C33 fo ftottj gtorim ASTORIA, OREGON: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 1884 ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted) J. F. HALLORAN & COMPANY, PUBLISIIKHS AND rKOI'IUKTORS, ASTOBIAX BUILDING. - - CASS STREET Termi of Subscription. Served by Carrier, per week Rent by Mall, per month one year . locts. GOcts. -ST.00 ui lu3iisu m suuscriuers. "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 Astobian guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. The Columbia sailed yesterday. Business meeting of the Y. 1L C. A. at 7 o'clock this evening. The Belle of Oregon is in the stream. She hasn't got her crew vet. Reserved seats for Monday's perform ance at the New York Novelty Store. The Apostolic Lutheran congregation are putting up a fine large church on Cass street. At Victoria the Harvest Home is load ing salmon for Liverpool, and the F. P. Litchfield for London. The Dora Bluhm began loading yes terday. She will take 550 II. The Nave sink will finish tomorrow. A year ago to-day there was consider able excitement over the beaching of the Queen of the Pacific on Clatsop spit. The "Weekly Astouiav, in stamped wrappers, ready for mailing, published this morning; full of news and home hap penings; price ten cents. During Angust there were shipped from the Columbia river 109,8.14 cases salmon. Of this amount 4,0'JU cases were from British Columbia iu transit to Canadian points. Ben Butler went to sloop on a bench in the New Haven depot during his recent stumping tour, and was taken for a tramp by an oiheer, who told him to move on. What an advertisement! The Blaine and Logan club will here after have its quarters in J. "W. Hume's building, in the room formerly occupied by Stone & Davidson. The next meeting will be held on the evening of Tuesday, the 9th inst. A sunken scow loaded with bark was towed to Gray's dock by the Coyote yes terday. The scow struck m coming around from Young's river and had fifteen tons of bark, aboard which, if dry, would be worth 7 a ton. The Oregonian is assessed at 12,000, being the only newspaper in the north west that is assessed for more than $8,000. The value of newspaper property is not wholly determined by the amount of plant on hand. Yesterday was a day of sunshine and showers, about equally divided. Weather sharps prophesy a dry fall. One prom inent physician took a tumble on Main street yesterday aftornon that was any thing but a dry fall. Portland is receiving alleged Chinook salmon from the Nestucca. The Ore gonian says that they are landed at Ore town, hauled thirty miles to Sheridan, in Yamhill county, and then shipped by rail to Portland. It also adds that they "arrive in fine condition." The Chinese evidently have no fear of cholera. A crowd of them yesterday pounced on two boxes of melons, decay ing apples and putrid peaches, that were flung out back of a grocery store, and in two minutes the whole mess had disap peared down their throats. They and the gulls make splendid scavengers. There 'will be a novel and pleasing en tertainment at Liberty hall at 8 o'clock this evening, -where some brilliant views will be displayed by the famous stereopti oon. Some of the grandest scenes in the world's history will be depicted, forming a delightful entertainment for old and young. Admission only 23 cents; children under fourteen, 10 cents. Take the young folks. It was Julius Cajsar, who said that "all Gaul is divided into three parts." But the three parts must have been united in the person of one E. Duncan Sniffen, of New York, who has gall enough for a hundred men. Ho writes stating what he does with the Oregonian and Standard and commanding us to insert his ad. It is the opinion of The Astoeian that E. Duncan bniffen is a fraud. Cushing Post Brass Band was organ ized yesterday. It is composed of sev eral young men of considerable musical ability. Among its members are Messrs. F. D. Blake, Geo. Goodell, Randolph Monteith, John Monteith, Will Logesy Thad. Trullinger, Jenkins, Webber, Lin aker, Merrill, Faulkner, and others. The boys mean business. They sent for a $550 set of instruments by the Oregon yesterday, and will bo heard from one of these days. The county court was busy yesterday, ohiefly in auditing