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'tapf' npt rTl J JRt C3J Wxt gattjj gufltovtott. ASTORIA, OREGON: TUESDAY AUGUST la) IBM ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted) J. P. HALLORAN & COMPANY, ruBLisnKus Arn proprietors, AHTORIAXBUILDIAG. - - CASS STREET Terras of Subscription. fcorved by Carrier, per week 13cts. hent by Mail, per month cocts. " " one year .... .$7.00 Free or iostase to subscribers. -"Advertisements inserted by the j ear at the rate of $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising fifty cents per square, each Insertion. Notice To Advertisers. The Astorian guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest-circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river- Astoria and Vicinity. Regular council meeting to-night. The State sailed for Sau Francisco yes terday afternoon. TheA.B. Field goes to Tillamook at six o'clock this morning. The fall term of school in district No. One begins next Monday. The Gypsy sails for Shoalwater bay and Gray's harbor to-day. The Walla Walla is at work sluicing out Walker's island bar this week. The Wide West returns to Portland with passengers at one o'clock this after noon. The Wm. H. Slarbucl: is due to-morrow. She loads here, getting $20,000 lump charter to New York. The U. S. steamer Gen. H. G. Wright left yesterday for Yaquina, carrying sup plies for government work. The Clatsop excursionists got back in good shape yesterday afternoon. Each one bore a trophy and a souvenir of the occasion. The Oregon State Woman Suffrage As sociation has made arrangements for an address by Col. Ingersoll in Portland, September 2. Stockholders of the O. F. L. & B. asso ciation can get their dividends at the Occident, from A. J. Megler, secretary of the association. The Soseburg Plaindeuler comes to hand aesthetically printed on a yellow sheet. Its stock of paper was burned in the late disastrous fire, but it is on time and full of news. Holders of passes from the Columbia river to San Francisoo will have to pay for meals and berths, after this. Their grub bill will depend on their immunity from seasickness. The Masonic Land and Building Asso ciation is putting in a foundation oppo site the O. R. & N. dockj where some of these days, a fine building will arise for the use of the order. . Tickets for No. One's ball next Friday evening can be had from the members. The motive is an admirable one and ap peals to the liberality .of every one who appreciates an efficient fire department. The -4tameda finished yesterday. She has 4G.800 cases salmon aboard. The Belle of Oregon has about 30,000 cases aboard and will take 2,500 more. The Kirkwood has 25,000 cases on board and will load about 15,000 more. The Astoria boys are a whole-souled crowd with hearts as "big as all out doors," and they extend a more than rdial welcome to all firemen of Oregon to their city on the second Wednesday in June, 1885. They will treat them roy ally. Salem Statesman, 23. At half-past eight to-morrow morning the Clara Parker leaves Main street wharf on an excursion to Westport. given under the auspices of Astoria Lodge No. 40, L O. G. T. A good time is antici pated. Tickets for the round trip may be had of any of the members, or at the City book store. The Oregon State Agricultural Society offers a purse of $300 for Oregon raised stallions, dash of one mile on Monday, September 15, at 1 p. M.; $200 to first, $70 to second and $30 to third horse. Four to enter and two to start in this race. Entries close September 10. Entries to be made with J. L. Hallett. Dilley, Ore gon. The Skeena river fisheries and contigu ous points have packed as follows, in cases, according to the Victoria Times: Inverness, 13,000; Port Essington, 14,000; Balmoralj 7,500; Aberdeen, 11,000: British-American, 11,000; Rivers Inlet, about 12,000; Wannuck, 9,000; Victoria Packing Co., 2,200; Helgeson & Smiths. 700; Alert Bay, C,600; Naas River, 7,500; Metlakatla, 10,000: Windsor, 11.000; Inashela, 4,000; total, 122,500. Peter Wilhelm is very proud of three oil paintings from the brush of Captain Gus. M. Jessen, which decorate the walls of "The Boss." They arc pictures of the Columbia, the State of California and the Oregon, the first named passing out of the Columbia river gateway, the Ore gon coming in, and the State in the open ocean opposite Crescent City. The paint ings show that Captain Jessen is skilled in some matters outside of navigation. Oregonian. The Renner Manufacturing Co., of Pittsburg, write offering an alarm bell for our office door, in pay for an adver tisement. Every day is offered some time an ice cream freezer, a clothes wringer, a clock, a revolver, a bootjack, a churn, a safe, a writing machine, a fanning mill, and now comes this party with an offer of an alarm bell. What in the world any one wants with a burglar alarm on the door of a newspaper office is hard