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ASTORIA. OREGON:
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10. 1S35
"HARD TIMES'' INDEED.
We iu Astoria and Clatsop county
and Oregon and the northwest don't
know what "hard times' are. True,
the general depression of business
bears upon us in common with all
the inhabitants of the world, but for
tunately for ourselves the utmost
limit to the "hard times" suffered by
us on the Pacific coast is enforced!
economy, plainness of living and
deprivation of accustomed luxuries.
"Where a man formerly smoked two
bit cigars he has now to be content
with plain bit ones ; where a woman
previously kept two servants she
must now content herself with one or
do her own housework; old clothes
are renovated, the intended new pi
ano is not bought; there are less of
delicacies on the table and little leaks
in the domestic purse are stepped:
ten-cent pieces and even nickels are
not despised; a dollar looks bigger
and buys more than it did three years
ago; not what we want but wjjat we
need is purchased. These consti
tute a good deal of the little domes
tic conditions that make up a large
part of the "hard times' that one
hears so much of on every hand.
But in the crowded east how dffer
ent and sad the story! There, whore
human life is the cheapest and plen
tiest commodity in the marliet, the
keen competition, the struggle for
existence has occasioned conditions
of whose existence we dwellers on
this coast can form but slight con
ception. Fancy living where a dollar
a day is considered "good wages,''
aud where a man with a family can
get but ten or fifteen days' work in a
month and take his pay in "due bills"
good only for supplies to bo bought
at a store owned by the man or cor
poration that employs him. To that
poor worker times are "hard"' indeed.
Multiplied causes make up the con
dition that reduces American labor to
worse than Mexican peonage. Take
the great state of Pennsylvania for
example. Iron, zinc, granite, slate,
and coal have tempted thousands
vast armies into the broad domain
of Penn's state. Nature has done ev
erything to make her one of the rich
est states in tho country. Almost
everything necessary for the perfect
making of tho king of metals is at
hand. Tho ore and the fuel are
there.
The anthracite coal regions are iu
the possession of great corporations.
During tho Molly Maguire troubles
these great corporations determined
that they should never again bo
troubled by strikes, and to-day the
whole region is so crowded with la
borers that, notwithstanding the
enormous output, not more than a
third of the miners are employed at a
time. Most of them have work, but
tho work amounts to very little for
each man, and from ten to fifteen
days a month is about what the men
have. Therefore, tho income of tho
laborers is very small. A miner who
receives nominally .$2 a day makes
really not more than 1, and an in
side laborer who is paid at tho rale
of $1.50, makes seventy-five cents a
day. Tho companies filled the region
with labor by importation. A man's
wages range from $11 to $33 a month.
The best paid coal miners about $35.
The prevailing rate of wages in the
iron mines is seventy cents a day.
Tho amount of money which each in
dividual has for food and clothing,
medicine, aud all necessaries count
ing three adults to a family, a man,
his wife and two children, ran ires
from ten cents to thirty-four cents a
day. A miner has work from ten to
twenty days in tho iron aud anthra
cite regions, and it is the half or two
thirds time which makes the rate of
wages meaningless. Rents are high.
A man whose monthly income is $10
pays $i for rent, and in some places
rents run up to $15 and $30. Five
dollars a month is tho amount
charged generally by tho companies
for the tenements which they own.
These people, living thus in dwell
ings without a single attractive fea
ture, eat scauty and unwholesome
food. Ten cents a day will not com
mand much in the way of meat, and
tho men d not have much besides
the cheapest kind of vegetables. Tho
ordinary dinner in a miner's hut con
sists of potatoes and cabbage. A
thrifty man will keep a pig, and if he
can get a piece of ground, will raise
potatoes and cabbages, lie is sure
then, through the winter, of a barrel
of pork and another of sourkrout.
But the great majority of miners
have to buy their food, and it is very
expensive, especially where the com
pany store is maintained. Many
families are starving, aud the chil
dren of miners may be seen every
evening at six o'clock at tho bridges
in Pittsburg bogging of the workmen
coming from the iron and steel works
for the scraps left in their dinner-
cans. One of the causes ot the ter
rible distress and the pitiful poverty
of the mining regions of Pennsyl
vania is the importation of foreign
labor. Poles, Hungarians, and Bul
garians swarm through the coal
mines. Tho Poles sometimes make
good citizens, and so do tho Hun
garians. Tho Bulgarians arc a
wretched lot They come in great
numbers and will work for almost
nothing. They rarely become skilled
miners, but are content to remain
laborers. They spend nothing. A
dollar a week is a good income for
one of them. Fifty or sixty of them
will live in a single shanty, sleeping
on the floor and eating the refuse of
slaughter houses. With their bread
they use lard instead of butter.
