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-f 7 "-Si " - X iwwn " Jk. VOL. XXXIV, NO ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY !. !S.)0. PRICE FIYE CENTS zJ WW 4 -i x ym 34. O. P. Upshur, Shipping and Commission Merchant AaU St. hart. Astoria. OrpR-m. sri?TIAI.TU: Cannery Supplies Garbour's Salmon Net Twines. NKPttlNK Brand Salmon Twin.'. WOOllUKKKY Cotton Urn's amlTuines SEINES and NETTING uf.itl IVerf;tinii Fumislitsl -it l.i't r Trices. iIHE INSURANCE nrrto.1 in Tirt Class Companies, Ui'ptvstMit tns si:i,ooo,o rmr.MX, hoxk. Haiironl, Conu New York, Atrarj rrlflc Kircss and WcUsF?oA'o TMibIsbh. Lsster & Andeiien, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Archil eels. Okfick, Room Si, Ki.avi:i.s Iir.is, SECOND STREET V. O. llox SIX ASTOKI A, Oil. En9 ine iilic vc?5," Hydra tA sCi $vu ,A ocV' , s- islSO- - , Wm. B. Adair, REAL ESTATE AGENT. X. K. Cor. Oliuy ami Third Sis. P. O. Box 436. larUclar attention ;;lven to I'l-openles lnUWMTAtoil.i;:ilMilo niirchasf ofTim Iht I Amis. ALLEN & SIMPSON, DKAI.KKS IN Wall Paper and Oil Paintings SIT.CIAI.TY, Sign Writer, Grainer and Ornamental Painter. tor Cass and .lotliTson SI-.. Atoiia, Wilson & Fisher Skip Chandlers, HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, Paints. Oils, and Varnish. LOGGERS' SUPPLIES. P ROVI8I ON 8 miliTfeed AtiKN'lJS KOIl SALEM PATENT ROLLER MILLS Portland Boiler Mills, FAIRBANKS SCALES. A.STOUIA. OICKGON BOOTS AND SHOES! Of Best Quality, and at LOWEST PRICKS. ATTIIK SIGN OF THEJOLDEN SHOE. JOHEN HAHN. SEALAN0. The terminus of the Ilwacoand Shoalwater Hav ltailioad. TIIK G11EAT EST SUMMER RESOKT ON THE NORTHWEST COAbT. Lies at the head ofthe IUj at deep water, and only twelre. miles from the bar. The comiiic t ounty .H'at and Coiumereial Metropolis of Pacific county. Now laid out. I.ols on the market from 50, and upwards. Kor particulars and fuli information, call on or address B. A. SEABORC, Ilwaco, Wash. This Delightful Suburban Property is Now on the Market and Selling Rapidly. It is Inside Property Compared with all Other Additions to Astoria. Situated on the Water Front is Clear and Level and as an Investment Has no Equal in the Northwest. Lots, $75 and $85. r: THE .POPE'S BROTHER DEAD. Specials from Europe aul the East ern States, r. .. ma usual l. r. if.i;.v. The Impetuous Duke D'Orleans. Pawls, Feb. 8. The Doko D'Or leatis was taken before the tribunal of the Seine, charged with flagrant vio lation of the banishment law. A con tinuance was granted till Wednesday. Home, Feb. 8. Cardinal Pecri, n brother of Pope Loo X1IT , died this afternoon. Lou Intrrrnt tu tn lork Xnw Yoinc, Feb. S. Money is of fered at 2 per cent. Bar Mirer closed at IMPJ. Chicago lVhrat MarLel . Chicago, Feb. 8. Wheat is steady; March 7Gc, May 7Sc. 17. S. Marshal I,. T. Itsrln. Washington, Feb. 8. President Harrison on Thursday sent to the sen ate the following nominatien: For United States marshal, Louis T. Parin, for the district of Oregon. The Kcporth OrJrrcd Printed. Washington-, if. C, Feb. 8. -The majority and minority reports upon the new code of rules were filed with the journal clerk and ordered printed. Uotihed and Murdered. WnsTroiiD, N. Y., Feb. 8. Hansom Fiord and wife were shot and killed" br burglars last night. The house wasiobbedof$3000. An Kntirc Tamil) Hurried. Stevenson. Ala., Feb. 8. The dwelling of a fanner named Roth was burned in this place last night. Roth, his wife and four children per ished in the llamas. A Million Dollar Fire. Patteusox, N. J., Feb. 8. Wash ington Hall w;is burned this morning. Loss one million of dollars. lCcmciiilcr TIiEn. If you are sick Simmons Liwr I'egu lator will suielyaitl natuie in making you well. Jf roti ate eo-sthe or dyspep tic or an suirering from any oilier of Hie nuiueioits dl.sea.ies r Hie hirer. Stomach or IJoweLs, it i y.iur own fault if you lematn ill, for .'-millions Liver ltegulator is a soxeieign lemedy in all such coinplainLs. Permanent jeb: Stranger (to small boy) -Is your father at home? Small boy No, sir; he went to the cemetery this morning. Stranger When will he return? Small boy- He's gone to stay. Life. Mothers should letnember, when a physician cannot be nro.