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ASTORIA, OREGON:
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-OCTOBEK 27, 1PS7
The art exhibition continues at
Griffin ic Reed's to-da.
Sua rises, 638; sun seis, o.-CO; high
water, 10 a. ir., 10:12 r. m.
The Scandinavian Benevolent soci
ety now numbers 109 members.
Maud Granger's dramatic company
is now announced to appear here on
tue l-itu and 15tb pros.
The American bark Colo.nu ia
about ready to go to Hong Kong.
She carries 150 M. feet lumber, 310
Chinamen and other dunnage.
President Cleveland has issued a
proclamation designating the 21th of
November as the day to eat turkey,
give thanks and take an account of
stock.
The light running Domestic sew
ing machine, the ladies' favorite and
a necessary part of family furniture,
can be bad in Astoria onlv at Griffin
& Reed's. See adv't.
Mrs. Skelton delivered a temper
ance address at the Swedish Luther
an church at upper Astoria last even
ing, and will deliver another leclurs
at the same place this evening.
Considerable building and improve
ment is going on in upper Astoria,
and that part of the community keeps
pace "with the rest in advancement
A fire department is one of the most
pressing needs of upper town.
Salmon, trout, oysters, ducks,
clams, venison, shrimps, mussels, are
among Clatsop county's contributions
to the market, and all but the ducks
are in plenty. Ducks are a little slow
in coming in, and geese have only
been heard of so far.
"How long should a duck be
cooked?" is an important question in
these pleasant days of duck dinners.
About as good an authority on cook
ing of game as mere is in Astoria,
says: "roast the duck seventeen min
utesand eat it hot."
A change has been made in the
carriage of the mails from this city
to Tillamook. The new schedule, as
ordered by the postoffice department,
is as follews: Seaside to Garibaldi:
Leave Seaside Saturdays at 4. r. si,;
arrive at Garibaldi Sunday by 730
p. si.; leave Garibaldi Mondays at 1
p. si.; arrive at Seaside Tuesdavs bv
4:30 p. sl "
Under date of the 26th an officer at
Fort Canby -writes to The Astoriak
that orders had that morning (yester
day) been received for the men to go
on the 4th of next month. Rut The
Astobian hopes that a stay of pro
ceedings may be obtained in "this case
and that the men will not go on the
fourth of next month, nor the month
after that.
Southern Pacific officials expect
that the Portland excursion, on the
completion of the O. & G. and C. & O.
roads, -will be the most important
one they have ever arranged. Dele
gations from the San Francisco, Sac
ramento and San Jose boards of
trade will probably accompany the
excursion. An extension of the ex
cursion to Astoria would be of mu
tual advantage.
Before justice Bushwiler in Port
land last Tuesday appeared Thomas
Barry, charged with libel. He pub
lished a card in last Sunday's Orcgo
nian, charging that Grant, Turk and
the Mariners' Home, of Portland,
took "blood money" for furnishing
captains with sailors. He is a runner
for the California house. The justice
thought the evidence on his part not
clear enough to disprove the charge
and held him to appear before the
grand jnry now in session.
About fifty freight handlers at the
O. R. & N. dock at Portland struck
last Tuesday. The cause of the strike,
says the Oregonian, was that the
company declined to sign a paper
agreeing to pay 60 cents an hour for
work done at night, on Sundays and
holidays, and to discharge certain
men. Forty cents an hour is the
price that has been paid to freight
handlers; overtime at the same rates.
TheNews says the striking 'longshore
men are still out, but confident of
success. They at first demanded 80
cents an hour for night work, and 40
cents for Sunday, but on Monday
they changed their demand to 60
cents for both. The employes show
no signs of giving in.
Temperance Lecture.
Mrs. N. Skelton, National organizer
and lecturer of the W. C. T. U., will
meet the ladies of Astoria this after
noon, at three o'clock, in the Y. M. C.
A. hall. All the ladies in the city and
vicinity are invited to be present
Mrs. Skelton will also lecture on
"the American saloon and its effects
on society" at 8 o'clock this evening
in Rescue Club hall. German and
Scandinavian residents especially in
vited. Mrs. Skelton is one of the best
speakers we have had. Come and
hear her.
Julia L. Sntder,
Pres.W. C. T.U.
