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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1887)
en fO" llrl 1 111 i 1 1 l'sSirBKS Lm Til 1111 II II II. VOL. XXIX, NO. 151. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, J 887. PRICE 1IYE CENTS. HAPPY The Time for Having determined to close out their Christmas Goods, have marked them down, regardless of cost, to prices below what has ever before been known in Oregon. You can save money by buying now and carrying the presents over until next Christmas, so very low are their prices. They are determined to sell, so don't fail to improve this, the greatest opportunity you ever had or ever will have to buy goods cheap. Remember that they have always been the Pioneers of cheap prices in Astoria, and you will regret it if you let this opportunity pass. THEY MEAN BUSINESS AND THERE IS NO HUMBUG OR CLAP-TRAP TO SELL GOODS IN THIS ADVERTISEMENT. BUSINESS CARDS. rOUN IE. SMITH. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ofllce, lloom 4 and 5, over City Book Store. GK. XOIiA.NI, ATTORNEY AT LAW. oiiicu in Kinney's Block, opposite City Hail. Astoria, Oregon. C, Y. FULTON. G. a rULTON FI7E.TOX BROTHERS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ituoms5and c. Odd Fellows Building. O. K. THOMSON , Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Special attention given to practice in the U. S. lind Ofllce, and the examination of laud titles. A full set of Abstract Books for Clatsop County in olllce. Money to loan. Office Rooms 4 and 5, over City Book Store. O.. A. BOWJL.BY, Attorney and Counsellor at .Law Ofllce on Cheuamus Street, Astoria, Oregon. F." WINTON ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms No. 11 and 12, Pythian Castle Build ing. Q B. WATSON, Atty. at Law and Deputy Dist. Atty. All business before the U. S. Land Office a pecialty. ASTOKIA, - - OREGON". T C.ULVRLEY.D.D.S. DENTIST. Is associated with DC IiA FORCE. Itooms ll and 12 Odd Fellows Building, ASTORIA, ---. OREGON. rUS. A. li. AND J. A, .FUIiTOX. Physicians and Surgeons. Office on Cass street, three doors south of Odd Fellow's building. Telephone No. 41. j-AY TUTTIiE, 31. Jtt. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Rooms 6 Pythian Building. Residence On Cedar Street, back of St. Mary's Hospital. A E. SHAW. V DENTIST. Rooms In Allen's Building, up stairs, cor ner Cass and Squemoqua streets, Astoria. Oregon. Christmas Presents Having Past, Now for New Year's Gifts. D. L. BECK & M IIS. Bit. OWKNS.AIAlIt, Office and residence, D, K. Wan en's for mer residence, Astoria, Oregon. Diseases of Women and Children, and of the Eye and Ear, specialties. XTT 1. BAKER, 31. I. No. 21, Cass St. Office hours from 9 to ll a. si., 2 to 5 r. ai. D K.O.B.ESTES. PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON. Opkick ' ClMn TCiiildinF . nn Rtnlnj Astirin. Oregon. rK. ALiPitHD KINNEY, Office at Kinney's Cannery. Will only attend patients at his office, and may be found there at any hour. "rtt. FItANK PAUE, PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON, Opposite Telegraph Office, Astoria. Oregon. Q.EI1O F. PACKEK. SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY Residence : Near Clatsop Mill. Robt, Collier, Deputy. T? C. IIOLDE.V. Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds For Washington Territory. AUCTIONEER, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT. Office at Holden's Auction Rooms. Chena- mus Street. Astoria. Oregon. A. SMITH. DENTIST. Rooms 1 and 2 Pythian Building over C. H. Cooper's Store. Tutt's FORTORPpHVER. A torpid liver deranges tho ttIioIo system and produces Sick Headacke, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin and Piles. There Is no better remedy for theso common diseases than Tutt's Pills as n. trial Trill prove. Elegantly sugar coated. Price, 25 cents per box. Sold Everywhere. J. 0. CLINTON DEALER IN CIGARS AND TOBACCO, FRUITS. NUTS, Candies. Smokers' Articles, Etc. New Goods Received Dally. Opposite Cirj' Book Store. H. NEW YEAR TO ALL D. EAILEOADS AS BUILDERS OP TOWffS AM) CITIES. There were about ten thousand miles of railway constructed (lur ing the year just drawing to a cloac It requires ninety tons of steel rails to build a mile of railroad. Premising that all the rails used were steel, there were 900,000 tons of this metal used in railway con struction. The demand for re newal of old rails cannot be stated with exactness. But the general estimate is that rails will last about ten years. Ten per cent, would then be required for renewals each year. Now there are in existence in the country in round numbers 140,000 miles of railroad. It would require an average of nine tons of new rails for every mile of railway built to make good the wear and tear; or say for the whole, 1,200,000 tons. The