C3J ?hc 53mU? Stefotfatu ASTOKIA, OREGON: FMDAY OCTOBER 'Si. 1889. Misty nights and bright sunny days have been the rule during October. " Next thing in order will be the or ganization of the Astoria Railroad Terminal Co. Parties from eastern Oregon and Washington look with delight on the green lawns and hill slopes in this vicinity. The steamer Santa, Cruz has been chartered to go from San Francisco to Alaska with machinery and tannery supplies. The total vote of Washington on the 1st was 58,543. The total vote for John L. Wilson for congress is 34, 039; that for Griffitts 23,492. Wilson's plurality is 10,547. Thos. B. Loughery has opened a ueat little -store on Third street nest door to Hughes & Co.'s. and stocked it with a fine assortment of cigars and confectionerv. At eight o'clock last evening there wasn't a breath of wind at ihe month of the river, but by eleven it began to pipe up strong from the southwest, blowing great guns offshore. There are now 304 convicts in the state prison, which is but one less than the highest number ever con fined there. Last year there were 303 and for one hour there were 30G. A car load of fastenings and plates came last Wednesday, and another yesterday; Gil additional rails have also arrived. The work goes right on. A little freight bill of S4.03G was paid yesterday. The unusual opportunity is offered by Griffin & Reed of getting all the bound volumes of Harpers Maga zine, from the very first issue in 1850; also the Century Magazine, and at a a very low price. To-morrow throughout the length and breadth of the continent the A. O. U. W. will celebrate the 21st anni versary of the founding of the order. Seaside Lodge No. 12 has an elaborate programme for the occasion. The funeral of Mrs. Mary J. John son, late wife of Capt. Eric Johnson, will be at two o'clock this afternoon. Services will be conducted at the residence by Rev. G. G. Hall. The interment will le on the hill. A little venison is making its ap pearance. Canvasback ducks are still scarce, but mallards, widgeon and teal are in abundance. Pheasants and grouse are reported plenty up the val ley, but are scarce in this latitude. Counterfeit greenbacks are in cir culation quite freely. The banks in the northwest are handling double the amount of greenbacks that they were two years ago. The large iirfflix of eastern immigration is the cause. The report of assistant Adjutant Sherman, of the G. A. R. shows that in the department of Oregon there is a membership of 1,032. This is an increase over the membership for 1888 of 81, with a loss of 33. The net increase is -48. Prof. Pratt is introducing the Pol lard system of reading into the school of which he is principal, and those interested in educational work are in vited to attend at the afternoon exer cises in Mrs. Busey's room at 2 o'clock next Tuesday to note its operation, it being the phonetic method system atized. From our esteemed contemporary, the War Cry, it is learned that in As toria five precious souls have recently been yanked from the burning pit and washed in the blood of the Lamb, that the devil is having a tough old time of it, and that the Salvation army has callouses on its knees from praying that Jehovah will not damn the po lice of this town. The War Cry claims to circulate 186 papers here. Like enough. At 4:30 yesterday afternoon a wild goose flying over the land and water scape when between Clifton and West port, dropped suddenly to the earth, striking and snapping the telegraph wire, and leaving our 5,000 readers without their usual morning dis patches. When the Astoria and South Coast road is finished and J-fj inch copper wire-is strung along we'd just like to see an' condemned goose break the wire and bust the connec tion. The Grand Array of the Republic, department of Oregon, has issued cir cular letter No. 5. It deals with the national encampment held at Milwau kee" last summer and in speaking of the Oregon exhibit says: ''This ex hibit occupied 1,000 square feet in the graad exposition building, arid con sists of grains, grasses, fruits and other prodncts of Oregon. Our ex hibit was visited by 27,000 people during the week. The following were distributed by our delegation, free of charge, during the encampment: 1.000 boxes of f rait, 30,000 small sacks of grain and 50,000 pamphlets descrip tive of our state." Secretary of state McEride, says that he has not yet received copies of the assessment