Mrs. W. W. Parker,
Rec. Sec. W. C. T. TJ.
The slaughter of Books still continues
iit the Book Auction store, back of Odd
Fellows building. Mr. Bartlett not hav
ing t'me to pack up. may remain until
the end of the week. Auction i-verv
-evening at 7 r. si.
Plain Sewing and Dressmaking
At Mrs. Scott's, opposite Ross' opera
house. Sewing for families by the day
at their homes if desired.
Girl Wanted,
To do housework in a small laiuily : no
children: apply at this office.
Try Fabre's celebrated pan roast
LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Specials to Reactors of "The Afcoriaa."
Loxuox, Oct. 'M. The JY irt, says:
Lord Salisbury must already regret
the rashness of his choice. Chamber
lain's temper is much igaiust him in
politics, uud likely to be fatal in di
plomacy, no seems to have forgot
ten that American citizens, whether
of Eugliph or Irish blood, are not to
be propitiated by insult.
ran yeijIiOW fever.
Washington, Oct. 26. Suigeon
general Hamilton to day rccived a
telegram from Dr. Portes, in charge
of the iclief measures at Tampa,
.blonds, in wmcu he says thnt there
have been from 225 to 250 cases of
yellow fever and 34 deaths up to date.
There were 11 new cases yesterday,
and about 80 are sick in town.
SJITHERN ECHOES.
Mcox, Ga., Oct. 26. Jefferson Da
vis did not go out in town yesterdaj',
but lemaiued in the house at the
park. The ladies of Macon tendered
a reception to Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Hayes
and Miss Winnie Davis. The .citizens
presented Mrs. Davis with a silver
sour tureen, and officers of the fair
presented Mr. ITnyes with a diamond
brooch.
A BRCII WITH THE APAt'IIE.
Eij Paso, Texas Oct. 20. -Advices
from Sahiual, Mexico, confirm the
news of the recent raid by a remnant
of Apaches commanded by Mangus.
The party of pursuers was commanded
by one McGrew, and came upon the
Indians unexpectedly and exhangod
about seventy shots and recovered
the horses, but the Inuiaus got away.
McGrew halted to guard the ranch
and wait for twenty-five Mexican
troops to arrive from Ascension.
While he was waiting a rain storm
obliterated the trail and the l;i lians
reached the fastness of the Sun Me
dria mountains, whence they are ex
pected to pursue another raid any
time.
THE DVIiTIMORE EIjEw'TIOX.
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 26. The city
election is being held to-dav. At
noon the result was decided: the
vote polled up to that time vae the
largest ever known in the history of
Baltimore. The interest bkn in
this election is remarkable. The
leading merchants of the city are
congregated at the poles.
TR03I THE ORIENT.
Sax Fraxcisco, October 26. The
steamship Ifarfic arrived this morn
ing from Hong Kong and Yokohama,
and brings advices to the effect that
on September lo the Chinese trans
port Wajihe was lost in Pecadoras,
and 280 Chinese and fiv.- Europeans
drowned. - The British birk Or ford
stranded ou the B.itaan coi3t Sep
tember 19th, but no lives were lost.
It is also reported that the steamer
Anton encountered a typhoon, dur
ing which the second officer and
twenty-four Chinese were washed
overboard and drowned. A severe
typhoon was reported from various
places in the China sea.
A MISSOURI MAX GETS IT.
Washington-, Ot. 26. The presi
dent has appointed William W.
Dougherty, of Missouri, agent for the
Warm Springs Indian agency in Or
egon. THE MEXICAX TjAXD GRANTS.
Santa Fk, N. M., Oct. 26. -No lit
tle indignation is expressed through
out this territory over the statement
sent ont in a Toledo, Ohio, press tele
gram that ex-congressman Frauk
Hurd, of Ohio, John W. Mackey and
a number of New York capitalists
had organized a syndicate to secure
control of the entire territory of New
Mexico. Hurd is said to have un
earthed an alleged Mexican grant
large enough to cover the whole of
New Mexico, seventy odd million
acres, and will pull the political wires
in Washington with a view to having
congress substantiate the claim under
the treaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo.
