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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1884)
3 ffte f?rdh Jgtfiovmtt, ASTORIA. OKEGOS SUNDAY. ... I! CEMBEil it. m ISSUED EVERY MORNING. J. I". IlVLL,OrtA.N & COMPANY, rmKJSIIKKS AND fllOI'HIRTOKt, ABTOItlAX WILDING. - - t;A:r. sTEEEl Ttnns of Sal.ocrlpUon. Sorvd bv C irncr. vr werk Ivm. l ty iI ''' !' r m ,,,I,1 V " one- v'.ir .7.oo Fre of p !:;'. c t.i mw- tIIhts. rrAiverUvmpnt in.ertd y the yrr sit til rati of -2 u -r qirir jiir mnntlu Trtn slent advertising fifty cents per .square, eact Insertion. Wot Ice To Advert Iser. The Astohiajt guarantees to Its ad VWtiitetM the largest circulation of an neW3jmper published, oh the Columbia river. Keid LanRrishe's benefit bill for to night. Bead the new ad. of the New York Nov elty store. Leap year is closing. Only seventeen days more, girls. Iteduced pricas for Innsjrishe'd benefit at Occidental hall thin, Sunday evening' The Columbia, Xenia, Guy C. Gosa. Peter Stuart an J Cjrauvia sailed yester day. The Band of H ips meets at the Gou gregatioaal churci at 3 o'clock this af tes- soon. Forty years aRO Clatsop county had ninety one inhabitants, including In T dians. Marshall Kinney and A. F. Johns will sail from San Frauciscj for this city to morrow. There will be an auction sale of gov ernment property at Ft. Stevens nest Thursday. It is expected that Capt. Scott's n6w boat, the Telephone, will make her trial trip about January 1st. Bead Frank Elbcrson's advertisement. He has every facility for fir&t-cIuSj work and promptly fills ail orders. Griffin & Beod received an immense consignment of books yesterday. They will have an opening to-morrow night. Be on hand. The new Docker grand piano will be nsed at the concert next Tuesdav, also the large cabinet organ of the Congrega tional church. On aocount of the bid wnther yester day evening Carl Adler's D )ll show and camera obscura exhibition was postponed till to-morrow, Monday, evening. Mayor Huuio w.13 presented with a handsome gold-headed cine yesterday. Tde presentation speoch was inado by Joe Suprenant iu Alex Campbell's saloon. The Congregational church choir wil. give u vocal and instrumental concert at Accidental hall next Tuesday evening. Reserved seati at Griffin & Beed'a City bo )k store. Snow began falling yesterday morning and by noon about an inch covered the groaud. Snow-balling and sledding was the ordor of the day, but later c ime a drizzling rain, changing to aleet and hail. The Standard safest-; to tba B:paMi can mam tiara of the legislature th it tuoy help. the Democratic meaibers tj elect a Democratic United States sen ttor. What ft blushing virgin of innocence th 3 Stand ard is, s i.e enough. The E.nma Sum. manned bv a oire fal and experienced crew and properly Srovisioned, made a trial trip to Fort tevens and back yesterday. Sue will be pit in proper trim and to-m rrow will steam eastward for the matropjlis. "Tae Streets of Njw Y trt." w t3 pre B9ntud in splendid style by Mr. L tn grisue and his c imp iny at O-rjidanUl Hall last evening. He h is given Astoria a. week of sjhd theatric il attraction, and will have a benefit to-nigut, when a pre Sramma of an ml attru:ija will bj S resented- K 'Served Sdat3 at New York ovelty Store. The surveys of the Oregon Pacific B-i -road Cjmp'iny for tne lino aoross the Cascade uunutains to c n tect with the Oregon Short L'ne have just been ci u pleted and the mips for.virdel to the c jmpanv'.s office in Ne York city. The Oregon Pacific will connect mta tae Ore g m Short L no at a point fifty miles east of Huntingdon. The concert to be given Tuesday night by the Congregational church choir wih be the music tl event of the season. E.i. birate prep irations have been made and will insure a orowded house, the proceeds Will be to p ly a b dance due on the church organ. Beserved seats at Griflin & Beed's City Book store. Tickets, 7 cents; no extra charge for reserved seats; gallery, 50 cents. The town of Eist Liverpool, Ohio, al lows its street gis lamps to burn con stantly both night and day. They are extingaisbed but once a month, when the lamps are washed and the jets clean ed. The town is lighted by n itural gae, and