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VOL. XXIV, NO. 105.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1885.
PRICE. FIVE CENTS.
BUSINESS CARDS.
Rm. A. I., and J. A. FULTOX
Pliy.siciausuml Surgt-oiiN.
Will nlve promut attention to all calls,
tiom any part of the city oi country.
Ofllceoter Allen's More, corner Cas and
juruioqua streets, Astoria. Oif gnu.
relephoni No. 41.
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U.FKAXK PAUIC.
I'liynlciHn mid Surscou.
Mlliv. lCooinC, oei I). A. MeInto-.li s stoif.
'kfick Hours:-1 to ll a. i. ; sto5 p.m.
ttesidence. opposite I lie Johaiiieii bulldimr
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It. LOCKIIAKT.
I'll YSIOIAN AND M'ltCKOX.
Ofkwk : (ieiu Builtling. up stairs. Aston.i,
1 1 result.
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41.AM A OOUXCIS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
irtii-t in Klmie'3 litwk, t pposltf Oit
Hall. Aitoila. Oregon.
c w.t-ui.io.v . c KUl.TfiV.
m'i.te: iiicutheks.
ATTOISNEYh AT LAW.
ttooinsaaud G.Odd Fellows Butltllug.
f KIA F. PARKKU
SURVEYOR OF
c'latHop I'nuuty and 4!ty 1 Astoria
Office :-N. E. comer Cass and AMorslieels.
Room No. S.
T H- A. BOWLBY.
Attorney and Councilor t I.aw,
omce on Chenamus Street, Astoria. Oregon.
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IV TDTTLK. M. I.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
)t fiob Rooms t.2. and 3. Pi tulan BulM-
HIJ.
Uksidkncb On Cedai Slieel. back oi
ht. Mary's Hospital.
J- P. 1JICKS. A. E. SHAW.
HICKS fc SUlW.
DENTISTS.
Kooms m Allen's Building, up stairs, cor
ner Cass and Squemoqua streets. Astoria
Oregou.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
Searcher of TItleM. Abstracter miH
Conveyancer.
OtnceoiiCaas Street. 3 doors south ol As
torlan office, Astoria, Oregon.
P E. CO OVERT,
Attorney atLawiiiKtAoiarj Public
COLLECTIONS SOLICITED.
Office with C. R. Thomson, loom j oer
City Book Store.
BANKING AND INSURANCE!
I. W. CASE,
Broker, Banker, and Insur
ance Agent,
A.MOKIA, - OKEGoa.
OFFICE HOURS :
From 9 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock I. M.
AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITORS!
Capitol Flour,
Manufactured on the Gradual Reduction
System by the
Salem (Or.) Capitol Flour Mills Co.,
limiteoJ
the only flour that has taken First Prize
three years In succession at the
POKTLAXD MECHANIC FA IK.
Also at State Fair.
One. trial is sulllclent to com luce of lts supc
rlority.
ee that the word CAPITOL Is on each sack
GEORGE SIIIEL. 8 Stalk St.,
Poitland Agent.
WILSON & FISHER. Astoria Agents.
HAVE YOU
Anytlii to Ml
IN T1TE MATTER OF
Rags, Bottles, Old Metal,
or Junk of Any Sort,
&
Will jjlve jou the best price Tor It.
Do You Want to Buy
SHIP MATERIAL,
"From a Belaying Pin to a Hawsei : from
Block to an Anchor,
You Can Get what You-Want
at F0AED& STOKES.
Headquarters At building, east end
Water Street.
Nicely Furnished Rooms,
WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD: AT
Mrs. S. T. McKean's, Cass street, three
doors south of Astoriax office.
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acts directly upon thelyer ; curing
the many diseases inciderMo that im.
portant organ, and patenting the nu
merous ailmsnls tKMarise from its
deranged or sorpSction, such as
Dyspepsia J&tydice, Biliousness
CosenessjuNNJlaria, Sick-lieadachsj
Rheumanietc. It is therefore
rnusmuljAr'" To lave GJood Healti
:hc Liver must be kept in order
DB. EAHFOBD'S XIVEB INYIGORATOE
nvfeoratea the Liver, Rertilates lhe Bow
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Family Medicine for common complaints.