A examination of the land office
records and the government archives
reveals no such grant, but on the
contrary shows its absolute impossi
bility. Many of the grants were
made direct from the Spanish crowu
years before the Mexican government
came into power; hence that govern
ment could have no authority for
granting away property rights of the
dimensions claimed by Hurd. Sta
tistics just computed for the immi
gration department of the Santa Fe
railroad show the total area of the
United States government land in
New Mexico to be nearly 60,000,000
acres, exclusive of all grants.
tiik itnn;iiT star:
The liislit RumtiuK"l)ome.HlIc." It
Strung at the Heart It I.cnrt-!
Others Follow!
Years ago the Light liunniny "Domes
tic was nut on the market, and was the
first and only High Ann sewing ina-
enme; tne lirst anu only drop leaf sew
ing machine; the fust and only cylin
der shuttle; the first and only larye bob
bin; the first and only sewing machine
using light and elegant bent icoodicork;
the first with hardened and adjustable
bearings; the fit, and is to-day. the only
really Light-Iiunning and Noiseless
Shuttle Sewing Machine The first and
only Sewing Machine furnished with
perfect and practical attachments. Its
great merits and increasing popularity
has induced imitations, and in its wake
its competitors, and some new ones, are
trying to follow their eyes fixed on the
Light Running "Domestic," "the bright
star that leads them all;' though imi
tated in appearance, it is by no means
equalled in merit, and, as ever, still
"Mauds At The Head. Twenty years
of most envious competition lias proven
the Light Itunniny "Domestic1 Sewiny
Machine to be iar superior to anv other.
The Light liunniny "Domestic" satisfies
the most critical. It is the stundanl of
excellence and has no equal.
Private iCoom..
At Frank Fabre's for suppers, par
ties, etc. The best cooked to order.
Every mother is interested in know
ing that a special preparation for chil
dren, called 'Tlli Clulri'sfVitifrli ,.riir.
it now for sale only at Dement's'drug
suire.
The best oysters in any style at
Fabre's.
ASTORIA HEE DEPARTMENT.
Annual Eoport of the Ohief Engineer.
Fur the Year Kmlin: September 30, 18S7.
Office of Chief Engineer, )
October 1, 1887. j
To the Hon. Mayor and Common
Council'
Gentlemen: I herewith submit to
your consideration my annual report as
chief of the fire derailment for the j ear
ending Sept. 30 1887.
Durins the year the department has
answered to the followfng alarms:
No. 1. Nov. 1,8G. Alarm from box C,
12 o'clock M. Building owned by James
Grav; occupied as a Chinese laundry,
corner of Concomly and Washington
streets; Io-sSl,000 with the loss of two
lives (Chinamen) which the department
was powerless to prevent. Cause, de
fective flue. No insurance.
w o Vm- ioth 10.0 A. M. Kimiin?
fluo aVresidence of J. Q. A. Bowiby. No
damage. . ,, .
No. 3. Nov. 2oth, 7:40 A. M., box j,
burning flue at residence or E. V. Tal
lant. No damage.
No. 4. Jan. '23, 'bl, G o clock A. L;
file at Astor House; caused by defec
tive flue. Insurance on building, 55,500 ;
Io-$J.8l2. r ,
Nn.r,. Feb. 10.VT, l::K) A. M.; burn
twz flue on China housa. No damage.
Nn.fi. March 20, '87. 8:30 o'clock A.
M., box SfcElectric Light Works of J.
V. Trulliuger. D.nnage, $50. Caused
from fcinoke stack from boiler.
No. 7. March 27th, 12:45 P. M.; burn
ing flue at 0Biiens hotel. No damage.
No. 8. April 8th. 7 o'clock A. M.;
burning roof on Cnina house on Main
street. Cau?e sparks. Los, $10. No
iiiMirance. , . ,
No.l). Apiil llth. Sr'0 A. M.; burn
ing hay in ham of F. ,. Parker. Loss
-000. No insurance. Box .. Cause,
incendiary.
No. 10. April lUli. 7, 1:30 P. M.;
burning loot of bnilding nxt to Astori
m Office: cause, sparks from chimney.
D.nnagc nominal.
No. 11. Mav 10th, 10:15 P.M.; burn
inn fine in Knlght'i of Pythias building.
o. 12. Mav 13, i':'5 A. M.; alarm
from box 5; lite at West Shore mills;
t tinguishcd without aid of department.
