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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1885)
m tThc Baity gtjrtorau. ASTORIA, OREGON: TUESI)AV .AI'KIL 7. IfifC. ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted) J. F. HAL.L-ORAN & COMPANY, I'UBLISHKKS AXI I'JIOPKIRTOKS, ASTOHIANHUIIiDLNG. - - CA5S bTRKK'X Terms of Subscription. Served by Carrier, per week Snt by Mall, per mouth .. .r .. one year ................ Free of postage to subscribers. 13cts. eocls. .00" tafAdt crtlsements inseited by thejearat the rate of $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising flftv cents per square, each insertion. Notice To Adrertisers. The Astobian guarantees to Irs ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. Cooler. The Clatsop road will be built. Wetter has a magnificent bass voice. The Clatsep mill starts up this roorn injj. That diamond of Charley Heed's is a suocess. B. S. Worsley will have a special sale on Thursday. Seo adv't. The G. A. R. sooial reception takes place this evening at Liberty Hall. C. W. Cornelius came down on the Telephone Sunday to meet the minstrels. J. J. Byrne has been appointed general passenger and ticket agent of the O. H. & N. Co. Dr. Aug. C. Kinney left yesterday for San Francisco. He intends to be absent about ten days. The liue3 wont down last evening and no news concerning Grant or any one else was obtainable. Liberty hall was uncomfortably crowded last night. Tho new theater will soon bo finished. Tho ladies of Cashing Relief Corp3 So. 3 will set a splendid supper in the room adjoining Liberty Hall to-night. Tho directors of school district No. 1 hold a meeting yesterday at which it was decided to bulkhead 'the schoolhouse lot. Tho Fannie Dutard, laden with coal oil, has gone up the rivor to discharge. She will load with lumber on her return, at tho Clatsop mill. Joe Surprenant starts with seven men this morning to build an 80-foot bridge over tho Necanicuni about a mile and n half aboe Grimes. Department canimandeis Gan. Lamb and Uaukins, with their respective staffs, will bo at the Grand Army reception at Liberty hall this evening. . J. Hart and C. E. Bain have leased the lot formerly occupied by C. H. Bain's planing mill and will build a sash and door factory thero the coming month. The Northern Pncifio began yesterday tho system of running express messen gers from St. Paul to Portland. The train baggage men are dono away with, their duties falling on the expressmen. A lady in California has hit on n good thing; a certain preventative and cure for that scourge, poison oak. " Moore's rem edy for poison oak," is the name of the preparation, and it is doing wonderful work. The Sisters of Charity of St. Mary's hospital wish, through The Astobiah, to thank Messrs. Stephens and Gorbila for a donation of $32, which remained after paying the funeral expenses .of the late Oscar Isaacson. Jos. McCann, employed at the Astoria Iron Works, met with an accident yes terday by the falling of a piece of ma chinery which knocked him down; in falling he broke one of the fingers of the left hand. Ho was all right last evening. "It is ordained that all men once shall die, and after death the" funeral. That tho defunct may ride in a manner befit ting the solemnity of the occasion Cor oner Ross has imported a fine hearse, in which under the pressure of unavoidable circumstances any one might ride at ease. C. B. Hopkins of the Palouse Gazette, was in the city yesterday on his way to San Francisco. He owns one telegraph line and is going to buy another. Those wealthy eastern Washington newspaper men think no more of buying a telegraph lino and fitting it out than some people would of buying a sandwich. The members of Grace (Episcopal) church take this means of expressing their thanks to Mrs. J. G. Megler of Brookfield and Mrs. J. D. Sutherland of Portland, and the many friends in As toria for their kind and very liberal dona tion of flowers for the purpose of dec orating the church for Easter Sunday. This evening Cashing Post No. 14, G. A. R. and Cashing Relief Corps No. 3, will haven social reception at Liberty hall. The ladies and gentlemen com prising these organizations have spared neither trouble nor expense in making preparations worthy of the occasion, and a most enjoyable time is to be expected. The Astoria Ladies' Coffee club will havo an old fashioned house warming in their new hall on Thursday evening next, and all the firemen and everybody else who appreciates the enterprise and warm heartedness of the ladies composing the club will surely be on hand to congratu late them and drink a fragrant cup of coffee. This dry weather is anything