the p9op.e say it is cheaper to let it burn all day in the street lamps than it would be to p iv a m in t light and ex tinguish ths lamps every day. Grand Dull Miow To morrow afrnrnoon at Carl AdJer's Crystal Palace. Fifteen litind ed different styles of dol s. of a 1 possible decri tlons. Chi d en are Wi-lcom . Four of the finest dolls in America will be put up for raffiV: ."i cent a chance for beth: the highest and the lowest wins. Hurrah For Ills Crystal PalaeeJ To-morrow night by request there will be a grand illumination at Carl Adler's tr-t:il Palace. If. will nav vnn tn im and see the sights. Ev-rythiiig new. everything flu. Admission free. The Whole City is invited. Fr Tko Ch icost ltook, For the fi-isr C'iristra is cards, for the finest Jewelry, forth- bestnf t-vr-rythintr In ihe line of lnndsme g.iorts. go to Carl Adler's Crystal Palace. You will find just whit v u want. At Frank Fabrc'n. Board ior$ 2J0 a month. The best In the city. Dinner from 5 to 7. Dr. A. Veser. German physician and surgeon. Office at Gcrmania Hotel, rooms 16 aud 17. Corner 8th and Water Streets. For a good bath, pleasant shave, or shampoo, go Ut the City Baths, corner Sqiwmoqua mid Olner street. Jok. G. CnAitTEH8, Prop. If you want to make a nice present to yourfriend go to .1. W. Conn's Drug Store and you will find just what you want, nt the verv bet oiialltv. anil nt the lowest possible prices. At J. W, Conn's Unu Store you will find the best assortment in the city, con Bitinr of Tu!ec Cae. Odor Cae., Plat d Ware. Fancy Toilet ai tides an I perfumery of all kinds, oppcsl.e Occl- MiMvno A TALE ABOCT CUT MATTERS. llnaaa Jtatnre and Cur 'ature The City Shh ftrles-Ecosoiaj-. What Is ItT City Taxes, Delinquent and Otbernhe. There has been a little bad blood stir red up during the last week by one or two who don't pay a cent of taxes and who aro only happy when annoying others. Devoid of eburactur, ability or property they aro for salo to anyone foolish enough to be worried over their asinine monthings, and who would throw them a bone to stop their snarling. Astoiia is such a small community that harmony is absolutely necessary If wo want to gat along decently. Jast what wo are going to make by aoting like the traditional Kilkenny cats is not apparent except to those who always pront oy a row. Tss Astobuk counsels harmony. If differences exut, fighting about them iVon't dispose of them. Is it not better, nore sensible and more satisfactory to quietly and in a gentlemanly manner -itate juit wnat the difference is and cor rect jwaitiver is obnoxiouj? Nothing IUUU 1J,USIU1U3UJI UlBUlLSaiUU. AJJC inference between a lie and the truth is, that a lie h is n j future. It may be ap p irently successful for awhile, but sooner r later tne liar is found out and then jtiainc and disgrace await him, and the jpuse with which ho is allied. It is funny (when you look at the rid iculous side of it) to see how folks wilt tame and "get m id" over a little matter like the election of a councilman, espec ially when they have smilingly stood the strain of a presidential campaign. But so it is. Wo u ive seen a man stand firm hon in deadly danger and win admira tion by his undaunted courage, and we aave seen the satuo man raise particular aades and yell when we stepped on his jorn. And he waan t to be blamed. It s a Perious thing to step on a nmn't jjrn. aouie people hfrve their corns on tueir toes. Otiiero have them elsewhere. The first thing that comes up and xhicu Tub Asronizx discussed as far jack as last March, is the matter of sal anes. Perhaps a little hitherto unpub lished history relative to tuis matter ol salaries is iu order. Six years is far enough back to go. I'Ue duat lies deep on former records, .u 1S78 the salary of the auditor anu jJerk was fixed at $100 a month. It itaid at that Pgure until 1Sc2 when it wub reduced to 75. Last February it wab raised again to $100 by a unanimous vote of tho council three Bepub.icanb and two Domjcrat.s. In 1676 tue salary of the pjhuu judu was fixed at 1J0 per nouth; it was afterwards reduced to .0. During tne present year it has been raised to $75 by a unanimous vote; throe liepuolicaus aud three Democrats a fub wjuucil board bo.ng present. In 1B-J3 tuo salary of tho city attorney was nuseU ironi U to .$'JJ par month, by a unam aious vote, tuo council ut the time tne raisd wis uiid bjn.j iire Jtjpjjiicans ind una Djaior .t. For tae first ti no in the history of tjis paper Tits Asroi:u.K publishes the tjjhtico of council tuemoers voting fur a ui jasure, for tue sole reasjn of lltustrat ug taat ueitner sidj can make a cent's jfjcia of psrty cap.tal out of any thing cast has bou done in the council in the oiattcr of raising salaries. Tne whole question regarding salaries is one of eouomy. Thu Asoeulk de anes economy to be, simply,good manage aieut. in oar pnv uajiUdss if We una i uij.ii isn't Wjrtu what no asiu we don't aire Uiui. If auotner of our employes so. for an increase in bis wages and wc conclude we can't do better, we give it to aiui. l'ne matter id pureiy one or dollars ..ni cents. A Citizju and a tax-payer, a aian Wtio heips to pay tne salaries, win say that the Wages ut the city officials are jj uigu. He wiu argae tuis wty: " sVny jiiouid a city oxfice be wortn enuugh to uiaue it a prizr" Wuy suouid I pay Mortf to u uiau to do my p Jbiio business r jr aie than to u clerk or a workman to Jo uiy pr.vaie Ousiujss fur me?" l'uat's what tne citizen will say who is iarg:iy tue creature uf our own imagina tion. vVuat the average cit.zeu tuiukb a ia says ii: "I have to wor like ad ,'ct um to uaiie a iV.ng and 1 don't hm. iaat tenuw, auynow; I doa't see what tut jjuuen puyd uiiu so tuucu fur." Apply tue same ruie of economy, of g oj. uiauageiueut, to the case tuut you ou.d to yu ar pr.vato business. Cheap .ueu arc aoaietiuied very dear men; tut city uas learned tuis uu one or ttfo ucca sious. it paid coiidiaorablo fur the iu foraiat.ou. Oa tne other hand it is ndicu iuus fur a business man or any one else to p ty inure for a thing tnm it is worth. If tue p.uce c in be hiled by a $20 man, .tats ttie us j of paying 100 The qu3.ion for you to conaidwr is, can it? Then comes the question of taxes. Frum wuat c-rtaiu men nave said to the vraer hiucu he began agitating the ques tiou uf taxation it would seem a tnuugu tuey thougut that the payment of taxed Xii& purely a matter or private opinion, if u man felt like paying his taxes he paid 'em; if he didu t feel like paving he Uidn t. it all depended on the way hot felt about it. .No one Would more heartily rejoico than the writer were this the rule. We sincerely wish that we could make it so, and if auy of our fneuds or enemies wnl start su -h a scheme with anv proba bility of success we wi.l hold his hut and uurrah fur mm. We have met men who thought spell ing was u matter of private judgment; they soelled by ear, as it were, and no one made berious opposition, but it doesn't require very much argument to suow that tae payment of taxes cannot with safety b j left to the opinion of the party taxed. If it could tue men that woa.du't pay would be in a large major ity. The Astorian" has no feeling in com mon w t j the c.ass referred to. The best ue a man can put himself to, who tries to ao oostr act matters is to either get in debt,wueu he won't have to pay anything, or furnish material fur a funeral. But ev ery c.tizen, every taxp lyer has a ngut to say bow taxes shall be levied, and how the proceeds of the tax shall be expended. It :s not only his right, it is bis duty. If an 8 mill tax is enough to run this city, it is extravagance to levy a VI mill tax. If a 12 mill tax is absolutely necessary, it Were uawise to try less. We want to see lower taxes. The way to insure lower taxes is not to throw the but den of keeping np the city govern ment on the shjJlders of those who pay. by refusing to pay your just share. If every oue who knows he hasn't paid his taxes for '8t were to hunt np the man whose business it is to hunt them np, and pay what they owe, the tax levy for '83 ran be reduoed. it oughtn't to take a VI mill tax to run this town. But whose fault is it? It is the fault oi those who d nice the tax. They'd whine and kick if it was onlv 6 mills, or 4 mills, or 1 mill. I If there was no tax at all, tboy'd get np something else 103102 aooui, Lat us not be misunderstood in the do. sision we