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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1884)
rzn Itc gaity gjwftm. ASTORIA, OREGON: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 18S1 Henry YiiiIabd -will make his home in Germany. The New York Herald ha3 the whole business figured up. It shows that Cleveland will get 277 electoral votes, and Blaine gets 124. That settles it. David Gossard, of Clear Spring, Md., has just named his twenty-fifth child Cleveland, and. he is sorry that it isn't twins, so that he could name it Hendricks also. The Standard thinks that Oregon has been "honestly Democratic" ever since it gave 164 majority for Seymour in 1868, and that the commonwealth will give a majority for Cleveland next November. Gesebaii Butler's return to the assessors of Lowell shows that his income from his profession is $100, 000. His horses and yacht America are valued at 30,000, and his real es tate in Lowell at $60,500. APhiladelhhia. inventor has com pleted a locomotive which he claims will be able to haul a train at the rate of eighty miles an hour. Such a speed appears to bo impossible, but not more so than the present average speed would have seemed fifty years ago. In the matter of speed nothing is'now impossible. Fifty years hence steamers may cross the ocean in three days, and trains go flying along the tracks at a rate of eighty or even a hundred miles an hour. It is just as well, maybe, that we live in the pres ent age, and not later. The speed might be too much for us. Things are rapid enough now. Tiie Northern Pacific has received a proposition from an English firm to place a line of steamers on a line from this point to the ports in China and Japan. They want a subsidy from the Northern Pacific of 2,000,000 acres of land. The Northern Pacific people say they will not subsidize any line, as they cannot afford it, but will have a line of their own in a short time. The Canadian Pacific will, it is said by one of its officers, establish such a lino from a point near tne btraits or uca. Uregonian Sj)ecial from Tacoma. When the Northern Pacific com pany does establish a line of steam ers between Japan and China and this coast, Astoria will probably be the American terminus of the line. It is popularly supposed that the way of the transgressor is hard, but recent events have proved the fallacy of that belief. A poor man who stole a ham in New York city the other day was sentenced to four years in the state prison. A clerk who embezzled hirv-fir nanfc f -:- . was sentenced to pay ten dollars and costs. The way of these transgressors was certainly hard, but during the past few months Wall street has fur nished several striking illustrations of the opposite side. The defaulting bank clerks who steal hundreds of dollars do not seem to be included in the category of transgressors. They arc considered great financiers. When a poor man steps aside from the path of rectitude his way is indeed hard, but when the bank cashier uses other people's money his way is Canada. His easy escape from the clutches of the law puts a premium on wholesale robbery. An eastern paper, commenting on the low .prices of cereals, extracts comfort from the following statement: "A dollar will buy to 2 to 3 pounds more of sugar than a year ago; leather has declined 3 to 5 cents, or 10 to 15 per cent; pig iron has declined about 15 per cent; steel rails 36 per cent; bar iron 15 per cent; nails 24 per cent; cotton goods 4 to 10 per cent; though raw cotton is higher than a year ago; common woolen fabrics are 10 to 30 per cent lower, etc. The only articles of great commercial import ance which sell at relatively higher prices are certain agricultural pro ductions, such as corn, live stock and meat. It, therefore, results that a bushel of wheat should have at pres ent valuations about 