but agree able to residents of Clatsop plains, where a few soaking showers would be appre ciated. Around Skipanon the owners of tide-land aro comparatively independent and don't care whether it rains or not. In town the streets are getting dusty, and the tap of the fire bell would be to many a dreadful thing. It is reported that a number of men thrown out of emplovment by the cessa tion of work at The Dalles and Cascades will procure employment on the govern ment work in the vicinity of Fort Stevens this summer. There need be little diffi culty found in procuring sufficient help in government or private work in this vioinity this season, Cashing Post No 14, G. A. B., will be inspected by tho department commander, F. H. Lamb, department of Oregon, G. A R., accompanied by his official staff. The dashing Post cornet band will march from their band room to Liberty hall at 8:15 p. M. Dancing will commence at i) o'clock. The Ladies' Belief Corps will serve supper from 11 r. m. to 1 a. m. At the annual election of vestrymen for Grace (Episcopal) church the follow ing were duly elected as vestrymen for the ensuing year: E. "W. Tallant, A "W. Berry, Capt. G. Reed, B. Van Dusen, J. N. Griffin, Dr. Jay Tuttle and C. J. Tren chard. The newly elected vestrymen met last evening in the vestry room of Grace church and organized with the following efficers: E. "W. Tallant, senior warden; B. Van JJusen, junior warden and treasurer; and J. N. Griffin, secretary. It was moved, seconded and carried that the regular meetings of the vestry be held on the third Monday of each month. After considerable discussion on ways and seans the vestry adjourned to meet April 2CHh, at 8 o'clock p.m. THK ATJjIH1BU. Arriral of a sfl that Had Be a Ulrea Up For Lett. The British bark Allaltabad, 1143, of London, McCallmu master, 140 days from Hong Kong, partly in ballast, arrived in yesterday afternoon. The bark had been given up for lost, and it wns with con siderable cariosity that the arrival of Captain McCallum wns awaited. While coming up from the bar he had learned of the events since he last left land, from the election of Cleveland, down to the death of Gordon and the threatened wnr between England and Russia, so that he was tolerably well posted by the time he got ashore. In answer to inquiries re garding his long voyage he said: "I left Hong Kong on the 17th of No vember at noon; at five o'clock that even ing there came up a terrible blow, almost a typhoon, that sent me down the China sea. I staid beating about trying to work my way back against heavy northeast winds which made it hard to get headway in a light vessel. One day was just like another, but I did make some progres". While off Manilla I fell in with a steamer that, I understand, reported me. This was tho only vessel I sighted until nearly off the Columbia rivor." "On the 17th of January I was within four hours' sail of Hong Kong, on the very spot where the blow struck me sixty days before. That night came on a gale that carried away the foretopsail and cracked the foremast. Beyond that there was no damage done to the vessel. I have been blown about ever since, and not till within tho last week have I ex perienced anything like decent weather, it was first one way and then another, and to go ahead ono day and back the next was enough to wear a man out." The captain and crow aro in first rate condition. An examination of the log book shows it to be just a? the captain says, "one day just like another, the latitude and longitude differing a little as thp varying gules in the China sea blew the bark here and there like n play thing. The arrival of the bark will be good news to the owners who had long since given her up as lost. HIio It It! Washington', April C The Oregon and Nevada people who havo been here on a hunt for offices have not met with any better luck than Californians in the way of securing them and they are talking of giving up the contest and returning to their homes. A prominent Oregon Dem ocrat, who played a prominent part in the Chicago convention, was trying to purchase u bicycle to-day. Ho said, as the railroad fare to return was high and his money scarce, he was thinking about riding back to Oregon on a bicycle and delivering a lecture on his way back on his experiences in office, so as to pay his living expenses from town to town. The market has a decidedly better tone; more inquiry has lately prevailed, and fairly good lines have been sold at 14 loa per case tor ordinary; VJia'SSs for best brands. London Grocers' Gazette. The life-preservers on steam vessels are now receiving attention. It has been found that the articles in use have been very defective