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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1890)
'.; CO fa SUtj gtftoran. ASTORIA. OREGON: WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12 1800 City iRd County Official Paper. Ik 1S80, Oregon's population, ac conling to the federal census, was 174,908. This year's figures trill ap proximate 300,000. Tin: negro women of Charleston, S. G, have declared war against the Chinese laundrymcu, and the city authorities are helping them bycharg iag $100 for licenses for Chinese laundries. Bisnor "WurrrAKcn was the Epis copal bishop of Nevada for sixteen years. He never saw a pistol pulled during that time, but went back to Philadelphia last week, and while of ficiating in that staid old city, a crank tried to shoot liim with a bull dog re volver. It is said that George T. Smith's middlings purifier has increased the wealth of the northwest fully So00, OCW.O00, and the American Miller's as. sociation has awarded him a gold medal for bringing out the most im portant invention ever made in milling machinery. Ock specials this morning from Spokane Falls, tell the funny story of Montana legislators paying $000 for a siccial train to escape from serving the constituencies they were elected to represent They are going to have 'a good time" in western Or egon and "Washington. Tun Morxing AsToniAX is in re ceipt of voluminous blanks from Mr. Porter, superintendent of the census, with the request that they be filled and returned, and with the implied information that this oflicc is relied upon to do this work. It is ilh re gret that the justifiable request must be ignored. To collect, arrange, and correctly transmit the information asked would take Jhc writer's whole time for three days. The work ought to le done, but who is to do it, is the question. Had any attache of this office Hie time, it would be gladly un dertaken, but the days are only 24 hours long. A lawsuit has just been finished in Pcsth which began in 17G3, 122 years ago. The bishop of Ncutra, in north ern Hungary, died, leaving his estate to his family. They were unable to take possession, owing to the Turkish invasion at that lime. After the in vasion it was found that there were one thousand persons entitled to a share. They, being unable to agree, apcalcd to the law, and :is a result the expenses of the law and adminis tration have swallowed up the for tune almost entirely, and the heirs have increased to more than two thousand. Now that the case is set tled the heirs will get about five dol lars apiece. A. CONSTlTUTIOXAli COUVCHtlOU IS a present necessity in this shite. "We need a new organic law. Such a prop osition was made in SG. Tun Asto- kiax then onioscd it, because the time of such agitation as was then go xas on is not the lime when sober counsels prevail. It said then, that the measure should be deferred. It now believes that the present is a favorable time for the selection, not of dema gogues, but of representative men from all parts of the stale who would give us a constitution that Avould be more in accordance with our preseut requirements and presumptive needs in the future. The conditions have changed since the present constitution was adopted. Oregon has outgrown it. Admiiul SuurEtiDT tells how the Ivussians are filching lerntorv from the Chiuese on the boundary between Siberia and China. The means of communication are so poor in China and the avenues of news are so few that it is impossible for the Chinese to keep track of the goings on in their provinces. The Russians send a reg imeut of Cossacks with their families about ten or fifteen miles into China. 'The regiment will settle down, take up the land and cultivate it. They take up the boundary stones as they settle down and put them at the edge oC their settlements, and the next year another regiment comes along, takes ap the laud below and moves the boundary stones further on toward Pekin. These encroachments have been going ou for years, and the Chi nese cannot understand the perpetual shrinkage of their northern frontier. The bouse of representatives has passed a bill appropriating $1,500,000 for tbo erection of three penitentiaries Sr wlikh to confine United States' prisoners. This is a bill that should become a law, and one of the peniten tiaries should be loaded on the Pacific coast. As California has military prisons, the penitentiary, says the Tdegram, should be established in Oregon, At present niauy of the government prisoners are confined in stele penitentiaries, where they are, of course, under the con trol