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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1885)
C3 it nfirtiiaiMaaaJi A5T0HIA, OREGON: SATOltDAY. .AUGUST 2). ISS5 ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted) J. F. HA1.L.ORAN & COMPANY, rUBLISIIEKS .VXD PKOriUETOKS, ASTORIAJf BUILDI.NG, - - CASS STP.Uiil Terras ofSubscriptlcn. Served by Carrier, per week 1 Sets. Sent liy Mail, per month GOcts. " one year .. $7.00 Free ol postage to subscribers. wiy Advertisements inserted by tlie yar at the rate of $2 per square per month. Tran sient advertising flfty cents per square, each insertion. llotice To Artreriisers. The Astokiax guarantees to its ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia river. Thispaper is on file ac the St. Charles Hotel, Portland, Or. Tho Willamette has 2,400 tons Seattle coal aboard. Reserved seats for tho Clara Louiso Kellogg concert at the New York Novelty Store. Jno. Robinson paid $T00 for transpor tation of his circus from Portland to Seattle. Tho City of Salem flour corapanj' has sued tho Capital flouring mills company for 140,731. There are now on the way to the Co lumbia vessels whose aggregate tonnage is 47,750 tons. Tis said that Rocky Earhart has his ejo on the governor's chair. Rut he'll never get his pants in it. Note E. C. Holdou's special auction sale at eleven o'clock this morning. Bar gains may be secured. See adv't. The Post-Intelligencer says that John Robinson's circus took in 15,000 in Seattle. It took out nearly all it took in. East Portland ha3 passed an ordinance prohibiting cows from running at large. East Portland evinces a desire to encour age immigration. Ireland is making a good paper of the Yamhill .Reporter. It is chuck full of news, is wholly printed at home, and has a prosperous look. Norwegian Lutheran divine servico will bo hold in tho Swedish church, upper As toria, to-morrow at 1050 a. m., and 7:30 p. m; H. Engh, pastor. Clara Louiso Kellogg is said to have refused moro offers of marriage than any other woman in America. Sho is still in maiden meditation fancy free. Astor Lodgo No. C, and Pacific Lodge No. 17, K of P., elect delegates to tho grand lodge on their next meetinc nights. The grand lodge will convene at Salem October 13th. After eight or ten more vessels pile up on Point Reyes tho government will probably conclude to squander 2,000 or $3,000 in tho establishment of a life sav ing station at that unfortunate point. J. "W. Walsh, tho foundor of tho Chc halis Videtle, has struck it rich in south ern Oregon, and has located a whole mountain of gold, with a littlo quartz in it, down near Ashland. There aro cases on record where newspaper men got rich when they went at some other business. Seattle and Portland would bo delight ed to have Villard reinstated. Tacoma would be in mourning. Astoria wouldn't care. Astorians naver lost their heads over Mr. Hilgard, and in tho zenith of his f amo treated him just as ho did them. If ho be reelected, all right; if not, no ono hero cares. Tho News hears it ramored that tho Oregon and California company, through an agent, is securing tho right of way in Linn oounly side of tho North Sauti- towaru Miulo pass, it would ap- pear from this that tho Oregon and Cali fornia is about to connect itself with the Oregon Short Line. A lady was walking along Main street very rapidly. A gentleman was walking just behind tho lady at an equally rapid paco. Tho lady saw a pin on tho side walk, and stopped suddenly to pick it up. The gentleman failed to put on tho brakes and took a header over tho lady. Neither party secured the pin. It is reported in Portland that the great iron shaft running through tho wheel of tho Telephone is fractured, and that a now shaft has been ordered at an expenso of 1,000 to replace tho defective one. Tho Fleetwood will probably bo substituted whilo the work of putting in tho now shaft is in progress. Over 300 worth of reserved seats for the Clara Louiso Kellogg concert woro sold in tho first half hour after tho open ing of tho box sheet at the Now York Novelty storo yesterday morning. Tho house will bo wortlry of tho great singer and her troupo, and those who want a seat should socuro one to-day. It is understood says tho News, that J. B. Montgomery has been offered 150. 