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VOL."xxTlI,' NO. 1!). ASTORIA, OREGON, TtR'KSDAY J A .WARY -il, 1685. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. "
BUSLNJiSS UAKDS. SlISflWiiFS uTi ff 1 - 'ulJ3l"1A" A" "usi.kv,.
jK-. A. L.. and J.-A. FI'l.TOS.
IIij siciantnml Siirjrcons.
Will alvc promnt attention to all calls.
riomau part of the city nr country.
Olllcetner Allen's Store, corner Cass and
s r:iMuoqua &lreels, Astoria, Oregon.
Telephone No. 41.
D
tt. FliAXK IAr.
I'liyIrlan nncl Surgeon.
Office. Cor. Main and Clienainns streets.
Oh kick Houi:s : -0 to 11 a. m. ;-2 to 5 i M.
U'si(lnce. opposite thc.Iohansen building
i.K A. DOltUIS. GKO. 'OI.ANI
yoTsXxn & ioitisis,
ATTORNEYS AT UW.
Office in Kinncj's lilouk. pposite City
Hail. Astoria, Oregon.
C VT. FUXTOX. , C C. FULTOX.
FUI.TON BROTHERS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Rooms 5 and G. Odd Fellows Building.
J7y. A. l:Ott LHV. J. A. on.r..
BOWLISY & GIIX,
Attorneys and CoutiNcIIorH tit Iaiv,
Oflko on Chrnamus Stiect, Astoria. Oregon.
p C. HOL.DEX,
NOTAHY PUBLIC,
Al CTIONELE, COMMISSION AND IN
SURANCE AG ESI.
rl KE.O F. IV4KK.KK.
SURVEYOR OF
Clatsop County,anrt City of Astoria
Office :-Cheuanmsstieet. Y. M. C. A. ball
Kooin No. 8.
Ci XV. I.KICK,
ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT.
Ot vwv. . Room a, K Innej Brick Block,
AY TUTtLK. 3ll t.
PIIYSIOIAN AND SURGEON
Oi i-icr Rooms 1.2, and 3 PytMan Build
ing Kksidkncr On Cedar Street, back of
St. Mary's Hospital.
r r. nii'i;-. a. n sua;v.
UlCUS iSsSHAW,
DKXTIS1S.
Rooms m Allen's Building, up stairs, coi
ner C'nssi and Squcmoqua streets. Astoria
Oregon.
BANKING AND INSURANCE!
I. W. CASE,
Broker, Banker, and Insur
ance Agent,
ASTOUIA, - OREGON.
OFFICE HOURS :
From 3 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock P. M,
Bozortli & Johns,
Heal Etate and Insurance Agents and Brokers
ASTORIA, ... - Oregon.
We write policies in the following well
known Fire Insurance Companies :
PHCEXIX OF HARTFORD.
SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL OF
EMNBURG.
LION. OF LONDON.
HOME. OF NEW YORK.
LONDON AND LANCASHIRE, OF LIVER
POOL. PHCEXIX. OF BROOKLYN.
CONNECTICUT. OF HARTFORD.
OAKLAND HOME, OF OAKLAND, CALA.
And also represent the WESTERN, of
California. HAMBURG-BREMEN, of Ger
many, ami AMERICAN STEAM BOIL
ER INSURANCE CO.
Real Estate Bought and Sold on Commhslon.
ar. o. noss.
USADl&O UNDERTAKER,
Main St. Astoria. Oregon.
THE LATEST STYLES
IN
WALL PAPER
AT
B. B. FRANKLIN'S,
NEXT DOOR TO ASTOEIAN OFFICE.
A very large Stock from -which to select.
Window curtains made to order.
SSS-My patent Trimmer to cut Wall Paper
will be found convenient to my patrons.
Boat Building.
THE BEST
STOCK AND WORKMANSHIP
GUARANTEED.
Boats of Every Description Built.
Shop over Arndt & Perchen's.
R. M. lElTnERS.
VISITORS TO PORTLAND
Should not forget to call at Towne's San
Francisco Gallery, where may be
seen photographs of all thp leading men and
women of Oregon and Washington Territory
Skillful operators always In attendance, and
the most minute attention paid to pictures
of children. Don't forget the location, S. W.
corner First and Morrison streets, np stairs.
No trouble to show specimens to isitors.
Street railroads pass the door every ten
minutes, and this Is the nearest gallery to
the five principal hotels.
i i
fPll 1 I 111 -THE I
-THE
BEST TONIC, f
This medicine, combining Iron with puro
vegetable tonics, quickly and completely
Cures I) r pep si a. Indigestion, Weak b ess.