of tho state prison officials, mpcrn whom an unjust hardship is nwked. It would be better for the Mtkm&l government to have prisons ite own in which punishment can be administered to its prisoners. Then k coald regulate them according as it y see fit, without regard to the Tiews or intorfcrence on the part of the state officials. It is as necessary tfee national and state peniten- i should be separate, ns it is in of city anfl county jails. Ma. Pakxeia, although invisible, is Bis address to tho Irish like a clarion call He y work on hand. It is be- lieved that at this session the question of home rule for Ireland is to settled. Parnell acts as it ho wished to have every member of the party- think so, his influence is felt in every direction. He will leave no stone unturned to further the cause. He intends to produce the whole mass of Pigott's letters, forgeries and all. Mr. Davitl, speaking of the forthcoming documents and testimony says the revelations they will make will be startling, even to a world jaded with the proceedings of the unusual com mission. Parnell no longer seeks his own vindication from the accusations of the Times. In the interests of the cause he supports he proposes to dis close and denounce to the world the nefarious conspiracy which was formed agaiust its leaders, in order to kill it and complete its investigation, which the special commission refused to allow him to do and which it left un done. The 'Willamette Floods. The greatest loss in Benton county is in the Alsea valley. The Alsea riv er overflowed its banks and the valley had the appearance of a lake. In many places the water was ten feet higher than any high water mark known, the result being much loss of stock and property. Many miles of fencing in that lection were washed away and the mountain side in dozens of places washed down into the can yon. Some of these slides were 500 feet square and so deep that in many instances gigantic trees were carried hundreds of yards downward and aro to-day standing erect in the canyon below. In other cases big trees havo been broken like pipestems jandi piled up with dirt fifty feet high", forming immense dams in the mountain streams and creating small lakes. The only death reported in Benton county occurred at Bobert Barclay's residence, threemiles from Alsea bay. About 5 o'clock Monday morning Mrs. Barclay and one of her daughters heard a terrible noise and ran out of the "house. They saw the whole mountain side above their residence moving downward and rapidly gaining momentum. Before they could give the alarm the avalanche struck the house, smashing it into an unrecogniz able mass of broken lumber, and where it stood there was at least twenty feet of mud and mire. Mr. Barclay and three children and a visitor, llobert Brown, were imprisoned in the broken building, and it took three hours of terrible anxiety to the wife and daugh ter, before the debris was removed. The father and children were not fa tally injured, but Brown had been in stantly killed by a timber which fell across his breast The barn near the house was wrecked and ten head of valuable slock killed. A VIGOROUS KICK. V A MnrchanVaVriUi tho Ttono or Contend lion A Iicnuuciat'.ii. A well known merchant who lias been greatly benefitted by Joy's Ycgctablo Sarsa parilla, desired to giro It to his "wife, who was very delicate, but out ol caution first consulted his physician, Dr. W.1L Griswold of S50 Market street The doctor, who Is one ol our leading practitioners objected, saying ho had never seen n sar6aparllla that did not contain potash, which thinned the blood; that his patient did not havo any vitality to loso, and that what delicate people need is not decreased vitality, but more blood. Ho however consented when assured that Joy'i Vegctablo Sarsaparllla was opposed to tho blood thinning idea ol other sarsaparillas, and that on the contrary by specific vegeta ble alteratives it promoted digestion, and re paired nutrition, hence created new blood and wa3 tho very thin? for feeble people. The above explains tho many cases in which aged, delicato and run down people, havo been bui' up by Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla titer the potash parsaparillas failed. Its ef fects arc creating a sensation. S. J". Examiner IVo. O Roir on Deck. We are now ready for business, and have sonic first-class bargains in real estate, both inside ami 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 live blocks from our office Xo. !. We also have lots in all parts of the city and acreage in all parts of the slate. W'e