-ured, that Ayei's Cherry IVctotal piotuptlr ie-Iteie-s the croup. Among the lwoks that helped Cal vin S. Brice is his pockelbook. Hus ton Het aid. Astoria Municipal Bonds. Notice is hoicby ".iron that sealed proposals will be leoeireil at the office of the auditor and police judge of the city of Astoria, Clatsop county. Oregon, until Monrinj', .Maich 7th, 1K), for As toiia Municipal I'oiuls lo the amount of $'22,tt"i0, to he issued in denominations to.suiL ai:l boiuls to diaw interest at the rate of 4 per cent , payable semi-annually; bonds to iunliOye.irs.niid arc is sued lor the purpose of relunding $8.(kh) outstanding indebtedness, and pui chas ing two lots for fire purposes. Value of assessable properly in the citr, ."1.000,000. Value of piopei ty owned by the cily, 41 00. Tic sent indebtednessincluding bonds and exclusire of cash in the ticasury, 2(5.000. Uids should be addressed lo T. S. Jewell, auditor and nolice judge, Asto ria, Oiegon. Iy order ir the common council. A ttesl : T. S. .1 ewktt. Auditor and Police .Inde. Astoiia. Or., l'cbruaiy (Hit. 18!K). Abstracts of Titta C. R. THOMSON Keeps a full set of Abstract Books ami will examine the lille tonny ite.il Ks Uiteiu tliucouutr ami rurnlsh an Abnic of Title to t lie .same. Toriiisjv:Lsoiiable. Woru'cuuraiitccd. IParxxi. for Loixt With fortr-lhc head r cattle for half Hie n.crcase Call r write to (). r.JOH'NSOX. Vesper, Clatsni County. Or. POWELL'S A TANGLED TRACK. Tlie Storm s:a Waterloo5'' For lie Southern Pacific. ritESH Tiieutihi: at ;z,i:xialj:, VoiitimKSd, Feb. 8. The situation of the railway blockades remains unchanged. Messrs. Brandt and Koh ler of the Southern Pacific railway company visited the scene of the wash out on their line from East Portland this morning and now have a large force over making repairs which will Ik? completed within three or four days. The track is completely washed away from K street to U, a distance of orer l,, of a mile. "I would bo a happy man," said Mr. Itraudt, "if that washout could only be said to be the worst which we have met with. AVo have found a "Water loo sure enough and there is abso lutely no telling when we can get our through trains in motion. Onr facil ities for securing velialbe reports from the wrecked positions of the road are so inadequate to the situation that I cannot say just what condition the road is in, but I feel sure it could hardly be worse. "We are hiring all the men w can find and will do our utmost to make speedy repairs." The road is now in a serviceable con dition from the junction to llose burg, but beyond the latter place it is just the reverse. FjiLsc trestle work bridges will be put in where the cuts cannot lx made quickly through the landslides. The road will run around the obstruction until the earth can be removed. Two years ago a breach of two miles was made in the trestle work of Cow Creek canyon, the scene of the great trouble at the present In three days time trains were passed over the falsework which had been nut in. There is little prospect now that a Southern Pacific train will be run either way between here and San Fraiicico before a month has elapsed- On the Union Pacific Line. Not less than two miles of land slides have occurred during the pre vailing "reign of terror," along the Union Pacific, between here and The Dalles. The worst places are, of course, in the vicinity of Bonneville and Cascades. Large forces of men are now at work with steam shovels, and all other appliances, cutting away debris and building bridgas anil trestle work. At Oneonta a curve will bo made from the main line around the land slide until the earth can bo cleared away. The calculation is that by next Monday night a train will leave The Dalles for Portland. The schedule may fall short, however, as possibly the trains cannot bo sent out for a Aveek. At present all Union Pacific freight, passengers and mails destined for Portland are put aboard the Harvest Qncen and transferred to the Port land l)oat at the portage railway at the Cascades. Taken altogether, the railroad situ ation is nlxmt as bad as it could possi bly lie, and high as they have been, or Tor that matter, turbulent as they continue to be, the rivers are the only agents able to act :is a highway by which Portland can be reached from the south or cast. Has a Tale Worth I.tttening To. Poktmxd, Feb. 8. -A. G.Schwatku, uncle of Lieut. Frederick Schwatka, of Arctic Tame, left Yreka, California, some three weeks ago. bound north on snow shoes. Nothing w;is heard from him, and his friends began to think he had