claims. The matter of the eastern boundary of Clatsop county was brought up for discussion, and the clerk instructed to write to the county clerk of Columbia county regard ing the question. It appears that a strip extending two and a half miles along the south bank of the Columbia and running back twelve miles to the Washington county line is properly in Clatsop county. The clerk was also instructed to write to the seoretary of state regarding official county boundaries and thus determine the question. As it stands at present there is about thirty square miles of ter ritory, much of which is settled, that has been assessed in Columbia county. After the transaction of minor business the court adjourned to 9 this morning. THE LADIES' COFFEE CLUB. Agreeable to call a large gathering of ladies met at the hall of Alert H. & L. No. 1 yesterday afternoon for the pur pose of organizing a ladies' coffee club. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. B. S. Worsley; Mrs. W. W. Parker was ohosen chairman of the meeting and Mrs. W. L. Robb, secretary. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term. President, Mrs. B. S. Worsley; vice-president, Mrs. A. C. Kinney; secre tary, Mrs. C. W. Knowles; treasurer, Miss Mary Taylor; committee on Con stitution and "By-laws: Mrs. B. S. Wors ley, Mrs. C. J. Trenchard, Mrs. Isaac Bergman. Board of directors, Mrs. M. Trenchard. Mrs. N. Clinton, Mrs. O. T. Thomes. The movement meets with the hearti est approval of the ladies of the city, and the club will be a most valuable adjunct to the Astoria Fire Department. Nearly every lady in Astoria nas a husband or son or brother or some relative or ac- Siaintanoe in whom she is interested in e department and to whom with his associate firemen she can render splen did assistance. The matter is one that commends itself to the heartiest interest of all, and deserves assured success. There will be another meeting at three o'clock to-morrow afternoon. W. C. T. U. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its meeting to-day at 3 p. M."in T. M. C. A. hall. A good atten dance is requested. Mns. W. W. Pabkeb. Pres. 300 Numbers LovelPs Library, also Sea side Pocket Edition and a large stock of Books and Stationery just opened at Crl Adler's Crystal Palace. A BIG GAME. The Probable Cause or the 0. It. A X. Reduction. The Northern Pacific R. R. nnd the O. R. fc N. Co. aro at present engaged in one of the biggest games of bluff on record. When President Harris was here about a month ago he said that it was probable tho O. R. & N. people would lease their entire property to his company for a term of ninety-nine years, in a few weeks. Shortly after his return to New York it became manifest that tho O. R. & N. managers concluded they were a little too hasty and began to exhibit an un willingness to make the lease which had been looked upon by the N. P. folks as something already virtaolly accom plished. O. R. fe N. stock went up day after day, and the company seeing tho appreciation and realizing that they held tho key to the position, did not consummate the bargain. About this time the N. P. concluded that the best way to force the game was to show their strength. Accordingly an edict went out that on and after the 1st, wheat would bo carried from all points east of Wallula junction to Duluth, Min neapolis or St. Paul fcr -$8 a ton, and would bo taken thence to Liverpool by the lakes and Atlantic route for $7.G0 a ton. Of course all that is pure, simple bluff. The N. P. cannot and will not make any such arrangement or it would be ruiuous. It would bo to carry wheat for less than half a cent per ton psr mile, when such men as Vanaerbilt, Gould and Field, who navo the thing down to a science, say that the actual cost to their gieut corpora tions in carrying wheat is of a cent per ton per mill'. But it bad its effect, for tho same day that tho decree was mado public, O. It. Jc N. stock began to urop, and a counter move was necessary. That counter move wo all seo m the re duction of wages by the 0. 