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THE O. R. & N. DOCK,
Beautifully Situated.
Prices Low and Terms Reasonable.
KEEN & COOK, AGENTS.
SOMETHING NEW
Kennen
Addition
i
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joining proposed Public Park and near the.
newly discovered coal beds.
(inly $:5 per Lot for a lew days. Get in now and secure
firf-(ilass Lots.
FRANK SPITTLE. Agent.
Astoria. Or.
FRED 8AIZS
addles, and Harness
A LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM.
GOODS AT SAW FRANCISCO PRICES.
1 mikVfaswnn!J5 r?nul woik ami ximrautcf satisfaction. At lln Old St and, WiM
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ASTORIA. OREGON.
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THE BITCH AKD HABBOR BILL.
Literal Appropriations for Iiproye-
meuts iu tne Northwest.
i a an ri t.lti o.v.v j: ecommexb r
5iocial by Tho California Asociati:i Pniss.
Wasiuxotok, March 12. It is ex
pected that the house committee en
rivers ami harbors will have their bill
ready to report in about three weeks.
The bill will probably amount to
about S0,000,ODt). It will contain, as
far as Oregon is concerned, ample ap
propriations for the mouth of the Co
lumbia, for canals and locks of the
Cascades, for tho Willamette river
above and below Portland, for the
upper Columbia, for the Willamette
lwlow Oregon City and the rapids.
Yaonina. bay, Coos bay ami
the Coquille river. These figures em
brace projects in operation years past.
Among new projects which will be
provided for under the recent surveys
nro additional improvements of
TJmpuna river by which increased
depth will be secured between Scotts
bnrgand Gardiner, additional improve
ments provided for tho jetty worlcs on
Siuslaw bay, improvement of Tilla
inook bay and a proposed jetty on
Nchalom bay. Of the loat railway
reported on" by the commission of
engineers appointed to survey
nnd make investigations some
time ago, to overcome obstructions at
Tho Dalles and 3 and 10-milo rapids
nothing can bo at present stated.
Herman is quite determined that the
loat railway if attempted shall not go
through tho same experience that the
locks and canals at the Cascades and nn
nrovements at the mouth of tho Co
lumbia have done. He holds that un
less the river and harbor commiitee
will allow moro liberal appropriations
than have been !eforo given to the
al)ove named project, ho shall
take new steps and seek
for special legislation. He says
he feels able to announce to the papers
of Oregon that the forthcoming report
of the river and harbor committee
will show very liberal allowances for
the two great works now in prog
ress on the Columbia.
Light Houses and Lire Siting SUtiocs
Special to The astokiax.j
Washington, March 12. The sec
retary of the treasury has reported to
the committee on commerce a favor
able bill Tor the establishment of a
light house at Newport, on Yaquina
bay, Or., at a cost of S80,000. lie has
also sent an extended communication
to the committee in regard to the pro
posed life saving station on the Pacific
coast The secretary says he does not
believe a life saving station is neces
sary n Coos bay for the reason that
there is one already established on
the south side of the mouth of
the Coo3 river near cape Ar-
ago light, in regard to tue pro-
pcs2d station at ltoguo river, the tec
rotary says that he has investigated
the reports for tho past fifteen years
and finds that in that time eight ves
sels have been lost in that vicinity and
the value of properly is $33,Sfl As
to Port Orford, there have been four
wrecks in that vicinity in 15 years,
one of which was a steamer valued at
S1G1,000. While no lives have
been lost in these wrecks,
the secretary believes that the
increase or the coastwise trade
demands that nil possible exigencies
should bo met and at any rale one
life saving station must be established
at liogue river. There Is full reason
to justify the establishment of o n a t
Port Orford.
Petitions la Coasress.
Special toTjiKASTOKtAX-1
WAsmxGTo:.-, March 12. In the
senate to day numerous petitions were
received favoring the free coinage of
silver, and the Sunday rest law and
against liberal appropriation for the
new navy and coast defense. Hoar
called up the resolution to censure
Call for inserting in the record lan
guage not used in the debate. A yea
and nay vote was then taken on the
adoption of the resolution and re
sulted as follews: Yeas ?, nays 1 J.