When a Bulgarian has sent home
$300 he quits the country. He has
acquired an ample fortune.
Happiness is but a condition of
relative terms. Were one of these
men to bo put in tho place of the
poorest man on this coast he would
consider himself very well off.
New York Democrats who don't
like the World have determined to
resurrect tho Star and run it That
paper cost John Kelly $300,000. Ho
has a mortgage on it now for $90,000.
Mr, Dorsheimer will bo the editor
and the Star will twinkle on tho 1st
of next month.
The appearance of cholera at Na
gasaki, Japan, suggests the probabil
ity of that dreadful plague reaching
Oregon. Cleanliness, temperance, a
quiet mind, aro the best preventa
tives. A very strict watch on inward
bound vessels would also be iu order.
-HARRIED.
On Tuesday evening. Sept 8th, istt,
by the "lev. Maruon D. Wilson, Iibs
Lizzio Dnell of Knappa to Mr. David A.
Rose of Knappa.
NEW TO-DAY.
Mrs. -II. IVooilfielil.
Having received a Large Assortment of
FALL .HILLI.NEKY AXI NOVKLTIKS.
Intends commencing business to-daj.
At Eaton & Camahan's old stand, next to
Fabre' Restaurant.
Farm For Sale.
"I &C ACRES ON THE KLASKANINK;
JLvJVJ good land; it acres improved;
good house and barn.
Apply at A-Stouia.v oQlce.
Holden's Auction Rooms
l Established January 1st, 1877.
E. C. HOLDEX,
Ileal Estate aud General Auctioneer
and Commission Merchant,
Cht'iiumus Sheet. - Astoria, Oregon.
Auction sale of Sundries even Saturday,
at 10 :3Q a. iu, at mv Auction Rooms.
Will conduct Auction Sales of Real Estate,
Cattle, and Fanning Stock wherever de
sired. Cash Returns Promptly ra&dc after Sales.
Consignments rcspectfullv solicited,
Notary J'ublic for the State or Oregon.
Commissioner of Deeds for Washington
Territory.
Agent for Daily and Weekly Oregonian.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LOAN.
Apply to J. Q. A. BOWL-BY.
Furniture and Upholstering,
Mattresses Made and Repaired.
Paper Hanging, Carpets Sowed
and Laid.
Furniture Sold on Commission.
Snoi corner Main and Jefferson Streets.
MAIITIX OLSEN.
&. C. ROSS,
COUNTY CORONER.
First Class Hearse and Material
ON HAND.
Shop and Omce on Main St, above Pioneer
Restaurant.
C. N. MA&TIN.
Candies; Fruits. Foreign and
Domestic.
Every Variety cf Fruit in Season.
Squemoqua Street.
Next Door to the Gem Saloon.
THOS. MAIRS,
(Late Cutter with M. D. Kant)
A Cood Fit Guaranteed.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Shop opposite BozorUi & Johns.
GUSTAV BONTGEN,
G-TTIN-SMIIT
NKAIt VAX DUSEN'fi STORK,
urrKu ASTOKIA.
All kinds of new Guns made to onler,
Breech-loading Guns made from Muzzle
loaders. All repairs done prompt and cheap.
First class work guaranteed. Address letters
GUSTAV BONTGEN,
Care of John Kopp, Astoria, Or.
FasiflnaWe
Tailor
Real Estate Auction
SALE.
Eligible Alderbrook Building Lots.
Hnturdaj-, Sept, 12, 2 P. 3T.
I HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO
offer at Public Auction, two of the most
eligible and valuable building lots in the
thriving aud promising town of Alderbrook.
Tiz : liotM G nnd 7 in ItlorU 1-. both
corner lots and both ad joining the "Walklev
Bropcrty. Sale on the premises. Term's
ash. Warranty Deeds.
K. C. KOLDFA',
Auctioneer.
Notice.
BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
noon on the 21st day of September for
the burial of county poor. All Bids to be
directed to the County Clerk.
By order of the County Court.
Astoria. Oregou, September'th, 1855.
Wanted.
ANY PARTI DESIROUS OF SELLING
a partly improved firm on reasonable
tenns, located on Young's River, Klaskaninc
or on the banks of the Columbia, may find a
buyer by applying at the Astouian" office.