000 by a local firm for his dock in Albina which offer has been refused. Mr. Mont gomery expects to clear 50,000 this year from his dock, and therefore has good reasons for not wishing to sell. The dock is probably the largost in tho state, and is about GOO by 250. The employment of the convicts in the state prison to manufacture stoves has demoralized the Sau Francisco market for those articles, lhere aro Job con victs in the prison of whom 1G0 are en gaged in manufacturing stoves. Thoy have already turned out 25,000 to 23,(K)D, tho quality and cheapness of which com mend them to buyers all over the coast. Rev. G. H. Atkinson, D. D., the superin tendent of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, was in town this week looking after tho interests of that denomination. "While here ho held an evening service at tho house of Rev. Mr. Hamlin, and administered tho rite of baptism to his two youngest children. Ho loft yesterday to continue his pastor al journey among tho churches of tho coast. It is said that are thero threo Chineso printing offices in San Francisco, fully equipped with type and presses, doing work for San Francisco business men, and employing white men. Of course, as soon as the Chinese become proficient with tho art preservative, thoy will fire the whito employes. "Rats" are bad enough, but Chineso printers- are worso. The way to stop it is to allow no China man in any capacity in a printing office on the coast. Tho remark having been made in con nection with the acoount of the wrecked Haddingtonshire that the gale which she encountered near the equator was unusual in that locality, tho S. F. Chronicle notes, as proof to tho contrarv, about four years aco in tho fall of the year, the British ships Kingsport and Cornwallis and American ship Hecla left there "with wheat and in very near the position montioned sustained such dam age in a heavy galo that the first two were compelled to return here seriously dam aged, the Cornwallis with seven feet of water in her hold. Tho Hecla arrived home but was damaged, and the ship Hagarstown arrived here from the east damagod in the same gale. The British bark Drroclz Water was in company with the ship just prior to tho galo and has never been heard from since lost with all hands. Several affairs of a similar nature, before and since, show that tho locality is very dangerous to shipping and that gales aro heavy there. TIKES OF LIFL'. Jno. Ssrdirjfc Commit Salclde With a He reiver. At four o'clock yesterday afternoon Jno. Sardwyk. known around town a3 "old John' tjhot hitnsslf in the head with a revolver and died instantly. Deceased was for a long time porter at the Parker house and afterwards at the Occident. Of late ho had been taking caro of some cattle for Capt. Flavel at tho old Wil liamson place, lie wasa single man, a na tive of Holland, agol about fifty years. TLo poor old man seemed to bo totally tirod of life, and had a complication of organic troubles that made lifo n burden to him. On his person were two pawn tickets ono for a watch, tho other for a gold ring, a letter sealed and addressed to his sister living in Rotterdam. Holland, the other addressed to C. S. Wright of th9 Occident hotel. The letter was illegible. The auicido took place in the rear of tho Old corner saloon. Cor oner Ro33 was notified and hold an iu- ouest at stven o'clock last evening, Dudlev Blount testified that Surdwyk had told him that afternoon that ho vw ' going to kill himself; didn't see him I aeain till he heard ho was in the back ; room and hastening there found that ho j had while in a sitting posture placed tho muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and fired. It is thought that tho ball ranged upward, penetrating