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f3) Bsnaoa ?hc glaHjj Mtownu ASTORIA, OREGON: "" THURSDAY JANUARY 29, 1885 ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted) J. V. HAL.LORAN & COMPANY, rUKMSHICKS A2fl PltOITKTORS, ASTORIAX BUILDING. - - CASS STREEl Terms of .Subscription. Jened b Currier, per week ......- 15cts. Sent by Mall, per month .. GOcts. ' one year . .$7.00 Tree of pota;e to subscribers. trAdvcrtlscmcnts inserted by the year at the rate ol S2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising fifty cents per square, each nsertion. Notice To Advertisers. Tire Astori.yx guarantees to its ad fi Users the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia i iver. Masquerade suits at Kant's. The Columbia went to sea yesterday morning. For an overcoat sec Cooper's adv't and choose for yourself. Dance at Knoppa to-night; Lilian leaves Wyatt & Tuompsou's dock at six r. at. Reserved seats for the Grismer-Davies' combination at the New York Novelty store. Last Sunday in Portland, Rev. Mr. Roris officiating, Miss Hannah Kant, sis ter of M. D. Kant of this city was mar ried to S. Warshaucr, of Eugene City. The I. O. G. T. sociable at the Y. M. C. . rooms last evening was a very enjoy able affair, although the attendance was not as large as the excellenco of the en tertainment deserved. State senator Reed and representative Jiuenweber are doing considerable for this section of the slate this session, and they will, doubtless, be heard from fur ther before the session closes. A Seattlo paper is suing a late candi date for county office for a little bill for advertising and "whooping her up" that the candidate forgot to pay. It is only throwing good money after bad. Rites of travel are reported extremely lew: sixty-fivo dollars for a ticket from ew York to Portland being the stated price. One dollar carries the passenger from New York to Chicago in A 1 style. The Rritish bark Janet McNeil, 899 Jones master, l.'iC days from Liverpool, arrived in yesterday afternoon. She has 1,!74 tons of tin, salt, soda, coke and other cannery supplies and will discharge mostly here. No investigation is to be made con cerning the death of Cadet Strang, of Salem, at the Annapolis naval academy, which was said to have been caused by the cruelty of the senior cadets. The committee on naval affairs decided by a tie vote not to pursue the investigation. Sheriff Ross and assistants go to Salem this morning in charge of Marsala, Her bert, "Warner and Ah Sing. Marsala has an idea that he can't bo taken there, but Ross will probably coax him along; Her bert was yesterday more resigned to his fate, but ho says he doesn't think ho will live a year. Aparty answering to the name of Frank White was arrested yesterdaj- on a charge of assaulting Gustaf Olafsonwith a dan gerous weapon. It is alleged that he playfully jabbed about three inches of a bright steel blade into Gustafs lumbar region. He will have a hearing before his honor to-day. The charter discussion still goes on. TnE Astomaj; has given both sides a patient and extended hearing. "We take this greund: That whether the amend ments pass or not the people of Astoria will not stand any such wholesale dis franchisement as that bill contemplates in its present shapet If we are to have a littlo row about this thing it is better to have it now than to have a bigger one in the future. It is a safe statement to make that whenever you find a Republican repre sentative voting for a Democrat for the position of United States senator, or a Democratic representative voting for a Republican for that office, that coin and not patriotism" is at the botton of his action. If there be any sonse at all in party division that is the ono office above all offices on which there should be a strict part vote in any state legislature. The publication in yesterday's Asto biax of the ordinance passed by the city council the evening before, appropriating $200 from the city's fund to pav the ex penses of of those who went to Salem in the interest of the city council charter, raised quite a breeze. A paper was cir culated and signed, to raise money to employ an attorney to procure an injunc tion against the city council restraining that body from nsing that sum of money or any sum. from the city's funds for the purpose spscified. It will not be nee essary. Voting for United States senator began on Tuesday at noon. That day's ballot was, Slater, 35; George, 9: Hirscb, 12; Boise, f; Johnson, 7; Kelsey, 6: Thayer, 1; Moore, 1; Waldo, 1; Hare, I: Reed voted for George; Leinenweber for Slater. A special to Tnc Astobian yes terday afternoon says that another bal lot was taken at noon yesterday with the following result: Slater, 3G; Hirsch, 14; 3; Johnson, C; Kelsey, 7; Hill, 1; Apple gate, 1; Moore, 1; Boise, 5: blank 1: Ab shier of Klamath