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ASTORIA, OREGON
FRIDAY
JUNE21. 1S39.
I33DRD RVERY MORNING.
(Monday excepted.)
J. P.
HALLORAN & COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
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,. .s,TOnlAr BoaranteM to If, adver
tisers the largest circulation ol any cewna
per published oa the Columbia river.
When in doubt, lead a trump.
Have you opened a real estate office
yet?
The sun crosses the line
merning: summer begins.
at C this
w:""B"u?B a slbter
..uuju uciu uuuiua iroint.
Ilwaco has a brass band of sixteen
pieces that enlivens that town.
The Astorias looks at even-thin"
from an Astoria point of view.
The Q en. Miles arrived from Gray's
..o.uuiu5ineiunB WltU thirty
ty pas-
aengers.
Slabs, which many consider good
l2eJk e b,emg delivered around town
at 2.50 a load.
When it is 12 noon, meridian time at
Astona, it is 12 hr., 15 m., and 20 sec.,
p. if., standard time.
The Knappton mill is running on
half time at present. The lumber
trade is a little slack.
Buying real estate is not like jaw
bone peker: you've got to make the
blind good, or stay out
Seaside travel may be said to have
begun: there are several down at the
seashore and a host going.
The steamer Clara Parker was in
spected by Messrs. Edwards and Mc
Dermott, at Portland yesterday.
There's a heap of human nature in
some ioiks duc tnen it isn't your
fault You didn't invent human" na
ture.
Seattle's safes were not fire proof,
but Seattle's pluck is, and she is rising
in solid structures from the yet warm
ashes.
Elmore & Sanborn have a 825,000
check for the amount of their insur
ance on some salmon burned at Se
attle two weeks ago.
The highest salary paid the cap
tains of the big ocean steamship lines
is 82,500 per year. The masters of
tramp steamers get about 8800.
Wells and springs are reported go
ing dry in several places on the hill
side, partially caused, no doubt, by
the extensive cutting away and grad
ing. When they want ico up at Juneau,
Alaska, they go out in boats and tow
in an iceberg floating down from Ta
kou inlet, there broken from a gla-
There will bs a pleasant exclusion
to Nacottah on the Gen. Canby next
Sunday, as last Sunday, giving those
who go a pleasant day by rail aud
river.
Pilot commissioner Brown has sold
his little launch the Mikatlo to a
Bellingham bay man. She goes
around there at the first favorable op
portunity. The Qen. Canby yesterday brought
a young inau over from Oysterville
suffering severely with erysipelas in
his right hand, caused by n cut from
an oyster shell.
Yesterday afternoon a workman
employed as planer at Trullinger's
mill had three of the fingers of one
hand badly crushed, necessitating the
attendance of a surgeon.
The Weekly Astorian to be is
sued to-morrow, will be the largest
issue of that paper ever published. It
has all the news, twelve pages, and is
a good copy to send away.
It is reported that a band is regu
larly organized to rob the Safe Deposit
building at Seattle, which contains
over a million dollars in valuables and
was partly destroyed by fire.
To-day Capt J. G- Hustler, Dr. W.
D. Baker and Senator Jno. H.
Mitchell celebrate their birth days.
Capt Hustler is G4 years of age to-day,
Dr. Baker is believed to be 30 years
younger.
The four masted British ship Van
thtara finished loading yesterday. It
is though that the Borrowdale will
finish with salmon, and that the
Wanlock may also take a salmon car
go, foreign.
Forest fires are prevailing on the
east side of the Cascade range. The
roar of the blaze can be heard for
miles, and lumbermen say that mill
ions of feet have been destroyed. A
strong wind is prevailing and the nre
extending.
The Albany Herald gravely states
that all firemen in Albany having
shirts are requested to report the
same to the foreman of their respect
ive companies. This doth impose a
responsibility of which; the shirtless
man fa bappily devoid.
The Occidental & Oriental Trans
fer company, (Limited) was organized
jStSSSr It will carry passengers
i'.
and freight as far as the chasm in the
roadway toward Uniontown, receive
and receipt for them on the the other
side, and deliver them to their desti
nation. Superintendent Porter, of the cen
sus bureau, has completed the dis
tricting of the various states and ter
ritories for census purposes. Oregon is
dividal into two districts at the crest
or the cascade mountains. Wash
ington territory is divided the same
way.