1. fc N. Co. They simply raiso the Northern Pacific folks 350,003 better. Tho moving of this year's grain crop eastward instead of westward would greatly curtail the O. R. &N.'s revenues this fall, and the fair presumption is that that was the inten tion; that the O. R. fc N. peoplo should be forced into signing tho lease rather than lose so much business. Tho latter now retort by virtually saying: "Go ahead; carry the eastern Oregon and Washington wheat eastward at a loss. Wo can stand it. Whatever wo would have made by tho traffic which you take from us wo will moro than mako up by cutting off 10 per cent of our expenses of running, amounting to 350,000 annual ly." Another apparent reason for reducing the salaries is the necessity that the O. R. &, N. folks are under of making a fair showing of earning as a percentage on the amount of capital invested. There is to-day, probably, one million of dol lars invested in O. R. fc N. boats that is not earning one dollar. The Olympian over on the Sound is not paying expenses, tli6 Alaskan is tied up at Portland. All along tho Columbia may be found boats idle and a constant sourco of expense. All these go to swell tho sum on which in terest must accrue. On the principle that a dollar saved is two dollars earned, the O. R. & N. Co. is retrenching in the mat ter of salaries. They figure that by cut ting down tho wages of their employes they can effect a saving that will enable them to declaro a dividend and keep their stock from depreciating in Wall street. In this it is with them a matter of self-defense. It is also a question of judgment. Economy in any business is only another name for good manage ment. If it bo good management for tho O. R. & N. Co. to alienate the good wishes and aotivo co-operation of hundreds of employes, then what they are now doing is good business policy, but human nature is human nature the world over, and when a man who has pitched in and studied his employer's interests right along finds that he is cut down and treated as a hire ling he is not likely to exert himself very much or do more than he thinks is a fair equivalent for tho wages that ho is prof fered. As tho matter stands it is an in teresting fight, tho question being who will win, the Northern Pacific or the O. R. & N. Co. Arrested In New York. New Yoke, Sep!. 3. Frisbie, tho Port land, Oregon, defaulter, arrested here, has mado a confession. He says his brother some time ago persuaded him to invest in a mountain mine. Ho was then in the hosiery business in this city, but ho went to Montana, and was mado pres ident of a mining company. Mining did not pay, and he went to Portland. Soon after he was employed in the First Na tional bank as assistant exchange clerk. His salary did not suffice to keep him, and he helped himself to deposits mado by tho Oregon division of tho Northern Pacific Railroad Company, of which he had charge. He regularly abstracted some portion of the contents of packages of bills from station agents and conduc tors which passed through his hands. He continued stealing, and when he found that he had taken more than he could re pay ho ran away. With what was left ho went with his family to San Francisco on a sailing vessel, and then took passage in a Pacific Mail steamer for this city. Afterward he got tickets for Paris, think ing to throw the police off the track. Ho said he did not know how much ho had taken. A small portion of tho money was found in his possession. Detectives left for Albany to day to get tho neces sary papers to take the prisoner to Oro Ron. Farewell Party. Miss Ella Ruckcr of Astoria was ten dered a farewell party at tho rooms of Mrs. W. F. Gougill, on J street noar Fourth, last evening. Miss Rucker has been entertained by Miss Retta Cougill during her stay here, and last night's party was a fitting finale to a very pleas ant visit. About fifty of our leading young people were present, and the even ing was delightfully spent in "one con tinual round of pleasure." Miss Rucker leaves this morning for home, followed bjr the kind remembrances of a host of friends. Portland Chronicle, 2. Fine Werk: Watcli Repairing Warranted. Engraving and Jewelry repairing done at reasonable rates by W. Arm truster, at the Crystal i'alace. Roscoe Dixon's new eating house is now open. Everything has been fit ted up in first-class style, and his well known reputation as a caterer assures all who like good things to eat, that at his place they can be acconynodated. Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingles. A full M guaranteed in eacli bunch. The very best Ice Cream on this coast, at Frank Fabre's, on Cass street, two doors back of Bank. Buy your Lime of Gray at Portland prices. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest Eerfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can e bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Oclden hctel, Astoria. Just received a new lot of Parasols, at the .huipire btore. For Dinner Parties lo order, at short notice, go to Frank Fabre's. For a nice, iucy steak cooked on tho broiler, go to Frank Fabre. BOILED DOWX. Butler is stumping the Mississippi val ley states; Hendricks is speaking in In diana. Tho Montreal associatian gavo Lieut. Greelj'of Arctic fame, a complimentary reception on the 2nd. A "Russian corvette seized the Ameri can schooner Sophia Johnson, at Beh ring's island, Behring's sea, for illicitly selling rum to natives. There is a lull just now in the fierce rate war waged between California freight lines, and all parties are awaiting the decision or tho transcontincmai pooi association. The inhabitants of the Canieroons country, western Africa, aro about to present a protest to tho London foreign office, against the annexation of that district to the German possessions, as they prefer British protection. Dr. Schloesser, Prussian minister at the Tatican, has been instructed to offer final terms for the settlement of the differences between the pope and the Prussian government. Failing to reach a settlement, tho Prussian legation will be withdrawn. The London Times' Foo Chow dispatch reports the city and tho European Hettle ment quiet Tho English vice-consul has returned tD tho Pitgoda, under a Chi nese guard. Tho consul will return. Tho Chinese arc repairing their disorg.uiized forts. Order is only maintained, how ever, by tho presence of tho British and American fleets. Liw Clirk St. John, of the general land office, who was detailed to investi gate fraudulent entries in southeastern Colorado, reports thit ho found a num ber of fraudulent entries north of Trini dad, Colorado, in Las Animas county. Mr. St John savs that ho found at least 100,000 acres of publio land fenced in wun oaroeu wire. At St. John, N. B., an inspection of tho abandoned brig Jicsolccr demonstrated that a collision with an iceberg occurred, followed by a sudden panic among the crew and passengers, who immediately launched tho boats and left the brig, leaving everything behind; that the boats were dashed by the boiling s?a against the icebergsjud swamped, and all bauds perished. One hundred and forty five icebergs lie between the scene of the dis aster in Trinity bay and Wedham's is land. At Indianapolis, on the 3d, in tho United States district court, Judge "Wood overruled tho demurer filed by the defence in the lilalnc-Sentincl suit. Attorney for the defense appeared and announced that the Scntiuel's answer would bo ready and Blaine's consul waived the formality of ruling tho defense to answer. Tho SentineVs counsel says it will not bo pos sible to be ready before November, for tho reason that witnesses live at a dis tance frdhi Indianapolis, and great work will be required in taking depositions. Tho N. Y. Star (Kelly's organ) prints a special of a Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, who, after interviewing Dana and others,concluded: "If I should bo broadly asked tho result of ray conclusions, I would say the out look hero is not hopeful. In no quarter aro the indications such as point to a reconciliation of factions in New York, and if they aro not brought together the loss of the state is conceded, not nlono by Republicans, but by Democrats, who aro zealously Tutting their shoulders to the wheel to compass Cleveland's elec tion. Tho cast of tho die is in Ohio. Ohio can save Cleveland nnd throw tho tide in tho Empire state. The national Democratic committeo is beginning to awaken to a full realization this, nnd the immediate plans for a groat battle in the state aro to be formulated." Tho Star says: The correspondent's conclu sions agree substantially with ours. Un less the Democrats carrv Ohio next month, tho wholo battle will bo lost, for