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w Mt gjatlt Jlstotfau. ASTORIA, OREGON: FRIDAY. AUGUST 8, 1684 ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted) J. F. HALLORAN & COMPANY, l'UBLISUKHS AND rKOPKIKTORS, ASTORIAN BUILDING. - - CASSSTRKET Term of Subscription. SeiTed by Carrier, per week 15cts. nt ' JIai, l)er month . .. cocts. " one year . .S7.00 Free of postage to subscribers. "Advertisements inserted by the year at the rate of $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising fifty cents per square, each insertion. Notice To Advertisers. The Astoriax guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. ASTORIA AXn VICINITY. Chinamen are flocking to Portland from all parts of the lower Columbia. "Inquirer" is informed that The Asto bian never wastes ammunition on dead ducks. The Weekly Astobiax, in stamped wrappers, ready for mailing, published this morning; full of news and home hap penings; price ten cents. The grand jury yesterday found three indictments, viz.: George Manuel, as sault with a dangerous weapon; Andrew Carlson, larceny; Ed. Alderdyce, ditto. Portland wants to borrow 20,090 for six months and is willing to pay 10 per cent per annum for the use of the monev. Here is an opportunity for some of our Astoria capitalists. Among our visitors in September, '33, was Chas. Graham, ono of Harper's Weekly's artists. A memento of his visit is found in the current number of that journal in the shape of three illustra tiens: one of salmon hshmg near Pillar rock, one of Tillamook Kock lighthouse, and n "birdseye" view of Astoria. This is the season of picnics and ex cursions, and on Tuesday next the Y. M. C. A. will have a most delightful time at Young's River Falls. The Clara Parker has been engaged, and preparations are making to insure enjoyment and comfort for all who participate. Tickets one dol lar, for sale by members of the associc tion. Rev. E. W. Garnet, D. D., late pastor of the Presbyterian church of Escanaba, Mich., arrived in this city on "Wednesday last. He comes to Astoria on invitation of the First Presbyterian church of this city, and commences his ministerial la bors here on Sunday next. We extend to the reverend gentleman a cordial wel come. Alf. Bowen of the Oysterville Journal, is in the city. Mr. Bowen lias amassed large sums of wealth in the newspaper business, and Is now taking a rest. He goes to Seattle to quiet the unhappy con flict between the Herald and Post-Intel-ligencer a conflict that unless soon stop ped may result in an irreparable loss to Washington Territory journalism. The great Jubilee Singers who have de lighted the people of the two continents with their wondorful melodies, will be here on the 15th and 16th inst. The sim ple announcement will be sufficient to fill Occidental hall. Those who have seen them will go again. Those who have not seen them will be sure to embrace this opportunity. It is an event. Re served seats at New York Novelty storo. From Pacific county comes the news of a sad occurrence resulting in the death of W. "W. Hawkins, who lived on the beaoh above Ilwaco. He was a man of about 55 years of age, and had lived there about four years. Ho had been carousing of late, and while temporarily beside himself last "Wednesday, ho drew a revolver and drove one of his boys out of doors, then placing it to his temple put a bullet in his brain. About the 30th of June Tiie Astobian had en item regarding the loss of Sam Blair and Jas Craig who were drowned on the bar. Mr. C. L. Watson, cashier of the First National Bank, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, writes asking for informa tion about Jas. Craig. Any one who knows anything about the unfortunate young man will oonfer a favor on a grief stricken family by addressing that gen tleman or communicating with Mr. P. L. Cherry, British vioe-consul at this place. At this time, when cut flowers fade so soon, it is well to know that if a small bit of the stem is cut off and the end im mersed in very hot water, the flower will frequently revive and resume its beauty. Colored flowers are more easily rejuve nated than white ones, which are apt to turn yellow. For preserving flowers in water, finely pulverized charcoal should be put into the vase at this season. Where vines are growing in water, charcoal will prevent foul odors from the standing water. The present term of the