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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1890)
V .. . J -s , w ffcc gaits istoriatt ASTOKIA. OREGON: HCRSDAY .FEBRUAKI' C. 1820 City ami CeuRtj- Official Paper. PROPOSED BONDING. The city council invito proposals for lie placing of. municipal bonds to the saount ot 22,950 city indebtedness to ran twenty years, and to draw four per cent- interest. Tins would, in connection witb. the present debt, place the aggregate in debtedness of the city at $50,000, the Ymxi. TbeAstoiuax believes the idea to "be a good one. The city is paying eight per cent at present on outstand iag city warrants, and on the entire aaaonnt of the proposed loan, the in terest charge would be no more than it xannally has lecn on that usually outstanding. The bonds ought to bo disposed of at par. Cities less financially able than Astoria have secured loans at par where the proffered interest was but 3 per cent, mid even less, and it is not unlikely that the bonds could be issued at a slight premium. The money received from these bonds can bo applied to the liquida tion ot the present outstanding war rants and other present necessary ex penses incurred. Iisr year when the Danish govern ment sent their order to Mr. Krupp, at Essen, for CTly cannons of new pattern, he was not certain what to do about the order. And so he tele graphed to Bismarck asking him if he (Krupp) should carry out an order of this kind for a nation that was not on friendly terms with Germany, liis Bjarck answered by a telegram saying: Let them have all the cannons they want; if we shall have any use Tor them, we only have to go up there and take them. A cask of considerable interest to aaen who insure their lives for the benefit of their wives was recently de cided in St. Louis. The case was one in winch a man had taken out such a policy. His wife died and he married again, having children by both mar riages. At his death a dispute arose as to who was entitled to the insur ance. The decision of the court was that as the insurance had been taken ot for the benefit of the first wife, her children alone were entitled to the money. Tun disastrous fire in the Tracy mansion at Washington, J). C, did not result in the death of the secretary ot the navy, as at first reported, he having been rescued in an uncon scious condition. His wife and daugh ter, and one of the domestics, perished, Mrs. Tracy jumping from a window and receiving fatal injuries; the other two leing burned to death. ON ItOAKI) THE THOMPSON. Sfcippifis: the ''Challenger" Portland. Crew from There were rumors of an unpleasant ness on the Thompson Tuesday night, which were investigated by Tun As toria's last night. The reporter saw one of the officers of the boat, who briefly stated as follews: "Just be fore starting from Portland late Tues day night, Jim Turk, his son, and two supposed United States marshals, Pitasimmons and "Waite, came on board with seventeen sailors for the Challenger. Already there were on the boat liarry Sullivan and several companions. The trouble commenced at once, and loud talking was engaged is. As the boat ought not to start with any chance of a quarrel on lxard I went down and told them plainly that that business must stop, and if they had any hot language they must ot use it on board. Sullivan was be having himself, and excited only be cause Turk was allowed to do tilings that would be stopped in Astoria. The older Turk went back on shore. This morning, before coming to the dock, we ran alongside the Chal lenger and left the seventeen sailors with her. Young Turk, Fitzsimmons aad Waite return to-night.' A passenger was also seen, who said that after the officer ot the boat had gone above from speaking to the men making the commotion, consid erable talk ot a cursory nature fol lowed. Sullivan took the opportunity to compliment Fitzsimmons, saying to hiiiu "Ion onghl to go as second mate on some ship and get a little sense into your head. If you had a rope around your neck you wouldn't kaow enough to cut it.' Then he tamed to young Turk and told him that he was so hard up that he made a living by shipping stiffs as sailors when he could. Turk couldn't stand k any longer, so the 17 men were placed in rooms and all locked in un til the Ixrat reached Astoria. DAKGEROrS rUKGATTVEg. A City Policoman's Vory Tccxiliar Kxpericnce. XIacrl pills and lrastic purgatives Irritate Uk aiaoeus coating of the stomneh and towd. la fact their cathartic action is due to Ibdr irritation. The danger attending their steady use i s apparent. The