the brain and occa sioning instant death. C. S. Wright testified that about ono o'clock that afternoon deceased was writing at tho desk in the Occident. Shortlj' after cams up to witness and shook hands, saying Good-by Mr. Wright." Witness asked him where ho was going. He said "Never mind: yem will never sio mo again." Witness thought nothing more of it till ha heard of his death. Tho jury brought in the following ver dict: "Wo find thnt the uamo of tho do ceased was John Sedgewect; Hint he was a native of Holland, fifty years of age, and that ho camo to his death Aug. 28th, 1SS5 from a gunshot wound inflicted by his own hand." A Oaeslioa For the ("sarin. A question has come up regarding tho new law as xuolished in the session laws of 18S5 on pages 13 j, 137 and 133. Tho act is from a bill introduced by Mr. Black of Linn, and known as housa bill No. 5, for an act to further simplify pro ceedings in justices' courts, and to ro peal chapter 14, and section SD of chap ter 9 of the justice's code. It seems the bill passed the house all right, but the records of the senate in tho last day's proceedings show.? tho following to have been tho voto on its final passage: Ayes 13, nays 11, absent 5, and excused, one. From this it will ba seen that the bill failed to pass by throo votes, there being thirty members in tho senate, and the constitution of Oregon requiring a ma jority of all tho members ciecled to either house to voto m the amrraative before tho bill shall becomo a law. Tho bill, though, was handed by tho clerk, through some mistake, to the enrolling and engrossing committee, was engrossed as passed, and sent to llio governor, who signed it. Now, the question is whether it is a law or not. There." Millions In II. How many acres of ''swamp land" do you suppose is held by ono man in this slate? How ninny? Gaess. Not many persons would guess a million acres. But they would havo to multiply this by thirteen to gel at nearly the amount. Hen" Owens of Eugene City is now holding over thirtoen millions of acres of "swamp land," and lie has sold up wards of GJO.OOO acres, on which ho has paid at least twenty per cent of tho rmr chase prico. On the other 13,000,000 acre farm he has paid not a cent, nor is tho state or the government deriving a cent of revenue from this land. On ono filing ho "took uu" 1,33'j.OOD acros, which land extends, in townships, from six milc3 cast of Lebanon, southeasterly, entirely through the state. These figures aro commended to the joint investigation, and a refutation of their truthfulness challenged. Xoi I'rsy. Ed. Asteiiiax: I would like, through j-onr columuK, to know if a man is crazy when he goes up on the hillside for a little pleasure in tho afternoon, and should that man feel so disposed ho sings a song, do you think ho ought to be arrested and publi&hed in thopapeisas attempting to commit an indeacent assault ujwn sonio girl or woman, is it very likely that a man would go in a public place if he was intent on any such object? And, as for being crasj-, I think tho woman who raado tho charge must be moro crazy than I am. very respecttuuy, Fuank Couea. Popular Science In a Water Test. To test tho purity of water there hes been found no betler or simpler way than to fill a half-pint flask one-eighth full of water to bo tosted; dissolve in tho water four tablespoonfuls of tho purest sugar (loaf or granulated will do) shake well, then squeeza in tho juico of half a lemon and shako again. Then fill tho remaining seven-eights of the bottle with Old Crow or Mount Zion Bourbon, or sourmash will do very well; shako again, then insert a cork and slip tho compound, bottlo and all, in your pocket and go fish ing. If you don't want to fish, drink off all bat tho water and throw the bottle at a mud turtle. Salem Statesman. tiiU'Ulvn's Aruiva. felc. Tiik J5i:st Sai.vk in the world for Cuts, Unices, Sores. Uleer.s Salt Rheum, liever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands. imiloinms. uorns, aim an okiii erup tions, and