9s great a pur chasing power as a year ago, though the price is much lower. It should purchase more sugar, iron, hardware and many other articles than a year ago, but-of some other articles, such as coffee and cotton goods, it will pur chase less." The opinion of the southern con gressmen that Mr. Blaine's sons would be justified in "going gunning" for the editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel, because the latter had li belled their mother, is based on southern notions. Were the matter to be elucidated or settled by phys ical combat that might be a good way; but a duel rehabilitates a rascal of tener than it avenges a wrong. The scandalous story would remain. There is often the greatest excuse for the publication of a libel in a newspaper: there is no excuse for persisting in it when the contrary is shown. The Sentinel calls the prompt anger of the father and hus band "bluster." What it took to be a Democratic camgaign commonplace it finds has brought it a libel suit. The Sentinel persists in the slander which its more wily but less plucky brothers of the eastern press only hinted at in a pharfasical way. The sympathy of the manhood and wom anhood of the United States, ignor- n?1 ?& lines.U be on the side or Mr. Blame. The Welcome thinks that farmers who contemplate borrowing money at ten or twelve per cent so they can hold their wheat for a rise had bet ter make -out a deed in fee simple, seek the residence of the money lend er, slip the deed under his door and quietly depart. Such a course would save a great deal of worry and an noyance and be a short cut to the in evitable result, that will be reached in the long run. Netwithstanding: all the fun that has been poked at the prohibition party on account of its aqueous pro clivities, Nature is doing her best to boom the cause of temperance. Be cently, in a certain portion of Mexico, where there has been a continual drouth for ten years, and where a month ago not even a mosquito could find sufficient moisture to quench its thirst, five large springs of living water have suddenly burst forth. Let the followers of St John be of good cheer, and continue their cam paign against -the demijohn. Had these springs been of an alcoholic nature the cause of temperance might have received a blow which would have staggered it. Perhaps those springs were intended as a hint to the other political parties to put more water in their whisky this fall. NEW TO-DAY. Notice. A LL BILLS AGATNST WM. HUME H. must be presented at the office at once. J. J. BAKCLAY. Manager. August 2Gth, 1884. For Tillamook. THE STEAMER Will sail from Main street Wharf for TILLAMOOK, at C a. m., on Thursday, Aug. 28, 1884. For Freight or Passage apply to C Leinen weber, or J. G. Hustler, at the Wharf. Dividend Notice. STOCKHOLDERS OF THE O. F. I & B. Association can have their dividends paid to them by calling at the office of the undersigned, at the Occident Hotel. A. J. MEGLER. Secretary. Astoria, August 25, 1881. Rooms to Let. IJUTRNISIIED ROOMS, SINGLE AND . double, corner Cass and Jefferson (for merly occupied by Mrs. McClarnahan) : KARL KARI.SON. Temperance driuksfor sa'e: half gallon, ten cents. Sailors Wanted. THE AMERICAN SHIP ALAMEDA NOW on berth at this port reaulres twehe or fourteen men, without advance, at $30 per month from Astoria to Liverpool direct Any one wishing to ship can apply to Capt. Nick els on board the vessel. NOTICE. THE O. O. "OOOO DAY" POO Tons register, new, fast sailing ClaHsert A 1. Is now loading in SAN FRANCISCO for PORTLAND, And w ill sail on. or about August o from San Francisco, ami about August 30 from Portland, touching at Coos ltay. Favorable rates of freight and passage will be obtained fiom the owner. THE COAsT AND RIVER STEAMSHIP CO., San Francisco, or the agents. WATSON, WRIGHT & CO., 10, North Front