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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1884)
C33 Wit gnilxj gtftorfew. ASTORIA, OREGON: FRIDAY- NOVEMBER 14. ISSi ISSUED EVERY MOBNTNG. (Monday excepted) J. F. HAl,L,OBAN & COMPANY, riTBMsiiEns and rnorniirrons, A3TORIAN BUILDING. - - CASS STREET Terms of Subscription. Served by Carrier, per week 13cts. Sont by Mail, per month ... GOct?. " " one year .....$7.00 Free o! postage to subscribers. 5rAdvcrtlscmcnts inserted by the year at the rate of $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising fifty cents per square, each Insertion. ffoticc To Advertisers. The AstoMan guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. "Nothing is politically right that is morally -wrong. Tha Columbia sails for San Francisco 1j soYon this morning. The "VYeekiy Astobiax, in stamped wrappers, ready for mailing, published this morning; full of news and homo hap pollings; price ten cents. Have you saoured your tickets for "Fe lioia" at Ocoidtntal Hall next Thursday venine? The play is pronounced by press and publio to bo most attractive. Tha Fleetwood oamo flying down against a strong flood tide yesterday, gettin hero at 1:30 p. u. Tho Columbia Transportation Company deservos tho hearty gupporfc of every Astorian. A. Onderdonk "advertises in Portland for 1,000 men to work on the Canadian Faoiflo railway. "Wages offered are from $L75 to $2.50 a. day. Victoria, B. C, is the rendezvous; a apacial rate of faro of $5.75 from Portland is given. Considerable freight is being carried past this city by tha O. li. & N. Co. It's lots of fun, bat somo sf these days Asto ria can do something more than pay heavy freight charges and await the con venience of the company. Its action is a clear breaoh of contract. OfHoial returns from some of tho cow counties of Oregon are still coming in. If oar state decided the whole business, and ike vote waa close, these returns would be "mighty interestin' readin':" as it is, the matter doesn't amount to uch, whether it is 2,300 or 23,000. The "I told yoa so" of tho Oregonian is getting very tiresome to a good xuanv Bepublican3 and Democrats. Tho hot keaded enthusiasts and shallow people who didn't know any better than to nom inate .Blaine nay merit a sermon evory day in the week, but it comes with very kad grace from the office of tho Ore gonian. ADeniooratic ratification meeting is advertised in ths Standard to take place at Portland next "Wednesday evening. Astoria Democraoy is well represented im the list of vioe-presidents among whom are Capt. Flavol, C. J. Trenchard, L Bergman, Dr. Oabaais3, C. H. Stockton, A. A. Cleveland, D. Hart, John Hobson and others. Tke gevemment steamboat Cascades of the Columbia, says the Oregonian, is bow engaged ia taking barge loads of tone from near the White house down to the ntouth of tko Willamette, where the government laborers, under the superintendence of Assistant Engineer K. A. Habersham, are building tho revet ment and wing dams that will result in an excellent and, to all intents, perma aent improvement of the ship channel at this point. The ladies of theMethodist church aro very busy preparing for a fair and enter tainment to bs given the first week in Deoember, and ask all those who want something odd and pretty for Christmas presents to wait nntil after they sse what the ladies will have to offer them before buying elsewhere. There will be nseful as well as ornamental urtioles, ho every ne will be suited and they have doter riaed that the prices shall below enough to satisfy the most critical. Tke American bark E. L. Peltengill, Pettengill master, from Valparaiso, ar rived in Tostorday. The Chesebrough, Sreviously reported, arrived in. The firry A. Troop, Prince Umbcrto and Dunvegan sailed. The Cyprus sails to day. Tho City of Athens, Clarence S. Sement and Golden Gate are loaded and in tho Btreans. The Havelock will finish to-day. There is a small fleet on the way own. Tho American ship Valley Forge, Love master, from San Francisco, and a bark, name unknown, aro outside One of the largest firms in tho city has bees missing goods for some time, espe cially olocks, of whioh eight or ton have been stolen in the last week. The most careful watch failed to detect