to imagine. A man should subscribe for a news paper just exactly for the same reason that he buys a dollar's worth of coffee, or transacts any other kind of business. When one buys sugar or coffee, in the first place it is because it is needed, and bought where the best article can be had for. the money, So you should subscribe for a local paper, because you need it, and it does not pay you to do without it. And when you subscribe you should get the one that is the best and the most valuable to you for your money. THE FIRE LAST NIGHT. At ten o'clock last nicht the room in the rear of Mrs. Zimmerman's grocery store, corner of Main and Squemoqua streets, was found to bo on fire. The alarm was sounded, and in a short time No. One's had a stream playing upon the roof, which had blazed up fiercely. No. Two's followed with a stream, and, though there was a little delay in getting to work, the fire was got under control without any great difficulty. There seemed to be a good deal of ordering around and considerable 'bossinc" ofcg on, mostly by those not author ized. The stock and building are badly dam aged by both fire and water. There is an iasurance in tbe South British National for f 1,000 and in the Home Mutual for a like amount. The cause of the delay in getting the second stream on was the inability of the engine. It took the hardest kind of work to make steam in the old coffee pot and when steam was finally got up it was a hard job to get it to pump. The outfit is only a makeshift, and it will be a relief when, the Silsby now on the Main street wharf is in good order once more. As soon as possible a stream was got on from Capt. Flavel's force pump which nroved a valuable auxiliary. The last fire on that corner arose from a defect ive flue. The one last night seemed to haye a different reason for its origin. For Dinner Parties to order, at short - BOilce, go to jranK j?aores. STATE AXD TERRITORIAL SEWS. Servant girls are plenty in Portland. The Coos Bay Indians are dying out. A Kindergarten has been established m Portland. A fifty thousand fire devastated Spo kane Falls last Saturday. It is thought that the Holladay case will soon be compromised. The Ashland flouring mills have been sold to California parties for $15,000. Tllft O. P. ft. I Po ia nriTMTifT i J fr.v team, wagon and driver at Corvdllis. Messrs. Hodson and Yoran are going to start a Republican paper at Eugene. The Hillsboro Independent tells of oats seven feet high, and 14t grains to the head. A corps of surveyors, numbering 'JD, are at work for the Oregon Pacific rail road in the Minto Pass. Up at Cceur d'AIene, last Tuasdav, Mol lie Berdan stole $185 in greenbacks and tried to swallow it to avoid arrest. Union and Umatilla counties are re ported financially embarrassed. The in debtedness of the former is S5R.O0O and of the latter $50,000. The Yamhill Reporter says : From every point comes the satisfying news that crops are making more than the most sanguine expected 30, :$.", 40, 43, even 50 bushels to tbe acre being com mun. The dead are being removed from the Seattle cemeter3 to mako room for a pub lic park. While removing tho remains of Mary Ann Conklin they were found to be m a state of petrifaction. All parts of the body were in perfect form. Lieutenant Geo. W. Goethals, chief en gineer officer of the department of tho Columbia, has been relieved from dutj', to take effect upon tho completion of the transfer of the public property for which he is accountable, to Lieutenant J. N. Al lison, designated to receive the same. Tke Northern Pacific Railway company have men at work fencing in their Iva lama branch. Farmers along the route have complained of the unprotected con dition of their cattle and as the lino run through an almost endless dairy farm, the company concluded to build "fences. There is a man connected with a bank in Portland that is so thoroughly Eng lish that he sends his wifo over to Victo ria so that his children can be born un der the British flag. "The blarsted bloody Hamerican flag is too beggardly common, you know, for us haristocrats, you know." Albany Herald. The Seattle Pott-Intelligencer records a case where a settler is charged $8 per acre for land forty miles away from the Northern Pacific line, and the company reserves mineral and right of way. Ev. dently the directors have gotten over the scare that led to professions of liberality while the forfeiture bills were pending. A plum tree in this region, says the Walla Walla Watchman, is reparted to have netted its owner $20. It costs $3 per acre to put in wheat; $3.50 to harvest and thresh it, and about $1.50 to sack and get it to the depot. Where the aver age is twenty bushels per acre and the price 45 cents, it will be seen that the tanner is hoarding up about $1 for every acre he cultivates. The ship Southern Chief, which went ashore in Royal Roads last year, is now beached