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ASTORIA, OREGON:
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-DECEMBER 27. 1S89.
ISSUED EVERY MORNING,
(Mvdiy ewcd.)
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Tin: Vstohiw guarantees to its ader
wsers rli lis orciilatloii olanv n-;ni-i-r
mitt w a m the Coiumbi.i river.
"IJJ5-S'i isHintj' iliUvi i Iaptr.
Half the people met
thought it was Mondav.
yesterday
A barge load of ties go down to
fekipaaon to-day, for the A. & S. C.
B. E.
Work begins to-day on this end of
the railroad, the driving of piles com
mencing between Trullinger's mill and
Kinney's cannerv.
The Astohian- job office is head
quarters for all blanks required by
real estate dealers and others engaged
in the transfer of realtv.
The raffle for the $125 music box at !
the JNew York Novelty store on Christ
mas eve, resulted in a tie, G. Win
gate and Geo Johnson, each throwing
43. They will have to "shake ofT'
The senate has a new millionaire
this session in the person of Watson
CYnrn,-; CfVS
Senator Squire is -worth $2,000,000,
C. Squire of the state of Washington
and his income i? $10,000 a month.
W. P. Kidder of Spokane Falls
went for a pitcher of beer Christmas
eve, and while watching the bar keep
er draw it fell through a hatchway,
went home, straightened out and died.
duced in the house of rei)rereiitalives,
by congressman liermnnn, last Tues
day. At Man-sville, Cat, last Tuesday
night, the wind blew so hard that it 1
lifted a freight car onto the track in
the way of the Oregon cxpiess, which i
ran into it, escaping with plight d.im- j
age to the employes and the rolling I
slock.
Temple Lodge No. 7, A. F. and A. M.j
installs her officers to-night The
Grand Master will be represented.
Good music for the ceremonies and
after installation the tables will be
set Sojourning brethren aie cordial
ly invited.
Thrcs leading citizens of the state
arc very ill: Ex-Gov. Geo. L. Woods,
at Forest Grove; W. C.irc Johnson,
at Oregon City, and Judg Deady at
Portland. The two are thought to be
dying: Judge Dsady goes to the
Sandwich Islands, on n two months'
sojourn, on January 11 lh.
- i
There was a row in the Fleetwood I
"iloon, on Christmas night, in the !
e )ure of which o ie of the caroubers
11 lined Nurmberg was slabbed in the
bick. Ch-i Hanen v. as before Jus
I'ce May jesterdaj charge 1 with bj
iog the man who did the slabbing.
He was held to appear at 2 o'clock
th's afternoon.
Suit was filed yesterday against N.
D. Raymond and Al Johnson charged
with occupying gioaud sold by M.
Tnrpie to Messrs Bowlby and Welch.
The defendants claim the" were given
the right to so occupy the ground;
the prosecutors claim they were not.
The matter comes up before Justice
May at ten o'clock this morning.
The 25th was universally and joy- j
fully observed m Abtona last Wednes
day, the day being a general holiday.
There was considerable interchange
of presents and a general feeling of
good cheer. A manifestation of Ihis
same kindly spirit all through the
day3 before aud after Christmas,
would not come amiss, and would
grandly aid in mutual prosperity and
the happiness of alt
The word "blatherskite" in its ori
gin is Scotch, being composed of the
Scotch blather, blether equivalent to
the German bladderu, lo talk non
sense, pud skate, corrupted into skite,
a term of contempt The original
meaning was "one who talks non
sens'1 in a blustering manner."' From
this comes the present meaning, a
good-for-naughr, a man who talks to
much. The word is English.
The grand nnsquerade skating car
nival and ball given under tho aus
pices of the Columbia skating club, at
the opera house next Tuesday oveing
will be an event in the annals of
amusement in this city. Expectation is
on tiptoe, and those present on New
Year's eve, whether spectators or par
ticipants will have a pleasant evening
and an enjoyjiblc memory of the event '
No expeuse or effort is being spared
to make the affair in ever' way a suc
cess. The influenza, or "la grippe," or
"dengue," or whatever it is, has come
across from Europe, and has struck
Astoria. Several of our most aristo
cratic families are suffering from it,
and it is a source of great inconven
ience. A common, ordinary, man or
woman, can only have a dickens of a
cold, and so around with a ringing in
the ears, and a perpetual "ka-choo."
