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She gattg storian.
ASTORIA. OREGON:
SATURDAY SEITUMKEU 12. 18S3
Postage stamps Lave been in uso
iu this country bnl thirty-eight years.
Prior to 18A7 postage was collected in
money, and its prepayment ras op
tional. So many ot the boys sent to West
Point prove tinablo to pass the ex
amination for admission that about
fifty congressional districts are un
represented. Two races of men are dying out
the Laplanders, who number 30,000.
and the Maoris of New Zealand, re
duced from 100,000 to 43,000 since the
days of Capt. Cook, and likely to be
extinct by tho year 2000.
Judge Field, of the supreme court
of the United Stares, relates in his
momoirs, just published that in 18C2
there occurred a mysterious epidem
ic, the origin and nature of which
have never been explained. A mere
touch with the end of the finger was
sufficient to convey tho infection.
Of the 5,000 patent medicines of
American concoction now in the mar
ket, GOO kinds are thought by the
Uoston Globe to be of real value.
The trade amounts to S22,000,0C0 a
year. Of this 10,000,000 is expended
for advertising. Tho proprietors di
vide tho profits of 3,000,000 annual
return.
PoktiiVXd journals justly complain
of the glaring defects in the public
school system of that city. It would
seem that more attention to the com
mon school part of the programme,
the essentials, and less ornamental
frills and flub-dubs would better suit
ihe people that pay the taxes to keep
the tiling going. And they are right
A south ei:x contemporary doesn't
liko tho president's leisurely way of
distributing the spoils among the
victors, but it lakes no stock iu anj'
proposition to rebel against the ad
ministration. ''"Where there is so
much hunger and thirst,' it remarks
with bitter caution, "it would be
foolish to quarrel with the only pan
try in sight"
A Milton, Msiss., merchant, lately
deceased, found out one da' that his
till had been robbed. lie held his
tongue, however, and waited until
Time's whirligig tossed the culprit at
his feet. This is how the culprit
came: Three months afterward one
of his customers said to him: ''Did
you ever find out who look that mon
ey out of your till? The merchant
replied: 4,I never have until now,
but now I know it was you. as I have
never told anyone that I lo3t if
The man was compelled to pay back
the money.
A busiieIi of grain, whea compact
ed into lard, or cheese, or butter, can
find its market any where in tho
world where the cost of sending the
grain itself would mako a market for
it impossible. Besides, this in the
making of the lard or butter, a ma
nurial residue is left on the laud in
stead of being carried away to fertil
ize foreign fields. This is the kernel
of the argument for mixed farming
instead of grain farming.
TnE results of a series of observa
tions carried out by the hydrographiq
bureau at Washington, iu order to
determine the length, depth and du
ration of ocean wavcs,havc been pub
lished. The largest wave observed is
said to have had a length ot half a
mile and to have spent itself in twenty-three
seconds. During storms on
tho Atlantic waves sometimes extend
GOO feet and last from ten to eleven
seconds. Tho most careful measure
ments of tho heights of waves givo
from forty-four to forty-eight feet a3
an extreme limit
Doddkidge reckoned the difference
between rising at five and seven
o'clock for forty years as equivalent
to adding ten years to ono's life. It
is a hint by which many might
profit, yet it is a dangerous kind ot
teaching; for in our nerve-exhausting
age there are multitudes whoso lives
will bo seriously shortened, and their
working power lessened, if they do
not take all the sleep they can hold.
A brain-worker recently remarked,
"When I havo had plenty ot sleep
and a leisurely breakfast, I can do
more in n few minutes than at other
times in five hours."
One hundred and fifty million
tons of matter in solution are nn
nuaUy ponred into the Gulf of Mexi
co by the Mississippi. At this rale
one foot of land over the whole basin
would be removed in 4,000 years.
Similar calculations applied to the
St Lawrence, the La Plata and the
Amazon reach the result that 100
tons per milo is removed from tho
entire American continent every year.
Ono cubic mile of earth is deposited
every year in the Atlantic ocean from
America, Africa, Europe and Asia.
And so the continents waste away
and form material for new ones in the
geological ages.
m -
Some time since a vessel arrived in
New York having on board as vil
lainous a looking lot of gypsies as
ever robbed a hen-roost They wero
accompanied by a menagerie of mon
keys and bears, and gave so poor an
account of themselves that tho au
thorities very properly refused to
allow them to land. It now trans
pires that they have played tho Chi
nese game on tho United States offi
cials by going to Quebec and coming
down across the borders of Vermont.