Col. L. F. Copeland, whom many
remember as having lectured here one
year ago, will lecture at Rescue Hall,
to-morrow evening, on "What's
to Hinder?" and will doubtless have a
very large audience, as he is an elo
quent lecturer. Admission 50 cents,
children 25 cents; tickets for sale at
Griffin & Reed's.
The following from yesterday's Ur
egonian needs explanatien:
FIXED FOB VIOLATIXa THE SUNDAY LAW.
lesterday morning justice Tut
tle held J. S. Woods, the hat
ter, guilty of violating the Sun
day law, by selling goods on
the seventh day. and fined him S3 and
I costs, aggregating 17.50:
A circus is now traveling through
the northwest It has a big elephant,
and a Salem firm has contracted for a
big advertisement on both sides of the
big elephant, wherever it shows, so
that people who go to see the ele
phant will see the adt too. This is
almost as good as putting the adv't in
a newspaper, but not quite.
Senator Mitchell will be in Portland
by the Fourth of July. The Telegram
says that for a month or so he will
probably devote his time investigat
ing as to who the most potent men
are to aid him in securing the next
legislature for re-election, and then
the dry bones in the most prominent
reaerai offices will begin to rattle.
At a Aew York conference last
Wednesday between representatives
ofthoO. B. &N. and Union Pacific
companies in regard to the future
management, an agreement was made
with VHIard by winch about 00,000
shares of O. R. & N. stock will pass
into tho hands of half a dozen people
who are now identified with the Union
Pacific aud Manitoba companies.
It is now definitely known that the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad has
advanced 85,000,000 for the construc
tion of the Oregon Pacific eastward
from Albany to connect with the for
mer road at Boise City, says the Ash
land Record. Active work is to begin
within a few days, and the road will
be completed to an eastern connection
as soon as money and men can ac
complish that end.
A gentleman from Portland informs
the Helena Journal tha t the cedar
shingles of Washington territory have
"taken the country" in Missouri, Illi
nois, Ohio and Indiana. He cannot
fill the orders fast enough. Oregon
fir lumber he has sold in Chicago at a
fair rate of profit notwithstanding the
great competition of the Canadian
sawmills. The market for our lumber
in tho eastern states is capable of great
expansion.
From M. Michaelsou. working fnr
the Astoria Packing Co.. is heard a
report that two fishermen worn
downed by the capsizing of their boat
near buoy No. 5, off Tanzy Point at
half past three yesterday afternoon.
No particulars could be "obtained re
garding the names of the men nor
what cannery they worked for. If the
report U true, these are the first two
men to be drowned while fishing in
the Columbia this year.
Early jesterday morning some per
sons entered the drug store of J. W.
Conn by cutting a hole through the
jloor of the back room and succeeded
in gaining an entrance to the store
from which they stole the cash regis
ter containing 82.80. The register,
broken in pieces, was picked up on
the beaclrat upper Astoria. Mr. Conn
has missed nothing else, so tho rob
bers whoever they are, risked consid
erable, for the 82.80 that was in the
register.
How's this for a yarn: Peter Trex
ler, of Catawissa Valley, O., noticed a
peculiar tasfe in his tea, and Mrs.
Trexler on lifting the kettle lid found
within a beautiful trout boiled to
deatlu Mr. Trexler had kept it for
years in the spring to purify the water.
Usually his wife got water from the
spring in a bucket, but ling hurried
this time she lowered the tea kettle,
clapped the lid on without looking in
and set it boiling merrily on the wood
fire, and the trout was in the pot
The tug Sea Lion arrived from
ictoria yesterday with the British
bark Wanlock. At the Columbia
river bar she dropped the American
bark Enoch Talbott, having towed
her also from Victoria, making the
run from the Royal Roads in forty
eight hours. Tho Sea Lion is a fine
iron tug commanded by Capt. Ran
dall, formerly of the tug Pioneer, and
is 117 feet long, 550 horse power, 22
feet beam mid depth of hold 12 feet
She left for Puget sound yesterday
afternoon.
The Columbia is due from San
Francisco this morning with the fol
lowing passengers: Joseph Connelly,
J. W. Scotchler, S. H. Raymond, Will
Soldmar, N. Kuhlman, N. F. Healv, A.
Simon, Mr. C. F. Seymond, Miss W.
Leach, Mr. Harrison and sister, Mrs.
A. Patridge, Mrs. Nettie Patridge,
Peter Johnson, L Monahan, C. F.
Sheer, W. Martin, T.Tobbin, E. Lend
sey, S. Conley, G. F. Bradley, C. H.
Wheeler, H. O. Wheeler, N. E. John,
A. Hinnont, Mrs. Camp, Miss Scott,
Miss C. Leach, Miss McFarland, Mr.
Cong, S. Lazrais, F. Bruce, W. E.
Page, J. C. Griffith, A. Brush, J. Bul
len. A. Herber, J. Webster, P. Con
nelly. Coflee and cake, ten cents, at the
tntrai Kestanrant
Temler, Juicy Steak at Jeff's.
AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.
Discussed on the Street This Week.
What Some People Say and Others Think
In the article on tho railroad situa
tion published in yesterday's paper
prominent mention was made ol a
prominent contract which was a prom
inent topic on tho street The con
tract was to have been signed yester
day, but some preliminaries and con
cessions, some compromises and
details had not been fully settled, so
that tho contract yet remains unsigned.
This contract is about as important
a matter to Astoria, Astorians, Clat
sop county and northwestern Oregon
as anything that has transpired for
the last ten years, and it is for that
reason that The Astoriak ha3 so
much to say about it It is of so much
importance that it justifies discussion
of it
Everything in the world thatja good
many of us have, the writer included,
is in Astoria, or close bv. and this
railroad matter is as intimately con
nected with our prosperity as any
thing we know of.
Another thing has beentalked about
a good deal on the etreet during the
past week, and it is this: when CoL
Taylor made that conditional proposi
tion five weeks ago, about the 8,000
feet water frontage, contingent upon
another, additional 8100,000 being
raised, that amount was pledged on
sundry subscription lists, circulated by
C. W.Fulton, Dr. Alf. Kinney, B. Van
Dusen and one or two more, but many
(including some of the largest signers)
of those who signed, now hold that
that doesn't constitute a subscription
till they signed on the regular stock
nooKs or. the company, and decline to
so sign till they see "developments."
So far, thi3 contract comprises all
me "ueveiopments;" so that anyone
of those who signed for any part of
mat iuu,uuu (ana on that the whole
tiling rests) who ask for "develop
ments" simply ask for a knowledge of
iiiai contract.
They claim that it is their right or
privilege to "know what is going on,"
and they claim that they don't ask
out of curiosity, but because they are
interested, and want to know what
disposition is to bo made of their
money.
The Astoriax modestly expresses
it as its opinion that it would have been
better to have secured the 8100,000 on
the stock books of the company be
fore all this talk and outside negotia
tion began, but now that things are
as they are, perhaps it would be
well to have a general knowledge of
the provisions of this contract, which
though as yet unsigned, is renorted tn
be the basis of arrangement between
the Astoria and South Coast Railway
Co. and the parties of the second
part
Nothing less or else will satisfy some
who have not yet signed on the stock
books the amount they signed on the
subscription paper, but whose signa
tures seem necessary to the success of
the scheme.
In tho discussion of this matter
which so ultimately concerns our mu
tual prosperity The Astorian has no
desire to be inquisitive or interfering,
but as a public journal discusses live
topics of the hour and voices what is
in the minds and on tho tongues of
men.
PERSONAL MENTION.
E. C. Eversham, of Hoquiam, W.T.,
was m the city yesterday.
Mrs. Owens, mother of Mrs. Dr.
Owens-Adair, is in the city.
Mrs. Aug. Danielson and daughter
are visiting friends in Deep River.
Col. James Taylor, John Hobson,
John Matier, and L. C. Kinney, re
turned from Portland yesterday where
they had been in attendance at the
pioneer reunion.
A Center Shot.
Strangers, as a general thing, seek
the newspaper office of a city for in
formation. Many times we have been
asked a by new-comer: "How many
businessmen are there in Albinar"
We invariably reply by referring them
to tho columns of the Courier. Bus
iness men who have not enterprise and
public spirit enough to advertise in
their local paper are hardly worthy
of mention, consequently they are
passed by in the general enumera
tion of men who by their energy and
business tact assist in building up a
city and advancing its interests.
Albina Courier.
Closing Out Sale lu Milliuerj-.
My entire stock of Hats, Bonnets,
Flowers, Feathers and Ribbons will be
sold at cost for the next thirty days.
Those wishing bargains should call
early. Store fixtures for sale.
B. WAGKNnLAST.
Lost.
A pocket book containing ranpranf
value to no one but the owner. Finder
will be rewarded by
leaving it at this
uiuce.
If you want to have a fine suit of
clothes go to the Paris Tailor. He can
make the best litting suits and sells the
cheapest.
When you want a Stove or a Range,
call on John A. Montgomery.
Ludlow's Ladles' $3.00 Fine Shoes;
also lexible Hand turned French Kids,
at P. J. Goodman's.
ADVICE TO 3IOTHKHS.
Mrs. WrxsLOw's Soothixq Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens
the pins, allays all pain, cures wind
cnolic, and is the best remedy for diar-rhoea.Twenty-five
cents a bottle.
All the patent medicines advertised
in this paper, together with the choicest
perfumery, and toilet articles, etc-can
be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W.
Conn's drug store, opposite Occident
hotel. Astoria.
Oo to Jeff's lor Oysters.
CMldren Cry forPitcher's Castoria
FROJI THE LAND OFFICE.
Publication of Proof. Where Premature
Notice Was Printed.
The following circular letter, which
is of great importance to timber land
claimants, addressed to the register
ana receiver, was received at the local
land otlico yesterday merning:
Depabtment or the Ikteeioe, 1
General Land Office,
WAsmsaTON, D. C, Jane 8. J
Register and Receiver, Seattle, W. T. :
Gentlemen: I wonld call your at
tention to paragraph 10 ot the timber
ana stone circular dated May 21, 1887,
which provides that "the published
notice required by tho third section of
the act must state the time and place
when, and name the officer before
whom the party intends to offer proof,
which must be after the expiration of
the sixty days of publication, and
before ninety days from the
date of the published notice.
Where proof is not made before the
expiration of said ninety days the
register and receiver will cancel the
filing upon their records and notify
this office accordingly, as prescribed
by instructions of circular of May 1,
1888,rCopp's Land Owner. VdL 7.
p. 52J. You will observe that no no
tice of final proof can be published
more than ninety days before the tak
ing of the final proof. In all cases
where final proof notice is now being
published, and the day set for taking
the proof is more than ninety days
after the date of publication, you will
discontinue such publications, and
when the final proof is taken it must
be preceded by notice only published
in accordance with said narairranh 10.
All notices prematurely published
mil be totally disregarded and
whenever proof is taken in
such cases you must pro
ceed in the same manner as you
would in cases where no publication
had been made, under the timber and
stone circular.
In cases where your predecessor
the register,! has authorized the pre
mature publication of notice, the
party claimants, if innocent of any
collusion with liim, may resort to the
local courts for redress for whatever
damage may accrue to them by rea
son of the extra expense of publica
tion, as against said register. Of this
however, they should seek advice ot
local counsel. Respectfully,
W. M. Stoxe.
Acting Commissioner.
Po,t- Intelligencer, 19.
Was Here Forty-Five Years Ago.
"Let me introduce to you a former
resident," said Jas. W. Welch yester
day momingas he entered The Asto
rian office with a very large specimen
of manhood, whom he introduced as
David Crawford, of Altoona, Penn.
Mr. Crawford may be reckoned as
one of the old timers. He was here
in 1844, built a house with Smith on
Smith's Point, lived on Clatsop plains.
and in 1846 went over the river and '
lived on the head waters of the Clie
halis. "But it was too lonesome there,"
said he, audi went back up to the
Willamette valley."
He is a veteran of the war of '47-M8,
was in California, in "the days of old,
the days of gold, the days of '49," and
for ten years after dwelt in Oregon.
In 1859 he sold his farm and for tho
last 30 years has been living in Penn
sylvania. He views Astoria and vicinity with
considerable interest He goes to-day
to Clatsop to see Mr. Morrison, Mr.
