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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1888)
d): fa gutty gtftoriim. ASTORIA, OREGON: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19. 1&S. ISSUED EVERY .MORNING. (Monday excepted.) J. F. HAT.T.ORAN & COMPANY, Publishers and Proprietors. ABTOBZA2T BUILDIKO, - - CASS STREET. Terms of Subscription. Served by Carrier, per week.... iat by Mall, per month " ' " onoyear Froo of postage to subscribers. IScts - 60CtS $7.tt The AsTOHiAJf guarantees to lt adver tisers the largest circulation of any newspa per published on the Columbia river. . The Alhi arrived in from the Sound yesterday, and passed np the river. The Maxwell, Varuna and Thun derbolt will go to bar nnohorage to day. Tho Mistletoe social club had a very pleasant party nt Liberty hall la3t evening. The Oregon Development company will make ono more effort with expert divera to save the Yaquina Bay. Tho annual maetingof theMasomo Land and Building association will be held this afternoon at.two o'clook. Tho Lorton and Jerusalem came down yesterday. The former is fin ishing her cargo at the 0. K. & N. dock; the latter cama down with car go complete and is lying in the stream. The British bark lraruna cleared for Liverpool jesterday with 20,183 ban-fills of flour worth S79.742. lhe British ship Maxwell cleared for Qaeenstown with 103,361 bushels ot wheat valued at 889.455. The tug Hunter, captain AL Stream, arrived in yesterday with 860 itacks of Shoal water bay oysters. She will return to-day and probably bring another load of oysters next Saturday. Captain Spfoule came over as a passenger. Tne Knights of Labor of this city will give a Christmas ball as per an nouncement, for the aid of the K. ot L. sick benefit fund. The popularity of the organization and the deserving object it is proposed to aid ensure a gojd attendance. No effort will be spared to have a good time. The Manzan it a was busy yester day, transferring material from the O. B. & N. dock to the buoy depot and taking on supplies for ber trip to the Sound. She will start to-morrow afternoon, and will net ten stake lights, and pat down twenty light spar buoys in the shallow water of the Sound. The Rev. G. W. Qrannis returned yesterday from a visit to Gray's river, W. T., where he organized a M. E. church of thirteen members and a promise ot several more. The Bev. Mr. Stimpson, father-in-law of Bev. O. B Whitmore, lately stationed here, will watch over the interests of the new church. Mr. Grannis was very favorably impressed with both tho place and the thrifty people who re side there. The steamer Olympian was suo cessfally placed iu tho Esquimau dry dock Sunday. There not being an inch to spare, a portion of the pad dock box on one side was removed, then tho vessel was listed and floated. An inch ot shellfish covered her hull. That is tho way it is over on the Sound. It the interesting little tere do can't bore a vessel fall of holes, the barnaole oovers her with a coat of shells that dostroys her speed. The fresh water ot the Columbia harbors neither teredo nor barnacle and ship3 are bonefited by lying in this port. The nsBiznees of William T.Coloman & )o.,have sold the steamer Quickstep to L. F.Cook. of Seattle. Mr. Cook will remodel tho Quickstep into a a passenger boat, and will place her on a daily routo into Tacoma. When completed she will acoommodate about-,-seventy.five passengers. The Quickstep was built in San Francisco and was originally intended for a pleasure boat, but liB3 been used as a tug for some time. Several woeks ago the Quickstep came down from Alaska, "where she had been towing for a cannery. It will be remembered that the Quickstep came to the Co lumbia, in 77, when she was char tered bv J. O. Hanthorn for a can nery tender. She was afterward, owutd 0 Joe linrne. Yesterday forenoon, about half past ten, residents of this city were startled by several cannon shots. It is nothing unusual to bear one shot from the incoming steamers, but three or four or five in succession is something entirely out of the usual experience. Much speculation was the result and all sorts ot theories were advanced. Some suggested that aBr.tish man-of-war had come into port and was about to nettle the fish eries question, hut had been blowu out - of the water by the United States gunboat Humphreys, commanded by Captain Brown. It was eventually learned that tho tiring was on board the Norwegian bark