(33 Hrt gu Syrian, ASTORIA, OREGON: TUESDAY. -OCTOBER 1. IZ&k ISSUED EVERY MORNING. (Mondjy excepted.) . J. F. HALLORAN & COMPANY, Publishers and Proprietors, toria Building, - - CassStkket. Terms orSubscrlptlon. er ert by Carrier, per week ...... 15 cts Sent by Mall, per month w. w 6C cts Tree or postage to subscribers." The Astokian guarantees to it adver tisers the largest circulation of an n.-; -paper published on the Columbia river. The buildings and plant of the Anglo-American Packing Co. are offered for sale. The board of delegates, A. F. D., met last, evening and adjourned to the next regular meeting night. The car that the Astoria street rail road company loaned to Salem during the state fair has been returned. Roseburg newspapers say that in that burg board can be had for $1.50 per week. It must be unplaued board. The special meetings at the Metho dist church will be continued through this week. All Christians are im ited to take part. There was a small audience and a very dizzy show at Ross' opera house last evening. Those who were not there didn't mis3 much. All over California and Oregon fire insurance companies are advancing rates 50 pQr cent, where there is insuf ficient protection against fire. The (Jregonian says "a woman was sentenced to the penitentiary from Clatsop county last week, for theft" The Oi egonian is mistaken as usual. The pond by the coxxrt house and the jumpoiT-Joe opposite going into the post office grounds, form the Scylla and Chan, Mis of navigation on Third street. -A jeweler sajs that if a nVau of ac 1 tive temperament wears his watch in his vest pocket over his heart the watch will run slow. Well, well, that accounts for it. Qua and Fred Hildebraud have or ganized an express and transfer com pany with headquarters at Foard & Stokes. Upper town orders may be left at Peter Uracil's. It is understood that Nelson Hughes of Ilwaco was arrested j esterday on a charge of liberating the man Storm who was under arrest for larceny and taken to Oysterville for trial. Sheriff H. A. Smith yesterday ar rested one Joe Knutson, on a charge of attempt at rape on a girl named Oliva Intergarten, the house keeper of John W. Welch. He will have a hearing before Justice May to-day. Men from Young's river say that not in four years has there been so much water coming over Young's river falls as at present. Logs that have been high and dry for sometime are now floated easily to tide water. The steamer Columbia sailed for San Francisco yesterday with the fol lowing, freight from Asteria: 22,883 feet lumber; 1,230 bdls shooks; 279 sks potatoes; 232 bbls cranberries; 300 cases salmon; 31 crates moss and 5 tons assorted truck. The cargo of the steamer Ancon, consisting in part of 18,838 cases of salmon, has been mostly recovered and is now upon the shore at Loring. The damage to the cargo will necessi tate its being repacked, but it will all be available for consumption. Chief of police Barry returned yes terday afternoon from The Dalles, bringing with him T. C. Lewis, whom he arrested there. Lewis is charged with having tried to pass a forged check -on J. E. Johnson, of the Scar borough head saloon, on the 4th of last July. j$ Postmaster general "'"Vanamaker will receive bids until December 14, 1889, for carrying the mails from Julv 1, 1890, until Juno 30, 1894, from As toria and to all points in Clatsop county and several points in the states of Oregon and Washington. Here's a chance to work for Uncle Sam. Under date of September 26th, our Coamopolis, Washn., correspondent writes: ''Silverside salmon are com mencing to run. The average run of fish in Gray's harbor has been very fair this fall. The big strike agitated here for a short time is eff: things have subsided, and everything proceeds placidly." Cljief engineer Weeks, in answer to an invitation from chief engineer Deasy, of the Victoria department, to havo the Astoria hose team Intend the New Westminster, B. C, tourna ment, responds by saying that the As toria hose team is composed of hard working boys who cannot go so far from home, hence the offer must be declined. H. E. Jackson, the civil engineer, yesterday took the contract to plat about five hundred acres of that val uable property known as Tongue Point The tract will be accurately surveyed, a contour taken of it, and the ground regularly laid out in blocks and lots, with streets -and av enues 75" and 100 feet wide. Work will begin this week. There was considerable heavy weather Sunday and yesterday. The rain fell ia torrents, the lightning flashed end the thunder crashed, and the-southwestem zephyrs set the little thingumbobs on the top of the signal service building spinning at a great rate. At the cape the anemometer indicated the velocity of the wind to be sixty miles an hour. This is the close season for salmon. It also appears to be the close season forhens who appear to have the jdei that Dr. Watts after his speech in the Oregon legislature last winter telling how a