-FTSW'TSP (3J si ! t he gaitjj guiotfatt. ASTOKIA, OKEGON: SATU1I1 VY JULY 21. ISSS, ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Monday excepted.) J. P. HALLOKAN & COMPANY I'nblis'icrs and Proprietors, .VSTonivs-IJuir.Drxc, - - Cass Stiieet. Terms ofSubscriiilioa. s" r bk :si :a,r-cr' vm.wcci: i.-, V, ' . " one year . er m i reo or postage to subscribers. The Ato::ian- guarantees to Us adver-ti-cn the largest circulation of anv newspa per pr.blMtpd on the Columbia river. Thia is the 27th anniversary of tbe InttloofBullEun. Tho 3teamor Siffnal is finishing V7ith 1 amber for San Francisco. 1!hoGe7i.21iles goes en a fishing excursion to Tillamook rook fo-roor-row morning. B. S. Woraley will have an auction sale of furniture at N. Johansen's at 10 o clock this morning. Reserved seats this morning at the New York Novelty Store for the McKee Eankin performances. Chief Barry i3 ridding the town of the pimp3 and vags that are being chased out of other communities. Prospecting for coal is going on at Phillips point, the indications favor ing the existence of coal there. Two shafts are being sunk. La3t Saturday, Edward liarbgen, was lost off the schooner J. M. Cole man from Shoalwatcr bav, lat.-iO' C north; Ion. 125" 3' west. The German evangelical reformed congregation will have divine service by Prof. K. Schiedt, from Lancaster, Pa., oa Sunday at 3 r. m., in tho Uaptist church. 1st Lieut. W. A. Sherman,.Co. "H." 1st Ke'g't O. N. G., yesterday received his commission from his excellency Gov. Sylvester Pen n oyer, chief exe cutive officer of tho commonwealth of Oregon. A kiln of 150,000 brick is being pre pared at tho Youngs ltiver brick yard. This will bo followed by one of 250,000. Those in chargo say the earth is of good quality and the ven ture is expected to turn out well. The Congregational church invites everybody to attend their services. Morning theme to-morrow, "Use is gain disuse is bss". In the evening a topic of special interest to Astori an3 wiH bo discussed. "Faith mani fested in industry and enterprise justified by results" (justification byFaith). B. A. Seaborg's new boat i3 having tho machinery placed, and Dean Blanchard'a steamer is having a new stern post put in at Arndt & Ferchon's wharf. At the Astoria Iron works M. P. Callander's new boat, tho Winona, is progressing, and at Smith's point, John Batter is engaged, on a new schooner craft. About 200 ladies aud gentlemen and children went aboard the Tele phone yesterday aud to Cathlamet, where in n pleasant picnic grove they enjoyed tho day. There was an abundance of good things, and the only regiet wa3 having to come homo so soon. Tho ladies of tho Presby terian church desire to thauk Capt. Scott and the officers of tho Tele phone and tho good peoplo of Cath lamet for their courtesy. At tho national educational con vention in San Francisco, some of the teachers have chosen a novel adver tising scheme, by having a badge printed with the follewing: "I am from Oregon. Where are yon from?"' which they wear by the side of the convention badge. In order to ren der their headqnarters conspicuous, tho Oregon people suspended a large banner from their windows in the Occidental hotel, across Montgomery street. One time Jim Fiske and the Erie railroad on one side, and Vanderbilt and tho New York Central on the other, got iuto a big freight fight and at last Vanderbilt's road got to haul ing cattle for 31 a head, when tho actual cost to his company was 32.25 a head; that is to say every steer they carried resulted in a net loss of a Sl. 23. Then Jim Fiske began buying cattle and shipping them over Van derbilt's road. 