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ASTORIA, OREGON:
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(Monday excepted.)
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Iree ot postage to subscribers.
The Astoria.- guarantees to its ad er
asers the largest circulation ot any newspa
per published on the Columbia river.
Snn rises at, 6:02; sun sets, 5ZL
Subhow dearlv everybody has a
code id'is'ead: bust be the weather.
The Clan McPherson, Hesperides
and Arago arrived in yesterday after
noon. There is an average attendance
o 100 pupils at the upper Astoria
school.
The correct wriggle in easaiety this
winter is to wear a ring on the
thumb.
Divine service in the Swedish Lu
theran church, upper Astoria, at 1030
a. jr., to-day.
Jeff has roast duck and cranberry
sauce and all tho delicacies ot the
season for dinner to-day.
"A rainbow chaser" is tho latest
metaphorical title of a visionary man.
Well; that isn't as bad as a chippy
chaser.
The telegraph office and the city
hall each received new corner street
signs yesterday, "Third and Gene
vieve." Congregational church to-day at
11 o'clock a. m.; theme, "Resist
not evil." Evening theme, "The
surest, best triumph;" 750.
Service at the Methodist church,
to-day at the usual hours. Even
ing subject: "Christianity in Busi
ness." Young men especially invited.
The Capital Journal reports a su
gar beet three feet in circumference.
There was a sugary beat in this office
yesterday four feet in circumference.
Desperate diseases require desper
ate remedies some times. The people
of Lexington, eastern Oregon, bought
the Buncltgrass Jtlade, and then
killed it.
C. L. Parker is fitting up his store
property, corner Second and Benton
streets, putting in new front, etc.,
and may occupy it himself if he does
not rent it to other parties.
Seaside Lodge No. 12, A. O. U. W.,
has chartered the night boat for next
Sunday night, and have every room
on the boat. They go 150 strong to
visit Industry Lodge of Portland.
The most useless thing in the
world has been discovered to be a
campaign button on a boy's coat.
Albany' Demoo at. Yes, except the
two buttons on the back of a man's
coat.
At Yaquina bay last week 1,504
salmon filled 300 cases for Williams.
The same number Columbia river
salmon would fill over 500 cases.
Parker's cannery used 700 salmon,
filling 100 cases.
To-day, regular services at the
Baptist church, morning and evening.
Morning subject, "A young man with
out principle;" evening, children's
sermon, subject, "Children and
books." Welcome, everybody.
Several men on the beach supply
themselves with fire wood from the
drift that floats down. There is
plenty of it. and by the time it is
made ready for the stove those who
cut it have well earned the right to
it.
Belva Lockwood, tho equal rights
candidate for president, says she
never wore a corset in her life. Well,
what of it? Neither did any of the
other candidates. She's got none the
best of Harrison or Cleveland on that
racket.
The East Oregonian says that a
cow broke into tho printing office of
that paper tuo other day, upset two
forms of type, chewed the editor's
ear, swallowed all the water in the
place and went out through the win
dow. General Jackson, and all hands
round!
Chinamen are leaving the coast and
going east at the rate of 400 a month.
No more can come from China. They
came without a welcome and they
leave without regret. All tho cus
tom house collectors on the coast
have orders to strictly enforce the
exclusion act.
The Pnget Sound Flour Mills Co.,
composed of W. S. Ladd, Chas. E.
Ladd and T. B. Wilcox, of Portland,
have incorporated with 8100,000 cap
ital to build a big flour mill at Ta
coma. to supply the Sound country
and British Columbia and ship the
rest to the Orient.
From January 1st to September
orui. Uiava worn fiThnrtfifl frnm Snn
Francisco to England and elsewhere
194,310 cases saimon, vameti ai i,
17Q oo7 f?nr thn pnrrAsnnnelinp twelve
months of 1887 there were similarly
exported, 196,101 cases. Nearly all
the Alaska pack is sent abroad from
San Francisco, though the head
quarters of the business is virtually
in Astoria.
There will be a big lot of folks go
ing up to Portland this week over
150 Astorians. There is a meeting of
the grand lodge, K. of P., the Colum
bia Waterway association, Seaside
Lodge No. 12, A. O. TJ. W., the Pres
bytenan synod, the bic KeDnblican
whoop-up on the 12th, and a lot of
other doings. Portland will have
a good many of Astoria's able-bodied
citizens this week.