take. If there be any reader IWJSMtt'ipaMlJufltaxM&M wjm hea- estly believes that the way to insure eoon omy, and lower taxes next year is by re fusing to pay his taxes this year, wo kava no argument to make with him. It is only for us to Btaie the truth as it appears to us. In what we say wa are either right or wrone. Wo believe that every dollar I assessed against liny man's ft perty oa tuaoity tax rolt should be paidlrfor the j precise reason that the city may have I mime money in the treasury to start with i i 'J5, and thus do away with the neots I hity of high taxes next year. We do not siy that the fact of there being money in the treasury'next January will prevent the council from levying a high tax, if in their wisdom they should see fit so to do, but we do say that ishould prevont t jem from doing so. Otfe thing is sure. Tae citizens and the taxpayers of Astoria have more reason for demanding less taxation when there is money in tn treasury than when there isn't. Whatever way you look at it the advis ability of paying the tazds apparent. The fact of ths basinessis that ninety nine out of a hundred delinquent tax-' payers would trangle np the coin if the man whose duty it is to enforca the col lection of ths delinquent tax would force ths matter. Some say they will stand a suit and prove that the levying of the tax was illegally, done. If it was we want to know it. A determined attempt to force those who can pay and won't pay would show if there is any fira where there is so much smoke. And now a word about .the city coun cil. If we had an enemy, or any one against whom .we held & grudge, we Would whoop him up for the city council and try to get him in there. It wou.d be tho worst revenge we could- have on him. No matter what way he acted he would catch it. If he did right, his motives would be misconstrued, his private char acter attacked, his repntat-ion assailed; u ue aid wrong he would 09 a target lor foul abuse, and would be charctd with all manner of naughty doings. And all this be would have heaped on him with out getting a cent for it. Even a hang man is well paid, and can stand a certain amount of abuse, but an Astoria coun cilman must bear the brunt of all that devilish malice or ingenious distortion of facts can be mado appear to show, wuuua. iub Bmauettt compensation. The men that are in the citv council are fair representatives of the rait of us. ihey are just as good; probably no bet ter: certainly no worse. With no mort than passing allusion tortus proverb about the Kind of bird that dirties iu own nest it may -at least IxTsaid that thi city gains nothing in prestige at homi or abroad bv indiscriminate abuso of a man as soon as he takes office. During the threo years and more that we have reported, tfieir transactions we have found them uniformly' endoaTorint' to do the best they could in'the positions in which they were unfortunate enougt tobe placed. In somo th.nvjsit wou.d uppeur aa though they had been lavish the fire department for instance. But when wo realize our position, our ex treme danger from fire, the necessity fo prompt and effective apparatus, the fact that our volunteer fire department hat as citizens spent so much of its own pri vate means, what member of the depart ment, or what citizen who has-anything at stake can reasonably complain of thi money paid for protection? If abuse is to be the order of ths day. one of two things should bo.done; eithe v'et the charter amended so that a coun cilman can only hold office for ono year, or else disincorporate altogether, go oui of the business of being a city, and be como a village. A Doable BUI To-Xlght. In consequence of the Langrishe com pany being unable taleave until Mondat morning a special request has been mad. for an extra performance, which will bi given this evening as a beaefit to this famous comedian, who has brought the be?t company and given the moat enjoy able performances that Astoria has hat liia dnfiann 'Pitta i?i"lr"'a nf Avfnln VUU 0&UOUU JkULO UlCUiUfO uiA frCYAU m6nt presents unusual attractiveness First, because of the quantity of the bit . whioh consists of three of LangrisbeV funniest impersonations. The "Maid o