and Lake, absent. Another ballot will taken to-day. The Idaho left for Alaska yesterday. She has on board Lieutenant Allen, aid-de-camp to General Miles, Sergeant Rob inson, of the U. S. army, and F. "W. Fickett, of the U. S. signal service. These threo men are going on an expedition of great value to general knowledge and their project is of unusu al interest. They are going to Sitka, Alaska, where they will employ six or eight natives, and take steamer to the mouth of the Copper river; they will go up that river as far as they can go on the ice. then take to boats and go as far inland as possible, and then strike across the country, exploring the mainland of Alaska to the headwaters of the Yukon river. They will then come down that 3.000 mile long river to St Michaels, the settlement at its mouth. They expect to be gono two years. Talk about adven ture and variety! These three men will have material enough to write a most fascinating book about the terra incog nita of the far north. Furnisiied Rooms To Tet. Apply lo Mr.:,. Muxsox. CROW Does not make any second-class Pic tures at his New Gallery, No. 61, on the Roadway. Buy your Lime of Gray at Portland prices. Mrs. Bryce would respectfully an notice 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. THE CITT CHARTER. It the Property Qtultncatlon Clause Co-uti- tUtlOBSl! AsTontA, January, 28, 1885. Ed. Astebiah: Permit me through the columns of your paper to reply to an article appear ing in to-day's issue over the nom de plume of "Not always a taxpayer." In the article alluded to the writer at tempts to show the constitutionality of the property qualification clause in the proposed amendment, of the chamber of commerce, to onr city charter. The ar guments used by the writer are decidedly more specious than profound, and judg ing the writer from the article we should say that he is neither familiar with the constitution of Oregon or with the funda mental principles of American jurispru dence. The writer starts oat with the proposi tion that the city of Astoria is a corpora tion the same as all railroad companies, or other kind of incorporated companies as salmon canning companies, etc. From the foregoing statement we infer that the writer has either forgotten or does not know that thero is a difference between a public and a private corpora tion. This distinclion, however, for the pur poses of this discussion, is of little im portance, but is mentioned simply to snow thatjtho writer as ill qualified for the discussion which he undertakes. The writer argues -from analogy. He concludes that because it is constitu tional to restrict the right of suffrage in school districts by imposing a property qualification, that it is therefore consti tutional to impose the same restriction in a municipal corporation. Let us ex amine this proposition in the light of the constitution and see if the cases are at all analogous. In the first place seo tion 1, article 2 declares that 'all elec tions shall bereo and equal." Section 2, article 2, declares "In all elections not otherwise provided for by this constitution every white male citizen of the age of 21 years shall bo entitled to vote at all elections author ized by law." From the reading of these sections it is plain that no restriction of suffrage can bo made unless otherwise provided for in tho constitution. The question now is: "Where in the constitution is that restriction provided for? Section 5, article 1, plainly provides what restrictions are to bo placed upon municipal corporations. It reads as fol fel fol eows: "Acts of legislative assembly in corporating towns and cities shall re strict their powers of taxation, borrow ing money, contracting debts and loan ing their credit." Since the framersof tho constitution saw fit to recite what restrictions should be placed upon municipal corporations, the constitutional rights guaranteed in sec tions 1 and 2 of article 2 cannot be taken away from any citizen unless affirmative authority be given by tho constitution to tho legislature so to do. "We are unable to find any express authority or even an inference which would warrant the legis lature in assuming to disfranchise any citizen who is a member of a municipal corporation on the grounds of his not be ing a taxpayer. The power of the legis lature in such a case is directory and not discretionary; while in the case of schools tho constitution has vested in the legis lature a discretionary power. Section 3, article 8, reads: "The legislative assem bly shall provide by law for tho estab lishment of a uniform and general sys tem of common schools." It is the duty of the legislature to es tablish a 'common school system, but what that school system shall be, so long ns it is uniform pnd general, is entirely in the discretion of the legislature. Act ing under that