circuit court is the quietest and most uninteresting for several years. There are very few crimi nal cases, and though the list of civil suits on the docket is a long one, two-thirds of them are already virtually disposed of. Judge Taylor is winning golden opinions by his action on the bench and may be able to adjourn court next week. Judge Smith of Portland is coming down about Tuesday next to try some cases in which Judge Taylor had been retained as an at torney prior to his elevation to the bench. Mr. Berry returned from the late site of his Rainier cannery yesterday even ing. Nothing was saved but a few pa pers and three or four boats that were moored near the cannery. About four o'clock on the morning of the fire a fish eim an passed and all was still; at five o'clock a man who had some poles and staves close by, went to get some of them and ho also states that nothing was stirring in or around the building. Half an hour after the flames burst out end in a short time the building was in ashea. The origin of the fire is a mys tery. The Sol li. Thomas lay alongside Fla vel's dock yesterday taking m lumber, Chinamen and supplies for the Bath can nery at Umpqua. The white cap3 on the green water hissed and broke against the piles, the Chinamen in the stern of the vessel grew pale, and one burned a little punk stick and flung to the wild winds a handful of crimson paper. All sorts of freight, dead and alive, were pushed and hoisted aboard, arid the craft swung out to sea. The vessel will be back to-mor row. and on Sunday goes to the Coquille. forty miles further down with ninety Chinamen for the Coquille packing com pany whose manager, Mr. Getchell, is now in tne city. Who Are Thej 1 Victobia, Aug. C It is rumored that extensive frauds in connection with a San Francisco firm, who are agents for cer tain canneric3 on Fraser river, as well as on the Columbia, have been nnearthed in London. It is asserted that excessive de mands for reclamation on fish shipped to Uverpool have been found" to be bogus. The frauds amount to many thousands of dollars. Situation "Wanted To do Housework, by a competent house keeper. Address box 15:5, Astor ia Post-office. Popular Beading flfo. 8. Just received at Adlers Bookstore. Just Received ! At Carl Adler's: a large stock of new music, vocal and instrumental. New music received weekly at Carl Adler's leading music and book store. Just received a new lot pf Parasols, at the Empire Storf. THE ASTORIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Our chamber of commerce is composed of representative citizens and business men of Astoria. It doesn't make any difference whether a man was here in 1826 or whether ho came here yesterday: if he has public spirit, if he wants to see Astoria go ahead, if he is in favor of pro gress and of securing many things that must b& asked for to be obtained he is welcome in the chamber of commerce. Few similar organizations in any city has a better practical-record. The ques tion that arises in all matters is what has a man done, what has a society accom plished. We all judge by results. Among the many thing3 jthat our chamber of commerce aided in securing for Astoria, the mouth of the Columbia, the adjacent coast and the lower Columbia, may be mentioned the life station at Ft. Canby, the similar service at Shoalwater bay, the light house at Pt. Adams, the light house at Tillamook rock, the new life station to be built this season at Ft. Stevens, the lighting of the lower Colum bia, the laying of a cable across the Co lumbia to the Cape, the appropriation by congress for the board of visit ing engineers which has at last resulted in an initiatory appropriation for the im provement of the mouth of the river, the increase of mail facilities, and twenty other improvements that would not have been secured in the next ten years had it not been for a few determined men in the chamber of commerce. The matter of forfeiture of unearned land grants was one of the subjects that the chamber of commerce took hold of in the most determined manner; it pushed the fight into congress and made that body listen to it. No journal in the United States was of lener quoted in the last congress than The Astebian: no con gressman but what had laid on his desk again and again communications and plain statements of patent facts from our chamber or commerce, and no meas ure (except the great