roll from all the coun ties iu the state. He estimates that the total taxable valuation of prop erty will be over $100,000,000, com pared with $85,000,000 for last year. 4,I see," he said to an Oregonian reporter last AVednesday, "that Wash ington territory boasts of a $125,000, 000 valuation, and looks down on Ore gon. Washington has the figures, but not the valuation that Oregon lias. Onr nernicious assessment system is to blame for the smallness of our .figures." And now they have invented a de- vice for fishing by electricity. A tiny motor worked by a pocket battery has been invented to run the reel in trout fishing and to play the fish until it is tired out It seems hardly fair for the fish, but it will save the strength of the angler, and very likely in time the machine wjll be perfected so that the fisherman can remain at home reading Izaak Walton while the electric con trivance does the whole thing. In deed, it is difficult to see why it may not be sent by express to the far away salmon streams while the ang ler remains inexpensively and rest ful in town. Truly, this is a wonder ful age. Tf Trie AsToitr.VJ? rightly under stands this matter of exchange of school books, tin time allowed for such exchange does not expire until the school superintendent is satisfied that even' child is supplied. It has been stated that the time expired Oc tober 31st, but it is not so nominated in the bond. Doubtless it would suit the publishers very well, who succeed ed iu saddling this thing on to the state, to have the time expire on that date, so they could begin charging a good round price for the new books, which are not a bit better than the old. Rut, till every boy and girl in the county is supplied with the new books in exchange the time does not expire, notice of such expiration to be given by the school superintendents. The Astorians who put up S200 for the page and a half of a "write up" in a recent pamphlet, which The Asto rian gave value to by grviug it circu lation yesterday morning, ought to get a rebate, a draw down. The Dalles was offered a page for S50. Our sapi ent citizens gave $200 for a page and a half. The Dalles folks concluded to help the local press and surprise their home newspapers. Now if a page can be had for $50, a page and a half ought to be secured for $75. Grant ing that the stuff was worth $50 a page in a pamphlet that will lie on the shelves till sold for a cent a pound for waste paper, even then there ought to be a rebate to our Astoria friends of $125. Great is humbug! Yea, verily. That makes four this year. The fifth will show up by Christmas, and will, if a stranger without a dollar's care for the place, catch a fresh lot to bite at the same bare hook. From the county assessor's assess ment list it is learned that the num ber of aeres of land assessed in the county is 123,967, valued at $1,995,777, an average value of $10.20 an acre. Town lots are assessed at $2,602,507: improvements, $884,515: merchandise and implements, $660,008: money, notes and accounts, $630,478: house hold furniture, carriages, watches, etc., $123,338: horses and mules, 548 iu number, worth $26,090: 3,821 cattle, worth $88,107: 876 sheep, worth $2, 201.50: 522 swine, worth $871. Gross .value of all property. $7,013,943: indebtedness, $1,040.5SO. exemptions, $74,628; total taxable property, $5, 898,735. The county commissioners have another final remark to make, and may cause a horizontal reduction of 28 per cent scaling the aggregate down to $4,000,000. Even then, Clat sop would be paying three times as much, proportionately, as her sister counties. Since last Monday the writer has noticed that two flags have been fly ing on the roof of the custom heuse: the usual revenue liag with the aigle burd in the northeast corner, and above that flag, Hies the flag that for a hundred years has never known de feat. Upon inquiry ho learned that by order of the secretary of the treas ury the stars and stripes shall hence forth fly during business hours above the federal buildings in this broad land. It's a good idea, We don't see enough of that flag that the Chi cago anarchists hissed the other day. Now here is another suggestion. Let collector Hobson, or some other phil anthropist see that a suitable flag pole is provided. Appoint, for in stance. Capt Hustler a committee on flag pole. The flag.with 42 stars on it shouldn't be made fly from a measly little pole that already has a flag reeved to it. Let it have a pole of its own. Give the loyal winds of Ore gon a chance to fill its folds as it flutters in the free air. A requisition for one flag pole from Washington, D. C. is in order. That is, the re quisition is wanted from Washington. D. C. The flag pole itself can be fur nished from a handy bit of timber in this neck of woods. Ue sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla if you want an honest, reliable medicine. Do not take any other which is alleged to be "about the same" or "just as good." Insist upon having Ilood's Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to Itself, Sold by all druggists. Try it. THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. Of the Fonndhij; of the A. O. U. W. Following is the programme of the exercises at the A. O. U. w.hall to-morrow evening, on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the founding of the ben eficial order of the Ancient Older of United Workmen, by Seaside Lodge No. 12, of this city. TABLEAUX. Sor.o ----- .I.T.Ross. IN'TRODUCTOKY RKMA11KS. By Hon. C. V. Fulton. - Miss Myra Stevens. Solo SPEECH. By H. A. Shorey, P. G. M. W., of Massa chusetts. Solo - Prof, Millard. SPEECH. By F. D. Winton. Solo - Miss Katie Flavel. Solo - Miss Gussie Gray. Pianist- - - Miss Nellie Fiavel. The doors will he open at 8 p. u. The exercises will oegin at 8:30. The public are cordially invited to at tend. G. W. Rucker. S. T. McKean. B. F. Tucker. Committee of arrangements. Weiuliard's Boer. And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa loon, 5 rents. The latest style of Gents' Boots and Shoes at P.7J. Goodman's. . MARINE NEWS AND NOTES. The British ship Crown of Eng land, previously reported, camQr in yesterday. The Eclipse is doing a good busi ness between here and Gray's river carrying passengers and freight The steamer Wide West, which has done years of service on the Columbia river, is being remodeled and will be fitted up as a mammoth steam barge, which will be used for slow freight work on the Sound. The steamer City of Topeha, which has been in Oakland creek for two years past, since its withdrawal from the Mexican route, has been sold to the Oregon Improvement company for $86,000. The vessel will be immedi ately put iu first-class condition, and be placed on the route between the Souud ports and Alaska. She will leave San Francisco for ,the north about November 2. The Corona, up on being relieved, will return to that port, and will be assigned to one of the coast routes. Captain David Walker, of the wrecked steamer Ancon, will command the Topeka. The Oregon Pacific Company is sued to recover $115,000, this being the pur chase price of the steamer City of'Pa latka afterwards named the Eastern Oregon. The steamer was purchased of the Florida steamship company, they representing that the steamer was capable of making so many knots an hour and to consume only so many tons of coal. When the vessel reached San Francisco she was imme diately placed on the Yaquina route and made but a few trips generally from one to two days behind time and the manner in which she consumed coal was a caution. The Florida com pany was notified of this fact and the steamer taken from the route and has been lying idle for nearly two years. PERSONAL MENTION. W. J. Iugall is back from a mission ary trip among the Danitea. True Leinenweber is up from the Nestucca, and will remain for a while. H. D. Thing is visiting friends at Hillsboro, and is expected back to day. Jake Arudt, who has been cruising iu Alaskan waters for the last six months, is expected home to-day. W. A. Sherman -returned yesterday from a brief sojourn in the mists and fogs of California. He says it feels good to get back again in the land of warm sunlight. Real Estate Transfers, Oct. 24th. P. L. Cherry and wife to H. F. Band, lots 3, 4, 5, 6, blk 82, McClure's; $1,400. United Stales to A. P. White SEM sec 1 T. 7, N. R. 6 W. United States to Geo. Shirley, SWK SWK sec. 1, T. 7 N. R. 6 W. G. C. Hall and wife to H. W. Strick ler, lot 10 blk 6, Columbia addition, $60. A. R. Kanaga and wife, quit claim deed to H. W. Strickler, lot 8, blk 151, Olney's extension; $75. Charged With CnttiiiR Timber. O. L. Stanley, al Lake county, charged with cutting timber on gov ernment lauds had a trial in the U. S. circuit court yesterday. The com plaint alleged that between the dates of July, 1879, and 1886, Stanley had at various times