sailor man could know by his barometer where his vessel 'was, suc ceeded in getting a law. passed mak ing it illegal for hens to lay eggs in Oregon after August 1st of each and every year. Here is what the McMinnville lie P'j) tor has to say since their creamery liar, started up again: "The ceamery is now running right along, making 100 pounds of butter per day. The first batch was sent to Portland with out a brand, and the consignee wrote back to brand every pound of it as there was nothing in the Portland market to excel it Twenty cents per gauge is now being paid for the ream." Last Sunday Thos. Logan and wife received the sad news of the death of their son James, at San Francisco that morning. He was a member of the San Francisco fire department, and several months ago received set-J vere injuries while at a hre, from the effects of which he died. Deceased was about 23 years, of age, and was well known in Astoria, where he had spent his boyhood. His afflicted par ents have the sympathy of the com munity in their bereavement Sunday afternoon, as Wm. Douglas, keeper of the Tongue Point buoy sta tion, was driving a buggy along the roadway jnst inside of the city limits, the horse shied at something, the wheel of the buggy striking a China man on the leg. The Chinaman then grasped one of the shafts of -the buggy and 'refused to let go although re guested to do so by Mr. Douglas. At that moment . the "horse kicked the Ohinamanrand" he let go at once. Mr. Douglas thinking the Chinaman seri ously hurt, brought him to a doctor, where he was examined and found to have only sustained a slight bruise. W. J. Barry, captain of the victori ous Astoria hose team, is in receipt of a challenge from the Vancouver, B, C, fire department, to have the As toria bojs run against them anywhere on Canadiau soil for 4,000 a side. His reply was not unfavorable to the project. If the Vancouver team will pay the Astoria team's expenses to Seattle or Victoria the Astoria boys will go and run them for 4,000 a side. If the Vancouverites will come here the Astoria team will pay their expenses and run them here for $4,000 a side. If the Vancouver team should come aud beat the Astoria team in the contest the town would go broke. The Vancouverites would make the biggest killing they ever made and would have to briug stout sacks to carry away the money won. riRrriT court proceedings. Taylor, J. Sept, 30th. F. H. Suprenant vs. J. G. Rois; judgment for plaintiff for $261. State vs. Alex. Sutton and Rob't Grant, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon; on trial; verdict, guilty of simple assault State vs. Jno. Boldt; set for trial Wednesday. Singer Mfg. Co., vs. J. G. Bonlin; argument on motion to strike out. S1RDP0FFIUS, Produced from the laxative and nutri tious juice of California figs, combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, acts gently, on the kid neys, liver and bowels, effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds and headaches, and curing habitual constipation. U. R. K. of P. HrllL The members of the Uniform Rank, K.of P., are hereby ordered to meet at the armory hall of Company H, this Tuesday evening, to drill, at 8 o'clock, sharp. By order Sir Knight Captaix. C. R. F. P. U. The reeular "monthly meeting of the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union will be held at their reading room at 7 -30 p. jr., on Tuesday, October 1st A full attendance is requested. . Knut Larsen', President Gko. John'sox, Secretary. Try the Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand coffee best in the market at Thomp son & Ross. Shorthand. Private instruction by practical ver batim reporter. Years experience. Chas. E. Runyon, Law Reporter, Astoria, Or. Meals Cooked, ta Order. Private rooms for ladies aud families: at Central Restaurant next to Foard & Stokes'. Weinliurd8 Deer. And Fiee Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 cents. Saratoga Chips Are clean, convenient and palatable. Ask your grocer for them. For sale everywhere. Get a sample and try them. Ludlow's Ladies' $3.00 Fine Shoes; also Flexible Hand turned French Kids, at P. J. Goodman's. TelephoneliOdKlBs Bouse. Best Beds in town. Rooms per night 50 and 25 cts., per week S1.50. New and cIqjji. Private entrance. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with tlie choicest Eerfumery, and toilet articles, etc., can e bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria. ADVICETO MOTHERS. Mrs. Wixslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used tor children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gwns, allays all pain, cures wind chohc, and is the best remedy for diar rhoea.'f wenty-five cents a bottle- Go to Jeff's lor Oysters. PE0M P0EK TO BEAKS. Ed. Wright Still on His Travels. A Jonrney From Chicago to Boston. Boston, Sept. 21st, 1889. One of the greatest perplexities that the amateur traveler encounters is the choosing of a route to the east from a dozen or so that are offered from a large city like Chicago; each route has its peculiar advantages, and the agents are not at all backward about extolling them. I left Chicago on the Baltimore and Ohio limited ex press, which makes the run of about 1,060 miles to New York in 26 hour, including stops; the 92 miles between Philadelphia and Jersey City is cov ered in exactly 100 minutes, including lour steps: so tnat tne actual running time is about a mile a minute. 