"Oh, a life on the ocean wave, the
man who wrote it was green; he'd
never been to sea; a storm he had
never seen." bo sang an ancient
mariner yesterday as he landed in
Scow bay from a trip around Tongue
Point, in a leaky boat, one oar lost,
his rudder unshipped and his load at
tne bottom of the river. He lost his
workbench but he saved his tools.
Girls don't come very high in Pen
dleton. Leastways one Pendleton
man doesn't put much value on then
He is the father of a pretty sixteen-year-old,
and the p. s. y. o. ran away
with an alleged man. When they re
turned the father felt real mad about
it, and wasn't satisfied till the girl's
companion gave him 815 for his
lacerated parental feelings. Then
the girl got riled to think that her
father thought so little of her and
left them both and set up in business
for herself.
The total catch of sealskins for the
year entered at the Victoria, B. C,
custom house, is 21,338. Of these,
15,933 are from the north Pacific, and
the rest from the coast. The total
catch of 1887 was 33,800, showing a
deficiency of 12,562 for this year.
The value of the catch at 80 a skin
the present rate amounts to 8133,
028. The value in 1887 was higher
than now, being about 87 a skin. The
stormy weather on the fishing
grounds is largely the cause of the
reduced catch.
An eminent English physician says
the following is a sure cure for small small
eox: "One ounce of cream of tartar
dissolved in a pint of boiling water, to
be drank when cold, at short inter
vals. It can be taken at any time,
and is a preventive as well as a cura
tive. It is known to have cured in a
hundred thousand cases, without a
single failure. I have myself re
stored hundreds by this meaus. It
never leaves a mark, never causes
blindness, and prevents tedious lin
gerings. It is so effectual that, if
properly used, it would dispense with
the unnatural law of vaccination."
There seems to be no doubt that
the "frigate bird," an inhabitant of
the tropical seas, is the swiftest bird
that flies. It has been impossible to
calculate its rate of flight within fixed
limits. The pectoral muscles are im
mensely developed, and weigh nearly
one-fourth as much as the whole
body of the bird. Another rapid
flyer is the common "black swift " It
has been computed that the great
speed it attains is about 276 miles an
hour, which, it maintained -for about
six hours, would carry the bird from
its summer retreat in England
to central Africa. Our American
"cauvas-baok duck" is commonly
computed to be capable of flying 200
miles an hour.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Chief Barry has returned from
Portland.
Ben McKennly will hear something
to his advantage by calling on the
chief or police.
RritiiU Benevolent Association.
A meeting of the members of the
British Benevolent Society of Astoria
was held in Vice Consul Cherry's of
fice on Friday evening last. The re
port of Treasurer W. T. Chutter was
presented, showing a cash balance on
hand which warranted the passing of
a resolution reducing the member
ship dues to tho nominal sum of one
dollar a year. The society adjourned
to meet again next Friday evening,
when arrangements will be made for
a social reunion of the members and
their friends on St. Andrew's day,
30th Nov.
An Explanation.
What is this "nervous trouble" with
which so many seem now to be af
flicted? If you will remember a few
years ago tho word Malaria was com
paratively unknown, to-day it isas
common as any word in the English
lauguage, yet this word covers only
the meaning ot another word used by
our forefathers in times past So it
is with nervous diseases, as they and
Malaria are intended to cover what
our grandfathers called Billiousness,
and all are caused by troubles that
arise from a diseased condition ot the
Liver which in performing its func
tions finding it cannot dispose of the
bile through the ordinary channel is
compelled to pass it off through the
system, causing nervous troubles,
Malaria, Bilious Fever, etc. You
who are suffering can well appreciate
a cure. We recommend Green's Au
gust Flower. Its cures are mar
velous. Seaside Lodge of Astoria, Oregon,
has 250 members. Fifty were taken
in last year. Good for Seaside, she
will never be left by the roadside.
Anchor and Shield, Chicago, Ills.
The fishermen on the Coquille got
the benefit of a large run of salmon
last week. Alf. Maohado's catch one
night, with seines and gill nets, was
1,400. Coos Bay News, 3.
Ludlow's Ladies' $3.00 Fine Shoes;
also Flexible Hand turned French Kids,
at p. j. Goodman's.
ADVICE TO aiOTHEIlH.
Mrs. Wtnsi.ow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens
flip fmraa nllni'a nil nain mnu n.;n
t'.v ,... ....hj u ua. -t..l, l.ll;9 IHUll
cholic, and is the best remedy lor diar-
rncea. l weniy-nve cents a Dottle.
Telephone Lodging House.
Best Beds in town. Rooms per night
50 and 25 cts per week S1.50. New and
clean. Private entrance.
Weinhard's Beer."
And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa
loon, 5 cents.
CABLEGRAMS AND WLBEGEAMS.
Latest News Prom The Atlantic Ooast.
Mr. Thnrman's Opinion of The Senate Bill,
BiEinKanAM. Ala.. Oct. 6. The
McClellan hotel was burned at fonr
o'clock this morning. A panic oc
curred among the guests. J. A.
Wetherby of the Evening Chronicle,
jumped Irom the third story window
and was killed. His sister and niece
also jumped and were seriously hurt.
WINFIELD PEOPLE DISTURBED.
St. Louis, Oct. 6. A special from
Winfield. Kansas, states that there is
a great excitement in that vicinity
owing to the discovery of a secret
military order of anarchists, known
to exist in Cowley and Sumter coun
ties. A man named Pryor formerly
of St. Louis, is given as the leader of
the band. The agitation is increased
by the discovery that several well
known citizens are members of it
The discovery was made by a de
tective who was initiated into the
order.
CAB CONDUCTORS' STBIKE.
Chicago, Oct. 6. The strike of the
car conductors and cable gripmen on
the north side was inaugurated this
morning at six o'clock. Not a car is
running on the entire north division.
Sidewalks have been filled with
pedestrians headed for 'the business
portion ot the city since an early
hour. Express wagons and rattle
traps of all descriptions on which
temporary seats have been fixed are
being run by the strikers and others.
Thus far no violence on the part of
the strikers have been reported and
none is expected.
The managers announce that no
attempt will be made to start the cars
until Monday. The west side car
meu have given out that they will
strike at midnight. Thus to-morrow
three-fourths of the city will be with
out cars. The management of the
north division have engaged 150 new
men. Everything remains quiet.
JUDGE THUBMAN'S OPINION.
Pittsburg, Oct. 6. In an inter
view with judge Thnrman to-day. he
said of the senate tariff bill,
it is a badly planned meas
ure and only aggravated the
matter. "I notice they copy after
the Mills' bill very largely. 1 haven't
read it yet in its entirety, but I know
enough about it to say that it is not
nearly as good a measure as the Mills'
bill. It is nothing more than a bid
for votes. They keep up the tariff on
the manufactured articles, to capture
the votes of the manufacturers, and
likewise, the duty on raw materials to
please the farmers, it is a badly
mixed affair."
RIVAL DISPATCH COMPANIES.
Sn Francisco, Gal., Oct 6. The
Commercial Fire Dispatch company
has brought suit against the San
Francisco Fire Dispatch company
and Wm. J. Brady to recover 810,000
for alleged libel and for cause of ac
tion avers that the Commercial com
pany was engaged in the business ot
informing clients and patrons of any
fire which might occur in their places
of business; that on September 15th
last the defendant Dispatch company
published a letter addressed, to-wit,
by defendaut Brady, reflecting upon
the acts of the plaintiff company in
its business, to the effect that it hnd
not fulfilled its contract with its
patronB and therefore did not do effi
cient service. It is charged that tho
publication was false, which fact the
defendants knew; thnt by reason of
said publication the plaintill com
pany has been damaged in the sum
sued for.
a mo claim.
San Francisco, Cal., Oct 6. Louis
Sloss and L. L. Baker, as assignee of
Wm. T. Coleman & Co., have brought
suit to recover 845,255.25 from the
British Columbia Packing company,
of San Francisco, claimed to be due
Coleman & Co. upon an open and
current account
BANKS IN TROUBLE.
Fall River, Oct. C. The Union
Savings Bank's losses figure up 8240,
000. It looks now as though it may
wreck both that and the National Un
ion Bank.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
nian-piticKD flour.
London. Oct. 6. The Corn Millers'
association at their meeting in Leeds
to-day advanced the price of flour Is
6d a bag of eighteen stone, making a
rise of seven shillings a bag within
seven weeks. The advance is duo to
the poor condition of English wheat
and the increased value of foreign
wheat
A POLITICAL UNION.
