is a possibility
of spoils, is always a good man to beat,
in the convention and out of it.
On national matters the Republican
state press seems to favor Blaiue; he is so
thoroughly American there was such a
sturdy assertion of American rights and
such a straightforward American policy
outlined while he was secretary of state,
that Republican hearts in Oregon warm
to him above others that are mentioned.
On the Democratic side there seems to be
no decided preference; it would appear as
though the delegation to the national
convention would go unpledged and the
question of xpedienoy would be para
mount at Chicago. .
Democratic Primmry.
The Deino"tr..tio primary at the oourt
house at half -past seven yesterday even
ing was largely attended. The purpose
of the meeting was stated, which was to
elect delegates to the Democratic county
convention which will be held in this
city on the 12th inst. 0. H. Stookton
was electe'd chairman and C. J. Tren
chard secretary. It was at first proposed
that the names of twenty-one delegates
be voted for by ballot, but it was finally
determined to Tote viva voce, each one
in the meeting having the privilege of
making one nomination, which resulted
in the election of tbe following delegates:
Ike Bergman, Thos. Dealy, J. 0. Trul
linger, A. A. Cleveland, B. B. Franklin,
W. 8. Kinney. C. H. Page, F. Bartoldes,
G. G. Smith, 0. W. Sbively, John Hob
son, A. H. Sale, C." J. Trenohard, G. H.
Stockton, John McCann, P. J. Meany,
John Gustafson, N. Johansan. Doc
O'Brien, Jno. A. Devlin and L. C. Kin
ney. On motion the meeting adjourned.
Balm fer . 1Teaadt4 leart.
Special to Astobxik.
Pobtllxd, Or., April 5, 1884.
Tho jury in the Olarno-Doran breach
of promise case this morning returned a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1200.
As the defense had attacked the character
of Miss Clamo, the verdict is regarded
as a substantiation of his charges,
The kidneys become diseased by
impure circulation which St. Jacobs
makes healthy.
WELTL, 1LTL TKIX YOU"
About JEFF'S Dinner Bill of Fare To
day, from 430 to 8 p. u.
SOUP.
Clam.
PISH.
Spring Salmon, Baked, Brown Sauce.
- BOILED.
Corned Beef. Ham.
ROAST.
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Stuffed Teal, Lamb
and Heart.
PVTRPPO
Beef a la mode, Tripe, Spanish; Shoul
der of Mutton a la ("ardinler. Veal
Blanche. Lamb Pot Pie, Kidney
Saute, Macaroni Italian Style.
COLD MEATH.
Ham, Corned Beef, Sheep's Tongues.
VEGETABLES
Sugar Corn, Mashed Potatoes, Lima
Beans, Cabbage.
BEL1SBE8.
Cheese, Pickled Red Cabbage, Etc.
PUDDIXG.
English Plum, Brandy Sauce.
PIES.
Custard Apple.
Meals, 25cta.
Breakfast, from 5 a. m. to 4 p. m. All
kinds of fish and meats, muffins, Boston
baked beans, etc
Wanted f Bent,
A house with 5 to 10 rooms. Must be
in a respectable neighborhood. Good
Unaat. Address Box 0, Astoria, Qgn.
A KESSAOE TO MOTHER.
The Telegraph Used to Bier J Confiding
Relatives.
"Any message here for me?" brusquely
inquired a man of the young gentleman
at tho delivery window in the telegraph
office of .
"No, sir," said the young man without
asking the name of the inquisitor.
"Yes, there is; I know there is a dis
patch here. You will oblige me by look
ing for it." The last sentence was at-'
tered in a way which left the clerk no al-
ternative but to look. He went through
a stack of about forty dispatches from
the "M" box, and again returned tho an
swer that none were there:
"Strange. I should recehe a dUpntch
of great lmportanco to-day,' still doubt
ing tho truth of the young man's aas.rer.
Seeing that the latter paid no more atten
tion to him, the gentlonian sJowiy piased
oui in anuuji ixjmruab iu iu" uri-K man
ner in which he bad entered.
