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Cz) i&u Mi Qstofim. ASTORIA. OREGON: SATURDAY DECEMBEK 10. 1S57 SWAMP LANDS. The four special swamp land agents are making up their report, in Port land. Two Messrs. Sweek and Rich mond, are special agents of this state, the other two Messrs. Elliott and Shackleford, are federal agents. They have been all over the stale on a tour of examinination, and have inspected a good many thousand acres of al leged swamp land, including about 49,090 acres in this county. A large part of that which has been claimed to be swamp laud has been found to be of a different kind. The agents expect to have their re port ready by next Thursday, and will send it to the interior depart ment. "When that branch of the na tional government takes action, the state will be granted patents to that which is finally declared to be swamp land. That which is not so declared will revert to the government, and will be at the disposal of settlers for hometread or pre-emption. This is tardy and though right in the abstract, may work individual loss. It had to be done sometime, however, and the longer it was let go, the worse mixed it became. It is reasonable to suppose that men who are actual set tlers upon what has been called swamp land will have their rights protected by the state or the general government, as the case may be. That the state will lose several thous and acres of land which will go back to the U. S. government, is a foregone conclusion, but there is this in com pensation, that the difficulty will be definitely settled, and the settlers who will be sure to speedily occupy the land thrown open will amply make up to the state in taxation and in creased wealth whatever loss would accrue from the transfer from the state to federl ownership. COMPLETING THE CIRCUIT. The recent heavy rains in northern California and Oregon have had a de terring effect on the proposed festivi ties attending the celebration of the completion of the California & Ore gon railroad. The original proposi tion was to celebrate it to-day; then the affair was postponed to the 13th, and now it is again postponed, much to the disappointment of the various towns along the route from Sacramen to to Portland, which had made prep arations more or less elaborate in honor of the event At Portland a banquet for 100 people, costing $15 a plate, was on the programme, though some "who, though on pleasure bent, hath yet a frugal mind," thought that $1,500 would be better spent in dredging than in dining. However, the road is built, and that's the main peint: the celebration is only the frills, the trimming, the graceful adjunct The completion of the road from the Columbia river to the valley of the Sacramento marks an era. It does two things. It sounds the death-knell of the old-time Pacific coast stage, and it completes the girdle of steel that en terprise, and pluck have thrown around the coast line of the Union. It welds the last link, and now the traveler may ride from Maine southward along the Atlantic, westward along the southern frontier, northward along the at one time far-off Pacific coast fron tier, and back, eastward, via the north ern frontier lino of Uncle Sam's pos sessions. In case of war, troops could l)e speedily transferred to the remot est corner of the Unien: during years of peace no force more potent than rapid railroad communication can be devised to bind and tie the different sections of the country together, and make it a Union in fact as well as in name. In the midst of the homage paid to Boston's first citizen, Englishmen are not losing sight of the fact that the champion, John L. Sullivan, is ac companied on his triumphal tour by a representative of American, not to say Boston, womanhood, whose charms have excited admiration as universal as that aroused by the big fellow's re gal physical powers. In fact, the British crowds are marveling that such perfect types, physically, of the two sexes should happen to be united as man and wife. They are at a loss, too how it is that the couple now live in such delightful connubial harmony, when less than a year ago a suit for divorce was on. The explanation of the mystery is simple. Mrs. John L. Sullivan, of England, and Mrs. John L. Sullivan, of Boston, are not the same -woman. Telephone I.oIcing House. Best Beds in town. Rooms per night 50 and 25 ctSM per week Sl.50. New and clean. Private entrance. Every mother is interested in know ing that a special preparation for chil dren, called "The Child's Cough Syrup" is now for sale only at Dement's drug store. A. CHAB3ISG BOXAXCE. A Chicago Girl Catches a Genuine Swedish Xoblcmnn. Among the victims of the great Chi cago fire in 1871 was a gentleman by the name of Hooker. He was a wealthy mer chant at the time, but like many others of his class was utterly mined by tho great fire. After this calamity the fami ly was supported by keeping boarders. Three or four years ngo there came to his family to board, two handsome Swedes, polished, well-educated, and, apparently, the possessors of money one called ."5 wen and tho other Olaf. Mr. Hooker's family is American. That makes no dif ference. Tho Swedish visitors were well pleased with their boarding house, and the reason for tho genuine satisfaction they displayed over the matter will be better realized when it is told how they were both single gentlemen, and how, in tho Hooker household there was at least one unmarried daughter, a fresh, pretty, vivacious young lady, who flitted about tho hulls and parlora like an angel, occasionally pausing to illuminate some dark corner with her bright smile. That bright young smile it was that naunteu one or tno anaule owcues young Olaf. Tho Swedish gentlemen in the meantime did not seem to care to en gage in any regular business occupation They gave it out that they had come to America to study tho