Jerusalem. As the name indicates, the vessel is an old-timer, and like the merchantmen of rears aeo carries a cannon, plenty of blank cartridges, it not cannister, and no telling how many terrible cut lassea and other instruments of death that rued to be provided against the bold, "bad pirateS on the high seas or the low seas. It is explained thnf the caotain of the Jerusalem or dered this firing simply to attraot attention to the fact that he had got down the river with a full cargo for his vessel and no lighterage. The Jerusalem registers 901 tons and the fact that that is one more ton than 930 certainly justifies tho captain in bis extraordinary jubilation. The 'Jerusalem U9 in the stream and ell is quiet. PORTLAND COMMERCIAL ECONOMY Would Hake Ships Leave All Money in Portland. Their A "Kiver Pilot," in a communica tion to the Oregonian, says: "If the pilotage was abolished, the ex penso to ships would bo much more than now, lor the loading draft would bo lur nisbed by the tug captain, who would natnrallv make the work easy for him self by giving a smaller draft and enable mm to tow tne snip down m one nay in stead of two or three, enriching the tug company by several hundred dollars, by saving time and having more lighterage to carry down river on their boats. To all this extra expense tho pilotage charge would bear a very small proportion, and it seems to me that the abolishment of river pilotage is not done to benefit the ship3, but for the benefit of the corpora tions doing the towing and lightering. They could manage it much better for themselves if there were no pilots to in sert ere." The Oregonian replies editorially as follews: "To the general observer river pilotage seems only an additional charge upon commerce, which ought, therefore, to be abolished. Towage must be had, and tho tug can pilot the ship as well as tow it. The protest against 'giving over the commerco of the river entirely to the towing and lightering companies' ap pears to be nothing to the point, since what we are trying to do is to clear com merce of the charge of separate pilotage. The system should be arranged for the benefit of commerce, without regard to the private interests of ineividnals. We want it arranged so that the fewest pos sible number of men will be able to levy charges on the commerce of tho river." Very naturally the Oregonian sug gests that the proper thing to be done is .that parties between Portland and the sea, who make their headquarters outside of Portland, should be sacri ficed in this misdirected effort at economy. There is no doubt that by loading vessels light so there is no danger of grounding, tugs can take vessels down the river with out a pilot all right sometimes. But it is a fact beyond dispute, that it the pilot loads his vessel one foot deeper than the master of the tug would load the same vessel if he was to tow ber without a pilot, it is still oheaper for the vessel to pay the pilot and tro down the river loaded a foot deeper, as tho lighterage on tho cargo for that foot in depth would often exceed the pilot charges several times. It there were no troublesome bars or crooked channels in the river and the water was deep enough to allow ot loading vessels to their full capaoity then there would be no need ot pilots from Astoria to Portland. Portland would be a deep seaport, and there would be no need of Astoria. But these obstinate "ifs" are in the way. It is not lone since there was a de mand in Portland that the bar pilots should be dispensed with as worse than useless.' But it seems that something makes them now think that bar pilots are necessary. If these newspaper mariner? will take an intelligent pilot aboard and cruise around in search of the place where economy should begin, they will bring up right at home and come to anchor there. Agents commissions, storage, wharfage, etc, all cost ves sels money. That money helps to enrioh Portland, so of course a reduc tion should not be suggested there. When the Astoria and South Coast railroad is completed, Astoria will show the inland economists how to fully load vessels without having them stick on river bars. PERSONAL MEJJTION. A. L. Sackett came over from Sea' side yesterday. W. T. Boss of Westport contem plates residenoe in this city with his family. A. Knapp, A. H. Stone, and J. W. Crow of ltnappa, were in tho city yesterday. H. B. Parker and W. E. Warren, are registered at the Oilman house in Portland. Merit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that wo have beon selling Dr. King's "Now Discovery for Consumption. Dr. King's New Life Pills. Bucklcn's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and bavo never handled remedies that soil as well, or that havo given such universal satisfac tion. Wo do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfac tory results do not follow their use. These remedies havo won their great popularity purely on their merits. J. W. Conn, Druggist I. O. O. F. Notice. All Odd Fellows arid the sisters of the R- decree are requested to assist in the arrangements for the celebra tion ot Christmas in the O. F. hall. Members ot committees and the sisters willing; to help to arrange the hall and fix up tree are requested to meet at the hall on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. O. F. and sisters having presents f jr Christmas tree will leave them at hall on the morning of Dee. 25th. Doors will bo open 7 p. 11. Dee. 25th. Exercise3 to commence at 730 p. M. By order of N.G., Chairman of Committee Notice. Oar store is not quite so crowded in the morning; parties can have more time in making their seleotions bv visiting our store in the morning. Gbiffdj & Reed. A fall hoaso all day long yesterday kept us busy. The publio appreciate good goods and low prices. Gbipfik & Reed. Price the New York Novelty Store's Hue of Plush 'Goods, Albums, Auto-o-ranhi and Scran Books. If vou are looklnR for anything of theklnd you aro bound to get them there after pricing them. Notice. A full line of Sunset Diaries for 1889. contains the Astoria Tide tables and other valuable information. Those dia ries make handsome C&rlstmaspresen s for old and young, to bo obtained only at GBiFrra & Beed. Tender, Juicy Stesk at Jei. THE SENATE -WILL SETTLE IT. Two BeesionB Each Day on Tariff Bill. France And The United States to Seed War Vessels to Panama to Keep Order. OhabtjEston, W. Yb., Dec. 18. In spite of the injunction served on the county commissioners Saturday night, they certified to the governor's returns ot election as to congressmen in this county. TO PREVENT TROUBLE. Pabi8, Dee. 18. Owing to fears that the canal company's difficulties may give rise to disorders on tho isthmus, the French novernment has decided to send a man-of-war to Colon to protect the French interests. It is expected the United States will send two. THE TAEIFF FIRST. Washington. Dee. 18. The Re publican caucus this mornincr de cided that the senate will continue in session without holiday recess until the tariff bill is disposed of, letting the house take a recess if it so de sires. It also decided to hold two sessions daily, beginning at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEX WHITE AND BLACK. Jackson, Tenn., Dee. 18. A desper ate fight occurred between negroes and whites in a remote part ot this county last Friday. It grew out of a lawsuit. The fight occurred in court. Several persons were badly hurt. The negroes sent to this city on Sun day for ammunition, and armed with guns, pistols and knives, they swear they will not be arrested. Officers went from here to arrest them, bnt the result is not yet known. Serious trouble is feared. DISO0SSION OF CIVIL SEBVIOE. Washington, Dec. 18. In the house a motion to increase the cleri cal force of the civil service commis sion gave rise to a spioy debate. Henderson ot Iowa, charged the ad ministration with violating the spirit of the civil service law. The com missioners were defended by Miller of Tennessee. Cummmgs and Spinola of New York, made a fierce onslaught npon the civil service law, and earnestly advoeated an amend ment striking out all appropriations tor its government AT THE ISTHMUS. Panama, via Galveston, Dec 18. Railroad communication with Colon is still interrupted by the effects of tne storm. Tne river Unagres rose again Saturday. Tne canal works are considerably damaged. Great anxiety prevails regarding tho affairs of the canal. THE TBAIN ROBBING. Duck Hill, Miss., Dec. 18. There is nothing new concerning the train robbery. The popular opinion is that-Burch, who six "weeks Bgo robbed the express messenger on the New Orleans and Northwestern rail way, bossed the Duck Hill job. Gov ernor Lowry yesterday offered a re ward ot S500 for the capture of the robbers, and tho Illinois Centra 1 of fers 31,UU0. Who Ls Your Best Fiiend? Your stomach ot course. Why? Be cause it it is oat ot order you ore one. of the must miserable