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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1887)
3 J trite gattjj gwforiatu ASTORIA, OREGON: WEDNESDAY I.DKCEMBER 11. 1BS7 . - ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted.) J. P. HALLORAN & COMPANY, Publishers and Proprietors, " Abtokian Buir.Di.va, - - CassStuekt. Terms of Subscription. Scrvod by Carrier, per week . 15 cts Seat by Mall, per month..... M cts " " one year. 7.00 Free of postage to subscribers. 'The Astoeiax guarantees to Its adver tisers the largest circulation of any newspa per published on the Columbia river. This is a legal holiday, but it isn't a picnic. It is expected that the state tax Jery.will be made to-day. The State of California is due from San Francisco this morning. There was no council meeting last evening 'adjourned to Saturday night Don't believe all you hear. Ybu muse recognize the usual percentage in favor of the game. Every man in the city entitled to a vote should cast his ballot to-day and acquiesce in the result to-morrow. There are not so many candidates to-day as there were a week ago. There will be fewer still to-morrow. There will be but two tickets voted today; there is no third ticket, nor independent candidate in the fight. The Portland hotel bonus is half .completed, subscriptions to the Yil Iard hotel fund aggregating S75.000. The British ship Bawpool sailed last Sunday from San Francisco for Liverpool, carrying 43,962 cs. salmon. By the morning mail San Francis co' letters and papers are now re ceived 70 hours from San Francisco. Wires working all right, and The Astgbiax's readers get outside news without waiting for Portland papers for it. The stockholders of the Pacifio Union Packing company will hold their annual meeting at 9 a. it. on the 22nd inst The steamer Taquina City, cast away at Yaquinabay and hopelessly lost, is insured in English companies for 8125,000. 'At the eleotion of the Albany fire department last Monday Joseph Web ber was elected chief engineer over John Hoffman, 60 io 36. J. F. Hail wai elected assistant over Henry Susens, 48 to 51. m A oomplaint was issued out of Jus tice Cleveland's court yesterday, ohirging Jas. Turk with assault and battery on old man Mclntyre; he gave bonds in the sum of $50 to appear and answer to the charge to-morrow. From all points come news of wreck, detention and disaster occa sioned by the recent storm. The Co lumbia river stands prominent in this in Hue entire absence of any trouble to the numerous shipping m its safe waters. The American ship C. Southard Sulbert cleared yesterday for Ant- w$rp, oarrying 54,934 bus. wheat, worth 49,300. The British ship Winnipeg cleared forQueenstown or Falmouth with 73,173 bus. wheat, worth 851,221. A man known as "Long Taylor" was drowned last Monday off Colman's wharf, Seattle. He and a friend named Arkins, were somewhat intox icated Sunday, and walked onto the wharf and stepped overboard without knowing what they were doing. Ar kins was reBOued. Taylor's body haB not yet been found. Interior papers published at Port land and elsewhere say that the re- . cent heavy rains have raised the rivers and xhat craft have no difficulty from bprs and sands. Down here showers ia. never noticed, the great heaving tig from the Pacific giving its usual six to nine feet twice-a-day rise, re gardless of the weather. The Canadian Pacific's annex steam fjt Sardonyx arrived in yesterday ijjth miscellaneous cargo; among Which are three Chinese passengers, artnan and his wife and a daughter, tB daughter being older than the fe. The b&rk Estrella, loaded with gunpowder, also came in and is an chored some distance from the city to transfer her cargo on a river boat In answer to several inquiries The Abtokian states positively that any one can scratch any ticket that he wants to vote to his heart's content There is no limit to the amount of scratching that a voter can, in accord ance with law, use on a ticket But he can't vote any ticket, the heading or design of which has not been re corded at the office of the county clerk. In Justice Cleveland's oourt yester day be decided the case in which Mrs. Catherine Turk was charged with assault and battery on a child, by fining the defendant $50 and costs. The judge's decision is universally approved. The poor little creature who was so cruelly maltreated is at St. Mary's hospital, and it is probable that the county will provide for her ; "immediate wants. Hare Tea Seen The display of Xaas cards, Plush goods ka at the New York Novelty Store? A fine assortment of Lace goods at Krs.