ifunsier; or, Catching an Heiress" wil oommenoe the performance, followed b the Xioan ol a .Lover." itota of thes plays are full of songs and dances by th. various characters and would form a per feet entertainment in themselves alone and in addition to all this the ever f smou 'Toodles" will be given with Langrisb as "Timothy Toodles;" with: the cele brated drunken scene. Second, becaus. the pr ces have been reduced to 50 oenL for reserved seats and 25 cents for gal lery and children. Such a good enter tainment for bo little money has neve: before bsen offered in this city. A severe burn on my hand wrf cured by St. Jacobs Oil, writes Mr. Thomas Murray, Alderman, Toronto Canada. A Cnlqut Excste. The following is n verbatim ettiUralim copy of an excuse for the absence of a pupil, lately received by a teacher in a Kcuooi now h tuousana xsues irons 'tne gilded dome": ''Tomie stadehome cuz he hud no clos, And that's excux enuff god nose." Rurklrii'M Arslra Naive. Thb BK6T Salvk In the' world for Cuts, Brui-es.Sures.Ulcr.'stfa'It Rheum. Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands. Chilblains. Corns, and nil Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or n pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or hionev refunded. Price 25 cents per bos. For sate by W. E. Dement Jk Co.' Skeet Masle. The latent and best, at Carl Adler's Crystal Palace. Special orders filled promptly. At I. J. ATeU'J You will find a splendid stock of booU and shoes. Ladies' and children's shoes a specialty : All styles and size.. A Splendid CeafVcjUe. "Eating Chocolatev-at Frank Elber sin's. Call for a packet of "Eating Chocolate." Every one likes It m CKcftW Does not make any second-clas Pic tures at his New Gallery, No. 61J, on the Roadway. Mrs. Bryee. -would respectfully an nonce to the ladies o'Asturiathatshe Is prepared to do dressmaking iu all l's branches at her rooms on Cass St., op posite Odd Fellows building. For Dinner Parties to order, at short notice, go to Frank Fabre's. Rocoe Dixon's new eating house Is now open. Everything has Men fit ted up In firsVclasa ityle,.acd hi- well Kuuwu repumwun kb a caterer Bssuref all who like good tbinjrs to at, that at j his plate they Mat b AiAuirramiG. A SlscaUr Faeaoataoa a Board a Xmtl la PalUielphla larber. F'om the Phlla-lelphlaTlmaSv The brig Frances, a West India trader of Madras, Me., lay at the' foot of Prime street wharf yesterday waiting for the arrival of a crew to oaableher to put to sea. Capt..Hial H. Thomas, thecoir mauder, a bluff, hearty old sailor, who has in his time, nayigated nearly every ocean of the globe, sat under the bit of awning stretched aoro3S the quarter-deck of the brig and told of the predicament whioh has kopt his vassal hero for aav eraldays. The France finished taking her cargo on board on Tharsday last. She is 580 tons register and laden with hoops, stives and heading, consigned-to a sugar exporting house at Ma&talfes, Cuba. Oapt. T?homas said: To begin, none of my old cfew staid by the vessel when-i we arrived here, so I-hipped a new -lot, five seamen, and sent them on board last Thursday afternoon. "It never has been my plan to pat a crew on board until I was ready -to tow out to sea, but there was a new spanker to bend, a lot of forerigging to set up and so I listened to the advioe of the mate and told the shipping master to bring the crew down. That's where 1 made my mistake to put a crew on board alongside of a dock. 'Well, they turned to and cleared thinasup pretty fair that afternoon. I got my new spanker bent aad some of the rigging tautened up, and as the men worked pretty well I knooked 'em off early, so as to give 'em a chance to eleau 'the forecastle a bit and stow away their chests. "I liked the appearance of the men. There was a big Busaian-Finn, two Danes, and two Liverpool cockneys. 1 told the steward to feed 'em np pretty well until w dropped down the river. About 0 o'cloolc 'lhursday night I looked in the fo'castle to-. call ono of 'em to take in the slack of a dock line, f hey were smoking and spinning yarns, and I turned in soon after, thinking that ( had got a good quiet set of men. "it must have been about 2 o'clock in the morning when I was aroused by a uoise and tne aouffimg of feet on deck. I ran out and found the men throwing water on the big Russian-Finn. He .oaned against the forecastle bouts, palt is a ghoit. I went up and looked at aim. The man was trembling like a eaf. " 'What's all this?' aaya I. " 'That ere fo'castle is 'aunted says one of the Englishmen. 