the adroit thieves. Yesterday the whole force were n ths lookout and "spotted" a placid looking Mongolian who innocently went .round prioing various articles; and fina Iy nutting his hands in his pockets anntered ont. "Well, he twasn't the thief," (said one, when, "Hallo!" caino from another; "where's that clock that set here on the showcase just now?" I hnow that Chinaman didn't take it, for I was looking at him when he wont out," said B. Investigation showed that the Chinaman bad stolen the clock as he amt in, and soorsting it in his blouse staid moseying around the store till sus picion was disarmed, whon ho slipped out. The trick was a cute one, but tho ftraa have discovered whero tho cloaks arc, and will doubtless rooover their property. Bemecratic Celebration. HnlBQUlBURS OF THE Cx.xvsr.i9D AXT Hbxduicxs i DnifocBJLTio Club op Astobu The neonle of ClatsoD oountv will celn brate tke election of Cleveland and Hen irioke on Saturday evening, the 15th inst., by a grand torchlight procession. All good citizens of the oity are invited H attend. A grand display of fireworks snd a salnto of one hundred guns will add to tho fun. All citizens.aro requested to illuminate. T5y order of The Comuxtteh. T. 31. C. A. "Week of prayer will be observed by the association overy evening this weok at 7:30; Sunday afternoon at 2:45, when a collection for the international work will be taken. All are cordially invited to eomo and bring their Gospel Hymns with them. Subject to-night, by Bov. E. "W. Garner, '"The Apostle's choice," If att. 19:27-29. A Good Boy Can ind a situation at Adlens .Plane Tuner. Professor D. Van Horn, the cele brated piano tuner, will bo in Astoria about the 17th or 18th. Leave orders at J. Tf . Cenn's Drug Store. Ring: Found. A gold ring, at tho skating rink. O wn sr can have it by applying to Geo. Boss, jcoving property and paying charge. THE PRIZE PUZZLE Who I Elected J Can Anyone lamer the Question. Letters from various parts of tho Un ion report tho most intense excitement and unwavering interest in tho result of the election on tho 4th inst. What is true of one is true of all. "What is tho latest from New York? ' is tho universal cry, and as if on purpose to tantalize overy ouo dispatches constantly arrive that are contradictory in their state incut. So that wc in Astoria are no differently situated from less isolated communities. The way tho news goes up and goes down and seesaws is astonishing and annoying, and in the midst of all the news to know that yoa know nothing xnnke3 it all the worse. On Tuesday night came a special to the ASTOBUN that a mistake had been discovered in Clinton county that gave Blaine 500 votes. On Wednesday night a private dispatch said that Cleveland's plurality was inoreasod 430, just opposite to what was telegraphed the night bo fore. Last night The Astobiax received a telegram which said that "Two thou sand clipped Blaine votes have been dug up that were thrown out in one of the New York city precincts, which if count ed give Blaine the state." Wo have never vet failed to eivo Asto- rians the news, but this kind of news is not at all satisfactory to us. What we want to know is who is elected, Blaine or Cleveland r One hour it looks as though Cleveland wore elected dead sure; the next comes a spark from tho wiro that re lights the hopes of the plumed knight's adherents, and so it goes. "When doc tors disagree who shall decide?" As near us we can make out about these "clipped ballots," it seems that Secretary Fessenden and Chairman Jones, of the Republican national committee, base their claim of Blaine's election on the al legation that an official count would show that there were several thousand ballots cast for Blaine in New York city that were mutilated, and consequently thrown out; that the mutilation consisted in one of the names of the electors being in someway cutoff whether by accident or design. If this be so comes tho question shall these ballots be counted. If they are thrown out Cleveland Is elected; if they are counted Blaine is elected. These mutilated ballots play a very important part in tho fight. Tho latest gave Cleveland's plurality at 1,255. If that one batch of 2,003 tickets spoken of in the dispatch to Tire Asto euk, which