discretionary power the legislature has imposed a property quali fication on voters. It has gone even fur ther and allowed certain women the right to voteat certain meetings. Now if the case3 of a municipal cor poration and a school districting cited by "Not Always a Taxpayer," are analogous, then tho legislature has the right to say that women have a right to vote at city elections. "We do not believe that "Not Always a Taxpayer" will claim that tho legislature has any such a right or that he will now claim that thero is any analogy between the cases cited by him. Cumtux. Tho sequel to the attempted burglary of Capt. Geo. W. Wood's residence last Tuesday night transpired yesterday. The culprit whose name was and is Ah Jim, was searched and some pawn tickets found. One of these pawn tickets repre sented a clock in soak and Clark Lough cry found that the clock had been 6tolen from Everson & Anderson. Taking it altogether, the story of Ah Jim that he sell 'em chicken is a littlo thin. "While the examination was going on the floor of tho justice court gave away, and the dense mass of Chinese made a stampede for the door; the building trembled, the joists cracked, the stovepipe fell down, & cry was raised "The roof is falling in," and for about a minute it was a lively section. The examination adjourned to the police court and sufficient testimony elicited to justify Judge Goodell in hold ing tho slippery Ah Jim to await the action of the grand jury. It seems the VU.UUU1UUD UkVID KdLUU MtlQ KJ U MJ U house about 9 or 930 p. "at., and ring the bell: if there was no response he tried the door; if there was still no noise he effected an entrance by a window. If at first any one came to the door he would innocently produce a chicken and bland ly ask if they .wanted to buy. Ah Jiml The S&a Pablo Prob&hly Lost. Sin Fbanctsco, Jan. 27. Tho steamer City of New York, which left here on De cember 31, has not yet arrived at Yoko hama. She is now five days overdue. No tidings have been received of the steamer San rablo. It is supposed by some that the Nero York has fallen in with the San Pablo and is towing her into Yokohama. The Merchants' Exchange has inst re ceived a dispatch, announcing the arrival of the steamer City of New York at Yoko hama. The fact of her arrival tends to increase anxiety manifested over the non arrival of the San Pablo, which is now sixteen days overdue. Consignors are offering GO cents for insurance, which in surance companies decline. The vessel is insured for $450,000. Sjrup of 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, Biliousness, 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 organs on which it acts. Better than bitter, nauseous Liver medicines, pills, salts and draughts. Sample bottles free, and large botUes for sale by W. E. Dement & Co., Astoria, For Dinner Parties to order, at short notice, go to Frank F&ure'g. SAILORS' FA5CIES. Qieer BiperstitleM or the Forecastle Sailors' Oaths, Fears aad Imagining. "While a small crowd was gathered in Barling slip the other day, says a Sim re porter, watching an auctioneer sell a quantity of damaged provisions to men who would ultimately transfer it to ship owners for sailor food, a man in blue uniform and a blue cap with a gold cord over the duckbill, stood on tho sidewalk holding his eyes open by main strength, and waving to and fro ns if balancing himself on a ship's quarterdeck in a gale of wind. "Going at five and three-quarters at five and three-quarters,' said the auc tioneer over a barrel of hams. "Sh'd 6hay she war," said the man in the uniform. He dunno (hie) how to heave the log. She's makin' amosht twice that." He started down the walk toward South street with his hat OTer one corner of his head, his shoulders well up to his ears, and his fists doubled before him, so that his am s curved out. As he tacked along he centinued: "She's a makin' ni' knots, and it's tho blankest sea on. Never she'er roll so. "Wha'sat?" He had fetched up on tho'corner under the old iron lamp-post, to which he clung for a time, and then very slowly raised his head and looked up, blinking bis eyes vigorously. "Mus' bo Jam'-pos'. Then I ain't on board. Everything pitchin' and rollin' about. Then I ain't on shore. Know'd suthin would happen when I spilled th' salt. Know't it wo wo wo ' The knees of the uniformed man weak ened slowly, and ho sank down to the walk, with his leg3 crossed like a tailor's and his arms twined around the poBt against which ono side of his face was pressed closely, and in that position he fell asleep. "Did you never hear a sailor say that it was unlucky to spill salt at mes3?" said the captain of the ship to which the man belonged when the incident was re lated to him. "That is only one of n hundred such notions that sailors still cling to. If Jack had by accident crossed his