and an order has now been issued that all life-preservers must be tested, and if they come ud to the standard of buoying np not less than 240 pounds, tney are to bo approved and stamped by the local inspectors. All others mast be rejected. A weeping wife and three helpless babes appealed to the bystanders' sym pathies on the O. B. & N. dock upon the arrival of the Columbia yesterday morn ing. The husband had lost two S20 gold pieces, didn't know where, looked for them unsuccessfully and had a dim idea that he'd beep beat out of them some where. Forty dollars was all they had had and to them it meant untold wretch edness. Charley Reed and his standard troupe started off well last evening, and if they keep up such a string of fun all through Oregon and Washington as they did at Liberty hall last night they will set the whole northwest to laughing. They are all trumps and never miss a trick. To night they appear in Portland. They should be coaxed back and made give an encore performance upon their departure for the golden gate. The demand for salmon has been bet ter than for many weoks past, and no doubt that the probable loss of the Kirk wood, with about 63,000 cases, has con tributed to the activity which has pre vailed. There is an average advance of Is per case on all brands and this is still be low the cost of importation. It is re ported that two powerful steam togs had been" dispatched from Queenstown in sgarch of the JCirhtoood, upon the re mote contingency that she might be afloat and drifting toward the Irish coast. Should the vessel be fallen in tfitb, not only will the salvaze be enor mous, but nil calculations as to tho fu ture of the market will be completely upsst. The belief isgenerally entertained, however, that as at the time' of the Aban donment of the vessel there were several feet of water in her hold, and the weather was most tempestuous, the last has been heard of her. Liverpool Corretjtondent uonaon urocer. THK CBKAX OK IT. Now the weather's growing warmer, There is not a single charmer But will make her lover take her out to eat, eat, eat. Cp to Fabre's he will take her, And you bet your life he'll make her Eat two dishes of his cream to route the heat, heat, heat. At the request of many Frank Fabre will keep his restaurant and ice cream parlors open till 10 v. at. Everything new in fine stationery at Griffin & Reed's. Ea?ter cards at Griffin fc Reed' Don't pay 25 to 50 cents for dinner when you can get a better one at tho Telephone for 15 cents from 11 to 2. Artists' material at Griffin fc Reed's All goods purchased for cash and sold at reasonable rates ut the Cltv Book Store. Private card rooms at Jeffs new sa loon "The Telephone. One of the finest billiard tables on the coast at Jeffs "Telephone." Flower pot brackets, and flower pots, the latest styles, at John A. Montgom ery's. Fishing tackle at Griffin & Reed's. Boys' and Children's suits just re ceived at Mcintosh's new store. Piano stools two dollars at Adler'e. ALL OVER THE COAST. Sugar-cane is being planted in Walla Walla. Wheat Is thirty inches high in eastern Oregon. -Santa Barbara, Cal., has the sea ser pent this season. The Lose sawmill at Maashfield, erect ep thirty years ago, is being torn. down. Victoria, B. C, is to have a hotel cov ering; half an acre erected in the heart of the city. . The Los Angeles Express asserts that there- are 1,000 men out of employment in that city. Every sawmill in Lewis county is run ning on time now, and receiving full orders for lumber. Successful tests of the petroleum found in and about Ukiah have created great excitement there. A large number of miners are leaving Victoria for new diggings in Alaska and northern British Columbia. The loss of stooV In Grant eonntv dar ing the winter was: Cattle, 25 per cent; sneep, Zj per cent; Horses, lo per cent. The New Era of Benicia says: "Large numbers of shad are being caught in the straits. They are nearly as large as salmon." A meeting of fish-trap men was held at Ilwaco recently and was largely at tended. Several parties from Astoria were present. A woman's relief corps of the Grand Army of the Republic has been organ ized at Marshfiehl, With Mrs. N. Siglin as president. The people of Hailev, Idaho, are to contest the Talidity of the legislative act appropriating $30,000 to build a capital at Boise City. A line of railroad is projected from Kelton, on the Central Pacific, to Sho shono on the Oregon Short Line, to cross Snake river at Shoshon6 falls. Thos. Overfelt, Lux & Miller's cattle manager in Grant county, was thrown from a wagon near Canyon City, last Thursday, and dragged to death. A woman named Daly went all the way from