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For fr.ll mformition fcend your addrc-s for 30!
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Ship Chandlers,
HEAVY AND SHELF
HARDWARE
Paints. Oils, and Varnish.
LOGGERS1 SUPPLIES.
PKO VISIONS
AND
MILL FEED
AfJENTfc FOK
Salem Flouring Mills,
Portland Holier Mills.
Capital Flour and
FAIRBANKS' SCALES.
ASTORIA. ORKOON.
Administrator's Notice.
fllUE UNDI.RSHiNKI) llAVIN'C KEEN
A appointed administrator of the estate
of John AimmdMMi. deceased, notice is here
by given that all persons hating claims
against the said estate s-hill j-ie-eat lhe
same with iiioper ouclieis. within lx
monlhsftom this date, at theottleeof I". 1).
Wint.in in. the city of AMona, flat sop coun
ty, Oicon.
Ol.l'K W ITDEILSOX.
Admtnls'rator.
0(Mhe.-i;ih, ISS'i iUw
1885.
INTEREST
Will be allowed
On Time Deposits.
Drafts on all the leading Cities.
Wm. T. Coleman & Co..
S. ELHORC,
Manager Kankhc Department,
Astoria. Oregon.
Abstracts of Title.
milE UNDERSIGNED HAS COMPILED
JL 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.
Office, Room 5, over City Book Store.
kSAifFOP'S
STOURBRIDGE LION.
MAKES FIVE MILES AS HOUE.
Horatio Allen, Who First Itan a
Locomotive In Asaerlca,
and Ills Trip.
Your correspondent received an
interesting letter the other day from
Horatio Allen, the first man that ever
ran a locomotive on the American
continent. In these days of marvel
ous railroad development, -when the
country is gridironed with steel rails,
and the rush of commerce goes on at
lightning speed across the continent,
it seems almost incredible that the
first engineer is alive. But he is, and
what is more, he enjoys life in his
quiet home in New Jersey, solving
abstruse problems according to a new
system of mathematics, of which he
is the author. Facetious writers in
dulged in cheap persiflage over the
supposed mythical personage who
ran the first locomotive in the United
States, but if they will take time to
investigate they will find that he is
no myth.
Tn this letter Horatio Allen refers
pleasantly and modestly to that
memorable ride on the Stourbridge
Lion, which occurred on the banks
of the Lackawaxen, near Honesdale,
June 16, 1829. The engine was pur
chased in England for the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company, by Mr.
Allen, and it received its name, "The
Stourbridge Lion," by a mere acci
dent. There was a" bulge in the
boiler, caused by a flaw in its con
struction, and on this the ingenious
builder painted the picture of a lion,
hence the name of the machine. A
description of the engine, published
when it was brought to this country,
says : "It is nine horse-power, having
a boiler sixteen and one-half feet
long, with two cylinders, each of
three feet stroke. It is calculated to
propel from sixty to eighty tons, at
live miles an hour."
Some idea of the perils incurred
by Horatio Allen in that famous first
ride on the locomotive can be ob
tained by reading the following ex
tract from his own account of it. He
says: "The road had been built in
the summer. The structure wra of
hemlock timber, and the rafla of
large diraensidhs, notched into caps
placed far apart. The timber had
been cracked and warped from ex
posure to the sun. After about 500
feet of straight line the road crossed
the Lackawaxon Creek on a trestle
work about thirty feet high, and
with a large curve of 350 or 400 feet
radius. The impression was very
general that the iron monster would
either break down the road or leave
the track at the curve and plunge
into the creek. My reply to such
apprehensions was, "that it was too
late to consider the probabilities of
such occurrences. As I placed my
hand on the throttle-valve handle I
was undecided as to whether I would
move slowly or with a fair degree of
speed; but, believing that the road
would prove safe, and preferring that
if we did go down to go down hand
somely and without any evidence of
timidity, I started with 'considerable
velocity, passed the curve in safety,
and was soon out of hearing of the
cheers of the large assemblage
present. At the end of two or three
miles I reversed the valves and re
turned without accident to the place
of starting, having thus made the
first railroad trip by locomotive on
the Western Hemisphere."