'By this time tho Russian-Finn was tele to talk. He rested on the hatch combing and says: "I sat ap talking with my mates here antu utter a o'clock. Then, us tuoy an turned in, I filled my pipe and took u tura on dsck to get my smoke out. I ex pect I waa on deck nearly an hour, for vben I went in the forecastle everything ras quiet. I bad taken off zsy duda anu xsa just going to turn in my bunk when . felt a cold breezo blowing over me. 1 turned to look at the hatch, thinking 1 aad left it openbut it was closed. Then i looked up to the further end of the forecastle and saw that the sliding door .oading into the chain lookers was widt jpen. I shut it, supposing one of 1113 nates had been in there and forgot tu aloie it. I turned in and fell asleep ver won. ' - " 'I must have been sleeping about an aour and a half, when I woke up with my aair on end. I felt drops of sweat on my face. A chilly draught still came frou. .he directioa of the chain lookers. The Joor was wide open. Aa I pat my legt at of the bunk to go and olose it, I saw in arm, a woman's! will swear, stretched rat of the gloom of the chain locker. It ieemed to touch the door; which closec 'thout a squeak. My hair stood up on my bead ULe bristles. I rubbed my eyes .tuu jumped out of the bunk. 1 took town the swinging lamp and trimmed it, uen I examined the locker door. It wub f teit-d, the bo.t was Bhot into the sockst. '! lit my nipe and sat on a cheat ;binkiag about the matter. I decidec ibat I had been having a dream, so 1 t .r a d in again and soon dozed off. " 1 couldn't sleep sound. Jt seemed io me that I could hear a woman'. wreams; then I heard laughter and sobc iltemately; then an awfal shriek aronseu ne. Everything was qa.tt in the 1 v ;astle and a ship's bell struck midnignl. 1 dosed off again. Then the first thiuj. 1 knew I felt myself gasping in my s.eep. fwoko np and pat out my hands. 1 wouldn't speak. Somebody had both heir hands on ray throat .and I knew 1 vas choking. I -felt the fingers, but I ;ouldn't touch anybody. I was paralyzed. 1 felt I was suffocating, when I managed to aing out for help aad the fellowr lumped out of their bunks and dragged ae on deck. "I oouidn't help laughing at the fright of the man " said the captain, "and J was just going to open on 'em for rais ing Huch a mass because a man had the nightm t , wken the cockney sang out, Look at tue Fintfa throat? "The man's shirt-bosom was opsned aud there were five purplish spots on aoh side the neck. "It mademe feel queer, I confess. "Not one of 'em would go into ths forecastle that night They sat up in the galrey until daylight, and when! turned out at 7 o'clock every mother's son of 'em had their chests on tho dock. "I tribd to ship another crew on Fri day, But these fellows gave it out in the boarding houses that the brigwai haunt ed, and I couldn't get a man. I aent to new York for a crew yesterday, and aB soon aa they put their feet on deck out to sea I go, ghost or no ghost." "Bat what is your opinion, Captain?" I give it mp,T' said tha-oid mariner, aa he lit a f reeh cigar. "Strange things happen aboard ship a me"tlmes." m 5S3agaesg LOOKJERE!! M. STUDZINSKI Has Just received a new stock of Solid Gold Holiday Gifts The best pl'are fa the elty to poiekaae PIKE Jewelry, ffatete, And ottor vsluaMe areatata. ait fMaatir 4 Tr'rfiitaHj iUri, THE AST0BIA IAIB GB1JT. It Flaal Forfeltar Coaildered ProUfcle. WjLsmifaTON, Dtc VI. Senater Morgan of Alabama, who defends the railroads on all occasions, talked ths Oregon Cen- tral land errant out of tha mornine henr . in the a nateye-terday, occupying almost j" cue entire Re3sion with h a tiresome talk againm time, and thus preventing a vote from being taken on it. Aa he did yep tsrday be can do it again to-morrow if I desires to, aa there is no wav to limit de bate in thi senate as there in in the house . (. it is aimnsi certain that tho bill will be passed and the unearned lands declared forfeited. NO POISON IN THE PASTRY ASS TJSSX3. TaaUlaZaaea, Oraaca, ete.. Cake, Creaaw, PaMIaav. dfcc, aa 4JB catoly aaa natarally aa taa trull firaaa which tiey are aaada. For Strength end Tine Fruit F&ror They Stand Alone mtrxnta it the Price Baking Powdsr Co Chtcaaro, 111. St. Louie, M, UAKKXiO Dr. Pricos Cnam Caking Powrfir Dr. Price's Xupnlia Yeast Gems, Seat Dry Hep Yeamt. 