"For six months that man li.- i-ome in
here three or four times a week, asking
the same questions and acting in tho
same manner, and never once has ho been
given a dispatch.'
"Is ho a crank?" inquired a reporter,
who was the person addressed, and who
had been a witness of the scene.
"I should certainly call him crazy, if I
was not sure that he never expected a dis
patch. Some time I'll surprise him by
handing him a message with two dollars
charges on it. He is one of thoso fellows
who would have the world believe that
his bead is just bursting with business.
He always comes in when the office is
full, and as you perhaps noticed, asks his
questions in a tone of voice loud enough
to attract the attention of every one in
the room. I don't know why he does it,
but he does, and that faot 13 enough for
us, who are nearly bored to death by him
and his ilk for there are others like
him."
"Bat it isn't a marker to some who call
here," continued tho clerk, a breathing
spell being afforded him by the absence
of inquirers. "They cause us to wish we
had been born before this enlightened
age of telegraph and electric appliances.
I tell you this is a good place for the
study of human nature and character.
There are mora unreasonable and down
Tight mean men in this world "than yon
imagine, and a good many of them livb
right here in this town. Theroire more
tricks in this trade than one ubuld sup
pose, and we detect schemes innumer
able. "A favorite method of obtaining moneyr
by the young mnu wuo is airaiu to work,
s to telegraph something like this:
"DnAB Metiteb: Fell into a coal hole
and broke my leg to-day. Will be laid
up a long time. Please send me $100 to
defray expenses.
Your loving son, .
Collect."
"This dodge works better than you
think. It nearly always brings the money.
Of course, failures sometimes occur, and
in some instances the young men place
themselves in awkward positions, as in
the case of a young man who recently
telegraphed his parents that one of his
arms had been broken in two pieces. His
mother was so worked up over the mis
hap to her Hon that she came all tho way
from Boston with the money instead of
sending it, as desired. She fouud her
son hale and hearty, living upon expecta
tions of what he was shortly to receive
from home. A more disgusted woman
never lived, and, as the young man after
ward explained to mo, she went away
with all the money she had brought, and
a very bad opinion of her soi in whom
she had placed great confidence.
"Then there is the young man who is
continually going into business. One
spruce young fellow here is tho idol of a
fond, old and rich uncle, who lives m one
of Philadelphia's suburbs. According to
the dispatches to his uncle ho is engaged
in business in n dozen different places in
Colorado. His lo3scs are made good by
frequent drafts upon the old man, asho
calls him. His drafts arc always accept
ed asd paid, and the proceeds go over
tbe gamine table. The young man thinks
it great fun to 'work the old man,' but
some dav his methods will be" exposed.
and then we shall lose one of our regu
lar customers.
"The majority of the telegraphic
money orders received at this office are
addressed to women of ill repute. They
receive large sums of monoy by sending
dispatches something like this:
"'Have been very sick and have no
money. Ploaso savo me from going to
hospital.'
"Another favorite dispatch is:
" 'Am in trouble. Unless you send
$200 will bo sent to jail. You are the
only friend I have on earth. Help me
out of this for God's sake.'
"The money invariably comes aloag in
a day or two. The way in which these
women impose on their vi tims is a
wonder. Their dispatches are sent to
prominent men in all parts of the coun
try. It may, perbap.3, bb a mild system
of blaokmail, but it is effectually carried
out and evidently pays."
Deith or Mm. WnirM.E. On Friday
last Mrs. Charlotte A. Whipple, wife of
Mr. S. R. Whipple, breathed her last at
btr home in this city. She had been
an invalid for the past fifteen years, and
the last eight months' of her life she was
confined to her bed, suffering from par
alysis. Some time since all hope of her
recovery was abandoned aud death came
as a happy release from her sufferings.
Mrs. Whipple was born in Sussex county,
New Jersey, Oune 21st, 1822. and was mar
ried in November, 1849, at Chicago, to S.
R. Whipple. She crossed the plains in
1852, and has been a resident of this
county ever since, living in Vancouver
21 years. The funeral services took place
at the Methodist churoh in this city on
Sunday and wore largely attended. TRev.
H. K. Hines, of Portland, delivored the
discourse on the occasion, and the re
mains were buried in the city cemetery.
Many friends syraoathize with the be
reaved family in ihsir affliction. Van
couver Register, 3d. deceased was tne
mother of Mrs. C. Brown of this city.
Spring Opening
Mrs. Eaton and Miss Carunhiui, Invite
the ladie3 of Astoria and vicinity to
their opening of u -w Spring Millinery,
on WVdm-sday and Thursday, April
9th and 10th.
ASK FOR
"THE BOSTON"
RUBBER BOOT.
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Will Not Craok.
FOR SALE EVESrWHERE.
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rERSOXAL.
Frank Parker goes to Portland this
morning.
C. W. Eultou returned from Portland
yesterday evening.
J.J. Stokes will have charge of the
books of the Columbia cannery this sea
son. Rev. B S. McLafferty returned yester
day and will occupy his pulpit this morn
ing and evening.
Mrs. J. F. Warren went to Los Angeles,
jm., ou uie last aieamer 011 a thrm
UJUmua lo Ine3 ,n ;uac Tlcm,,y-
MITES.
Palm Sunday.
Last week of lent.
The Idaho Sails for Sitka to-day.
Columbia salmon giveth bounteoss
Lenten fare.
There is no April assessment on the
members of the A. O. TJ. W.
The I. O. G. T. of upper Astoria are
building a hall for occupancy.
The vestry of Grace Church will meet
on Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Frank Blake will be "on deck" with
bib carriage to-day for the public ecoom
mouation. A salmon forty-four inches long and
weighing forty-five pounds was caught
at Oregon City last -Tuesday.
The steamer Suvi will leave Wilson &.
Fisher's dock at half-past nine this morn
ing forCIatsop, returning in the evening
if tbe weather permits.
The State is due this morning from San
Francisco. The Alaskan left that city
at 1 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, and
will probably show up on the morning
tide. The Oregon leaves out to-day.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
To die in the White house is said to be
Tilden's ambition. To live in the Whits
house is Jim Blaine's.
Senator Miller of California is not a
vice presidential candidate; Judge Miller
will at-copt it if it is proffered him.
Slater reported in the senate last Fri
day an amondment to the bill granting
the Astoria and Wiunemucca Railroad
Company the right of way through pub
lic lands, and the right to construct
bridges over navigable watercourses, to
change the title of the bill by striking
u tho words "Right of way through
public l'inds."
Theooean steamshipZ)anie' Steinmann,
from Antwerp for Halifax, struck off
SambroHead, last Thursday night and
oyer one hundred lives wore lo3t, but
nine of the passengers and crew reaching
land. The unfortunate vessel was
.wrecked almost in the exact spot where
the Atlantic was wrecked in April 1873,
when 546 lives were lost.
HOTEL ABBITALS.
OCCIDENT.
J Lawrence,
SF G WH Johnson, Es
H Smith
do E J Harris. Portland
W D Weidenfield.do B E Diamantirwf ,do
O D Garrison, Geo W Weidler do
Spokane Falls FT Dodge, do
W T Pr-s-u ,7akimaD D Jenan, do
H P Lugels, Knap'tnC W Hassen, do
N S Crockett. . do C Roid, city
A C West, Skipanon.
7ASSSS HOUSE.
J Murphy .Youngs R M Abrahams, S Jose
a uole, isapanee, (J a. uole, Napanee,
Ontario
Ontario
Mrs V Harris, Victo'a
A Sutherland, Knap'a
E Bradbury, Oak Pt
W H Helms,
H A Spaytt, Port
J Moore, do
A Lundell, do
P Johnson, do
D HGibson,Elmira,
uaylord, Mich
Mich M Mareck. Chinook
J J Wren, Brookfi'd Z W McGowan, do
E Nickerson, do D Moore, Seattle
J Tarr, Newport J Walker fcwf , Jewell
Steamer Days for April.
