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(3) ASTORIA, OREGON: FR1 DAY J AX UAKY 9. 1885 ISSUED EVERY MORNING? (Monday excepted) J. K. HALLORAN & COMPANY, I'UULI.SHKUS AND rilOMlIKTOKS, AbTOIUAN 11UILDING. - - CASSSTUEUl Terms of Subscription. Served by Carrier, per week 15cts. Seiit by Mali, per month COcts. onoycar .S7.00 Free of postage to subscribers. f3yAdvertlscinents inserted by tbe year at the rale of $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising fifty ceuts per square, eacb insertion. Koticc To Advertisers. The AsxoniAX guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. Latost telegraphic news on outside pages. Installation of officers at Pacific Lodge No. 17, K. of P. to-night. Legal blanks of all kinds at The As ToniAs office. Warni rain throughout the "Willamette valley has washed away all the snow. Griffin & Heed are the agents for the Little Giant Stock pianos and Taber or gans. A good chance to buy bar fixtures cheap is offered under the head of new to-day. Rev. W. S. Hamlin, of Seattle, offi ciates at the Congregational church next Sunday. There will be a union service in the Mothodist church on Sunday evening. Rev. Dr. Garner will preach. During the twenty-four hours ending at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon 1.3J inches of rain fell in this city. John iluir has been appointed traffic manager of the O. It. & Is Co., the ap lointment to take effect to-morrow. The Gwyncdd and McXcar came down yesterday. The Oregon still abides but calculates to sail at daylight this morn, ing. Main street has broken out again; on Chenamus street crossing this time. Things are nicely fixed on Main and "tharabouts" in case of a fire. Another batch of delayed mail came down on the river mail boat j'esterday. Evervono in town had a Christmas card or a .New Year's remembrance from some far off. eastern kinfolk. The lumber that was on the Clatsop Mill Co.'s wharf when it broke down in Monday night's storm is nearly all a to tal loss. "When the wharf broke down there were about 130 M tongued and grooved flooring. 30 M rough lumber and 100 M lath. Some of the flooring bunched up at Tongue Point and was recovered, but the bulk of the whole lot hasn't been heard from. The loss is n heavy one. The wharf will be shortly rebuilt. Among the various game that adorns the markets must be mentioned the f es tivo swan. Tho ideal location of a swan is on a mirrored lake whore floats tho stately cygnet and rears her callow brood, or words to that effect. But the stately cygnet business doesn't work in this lati tude. Tho swans are decoyed toward shore, chiefly above Tongue point, and shot with bullets, after which they are plucked, eviscerated, beheaded, betailed and dump&d into a boat and sold here to be cooked. Boiled swan is said to be fine and to those who havo no kits of salmon it may be said that a cask of salt swan is not bad this weather. They retail hero for $1.60 apiece, and are "werry fillin' " at the price. It was telegraphed from the capo yes terday that a steamer was reported aground on Shoalwater bay bar. Diligent inquiry failed to get any definite informa tion. Tho only bit of news about it was that on Wednesday Captain Brown bad arrived nt Bay Center with tho mail from South Bend and other plaocs up' tho bay and hastily exclaiming, "There's a steamer ashore, put the mail in a plung er for Ojstervillo, and hurrying on board the Gen. Garfield, hastened to the scene of the disaster. Nothing further or ad ditional has been heard. It is not likely that a collier would get in there. It might be tbe Montesano, which has been waiting for a favorable opportunity to cross over to Gray's harbor. A correspondent of the Oregonian at Cornelius, Washington county, writes: "Have just heard of two men being found frozen to death on the mountain road be tween hero and Nehalem valley. One, Anthony Solders, aged about GO years, started for a neighbor's about four miles away, and was found dead about a quar ter of a mile from the neighbor's, and about 100 yards from the road. Tho other, Mr. Kist, aged about 4j, started from Greenville Saturday last for his homo in Nehalem, passed Manning's mill about 3 p. m., and was found yesterday about noon; had evidently been crawling. His hat was about ten feet behind him. He was lying on his right side, with his face in the snow and one hand extended forward, tho other backwprd, dead; prob ably from exhaustion. Both were single men." Plenty Good Cider At J. W- Conn's Drug Store. Breastpin L.ott. Gold bar breastpin with three dia monds set therein. Lost between Prael Bros.' store and V. G. Ross's residence. Finder please leave at sheriffs office aud be rewarded. Notice. A special meeting of the Astoria La dies Coffee Club will be held this Fri day evening, at 7 i m. Mks. Gko. P. Wiikklek, Secretary. tost. A gold bracelet, on Squemoqua street. Finder will please leave at this office. Attention Knights ! All