1TOR GALE BY OROCER3. WE MAKE CUT OSS QUALITY. Light Healthy Bread. YEAST QEMS. Tua beat dry hop yeaat In the wriel Bread ra'laad by thla veaat la Ught,whXa and wholeaome llha our aranamothaga CROCER9 SELL THEM. mcrM ar the Price Baking Powdr Co.. lutn el Br. Pni spetiil FMtnih SiBMa, Ch.cago, 111. St. I.0U1. Fwraa.e Ly Cuitiko.Merle & Co , AfeaSi I'o t.aud. On-gnn. Steady, Sir! STEER YOUR PURSE IN THE Right Direction AND M. D. KANT, The Bom, Is olosing out his entire ateok of Clothing and Overcoats, finest nnd beat quality. Lareeat assortment in ifen's, YoutVe nnd Bova' Clothing. Gents' Furniahinp Gooda, Boots and Shoes, Kubber and Oil Clothing, Hats and Caps, etc., at prices that will auit the times. Ha will make up the finest and beat fit ting auit of Clothing to Order, for the LOWEST PBICES IN TOWN. Nklp Captaia Take notice of the fact thafc-I can supply your craw with Cheaper and Better goods man any otner nouae m uregon. H. B.KANT. The Bom. CAUTION. ALL PERSONS ARK HEREBY CAU tioned against purchasing a note and inrtrairi nn nnrannnl nrflnpriv oIm h W AIwt nflpr fVirnitnKrt TaflnrfnrMaia tne a une will o rontesre l nn tha jrnund of iraua, or miirepreseuu'ion in aniairimg ut same, otherwise want ot coot'e'eradea 'Ajaada, tvegem, Sr. 1IU, MM. IF exIragts lOuIraMoiief C. H. COOPER'S, THE LEADING Dry Goods Clotliing House ASTORIA, MO NORTH : The large increase of this years' business over last in all our De partments is sufficient proof that X. carry the LATEST STYLES -and BEST VAL UES of any House in the North west trade. ."- In the CLOTHING DEPARTMENT, we are now show- HUT the L&PfiWHf-. VHripfv nfRonto'anfl Rnira PInliinn Wm Business or School Suit to iaciurea. The assortment of Overcoats from Fine Dress, to Heavy Warm Chinchillas is the best we have ever offered. Special attention is called to the new values in Gents KfclSi,Sclplet' and Fancy, Knit, All WOOL UNDER SHIRTS and DRAWERS, (a few cents in underwear often saves dollars In doctors' bills) also in CASSIMERES. and FLANNEL OVERSHIRTS, KNIT JACKETS, WHITE, and FANCY DRESS SHIRTS, and all kinds of HOSIERY, SUSPEND ERS, HANDKERCHIEFS4 GLOVES, andNEfcKWEAR. The Sales in GENTS1 and BOYS1 HATS, are far ex ceeding our expectations. Look at our Stock before pur phasing elsewhere. Jr The increase in BOOT and SHOE sales are such that we are now having all of these Goods made to SPECIAL OR DER by oae of the best Eastern Factories. SHIP CAPTAINS i Will find it to their interest to obtain our Prices before purchasing their OIL and RUBBER CLOTHING, GUM BOOTS, and all kinds of Articles for Sailors' Wear. C. BE. COOPER, Pythian Building, ATTEND GRIFFIN REED'S PLAIN. SIMPLE. OPENING, Monday Eve, December 15th. EVERYBODY INVITED. CITY BOOK ST0EE. $67,000,000 Capital I Livtrptsl and London and Globe. iforth British and Htrcantlle Of Loadee and Edinburgh. Old Conntcticut of Hartford, COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA Firt I murine Ctmptnles, ReBteawtiag a Capital of 07,000 OOO. v l.VAK DUBBK.ACMC D.iV. FALL CLOTHING! A LARGE 8TOCK OF Overcoats, Novelties in Neck Wear, Hats and FQrnishing Goods. - --' SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVKN TO Tin Jrino and all 'STcol Hosiaxy. eaTTh NKWBST PATTERNS in SUITINGS made up in tha LATEST STYLES. Xiow Prices ! D. .& McIITTOSH, Tlw aUldfus Clothier, Hatter and Gents1 Furnisher IN OF SAN FRANCISCO. the finest Dress Suit jSIanu- Astoria, Oregon. ORDINARY. Wheeler & Kipp, PRACTICAL Pluto Gas and Steam Fitters ALL WORK . Warranted, and Estimates Given. FULL 8T()CK ' Ireaaiid lad Pipe, Bath Tubs, Wator Climeta, aud tin Fixture. Chimney Pipe, Cheaper than Brick. JOBBING PROMPTLY A1TEXDEDTO. Comer Squctnoqua and Hamilton Streets, Astoria, Oregon, STOCK OF