positively aims Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by W. E. Dement & Co. Groceries. D. L. Beck & Sons carry a full assort ment of staple and fancy groceries and give special attention to family trade. All orders filled promptly and delivered free of charge. JLliritN Eastern Turpentine in quantities to suit at Wilson & Fisher's. C00EI5G CAXXED SALHOS. The manner in which heat is applied in tho preparation of food determines its texture, flavor and color. Wo cannot al ways furnish a reason why one process brings results different from another. Wo do know says tho S. F. Journal of Commerce that various materials com bined by tho hand of two different per sons produce varying results. There is a difference in tho manipulation of tho human hand which gives ono house keeper an advantage over the other and a difference which tho most successful cannot explain. Every packer of canned goods has some peculiarity in hi3 meth ods which he clings to with tenacity. We know of ono who has an enviable reputation for putting up a certain vege table to perfect! on. He processes twenty minutes, against the two to three hours of his competitors. Both aro satisfied with results, although thoy differ. Recently wo opened four lin3 of favor ite brand3 of 1SS5 salmon. Ono was cooked by tho open kottle-process, the others by means of tho retort. There was a marked difference in tho texture, flavor and color of tho different lots. That which was most pleasing to tho oye was cooked in a retort, but when flavor was compared with tho salmon cooked in tho open-kettle it was nowhere. Tho lat ter was rich and palatable, while tho for mer had a soft or slippery taste, tho fiber breaking down readily under tho pres sure of the toucue. dissolving, as it were, in the same wav as a pieco of but tor taffy. This was not characteristic of other of tho tins examined that woro cooked in retorts. Ono was tough and stringy; the other flat to tho taste. In the salmon (retort process) mo3t pleas ing to tho eye, tho oil had been driven from tho meat, whilo in that cooked by tho open kettle there was only a trace of on u ue seen in iuu uquur Hurruuiiumn tho fish. Does the application of 22.V heat in the retort net less regularly upon the larger number of cans treated than is tho casa whero a less quantity is sub jected to the open water bath? Does tho extreme noac in mo reiort urive out mo oil from tho fish? If so, does it not ac count for tho delicate and natural flavor peculiar to fish cooked by the open-kettlo process? Retailers who have sold brands cooked by both methods claim that tho palate of consumera lires mora quickly of tho rich, deep-red salmon, cooked in rotorts, than when the paler, yet richer flavored salmon cooked in open kettle, is n.jed. Color, howover, is somewhat de pendent upon the dato at which tho fish was captured and so is tho texture. Wo also find a variation in tho flakiness of canned salmon, sonio breaking up into sharp and angular pieces, whilo other lol3 lack definite outline, that cooked in open kettle showing tho best. Chemical analysis will readily deter mine whether fish cooked by tho old method, or opeu-keltle process, is richer in oil than that cooked in retorts. It is then wo isust concede that the advantago of flavor rests with salmon cooked by tho old method. Theso are questions thnt packers should investigate. They havo sought, as one of them said, cheaper pro duction at tho expenso of qualit3', and hpve not paid strict enough attention to the selection of tho fish, in tho physical condition of which there is great vari ation. We also find that there is a delicacy and richness about canned salmon that has been packed for a year or moro that is in marked contrast "with the ranker flavor of newly packed fish, Wo aro forced to the conclusion that canned salmon improves by age. This position is supported by tho fact that tho prizo medal at the Berlin fisheries exposition was awarded on tests made on the same lots of canned salmon that received tho medal five years before at tho Centennial exjKjsition in Philadelphia. Wo found also a difference of from two to three onmes in the weight of cans re cently tested. This ought not to bo. Retailers aro right in discriminating as regards brands. It costs moro to pack salmon where tho packer consaientionsJy selects ths fish and exercises care that tho weight aud condition of contents should be uniform than whero the case is otherwise-. 