perished in the snow. There was talk of organizing a search party, but to-day his friends received a dfs palch dated "Grant's Pass," saving: "I am coming. I made the whole dis tance on snow shoes. I have a tale well worth listening to, to tell when I see you." Will Prosecute This Time. PoitTLAN-n, Feb. 8. This afternoon Sheriff" Kelly arrested Herman Lewis, employed in a fiduciary capacitv bv C. 11. Lane & Co., mer chant tailors, on a chanre of embezzlement. The sheriff nail considerable trouble finding him. lie has lieen in the employ of Lane & Co. for some montlis and it is esti mated that he has despoiled the firm or between $1,500 and $2,000. Tho house had been similarly treated by another employe without prosecuting him, but on this occasion are deter mined to prosecute the offender. A I!I(i IAM) SMI) IX More Trouble on the Southern Oregon Kail road Track. AsnxAxn, Or., Feb. & A report has reached here from Glendale, that an immense slide has occurred on the railroad half a mile southwest of the fork of Cow Creek ennvnn. Tim olli came from a high mountain down to uie oottom or the canyon, a distance or 800 or 1,000 feet covering the track and filling the canyon. The report says that the trees are standing on the slide the same as they were when it started from the summit. The water is backed up iu the can yon for a distance of three miles and is 500 feet wide and from fifty to seventy fegt deep. Tunnel 3 is completely buried. The water in the creek is trying to flow through the slide but the earth is jammed in so tight that so far it has not given way. The tele graph line men built a raft and to-day tried to get a line across the lake that has leen formed. A Illizzartl In Jlanitoba. "WiNNirnc, Manitoba, Feb. 7 A genuine blizzard has been raging here all the afternoon and has developed into the worst storm since 1SS."3. Snow has fallen to the depth of three or four feet, and is now falling at the rate or a foot an hour. In the driving, blustering storm it is imiossible to see a hundred feet, and the tempera ture has gone down from fire above zero at three o'clock to 2 lielow at 6 o'clock. The wind was from the south when the storm began, but is now blowing from the northwest, at the rate of fortv-fire miles an hour. ltnilronds are already experiencing much difficulty in moving trains, and if the storm continues, a blockade is inevitable. Great Daniasc In Southern Oregon. Ashland, Or., Feb. 7. The extent of the damage by the late rains to the Oregon & California railroad between hero and Bosebnrg, 150 miles north or here, can not be estimated even ap proximately, but it is very heavy. The railroad from Grant's Pass to Boscburg is rejiorted one continua tion of slides, and streams all over Sonthern Oregon are reported very high. Oreson State 3IHitia. Washington, Feb. L The report of the secretary of war on the militia strength of the United States shows the follewing: Oregon Commissioned officers, 140; enlisted men, 1,G11; available for mil itary duty, .12,484. Canned lly llackwater. Sonle anxiety was caused here dur ing the Hood on account of news be ing received that the Columbia was rising. It appears that this was a mistake, and that the apparent rise of the Columbia was backwater from the Willamette. Mr. Frank "Warren, who was at the Cascades during the flood, states that at his fish wheel just be low the Cascades the Columbia was two feet lower than it was last June, while at his cannery, three miles be low the fish wheel, the Avater was three feet higher than it was last June. This proves conclusively that the riso in the Columbia was all between the Cascades and the mouth or the "Will amette, and was caused by the Hood injuring out of that rirer backing up the waters or the Columbia. Ore yon tan. S. The Sloop 'Ilowena" Libeled. Bobort Liddle. doin" business mi der the name of B. Liddle Sc Co., h:is libeled the sloop Itowena to recover 517,H.. lie bets rorlli that the master of the vessel, Oscar Barf els, in duced him on Decemlier 9th la&t to furnish firearms and mnmnmiioii on the pretense that lie was the master oi tne vessel and wis going on a seal ing vojage. The libelant further alloires Hint the sloon iliil linf. tn on tho voyage, had no intention of doing so, and that no part of the claim has iieen pain. a. p. vail, s. a child kh,m::. Another child killed by the use of opiates given in thefoun.of Soothing syrup. Why mothers give tlieh child ren Mien deadly poison is .surprising, when they cam clieve the child of its peculiar troubles by using Dr. Acker's l.iby Soother. It contains no opium or iimrpiiiui'. now oy ,i. w. loxx. In a recent interview C. P. Hunting ton, the millionaire, made the follow ing statement: ""When I went to Cal ifornia in '49 I Aras accompanied by a part or young Tel lows from my native slate, Connecticut, and when we reached Sacramento the first tiling they did was to go to a hotel and spend $1 apieee for dinner. My din ner cost me les than a sixteenth of that sum. It was always my rule to live within my income. Any young man who does that will get along." To create an appetite, and ghetone to the digestive apparatus, ue Ayer's Sarsaparilla. THAT ILVCKlNCrcOUGIl can be so quickly cured by shiloh's Cure. We guarantee it. .1. 0. Dement. Meupalgja TRADE MARK ,r 3" JMtai- ,-.itTY ANnPFRMMttNl! Mmmm IZlirorl w hv -1 f .iS" BALTD-MD . iHECHAS-A-VOBElERBil THE STATE OF BUSINESS. The Financial Statns-The Commer cial (Moot. A 'EKY FAVOR A II LE SllOiriXfi. New York, Feb. 8. A special tele gram to BrailslreeVs indicates a mod erate improvement in general mer chandise east of the Bocky mountains with more reasonable weather and consequently a more active demand for staple goods. Prices of cattle and hogs generally tend lower, on a free movement. "Wheat is depressed on the Pacific coast by free offerings, and large interior stocks. Groceries, dry goods and drugs are fairly active. Iron prices are fairly steady on the belief that tho demand will increase at au early date; but anthracite coal is barely steady, with no improvement in tho demand for domestic purposes. The industrial situation is attracting attention, with an increasing number of employes on a strike, and an out look for a strike of considerable pro portions May 1st, and in case a gen eral concession is not made that eight hours shall constitute a day's work. The prico movement continues fair and regular, as for several months past. Wall street has been abandoned to proressional operators during the week. The bears have been most active. Money has been quiet and isy. Notwitlistandiug the decrease in the New York bank surplus reserves, and high rates or discount at London, the . brightest spot in the street has been '' active demand for railway bouds, one or two new loans having been snb- scnucd for twice over. ? The bank clearings at thirty-five cities for January agregate $5,139,044,- 944, or 7?4 per cent more than m Jan uary, 1889, 10 per cent more than in December List, and are exceeded only by the monthly totalas as in October, 1889 mid December 1S8G. Beports to BradstreeVs show 1,7S1, 707 pounds of Hour in stock in first and second hands at 53 cities Feb ruary 1st, an increase of. 17,931 bar rels since January 1st. BradstreeVs report of available stocks of wheat east of the Bocky mountains in the United States and Canada show 49, 691,314 bushels, on February 1st, or 4,535,827 bushels less than on Jan nary 1st. The month's decrease for both coasts is5,9SG,7Gl bushels. Compared with a year ago, eastern stocks are 2,276,727 bushels larger and on both coasts 3, 9 ,1G9 bushels larger. BradstreeVs totals, with Beerbohm's report of stocks in Europe and afloat there Feb. 1st, show a decrease of 5, 558,585 bushels during Jan., or 8.Y per cent and a decreaso of 13,925,585 bushels compared with Feb ruary' 1st, 18S9 or 11-6 per cent. Exports or wheat and flour as wheat this week from both coasts equal 20,214,297 bushels against 1,163,851 bushels last week. The total shipped July 1st to date is 61,0:12,698 bushels against 59,455,500 bushels in like portions of 1SSS-S9. Dry goods are more active at Bos ton, and to a leaser degree at New York, but trade as a whole does not equal expectations. Wool is inactive, with prices favor ing the buyer, particularly on pulled and territory grades. There are larger port receipts and weaker cables, save depressed cotton prices, at all markets except New York. The total number of failures in the United States since Janunrv 1st is 1887, against 1871 in 1S89. Editor BradstreeVs. Xew York stock Keport. NkwYouk, Feb. 8. Money closed offered at 2 per cent, which was the only rate in the morning. No transactions are reported. Exchange closed steady. Posted rates, S4.S14.88; actual rates, $4.834' 4.83 