'Tis said about the same thing is now going on on the lower Columbia. Joggles camo loping in yesterday afternoon and said ho had been across the river and felt kind of poetic. He said that the sparklo of tho sea and tho gleam of tho sunlight and the swaying of the pines on the cliff and the "flutter of tbe sail that was as a wing to waft his soul from earth's Bteraer care3 into an atmosphere of lighter fancy, had all so wrought upon his sensitive spirit that he was going to take a spin down to Clatsop. This kind of weather does affect soma folks that way. A Card From Captain Scott. Astoria, Or., Julv 20, 18SS. Editor Astekian: There has been so much said about the Potter and tho Telephone racing that I feel called upon to deny that there has been any race, as we are rnn nint? for rorrnlar business. But if tho manacera of the Potter are anxious to satisfy the public which is the fastest boat, I am willing to make a run for time, and will run the same day, and start ono half hour before or one halt hour later. The old Telephonejaa the best record of any boat on the coast, and the new one can beat her on tne same water, Capt.U. B. Scott. A DEADLY EXPLOSION. Seven of a Steamboat's Crew Killed. Terrible SnUerLig of the Unfortunate Men, (special to the astobian.) Louisville, July 20. A tug boat convoy blew up twenty-sis miles above here this morning. Seven men were killed. The explosion of tho steam pipe that supplied the engine from the boiler caused the catastro phe. The most of the men were alseep at the time. The victims were Wm. Page, AVm. Harrington, Bobt. Jones, Wm. Bigley, Charles Luster, George McCann and AVm. Kelly. They all oeiong in rittsburg or near by .Penn sylvania cities. When tbe boat reached Westport everything, according to the first mate's story, was running smoothly. When they were two miles above Westport suddenly there was an ex plosion, the boat becoming enveloped in steam and all the machinery stopped. Captain Bichardson hur riedly dressed, called the survivors abont him and made preparations to land. After the boat had been towed ashore, the captain proceeded to the after cabin where the explosion oc curred. Page lay near tho door, the blood rushing from his month and ears aud the flesh was scalded off his body. McCann and Harrington were in their berths. Death to each must have been instantaneous, for thev lav in the same position as when they re tired, Jones was on the floor and barely alive. He was horribly burned and lived but fifteen minutes, dying with his wife's name upon his lips. Bigley also still lived when found, bnt died in ten minutes. Luster was discovered outside the cabin lying on his face. He was not dead, and told them that ho had run out mere as soon as ho could recover from the shock of tho explosion. He was almost baked; his skull was parched and httlo drops of blood stood out from all parts of his head. in two liours ho was dead. Ivel v was pulledout from under his bunk; no was alive but nornbly burned. Chas. Chambers, the only other man who slept in tho cabin, was blown out of tho door and hud a miraculous es cape. Ho was uuscratched, as were also mato Korns, tho pilot and en gineer Carr. All the others aboard perished. Tho officers of the beat can give no explanation of tho acci dent, and claim tho machinery was inspected last Febrnary aud was then in excellent condition. PERSONAL mention. E. C. Pentland, of Monmouth, has bought tho Independence West Side. Fred. E. LeComte, business mana ger Bonlou Comedy Co., is in the city. Dr Jay Tuttlo went to Portland by last night's boat to return Monday morning. Geo. M. Bowe, has returned from superintending haying operations at Crooked Creek. An Explanation. Wliril ia tliiq 'nfrvmiq trnnlilo" toiM. which so many seem now to be af flicted? If you will remember a fow years ago tho word Malaria was com paratively unknown, to-day it is as common as any word in the English lanr'nnrro.'Vfifc thiq trnnl pnpopa nnlv the meaning of another word used by onr iorcratners in times past. So it ia with nervous diseases, as they and ATnlnrin nrn intnnr?nl tr nmra ,lmf our grandfathers called Billiousness, ami an are caused Dy troubles that arise from a diseased condition of the Liver which in performing its func tions finding it cannot dispose of the b.le through the ordinary channel is compelled to nass it oft" through rh sjstem, causing nervous troubles. Malaria, Billions Fever, etc. You who are snffering can well appreciate a cure. We recommend Green's Au gust Flower. Its cures nro mar velous. A decision has been rendered by judge Deady in the suit of Carrie