It would seem that the veriest vaga
bonds on earth can laugh at any re
striction acts which congress has so
far been able to impose.
I. - !. I.
In view of tho fact that this was to
be above everything else a "business'
administration, the confession of act
ing secretary of the treasury, Fair
child, that he casually gave assent
last May to an expenditure consider
ably in excess of tho appropriation
in the case is curious and suggestive,
not to say comical. It was done he
explains, in the course of attaching
his name to tho routine documents of
the department; but it will be apt to
strike the country that an officor who
is in tho habit of putting his name to
papers authorizing expenditures of
money without reading them has a
queer idea of business methods aud
responsibilities.
It is hardly worth while to point
out the inconsistencies of the third
party prohibitionists; but ono thing
may be cited as a specially giddy fea
ture ot their philosophy. They claim
that the cause of temperance de
mauds a political parly devoted ex
clusively to the task of fighting the
liquor power, and yet whenever they
hold conventions and make platforms
they take up all other issues in sight
as well as that of prohibition, regard
less of all sense of fitness. If it be
really true, as they assert, that tho
success of the temperance reform de
pends upon the development of a new
parly, why do they not confine such
party strictly to the work for which
it is organized, aud which is its only
logical claim to favor.
NEW TO-DAY.
Regular Auction Sale.
THIS DAY AT 1 1 A. M.
AT HOLDER'S AUCTION ROOMS.
Second-hand Furnituro,
STOVES AND SUNDRIES.
K. C. HOJCDEW
Auctioneer.
Mrs. 31. IVoocIfit'Id,
1Iaing received a Large Assortment of
I'ALL MILLINERY AXI .NOVELTIES.
Has Commenced Business
At Eaton & Carnalian's old stand, iieit to
Kabre'a Restaurant,
Farm For Sale.
-1 i( ACRES ON THE KT.ASKANINE;
luv good land; 14 acres improved;
goud house and barn.
Apply at Astoiuan ofllce.
Furniture and Upholstering,
Mattresses Hade and Repaired.
Paper Hanging, Carpets Sewed
and Laid.
Furniture Sold on Commission.
Shop, corner Main and Jefferson Streets.
MARTIN OLSEX.
COUNTY CORONER.
&
TJxi.c3Lrta,lsjbQ.g;-
First Class Hearse and Material
Oh HAND.
Shop and Oillce on Main St., above Pioneer
Restaurant.
C. BT. MARTIN.
Candies; Fruits. Foreign and
Domestic.
Every Variety of Fruit in Season.
Siucmopia Street.
Nest Door to the Gem Saloon.
FOR RENT.
Four Rooms, Centrally Located
AND
SUITABLE FOR HOUSEKEEPING.
AITLY AT ASTORIAN OFFICE.
Abstracts of Title.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAS COMriLED
a set of Abstract Rooks from t lie records
ol Clatsop County and Is now prepared to
furnish complete and correct Abstracts of
Title to any Real Estate In the Couniy, at
reasonable rates.
C.R.THOMSON.
Attorney at Law. Astorfa. Oregon.
Omcr, Room 5, over City Rook Store.
Notice.
THE TAX LIST AND ASSESSMENT
roll of school district No. 1. Astoria,
Clatsop counts, Oregon, is now in my hands
for collection, and will remain with me for
sixty days from date, after which time said
taxes w fll be delinquent. Parties interested
please take notice.
J. G. HUSTLER,
Clerk Dist. No. 1.
Astoria, August 13th, 18S3.
r.ksMjo-iJiS
jMfefcjJBgggtjgMPy
M
Estate
AuGtion
SALE.
Eligible -Alderbrook Building Lots.
Saturday, Sept, IS, 15 l. ar.
IIIAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO
offer at Public Auction, two ol the most
eligible anrtl valuable building lots in the
thriving and promising town ol Alderbrook,
viz: liota G and 7 in Itlock 14, both
corner lots and both adjoining the "Walkley
property. Sale on the premises. Terms
Cash, warranty Deeds.
K. C. HOL'.IKX.
Auctioneer.
Notice.
BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
noon on the 2lst day of September tor
the burial of countv poor. All Bids to be
directed to the County Clerk.
By order of the County Court.
Astoria. Oregon, SeptemberTth, ;ss;.
Wanted.