creatures liv ing. Give it a fair, honorable chance and see if it is not tho best friend yon have in tho end. Don't smoke in the morning. Don't drink iu the morn ing. It you must smoke and drink wait until your stomach is through with breakfast You can drink more and smoke moro in the evening and it will tell on you less. If your food ferments and does not digest right, it yon are troubled with Heartburn, Dizziness of the head, ooming up of tho food after eating. Biliousness, In digestion, or any other trouble of tho stomaoh, you had best use Green's August Flower, as no person can use it without immediate relief. A. F. And A. M. At tho stated communication of Temple Lodge No. 7, held last eve ning, the following officers were elected for tne ensuing Masomo year: JayTnttle, W.M.; H. O. Thompson, 8. TV.; Vf. 9. Short, J. W.; J. Q. A. Bowlby, Treasurer ond.E. 0. Holden, Secretary. The installation will take place on tho evening ot St. John's day, 27th inst. A Safe liiTcstmenl. Is one which is guaranteed to brine you satisfactory results, or In caso of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our ad vertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It Is (guaranteed to bring relief in every case when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest such as Consumption, In flammation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asth- ma, wnoopmg uougn, uroup, etc., etc. It ls pie; s pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, ana can always De ue- penaea upon. Trial bottles free at J."W. Conn'sDrug Store. If you wish something In the line of cann d vegetables, better than the ordi nary brands, try the Dew Drop. Can ned sweet corn, Maine Succotash, canned New Jersey pumpMn, tomatoes aud Boston baked beans. - Thompson & Ross. The DiSDlav of Holiday Goods at the New Tork Novelty Store Is something simply immense. Their prices are lower tnan me lowest. All of the Velocipedes, Wagons, Rockln? Horses. Sleds and other bulkv goods at the New York Novelty Store must do closed out ueiore unristmas, as we have no placo In which to. store them. They will be sold at a sacrifice. "WclnliartTs llrer. And Free Lunch at tho Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. - The BMipral verdict Is 'that Griffin & LReed have the largest and best assort ment oi Holiday uoous over shown in the city. CMlOren cry fePjtclisr's Castorl HOW ( SUFFERED SeTenteen Tcan from a Skin Disease. Conld not walk or dress pijselt A mass or dlv cue from head to foot. Cured in eight weeks by the Cntlcnra Remedies. At the ago of three months a rash (which afterwards proved t be eczema nr salt rheum) made its appearanco or ray face A physi cian was called, lie said teething was tho caaso ; ho prescribed some coolins medicine. Due me Krcs tpreaa to my ears ana head. Another M. D. was called lie professed to know all about tho case, called it "King's Evil," and prescribed gunpowder, brimstone, and lard mixed into a salve: bat the disease continued. Theyomld Dot do anything with it. A nother prescribed borax, water and flour; another, linseed poultices Nena of them did me any good at all. but made mo worse. The disease continued unabated ; it spread to my arms and legs, till 1 was laid up entirely, and from continually sitting on tho floor on a pillow my limbs contracted so that I lost all control of them, and was -utterly hclploss. My mother would have to lift me out and into bed. 1 could cot around the house on mv hands and feet out I could not get my clothes on at all. and had to wear a sort of dressing gown. -Sly hair bad all matccd down or fal len off. and my head. face, and oars wcro ona scab, and I had to havo a towel on my head all the time- in the summer to keep the flies off. My parents consulted a prominent physician and surgeon here in Chicago the other physi cians before mentioned were of-Dundas and Hamilton, Canada. lie said ho could do nothing for me. lie wanted to cut tho jinews of my legs, so that I could walk ; but I would not let him. for if I did get hotter X would haro no control of them. The diseaso continued in this manner until I was seventeen years old. and ono dav in January, 1879, 1 read an account in the trib une, of your Cuticuba Kemkdiks. It des cribed my case so exactly that I thought,as a last resort, to give them a trial. When I first applied them I was all raw and bleading, from scratching myself, but I went asleep almost immediately, something l naa not uono for years, tne ottcct was sooth ing. in abOnt two week; 1 could stand straight, bnt not walk, I was so weak, bnt my sores wero nearly well As near as lean Jndgo tho Cctkuba IUmedhs curod mo in about six or eight weoks, and up to this date (t. e. from January, 1W9, to January, lbsi ) 1 havo not beon rick in any war, or havo had tho least signs of the diseaso reappearing on me. W.J. .McUUWALU. S732 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.,-June 30. 