Toronto, Oct 6. A letter from
Erastus Winans says that it is not
unlikely that a resolution will be re
ported for concurrent action in both
houses of congress declaring it the
duty of the president to open negotia
tions with Great Britain looking to a
political union between the English
speaking nations of this continent.
The condition attending this invita
tiou to Canada is understood to be
that the United States shall assume
the debt of Canada, 8300,000,000.
defeat of ishae.
Simia, Oct 6. The troops of the
Ameer of Afghanistan defeated the
forces of Ishak of Khan, tit Tashnr
gan. THEATER BURNED.
London, Oct. 6. The Theater
Royal at Dundee, was burned last
night.
For First Place.
A great amount of political engineer
ing will be done by friends of candidates
to secure for their man the first place on
the ticket, and tho best man will prob
ably secure the coveted place. Then if
indorsed by the majority of the people,
the election is assured. Electric Bitters
has been put to the front, its merits
passed upon, has been indorsed, and
unanimously given the first place
anion C remedip.i rwnliarlv ndantpd to
theielief 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 ubo. u. Element's Drug store.
BACK FBOM "THE STATES."
The Usual Experience of a Pacific Coaster.
Capt, Al. Harris, of the life saving
service, got back yesterday, from a
visit to the white settlements. He
has taken a run through New York,
Pennsylvania, Canada, eta, tho first
time for 23 years since coming west
His is the usual experience. When
he got home he felt disappointed.
Babies that he had left in their
cradles were sedate, matrons; boys
that he used to buy balls for were
grave business men with children at
school; folks that weren't in existence
at all when he left were on deck, and
of those that he used to know, many
of them had gone to sleep.
The hills weren't so high, the trees
weren't so big, the river had shrunk
up; the creek that he fished in was
dammed up and covered with mills;
the site of the little red school house
he used to go to school in was cov
ered by a plate glass factory; the
cornfield he used to shoot robins in
was covered by big buildings.
He hadn't been "back home" more
than three days before he dropped on
one thing that every body does who
goes back east from the Pacific; coast
He had to "go slow" in telling about
things out here. He had to go under
the truth, for the exact facts would
be incredible. To tell a man that
we raised fifty bushels -of wheat
to the acre made him mad,
to tell of our logs 100 feet long 24x24
started him to swearing, and to talk
of a 75-pound Astoria salmon capped
the climax. So that everything had
to be toned down and understated or
he would lose his character as a truth
ful man.
In the rural districts a dollar is a
big lot of money, and a man who
spends four bits at the village store is
a little tin god on wheels. Cents are
carefully counted and a penny more
or less will send a man to the other
town to do his trading. Down in
Bradford, Pennsylvania, the gas lamps
were alight all day long. It was
easier to let them burn than to bother
about putting them out Natural
gas, everywhere. When a woman got
the dinner on the stove she turned on
tho gas and the whole business was
cooked in less than no time.
In northern and western New York
state the people are wild on
politics. Every old farmer has
a piece of bunting on his
house or fence, and all that Capt.
Harris saw say that they will vote for
Harrison and protection. A good
many told him that in November, '84,
election day was wet and they didn't
bother about going to the polls, be
cause they were sure Blaine would be
elected anyhow, but this year they
were going to turn out to a man and
get ii) a vote forHarrison,if it took a leg.
The New York Democrats are very
confident and will slap up money to
cover any proposed bet on Harrison.
In Indiana the people are plumb
crazy. The whole state is a political
battlefield and both parties are mov
ing heaven and earth and the other
place to carry tho state.
Capt. Harris got the impression
that Harrison's election was as sure
as sunrise. "
He brought back some magnificent
views of Niagara Falls: says he is
glad to get back, nnd never realized
so clearly what a grand placo Oregon
and Washington is to live in nnd how
much better off we are out here thau
the folks "baok in the states."
Cheap!
Cheaper! Cheapest!
D. L. BECJU SONS
Hnve n few dozen of
Cheap Plates and Cups and Saucers Left
And also an
Glass Ware and Lamp Chimneys
That they will guarantee to see less than San Francisco
or Portland wholesale prices.
OnrJ3AN GOODS are nearly all sold, bnt we have a few cases of
Left that we are offering less than cost to save paying freight on them baok to
San Francisco.