ANY PARTY DESIROUS OF SELLING
a partly improved farm on reasonable
terms, located on Young's River, Klaskauinc
or on the banks of the Columbia, may find a
buyer by applying at the Astoulax office.
Carnahan & Co.
SUCCESSOKS TO
t. W. CASE,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND
KhTAlL DEALERS IN
C-ENEEAL MEBCHABBISI
nier Chenatnus and Cass streets.
ASTOKIA . - - OREGON
Ilolden's Auction Rooms
Established January 1st, 1877.
E. C. HOLDEX,
Krai Estate ami General Auctioneer
and Commission Merchant,
ChtMiamus Street, - Astoria, Oregon.
Auction sale of Sundries every Saturday,
at to :.) a. M., at iny Auction Routt's.
Will conduct Auction Kale of Real Estate.
Cattle, and Fat mini; Stock wliereer de
sired. Cash Returns Promptly made fitter Sslev.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
Notary I'lihlic for the State or Oregon.
Commissioner or Deeds for Washington
Territory.
Agent for Daily ami Weekly Ortjnhm.
VISITING CARDS.
A Iarge Stocs of
FIXE b VISITING CARDS,
orEery CJrade
TO RESOLD FOR CASH.
AT THE ASTORIAN OFFICE.
AND
CARRIAGE PAINTING!
In Hood St vie and Lowest Living Iricc.
CIIAS. OI-SE.".
Shop at Montgomery's old stand.
A HARE CHANCE.
Called to Europe ly family affairs that re-
quire immediate settlement, I
offer for sale my
Weil Established Business.
To the right parties this is
A Splendid Opportunity!
Those only who mean business mav
apply to
FR.1IVK FABSE
PROPRIETOR MODEL RESTAURANT.
Good Farm
OF EIGHTY ACR11S. PARTLY 1M
proved, on the Klaskauinc. For sale
cheap or will exchange for city property.
Apply at Astoktan' Office.
Notice.
Oregox and CALironxi.v
ikxia )
ANY.
til, 1RS3.
Rau.i:oad Comi
Portland. Oregon. Aucut latli
NOTICE IS IIERERY GIVEN Til AT IN
pursuance of an order or the United
States Circuit Court for tho District of Or
egon the undersigned is prepared to refund,
on surrender of contracts (printed iu green
color) the amounts paid to the Oregon and
California Railroad Company for lands lying
-within the limits of the forfeited portion of
the Oregon Central grant, (generally known
as the grant for the line from Forest Grove
to Astoria) that Is, lands situated beyond a
distance of twenty-flvo miles from the track
of the completed railroad line from Portland
to McMinnvllIe.
1L KOEIILER,
Receiver.
For Sale.
Q( ACRES OF GOOD TARLE LAND.
OKJ located at Settler'.s Point, ClaLsop
county, belonging to the "Widow Rurnsidc.
Apply at this ofllce.
Notice.
NOTICE IS IIERERY GIVEN THAT
the partnership heretofore existing be
tween Herman Rieppc and L. Grappa under
thefinnnamoorRlcppc&Grappeisthisday
dlsolved by mutual consent, the business to
lie hereafter rrmrtnrtfl liv liirmin lMnunn
to whom all bills due are to te paid and who
wui iitjuiuaiu aii claims uue iv me lata urin.
II. RIEPPE.
L.GRAPPE.
Astoria, Oregon, September 3rd, 18.
To Whom it May Concern
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THOSE
knowing themselves indebted to the
estate of M. D. Kant to make immediate set
tlement to the undersigned, at the assignors
late place of business and save costs. All ac
counts not paid by September 2.th 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 beon appointed assignee of the
estate of M. D. Kant, an inselvent: and all
persons having claims againstsald Insolvent,
are requested to present the same to the as
signee properly verified at his ofllce at P. A.
Stokes & Go's, in the cilv of Astoria, Clat
sop county, .state of Oregon, within three
months from this date.
PHILIP A. STOKES,
Astoria, September 2, 1SS5.
Notice.
IV EITHER CATT. WATTS NOR THE UN
i.1 derslsned agents of the American ship
JohnT. Berry will be responsible for any
debts contracted by the crew while In this
port.
MEYER. WILSON & CO.
Astoria, Oregon, Sept. 7, 1835.
Empire Stor
We beg to direct speci.il attention to our LATEST IM
PORTATIONS of NOVELTIES
Fine Dress Goods,
Parasols,
Hoopskirts,
Which Ave are selling
The Best Goods iit the
HAS. HJ3XIBORff
Dealer at Wlin'esaV and Retail in
urniiure, Beddings
Oil Clotli, Wall Paper,
Window Shades, Mouldings, Etc.