near the wharf at Esquimalt. She is being placed in seagoing condi tion. Last Tuesday riggers were placing topmasts and spars in position. Steam pumps are constantly going as she is in the wfter at high tides. A short time will be required to loplace the copper and stop leaks. The Southern Chief was built at Bath in 18G7, and is good for sev eral years' service yet. The following figures show the number of immigrants that have come into Ore gon and Washington territory during the past five months via the Northern Pacific railroad. These figures are oopied from the records of tho Northern Pacific Im migration Bureau: March, 2,415; April, 2,408; May, 1,741: June, J7G; July, 7,850. These figures do not include all immi grants leaving St. Paul coming wesward, but only includes those ticketed for poins west of Spokane Falls. Besides these there were hundreds that came by steamer from San Francisco. CORPORATIONS VS. FRATERNITIES. An eastern correspDndent, eminent in fraternal matters, suggests the possibility that the action of tho former Supreme Treasurer of the Iv. of H. in Kentucky, endeavoring to embarrass said fraternity, was but the outcropping of a deliberate intention and desire upon the fart of some corporations which have persistent ly warred against co-operative fraternity, to endeavor to wreck this order by shak ing the confidence of its membership in delaying payments of death benefits due, etc., and indirectly affect similar orders. Said correspondent may or may not be correct in his idea, but there is one thing Eositive, that oven should tho Supreme odge, K. of H., never recover a jenny of the amount held by tho lateofficial, it would not retard for a moment tho prog ress of the institution. Some also have feared that if, by any means, any one of these co-operative or ders should cease to do business, the en tire field of similar societies would be en gulfed in chaos and ruin. And for some reason, not yet apparent, some insurance corporations have the idea that if these societies were not in existence, they, the said corporations, would do a larger business, or, in other words, get tho assurance now carried by the fraternities. Not a single one of these positions is warranted by either past experience or present outlook. Banks, insurance companies, mercan tile firms, and business enterprises of all kinds have failed, and will yet fail, but said failures have neither annihilated nor swept out of existence all the rest, but, on the contrary, the honest and true live and flourish. Thus far none of the legitimate fra ternal societies have ever failed or stop ped business, but if such a result should take place, and one or more of them go out of existence today, they would owe no man a dollar, nor would cessation of business retard or interfere with those which continued. It must not bo for gotten that these cooperative associa tions strike a clean balance every month, and collect nothing beyond what each actually owed for the benefit that has already been bestowed. It may be true that a member has regularly paid his as sessments forlG years, or 192 months, but on the 193d month, if the associa tion closes "business, it owes him nothing; any more than the fire insurance com pany would owe the man who had insur ed his house for sixteen years, and it had. not been burnt up. The reports of the leading insurance companies evidence that their business has steadily increased for the last fifteen years, and that their policies, assets, etcv are far in advance of any former period. Thousands have been educated in these cooperative societies to the val ue of life insurance, and many now hold enuowment and other policies m regular companies, that are the result of this ed ucation. There should be no antagonism either between societies or between corpora tions and fraternities. Each and all nave a wide held to work m, and their labor cannot fail to be of value to the public weal, for just in the proportion as men provide for the pecuniary future of their families justo far is pauperism, poverty and its attendant train drive n from the community and home. Call. Missing. From O'Brien's Hotel, a meerschaum pipe. Ten dollars will be paid for the return of the pipe or information lead ing to its recovery. Fresh Kastera and Shttalwater Bay 03sterM Constantly on hand, cooked to any stylo at Frank Fabre's. OF THE Tin Years Duellers in the ley North. Portsmouth ( N. H.) For the purpose of obtaining some idea of the general na ture and probable value of the scientific observations made by Lieutenant Greoly, an associated press agent visited him on Saturday. After stating tho object of tho expedition and briefly describing tho northward trip, Lieutenant Greely stated that their house at Lady Franklin bay was finished about a week after the Proteus left them, on August 2fi. 1881 It was named in honor of Senator Con ger, "Fort Conger." In December the temperature sank from 50to 63 degrees below zero and so remained for days at a time, but even in that weather the cook's favorite amusement was dancing bareheaded, barearmed and with slir pared feet and on top of a snowdrift. Daring the day the men dressed in their ordinary outside clothing, but their flan nels were very heavy. Five men were generally for a part of the day engaged in scientific work under Greely's direc tion and in the duties of the camp. The remainder were generally busy about one hour of the day and devoted the rest of the time to nmusomen-. All slept in bunks. Their quarters were heated by largo coal stoves, the av'orage heat main tained being 50 degrees above zero. Checkers, cards and chess were the amusements of the evening. Their life, Greely said, was far from a lonely one. Many of the men said they had never passed two happier years than they spent at Fort Conger. A LONG NIGHT. On tho 151 h of October the sun left them for 135 days, and twilight varying from half an hour to twenty-four hours succeeded. For two months it was so dim that the dial of a watch could not be read by it. On April 11th the sun came above the horizon and remained there for 135 days. During threo months stars were visible constantly. The moon would remain in sight from eleven to twelve days nt a time. The thermome ter registered on June 13th the highest temperature experienced at Lady Frank lin bay. It was 52 degrees nbove zero. In this February the mercury froze and remained solid for fifteen days. Tho mercury in the thermometer invariably rose during storms or high winds. The highest barometer was slightly above 31 inches and the lowest slightly below 29 inches. The greatest variations wer in the winter. The electrometer, an instru ment used to ascertain the presence of electricity, was set up but not tho slight est result obtained. THE AURORA. liOBEALlS. The displays of the aurora were very good, but not to bo compared with those seen at Disco island or Upernavik. As far as Greely could observe, uo crackling sound accompanied the displays end their general shape was that of a ribbon. The southwesterly horizon was the quarter in which the brightest displays were seen. Nares reported in 187(J that no shadow was cast by the aurora, but Greely says he distinctly observed his shadow cast by it. There were no electrical disturbances save those manifested by the rumbling of distant thunder hoard twice far away to the north. In the course of the tidal ob servations made the very interesting fact was discovered that the tides at Lady Franklin bay came from the north, while those nt Melville bay and Cape Sabine came from the south. The temperature of this north tide is two degrees warmer than that of the south tide at Capa Sa bine. Why this was so Greely would not venture to state. He used in measuring the ebb and flow of the tides a fixed gpuge, consisting of an iron rod planted in the mud. The average rise of the spring tides at Lady Franklin bay was found to be eight feet. At Cape Sabine the highest tides rose twelve feet. Surf was only observed twice during the two years' stay at Lady Franklin b3y. Tho average temperature of the water was 29 degrees above zero. Wolves, weighing ninety pounds, were killed around Fort Conger. There are foxes and other ani mals there. Fish are wonderfully scarce. Perhnps the greatest surprise of the ex pedition was the taking from Lake Alex ander, a fresh water lake, fifteen feet above the sea level, of a four-pound salm on. From the bay or sea one or two vory small fish were taken during the entire two years and few are found north of Cape Sabine. The vegetation about Lady Franklin bay is about the same as at Cape Sabiue and comprises mosses, lichens, willow and saxifrage. Tho high est velocity of the wind was registered during a terrific snowstorm at seventy miles nn hour. the moiiKsr ronrr north. Lockwood's trip to the north in 1832 and 1883 was productive of the most valuable results. Standing on the 19th day of May near where Dr. Hayes had formerly stood, at about tho same time of day, Lockwood, from an elevation of 2,000 feet, using his strongest glass on Hall's basin and Robeson's channel, could discern nothing but ice-packs. There it was that Dr. Hayes claimed to have seen his open polar sea. On his trip of 1882 Lockwood reached the high est latitude ever attained, 83 deg. 25 min. north. This was about 500 miles direct ly north of Lady Franklin bav, but to get there he traveled over 1000 miles over open water and broken packs, fre quently causing him to retrace his steps fifty miles. Lockwood sounded the sea both years between Capo Bryant and Cape Brittania, but could not touch bot tom with 135 fathoms of line. Mark ham, a few years before, about 100 miles west, got bottom at saventy-two fathoms. Lockwood found at his farthes north about the same vegetation as at Lady Franklin bay, but no signs of a polar cur rent or an open polar sea. In 1883 he was stopped near Cape Bryant, 125 miles from Lady Franklin baj-, by an open channel extending west to the coast of Grinnell land. The width of this channel varied from 200 yards to five miles, bat on the north tho ice-packs extended as faros could be seen with a glass. With h'"s supply of provisions, the failure of which had caused his return tho year before, Lockwood was confident he could havo reached 85 deg. north if this open chan nel had not barred his way. No fossil remains was discovered on the trip, and the only ones found were the trunks of trees on the southwest coast of Grinnell land. The only sea animals seen by Lockwood at 83 deg. 25 min. were walrus and seals, and strange to say, the walrus are not to be found at Lady Franklin bay. At 83 deg. 25 min. the deflection of the magnetic needle waB 104 deg. west more than a quarter of a circle. As far as Lockwood went north the eastern end of Greenland coast continued. The maps of the new regions he discovered are in possession of Greely and ore very carefully made. Although the party was iwo yeura at xiauyj ramuin oay tne mag netic needle was never quiet except dur ing storms. THE RETREAT. In February, 1883, preparations for tho retreat was made by establishing a depot at Cape Baird, twelve miles to the south. Day after day the anxious men looked off over Lady Franklin bay, expecting the ice to open so they might commence the journey. At last, on August 19, the wel come news that the ice was open was brought. All had been made ready and that very day the party embarked in their little steam-launch; behind them they left their dogs, as they could not be taken. Four barrels of pork and some sealskin were left for the animals. Ladv Franklin bay was crossed to Cape Baird, a distance ui Luirurcu mnes, anu men mo western coast of Grinnell land was followed south as far as Cape Hawkes. Several times all the boats were nearly lost. The suf fering of the men were creat. Thev -wem now within fifty miles of Cape Sabine. Striking from Cape Hawkes for Bates' island, the party waB caught in the ice pack and frozen in ten miles south, on the floes, suffering horribly from cold, so AN INTEHEST1N ACCOUNT fiREELY PARTY. that they drifted to within eleven miles of Cape Sabine and were obliged to aban don the steam launch on September 10. The pack now remained motionless for three days, and several times tho party got within two or three mues of uape aabine, only to be drifted back by south west gales. Five seals were killed and eaten while the party were drifting about. Eventually a heavy northwest cale drove them by Cape Sabine, within a mile of Urevoort island, but they could not land. On September 22 there arose the most terrific gale they had yet seen on the Arc tic ocean. Their ice floe was drifted hither and thither by the tempest, and the waves wasnea over them ugain and again, tho spray freezing to tnom and causing them intense suffering. Tho storm slowly subsided and they gained land nt Esquimaux point, near Baird's in let, on September 29. A GLOOMT OUTLOOK. Here winter quarters were built and scouts were sent to Cape Isabella and Cape Sabine. In a few day3 they re turned. At Cape Sabine and Cape Isa bella wero found only 1800 rations, and from Garlington's records they learned the fate of the Proteus. Everyone knew that death must come to nearly all of the party long before a ship of rescue could force its way into Melville bay. Efforts were made to sustain the spirits of the men by lectures and light read ings. On October 15th the party remov ed to Cape Sabine. On January 18th Cross died of scurvy. In April the ra tions issued daily had dwindled to four ounces of meat and six ounces of bread. Man after man died, and all hope had fled when, on the last day, the blast of a whistle roused tho survivors from the lethargy of approaching death. Lieutenant Greely, when asked as to his ideas upon the probable results of Arctic exploration, said: "I do not think tho North Pole can be reached unless every circumstance hitherto found to be unfavorable should prove favorable. If it is to be done at all it will be done by way of Franz Josef land. -It could never bo reached by the Jeanelte route, That there is an open polar sea I am well nigh cortain. This is proved by the ice drift ing out of Mussel bay and Spitzbergen in midwinter and the northern drift of the polar pack, as was proved by ex periment by Pavey and Lockwood in lat titude 82 deg. 8 min. north. Men can stand two winters very well at Lady Franklin bay, but their physical strength rapidly deteriorates. If we had had every supply necessary of food we could per haps have lived for ten years at Lady Franklin bay." A 8275,000 Work. More than 2,500 scholars in America and Europe wre engaged in writing for Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia, and