'Tis but a few minutes ride from Chicago to the Indiana line, and all through this state, as in Illinois, are vast fields of corn, the monotony of which is re lieved by an occasional patch of su gar cane, which will supply the far mer with "sorghum" for his corn cakes. The land here has a green, healthy look and is exceedingly fertile, and if I couldn't have a farm in Oregon, I believe this section would be my sec ond choice. Night shuts down on us before we leave Indiana, and we awake the next morning in a region of coal, iron, oil and gas. The very air seems impreg nated with combustibles; wells of nat ural gas are blazing up in front of hundreds of farm houses, and the spectacle at night is said to be grand in the extreme. For years this has been the homo of numberless moonshiners who, sin cere in their ignoranoe, do not realize that it is wrong to manufacture pure whisky without paying the tax. They cultivate a little patch of corn way up on the mountain side, and it is easier to get this corn to market in the shape of whisky than any other way. "Talk about the elixir of life," said a Chicago drummer, who boarded the train at a little station in the heart of the mountains, "but here is an elixir that Brown-Sequard can never equal with his new faugled cocktail," and after a fellow drummer had allowed about half of the contents of a flat bottle to gurgle down his throat, he said, "That's so, b'gosh." . On entering Maryland the train is rolling over historic ground. From Winchester, in the Shenandoah valley, to Middleton, is where Sheridan made his famous rido along the valley turn pike on the eventful morning of Octo ber 19th, 1861, and several hard bat tles were fought in this immediate vicinity. At Harper's ferry the old engine house in wbioh John Brown fortified himself is still standing, in good order, despite the on slaughts of the relic hunters. It is only a few yards from the depot, and is the greatest attraction any where on the line. There" is a great deal of truth in the words "John Brown's body lies moul dering in the grave, but his soul goes marching on," and as long as the earth endures, all lovers of freedom will gratefully remember the martyred Brown, who brooded o'er the woes of the race until he thought it his duty to lay down bis life in an endeavor to help them. The Potomac forces itB way through a narrow gorge at this place, and the water is so swift that locks have been built to enable boats to ascend the stream. On leaving Harpers Ferry we are almost immediately in, the suburbs of Washington, to be sure the distance is considerable, but little towns and additions have sprung up all along the line, and suburban trains are whizzing past us every few minutes. As I had no particular desire to hasten Mr, Harrison's return from Deer Park, I did not stop at the office seeker's Mecca. Washington is a nico cleancity, and a man drawing a good salary like Harrison does, ought to be satisfied to live there. Baltimore, the home of the oyster, is I the next halting place. Here the train is ferried across the bay on a boat a trifle smaller than the Kalama ferry. Baltimore has been a prosper ous city, but is said to be on the de cline. Towns, and villages are sand wiched "in pretty thick between here and Philadelphia, but the limited" sails right through the most of them without even slacking speed. The city of Brotherly love has seen its best days. I spent two days there and was much 'surprised at the de cadence of the historic city. The Bigns "for sale and "for rent" adorn hundreds of fine buildings on nearly every street in the city. Much wealth has been withdrawn from the business of the city and invested elsewhere, so that the result has been disastrous. New York is too big a place to be handled in a sketch of this kind so I will pass right throrjgb to- the Iiong Island sound. The steamer Puritan, said to be the biggest steamboat afloat, she is a daisyy flttednp.like a palace, 420 state rooms with electric light, hot and cold water in eaoh one of them, brass and string band- carried all through the season. After a refreshing night's sleep on the steamer I awake next morning at "Stonington on Long Island shore," and there took the train -for Boston. There is much -to interest one in this quaint old city with its crooked narrow streets, which begin nowhere and end nowhere. Just across the street from where I Write is the grave of Paul Revere and a dozen other patriots of the revolution, near these are the graves of the father and moth er of Ben