entered upon the timber land and cut therefrom enough trees to make over 700,000 feet of lumber, which was worth on the whole $13,142. During his examina tion defendant admitted that he had cut timber sufficient to make 500,000 feet of lumber, which was worth $7 per thousand, and that he knew the land on whiph the timber was cut was government land. The jury were inclined to tax the damages at only the value of the standing timber, but the court instructed them that as defendant had admitted that he knew the land on which the timber was cut was public land, he had committed a willful trespass and they must find damages for the value of the lumber made from the timber. They accord ingly returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,500. Oregonian, 24. All the patent medicines adveitised in this paper, together with the choicest perf uniery, and toilet articles, etc., can be bought at the lowest prices, at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria. ADVICE TO MOTHEItS. Mrs. Wixslow's Sootuixq Syrup should always be used tor children teething, ft soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind chohc, and is the best renicdy for diar-rhoea.Twenty-five rents a bottle. Kemember the Austin house at the Seaside is open the year 'round. Try the Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand coffee best in the market at Thomp son & Koss. . Ludlow's Ladles' &J.00 Fine Shees: also Flexible Hand turned Freuch Kids, at P. .1. Goodman's. Snrutogn Chips Are 'clean, convenient and palatable. Ask your grocer for them. For sale everywhere. Get a sample ad try them. TelephonoIiOdjTimj llouae. Best Beds in town. Rooms per" night 50 and 26 cts., per week SI .50. New and clean. Private entrance. Sleals Coobed to Order. Private rooms for ladies and families : at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Stokes'. in lo Jeff's lop Oj-sters. Tender, Juicy Stonk at Jeff's. Shorthand. Private instruction by practical ver batim reporter. Years experience. Chas. E. Runyon, Law Reporter, Astoria, Or. CMlOrea CryforPitclier's Castoria A SCENE OF HORROR. The Dreailfnl Fate of John E. Feeks. The following is a description of the death of lineman John E. Feeks, from an electrical shock on October 11, taken from the New York Werld: With the utmost deliberation the man began his work. In his right hand he held the "pliers." he had al ready selected the wire he intended to cut. It was fastened to the ex treme end of the crossbar, and was therefore several feet away from where he was hanging. He was forced to reach out and catch the wire in his right hand, clinging meanwhile to the crossbar with his left hand aud left arm. The wire slipped iu between the middle finger and the ring finger. There was one quick convulsive move ment, a shiver through ever' fiber, as though the man was about to spring straight out iuto the air, and a cry went up from the little group on the corner. And then there was enacted a scene the like of which no man in this city has ever seen before; whose awful horror will be burned and stamped into the memories of all who saw it for many a long year to come. When the man with that first move ment sought to fly from the mysterious and deadly current which was pour ing into him and passing through every fibre, his head was instinctively raised. There were two wires run ning parallel to him and just above him. When he threw his head up it passed through these wires. One of them fastened itself under his chin and the other was pressed against his mouth. A tiny blue flame like that which a caudle emits when the wick has been burned to the socket and the breath of a dying girl can extinguish it, hovered about the right hand of the man. It was followed by a puff of smoke. There was the same tiny blue flame hovering for a moment about the left foot, also followed by a puff of smoke. The man was roasting to death! It seemed but a moment till the corner group was lost in a sea of faces, all turned in horror to where the ghastly tragedy was being enacted. Thousands blockaded Chambers street from Broadway to a block be yond Centre street. From all the side streets within view there peered out other faces thousands upon thou sands. It all looked like a nightmare, grisly, horrible, ghastly, unreal. There hanging in mid air, lay the smoking body. The untold aeony of the face you might even see from the street below, looking straight ahead with