Oregon Lcttcri Harced ia a Car.
Serial to Tin: AsiOiUAX'.
Washington, March 12. -The Ore
gon delegation are considerably exer
cised over the fact that there is but
little doubt that numerous ielicrs sent
by them to their constituents were
consumed in the car burnt in Utah on
February 27. Senator Mitchell Fays
that he fears that some fifty letters
written by him in resone to com
munications from persons in Oregon
were burnt in that car.
ClianR.' of I. S. Stoaa; r.
tM il to TllK AxTOlUAN.t
Washington, March 1 The re
cent accident to the U. S. steamer
lrutuois while on her way from Hon
olulu to Samoa to relieve the Adams,
which necessitated her putting into
Pt. Townseud, will prevent her from
performing service at present and
another vessel will have to be sent to
Apia. Admiral "Brown, commanding
the Pacific squadron, has ordered the
U. S. steamship Mohican lo sail at
one." to relieve the Adaini which is
under orders to return to S.;n Fran
cisco for repairs as soon as the other
vessel arrives.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODS.
Til
English Pugilist Arrested.
! Special to The Astoria.
I London, March 12. Mitchell, the
Railways aM Leyees Suffering h,,--ctaffi
field Gooder.
Great Damage.
"mtuii.-rKt'on OJUcrra I'.rtuliitsil.
Sjcfi il to The amoki n.J
Washington, March 12. -The pres
ident apiwinted .Tno. 13. Weber, of
Buffalo, commissioner or immigration,
and Geo.Obcrn first assistant commis
sioner of immigration.
I.lsM House llst-prr A.io!ii:rJ.
ij.cclal to Tin: AstokianVI
Washington, March 12. The sec
retary of the treasury has appointed
Hans P. Score third "assistant keeper
of the light station at Tillamook rock,
Oregon.
Dlair Kill to ho Voted On.
Special to The Asto::ian.1
Washington. March 12. The pen
ate has ordered a vote on the Blair
bill, to b taken at : o'clock on the
2Wh insL
morris ij:ox mixes strike.
SiecialJy tho Californii AsdociiTEn Press
St. Louis. March 12. The flood
news from various points along the
Mississippi river and other streams
this morning is that the White and
Black rivers in Arkansas are out of
their banks and overflowing the conn
try on both sides for miles. Heavy
rains have fallen and continue along
these streams, and a general inunda
tion Is looked for. All railways in the
vicinity cf Fort Smith are suffering
from j-orious washouts or lost bridges,
and irains which have been
abandoned temporarily. At Ar
kansas City the water from
the Sappiugtou Hook crevasse
indundated the rear part of tho town
and lands in the back country are be
ing flooded. It is thought, however,
that ho great damage will result as the
interior streams are capable of carry
ing water awa vcrv rapidlv. All the
available boats of tho government fleet
have lcen put in the levee service.
The river front from Arkansas City
down is being carefnlly watched and
all low places are being filled up with
sack-, ofaml and earth.
Corrupt OiHcers Iu N.w lorl.
s . oil' ; i Yin: vstouianI
Nj:.; Youk, March 12. Warden
James l. Keating or Ludlow street
jail and deputy sheriff M. F. Gonigle
have lecn arrested and held m blu.UOU
bail each on charges of bribery. This
is the outcome of the expose by the
II n aid. which alleges wholesale cor
ruption among county officials. The
Jli rali1 mid the prisoners iu Ludlow
street jail were enabled by bribing the
oihcinls to do about as they pleased
attending theater and coming and go
ing practically at will, and sent a re
porter to the jail as a prisoner, who
went through such experiences, and
which he described in the lit raid.
How the Exalealea Occurred.
Special to The Astoria.
London, March 12. An unlocked
lamp along side the corpse of a work
man named. Morris explains the ex
plosion in the Morfa colliery.
Ia The House of Commons.
Special to The Astoriax.
London, March 12. The house of
commons this evening rejected the
Irish land tenure bill by a vote of 213
to 170.