Portland to set fire to a bouse which she wns in Vallejo, because she heard it bad been used for improper purposes. SnohomiBh City has a ferry with a cablo , fastened to ono bank only. The other enu or. lue caoie is iasieneu 10 me ooar, which the current forces across the river. An Indian inspector has gone to the In dian territory to make arrangements for , shipping the remainder of Joseph's band of Nez Perces back to tho Lapwai re serve. Cryolite, a mineral which i3 of great value in the potash manufacture, has been discovered in tho Yellowstone park. Heretofore it has been obtained only in Greenland. Tho tug Fearless, James Hall, master, has arrived at South Bend with carpen ters to repair the schooner MelancUion, 1 which was damaged in crossing the bar I on March 22nd. j A glucose factory has been put in opcr- J W. T. The company will use all the po tatoes to be had as soon as tho mill gets to working well. The United States government pays tho widow of the late Mr. Webster, for merly collector of customs at Port j .Lovrasena, $i,vuu ior me sue oi mo lighthouse at Point Robinson. Truckee, Cal., society was. agitated last week over the double wedding of two local .belles. Among the gifts was a cra dle, to become the property of the pair who should first find use for it. . There has not been a criminal case be-, fore the district court of Douglas county j since March 17. 1834. The county jail is empty and the county untenable for offl-1 cers who depend upon law fees for u liv-. ing.: j The Port Townsend Argus says articles , have been signed for a steamship line be-, twecn Puget sound ports and Japan, and . Interested parties aro also working up a ' plan to have the Hawaiian trade in-' eluded. Two Astoria men have arrived at Il waco with a scow fitted up as a saloon, and anchored off shore. Having a U. S. revenue license, and being anchored in U. S. waters, they can sell liquor without a countv license. Messrs. H?rt, Pincus fc Co. of Gaines ville, Ohio, are mentioned as a firm like ly to establish a manufactory of caviar, gelatin, etc., on tho Columbia, induced by the number and cheapness of the sturgeon in the Columbia river. On Wednesday of last week the steamer Caenr d'Alene succeeded in getting np the Cosur d'AIeno river fifteen miles above Kingston. This is the highest point ever reached by a steamer. With a foot more of water she could have gone np to the big jam. Walter Leonard, whose murdered body was found on the Eagle pass, B. C, was the son of n wealthy merchant in the east, from whom a letter was received n few hours after the discovery, inquiring for his boy, from whom ho had not beard for many years. A. H. Denny, residing near Bethel, has recently grubbed up the largest silver beal tree in Oregon, set out by W. P. Watson, ex-president of the state agri cultural society, in 1850. It measured eight feet seven inches in circumference two feet above the ground. Mrs, Nancy Nichols died at her home on the Little Luckiamute, Polk county, April 1, aged 7." years. Mrs. Nichols, in company with her husband, crossed tho plains and came to Oregon in 1814. They settled in Polk county in that year and haTe lived there ever since. About 12,000 cords of wood will be driven down the Carson river during the coming season. This is about the aver age drive of late years, but in earlier times, when most of the ore crushing was done by steam mills in Story county, in stead of by water mills on the Carson river, as much as 180,000 cords were sent down in one season. The readjustment of the limits of the Northern Pacific land grant by Secretary Lamar, so as to run directly east from Wallula Junction, instead of northerly, as formerly, gives great satiafaotioa at Walla Walla, as it will enable a large number of settlers who havo made valu able improvements upon railroad lands to obtain a title tnereto. News has been received of the death of Robert Newcomb, grand recorder of tho A. O. O. W., who went to southern Cali fornia some time since in hope of benefit ing bis health. He died while returning on a steamer from Los Angeles to San Franoisco. His remains will probably be brought to Portland for interment. Mr. Newcomb had long been a sufferer from asthma. Last Thursday Thomas Healy, bridge foreman on the Rocky mountain division of the Northern Pacifio- railroad, while at work with a gang of men upon Marent viaduct, s few miles this side of Missoula, fell from the top of the structure to the bottom of the gulch, "Iho terrific height of 22G feet, and was instantly -killed. Nearly e very bone in his body was broken. The Marent viaduct is the greatest piece of trestle work on the Northern Pacifio, and is without