Carnahan & Co.
SUCCESSORS TO
I. "W. CASE,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND
KliTAIL, DEALEHS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
'"oraer Cucnamus aud Cass streets.
ASTOKIA - - - OREGON
c. K. KAIX,
E..T. ItAIlT.
EXCELSIOR, MILL
Having built aud refitted with improved
m''elnnery the above mill at large expense,
we are now prepared to
MANUFACTURE
And Furnish all Kinds and Sizes cf
Sash, Doors, Blinds,
And every description of Mill "Work with
Promptness and Dispatch.
Mouldings, Turning and Bracket Work a
Specialty
All Kinds of Finished Lumber for
Sale.
We cordially invite our lriends and the puh
'lie to gire us a call.
Cor. Genevieve and Astor Sts.. Astoria, Or.
15AIN& HART. Proprietors.
VISITING CARDS.
A Large Stock of
FINE VISITING CARDS,
Of Every Grade
TO BE SOl.l FOR CASH.
AT THE ASTORIAN OFFICE.
AND
CARRIAGE PAINTING!
In Good Stjlc and lowest Living Trices.
ciias. oise;v.
Shop at Montgomery's old stand.
A RARE CHANGE.
Called to Europe by family affairs that re
quire immediate settlement, I
offer for sale my
Well Established Business.
To the right parties this Is
A Splendid Opportunity!
Those only who mean business may
apply to
FRANK FAIJKi:
PROPRIETOR MODEL RESTAURANT.
Good Farm
OF EIGHTY ACHES. PARTLY 1M
proved, on the Klaskanine. For sale
cheap or will exchange for city property.
Apply at Astouiax Omce.
Notice.
OltnCOh'AXD CALIFORNIA J
Railiioad Companv. y
rOUTrAXn, OllEGOX. August 13th, 1SS5. 1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
pursuance of an order of the United
States Circuit Court for the District of Or
egon the undersigned is prepared to refund,
on surrender of contracts (printed in green
color) the amounts paid to the Oreeon and
California Railroad Company for lands lying
within the limits of the forfeited portion of
me uregon uenirai grant, (generally Known
as the grant for the line from Forest Grove
u Astoria) tuat is, lands situated beyond a
distance of twenty-flvc miles from the track
of the completed railroad line from Portland
to McMiunville.
R. KOEnLER.
Receiver.
For Sale.
QfV ACRES OF GOOD TARLE LAND,
OV located at Settler's Point, Clatsop
county, belonging to the "Widow Burnslde.
vjiij ai win uuicc.
Notice.
NOTICE IS IIEREBY GIVEN THAT
the partnership heretofore existing bc
tweeu Herman Rleppe and L. Grappe under
the firm name of Rleppo & Grappe Is this day
dlsolved by mutual consent, the business to
oe nereauer conducted by Herman Rieppe,
to whom all bills due are to be paid and who
will liquidate all claims due by the lato firm.
II. RIEPPE,
I. GRAPPE.
Astoria, Oregou, September 3rd, lgss.
To Whom it May Concern
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THOSE
knowlnz themselves indebted tn tli
estate of M. D. Kant to make immediate set
tlement tO the linclprsifrnpfl nt. tho lccln.ni-c
late place of business and save costs. Allnc-
cuuiiu not pam oy aepiemuer asm will be
placed in the hands of a. collector.
PHIL. A. STOKES,
Assignee.
Notice of Assignment.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
whom It may concern that the under
signed has been appointed assignee of the
estate of M. D. Kant, an insolvent : and all
persons having claims against said insolvent,
aro requested to present the same to the as
signee properly verified at his office at P. A.
Stokes & Go's, in the city of Astoria, Clat
sop county, .state of Oiegon, within three
months from this date.
, PHILIP A. STOKES,
Astoria, September 2, 18S5.
Notice.
NEITHER CAPT. WATTS NOR THE UN
dersigned agents of the American ship
JohnT. Berry will be responsible for any
debts contracted by the crew while in this
port.
. t , MEYER. WILSON & CO.
Astoria, Oregon, Sept. 7, 1835.
Empire Store
We beg to direct special attention to our LATEST IM
PORTATIONS of NOVELTIES
Fine Dress Goods, Lawns,
Parasols, Corsets,
Hoopskirts, Etc., Etc.
AVhicli avc are selling according to our motte:
'Tho Best Goods nt tho Lowest Possible Prices."