appears above, are allowed to be counted it will give Blaine the state by 745. Tho matter seems now passing out of tho arena of fact and into the misty realm of law, and the first thing we may hoar will be that thero is to bo a legal contest over it. If it over gets into the courts Blaine and Cleveland may die of old age before the final award is made. WOKK BEdUM OX TnE ASTORIA STREET RAILWAY. The WrL to Be Pushed to Speedy Completion. Yesterday morning a force of twelve men began work on tho Astoria street railway. Jos. Snprenant and Pierre Bronsdon, tho latter named gentleman who will have charge of tho work, broke ground on West 6th street near the Clat sop Mill Company and the work will now progress with no interruption except that occasioned by the weather. The first thing in order will be tho clearing of tho road bed for the rails, which are now ready to bo shipped from San Francisco. Tho cars are also ready and as soon na the work can be put through it will be, punch brothers, punch with care, a pink trip slip for a five cent fare, a blue trip slip for an adult's fare, a green trip slip for a small child's fare, all in tho presence of tho passenjare. Soothing Influence. Fains and inflamations resulting from severe injuries aro greatly re lieved and oured, at once, by tho out ward application of St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-ban isher. Lest: An Ear-rlngr. Five dollars will be paid to any per son finding and leaving samo at this office. Removal. Mrs. A. B. Jcwett has removed to rooms 3 and 4. Odd Fellows Buildinc. Dresses cut, made and fitted in the most fashionable style. At FrariLr FabrcN. Board for 322.50 a month. The best m tha city. Dinner from 5 to 7. IVoticc. Dinner at" JEFF'S"' CHOP HOUSE everyday from 4:30 to 8 o'clock. The best 25-cent meal in town; soup, fish, seven kinds of meats, vegetables, pie, pudding, etc. Tea or coffee included. All who have tried him say Jeff is the BOSS." Stop Tliat Cough By going to J. E. Thomas's and getting a bottle of Leroy's Cough Balsam. It will cure you. For a rVeat Fitting Boot 3r Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, oh Che namus street, next door to I. W. Case. All goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. what: I)o You Think that 'Jeff" of The Chop Ilouse Gives you a meal for nothing, and a glass of something to drink? "Not much 1" but he gives a belter meal and more of it than anj place in town for 25 cents. lie buys by the wholesale and pays cash. "That settles it" Don't pay 50 cents elsewhere wben j-oii can get the best dinner In town at JEFF'S for 25 cents. For Dinner Parties to order, at short notice, go to Frank Fabre's. For anything new, stylish, nobby, in the Drygoods line, call at tho Empire Store. A car-load of Hoop skirts of tho lat est and approved styles, such as "Lang try," Berlin, and Bon Ton, and others, just received at the Empire Store . A JTasal Injector free with each bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh .Remedy Price 50 cents. Sold by W. E. Dement Another installment of Ball's coiled spring, elastic section corsets just ar rived at uie x.mpiro oioro. For a nice, jucy steak cooked oa ths broiler, to Frank Fabrs. A. HOME IX THE TIMBER. What aa Energetic 3faa can De in Clatsop County. tl. 8. Lj-man in Ortffoni&n. Tho open land in western Oregon has been taken. If one wishes to enjoy the mild climate, quiet scenery, and prox imity to market, of tho region west of tho Cascade mountains, ho must either pay from 10 to $G0 an acre for im proved land, or else take up, or buy rt a low figure, timbered land. Poor men cannot buy improved forms, and there are few farmers at the east who care to come hero and pay as much for laud as thoy sold their own for before they left. Is it practicable to make a home in the woods? Many say "No'' for two rea rea eons: That the timbered land is not good for anything, and that it costs more than it is worth to clear it. Now, aa to the first reason that tim bered land is not fertile this is n very indiscriminate and mainly false state ment, although made by farmers and woodsmen. It is true that there is much hill and mountain land which is gravelly. This is true of tho higher and steeper ridges of the ranges of western