street, Portland. CB-Accommodations for 30 passengers. A. W. BERRY, Agent at Astoria. Stockholders' Meeting. rilHERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE JL Stockholders of the Jensen Can Filling Machine Company at the office, at the As toria Iron Works, at half-past se en o'clock, on September 19lh. 18S4. By order of the President, M. JENSEN. Notice. IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ANNU al meeting of Stockholders of the I. X. L Packing Co., will be held at the Company's Office. ITnnpr A stftrl.n nn Srtnntov mimict 30, at 1 o'clock p. ii., for the purpose of elect- niBduuiuu m uircciurs ior me ensuing term. By Order of J. OSTROM. S. ERICKSON, President. Secretary. SCHOOL TAXES. THE TAXPAYERS OF SCHOOL Dis trict No. 1. Clatsop County, Oregon, are notified that the school tax of said district for the year 1881, is now due and payable at the office of the undersigned in Astoria, Or egon, and that the same will be deemed de linquent unless paid within Co davs from the date of tills notice. J.O. BOZORTH, , , . District Clerk. Astoria, August 11th, 1681. Good Building Lots ALDERBROOK, For Sale at Low Rates. Apply to L.Y3IAN C. K1XXEY, At office of Clatsop Mill Company, on the Roadway. For Sale. N OLD AND WELL ESTABLISHED Jlk. business In one of the best locations in the city. Other business the owner's only reason for selling. This will bear investiga tion and Is a good chance, b The premises will be sold or rented as buv er may prefer. ' Apply at The Astoriax offlc e. Dissolution of Partnership. THE FIRM OF STONE & DAVIDSON IS this day dissolved by mutual consent. C. W. Stone will conduct the business in fu ture, and collect all accounts and pay all debts ol the late firm. C. W.STONE. d-7t J. A DAVIDSON. Sol Gold Jewelry, BRACELETS, Scarf Pins, Chains, Watches, SILVERWARE, Of every description. The finest stock of Jewelry In Astoria. tWAU. goods warrantedasrepresented GUSTAV HANSEN,. JEWELER, GRAND EXGUR TO WESTPORT, Under the Auspices of Astoria Lodge No. 40. Independent Order of Good Templars, For Benefit of the Orphans' Home. On Wednesday Aug. 27, '84, THE POPULAR STEAMER -fcuQa CLARA PARKER, WILL LEAVE MAIN STREET WHARF AT 8:80 A.M.,and Lelnenweber's Cannery at 9 A. M. Refreshments will be served on the ground. The public are cordially Invited to attend. tfents Tickets, - - - SI OO Indies' ' 50 Cliildrcn'ti 25 Ticket for sale by members of the LoJge aud at Newbury & Stevens' Book Store. The Leading House. THE LARGEST STOCK. Tie Finest and Choicest Goods. AT Carl Ailer's Crystal Palace. llooks, Stationer-, Fancy ;odH, Toys, Baby Car ji aces. Solid Gold and Silver Jewelry Watches and Clocks, Pictures, Albums. And the largest and finest assortment of miscellaneous Roods north of San Francisco. Pianos and Musical Instruments. 53?A11 my goods are guaranteed to be as represented, and If not satisfactory you will find me here six months or a vear from now to inakp cverj thing right. A FIRST-CLASS watch-maker in attend auce. All work guaranteed. You are cordially Invited to call and in spect the handsome new goods just received. CARL ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE. LOEB & CO. JOBRKI13 IN WINES. LIQTJOKS, AND CIGARS. AGENTS FOB TIIE Best San Francisco Houses and Eastern Distilleries. Tumblers Decanters, and All KJnds of Saloon Supplies. t3$AH goods sold at San Francisco 1'rlces. MAIN STREET. Opposite Parker House. Astoria. Oresron. Wilson & Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOR Salem Flouring Mills, Portland Roller Mills, Capital Flour and FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA, OREGON. Fishermen's Headquarters. THE GENUINE GAPE ANN OILED CLOTHING, OVERALLS, COATS. IIATS. SHIRTS, GUM BOOTS, Etc. And a complete outfit, or Best Quality, and at the LOWEST PRICE of any Estab lishment In the city. P. A. STOKES & CO. Have opened a NewStock of Al goods In the store next door to Foard & Stokes, and GUARANTEE SATISFACTION To all Customer.'