From San Fran. From Astoria.
State 4, Oregon 6
Columbia 8State 10
Oregon 12 Columbia 14
State lGIOregon IS
Columbia 20IState 22
Oregon. 24; Columbia 26
State 28iOregon 30
Columbia, May... 21 State, May 4
Mr. John Sword, Monticello, Minn.,
writes to the Svetiska Amerlkaneran,
that he recommends St. Jacobs Oil,
the great pain-reliever, to his coun
trymen as tbe be3t cure for rheuma
tism and aohes; that byits use he was
cured of severe pains in the joints; his
father also, who suffered intensely
uith rheumatism aud was unable fo
walk, tried it and after a few rubbings
all the pains ceased.
For n If eat Fitting Boot
Jr Shoe, go to P.J. Goodmans, on Cho
naraus strcPt, next door to I. W. Case.
All goods of the beat make and guaran
teed quality. A full stock; new sood
constantly arriving. Custom work.
Notice
Dinner at"J EFFS''CHOP HOUSE
everyday from 4:30 to & o'clock. Tht
best 25-cent meal In town; soup, fish,
seveu kinds of meats, vegetables, pie.
pudding, etc. Tea or coffee included.
All who have tried him say Jeff is the
"BOSS."
"JEFF"
At enormous expense has Just secured
the services of Pbofessok Ellis one
of the best white cooks iu the state; and
Jeff proposrs to excell any of his for
mer efforts in the culinary art. Italian
and French dishes a specialty.
At tbe Empire Store
You will find the finest laces and em
broideries, of richest quality.
tiouietfalnfr ffew.
The latest In Ladles' fashionable
Wraps Is the Newport scarf. It Is de
signed to tako the place of shawls or
dolmans, and Is the most elegant wrap
for (he price in existence. They can
only oe obtained at present or. Mrs. a.
B. Jewett, who ha3 Introduced them in
this market It Is worth your while to
see them.
Just Received.
A. large stock of soft and stiff Hats in
all the latest styles, at Mcintosh's Fur
nishing store.
Notice to tke Publie.
After leaving your -watch with most
all the jewelers of the ttfwn, and -4ill
she don't keep good time, please call
and give me a trial; all work guaran
teed. Having 15 years of experience In the
watch making trade and being supplied
with a full set oi the latest Improved
and finest watchmaking tools, the same
as the Waltham and Elgin watch fac
tories use, I am enabled to do any re
pairing In the watch making line.
Call and see the electric clock.
W. F. Armbruster,
Practical watchmaker and Jeweler, at
Can Aadler8 Crystal Palace.
Special Notice.
Mr. N. Loeb has Instructed mo to dis
pose of his entire stock of Clothing,
Furnishing goods, Boots and Shoes, etc.,
at cost, without reserve.
C. P. MeFrrx:
Telegram
Mb. Wisf. (with M. D. Kant), Astoria, Ogn.
Make all the room vou can in the store,
I will bring tho largest and best assort
ed stock of Novelties In Clothing ana
Furnishing Goods ever brought to Asto
ria, oy tne sieamer- uaujornia.
Astorians, look out tor bargains this
season. M.D.JCant.
1884.
New Spring
Eiron !
We have received from New York, per express, upwardss of 6,000 yards of
Embroideries In
Cambric, Swiss,
Of the Latest Designs and from 15 to 25 per cent,
cheaper than evet before.
1 760 yards of Embroideries from
2137
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C. H. COOPER
The Leading Dry Goods and Clothing House
OF JLSTOHL&.
Books and
Having made SPK0IA.L AKA'GEMENTS with the management of the K. P. B, and
Eastern Houses. I am now getting my STOCK, especially BOOKS aud STATIONERY,
from the'East. This enables ice to gira the Pub lc a show to buy at
LOW EtSTEItA PRICE'S.
I have Just received .i Fine Stock of STATIONERY: Full and Half hound Ledgsrs.