members of Pacific Lodge Xo. 17, K. of P. are requested to meet at their Castle Hall on Friday evening, Jan. 9th, IS85, as Installation of officers will take place, and business of Importance is to be transacted. Sojourning Brothers are rordially invited to attend. By order C. C. W. A. Sheiimax, K. of R and S. FLsliormcu Attention! Before buying twine examine the agent for the Pacific coast. Missei' and nursing corsets of the fa mous Ball's make, at the Empire Store. All the patent medicines advertised In this paper, together with the choicest perfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occiden hotel, Astoria. SHOT OX THE STREET. At fifteen minutes past ten last night the report of a revolver was heard on the comer of Benton and Concomly streets, and those who were passing saw a man fall prostrate on the sidewalk. He was carried into Alex Gilbert's saloon and proved to ba a man named Mac Donald, better known as "Scotty," em ployed as a runner by Jas. Turk. Chas. Herbert, proprietor of tho Golden Gato saloon, was arrested as the man who did tho shooting. But one shot was fired, the ball striking MacDonald below and to the left of tho navel. Different causes wero assigned for the shooting; one version being that Mac Donald had lately worked for Herbert, and that there was some disagreement about settlement. Tho wounded man was put on a door, a pillow put under his head, and carried to the hospital. The physicians sum moned to attend the case had no dif ficulty in finding the ball, which was on the right hip, just tinder the skin. It was cutout and McDonald afterward com- Elained of pain. He was asked who shot im and said it was Charles Herbert; that Herbert owed him some money, $2.50 was tne amount; tnat ne asked it of him in front of Alex. Gilborts' saloon and Her bert pulled out a revolver and let him have it. Herbert, who was arrested by Officer Carlson, was taken to the city jail and searched, but no revolver was found on him. Ho was then removed to the county jail. He was asked if he did tho shoot ing and answered ho did; when asked what he did with the revolver, he said he flung it in the lumber pilo. At one o'clock this morning McDonald was nozing and seemed to experience lit tle inconvenience. Tho next forty-eight hours will demonstrate how good nis chances are to mako a live of it. They seem to be decidedly favorable to his re covery. CIRCUIT COURT I'HOCKLDIMJS. January 8, 188."i. Taylob, J. Richards & Snow vs. Ruddock & Wheeler. Judgment for plaintiff. James Turk vs. Oapt. Nicholls. Judg ment for defendant. D. G. Boss vs. Dean Blanchard. Plain tiff allowed to file amended complaint. Patrick Hughes vs. J. H. D. Gray. De murrer to complaint overruled and de fendant allowed until to-morrow morn ing to answer; for trial Thursday morn ing next. Andrew Young vs. Charles Anderson et nl. Demurrer to complaint overruled and defendant allowed until Saturday morn ing to answer. Wilson fc Fisher vs. Pice & Co. De murrer to complaint overruled and judg ment for plaintiff. Andrew Johnson, Andrew Peterson and Sebastian Gloper admitted to citizenship. Sibson, Church & Co. vs. S. D. Adair & Co. Decree of foreclosure. J. C. Trullincer vs. tho Susan Dee. Non suited. J. E. Elliott vs. Otto Peterson ot al. Time extended to April 1 for defendants to taKc testimony. State vs. Charles Nelson. Grand jury return not a true bill. State ts. Frank Colhman. Same. State vs. Guazio Marsalla. Time to plead extended until to-morrow morning. Blanchard & Muoklo vs. C. H. Bain. Time for answer extended until to-mor row morning. C. H. Bain vs. H. B. Parker. Motion to strike out part of answer sustained. State vs. Ah.Gin. Verdict of guilty. Monday morning for sentence. State vs. Aug. Warner. Pleanot guilty. To-morrow afternoon for trial. WAS SOT A BOAT. In the circuit court yesterday, in the oase of J. C. Trullinger, ts. the Susan Dee, tho plaintiff was nonsuited. This case has attracted considerable attention from the singularity of tho point at issue. Mr. J. C. Trullinger, proprietor of the West Shore Mills, attached tho vessel in process of construction which was af terward launched as tho Emma Hume, for a bill of lumber that he had fur nished. Tho question raised was whether the structuro was or was not a "boat." If to bo a boat requires that it shall be completed, then it was held that inas much as there was nothing there but her hull, and that sho had no machinory in her, that sho was not a "boat." On the other hand comes tho natural query: "Suppose that she wero launched juBt as sho stood when attached, would sho not come under the class of vessels usually called boats?' Wo apply tho word "boat" indiscriminately in ordinary speech, but it seems that in law a boat is not a boat until it is finished. Tho su premo court has on moro than one occa sion made a decision of the same general tenor as that made by Judge Taylor yos terday, viz: that an uncompleted hull is not a 'boat." Hcott'siRxnnlnlea of Pure Cod Liver Oil, with ItypoplieBphlteg. For Ancamla and Marasmus in Children. Dm. W. D. Gkxziiy, Kansas, Mo., says: "I have used Scott's Emul sion for years, and for consumption and anaemic patients and children with marasmus, have found it very reliable. Have frequently given it when patients could retain nothing else on the stomach." The bos fish story has beon received. It is in Harper's Weekly, a journal of snivelization. Tho scene of the story is laid "near Portland, in Oregon." It tells of a devil fish that came near getting away with its captors. Tho tremendous part of the yarn is that it was hooked "near Portland in Oregon in threo hun dred feet of water." And yet there are people who are surprisod that Harper's Weekly bolted Blaine. Biiclclcn's Arnica Salrc. The Best Salvk in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores.UIeers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to givo gerfect satisfaction, or money refunded, rice 25 cents per box. For sale by W. E. Dement & Co. At I. J. Arvold's You will find a splendid stock of boots and shoes. Ladies' and children's shoes a specialty : All styles and sizes. Fresh Eastern aad Shoalwater Bay Oysters Constantly on hand, cooked to any stylo at Frank Fabre's. Mrs. Bryce would respectfully an nouce to the ladies of Astoria thatshe is prepared to do dressmaking in all its branches at her rooms on Cass St, op posite Odd Fellows building. Gray sells Sackett Bros.' Al sawed cedar shingles A full M guaranteed in each bunch. THE AST0EIA LA2TO GBAffT. THE AMENDMENTS TIIAT WEKE PASSED BY THE SENATE. Sprech of Senator Dolph In Regard to the Forfeiture. In yesterday's Astobiak nppoared tho news of tho passage by tho senate of an amended bill forfeiting the Astoria laud grant. Last ovening's delayed mail brings much concerning the matter of interest to Astorians and tho people of western Oregon. On December 11th, Senator Slater moved that the senate proceed to tho consideration of the bill, and the senate as a committee of tbe whole proceeded to its consideration. The bill was reported from the com mittee on public lands with an amend ment, to strike out all after tbe enacting clause and to insert: That so much of the lands granted by act of congress entitled "An act granting land to aid in tbe construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville. In the state of Oregon," ap proved May 4, 1870. as are adjacent to and coterminous with the uncompleted portions of said road, and not embraced within the limits of said grant for the completed por tions of said road, be, aud the same are hereby, declared to be forfeited to the United States and restored to the public do main, and made subject to disposal under tho general land laws of the United States as though said grant had never been made : Provided, That the price of lands so for feited and restored shall be the same as heretofore Dxed for the oven numbered sec tions within said grant. Senator Dolph then offered an amend ment to tho bill as reported by the com mittee. By this it was proposed to strike from tho amendment of tho committee tho following provise: Provided, That the price of the lands so forfeited and restored shall be the samc:s heretofore fixed for the even numbered sec tions within said grant. And to insert in lieu thereef: All persons who at the date of the passage of this act are actual settlers in good laith on any of the lands hereby forfeited, aud who arc otherwise qualified, on making due claim to such lands under the homestead, pre emption, or other laws, within six mouths after the same shall have bson declared for feited, shall be entitled to a preference right to enter the same lit accordance with the provisions of this act and of the homestead. Ere emption, or other laws, as the case may e, ami shall be regarded as having legally settled upon and occupied said lands under said pre-emption, homestead, or other laws as the case may be, from the dato of such actual settlement or occupation, and iu case any such settler may not be entitled to tints enter or acquire such land under existing laws, he shall be permitted, within one year after the passage of this act, to purchase not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres of the same, at the price of $1.25 per acre ; and the secretary of the interior is hereby authorized and directed to make such rules and regulations as will secure to said actual settlers the benefit of these rights ; Provided, That the price of the even-numbered sec tions within the limits of said grant and ad jacent to and conterminous with tho uncom pleted portions of said road, aud not em braced within the limits of said grant for the completed portions of said road, is hereby reduced to $1.25 per acre. SENATOB DOLPH'S SPBECII. Tho above having beon read, Senator Dolph addressed the senate as follews: By tho bill as it is reported by tho com mittee on public lands it is proposed to forfeit and restore to tho public domain for settlement under tho general land laws of tho United States so much of tho lands as wero granted to tho Oregon Cen tral Railroad Company of Portland, by tho act of May 4, 1870, as lio adjacent to and conterminous with tho uncompleted portions of said road, and to fix tho price of the odd sections so forfeited at $2.50 an acre. By tho act of May 4, 1870, there was granted to said company, tho Oregon Central Railroad Company of Portland, each alternate section of tho public land not mineral, except coal and iron, desig nated by odd sections, to tho amount of ten sections per mile upon each side nearest to the road except such as had beon previously reserved or otherwise dis posed of, or held under valid homestead and pre-emption rights; and also tho right to take materials from tho public land for tho construction of the road, and tho usual grant of land for depot and station purposes. Tho Oregon Central Railroad Company of Portland bad prior to tho date of that ?rant projected a lino of railroad from 'ortland westward to Forest Grove, thence along the west sido of tho Willam ette valley by McMinnville and other west sido towns to tho southern boundary of tho state of Oregon, and had com menced tho construction of that lino. It had been engaged in a long contest with tho Oregon Central Railroad Companj' of Salem for the lands granted by the act of congress of July 25, 185G, granting lands to such company as should bo desig nated by tho state of Oregon to aid in the construction of a railroad and tele graph line from Portland in Oregon, southerly through tho Willamette valley to a suitable point of junction with the lino of the Central Pacific Railroad Com pany in California, and having been un successful in that contest had como to congress for aid in tho construction of its road. The late Hon. Joseph S. Smith of Ore gon, then in congress, introduced a bill to grant lands to tho company to aid in tho construction of its road as then pro jected, but before tho bill was passed it was amended so as to limit tho grant of land upon the projected lino of tho com pany's road to McMinnville, a point about fifty milos from Portland, and through the influence of tho lato Judge Olney of Astoria, and other persons in terested in getting a lino of road from Portland to Astoria, tho bill was amended so as to include a grant of land from Forest Grove to Astoria, a distance of about ninety-seven miles. Shortly after the passage of that act, tho Oregon Central Railroad Company of Portland constructed about forty-eight milos of road from Portland to Saint Joe, n point about a mile and a half distant from McMinnville, and then failed, and hayo been unable to continuo the con struction of the road. Tho constructed road and the earned and unearned land grant was transferred to tho Oregon and California Bailrosd Company, a company which has succeeded to tho ownership of the grant under the act of July 25, 18GG. That company has also acquired fifty miles of additional road from Saint Joseph southward upon tho original pro jected line, and is devoting all its ener gies to the construction of its main line, and nothing has been dono toward tho construction of tho lino from Forest Grove to Astoria. Nothing in fact has been dono in regard to tho matter except to make preliminary surveys. As I stated upon this floor on a pre vious occasion. I intend to vote for tbe forfeiture of this unearned grant; but as this is an important bill to the people of the state I have the honor in part to rep resent, and as, if it becomes a law, it will undoubtedly havo no little effect upon tho future settlement and dovolopment of portions of my state, I do not feel like letting the opportunity pass without say ing that I have como to the conclusion to vote for the forfeiture of this unearned grant with a good deal of reluctance. I do not share in the Tiers of some that tho forfeiture of this grant will aid in secur ing the early construction of the road. I do u. i seo how we canjexpect to secure the construction of the road without con gressional aid when wo have not been able to procure it with the aid of a con gressional grant. A railroad constructed from Forest Grove to Astoria would pass through a mountain-broken, timbered couutryj it will bo difficult of construc tion, quite expensive to build, and when built will have to compete for its traffic with river transportation on tho Colum bia river. When the bill making this grant was under consideration iu the house Mr. Smith described that country, and I de sire to quoto briefly from his romarks on that occasion, both for the purpose of showing why the road has not been built and why my amendments as to tho price of the lauds and for tho protection of settlers should prevail. I send the de bate to the secretary's desk and ask to have the extract marked as rend. The chief clerk read as follews: This bill Is in the Interest of settlers or prospective settlers on the public lands through which this road is designed to pass. The road will be about one Hundred and thiity miles long. Plftv miles of that dis tance the country Is settled ; for the re mainder of the distance It Is not settled and u not susceptible of settlement unless means of communication through it such as are proiwsed by this bill shall be pro- The Willamette valley, which contiins two-thirds of the population of the state r Oregon, has no outlet to the sea but by the Columbia river. That river Hows :u-ros the north end of this Willamette vallcv. On the west, between that valley and the sea. a mountain range extends along its whole length. Tlirouh this range of mountains to the mouth of the river we have no road of any kind. We want this road to give u an outlet to the sea at all seasons ; and wc want to open up the pass we have found through these mountains to the settlement. It is not :t question whether by the passage of this bill this land shall be withdrawn from settlement, but the question is whether by the passage of this bill you will open up to settlement a region of country which other wise never would be settled. It is a ques tion whether It shall be occupied bv settlers under the provisions of this bill, or whether It shall remain a wilderness in the future as in the past ; whether it shall be the home of a busy, thriving imputation, or continue to be the home of the elk and the bear. For twenty-five years Mr. Spenser, this land has been open to settlement, first under a donation law. and now under the home stead law ; and yet no man has gone there to settle. Nouhitt; men ever went there until thev went to find this pass for a rail road to the sea. The red man never lived there. It Is a forest, an Oregon forest, such as is found nowhere else, perhaps, in the world. And no settler will overgo there unless there is a railroad through the pa.vs connecting this Willamette valley with the sea. In tuat event some of thesmallerval leys will be opened to settlement. The lands are rich, the timber is abundant; it Is valuable. Dut the land and the timber would remain iu the condition they now are for a hundred years to come if this rod is not built. No man with a knowledge of the condition of the cuuutry and its future prospects would ever settle there iu the absence of tills railroad. Mr. Dolph. Mr. President, I think tho description of that country given by Mr. Smith, just read, is somewhat overdrawn, but it is nevertheless true that tho lauds which will be restored to tho public do main and subjected to settlement under tho land laws of the United States ac cording to this bill are not very desira ble for tho settlers, and I might add that there have beon very few homestead or pre-emption settlements on the even sec tions within the limits of the grant. This bill is an important one, as I said before, to the people of my state, and I believe the best interests of tho people would bo served by holding on to tho grant a long as possible in tho hope that it may prove an inducement to the construction of this road. But both po litical parties of tho stato havo declared in their state conventions for the forfeit ure of this unearned grant, and petitions were presented at tho last session of con gress, and had been presented at previous sessions, praying for the forfeiture of the grant. I have concluded to accept these expressions ns an announcement of the will of my constituent.?, and, as nothing has been done 'toward tho con struction of tho road, and tho present owners of tho grant do not appear to have tho ability or disposition now to com mence the construction of the road, to vote for tho forfeiture. 1 do not think, either, that there is any great demand by settlors for lands for settlement with in this grant, or that the settlement of tho country has been greatly retarded Ijj tho withdrawal of these lauds from mar ket. From tho description already given of tho lands it is apparent that they must be settled slowly, until tho moro desirn bio lauds in tho vicinity have been occu pied. Since this bill was reported, however, such information as has come to mo has convinced mo that there ought to be somo amendment made to it iu tho in terest of settlers on the land. I havo learned that several settlers have gone upon the land, supposing that tho grant had lapsed, lam informed that settlers have gone upon the odd sections within this grant, supposing that tho grant had lapsed and become a part of tho public domain; and although the officers of the local land office refused to receive and file their papers, they still resido there. Some havo gono on tho land with tho ex pectation of securing their title from tho railroad company. Under this stato of facts, I think their rights should bo protected by some pro vision like the amendment offered by me. Tho amendment offered by me. ex cept the provion fixing tho prico of tho even sections at the minimum price, one dollar and a quarter au acre, is part of tho house bill as it camo to this body, and it appears to me is unobjectionable. It will bo observed that it is proposed to strike out the proviso of the bill ns re ported by the senate committee on pub lic lauds fixing tho prico of even sections at two dollars and a half an acre, and from what I have said in regard to tho quality and condition of those lands I think it is apparent that if tho price of tho land is uow fixed nt two dollars and a half an acre, or doublo tho minimum price, it will retard tho settlement of tho lauds and the development of tho coun try. I know what rensons induced tho committee to report the bill fixing the Erico of this land at two dollars and a alf an acre. It was supposed that some persons had gono upon tho even sections and purchased lands within the limits of tho grant nt two dollars and a half an acre, and that they would complain of tho inequality should the odd sections bo placed at a dollar aud a quarter an acre, and como to congress for relief. I have, bowover, taken pains to inquire into that matter, and while I could not examine tho books in regard to all the townships embraced within this grant, I took two or threo at random. One was 6 north, 4 west. I found that eighty acres only had been sold at two dollars and a half an acre. Tho next was 4 north, 6 west. I found that there had been no entry. Tho next was 8 north, C west, near the Columbia river, hplf way between Forest Grove and Astoria, and I found that there had been since tho dato of the pas sage of the act only 23.GI acres entered at two dollars and a half an aero. It will therefore bo seen that the amount of land probabiy entered upon tho even sections at two dollars and a half an aero is S3 very small, so inconsiderable, as to bo of no consequence; and that tho difficulty which tho committee antici pated does not in fact exist. Besides, congress has nlrendy provided a remedy for such cases by "tho act of March 3, lS7f5. which I ask to havo read from tho clerk's desk, as it is only a few lines in length. The chief clerk read as follews: Tie it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rciirtfntatirc of the United States of America in Omarest assembled. That where any actual settler who shall have paid for any lands situate within the limits ot any grant of lands by emigres to aid in the con struction of auy railroad, the price of such lands lieing fixed by law at double-minimum rates, and Mich railroad lands having been forfeited to the United States and restored to the public domain for failure to build N.ieh r.ulro'iil, such person or persons shall have i lie richt to locate on any unoccupied lands an amount equal to their original en try, without further cost, except such fees as are now provided by law in pre-emption eaes : i'luriifed. That when such location is on double-minimum lands, one-half the amount only shall be tiken. Mr. Dolpb. It seems also reasonable to me that persons who have gone upon these lands in good faith as provided in this amendment should have their rights protected. They should have priority of right to purchase tho same under the land laws of the United States; and if any persons have gone upon these lands under the railroad company who are not qualified to purchaso under tho general land laws of the United States and made settlement and improvement, no harm will bo dono by permitting them to pur chaso their lauds to tho extent of 1G0 acres nt tho minimum price. I do not believo that tho government ought to recognize any contract, if any has been made, between the railroad company aud tho settlers or perfect thoir titles without payment of the prico to tho United States, and I havo therefore not included in tho amendment offered by me that provision of tho house bill. Tho amendment ofiercd by me is broad enough to cover tho legal and equitablo rights of all settlers, and if any person have mado any payments to tho railroad company thoy must look to tho company for tho return of the samo and not to the government. Tho amendment offered by mo is intended to provido at onco for tho settlement of nil claims of nil persons on any of those forfeited lands, to pre vent controversies between tho settlors, to relievo the officers of tho land office from troublo and turn tho matter over at once for adjustment to tho secretary of the interior. It is not proposed to recog nize tho rights of any but settlers in good faith at tho date of tho passage of tho act. The right recognized is a prior ity of right to purchaso under tho gener al laud laws of tho United States, a right to make actual settlement upon tho land, a right if any settler is found not to be qualified under tho general land laws to purchaso one hundred and sixty acres nt a dollar and a quarter an acre. The amendment, it appears to mo, is eminently just both as to tho settler and as to tho government. I can see no