"o damage.
No. i:. Juno 2d, 67, 4:" P. M.; burn
ing flue on China house. Box 7: No
damage.
Nn. 11. June 24. "87, 10 P. M.; resi
dence r Kinney Bros, on Summit Av.,
this building was situated beyond the
ie:ili ol iiie department anu was a loiai
los. Loss, $500; insurance, $300.
ciu-e unknown.
No. 15. July ;, 87, 11 :40 A. M.; Burn
ingroofof residence of Mrs. McGregor
on Chenamus street. Cause, sparks and
mos on roof. Damage nominal.
No. HI. July IS, 87, U;30 P. M.: burn
ing roof of Seaside bakery. Cause, de
tective chimney. Loss,..".
No. 17. July li), '87, to P. M.: burn
ing limber along side of boiler at Kill
ing's cannery. No damage.
No. 18. Aug. 31, 67. 2 :40 A. M. ; bi 5 ;
building of John Ericksou on roadway
to L'nion town. Insurance, 5200; Ions,
1-510. C.Carlson's building was dam
aged to lhe amount of 400; fully in
stiled. Incendiary.
N. 10. Sept. tith. 10 P. M., box fl;
cause, building of W. B. Adair in Up
per Astoria. Loss 150. No insurance.
N. Dominion building $1,000: insurance
?roo.
Total number of alarms 10.
Total damage S7,(b7 00
-insurance 5,252 00
Making a net loss dining the yeiir of
$1.8:15 00.
The cost of maintaining the depart
ment for the 4 ast jcar has been as fol
lows :
Repairs to Portland engine S 254 03
Horses tor tne uenari incur v.v uu
Department supplies
IHO 20
Pint for suction line
743 3i
200 09
29 00
.V! 50
'i0 0
Chief Engineer's salary
Electric alarm repairs
Electrician salar y
B ard of delegate suppoit
Kepa'is to bell tower
Alert Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1
1') : .'1 j
Annual allowaire aMiO
Repairs to truck liili
urt lit s ll) oo
Total $ 432 73
Astoria Engine Co. No. 1.
Annual allowance .$1,T.0J 00
Repairs to Engine House 142 05
hose cart 152 00
old boiler .50 50
New boiler as per contract 1,200 00
2J9H 55
Less GO days at S10.00
ikt day as per contract i;00 00
Total $2,334 XI
Rescue Engine Co. No. 2.
Annual allowance $1,600 CO
Repairs to engine house 8 00
heater 18 75
engine 30 45
Total..
$1,557 20
recapitulation.
Dopmtment expenses $1,377 50
Electric alarm 81 50
Hell tower iw 25
Board of Delegates GO 00
Chiefs salary 200 00
Alert Hook and Ladder Co 43-J 73
Engine Co. No. 1 20534 55
Rescue Co. N . 2 1,557 20
Total expenses
SG.23G 81
APPARATUS.
The apparatus of the department is all
in fust class condition and consists of 1
Amoskeag engine, 1 Silsby engine, 1
Hook and ladder truck, 3 hose carts, 1
hose carriage, and has at all times re
ceived the closest attention.
WATLR SUPPLY.
Our simply ot water for the protection
of our city has been greatly increased
by the completion of the pipe line on
Main ftrei't, and I would most respect
fully urge upon j'our honorable body
the adoption of the pipe line system o'f
supplying the city with water for fire
purposes, and at your earliest conven
ience with the city finances lo have con
structed at least three more of the lines
through the city.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
This branch of the department con
tinues to work most satisfactorj', and
consists at present of the following ap
paratus: G boxes, 2 engine house gongs,
18 jar battery and about 3 miles of line.
This brauch of the service should be
completed as soon as possible by adding
4 more boxes and a tower bell striker.
HOSE.
We have at piesent 3,800 feet of hose
(rubber) of which 2,000 feet is in first
class condition ; 1,800 feet in fair service
able order, and 1,000 feet of condemned
liobe in the corporation shed, which
amount is ufficieut for the present use
of our department. In this connection
I would inform you that the suction
hose of engine No.l is entirely worn
out, having been in service for the past
9 years, and a new suction for that
engine is an imperative necessity.