Jones against the United States to compel the defendant to issue a pat ent to her for a quarter section of land entered several years aro bv J. "R. Frierson in Columbia county who paid 3100 for it under the act for the sale of timber lands in the Pacific states and assigned his interest to her. The plaintiff alleges that tbe servants of the defendant refused to issue the patent and retained the monev paid. The court held that the purchaser of tho land at the land office under the timber-sale act was tho owner of it. and that tho United States thereafter held the bare legal title in trust for the purchaser, and that this right was a property right, and the land department could not arbitrarily cancel it or set it aside. If it is al leged that the sale was fraudulently obtained, the government must go in to court and bring suit to set aside the sale, where the purchaser can bo heard according to tho law of the land. It must not be decided by fiat law. The court held that iu the act ot 1887, giving this court jurisdiction of any claim against the government not exceeding S10.000, the word claim included the demand of this plaintiff to have a patent issued to her, and did not refer to monov claims only, as counsel for the government contended. Ludlow's Ladies' $3.00 Fine Shoes; also Flexible Hand turned French Kids, ill l.ii. liOOPMANS, CIati Ferry Regular Trips. Will begin llonday, July 1G. Leave Adair's Landing atS30A. m. and 4:30 v. m. j.uim; isioria Aianuing, y, a. si and 5, r. si. The finest and iuicieat steak at the Telephono Restaurant. We havo three fine organs in stock and two moro will arrive in a few days. Parties contemplating purchasing either for cash or on the installment plan will find it to their advantage to call on Gihffin & Rekd. Tho best Oysters in any style, at the Telephone Restaurant. A fine cup of coffee, at the Telephone Bestaurant. DE0WNED BY THE ILO0DS. The Victims of a West Virginia Storm. (SPECIAL TO THE ASTOEIAN.) Wheeling, W.Va.,July 20. Atnoon to-day the revised estimate of life lost by flood last night, put tho number at 25. About 15 bodies have been found. The loss in money foots up 8150,000. Tho greatest loss of life was along Wheeling creek, and at Triudelphia. Further search this morning resulted in the discovery of a number of bodies near the latter place. Moat of them were found among drift which had colleoted at Elm Grove. Tho body of Wm. Gas tien. aged 60, a prominent and wealthy citizen, was among them. His wife's remains were found two miles below. The body of Charles Caulbell, editor of the Wheeling News Letter, aged 30, was found among the driftwood. Mrs, Jane Fay and her two grown up daughters were discovered a short distance be low Triadelphia, and the bodies of two others named German were found in the meadow where they had been buried by the waves. PROM THE EMERALD ISLE. Tragic Death of a Needed Witnes3- (special to the astoman.) Dublin, July 20. Dr. James Bid ley, medical officer in attendance at Tullamore jail during Mr. Mande ville's incarceration there, and who was subpoenaed to appear at the in quest at Michellstown, to inquire into Mandeville's death, has committed suicide. Dr. Bidley had been present at the inquest daily, waiting to be called to the witness stand, and the evidence given to show that Mande yille was subject to ill usage while in jail, seemed to proy upon his mind. His suicide has confirmed the popular belief that Mandeville had been treated with extreme cruelty by the prison officials. firttinz Ready For The Fall Catch. State fish commissioner E. P. Thompson has returned from a three weeks' trip along the Boguo, Co quille, Umpqua and Siuslaw rivers and Coos bay. Ho tells the Orego- man that all the canncrs on those waters are making preparations to operate their canneries to full capac ity in anticipation of a good run. Fishing will begin between August 1 and 15, continuing until October 20 or November 1. "Tho cannerymen and fishermen operating ou all the rivers except Bogue want hatcheries," continued Mr. Thompson. "Bogne river has a hatchery which has been operated off and on since 