Oregon, but there are thousands of aores of the most productive land now covered with timber. There aro rolling hills like those back of liainier on the Columbia, which have a deep soil., producing the finest fruits, vegetables,' and grain, including corn. Thero are extensive plateaus liko that near the source of Dairy creek, of deep, fertile soil. On nearly all the streams that run from the coast moun tains thero aro the richest kinds of bot tom lands. I have recently becomo acquainted with extensive timbered lands, which are no rougher nor more difficult than many others. This land is south from Astoria. Saddle mountain is the initial point of it. This mountain is a steop, pioturesquu peak, with three points, about 4,000 feet in altitude. It is about eighteen ruiles from the ocean and about the same dis tance from Astoria. Three stroams rise wholly or in part from its base. These are the Lewis and Clarke, falling into Young's bay, somo seven miles from As toria; the riokamkum, falling into the ocean at the Seaside, inst north of Tilla mook head, and the North Nehalein, fall ing into tho Nehalein. On their upper courso these streams nro only gently di verging for a dozen miles, the distance between the Jjewis and (Jlarke and the Nekanikum being nbout five miles, and from that to the North Nchalem, soven or eigne. ne riugea between these Iittlo rivers are low and easy of ascent. The streams are lined with bottom lands, whioh near tho sources become several miles in width. On each stream, from seven to ten miles up, thero is n fall or high rapids, indicating a sort of mesa near tho environs of Saddle mountain. It is above these falls that the bottom lands are most extensive. In the whole region thero aro probably fivo hundred square miles of excellent land, the meadows of these streams being the richest rxs- sible, and the soils of tho intervening uiu mopes using equal 10 any upiana. it is nil timbered. It is said that on the upper Lewis and Clarke and Nekanikum there are largo openings where thero is only salmonberry brush and a few scat tering spruce trees, but in the main the forests are dense all over them. To one unaccustomed to Oregon timber, the trees seem formidable, giant spruces from eight to fourteen feet through, with huge roots and abutments reaching up twenty feet from the ground; hemlocks standing in thiok array, straddling old rotten logs and beginning growth from the top3 of dead stubs, and an infinitude of salad and huckleberry brush. But the soil under all this mass of wood is equal to any in tho state. But it don't pay to clear it, say many who don't know much about it. Let me toll you how it is managed. Suppose a man has ICO acres of this land. Say that he begins work on it in August. It is usually possible, on a windy day, in tho dry time to get a fire started which will run a good many rods in the green timber. This fire will kill and burn up most of tho brush, and consume much of tho rotten wood on the ground. It will also kill the green timber. Wo may suppose that the settler makes a prelim inary burn on 50 acres. It might take a week to do this. A groat many fires would havo to be started, feeble ones en couraged, or the firo checked by counter burning if running in a direction not desired. In somo places tho brush would bo simply burned off at tho roots, and not burned up. Any quantity of logs would be left half burned on the ground. But on the whole the bum would be ready without more trouble to be seeded. Tho best time for this is just before the autumn rains in October. Grass seed scattered in the ashes in the fall makes abundant pasturage for the succeeding year, Our settlor thus has pasturage se cured lor a number of years. Ho wants to get land ready for cultivation. As soon as tho preliminary fire is out ho must go to work in the most eligible spot to gath er up tho brush and haul up tho logs in piles to burn. Ho can soarcely get along without a yoke of oxen in this work. The large spruce trees, whioh remain stand ing, he can boro and burn down. He oan boro from a dozen to twenty iu a day. The hemlocks which remain stand ing ho oan easily burn out by piling brush and logs around their roots. When he has brought tho solid timber to the ground it must be cut open