over three years were they compiling this valuable work. A systematic course has been pursued in it3 construction throughout, the aim having been to cover the entire field of literature, art and science by the most eminent men both in this country and Europe. It will be found to answer more ques tions in biography, history, geography, chemistry, medicine, law, mechanics, manufacturing, theology and science than any other similar work. Contains more and better information than can be found in an ordinary library of 1,000 volumes, and as handy n book of refer ence as Webster's Dictionary, and holds the same relation to facts of history, science, literature and miscellaneous sub- i'ects which that work holds to words. Jvery family should have a set. It is au thority in every department of learning. Mr. C. Libby can supply you if you will just drop hun a card, as he will not be able to see every one who would like it, his time being limited on the canvass in Astoria. Sold by subscription only. Foreign Salmon Shipment for '84. AUGUST. 25. Alameda. J. G. Mcgler, 5.000; Astoria Packing Co., 1,500; Cutting Packing Co.. 2,000; .). W. & V. Cook, 2.000:.I. O. Ifaiitliorn & Co., 8,250; Ocean Canning Co., 5,000; Hapgood&Co.2,000; F. M. Warren, :;.0(K); V. T. Coleman & Co, ir-ot); .Jas. Williams, 1J500: Fisher man's, 1,500; Union. 2,000; Columbia Canning Co., 3,500; Win. Hume, 0,050; Pi liar Rock, 2,000. Total, 40,800. The Alcohol QueUIon. Why do the doctors ever prescribe alcoholic stimulants? They say there is strength in them. This is all a mistake. Such things may bolster patients up for a little while, but leave them worse when the tempor ary stimulus subsides. If people keep on taking alcoholic stimulants, it means drunkenness and ruin. Re member that Brown's Iron Bitters is not an alcoholic drink. It is the on ly reliable preparation of iron over made. It builds up the system, en riches the blood and invigorates the stomach. OUR MOTTO. 'Get the best." Abell & Sou's photo graphs are by far the best. 29 Washing ton St. Take the elevator, Just What You Want. Brilliant; reliable; amusing: cheap. The mantel Orchestrene: a superb in strument Plays 100 tunes in a style unsurpassed by the finest orchestra. You are invited to call and see it at the New York Novelty Store, sole agency for Oregon and Washington. Stop That Cough By going to J.E. Thomas's and getting a bottle of Leroy'.s Cough Balsam. It vm.i. ctmik you. Itnot. Dixon's new eating house is now open. Everything has been fit ted up lu fiit-class style, and his well known reputation as a caterer assures all who like good things to eat, that at his place they can bo accommodated. Don't pay 50 cents elsewhere when you can get the beet dinner in town at JEFF'S for 25 cents. Buy your Lime of Gray at Portland prices. Will you suffer witli Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint ? Shiloh's V italizer is guaranteed to cure you. Sold by W. E. Dement The latest patterns and styles of Ginghams and Calicoes, at the Empire Store. Why will you cough when Shiloh's Hurt will rlvi imniPiliatA rHnf Tripf lOctsCOctsandSl. Sold by W.E. De ment. For a nice, jucy steak cooked on the oroiicr, go to l'rank aorc Just received a new lot of Parasols, at the Empire 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 r. m. All 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 OcMden hctel, Astoria. Nicely furnished room to let, to one or two single gentlemen. Best location in town. Enquire at this oflice. Foi Dyspepsia andLiver Complaint, you have a printed rnarantee on every Dottle of Shiloh's vitalizer. It never fails to cure. Sold by W. E. Dement. That Hacking Cough can be so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it Sold by W.E. Dement. A. 0. r. W. Deth AMesswenti. There were three death assessments in the Ancient Order of United Workmen for August, and all three had to be paid by members. Inquiries have been made why two of tho assessments wero not paid out of the surplus as shown by the annual report. It happened in this way. The late Isaac B. Moores, grand receiver of the order, was also custodian of the funds of other grand lodges, and depos ited tbe money in tbe bank in his own name. His death came just before assessments Nos. 1, 2 and 3 wero made. The money belonging to tho order could not be available until Col. Moores' estate passed into the hands of the adminis trator. The various sums held in trust by Col. Moores have been separated and will be handed over to the several orders before the first of September. Since the beginning of the fiscal year there have been nine deaths, and notices for the last six will soon be made. Four of the3e six will be paid out of the sur plus, thus making five assessments pay nine benefits. The Onljr Thin. The Nashua, New Hampshire, Tel etjraph, says: Ex-Alderman John Cross, found that in his very