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131 ASTORIA, OREGON FRIDAY - JUNE 20. 18SI ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday except) J. F- HALL.ORAN & COMPANY. PUBUSHKllS AXD lKOrIlCTOIf, ASTOttlAXUUILDINO. - - I'AbS.VTlUXT Tmt of HaWriil!oii. Served bv Carrier, pr-r work Bent by Mall, per month " ,r one year .. 13cS. cocts. rTee or postage to suDsenDcrs. Advertisements inserted by thr r.or:it tnexate of S2 per squat e ier month. Tran sient advertising fllt cents per square, earh Insertion. Notice To Advertisers. The Astoriax guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest t--ir?ulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. , XEWS AKOU.VD TOWS. The Tythonoiis arrived down lust even ing. The A. B. Field goes to Tillamook to morrow. r First day of mrutnttr. according to the almanac. Uncle Tom's Cabin next Tuesday and Wednesday. The; Stale is due from Sin Francisco this morning. " The Bolivia has arrived out, 170 days from Astoria L. SamueLs, the enterprising proprietor of the West Shore, is in the city. Days' length 15 hours mid 40 minutr about eighteen hours of daylight. 'There will bo a select party at Mrs. O'Brien's new building this evening. Public exercises in Miss Badollett's room at the public school this afternoon. Mr. H. Du Itaisson, manager Astoriu Furniture Company, makes n handsome display of fine furniture. To-night the great play of the "Hidden Hand" will be presented 03 "VVhitely's original company at Occidental hall. The weather for the last few duys has been delightfully showery ; the rain being of especial value to this part of the state. Boss Bros., proprietors of Occidental hall, are managing for Astoria tho com pany that plays "The Hidden Hand" at their theater to-night. The Weekly Astomis, iu stamped wrappers, ready for mailing, published this morning; full of news and home hap penings; price ten cents. Rescue No. 2 kept open house yeitr lay, the seventh anniversary ot the or ganization of the company. The room was handsomely decorated. To-night "The Hidden Hand;" then "Uncle Tom's Cabin;" then Bandmann in "Hamlet;" after him John B. Gough, and after that, something else. The fare to Fort Canby and llwaco on the "Oen. Miles is ona dollar. Tickets can, however, be bought at Captain Gray's ofUqe for seventy-five cents. This week's Forest Grove Enterprise announces its own demise, in his vale dictory White says he ''has spent his for tune and worked like the devil for noth ing." The Gen. Miles will make an excursion trip to Ft. Canby and Hwaco next Sun day, leaving Gray's dock at eight o'olock. The round trip will cost but one dollar by baying tickets at the office on Gray's ' dock. Boat No. 10, belonging to J. O. Han thorn & Co., has been missing since Sat urday last. The captain's name is O. L. Johnson. Any information concerning the boat or men will be gratefully received at Hanthorn's cannery. "The Pacific Northwest" is the title of a handsome collection of photographio ficeney, published by li. Samuels of Port land. It is just what a good many people have been looking for and will no doubt meet with ready sale. Col. Hawkins delivered a lecture on "Temperance," at the Presbyterian ckurcb, "to an interested audience last rning. Ho deals with the subject in a .-foHHble manner and holds the attention xif "hismidienceto the close. Miss Ellen Courwm camo down from Portland yesterday and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wyatt. Miss Coursen is the equal of any Pacific coast cantatrice .and will probably favor Astorians with a public concert before her departure. A blazing chimney at the hospital caused an alarm of fire at 7:30 yesterday evening and in an instant the streets wre black with people. The depart ment responded quickly, but no damage resulted. When 2?a engine was housed several who said "Here" to their names, did so for the last time, as that company is now seven years old, and the charter members are "exempts.'' A complimentary ball.boing the seventh annual ball of the company was given by Rescue No. 2, at Occidental hall last evening) and was well attended. The gentlemen appeared in the regulnr uni form of the department, a largo number of ladies were present.the music was good, nd everyone enjoyed themselves to the utmoat. The arrangements were thor oughly made and admirably carried out, and all who were there were made to feel that they were heartily welcome. The June number of the West Shore contains