The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, January 31, 1889, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textaa (The giaiUj gstortaa. ASTORIA. OREO ON: TIlUltSOYY JAXCAUV ; 9 ISSU3D fiVERY MOHNINQ. (Monday excepted.) J. P. HALLORAN & COMPANY. Publishers and Proprietor?, ArroBiAX Cdildi.vo, - - Cass Street. Termi of Subicrlptton. SttcI bv Carrier, per week ...... 15 cts tent bv lull, per month ....... M5 ctt one year.. .......... .....i.w Free of postage to subscribers. Tnn astoriax guarantees to Its adver tisers the largest circulation of any newspa per published on the Columbia river. Sun rises 723: sun sets, 5:0; day's length, 9b, 43m. The East Oregonian correctly thinks 819 a ton for coal is a pretty stiff price. The latest architectural caper is said to be a house with a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne back. The funeral of the late W. L. Mc Ewen will bo from Grace Episcopal church at 11 a. u. to-day. Representative Hahu's bill to amend the ciiy charter has been rererrea to the committee on corporations. On the latest trip of the steamer Columbia to San Franoisco she brought down 800 boxes clay pipes. The sloop Venture is at Seattle, having her rigging altered to that of a sohooner preparatory to her sealing trip north. A petrified doughnut from an east ern Oregon railroad restaurant, is the latest addition to The Astoeian's cabinet of curiosities. In the legislature last Tuesday, Representative Eahn introduced a bill to authorize U. it. Abercrumb'e to make a bourn across tho Necaui cnm. With justified fear and trembling the Pendleton papers announce the advent ol the salvation mmy bum mers, and piteously ask, "What have we done?" Iu the absence of Milton Bozorth. occasioned by sickness, E. A. Noyes is doing duty at the ticket office of the O. R. & N. Co., iu addition to his other work. Engineer ilaberdbam and assist ants went over jeaterday to resume construction of the Ilwaco Railroad from its present termiuus toward Shoalwatcr bay. On account of the funeral of thi late Mr. McEwan tho ladies' meeting at Grace church, which was to have been held tais afternoon, will be post poned till next week. The Boston Comedy Co. have made arrangements with Mr. Selig that will insure the services of a good orchestra during the rest of this week's entertainments. Iu the legislature last Tuesday Representative Parker introduced a bill to authorize the Astoria & South Coast Railway Co. to construct a bridge across Young's bay. The steamer Julia H. Ray is a to tal wreck at South Spit, Coos bay, whither she was bound from San Francisco in ballast. The crew was saved. Tho vessel was valued at $60, 000. City assessment tax blanks are be ing distributed, and soon the man who wants to work the "indebted, ness" racket to escape paying taxes on his property, wiil'bo getting in his fine work. A private dispatch from Salem states mat tne uouse commerce committee will have a conference meeting with the board of trade in Portland, on Saturday to consider the pilot and boarding house bills. Tho American ship C. S. Hulbert arrived in yesterday afternoon. 180 days from New York. There was a lively race between tho pilots to board her, pilot Gnnderson making the riffle, the ship at tho time being well in toward the bar. A dispatch from Shamokin, Penn sylvania says that a man named Bnngswickor has been arrested for burning the Douty bouse down. Lot him go. If our name was Bung s wicker, and we lived in a town called Shamokin, and there was a house in it called the Douty house, hanged if we woman t burn it down. From a Clatsop plains correspond ent it is learned that the Astoria and South Coast Railway company is going ahead in the work of securing right of way. It appears that some want a station iu their front vard. a lifepa33 oyer the road and sundry freight privileges; concessions thai the directors of the road find it diffi cult to grant The Chinese were making the most noise of anybody yesterday. The freedoa of the city seems to bavt been aooorde.' to them, and they kep! up a barbaric din from rosy morn ti dewy eve. aided and abetted by de lighted orowds of juveuile Ciiucihwuh who leaped boldly into heaps of ex ploding fire crackers to seonre some for private use. In the U. S. eenat-. laot Tnefdav, senator Mitchell introduced a bill to create an additional land district in Washington territory, the third pro posed district to be called the Monte sano district It is to he composed of Pacific. ChPhalU and Mnpnn coun ties, and all of Lewis and Thurston counties west of ranuo 3 west, and all of that part of Jefferson county lying west of the range line, north west of Willamette meridian. The