31IS KKI.LOUC'S I'lHtCHASK. Clara Louise Kellogg is a lady of much moro than ordinary brilliancy in con versation, and has a general information with reference to tho country, its people, topography, natural resources and curi osities which would reflect credit upon a scientist or historian. Liko all women of this class, whose broad intellect is over reaching out for new developments and a higher intelligence, Miss Kellogg lias a passionato fondness for the curi ous, and yesterday morning hearing that xuuiau curiosities couui uu sccureu in Bismarck, sho called a newsboy from tho pint form and told him to briug her the finest specimens of handiwork ho could find. Tho boy hastened away and soon returned with several pretty articles, among them being a hnndsoniely beaded riding whip, which tho sweet-voiced sing er purchased for 1.50. The news of tho boy's success in making a profitable sale to tho famous lady soon spread among his associates, and while sho was admtr iug her fancy whip in tho corridor of tho hotel, a pug-nosed, loud-voiced boot black rushed up to whero sho stood, and cried, in a voice that attracted tho atten tion of tho gentlemen in tho effice: "Say. mum, is yon Misses Clar'l Wezo Klugg?" "Yes, my little man, what can I do for you?" kindly asked tho pleased lady, and all the gentlemen gathered around to hfiar the conversation. "Wall I jeswant to know if yo'H buy pome Injun krositics nv me. That other feller swindled yer when ho made yer pay a dollar'n half for that ol' whip.5' "Well, what havo you got for mo?" Mis3 Kellogg asked. Everybody was anxiously awaiting tho response of the boy, when he broke tho silence by exclaiming: "I can get you a nice big pair o' leg gins, that'll jes about fit you, for less n a dollar'n half, an' they're " "Oh, pshawl" interrupted Miss Kel logg, as the crowd dispersed with muf fled laughter, "I've got all the leggius I want." "But Ihese'uus aro all beaded up tho sides," yelled the bootblack, in n desper ate effort to hold the customer; "an' they'll never wear out, either; an' they'll reach." But Miss Kellogg had disappeared, and tho bewildered bootblack wondered how his associate could ever make a deal with such a strango customer. BismarcJ:,D. 2'., Tribune. The finest assortment of Teas and Coffees in town at Beck's. TIxc I5aliesCrj-For 11, And the old folks laiiRli when they find that the pleasant liquid fruit reme dy Syrup of Fijis is more easily taken and more beneficial in its action than bitter, nauseous medicine. It strength- lnAlf. ittLHA If nvnticio flints f henlthv aetivitv. For salo bv W. E. Dement & Co. SANGUINE AS TO THE KESULT. Wm. McCormick, of this city, whoso recant invention designed to succes3f ally navigate tho Cascades, is attracting de served attention, writes to E. A. Seeley, agent Columbia Transportation com pany, as follews: Cascade Locks, Aug. 25. Mr. E. A. Seeley: Dear Sir I presume you did not get my letter of last Friday, as I have received no answer, stating that I ran a working model of my pro posed tug boat for towing steamers and barges through tho Cascado rapids, through tho Garrison and Big Eddy rapids, also in tho ordinary current bo tween tho two. It worked even better than I expected, so that I am satisfied that I havo not mado a singlo false prop osition in all my plans as shown in my drawings and specifications, and which are as follews: First That the Columbia river from The Dalles down can be mado as free in six months from now as the locks under tho most favorable circumstances will have it in ten years from tho present time. Second