it is only by a signal victory there that the shadow of a fighting chance will be left them for any northern state, except perhap.3 Indiana. On the other hand, it is by no means impossible that the Re publicans will carry Ohio in November, after losing it in October. These are facts, and it is useless to disguiso or mis represent them. Popular Ucadiri "So. 9, Just received at Adler's; also all back numbers. Stop That Cough By going lo J.E. Thomas's and getting a bottle of Leroy's Cough Balsam. It will cure you. "JEFF" At enormous expense has secured the services of Pkufkssok 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. For :t Kent Fitting Boot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che namus street, next door to I. V. Case. All goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. Fresh Eastern and Shonlwatcr Buy OyMtert Constantly on hand, cooked to any style at Frank Fabre's. For he Finest Photographs Go to S. B. Crow's Photograph Gallery where everything is first-class and sat isfaction guaranteed. Fine work a specialty. Two doors wot of Foard & Stokes, m Kinnney's new building. IVoticc. Dinner at4 JEFF'iTCIIOP HOUSE everyday from 4 -30 to 8 o'clock. The best '.'.Vcent meal in tewn: soup, fish, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, pudding, etc Tea or coffee included. All who have tried him say Jeff is the W1I1T! Ho You Think that 'JefT" of The Chop Tlouse Gives you a meal for nothing, and a glass of something to drink? "Not much !" but he gives a better meal and more of it than anv nlnrp in tmvn r.. 25 cents. He buys by the wholesale and pays casn. -1 nat settles it For a good bath, pleasant shave, or shampoo, go to the City Baths, corner Squemoqua and Olney street?. Jon. G. Chauteks, Prop. Are- you made miserable by Indi gestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of appetite, Yellow Skin ? Shiloh's Vital izer is a positive cure. For sale by W. X. Dement. "Hackiuetack." a lasting and fra grant perfume Price 25 and .H) cenK Sold by AV.E. Dement The latest patterns and styles of Ginghams and Calicoes, at the Empire Store. Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread every Sunday at Jeffs from 5 a. m. to 2 r. M. Shiloh's Vitallzeris what you need for Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Diz ziness and all symptoms ot Dyspepsia. Price 10 and 75 cents per bottle. Sold by W. E. Dement Don't pay 50 cents elsewhere when you cin get the best dinner in town at JEFF'S for 23 cents. Ladies' gooas hoop skirts invisible hair nets, etc, just opened at tho Em pire Store Croup. Whoomne Couch and nn chitis immediately relieved by Shiloh' Cure Sold by W. E. Dement A full lino of Ladies' Lace Mitts of all descriptions, to be found at the Empire Store. STATE A5D TEBRITOEIAL XETTS. Thoro nre great fires raging in tho mountains west of Roseburg, which are doing considerable damage to timber be sides filling tho atmosphere with smoke. Ex-Mayor Kalloch has opened the Cali fornia campaign for Butler, and will Sjcakin every county in tho state. The utler party there is almost identical with tho old workingman's party. Tho Seattle Chronicle is in tho meshes of a complicated law suit. A mortgage of 7,000 was foreclosed on tho 3d by Hanford. Tho property was in tho hands of the sheriff, by jndgmc-nt eiv&n t:-n Mv- Naught Bros. Tho engineer's report upon tho im provement of rivers and harbors in Oregon and Washington Territorv, for the past year,showa an account available for the current year of 493,000, and an amount asked for next year of $1,928. 000. An effort is being made to work np an overland passenger business between San Francisco and Portland. Tho hotels are flooded with circulars setting forth the advantages of the overland passage, and ticket agents are industriously "working" prospective passengers. A Washington special speaks hopefully of the prospects of the syndicate which proposes laying a cable between Califor nia nnd Queensland, communicating be tween and through Hawaii, Maui and Malakoi. Tho Hawaiian legislature has probably granted 20,000 annual subsidy. East Oregenian: Tha Blalock farm, in Wasco county, has 1,000 acres in corn, which will coiupare favorably with any grown in the older states. It is only