Bebrintr Sea Packing company jeaipraBv mea nriioies or mcorpora ! tiou in the county clerk's office. Pe- t-r wiknniler, Frank Lindstrom, AInrtin Carlson. Chas. Lnndberg, Ciipt .0. John-on and Gns Mobergare the incorporators. The purpose is to pnek and can fish, fruit and other articles, iu Alaska, British Columbia, Washington. Oregon and California; principal office at Astoria, amount of capital stock S15.000, divided into 150 shares of 8100 each. The Chinook Improvement Co., filed artioles of incorporation in the county clerk's office yesterday. The incorporators are P. J. McGowan, J. W. McGowan, f. K. Johnson and Chas. Bernsdetet; duration, ten vears; principal office. Astoria. Thft nhiect s to ciear me beach and seine for rish on the shore of the Columbia river in rront ol the Washington Hall donation land claim, to borrow money, lease and hold real estate and catch and dispose of fish; capital stock S2.000, divided into 20 shares of $100 each. Tho Canadian Pacific Navigation company has brought suit against the town of Vancouver for S40.000 damages. The company's steamer fremier, 6n her last trin to Van- couver, had a caso of smallpox on board, and was consequently placed Mp"ffln Jh. .7"J,hmi!& in the Royal Roads anarantinnrrnnnd ... . ""hciA uuu uobtiiucu for a week, at the end of which time she was released, the case having been a very mild one. Captain O'Brien got un Steam and nrriwrlnrl Vancouver, 'bat the police and a mob oi citizens were at the wharf and re fused to allow the passengers to lsnd. xuey were placed on board the steam er Islander, but the Vancouver poo plo would not permit her to land. Captain O'Brien became incensed at tbia conduct, and taking his passen gers back on his own steamer went again up to the wharf and told the crowd assembled there that he did not proposo to submit to their treat ment any longer, and that ho intend d to put his passengers on shore. His speech was greeted with yells of defiance; but these weresoon changed toyells of another nature when cap tain O'Brien wheeled out the steam er's big hose and turned a stream of hot water on the obtructionists. It is hardly necessary to sav that the passengers were landed. OCR ILWACO LETTKBI Ilwaco, Jan. 29. The weather is so clear and fine that the Telephone whistle was dis tinctly heard this afternoon. J. E. Graham and family, and Mrs. O. P Graham, returned to-day from a four uiouths visit in Wisconsin. A mining expert has discovered a ledge of gold bearing quartz, within two miles of town. There are four dwelling houses be ing built here at present. Preparations for pound net fishing this coming season, are occupying the time of tho majority of our peo ple. N. G. Two Five-masted Schooners. Thero is a five-masted schooner the Louis on the Paoifio ceast: at present iu the Columbia river. There is also one the Gov. Ames on the Atlantic ceast: at present at Boston. Tho Louis was the first built. Re garding the Ames, tinder date of January 19th, Mr. Bates, of Boston, writes to his son, i S. Bates, of Il waco, W. T.: "Regarding this famous five-masted schooner (the Ames), she sailed her first voyage on the eve of tho great storm here; was caught in it a few miles out, dismasted and is now at the dock refitting. I was aboard Sunday. Then there is one jnst launched at Bath, Mo., five- masted (larger;; but tuey do not pay built only as experiments. I should say they aro hard to manage in an Atlantic coast trade. If you have a five-master it is not known here." It Might Hnve Deen Worse. Suogsins (.of the "Fly-by-Night Dramatic Company" The same bad luck as before financially, but other wise we had a wonderful success on Hie road. In Jayville we paralyzed the audience; nt Grangebnrg' we knocked 'em silly, and in Squash town we literally tore 'em to pieces. Tompkins (of tho Solid Combina tion" What line of drama did you give them? Snoggins Comedy of course! Tompkins And you did all this with comedy? Great heavens! what devastation you would have wrought bad it been tragedy you presented. Notice, V. U. F. V. V. The regular monthly meeting of the C. R. F. I. Union will he held at Liber ty Hall at ": p. si., on Tuesday, Feb ruary 5tb, 1839. A.SE4.FELDT, President. Alex Sotton. Secretary. All the patent, medicines advertised ti this paper, together with the cholc st erfumery. and toilet articles, etc- can e boimht at the lowest prices, at .1. W. Finn's drug store, opposite OcMdent irtel. Astoria. The latest style of Gents' Boots and hoes at P. !. GooDMAjt's. render. Jitia-y Nt. nil nt Jeff's. Ve have -ome flue r-:imery butter In large and small 1 1 s. Try It Tuompos & Ross'. Ludlow's Laities' s':i.00 Fine Shoes; il-o Flexible Hand turned