new laxa tive fttiaclplc ia Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla ffcts its cathartic action by increasing the wks secretions and contly stimulating tfecstoK&cb. Itispurclyvcgctable.docsnot tosc Ms cSect, and is safe to be taken occa- rteMMyor continuously. Gus. Videau, the well known police officer of aV 1S2G Howard St, San Tran- jm clsco, writes: ' After my own MM experience I firmly believe i that Joy's Vegetable Sarsa- B parilla will cure the most ob Hv stinatc cases of constipation. W Although cured I am still tokiagitaad never bad my rystcm so thor MlArreralatcd. By increasing or diminish- lag tfee4eeoQC Las absolute command over wita tew valuables remedy." JLH the patent medicines advertised in Oris Miper, together with the choicest inrfmnwy, and toilet articles etc. can W beMgat at the lowest prices at .1. W. OwmTs arag store, opposite Occident , Astoria. I Mafic syrup and extra sorghum drips far hot cakes at Thompson te Boss'. Oaftse aad cake. te.n cents, at tho ; JwetaHrant- Itawnawuiur the Austin house at the : Ss foa the year 'round. a Sae article of eastern cream try TfeewfMon & Boss'. ON THE SNOVPLOW, A Passeuger DescriuBs How It Feels to Eiie on He MacBiie. -i-v uxritEASAXT j:xjj:iiiesci:. There are two kinds of snowplows in use on the railroad. One is the rotary plow, of which so much has been written. This plow works on the principal of a centrifugal pump, and after drawing the snow .to its center by suction ilings it from "it with such force that the stream is over fifty feet in height. The machine could throw snow over Hie tallest house. The other style ot plow in use is a huge construction of timber, fashioned in the shape of the mold-board of a plow, and it works by compressing the snow or pushing it aside from the track. This process is known as "bucking." A passenger who has just returned to this point describes a ride which he had upon one ot these big plows as follews: "The railroad uses the largest en gines made, and the five monsters be hind our plow were all 18x21 that is. they had eighteen-inch cylinders and the stroke w;is twenty-four inches. The five combined would weigh about 250 tons. I was given a place in the cab of the first locomotive and warned to keep away from the side of the cab, ;is there was danger of a smash or a squeeze. " 'Your eyes won't be much uso to you,' said the engineer; 'it is all white out side, and you will have to depend on your other senses.' "So I found before I got through, and I found, too, that there was some thing or a strain on the nerves. We backed up for some distance from where the big snowbank was located. And what a bank it was! 1 should judge that it was nearly forty feet high, and extending apparently for an illimitable distance on either side of the t rack. When we had gone back a suf ficient distance our engineer, who was in command, made several signals with his whistle to let the other engineers know that he was ready for them to go ahead, and we began to move toward the big snowbank." "The whistle tooted again and our speed increased. Before we had gone .'i quarter of a mile it seemed to me that we were moving at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, and in the next -100 yards that speed was doubled. The rocking or the engine, the jar of solid iron bed plates against the stiff springs made me nervous. It seemed to me that the engine could not possibly slay on the track. I asked the engineer if there was any danger ot leaving the track, lie laughed, tooted his whistle some more and increased his speed. We were fairly Hying. The snow bank in front seemed as if it was rushing down on us to engulf us. One moment Ave were in the light; the next it was nearly dark. "I felt as if we had plunged over a precipice. There was no shock, but a feeling of smothering. From all sides snow was forcing its way into the cab and piling up against the furnace, where it hissed and seethed for a few seconds before it was converted into quickly condensing steam. In it piled faster than it could melt, till we were all up to our waists. I coidd see the engineer sitting with his thumb on the brake gauge aud a ready grip on tho lever, but that was all I could sec except snow. The plow in front was invisi ble, and between us and the next engine was a white bank. Still wo went ahead with scarcely any check to our speed. More than three hun dred tons hurled into the bank at a speed of nearly sixty miles an hour was irresistible. On we went tri umphant steam and science conquer ing one of the forces ot na ture. Suddenly the