two items of new road and for repairs would, according to this estimate, require 1,2G0,000 tons of steel rails annually . to supply the demand. The newer roads, of course, would not require any renewal of rails for some years. But the old roads, with tracks originally laid with iron, are now in a transition con dition. Steel rails are taking the place of iron. The capacity of the entire steel rail plant of the country has been estimated as equal to 3,571,000 tons annually. According to this showing the capacity for produc tion is 1,511,000 tons ahead of the actual requirements. A good deal of money has been made on steel rails. The production of these has become one of the most impor tant industries of the country. There is a duty of $17 a ton on steel rails. The price in this coun try of American rails has varied materially during the past year. Near the beginning of the year the ruling price was 636 per ton. A few months later the price was 42 a ton. Toward the close of the year it dropped to 32 a ton. When this depression was reached the mill-owners began to reduce production. Some of the large mills, like the one at Joliet, have shut down. But as all the large mills belong to a combination trust, the mills which cease operations share the profits with such mills as are kept going. It is assumed Li s SONS by some of the mill-owners that the requirements of the next year will not be greater that of the present one, which has been an extraordinary year for railroad building, especially west of the Missouri river. But if one-half the railway projects now on paper are executed, the coming year will be one of the most remarkable in the history of the country for rail way construction. It is just about fifty-eight years since the first twenty-three miles of the Balti more & Ohio railroad were in op eration. Practically this was the first railroad in the" United States that engaged in the transportation business. Two or three other short pieces of road were operated soon afterward. As late as 1846 the Baltimore and Ohio railroad had been ex tended no further than the foot of thii Cumberland mountains. Near ly all the work of railway con struction has been accomplished during the last half century. The completion of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Wheeling, on the Ohio river, was considered at the time as the culminating work of railway construction. But aside from the great continental rail ways which now cross the Rocky mountains and the Sierra Nevadas, and are stopped only by the waters of the Pacific,tho recent completion of the California and Oregon rail road was a work of as great mag nitude as that of the Baltimore and Ohio. On the latter no such formidable physical obstructions were encountered as on some sec tiuns of the road which now con nects San Francisco with Port land. The railroad is now considered to be a necessity for every consid erable town which is to have a fu ture. Ruskin execrated railroads because of the uproar, the obtru siveness and the changes they brought about in every place of historic interest in Eugland. Many of these towns could maintain a stationary condition without rail roads. But in all the country west of the Mississippi river there are few historic towns, and not one which does not greet the advent of a railroad as a great boon. There are few stationary towns in this country. They either advance or recede. No considerable town holds its former importance with out a railroad. Harbors, rivers, creeks, and all the facilities for water carriage are insufficient to keep them on lines of rapid de velopment. Stages, mud-wagons, prairie schooners and canal boats are all inadequate to present re quirements. It is not every town on the line of a railroad that is quickened into new life. Some are depleted and their growth arrested because new centers of trade are created. One own will draw to it the trade for merly held by less important ones. But it is no less true that the rail road has become the great builder of towns and cities. The extra ordinary 'growth of late years is associated with the new facilities created by railroads. And it is not the growth of towns and cities that is to be exclusively taken into the account. It is the growth of all the country within easy reach of the railroad. It is not the least important fact, in connection with the opening of the California and Oregon railroad, that a million of people can now, without crowding, settle and cultivate lands near the line of that great railroad exten sion, and with the certainty of srood markets. NEVER TRAVEL WITHOUT THEM. Persons should never travel with out a box of Braxdrstii's Pills. A few doses taken before going on a ship will prevent sea-sickness, and one Pill every night on ship-board will counteract the costive action of the sea air. When sick, troubled with painB, colds, or dizziness, or having rheumatism, take from three to five Pills and if they do not oper ate in'an hour or so, take three or four more. Such marvelous prosperity as this country is enjoying has not been known in the history of nations. Never before have the financiers and statesmen of any nation been driven to desperation to devise means for the disposal of surplus receipts. This state of affairs is due to a wise system of protection for domestic labor. Why disturb so satisfactory a system? In cases of severe and sudden colds, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, if used according to directions, is a sure cure. Ask for Ayer's Almanac. 1 887. Cash, and One Price. 1 888. Christmas. THE HOLIDAYS, New Tears. Useful Presents for Men and Boys. Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs, Fancy Bordered Japanese Silk Handkerchiefs, Hemstitched and Plain Chinese Silk Handkerchiefs, Hemstitched and Plain Japanese Handkerchiefs, Fancy Bordered Linen Handkerchiefs, Hemstitched Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs. Plain Pure Linen Handkerchiefs. Rolled Gold Plated Sleeve Buttons, Scarf Pins, and Collar Buttons. Fancy Colored Cotton Hosiery, Fine Black Cotton Hosiery, Fine Brown Cotton Hosiery, Plain Merino Hosiery, Fancy Merino Hosiery, Fine Wool Hosiery, Heavy Wool Hosiery. Fancy Silk Scarfs, Ties, Bows, and Neckwear of all Kinds. Fine For Top (patent spring) Dress Gloves, Fine Mocha (undressed kid) Dress Gloves, Fine Dogskin unlined Dress Gloves, Lined French Coaster Town Gloves, Lined Dogskin (Boys) Town Gloves, Wool Yam Knit Gloves, "Wool Yam Knit Mittens. Fancy Embroidered Night Shirts, Trilled Muslin Night Shirts, Fine Alpaca, Silk and Wool, and Pure Silk Umbrellas, Gum Coats, Wool Knit Jackets, Scarfs, &c, &c. Full lines in Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, &o. HT'SoIe agent for "Conger's Chest Shield Undershirts," and "House's Double Seated Drawers." I. Li. OSGOOD, KINNEY'S BRICK BUILDING, ASTORIA, OREGON. Opposite Rescue Engine House. Hughes & Go WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS SQUEMOQUA STREET. ASTORIA, - - Oregon. Importers of All Brands of Foreign ana Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars. J. H. COTTER WHISKIES, A SPECIALTY. Val Blatz Bottled Beer. FINEST BRANDS OF KEY WEST AND DOMESTIC Cigars. Liquors for Medicinal Purposes. FAMILY TRADE SOLICITED. AH Orders from the City and Country promptly filled. Magnus C. Crosby Dealer in HAMABE, M, STEEL. Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES, TINWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, T133L AND Copper. BOOTS AND SHOES! Of Best Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES, AT THE SIGH DF THEJBOLDEH SHOE. JOH3ST TTADBCJNT, Columbia Market. Northeast corner Water and West 9th Sts. C. H- Powell, Prop'r. I give my patrons Good Meat. In Good Style and at Reasonable Price. Give me a call and I will try and make it suit you to call again. Family trade solicited. Strike It Rich! -BOY YOUR- Groceries! Provisions -OF- Foard & Stokes Their largely Increasing trade enables them to sell at the very lowest margin ot profit while giving you goods that are of first class quality. Goods Delivered All Over the City. The Highest Price Paid for Junk. SPECIAL Burning Tests OF COAL OIL, MADE AT OAKLAND. CAL., OCTO ber 19, 1887, by CHARLES J. WOOD BURY, at the request of the City Council, in the presence of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, the Fire Warden. City At torney and members of the City Council. EX.AIXE OIL, Burned at 138 de. STAR KEROSENE, From Whittier. Fuller & Co. Horsed at 120 dejr, STAKMGBLT, .Family avorite," Burned at 10G deff. PEARL Oil .,. Burned at 104 desr. GOLDEN STAB. Burned at 110 deg. "Extra Star" Kerosene BEATS THEM ALL ! Sax Francisco, October M, 1887. Messrs. WHITTIER, FULLER & CO., Front and Fine Streets, City : Gentlemen : I have made a very careful and thorough Burning Test of your "EXTRA STAR KEROSENE, WATER WHITE. EX PRESSLY FOR FAMILY USE," and find the Burning Test to be 1-48 Degrees Very respectfully yours, CHARLES J. WOODBURY. WilsonJ Fisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS AND MILL FEED AGENTS FOR SALEM PATENT ROLLER MILLS Portland Roller Mills, FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTORIA. OREGON. J. H. D. GKAT Wholesale and retail dealer in. GROCERIES FLOUR, AND FEE Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT General Storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street, Astoria, Oregon. Gr. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITH1NG, it Capt. Rogers old stand, corner of Cass and Court Streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good irork guaranteed.