CD id&MkAS VOL. XXX. NO. 115. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, J 888. PRICE LIVE CENTS. W BUSINESS CARDS. ions a. smith. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offlce. Koom 4 and 5. over City Book Store. G KO. SOLAD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ii'i.ce in Kinney's Block, opposite City tf ail. Astoria. Oregon. 1 ft FU1.T0X. O. C. FULTON FULTON BROTHERS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. looms 6 and 6. Odd Fellows Building. I II. THOMSON , Attorney at Law and Notary Public 3jeclal attention Riven to practice In the U. S. Land Office, and the examination of und title. A lull set of Abstract Books for Ulatsop County In office. office Up stairs, opposite Telegraph Offlce. I 4. A. BOITLBY, (la Attorney ana Counsellor at Law i Wise on Chenamos Street, Astoria, Oregon P. D. TOTXTOa ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms No. 11 and 12, Pythian Castle Build - r n. WATSON, Atty.at Law and Deputy Dist. Atty. All business before the U. S. Land Office a peclalty. ABToniA, - - Oreook. TU. J. K. IiAFORCK. DENTIST. Rooms 11 and 12 Odd Fellows Building, ASTORIA. .... OREGON. r)KS. A. Jj. AND J. A. FULTON. Physicians and Surgeons. Office on Cass street, three doors south of Odd Fellow's building. Telephone No. 41. TAT TtjTTIiE, 31. I. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OrKiCB Booms 6 Pythian Building. Residence: SE corner Wall and West sth streets, opposite I. w. uase a, E. SIIAIV. DENTIST. Rooms In Allen's Building, up staire. cor oer Cass and Squemoqua streets. Astoria Oregon. M its. nit. otvknb-adaik. Office and residence, D. K. Warien' for mer residence, Astoria, Oregon. Diseases of Women and Children, and of the Eye and Ear, specialties. D It. O. II. KSTKS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office : Gem Building, up stairs, Astoria, uregon. D R. ALFRED K1N.VKY. Office at Kinney's Cannery. Will only attend patients at his office, and may be found there at any hour. rR. FICANK. PACK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Opposite Telegraph Office. Astoria. Oregon. QELO h FARHF.B SURVEYOR OF CLATSOP COUNTY AND City Surveyor of Astoria. Residence : Near Clatsop Mill. N. D. Raymond, Deputy. Offlce at art- Mall. SMITH. DENTIST. Rooms 1 and 2 Pythian Building over v. u. coopers store. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY TO.n ... &Ai.n.i fw tl.A ranaf fnstirif. ous of our citizens to send to 1'ortland or aiuj nuiciscu xur Rnotnm Mnrict Clothes As they can get Better Fits. Better Work- By Leaving their Orders with MEANY. New Goods by Every Steamer. Call and See Him and Satlcff Yourself. P.J Meany. Merchant Tailor. AUOTIOKT AND COMMISSION HOUSE. MARTIN OLSEN, Successor to E. C. nolden. The oldest established Commission House Hi 1nrKUU. UOOUS 01 Jul KIHUS sum u vv... mission. General Repairing. Jobbing and I'phol- 1-,I41 UUUI-, Fine stock of Furniture on hand. 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I was attacked with Biliou Tever. wliicb, was followed by Jaundice, and was so dangerously ill that my friends despaired of my recovery. I commenced taking Ayer's Pills, and soon regained ray customary strength and vigor. John C. Pattison, Lowell, Nebraska. Last spring I suffered greatly from a troublesome humor on in v side. In snito of every effort to cure this eruption, it in creased until the flesh becamo entirely raw. 1 was troubled, at the samqjiime, with Indigestion, and distressing pains i n The Bowels. By tho advice of a friend t began taking Ayer's Fills. In a short time I was free from nain. mvf ood digested nronerl v. the sores on my body commenced healing, and, in less than one month, I was cured. Samuel D. White, Atlanta, Ga. I havo long used Ayer's Pills, in my family, and believe them to bo tho best pills made. S. C. Darden, Darden, Miss. My wife and little girl were taken with Dysentery a few days ago, and I at once began giving them small doses of Ayer's