have timber claims and farms in Clatsop count. "We do not propose to misrepresent any property that we have for sale, but to establish a safe and reliable business. Call and see us at the corner of Main and Third street', Ileal Estate Co. No.i. DUMtAK fc Hakdkstv. Telephone liOdcin f louse. LJestlJcds in town. Kooms per night 50 and 'Si ois., jut week Sl-r0. New and clean. lrh:ile rut ranee. .lie aix Ctioued to Order. Private rooms for ladies and families: at Central Restaurant, next to Foard & Slol-i'. BXorgan & Sherman GROCERS- And Dealers in 17 Special Attention Given to Filling Of Orders. A PULL LINE CARRIED And Supplies furnished at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered tn any part of the city. Office and Warehouse hi Hume's JCew HuiUllng on Water Street, P. O. Box 153. Telephone No, 37. ASTORIA, OREGON. Astoria Iron Works. Gtitieoiiily St.. Foot of Jackson, Astoria. Or a General Machinists anil Boiler Makers. Land and Marine Engines Boirait WORK, Steamboat Work and Cannery Work A SPECIALTY, Castings of all Descriptions Made to Order at Short Notice. Jonx Fox. .President, and Supt. A. I. Fox, Vice President J. G. HusTiiKir. -.Sec and Treas. To Ganners. Jensen's Patented Can Capping Machine. "Will Cap and Crimp 95 CASS per X1XUTE. It has proved to Keducothc Leakage more than SO per cent, less than hand capped. Price, $G00. Orders complied with by The Jensen Oftn-Iilliig Machine Oo. Gaie Supplies ! The Oregon Land Co. J. A. OOOBL. ACctzxetsex, 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. BUY YOUR Sunny Mead TO ASTORIA. This Fine Property lias been put on the market by MRS. OWENS ADAIR, 3L D., and is situated near the Astoria & Coast Railroad. For Sale by McGowan Bros. & Tuttle, PRICES, S50 AND S60. THIRD STREET, W. L. Uhlenhart & Co., Real Estate and Money Brokers, 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 my ollice with a splendid selection of Business, Residence, Seaside, Fanning ana Timber Land. SOME VERY CHOICE ACREAGE PROPERTY, On John Day's Klver, suitable for plat tins. COKKESPONDKNCK SOLICITED. Abercrombie & Stevens, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. We Offer To-Day Choice Acreage! Two Hundred and Twenty Acres Choice Land on LewU and Clarke's Klver, CO Acres slashed and burnt, 15 Acres cleared with good House and Darn. One Hundred and Ten Acres partly cleared on Ferris Creek above Swinson's landing, Two Blocks in WAltRENTON. Two Blocks In MATIKB'S. HOUSES AND LOTS AT SEASIDE. Two I.ots in HUSTLER'S & AIKEN'S. Three Lots on West Ninth Street. ASTORIA. Office in the Telephone Building, 0pp. Thompson & Ross. Wholesale Wine House. Fine Wines, Choice Brands. I havo completed arrangements for supplying any brand of "Wino in any quantity at lowest cosh figures. The Trade Supplied, ALL ORDERS DELIVERED FREE IN ASTORIA. Your patronage in City or Country solicited. GILLET?S THE- Finest Fitted Shop in the City NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS ARTISTS EMPLOYED. Third Street, Opp, Rucker's Restaurant. City Wood Yard. Hamilton 4b Co., Prop'rs. Office and Woodyard on Gray's Dock. All Kinds of Fine Dry Wood Cut AND DELIVERED At Jteaaeaable Prices. Hatlsfac- tle feiaaraatced Oar Fatraaa. All Orders promptly filled and delivered In any part of the city? Wanted. A GIRL. OK MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, to de housework In small family. One who speaks German preferred. Inquire at Kobb& Parker's. TonsonalEmgonnm LOTS IN Addition! EAST OF 0LNEY. Families Supplied. IVERED FBEE IN ASTORIA, ry solicited. A. W. UTZINGER, Cosmopolitan Satan. Garnahan & Go. SUCCESSORS TO L W. CASE, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AMI RETAIL DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Conirr Chenanius and Cass streets. ASTCRIA ----- OREGON H. W. Strickler, M. D. DEALER IN Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles, Etc. Prescription Clerk speaks Four different Languages. General practice of Medicine attended to by the Doctor. Second Street, near Postoffice. A NEW ENTERPRISE. City Express Transfer Campany. H. D. Thing and C. E. Miller, PKOPBIETOES. Headquarters at Main Street wharf. TELEPHONE NO. 43. A General Express and Delivery Business transacted. Your patronage Is solicited. J. H. MANSELL, - REAL ESTATE BROKER, XOTA11Y PUBLIC FOR STATE OF OREGON. City Lots and Acre Property, Ranches, Timber Lands, and Water Frontage for Sale. Investments made for Outside Parties. Established, 1S83. Correspondence Solicited. Next V. U. Telegraph Offlce. Third St. Astoria, Oregon. P. O. BOX 863. THE ASTORIA