French Kids, P. .1. Hocdmax's. Try the New York Cream Cheese. You can find it at '1 hompson & Ross'. fiet some of that celebrated Chase & Sanborn coffee at Thompson & Koss'. AVelulmrU's timr. Anil Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. CMlOren Cry forPitclier's Castoris "A HERE GENERALITY.' The British bark Ariadne, now on her way down, was loaded to 17 feet, 9 inches, but dotaincd in Portland five days so that she could be loaded more. After five days' detention she was allowed to start, being loaded to 19 feet, and taking her chance of "sticking," somewhere up the creek. Say she loads fifteen tons to the inch: tho inoreased fifteen inohes between 17 ft., 9 in , and 19 ft, would give 225 tuns more than the vessels five addi tional days' detention at Portland en abled her to lead: oall the 225 tons, 250 short tens: this, at 50 cents a ton. represents 8125. To "save" this 8125 the charterers of tho Ariadne kept the vessel waiting at Portland five days for a tide high enough to justify her starting drawing 19 leet. baying nothing of demurrageId per ton per day but only placing the ship's expense at the moderate sum of 8 840 a day, it appears that it cost the ship X'&X) to save 120 and to ena ble Portland to get a name for being a deep sea port. This is not "a mere generality." It is an actual occurrence, a speciflo statement or a fact. It is not an isolated case, it oo ours right along. It is one of the things that makes the Columbia river an expensive place to come to, and is one of the "restrictions to commerce" regarding which the Oregonian grows anMiTrinmrAllv plnntipnr. The remedy for this, that is the real, radical avoidance of this, is to load the ships at Astoria; to that it must come. Portland cannot com pete with the bound. Astoria can. If Portland; it the Oregonian; it the shippers ol that pleasant inland city are sincere in their professions of amity and desire of cooperation, let them recognize this, for "to this complexion must it come at last." A HAUNTED MAINTOP. Talking about ghosts, our chief mate once told me that on board a ship in which he bad served, the mate on duty ordered one of the youths to reef the maintopsail. - When be first got up bo heard a strange voice Bay ing, "It blows hard I" The lad waited for no more; he was down in a trice and told his adventure-. A second immediately ascended, laughing at the folly of his companion, but re turned even more quickly, declaring that he was quite sure that a voice, not of this world, bad cried in his ear, "It blows hard!" Another went, and another, but each came back with the samo tale. At length tho mate, having sent up the whole watch, ran up the shrouds himself, and when he reaohed the haunted spot hsard the dreadful words distinctly uttered in his ear: "It blows hard!" "Ay, ay, old one; but. blow it ever so hard, we must case the earrings for all that," replied the mate undaunt edly, and, looking round, he saw a fine parrot perched on one of the clews the thoughtless author of the false alarms which had probably es caped from sorao other vessel to take refuge on this. Another of our officers mentioned that on one of his voyages he remem bered a boy having been sent to clear a ropo which had got foul above the mizzentop. Presently, however, he came back trembling, and almost tumbling to the bottom, deolaring that he had seen "Old Davy" aft the crosstrees. Moreover, that tho evil one had a huge head and faco, with pnekears and eyes as bright as fire. iwo or turee omers were sent ur m succession, to all of whom the appari tion glared lortn, and was identitied by each to be "Old Davy" sure enough. The mate, in a rage, at length mounted himself, when resolutely, as in the former case, searching for the bugbear, ho soon ascertained the in nocent cause of so much terror to be a large horned owl. so lodged as to be oat of sight to "those who ascended on the other side of the vessel, but which, when any one approached the crosstrees, popped up his portentious visage to see what was coming. The mate brought him down in triumph, and "Old Davy" the owl, became a very peaceful shipmate among the crew, who were no longer Beared by his horns and eyes, for sailors turn their back on nothing when they know what it is. Had the birds in these two instan ces departed as they camo, of course they would have been deemed super natural visitants to the respective ships by all who had heard the one and seen the other. Who is Your Best Friend? Your stomach of course. Why? Be cause it it is out of order you are one of the muat miserable creatures liv ing. Give it a fair, honorable chance and see if it is not the best friend you have in the end. Don't