Fills, tliinkincl would call a doctor if tho disease became any worse. In a short time the biooay discharges stopped, an pain went away, and health wa3 restored. --Theodore Esling, Richmond, Va. tf Ayer's Pills, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Dealers In Medicine. Wilson&Eisher Ship Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HAEDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, Paints, Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. PROVISIONS MILLFEED AGENTS FOK SALEM PATENT ROLLER MILLS Portland Roller Mills, FAIRBANKS' SCALES. ASTOKIA. OREGON. IF YOU HAVE no appetite, Indigestion. Flatulence, Slrk Hriutaclic, "all run domi," luting Uenh, joii will Hint the remedy you need. They tone up the weak stomach and BUILD UP tlio llHKRlnc energies. Sufferers from mental or plijslcal orenvork will And great relief from theni. Klegantly mljrar coated. Price, 25 cents per box. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Office, 44 Murray St., New York. RESTAURANT R. L. JEFFEIES, PROPRIETOR. Refitted, Ready For Business For The Season of 1888. Everything in Season and Nicely Served 10 Experienced Cooks, Obliging Waiters. 10 Tlio host placed before our patrons. For a Good ileal, go lr JEFFS At the Old Stand, on Main Street. Cinfl Tl OJOnn A MONTH can be vPlUU IU UuUU made working for us. Agents preferred who can furnish their own horses and Rive their i hole time to tho busi ness. 8pare moments may be profitably employed also. A few vacancies In towns and cities. B. F. Johnson & Co., 1099 Main St., Richmond, Va. Ms Pills The Me States FACTS AND NEWS. A full tonad violin, made of clay is exhibited in Berlin. Mix stove polish with vinegar and a tablespoonful of sugar. Clogged wicks can be cleaned by boiling them in soapsuds. Sweet milk or cream is excellent for sunburns or chapped feet on the little boys. White spots on varnished furni ture will disappear if you hold a hot plate from the stove over them. Bent whalebone can be straight ened and used again by simply soaking in water a few hours, and then drying it. A law suit in Tennessee has re vealed the fact that whisky "war ranted to be ten years old," can be made, barreled and "branded in a few days. A giant poplar tree recently felled at Taylorville, Ohio, was nearly twelve feet in diameter at its base, and 240 feet high. It will yield nearly 20,000 feet of lumber. Pneumonia, says a New York authority, is a house disease, origi nating with diphtheria and inflam matory rheumatism, in damp, dirty and unventilated rooms or cellars. Senator Beck, it is reported, is to be married during the summer to Mrs. Henderson, daughter of Dr. landell, of Louisiana. Ihc bride in prospective has a fortune of 400,0.0. An English seer liss discovered that tho numerical valuo of tho letters iu Boulanger's name, when added up, amounts to 6GG, the number of the beast of the Apoca lypse. A Rochester, Pennsylvania, widow has brought suit for $100, 000 damages against the wealthiest man in the place, because he called at her house four times in the year and will not marry her. San Francisco is short of sailors. The coasting trade is so brisk that all the sea faring men who want jobs can get them; and the result is, that at last accounts, twenty ships laden with wheat were wait ing to find crews. It is ease and comfort more than elegance and glitter that makes home happy, and where tho good housowife has the work to do then is nothing that tends to lih en her labors so much as having tl.i ;s convenient. Dr. J. C. Ayer's widow, says the Areio York Worfd, Is worth $25, 000,000. It must be a present comfort to those who in days gone by forced the little bits of bitter ness down their reluctant gullets to reflect that they were contribu ting to the happiness of somebocty. Don't ever begin to walk with a child when ever he begins to cry nnless you are strong enough to continue the treadmill indefinitely. A baby has a most remarkable memory about these tnattres, and if he happens to fancy this style of amusement he will insist on it every time. Professor Roberts of Cornell urges the importance of a com plex diet for a man, and especially the use of condensed products, such as beef, milk, butter and cheese. Only on such food is it possible to reach the fullest per fection of physical health and in tellectual development. Los Angeles, California, is go-, ing to try to have a good munici pal government by luring men to carry it on. Her new city charter provides for tho payment of each member of the board of aldermen, at the rate of 250 a month and he is forbidden to engage in any other employment during his term of office. The governors of the thirteen original states met in Philadelphia Saturday, and adopted resolutions called upon the federal govern ment and the various states- and territories to contribute to the erection of-a monument in that city commemorative of the framing and adoption of the constitution of the United btates. The manager of the Hotel del Monte, at Monterey, California, recently contrated for a lot of cheap swallow-tailed coats, which he offered to supply to his waiters at eight dollars apiece, at the same time promulgating the order that all the waiters in the hotel should wear diees coats. This was too What Saved the Stage-Driver's Brother. The little coterie of scientists that utiliize tne shady back yard of an Austin saloon, in w-hich locality is as hot as blazes long before May, were discussing hydrohobia, Asiatic cholera, and similar cheer ful topics. AmoDg them was Dr. Bocage, who was regarded by most people as a man who "knew it all." It was the sentiment of the con vention that vaccination was a great thing, and never failed to save life. "That depends on the locality." said an old-stage driver named Prigmore. "Locality has nothing to do with it. Vaccination will save life as readily in one place as in another." "Thar ar'. don't apply to Colorady. I had a brother out thar whose life was saved bv his not being vacci uatecL" " J "Avery extraordinary case. I'd like to hear the-particulars of that case to report at tho next meeting of the Texas Medical Association. Was the patient confined to his room?" "Yas, I should say that he was confined somewhat, seeing that he was in jail." "How did his not being vacci nated save him from the small pox?" "The vigilantes broke in to string him up, but when they seed that he was broken out all over with small-pox they scattered like a covey of patridges. Now, you see, doctor, if he had been vaccinated ho would never havo got well. He would havo died right then and thar. I tell you, doc. science is all right: but you have to make allow ance for climate. If that man had been vaccinated he would never have had them pustules on his face, and when the vigilantes called in he wouldn't have lived ten min utes; so I say you havo to take climate and surroundings into consideration." ,-j Distress After Eatinj.-. This result of indigestion will no louger be experienced if Simmons Liver Regulator is taken after each roenl. It is such a good digestor, and so mild and pleasant in its effect that it is used by manv.aftcr a hcaity meal, to insure good digestion. The Regulator does not nauseate or irritate the stomach, but cor rects acidity, dispels foul gases, allays irritation aiid assists the stomach in its digestion. The Duke of Devonshiro lets his lands on ninety-nine years leases, with option of purchase within the lust ten vears. If your blood is vitiated, cleanse it without delay by the use of Aver r Sarsaparilla. Copenhagen enters the list of cities that are to hold universal ex positions this year. Her fair occurs this week. Its industrial portion is of local contribution, while its art products will be from Denmark, and from other parts of Europe. Lord Lucas, the owner of the domain containing Matthew Ar nold's la.st resting - place, fpent SSOO,000 to keep the railroad from crossing his grounds. It is estimated that from oO to 75 per cent of the sparrows m New York city perished during the buzzard. fU- WEIGHT J-'UFSE. Its superior excellence proven In millions of homes ior more man a quarter or a cent' urir It tamed hvthe United State finir. ernmeiir. Endorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as me sironcest, surest. and most Healthful. Dr. Trice's Cream Baking Towder does not contain Am monia, ume, or Alum, som oniy in uans, PKICli BAfUNQ FOWDEB CO.. NEW TORK, CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. 5- HURB. ---2& TrialofaBoodler. On Mav 3d began in New York the trial of another of the long list of "boodle men" who waxed fat in 1884 and boup-ht a way for the Broadway railroad through the board of aldermen. Thomas B. Kerr was the treasurer of the Seventh-avenue railway company and is indicted for bribery and conspiracy. He was one of Sharp's right-hand men; and the testi mony before the investigating committee how strange it is that the man who conducted this in vestigation, ex-senator Conkling, and the man against whom it was principally aimed, Sharp, are both dead! showed that he had tho handling for Sharp of huge sums of money. He paid bills for Sharp, in oral orders, of sums as big as $25,000, taking no receipts; he brought to Sharp's lawyer's office on the day of the grand "round-up" on June liJ, lb84, no less than 8500,000 in cash, and de scribed how it, with the $200,000 and more from other sources, was divided among the lobbyists and lawyers who had "stirred around" in behalf of this important enter prise. Sharp gavo him over $300, 000 for "disbursements" that ho had made in aid for the same caube. Kerr's laV3'er is Bourke Cochran, who saved Shaip from tho humiliation of state prison garb. District attorney Fellows is no match for him or for any other clover lawyer. Tho district attor ney's office is in a hopeless state of imbecility and incompetency, its representatives being reprimanded every few days by the judges for the slovenly preparation of cases or for gross carelessness. A7". Yl Cor. Boston Transcrijrt. Falling hair may bo prevontcd, brashy hair made soft, and a re newed growth of the hair stimu lated by the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. It is announced that negotia tions between an English com pany and tho Oldenburg govern ment for the construction of a groat port with docks at Norden haman, opposite Bremerhaven, will shortly bo concluded. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Thts powder never vanes, A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competition with the multi tude of low test, short weight, alum or phos phate powders. Sold onlu in cans. IUiyal Bakinq Powdeb Co. los Wall-st., N. V. CAXDY Manufactured and For Sale at Wholesale Prices, at The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEYELAXD, Prop'r. Good Breai, Cafce anS Pastry None but the Best Materials Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered In any part of the city. Seaside Bakery. Be8tMilU Brcnil and CAKES OF ALL KINDS, Manufacturers of Fine Candles. Ornamental Confectionery And Ice Creams. Wholesale and Betall Dealer in Candies. JOHNSON, unos. The Akron Lacquers. THE UNDERSIGNED BEsPECTFULLY calls tho attention of Cannen men and others to the fact that ho Is the Pacific coast agent ior me Celebrated Akron Lacquers, And is prepared to quote low prices on these goous. campies lurmsiieu uit uppucauon. J.O.BOZOKTH, CASH. SAVE MONEY I a a isau s ? Who sells his goods strictly for geis tnem direct from tne manufacturers and sells them un der a lower expense and smaller profit than any other legitimate house on the coast. I now havo in stock in Men's and Boy's Clothing, viz: Men's Suits (31 to 42 size) from Youth's Suits (12 to 17 years) from Hoy s baits (9 to 12 years long pants) from 4.00 to 7.50 Boy's Suits (4 to 12 years short pants) from 2.50 to 7.00 Boy's Sailor Suits (3 to 8 years short pants) from 1 .50 to 5.00 Boy's Fine Jersey Suits (4 to 8 years short pants) from 4.50 to 5.00 Boy's Fine Kilt Suits (2K to 5 years) now styles, 5.00 Men's Wool, Cassimere, and Fino Pant3 from .