Astoria Furniture Co.,
Dwders in
Furniture, Bedding, Wa!i Paper, Mirrors,
PICTURES,
luUiiiL Carpets, HattiiE, Picture Frames, IMra Shades, etc.
Cor. ChPiiamus and Hamilton iits.
CARL
SOLE AGENT,
Astoria,
Invites the public
to inspect his new
stock of
WATCHES.
Jewelry, Clocks
an I
Silverware.
Every Article
Guaranteed ns
Uepresented.
Loromotlva
Emrinccrs Con
ductor an I thpr
Uailwcjzuca. TliOj
ROCKFORD
fluick-TrainK
Itnnntmlled .Sx5i&sk
JsT-m
Jfi.J'CrcHaafta
rod br loiv., mYV ?ZWm
the U. 8. MJitfa l ' I . A JSifgm
tsv in n.KV y..v II 31 '-Sirjm
'svrinh.m ' h NitJj'v NJKfy
wrrafnrr hTE-Vf SS?' Ki-Z0
.7. vdi r sm
AT ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE.
THIS IB NO HUMBUG!
GOODS AT YOUR OWN FIGURES.
AT JYI. D. KANT'S.
CLOTHING,
Gents Furnishing Goods,
ETC., ETC.
Are Now Being Sacrificed.
THE GOODS MOST BE SOLD.
Bigpst Bargains Ever Seen in Astoria!
PHIL. A. STOKES,
THE FINE AMERICAN SHIP
"JOHN T. BEIlltY,"
Xow enrnute from San Fran
cisco and due hen, will follow the Dinnah
In our direct line of Salmon Vessels
From Astoria to Liverpool.
For Kites of frcicht and insurance apply to
MEYEK, WILSON & CO..
Tortland, Or.
Annual Stock Holders7 Meeting.
TnK ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stock Holders of the (. F. I- & B asso
ciation will he held in Odd Fellows Hall on
Monday, October 5th. at 2 o'clock r. m., pur
suant to adjournment this day.
G. BEEI).
I'res.
Attest ; A. J. MEG LEU. Secy.
Astoria. August 2h. lSSi
For Sale.
A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT
for sale. Beautifully located. Apply
at Astorian offlcc.
"SSk.
IB 9 B PRsla 2 1 fllli
Lawns,
Corsets,
tc, Etc.
according to our motte:
Lowest Possible Prices."
Carpets Matting,
L-tf-ny-ar fcjijii. t wm
II. DuliUJSSOX, Manager.
JIBBER
Wntcliest Clocks
aud
JEWELRY
ltr'IMlItr.SOX
Short notii'e ny a
First llavs WnrK
innn. Also
Engraving,
and
MONOGRAMS.
Done
Neat and Cheap
WATCHES
EXACTING
ttSck atnviLC
FA
are r.
THL
BLST.Sold
in nnneiral
cltlestoirns
by cTcInsiTe
Ammta (Icadine
letrelcrs). trltba
JUU IKUAMUkJ
ASSIGNEE.
WILL
Cut Faster
AND
EASIER
Than any oh-
craxemaue.
Hundreds of
woodmen tes
tify to Its supe
riority. It&OM
Deep and Xerer
Sticks.
CARXAHAN
& CO.,
A Rents Astoria.
Price. $1.50.
Notice.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I
will not he responsible for any dcht
contracted by any person unless it be on my
persoual order.
MTtfXTEfJ AT SPPVnmr
J Astoria, August 2Cth, 1885.
.fiXE
FATrflTnJA5C.30.n3!.
J.u.iniiiinger
I :!
lTo-u.3? Sailing
CAN BE
5Y TRADING
a
Wlier 5siiics !
CM
1 Hae Ketluccd M Expense-, ly Selling for
CAMI. and Consequently
! CAN SELL CHEAPER TO YOU.
M1JJJ
OKA
Hay, Oats, ail Straw, lie, Brick, Ctuat, Sana1 anil Plaster
Woo.1 Delivered to Order. Hrajine, Tesstin? ami Kx press Bcslnesi.
l"ml
fir'zft-- - -z:-jT' --'-
ir.lt apply to ihe Captain, orto
THE NEW MODEL
fi '. I
iJ-TJ, JlHjjiii'HLVjir
'-,.