within the last two or three years that any attempts have been made to culti vate corn, the belief being general that tho climate is not conducive to its growth. A few days ago, while making a road for hauling logs up the Hoquiam, one of tho men found quite a large cropping of coal while grading through a hill, about four feet under the ground. There is ev ery evidence of coal in this section. A 1 of the croppiugs found are near to deep water, nnd tho distance being so much shorter to market than either tho Sound or British Columbia coal mines, if it proves to be a good article, would make it very profitable to any who might en gage in its development. Tho editor and nnblisher of 77ip Spirit of we Times, JN. l.,Mr. E.A. Buck, has used St. Jacobs Oil re peatedly with satisfactory result. J. W. BJJDD0CK, Practical Plumbing in All Its Branches. Steam and Gas Fixtures, A Complete Stock of First-class Material. All Work Guaranteed. Office and Shop In Hume's buildhux, rea of AVheeler & Kobb'a, Astoria, Oregon. House To Let. 17UVE KOOMS: Is'EW; GOOD LOCAL ? iiy. Inquire at K. C. IIOLDKN'S. PAIHTINGAND PAPER HANGING AT THE OLD STAND. i. s Satisfaction Guaranteed. J. ie. D. GKAT, Vi ! s -tiid retail le:ler lr. GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED Hay. Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT. General Storage and "Wharfasc on reason able terms. Foot of Kenton street, Astoria. Oregon. ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE, AUO. DANIELSON, - Proprietor. Itcbniltanil Ileflttcil Throughout Tho Hest of WIXKS.MqiIORit, AXI) CIC3A3JS, For a Good Cigar, call for one of "Danielson's Best." Corner V'est9th and Water Streets, Astoria. no-iiin G. A. STINSON & CO.. BLACKSMITHING, At Cain, iioxera old stand, corner of Cass and Court Streets. Ship .uui Cannery work. Horscshoeimr. Wagons male and reralred. Good work nmranteeri. THE BEST IS THE Royal Brand Flour Manufactured by the OREGON MILLING COMPANY U (if Superior Quality, and Is Endorsed by all who uso It. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE Of Superior Itising Quality. Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. WYATT & THOMPSON Sole Agents for AMtorla. ASTORIA Best BREAD in the City. Best CANDIES. Best CAKES and PASTRY. Best ICE CREAM. Finest Ornamental Work to Order. - ED. JACKSON. Astoria Cooperage. BARRELS AND HALF-BARRELS Ail Kinds of Cooperage Done. aLcave orders with JOHN ROGERS, Superintendent, at Central Market REAL ESTATE TRA55ACTI05S. J. W. Hess to B. L. Ward, N X SW X sec 31, T 8, N R 10 W, 80 acres; $1,200. D. "W. Morrison to A. J. Welch, quit claim deed, pre-emption claim, sees. 33 and 34, T 8; $10. Ang. O. Kinney et al to S; Kroges, lot 12, blk 27; Alderbrook; $350. O. D. Yonng and wife to M. A. Steabb. 8 acres, T8,NB9 "W; $200. W. J. Loomis and wife to E. Hanson, lot 2, sec 12, T 5 N, R 11 W, S WK N W li'nnd lots 1 nnf! 9. KPrHnr 7 nn Inf 1 section 18, T 5 N, R 10 AY: $100. ' .T. W. Opnrlinrt nnr? vifn fr Clara 3 Stanley, 49.93 acres, part of sec 10; $250. O. D. Youngand wife to Nellio F. Gra ham, 4 acres, T 8, N R 9 "W; $100. Robert Watson nnd wife to Lanra A. Falangus, lots 4 and 5, sec 5, T S N, R 6, 67.42 acres; $2,500. Ira A. Coo to Jas. "W. Welch, tenth in terest in portion of J. G. Coe's donation land claim, and tenth interest in lots 3, 4 and r, blk 30, alcClnro's Astoria; $150. 12. Gallagher and wifo to Daniel Gra ham. 40xl0J feet, blk 121, Shively's Asto Aste ria: $1. 31. ilercbino to J. JTerohino, 17x19 rods on Xecanicam crck; $.t0. Jane ilerchino to Jnlia Marshall, ltOx iiai varus on ecamcum creek, $1. Jnlia Harsha!! to Lonisa Lane, 00x110 feet on Necanicum creek: $1. B. B. Franklin, administrator estate of Thomas Savage, to S. E. Harris, NEK see 28, T 8 W. 1G0 acres; $COl. Francis Trvon to A. A. Cleveland, half of middle portion lots 1 and 2, blk 133, Shively's Astoria; $300. Sophia Daggett to Jano A. Uess, lots 7 and 8 and i"G rods off S side lot 2, see 20, T 8 N, ROW; $1,920. Jno. Rowan to Fannie M. Rowan, 8 acres S W comer Chas. Stevens' donation land claim; $5. W. E. Warren to C. H. Paga. X of lot 4, blk 2, SIcCluro's Astoria; 850. Jno. Adair and wife to .Martin Fjord, north X lots 2, 3 and 4, blk C, Adah's As toria; $1,100. Geo. W. "Wood