Impure Blood, IaJarIa,Chllls aadFevers,
and Nenralida.
It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the
Kidney nnd I-iver.
It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to
Women, and all who lead sedentary lives.
Itdoes not Injure the teeth, cause headache.or
produce constipation other Iron medicines do.
It enriches and purifies the blood, stimulates
the nppetitc.aids the assimilation of food, re
lieves Heartburn nnd Belching, and strength
ens the muscles and nerves.
For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of
Energy. &a, n nas no equal.
JB2- The genuine has above trade mark nnd
rosscd red Uncs on w rapper. Take no other.
Uir okIj bj BK01TX C1IEXICXL CO., BALTIXOKZ, SB.
REDI5GT0X, WOODABDIA CO., Portland, Or
WnOLESALK AGKXTS.
lf?ERS
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the article
for you, It stimulates the failing energies,
Invigorates the body and cheers the mind.
It enables the svstem to throw off the debil
itating effects of undue fatigue, gives renew
ed vigor to the organs of digestion, arouses
the liver uben Inactive, renews the Jaded
appetite, and encourages healthful repose.
Its ingredients are safe, and its credentials,
which consist in theheartj endorsement of
persons of every class of society, are most
convincing.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers
generally.
A. V. Allen,
Wholesale and KetillJDealer In
MILL FEED.
Glass and Plated Ware,
TROPICAL AND DOMESTIC
FRUITS AND VEGErABLES.
Together with
Wines, LiquorsJobaccoXigars
G. A. STINSON & CO.,
BLACKSMITHING,
At Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Cass
and Court Streets.
Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing.
Wagons made and repaired. Good work
guaranteed.
Insurance Office
OF
Geo. P. Wheeler & Co.
Representing the following first-class For
eign and Home companies :
Royal Norwich-Union and
Lancashire, assets. S3C.ooo.000
South British and National, " 20,0o0.0oo
Firemans Fund. " 1,500,000
Union, Fire and Marine " 1,000.000
State, (dwellings only) u 100,000
And the old and reliable 'Travelers Life
and Accident Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Conn. Deposited In Oregon, $400,000 for the
security of Policy holders.
Pergonal Attention given to all business,
and Satisfaction (Inarantced in ever in
stance. Office In Hume's New Building, Asto
ria, Oregon.
W. E. DEMENT & CO.
ASTORIA, - - - OREGON
Carry in Stock,
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET
and
FANGY ARTICLES.
Prescriptions carefully Compounded
Wp
" CELEBRATED mX
Germans make the most delicato
vratcli "wheels of paper pulp.
The estimated loss for 18S4 from
hog cholera in Nebraska ia $2,000,000
Lynn, Mass., shipped 296,933, and
Haverhill 19761 cases of shoes dur
ing: the year just closod.
Tower ilocka, oosting from $500 to
$5,000, are sent from this country
pretty much all over the world.
A fair quality of artificial stono is
made of equal parts of lime and sand.
It coBts about the same as brick.
Iron and steel statistics show that
while the sales of lBSi were as large
as in 1883, the profits -were smaller.
The production of pig iron last year
"was in excess of -what it was in 18S0,
which -was the year of the great boom.
The value of merchandise exported
during the month of November -was
S78,776,GG6, and that of imports S45,
183,792. Tobacco is is the best crop in North
Carolina. There are numerous in
stances of it yielding $500 or $600 an
acre.
The United States is the third silk
manufacturing country in the world.
Its annual production is worth $35,
000,000. The latest thing in milling products
is compressed bran, by whiou 200
pounds can be reduced to a very small
bulk.
During 1884, $22,000,000 was built
into Chicago structures and $45,000,
000 invested in real property lying
within the city limits.
Symptoms of revival in the iron
trade are reported from Pittsburg.
Several mills which recently sus
pended work are starting tip again.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, of
telephone celebrity, says tho service
will never be satisfactory until the
wireB are laid underground.
It is understood that tho profits of
the New York Herald for 18S4 were
S950,000. Por tho same twelvemonths
the profits of the" Times were $150,
000. According to the Philadelphia Rec
ord for the first time in the history of
the trade, tho prices of authracite and
bituminous coal in New York harbor
are practically the same.
Chinamen are beginning to monop
olize a largo share of the business of
furnishing wood for tho Central Pa
cifio railroad, which has constituted
an important industry of the Truckee
basin.
Aland and cattle company, with$l,
000,000, capital has been organized in
New York, and proposoa to purchase
1,000,000 acres of land in Central Ari
zona, and stock it with 25,000 head
of cattle.