1877, and this arti ficial propagation is accountable for the three-fold increase in the run. Bogue river is the only stream on the Pacific coast which has been fished continuously for a number of years and can still bIiow an increased run. I think we will be able to furnish each of tho other streams with 500, 000 eggs annually, which will be taken from the Sacramento river. It will require ten days to ship the eggs from Sacramento' to either of the rivers, and upon arrival there the fishermen and cannerymen will take caro of them and turn the young fish into the river when the hatch ing is complete. Sacramento salmon ranks next to Columbia river salmon iu quality and is superior to the fall fish in Coos bay or Bogue, Coqnillc, Umpqua or Siuslaw rivers. All want hatcheries, but if we can supply them with eggs right along, hatcher ies will not be necessary. It would cost about 32,500 a year to operate a hatchery on each of the streams.'" Fashion, And society, impose many privations upon the female sex, in the way of dress. First It is one freak, and then another, and from the fact, that inauy of tlitm are unhealthy in the extreme, it is small wonder that many women succumb, and that "femalo weak nesses" are the too frequent result. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the only positive cure for these complaints in existence, and thousands of women can bear witness to its efficacy. "Favorite Prescription" is a legitimate medicine, carefully compounded by an experi enced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organiza tion. It is the only medicine for women, sold by druggUts, under a positive guarautee, from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case or money will be refunded. This guaran tee has been printed on the bottle wrapper, and faithful!)' carried out for many years. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, or Anli-biliou3 Granules. Laxative or Cathartic accord ing to size of dose. Purely vegetable. The Question of the Day. Editor Astebian: To give our unenterprising citizens an idea what other people iu our neighborhood are doing, tney snouid take a trip to Ilwaco on the steamer Canby or on the Portland steamer Potter, look at the narrow gauge railroad, now being constructed by the L B. & N. Co. to Shoalwater bay, and make cal culations it it would not be profitable to build such a road to Clatsop beach and make 3100.000 per year, than to let business go past onr doors as it is doing at present, and all tho while asking ourselves the question, "what shall we do to make things, livelier." Citizen. For First Place. A great amount of political engineer ing will be done by friends ot candidates to secure for their man tho first place on the ticket, and the best man will prob ably secure the coveted place. Then if indorsed by the majority of the people, tho election Is assured. Electric Bitters has been put to the front, its merits passed upon, has been indorsed, aud unanimously given the first place among remedies peculiarly adapted to the lelief and cure of all Diseases of Kidneys, Liver and Stomach. Electric Bitters, being guaranteed, is a safe in vestment Price 5oc and SI per bottle at Jno. C. Dement's Drug Store. Fine Dwelling House to Kent. Good terms to suitable tenant. Inquire at this office. Every Night I Scratched Until tlie Sfein was Itnw. Body Covered with, Scales like Spots of Mortar. Cured by the Cntlcnra Remedies. I am going to tell you of tho extraordinary chango yonr Cuticuea Keiifdies performed on mo. About the 1st of April last I noticed some rod pimples like coming out all over my body, but thought nothing of it until somo timo later on, when it beean to look likosr-ots of mortar spotted on. and which camo oft" in layers, accompanied with itching. I would scratch every night until I was raw, then tho next night tho scales, being formed mean while wore scratched off again. In vain did I consult all the doctors in tho country, but without aid. After giving up all hopes of re covery, I happened to sco an advertiseraen in tho nowspapor about your Cdticcr Itra edies, and purchasod them