smoke in the morning. Don't drink in the morn ing. It you must smoko and drink wait until your Btomach is through with breakfast. You can drink more and smoke more in the evening and it will tell on you less. If your food ferments and does not digest right it you are troubled with Heartburn, Dizziness of the head, coming up of the food after eating, Biliousness, In digestion, or any other trouble of the stomach, you had best use Green's August Flower, 03 no person can use is wiinons immediate relief. A Ueoerons Natioo. The name "Winona," to be given to south Dakota, is that which pertains to the first born female infant of o ohief of the Dakotans. We stole this continent from the Indians, but we generously honor them in our na tional nomenclature. Shall Dakota be exolnded? "Wnv-no-no!" New xorc World. Steals Cooked to Order. Private rooms for ladles and families: at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. TelepUoneliodiciuir Bouse. Best Beds In town. Rooms per night 80 and S5 cts- per week 81.50. New and clean. Trlvate entrance. TELEGRAPHIC EEP0ET. Dexveb, Jan. 30. Word is received here from a very high railroad au thority to the effect that Charles Francis Adams will rati from tim presoiency oi me Union Pacific rail woy on Moroh 1st. The report says that Adams feela the work he was seieciea to penorm has been as nearly accomplished as possible, and that there is nothing further he cau do. Although he ha3 not been en tirely Buccessful in settling the gov ernment trouble, he has brought the finances ol the road to an excellent point, and his offer of tho presidency of the new president's nssnninii'xn evidently from the report strikes him as a good opportunity to resign the presidency of the Union Pacific. BRITISH SEAL ITBATE3. Washixoiok, Jan. 30. The evi dence given before the congressional committee investigating government affairs at the seal islands of Alaska created considerable comment in cer tain circles that have taken a live in terest in the investigation, particu larly the statement of Copt. Shepherd of the revenue cutter Hush. A sig nificant feature of his testimony is the statement that in the season of 1888 he made no seizures because of confidential instructions from the secretary of the treasury not to inter fere with illegal sealers. He testified that these marauders must have ta ken in 1883 between 25.000 and 2fi.nnn skins. Thomas Ryan of this eitv. pt. treasury agent of the seal islands, and accounted among the best anthnriti on the seal fisheries in question, in an interview this evening Baid: Capt. Shepherd's report is positively start ling. It shows clearly that our pos sessions in the seal islands have been robbed by direct or indirect conni vance of some one high in authority. I am thoroughly familiar with thn whale question, and do not hesitate to charge that a gigantio fraud on the government is beinff coverpd nn The 26,000 skins which Shepherd swears he knew were taken last year by pirates sailing under the British flag would bring nt Victoria or San Francisco 8775,000. For the nrivi- lege of committing this theft unmo lested the pirates could afford to nnv a good round sum, and I am interest ed to hear who got the money. I am watching to seo whether tho com mittee will daro probe this steal to the bottom and trace the bribe money that surely passed. Captain Shepherd testifies that un der his instructions from the treasury department he could not seize tho pirates, although he found them en gaged in unlawful work. Merit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that we have been selling Dr. King's Jfew Discovery for Consumption, Dri King's New Life Pills. Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfac tion. We do not hesitate to mmr.intee them every time, and we stand readv to refund the purchase price, if satisfac tory results do nut follow their use. These remedies have, won" their great popularity purely on their merits. J. v.t-onn,uruggisr. lie Was Oae of Theni. "You would hardly think." said tho yellow-haired man, who sat on the fence aud whittled a stick, "that there was a lot of gosh derned idiots in this neighborhood fourteen years ago that could have sold their land fur 850 an aero and didn't do it. They wanted 8100. They thought the railroad was comin' through here sure. Somo of us had a littlo ause, though, and sold out. Tho land ain't worth 81.50 an acre now. You can see it's nothiu' but sand." "Yes, I see." said the tourist. "I snpnoso you're back here on a visit."' "Er no. I livo here," replied the man on the fence, as he took n fresh chow of tobacco and looked drearily m the direction of the setting sun. "Stranger, I was one or tho derned