speed began to slacken; the huge plow croaked and groaned as though the pressure was more than it could bear. Tho en gine shivered and 1 could tell that the rear engines were checked by the for ward one. Our wheels went slower and presently stopped. We were con quered, and all there was to show for the effort was a narrow ditch in the snow alxmt half a mile long. "Hack up for another run? Oh, no. The snow had closed in behind us after the pressure had been released and there we were to stay till a gang of shovelers conld come along and dig us out " 'In three hours we will be able to make another "buck" ' said the en gineer. "It was a cold prospect 'There was at, least five miles of deep snow ahead, and I thought I would try the walk- Do You IAUv. a Good Cisar? Gall at Charley Olsen's, east of C. II. Cooper's, lie will suit you. A fine stock of cigars to select lrom. raNsen;Pis to Portland. The following are the passengers who went up on the Ji. It. Thompson last evening: F. Turk, M. Abrahams, G. W. Estabrook, II. Lindemeii, N. LaLson, Captain Uailv, H. A. Mansell, Miss 13i(ely, A. G. Hardest-, Mrs. Atchison, Mrs. Bullock, D. II. Welch, O. Fitzsimmons, A. J. Anderson, R. F. Frael. P. S. Cook and wife. J. 33. John Son. IT. Johnson, C. K. Jones, C. J. Clint, J. M. Burke, O. Beasman, C. N. Waite, Silas Fordyce, Lakins For- dyce, J. Wilson and JX. T. Humphrey Mood's Sarsaparilla Is carefully prepared from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock, Pipsisscwa, Juniper Berries, and other well-known and valuable vegetable remedies, by a peculiar combination, proportion, and process, giv ing to Hood's Sarsaparilla curative power not possessed by other medicines. It eflVcl remarkable cures where others fall. E-iood's Sarsaparilla I-. ti.e best blood purifier. It cures Scrofula, .S..1L i:i:eum, Boils, Pimples, all Humors, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Itidijie'lion, General Debility, Calanh, J'bcumati.sm, Kidney and Liver com jl...j.ts; ocrcomcs That Tired Feeling, crates an appetite, builds up the system. Hood's Sarsaparilla 1 las met unparalled success at home. Such is its popularity in Lowell, Jlass., 'where it is made, that Lowell druggists sell more of 1 load's Sarsaparilla than all other sarsapa i illas or blood purifiers. The same success is extending all over the country. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is peculiar in its strength and economy. It is the only preparation of which can truly be said " 100 Doses One Dollar." A bottle or Hood's Sarsaparilla taken accord ing to directions, will last a month. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is peculiar in the confidence it gains among all ciasfes of people. "Where it is once used it becomes a favorite family remedy. Do not be induced to buy other preparations. 15c sure to get the Peculiar Medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla J5olduyln:Ks'ts. S'l six for S3, l'reparcdby C. I. HOOD & CO.. AiKttlicrarlus Low ell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar The Oregon Land Co. 0". A. OOOK., AlXLl8?02?. HAS AN ASTORIA OFFICE S. W. COR. THIRD AND 0LNEY STREETS, Buy and Sell Property on Commission. We Deal in Real Estate and are Successful in Our Business. Now is Your Lots Tongue PointAddition Finely Situated Back of Tongue Point and Within TWO MILES of the Centre of Astoria. Lots Will be sold for a Limited Time at $50 and HeSowan A VHttle Real Estate and Brokerage. THIRD STREET, W. L. Uhlenhart & Co., Real Estate and OFFICE ON THIRD ST., - 0pp. Odd Fellow's Building P. O. BOX 84 1 . $75,000 Worth of Real Estate For Sale I have opened iny oliict with a splendid selection of I'lisines?, Kesldence, Seaside, Farming ami Timber I.and. SOME VERY CHOICE ACREAGE PROPERTY, On .John Day's ltiver, suitable for platting. COBUESPOXDENCK SOLICITED. Abercrombie & Stevens, REAL ESTATE AGENTS.- We Offer To-Day Choice Acreage I Two Hundred and Twenty Acres Choice Land on LewN and Clarke's ltiver, CO Acres slashed and burnt, in Acres cleared with ood House and Ham. One Hundred aud Ten Acres partlv cleared on Forris Creek above Swinson's Landing, Two Itlocks in WAUKENTOX. Two l!Iocks in MATIEIl'S. HOUSES AND LOTS AT SEASIDE. Two IMs in HUSTLER'S & AlKEX'S. Three ILs on West Ninth Street. ASTOltlA. Office in the Telephone Building, 0pp. Thompson & Ross. 3IAKIXK NEWS AXD XOTES. The Jfanzanita went down toward the bar yesterday, and replaced No. 7, buoy off" Cape Stevens. The schooner Norma, with hay from San Franciso, and the brig Tenor, from San Pedro are expected to-day. The Larslta