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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."
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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.
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graphs are by far the best. 29 Washing
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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
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