Socialists lacreaslag.
Special to The Astorian.
Berlin, March 12. The total vote
at the recent elections, was 7,ll,4bU.
The socialists pulled .1,331,587 which
is an increase of over four fold in
nine years.
MUM PAMRAPHS.
The Becter Mystery Clearing Up.
The U, P. Extension.
ROBERTS XOW WAXTS DAMAGES.
Pacific 314:1 vs. Northern Pasiilc.
Specla-1 T:ii:.sio -ian.1
New York, Much 12. TIi Wall
Wrtri Ncii'.t .sends nut a story that
five directors of PaciGc mail decided
not to permit the company to uiakeJ also! says the story is untrue.
nnv terms with the .Northern Taenia
These directors who ordered at the
last meeting that the matter lo laid
on the table, will in all probability
vote agaiust anv propositi-.)!! to give
the Pacific mail U; propose. I con
tract at Tacoma.
Hirers Rising la Illinois.
Special to Tn k Astori a x.l
Cairo, I1L, March 12. A water
spout at TJllin, HI., submerged the
tracks of the Illinois Central railroad
to a depth of five feet. No trains
came in on that road since yesterday
afternoon. Tho Ohio river continues
to rise here.
Portland, March 12. The mystery
surrounding the death of young Geo.
Becker is beginning to clear up, and
the theory of criminal administration
of poison has been exploded. Dr. C.
H. Wheeler, who was called on the
morning of the death is of the opin
ion that the poison was "Bough on
Bats." Frank Ivans, the companion
of the dead boy, states that Becker
purchased the poison last summer to
kill rats. He says that he and Becker
used about half the poison, while the
box found in the pantry was about
half full. The coincidence" strengthens
the belief that the young
man committed suicide bv takine
a spoonful of the contents after which
he put the cover on and placed the
whole on the shelf back of the match
can.
Donahue's Estate Reported Talielec.
Special to The astoriak.
Sax Fbanscisco, March 12. The
statement is published in an afternoon
paper that the estate of Mervyn Don
ahue, recently deceased, which was
believed to aggregate at least $1,000,
000, will really yield but little if any
thing to the heirs and the charitable
institutions to which it was devised.
It is claimed it had been hypothe
cated by the deceased to its full value,
to the Seligmans. The estate consists
entirely of stock in the San Francisco
and North Pacific railway.
The line was working very poorly
last night, it being 10:45 before the
first of The Morning Astorian's
press report was received. The
trouble was at the bridge at Portland.
His Mustache.
HUNTINGTON NEGOTIATING
For YalnaWc Property in Tie
Northwest.
A SACUAMEXXO LEVEE BREAKS.
N.V.ola I.otterj Hill Defeated
S,- oial to Tin: Astokiax.
Bismarck, X. D., March 12. The
lottery bill was finally defeated this
evening .after an all day battle in the
hoiis bv a vote of .'J4 to 2-").
tf Jay CouM Xat to ?!arrr.
Sj fUil .to TllK ASTORIAX.j
-jXkwYo:::c, March 12. Edwin
GxtJVI, son of Jay Gould, says there is
no truth in the story that , Jay Gonld
is about to marrv Mrs. Fly mi. Theo
dore Moss, the father of Mrs. Flynn,
UKAXD TRIX PAItlS 187.S.
AND
OH.VN1) CROSS OF THE LEGION DMIOXNEUK.
Tuej lo-clved the m
ONLY GOLD MEDAL
For FLAX THREADS at the
London Fisheries Exhibition 1883.
And haw been a vi aided I1IG11EH 1'UIZES at the various
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS,
Than the goods of any other
IX THE WOULD,
Quality Can JUways be Depended on.
m
eriencea
Fisnermen
Use
ho un.
HENRY DOYLE & CO..
517 and 519 Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO.
AGENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST.
WOODBERRY SEINE TWINE, ROPE and NET
TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, POUNDS and
TRAPS Furnished to order at Lowest Factory Prices.
CaHfurnii KaHnnJ Tax ras.-s
Spent to 1):i:.to::iax
Washington. Marc'j 12 The Califor
nia tax casus came to a rather .-uuile::
aud unexpected ending in the supreme
court this afternoon. When the case
of tho state of California again -t the
San Pablo and Tulare railroad com
pany was called, Senator Edmunds
appeared for tho railroad company.
Attorney General Johnson staled that
since the case had been set for a hear
ing, the supreme court of the state of
California, in three different cases for
railroad taxes for 1SS3, had decided
that the statute imposing these taxes
was unconstitutional. It y.a finally
decided to postpone the present
hearing until the next term.
Senator Edmunds said to the
California Associated Press repre
sentative that in all probability, no
extended hearing on the subject will
be reheldin the United States supreme
court when the case again came up.
but it would render judgment in ac
cordauce with the finding of the su
preme court o California.
The Oklahoma Hill.
Special to The Astohian.
Washington, March 12. The house
has adopted a resolution fixing the
limit of debates on tho Oklahoma bill
at -i v. jr. to-morrow and debated the
bill until adjournment.
Another Money OrJer Unite.
Special to Thk Astokian.
Washington, March 12. In com
pliance with a request of senator
Mitchell, the postoffice atElgiu, Union
county. Or., has been placed upon the
list of additional money order offices
to bo established at the" beginning of
the next fiscal year.
iTeC'ra t'ni-i Hitter.
Spcci.fi loTtir Asto;:an.1
Nkw Youk, March 12. -The West
ern Union directors have declared a
quarterly dividend of 1 per cent.
William W. Astor was elected director
to .sncced John Jacob Aslor. Tho
net earnings for the quarter were
$l,.Mft,(KH an increase of S20.UIWL
Aetna of ijci!i,: -l;il !-iiie!
Special to riiK Asrour w.l
Nnw YonK, March 1 1 The com
mercial Adtvith'-r favs the statement
that half of the Pacific m ul directors
have decided to oppose isie plan of tVe
Ir.inspno'iie liue from Taeoma, i un
true. The decision i held in abey
ant ienl:i'' an examination of an
estimate and negotiations a to ter
minal fnciikie: at Taconri.
.icritttn un ttuc. Is sad U. il.
SjK-ii .! i "l!ir .r.::i.N j
Chicago, March 12. -A passenger
train on the Hock island road collided
with a freight train at Blue Island late
last night The passenger engine and
three freight cars were demolished.
One br.ikeman was killed and the con
ductor was hcrionsly injured. The
passengers were badly shaken upt es
caping with only a few slight bruises.
The news wa? suppressed until this
morning.
Iluutintoa's Opinion.
Special to Thk Asroiti vn.I
New Youk, March 12. Dow, Jones
& Co's FinuttrJal A't-wv. sends the
follewing: Huntington says he thinks
some trade by the Pacific Mail will be
made with the Northern P.icitic.
The matter will bo held in abeyance
pending the return of Gould. Sage
says the Pacific Mail has not yet con
cluded any trade with the Northern
Pacific, and the matter is still open.
Ja) (ioulil Docs Xot Ien).
Special t.iTin: ast i:ian J
New York, Mnrch 12. - Edward
Gould sent a telegram to his father
inquiring about the truth of the re
ported engagement to Mrs. Eiynn and
received the follewing: "Yours re
ceived, George and self both will.
Can't sav a word about that"
Jay Goui.p.
jlore !.-ws cf the I'loo.l.
Spt'iia1 to Thk Astokian.
New OhiiCvns, March 12. Dis
patches from Arkansas City this morn
ing reports the river still rising and
that citv Hooded with water from 18
inches to two feet deep. Heavy rain
is railing and assisting tlie rising
waters.
Sncci.il 17 Tho California Associated Pres3.
Sax Francisco, March 12. The
jury in the case of Mrs. D. S. Terry,
charged with resisting Marshall' ranks
in the discharge of his duties, disa
greed after being out 17 hours and
taking 20 ballots. The last ballot
stood eight for acquittal and four for
conviction. The jury was discharged.
A second trial will probably be had.
U. P. Road Extension.
Special to The Astohian.
Portland, March 12. Mr. Antonell,
railroad contractor, left tho city Mon
day eve for eastern Oregon, to look
after the work of constructing the Un
ion Pacific Railway company's La
Grando extension road to be 21 miles
in length, and the contract calls for its
completion by July 1st. Mr. Anto
nell said that it will bo impossi
ble for tne road to be fin
ished by that time, however.
owing to the very severe
weather during tho winter. For
about two months work had
been entirely suspended and
considerable damage done to grading
and other portions of the work. The
road will be of great value to the U.
P. company, running as it does,
through the richest part of the empire.
Destraetlre Flra Ia Xerada.
Special to Thk Astouian.
Keno, Kev., March l'i This even
ing tho Eeno reduction works were
entirely destroyed by fire. Loss about
70,000. Insured for 310,000.
There is a great deal of character in
the mustache.
As the form of the upper lip and in
the regions about it, has largely to
deal with tho feelings, pride, self-reliance,
manliness, vanity and other
qualities that give self control, the
mustache is more particularly con
nected with the expressions of those
qualities or the reverse.
When the mustache is ragged and,
as it were, flying hither and thither,
there is a lack of proper self-controL.
When it is straight and orderly, the
reverse is the case, other things, of
course, taken into account.
If there i3 a tendency to curl at the
outer ends of the mustache, there is
a tendency to ambition, vanity or dis
play. When tho curl turns upward there
is geniality, combined with a love of
approbation; when tho inclination is
downward there is a more sedate turn
of mind not unaccompanied with
gloom.
It is worthy of remark that good
natured men will, in playing with the
mustache, invariably give it an up
ward inclination, whereas cross-grained
or morose men will pull it obliquely
downward.
ii Helping tke Unemployed.
Special to Tnr. Astouian.I
San Francisco, March 12. At least
one thousand men applied for work
to-day to tho committee which has a
fund for the unemployed in its charge.
The committee fouud it possible to
furnish employment for only two hun
dred and fifty. This makes five hun
dred and fifty men who have been fur
nished with employment This work
will be continued until the most seri
ous distress has been relieved.
To Co-operate.
.Special toTiiE Astokian.
Portland, March 12. In accord
ance with a resolution passed at the
last meeting of the Portland board of
trade, president Macleay appointed
the following committee to investigate
if it be proper for tho board of trade to
concur with tho Astoria chamber of
commerce resolutions as requested:
Jas. Laidlaw, W. L. Sibson nnd D. D.
Ohphant.
Iron iiiners MrikitiT.
p. i ;I tu Tiik Astokian.
AsuiiANP. Wis., March 12. One
thousand employes at the Morri.3 Iron
mines, the largest producer in the
world, went out on a strike to-day.
GEBBHT OCCUPYINPt ISLANDS.
The Fire Still Spailim in The
Morfa Colliery.
.1 1' ft: l LIST JS FIVE I -f.70.
Special by Tho C.ilifcrnii As3ocutm I'kkss,
Deulin, March 12. Germany will
shortly notify tho owcrs that she has
taken the islands of Manila and Patta
under her protection.
DeJVit cf the Dafconilini
Special to Thk Astokiax.j
Paris, March 12. One thousand
DahonuaiH were killed, including one
female general, in the recent encoun
ters with the French. King Dahomey
has retreated to Lamonr.
Southern Taclflc Reaching Oat.
Special to The Astorian.
San Francisco, March 12. C. P.
Huntington, who is expected shortly
on this coast, is negotiating for some
extensive properties in the north. Be
sides coal fields, he has his eyes fixed
on several lines of railroad in the
vicinity of Portland owned by a
Scotch syndicate, and should these be
acquired by the Southern Pacific it
woidd have as firm a hold on the
Willamette valley as it now has on
the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys.
siilLOU'S CATARttll UEMWiY
a positive cure forC.ilprr'i, Diphtheria
and Canker Mouth. At .1. C. Uenient .
More Meno- in RrazU.