ENGINE HOUSES.
The houses' of the department are in
good condition, and with the new
springs for the doors which I have or
dered? will need no fepairs during the
ensuing year.
OUK HOOK ASD LADDEK SERVICE.
As our city increases in size from j-ear
to year, tne requirements uj. uiu uuiiun
roent will increase in proportion.
Larger buildings arc being constructed,
and apparatus that was sufficient years
ago falls short of the requirements even
of to-day: especially is thistrueof our
Hook and Ladder truck; it is totally in
adequate to the requirements of the
present, not having the capacity to reach
the third storv of a number of buddings
in the business portion of the city, and
from not having the necessary qualifica
tions of safetv, the necessity of a new
and improved truck will be imperative.
department.
The strength of the department
stands at 178 men who are. second to
none as efficient and obedient volunteer
firemen.
VALUATION.
The valuation of the department is
$20,000. , A T
In closing this my annual repoit I
cannot refraiu from mentioning the fact
that perfect harmony has marked the
relations of vour honorable body to me
during the past vear. Under your influ
ence and guidance my administration
has been all that I could ask and I re
turn my sincere thanks for the course
vou have pursued.
" Mv relations with my two assistants.
Ed. llallock and T. Lmville. have been
most pleasant, and each has endeavored
to work for the best interest of our de
partment. To the foremen ofthe several compa
nies and officers and members of the de
partment, and especially to engineer
James W. Hare, of No. 2, 1 wish to re
turn niy sincere thanks for courtesies,
and the members ofthe department dur
ing the j-ear have shown themselves
worthyof high praise for their efficient
work. The class of men enlisted in the
fire service of the city of Astoria are
far above the average in morals, class of
work and obedience to orders.
In conclusion I can only point to the
record of our work for the year as the
best exhibit of what wc have doue with
the present apparatus, and 1 sincerely
hope that the iccordof the succeeding
year may be as bright and honorable a
one as this.
lam, gentlemen, your obedient ser
vant. B. S. IYokslev.
Chief Engineer.
Death of 3Ir. Ann Stevens.
Mrs. Ann Stevens, wife of Mr. Chas.
S. Stevens, of this city, died at her
residence at 12:4o yesterday after
noon. She was stricken with paraly
sis October 17th, 1879, and for eight
years has been in a helpless state, at
times suffering severely, so that death
ma- be said to be a welcome transi
tion. Mrs. Stevens .was a native of
Alfreton, England, where she was
born December 18th, 1S11. With her
husband she came to Oregon in 1852,
and has been a resident of Astoria
and vicinity for the last thirty years,
and had a wide circle of acquaint
ances and friends. The funeral will
be from the family residence at ten
o'clock to morrow merning: the inter
ment will be on the hill.
The deceased was the mother of
Mrs. Hiram Brown, Mrs. CI. W. Ray
moud, Mrs. A. Matthews, and 35. F.
Stevens.
- fc- .
In Rrii-f, ami to The Point.
. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered
liver is misery, indigestion is a foe
to good nature.
lhe human digestive nnnnrnfim is
one of the most complicated and
wonderful things in existence. It is
easily put out of order.
Urcasy rood, tough food, sloppy
food, bad cookerj-, mental worry, late
hours, irremilar habits, and imnv
other things which ought not to be,
have made the American people a na
tion of dyspeptics.
But Green's August Flower has
doue a wonderful work in reforming
this sad business and making the
American people so healthy that they
can enjoy their meals and be happy."
Remember: No happiness without
health. But Green's August Flower
brings health and happiness to the
dyspeptic. Ask your druggist for a
bottle. Seventy-Ave cents.
New Church in Upper A-torla.
Work was begun yesterday on tho
new Scandinavian Methodist church
at upper Astoria, near A. T. Brakke's
residence. The building will be ot
wood, 28x50 feet, surmounted by a
tower. The intention is to have a
basement 28x30, to serve as a reading
room for tho general public, in which
the current newspapers, books, etc.,
may be found. The building will
cost 82,000. and will be pushed to
COmnletion as rnnidlv na nncailila
Rev. John Jacobsen, the newly ap-
I'uimcu luciuuuiaL pasror, who ar
rived here on the 8th inst., is in
charge and is desirous ot obtaining
material aid for the erection oUthe
new chnrch.