-G.B,McEwan7s. DEMPSEY THE YI0T0E. The Last Eail to Ee Laid and the Last Spike in the 0. & 0. E. E. to Be Diiven at 2 P. M. Next Saturday. New Yobk, Dec. 13. The Dempaey Eeagan prize fight for middle weight championship took place to-day up the Hudson river. The men bat tled forty-five rounds with kid gloves. London prize ring rules. The fight was won by Dempsey who out-gener-ailed Eeagan and out-fought him from the start. Beagan stood up with remarkable gatneness under "Nonpareil's" masterly and powerful strokes, but in the forty-fifth round after the men had been engaged for an hour and nine minutes, Reagan s seconds, seeing he had no possible chance of winning, threw up the sponge. Beagan suffered severely while Dempsey was comparatively free from any marks of the combat There was only about twenty people present; the stake was two thousand dollars a side. POWDEKIiY's SUDDEN ILiXESS. PniLADEiirinA, Dec. 13. T. V. Powderly, grand master workman of the Knights of Labor, was stricken with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs, at his home in Scranton, yes terday. Powderly was to have left Scranton yesterday forenoon, but the sudden attack which came upon him completely prostrated him and ren dered the trip out of the question. He has hitherto been troubled with weakness of the lungs. WILIi BEFUND THE TAXES OF G1. Washington, Dec. 13. The senate committee on finance to-day held their first meeting and ordered a favorable report on the Morril! bill to refund to the states all the direct taxes imposed by act of August, 1SGL The aggre gate is about S15,000,000. This bill was before congress last session, but was not passed by both houses. FAIiKNER GETS THERE. Washington, Dec 13. The .senate committee on privileges and elections has decided unanimously to seat Falkner of West Virginia. SHORTENING THE TIME. San Fbancisco, Dec 13. The an nouncement is made of a new time table to go into effect on the Central and Union Pacific roads December 21st in conformity with the shorten ing of the time between Chicago and Omaha. The time from this city to Chicago will be shortened to three days and twenty-one hours. THE IiAST SPIKE EXCURSION. San Fbancisco, Dec 13. The offi cial announcement was made to-day that the excursion to Oregon to wit ness the driving of the laBt spike on the California & Oregon road will will leave here next Friday, and the ceremony of laying the last rail m the track will occur at Ashland at 2 p. m., Saturday. ELUDED THE POLICE. Dublin. Dec 13. Payne, M. P., who has been barricaded in Lislinny Castle, resisting the efforts of the po lice to arrest him, left the castle early this morning, eluding the police sen tinels, and taking a cab that was awaiting to drive him to some un known place. The polico are scour ing the country for him. To-Day's Election. The polls for the First ward at to day's election will be at the court house; for the Second ward, at O'Brien's hotel. The judges for the First ward are O. J. Curtis, P. J. Meany, Geo. W. Boss, L. E. Selig, Lee Levings; for the Second ward, Jno. McCann, Frank Cook, D. H. Welch, J.P.Hynes, Q. W. Lounsberry. The polls will be open from nine A. M. to six p. if. Six months in the state, three months in the city, ten days in the ward are the requisites for voters otherwise legally qualified. Messrs. Hanson and Charnock are securing subscriptions for the car rying on of the Y. M. C. A. work in this city for the ensuing year. So far they have received $770 and will need several hundred dollars more to properly and efficiently carry out the programme for '88. The work of the Y. M. C. A., in this city is practical, Unnstian, necessary wort, it nas a just and righteous claim on the con sideration of the business men of the community, and money or other sub stantial aid extended to this organi zation is well bestowed. At a regular meeting of Cnshing Post No. 14, G. A. B., held yesterday evening the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: For commander, Sam'l Elmore; senior vice commander, Dan'l Cronk; junior vice commander, Duncan Douglas; chaplain, Bev. Geo. C. Hall; surgeon, O. E. Jackins; officer of the day, T. G. Bawlings; officer of the guard, Louis Hoephening; quartermaster, E. H. Brodie. That Beautiful French Doll at Griffin & Reed's, Will be awarded Thursday evening, Dec. 22. Under the supervision ot a committee of four ladies, the 100 num bers were put in a box and shaken up, and a child blindfolded, drew one num ber at random from the box, put it in an envelope and scaled it up; the seated number is the lucky one. and no one knows what it is: all the other numbers were immediately burned without ex amination. On the evening of the drawing, the envelope will be opened