an unusually large amount of information of value to one desiring to know tho condition of the industries and resources of the ereat west. A lone and complete description of Seattle, thu chief city -on Puget sound, is the leading feature of the' number, besides which is an ex ceedingly interesting historical article on the "Fabulous Straits of Auian," another letter on "Our Industries and Resources," a description of "Kittitas County, W. T., and much other choice original and se lected matter. Tho illustrations, of which there are twelve full pagea, besides a lnree three'page view of tho city of Seattle, are excellent, and present scenes in and about that city. There is an atmosphere of summer all through the Jul t Harper's, which is near ly ready for publication. The opening paper deals with the Nile, now in the sea son of its inundation) and another with the St. Lawrence und its summer resorts; while the approaches to Now York, a London suburb, "Harrow-on-the-Hil!,' and one of the suburbs of Washington, Kendall Green, are the subjects of other articles. Both the serials are very sum mery; the paper on Bismarck Rives a oleasant account of his summer life, and one on "Professional Beauties of the Last Century," includes a graphio description of a summer night's party at Ranelagh Gardens. There is also a paper on cattle farming at tho West, and a poem by Phillip Bourke Marston sings of J Roses jtbd Nightingales." Fruit Jar. All sizes at lowest market priees, at Crockery Storo of Jordan Bozorth. Furalsbed Rooms to Rent. Inquire at Mrs. Campbell's, over Gent Saloon. ' For a Neat Fitting Boot Or Shoe, go to P.J. Goodmans, on Che- Umi"in M1UVM ui'..v ww. -w ..... ..v- AH goods othe best make and guaran teed quality, aiuumouk; iiby uimhii constantly arriving. Custom work. Social Party, Thprfi will be a social arty at Mrs. O'Brien's new building, opposite the O. R. & N. Cos dock, on Friday evening, the 20th inst. No one admitted except on cards of invitation. Tickets Includ-ing-supper, $L50 for gontleman and ac companying ladies. Bay your Lime of Gray at Portland prices. STATE AM) TEBKITOKIVL JtKWS. There aro two gaps in tho Canadian Pacific ruilroad one of 330 miles around Lake Superior, and one of 300 miles in the Rocky Mountain region. Two years more will be required to fill up these gap3. The road will be open from the Canadian cities to Port Moody inBritish Columbia. It will be many years before it will earn the interest on the cost of construction. J! B. David, of tho Oregon Construc tion Company, reports that the Antelope tunnolwill bo finished by the 1st of July. Only six continuous miles of grading re mains to be done to complete tho grade to a junction with tho Short Line. Be sides these there are three or four large cuts on which the men are still engaged. Barring accident the ontiro line will bo graded by September 1. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer says: Passing down the Columbia river at this season of theyear,with the waters spread ing far out over the lowlands, one imagines that he, is beholding an inland sea. -Then, when one realizes that this vast expanse of water, washing tho shores of an empire consisting of 300, 000 square miles, the shame is fully real ized of it being controlled by one purse proud corporation, and no boats ruffling its .surface except those wearing the brand of the monopoly. Tho banks of the Mississippi are coursed over by a net work of railroads and yet congress has appropriated millions for its improve ment. Aro not the dwellers on the Co lumbia entitled to somo share of tho sur plus in the public treasury? Yes, tho paltry sum of 100,000 has-been given to this vast enterprise each year for some time, nud the ruling Queen river of the east has received millions each session. "How abont the Eulama brach?" asked the reporter of the Tacoma News. "We will ballast it with gravel," said Mr. Oakes, "and will open it to traffic about the time that tho transfer boat is ready for barvicp. This will bo about two months." Aud the Seattle branch?" "Opening of thut connection has been indefinitely postponed. A former plan was for tho Northern Pacific to operate tho road 'from Taooma to Stuck river junction, und for tho Oregon Improve ment company to operate from Stuck junction to Seattle. We had expected to put trains on next Sunday, but the ar r.ingement fell through, hence the indefi nite postponement." "And the Cascade division?" "l'ou may say that we