That boats can bo handled with as much safety and with more speed than tho locks will pass them. Third That tho schema can be put in working order for 75,000, and that a reasonable further outlay, that can bo mado from time to time, as needed, for wharves and moorings for boats, will en able it to pass forty boats up and forty boats down every twenty-four hours. Now I havo tho proof to these propo sitions right hero on tho ground, and it looks to mo as though it would bo easv to get a crowd to como and seo them. I would charter tho steamer myself but I am unable, therefore I have to ask yon to see if you can do anything toward tho matter. I would rnn through tho main rapids but I think my lino is not strong enough. Besides it would bo tho sanio as asking my little boat to go to China when a big ship is required instead. But I can givo a satisfactory exhibition on tho Big Eddy rapids. wsi. -McUobhick. WHAT THE TANABA CANAL MAY DO. Dr. Charles Pinckney, a man of fine learning and observation, opens up a stupenduous suggestion. Ho asked the other day: "Have you thought much of tho physical effect of the Panama ca- n?l?" "Not much." "Well, lot mo throw out a suggestion. Tho Pacific ocean is fivo times as large as he Atlantic. The rotary motion of tho earth, acting on water near tho equato rial lino, of course has a tendency to pilo it up. Tho bulk of tho Pacific being so much larger than tho Atlantic, is lifted 23 feet higher than the Atlantic. For tho samo reason, that of its bulk, it is about 20 degrees colder. Now imagine tho effect Jof this enormous body of wa ter, 23 feet higher in level aad 20 degrees colder in temperature, being poured into the Atlantic throngh the canal." "Why doesn't it seek its level below tho cape!" Because that point of meeting is so far from tho equatorial lino that the centri fugal forco is not so great, and tho levels of the two oceans are tho same. Up about the Panama the difference in lovels is great, and the immense volume of tho Pacific will rush down into tho Atlantic with terrific force," "Aud with what effect?" "That is almost boyond speculation. But Fupposo this mingling of tho two oceans simply changed tho current of tho Gulf stream. That ono change would wipe out the cotton and rico industry, making Georgia many dogrees colder. Theso aro speculations; but tho facts aro as stated, and it is interesting to think of what will be the effect when thi3 canal is cut. aud tho high immensity of tho Pacific is dropped to tho level of tho At lantic." Atlanta Constitution. Up Tumbled to the Idea. It litis been estimated that out of a total strength of sonio 2,500 men in tho National Guard of California, 1,874 of them aro majors. To-day, whilo General Carey was standing in front of his tent, a portly-looking gentleman, dressed in civil ians clothes, approached him, doffed his hat, and stated that ho at ono time had the pleasure of being acquainted with the General. "My dear sir," said tho General, "I regret very much to say that I cannot remember you." "Very likely," said our friend. "Pm Major Breeches." "Major Breeches Major Breeches," murmured tho General; "I don't remember vou. What brigado do you belong to?rt "None, sir," replied tho visitor. "I don't belong to any brig ade, you know. I made your breccJics." Tho General then tumbled to tho idea, paid tho bill, and tho man suddenly tak ing his leave, thero w?s ono "major' less in the camp. Camp Stoncman Letter. Homn-opstlilc Pies. A year or moro ago an auctioneer in a certain city had for sale a lot of bon:co pathic medicines. All theso medicines vero damped into a pilo and disposed of in one lot, thero being various kinds of medicines in tho mass. A boarding houso keeper bought tho lot, and some days after the purcbasa the auctioneer asked her, "What did you do with that homeopathic medicine. Mrs. ?' She replied: "I thought I could uso it, and it was cheap, and so I crushed it un der ths roller and then tilled my sugar bowls with it. Tlw boarders seemed to liko it, and