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rJ Site gattjt lforiatt. ASTORIA. OREGON: FRWAY.... DI-CEMBFi: 2. 18S7 Tnn national prohibition committee have decided to hold a convention at Indianapolis, lnd., and nominate a candidate for president, the first "Wednesday in June, '33. Netwithstanding: denials, it is reit erated in New York thai Gould is looking for an extension for his rail road system to the Pacific coast Wednesday's Herald says pesitively: "Gould is now surveying a line -west from Salt Lake to tho Pacific coast" BbodsiiT:: is making a big fuss over tho "discovery" that Dr. Parker, the famous London preacher, charged and receivo J S700 for his recent eulogy in Plymouth church on Beecher. If "tho laborer i3 worthy of his hire,1 tho eloquent gentleman got none too much. Talk is cheap, but it costs monev to travel. It is getting to be the fashion now in tho upper circles of Chicago socio ty to nr.:no children before they are born. Eagraved cards arc sent to friends tho ir.3tant the baby makes it advent in' the world, and to guard against any mistake in prognostic i tion two sets of cards are printed, one bearing a masculine, the other a fem inine, name. The official report of tho agonfc of the Colombian govornent on tho Pan ama canal shows that it will require SjOS,299,000 more to complete the ca nal, and that when completed the business through it will bo much greater than has been estimated. "We doubt whether it ever will ba com pleted. Tho sum of money yet re quired is so enormous that it i3 impos sible for it to be raised by a private speculation; and it is quite certain that the United States will never al low Franco or any foreign govern ment to take it up and push it to com pletion. The French republic, though in ex istence nearly seventeen years, seems to have thus far failed to insure prop er understanding of the true princi ples of a democratic republican form of government Now that presidenl Grevy has by force of popular feeling been set aside, the disturbing ele ments of Paris declare that there will be a revolution if Ferry i3 elected president The mistake seems to be in supposing that Paris is France. Franco has more than once been in jured by the concession that the ex travagancies of Paris malcontents represent the intelligence and com mon sense of the French people. Her last severe lesson in this regard was the war with Germany in 1870, which few Frenchmen outside of Paris real ly wanted. Tnn Fiftieth congress meets next Monday. We of Oregon elected our solitary delegate to that congres? eighteen, months ago. This is a good example of what is usually known a? being "too previous." The first ses sion of the congress which convenes Monday will be, probably, principally devoted to political manipulation and playing for points in the great national struggle or 'S3. The usual fight on the tariff will come up, and in the later days of the winter session will come a question of paramount importance to Oregon and tho north west river and harbor improvements. It is to be hoped that whatever ap propriation is made this time will be passed in time to give the president ample opportunity to examine ii and -igu the bill and not put it in his pocket as ho did last time. They conduct their religion on bus iness principles in Chicago, according to this story of a parson there: I wat in the oilice of one of my parishiou crs,' said he. "Ho wa- a fair typo o' tho Chicago Christian, and I broachcu to him ihe subject of a revival. H. ran over his cilcndar with his pencL for several '.Toeks ahead, and then answered th it I couldn't count on him until after December 1st. Ho said ho had to have his stoves put up in about a week. Then ho had to have a new winter overcoat, and about the middle of November he had to go to the opera. He said all this in a cool, business like way, and with no intention of be ing funny, for ho has no humor in him. I thought it was time for me to appear in the role of missionary, and I said to him: 'But the spirit says now.' 'I can't help it,' he replied, pet ulantly. 