Franklin. The-Old South meeting house is still in good repair. r The breastworks thrown up by the patriots at Bunker hill can still be distinguished, aud scores of other historic and interesting features of the place afford pleasure to the stranger. The first -familiar face I saw in Boston was that of Arthur Sewell who was in Astoria last Decem ber as mate on the .American ship Benj. Sewejl; he i now captain of the ship and will sail for Calcutta in a few days. From here I go to Con necticut, thence to New York. E. W. W. Tender, Juicy Steak at Jeff's. PERSONAL MENTION. O. P. Graham has gone to Ten nessee." T. S. Jewett resumed his position as auditor and police judge yester day. C. R. Barnard, the genial purser of the Telephone, is on deck again after a short vacation. J. F. McGovern, Esq., oCame up from California Sunday and is regis tered at the Occident. F. Grosbauer and wife left for Portland Sunday night on the Tele phone to attend the fair. L. xV. Loomis came up from Ilwaco yesterday to see his brother E. G. Loomis. who is sick at the hospital. C. O. Utzinger went to Portland esterday to meet his brother, Jacob, who is coming here from Crookston, Minn., to reside. Wm. A. Robeson, conductor of the Hwaco and Oysterville railroad, came up from Hwaco yesterday, and will take a much needed vacation for a few months. N. J. Bergman and C. M. Cellar re turned from their first trip to Port land, Sunday. While there they vis ited the fair and say the music is something delightful. Eighteen Yearn Ago. Olympia. Sept 29. While at Sea land, in Pacific county, a few days ago, a gnm skeleton was found in some burning brush by J. W. Surpre nant, which cleared up a mystery of eighteen years' standing, and showed clearly that a tragedy had been en acted, the details of which are known only to the murderer, if he is still on the face of the earth. Mr. Surprenant is the superintendent of construction of the Hwaco Railway and Navigation company. He found the skull and part of the remaining bones of the body near where the railroad wharf running out into Shoalwater bay ad joins the shore, and close to the old trail which led from Oysterville to Fisher's house, at the head of the pay. Eighteen years ago Charles Green, sheriff of Pacific county, mysteriously disappeared, and it was supposed by many that he had absconded with funds of the county. His bondsmen were compelled to make the amount good, and as the years rolled by the affair was forgotten. The sheriff in those days was compelled by law to collect taxes. He had been away from Oysterville in the southeastern section of the county for some weeks engaged in that duty and started from Fisher's homeward with about $600 in his pos session. It is said that he told Fiher who is yet living at the head of teh bay, that he felt as if he was being followed. He has never been seen alive in the county since he left Fish er's for his home and iu the search that was made for him nf ter his dis appearance he was traoked on the lonely trail as for as the vicinity of where Sealand is now situated, and there all trace of him was lost Green, I am told, was a native of Finland and came to Oysterville, the county seat, Borne years before his election as sheriff, from Alaska, making the peril ous trip in an open canoe. He had been engaged in fishing in that far off country. g was an intelligent well informed man of undoubted cour age and honesty and during his stay in Oysterville married a half breed by whom he had a son, now living at Bay Center, who has grown to manhood and is running a "plunger" on Shoal water bay. Mr. Surprenant on exam ining the skull found that it contained a gold pivot tooth which Green had in his jaw while living a round bullet hole through the skuljl told the story of the manner of his death .The skull which was picked up and laid in front of the con struction mess house was examined by several of the old settlers, who remem bered the mysterious affair, whilo the son of the murdered man himself was shown the scant and ghastly remains of his father, whom he had known on ly in his boyhood days. "There were many hard characters in Pacific coun ty in the days of the war and a few years after it," said an old friend of the missing sheriff, "and I never be lieved he ran away, I always sup posed he was murdered." There was no such place as Sealand then and but a narrow trail led from Oysterville down to the head of the bay and over toward the Columbia river. "Will the county have to refund the money to his bonds men if it is proven that Green was murdered?" seemed to be a specula tion among some of the citizens of Oysterville who saw the bones. Corr. Oregonian. The confidence of people who have tried Hood's Sarsapanlla, in thU prepa ration, is remarkable. It has cuied many who have failed to derive any good whatever from other articles. For diseases caused by impure blood or low state of the system It is unsurpassed. Real Estate Transfers, Sept. 30th. Geo. Noland and wife