expect to build twenty-five miles oust from South Prairie, on the west slope of tho Cascades this summor, und twenty five miles west of the twenty-five miles al ready built from Ainsworth into the Ya kima country. i Soft Porn and Christian!!). John B. Gough- is liable to strey up here and lecture in Astoria this summer. Mr.Gough contemplates n departure from the lyceuni platform to religious revival ism. He told a reporter that profanity was his besetting sin. He was not at all inclined to intersperse his ordinary con versation with oaths, but when suddenly excited a whopper was apt to pop out of his mouth. "Fve got the biggest and tenderest oorns that ever gr6w on feet," he said. "I was waiting on a railroad platform last summer. It was a moist day, and my corns were as sensitive as so many barometers. A lubber of a boy tramped along past me, and every step of his would have driven a pile at a single stroke. I pulled in my feet as far as I could, und felt grateful when ho got by me. But my safety was fancied, not real. He turned before 1 knew it, and brought his feet down square and hard right on mine. I let out some of the most direct and unequivocal curses that were ever uttered. He fled in dismay to a remote corner of the platform. I'd made up my mind before that to become a Christian, and tho profanity was no more than, out before it was repented. I went to the boy and apologized. That was my last swearing. I don't think I shall e er ever swear again." Rich Hani of Fish. An eastorn gentleman who took a trip to tho Cascades yesterday, was much astonished on the return trip to see the boat pick up a barrel floating in the river, to which were attached fifty-one salmon of an averago weight of forty pounds. His first idea was that the fish had found tho barrel and in their insane desire to become pickled had tied to it. Inquiry elicited the information that the fish had been caught at warren's nsn wheel at the Cascades and attached to tho barrel to be floated down to his can nery. The lookout had let tho barrel pas's without observing it, and iho" cap tain of the steamer had been requested to pick it up, which ho did. The wheels at the Cascades are evidently taking somo fine fiBh. Orcgonian, 10th. (JET THE BEST. Cheap photographs must Iw poor photographs. Abell & Son, our leading photographers, do no cheap work. They ask lair prices and give for superior woiktonny gallery in the Northwest and equal to'thc best in America. 29 Washington St., Portland. Somctliinx Fine. Just received at T. G. Rawlings' a large stock of cinars. Cigarettes, and the choicest brands of tobacco. Stop Tltnt Cough Bv going to J. E. Thomas's and getting a Lottie of Loro3'.s Cough Balsam. It vim. cuke you. Tin Popular Approval Of the now famous Syrup ol Figs as the most efficacious and agreable prepara tion ever offered to the world as a cure for Ilebitual Constipation. Biliousness, Indigestion and kindred ills, has been won by the wise plan pursued by the Califoi nla Fig Syrup company. Know ing that one remedy truly beneficial In its effects on the system, and at tho same time pleasant to tho taste, will meet willi :i miild salt tlmCnmnnnv.throusrli its agent for Astoria. W. E. Doment & Co., gives away sample bottles free of charge. Try it and judge for yourself. Large bottles fifty cents or one dollar. The Oregon Blood Purifier Is Nature's own remedy, aud should bo used to the exclusion of all other medicines in dis eases of the stomach, liver and kidneys. Croup, Whooping Cough and Bron chitis immediately relieved by Shlloh's Cure- Sold by W. E. Dement. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with tho choicest perlnmorv, and toilet articles, etc- can !e bought at tho lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite OcMden lirtel, Astoria. Just received a new lot of Parasols, at the Empire store. Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingle. Don't pay 50 cents elsewhere when vou can get tho best dinner In town at jEKF'Siorftt cents. Shlloh's Catarrh Remedy a posi tive cure for Catarrh, DIptheria and Canker Mouth. Sold by V. E. Dement, Arvold sells Boots and Shoes cheaper than any one else In town, because we buy for cash; Roscoe. Dixon's now eating house la nnw nne.n. Evervthinc 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 hia placo they can be accommodated. The latest patterns and styles of Ginghams and Calicoes, at the Empire Store. Arvold will sell a largo stock of Boots and Shoes at cost, at the Leading boot and shoe store. f.'onfiniMdroja leipaac. Mr. Loro then went on with elaborate statistics concerning the enormous land grants, and quoted from various Oregon and Washington journals as indicating public sentiment regarding the forfeiture of unearned land grants. He was followed by Representative Van Eaton of Mississippi, who made a brief argument against tho forfeiture of the Astoria land grant. Representative Payson of Dlinois, who has been in correspondence with soveral Astorians for somo time in roferonoeto this matter, took tho floor and said: Whother or not a forfeiture of a rail read grant should bo declered by tho con gress, always involves two questiens: First, the question" of power, and that is a legal question; and second, the ques tion of policy, or sanity; that is to say, if the power exists; if there is the clear right on the pprt of congress to resume the grant, would it be just and equitable under all the circumstances, to exercise it? Cases may nrise, indeed .have arisen, where, under grants- similar -to the one now being considered, tho. railroad has been built in substantial compliance with the granting aot, hut out of time, on the faith of the grant, and fully accepted by thoexecuthe branch of the government before nuv hostile .legislation has, been invoked, when it would be inequitable nnd unjust to interfere with the grant. While earnestly favoring the right of forfeiture, I should oppose interference in such cases, and! have stood upon that ground. . . But here there ha3 been no pretence of substantial performance; .there has been an admitted abandonment of tho general project. After years of control of the vast area of land withdrawn from salo and settlement to prevent others from building the road desired, acting from motives of personnl interest purely to build where they choso rathe; than where congress directed, the friends of this company on this floor ask as to make 4hem a donation of 320,000 acres of land, under the pretense, baseless, as I hope to demonstate, that by a partial construc tion of the road they have under the law "earned" these lands. . Now, divested of a good deal of verb iage connected with the subject, there are a few faots which ate absolutely incon trovertible, and which so far in this dis cussion hav6 not been denied. Primarily congress made this great grant of up wards of three and a half million acres of land to this railroad company, with the distinot understanding nnd upon the express conditions that a raiiroad bhould bo constructed from Portland, Oregon, to Astoria, on the seacoast, as the terminal points; nnd that from a suitablo point of junction near Forest Grove a branch lino Bhould bo built to McMinnville, in tho state of Oregon. I submit, sir, that that statement carriea with it this proposi preposi propesi tion: That from Portland to Astoria a road was to be constructed which was in tended to be the main lino of a railroad to which the government niado this grant, and from a point at or near Forest Grove to McMinnville a branch line was to be constructed, because thero could not be a point of junction unless there was first a road to join to. As has been clearly shown by the gen tleman from Delaware (Mr. Lore), that part of tho line to McMinnville wbh al ways regarded as a branch, and the line to Astoria, 120 miles long, as the main line. The act in question makes the grant of these lands to aid in the construction of such a road; the third section provides for an inspection of the road in sections of twenty nines ana tue issue oi patents for contiguous lands, and some other de tails, and the last section provided that the grant is on condition that the whole road shall be-completed within six years. That portion of tho road to Forest Gmvn nnd ToMlnnvillo was-built before the expiration of tho time, but tho bal ance of the road Jioresc urove to asio ria has been abandoned. Mr. Oates Let me interrupt the gen tleman for a moment. Is it the under standing of the house that the gontleman from Bhnoia at the conclusion of his re marks proposes to move the previous questions . . Mr. Payson That ia my intention. Mr. Ontpe Then I hone the house will vote it down, because tliere aro several gentlemen who desire to bo heard further upon this important suujeci, nuu aooate should not be limited in that manner. Mr. Payson Of course the house can do as it wishes in that respect. I shall move tho nrevious question at the con.- clusiou of my remarks, believing that tue nouse win oo limy lmuruieu upuu iu subject and prepared to vote. This road was to have been constructed, as I have said, from Portland to Astoria.to connect the eacoast with the interior town of Portland. The const ruction -was begun. It was built up to or near Forest Groye, and then continued to McMinnville, but not as a terminal point; and for this rea sonHand about this there is no dispute as to the question of fact), for purposes of their own the company having control of the franchises desired to divert the lino from the original location and connect with San Francisco, off to tne south, "ra ther thnn co to Astoria, farther north on tho seacoast. All the interests of the railroad magnates were centered at Port land. Mr. Yillard had become connected with the road, and was the controlling spirit in the Northern Pacific railroad company. He controlled the Oregon railroad and navigation company, and also controlled the Oregon and Califor nia company as well as tho franchise of the company now under consideration. Mr. George Lot me interrupt the gen tloman for a moment. Are you not re ferring now to a period long bince the earning of this land grant? Mr. Payson I am talking of a period when the abandonment of the line from Forest Grove to Astoria was determined upon for some reason by these parties. air. George Has that anything to do with the opening up nnd construction of the forty-seven miles of railroad com pleted by the company? Mr. Payson I will come to that in a moment. It has, as I was proceeding to show. This road being in tho possession of tho men who controlled tho franchise of another road, connecting further south to San Francisco, they abandoned the line for which congress made this grant to connect the road with another line, adopting a different route from that for which the grant was made; and aban doned tho project for which congress made the grant. I was somewhat aston ished to hear the gentleman from Oregon interrupt the gentleman from Delaware in his remarks by referring to a letter showing that this line of road had been abandoned, and said it was written when Mr. Villara was president of tho Oregon and Transcontinental company Mr. George I said it was written while Mr. Villara was president of the Oregon and Transcontinental companv. Mr. Payson I say while Mr. Villard was aoting president of the Oregon and Transcontinental company I stato what every schoolboy knows that the Oregon and Transcontinental company was the sreat octopus which had Gathered into its arms all these corporations in the ex treme northwest; and the man who con trolled the Oregon and Transcontinental company was the man who had control of all these enterprises. They were all subsidiary to that; and no man knows that better than the gentleman from Or egon. It was in response tq n letter ad dressed him by the Astoria chamber of commerce that he wrote a letter.a copy of which I hold in my handt and which is Erintedin tho report which I had the onor to make from the committee on public lands, in which Yillard states that owing to the amount of money required to complete this road, and ho not oeing auie io raise it, ub uubuuohh mis project. And that is the kov. Mr. Speaker, to the action in another phase of the case of this railroad company. Tho part of the line which they built was the easiest and the cheapest which could be built. I havo here the figures, whioh I have ob tained from "Poor's Railroad Manual." The road whioh they did build, including their terminal facilities, cost them 81, 105,610, the cost of the 47K tailes being 6t ike rats of 122,930- per mile. To con- struct the 97 milea of road that congress desired to have constructed, and which they abandoned, would havo cost them, had they gone on with it, upward of $15,000 per mile. And so it was but liko human nature that they should build tho cheapest road, which pives them the beat land, and abandon that which cost tho. most money, ana tnen they come in and their friends claim here that this land ought to be given to them. Mr. Oates I desire to ask the gentle man from Illinois if he does not in his report quote a statement from the report of the chamber of commerce of Astoria that the lands from Forest Grove to As toria aro valuable lands? Mr. Payson Certainly they are valu able lands, but not the most "valuable. Tho valley lands aro the most valuable, and to have built that portion of the road would