. W. E. DEMENT & CO. ASTORIA, - - - OREGON Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANGY ARTICLES. Prescriptions carefully Compounded Carnahan & Co. SUCCESSORS TO I. "W. OASE, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE r"orner Chenamus and Cass streets. ASTORIA - - - . OREGON Sailors Wanted. BARK BELLE OF OREGON FOR LIY etDOOl direct Mill hn rerwl v tn chin prow about 25th inst. Wages out of port-crew to be paid in full at Liverpool Apply to Captain on board. SIGN Carpets! Carpets! We beg to call the attention of the public to our latest importation, direct from Eastern manufacturers, of the LARGEST I3SVOICK OF" CARPETS Ever offered for sale in this city, comprWns all grades from the FINEST BODY BRUSSELS In the Newest Tints and Shades, To the lowest priced article in this line We are determined to dispone or our stock or Carpets within the next four weeks, and to that end olft r special inducements, precluding the possibility or Veins UnIer-.old by snj of on 'ompetiorn. IN THE - Furniture and House Furnishing Line We can show you the vet v 1 JEST GOODS at BOTTOM FIGURES, and shall be pleased to receive a call for inspection whether jou purchase or not. CHAS. HEILBORM. ' " New Establishmeri in! ffl fe&'ar Mf Igfesgsafiam h Carpets, Matting, Pictures, Mirrors, PICTURE FRAMES MOULDINGS, ETC., ETC. At Greatly Reduced Prices, And cordially invite a call from our friends aud the public generally. Wc intend to become a permanent fixture in this place and trust to receive a liberal share of patronage from the public. ASTORIA FURNITURE CO., Cor. Chenamus and Hamilton Sts. II. Dv BUISSOX, Manager. I I III IMHI HI I !! Mil Wheeler & Hipp, PRACTICAL Plnta Gas M Steai Fitters ALL WORK Warranted, and Estimates Given. FULL STOCK Irou ami I,cal Pipe, Batli Tulis, Water Closets, ami Gas Fixtures. Jobbing Promptly Attended to. A SPECIALTY is made of Tap ping Water Mains and Running Water Pipes, as We have Supe or facilities for doing this work. Corner Squemoqua and Hamilton Streets, Astoria, Oregon. THE I III LARGEST AND FINEST SASH AND DOOR FACTORY In Western Oregon. A Full Stock on Hand and Made Up to Order. BOATS BUILT AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Sashes, Doors, Windows, Mouldings, Etc., Of Best Material. Bids Purnished Contractors, Carpenters and Builders. All bills due and payable at the end of the month, unless otherwise agreed upon. Wm. HOWE, Proprietor. WEST SHORE LUMBER MILLS J. C. TItULLINGEIt, - - - Proprietor. 3IA2J UFACTUREIt OF AD DEALER IX All Kinds of Lumber, ON AND AFTER THIS DATE WILL sell Lumber andBoxes at following rate3: All Rough Lumber, (only to special agreement), ..$io oo No. lFlooringand Rustic, (only to spe cial agreement). ... $oq oq No. 2 Flooring and Rustic, (only to spe cial agreement) .. 515 00 Mouldings, 10 per cent, cheaper than any body. J Fish Boxes, uy. cents at mill, Shooks,l2 cents at mill. ' T. G. RAWLINGS, "Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Tropical, Domestic, Green and Dried PH.UITS. MJTS. CANDD2S, DRIED JD2ATS, ETC. Fine Cigars aad Tobacco. ' Next door to I. J. Arvold's, Sqnemoqna St. Howe Pi Carpets! " ' - ' . -.., . BxoEsn We take pleasure in announcing, that liav- nir purcnasea the stoeic of the late urm ot i. jj. uurtis jc Lo., and and having made many New ami Attractive Additions1 We now offer for sale the MOST COMPLETE LINE OF HOUSE Furnishing Goods, I II II HI - !' SoieingYonM TIIE CASPERSON ELECTRIC LAMP. Rnmins; "With an Unrivaled Brilliancy OF Sixiy Candle Power COSTS ONE-HALF A GENT AN HOUR The Finest and Cheapest L!;bt in Use. NO DI2TNESS, NO SMOKE, NO BREAKING CHIMNEYS. One Lamp Will Last a Lifetime. Wc guarantee all we say aud court In vestigation, Tills