question of the tariff) attracted as much attention from the last congress as the forfeiture of the Astoria land grant. Our chamber of commerce has had no money, no fund, no sources of income. Its members, one and all, give their time and money for the publio interest. When ever money has been needed it has always been forthcoming, and to the credit of Astoria let it be said that there has never been the slightest difficulty in promptly securing enough to go on with the work in hand. Our reason for writing of the chamber or commerce is this: There is not any too much public spirit in Astoria; we, none of us, are at all too apt to injure our respective spines in aiding our neigh bor to carry his burden, and a certain amount of coherence, of philpnthropy, of zeal for the advancement of our common prosperity, is necessary in this commu nity just as much as in any other. They find it so in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma nndjelsewhero, and any thing that lends to help along a joining of interest, a combination of good inten tions and excellent results, deserves to have the sphere of its usefulness recog nized and increased. There is nothing so cheap in this world as a sneer nor are there many things more worthless. Any one can find fault and criticise and pull down. It is always easy to tell just how things ought, or could, or would, or should, or might be, but it is quite a different thing to stand in and give things a shovo along in the right direction. This shoving things along in the right direction is what the Astoria chamber of commerce has been doing for several years past. Their's has been no idle talk. There is no direction in which one looks but he will see how materially that body has helped our little citv. and its members are to be commended for J their public spirit, and congratulated on tho success that has so uniformly crown ed their honest and intelligent efforts. ASTORIA CUSTOM HOUSE. From Mr. C. Brown, deputy collector at the oustom house, it is learned that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, there were forty vessels entered from for eign ports and seventy-six cleared for foreign ports. There were 258 coastwise entranoe3 and 246 coastwiso clearances. The value of domestic exports aggre gated $2,519,705. The total official receipts for the year were $70,337.S7. Of this amount 46, 896.18 was received as duties on tin plate, salt, coal, etc., and of that latter amount $29,571.55 was returned to Columbia river cannery men as a rebate or drawback on tin plate on which duty had been paid, but which was going back to England again in the sh?po of salmon cans. The total expenses of the office for the year was $12,263.40, $2,000 of which was Eaid for services on board vessels between ere and Portland, but which are in cluded in tho disbursement charged to this office. A Fact. Messrs. Abell & Son, the Leading Pho tographers, have largest, most complete and the handsomest furnished photo graphic gallery on the Pacific coast. Work as fine, prices less than San Fran cisco. 29 Washington St., Portland. Pinuos To Rent. On favorable terms; at Carl Adler's Music Store. what: Io You Think tlint "Jeff- of The Chop House Gives you a meal for nothing, and a glass of Something to drink? "Not much!" but he gives a better ineal and more of it than any place in town for 25 cents. He buys bj' the wholesale and pays cash. "That settles it." "JEFF" Atenormeus expense has secured the services of Professor Ellis, one of the best white cooks in the state; and Jeff proposes to excel any of his former efforts in the culinary art. Italian dish es a specialty. Arvold sells Boots and Shoes cheaper than any one else In town, because we buy for cash. That Hacking Cough can be so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it Sold by W. E. Dement ltoscoe Dixon's new eating house is now open. Everything has been fit ted up in first-class style, and hii well known reputation as a caterer assures all who like good things to eat that at his place they can be accommodated. Dontpay 50 cents elsewhere when you can get the best dinner in town at JEFF'S for 25 cents. For lame Back, Side or Chest use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price 25 cents. For sale by W. E. Dement The latest patterns and stvles of Ginghams and Calicoes, at the Empire Store. A full line of ladies' and children's Shoes, latest styles, to be found cheap at Arrold'ti, sigu of the Golden Shoe. "Hackmetack," a lasting and fra grant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold by W.E. Dement Arvold will sell a large stock of Boots and Shoes at cost, at the Leading boot and shoe store. A full line of Ladies' Lace Mitts of all descriptions, to be found at the Empire Store. Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread every Sunday at Jeffs from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. REAL ESTATE TIUJCSJLCTIOXS.I S. D. Adair and wife, to J. C. Trulling er, lots 1 and 2 blk 42, Adair's Astoria; $523.70. G. K. Grimes, to Mrs. Dolan, lot 2 blk. 8, Ocean Grove; $50. J. S. Milton, to O. B. Wirt, one acre, sec. 23, T. 8, N. R. W.f $225 H. J. Olney and wife to C. H. Page, land in front of lot 4 blk. 2, lot 1 blk. 3, lot 3 blk. 3, lot 1 blk. 4, McCluro's As toria $400. Clara S. Stewart to T. A. Gross, quit claim deed to lot 5 blk. 50 McClure's As- toria. S150 J. T. Mulkey and wife to A F. Johns; portion of donation land claim of J. A Cook on Necanicum, and lotsl and 6, sec. 21. T. C N., K. 10 W., $2,500. A. F. Johns and wife to Andrew Berg, lots 19 and 20, blk. 2, addition to Ocean Greve: $50. A. C. Kinney and wife to M. Olseu, lot 2, blk. 23, Alderbrook; $150. D. P. Thompson and wife to A. W. Berry, lot 12 blk. 49, Shively's Asteria: S. lots 5 and C. blk. 73, McClures As toria; part of Kobt. Short's donation land claim; $3,000. A F. Johns and wife to M. Carlson, lots 21 and 22, blk. 2, addition to Ocean Grove; $50. John Adair and wife to A. E. Miuard, lot 8 blk. 6, Adair's Astoria;$250. S. G. Spear and wife to N. Stauwich, 80 acres in sec. 0, T. 8, and sec. 31, T. 9, U. G W., $2j500. E. D. Heatley, et. al.. to C. H. Page, undivided two-thirds of lot 3, blk. 2, Mc Clure's Astoria; $800. A SEBRiSSA.V.S OPINION. Astoria has a beautiful location. It is situated on the margin of the river on a sharply sloping hill. From nearly every house can be obtained a view of the Columbia, which at this point is a broad estuary several miles wide. On the east, four miles ibove the city, Tongue point projects far into the stream, while fifteen miles west, Point Adams reaches out to ward the rocky proromontory known as Cape Hancock, whoso beautiful light shines a perpetual evening star, while hundreds of fishing boats and numerous larger craft give tho water a lively Jap pearance. As-toria has at this time about 10,000 inhabitants, of whom about 2,000 are Chinese, and many are fishermen, who, until recently, have formed but a transient population, but are now begin ning to settle there with their families. The climate is liko that of all this northwest coast mild in winter and cool in summer. Tho fresh ocean breezes drive away all malaria, and a sultry atmosphere is unknown. The in habitants are well contented, especially those who have been there tho longest, and thoy seem to think there is no place to equal it as a permanent residence. The city has gas and water works and a fine volunteer fire department. There are two engine companies and a hook and ladder company. It has a chamber of commerce, and exports salmon, lum ber and wheat. It has three miles of continuous water frontage occupied by docks, warehouses and coal bunkers. The citizens are very anxious to have the government take hold of the matter of improving the Columbia river bar so as to make it safe for vessels of deep draft. There will of necessi ty be a road here, for Astoria is the nat ural outlet of the immensely fertile prai ries of the northwest interior of Oregon, beside the coal, iron and lumber interests which demand connection with a ship ping point. No place in Oregon has a brighter prospect than Astoria, and it has one attraction above and beyond all other points to which the "Star of Em pire" is taking its way. That is, it is the furthest west of any incorporated city in the United States. It is bounp to be a big city because of the westward tendency of our migratory population, and when there, there is .practically no beyond. From "Northwest Notes" in "The Woman's Tribune." Johnson's New Unlrersal CjrcIopoHa "the Rest." ".The amount of information is won derful." Kt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone. "More knowledge than an ordinary library. Pres. M. B. Anderson. 'Lucid, able and comprehensive.,' Hon. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, LL. D. "Extremely useful to all classes." Hon. Chas. O'Conor, LL. D. "It is superior to all others." Pres. E. G. .Robinson, LL. D. "Nothing superior to it." John G. Whittier, the poet. "Good authority for the next half cen tury."; Chas. Francis Adams, LL. D. "It is a valuable mine of information." Hon. Roscoe Conkling, LL. D. C. H. Libby, general manager Pacifio coast, Portland, Oregon. Mr. A. S. Williams, clerk of flie Grand Central Hotel, Brockville, Ont, Can., having tried St Jacobs Oil, the wonderful pain-cure, for rheuma tism he was cured, and recommends it to all his friends. For a Neat Fitting Boot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che namus street next door to I. W. Case. All goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. Notice. Dinner al" JEFFS' CHOP HOUSE everyday from 4:30 to 8 o'clock. The best 25-cpnt meal in town; soup, fish, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, pudding, etc Tea or coffee included. AH who have tried him say Jeff is the "BOSS." Stop That Cough By going to J.E. Thomas's and getting a bottle of Leroy's Cough Balsam. It will cure you. Furnished Booms to Rent. Inquire at Mrs. Campbell's, over Gem Saloon. Ills Success Financially and socially are largely due to his excellent health. If his system were clogged and feverish, no doubt he would fail as so many others do. But why not enjoy good health when one can please the palate at the same time? Svrup of Figs is not only pleasant to the taste, it also cleanses the system thoroughly, yet painlessly; it is harm less in its nature, and strengthens the organs on which it acts so that regular haoits may be formed, and the sufferer permanently restored to health and nanninoiw. Snmnlp hntf-lnc fww .! large bottles for sale bv W. E. Dement &Co. AH the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite OeMden he tel, Astoria. Buy your Lime of Gray at Portland prices. Foi Dyspepsia andLiver Complaint, uu inivts it uuuicu iiuarauieo on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. It never tans to cure, bom oy w. E. Dement SniLon's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis, bold by W. E. Dement & Co Croup, Whooping Cough and Bron chitis immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure. Sold by W. E. Dement The Rev. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bour bon, IncL, says: "Both myself and wife owe our lives to Shiloh's Consumption Cube." Sold by "W. E. Dement. THE NEW SHIPPIXO LATY. Tie tm of Shippers Suspicions of Erasloas. A reporter of the Chronicle visited tho offices of our principal shipping firms yes terday to ascertain the views of the San Francisco merchants upon the probable results of the enforcement of the Ding ley Shipping Act. The shippers were found to be," with ono accord, in favor of the law, but, as a rule, hesitated to ex press any very decided viewa upon its practical results. The general opinion, however, seemed to be that its tendendy was in tho right direction, and that if the merchants stood well together and supported each other there would bo no more difficulty in getting men in the future than in the past. On this coast there is a great scarcity of sea men, wages are high and the boarding mastera are exorbitant in their demands in proportion to the paucity of sailors. Taking advantage of the market, tho boarding masters were demanding from $40 to $50 blood money and throe month's advance on the pen's wages. The now law, if properly enforced, would tend to make men of the sailors and tako them out of tho power of tho boarding masters, for when a man is paid his wages in port and has his money in his pocket, he can set tle for a fortnight's or a month's board in advance, buy his clothes, etc., and ship for a voyage in a vessel of his own selection, which he cannot do if he ar rives penniless, or what practically amounts to that, with only a few dollars in his pocket. There are now to be had in San Francisco some men who hold themselves independent of the boarding masters and select their own voyages, the shippers paying no advanco in those cases, but the majority of the men come here with -nothing and so have been at tho mercy of the land sharks. The over throw of the advance-wages system will redound to tho advantage both of the seamen and tho shippers. One shipper said that he had seen the time when the boarding masters begged to have the men taken from their houses, and tho same state of affairs could be brought about again very readily. "If they want to fight us we can ship extra men in ioroign pons, wnere wages are low, and so crowd tho boarding houses that they will bo glad to come down in their demands." EVADIKO THE ULW. Colonel J. D. Stevenson, United States' shipping commissioner, stated that ho had shipped three crews under the new law two yesterday and ono the day be fore. These men shipped for Liverpool at the rate of $10 a month. This was be low the averago rate of wages, but the commissioner could not tell what was be hind it, as his duties did not require him to inquire into that matter. This looked like a "nigger in the fence."' " But the shippers who sent out these vessels de clared that they had not paid any ad vance. Their captains obtained the crows, but how it was done they did not know. There captains could not be found, but several merchants suggested various plans by which the law could bo evaded and declared that an evasion was mani fest where men shipped for $10, when the rates of wages was from $25 to $30 a month. It was hinted that a sailor could give a note at thirty or sixty days, or perhaps raise money on a draft from some third parson and pay his required advance to the boarding master, it being tacitly understood all around that at the maturity of tho note or draft tho mer chant in whoso service the men shipped would honor such note or draft and that at tho end of tho voyage tho sailor would receive his $10 a month, which would balance his account. Such a proceeding might or might not come within the pro visions of the act, and it would require a decision of tho courts to decide the mat ter. ixhinDixo-nousE view. The boarding master's view of the law is diametrically opposed to that of the shipper. He fails to see what good can come of it. either to the sailor or the shipper. He does not beliove that crews can be obtained without his intervention to keep the men on hand and have them ready when calleclfor. His business is a poor one at best, as ho is often put to a great loss by men boarding with Trim and negotiating loans, after which they will run off to the country as harvesters and perhaps never come back, leaving noth ing to compensate him for their enter tainment but a kit of worn out clothes that will only bring a few bits at a junk store. The sailors he represents as a lofc of professional beats, who aro always anxious to get ahead of somebody. "If," said one of them, "we don't fit out these men with clothes suitable to go to sea in, they must buy from the slop chest and pay nine or ten prices for their supplies. Now thero was a ship come in a few weeks ago on which the men were robbed Bimply because they had not a stock of their own to start with. Single oilskin suits were sold at $10, boots at the same price, mittens at $2.50 a pair, tobacco at $4 a pound, etc. Now tho im mediate effect of this law will be to send men to sea next to naked, for without we get our advance we cannot afford to clothe them and thev will be forced to go to the slop chest. Now, can anybody call that a protection to poor Jack?" The boarding masters did not express any opinion as to their intentions, but seemed to be awaiting the course of events. 5. F. Chronicle. THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FOR PAIN. ReUeTes and curtj RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, BACKACHE, HIlDlCn, TOOTHlffll, SORE THROAT, QCDCSY, SWELLINGS, SPBAIXS, Scnzeu; Cats, Irshts, FEOSTBITE5, BUBKS, SCALDS, Anl all other bodilj ubei and pales. nrnczsTS abottu. SoU by all DrejjIiU tad Deakn. Dlrtetiso la 11 IhDCiirlejAVecslsrCj. (S oootaeci ta A. TanUr k Co.) BtlUmer,HL,C.S.A. GREAT REDUCTION! IN AT MRS. A. UIAI.COI.5rS. IAVILLSELLFOR TIIE NEXT THIR TY DAYS all Trimmed Hats and SUMMEK GOCDS at cis, to close out my Summer Stock and make room for a Lanre Invoice or FALL GOODS. XOW is the time for Come and. See and Be Convinced. Stockholders' Meeting. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT there will he a meeting ol the stock holders of the Odd Fellows' Land and Build ing Association, in the lodge room of Beaver Lodge No. 35. 1. 0. 0. F., on Saturday, Auir. 23, ls&i. at 2 p. m. A full attendance is re quested. A. J. MEGLER. Secretary. For Sale. FIVE HUNDRED CORDS DRY HEM lock AVood, which I will deliver at tho houses of customers for $4 a cord. Dwaymg of an kinds done at reasonabl rates. R. R. MARION. 