have cost them $45,000 n mile, and it did not suit tho purposes of the gentlemen having charge of the fran chise to build it. Their interests center ed at Portland and were connected with Huntington and his party at .San Fran- uowv w wu4v mm MiviMt nuuiu fcS (UUfc extent injure Portland, nnd therefore the I wishes of congress were overruled. It was staled by tho gentleman from Oregon on the first day this bill was up for discussion that the people' put iu that section did not demand the 'forfeiture of this entire grant. Tho statement thus made by him bad great effect- on gentle men sitting in the portion of the cham ber where my seat ia located. Kow,notb ing could tempt 'to intimate that the gen tleman from Oregon does not "believe every word he says on the floor. Bnt while he represents, as he believes, tho in terests of those' people, he must permit mo to soy that ho does not reflect their sentiments. In the committee room of tho commit tee on public lands are petitions signed by upward of three thousand of the peo ple living along that line. I have upon tho desk before me copies of those peti tions, one of them signed by the former president of this company, m which they pray and ask this congress at once to for feit nnd return to the public domain the entire land grant of the Oregon Central railroad company. And I assert, Mr. Speaker, there has never come a petition to the committee on publio lands to which my attention has ever' been called that asked for anything else than the forfeiture of this entire land grant. If there is any gentleman, upon the com mittee within the sound of my voice who has different information 1 would be glad to yield to him for a moment. Mr. George Will the gentleman yield to me for a momont? Mr. Payson Yes, sir. Mr. George These same petitions wore prepared by tho Astoria obambor of com merce; and while there is some ambig uity in tho language, yet at the same time if they prepared these petitions and sent them out over the country they also prepared a bill, or sent back a bill.which I introduced with amendments nttached to it, not changing the body of tho law, which Bhowed they intended to limit it to the unearned part from Forest Grove to Astoria. Mr. Payson That tho house may as certain from listening to tho petition from tho chamber of commerce as to this ambiguity, I will ask the clerk to rend it. The clerk read as follews: To the Hon. Secretary of the Interier: Wo, tho citizens of Oregon and Wash ington territory, demand the forfeiture and return to the publio domain of the entire land grant of the Oregon central railroad company (Astoria railroad), in cluding all lends within 25 miles of that railroad, whether they may bo in Wash ington territory or in Oreson. And wo protest against any transfer being made or any part oi tneso tanas to the Northern Pacific railroad company. Mr. Pavson Now if thero is any am biguity in that petition, and it is a sam ple of all uf them that came to us, it would puzzle the ordinary mind to under stand where the nmbieuity comes in. This beinc the state of facta, about which there is no dispute, the opponents of this bill assert that, as a matter of law first, and a matter of equity after ward, we ought to give this railroad com pany 320,000 acres of land in that valley. It is asserted as another difficulty, as they say, in the way of declaring this for feiture that a large portion of this land was taken up before this grant was made; and thereforo it is argued that they can not get tho full amount of land that they otherwise would be entitled to. The debate, which it is impossible to publish in full for want of space, was a warm one. On the 4th it came to a vote, the pro posed substitute for the original bill be ing as follews: A bilLto declare a forfeiture of certain lands granted to the Oregon Central Railroad company. Be it enacted, etc.. That all of the lands granted to the Oregon Central Railroad Company by an act entitled "An act granting lands-tq aid in the con struction of a railroad and telegraph line from Portland to Astoria and. McMinn ville, in tho stato of OregoB,1 approved May 4, 1870, chapter C9, page S4, -relume 10, "Statutes at Large, lying and being situated between Forest Grove and As toria, a distance of about ninety-Beven miles, be, and tho same is hereby, for feited to the United States for breach of the condition upon which the same was granted to it, the failure to build a road from Forest Orovo to