FXLXDiILi
GHAS. HEO BORJtf
Dealer at Wlmlcsalo anil Retail its
Furniture, Bedding,
Oil Cloth., Wall Paper,
Window Shades, Mouldings, Btc.
Astoria Furniture Co.,
Dealers In
Furniture, Bedding, Wail Paper, Mirrors,
PICTURES,
Monlfling, Carpets, Matting, Pictnre firms, Mow SMes, etc.
Cor. Chciiamus ami Hamilton Sts.
SOLE AGENT,
Astoria,
Invites tho public
to inspect his new
stock of
WATCHES.
Jewelry, Clocks
CARX ABLiER
nAAieAsn
Quick-Train!WaTGHES
in JPllM?i7C
Silverware. Usrf 1,4Vj rP - SM J?. r-
wnwi Tvutva ,ho . &.wS (e '1 I-P.W cognize
Coast Sar-mV l? ,9 '-jl AW m Till
Fverv Article ws in U.WJe : Vc.1 1 JJ Vs3&aKnEST-So!:
erTatorr;bJ WSCf t&kC W?Saf dticsAtowns
Gunrnntcod as Ixxwmotho 5SyALcBFby exclusive
uuarnmenu as Engineers Con- SVARcnta (IcadiiiR
i .....f . i rtnctrtran'loilnr ?twp Jewelers), with a
Kepreenti'd. Iitaiuarmca. T&ey ES' Full Warranty.
AT ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE.
THIS IS NO HUMBUG!
GOODS AT YOUR OWN FIGURES.
JBLjC JXLb aFh JhLjcaiaiI X S
CLOTHING,
Gents Furnishing Goods,
ETC., ETC.
Are Now Being Sacrificed.
THE GOOD
Biffffest Baraains Ever Seen in Astoria!
PHIL.
THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP
"JOHN T. BERRY,"
Now enrnute from San Fran
cisco and due here, will follow the litrmah
in our direct lineof Salmon Vessels
From Astoria to Liverpool.
For rates of freight and insurance apply to
MEYElt, "WILSON & CO..
Portland, Or.
Annual Stock Holders' Meeting.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stock nolders of the O. F. L. & H asso
ciation will he held in Odd Fellows' Hall on
Monday. Octoher 5th. at 2 o'clock r. M pur
suant to adjournment this day.
G.JIKKD.
l'rcs.
Attest; A.J.MEGLER.Sccy.
Astoria. August 21th. 1SS3.
For Sale.
A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT
for sale. BeautifiUly located. Apply
at Astorian office.
ill Hal? i a Ull I
B,
Gas-pels,
aliin
II. Du KUISSOX, Manager.
Wntches. Clocks
and
JEWELRY
ZtKPAIICKOGX
Short notice by a
First OIa.s VTiuU
innit. Also
Engraving,
and
MONOGRAMS.
Done
Neat and cheap
SOLD.
A. STOKES,
ASSIGNEE.
WILL
Cut Faster
AND
EASIER
; Than any o It
er axe maue.
Hundreds of
woodmen tes
tlfy to its sune
riority. It qoes
ueepanu aever
pai
:ki.
Stic
CARNAIIAN
& CO.,
A cents Astoria.
Price, Sl.BO.
Notice.
TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I
JJ will not he responsible for any debt
contracted by any person unless it he on my
personal order.
MINNIE G. M. SPEXARTH.
Astoria, August 2Cth, 1885.
AXE
J PATWTrOAC3.30.BSt.
j.u.i ruiunger
Groceries Cheap for Cash !
ITovir 2iing Ssponses
CAX BE IIEDFCEI)
BY TRADING AT MY STORE.
Wliero J2u.inesN 5. Done on a Slriet
CASH SAS2S.
1 Have Reduced Mv Exneiw lv SeMiix fYr
CASH!
a
jj C MI, and Consequent ly
CAN SELL CHEAPER TO YOU.
s.
EL Ba FiUEIKlSR.,
DKAIEK IX
Hay, Oats, anil Straw, Lime, Bricl Cement, Sana1 and Plaster
Wood Delirered to Order. Drsjrin?, Teamlnir and Kxpress Business.
'ySfe " ' " ' nr ' Li'j
TEU apply tu the Captain, or to
THE NEW MODEL
TMBIilllSi
A FTJIili STOCK
JOEEKT j.- 2MC CD
, DEALER iy
Tin, Sheet Iron, ami Copper Ware. A general assortment of Household Goods.