knife over that of a shipmate during mess, he would have been just as suro that disaster was impending as ho was when he spilled the salt. Tho sailor's prejudices are for tho most part unac countable, but as a rule they are tradi tionary. Sailors have the same supersti tions now that they had when Alexander the Great set sail with his enormous fleet of 2,000 transports and 80 galleys from the mouth of the Indus for the mouth of the Euphrates, and was frightened out by a school of spouting whales. If a sailor is questioned about his supersti tions he never admits that he belicTes in signB, although he may spin yarns about the beliefs of other sailors. When I was a lad I made my first trip as a sailor on the schooner Montgomery, that was en gaged in tho .grain trad between Mil waukee and Buffalo. Capt. Eleazor Smith was a relative. On the; first pas sago down Lake Erie in tho spring of 1862 ha sent a man aloft to stow the foretop sail. The man did tho work and then climbed on the masthead, for some unac countable reason. The old man asked him what he was going up there fur, but no reply was made, and a minnte later the vessel pitched forward suddenly, and the man slipped. "We laid him out un der the topgallant forecastle. The wind was breezing up all the time, and we had to clew down tho maintopsail. As soon as that was done tho second mate went aloft to stow it, being an activo fellow and willing to work. " 'Don't climb the masthead,' said the captain, as the young man climbed the shrouds. He smiled in reply, and soon stowed the sail. Then in bravado, I sup pose, be climbed up the masthead. There was another sudden pitch, and the poor fellow broke his-nock en the break of the poop. "Wo wero a solemn crew going into Buffalo. The men went ashore as soon as they were paid off. They said the ship had. lost her luck. While we were dis charging at the elevator the story got around, and somo of the grain trimmers refused to work on her. Even the mato was affected by it. At last wo got ready to sail for Cleveland, where we wero to load coal Tho captain managed to get a orew by going to a crimp, who run thorn in fresh from salt water. They came on board two-thirds drunk, and the mate was steering them into the forecastle, when one of them stopped and said, pointing aleft: 'What the have you got a figurehead on the masthead for?' The mats looked up and then turned palo. 'It's Bill,' he said, and with that the wbolo lot jumped on to tho dock. I didn't see anything, but the mato told tho cap tain to look for another officer. The captain was so much affected that ho put me on another schooner, and then ship ped a new crew and sailod for Cleveland. Ho never got there. Ho was sunk by a sloamer off Dunkirk. "Tho Eoxt yaar I came down on salt water and entered the navy. I was put on a blockader off "Wilmington. "We wero beating up and down ono evening under modorate canvas when a schooner was seen in the gloom, heading into the port. The order was passed to clear the ship for action, and in about three minutes we had sot the royals, the men were at their guns, and we were in cbaso, with good prospects of catching her. I was at a gun near the mainmast. Pretty soon a Yankee powder monkey ran aft from the forecaBtle to the mast, and touched bis hat. " 'Well,' said the executive officer. " 'If you please, sir, tLiycrpool Tom is up for'd thero, whistling and waving his arms, trying to change tho wind.' "The officer laughed, but told tho boy to tell Liverpool Tom to lay aft. Before the order could bo obeyed wo were fiat aback, and the schooner was to the wind ward of us by a sudden shif t-of the wind. Tho men about the decks heard what tho boy had said, and when Liverpool Tom left the forecastle deck he went headfirst over the bow. The officer when he wa9 told of it half an hour later, said: 'Served him right, him, for making us miss the schooner.' "The regular old-fashioned sailor has no love for preachers at sea. Many sto ries are told, particularly of the old sailing packet days, which show it. The prejudice was a tradition handed down from the middle ages, when all priests wore black gowns and forbidding hoods. The open-hearted sailor feared the looks of them, dreaded the power of their prayers, and saw only evil in the myste rious counting of heads and the reveren tial looks at the crucifix. Woo betide the priest on shipboard in a gale if lack ing in courage. The sailors believed invariably that he was a Jonah, and, if he in any way showed that he feared them, overboard he went. But if he stood up, and, cross in hand, ordered them forward or to do their duty, they obeyed in fear and trembling, dreading the course of such a marx more than the storm or the vengeance of their officers. Not lees superstitious were their owners. Hulls and sails were decorated with im ages of saints