painful rheumatic difficulty, the only remedy which did him any good, was St Ja cobs Oil, the magical pain-reliever. rand Kn HI . A fine piano worth S500 to he raffled for at P. Blankholm's. One hundred and twenty-five chances at S3 a chance, a prize for someone. Three dollars may wm you a piano equal in stvle and tune to any in the state. For a Xcat Fitting Bout Jr Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che namits .street, next door to I. . Case. All goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. MEFF" At enormous expense has secured the services of Puofessou Er.r.ts, one of the best white cooks in tho state; and Jeff proposes to excel any of his former efforts in the culinary art. Italian dish es a specialty. Syrup of Figs. Nature's own true Laxative. Pleas ant to the palate, acceptable to the Stom ach, harmless iu its nature, painless in its action. Cures habitual Constipation, Biliousness, Indigestion and kindred ills. Cleanses the system, purifies the blood, regulates the Liver and acts on the Bowels. Breaks nn Colds, Chills and Fever, etc. Strengthens the organs on which it acts. Better than bitter, nauseous Liver medicines, pills, salts and draughts. Sample Dottles free, and large bottles for safe by W. E. Dement & Co., Astoria. Shiloh's Cough ana Consumption Cure is sold by us on guarantee. It cures consumption. Sold by W. E. De ment. Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingles. A full M guaranteed In each bunch. Tho very best Ice Cream on this coast, at Frank Fabre's, on Cass street, two doors back of Bank. THE WAY Goods are Slaughtered AT THE XOW IX PROOUESS AT PILGERS Suit and Cloak House. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SUITS, CLOAKS, WRAPS, ULSTERS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, ACTUALLY AT Tour On Prices ! Garments Made to Order AND Goods Sold by the Yard. 3 Remember this will only last a few days. FIRST DOOR Below Rescue Engine House. ASTORIA, OREGON. LEO. I. STOCK, - Makaoeh. Of either ser admitted to the PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE On any week-day of tho vear. The College Journal, containing in formation of the course of study, rates of tuition, board, examination, etc, and cuts of plain and ornamental penman ship, free. Address, A. P. ARMSTRONG, Lock Box l W. ; Portland, O r. asrlnicrUtng, please mention thit paper. SometnmffStartlmff! teal Clearance Sale ? " ; X) C. H. COOPER! THE Leading Dry Goods of srasfcx.au. Silks ! S ks 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 tje genuine article would do well to give us a call. Bonnet's famous Black Silks in nil nnmhArB "R.inri Brocaded Silks, Rhadame3, uiaiu hu&o. juatcsu ouauca, Designs. Evening Silks, in Silks in checks and stripes. 11 Pythian Building, Illl I Mil I II II ASTORIA Best BREAD in the City. Best CANDIES. Best CAKES and PASTRY. Best ICE CREA3L Finest Ornamental Work to Order. ED. JACKSON. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, At Capt. Rogers old stand, conior of Cas and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work, HorscshoeiiiK. Wagons mada and repaired. Good work guaranteed. """ ir. d. xEwnunv. T. STKVEXS. if Mry k Stew CITY BOOK STOKE, Havis just received a mammoth stock or Books. The young and old, rich and poor can all be accommodated. AGENTS FOR THE Kranluh dfc llach and SFnmlHi'elilt & IWotni PianOM and "Western Cottage Organs. Orders for all kinds of Music or Instru ments will be promptly filled. w&Awmi U. A. iiG Has opened the Largest and Most Complete Stock of Soft and Stiff Hats in all the Latest Shades and Stan-. dard Styles of the Finest Goo ANEW LINE Ob' Gents' Furnishing Goods, Fine Underwear, Hosiery, Neck Wear, Etc., Etc. Clothing at Reduced Prices To Make room for Fall Stock which will arrive from the East in a Few Weeks. D. JL. The Leadiug Clothier, Hattci and Gents' Eurnisher. and Clothing House Silks ! Moires and Cet .Colored G-roa jzaiivy xiuuitucu OiliiH, new all the latest tints. Summer - Astoria, Oregon. ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE, AVO. DANIELSOX, Proprietor. Kclmiltnntl Itcfittetl Throughout. The Rest of WIXRH.IilQJIOIlS, AND CIGARS. For a Good Cigar, call for one of "Danielson's Best." Corner West 9th and Water Streets, Astoria. n9-6m J. E. D. GRAY. Wholesale and retail dealer iu. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats. Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storage and AVharfage on reason able term. Foot of Kenton street, Astoria, Oregon. THE BEST IS TI1E Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON PRILLING COMPANY T5 of Sunrrior Onalltv. anil ? Endorsed 1 by all who use It. JTHEHOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior KLsing Quality. t Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. 'WYATT & TH03IPS0N Sole Agents for Astoria. tiiL"Fai Best Jlairalacturers, McITOSK, hES " -.,