But if high toned, it is the influenza
that affects the patient In either
case it i3 very disagreeable.
The city is paying 8 per cent on a
cr it many thou -and dollars. A great
ni iav thousand dollars are lying idle
n iG city iro:Hurj. Let tho council
h lv a dying bit ot sense an 1 order
som cf that inWost stopped, by hav
hurthe city treasurer call in about
$15,000 outstanding warrants. That
is The Astorians idea of "economy."
But perhaps the city council is too
busy studying how to save 12 or 11
cents to see the hundreds of dollars
waste occasioned by the present ridic
ulous style of doing business.
Captain L. Angerstein, of the
wrecked steamer Idaho, complains
fhfifc since he has been in Victoria, he
has found the most avaricious set of
robbers it has ever been his misfor
tune to run across. Instead of as
sisting him, he says, his ship has been
systematically robbed by all con
cerned. His own private property, as
well as blankets, silverware and all
articles of a portable nature belong
ing to a steamer, have been taken by
people working aboard of her while
she was stranded. The captain feels
highly indignant at this sort of treat
ment The California people are having a
tough time of it All through Dec-
A (.ill lnlri.n mm.An.iijimi f,. 4n
purchase of a site and the construction i 1' .i. n ,, " shot through
. i ujUiwi. uijiuini.i.iuii .ui mi- .,,1,1 nrstltnlili' fnnlo Unirnv nmv H. ?il-
of a wharf m this cit for tue use of . . t r. i-.i i . ir.i ?...i a ncsh wound
.i.I- ! -, ,- , . . IU X1MVU IIS tillStSUUUJ.3 VtiUUliliUU ilUU ' ti (
the lighthouse denarhnciit. was iniro ' ,.i i ...1 .-.:, i It is reporl
ember they Lave been drowned out;
a good many lives have been lost
through floods and freshets and a
large amount of property destroyed.
Next summer they will be aukle deep
in dust, -with the thermometer iu the
nineties, and sleeping on the roofs of
houses to get a breath of air. They
have an easv wav, though, out of
. their troubles; just come to Oregon,
where the days are dreams o beauty,
. the nights, periods of radiant coolness,
and where simply to feel that wo
breaihe, that we live, is worth the
I best jojs that hie elsewhere can give.
correspondent thinks that 500 is
too big a sum to place each share at,
in the new hotel. All right; how does
$200 strike j on? or 50? or S3? you
I can, come in for S2.59. The idea is to
1 give no excuse to or not lo
i wait 75 years on the people
have to '
who al-,
ways are "going to wait and see. hat NashvxMi Dec. o6 lAt a iate hour
Brown or Jones or Smith are going to tWs mornin(? intelligence was received
Rive." It our correspondent has 310. 1 o trouble ciarksville, Tenn., be
to aid himself within aidmg the hotel tween officers and negroes. Two of
or $2. .or two-bits ;,the :ante car .be made the alter being shot, one fatally, the
to suit Heneedutfearthathell oe ther S8riouofv Frank a
frozen out But if the advisers and cal policeman attempted to- ar-thextold-you-sosaudtnewhy.didnt-jrt
Bj)g McCutll'eon co?ored, when
you-tell-me's are to be waited for, the lh other n interfered. The po-
next generation will not see it com- K ;rMn nn,i Q t , t.-
pleted.
At the meeting of the W. C. T. U.
Thursday, Mrs. M. J. Kinney reported
holding two very successful evangel-
iauu uiuebiux- i Jviuuej a uivsa uuuae,
in TTnln v7n tlinf. Ilia lorlina liotl
meetings in the temperance hall. It
i was decided to receive calls in the Y.
M.C. A. hall on New Year's day. The
relief committee reported having been
asked to assume charge of the money
raised for the widow Johnson, and
asked instructions from the Union in
the matter. After deliberate consid
eration it was decided that on account
of the complications that have arisen
p-,:,,,,, mnnnv fw w in
concerning the money, they decline to
take charge of its disbursement. The
ladies of the union desire to warmly
thank all those who so generously
contributed to the aid of the poor this
Christmas tide.