exception the highest wooden structure known to railroad engineering. It was chronicled one year ago, says the Eugene Guard, that a goodly sized sum of money had been found in' the house, at that time, recently purchased of tho heirs of Mrs. James Goodchild by S. M. Yoran. Proper notico was given, and one year having expired last Tues day evening, the money was divided. There were two parcels found, contain ing $926.85 and 1,000 respectively, the first by Hugh Gray and the second by Darwin Yoran. According to law the money was allotted as follews: To Lane county, $92G.45; to Hugh Gray, $4G2.90; and Darwin Yoran, $;9J.50. The money was found between ceilings of tho dwell ing. It is generally supposed that the money was hidden in said place by either Mr. James Goodchild or his widow, but both being dead and no proof being available, the property properly escheat ed to the parties-above named. - . . - axebica.v clipper;. A arrival or the Splendid Fleet Which Once Plowed the Ocean ISeailnlscences of I he Faruons Red Jacket ami Her Builder. After a long and busy life of over four score years there died a few months since a man whose name recalls one of 'the mo3t famous Yankee ships that ever plowed the salt main. Deacon George Thomas is dead, but his good workman ship as exemplified in tho world-renowned clipper shiD lied Jacket, still lives to till tho sea. Tho namo of that white-winged carrier of commerce is inseparably con nected with that of her builder, Deacon Thomas, who has now gone to his long home. A wealthy Boston firm contract ed in 1853 with Deacon George Thomas of Rockland, Me., to build a clipper of 2,500 tons, which would make her the largest ship afloat. Mr. Thomas carried on business at the North End on the spot now occupied by tho Ames ship-yard. He was highly successful, and his vessels were noted for their speed, beauty of fin ish and strength of build. Shortly after he moved to Quincv Point, Mass., and continued in the business for a long period. The RedJacl;ct, as she was named, was ready in the autumn, and at 11 o'clock a. m., November 2, 1853, she slid from the ways. An immense crowd of spectators lined the shores to witness the-launching of the leviathan. Tho fame of her build ing had traveled far, and a large number of eager folks were present from distant parts to see the sight. It was the great est ovent that had taken place in the his tory of a busy ship-building state. It was n gala day on the Penobscot. Bus iness was generally suspended, public schools dismissed, and old and young flocked to the North End. Many a Rock land matron refers with pride to tho din ner she prepared in honor of out-of-town visitors who had "come in to the launchin'." As she moved slowly and gracefully in to tho water tho timo-honored bottle of wine being broken over her bows, cheer after cheer was sent up from the crowds on the bank and those on tho vessel's deck. So great was the ship's momentum that it resulted in an accident. Across the cove at Crockett's point the old schooner Warrior was loading lime. The big ship bore down upon this craft, ail efforts to stay her progress being unavailing. A man who was working in the lime on. the wharf, seeing the impending danger, seized an oar, sprang on board the schooner, and braoing his back firmly against her bouse, pressed one end of the oar against his stomach, and held it out over the rail to fend off tho ship! Thoso on the vessel, seeing his dangerous posi tion, yelled at him to get out of the way." Ho stuck stubbornly nt his post for awhile unheeding Iho warning shouts, but finally, however, dropped his car and sprang to tho wharf. Had the ship struck the oar as the man stood braced against the cabin, it would have driven the ash "breeze" right through him. Un fended by the gallant oarsman the ship crashed into the Warrior, breaking in her side, bulging up her deck and squashing the barrels of lime out at the hatchway. The Red Juik'Cs principal dimensions were: Length of keel, 234 feet; beam, 44 feet; lower hold, 1G feet; between decks, S feet; length on deck, 255 feet over all. Her main mast was 92 feet long, tnd tho mizzen 82 feet. She had a circular iron tank amidships, carrying 6,003 gallons of water. She had a massive figure-head of the Indian ohief whoso name she bears. and n moulding on her stern very chaste ly executed by S. L. Trent, Rockland, Me., who still lives. The ship's chain cablo was two inches. A weok after the thrill cf life had passed along her keel she was towed to New York and rigged. After fitting out here she sailed for Liverpool, England, and old captains say they never saw a handsomer sight than the lied Jaclxl presented