from my druggist, and obtained almost immlintft Tolir I !. gan to notico that tho scaly eruptions gradu ally dropped off and disannearnil nnn hv nni. and havo been fully cured. I had tbo diseaso thirteen montb.3 beforo I began taking tho Ccticura Keuedhs, and in four or five weeks was entirely cured. My diseaso was eczema ana usoriasis. j. recommendpri thn iTiTTTPTn Kemedies to all in my vicinity, and 1 know of a great many wno navo taken thorn, and manK mo ior mo Knowledge ot tuem, especial ly mothers who Iravo babes with scab- emo tions on their heads and bodies. I cannot ex- Dross in worm tna tnank3 to you for what tho Coticvka Kemedies- havo been to mo. Jly body was covered with scales, and 1 was an awful spcctaclo to behold. Now my skin is as nice and clear as a baby's. Sept.2i.iss;GE0-C01EY'MerriU'wl3- Fob. 7. 1S8S. Xot a trace whatsoover of tho disease from which I suffered has shown iteh sincomycurc, GEO. COTEY. Wo cannot do justice to tho esteem in which Cuticuea, tho great skin euro, and CuTicunA Soap, an exquisite Skin Beautifior, prepared from it, and Cuticuea Kesolvent, tho new Blood Purifier, are held by tho thousands upon thousands whoso lives have been mado happy by tho euro of agonizing, humiliating, itching, scaly and pimply diseases of tho skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair. Sold everywhere. Price : CuncunA, 10 cents ; Soap, 23 cents ; Kesolvent, 51.00. Prepared by tho Fottee Dkug and Chem ical Co., Boston, Mass. Send for "IIow to Curo Skin Diseases," CI page3. 50 illustrations, and 100 testimonials. DIMl'LLS, black-heads, chapped and oily rllll skin prevented by Cuticubv Medi cvtedSoap. Catarrhal Dangers. To be freed from tho dangers of suffocation while lying down ; to breatho freely, sloep soundly and undisturbod ; to rise refreshed, head clear; brain active and frco from pain or acho ; to know that no poisonous, putrid matter dcfile3 tho breath and rots away tho delicate machinery of smoll, t.isto and hear ing ; to feel that tho system does not. through its veins and arterie3, suck up tho poison that is sure to undermine and doatroy. is indeed a blessing beyond all othor human enjoyments. To puichaso immunity from such a fnto should bo tho object of all afflicted. But thoso who have tried many remedies and physi cians despair of relief or euro. Sanfoiid's JUDICAL CoitK meets every phaso of Catarrh, fromasimplo head cold to tho most loathsome and destructive stages. It is local and constitutional. Instant in re lieving, permanent in curing, safe, economi cal and never-failing. Saxford's Kadicat. Cunn consists of ono bottlo of tho Kadical Cuke, ono box of Oa- TAKBiiAi, Solvent, and ono Improved 1MIAI.KK, all (Trapped in ono package, with trcatiso and directions, and sold by all drug gists for J1.00. PerTFi: Diurc & tliiKuiPAr. CO.. Bostok. No Rbeumatiz About Me. IX ov. mz&uti:, A V Tho Cuticuea Anti-l'uin JyF IMaxtcr relievos Itheumatic, Wf Sciatic, Sudden, Sharp and & er- 9t A vous Pains, Strains and Wcak 7JBlnossos. The first and only rain- killimr plaster. New. original. instantaneous, infallible, safe. A marvellous Antidote to Pain, Inflammation and Weak ness. Utterly unliko and vastly superior to all other plasters. At all druggists, - cents ; five for S1.00; or, postago free, of Pottek IJItUU AND UHS.MICAL CO.. ISOStOIl, Blass, What Would Make Things Livelier. A lot of wheels, casting?, etc, for trucks for a lot of freight cars for tbe P. & W. V. railway recently or dered from the east cost 812,000 aud tho freight on the lot amounted to 310,000. A coach for the Ilwaco & Shoalwater Bay railway cost 31,500 cast and the freight on it was 87G3. It would seem that all these things could be made here for less than the cost and freight added. Tho Oregon Iron and Steel company, when once their works are completed, should be able to furnish tho wheels and cast ings, and the woodwork of cars could be made at some of our lumber man ufacturing establishments and the cars loaded with lumber and sent east. It will not be long till all these things are done heie.Ureyoiiian, 20. Tlicir II ii sin ess lloomiii". Probably no one Ihinjrhas caused such a general revival of trado at Jno. C. De- U1UI11S uiuii oioru us meir Hiving away to their customers of so many free trial bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, 'rneir trade is simply enorinous in this very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. You can test it before bujin'g by getting, a trial bottle free, large sue Si. Every bottle warranted. Telephone liOdirinar House. Ilrtcf : Holla t?i Inwn. Itnnms Tinr ni"!it 50 and 23 cts., per week S1.50. New and clean, l'nvaio entrance. Crow U the leading photographer of this city and is said to be as good as any in the statr. Announcement. , To make room for a largj stock of goods to arrive shortly we will sell the remainder of our stock of children's Carriages, Wagons, and Velocipedes, at n very small margin above cost. GmFrix & ItEti). All tho patent medicines advertised In this paper, together with the choicest pertumery, ami rouet articles, etc-can De uougiu. ai me luwesi prices, ;u.i. v . Conn's drug store, opposite Ocident hctel, Astoria. Sunny Rooms. With or witlio ut board at the Holdcn House. Rooms frooiSGamonthupward. Library, etc. Gainbrinus Beer And Free Lunch at tho Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. Flsli SUlil Oil. Anil machine oil for sale. J. H. DeForce. Astoria, Oregon. ChiltaCryforPitcler'sGasiorig Having been very fortunate in our selection of the above goods this season, we have still a few left, and will sell them at manufacturers cost.' The -TI1E- BIAMOMD PALACE! GUSTAY UAXSEiV, Trop'r. A I-arge and Well Selected Stock of Pine DiamonOss Jewelry At Extremely Low Prices. AH Coo.Is llousM at This Establishment Warranted Genuine. Wad'li and CIoclc Repairing A SPECIALTY. Corner Cass and Snucmoqua Streets. Oamahau & Co. SUCCESSOltS TO T. "W. CASE, IMPOllTEUS AND WHOLESALE AND KETAIL DEALERS IN BENEEAL MERCMDISE, Corner Clienamus and Cass streets. ASTCUIA OKEGON BOOTS AND SHOES! Of Best Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES, AT THE SIGH OF THEJOLDEN SHOE. a-o:o:isr TTA3a:3Nr. STOKBAY & CO., GROCERS And Dealers in i I IT Special Attention Civento Filling Of Orders. A FULL LINE CARRIED And Supplies turnlshed at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered In any part ot the city. Office and "Warehouse." In Ilmne's New Building on Water Street. Y. O. Box 153. Telephone No. 57. ASTORIA, OREO ON. Assignee's Notice ; IS IIEKEBY GIVEN 1 -pVTOTICE IS IIEKEBY GIVEN THAT THE undersigned lias heen appointed as- sifinee of the Thistle Packing Company, and alt Dersons havine claims acalnst it. are re quired to present the same, duly verified, to the assignee, within three months from this Cam Siies date, stay l7tn, isss. O.W. FULTON. Department! AT COST ! All the remainder of our Summer Dolmans, JBCK61S 90 About four dozen ladies fine and SX7XK UmBRKXftXsiiS Will be cleared out at cost. COOP Leading House of Astoria. Van Dusen & Co. DEALERS IN Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine. Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sewing Machines, Paints, Oils, Groceries) Etc. CANDY Maaufactured and For Sale at Wholesale Prices, at The Oregon Bakery A. A. CLEVELAND, Trop'r. Gooi Breai, Caie an! Pastry None but the Best Materials Used. Satisfaction Guaranteed Customers Bread delivered ia any part of the city. Seaside Bakery. Bcstnitlli Bread and CAKES OF ALL KINDS, Manufacturers of Flno Candles. AND Ornamental Confectionery And Ice Creams. Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Candles. J01IN80X, BItOM. J. H. D. GKAY 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. WILL Cut Faster AND EASIER Than any oth er axe made. Hundreds ol woodmen tes tlf v to Its srnie- riority. It goes ieep ana Jerer Stick. CAENAHAN & CO., Agents AitorU, Price, 81.60. SXBi J J.C.I rullinger Uldlyl bi HjJX, They Must Go 1 am overstocked with Straw Hat And rather than carry them over until next season I offer them at A Saori Everybody can afford to keep cool now. Come and get a Straw Hat! At almost HERMAN W THE RELIABLE Clothier and Hatter, Occident Hotel Building. fee. Half Price ! !SE,