In esterdays issue the Oregoniau
gets rid of some superabundant bile,
it falls to abuse ot the man who ac
complishes the task. TnE Astokian
cares little for its bark or its
bite, and will always call it
lo account whenever it maligns
this city or tries in its spiteful way lo
injure the only competitor that Port
laud fears. It deliberately lied last
Saturday, reiterated tho lie on Tues
day, and when tho lie and tbe motive
were plainly exposed in these columns
it gmishes its teeth, and snarls but it
doesn't dare deny the statements of
Tnn Astoriax, nor controvert their
truth. If it could cease abuse and
use a little argument it would have
better standing before the bar of
public opinion. But that is impossi
ble -lo the Oregonian
Tho senate commerce committee has
recehed froni-the lighthouse board a
communication approving Senator
Dolph's bill appropriating $5,000 for
changing the lighthouse at Capo
HaDCock. The bill is to discontinue
the first-order light Under existing
circumstances a light place A high up
is visible far out at se.i, while the real
need is for a light placed low down, to
I niintil.'j TnpQl,s fmiitnrr lrkc?,k in oiiapa
LlUlliV HOOClC 1 Ulllii;i slJ ltl )lJLJ
to avoid the menaces to navigation,
.tjt.vax till; iit.iu 4111 v iuc in. tjcriiiikWA
Mitchell's bill cliing for the appro- j
priation of $125,000 to build a revenue !
cutter, to be stationed at Astoria, lo
which are th?re all close in. Senator
patrol the coasts of Oregon and
Washington, has been returned dis-
approved, from tho treasury depart-
ment. The secretary says he has no
objection to a cutter being stationed
at Astoria or auv whero else, but he
does object to having a vessel special
ly patrol the coast of any one or two
states. He suggests that the bill
should be amended so as to remove
the objectionable feature.
LST EVENING'S PERFORMANCE.
A Series of Etijoy.iblo Surprises.
"They come like shadews: so depart"
That was a unique and agreeable
entertainment at the opera house last
evening.
Like the crest of foam on the wave,
or the sparkle of the dew upon the
floweis; like the rainbows lovely form,
evanishing amid the storm, there
flashed upon the stage, forms of liv
ing beauty, and faded before the eye,
to be succeeded by other and fairer
personations, surrounded as if by
magic from the fairy haunts of dis
embodied spirits.
To tho charm of tho sudden appear
ances of different personations on the
stage, was added the pleasure of rec
ognition, and as a familiar face ap
peared, the audienco evinced its tin
mistaken pleasure by rapturous ap
plause. One scene "Under the Snow"
was unexcelled in pathetic beauty,
and the tableau participated in by
Co. "H.," and the oue where Elaine
appears.
"And tho dead steered by tho dumb,
Went upward with the flood."
Were most beautifully delineated.
The musical part of the performance
is also deserving of great praise.
Where all did so well, it may seem
invidious to specialize, but the rendi
tion of "H Bacio." by Mrs. W. C. Ei
cord was as fine a piece of vocal mu
sic as has ever been heard in Astoria.
The lady has a fine voice, carefully
cultivated and will be a valuable ac
quisition to Astoria's musical circles.
The programme was excellently ar
ranged throughout, reflects credit on
the ladies and gentlemen who made it
a succes.
The "Phanlasma" will appear again,
to-night with an entire change of
performance.
OiHinty Court lVob??Jins.
Tn the county court yesterday Ja
cob Akerstidt, Jacob Christiansen, Jo
hann Carlson, and Andrew Nordrin
were admitted to citizenship.
The petition of F. E. Habersham
for a lease of portion of the Nehalem
river for rafting and booming pur
poses, was referred for consideration at
the April term.
llegarding the right of way of J. S.
Burke, the county judge, county clerk
and B. J. Morrison to report on same
as soon as possible.
Adjourned to Mondav, December
30th.
Clearance Sale Friday and Sat'
urtiay.
Have rented my store to G. W. liucker
January 1st, will close out my entire
stock of miliinery and fancy goods,
feathers, birds, ribbons, velvet and
woolen goods. All must be sold before
.fameny 1st Mrs. V. J. Harry.
Attention Knight.
It being Christmas night, Astor Lodge
No.G,K.of P.. adjourned its regular
meeting until this evening, Friday, De
cember 27th. All members are requested
to be present, as business of importance
is to be transacted. By order of C. C.