for 60 days, and $4.87.f 4.87 for demand. Governments closed steady. Cur rency 6s, 116 bid; 4's, coupon, 123.f bid; 4's, coupons, 104 bid. - Pacific bonds closed as follews: Union firht, 114 bid; Unions, sink ing fund, 116 bid. Tutt's Pills CURE Mraria, Fever and Ague, Dumb Chills, Wind Colic, Bilious Attacks, etc. They produce resular, natural evac uations, never gripu or Interfere with, daily bUAineKH. As a family medicine, they should have a pl.ico in eery household. Price, 25 ccnU per box. Sold Everywhere. Oilice, 44: Murray St N. Y. H. EKSTBOH, Practical : Watchmaker, ASTOKIA. OR. A fine line of-Oold and Silver Watches; Solid Hold and Dated Jewelry, Clocks, etc, at reasonable prices. Repairing Promptly Done. Opposite Crow's Gallery. ADDITION! perm POWDER Absolutely Pure. This ponder never vanes, A marvel oi t'lirity. strength anil hnIe&onicness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be .sold in competition with the multi tude of low test, short weight, alum or phos phate powders. Sold mil ii in can. Koval r.AiciNo lnwiKit Co. 100 V'jui-st.. X. V. Lkwis M. JOUN.SOX& Co., Agents, Port land. Oregon. EAST ffARRENTON In consequence or the demand for those beautim! level lots. Mr. 1. C. Warren has been induced to plat ninety-six lots Adjoining WarrentorTon the East. Which will be known anil sold as East Warrenton ! THE RAILROAD runs through the plat, which is only 200 yards Troin the Warrenton depot. For further information call at once on the ASTORIA REAL ESTATE CO. For Sale ! The West One-Half of Block 71, McClure's Astoria. Only three blocks south of the Odd Fel lows' building. There is a tine Uwelluisr on this choice property that will rent at top iiurcs tne year round. For further particulars inquire of ASTORIA REAL ESTATE CO. 0 T LARSON & HILLBAGK fei: GROCERIES AXI FftllSH FEC1I1TS. Oi tiers Delivered Free t.f Charge. Country (Inters Solicited. Third Mreet. next to 1'ioneer oilice. The Mikado. CANDY MANUFACTORY. N. J. BERGMAN, Prop'r. Fine Chocolate Bon Bons FRESH MADK DAILY. As Well as All Other Kinds of Cream Candies. Pleage Call and Give Me a Trial. THIRD STREET, Next to AVeMeru Union Telegraph Office. Tho only medicine which destroys the Kirn; of Catarrh. Rheumatism, Femalo Complaints, Consumption (if not too fnr son IJyspopsin. Malarial and nil Blood wd K-rin Diseased. It is a safo and positivo :nro for LOSS of Manhood and Gon orrhea. Is pleasant to drijk. Giro it a trial Price, 73 cents nnd $1.25. PACIFIC SLOPE MEDICINE CO., Spokano Foils, Wash. J. C Dement, Sole Agenr, Astoria RjBBifc mCm!wjsJjL (jlfiHP AL0ERBR00K Joins Astoria on the East and will be the terminus-of the two Transconti nental .Railways. Young's Addition to Alderbrook! Is the only inside addition on the market, and prices of lots will treble in value within three months. Buy now, while lots are selling for 75; $20 down and 10 per month. Wingate & Stone, PARIS Xjieading Tailor of Astoria. Great Reduction in Prices. IMPORTER OF English, French and Scotch Woolens. NEW GOODS BY EVERY STEAMER. First-class work, and no garment will bo allowed to rq ont of the store unless it Rives satisfaction. Fine Rnsiness Snits made to order for $35. Gennine Imported Tweed Cheviot and Cashmere. Suits from $3S to $!.". Broad Wail Overcoats at $30 and upwards. This gives every gentleman in Astoria n chance to get a Fine Fitting Snit. Come around and satisfy yourself. J. N. KLOSTER. BARBOUR'S Irish Flax HAVE NO XfiMWlg Sz'aMkvsM Jr-' i riyr jisx IiomjrjHf if sEuii?laM GRAND PRIX PARIS 1878. AND GRAND CROSS OF THE LEGION D'HONNEDR. They reeeived the ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX THREADS at the London Fisheries Eacnibition 1883. And have hi'en awarded HIGHER PRIZES at the various INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, Than Ihe goods of any other SEJBLEli MANUFACTURERl IN THE WORLD, Quality Can Always be Depended on. Exieriencei Mann Use no Ota. HENRY DOYLE & CO.. 5 1 7 and 5 1 9 Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO. AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. WOODBERRY SEINE TWINE, ROPE and NET-4 TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, FOUNDS and TRAPS Furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices. TAILOR Threads EQUAL! ftHM - Xv' H , .-. -4 ROBB & PARKER, Agents, Astoria, Oreg -"i - " -. ' ""- ' y ..''?'.4w ? ' kik&l !!& : 5gts-agt& &i