and the holder of the number corre sponding to that in the envelope will be awarded the Doll, at Griffin & Reed's. Remember That If ow ls the time to subscribe for periodicals, and that the New York Novelty Store receives subscriptions for all foreign and domestic newspapers and maga zines at publisher's prices. Girl Wanted. , A competent girl wanted to do house work in a small family; no other need apply. Apply at this office. Renew Tour "Subscriptions For next vear. Subscriptions received for any Periodical or Magazine pub- liSbeU. UBIFFE & .KEED. GIVE ASTORIA THE CREDIT That Rightfully Belongs to Her. Yesterday's Oregonian says that the British ship Bawpool, which sailed from San Francisco for Liver pool last Friday, has the most valu able cargo that ever cleared foreign from this coa3t by sail vessel. The BawpooVs cargo i3 valued at $341, 400. Beference to The Astobian of Sunday, August 27th, 1882, shows that on Saturday, Aug. 26th, 18S2, the British ship Wallacetoicn cleared from Astoria, with the most valuable cargo that over cleared foreign from this coast by sailing vessel. The fig ures speak for themselves and prove our statement: they are taken from the official records in the custom house in this cit and have been ver ified before being herewith repub lished: The Wallacetown cleared from As toria with a cargo loaded exclusively at Astoria, being chartered to load at this port and sailed for Liverpool Tuesday, August 29th, 1882, with a cargo consisting of 70,000 cs. salmon, valued at $378,000. and 2,250 bbls. flour, valued at $12,112; total value, $390,112. This is the most valuable cargo .that ever cleared foreign, direct, from this coast, by sail vessel. Astoria is en titled to whatever credit there is in it. The day before the Wallacetoicn cleared, the British ship Elicell, an other Astoria loaded vessel, cleared from hero for Liverpool with a cargo valued at $303,300. On the same day that the Wallacetown cleared, the British ship Qlengarry cleared for London, with a cargo valued at $128, 995. It is also to be noted that the Date pool's salmon cargo is valued higher than the Wallacetown's was. Were the WallacetowiVs salmon shipment to be valued at the same rate as that of tho Bawpool, it would havo made the value of the cargo of that vessel Sil4,612. But even at the current quotations of August, '82, the Wal lacetown's cargo value exceeded by nearly $50,000 tho cargo of the fine vessel that sailed from San Francisco last Friday. PERSONAL MENTION. Sam'l Arndt returned to Portland yesterday evening. J. N. Walker has been appointed postmaster in placo of L N. Foster. Jno. Myers has assumed his duties as United States marshal for Oregon. A pension of $900 was received by Mrs. Job Jenkins, of Glen Gardner, N. J., tho day she celebrated the one hundredth year of her age. Capt Chas. F. Powell, in charge of the improvement of the waterways of the northwest, has our thanks for late official documents and reports. Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria, who practices as a physician, last 3ear had 400 patients and performed 200 operations for diseases of the eye. John W. Young, Brigham Young's oldest son, is said to be a successful business man and a shrewd builder of railroads in Utah territory. He has three wives. Thomas A. Edison will spend the winter in California and amuse him self with efforts to extract gold from the black sand which abounds in the mining regions. Col. B. G. Ingersoll says that his throat has been cured. He once feared a cancerous growth on one of the vocal cords, bnt it turned out that the fear was baseless. William Bockefeller, of the Stand ard Oil company is erecting a S250, 000 house on property near Dobbs Ferry, on the Hudson, and he will put up a S100f000 stable to go with it President Cleveland has made $20, 000 in the increase of the value of land upon which his country home near Washington is located, and sec retary Whitney cleared $90,000 in his sale of Grasslands. Miss Ella Sherman and Mr. Daniel A- GrifFen, were married last evening at the residence of Bev. Dr. Garner, and took the night boat for Portland, where they will reside. Tho bride is a cousin of W. A. and Henry Sher man, of this city. In tho course of a speech Bismarck, it is said, will often drink a quart of brandy and water, which he keeps in a pitcher before him. Fench states manship, with its champagne aud ab sinthe, can never cope with this grand old brandy-imbiber. The Philadelphia Press says: 'Mrs. Cleveland never wears a big hat or bonnet to the theatre. Her beauty is of itself enough to make her tho ob served of all observers, and she never has to resort to the