W. L. Robb, K. of It and S.
, IT Y IJU:l-U, ftULL ilCliUVUl 111 in Dll'JWll Ull I
TELEpi.
Specials to The Astorian.
Savaxkah, Ga., Dec. 26. -Advices
received from Jessup at midnight says
the situation is somewhat quieter
though occasional shots are heard. The
streets are still paraded by armed men.
A negro was found dead in an alley a
few minutes ago, and two others of the
wmded arc ported dying.
Fears are now entertained for the
safety of the people remaining in the
neighboring towns, but as all the ne
groes and whites seem to have congre
gated here very little danger need be
apprehended.
jiop.n trouble is Tennessee.
groes assaulted chief Stafford with a
stick. The officers then began firing
with the results as above stated The
negroes are greatly excited and troop3
ii'p- i:iiiMT ill iiiicr fiiiu ii.m i Liir: iirr-
hc een fr
q following has
been received
lrm dCbbUp.
A posse of twentv men under com
mand of the whites left for Lumber
City to intercept. Breiver and his gang,
who it is rumored have gone there for
reinforcements. Breiver's mother lives
at Lumber City and it is suspected if
he gets out of McMillan's swamp, ho
will go to his mother's.
Firing along all the picket
"
1)0V
lines keeps up, but principally by
A crowd of armed men have jnst
returned from a trip to the swamp
and report that four colored men
were found dead but gave no names.
They said they did not know the
negroes. The jail was broken into
2 1" "i,1"
".; "' "lT f n,, 7L -
the heart and one with
in the shoulder.
ted. others have been
killed but the officers hao not found
them. The search for bodies was
kept up all day. The negroes arc
quitting their homes and moving in
large numbers. Several negroes were
taken from their homes this morning
and shipped. Many of them being
prostitutes.
Crowds of white men went lo sever
al houses after breakfast this morn
ing and compelled the negroes to
leave. Many had started for Savan
nah, but an infantry company of
Brunswick will remain till to-morrow.
The swamp whero Breiver's gang is,
will be searched this afternoon and
if tho negroes are found, lynching
will probably follow. The coroner
now is holdidg an inquest on the
dead bodies.
I5IG WIND IN NEW YOKE STATE.
New York, Dec, 2G. A thunder
storm accompanied by heavy wind
parsed over the state this morning at
Buffalo. The wind reached a velocity
of sixty miles per hour, but no dam
age is reported from that section.
Rochester, Dec. 26. Consider
able damage was done to chimneys
and outhouses by bi wind this morn
ing. Utica, Dec 20. Immense hail
( 11 i 1.-1 1
ftonea fell and grant damage was done .
frmt trees, to-day.
inten-nsylyania. ;
Lock Haven, Pa., Dec. 23. - Heavy
showers accompanied by thunder and
lightning and heavy winds passed
over this city this morning.
THE CALIFORNIA MINE DISASTER.
San Andreas, Cal. Dec. 2G. The
latest reports from the Angel's camp
disaster is that seventeen and probab
ly nineteen men were burned in the ,
mine. All hope of ever recovering the
bodies has been abandoned owing to
the caving of the surface last Tuesday.
The miners are now taking out ore,
but work will probably be directed
toward the spot where the bodies are
buried.
A NEW YORK CYCLONE.
Syracuse, N. Y., Dee. 2G. A cy
clone from the southwest swept
across the Canandaigua at 10 o'clock
this morning prostrating many struc
tures; it caught up and carried a
great volume of water before it It
struck the barn of the People's
street railway company, carrying
away the cornice and the roof
and overthrowing the front walls. A
mass of brick and timber was hurled
into the building, doing much damage.
Chas. A. Nicholas, assistant superin
tendent, was instantly killed and sev
eral employes more or less seriously
hurt
TITE STEAMER "CITY Or KINGSTON" SAFE.
New York, Dec 26. The City of
Kingston, which used to ply up and
down the Hudson river and which was
sold some time ago to the Northern Pa
cific for the Sound trade is proceeding
safely, but slowly to her new home by
way of Cape Horn. She has just been
heard of at the Barbadoes.
AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL.