Till within the last few years near
ly all the cotton seed produced in
the south was wasted. At present
only about 10 per cent, of it is "used
for making oil, but about $10,000,000
per year is realized from it
Tho erection of cotton mills at the
south has not beeu stopped by the
general depression. The year will
show a considerable increase in both
spindles and looms, according to the
United States Economist.
Eev. Selah Merrill, our consul at
Jerusalem, thinks that American
window-sashes and doors ought to
find a good market in Palestine, as
those used there are all hand-made
from intractable and knotty lumber.
Somo one writes from Florida to
the Gardener s Monthly that "orange
culturo is one of the most profitable
ventures anyone coming to this state
can engage in, especially if one can
manage to sell out his orchard,"
Twenty years ago copper was worth
fifty-five cents a pound in New York
city. From that prioe it has reced
ed to fifteen and one-half cents a
pound subsequent to the panic of
1873. It is now worth eleven cents a
pound.
The building of tho Georgia state
capitol, at Atlanta, develops tho fact
that granite can be quarried in
Maine, brought to Savannah, and
thence by rail to Atlanta at a less
cost than it can be had at a quarry
only sixteen miles away.
The m ship-buildiag industry in
Maine is reported to be remarkably
depressed. The coming year, says a
prominent shipbuilder at Bath, prom
ises to be one of the hardest known
to men of that business in this state
for half a century.
The eastern iron folk call the
southern pig iron "very poor stuff,"
indeed, "nearly worthless," and yet
they make a cut of $2 a ton to head
it off as a competitor. It seems to be
worth $2 a ton anyway. Nas7tviUe,
Tenn., American.
The annual review of trade in Chi
cago shows an aggregate of $933,000,
000 for 1884, against $1,053,000,000
for 1883, a decline of 11 per cent. But
this is not much more, if any, than
tne decline in tne raluo of. tho prod
ucts chiefly dealt iu at Chicago.
Three years ago, Martinsville, Va,
had barely 300 inhabitants. Now
the population is 2,500, and there are
ten toDacco lactones, a foundry, sev
en machine and wagon shops, a news
paper, lour or five churches, and
other adjuncts of a flourishing town.
There is an iacubating establish
ment at Albany, N.Y., which has
turned out 4,000 chickens since Octo
ber, when it began running. About
one hundred and twenty-five dozen
eggs are used weekly. "When the
chickens arrive at a weight of one
and a half pounds fhey aro sent to
market.
The president of the Thomas Iron
company, Gen. Samuel Thomas, is
said by the Baltimore JUamifactvrris?
Record, to havo decided to put Sl.
000,000 into blast furnaces in Alabama.
Gen. Thomas has for some time been
the owner of 20,000 acres of coal and
iron lands in that state and will now
build a furnace there.
Tho Nashua Tdeymph says that
within two years the shoe industry
has taken a rapid'and remarkable de
velopment in New Hampshire. Ten
factories have been established and
over $1,000,000 investotL Several of
these firms have migrated from Lynn,
Mass., in order to get away from the
trades union complications.
The productive capacity of tho
steol-rail mills of the United States is
about 1,600,000 tons per annum.
About 600,000 tons went into new
lines last year, and the amount usod
on renewals, new second track and
sidings is estimated as 650,000 tons,
or 5.42 per cent of tho total amount
of rails in track. At tho end of 1SS3
a little more than half the track of
the United States was iron.
A Maine journal is waging a war
against bad grammar in newspapers.
This are an excellent move. An un
grammarly man, what thinks he can
set in an editorial chair and learn his
readers something which they don't
know, ought to go at some other busi
ness. Let's have good grammar in
the newspapers.
Sergeant Mason, who attempted to
kill Guiteau by firing into his cell,
and, in fact, narrowly missed the as
sassin, is living in peace and retire
ment on his farm in Yirginia, pur
chased with the $7,009 contribution
which was raised by voluntary snb-
scrintion durinrr Ins pnnfinomnnfc in
the Albany penitentiary. I
John Swinton, professional Com
munist, has served notice on his
readers thit his losses in keeping un
John Swinton's paper are heavier
than he can bear, and that ''if the
friends of the paper do not at once
largely extend his subscription list it
will bo impossible to go otv.wilh its
weekly publication."
I
Cannon Point, Ga,. ignorant of Cal
ifornia resources, claims the honor
of having the only olive grove iu the
United States whose fruit is used for
tho manufacture of oil. It contains
160 bearing trees, which were planted
over 100 vears ago. The grove yield
ed 200 gallons of oil this year.