it sea under full sail. At this time there was also being built at Rockland, Me., by Horace Merriam, the clipper ship Lite Yankee, 1.C10 tons, which was launched shortly after Deacon Thomas' clipper. She was owned by Fos ter fc Nickerson of New York, and the late Captain George W. Brown, who com manded her. Bets were freely laid as to which of tnose two cuppers would neat on the hrst trip across tho western ocean. The Quickest time thus far made wan thirteen days nineteen hours by the Sovereign of me aeas, uuui uy ine renowned uonaid McKay, at .Hast Boston. The sanguine hopes of the owners and builder of the Red Jacket were destined to be realized, the trip to Liverpool being made in thirteen days one hour and twenty-fiye minutes the fastest time on record for a "wind jammer." The news was received in that country with the wildest excitement, as it looked as if the speed of Yankee clipper ship would never reach a limit. She had been boarded by a pilot and several hundred sailors nt Point Linus. Two tugs had lines to her, but sogrent was her speed that they could not keep the hawsers taut. Every rag of canvas was drawing before a stiff nor wester and the vessel fairly flew np the channel like a great albatross. As she nearcd the harbor the Red Jacket kept grandly on her courso and essayed n feat seldom attempted. It was usiel fonrcs sels to be laid in nt tho pierhead of the docks by a.id oi a tug, hut this clipper came about, threw her yards hard aback, nnd laid herself up to the dock with a skillfulness that won the plaudits of tho thousands of spectators who had congre gated on the pierhead to gaze upon the great American wonder. The next year, 1851, tho celebrated ship Lightning was built bv Donald McKay of East Boston, for an English firm for tho express pur pose of beating the Red Jacket's record. This clipper's best range was thirteen days three hours from New York to Liv erpool. The Red Jacket never returned again to the United States under tho stars and stripes, for sho was sold to on Australian firm for $150,000. Time speeds faster than wind-filled canvas, and the life of a ship is a short one. Only ono or two of tho clippers that prior to 1855 made our marine his tory glorious now ride the waves, and of the sorrowful few tho Red Jacket is one, but even she has been reduced to the inglorious task of freighting lumber from Quebec to the German ocean in the em ploy of a British firm located at New castle, England. The career of the clippers of t.ho fifties was brilliant beyorfd anything our mer chant marine had previously bad or has sinco enjoyed. Tho Yankee ship-builder taught England "a lesson which she ea gerly learned, because the clipper service erected unbounded wealth for our people. If Yankee ship-owners ever become wealthy again, it will not be through tho money made from sailing vessels, bnt rather from that type of vessel known as compound ships, or auxiliary steamers carrying fore and aft canvas only. It has been practically demonstaated by the steam bark George S. Homer that this (square) rig will not be profitable in connection with an auxiliary steam pow er. The auxiliary steamer must not carry yards except for hoisting foresail to run with. G. Foster Howell in Ncio York Maritime Reporter, March 4. OCEAK SPBAT. The 4nco -is running between San Francisco and Eureka, Cal. The" Kale and SLrina left for Gray's harbor yesterday afternoon with sixty tons merchandise. The Columbia came in yesterday morn ing with over 260 p'assengera aboard, and a large freight list. The Oreqon sailed at two p. M. The Carrie .Winslow and Woodfield have nrrived out. The Ocerdate and Edicard 1erci are on the way from Cal lao. and the Oban Bay from Valparaiso. The British bark Archer, 7G5, Reming ton master, 142 days from Liverpool, with coke, salt and tin, consigned to Meyer, Wilson & Co.. arrived in last ev ening. Tho international rules of the road for preventing collisions at sen have been adopted by cougess, and hereafter all American vessels will sail under these rules' instead of the old ones. The Arago, a screw steamer of 750 tons register, was launched at San Francisco last Thursday. Sho was built for the Newport Coal company of Coos Bay, and is the first steel vessel ever (milt on this coast. Tho British bark Allahabad, now 141 days out from Hong Kong for this port, was seen off Manila when forty days out by tho British bark Xanaimo. Those in terested in the vessel have given her up as lost. (The Allahabad arrived in last evening.) Captain Dollard. formerly mate of the steamer Mary D. Hume, has been ap pointed to the command of the bark Corea, and takes material and seventy five Chineso to