Real Estate andTrust Go. (INCORPORATED.) President.. L. P. W. QUIMBY. . Secretary. W. The above Company Placed the MIAY TO ASTORIA, on the market Decembpr lSth, 1S89. A clean sweep of all the lots in above addition was made by January lSth, 1S90. AN EXTENSION TO THE RAILWAY ADDITION Will be placed on the market February 3d. Get in now while the price is low. General Otticc, Rooms 16 and FBAM SPITTLE, Apt Warren & Wright, Real Estate Dealers, ManseH's Buildinj, Water Street. ASTORIA, City Property, Seaside Property, Tide Lands, Timber Lands, Farms. Etc., Bonght and Sold. ASTOR ADDITIOX, Astoria's most delightful suburb. Lots 520 to $.T cash or installments. Loans npgotinteil ami a reiieral pommRsion business transacted. Invest ments for non-residents a specially. COKIIESI'OXDEXCK 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 Jiest Workmanship on all garments. Call and see for yourselves. Barth's Block, Astoria City Book Store. VALENTINES 1 Comic and Griffin & Reed. Lots in Case's Astoria Are Now on Sale AT THE OFFICE OF THE Astoria Iteal Estate Co. PRICES PROM $150 TO $250 EACH. TUUH8 :-One-Hal Cash; the Balance CAPITAL, $50,000. Vice-President, C. W. WILLIAMS. H. EDWARDS. ADDITION! 17, N. E. Cor. First and Alder Astoria, Orep. OREGON. STOCK THE Sentimental! in Six and Twelve Months, D. II. WELCH. D. H. WELCH & CO , Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokers "We have lots from ?0 up. Inside prrer y alwajs listed for sale. Concspondencc solicited. Investments made for nou-resideuts. The prices we give on property are Kiinniiteei!. ami ni ftirlur conuItatInn n cessary wlth owners Lots within the city limits can l.e boiifht from S50 to $300 for the imxt eight days- Office on Water St., Near Union Pacific Wharf and Depot. P. O. EOX 1G0. Your Money's Worflj IS WHAT YOl GET AT Foard & Stokes IN Groceries and Provision?. Everything In :i First-class Store and t Extremely Low Figures. (cods Delivered all over Town. The Highest Price Paid tor Junk. FOARD & STOKES Stockton Real Estate AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. City, Suburban and Acreage Property For Sale. MAIN ST ASTORIA, OR., r. 0. Box 511. No curbstone brokers employed here Magnus C. Crosby Dealer hi HAOWARE, IRON, STEEL. Iron Pipe and Fittings, STOVES. TINWARE HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS SHEET LEAD STRIP LEAD SHEET IRON, TLkx and Popper. F.H.SURPRENANT&CO., SUCCESSORS TO J". O. ROSS County Coroner. First Glass Undertaking ESTABLISHMENT. New Styles, Caskets and funeral materi.il Next to AsTOiriAN offlce. LIDDICOAT & CRIBB. Carpenters ami Builders. Holt & McCurtrie's old stand, have over 2C0 plates and drawings of all kinds and styles of dwelling-houses, ranging from ?30o to ?l,20o. Call and see them. THE REAVEY PATENT CANT DOS. EULBXG20RST & COXT.&XTT, Successors to KIKIC SHELDON. HEADaUARTERS 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 HAD IN ASTORIA, ONLY OF ES. R. HA WES, Ageat. Call and Examine It ; You "Will be Pleased. E. IS. Ilawes 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 Groceries, Provisions and Mill Feed. Crockery, Glass Plated Ware. o The Largest and finest assortment of Fresh. Fruits and Vegetables. Received fresh every Steamer. MHyyyw mooa These SEINES are made trno taper and from an actual scale, and will hang true and draw when hung in to lines, and from the Gold Medal 1-2 Patent Twine. 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 Established 1842. Boston, Mass. Capital, SS5,Me. N. B. "We have the largest Netting and Twine plant. New and costly machinery has lately been added for knitting heavy Traps for the Columbia river, and Seines for the Alaska Salmon Fisheries, and the most skillful help employed. Highest awards at Boston, l69, Philadelphia. 187C London Fisheries Expo9ition,i883, .IAS. W. "WELCH. r.Rij r. pnKKR. CAM. A. HANSON irker & Hanson SUCCESSORS TO C. L. PARKER, DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE New Goods Arriving Every Steame THIS AVEEK. it UnHn I The Old Stand - Astoria Orecou. & Welch, Marshall & Co., Salmon Net Twines MANUFACTURED Br GEO. A. CLAR & BROS., NEW JERSEY. For Sale bj- I. SJIITII, Agent, oniee at Wherry & Co's. John G. Dement. DRUCCIST. Successor to W. E. Dement & Co. Carries Complete Stocks of Drugs and Druggists' Sundries. rrcset-iplloiis 4'arefiilljr CeatpeaHded. Agent tor ?Iedcan Salve and Norwegian Pile Cure TPajr&OL for H.ont With forty-five head of cattle for half the increase. Call or write to O.P.JOHANSON, A'esper, Clatsop County, Or. V RETAIL DEALER IN fat UUUU5 5ESgSSSEi tc&IuIhO 1-