New York, Dec. 26. Tho steam
ship Sirano which left Bio Janerio
Dec. -1 arrived bere to-day. Capt.
Fisher of the Sirano was seen by an
Astorian reporter and said: "When
we were at Bio everything was quiet
and business going on as usual al
though the banks were a bit wary and
drafts of over 100 pounds would not
be honored. There was, however, an
under current of discontent mani
fested and I would not be surprised
to hear of an outbreak thero since wo
left There is evidently a considera
ble number of people of the city who
desire to see the empire reestablished.
When we were there the sentiment
had not taken shape in any definite
movement but mutterings of dissatis
faction were heard. The truth is the
banishment of Dom Pedro and the
proclamation of the Bepublic came
with such suddenness that the adher
ents of the empire had no time to
make any demonstrations."
"I look for trouble, not only in
Bio but throughout Brazil. Those at
the head of the new movement have
not a pleasant prospect before them
by any means."
Tlic fleiv lUco cry.
You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking about it Ion niayjoai
self be one of the many who know from
personal experience just how good a
thing it is. If you have ever trie d it. you
are one of its staunch friends, because
the wonderful thing about it is, that
when once given trial, Dr. King's New
Discovery ever after holds a place in
the house. If you have never used it
and should be afflicted with a cough,
cold or any Throat, .Lung or Chest
trouble, secure a bottle at once and give
it a fair trial. It is guaranteed every
time, or money refunded. Trinl Bottles
Free at .1. V. Conn's Drugstore.
GMliren Gry forPitcfier's Castorig
EAILEOAD MATTERS.
Uo Troubles But Imaginary 0ne3.
Some Considerable Ineffertive Opposition,
Portland Now Doln-r Its Best and U'orat.
jt,:.
The Astoeian is able to authentic
ally state that there is no trouble in
securing funds for the successful pros
secution of railroad work, and that all
bills contracted for, or due, will be
promptly paid upon presentatien:
A good deal is befag said about rail
road matters at present, and the croak
ers and injunctors and pullbacks are
popping their heads up ont oftlTe mud.
It's 10 use. They "will have no
chance to say "I toid-you-so." The
hoped for failure will not come to
pass.
It's a little singular that men can
be found here to aid in the effort that
Portland is making to cast discredit
on the whole scheme. One would
think that anybody here would have
sense enough if they coitldn't-aid-the
scheme to at least refrain from any in
jur' to it
It is an open secret that ever since
it was apparent last June that Astoria
wa3 to at least have railroad communi
cation, Portland interests, inimical
and antagonistic to Astoria, have been
busy in endeavors to thwart and sub
vert all the efforts of Astorians to se
cure and insure the building of the
road.
It may not be generally kuown,
however, that spies and satellites have
followed the company's employes,
have endeavored to insinuate them
selves into the railroad company's
most secret councils, have "followed
Wm. Beid to New York, have dogged
his footsteps; have told New York
financiers that Astoria had just only
raised $200,000 for a private purse to
Beid for his financial aid in securing
the negotiation of securities; that
Portland men, to their shame, have
been hired to go lo New York and say
that there was nothing in the whole
bcheme but an attempt to build a
bridge across Yroung's bay, and that
that bridge would be built on quick
Sands. Were th- history of these nefarious
actions to bo written out from tho
day the Oregonian announced
"ASTORIA MUST WATT,"
Till the present, it would make inter
esting reading for several in Portland
who were thought to be above such
practices. Even the Portland board
of trade is not unsmirched.
Of late the Oregonian is beginning
to show the cloven foot again, and is
trying to cast a black cloud of lieb on
the splendid record of the entrance to
Oregon's seaport
The Astorian believes in concilia
tion; it has for the last two jears ex
tended the olive branch of peace and
has tried in every way to overlook
and even excuse the evident hostility
of the inland city on the Willamette.
But of late it has became manifest
that the people of that city are re
turning to the cuttle fish style of war
fare, and are as deeply determined as
ever that anything they can do shall
be done to retard and if possible de
feat the building of a railroad to Asto
ria. To them we must accord, however,
a faint shadow of consistency. For
the men among us who claiming
Astoria as their home rush around
foolishly chattering and striving .to
create tho verv thinjr they fear, we
have no feeling but one of
pity iJiot-J
uutc liu ijcj.iul; uu. ujlu ui i-iii u.u;
h Uv unm5xe ;rilh rarprise. 'C
. L A
THE hOV-S sibi: of the cvtir "
County clerk Trcnchard
recehed the following.
resteruay
Wnsrponr, Dec. 2:jl, '69.