Day and Cash Books. Journals, new Letter Copy Books, all sizes ; H tnd's Styloeraphie
Copy Books. All kinds Bill nnd Letter Piles, Bank Flle3 of all descriptions ; Copy Presses.
Invoice Hooks, Trial Balances. Pocket Ledgers, .lournaK and Cash Books. All kinds of
O rde a, Drof's and Note v ana Receipts ; aLo a lull line of Bill Holders and P. O. Boxes
The Latest NOVELTIES in -mall Stationery, use In every office .
Being novia business connection with one ot ihe largest Eistern PAPER FACTOR
IES, I con Bell any and all Kinds or PAPER cheaper ttiati any other house north of S. F.
I have now a Large stock of Legal Foolscap Paper, all weights ; BUI Paper, all slaes ;
5a different kinds of Utter and Note Paper,
Some very ane Writing Paper for the Ladles, In Llnon and all Colors, with Envelopes
to match.
50,9)00 Business Envelopes, Just Received.
My Assortment of BOOKS, NOVELS, and HEADING MATTER is well knowa to the
Public and my store Is the ONLY ONE wher
People Can Find What They Want.
Watches, Clocks "arid Jewelry.
SOLID GOLD LATHES' and GENTLEMEN'S WATCHES In alt Styles and Qualitlss.
The Celebrated Duber, Newport, and Keystone. Widthani, and Elgin Silver Watches.
lromSia.50 840 OO.
The Latest Styles of GentlmnN Solid Gold and Quartz Chains from SIS. upward.
Also a Full Assortment of LADIEV JEWELRY: Diamond Finger Kings. Earrings and
Breastpins. Solid Gold Guard Chains, Neck Chain-, Earrlncs and Breastpins. In asU or
-Ingle. A Laive Assortment of Plaluriollil Gold Kings Kings with Sets, such aa Are
tbyst, Topaz. Cameo, nyx. Garnets, Emeralds, Rubles, and oth r precious stone.
Solid Gold Rleeve Button, Collar Buttons, btuus, Scarf Pins, Lockets and Chains, Em
blem Pins and Charms for all Orders.
Also a Complete Assortment of the Finest ROLL PLATE JEWELRY.
Solid Silver and Plated Ware.
Remember The Crystal Palace.
The Leading Book Store. Carl Adler. Proprietor.
New Goods for
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CLOTHING, HATS
Aanrj
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
Direct from ihe Manufacturers, Retailed at
Being iu the Manufacturing Business I am prepared to sell Clothing that will glYe
PEBFEC1 SATISFACTION both In FIT and QUALITY of Goods.
Perfect Fittias; White Shirts, Medium and Fine Grade
Underwear, fewest Styles in Scarfs and Ties.
FULL STOCK OF FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SUITINGS.-
d. a. Mcintosh,
OCCIDENT BLOCK,
Most Popular Remedy Sold.
D
Fo- PInplw, BloUhes, Chronic Sr and ,
siuuii. TnM of Knenrv a d Habltu I Con
stipation unequaled. KeUf eatraat.
Sold everywhere. 91. 0 bottles lor 95.03.
LOEB & OO.
JOBBBKS IN
WINES.
LIQUORS,
AND
CIGARS.
AGENTS FOR THE
Mt San Franoisco Houses and
Eastern Distilleris.
Tumblers Daoantsrs, and All
Kinds of Saloon Supplies.
IbbT'AII foods sold at San Francisco Prices.
JCAUC STREET.
OefosHe Patter Boose, Attola, Oregon.
Essmaffilii'sliirjariNJrlllWinl
1884.
Importations !
Eitooiries
Lawn and Nainsook,
3c to 1 2c pw yirtt.
15c to 40c per yard.
50o to $1.00 par yard.
THE I X L
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Stationery.
Spring and Summer!
OF
PERUVIAN
BITTERS I
Wilmtrding It Co., San Francitct.
Loib t Co., Agt nts, Astoria.
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