Astoria, in the state of Orogon, as required by said act; and the said land is hereby declared to bo a part of the publio domain and sub- Ject to sale nnd settlement under the aws of tho United States. On this 71 voted yea, Mr. George among the rest; 105 voted nay, 147 not Toting, and the amendment was not agreed to. The bill as amended was then read the third time and was again voted on, the vote standing 136 yeas, 22 nays, among whom was George; 165 not voting. There being no quorum the bill did not pass and tho house adjourned. On tho oth the bill camo up again and was voted on, the voje standing, yens, 139; nays, 2G, not voting 153, xnt the HLL WAS DECL1EBD PASSED. On the Jlnal jKWiagi: of tlu bill the representative from Oregon did not vole. Hfetiec. -Dinner atM EFF'iTCIIOr HOUSE everyday from 4:80 to 8 o'clock. The best 2cent meal iu tewn: soup, fish, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, pudding, i'tc. Teu or coffee Included. All who have tried him say Jeff in the -BOSS." A full Hue of ladies' and children's Shoes, latest styles, to be found cheap at Arvold's, sign of tho Golden Shoe. A full line of Ladles' Lace MitLs of all descriptions, to be found at the Empire Store. Are you made miserable by Indi- E. Dement. The Peruvian sj'rup nas cured thou sands who were suffering from dyspep sla, debility, liver complaint, bolls, hu mors, female complaints, etc. Pamph, lets free to any address. Seth V. Fowl JkSonp Boston. Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread every Sunday at .len?s from 5 a.m. to 2 P. M. Catarrh cured, health and sweet hrath soured bv Shlloh's Catarrh Rem edy. Price M cents. Masai Injector free. rorsaie uy icmcm. For DvaDensiaandLiver Comuialut. you have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vltalizer. It uever fails to cure. Sold by W. E. Dement. Ilofn ll'lotnr'a halBHtn nf wild nlmrro always at hand. It cures coughs, colds.1 bronchitis, wnoopinR cougn. croup, in fluenza, consumption, and all throat and lung complaints. 50 cents andjgl a bottle. SKAJfDISAYEBt---- HtmisVat, Xorraua, Daaskar, eeh Flaaar! Who are nsturalired; and intend to voto for J. G. Blaine, our next president. In order to work in unity and with success in the coming campaign, it ia proposed that we organize for that purpose a ScANDEUviA? Blaise Club, in Astoria. All Seandlnaviana who desire to join in .this arw requested to meet on Saturday, June 21, at 7 p. it., in the upper Astoria sehool-house. E. P. Hoft. A. T. Brakes. Aco. Daxielsom.' P. Matxisos. Casz. A. Haxsox. - C ommitree. Just Reoeired. A large stock of soft and stiff Hats In all the latest styles, at Mcintosh' Fur- nismng store. The Patent liiup. Filler. 'The most useful household invention of the age. Call and see-it. Also, extra goodCoal Oil forsale in. quantities from a pint to abarrel. Jordan SL Bozorth. To Our Pa trim. We -do not claim to sell our goods at or below cost wo sell with a living profit and our prices are lower than the pre tended cost of our competitors. Pilger's Branch Leading Suit and Cloak House. Ot Interest To Tlie Ladles. A full line of Ladies' Silk, Lisle nnd Cotton Hosiery and Muslin Underwear ot greatly reduced prices for a few days only, at Tho Leading Sidt and Cloak Houo, next to Rescue Engine house. For lame Back, Side or Cheat use Shlloh's Porous Plaster, - Price 25 cerrfc. For sale by W. E. Dement. "Uackmetack." a lasting and fra- grant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cent", old by V. E. Dement. Tho Rev. Geo. H. Thayer, or Bour bon, ind., says: Both myself nnd wife oweour lives toSmiu's Coksomptiok Curk." Sold by W. E. Dement. SPECIAL NOTICE, Excursion Tickets from Astoria to Portland aud return $2.50. THE FAST ELEGANT STEAMER WIDE WEST Will make regular trips during the sea-xm leaving Astoria an follows : Leave Astoria Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M, arrive in Portland at 2 P. M. Leave Astoria Sunday Afternoon at 5 P. M., arrive in Portland at 1A.M. - rasseusers lea vlnsr Astoria Sunday 1. Al. can secure rooms and remain on steamer all night. KKTUR-'ClN'O : Leave Portland Taenia? aud Tburftdajr at 6 F. M . arrive- at JUtorla at iom. Leme Portland Saturday at 9 r. M. arrive la A&toria at & P, M. x A. L. STOKE3, General Passenger Agent. Boat Building. JOS. P. LEATHERS Foroerir ovsr Arndt 1 Fsrcheo's Machlns Shoa IS BUILDING FIRST-CLASS BOATS IN the anop formerly occupied by IT. John sou on Concomly street, one block west' ot Hansen Bros' lulll. Model. Material sad FlaUk Flrst-olRA. Water! Water! Water! Wheeler & Kipp, PRACTICAL Plouita Gas aoiStM Fife ALL WORK Warranted, and Estimates Given. FULL STOCK IrH and Eead Pipe, Hatli Tuba, Water Clooets, sad Gas Fixtnrei. Jobbing Promptly Attended to. A SPECIALTY Is made of Tap ping Water Mains and Running Water Pipes, as We have Su po or facilities for doing this work Corner Squemoqua and Hamilton Streets, Astoria, Oregon. At The Bureau, Anheuser fiusch Brewing AssVn of St. Louis, Xo. Celebrated Anheuser Beer on Draught at Pinckiiey's Sample Room, MK. Wator Street, (or Koadwayj. This Beer Is far superior to any Unpolled rroni me tusx, Call and sample It. ff.T.Colni&Ci).'s AGENCY, Banking Department A General Hanking and Kxcbaaga Busl urss transacted. Ever)' facility for prompt and satisfactory business. Drafts on the leading cities of the United .States and Europe lepitw-Iteeelvel. For Sale Cheap. One English Laundry Mangle, In good working order : Also, ONE GOOD ROUND WATER TANK. G feet deep and c feet diameter on lop. Enquire of E. C, HOLDEN. Auctioneer, Notice to Contractors and Builders. Bids will be received until 5 P. 31. on Fri day, June 20th, for building a dwelling house In Astoria. Plans, specifications, and de tailed drawings can be seen at the office ot A. Bradford .architect. First National Banlc Bulldlnsr, First Street. -Portland, or at the offico ot the undersigned at Astoria. P. L. CHERRY. Astoria, June Hth, 1SS4. J13-U REMOVAL. The Astoria Passenger Line ttttt tun TTTT5 TATE HAVE ITS W headquarters at Its StaDlesnext to B. B. Franklin's, two doors below Tins Abto MAKofflce. First-class Livery service. Carts with horse furnished, for one dollar per hour. Carriages on application The Astoria Passenger Line Hacks will leave for Upper Astoria from the statues. Horses taken to towd T 0IBRrm tl CO 0 PfR! THE Leading Dry Goods OF ASTORIA. Silks! Silks! Silks! Weare now showing the largest and choicest assort ment of BLACK and COLOEED 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 . Bonnet's famous Black Brocaded Silks, Rhadames, JGtrain .Silks. Latest Shades. uesigns.. ..Evening ollks, in Silks in checks and stripes. - H,. OOOF Pythian Building, JACKSON'S ASTORtA Bakery Confectionery C'efl'ee nnd Ice Cream Tartars. tni:..iius STUKET. SUPERIOR Bread and Cakes OF ATX KIKDS. Weddings and Partie supplied with strictly j FIRST-CLASS WORK. 1 o-Prenchand Aiiiericnn-o -! CANDIES Manufactured, Wholesale nnd ltotail. ( BRANCH ESTABLISHMENT,! ON THE KOADW.VV. Jordan & Bozorth The Only Exclusive CROCKERY STORE IN ASTORIA. IV. B. Have Solo Right io the 1'atent Iuup Filler. New Goods for IMMUHSE STOCK CLOTHING, HATS AS GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Direct fromthe Manufacturers, Retailed at WAino. in tha Manufacturing Business I FJERFECT SATISFACTION both In FIT and QUALITY of boous. Perfect Fitting White Skirts, Medium ami Flue tirade TJadcrweur. . 3rcivcs.t 8tyles in Scarft aud Ties. 3-A FULL STOCK OF FRENCH. ENGLISH AND A3IERICAN SUITINGS.- D. A. McINTOSH, OCCIDENT BLOCK, and Clothing House to give us a call. Silks in all numbers. Rich Moires and Get Colored Groa Fancy Brocaded Silks, New an xne laiest tints, summer - Astoria, Oregon. Wood Yard. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE A3TO rlaWood Yard. Cray's Dock, foot of Benton street, will sell wood At the follow lng prices and deliver wherever the streets aro planked, between Trulllnger's SWl nnd O'Erlen's Hotel, back to Astor street : Green Alder, 2-cut SI CO per cord, long S3 75 ury uo uo Or nHemlo'k do Dry do do (irt'on ISeach do Gwon Fir do Dry Fir do Extra Maplp and S. limbs do Vine Maple and S. limbs do 1 Tj do do 4 oo I CO do da 3 75 4 75 do do 4 00 4 75 do do 4 00 -1 75 do do 4 Ou f 00 do du 4 C 00 do do & 5 7J do do a OU Wood of All Kinds By the Scow load at REDUCED liATKS. j. h. i. ;kay- Astoria. February 1st, 18SI. THE BEST IS THE Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY 1 fs of Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed by all who use It. I THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Rising Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. I WYATT & THOMPSON Sole Agent fox AMtoria. For Sale. FIVE HUNDRED CORDS DRY HE.M lock Wood, which I will deliver at the houses of customers for $4 a cord. Draylng of all kinds done at reosouabl rates. R. . MAltlON. Spring and Summer! AX OF am prepared tq sell Clothing that w ill ; Ive ASTORIA. m fr-K