manners, customs, and language of the country. In tho lat ter pursuit they were assisted greatly by the Hookers, and especially by that daughter of the household, Annette, who by her careful attention to Olaf, particu larly, had him in a few months so that he could speak United States like a native. Of course there could bo onlj' one sequel to all this mutuality of feeling, this kindly regard. It was announced that Annette and Olaf were engaged, and in tho early fall of 1885 tho twain were a visit to Lake Minnetonka, where they stayed two weeks enjoyinc their honey moon. From Minnetonka they returned to Chicago, and bidding an affectionate farewell to the old folks, set out for Olaf s native land, where Olaf had pro posed they should spend the remainder of their days. After a brief stay in London they sped across to Christiania. Much to her surprise tho bride found an elegant equi j age nweu out wnu merieu driver and with footman awaiting them at the steamship dock, and she heard her husband give some directions to the coachman by which she inferred that tho equipage was his own. She asked no questions. Tho pair was driven through tne city into an aristocratic suburb orna mented with the line residences of wealthy people and with the grounds and palaces of the nobility. When the most extensive and most magnificent of all the palaces was reached tho coachman wheeled his steeds in upon tho grounds. "Now." said Olaf, "we will alight; I want you to come in and look over this palace, and see how tho great of he land live. Annette gazed with awo upon the noble pile. At lirst she exhibited hbyness at the thought of going in and meeting the great people. But her husband finally induced her to take a walk through the halls. When they came out he asked what she thought of it. The young bride expressed her admiration for what was really the finest palace in the vicinity of tho great city of Christiana. He listened to the rapturous compliments that poured from her lip. "Annette," he said slowly, "this is your future home." It was afterward ex plained to ner that her husband was the son of a nobleman with a fortune of $13,000,000. Olaf and his bride are now living hap pily together in tho great palace in the suburbs of Christiania. Chicago Tri bune. THE PACIFIC DELEGATION MSl'LElSKD. WAsnis-oros. Dec, 8. There is a pros pect of a lively row over tho arrangement of tne senate committees. Tne 1'acinc coast has been pretty "well ignored in the uiHiriuniion oi piaccs oy me caucus com mittee. Dolph and Jones alono of the senators from the Pacific coast have first-class places. Senator Stanford is dissatisfied with what has been given him, as ho is not on any of the first-rate committees of the senate. He will be chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds, succeeding Ma hone, of Virginia. At the present time it is not probable that Senator Stewart or Senator Mitchell will get what they want. Stewart, who was on the judiciary committee when he was in the senate before, desires a place on that committee now, but Spooner of Wisconsin has been pushed into tho vacancy. Mitchell desired to be put on the committee on appropriations, but he had been forced off of this, and in all probability will be deprived of tho chair manship of the only committee which he is now on, which he thinks is important namely, the committee on transporta tion routes to the seaboard. Republican senators from tho eastbavo seized all the best of tho important nlaces. almost ienorinp tho wants of thn Pacific coast, and the members from California and Oregon aro so indignant that thoy have threatened to bolt the whole arrangement. This is Senator Stewart's plan, and unless the caucus will make soms changes in the arrange ment of the committee it is probablo that the Pacific coast members will not endorse in caucus what has already been done by tho caucus committee. Of course no republican would like to bolt his party, and the senators from th6 Pa cific coast will not do so unless they think tho needs of their section of the Union emphatically demand such rebel lious conduct. Will U,c a Traction Engine. The Siverson Bros, of Glatsknnie, are putting in a logging camp on Dunn's place, a couple of miles below the town. Instead of oxen thoy are going to use a traction engine on their skid road to haul their logs. The en gine was taken down last week on the Manzanillo and they expect to com mence work this week. There is a great difference of opinion among log gers as to whether a traction engine will prove practicable on skid roads, and the experiment is watched with mnch interest by loggers and mill men, for if it proves succesful it will give the logging business a great im petus, as it will enable timber to be brought out that Is now inaccessible, owing to the great distance to haul. This is not altogether a new experi ment, as we are told that one of the largest camps on Baird's Inlet, B. C, has had two traction engines in suc cessful operation on their skid road for several successive seasons past. St. Helens Mist. Oysters In JErery Style At the Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. For the best photographs aud tintypes go to Crow's Gallery. Shiloh's Cuke will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough, and Bronchitis. Sold by W. E. Dement & Co NEW TO-DAY. 1888. Harper's Weekly. ILLUSTRATED. 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Concomly St., Foot of Jackson, Astoria. Or General lacMnists ajj Boiler lata Land and Marine Engines BOILER WORK. Steamboat Work and Cannery Work A SPECIALTY, Castings of ail Descriptions Made to Order at Short Notice. .........President. .......... Secretary ..........Treasurer. ... ..Superintendent. J. G.IIUSTiEB,... L W. Case.. ... JOHN Fox........... Astoria Iron Works and Opening IMa New York Novelty Store. f9f7 . A u wruta iffatfc . - .i ft - ifcU&!wa&&TttaH