Dear Sir:
This morning in The Astorian I
observed a paragraph that stated that
I a3 too joung and too poor to get
married. It wa3 sent by my father
after he kicked me out of home, be
cause I fell in love with a girl.
I have made my own living for my
self for the last three years, and half
supported mv parents. That 1 can,
prove by twenty different people. I
have got property of my own.
There is one thing sure: that I don t
go around swindling people for a liv
ing, like my father does. He can't
get 5 worth of credit in tho county
to save his neck, and then for him to
go and write to you and tell you not
to let me have the license.
Go and ask Mr. Hughes,' what kind
of a man my father is, and he will tell
you my father owes him over $150
for whiskey, that he says he won't pay.
My age is 20, next 12th of January,
1890. In 1891 1 am 21 years old.
Westport, Oregon.
PERSONAL MENTION.
C. B. Thomson and wife will return
ftom Missouri in a few days.
S. E. Hardcastle, is going to move
from Knappton to Woodburn.
Rheumatism originates in lactic acid
in the blood, which settling in the joints
causes the ruins and aches of the dis
ease. Hood's Sarsaparill.i clues rheu
matism by neutralizing the acidity ot
the blood, and giving it richness aud
vitality. Try Hood's Saisaparilla.
nicni 'ooinl to Order.
Private looms for ladies and families:
at CiMitrai Hetaurant, next to Foard &
Stokes'.
0:i all Holiday uo titles,
e-jieclallj those fine
Gold, Sterling, ani Oxidize!
Silver Handled
Now on sa'c at the extremo
low price of
AT THE
WHITE HOUSE STORE,
Cor. GeneIeve and Cbenamus Sts.
For Rent.
SOME NICE OFFICE JtOOMS OVER THE
Mikiulo candy store for rent. Inquire
ol Alex Campbell.
Razzie
8J8ZZI8
UMBRELLAS
MARINE NEWS AND NOTES.
The Manzanita will go out to the
bar to-day to buoy out the new chan
nel.
The State of California arrived
from San Francisco yesterday with 35
tons freight for this port.
The steamer Signal, loaded with
powder and other combustibles, ar
rived from San Francisco yesterday,
The government steamer Cascades
will leave to-day for Portland where
she will lay up for two months "repair
ing. The Oregon sailed for San Fran
cisco yesterday with the following
freight:,l,000 sks oysters, 1,200 cases
salmon, "725 bdls pulp, and 3 tons
assorted truck.
- Thos. Neil, master of the steamer
Dolphin reports that buoy No. 1, on
Shoalwater bay, has not "drifted away
as was recently stated. When he
went out from there last Thursday the
buoy was in place all right.
The tug Discovery has found the
"reniains of the steamship Idaho float
ing down" the straits of Juan De Fuca,
and after an examination found she
was worthless and allowed her to drift
to sea. The wreck will probably be
exceedingly dangerous to navigation.
The United States fish commission
steamer Albatioss, which spent a
season here twice this year, is now lying
at the Mare Island navy yard, Califor
nia. Last Tuesday night a boat with
eight sailors and a crippled newsboy
left tho Albatross for Vallejo. When
near the TJ. S. steamer, Thetis, the
boat upset and four of the occupants
wero drowned.
" Walter Oakes, a "son of president
Oakes, of tho Northern Pacific, has
been appointed secretary and treas
urer of the Puget Sound and Alaska
Steamship company. 'This is the new
line which will compote with tho Union
Pacific's sound steamers. C. H. Pres
cott, the second vice-president of the
Northern Pacific, is to be president of
tho steamship line, aud D. B. Jackson
general manager, with headquarters at
cattle.
Captain Dettmess of the steamer
Cosmopolis, says that on the last trip
to Gray's harbor, he saw a log, the
largest he has over seen afloat or
ashore, in latitude 41 deg. 40 min.
north and longitude 121 deg. 20 min.
west At first the captain thought
that it was a ship bottom up, and ho
steered for tho object. This was on
December 14th. Tho captain esti
mates the log was eighty feet long
and seven feet in diameter and ho
considers it very dangerous to passing
vessels.