12535532573 ILUNEEI GOODS PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. Martin and wife have returned from the seashore. Mrs. W. Jackson of Portland, is in the oity, the guest of J. O. Hanthorn. Mrs. Moody and Mrs. Earhart came down on the Wide West jesterday. Mrs. W. J. Strong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Holden, arrived yesterday on a summer visit to her parents. Gray sells Sackctt Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingles. Catarrh cured, health and sweet breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh Rem- rny. rrn:e 50 cents, Masai Injector free. For sale 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 & Co. THE WAY Goods are Slaughtered AT THE XOW IX PII0GKKS4 AT PILGER'S Suit and Cloak House. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS, CLOAKS, WRAPS, ULSTEBS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, ACTUALLY AT loir Own Prices ! Garments Made to Order AND Goods Sold by the Yard. 5g " Remember this will only last a few days. FIRST DOOR Below Rescue Engine House. ASTOKIA, OREGON. LEO. 1. STOCK, - jMaxagek. The Leading House. THE LARGEST STOCK. The Finest ani Choicest Goods. AT Carl Adler's Crjstal Palace. Books, Stationery, Fancy Good, Toy, Baby Carrlasetf. Solid Gold and Silver Jewelry 1 Vat cues and Clocks, Pictures, Albums. Auu the largest and finest assortment of miscellaneous goods north of San Francisco. Pianos ai Musical Instruments. 5?A11 my goods are guaranteed to be as represented, and if not satisfactory you will find me here six months or a year from now to make everything right. A FiUST-CLASS watch-maker in attend ance. All work guaranteed. You are cordially Invited to call and In spect the handsome new goods Just received. CARL ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE. P. Blankholm. Cigars, Tobacco and-Notions, FRUITS Cor. Squemoqua and Olney streets, Astoria. Fishermen's Headquarters. THE GENUINE GAPE ANN OILED CLOTHING, OVERALLS, COATS, HATS. SHIRTS, GUM BOOTS, Etc. And a complete outfit, of Best Qnality, and at the LOWEST PRICE of any Estab lishment in the city. P. A. STOKES & CO. nave opened a New Stock of Al goods in the store next door to Foard & Stokes, and GUARANTEE SATISFACTION To all Customers. PLUMBING! Youwilldo DlinnnPlf AtWheeler& well to call on nUUlJUuiV Robb's, for Tapping and Potting In of Water Pipes. IT WILL PAY YOU SoffleMnffStaiHinff! Great Clearance Sale G. H. COOPER! THE Leading Dry Goods OF ASTORIA. Silks! Silks! Silks! 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. Rich Brocaded Silks, Rhadames, Moires and Cet Colored Groa Grain Silks. Latest Shades. Fancy Brocaded Silks, New Designs. Evening Silks, in all the latest tints. Summer Silks in checks and stripes. Pythian Building, - Astoria, Oregon. ASTORIA Best BREAD in the City. Best CANDIES. Best CAKES and PASTRY. Best ICE CREAM. Finest Ornamental Work to Order ED. JACKSON. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMiTHING, At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeliip. Wagons made and repaired. Good work guaranteed. n. D. NEWBURY. I. STEVENS. & CITY BOOK STORE, Have Just received a mammoth stock'of Books. The young and old, rich and poor can all be accommodated. AGENTS FOR THE Kranlch A Bach and Handsreldt &. Xotnl Pianos and TVeMtern Cottage Organs. Orders for all kinds- of Music or Instru ments will be promptly filled. NeWDuTT Stew D. A. MclNTO Fine Clotliinff, Straw Hats, Fine Unflerwear, Extra Large Sizes. Choice Summer Suitings 2de to Reduced and Clothing House ASTOEIA LIQUOR STORE, AUG. DANIELSON, Proprietor. Bobnlltand Befitted Throughout. The Best of WINES, IilQUORg, AND CIGABS. For a Good Cigar, call for one of "Danielson's Best." Corner West 9th and WatcrStreets, Astoria. n9-6m J. H. D. aRAI. Wholesale and retail dealer in. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storage and "Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street, Astoria, Oregon. THE BEST TS THE o:b:e3..:e:e2s,3? z Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY Is of Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed by all who ase it. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Rising Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Solo Agents for Astoria. order at Prices ! ! ,