eyes which sawnothing, the rigid form with the burning hand, like a torch, the outlines never moving. Some men cried out. The horror was more than they could bear. Every few moments there came a flickering blue flame shifting along the body, and always followed by the smoke, which told the hushed thou sands the dreadful thing whioh was going on under their very eyes. Every moment the crowd grew greater. Every housetop for blocks on either side held its awestruck spectators. There was time enough for all to'get a good view, for the man lay there with that awful look of mortal agony on his face, slowly burning within that net work of red-hot wires, for forty-five minutes, while every detail was watched by countless thousands of his fellowmen. Tlicir Business Booming. Probably no one thing has caused such a general revival of trade at .1. W. Conn's Drug Store as his giving away to their customers of so many free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Their trade is simply enormous in this very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cioup, and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. You can test it before buying by getting a trial bottle free, large size Si. Every bottle warranted. Coflee and cake, ton rfnts. at the Central Restaurant I. W, Case. BANKER. ESTABLISHED - - 1870. Transacts a General Banking Business. Drafts drawn available in any part of the U. S. and Europe, and on Hong Kong, China Office nouns : 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon. jP'fRsi Combines the juice of the Blue Figs of California, so laxative and nutritious, with the 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 AUD BOWELS AND TO Cleanse the System Effectually, SO THAT PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH Naturally follow. Every one is using it nd all are delighted with it. Ask your uruggist for SYRUP OF FIGS. Man factured only by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO., San -Francisco, Cal. Looisvillb, Ky. Ne Yoxk, N. Y lbs This season our 01 oak 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 Directoire" style of New Markets and Jackets Are the latest The Leading Dry Goods and Clothing House, ASTORIA, OREGON. A OF TIME. You may doubt it, but iu course of time you will ap prove the popular verdict by going yourself where the commercial tide sweeps the trade to ; you may trade else where because habit makes it natural; you may dismiss this from your mind because, well, perhaps, because you don't think it worthwhile to remember it: but in course of time the cold truth will force itselt upon you, that while you sweat and save in one way, you are extrava gant in another, and as soon as you realize this fact you will turn a new leaf and in vestigate before you spend your coin, and that is all I ask of you. Investigate ! ! Give me a chance to prove to you that you can get fresh er goods where goods are sold quick, and that you can buy goods cheaper where the enormous quantities sold justify a comparatively small profit and consequent ly low prices. Perhaps it is unnecessary toj-tate here what place I refer to, be cause the great majority of Astorians do say that Herman Wise' Is The Place, EI QUESTION and will be very popular this season. pnnocD I VUUI kill EALAN0. The terminus of the Ilwaco and Shoalwater Bay Kailroad. THE GREAT EST SUMMER KESORT (XN" THE NORTHWEST COAST. Lies at the head of the Bay, at deep water, and only twelve miles from the bar. The coming County Sent and Commercial Metropolis of Pacific county. Now laid out. Lota on the market from $50, and upwards. For particulars and full information, call on or address B. THE Astoria Eeal Estate Co. Ollice First Door South of the Odd Fellows Building The Best Bargains Yet Offered ! In Blocks 21 , 23 and 28, HUSTLER & AIKEN'S ADDITION. Less than 1 Mile From the Postoffice. SIXTY of these Lots sold within the past 8 days. The price of this Choice Property is going up daily, and may be taken off the market at any time. Price of Lots, SI 15 to SI60, according to Location. MB M. MERCHANT TAILOR. Foreign. and Domestic Goods. Fine Tailoring Astoria, Oregon. THE HEAVEY" PATENT CANT DOQ. Successors to KIRK SHELDON. HEADaUARTERS FOR LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. Agency for ATKINS' CELEBRATED SAWS. LANDER'S LOGGING JACKS. GENERAL HARDWARE. 151 Front Street, PORTLAND, OR. I litis. A. SEABORG, Ilwaco, "?Vm a?. FLYNN ' &