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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
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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.
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