ob jection to it. It is not to bo wondered at when lawyers do not agree as to tho question of tho title to tho lands within the limits of a railroad grant whoro tho road is not constructed after tho timo limited for tho construction of the road and beforo congress has acted in forfeit ing the grant, that tho western pioneers have gono on the lands under circum stances which require special legistation. If congress does not now provide for this class of persons it will undoubtedly do so in the futuro, for that has been tho unbroken practice of congress for nearly a century. I do not think there are many such settlers in this case, but bo thoy few or many it appears to mo there is plain necessity for tho legisla tion. After somo further debato the amend ment was agreed to by a vote of 33 to 19. Test Your EaMug Powfler To-Day ! It rands ndrcrtiicd as absolutely para GOiara?.iXC r Tvnvi-f-vrrnr n. . THE TEST: ria a can top down on a hot utoro tsnilt rcatol.tlicn remove the corer and smell. A chem 1ft will not bo required to detect tho presence ot .Aransunia. DOES K0T CONTAIN A3I3I0NTA. Iu Ucaldircteni Uii NEVER Beta QuctUaa!. InmUlIonhomcsforaquartorofacenturx It LasilooU llie consumer's reliable test, THE TEST OF THE OVEH. Prico Baking Powder Co., virnw 03" Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts, Tbe stroagcrt, most delicious and natural tiavorknoww.and LV Price's Lupulin Yeasi Gsms 1 or Light, llraltby llread.Tbo Uest Dry Hop Yeast in tho world. FOR SALE BY GROCERS, CHICAGO. - ST. LOUIS J6HT Healthy Bread. &!& EAST REMS. The oest dry hop yoast In the world. Bread raised by this yea9t la llght.whlta and wholesome like our grandmother's delicious bread. CROCERS SELL THEM. PRCPARC9 Br THE . Price Baking Powder Co., HanTrs ol Br. Price's special Flaionnz Eirracts, Chicago, III. St. Louis, Mo. For sale by CnTixc.MKULE & Co , Agents Portland, Oregon. CROW Does not make any second-class Pic tures at his 2J ew Gallery, No. 61, on the Koadway. ForalVcat Fitting Boot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che nainns street, next door to I. "W. Case. All goods of the hest make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. At Franlc JFaTbrc's. Board for $22.50 a month. The best in the city. Dinner from 5 to 7. msmy iiBssissisiiiiaiiiiiin p-gj- -J&Zj l'-:.5 iixzuiaiiiiiizaaiaiin !i5zsias3i:xaxiaaas3J jjP-" rrJPTnmrySM iaiIHuuuasiiaiaai THE LEADING Dry Ms anfl Glotliing House of Astoria. The increase of my business in lS&i over former years allows me to an nounce for 1885 that I shall carry larger stocks of first-class goods in the differ ent lines, which can be relied upon as represented, and will be sold at the lowest prices for the quality offered. Ie the Dry anfl Fancy &oofls. Will l)e found the Latest and Most Stylish Novelties. Iii Gloats and. toss Will be found garments in Style, Cut, and In Mea s ana Boys ClotMnc Will always be found New and first-class fittinjr goods, from a fine, satin lined Prince Albert Dress Suit, down to a Serviceable Business Suit, for the office, shop, or farm, to fit all shapes or weights, from 50 to 'MO pounds. Iii Gent's Furnishing Goods Will be found a large assortment in all grades and .styles. In Hats and Caps Will be found the best makes, the latest styles, and best values. In Boots and Shoes Will be found a large variety of hand and machine sewed, made expressly to order by the best eastern factories, which enables us to recommend and rely upon the goods as to merit and value. In Oil ClotMni, Mte Goods, Trits, Valises, anfl Wrellas, Will be found goods at prices that defy all competition. Sole agent for JMterick Pattern's. G. H. COOPER, Pythian Building, - - Astoria, Oregon. CITY BOOK : HEADQUARTERS i For Fine Stationery, School Hooks, Blank Rooks, ; : Sheet Music, Musical Instruments, Variety i Good"?, Etc., Etc. ; S Subscriptions recclred for any Periodical published at S ; publishers Prices. J ! ew Stock Arrlrlnir Dally. ! SiffliT&lEED. $67,000,000 Capita! ! 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 $67,000 OOO. B. VAN DTJSRN. Asent. D. A. MclNTOSH Keeps constantly on hand a full stock of the best made READY-MADE CLOTHING, In Business Suits and Dress Suits. Also the largest stock and the newest patterns in French and American Cassimeres, "Worsteds, Cloths, Scotch and English Tweeds. Which will be made up to order in the very latest styles and at the lowest prices. PIT GTJAEANTEED. HATS in all the Latest and Standard Shapes. A. complete line of Gents5 Furnishing Goods. 3D. JL. McZSTTOSISf, The Leading Clothier, Hatter and Gents' Furnisher. Finish to suit the taste and purse of all STORE '- Wheeler & Kipp, PRACTICAL Plmta Gas mi Steam Fitters ALL WORK Warranted, and Estimates Given. FULL STOCK Irou and T.eadt Pipe, Bath Tubs, Water Closets, and Gas Fixtures. Chimney Pipe, Cheaper than Brick. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Corner Squemoqua. and Hamilton Streets, Astoria, Oregon,