'S7. Sold everywhere. Prico. Cutic-itr. Sua Soap, 25c.: KnsnLVraT. St. Prepared by tho Pottfb DruoamdCAkuicalCo., Boston, Mass fc"Sond for "How to Cure Skin Diseases." 64 pages. 50 illustrat ion", and 1U0 testimonials. Q i Hrt PLLa b;ack-heads red. rough, chapped rllll ondoilr sain crovented bv Cctipura Me icteiSoaf. Constitutional Catarrh. No single disease ha entailed more sufier ins or hastened tho breaking un or tho con stitution than Catarrh The sense of smell, of taste, of sight, of hearing, the human voice, thomind-one or mere, and sometimes all, yield t its de-tructive infTticnco Tho pofcon it distribute throu houttho sjstem attacks every vital force, and breaks np tho most ro bust of c mtitutions. Ignored, because bat little understood, by mo t physician", impo ten ly ass died by quacks andcharlatans, thoso suffering from it hkro HttlA hotiR to ho relieved of it this sido of the grave. It is lime. men, ma; mo popular tieatmontottm tern bladisease by remedies within tho reach or all passed Into hands t5nce oompetcnt and tiustw. rthy. The now and hitherto un'ri d method adopted oy Dr. Sanford in the prepa ration ot his -HAmcAL.rtHE has won tho hearty approval of thousands. It is instan taneo is in affording- relief in all head colds, sneezing, snuffling nd obstructed breathing, und rapidly removes tha.,mo?t oppressive symptoms clearing tho &ead. sweetening tho breath, restoring tho censes of smell. tato at d hearing, and noutralUing. tha corstitu tional tendency of tho diseaso towaids tho lungs, liver and kidneys. " an ohd's icaui AUCtrrtFconsiftsofono bottle of the Ead ca -rCttiiE.ono box- Ca- TAKKHAl.SOL.Vl.Tanlan 13!V110V11 l- HALER ; pneo, 51. ' - loi Tjut Dhuo & CneiacAL'CQ., Bostojt. KIDNEY J?AfiNS, Strains and Weaknesses, KolUvcd in one minute by that mar vellous Antidototo rain.inuainma Hon and oakticss.tho u Icilril nii-i-.uii rinxu-r. inenrsi and only pain-hilling strengthening nlastor. Ksi eciallv adnntod to in ..... .:: , .. ... . stantly relieve and speedily care Kidney and Uterino Pains and Weakno'S. Warranted vastly superi r to all other plasters At all drugiti'ts. 25 cent: livo for $1 to ; or postage free ot Poti Eit l)i:uo axi Ciikmilal. Co., Boston, Mass. 71 A Full and Complete Stock of lush Gases, ManiGure Sets, Cologne Fine Leather" and Plush Albums, Silverware, Bisque ware and Figures. Christmas Cards, Leather Goods, - Brass Goods, Toys and Wagons. -3 w Bolls and. Bell Carriages. Everything tht you want at the Christmas Headquarters. Ullllill X Fine aul WeUHSclcctci-l StocU -OF- DIAMONDS, Watchesjewelry, Clocks, etc. -AT- -f H. EKSTBOEPS Jewelry Establishment. All goods warranted, as guaranteed. Opposite Crow's gallery, Astoria, Oregon, NDAY MORNING Holiday Will Embracing many New and Elegant Novelties for the present Holiday season. In order to avoid the usual afternoon rush, dur- ing thenext two weeks, we would recom-" mend our Lady friends to call in the forenoon. H J 0IN6 Gases. Reed's TILLAMOOK, Shoalwater Bay and Gray's Harbor The P. & 0. S. 8. Co.'s Steamer "ALLIANCE," Will sail from PORTLAND as follews: GRAY'S HARBOR Thursday, Ortobfri. 11, 18 and 23. November 1, 8, 15, 23 and 29, December c. 13, 20 and 27. SHOALWATKB BAY-Octobor 4 and 18. N vember 1,15 and 29. December 13 and 27. TILLAMOOK Monday October 1. 15 and 29. November 12 and 28. December 10 and 21. Steamer leaves Portland, from foot ol C street at 8 P. M. on above dates. Astoria 6 A M. the following moraine. Tlie Company reserves lhe right to change time and place of sailing. 1'. k. ssTHONG, President C. P. UPSHUR, Agent Astoria. OUR ov be on Exhibition. GOOPEE THE HOUSE OF OH! Come Off!! Who Says Look into my corner window and see the kind of suits I offer for the small sum of $11.25 These Woolen Suits are worth from $15 to $17.50, but you can have one at the above price' until after the HOLIDAYS. HERMAN WISE The Reliable Hatter and Clothic Otddent Hotel Building' Goods ! ! 5f ASTORIA. You can't afford it ? P ii i J': T'j J, S