wearing of hide ous headgear to attract attontion and comment" It is said that the Astors have never been robbed; either b a sneak thief or a burglar, although their houses contain very tempting riches. They pay $1,000 a year for a special guard of their houses, considering it better to take this course than run tho risk of robbery. Citizen George Francis Train has a poor opinion of Maine. He delivered three lectures on his way to St John. His total receipts were $15 and his expenses $30. He had to pawn his watch in order to reach St. John be cause the hotel man in Bangor would not lend him $5. A "Woman's Discovery. "Another wonderful discovery has been made and that too by a lad in this county. Disease fastened its clutch es upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vi tal organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three mouths she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr, King's New Discovery for Consump tion and was so much relieved on tak ing first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has been miracu lously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lute." Thus write W. C. Herrick & Co., of Shelbyville. N. C Get a free trial bottle at W.E. Dement & Co.'s Drug Store. Diaries Tor 1888. A full stock containing the Pacific Coast informatien: all styles and prices at Gbiffin & Reed's INFANTILE SKIN DISEASES Our oldc$t cbiW, row nx yeara of age. when an infant six months old wa attackid with & virulent, malicnantstin disease. All ordinary remedies failing, wo called our fam ily physician, who attempted to euro it: but it spro u min almost increaioie raniauy, un til tho lower portion jf tno lit le fellow's per Fon, from tho middle of bis back down to his kno?. was one sclid rash. ugly, painful, blotched, and mnlwious. i o had no rest at nuht, no peaco by day. Finally, wo wero 8rtvised to to tho CunruR.v Ukukdikj. Tho effect wa simply marvollous. In hreo or four weeks 1 completo euro was wrought, leaving the little fellow's person as white and healthy as hough ho bad never been at tacked. In my opinion your valuable reme dies saved his life, and to-day ho is a strong, healthy child, perfectly well, no repetition of tho disease having ever occurred. GEO. B. SMITH. Att'y at Law and Ex-Pros. Att'y. Ashland. O. Rkfbbesce: J. U. AVeiit, Druggist, Ashland.O THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN. Aro born into tho world every day with some eczematous affection, such as milk, crust, scall head, scurf, or dandruffsuro to develop into an agonizing eczema, tho itching, burning and disfiguration of which make life a pro longed torturo unless properly treated. A warm bath with Ccticuba Soap, an ex quisite bkin Ueatifier. and a single applica tion of Cuticuha, tho Great Skin Cure, with a littlo Cuticcra Kesolvkxt, tho Now Blood I'uriCcr. is often sufficient to arrest tho prog ress of tho disease, and point to a speedy and permanent cure. Hence, no mother who loves her children, who takes prido in their beauty, purity, and health, and in bestowing upon them a child's greatest inheritance, a skm without a blem ish and a body nourished by puro blood. should fail to mako trial of tho Cuticuea Rem eui is. Sold everywhere. Trice : Ccticura. 50 cents ; Soai 25 cents ;Kksoiaknt. $1.00. Prepared by tho Pottek Dkcg xsd Cukm icalCo., Boston, Mas3. Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases," CI pages, 50 illustration?, and 100 testimonials. D A DV'O Skin and Scalp preserved and beautified by Cuticuea Mkdi- CATKD fcO U Constitutional Catarrh. No tinglo disease ha entailed moro suffer ing or lnistcnod tho breaking up of tho con stitution than Catarrh. Tho senso of smell, of tasto. of sight, of hearing, tho human voico tho mind ono or more, and sometimes all, yield to its destructive influenco Tho poison it distributes throughout 'ho system attacks every vital force, and breaks up tho must ro bust of constitutions. Ignored, because but little understood, by most physicians. impo tontly assailed by quacks and charlatans, those suffering from itbavo littlo hopo to bo roiiovcd of it this side of tho grave. It is time, then, that tho tonular treatment of this terri ble disease by romciic? wituin tho reath of all passed into hands at onco competent and trustw rthy. Tho now and hitherto untried method adopted br Dr. Sanford in tho prepa ration of his IUdical Cuke has won tho hearty approval of thousands. It is instan taneous in affording relief in all head colds, sneozing. snuffling nd obstructed breathing, and rapidly remove tho mot oppressivo symptoms clearing the head, sweetening tho breath, restoring tho senses of