- 2.50 to C.50 Boy's Cassimere Pants (12 to 17 years) from 1.75 to 3.50 Boy's Short Pants (4 to 12 years) from 1.00 to 1.75 7FnJ!I lines in Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas, Blankets, Qmlts, etc., etc. J3?"A child buys as cheaply at my counters as tho most experienced buyer. Country orders filled correctly and with dispatch. Opposite lfesc(ioCEnslno llo'uso. JLstOXiSlj OSTGgOZXi Street Cars running by the door. WALL PAPBtt AXD 5000 double roil of Wall Paper and Decorations of the latest styles and shades ; rAPfiiTftd flirAnt from Knafftrn fnntnrina just received direct from Eastern faotorios. Also a largo assortment of Of all grado3 in beautiful now designs New Smyrna Rugs, Portiere Curtains, China Matting, Etc., Etc. Call and examine. CHAS. HEILBORN. HOTELS AUD 11ESTAUKANTS OIRIR. F.VKN30N. F. TOOK THE EVENSON & COOK On the European Plan. LARGE CLEAN ROOMS, A FIHST.CLASS RESTAUPINT Board by the Day, Week or Month. Private Rooms for Families, Etc. Transient Custom Solicited. Oysters, Fish, Meats, Etc., Cooked to Order. WATKIt St., Opp. Foard A. HtoUc A FIRST CLASS SALOON Run In connection with the Premises. Tho Best of WINES,' LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Good Billiard Tables and Private Canl Rooms. THE Casino Bestaurant Ono block from the O. R. & N. Dock, M. M.SERRA, Proprietor. A Good Meal For 25 Cents. Oysters in any Style, 23 cents. In connection nith this Popular Restau rant is run a Qist-clas3 Baloon, well stocked with choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars. H. EKSTEOM, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER. Special Attention Paid to REPAIRING. A Fino Line of Jowolry, Clocks and Watches on Hand. All Work Guaranteed. Water St., East of Aug. Danielson's. a Bin "feT'qt&vq.s'H BANKER. ESTABLISHED - - 1870. Transacts a General Banking Business. Drafts drawn available In any part of the U. S. and Europe, and on Hong Kong, China Office Houes : 10 a. sr. to 3 p. m. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. J. H. D. GKAI Wholesale and retail dealer In. GROCERIES FLOUR, AND FEED Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc. LIME, SAND AND CEMENT General Storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Benton street, Astoria, Oregon. Centra Hole "It is not what ono makes, it is what one J nUtr oatnp saves that makes them rich." j ONtKKiot. by Buying Your Goods AT- sffi p isp ess' 0b Cash, and at One Price to all, and $5.00 to 25.00 ."4.50 to 13.00 ? INSURANCE. CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000 COLUMBIA FII Ai ME INSURANCE CO. FRANK DEKUJf, President W. H. SMITH Vice-President JOHN A. CHILD .Secretary No. 160 Second St., Portland, Or. I.W. Case, Agont, Astoria, Or. $67,000,000 Capita! Liverpool & London & Globe. North British and Mercantile of London and Edinburgh. Hartford of Connecticut, Commercial of California Agricultural, of Watcrtown, New York, London & Lancashire of Uvorpool, Eng.. FIro Insurance Companies, Represent In a capital of SCT.ooo,00o. II. VAN 1USKX. Agent. J. 0. B0Z0RTH. FIRE INSURANCE ACENT. Insurance written in first class English and American companies at low est going rates. Ship and Commission Agency FIRE INSURANCE IN IIR8T Cli.VSH COlII'ANlKt Representing 813,000,000 PH(ENIX, Hartford, Conn. HOME, New York, AGENCY PACIFIC BXPJRES3 CO C. P. UPSHUR, Main Street Wharf - Astoria, Oregon. AGENCY I, OF SAN FRANCISCO. Astoria, Oregon. Firo and Marine Insurance at Current rates. Hume's Building, Water Street. E. B. CUSHMAN, : Agent". B. H. COLEMAN Fancy Basar. Co to Nora Rappleyea's Forafull Line of Fancy "Work. Materials. Gloves, Mitts, Embroideries, Dressgood, Plush. Satins, Buttons, Underwear, Corsets. Hosiery, etc, etc Lessons given in Embroidery. Stamping done to Order. Ladles invited to call. One door South of astorian Ofilce. M GowCo