Eberman and other old acquaintances
in that section.
Same Way in Astoria, Ton.
There are men who would give a
good deal to be able to tell just where
the future business centre of Seattle
13 to be. Seattle 1'oiUlntellnjtn
cer, 19.
Fpoeli.
The transition from long, lingerim:
and painful sicklier to robust health
marks an epoch in the lift of the indi
vidual. Such a remarkable event is
treasured in the memory and the agency
whereby the good health has U-i-n at
tained is gratefully blessed. Hence it is
that so much is heard in praise of Elec
tric Bitters. So many feel- they owe
their restoration to health to the nse of
the Great Alterative and Tonic. 1 f you
are troubled with any
disease of thp
Kidneys, Liver or Stomach, of Ion
short standing you will surely find
igor
d re-
lief by use of Electric Bitters. Sold at
50 c, and Si per bottle at
I, W. Conn's
lmig store.
jupTi
Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of
California, so laxative and nutritious,
with tho medicinal virtues of plants
known to be most beneficial to the
human system, forming the ONLY PER
FECT REMEDY to act gently yet
promptly on the
KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS
AMD TO
Cleanse the System Effectually,
SO THAT
PURE BLOOD,
REFRESHING SLEEP,
HEALTH and STRENGTH.
Naturally follow. Every one is using it
-ud all are delighted with it. Ask your
druggist for SYRUP OF FIGS. Manu
factured only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.,
Sah FKAKfi; jp, Cal.
Locnmu, Kv. tfwYoitx, N.Y
Wllltl!
New and
India Linens,
Venetian Stripes,
French Lawns,
Margate Piques,
Figured Piques,
Persian Lawns,
Cable Cords,
French Batiste,
Checked Swiss.
Leading Dry Goods and Clothing
morgan & Sherman
GROCEES
And Dealers in
Special Attention Clvento Filling
Of Orders.
A rsJL- LINE CARRIED
ii.i hnpi:ies urnlslieil at Satis
factory Terms.
1 iin-lia-st's delivered In any part of the city.
Office and Warehouse
In llmue's New liinhlln;; ou Water Street.
I'. O. I!ox la. Telephone No. 37.
ASTORIA. Oltl'.fi (IV.
Astoria Gallery.
FOlt THE BEST
PHOTOS, TINTYPES
Or any Kind ot Photographic Work,
Call at the
ASTORIA GALLERY,
(i.jod Work and Reasonable Prices
Guaranteed.
Mlasos C. &. Z. CARRUTHERS,
(Successors to H. S. Sinister.)
Seaside Boarding.
Parties desiring Good Board and Clean,
Comfortable Lodging at Reasonable
Terms, can be accommodated at
Mrs. May Ross' Private Boarding
House',
Three blocks below Grimes' Bridge, Sea
side, Oregon.
33. IF. ,ATTi3E33a',
DEALER IN
Wall Paper and Oil Paintings
SPECIALTY,
Sign Writer, Grainerand
Ornamental Painter.
Cor. Cass and Jefferson Sts., Astoria, Or.
Gamely 1 Supplies !
Jeweler.
Goods
Department
Seasonable Goods
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Guaranteed to
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State of Oregon.
M. mOMSTB. FAEABE,
Boat, Bycicle and Foot Races,
Prize Drill by the O. N. G.,
Firemen's Tournament,
Fat Men's Race and Pig Chase,
Comical Curiosities,
Grand River Illumination !
AT NIGHTI
And a hundred other attractions to please the Babies
and enthuse the adults.
HERMAN WISE will see to it that you enjoy your
self and are dressed appropriate to the occasion. His stock
is complete and his prices will fetch the closest buyer.
A cordial invitation is hereby extended to you to attend
The Grand Celebration !
And call for Real Bargains at
HlBIIJJf
The Reliable
Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Boots, Shoes,
Trunks and TTalisss.
Occident Hotel Building, Astoria, Oregon.
i
French Danity,
Corded Piques,
EnglishNamsook
Victoria Lawns,
Ferdinand Cloth,
Indian Demity,
Bishops Lawn,
Welt Pique,
Embroidered Swiss.
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House of Astoria.
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up in the
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Dealer in
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