smell, tasto and hearing, and neutraliting tho constitu tional tendency of tho disease- towatds the lungs, liver and kidneys. Sam'ORd's Kadical CCrk consists of one bottlo of tho Radical Cure, ono box of Uatakciiai. &oi.VKT, and Jsipkoved J.nhai. Kit; price. S1.00. Pettei: Duuu & CiiF.3ncAi.Co., Boston. KiDNEY PAINS, Strains nnd "Weaknesses, Believed in one minute by that mar vellous Antidoto to Pain. Inflamma tion and Weakness, tho cu i leu m Anti-rain HIiiMter. The first and only pain-killing strengthening plaster. Especially adantcp to in stantly rcuerc unusiivcuiiy euro xwunuy uuu Uterine Pains and Weakness. Warranted vastly superior to all other plasters. At all druggists. '15 cents: five for 1.00; or postage free, of I'ottkh Dnuo and ChKmical Co., Boston , .Mass. Probably Your Experience Too. It's amusing to see a man send away for everything he wants for a year, and then come around for a con tribution for a charitable object and get mad when it is suggested to him that ho can probably get liberal con tributions from the Portland firms to whom he sends his money. And the joke is that he and such as he can't see the one-sidedness of their action in asking Astoria merchants to fur nish a club to knock them down witb. If every one sent his money for pur chases to San Francisco and Port land, there wouldn't be any one here to contribute to funeral expenses or helping a deserving but unfortunate man, or anything else. A Xarrow Escape. Purser Dillingham, of the li. 1L Thompson tells of the narrow escape of Will Gates from serious injury last rbnday night. He was oiling tho machinery, aud thrust his arm too far under the crossbeam under which the pitman plays. Tho solid brass cup broke, but strange to Bay his arm was not broken, being only bruised. Dr. Tuttle says it was the most sin gular accident that ever came under his observation. It does look a little strange that a solid piece of brass should break before a boy's arm would, but such are tho facts. TIic Verdict Unanimous. W. D. Suit, Drugcist. Bippus. Ind., testifies: '! can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottlf sold has given relief in every case. Ono man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years' standing." Abraham Hare, druccisr. Bellville, Ohio, affirms: "The best selling medi cine I have ever handled in my 20 Years' u.pt'rirnce, is xieciric tsitiers. ' x nou sands of others have added their testi inony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a halfdollarabottleatW.E. Dement & Cos Drug Store ItlcalsJCookcrt to Order, Private rooms for ladies and families: at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes. Our Iiristmas Cards And Novelties are beyond comparison to former years. Call and see them. Griffi.v & Seed. 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. Pacific Coast TidoTablcs For 188S, at Griffin & Seed's. All Goods At Tbe New York Novelty Store are marked in plain figures and sold for exactljwhat they are marked at Strictly One Price. CLOAK Ladies', Misses 5r?i 2 liPvff " tv -Slim--: hsip Sin-t--""-- 5- HYIXVIEaNSE C. H. COOPER, The Leading House of Astoria. ? Where do all closo buyers buy their clothes? At tho Reliable Herman Wise. Where can you get the most for your money? Herman Wise, The Keliable CtOTnTEB AND HaTTEE. Who keeps tho best assorted stock? Herman Wise, Occident Bailding. ( A fine stock to select from. The best attention paid to customers - and the very BOTTOM PMCES ) HERMAN WISE, The Reliable CloMer an! Hatter, Occident Hotel Building. Opposite Star Market. DEPARTMENT. aaaaaMaMaaawaaaanaanaaaa and bin I (lien 's. UPWARDS OF 40O Garments to Select From. THE ! A T B T AND MOST Fashionable Styles ! ! Both in Cut and Material. Manufactured by SPRINGER BROS., BOSTON, MASS. Every Garment Guaranteed in Fit and Workmanship. STOCK -AND- LOWEST PRICES. The Railroad Is Coming ! SO IS CHEISTMAS ! But We Can't Wait for Either, But must buy our Family Supplies right along just the same, and 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 oil cans, paints, linseed oil and turpentine. All kinds of Cannery supplies, nails, cor dage, etc. Lunch, market and clothes baskets, brooms, whisps and hearth brushes, dust-pans and brushes; wheats, oats, rolled barley, shorts and bran. BUT WE MUST STOP I For if we mention all the articles we have in stock we shall nil up the whole paper. Try our genuine N. O. Mo lasses in gallon cans at only 75 cents, and our new Yeast Powder, guaranteed equal to the best, and only half price. CHRISTMAS GOODS 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. Xji. Beck & Sons'. I A I m I I I 2ttdjLaB LaBaaHiiliSiSaaaaaaaaaaaR