FEILSOXAL MENTION.
J Caswell, Mrs. Morison, C Mattes,
0 Wilson, .T Prest, J Sutter. O M
Moore, R M Brayne, O A Cole, J
Grenyer, L Anderson, are at the As
tor house.
A. Peterson, S. W. Mudge,li. Smith,
B. Kuuzlew, L. W. Graham. L. S.Ly
on. A. Munson, .7. Howard, F. Bouser,
E. Gallngher, O, M. Crowsen, F. Le
Compte, A J Goodwin, L G Reynolds,
J. Bollard, P. St. Germaine, Miss L.
Rounds, D. W. Dobbins, J. F. Smith,
A. M. Hunt, L. A. Johnson and wife,
S. Warren, A. McCorkingdale, H.
Thulper, are at the Parker House.
Telephone Lodging House.
Best Beds in town. Rooms per night
50 and 25 cts., per week 1.50. New and
clean. Private entrance.
A Sunny ltoom
With the comforts of a home, library,
etc. Apply at Holden House.
FiiM-Class Waiter Waulrtl
At Frank Fabre's restaurant.
Patronize your home .book store.
Books sold at auction prices.
Griffin & Reed.
Apples, Apples, Apples,
Sweet and Sour, Ealing and Cooking,
cheap at Thompson & Ross'.
The finest and nicest steak to be had
in town at Fabre's.
first 0
German
TJPWABD8 OE TWO THOUSAND
Pounds o! the Very Best Quality German Knitting Yarns -In
Plain, Fancy Mixed and High Colors !
i
Cffermaiitowii Yarns,
Midnight Germantown,
Saxony, 2 and 3 Fold,
Bedford Yarn,
Fairy Floss, Shetland Wool,
Victoxia Zephyrs in 2, 4 and 8 Fold.
Grewels, Etc., Etc., Etc.
t Coitete
B -sAurdkB
AVHOLESALE
On getting: Goods of him fori
Less Money than them 'ere
high 'priced fellers like to
sell, and
Because He Makes
His Customers Glad
And the Storekeepers 3Lid,
We Call Him
HERMAN WISE,
The Reliable
CloMer ai Hatter.
Occident Hotel liuilding.
Opposite Star Market.
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OF THE FOLLOWING WOOLS WILL BE FOUND
Germantown Zephyrs,
c Spanish Wool,
lis of Wools M
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AND .RETAIL STORES.
ne ttaiiroan is Mining
SO IS CHRISTMAS!
But We Can't
But must lmy our
along just the
RUSH
Is still to D. L. Beck & Sons', for that is where you can
buy the best goods, get honest weights and the best
value for your money. To those accustomed to deal with
us it is not necessary to say these things. To all others
we say we don't brag, but come and try us and be con
vinced. We carry in stock a full line of
FANCY AND STAPLE
Groceries and Provisions, a large stock of China, Porce
lain, Crystal, Crockery, 'Agate,. Wooden and other wares.
Silver-plated and other knives, forks and spoons. The
best stock of all kinds of Lamps ever shown in Astoria.
Cigars, tobaccos, etc., in unequalled stock andat unequalled
prices. Coal oil and patent 911 cans, paints, linseed oil
and turpentine. All kinds- of Cannery supplies, nails, cor
dagej etc. Lunch, market and clothes baskets, brooms,
whisps and hearth brushes, dust-pans and brushes; wheats,
oats, rolled barley, shorts ahd bran.
BUT WE MUST STOP I
For if we mention all the articles we have in stock we
shall fill up the whole paper. Try our genuine N. O. Mo
lasses in gallon cans at only 73 cents, and our new Yeast
Powder, guaranteed equal to the best, and only half price.
CHRISTMAS COODS
Now being selected in the East. Wait until you see them
before buying elsewhere, or you may regret it.
"What's that you say ?" "Haven't you been bragging
any ?" No; not a bit of it, and if you want the proof, just
call at
D. L. Beck & Sons'.
Weight!
Wools !
IN STOCK:
Brrail to Astoria!
JCjJX,
ASTORIA; OR.
I
Wait for Either,
Family Supplies right
same, and. the