and Geo. A. Dorris and wife to Mary C. Holmes, lots 4 and 5, blk 9, first addition to Ocean Grove; 8325. EL. Mitchell to E. L. Morton, E U blk 56, Adair's Astoria; $300. M. Geits to W. J. Armstrong, SE i SW $, sec. 22, T. 8, N. R. 8 W.; $800. A. Sound Legal Ojp'iuiou. KiJalnbridge MuudayEsq., County Atty., Clay Co., Texas says : 'llaveused Electric Bitters with most happy re sults. My brother also was very low with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medi cine. Am satisfied -Electi Bitters saved his life."' Mr. D. 1. Wilcoxson, of Ilorse Cave, Ky., adds a like testimony, saying: lie postively believes he would have died had it not been for Electric Bitters. This creat remedv will ward oft. as well as cure all Malaria Diseases, and for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis orders stands unequaled. Price 50 cents and Si, at Jno C. Dement's. Cottee and cake, tin cents, at the Central Restaurant CuilirenCryferPitcler'sCastoria Cloak I ji This season our Cloak Department is more attractive than ever. We are showing a Larger Stock and Higher Novelties! Than ever shown before. PLUSH GARMENTS Are to be very much worn this season, and we are showing the Latest Styles in all qualities. The "New Birectoire" style of New Markets and Jackets . Are the latest and will be very popular this season. The Leading Dry Goods and Clothing House, ASTORIA, OREGON. AXJOTIOK" AND COMMISSION HOUSE. MARTIN OLSEN, Successor to E. C .Holden. The oldest established Commission House iu Oregon Goods of all kinds sold on com mission. Auction Sales Every Saturday. General Repairing. Jobbing and Uphol stering done. Fine stock of Furniture on hand. When ou want Bargains in Household Goods go to MAKTIJi OLSK.N On Thursdays Only. MRS. DK. OWENS-ADAIR MAY BE consulted by those desiring medlcar aid, at her rooms at Mrs. Rucker's, In the Hume building oh Thursdays, from ll a. ai. to S P. M. Astoria Real Estate Co. Office First Door South of the Odd Fellows Building Offer for Sale on Reasonable Terms, Several Lots of City nd Farm Property. And will do a General Commission and Brokerage Business. Persons living at a distance can rely upon having any Order for the rurchase or Sale of Properties intrusted to our care, promptly and faithfully attended to. Two choice lots in Shively's Astoria with three houses upon them, renting -for $40 a month. Five-Acre Tract No. 91, in Hustler and Aiken's Addition to Astoria. ASTORIA HEAT, ESTATE CO.. J. H. D. CRAY, Manager. E. C. LEWIS, Secretary. " M. M. FLYNN, MERCHANT TAILOR. Foreign and Domestic Goods. Fine Tailoring Astoria, Oregon. THE EPAVEY" PATENT CANT'DOB. Successors to KIRK SHELDON. HEADaUAETERS FOE LOGGrEES' SUPPLIES. Agency for ATKINS' CELEBRATED SAWS. LANDER'S -LOGGING JACKS, GENERAL HABBWAEE. 161 Front Street, Departm Ui Hi GUuPlKi To Canners. Jensen's Patented Can Capping Machine. Will Cap and Crimp 95 CASS per MINUTE. It has proved to Reduce the Leakage more than 60 per cent, less than band capped. Price, GO0. Orders complied with by The Jensen dan-Pilling Machine do. jB, ' F. ATiTlBN, DEALER IN Wall Paper and Oil Paintings SPECIALTY, Sign Writer, Grainerand Ornamental- Painter. Cor. Cass and Jefferson Sts.. Astoria, Or. i PORTLAND, OR. iiiiiqn.mu'gEEBBgsMfcggEaiBBteBM en A Rare Bargain. Eighty Acres of Land. One and one-hall miles from Steamboat Landing at Skamokawa, "W. T., on Wilson Creek, eighteen miles from Astoria, Forty acres In Hay and Pasture, and fortv in brush and timber. A eood House of seven rooms, one and one-half stories; a woodshed, milk room, and store room ; one large, and two small barns. A line young Orchard. j.ue piace is wen watered iy a never-iau-ing stream. Schoolhouse and church In less than one half mile. One half of the place beaver-dam land. Price moderate and terms easy. For particulars enquire of JOHN ENBEKG, Upper Astoria, Oregon The Str. Telephone Fast Time Between Portland and Astoria. LEAVE PORTLAND : Foot of Alder Street Dally, except Tuesday, at- .7:00 a.m. LEAVE ASTORIA : Wilson & Fisher's Dock. Daily, except Tuesday, at. 7 .00 p. m, The Lurline. FAST TIME BETWEEN Portland cind Astoria! LEAVE ASTORIA, Main St. Wharf. Daily, omitting Monday, at 7 a.m. ONSONDAY, at. 7kp.M. LEAVE PORTLAND. Every Night at 8p. m. EXCEPT SUNDAY NIGHT. PATEONIZE The Astoria Building and Loan Association Has only been organized 30 months, and it now has mortgages, upon the best real es tate security to the amount of SS5.C00.0O drawing interest at the rate of 9 per cent, per annum. Before taking stock in those eastern com panies examine Into the workings of "your home Institution and see if it is not the best and safest. We claim that our company has done more for the advancement of Astoria, and helping people to secure homes for them selves, than anything ever org.inlzecrhere. The cth series of stock will be opened October 1st, those wishing to subscribe will please call on the secretary, on or before that date. WL.BOBB. Secretary. Home Institutions.