and wife to Carl New man, lot 3, blk 35, Shively's Astoria;$250. Wilson& Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOR Salem rieurins: Mills. Portland Roller Mills, Capital Flour and FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. THE CASPERSON ELECTRIC LAMP. OF Sixty Candle Power COSTS ONE-HALF A CENT AN HOUR A'O DIMNESS, NO SMOKE, NO BREAKING CHIMNEYS. One Lamp Will Last a Lifetime. We guarantee all we say and court In vestigation, This Lamp is List superseding all old stvlc oil lamps and neods but a trial to prove Its merits. FR SALE IN ASTORIA, ONLY BY CARNAHAN & CO., Agts. Wood Yard. Another Reduction to Suit Hard Times. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE ASTO riaWood Yard. Gray's Dock, foot of Benton street; will sell wood at the follow ing prices ami deliver wherever the streets are planked, between Trulllnger's Mill and O'Brien's Hotel, bacA to Astor street : Ireen Alder, 2-cut $4 25 per cord, long S3 50 Dry do do 4 CO do do 3 75 GrnHemlo'k do 4 25 do do 3 ) Dry do do 4 50 do do 3 75 Green Fir do 4 CO do do 3 75 Dry Fir do 4 75 do do 4 00 Extra Maple and S. ltmus do 5 50 do do 5 00 Vine Maple and S. limbs do 5 25 do do 4 75 Wood of All Kinds By the Scow load at REDUCED RATES. J. II. D. Git AY' Astoria. June 1st, 18SL $67,000,000 Capital ! Liverpool and London and Globe. North British and Mercantile Of London and Edinburgh. Old Connecticut of Hartford, COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA Fire Insurance Companies, Representing a Capital of S67,000 OOO. B. VAN DUSEN. Acent. Qi either sex admitted to tho PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE On anv week-day of tho year. 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. T. ARMSTRONG, Lock Box 104. ' Portland, Or. tssrln writing, please mention thit paper. Furnished Rooms to Let, Wn T nit WITHOUT BOARD. Enquire of ADzs. E. C. HOLDEN. Stockholders' Meeting. THE ANN CAL STOCKHOLDERS" MEET Ing ol the Point Adams Packing Co. will take place at their oQlce in upper As toria on Monday, September 8th, 18&4, at 2 p M. All stockholders are requested to be present or represented bgr, 'President. Astoria, August 23th, 18S4. SometMn Yon Wan ittstsdjvt C. H. COOPER! THE Leading Dry Goods Silks ! We are now showins the Silks ment cf BLACK and 0L0RED SILKS ever shown in Astoria at REMARKABLY LOW FIGURES. Ladies in need of such, genuine article would do well to give us a call. Bonnet's famous Black Silks in all numhers. Rich Brocaded Silks, Rhadames, Moires and Get Colored Gros Grain Silks. Latest Shades. Taney Brocaded Silks, New Designs. Evening Silks, in all the latest tints. Summer Silks in checks and stripes. O. K Pythian Building, Rfip.nlian IIIVVIIMiEKVl Fellow Oitiens!! Saturday, September 6th., 1884, I WILL OPEN In the Store formerly occupied by Messrs. Jordan & Bo zorth, a NEW and COMPLETE assortment of Gents' Furnishing Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps, BLANKETS, Etc., Etc. Mv stock has been selected with the greatest care, and offering the same at tho LOWEST PRICES possible, 1 respectfully solicitthepatronagcof. my friends, and the public generally. HERMANN WISE, Proprietor. Uncle Sam's Cheap Gash Store. 2-GENTS' NECKWEAR A SPECIALTY., H. D. NE1VBURY. I, STEVENS. CITY BOOK STOItK, Have Just received a mammoth stock of I Books. The young and old, rich and poor, can all be accommodated. AGENTS FOR THE Kranicli A. Bach and 31 andsfeliit &. Notnl Pianos and Western , Cottage Organs, Orders for all kinds of Music or Instru ments will be promptly fllled. Iflnry k Slew I Iha,ts! D. A. MciTOSH Has opened tjie Largest and Most Complete Stock of Soft and Stiff Hats in all the Latest Shades and Stan dard Styles of the Best Manufacturers, FinestGoodsXowestPrices A NEW LINE OF 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. .. 2cX3TTQSH, The Leading Clothier, Hatter and Gents' Fnrnisher. and Clothing House S ilks larerest and choicest assort goods and want to eet the - Astoria,. Oregon. sSSEEESSSg WH Z& Q lUat Ijlill Vlll H. B, PARKER DKAtKR IX Hay, Oats, and Straw, L X 1SS. ."E3.. Brick. Cement, and Sand. Wood Delivered to Ordor. Draying, Teaming, and Express Business DEALER IN WIHES, LIQUORS AKD CIGARS. FIRST-CIjASS. IBB h a wnnr rwmn 19-