to protect the ship from evil, and of hobgoblins to propitiate the devil and his angels. Cabalistic signs were printed on the hatches, and sacer dotal figures on tho cut water. Ships wero launched with ceremonies supposed to spread a charm about the new vessel which would bring her owner wealth and prosperity. Figureheads are usually supposed to have originated in a dosiro for ornament, but the fact is they came from superstitious fear. Not much bet ter aro modern shin owners, for the number of horseshoes nailed over cabin doors would freight a schooner. Per haps it will bo remembered that when a big yacht was launched last summer without tho customary waste of a bottle of wine on her bows,"tho omission was telegraphed all over the world, becsuse it showed a very remarkable temerity on the part of the owner. "Sailors in the olden time went to sen confidently expecting to meet spirits from the other world, and to sec monsters of unheard-of shapes and wondrous powers. They returned believing they had seen them. The siren had a real existence to them. They heard her voice in the moan ing of the wind through the rigging, and. hastening to the rail of tho ship, they saw her disappear in the waters that were flashing in the moonlight. Tho sen serpent was common in those days, but he wore a miter on his head, and was capable of transforming himself into other shapes, which more ingeniously ac counted for his escaping capture than the explanations made by modern skippers do. There is a legend that a sailor on an English ship, having been very lucky in chucking dico during the morning watch, became very bold and defied the Holy Virgin to change his luck. During the dog watches his boat was called away on some service, and in clearing his boat tackle he fell overboard. Thereupon the mitered serpent rose from the deep and swallowed the impious wretch before the affrighted gazo of his shipmates, all of whom afterward made oath to the truth of the story nnd the size of the saucer like 6yes of the avenging monster. For this Richard I prohibited the playing of dice on the ships of the British navy, un der penalty of being plunged into the sea on threo mornings in succession for oach offense. Oaths of various forms have been the aids to emphasis on shipboard since the ships of Tyro were charted by Solomon, to carry material for tho great templo at Jerusalem, and for no one knows how much longer. Oaths were usually an expression of superstition. French Jack swears as of old. by his bread and wine. Jack from the Levant swears by his benrd, but Anglo-Saxon Jack is recorded in history as swearing by the very eyes of God. In 1.7.12 tho Popo rightly characterized the br.ad-and wine oath as a 'horrible atrocily, bu,t it did not indicate as great natural vigor, or as subtile ingenuity of invention as the oaths in tho Anglo Saxon. But Bailors stop swearing when in the face of unseen or apparently mysterious danger, and they wero never known to curse what they believed to bo a ghost. Usually the man who swears like a pirate under the forecastle lamp is tbo one who stands his solitary lookout in silence, or is heard to call on tho spirits to come out from be hind the jib, where a man can have a fair show at them, and not to sneak around the bowsprit ready to take ad vantages. The devices adopted to quell the sea in a gale are curious. The Greek casts small loaves called St. Nicholas loaves into tho foaming waters. Tho Russinu throws a singlo cako made of Hour and butter over tho rail, and the Portuguese lashes an imago of St. Anthony to tho mainmast and prostrates himself before it. Oriental sailors, if the vessel i3 whol ly manned by them, will in a gale cut the head of a cock and drink the blood of tho fluttering bird, placing a small live coal from the galley fire in the month at the same time. To chnugo tho course of an approaching waterspout. Jack sometimes draws his knife, and. facing the danger, makes tho sign of tho cross in tbo air. If that fail, a shipmate joins him, and while one makes the sign of the cross the other describes a triangle representing tho Holy Trinity. Jack has entire confidence in the efficiency of the combined signs although they have been known to fail. Persian sailors vary this by crossing their knives as in a broad sword combat. "In favorablo weather Jack never cuts his hair or trims his nails, lest tbo act bring on a gale. It is a sign of ill-luck if Jack hears a sneezing sound on his left side as he climbs over the rail of a ship for tho first time with chest or bag after signing articles. But tho same sign to tho right of him would in dicate a most prosperous voyage. A prosperous voyage will also follow if the ship list suddenly to starboard while taking in provisions, unless, indeed, a side port happened to open near the water s edge. "For evory superstition thero is proba bly some cause. Superstitions in gen eral among sailors originate in their man ner of life. One of the most impressive pictures I ever saw was a black engraving entitled "Solitude." It represented a patch of sea in mid-ocean on a gloomy night. It was almost terrifjing. Jack stands watching alono on tho forecastle deck and looks off into that solitude. Something unexpected happens. Ho can not account for it. He assumes that su pernatural powers, and especially the malevolent spirits, are at work. And no wonder. A man must have littlo im agination if he could not see in the shad ows of the wave3 the rolling monsters of tradition, or among the lleecy clouds that scurry over tho moon or among the swell sails aloft the spirits and sea sprites that he has always heard are constantly watch ing oxer poor Jack." Ducklcn's Arnica Salve. Tin: Best Sai.vk in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores.Uleers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblain.--. 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 srK by V. E. Dement & Co. Is It Not Trite? There can be no argument as to the qualities ssential to a perfect remedy for the ills arising from a disordered r inactive condition of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels. 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Notice of Application, RJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JLn undersigned will apply to the Common Council of the city of Astoria, at its next regular meeting for a license to sell wine, malt or spirituous liquors in less quantities than one quart, for the period of one year, in the building situated on Lot No. 5, Block No. 10. in the city of Astoria as laid out and recorded bv John McClure. DELIA GEARHAItT. Astoria. Janu ry 20th, 18S5. At Fraulc Falrc?s. Board for S22J50 a month. The best in the city. Dinner from 5 to 7. For a Neat Fitting Hoot Or Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che namus street, next door to 1. W. Case. All goods of the best make and guaran teed quality. A full stock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. WHAT! Io You Tliinlc that 'JcfT" of The Chop House (jives you a meal for nothing, and a glass of something to drink? "Xot much !" but he gives a belter meal and more of it than any place in town for 2.1 cents. He buys by the wholesale and pays cash. 4That settles it." Gray sells Sackett Jiros.' Al sawed cedar shingles A full jl guaranteed in each bunuh. Croup, Whooping Cough and Bron chitis immediately' relieved by Shilobs Cure. Sold by W. E. Dement For lamo Back, Side or Cnest use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price 25 cent?. For sale by W. E. Dement. yjTJEALM BREAD, ISIYIMIGIS. rf iff m bbmbc3hbn BaMggggaikjamggi c. SPECIAL A Great Beini Sale in la's OVERCOATS On account of an overstock in these goods I shall offer for cash, during the next 30 days, the following lines regardless of cest: Men's Mixed Cassimere Overcoats, Blue Chinchilla " Gray Mixed Reversible California Doeskin " Heavy Chinchilla ' Brown Beaver Dress iJ Blue Beaver ' " Black Diagonal " Gray Chinchilla - Huntsman Green Melton Blue Germania Beaver Brown Chinchilla ' Blue Chinchilla " New Shade, Satin lined, Dress Pythian Building, CITY BOOK Agents for KRAXIOH & BACH, AndGeoStecks Little Giant PIANOS. HEADQUARTERS For Fine Stationery, School Books, Wank Books, ; TABERaiul Sheet Music, Hoslcal Instruments, Variety I Goods, Etc., Etc. j Western Subscriptions recelreJ for any Periodical mibllslieil at I Cnitnm publishers Prices. ' ; -oiHu,e Sow Stock Arriving Dally. j 0 It G" A N S. ".saaaa.B.aaaBaBeasa..BiiBaaaBaBa.aaaaBa2 GRIFFIN $67,000,000 Capital ! Liverpool and London and Globe. North British and Mercantile Of London nnd Edinburgh. Old Connecticut of Hartford, COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA Fire Insurance Companies, Representing a Capitol of 867,000 OOO. B. VAN DUSEN, Anent. D.A I Keeps constantly on hand a m IrrSJSaf READY-MADE 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 lov.i s! prices. PIT GUARANTEED. HATS in all the Latest and Standard Shapes., A. complete line of Crents? Furnishing doods. The Leading Clothier, Hatter and Gents' Furnisher. AEIUIEMT ! at $9.00 at 11.50 at 13.50 at 14.00 at 14.50 at 16.00 at 16.50 at 18.00 at 18.00 at 20.00 at 22.50 at 25.00 at 25.00 at 30.00 for $7.00 11 8.50 " 10.50 " 11.00 " 11.50 '' 12.00 " 12.50 " 14.00 ' 14.00 " 16.00 " 17.50 ' 20.00 " 20.00 " 25.00 Astoria, Oregon. : Agents for GERMANIA BEER HALL AND BOTTLED BEER DEPOT, Chcnnmus Street, Astoria. The Best of Lager 5 Cts. a Glass. Orders for tile Celebrated Columbia Brewery Beer Left at this place will be promptly attended to eS"No cheap San Francisco Beer sold at this place. Wit. BOCK, Proprietor. full stock of the best made f Saly I ilIlvJa