A FUIil. STOCK
JOHKT u9l- MOKTTG-OMSH.Y,
DR.M.ER I
Tin, Shoot Iron, ami Copper Ware. A goncr.il as-oitmont of Household Goods.
AOENT KOR
lAGEF. STO'i'ES AIYI KAKOIS. THE BEST IS THE 3I.1BKET.
Plumbing Roods or all kind3 en hand, dob waik done in a uorkmaniika manner.
Plumbing, Gas Fitting and Cannery Wdrk attended to promptly
On "ReasjLable TeJiii".
ChcimraiiH Ktreet, Xext to C I.. INirkcr'H Stort. Astoiln, Oregon .
HOTELS AXD llESTArKANTS.
1T.1I. AlXia, Priir.
First Glass in Every Respect.
Free Coac-li lo tlie 5Sost.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
Corner ThirU ami UHtrcet,
PORTLAND, - - - OKEGON.
Our facilities are such that we defy
competition. Tliis Ls the largest
and most respectably kept
Hotel in the Northwest.
Board and Lodging $ 1 .00 per day
MEALS.23 cenU. LODGING. 23 and CO cents
Free Buss to and from Ihe House.
0SmXo CIili:escIciployc(!."Sa
11. Leuiston, (Iite of Minnesota Ilouse)l'rop
O. CLAlMv. AGENT.
c. VT. KXOWLES.
L. V. BUOWX.
St. Charles Hotel,
(European Plan.)
DROWN & IvNOWLES - - l'roprietors
First Class i Every Rhspect,
Good Restaurant Connected with the House
Fire-proof ltrick Bail J inc. tsO Rooms.
Iij the Contcr oT the City.
Cor. Front and Morrison Sts., Portland. Or
ST, Tkr&X3DLrS3,
71.1 Hownrd St. Near Third. San
Francisco
A first-class Lodging Hotel, containing 10O
rooms ; water and gas iu each room ; no bet
ter beds in the world ; no guest allowed to
use the linen once used by another; a large
reading: room ; hot and cold water ; batlis
free. Price of rooms Per night, 50c and 75c ;
per week, from S2 upward. Open all night.
It. HUGHES. Proprietor.
At Market street Ferry, take Omnibus line
of street cars to corner of Ihird and Howard.
B. B. Franklin,
Utter anfi CaMnet Mater,
SQUEMOQUA STREET,
NEXT TO THE ASTOKIAN BUILBINO.
B?A11 work done In a skillful manner on
short notice at reasonable rates.
Suspenses
REDUCED j
AT MY STORE. f , , m
5 1 A V
3)ei: o:r a Strict i.U
IRK IX
.STEADIER
CLARA PARKBB
Lbcn P. Parker, Master.
"--I For TOWING. FHEIG1I r or ('It A it
II. K. IMKKt'.it.
ItAN'GIC CAN BE HAD IN AS
TOitlA ONLY OF
! a 1.5. AND EXAMINE II. YOU
WILL BE PLEASED.
K It It VV.'ES Is ako agent for the
7WV nnr.r HoftVinn. Cn
sr BWL pidUl bUUMUy OlUVd
"?a2 And other first-class Stoves.
Furnace "Work. Stoam Fit
tinCs. otc. a epaclalty.
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Hardware aid Slilp Ciailerj
VAN DUSEN & CO..
DRAPERS IX
Hardware and Ship Chandlery
Pure Oil, Bright Varnish,
Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas.
Ileinp Sail Twine,
Cotton Sail Twine,
Lard Oil,
Wrought Iron Spikes,
Galvanized Cut Nails,
Agricultural Implements
Stetviug Macliiiieb,
laliits and Oils, Groceries, etc.
Sol Bolt Jew ft
Scarf Pis, Chains, latches,
Pianos ami Organs or ilio Best
mnkc at the .Lowest Prices.
The finest stock of Jewelry in Astoria.
13?A11 goods warranted as represented.
GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER
Columbia Candy
Factory.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
THE TRADE SUPPLIED,
Leave orders at
Astoria Bakery, Ed. Jackaon, Prop.
EXCURSION TICKETS!
FROM ASTORIA
TO PORTLAND AND RETURN
Tor $2.50,
ON THE "TELEPHONE,"
This holds Reed until September 30th, 18S5
THOS. MAIRS,
(Late Cutter with M. D. Kant.)
A Cood Fit Guaranteed.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Shop opposite Bozortii & Johns.
FasflionaDle
Tailor