'The spirit must understand tho rules of commercial comity, and give me at least three days of grace.' I don't think he meant any levity or play on the word, but I must confess that I was stumped." The Only Hitch in the Ceremony. "Did the weddmgo off smoothly?" "About as sraoo'hly as such affairs usually go off. The only hitch that ocourred was when the pair stood up o be united." Courier. TWO NERVY KEN. A Thrilling Storf Told by a Secret Stirie Deteetire. Soon after the war onr bnroau was no tified that counterfeit $1 and $2 bills were being extensively circulated in the region about Heading, Pa. I was de tailed, together with n companion named William iladden, to proceed to Scranton and work up tho case. Wo soon found mat tuo money was being floated by a gang of six or seven, of whom the ma jority were ns touch cases ns Abe IJnz- zard, of modern fame. Wo htrack two leads at the same time, and while miLO ted to Harissbnrg, his led into the moun tainous country around Pottsville, which at that time contained some of tho most lawless miners who ever handled a pick. At Harrissbarg I unearthed an old bird known a3 "Greenb ot Charley," and landed him temporarily behind the bars. In three or four days 1 was satisfied that he was the only one of the lot in that eighbood. and 1 set out to find 3I:tdden, from whom I had not yet heard u word. I met him in Heading, and he also had ns prisoner a man known ns "Slv Jim," but whose real name was Isaac Watson, tie had been brought from Pottsville. and he was the head and front of tho "shoTera" No soonor had Madden lo cated Jim, who was tho ostensible owner of a saloon in town, than tho fellow slipped out and made his way no the mountains, and took quarters in a cabin occupied by an nged woman, a w:dow. iladden hung to tho scent until ho re located his game, and at iii-out 4 o'clock in tho afternoon he drew near the hou.so. Forty rods away he was met by tho old woman, who stated that Jim was in the house and willing to surrender. Madden should have stooped to reflect that same sort of trap was being laid for him. If Jim was willing to surrender, wLy hadn't jecnuooat auJsbotfU himself' What leed of a go-between between h::ai.ud .lm officer? The coitrctive thought of nothing but securiug his man at once, and ho pushed m without eren drawing his revolver. Che outer door was partly oien, and as he entered the house it was shut behind uim and ho was covered by a revolver in the hands of the counterfeiter. Sly Jim had served five jears for a pievious offense. Ho reasoned that the officer had him dead to rights on the new case, and that he woald probably be "Hettled" for ton or fifteen years. This prospect had made him desperate, and he hud deter mined on a desperate thing. "Sit down over there!" he oommanded, and the helpless offioor obeyed. "Now then," continued Jim, "what do yon want of mor' "To arrest you for uttering counterfeit money." "Got any proofs?" "Plenty." "Well, that settles it. I'd rather die than go back to prison, but you shall die with me. I could kill you and skip, but I'd bo run down and hung. We'll go to gether.1" On a table in tho room was a fifty- pjund keg of powder, and leading into it vas a four-minute fuse. Jim walked icross to tho table, covered tho officer anew and lighted the end of the fuse with the remark: "In four minutes we'll be in h 1! If you make a move from that chair I'll uave to send yoa on ahead a little joiner!" "I think I'll wait and go with yon!" joolly replied Madden, "and if jou'to no Ejections 1 II take out my watch and sail time." "That will be n good idea,' said Jim, tnd out came tho watch and the detec tive called eut: "Ten seconds! Fifteen! Twenty! Thir ty!" and soon. "Nobody will ever know what happened to ns," remarked Jim as the first minute xsls nearly gone. "But they'll mix up the scraps and probably bury it portion of mo along rith you. That's the only thing I care lbout." ' Well, I always was fond of good com pany," retorted Jim. When two minuto had passrd the de tective began to softly whistle to him self. "It will come mighty sudden when it omes," observed Jim as ho crossed his legs. "les, we won't know what hurt ns." "What's the time now?" "Oh, we've got over a minute yet." "Don't you wish yoa hxdn't