especially when powdered over pits. A IStm on a .Drug-Store. Never was such a rush maita 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. Counts and Colds. All persons nucctcd 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, ly call ing at above Drug Store. Itegular sizo SI. 00. Syrup oTPisJ. Manufactured only ly the California Fig Syrup Co. San Francisco Cal. is Natures Own True Laxative. This pleasant liquid fruit remedy may lie had of W. E. Dement & Co, at fifty cents or one dollar per bottle. It is the most pleasant, prompt and effective remedy known, to cleanse the system; to acton, the liiver, Kidneys and .Bowels gently vet tlienuichlv: to dispel Headachs. Colds and Fevers: to cure Constipation, ludigestiou aim Kindred ins. Get jour photographs taken at Crow's gallery by W. Lussier of San Francisco Shoalwater Bay Oysters Constantly on hand, cooked to any style at Frank Fabre's. Groceries swapped for cash at S. F. prices at Beck's. Test lonr BaMug Fowier To-Bay ! Brands adrertlsed u absolutely puro THE TEST: riAeo ft can top dotro on n. hot t-inro trotll rested, then remore tho cover anil rae!l. A chem 1ft trill not be required to detect Uio prcseaco f Ammonia. DOES K0T CONTAIN AMH0XIA. !.i i:illlifa!rci lias NEVER Cms QutUtti!. Jnamnilonhoraesforaquartcrofaecntarj it 14 stood the consumer's reliable tct, THE TEST CF THS GYEK. Price Baking Ponder Co., Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts, 7bc stroBEC. mo t dsllciors and natural flavor tiiorii,ai.d 2i Price's LupuSin Yeast Gems I'or Light, Ileal thy IJre.id.Tho Best Dry Hop Yeast lu tho world. FOR SALE BY CROCERS, CHICACO. ST. LOUIS The oest dry hop yeast In the world. Bread raised by this yeast Is light. whita and wholesome like our grandmothor'q doHcious bread. GROCERS SELL THEN!. FREPARCD BY ThC Price Baking Powder Co., MTrs ol Dr. Frics's special Fiaionne Extracts, Chicago, III. St. Louis, Mo. For sale by Cuttino.M kkle & Co., Agents Portland, Oregon flf More Ilartl Times Free Board! You live in vain if you do not ao to the Telephone Saloon and try IJaldy (Jcor.ije. XO MOKE charge for hunch. Free all the time. Hot irom 11 to '. Soup. Clam Chowder, etc., etc. Vaquero Cigars, AAA. Old Valley Whisky. Uoea JJcer on draught. Half-and-llnlf; Latest Papers, " Uilliards, Piane: Best i-lace in town. Croup, Whooping Cough and Uron chitis immediately relieved by Shilolfs Cure. Sold by W. E. Dement. At Frank FabreN. Board for S22J50 a month. The best in the city. Dinner from 3 to 7. For a Kent Fitiiufj Root )r Shoe, go to P. J. Goodmans, on Che nain us streel, next door to 1. W. Cae. AH goods of the best make nyd guaran teed quality. A full slock; new goods constantly arriving. Custom work. All the patent medicines rulvertised in this paper, together witli the choicest tierfunsery, aud toilet articles, etc-ran c bought at the lowot prices, at .). W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident betel, Astoria. Hlaulis. Warrants, deeds, mortgages, etc. full line of legal blanks on hand at oilice. , A this For Dinner Parties to order, at short notice, go to Frank Fabre's. SniLOifs Cukk will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis. Sold by V. E. Dement & Co WJSA.T! Do Yon Think that "Jen ol The Chop 1Ioi:c (lives you a meal for nothing, and a glass of something to drink? "Not much !" but he gives a better, meal and more of it than any place n town for 2Ti cents. He buys by the wholesale and pays cash. "That settles it.'' Are yon made miserable by Indi gestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of appetite, Yellow Skin V Shi loh's Vital- izer is a positive E. Dement. cure, rorsaieoy v. Any one desiring the services of Mrs. Kate "Duffy as nurse from the 10th of September until the 10th of December will please address her tit Little Falls, Lewis Co., Wahington Territory. Catarrh" cured, health and sweet breath secured by Shilolfs Catarrh I Sein ed v. Prb'e Wi cents, Masai Injector free. Fr sale by W.E. Dement. CoolDrc!Ii:i House B'orrent or sale, one