Lamp is fast .superseding all old stvle oil lamps and needs but a trlai to prove Its merits. FOR SALE IN ASTORIA, ONLY BY CARNAHAN & CO., AGENTS. TO CAfflERYMEN, FISHERMEN, AND OTHERS. Having Secured the Services -OF Martin Welch, We are now Prepared to Contract for ALL KINDS OF BOATS, In Small or Large Quantities, at Very Seasonable Bates, all of Our Work TO BE FIRSTCLASS, ALL KINDS OF BOAT STOCK AUD MA terial on hand and will be sold as low as the lowest. We have also on hand a very large stock of Sash Doors and Mouldiugs of our own manufacture, which we guaiantee not to be excelled on the Pacific Coast. Examine Our Stock, Work and Prices, and Remem ber the old I. X. L. Stand of C. H. BAIN & CO. WM. EDGAR, Dealer In Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes Meerschaum and Brier Pipes, GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY Revolvers and Cartridges. CORNER MAIN AND CHENAMUS STS. TUBE Tor The Finest Groceries. Tor The Freshest Vegetables, For The Most Complete Assortment, For Absolute Satisfaction, In Filling and Delivering All Orders, Call at FBAM L, PARKERS Family Grocery and Provision Store, Corner Benton and Chenamus Streets, Opposite Custom House Square. fillSKitttSSSSSSBSiiuTiTi TER apply to the Captain, or to EMPIRE STORE THE ONLY Exclusive Drv Goods House Oir Stock Is The Most Complete, Oir Prices At M Bottom And Our Anxiety To Sell Ts Unequaled! We Are Always al ihe Top of the Market And With Us You Will Find THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN OUR LINE As Fast As They Appear In Eastern Markets. WE INVITE INSPECTION OF OUR LATEST IMPORTATION -OF Ladies' and Infants White Goods, Skirts, Parasols, Silk Mitts, Gloves in Lisle, Silk and Cotton, Fans, etc., etc. PEAEL BEOS. Jolm A. Klositgomery, DEAI.KR ! Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A Cetera! Assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents for T CM- ...l l IMiUitSU OIU V 13J5 illlU XUlliS S Tue Best In the market. Piurablng Roods or all kinds oa liatirt. .lob work done In a workmanlike iiiAiuicr PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended to Promptly on "Reasonable Terms. ClicnnniuH Street, Sext to C Ii. Parker's Store. THE NEW MODEL iBe -5&J8S A FULI. STOCK M. OI.SKX. .1. OUSTAFSOX. A. JOHXSOX. MARTIN OLSEN & CO. " DEALERS IX FURNITURE 35 BEDDING Corner jlain and Nquciuoqna Streets. Astoria, Oregon. WINDOW SHADES AND TRIMMHGS; WALL PAPER, ETC. A Complete Stoclc. PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD. AJX KIXDS OF FURNITURE REPAIRED AUTD VARNISHED. ' ' " - ..! !. 1 -.- ttI M ' FOR Finest Groceries, -GO TO FOABD & STOKES. A.FULLUNEOF HARDWARE AND Ship Chandlery. A NEW SLIP Just Finished in Rear of Store. HEADQUARTERS FOR Toys, Fancy Goods, Stationery, CUTLERY, ETC. Fresh Fruit Received Daily. A Full Stock of Smokers Ar.icles. NEW GOODS CONSTANTLY ARRIVING. CHAS. A. MAY, Chenamus street, south side, one door from Cass. STILIOTBB iiUiU PARKER Eben P. Parhor,Master. I'r TOWING, FREIGHT orCHAR 11. It. PABSEB. jBu. .SriP? g SSS&SSSE '" 5SHsSH; RANGE CAN BE HAD TN AS TORIA ONLY OF B. S. KAWBB, AGEKT CALL AND EXAMINE IT, .r WILL BE PLEASED. E. R. IIAWES Is also agent for the Ml patent Mm Stove And other first-class Bi37es. Furnace. Work. Steam Fit tings, etc.. a specialty. ALWAYS ON HAND. THE LATEST STYLES WALL 'PAPER AT B. B. FRANKLIN'S, NEXT DOOR TO ASTORIAN OFFICE. A very large Stock from which to select. "Window curtains made to order. My patent Trimmer to cut Wall Paper will he found convenient to my patrons. Hardware and Sbtp CMlery A. VAN DUSEN & CO., DEAIEBSIK Hardware and Ship Chandlery Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wronght Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails, Agricultural Implements, Sewing' MacIrLaes, Paints and Oils, Groceries, etc, mSsm riS22 j J-i- JlJ&J