by saws and rolled together to burn. There would still be left roots in the ground, but it is not the habit of either hemlock or spruce td strike very deep root and a large part of them, as well as tho butts of tho trees, would be reduced to ashes. If the settler is clearing on the side of a hill he can roll the lengths of tho logs down as he outs them off. An able-bodied man, with a yoke of oxen, can clear almost any aero of land in a month. If he takes advantage of a thin patch in the woods such as always are to be found hs can clear double that amount. By spring for in burning logs by piling them into a pit or rolling them into a little gully whero there is a firo it makes no difference how wet they are ho will havo from four to ten acres of land cleared, ready for the nlow, and forty or fifty acres of gras3 for pasture. He will havo been able, too, to rive out a few thousand spruce shakes, and make a shanty for himself and family, and to put up a slight shelter for his cows and oxen. We will take tho minimum, and sup pose that he has ready only four acres of land for cultivation. One of those acres will raise nil the garden truck that his family needs for a year; two acres ho can sow with carrots, which will make excel lent feed for his stock, and part of which he can sell if he be near market, at good profit. The other acre ho can sow to oats, which he will cut for hay; yet if he has so much pasture and a supply of roots for winter feed, ho will need little hay. He would in a short time burn up all the brush and rotten logs on somo aero or two next his clearing without bringing down the solid timber, and eow It to wheat. This hs could out with a skis for his ohioksns. The second sum mer he would perhaps work somo for his neighbors to get somo ready money. If ho came with money enough to buy cows and hogs, ho could begin at once making butter and fattening hogs. If ho were not thus prepared, ho could, undoubted! v. g6t hold of soveral calves, and in a few years wum " uunj. viaiue anu goats would tramp and eat down any fresh brush that began to grow on his burned land. The dead timber would gradually rot away, and ho conld con stantly increase his wholly cleared land. In ten years ho could have every acre of his quarter-section either wholly cleared or in productive pasture. Ho could have an orchard in bearing, and comfortable buildings. Tho yearly oulput of a farm of 1G0 acres on the lands in Clatsop county that I havo referred to might be about as fol lows, after ten years when it would reach about its maximum: Ono thousand five hundred pounds butter, 10 head of beef, 500 dozen eggs, 1500 bushels fruit, 12 hogs, and vegetables. This would be a small tax on its capacity. Ono acre of cleared land anywhere within thirty miles of Astorie, if as good as the aver age, will bs worth per year, as pasturage for milk cows. $10; for h?y, $20; for grain,$25; for cabbages or carrots, .$200, allgros3. Ono aero will yield from two to tivo ons of hay, from SO to 125 bushels of grain, and from 20 to GO tons of car rots. This region is unrivaled for small fruits, and in spots sheltered from tho ocean winds, excellent for applo3, plums, cherries, etc. U one goes into the woods in this way and this is no imaginary picture, but what has been done a few years' labor will make him a homo and productive farm. It is not true that it costs $50 an acre to clear heavily timbered land if one settles on tho land and does the work himself, but if it wero truo the land is worth 50 an aore, and will yield an in terest of fully 12J per cent, on tho in vestment. There aro other areas of timbered lands but tho fow that enjoy such advantages of soil, climate and proximity to market are those south and southwest cf Astoria. Anyone who has nerve and muscle, in dustry and sufficient steadiness of pur pose to work at tho same place a dozen years, has as good a thing as he wants in the woods of western Oregon. The timber on the gravelly ridges and in remote districts should bo preserved, and it will not pay to reuiovo it, but on these rich lands near market its best use is to go into ashes for the farmer. A REMARKABLE BET. At the table of tho El Paso th6 reporter was introduced, in his professional capac ity, to a big, burly, pleasant-faced man, whoso manner indicated that if he wasn't bos3 of all Texas, he had pretty much the biggest share in maintaining her prosperity. The individual in question was Col. J. T. Chidesher, proprietor and operator of a stage lino running from Fort Worth to Fort Yuma, in Arizona. Coming up from Fort Worth to Dal las ho told how he made a fortune betting on Gen. Zach. Taylor's election to tho pres idency. Said he: "I bet everything I had, money, house and home, farm, pasture land, stock, wagons, harness, clothes and everything you could think of. As long as I had credit I bet it. Then one day I bet my hat, coat, vest, pants, and shoes, and I was five miles from home at that. But I was sure Taylor would bo elected. I bet on his election; on his election by differ ent majorities; on his living to be elect ed, and had sido bets of all sorts and shapes. Jin those day I used to drive round this was in Mississippi with a band of musio and a six-pounder cannon, and I tell you wo had rousing times and stirring speeches. But my man he got elected, as I knew he would, and I calculated when I figured it up for I had a clerk to keep track of my bets that I had won 70,000 in gold. I collected all tho bets, too. One man didn't like to give up a mulo ho had bet it was the only mule he had and so I took his mule and gave him another, and a better one, and to-day he writes me every month and says what a good fellow lam. And when I knew I had won I kept open house for a week and invited the wholo country. I had charcoal made by tho thousand" bushels, and oxen cooked whole in trenches, I don't know how long. I decorated overy po3t, nag-pole, chimney, lightning rod and tree top in that vicinity with the American flag, and when the flags gave out I sent for more. W e fired a salute of thirty-three guns, ono for each state, then, every morning before breakfast, and again in tho oven mg, and I guess I had over 700 people at "y. house for n wholo week and more, eating and drinking, and making merry. And after I had deducted all my expenses I had about 00,000 left. Fort Worth Corr. of the Globe-Democrat, August 1, 1378. Buclileii't, Arnica Salrc. Tub Best Salvk in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores.UIcers, Salt Rheum, reyer Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by W. L. Dement & Co. Fresh. Eastern and Shoalwater Bay Oystera Constantly on hand, cooked to any style at Frank Fabre's. Board at TefPs. Tha best in America. S20.00 a inonlh. CROW Does not make anv second-class Pic tures at his New Gallery, No. 61tf on tho Koadwaj'. ITomc for Children. . rs-VVagner, whose residence is next to L. w. Fulton's, is now prepared to take entire charge of a limited number of children. Every attention paid the little ones, and any one leaving their child. with Mrs. Wagner may be sure that it will receive a mother's care. Fib'hermen Attention ! Before buving twine examine the Dunbar, McMaster & Co.'s extra strong Irish Flax Thread, No. 40. 12 ply. Jas. O. Hanthorn, of this citv, is the sole agent for the Pacific coast! Popular Fhyaicinna. There is a growing demand on all sides for remedies agreeable to the taste as well as beneficial in effect, and the leading physicians and druggists gladly welcome to the list of new reme dies all preparations possessing real merit and a pleasant taste. It is now admitted by all who have tried the new remedy, which is having such an im mense sale Syrup of Figs that it is the most agreeable and efficacious prep aration ever discovered. If you want the best of all Liver medicines and pur 6? ,"?' kyrup of Fics is your choice. Trial bottles free and large bottles for sale by W. E. Dement Misses' and nursing corsets of the fa mous Ball's mak, at ths Empira Store. NO POISON IN THE PASTRY IF SI wlAT "PxCi UiwV . 