idiots." gosh ENTITLED TO TUK I1FST. All are entitled to the best .hat their money will buy, so every family lion Id have, nt once, a bottle of the best family remedy, Syrup of Kins, to cleanse tl.e system when costive or bilious. For sale in 50c and Si bottles by all leading For Kent. '1 ho storo room formerly occupied by the Empire Store. An eligible loca tion and a good business stand. Apply to ClIAS. h. Guxderon. Collee and cake, ten cents, at the Central Restaurant. Go lo JefT'K tor Oysters. JOB PRBNTBIftlG. Neat, Quick And Cheap at The ASTORIAN JOB OFFICE CO TO Thompson & Ross And get some of those No. Oue California Canned Fruits AND VEGETABLES. We Are Selling Cheap Previous to Our Annual Inventory of Stock we will make a I lit S c i J LddOlill USf U00U8 ally yiOIIllslg 1101186 I mot Dick tho other day, and he seemed sort'or puzzled : 1 asked him what's tho matter? and sez he, I Want to get myself a new suit, and my hat looks n3 though it needed a res ; and sez hr, jouknow, Jim, my oldest boy he's going To coilcgo to get cdlcatcd, and he rails'- have a new rig, but my po ket book Is getting s-nVr hungry, and 1 don't know w hat to do ! QQ here, sez I tcr Dick ! You anything If you aln'c aware of tho fa-t that HERMAN" WISE is selling his stocU off at greatly rrduCfd prices, In rder to make room for his Immense SPRING jtock. Ha! Ha! J. met Dick 2 days later, and sez he, as ho laffed an1 give me the Lndse wink! 't do beat anything how HERMAN WISE, that little feller In the Occident Hotel build ing, slaughters clothing. Reduction ! ON ALL OUR THE To Gray's Harbor. AND SH0ALWATER BAY. The Steamer GEN. JULES. V. i Whitcomii, Slaster, Will leave for Gray's Harbor Every Tuesday "Wits sail for Slioahrater Bay once a month, itfrclgnt Justifies. TILLAMOOK, Shoalwater Bay and Gray's Harbor The I". i- C. S. S. Co.'s Steamer "ALLIANCE." Will sail from l'OKTLAND as follews: UUAYS HARBOR-Tlmrsday. October 1. 11,18 and 25. November 1, S, n, 22 and 29, December 6, 13, 20 and 27. SHOALWATKK liAY-Octohcr 4 and 18. i vember 1. 15 anil 29. Drceniber 13 and i7. TILLAMOOK Monday-October 1. IS and Z). Xo ember 12 and 2G. December 10 and 21. Steamer leaves Portland, from foot of C -treet at 8 P. M. on above dates. Astoria 0 A M. the following moraine TLe Comuuny reserves Ilia right to change time and place of sailing. If. it. aTKoNG. President. C. P. UPSHUK, Agent Astoria. CEO. M'LEAX. SAM.FItEEJIAir. McLean & Freeman. BLACKSMITHS. Special Attention paid to all Ship and Steam boat Repairing HORSESHOEING. Lodging Caiim Work a Specialty. All kinds uf Biacksmlthlng done to order. Hinn. corner Jefferson and Olney streets, Astoria, Oregon. .1 Fino runt Well Selected Stock OF Watches, Jewelry,Clocks, etc. -AT- H. EKSTROM'S Jewelry Establishment. All goods warranted, as guaranteed. Opposite Crow's gallery, Astoria, Oregon, BOOTS AND SHOES! Of Best Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES, AT THE SIGN OF THEJOLDEH SHOE. COOPER, The Sir. Telephone Fast Time Between Portland and Astoria. Leaving Astoria Slonday ,....... o a. si, " . Tuesday......4 :01 r M, " ' Wednesday.....? 30 P. M. Friday 7 M p. it. " " Satuiday.....l:U0P. jf. Close connections at Kalamato the Sound; at Astoria with the Qen. Miles lor Ilwaco, Ojstervllleaiidlirays Harbor; at Portland with the i). & C. IC 11., and west side tralM. P. W. V. K. it ; Vancouver and Oregon City boats, and Eastern bound trains. Morgan & Sherman. GROCERS And Dealera in n, Special Attention Clvento Filling Of Ordors. A FULL LINE CARRIED And Supplies lumishcd at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered la any part of the city. Office and Warehouse in Hume's New Building on Water Street. r. O. Box 153. Tetephono No. s:. ASTORIA, OREGON. Notice To Carpenters. THECAKPESTERS OK ASTORIA AKE requested to meet at Rescue Club Hall, on the evening ot Friday, February 1st, at 7 :30 o'clock, to discuss an Important ques tion. HGRTHERH GROWN PLANTS AND SEEDS Aro aeknowledsed tho best, being hardier, more productive and yield better crops. njOS ILLUSTRATED CATALOG UK Coaulnlnf enly thtbitTrftlfi,iiuI4fri on tfpU c&Uon. WRITS FOtt IT. X.- X MA.Y &j CO., JFLORItTS AND SEEDSMEN, St. PAUL, MlHN. Sl OSXTTlBTICtES FOB THE T1KCE OF 1 lid r.i.Nrtiuamtiin an. fttawllmr ornL'' tttf.va waL far 89 tatcalT. ", IoiU. r jnxTi a A hrwacAhtwroni OemrudtMSoo -rem noosUATh Prtartm Oc4t U vxaplx witt 4 ftl- T!n XIafc&ck It ti cxvtwao- tteoe. Btkkf unim Ham jocr tuU em taJuw, ntirrsr.M u; aootHiQTtko. lhtafTmMlaA Canny. Sillies! KFLORItTS AND SEEDSMEN. ST. PAUL. MlNN.l W"" fcrrfr rrssraaE3 '-'rh - - " siuw IHslJfcfi vpWJy tt!J3.0tttWE0.ftaj.. W0AUiru.C.lliXimaSl.t3.Y.. CU 104, EX &o, 1 1 OOfc. 80 H,