hlock from I'ost office. Apply to Jeff. W. Lussier ol San Francisco has en gaged in the photograph business with Crow the leading photographer. Shilolfs Catarrh Ilemedy a posi tive cure for Catarrh, Diptneria and Canker Mouth. Sold by V. E. Dement. Notice. NEITHKi: CAPTAIN FKASKIl NOli Til K undersigned agents of the Br. ship Xaaixirc will he responsible for any debts contracted by the crew while lu this port. JOHN KEID & CO. Astoiia, Oregon, August ath, 185. c. vr. KZfOWLES. u d. nuowx. St. Charles Hotel, (European Plan.) BROWN &KNOWLES - - Proprietors First Glass ix Evkkt KEsrarr, Good Kcstaarant Connected with the House Fire-proof llrick Building. ISO Rooms. In the Center of tbe City-. Cor. Front and Morrison St? Portland. Ox . Light Healthy Bread, OS5 MEETS And Must With the expectation of a large Clothing- Trade at the end of the fishing- season, I placed large orders in MEN'S SUITS of all kinds to arrive before July loth, and whereas these Goods are now upon my hands, and must he sold within the expected time, T have concluded to put the knife clear in to the quick, by marking the Suits at prices that will close them out without fail. LOOK AT PRICES AND QUALITY. Men's Dark Mixed All Wool Business Suits 810 00 Men's Mixed Cnssiniero Sack Business Suits 18 50 Men's Mixed Cassimere Frock Business Suits 13 50 Men's California Cassimere Sack Business Suits.. . 15 00 Men's Silk Mixed Black Sack Business Suits 17 50 Men's Black Diagonal Sack Dress Suits 17 50 Men's Black Diagonal Frock Dress Suits 17 50 Men's Finest Dress Suits from made bv Merchant Tailors. I also have just received a large stock which must be disposed of, Boys Clothing, Ifats, Caps', Boots, Shoes, Shirts, Undercloihing, in Ilosiery, Etc., Etc. 5T0 GOODS MISREPRESENTED! A.11 G-oods Marked in Plain Figures and One Price to All! PYTHIAN BUILDING, GO TO THE 0. K. Hair Dressing Saloon larlicr House, Main St.. For a first-class Shave, scientific Hair-cut. ami hygienic Shampoo, ote. After September 1st I will be prepared to manufacture all kinds of hair work. II. In PAItK, Prop. PITY MM QTflD ul I T Dtilm 5 Sunt GRIFFIX & REED, STATIONERS SNEWSDEALERS Everything new received iPV 7 C. K. BAIX, K..T. HAIiT. EXCELSIOR MILL, Having built and refitted witli improved machinery the above mill at larg; expense, we are now prepared to MANUFACTURE And Furnish all Kinds and SIzlvj el Sash, Doors, Blinds, And every description or Hill "Work with Promptness and Dispatch. Mouldings, Turning and Bracket Work a Specialty All Kind3 of Finished Lumber for Sale. We cordially invite our friends and the pub lic to give us a call. Cor. Uenrvieve and Astor Sts.. Astoria, Or. U.V1X & HART, Proprietors. MoINTOSH'S Gents' Furnishing Store! -The Best Place FINE GOODS AT LOWEST PEICESS In the Tailoring Line I am Showing the Latest Patterns in Knslisli, Frcucli mid American suitings, which will be made up to order First Clasi or Kqiial to Anything in the State! CLOTHING PERFECT -FITTINC- In Ken's, Youths' and Boys'. FINE WOOL, MERINO AND BALBRIGGAN UNDERW HOSE A SPSGIAITY. see our IN HANDKERCHIEFS, TIES, COLARS AND CUFFS. Large Lssoi?tJGa.&jaLt of J&lEftsl D. A. McINTOSH. dSlJUIXs Be Sold $50 to 32.50, equal to any Suit ASTORIA, OREGON. W. S. DEMENT & CO. ASTORIA, - - - OllKUON Carry in Stock, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES Prescriptions carefully Compounded as soon as published. Holden's Auction Rooms f Established January 1st, 1S77. E. C. IIOLDEN, Ileal Estate and General Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, Clienanms Street. - Astoria, Oregon. Auction sale of Sundries every Saturday, at 10 -jai a. 3i., at mv Auction ltooms. Will conduct Auction Sales of Real Estate, Cattle, and Farming Stock wherever de sired. Caali llcturns rromptljr mado after Sales. Consignments respectfully solicited, Notary Public for the State of Oregon. Commissioner of Deeds for Waslilngloa Territory. Agent for Daily and Weekly Oreaonian. in the City to Buy- RKAIY 3H5K READY IUAJr: ;ari novelties;