establish a cannerv at Neuchigats. Sho will remain there for about eight months. The British bark Royal Tar beine un able to get out over Humboldt bar, it has been decided to take out about 100,000 feet of lumber from her and place it in a schooner which will take it to Monterey or some other convenient place, where tho bark will touch and receive it. The schooner .diuu'tL Gee, which stranded recently at Humboldt, Cal., has moved a considerable distance through the sands. Her bottom is thought to be so badly damaged that it will involve considerable expense to repair her if they succeed in getting her afloat again. Captain Ballentyne, who is in charge of the construction of tho fog whistle at Seal rock.near Crescent City, Cal., has Deen nounea mat Jfw.uuu nas oeen piaceu at his disposal for tho continuance of the work. It is thoughtthat a greater portion of the amount will be spent nt Humboldt in getting out rock for tho structure. The ship Spartan, which recently went ashore on Pucet sound while bound' for San Franoisco, and subsequently got off, repaired and loaded for Sydney at Port Ludlow, from which port she sailed on Wednesday. In towing out she struck on the rocks, whero she remained for eight hours when she got off. The dam age is not stated, but in ail probability it is serious. There is no insurance on the vessel. 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Price Balviug Powder Co., mmtoT Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts, The stronger!, raoet delicious and natural Caror kaovrn , and Dr. Prics's Lupulin Ytisf Sims Tor Us&t, Ileal thy Bresd.Tho Bst Dry Bop Ye&tt In tho world. FOR SALE BY GROCERS, CHICACO. - ST. LOUIS Light Healthy Bread, The best dry hop yeast In the worlQ Bread raised by this yeaat la light, whlf and wholesome like our grandmothers delicious bread. GROCERS SELL THEfft PREPARED r TKS Price taking Powder Co., Kai'fn dCUr. Price's special FteYoniz Eitneu, Chicago, III. ' St. Louis, M&, F-ir sale by Cuttk( a.ilKnLB & Co.. Agents Portland, Oregon Great K IN CLOTHING ! This year brings a great reductioa in the prices of kinds of MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING, and the styles are superior, and the variety is greater than in all former years. 7 am now showing a large stock of GENT'S SACK, FROCK AND CUTAWAY SUITS in Imported and American goods, in beautiful designs, different shades and patterns, which are made up in style, fit and workmanship equal to any goods manufactured, as they are made by practical tailors for fine first class trade. Cent's Furnishing Goods. In Gent's Furnishing Goods I am showing new styles in Fancy Colored Percale Dress Shirts and Underwear, Hosiery, Neck wear, etc. Straw and Fur 3a.ts. A large stock of new styles in Straw, Sofc and Stiff Fur Hats just received from the "Eastern market direct. Soots and Shoes. I am closing out ray stock of GENT'S HAND MADE ENGLISH WALKING SHOES at $5.00 a pair. I am receiving new styles in Button, Gaiter, Lace, and Low Cut Shoes at prices unequaled. A fine assortment of Trunks, Valises and Umbrellas constantly in stock. Dry Goods, FANCY GOODS, AND Ladies' CLOAKS, Etc., Etc. The Leading Dry Goods and Clothing House - OF ASTOEJA. J3FSole Agent for Butterick's Patterns. C. H. COOPER. Pythian Building. Astoria, Oregon. Cannery for Sale. THEMANHATTAN CANNERY IS OFFERED FOR SAIF i Price 84,40. Apply to Mrs. L. FALANGOS. Clifton, Or. Astoria, Feb. 25th, 1885. CITY BOOK STORE Fine Stationery, Blank Books,. School Books, Music Books, SHEET MUSIC AND GRIFFIN PARKEH house SiiaTinjr anil Batting Saloon. Itadlss' Hair Dresser and WlgMaker All kinds of HAIR WORK. HADE TO ORDER Ladies' Hair cutting and Shampooing a specialty. All work done in the most artis tic manner and in the latest style. Ii. DrPARK, Prop. rarker House, Main St., Astoria, Or REMOVAL!! r I have removed new store formerl y and opened with a Lds for Spring and Summer 5 UttaifiiiHHiiiiMuiisiauiasisHiEictiiiaBit D. A, MclNTO eduction CLOTHING, FUMSHIN& GOODS, HATS AND CAPS, Boots and Shoes. :!ik:1 flplijyi ! "-rti&SS. I Astoria Bakery AND Columbia Candy Factory. Kd. Jacksuu, Proprietor. Candies. - 20Ctaperlb. Bread, Pies and Cakes delivered every day. Agents for Steck's Little Giant, and Kranlch and Bach's Pianos, Tafeer, and Western Cottage Organs, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. & REED FOR SALE. One E. W. BLISS, Latest Improved HOWE SOLDERiNG MACHINE, With West's Crimper attached. ThU Machine Is Nearly Ken and Is Sold for Want of Um. Address CEO. W. DONBAR'3 SONS, New Orleans, La. X?Ew E2iacBHiiiHmiiiaiiiiiiiii my entire stock Into the. a occupied by It. Djxon, g lame .stock of new s Ulil . tyv.'