AGET FOR
MAGEE STOVE ANI RANGES. THE BEST IS TnEMARKET.
Plumbing goods of all kinds en hand. Job work done In a workmaniika manner.
Plumbing, Cas Fitting and Cannery Work attended to promptly
On KeavinnhleTcuno.
ChcunxmiH Street, Koxt to C lu J'arkerVs Store, Astoria, Oregou.
HOTELS AND ItESTAUKANTS.
Will. ATXIft. Prop'r.
First Class in Every Respect.
Free Condi lo tlio House.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL..
Corner Third ami K Streets,
PORTLAND, - - - OREGON.
Our facilities are such that we def y
competition. This Is the largest
and most respectably kept
Hotel in the Northwest.
Board and Lodqlng $ 1 .00 per day
MKALS.25 cents. 1.0DGIXG,23and JOcenis
Free Buss to and from the House.
eS"RTo Chinese Employ ei!.-iTu
E. Levrlston, (Late of Minnesota House) Prop
O. CLAKK, AGENT.
c. vr. KXOWLES.
L. D. 1IUOWX.
St. Charles Hotel,
(European Plan.)
BROWN &KNO"VLES - - Proprietors
First Glass i- Everv 1:esiect,
Good Restaurant Connected with thollonse
Fire-proof Brick Building. 150 Rooms.
In the Center of the City.
Cor. Front and Morrison Sts., Portland. Or
ST, DikVIB'S,
715 Howard St. Near Third. San
Francisco
A first-class Lodging Hotel, containing 190
rooms ; water and gas In each room ; no bet
ter beds in the world ; no guest allowed to
use the linen onco used by another; a large
reading room ; hot and cold water ; batlis
iree. race oi rooms rer night, coc ana 75c ;
per week, from S2 upward. Open all night.
R. HUGHES. Proprietor.
At Market street Ferry, take Omnibus line
oi street cars io comer oi intra ana tiowara
Columbia Candy
Factory.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
THE TRADE SUPPLIED,
Leave orders at
Astoria Bakery, Ed. Jackson, Prop.
EXCURSION TICKETS!
FROM. ASTORIA
TO PORTLAND AND RETURN
For $2.50,
ON THE ''TELEPHONE,"
This holds good until Soptember 30th, 1835
P
I
sti:ajikk
CLARA PARKBR
Ebcn P. Parker,Master.
ForTOWINU, FKKICIIT nrCHAK
11. It. l'AHHl.U.
KAXC.E CAN ISE HAD IN AS
TOKIA ONLY OF
a E. HAWES,
AGENT
i!.l. AND EXAMINE IT, YOU
WILL BE PLEASED.
K. i:. HAWKS Is also agent for the
Boei patent CooliEf Stove
And other llrst-class Stoves.
Fiirnnco Worlr. Steam Fit
tings, otc, n. specialty.
ALWAYS ON HAND.
2KT T Gr O MI IE3
3T,
Hardware anil Ship (Mien
VAH DUSEN & GO.,
DEALERS TN
Hardware and Ship Chandlery
Pure Oil, Bright Varnisli,
Biiuicle Oil, Cotton Canvas.
Hemp Sail Twine,
Cotton Sail Twine,
Lard Oil,
Wrought Iron Spikes,
Galvanized Cut Nails,
Agricultural Implements
Scivinjj Machines,
I'ainls nnd Oils, Groceries, etc.
Sol SiJii elry,
Scarf Pis, Chains, fatcles,
Pianos aud Organs of Uie Best
malic at the lowest Prices.
The finest stock of Jewelry la Astoria.
Etf-All goods warranted as represented.
GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER
FOR RENT.
Four Rooms, Centrally Located
AND
SUITABLE FOR HOUSEKEEPING .
AITIA AT ASTORIAN OFFieE.
Abstracts of Title.
THE UNDERSIGNED IIAS COMPILED
a set of Abstract Books from the records
of Clatsop County and Is now prepared to
furnish complete and correct Abstracts of
Title to any Real Estate in the County, at
reasonable rates. ,,
C. R. THOMSON,
Attorney at Law. Astoria. Oregon.
Offick, Room 5, over City Book Store.
B. B. Franklin,
Merlaier ai Cabinet Baker,
SQUEMOQUA STREET,
NEXT TO THE A8TORTAX BUTT.DING.
83?-All work done In a skillful manner on
short notice at reasonable rates.
Av