The steam schooner Farallone was
being towed across the Yaquina bay
bar by the tug Resolute, at noon on
the 24th, when a heavy sea washed
overboard, from the deck of the
schooner, chief engineer Pugsley, a
cabin boy and three sailors, named
Frank Johnson, Chas. Dickinson, and
Wm. Brown. The three latter wcro
drowned. The schooner was badly
damaged. Life and property are evi
dently of little value when afloat in
that vicinity. It is to be hoped that
the Oregonian will not place this dis
aster "at the Columbia," the same as
it has others that happened at Shoal
water bay and Graj's harbor.
A fixed white light of the first order,
varied by a red flash every minute, is
now shown from the structure recent
ly erected on the extreme westerly
eud of Cape Meare3. The light will
illuminate the entire horizon. The
focal plane is 223 feet above mean sea
'. level, and the light may be seen m clear
weather from the deck of a vessel 15 feet
above the sea, 21J4 nautical miles.
The light is shown from a black lan
tern, surmounting a low white tower
in form of a frustum of an octagonal
pyramid. Two brown oil-houses (dis
tant 65 feet) aud a keeper's dwelling,
painted white with lead colored trim
mings and brown roofs (distant 1,000
feet) stand to the eastward of the
tower. The approximate geographi
cal position of the lighthouse, as taken
from the charts of the U. S. coast and
geodetic survey, is as follows : Latitude,
45 deg., 28 min., 52 sec. north longi
tude, 123 deg., 58 min., 30 sec. west
Magnetic bearings vaud distances of
prominent objects are approximately
as follews: Tillamook Bock light
house, N. N. W. U W., 27j4 nautical
miles; Cape Lookont, S. by E., 9 nau
tical miles. Cape Foulweather light
is the next light to the southward, dis
tance 49 mile3.
all ai Examine
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Concomly St., Foot ot Jacksou, Astoria. Or
General
MacMnists ail Boiler lata
Land and Marine Engines
BOUHGI& WORK,
Steamboat York and Cannery Work
A 8CECIAI.TV,
Castings of all Descriptions Made
to Order at Short Notice.
Johk Fox President, and Sunt.
A. L. Fox, ... ....Vice President
J. Q. HC3TLKB ..Sec. and Treas.
Mens
Prices! holidays.
Astoria Iron Ms.
Leading
For Anything in Ladies' and Gents' Fine
THIS WEEK Received over Five Hundred Dozen Hankerchiefs for Ladies,
Children and Gentlemen. Gents' Silk and Cashmere Mufflers.
HOhMMnf). H. COOP
lice of Santa Clans
December 21, S889,
Who trade with the liveliest
and most Reliable Cloth
ier, whose name is
HERMAN WISE,
All of you who have bought
$10 (Ten Dollars) worth
of goods at Herman Wise's
Big Store, and received
Tickets, please call at said
Herman Wise's store,
I BiMSiay, 25 Inst
At 10'0'clock A. M
Draw Your
and
Christmas Present:
And Remember that it Pays
to Trade with
RMANWI
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Occident Hotel Building.
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DIAMOND PALACE
GUSTAY 1IAKSEN, Prop'r.
A Large and Well Selected Stock of Fine
At Extremely Low Prices.
All Goods Bought at This Establishment
Warranted Genuine.
Watch aud Clock "Repairing
A SPECIALTY.
Corner Cass and Squemoqua Streets.
Comfortable Rooms to JLet.
Single, or en suite, at Mrs. P. J. Good
man's, N. "W. corner First and Madison
streets.
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Diamonus i Jewelry
GO T THE
House of
This Addition is Beantifully .Sit
uated between Bast Astoria
and Alderbrook, on the
Proposed
Price $08 and $60- For a Few Days Only.
KEEN & OOK.
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ACCEPT PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES.
ere is a (Mce
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
City Express Transfer Company.
H. D. Thing and Cl E. Miller,
PliOPJIIETORS.
Headquarters at Main Street wharf.
TELEPHONE NO. 43.
A General Express and Delivery Business
transacted.
1 Your natronace is solicited.
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