Lerau arrived yester day on the way to Portland. She is in 'ballast and will load fromAYeid ler's Mills with lumber for San Fran cisco. The Britislx bark Chas. Cotesworth, Ketchum master, arrived in yes terday 151 days from Liverpool, with general cargo, among which is 4,955 boxes tin plate for Astoria. The barkentine Earelia, 21 days from San Francisco came to an anchor yesterday afternoon. She has 8G tons of hay for Elmore, Sanborn & Co., and 327 tons miscellaneous merchandise. The Bertie Miner has a cargo of redwood lumber from Humbolt Co., California, for Portland. Capt. Raven says that this timber is in great de mand and there are not enough ves sels at Eureka to carry all for which there is immediate call. The Emma Claiulina in charge ot Capt. Maas made the trip from San Francisco to the mouth of tho river in six days. She has on a load of 25,000 brick and is consigned to Portland parties. She will take back a cargo of lumber from the Willamette Steam Mill Co. Two crews were shipped at Port Townsend last week for $25 per month. One vessel, the Enoch Talbot, which sailed for Australia and returned to the Pacific coast via Honolulu, secured a non-union crew for 25 per month. This is the lowest rate paid since the reorganization of the union six or eight years ago. The Alcalde was the other vessel to get a crew at low rates. Tho agents of the union endeavored to incite the crew to desertion, but the vessel's managers got her safely to sea. TelcpfcaneljedKlnc Hesse. Hest Beds in town. Itoomsper night 50 and 23 cts per week 150. New and clean. Private entrance. Time to Buy in $GO EAST OF 0LNEY. Money Brokers, TWENTY-TWO ELECTRIC LIGHTS. Their Location, as Decided Upon by The Street Committee. The committee on location of street electric lights, had a meeting yester day afternoon, and decided to locate the 22 electric lights as follews: FIRST WARD. Thirteen lights: Intersection of First and Jackson streets. Intersection of First aud Benton streets. Second and Madison streets. Second and LaFayette streets. Second and Main streets. Second and Genevieve streets. Third and "Washington streets. Third and Cass streets. Third and Olney streets. Astor aud Cass streets. Jefferson and Genevievo streets. Eighth and Main streets. Benton and Court streets. SECOND WARD. Nine lights: Three hundred feet west of city lim its. Alongside Clatsop Mill company's office, One block west of Devlin's cannery. Cedar and "West 7th streets. Wall and "West Gth streets. Wall and West 9th streets. Arch and West 8th streets. Water and West 8th streets. Foot of "West Gth street . . No. 9 Now oh Deck. We are now ready for business, and have some first-class bargains in real estate, both inside and outside property. We have a fine bargain in a two-story house, with an eight-year lease, situated on Third street near the Central hotel. We have at a bargain a fine residence and two lots just five blocks from our office No. 9. We also have lots in all parts of the city and acreage in all parts of the state. We have timber claims and farms in Clatsop countj. We do not propose to misrepresent any property that we have for sale, but to establish a safe and reliable business. Call aud see us at the corner of Main and Third streets, Real Estate Co. No. 9. 1) tob ak & Hardest v. J. H. MANSELL, REAL ESTATE BROKER, NOTARY PUBLIC FOR STATE OF OREGON. City Lots and Acre Property. Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water Frontage for Sale. Investments made for Outside Parties. Established, 18S3. Correspondence Solicited. Next W. U. Telegraph Office. Third St. Astoria, Oregon. P. O. BOX 863. THE ASTORIA Real Estate and Trust Go. (INCORPORATED.) President, L.' P. W. QUIMBY. Secretary, W. The above Company Placed the RAILWAY TO ASTORIA, on the market December lSth, 1SS9. A clean sweep of all the lots in above addition was made by January lSth, lSOO. AN EXTENSION TO THE RAILWAY ADDITION Will be placed on the market February Hd. Get in now while the price is low. General Office, Rooms 1G and FfiASK SPITTLE, Apt Warren & Wright Real Estate Dealers, Mansoll's BuiTdin;?, Water Street. ASTORIA, City Property, Seaside Property, Tide Lands, Timber Lands, Farms, Etc., Bonght and Sold. ASTOXl. ADDITION, Astoria's most delightful suburb, hots 20 to S:5.i cash or installments. Loans negotiated and a general commission business transacted. Invest ments for non-residents a specialty. COKKESrOXDEXCK SOLICITED. Flynn. the Tailor KEE?S LN Finest Woolen Goods for Suitings. ALL THE LATEST STYLES. He buys for Cash, at Eastern Trices. He Guarantees the IJest Workmanship on all garments. Call and see for yourselves. Barth's Block, Astoria City Book Store. THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY! OF Blank Books, Office Supplies, School Books and Fine Stationery. The Best Goods for All Goods Guaranteed as Represented. ;im i i i U?JBL2 Astoria Eeal Estate Co. Office 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 Postoflice. SIXTY of these Lots sold within the past 8 days. The price of this Choice Property is going up daily, and may bo taken ofT the market at any time. Price of Lots, $125 to $200, according to Location. CAPITAL, $50,000. Vice-President, G. W. WILLIAMS. H. EDWARDS. ADDITION ! 