'V.T--.y-' Vanilla, lUscon, Oranse, etc, flavor Cakes, Cream t, Paddings, cc., as dell cntely and natnrally ax t&o ft-alt frem which they are made. For Strength, and True Fruit Flavor They Stand Jone. PSEPAREO er TH3 Price Baking Powder Co., Chicago, ill. St. Louis, Mo. MAKERS Cr Br. Pricas Cream Baking Powder AIO- Br. Priced Xapulin Yeast Gems, Scat Dry Hop Teakt. FOR SALBBYOROCERS. WE MAKE OUT OXE QUALITY. Lioht Healthy Bread, The oe3t dry hop yeast In the world. Bread raised by thi3 yeast la Ught.whlte ond wholesome like our grandmother's delicious. bread. CROCERS SELL THEM. pacPAREO ar thc Price Baking Powder Co., ManTis ol Dr. Price's special FfeYonnz Extracts, Chicago, III. St. Louia, Mo. For sale by CuiTrxo.MRRLK & Co , Agents I'ortiana, uregon. Of either sex admitted to tho 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 ornamontal penman ship, free. Address, A. P. ARMSTRONG, Lock Box 104. Portland, Or. tIn Meriting, please mention thii paper. Syrup or Figs. Nature's own true Laxative. Pleas ant to the palate, acceptable to the Stom ach, harmless in its nature, painless in its action. Cures habitual Constipation. Biliou&ness, Indigestion and kindred ills. Cleanses the system, purifies the blood, regulates the Liver and acts on the Bowels. Breaks up Colds, Chills and Fever, etc. Strengthens the orcans on which it acts. Better than bitter. nauseous Liver medicines, pills, salts and draughts. Sample bottles free, and large bottles for sale by w. i. Dement & Co., Astoria. YOUXG HE.V!-iU3AJ THIS. The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall, Mich., offer to send their celebrated Elec tro-Voltaic Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial tor thirty days, to men (young or old) aflllcted with nervous le'iilitv. los of vitality and manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also lor rheumatism. neuralgia, paralysis, and many other dis eases, complete restoration to nealth, vigor and manhood guarantied. Xo risk is in curred as thirty days trial Is allowed. Write tueia at once lor iiiustraten pampmet tree 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 accommodated. Why will you cough when Shiloh's Cure will give immediate relief. Price lOctsSOctsandSl. Sold by W.E. De ment. Ball's coiled spring, elastic section corset takes tho cake and the girl be hind the counter, at tho Empire Store. Fifteen hundred numbers of Lovell's Library and ten mail sacks full of other tine reading matter just recaiTed at Ad ler's Crystal Palacs. Aro 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. . Dement. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest Eerfumory, and toilet articles, etc-can e bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite OcMden betel, Astoria. Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingles. A full M guaranteed in each bunch. Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread every Sunday at Jeffs from 5 a. si. to 2 p. M. For a good bath, pleasaut shave, or shampoo, go to the City Baths, corner Squomoqua and Olney streets. Joe. G. Charters, Prop. Ladies remember that we allow you to wear the Balls corsets for three weeks on approval, and return purchase money if not found perfect in every re spect. PitAELBros. For Dyspepsia andLiver Complaint, vou have a printed ffuaranteaon everv bottle of Shiloh's YItallzer. It nevar fails to sura. Sold by W. . Dement; KAkjdj&ztdlS P U PflflPFD ui til uuurcn OPENING Cloak D Having Eeceived direct from Eastern and San Fran cisco Mannfactnrers an Immense Stock of Tall and "Win ter Cloaks, "We would respectfully submit the same for inspec tion to the Ladies of Astoria, and of surrounding districts Ladies purchasing from us can rely on getting EX CLUSIVE DESIGNS of the Latest and Most Fashionable Garments in the Market. We desire to impress on the Ladies that our Stock of Cloaks are NEW, STYLISH, and FASHIONABLE, of Cut and Finish superior to anything ever shown in Asto ria. PRICES LOWEE THAN EVER. THE Leading Dry Goods and Clothing House OF ASTORXA. C H. COOPER Pythian Building, - - Astoria, Oregon. Giving Up Our entire stock comprising tho very latest styles in Ready-made Suits, Cloaks and Ulsters, -WILL BE WITHOUT EVERYTHING Caii Early and PILGER S Next to Rescue D L MCX WT FALL STOCK OF -CLOTHING!N- A LARGE STOCK OF Overcoats, Novelties in Neck Wear, Hats and Furnishing Goods. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO Fine Merino and aU Wool Hosiery. gf-The NEWEST PATTERNS irr SUITINGS mad o up is th9 LATEST STYLES. . Iiow Prices ! 3D. A. 2cXTTOSH, Tht L'tadiig ClotMor, Hatte and Gents' Furnisher i n . epartment! Business ! ! DISPOSED OF- MUST GO ! ! Secure Bargains. AT BRANCH- Engine House. RESERVE.