In Savannah the Western Union
Telegraph Company employs negroes
instead of white boys for delivering
messages. The change was made re
cently, white boys having become un
steady and totally unreliable, caus
ing great complaint of the service
among business men.
"The Heart Rowed Don n bj Weight f Woe."
That is to say, the mournful heart
of tho suffering womau who is bur
dened with dyspepsia and agonizes
with torment during weary nights of
sleeplessness. Such a woman ndeds
kind friends, hearty sympathy and
Brown's Iron Bitters. Mr. A A.
Mantuis, Marshall, Texas, writes, t,My
wife has been entirely cured of dys
pepsia and general debility by using
Brown's Iron Bitters." Good news for
the weary heart.
Thirty-five years ago the city of
Minneapolis was not; to-day it has a
population of 125,000 souls. Forty
years ago its site could have been
bought for $50; now land is worth in
certain streets Sl,500 a front foot.
Yon Can Have It.
"My dear, what would I give to
have your hair?" is often said by
middle-agel ladies to young ones.
Madam, you may havo just such hair.
Parker's Hair Balsam will give it to
you. It will stop your hair from fall
ing on, restore mo original coior auu
make it loner, thick, soft and glossy.
You need not stand helplessly envying
the tnrls. The Balsm is not oily, not a
dye, but it an elegant dressing, and is
especially recommended for its clean
liness and purity.
The New York newspapers aro still
burdened with articles on the subject
of shutting up the saloons of thit city
on Sunday, as required by law. The
police say that the saloons are closed,
and the newspapers say that they are
not
Scott's Emulsion of Pure Codlilvcr
Oil, -with. Ilypoplionpliltcs.
Is Especially Useful for Children's
Diseases As it aots both as food and
medicine. It not only gives flesh and
strength by virtue of its own nutritious
properties, but creates an appetite for
food that builds up the wasted body.
Some of the New York newspapers
are very much opposed to tho pro
posed appropriation for themanufac
ture of heavy guns. All right. St.
Louis isn't afraid of bombardment if
New York isn't. St. Louis Republi
can.. A Bun on a Drugstore.
Xever was such n rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at W. E. Dement
& Co's for a Trial Bottle of Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. All persons affected
with Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness,
Severe Coughs, or any affection of the
Throat and Lungs, can get a Trial Bot
tle of this great remedy free, by call
ing at above Drug Store. Regluar size
$1.00.
P A&KER HOUSE
ASTORIA, OREGON',
Tin- House has been newly furnished, refit
ted and renovated throughout, and Is
I-'Irxt-CIa&s In All Respects.
RATES : From SI SO to S"J 50, per day,
according to room.
Special Ratrs for Steady Itoar.Icrs
ThN K the best Family Hotel in the City.
Fine Sample Room for Commercial Traveler-.,
mi the ground floor. Also a first-class
UarberSliop connected with the house.
Fre Coach to and from all Steamship
and River Roats.
.T II. CJiOSE. Prop'r.
ilAIA HOTEL.
MRS. EVA WALLMAX, - Proprietor.
ASTORIA, OREGON.
TirM Class iu Every Respect.
NEW HOUSE,
NEW FURNITURE.
Fitted up iritli every Conven
ience for the Comfort oV
Transient and Permanent Guests.
Corner Squeinoqua and We.-t Cth Streets.
FRANK FABRE'S
CHOP HOUSE.
Oysters, Ice Cream,
COFFEE.
The New Model. Everything First
Class.
Cas? Street, rear of Odd-Fellows Building.
Every attention paid niv customers, and
tho best set before them in first-class style.
Astoria Bakery
AND
Columbia Oandy Factory.
Ed. Jackson. Proprietor.
IWY DIRECT OF THE MAKPFACrUKEIt
ancl Xme 3Ionej
French Mixed Creams 30 cts per lb
Plain Candies and Taflvs 20 "
Rrcad. Fits and Cakes delivered everv
day. Ornamental uork for Weddings and
rariies. isest ice cream at reasonable prices
Cheapest and best place In town. Don't
forget the place;
Chenamu3 St. near the Postoffice.
The Seaside Bakery
FRESH BREAD
Delivered in any Part ot the City.
CHRISTMAS CAKES:
Home-Mado Candy Made Daily:
The Trade Supplied:
Pine Pastry:
A First Class Establlahmcnt. Prices to
itiit the times.
F. B. ELBERS0N, Prop'r.
Change of Agency.
We hare appointed
MR. O. F. MORTON
Our Selling and Collecting Agent at Astoria.
All those w ihing to purchase a flnt:class
SEWING MACHINE, or to make pay
ments due us will please call on Mr. Morton.