As that was the first time a locomo
tive had been driven on a railroad in
this country, it was also the first and
last time that Horatio Allen, who is
still hale, hearty, and happy, ever
drove a locomotive anywhere. En
gineers in charge of the press light
ning Sunday special train from
Philadelphia to Scranton will smile
to think how they would manage to
get over the distance with the olafive-mile-an-hour
"Stourbridge Lion."
TScranton (Pa.)Letter to Philadelphia
Press.
"When Sam Houston was president
of the republic, the congress of
Texas took exception to Houston be
ing in the habit of giving his mes
sages orally, and insisted that he
should write them out ; that the habit
of delivering them highly dictatorial,
and lacking in respect for congress.
Houston agreed to conform to their
wishes, and as the next day was the
one set apart for the delivery of his
inaugural, he made his appearance
in the halls of congress with a roll of
paper in his hand, tied with red tape,
and marked in large letters, "Inaugu
ral." He addressed them with the
roll in his hand, waving it gracefully
that all might see it, and on conclud
ing, handed it with a bow to the
clerk, and strode out of the chamber.
On being opened it was found to be a
roll of blank paper.
If we work upon marble, it will
perish ; if we work upon brass, time
will efface it; if wo raise temples,
they will crumble into dust; but if
we work upon immortal minds, if we
imbue them with the just fear of God
and our fellow men, we engrave on
those tablets something that will
brighten all eternity.
"1 have neither time nor tncliaa
tion to pass paragorics on the de
ceased," remarked a funeral orator,
"Panegyrics," corrected a parson
present. "As you pleaae, sir," re
marked the orator, stiffly; "the
words are anonymouB." Boston
Journal. "
I The Weird Bird of the South Atlanta.
As the craft bowls along in the
South Atlantic a new world seems to
open on the voyager. The constella
tion oi the Southern Cross has scarce
ly become familiar to him before be
begins to see animal, or rather bird,
life altogether new to him. One of
the greatest novelties of this kind
that can over impress itself on the
mind of man is the albatross. Some
morning the lounger will reach the
deck and, casting his eye in the wake
of the tiup to judge-ber speed, will
see a speck just above the horrizon
far astern. Growing larger and
larger as it approaches, it finally de
Velopes into a gigantic bird, and the
old sailor, conning the helm, will
gruffly suggest the fact that it is
proper for the tyro to wet his first in
troduction to an albatross. There is
Something inexpressibly weird about
the bird itself, as well as in its man
ner of flight, and it is matter of little
wonder to those who have seen it,
that a brain such as Coleridge's
should have hit upon it for the text
of his Lay of the Ancient Mariner.
Without a beat of wing, without mo
tion of the body, the bird will, by
long, easy-going tacks, swoop up
from astern until it gets within easy
Watching distance from the ship it
chooses to follow. It will then "lay
to" at that respectful distance and
after taking thorough stock of the
stranger that has invaded its domain
will, with no apparent effort, swoop
past the ship to port or starboard, as
the case may be, pass it by several
cable lengths and then, laying to on
the opposite hand to its advance, al
low the ship to pass it, and will then
once more take up its post as rear
guard of the procession. Nothing
can be more ghost-like than the ac
tion of the albatros a in thus passing
or being passed. No stroke of the
wing occurs and all the motion ap
parent, except that of the almost un
intelligible cleaving oi the air, is the
half turn of the bird's head toward
the ship, made as if to see what man
ner of beast this was that had come
tc bother it. Though sailors are over
prone to superstition, they seem not
to be very particular as to the sacred
Bess of the albatroBS and will alwayB
assist in a capture in spite of the
curse Coleridge associates with its
killing.
Arab Womea aa lghtrs.
From the earliest period of their
history, the women of the desert
tribes were as celebrated for their
Bkill with lance or bow, as for that
bronze beauty which the composers
of the quasidah or the moallakat were
never weary of describing. Before
Islam it was the boast of many
Arabian tribes, as it was afterward of
certain Tartar hordes, that their
women could fight as well as the
men; the Himaryites were among
the most famous oi these. All
through those ancient Arabian poems,
to which Mahomet is said to have re
ferred as final authority for the mean
Log of certain words or phrases in the
Koran, one hnds legends of Arab
girls celebrated for their equestrian
ism, their dexterity with the scime-
tar, and even for the number of men
they have overcome in single com
bat, islam, by subordinating the
woman to the man, and destroying
the idea oi male and female equality,
did much.to extinguish the warrior
spirt oi the fair sex throughout the
greater part oKhe Orient; but in the
aaerts oi .araDia ana itorwerq
Afifca, something of those ancient
ideas stffl prevail. N. O. Times
Democrat.
A Queer People Whose Womeu Wear
Beards.
The Watalta are a queer people
ho inhabit Talta on the Indian
Ocean. The body is disposed to be
hairy, but ia carefully depilated all
over even to the plucking out of eye
brows, eyelashes, beard and mus
tache. The color of the skin is-gen-erally
a dull, sooty black. Beards
are the adoration of the race., and are
worn in immense quantity by men
and women. There are but slight
traces of religion among them, but
they are in great dread of spirits and
are believed to inhabit large forest
trees. The sun is their true concep
tion of an overruling Deity. Teir
marriages are first arranged by pur
chase, the intended husband paying
the father of the girl the three or
more cows fixed as the price. When
these preliminaries are settled the
girl runs away and affects to hide.
She is sought out by the bridegroom
ana tnree or four of his mends ana
carried off to the hut of her future
husband. Prof. Johnson, before the
Minneapolis Anthropological Insti
tute. In Life's Decline
Intli initio beset us to which our youth and
maturity were strangers. "Weakness of the
loins, rheumatic ailments. djsiep5ia, lois of
appetite and unquiet sleep, are among these.
As a means of counteracting the infirmities
of aj;e, Ilostetter's Stomach Bitters is unri
valled. It quickens and enriches the sluggish
and impoerishedcirculation.beKets a hearty
appetite and youthful relish for the food, and
enables the .stomach to digest It. It soothes
and invigorates the nervous system and
checks a tendency to rheumatism. Its quiet
ing action upon the great sympathetic uerve
which connects the stomach with the "brain,
results in the speedy departure of the rest
lessness by nlglit and disquietude by day,
which are the reilected manifestations of
dyspepsia. It Is a most effectual antidoteto
the poison of malaria, gives a healthful im
petus to the action of the kidney and blad
der, and is an admirable means of resusci
tating vigor when Impaired by overwore or
otner cause.
Why will j'ou cough when iJhiloh's
Cure will irive immediate relief. Price
10 cts 50 cts aud SL Sold by W. E. De
ment.
Lincoln aad HI Dishonest Client.
Mr. Lincoln was once counsel for a
plaintiff who went on the stand and
swore positively that a certain debt
due him from defendanthad not been
paid. The attorney for the defendant
simply produced a receipt in full,
signea by the plaintiff prior to the
beginning of the case. He had to
admit the signing of the receipt, but
told Lincoln he supposed the man
had lost it. Lincoln at once arose
and left the court-room. The Judge
told them to proceed with the case,
and, Lincoln not appearing, Judge
Treat told a baliff to go to the hotel
and call him. The baliff ran across
the street to the hotel and found Lin
coln sitting in the office with his feet
on the stove, apparently in deep
study, when he interrupted him with :
"Mr. Lincoln, the Judge wants you."
"Oh, doe3 he?" replied Lincoln;
"well, you go back and tell the
Judge I cannot come. Tell him I
have to wash my hands." The
baliff returned with the message, and
Lincoln's client suffered a nonsuit.
A Dakota Board of Trade.
A member of the Cleveland Board
of Trade, who was in Dakota last fall
happened in a town on the line of a
railroad, which only had one wheat
elevator. In a conversation with the
owner of the elevator, he inquired :
"Who makes the price on wheat
here?"
"Our Board of Trade," was the re
ply. "So you have a Board of Trade,
eh?"
"Well, a good enough one for such
a town as this."
"How many members?"
"Only two myself and clerk ; I'm
the bear and he's the bull, and be
tween us the market is kept pretty
lively."
"But suppose the farmer doesn't
want to sell at your figures ?"
"That never happens. Being as
we are the Board of Trade, and own
ths only elevator, and being as he is
head over heels in debt, and must
have money, the market may be
quoted as steady." Wall Street
News.
A non-est man A Chicago poliet
man. Pretzel's Weekly.
Opium forms the basis of innumer
able remedies sold nnder titles alto
gether misleading. Bat this cannot
be said of Bed Star Cough Cure. It
contains no opiates, and is almost
magical in the promptness and per
manency of the cures which it has
effected.
That Hacking Coutfti can In o
quickly cured bv Jshiloh's Cure. We
guarantee it- Sold by W. E. Dement.
MARKETS.
WYATT & THOMPSON.
DEALERS IN
FRESH AND CURED MEATS,
CHOICE GB0CERIES,
PROVISIONS,
Crockery and Glassware.
Mill JE&&Xm lESto,
STAR MARKET.
WHERRY & COMPANY,
Fresh and Cured Meats,
FRUITS, BUTTER, and EGGS.
OrTOSITE OCCIDENT HOTEL.
CHK.VA3IUS Mtreet. Astoria. Otf.
Washington Market
31 a I ii street, - Akturla, Oregoa.
KKIMi.UAX a CO.i'ftOPRIF.TOltS
RESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEN
tion of the public to the fact that the
above Market will always be supplied with a
FULL VARIETY AND BEST QUALITY
FRESH AND CURED MEATS : !
Which will be sold at lowest rates, whole
sale and retail.
e-Sneclal attention given to supplying
ships.
$67,000,000 Capital!
Liverpool and London and Globe
North British and Mercantile
Of London and Edinburgh.
Old Connecticut of Hartford
XSV
COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA
Fire Insurance Companies,
Representing a Capital of $67,000 OOO.
B. VAN DUSEN. Agont.
II Ibis flih I II 1 IS duo
jaajaaMWaMBfcTTrrgMwEi 'iut l a 3uHmfijE4fci!a'iiiiiiiiiSHE!lan''
S -w ..
GRAND PRIZE PARIS 1878.
THEY HAVR KEEN AWARDED
HIGHER PRIZES
AT THE VARIOUS
International Expositions
TIIAX THE rtOOD-5 OF ANY OTUER
THREAD MANUFACTURERS
IN 'IDE WORLD.
Quality can Always be Depended on !
Exjeriert Ffc no Other !
HENRY DOYLE & CO.,
517 and 519 Market Street.
AGENTS Jb'Olt
Seine Twines, Eope and letting Constantly on Hand.
The Telephone Saloon.
The Finest Establishment or
the Kind in Astoria.
Especially litted up Tor the Comfoit ami
Conveniance or those who enjoy a
Social Glas.
The Best or Wines and Liquors,
The Choicest Cigars.
Everything New and First-Class.
K. I.. JEFFREY. I'rop'r.
Magnus C. Crosby
Dealer in
HARDf ABE, IRON, STEEL,
Iron Pipe and Fittings,
STOVES, TINWARE
AND
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD
SHEET iROH
TJLEL AND Ooppor.
Coliili Transportation Goipny.
FOE PORTLAND!
Through Freight on Fast Time!
TIIE NEW
Tci cdiihiil
CLXrnUliL
Which has been specially built for the comrort of passenRers will leare
Wilson & Fisher's Dock every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A.M. arriving at Portland at 1 P.M.
Returning leaves Portland every
Tuesday and Thursday at 6 A. M. arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M.
""An additional trip will be made on Sunday of Each TVeeK, leaving Portland
at 9 O'clock Sunday 3IornIasr. Passensers bj this route connect at Kalatna
for Sound ports. TJ. B. SCOTT, President
SAN FRANCISCO,
i'AUIPIC C'OAKT.
he Gem Saloon.
The Popular Resort for Astorians.
For the
Finest of Wines and Liquors
Co to THE (JEM SALOON.
AI.EX. CAMPBELL. - - PKOPKIETOK
J. EL. D. GrKAI.
Wholesale and retail dealer In.
GROCERIES, FLOUR, AND FEED
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
LIME, SAND AND CEMENT.
Ceneral Htorajje and Wharfage on reason
able terms. Foot of Bcntou street, Astoria,
Oregon.
WM. SUGAR,
Dealer in
Cigars, Tobacco and Cigarettes
Meerschaum and Brier Pipes,
GENUINE ENGLISH CUTLERY
Revolvers and Cartridges.
COKN'ER MAIN AND CHENAMUS STS.
STEAMER