come?" "No, sir! I was bound to have yoa or Jie with you." "That's tho sort! It's some honor to lie with such a man as you. The fuse is .retting pretty short." "We're got fifteen seconds more." M-idden leaned back in his chair, and Jim held tue revolver fall on his breast, io hadn't been playing a bluff game, and bhe detective had mad up his mind that there was no escape from death. From the corner of his eye ho watched the fire jreep nearer and nearer, bnt he did not more a fincor. The spark finally touched the stares of the keg, and Madden felt that his last minute of lifo had come. He dropped his eves to his watch and saw the seconds fly past two four fire ten, and he felt that thoro had been some miscarriage. When fifteen seconds naci passed Jim growled eut: ihe durn thing has gone back on mo! He rose np, ns if to go over and ex amine it, and tho instant the muzzle of ais rovolver was depressed Madden s-prang for him and struck him n blow between tho eyes which felled him like nn or. Tho rovolver was discharged, but mo Duuet entered tue noor. in another .mnute Jim was handcuffed and dragged mi. no wmeu as soon us ine irons were u him. and no trouble was experienced n getting him to Heading. Ho was ulent and sulky With Madden, but to me ue wid: "3 it, old man, you've got a pirlner to be proud of! He's got more aenre than my other man that lives!" "ExcTniny you." I replied, and hn stroked his long whiskers and setmed pleased wita. tho compliment. Press. The Center of the United States. An army officer now in Cbijjg iked the other dav: "D t wm Vnr.w? as where the exact cfinrrmTiliirrnl .. of the United States is? Never thought auytuiug about it, probably? Well, its marked by n grave that of Major Ogden. of the United States army, who died at Fort Riley, in Kansas, in 1855, during the cholera epidemic of that year. Major Og den's remains were ufterwnrds re moved to Fort Leavenworth and buried in the National cemeterv there, but his monument ntill ntnnrVo od n knoll n littlo to the northeast of the post Jbort liiley and it lifts its head towards the olouds in the ex act geographical center of the Unit ed States. This isn't a conceit; it's a fact, though probably of the hun dreds of men now at the fort not one n a hundred ever stons to think about it Fort Riley is a few miles east of Junction City, Kansas, and is one of the most important ravalrv posts in the country." Oysters lu JErory 2lyl At thn. fipntral Rprtsnranh nrl tn Foard & Stokes'. YOU, SIR? NEXT I Isn't there something very suggestive in this salutation of the barber? There stands Old Father Time, for instance, with his scythe. "What of his harvest? Do what we will we can't avoid tho inevitable. Life may be saved, prolonged, made happy by physical comfort, bo blessed by spiritual guidance, be honored by good works, but it has its limit or dained by fate. The Old Reaper may bo forgiving, ho mav be lenient and partial to many; notwithstanding all, the sweep of the scythe goes on ranks arc mowed down, you are reached at last. Ho calls "Next," and passes on to ranks of other victims. How near he is wo never know. We may know that he's about, that's all, by many signals. Even a minor ache or pain may be the fore runner of his swift approach, or chronic agonv of his slow but certain coming. Neglect of either only welcomes his advance; precaution and care ward off attack. "What then is tha moral? Simply to pre serve health, to provide against sudden derange ments ot the sys tem 1mm which arise sudden and acute pains, which, by keepinc the proper j remedy at hand for useare cured at ouce and permanently. Hut to get back to the barber. .Mr. WHlett t Uoolc. pub lisher of the Courier, Canajoharie, N. Y., under date of February 10, 1SS7, re lates the followine incident: "Thos. Beekman, a prominent colored barber of this village, sutrcred several months with rheumatism : he was unable to stand up part of the time and attended to his customers wun ainicuiiy. aiuviug mxn myself greatly relieved bv the great remedy for pain, I advised him to try it. He was rubbed three or four times before dinner. "When he lelt his shop he was as spry as ever in his life. He says he danced a jig. St. Jacobs Oil cured him as it cured me, and he is the happiest man in the town." NEW TODAY. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATING CONVENTION. At 3 meeting ot Democrats held in tho county cuun room. Itov loiu, for the con sideration of the coming i-ity el ction. the County Democratic Central Comml tee v-ro autho Iztd to make the fuilowi g c-iUtura uiiy democratic dominating Convention : All Democrats and all others not l.lentl fled with any otlnr political organization. ana intending io vote ine uerao-raiic iipk ft, who are entltl d to vote at tho coming cuyeii-iiiiii. are requvieu to avsemoio in .MAS' CONVEX no V In the Opera Honso. on the eveniug of December at J, at 7 -JU o'clock. You will then proceed to nominate can didates for the varous city unices, and ir-ns-aci sucnotner ousiness as may proper ly may be brought before that convention. ALFKhD KINNEY. Chairman of Com. W. II. BOYLE. Sec, DIAMONDS. JEWELRY. WATCHES. CLOCKS. FURNITUKE AUCTION SALS, Saturday, Dec. 3, 11 A. M. I will se'l at my Auction Rooms, a fine A sonmont of sfond hand Furniture and Jiouseh iid effects, aold on account ot de parture. Also, on fine A. n. ChaeeOrcan, Reed as new, and other Musical Instruments. Also, pood second-hand Sewlns Mahtnp, ana omer articles too numerous to mention K. C. UO lDK.V. Auctioneer. Fishing Property FOR SALE. Instructed by Coroner Surprenant. I will se.l at puolic auction at Main street wharf, at 10 A. m., Saturday, Dec 3 : One Fisliinc cow in good cond'tlnn. 122P feet; one tiill Net, 275 fathoms; about 310 fathoms NK not hung; Cotk Line, tluec Anchors, etc. Fh" -cow Is anchored in Scow Bay ; the r m under of the p.operty can be sVen at Main sire t wliarf B.S.WOKSLKY. Stockholders' Meeting. fTUIE IIKUULAK ANN!' AI.MI'K-J INC. OK i jy vo-kl)old r of tho IMlisn Itiid and Bulltliu!; AvsiC!ati-n uih l.e he d :it the Micitiou hi'l, Saturday, D.3l, lfS7.at2 l M., f ir tins purpose of e i cihij; a l ':n ot live diwrtora for th pnsuing pr. nd tninsucUim such other btwiiie as iiut come tefore the meeting II. . NOTES. Secrrtary. Abtorij. Dec. l, 1ES7. E. C. HOLDEN, AUCTIONEER S2 COMMISSION ACENT. ESTABLISHED 1874. Dealer In New and Second-hand Furniture and Beddlnp. '111 conduct Auction Sales of Land, StocK or Household Hoods in the country. Will appraise and purchase Second-hand Furniture. Consignments solicited. Qnlck Sales and Prompt Cash Returns Guaranteed. Astoria Agent for Daily and Weekly Orc gonlan. Meeting Notice. rjlHK ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCK a. holders of the Masonic Land and Bnl d Inu AKSociatlnn or Astoria, will be held at the oOlee of CapL George F.avpt on Wednes day. I)eccmb-r 21,1837, at 2 o'clock p. ! or the pnrpose of clertlng Ave directors for tile ncnln VAir nnH fnr,h& .mr..jl. r such other business as mav come before the llJiJir "'tfb; Vtj . Vt?-P' luceim. o. 1. mukhis Secty. Astoria, 2?ov. 19, 1SS7. Mil W WHOLESAIii: AND JIE'i All, DEaL-EU IX Fine Groceries, Provisions and Miii Feed, Crockery, Grlass Plated Ware. o The Largest and finest assortment of Fresh Fruits and 'S'ege'fca'folea. Received fresh every Steamer. lin.lm ! i -A-E? $ .Yew Goods, New Location w. e are now in our New Quarters and busy opening a line, of IUMID1Y c;m5 that wi;l fairly dazzle your ey&. ZVvr rfforvlli ' PIiiIi. Rr:i.vs :ui3 T.vaJlicr GoutN. not-ived Direct fro.a Eastern Manufacturers. An Immense Slock of Toys on the Way, These Goods were purchased for CtNJl. ami wv vtU st !! tln-iu at SutLNfuetorj- i'rlccw. We Do Not claim to Give Goods away, but we do claim io ive full Yalue for Your" Money. OUR LINE OF HOLIDAY BOOKS IS COMPLETE. Look Out for Our Plain, Simple, Ordinary Opening. Do not fornet that wc inve Itemoved from our Old Quarters and now occupy the Fine Large Store in lLtXXtnrs IJKICK mJlUUKU. Griffin t Reed. DKALFR IX Hay, Oats, aiA Straw, Line, Brick, Cement, Sai anil Plaster Wood Dellrered to Order. Draylat:, Teaming ami Express Easiness. &&fflm - rEK apply to Ip Captain, or to FRESH iOCERIK Promptly Delivered AT LOWEST PRICES IN ANY PART OF THE CITY, Fruits and Vegetables In Season. Everything Warranted as lientnn The New Model Range CAN BE HAD IN Agent. Call and Examine It ; You "Will be Flensed. E. R. Hawes Is also Agent for the Buck Patent Cooking Stove, AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES. Furnace Work. Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand UNEN GILL NETTING.A.SPEC1ALTY. ESTABLISHED lSi!. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of IN THE UNITED STATES. Salmon Parse Seines. Salmon SgTFish Nettlnesof all kinds sunnlictl tho low-out rates. All made from our Shephard Cold Guaranteed lo bo tho strongest and most PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES. This TWINE Is manufactured only bv ourselves, directlv from the raw material, and cots no more in NETTINGS than tha clfeflner prarie. Send for samples; ateo for our illustrated catalogue. Highest awards at Boston, Philadelphia and London. JLmerioan XTst and Twin Company, 1LB.UMJ1JWU fes 3?3ETTTi xTEAIUER - lib J II A FAMUll Fben P. Parker,Ua8ter. CHAIN II. B. PARKF.lt. PROVISIONS Represented. Corner Chcnarau.s and btreets. ASTORIA. ONLY OF 7 CAPITAL. SmoOO OOKl 2f X2& Sb m NETTINGS Ponnfl Nets. Salmon &ill Nets. at the shortest nowibln nnf ?pi. nnrf nt Medal Twines. desirable twine now made especially for the Hosiery and WE HAVE JTJST RECEIVED DIRECT FROil UASTEM MANUFACTUKKUS A LARGE LOT OF Gents', Ladies and Cliliren's Hosiery ant Underwear. Also a full line nf German Yarns, Saxony Yarns, Victoria Zephyrs, Embroidery Silks. Knitting Silks, in all Colors and Shades. Solo agent in Astoria for the Celebrated Drial S;Co' French Shoe?, and Laird, Schober & Mitchell's Fine Shoe?. THE EMP W. T. PARKER. Manager. Headquarters THE BEST IN" TUE WOULD. The Winchester Repeating Shot Gun, S26.00! A Fine Side Snap Marline Made Turn, Double-barrel Shot Gun, Box Sheila and Tools, $17.50. Nprtins Goods, Ammunition and the FaratiH Mwidish RKor Our immense New Stock Consisting of 4 CAI LOADS of fine Artistic and Plain Furniture, Carpets, Oil Cloth, Madras-Silk LACE AND PORTIERE CURTAINS, Dado Shades, &c., Has Arrived. These goods were purchased direct from Eastern Manufacturers and shipped before the recent advance In freight, the benefits thereof we propose to share with, our customers. Call and See Us. INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA FIRE ii lUflK INSURANCE CO. FItANK DEKUM President W. II. SMITH Vice-President JOHN A. CHILD Secretary Xo. 160 Second St. Portland, Or. l.W. Case, Agent, Astoria, Or. Elmore, Sanborn & Go. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fire Insurance AGENTS. Itepresentlni: the Largest and Most Relia ble t ire Insurance Companies. All Business promptlynd accurately tran- J FlavelsWharf. - Astoria Oregon. $67,000,000 Capital Liverpool & London & Globe. North British and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh. Hartford ot Connecticut. Commercial of California Agricultural, of Waterto wn, e vr York, London & Lancashire ot Liverpool, Eng . Fire Insurance Companies, Kepresent In a capital of $67,000,000. , II. VAN DUSEX Ageht. ' A. V. ALLEN, Has In Stock, anil will open withlu a Few Days, one of tho Finest Stocks or GLASS and CROCKERY WARE, Ever Brought lo the City. Examine His Stock Before. Purchasing Elsewhere. Look Out For the Grand Opening At Underwear ! TORE for Ammunition. CHAS. HEILBORN. CAPITAL STOCK - $500,000 THE NORTHWEST INSURANCE CO. F. K. Keach ... . rresldent .1. McCraken .... ........Vice President J. I.oewenbrn:............ ....Treasurer R. P. Earhart Secy aud Manager DIEECT0K3, ,T.Loewenberg J. K. Gill, ILL PIttock, F. K. Arnold. F.M.Warren. .LM-Craken, F. E. ISeach, D.D.O!iphant, F. Eggert No. 33 Washington street, Portland, Or. R. L. BOYLE, Agent. Astoria, Oregon. Ouice at I. X. L. Packing Co. Depsited in Oregon, 300,080 ASSETS, $85.801,283. Roval, Norwich-Union and Lancashire Com bination Joint Policy. Union of San Francisco. Germanla of New York. State Investment of California. Anglo-Nevada Assurance Corporation, MARINE INSURANCE COYERED BY OUR OPEN POLICIES. Elmore, Sanborn & Co. Agents. JOB PRINTING. Neat, Quick And Cheap at The AST0RIAN JOB OFFICE F2a.e New York Novelty Store, i j- -i i. '.. h, XWXiVX, .aIASA?BYaTTS. J--