Headquarters at B. S. WORSLEY'S Sales
room. The Singer Mf'g Co.,
w Morrison Street, Portland, Or.
Columbia Transportation Company.
FOE PORTLAND,,
THE POPULAR STEAMER
FAST TIME!
Which has been refitted for the comfort of passengers wiU leave
Wilson & Fisher's Dock every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 P.M.
Returning leaves Portland every
Tuesday and Thursday at 6 A. M. arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M.
ST"An additional trip will be made on Sunday of Each Wee, leaving Portland
at 9 O'clocR Sunday Morning-. Passengers bj this ronto connect at Kalaroa
for Sound ports. U. B. SCOTT, President
Wilson & Fisher
Ship Chandlers,
HEAVY AND SHELF
HARDWARE
Paints, Oils, and Varnish.
LOGGERS' SUPPLIES.
PROVISIONS
AND
MILL FEED
AGENTS FOll
Salem Elouring Mills,
Portland Roller Mills,
Capital Elonr and
FAIRBANKS' SCALES.
ASTORIA, OREGON.
B. B. Franklin,
Mertato anfl CaMnet Mater,
SQUEMOQUA STREET,
XKXT TO Till: ASTOItIA2f BUILDIXG.
E?AH work done In a skillful manner on
short notice at reasonable rates.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS.
Bknton' Street, Nkah Parker House,
ASTOKIA. - OREGON.
GENERAL MACHINISTS AND
BOILER MAKERS.
LAM MABIKE ENGINES
BoilerWork, Steamboat Work
and Cannery Work a spe
cialty. Of all Descriptions made to Order
at Short STotlre.
A. D. Wass. President.
J. G. Hustler, Secretary,
I. W. Case, Treasurer.
johx Fox.Superlntendent.
S. AEM)T & FERCHEN,
ASTORIA. - OREGON.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
BLACKSMITH
SHOP-'
&,
Boiler ShoD Pfc
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AND
STEAMBOAT WORK
Promptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
CAKNERT DDES,
FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET.
FAST TIME!
aKfe,
mmmmA
v srtetofelHvnfi?
?lafio-
-Oj,
THE BEST
IS THE
Royal Brand Flour
Manufactured by the
OREGON MILLING COMPANY
Is of SuperiorQuality, and Is Endorsed
by all who use it.
THE HOUSEKEEPER'S FAVORITE
Of Superior Rising Quality.
Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction.
WYATT & THOMPSON
Sole Acentg for Astoria.
H. B, PARKER
DEALER IX
Hay, Oats, and Straw,
Brick, Cement, Sand and Plaster.
Wood Oefivered to Order.
D raying, Teaming, and Express Business
J. H. D. GRAY.
Wholesale and retail dealer In.
GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
LIME, SAND AND CEMENT.
General Storage and "VYtorfage on reason
able terms. Foot of Benton street, Astoria.
Oregon.
WH. EDGAR,
Dealer In
Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes
Meerschaum and Brier Pipes,
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY
Revolvers and Cartridges.
CORNER MAIN AND CHENAMTJS STS.
The Gem Saloon.
The Popular Resort for Astorians.
For tho
Finest of Wines and Liquors
Go to THE GEM SALOON.
ALEX. CAMPBELL, - - PROPRIETOR
ASTOEIA LIQUOR STOBE,
AUG. DANIELSON, - - Proprietor.
Rebuilt and .Refitted Throughout.
The Best of
WiaTES.XilQITOIlS.AXD CIGARS,
For a Good Cigar, call for one of
"Danielson's Best."
Corner "West 9th and Water Streets, Astoria.
n9-6m
II
BRACELETS,
Scarf Pins, Chains,
SILVERWARE,
Of every description.
The finest stock of Jewelry ia Astoria.
AU goods warrantedasrepresented
GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER.
Magnus 0. Crosby
Dealer In
HARDWARE, M, STEEL,
Iron Pipe and Fittings,
STOVES, TINWARE
AND
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD
SHEET IRON,
TP1T1 and Copper.
Good Building Lots
IN
ALDERBROOK.
For Sale at Low Rates.
Apply to I.Y3IAN C. K.1 X XEY,
At office of Clatsop Mill Company,
on the Roadway.
"SECURE THE SHADOW"
Ere the substance fade, and when you visit
Portland, make It a part of your business to
call on W. II. Towxe, at tho San Fran
cisco Gallery, S. W. corner First and
Morrison streets, and have your photograph
taken In the highest style of the art.
Oi
lliii,!
Jewelry