LANTERNS at Lb fa Ever Heart of on the River.
Brooms, Pails, Tubs,
At less than cost. And a variety of other goods at prices ruinous to ourselves, but
beneficial to the buyers.
jgyit will pay you to buy NOW, oven if you do not want the Roods for six
months, the prices are so low. Better secure these BARGAINS while you can get
them, than to wish you had when you havejto pay 50 to 100 per cent more after we
are gone. NOW is your chance, improve it during the short time we shall remain
here.
D. L. BECK & SONS.
Cloak
Department.
DRESS GOODS
Department.
LISLE
Hosiery
Department.
Leading Dry Goods and Clothing
those wonderfully
assortment of
AEEIYED !
Our first selection of FALL and
Winter Cloaks now on exhibition.
Comprising the very latest styles
in Ladies' Misses and Children's
garments;
FRENCH BROAD CLOTHS. An ele
gant assortment of Broad Cloths,
suitable for Ladies' Tailor Made
Suits, in the very latest shades.
Call and examine them.
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AND SILK
Having received from New York
during the week one of the finest
selections of Fancy, Stripe, Embroid
ered and high colored Hose, late de
signs, ever shown in Astoria.
Owing to the lateness of the sea
son these goods will be sold re
markably cheap.
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C. H. COOPER
THE
Strike It Rich!
BUY YOUR
Groceries! Provisions
OF
Foard & Stokes
Tlielr largely Increasing trade enable
them to self at the very lowest margin
ol profit while giving you goods
that are of first class quality.
Goods Delivered All Over the City.
The Hlghoat Price Paid for Ju n k.
The Str. Telephone
Fast Time Between Portland
and Astoria.
Leaving Astoria Monday,.... C a. m,
" Tuesday. 2 :30 v. m.
" " Wednesday...7 p.m.
' " Friday 7 p.m.
" " Saturday. 2:30 P.M.
Close connections at Kalamato the Sound ;
at Astoria with the Qcn. Miles lor Ilwaco,
Oysterville and Grays Harbor; at Portland
with the O. & C. R. R.. and west Bide trains,
P. & W- V. R. R ; Vancouver and Oregon
City boats, and Eastern bound trains.
T1LLAMOOK,
Shoalwater Bay and Gray's Harbor
The P. & C. S. S. Co.'s Steamer
"ALLIANCE,"
Will sail from PORTLAND for SHOAL
WATER BAY and GRAB'S HARBOR
Fare to Tillamook and Gray's Harbor, J6.
Shearwater Bay. t3. From Astoria Si less.
Freight, merchandise $5. Flour and mill
feed excluding bran. Si. Freight to Shoal
water Bay 94. If sufficient freight offers a
trip to Yaquina and Coos Bay will be made
early In-August.
F. R. STRONG. President.
C.P. UPSHUR, Agent Astoria.
Magnus G. Crosby
Dealer In
HAM ABE, IRON, STEEL:
Iron Pipe and Fittings,
8TOVE8. TINWARE
AND
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
SHEET LEADSTRIP LEAD
SHEET IRON,
RLo. and Copper.
HOSE,
House of Astoria.
MURRAY & CO.,
GROCERS
And Dealers In
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Special Attention Given to Filling
Of Orders.
A FULL LINE CARRIED
And Supplies furnished at Satis
factory Terms.
Purchases delivered In any part of the city.
Office and Warehouse
In Hume's New Building on Water Street.
P. O. Box 153. Telephone No. 37.
ASTORIA. OREGON.
-THE-
DIAMOND PALACE!
GUSTAV HANSEN, Prop'r.
A Large and Well Selected Stock of Fine
Diamonds g Jewelry
At Extremely Low Prices.
All Goods Bought at This Establishment
Warranted Genuine.
Watch and Clock Repairing
A SPECIALTY.
Corner Cass and Sqnemoqna Street.
Van Dusen & Go.
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, faints, Oils,
Q-rooerlea 3E3to.
WILL
Cut Faster
AND
' EASIER
Than any oth
er axe made.
Hundreds or
woodmen tes
tify to its supe
riority. It goes
Deep and Jferei
Sticks.
CARNAHAN
& CO.,
Agent Atorir,
Price, $1.50..
Cannery
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