1 7, N. E. Cor. First and Alder Astoria, Oregon. OREGON. STOCK THE the Lowest Prices! m Wholesale Wine House. Fine Wines, Choice Brands. I have completed arrangements for supplying any brand of Wine in any qnnntity at lowest cash figures. The Trade Supplied, Families Supplied. ALL ORDEltS DELIVERED FREE IN ASTORIA. Your patronage in City or Country solicited. A. W. UTZINGER, Cosmopolitan Saloon. Your Money's ff ortli IS WHAT YOL' GET AT Foard & Stokes IN Groceries and Provisions. Everytlil"; In a First-class Store and at Extremely Low Figures. Gootls Delivered all over Town. Tin? Highest Price raid for Junk. FOARD & STOKES Stockton AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. City, Suburban und Acreage Property For Sale. MAIN ST., ASTOKIA, OK., V. 0. Box 511. No curbstone brokers employed here Magnus G. Crosby Dealer lu HAOT AEE, IRON, STEEL. Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES. TINWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, T1ii and Copper. F.H.SURPRENANT&CO., SUCCESSORS TO County Coroner. First Class Undertaking ESTABLISHMENT. New Styles, Caskets and funeral material Next to ASTOiiiAN olllce. E. P. N00NAN & CO., (Successors to) J. P. HYNES, DEALERS IN- Groceries Produce. "Water Street, Astoria, Oregon. TELEPHONE NO. 7. - P. O. BOX 800. THE RBAVEY PATENT CANT DOC. HJLBICHOHST A COST JUNTT, Successors to KIRK SHELDON. HEADQUARTERS FOR LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. Agency for ATKINS7 CELEBRATED SAWS. LANDER'S LOGGING JACKS. GENERAL HARDWARE. 151 Front Street, PORTLAND, OR. The New Model Range CAN BE IIAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OF E. R. HA WES, AKent. Gail and Examine It ; You "Wiil be n eased. E. R. Hawes Is also Agent for the Buck Patent Cooking Stove, AND OTHER FIRST CLASS STOVES. Furnace Work, Steam Fittings, Etc., a Specialty. A Full Stock on Hand. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. Crockery, Glass i Plated Ware. o Tho Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables. Received fresh every Steamer. So5SsJ:Sl mmmms MMMUMK WMmsmm These SEINES are mado true taper and from an actnal scale, and will hang true and draw when hung in to lines, and from the Gold Medal 1-2 Fatent Tnine. RIGHT AND LEFT HAND LAID PATENT ROPE, 9 thread and larger, soft and free from kinking. SALMON TRAP NETS knit from the Gold Medal 1-2 Patent Twine, superior to the medium laid, stronger, more durable and Holds Tar Longer. Letters or Telegraph shall have our Prompt and Careful Attention American Net & Twine Co Extablhhed IS 12. Boston, Mass. Capital, f3M,M. N. B. Wo have tho largest Netting and Twine plant. New and costly machinery has lately been added for knitting heavy Traps for tho Columbia river, and Seises for the Alaska Salmon Fisheries, and the most skillfnl help employed. Highest awards atBoston, i860, Philadelphia. 187C London Fisheries ExpoarttoBvieSS, CAKI. A. II KsON. Parker & Hanson SUCCESSORS TO C. L. PARKER, DEALEliS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE New Goods Arriving Every Steame THIS WEEK. The Old Stand - Astoria Orecon. & Welch, Marshall & Co., Salmon Net Twines MANUFACTURED ltY GEO. A. CLARK & BROS., NEW.1ERSEV. For Sale hy I. SMITH, Agent, Onice at Wherry & Co's. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY There Is no occasion for the most fastidi ous of our citizens to send to Portland or San Francisco for Custom Made Clothes As they can pet Better Fits, Better Work manship, and for less Money. By Leaving their Orders with MEANY. New Goods bv Every Steamer. Call and See Him aid Satisfy Toarself. P. J. Meany. Merchant Tailor. City Wood Yard. Hamilton A Co., Prop'rs. Ofllce and "Woodyard on Gray's Dock. All Kinds of Fine Dry Wood Cut AND DELIVERED At Keasoaablc Pncea.. Satisfac tion Uuaraatced. Oar Fatrams. AH Orders promptly filled and delivered In any part of the city. ggwgggw GELO K. r-ARKKR. ffatepoi Goods y: