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VOL. XXVII, NO. 132.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, J887.
PRICE blVE CENTS.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
G
KO. XOLAXlf.
ATTORNEY AT LA A?.
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TJJICOB
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-tav uj Kinney's Block, opposite Cit ;
flail. Astoria. Oregon. j
C v'. f CLTOX. O. C FULTO:. j
FULTOX BROTHERS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. j
::ouni3 5 and 6. Odd Fellows Building. '
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THE
C.
It. THOMSOS,
ATREME
IOIfc
OREMATION Iff ALASKA.
Held for Higher Prices.
Bodies Burned on the Beach at High
Water Mark.
Of late considerable quantities
of hay have been brought here
i -frz-nri flalifVirnio nn onnVi ctnnmor
causing many remarks uncompli
mentary to our farmers and prob
ably introducing the wild oat into
Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
Special attention given to practice In the
0. SY Land Office, and the examination of
land titles. Afullsetol Abstract Books for
Clatsop County in office.
Money to loan. o,w
OFFioK-Rooms 4 and 5, over City Boob
store.
J.
q. A. BOWLBY.
A tiurney
tuid tJounallor t tatv
Having had information the
other day of a cremation to take
place at the Indian village, I went
to the beach to witness it: TIiq ' sections where it hag hitherto been
defunct siwash was known around unknown. It now turns out th.it
Juneau as Frank and was formf r- J then is plenty ofi;ood timothy
ly employed at Martin Brothers i hav here to last till new hav comes
store in the capacity of Indian . in. but the farmers have been
i clerk, and the klokman (it beinjr I holding back for higher prices.
Rhnnmntism NonralnJa Qnlatlrva , a double cremation of one of each As soon as hay got above $20 per
Lumbago, Backache. Headalhs, Toothache, .sexj had been called Jennie; both, t n they did not want los-H-for.
Sore Throat. Swellings, rro;t Bites as 1C nappenea, navmg cuect oi ' any reasonable price, i.uc neici on.
HOUSE
REPAINTED,
CURES
Sprains, Brul&os, Burns, Scalds.
IT CONQUERS PAIN.
office on Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon
U1 D. WTXTO
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Rooms No. ll and 12. Pj ttilan Castle Bulld-
t B. WATSON,
Atty.at Law and DeputyDist. Atty.
All business before the U.
peclalty.
ABTORIA,
3. Land Office a
Oheqon.
r O. HIXBLIifi Y, D. D. H.
DENTIST.
Is associated with DE. IjA FOItCis.,
Kooms 11 and 12 Odd Fellows Building,
ASTORIA. .--. OREGON.
D
R. A. U FUITOX.
Pljblelau and Surgeon.
iTeryapplisailttrellim
?trytsttl It a rtrs esra.
Every bstils is tertsl
EToryctssisa tsttls tu
tha flrn's Sigutue.
Kvwy bans rill fcm it.
Ersryltrga rxeiisit.
ETeryjoursalcenaisdilt.
Every sislf thssld Ins it
Every teitlneslil is tmo
Every dy sew denasds
Every p&tieat is erre-4
Ever? jtia is cczqztrci
Every dng&irt praises it
Every ebeairt fials it per
fect.
AWARDS FOR BEST PAIN-CURE.
VETT ZEALAND EXHIBITION 18S2 Gold McdaL
MLCCTTA IKT. KXHIBITIOS-18S3-4-Gold SIodaL
rixciKXATi Ikd. Exrosmox-'M-SllYcraiedaL
lAUFOBXIA BTATE FAIE 16S4 Gold MeduL
LouisviiiE so. -exposition 16S4 Gold Medal
XT Oacoaun amd Dlauxs. Fetes SO CcxTt.
ME CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Baltimore, Md
'urea Female Cfimpl&inte. A Great Kidney
ttdtiy. GT SOLD B? ALL DRUGGISTS,
Office oq Cass street, three doors south of
Odd Fellow's building.
Telephone No. 41.
JAY TUTTJLE, 31. I.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office Rooms 0 Pythian Building.
RK8IDKKCB On Cedar 8treet. back of
3L Mary's Hospital.
-yit. O. B. E8TES.
PIIYSIC1AN AND SURGEON.
Opkick : Gem Building, up stairs, Astoria,
Oregon.
Tilt i Q PSllQ
VK. FItAKK PAGE.
PHYSICIAN AND SUKQEON,
Opposite Telegraph Offlce, Astoria, Oregon.
pvR. ALFRED KLXXEY.
Office at Kinney's Cannery.
Will only attend patients at hU offlce and
may be found there at any hour.
G
ELO F. PARSER
SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY
AND
Ex-Clt7 Surveyor of Astoria
i ifflce : N. E. comer Cass and A stor streets,
Room No. 8 Up Stairs.
Robt, Collier, Deputy,
E.
V. HOLDER.
Hotary Public, Oommisaioner of Deads
For Washington Territory,
luclloneer, Bel Estate and Insurance
' Agent.
OSe-9, at Holden's Auction Rooms, Chena
mus street, Astoria. Oregoiu'
A.
R. SHAW.
FORTORPIDHVSE.
A torpid liver deranges the whole
system and produces
Sick Headaelie?
Dyspepsia, Costivencss, Rheu
matism, Sallow Skin and Piles.
There is no better remedy for those
common diseases than Tutt's Pills, as
a trial will prove. .Elegantly sugar
coated. Price, 25 cents pur box.
Sold Everywhere.
AGENCY
ffiKSmM.
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
FlavePs Wharf and Warehouse,
Astoria. Oregon.
Camiery Supplies at Lowest Prices.
Storage and Insurance al Current Rates.
Banking Department
Drafts on the leading Cities of the World
JOHN P. McGOVEBN,
Agent.
H. IX. Coleman, Accountant.
DENTIST.
Kooms In Allen's Building, up stairs, cor
ner Cass and Squemoqua streets. Astoria
Oregon.
H.A
shith.
DENTIST.
Rooms 1 and 2 Pythian
C. H. Cooper's Store.
Build-lng over
mnos. mai us.
FASHIONABLE TAILOR.
a tfoai fit guaranteed. Chartrps Moderate.
Agest for the Celebrated Household SewiDg
Haehlne. anop opposite u. a. uoopers.
Wilson Fisher
Ship Chandlers,
HEAVY AND SHELF
HARDWARE
FARM IMPLEMENTS,
Paints, Oils, and Varnish.
iOGGERS' -SUPPLIES.
PROVISIONS
AND
MILL FEED
Carnarian & Go.
SUCCESSORS TO
T. "W. CASE,
OUTERS AND WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL DEALERS IN .
&ENERAL MERCHAHDISI,
Comer Chenamus andKJaS streets.
ASTCRIA OREGOS
JUST RECEIVED
Seattle Coal.
Walls End CoaL
Oregon Improvement Co.
E, A. NOTES, Agent.
AGENTS EOll
SALEM PATENT ROLLEB MILLS,
Portland RoUer Mills,
FAIRBANKS' SCALES.
ASTORIA. OREGON.
. a i
consumption. The mourning ser-, The
vice consisted of the ancient ceie- j
mony known as "potlach," which
is alwa's customary among tho
Indians of southeastern Alaska on
the occasion of the death of one
of their number. The potlach is
a division of whatever temporal
goods the deceased may have pos
sessed, such as blankets, dry
goods, etc., among hib or her re
lations, according as the merits of
each individual case may justify.
In the services of the mourning,,
which are very long, and to the
Indian mind veiy impressive, the
first in the order of the day is a
eulogistic discourse by one of the
old men, which, being delivered
by him in sections, so to speak, is
taken up and sung by the rest in
a monotonous sort of chant; the
old man is then superseded by an
other venerable buck, who goes
through the same service, and he
in turn by another, until all the
old men have had their individual
say. The chanters keep -time br
thumping on the floor with sticks
and beating on a drum. This per-
lormance ueinsr erone over lor a
day or two, the potlatch takes
place.
The body of the decased is fust
wrapped in a matting, woven from
split roots, and in appearance re
sembliriff coarss straw. Thev then
convey the body to tho place of
cremation, which is?always on the
beach at high-water mark. On
th.is occasion they had on hand for
the purpose of burning the two
bodies, about one cord of wood,
some split and some in small logs.
First a platform of small logs is
laid a foot from the ground, andva
space of four inches between each
log. On this pyre, which w,i
about seven feet long by tivr "s- .
wide, the two bodies were plar ,
about threo feet apart, and around
them a miniature log hut was
built to the height of four feet;
Tho inclosed space is then careful
ly filled in with split wood and
fine kindling, and now, everything
being in readiness, the lire is
lighted from the bottom. The na
tive diet being chiefly salmon, an
oily substance, the bodies of the
Indians seem to contain a consid
erable amount of oil, as thoy burn
very readily. While the corpses
were charring, the fiiends of the
deceased continued to poke them
"with long sticks, occasionally rak
ing tho fragments of burnt iiesh
from the fire and wrapninjr them
in skins, blankets, etc. Returning
from the cremation of the two na
tives, I heard singing in a native
house and dropped in to see what
was going on.
There was quite an assemblage
of natives squatted around a smnll
fire in the center of the room, and
at one end of the house the corpse
of an old woman lay. covered with
sheet and hlankets. All around
the room was strung up muslin,
pieces of calico and a few blankets
also three umbrellas, etc., all of
which will be distributed amonr
the relatives and near friends.
Then the process described above
will be gone through. Alaska
Ji r(,e JJyeSSm
dealers i I'ffs'n
to brinir in
California hay and ''checked the
rise" and now hay i oflercd here
in considerable quantities at a less
price than was 'offered for it some
time since. One man has 100 tons,
and now, owing to the high water,
cannot find sale for it, except in
small quantities. Some hay i al
so coming in from Union county,
and the prospect is that tho price
will not again come up to what it
was a short time ago. This shows
the folly of holding for higher
prices when offered more for an
article than it is worth. Orcgom
an, .?.
, THE MTOR
Ja Qa ROSS9 Proprietor,
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I iiiMSmrSBHInraMHH
REfiTTEDr
EFURNiSHEO.
RENOVATED.
Victoria, June 2. A goodly
number of the British sealing fleet
have already started for the hunt
ing grounds in Behring sea. "The
balance of the fleet will leave fn a
few da vs. It is understood that
after the jubilee celebration he ad
miral and a war vessel will leave
Esquimalt for Behring sea, for the
purpose of .protecting the sealing
fleet from foreuu interferences.
LARGE.
GLEAN, WELL-
KEPT HOUSE.
Rates From SI a Day Upwards:
First Class in all its Appointments. Clean. Neat Iioonv, Sunny, Well Furnished and well Kept, You are Invited to Call.
Free Coach to and From the House.
Look Here Boys,
Mvu Of tho good tilings of
y , 3 this life aro sorrowful
ly let alone on account of Dyspepsia.
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets will euro
Dyspepsia, Indigestion aud Constipa
tion; sold on a positive guarautoo at
23 and 50 cents, by
JV W. Conn.
General Logan once uttered
someiiomely common sense when
he said the Republican party was
too strong to be broken by any
thing "except the admission of
fool things into its platforms."
Next year "fool things1' will
swarm around platforms like
yellow iaekets around a molasses
bunjr.
Suit of Clothe.
Iljouwanta neat fitting
Koio
Merchant Tailor.
Havjng just leceived a complete assort
ment of
Foreign and Domestic Suitings.
Something Entirely New.
I am prepared to make up Suits cheaper
than the cheapest.
Givo mo a call and he convinced that I
mean what I sav.
.J," E ROSS.
Comer Squemoqua and Hamilton streets,
east of C. ll. Cooper's.
n
nse New Stock
plaint of thousands suffering from
Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, etc.
Did 3'ou ever try Acker's English Rem
edy? It is tho best preparation known
for all Lung Troubles, sold on a posi
tive guarantee at 10c. 50c.
J. W. Conn.
Ready for Salmon.
THE BRITISH BARQUE
WARWICK CASTLE,
At the funeral of John Bude
Holmes, for many years surveyor
of Now York city, snven women,
each professing to bo Holmes' le
gitimate wife, put in an appearance
and made claim on his property.
They were accompanied b' eleven
children, who claimed Holmes as
father. Six of the women got in
to a fight beside the grave, and
were arrested.
AVorkinK People
Every Body Knows
THAT THE-
BXagee Furnace Co.
Of Boston Make The
BEST STOVES AND RANGES
In The AVorld ;
THE BEST ARE THE CHEAPEST
J. A. MONTGOMERY,
Sole Agent for Astoria
f.tSS
Consisting of 4 CAR LOADS of Hue Artistic and Plain
Fyrfsifure, Oarpets, Oil Gloih, Madras-Silk
LACE AND P0ETIERE CURTAINS,.
Dado Shades, &c;, Has Arrived.
.ThebC goods weie purchased direct from Eastern lanufacturers and shipped
before the recent advance in freight, the benefits thereof wo propose to share with
our customers.
Call and See Us.
CHAS. KEILBORN.
J. C. ROSS,
OOTJ3STTT- 0O3El.O3?ar3E3 H.,
Firat Glass Undertaking Establishment
A FINE HEARSE,
Newest style Caskets and Funeral Material.
Ererythlng Xeat and Well Arraaged.-
Coroner's Office, Undertaking Rooms net to Aslorlan office, (B. B. Franklin's old stand.)
Are often too ill' to labor, but they
haven't timto take medicine and layoff.
Simmons Liver Regulator can be taken
ithout causing any loss ot time, and
the system will be built up and invigor
ated by it. It lias no equal as a pre
paratory medicine, and can be sately
ubed when a doctor cannot be called in.
In all common diseases it will unas
sisted by any other medicine effect a
speedy cine.
S. ARNDT & FERCHEN
ASTORIA, - OREGON.
The Pioneer Machine Shop
Bl-ACKSMTIH
BHOPi
lK'h .
Or
Boiler Shop
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
AKD
STEAMBOAT WOES
Promptly attended to,
A.pedalty made of repairing -
CANNERY DIES,
FOOT OF lXFAYETTE STREET.
0. H. - Stockton. W. E. DEMENT & CO,
ssTotssrs.
Pioneer Painter and Paper Hanger
s&enm
m&&mu&
.1SSa".7ftK3 5"f
SjK.siir3
solSfews
vZls-
Ofiloo on Maln.J.Three doors south of
Squemoqua Street.
House Painting, Graining, Fres
coing, otc.
Wi.liam Kirkman, . of "Walla
Waila,,thirtks eastern Oregon and
Washington will raise 350,0C0 tons
of wheat for export this year.
This would be 10,500,000 bushel?.
m
roil lofts
Or,
PI.EUKISr CUBED.
ready to
apply to
Kingston, Ontario, )
December 7, 185. )
Six years ago I caught a severe
cold standing in an ice house with
i my coat off. 1 felt mvself getting
dully and went to the house, where I
shook for half an hour and then had
high fever and terrible pain in my
side and through my lungs. I put'an
Allcock's Pobous Plaster on my
back and one on the front of mv
ToLiverpoolDirect 1 a?&iXMi
uk .. uum uie next; morning,
! when I-was again quite as well as
j ever. In telling jny doctor about it,
t ne saia i naa been attacked -nith
For L1 ernool direct ! now
receive silmon. For particulars
MYER, AVILSOM &CO.
Portland. Ocn.
Or to C. V. UPSn CR, Astoria.
Tho fine first class Iron harque
GKLENAVON.
AA1 at L'oyds 1030 tons felbter
Goeionthe berth Immediately and nil
have good despatch for Ll ernool. For
freight applv to TAYLOR. YOCNG & CO.
or to A. AV. BERRY, Portland.
Astoria.
. Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
ThkBest Salvk in tho world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores,Ulcers,i5altIvheum,
Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively euros Tiles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sa le by AV
E. Dement & Co.
pleurisy and, possibly, pneumonia.
. j. Dudley.
E. 0. HOLDBN.
Anclioneer anQ Commission Agent
Established 1874.
Dealer in New and Second-hand Furniture
and Bedding.
I AYill conduct Auction Sales of Land, Stock.
' or Household U00U3 m me country.
Concomly St., Foot of Jackson, Astoria.
General
OTacMnisis and Boiler Maters.
Land and Marine Engines
BOITER TFOUK,
Steamboat Work and Cannery Wjrh
A SPECIALTY.
Castings of all Descriptions Made
to Order at Short Notice.
A. D. Wass President.
J. G. Hustlku, .Secretary.
I. W. Case '..Treasurer.
JOHN Fox.............. Superintendent.
BOOTS AND SROES!
Of Best Quality, and at
LOWEST PSICES,
AT THE
SIGN OF THEJOLDEH SHOE.
STORLA., - - - OREGON
Carry In Stock,
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, TOILET
and
FANCY ARTICLES.
Prescriptions carefully Compounded
VircinlaCicar anft Toliacco Store
J. W. BOTTOM, Proprietor,
AVater Street, Two Doors East of Olney.
Fine Cigars, Tobaccor and Saok era Articles,
Sold at Lowest Market Rates.
FRUITS. CANDIES. NOTIONS.&c
ge
CAN BE TIAD IN-ASTORIA, ONLY OF
R. HAWES,
Aucnt. Call and Examine It ; You AViil be Pleased. E. R. Hawes Is also Agent foi
Buck Patent Cooking Stove,
AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOA'ES.
Furnace Work, Steam Fittings. Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand
he
uOlMll
TransDortation
CoiOT
Established
I.
1870
homer mm,
ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING.
"Will appraise and purchase Second-hand .
. 'Furniture. j uoes a uencrai uanKing Business
The Bev." Geo. H.Thayer, of. Bour- Consignments Solicited, Quick : Sales and
bon,lnd says: "Both myself and wife .prompt Cash returns guaranteed. j - .
owe OW lives to Shiloh's Consumption Astoria asent for Dally and Weekly Ore-' Dfts Drawn Available In any part of
QTRB," Sold by w7 E. Dement. I gonlan. tne " orw'
I!
Through Freight on Fast Time I
THE NEW STEAMER
rELEPHQNE
Which has been specially built for the comfort of passengers will leave
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 Jhursday at 6 A. M. arriving at Astoria at 1 P. M.
J-An additional trip will be made on Sunday ot Each tVeefc, leavlng'Portland
at v u'ciock snnnay jiomtnir. rasseugers di wis route connect ai aiuaum
u. c.c
for Sound ports.
.SCOTT, President
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