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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1884)
& ASTORIA, OREGON: TUESDAY., JUNE 10. 1S!1 ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday e"Cfpt'i) J. F. HALLOJiAN & COMPANY. l'UIU.M!Klts .Mi VIJOPKIKUM:-, ASTOIUAX KL'II.DING, - - JATKKr 1 Tcruh of SuJ'bcriptit'ii. Served hv Carrier, pc-i w.-k Sont by Mall, per month ... " ' one year . Free of nostas' to su'Tiler-. .-:.0" GyAdvertheir.onts inv-rttd 1 iiie ir :ii the rate of 2 per vqnare per month. Tmu slent advcrtiM'ifi fifty eenK per jjuar each Insertion. ASTOBIA AXD T1CIXITT. The JSiaine club meets lo-night. ilegular council meeting to-night. ffm. Hume has some fine rooms to let. Al. Bowen, of the Pacific Jovnial is in tbo city. The Columbia arrives in this moraine,'; tho State leaves out. Tho Gold Dvst is off for "Wo.Mjx.rt at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Astoria Furniture couii'tuvy inakes a fine display of goods. Mail from Portland in the quickest time on record to-day. The world moves. Tho A. D. Field got back from her pioneer trip to the NcPtnccu yesterday afternoon. An iron shaving twelve foot eight inches in length hangs on the wall of the As toria Iron Work's office. The grand lodge of Masons meet3 in Portland to-day. E. C. Holdeu and B. Van Dusen will" represent Astoria. Tho DeVivo opera tronpe, which will le here next week, is said to be something fine. Italian opera is something new in Astoria. A Portland newspaper mm ays that the center of happiness is in thosioraach. Probably he had just been at JefTs res taurant and eaten some of his ice cream. Considerable filling is being done on Chenamus street. It is cheaper to Sll up the stagnant water holes than to pay doctors' bills, besides being more satis factory to the survivors. The Seattle papers are riuanelmg and calling each other all soits of hard names. It is truly dreadful to see such goings on in our exchanges from "the Mediterranean of America." An opportunity presents itself to the ladies to procure articles of silver ware at low prices; also a fifty-dollar tea-set, to be presented to some lucky individual. See new ad. E. C. Holden, auctioneer. The Astoria and Coast Transportation company will dispatch the A. B. Field to Grays harbor nest Saturday, tho 11th inst. For freight or passage apply to C3pt. Hustler, at the Mam stieet wharf. Among the many pietty things on ex hibition in the shop windows nothing looks nicer this week than a fine speci men of wax woik, a 3Iasonic emblem, dis played in Adler's window. Take a look at it. There is no better judex of ths condi tion, of a community than iu the two books of record in the office of the coun ty clerk, which exhibit the number of deeds recorded and of marriage licenses issued. For May the deeds far out num ber tho mortgages. The pluiubera were busy yesterday lap ping the mains of the Columbia Water Co. Water is expected to flow to-day, and the familiar oight of lawyers, pro fessors, doctors, engineers and family men and maids trying around in search of water will cease to be. The Fleetwood will sell excursion tick ets to Portland and return; or from Portland and return, through tho sea son for $2.50. The Fleetwood is tho boat that brought about quick time between Portland and Astoria, and proposes to keep it up to its present standard. No dearth of amusement: Following after Kate Castleton and tho .snide circus came the Kendalls; next come the De Vivo opera troape; then the "Hidden Hand" company; then Baudmann, the great German tragedian; then Cole's cir cus; after that the Bijou burlesque com pany, andben "Tho Rajah." Tho receipt is acknowledged of a map from the Seattle Fost-Inlelligcncer show ing the grasp that tho Northern Pacific Railroad company has upon Washington Territory. The map is a graphic repre sentation of the situation and is a fitting accompaniment to the war that energetic journal is waging against that gigantic grab. What came near being a tragedy oc curred yesterday in the stream in front of the city. A boat with six occupants, who were out for a ride, was overturned, and but for the fortunate appearance of one of the Anglo-American Uos boats it would have fared badly with the outfit. The shipwrecked crew, male and female, were finally fished out and landed in safety. Latest returns from Wasco county show that it gives only a small majority, if any, against F. J. Tavlor, Republican candi date for judge of tho fifth judicial dis trict. -Majorities against lum in tho two counties east of the mountains will prob ably be less than USD, so that even if theH ui uruu I 140 informal votes in Washington county are thrown out, he will have nearly 200 to spare. Oregonian, Dili. Mr. Taylor re ceived a dispatch yesterday from Port land, stating that Crook had been heard from and that he was elected "bj' a hand some majority." Good. Tho Deep Sea Fishing Company, re cently organized here, has steadily prose cuted tho idea, but so far with no satis factory results. Some time ago Dick Leathers built a surf boat, such as is used on the Scottish coast, and called a 'salmon cobble." It is about 19 feet long, 7 feet beam, drawing about threo feet aft and five feet gforward, lap streaked and finely jointed to withstand the beating of the breakers. She proved to be just what was wanted, and the nets were cast on several occasions between Grimes and Holladay's on -the Seaside. Some fine rock cod and other fish were caught, but tho sea-lions got away with most of the fish. The project will not be allowed to languish and it is in the limits of probability that tho Deep Sea Fishing Company may yet be a success. The Welcome has been sued for libel. Every newspaper in the stato ought to chip in and make up a puree for the de fense of that journal should the case ever come to trial. It is getting altogether too common to start a libel suit because at tention is directed to matters upon which the public safety demands ventilation. If a newspaper through malice makes damaging assertions, let it be punished, and punished severely; but it is a very exceptional case where a newspaper can not back up what it says by strong evi denee. It is only a couple of weeks ago the Standard called attention to the fro quency of incendiary fires and the fact that heavy insuranco might have some thing to do with it. In this that paper conferred a public benefit and was straightway sued for "libel." Some of those parties don't know the difference between "defamation of character" and definition of character, but may have an opportunity to find out. Don't weaken, TracoHic man! To the JLatlios. Mrs. Pilger, of tho Leading Suit and Cloak House of Portland, will arrive to day on the Wide West. She will remain a few days only, and the ladies of Astoria will have a chance to consult with the Leader of Fashions in regard to Style3, etc. Mrs. "Pilger has tho reputation of being the best fitter and most stylish dressmaker on this coast, and the ladies who are in need of Summer clothes, will l do well to consult her. oho can bo round at her Branch Store, next Rescue Engine Souse,- "" "rr rrannnmi iiwhi imum MAT!; ASU TOKITOHIAL. Oysterville will celebrate the Fourth. Pet bears are- quoted at 10 each in Pa cific conuty. Portland will haw a city election next Monday. AVjilla Walla millers arc t-hippiug flour 10 -umuesoia. t There arc over 3.000 Chinamen in Port 1 land out of work. i The projwrly in tho citv of Walla Wal- la is assessed at 2.11S,ta:. Yaller Dos and Raw Do" are tho nrettv ijf'j-5 ! uann-5 of iv.o little lwns -outh of Hcpp-o"-ts. - A man wad murdered at Cojar d'Aleno for five dollars tho other day. A sand bag was tho weapon. Chabot & Co. are receiving largo quan tities oi cranberry plants for their Pa cific county enterprise. In Clarke county the fruit trees are so heavily laden that props have to bo used to prevent breaking down. Al Mc Minnville last Sunday Geo. r.irris, tho city marshal, shot and killed John Wardle,"his aged step father. The Cceur d'Alene Kvgget bursted, by reason of the proprietors gambling. The printers attached tho building for wages. The ferry across Clark's fork at Thompson's falls, broke its cable last Sunday, drowning three men, and ten pack animals. The office of collector of interna! rev enue for eastern Washington has been abolished, and the books and papers re moved to Portland. James McNaught, with Chief Engineer lioguc and others, have made an agree menr with the Yakima Indians for the passage of tho Northern Pacific through their reservation. William Hume has transferred his fish ing station, that he had located between Ilwaco and the cane, to Astoria. Warren & Co. have secured the net racks and mess houses thus vacated. The grand and petit jurors sole-ted for tho next term of tho district court in Whatcom county, W. T., will consist in each case one-half of men and one-half of women. Tho ladies selected aro all manied. A report is iu circulation that tho Ta coma saw mill has secured a contract to supply L'iO.OOO.OOO feet of lumber to the Panama Canal Company. That would bo a pretty big contract,a good deal the biggest in fact ever let on the coast. Utah is pouring her surplus population into the Upper Snake river valley, and tho new settlers are settling down wher ever a running stream is met. Hundreds of wagons have already arrived, and train men say that at least a thousand more are on the southern road. It n reported that about 150 miles north of 2.1 issoula, M. I'., a region has been discovered bjr an exploring party, in which are twenty-two cascades over 500 feet in height, and a true glacier with a mile frontage and .WO feet fall. It is said to be a more wonderful region than the Yellowstone. Farm hands are said to be scarce in eastern Oregon, and the reason can be accounted for in tho fact that a man can't get a moment's rest on the barbed fence now in use. Tho old rail fence of fered some inducement to a man to en gage on a farm, but this barbed wire business don't give a man nny show at all. An exchange says the new regulation forbidding passengers to get into the pilot houses of river steamers is easily avoided. Whenever tho Columbia or Willamette river pilots and captains want to have a friend come in, ho comes in under the provision that any person desirous of learning the channel shall be permitted to remain with "tho man at the wheel." The Corvallis Gazette says: Reports from different sections of this connty are to the effect that tho recent rains have been greatly favorable to tho growing grnin, and it ia almost safe to say that tho crop this fall will bo the largest ever harvested in tho stato. Reports from other counties and parts of tho stato aro to the same effect, and with a wheat crop of ld.000,003 bushels, a wool clip of 10, 000,000 iionnds, a largo hop crop, and an immense- fruit crop, tho Pacific north west will rapidly overcome the effects of the short crop of last year. Tho working forco about tho Cascade locks is small at present. There are a few stonecutters facing up rock, some engineers and surface men awaiting the move of congress in the matter of .appro priations. The canal and cut for the locks are well along, and a lift of about 1.0,000 or 82.-0,000 now would be just the thing. The offices, dwellings, board ing houses, trains (twenty horses), eight een donkey engines, derricks, and a mis cc-llaneous supply of tools, etc., are there all ready for use". Now they think the locks might be finished up iu three year.s with the needed appropriations. Guy Wood, of WoodauVs lauding, has just returned from Corvallis, Oregon, whether ho went in quest of sheep with which ho desires to stock his ranch. He succeeded in purchasing about 230 at the average price of 2 per head. They were brought down tho Columbia to Rwaco by tho Clara Parker, and from tho head ot the bay to his place on tho Willapah, they w:ere conveyed by scows in tow of the Soutfi Bend. Sheep raising is con sidered, by those who aro familiar with tho industry, to be quite profitable in this section of tho country, as wool is 11 it. r: : .t P3 .' "T T..T" " is always in demand, lhey are an ex cellent fertilizer, and will do more to help clear up land than anything elFO that can be employed. Pacific Journal. To Our Ia Irons. Wo do not claim to sell our goods at or below cost we pell with a living profit and our prices are lower than the pro tended cost of our competitors. Pilger's .Branch Leading buit and Cloak House. Will Clobc at 8:I$0 JP. HI. On and after this dato the Model Din ing Saloon will close at 8:30 v. at., except ing ssaiuruav evenings, imu on special occasions. June y, loo L Galvanized Wares, Silver Plated Ware. T?he public will remember seeing a few days tince, in the Astoria papers, a blundering article writfr n by the "so called, self-styled leading" auctioneer of this city, in reference to galvanized sil ver wate; and although the article bhows upon its face the writer's ignor ance of ttie subject and the latter part of it is utterly destitute of sense 1 deem it justice to myself and a duty to the public to mala' a few statements on the subiect. The electro-plating, as it is called in this country, is formed from a solution of silver: the article is dipped in the Milutiou three or four or any number of times, but this cannot be properly called triple or quadruple plating, because it is a mere coating of silver and t .ere Is nothing to show the amount of silver on the article. It is only galvanized silwr ware, as I have already stated. Gen uine plated ware is made by rolling out the silver or gold into sheets and plac ing them over the base metal. No such plated ware is made, except the boss patent gold cases; they are what I call plated. G. ILvxsex, Jeweler. Card of Thanks. Uppkk Astoria, June 8th, 1884. We hereby wish to express our thanks to our many nc ghbors and friends, both from Lower and Upper Astoria, who so kindly assisted and sympathised with n, In the loss of our infant son. Oscar. Mr, ad Mrs. Jonx Pettersok. A full line of Ladies' Lace Mitts of all descriptions, to be found at the Empire Store. The latest patterns and styles of Ginghams and Calicoes, at the Empire Store. TBIBES OF THE AND CLATSOPS. . CHI500KS ITIiat a Correipondent of tho Chronicle n& to Say Concerning Them. The following from tho San Francisco Chronicle of tho 1st., will be read with in terest and considerable amusement by Clatsop county residents: The first object sighted by tho passenger by the steamer from this city to Port land, Oregon, after tho vessel has fairly crossed the bar on tho south channel en trance of the Columbia river, is a bold promontory named Chinook point. It rises from SOO to 1000 feet above the level of the sea, is four miles insdo of the reef, eight miles northwest of Astoria, and, in connection with Caps Disappoint ment, forms the semicircular sheet of water known as Baker's bay. Lite all the shores of the lower Columbia, it is densely wooded with mighty pines, ce dars and firs, which rise to a height of 200 and even 300 feet, and seen from a distance of one mile appear to stand as thick as bristles on a hog's back. Round ing this prominent landmark, there is seen a slight curve in the water line, which forms the frontage, looking across the estuary toward ABtoria, of a few ceres of low-lying and level lend, which was partly cleared of its timber growth thirty-three years ago. A rivulet tumbles down through a precipitous channel, en tering the salt water after passing through this bight m tho landscape. Here was once, and perhap.s for ages, the homo and headquarters of the Chinook Indians, the tribe after which the Hud son Bay Company named the lingo known as "Chinook jargon," which for two generations was tho medium of lin guistic communication between its trad ers and all the tribes of the great river, Puget sound, the gulf of Georgia, and the entire possessions of the great corpo ration on the waters of thoPacifio coast. The entire vocabulary of this new lan guage does not exceed 400 words, but tho different meanings conveyed by the vari ations in the tone and accent serve the purpose of adjectives and adverb3 and multiply the power of the words many fold. Thus, for example, siahov syah literally moans tho samo as the English adverb of distance, "away." But it may bo so accented in speech as to signify much more than this. If spoken in the ordinary tone it implies a short distance off, tho word is spoken sia-h. If fifty miles, s iah-a-a. If 500 m ilea, siah-a-a-a-a. Some of the words are as resonant and graceful as the Latin of the age of Cicero. Others, and by far tho most, are as bar barous and guttural as the language of the Dacolahs. Mimiluse is used alike for "dead," "death," the grave, or the canoe and the clothes in which the dead are invariably deposited. "Clutchman" is the jargon for temale, whether a wo man, dog, or any other animal. Hiyas or highas is either an adjective or an adverb, which m?y indicate size, strength, distance, weight, measure, bat alwa3'B implies something big or uncommon of its kind. A. MANUFAOTUBED IAKGUAGK. It is needless to add that this is not the original language of any tribe, or of the Chmooks. It was compounded by the traders for the purposes of trade with all tho tribes and first used in trade with this particular tribe. It has naturally found its way into the spoken language of the Oregon and Washington Territory whites, and the ability to use it freely was once regarded by thorn as an accom plishment. It it is an accomplishment that stands on the samo level with the more pretentions pedentry of interlard ing bad French, or Spanish, or Latin with good English. The mixture is dis gustingly vulgar. In the yoar 1850 these Chinook's numbered of all ages and both sexes not less than 1000. Duo south of their main village, across tho estUHry on the low, flat and heavily timbered belt, which is bounded on the west by the open sea and on the east by a tidal creek called the S'ldppenowan, lived tho Ciatsops. Their country, beforo white aggression infringed upon them and crowded them out of the best part of it, extended along the coast south to Tillamook point, a bold headland where the government now maintains a lighthouse. The southorn half, or possibly two-third?, of the Ciat sops' original home is a comparatively level reach of sand, heaved and blown up from the ocean, and from tho beach to the Skippenowan almost as clear of tim ber as a Kansas prairie. This open stretch of sandy, loomy prairie has a total length of ten to twelve miles and a width of one to three miles. An age beforo the find of gold at Coloma, some retired voyageurs of the Hudson's Bay Company, who had trapped beaver on tho Skippenowan and sea-otter along the coast, and made the discovery that tho sandy plains were fit for agricultural uses from thejrank growth of grass upon them, were married to Clatsop squaws and settled down as farm ers in a small way in this delightful sum mer resort. Behind tho Skippenowan, eastward, the hills arise abruptly, covered by the usual forest growth of tho north, and culminate at tho Saddle mountain range, which separate a part of tho far famed and well-famed Willamette valley from the coast. It is through this for midable range that the Oregon Central railway muBt force its way if it ever reaches Astoria from the starting point, McMinnville. EXULT SETILKIia. These early settlements by Hudson's Bay Company men attracted the atten tion of white immigrants from the east ern and western states to the lands of the Ciatsops, and by the yoar 1852 the entire plains were staked off in "claims" and a greater part of them improved and under cultivation. General Gaines, one of the first territorial governors of Oregon (which then included what is now Wash ington territory), had opened a farm on Clatsop plains in 1851, and by 1852, from the edge of the Tansey point timber belt on tho north to Tillamook point on the south, there may have been as many as thirty or forty whito and half-breed fami lies engaged in agriculture. In the moan time tho Indians, too, had learned that thero was a greater profit in raising pota toes for the San Francisco market than in tho more laborious business of spear ing salmon and sturgeon. But, alas, their opportunity was lost, and the best they could do was to open small natchesin tbn timber and avail themselves of a pre- uauuua iueaisui. auusisieiice in Qlgging clams at low tide or picking cranberries among the swamps around the mouth of the Skippenowan. Not an Indian had e home on the Clatsop plains as late as 1852. In 1846 this tribe numbered at least 500. In 1852 not more than fiftv tptp loft and now there remains not a vestige of either tho Ciatsops or the Chi nooks on any part of their original possessions. Like tho Toltecs of Mexico and Central Amer ica, they have vanished from thtir conntry; but, unlike tho Toltecs, they hayo left no sign that such a race over existed. This is tho more to be deplored, because the Chinooks and Ciatsops were of tho noblest physical tribe of American aborigines and took readily to the ways of civilization. As early as 1851 they had among them heads of families whose savings from fishing and the culti vation of potatoes were said to amount to more than $1,000. Of horses and cat tle they had none. The canoe was their excellent substitute, nnd the Chinook ca noe was a model of naval architecture, as perfect in its kind as the best clipper ship over launched from an AmnrxiT. shipyard. The family canoe of the Chi nook chief was what its name implied. it was uiuib ouv oi una piece or timber, sometimes sixty to eighty feet long, deep and wide enough to accommodate the en tire household, with all its goods, and, well manned, as it always was, with paddle-men seated so that each stroke told to the greatest advantage, capable of riding the waters in a storm that made skippers anxious for the safety of their vessels at anchor in tho bay. Tho first salmon, fishery at the mouth of th Co THE LOST .lumbiarwas -once, the .property of. the. Chinooks. FOOBLO. It is a mild expression to gay thafrthey wero swindled out of it, or forced to ex change it for a mess of pottage. Tho Oregon land lsw of 1850, so beneficial to settlers, was made without the slightest recognition of Indian rights. It left all the tribes between the Cascade mountains and the sea as home less as tho gypsies of England. The reservation system has proved to bo but a wretched method of rectify ing tho wrong. No Indian reservation is securo after Indian thrift has proved that the land is worth stealing. The wrongs oi mese iwo inoea are empnu sized from tho fact that they boar the taint of ingratitude. The Chinooks and Ciatsops both wero the friends of Lewis and Clarke in tho winter of their encamp ment near the mouth of the Columbia after their terrible journey across thei continent. These tribes supplied the , explorers witn nan anu game ana ren dered them all the friendly aid in their power. Moreover, they hospitably re ceived tho Christian missionaries sent amongst them, and if they refused to re linquish their own savage superstitions in exchange for the. whitewash religion of tho fraudulent civilization we sent them, who can blame them? We namo the Chinooks and Ciatsops among the lost tribes of Oregon, not because-they are the only ones lost, but because they were tho most conspicuous coast tribes, and in all respects a superior race- of ab origines, as well worthy of government protection" as the Shawnees, Delawares or Sioux. Their religion indicates a northern origin, or at least a migration from the far north, and distinguishes them from tho "Digger" nation of Cali fornia. They believed in the immortal ity of the soul, and in a paradiso for the good and a hell for the wicked. These ideas wore thier own, and not derived from the instructions of Christian teachers. Their heaven they pictured as a place of eternal light, warmth and verdure, whero the rivers are alive with salmon of huge size and. exquisite flavor, and the woods filled with game. This paradise "took no note of time." Per petual youth and perfect health reigns there. Polytheism rules among their gods; but one is supreme overall, and him their imagination clothes with all the incongruous attributes of tho Chris tian God, the Olympian Jupiter and the Scandinavian Odin. His power extends ovor heaven, earth and hell. AX ABCTKJSUPEBSTITION. Their idea of hell was that it is a place of impenetrable gloom and darkness, ice, damp, fog and rain. Those who go to it aro subjected to the endless pangs of rheumatism, consumption, hunger, and tho cruel lashes 'of evil spirits. They muBt wander through swamps and bogs, over chasms spanned by slippery logs, and filled with hideous monsters, by whom they aro devoured without being killed or relieved of pain. These superstitions could only come- from "the Arctic zone, where cold and darkness aro as dreadful as heat to tho Arab or the Hottentot. The death of a Chinook "tyee," or chief, or any one of tho- royal blood of such, under the treatment of a physician, doomed the doctor to death at the hands of the braves of the tribe. There was no escape. Detectives were set upon the unfortunate "doctor" the moment his royal patient died and they dogged his steps wherever they might lead, till he surrendered for tho. sacrifice, or was kill ed against his will. In 1813 a ship rode at anchor m front of Astoria, about 200 yards from shore. -Tho pilot was a half breed and a "medicine man."- He had lost a royal patient. From the deck of the vessel he descried a party of Chinook braves all armed and watching him from the land. He divined the meaning of it and remnined aboard till the next day, in the hope that they might .tire and go away. At daylight a canoe "was rowed out to tho ship loaded with vegetables and fish for sale to the crew. Eight war riors came aboard, leaving their arms in the canoe. While they wero lured into the cabin by tbo skipper, the doctor slip ped into a ship's boat with two sailors to be rowed ashore. He had not got ten lengths from tho vessel till the eight warriors were in their canoo and pulling after him. Escape was impossible, and the unfortunate man bado the sailors stop and stood up to take the mortal shots aimed at him like a man and a hero. This custom is to "give rest" to the soul of the departed, but it Is only exercised in favor of the "tyee" or "royal blood. White civilization did not put an end to it. It was practiced only a few years ago by tho up-river tribes- about The Dalles. SLAVKBT. Tho great discount" on Chinook and Clatsop character was a hideous form of slavery. Tho prisoners taken in war and all their children were held as slaves. The very poor who became a burden to tho tnba were sold into slavery. These slaves had no rights above tho domestic animals. The freeman's head was dis tinguished from tho slave's by a process in infancy that flattened the, forehead from the eyes upward to the crown. The slaves wero known by tho natural growth of the skull. They wero fed out of tho "tyeo's" house. They did all menial la bor. When sick they wero turned out and exposed to the most inclement weather. They were left alone to die in the woods and were refused the burial of the free. They were denied the privileges of heaven after death. The Chinook heaven was only for the elect tho brave, the fortunate. Tho slave had no rank, either in life or after death. He was no better than a dog, but his children might be enfranchised by special favor, and tho second generation of tho enfran chised wero allowed to have flattened heads. GOOD WORK FOB ALL. Large, little, small or tall, whether from city or country, are promised tho most artistic photographs that ean be produced from the largest and only complete gallery in the Northwest. AbclI&Son, 29 Washington St., Port land. A Permanent Fixture. Wo would inform the readers of thia paper and ladies of Astoria more par ticularly, that -the branch store of J. Pilger's Leading Suit, Cloak and Dress Goods House of Portland, i3 an estab lished and permanent business fixture in our city. This statement we hove been requested to make through these columns to contradict the reports and statements made by other merchants to tho effect that their location in Astoria was only for a short time. These malicious re ports do not speak well for the parties circulating them, and certainly not in a manly spirit of competition. Wo cheer fully endorse their success and refer our readers to their new advertisement in to day's issue, presenting a partial price list of some leading lines to the ladies of As toria; also correcting the impression that goods arc not sold by tho yard. You can purchase any quantity desired in any gooas. jjiiks, satins, velvets, oress goods, etc, at the low prices quoted by this en terprising firm. Croup, Whooping Cough and Bron chltis immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure. Sold by W. E. Dement. SmLOn's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and Brenchitis: Sold by W . E. Dement & Co Roscoo Dixon's new eating house Is now open. Everything has been fit ted up in first-class style, and his well known reputation as a caterer assures all who like good things to eat, that at his place they can be accommodated. AH the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest Eerfumery, and toilet articles, etc can e bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Ociden hctel, Astoria. Just received a new lot of Parasols, at we ismpire store. ; Buy your Lime of Gray at Portland prices. . -OFFICIAL -BETTJIWS. The Tote of Clatsop County, oa Jnae 2,1884. 1 ? : ; "-- Boats for Sale. Joe Leathers has two fine boats for sale at the boat shop, one block west of Hansen Bros.' mill. . Just Received. A large stock of soft and stiff Hats In all the latest styles, at Mcintosh's Fur nishing store. tlie Patent Latnp Filler. The most useful household, invention of the age- -Call -and see-it. Also, extra good Coal Oifforsrilp inq'unntitias from a .pint.to rtbarrel. Jordan & Bozoirnr. "Ot Interest J"o-Tlie JLadics. A fulllino of Ladies' Silk,'L!slo and Cotton Hosiery and Muslin Underwear at greatly reduced prices for a few davs only, at-Tho Leading Suit and Cloak House, nextto Rescue Engine house. Flower Pots. Look at the shmv window of Jordan & Bozorth's Crockery Store, and seethe fine assortment of Pottery for Flowers, just received." Itcinnants. Odd lot3 of Dry Goods. Fancy Goods, Corsets, etc., etc, at much less than cost, at Cars? akax & Co's., succes.sors to 1. W. Case. Syrup of Figs. Nature's own true Laxative. Pleas ant to the palate, acceptable to the Stom ach, harmless in Its nature, painless in its action. Cures habitual Constipation. Biliousness, Indigestion and kindred ills. Cleauses the system, purifies the blood, regulates the Liver and acts on the Bowels.- Breaks up Colds, Chills and Fever, etc. Strengthens the organs on which-tt acts. Better than bitter nauseous Liver medicines, pills, salts and draughts. Sample bottles free, and large bottles for sale by W. E. Dement & Co., Astoria. At the Empire Store You will find the finest laces and'em broideries, of richest quality. .Notice. Dinner at"J EFF'SCHOP HOUSE everyday from 430 to 8 o'clock. The best 25-cent meal in tewn: soup, fish, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, pudding, etc. Tea or coffee included. All who have tried him say Jeff is the "BOSS." For a Neat Fitting Boot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che namus street, next door to I. W. Case. AH goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods pnnstiiTitlv Jirriviiirr Piiofrim wnrlr. constantly arriving. Custom wnrk.- I Sometlifnfr Fine. Just received at T. G. Rawllngs' a large stock -of cigars, Cigarettes, and the choicest brands ot tobacco. Stop Tliat Cough By going to J.E. Thomas's and getting a bottle of Leroy's Cough Balsam. It wir.i. cure you. "JEPP Ateuorinous expense has just secured the services of Professor Ellis one of the best while cooks in the state; and Jeff proposes, to excell any of his for mer efforts in the culinary art. Italian and French dishes a specialty. WHAT! do you think that JEFF OF THK CnoP HOUSE gives you a meal for nothing and a glass of something to drink? -Not much!" but he gives a better meal and more of it than any place in town for 25 cents. He bnvs bv the. wholesale and pa3s cash. "That settles it." . Fine Bress CJood.. A. splendid line of ladles dress goods is being displayed at the Empire store. Corsets and Underwear. All tho latest makes and styles of cor sets and ladies underwear at Prael Bros." Empire store. Hosiery, Hosiery, Hosiery ! Tho latest novelties fn ladies and chi Idrcns hosiery at Prael Bros'. Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingles. ' E! Tropno," the best 5-cent cigar in Astoria, at Laighton's, Water street, be tween W 8th and W 9th. The Oregon Blood Purifier is Nature's own remedy, and should be used to the exclusion of all other medicines in dis eases of the stomach, liver nnd kidneys. Why will you cougn when Shiloh's Cure will give immediate relief. Price lOctsCOctsandSl. Sold by W.E. De ment. Brace up the whole system with King ofthe Blood. See Advertisement Have Wlstar's balsam of wild cherry always at hand. It cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, whooping cough, croup, in fluenza, consumption, and all throat and lung complaints. 50 cents andl a bot tle. Shiloh's Vital izer is wuat you need for Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Diz ziness and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Pricp io and 75 cents per bottle. Sold by W. E. Dement Sleepless Nights made miserable by that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is the remedy for you. Sold by W. E. De ment k uo. Shiloh's Cough ana Consumption Cure Is sold by us on guarantee. It cures consumption. Sold by W. E. De ment That Hacking Cougn can be so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it. Sold by W. E. Dement The Peruviau syrup nas- cured thou sands who were suffering frqm dyspep sia, debility, liver complaint, bolls, hu mors, female comDlaints. etc. Pamnh Jets free to any address. Seth W. Fowl jbon' oosron. Arvold sells Boots andSuoes cheaper than, any oneelso in town, because we buy for cash. ; . Arvold will sell a large stock ofBoots and Shoes at cost, at the Leading, boot and shoe store. Dr. Henly's Dandelion Tonic tickles the palate and gladdens the heart, The most popular bitters in. the markot ia Dr. Henly's Dandelion Tonic. Boston Raked Beans and Brown Bread every Sunday at Jeff's from 5 a. jr.- to 2.P. m. . For a number one cigar, try Lafgh ton. Don't pay 50 ceats- elsewhere when yon can get, the best dinner in town at JEFF-'S for 25 cents.. A full line of ladies' and children's Shoes, latest.styles, -;to be found cheap - "t ?: : : : i z c: ' t 2 - ox 3 at Arvomstaign.oi tne wwien-csnoe. C. H. COOPER! IBmFi f nr wr iTinTnnrTfr tw p n Tnt fliiii? liiWiTMM EfejilyiM 1 THE Leading Dry Goods O 4STORIik, Silks Si L'Q I We are now showing the largest and choicest assort ment of BLACK and COLORED SILKS ever shown in Astoria at REMARKABLY LOW FIGURES. Ladies in need of such goods and want to get the genuine article would do well to give us a call. Bonnet's famous Black Silks in-all numbers. Rioh Brocaded Silks, Rhadames, Moires and Get Colored Groi Grain Silks. Latest Shades. Eancy Brocaded Silks, New Designs. Evening Silks, in all the latest tints. Summer Silks in checks and stripes. 1! Pythian Building, ' JACKSON'S ASTORIA BakerylConfectionery Coffee nnd Ice Cream Parlors. CHES.OIl'S STREET. SUPERIOR Bread and n OF ATX KIXIS. Weddings and Parties supplied with tilctly FIRST-CLASS WORK. o-Frencli and Anicricnn-o CANDIES .Manufactured, "Wholesale and Retail. BRANCH ESTABLISHMENT, ON THE ROADWAY. Jordan & Bozonh The Only Exclusive CROCKERY STORE IN ASTORIA. If. B. Ilavc Sole Right to the lBatent Xiump Filler, New Goods for CLOTHING, HATS AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Direct from the Manufacturers, Retailed at .. SlPJ?in thJ? Manufactnrlnj: Business I am prepared to sell Clothing that will tfva rEBFECT SATISFACTION both In FIT and QUALITY of Goods, S Perfect Fitting White Shirts, Medium ami Flue Grade Underwear. Newest Styles in Scarfs and Ties. esA FULL STOCK QF FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SUITINGS.- d. a. Mcintosh, OCCIDENT BLOCK, ASTOBIA. and Clothing House Silks ! - Astoria, Oregon. Wood Yard. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE ASTO ria Wood Yard. Gray's Dock, foot of Benton street, will sell wood at the follow ing prices and deliver wherever the street are planked, between Trulllnger's Mill and O'Brien's Hotel, bacK to Astor street : Green AMor, 2-cut $l go per cord. Ion? 3 (In iln 173 do do do do do do do 4 00 Oruiremlo'k do Dry do do Green Beach do Green Fir tlo Dry Fir do Extra Maple and S. ltintis do Vine Maple 150 4 75 4 75 4 73 500 do do do do do 3 73 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 25 GOO do do 5 23 do 5 00 and S. limbs do 5 75 do Wood of All Kinds By the Scow load at REDUCED RATEH. J. H. D. GllAY Astoria, February 1st, 18&4. THE BEST IS THE o:oc:E2..:E:E3ra t Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY la of Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed by all who use It. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Rising Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Hole Agents for Astoria. For Sale. FIVE HUNDRED CORDS DRY HEM lock Wood, which I will deliver at the houses of customers for 34 a cord. Draylmr of all kinds 'done at reasonabl rates. R. K. MARION. Spring and Summer! AX OF ,-