Special to Tin: Astokian.
Eio Janieko, Brazil, March 12.
The National Bank and Bank of Bra
zil, havo been authorized to issue 50,
000,000 milreis in paper. Eacli is to
be redeemable in gold as soon a3 ex
change permits.
The TerrlMe Colliery Disaster.
Special to The Astori vn.
London, March 12. Tho lire in
Morla colliery is spreading and nine
teen bodies have been recovered. Iti
is known that S3 lives were lost.
Orankcn Juror Fined.
Special to The Astokiax.1
San Francisco, March 12. Juror
C. S. Simpson, who reported for duty
during tho trial of Mrs. D. S, Terry in
an intoxicated condition, was to-day
fined S2o by Judge Boss for contempt
of conrt The tine was, however, re
mitted under plea of hard times, made
by Simpson's nttorney.
Sacramento River Levee Breaks.
Special to Thk astokian.
Bio Vista, Cal., March 12. A break
occurred in the levee on the Morgan
ranch to-day and is widening rapidly.
If not closed soon the whole of Bran
nan island will be flooded and this,
once the best farming land on the
river, rendered useless perhaps for
vears.
Will Sao for Damaites.
Spejlal to The Astokian,
Portland, March 12. At the time
of the arrest of W. E. Boberts in Ash
land charged with embezzling 88,000
from his employers. Wm. Dunbar &
Co., his son, J. A. Boberts. was also
taken into custody aud detained in
jail. The grand jury of this county
found that the young man was not im
plicated in the alleged crime and after
being confined in prison some two or
three weeks was released and it is now
the intention of young Boberts to bring
heavy damages against Dunbar & Co.
for false imprisonment.
Articles of Incorporation.
Special to The Astorian,
Portland, March 12. Articles of
incorporation of the Lewis Biver
Transfer company were filed in the
office of tho county clerk to-day, by
O. W. Hosford,L. P. Hosford, C. O.
Hosford and J. P. Moreland. Capital
stock $30,000.
Articles of incorporation of tho Pa
cific Mortgage, Trust and Agency com
pany were filed in the office of the
county clerk this afternoon by D. P.
Thompson, Charles E. Benn and Alex.
Thomas with a capital stock of 1,000,-000.
Another Old Pioneer Drlnir.
Special to The Astokian.
Portland, March 12. This after
noon T. Cader Powell, county clerk,
received a telegram announcing that
his grandfather Mr. John Milliom. is
dying at his home at Junction City,
Mr. Powell left for the old gentleman's
residence this afternoon. Milhornis
86 years old, and came to this state in
lbo2.
A New Incorporation.
Articles incorporating the Garfield
Iron & Lime company were filed in
tho county clerk's office yesterday
afternoon by C. H. Prescott, H. Thiel
son and J. H. Pomeroy, with a capital
of 8150,000. This company proposes
engaging in nearly every branch of
business, except running a newspaper.
Oregonian, 12.
It is a curious fact that during the
recent epidemic of influenza the Turks
alone of all the nations of Europe es
caped any visitation thereof, an im
munity which is ascribed by several
prominent physicians to the fact that
they never under any circumstances
remove their fez or turban. More
over, the medical faculty of Vienna,
after a careful investigation into the
causes of the malady, have issued an
official declaration to the effect that
its prevalence has been largely attrib
utable to the frequent doffing of hats
in the street In corroboration of this
theory it is pointed out that the great
majority of the victims belonged to
the male sex, and that there were rel
atively few cases among the soldiers,
who, it is well-known, do not remove
their head-gear when saluting.
ljlor Conference In Europe.
Special ioThk Astori N.
Madrid, March 12. Spain
accepted the
conference.
has
invitation to the labor
Rome not IrkLabor Conference.
Special to The Adrian.
Boxie, March 12. It is announced
.that the Vatican will not be represented
at the labor conference at Berlin.
Suicide or a Woman.
Special to The Astorian.
Stockton, March 12. Catherine
Applehoff, 56 years of age, was found
this morning by her two little grand
children, who went to awaken her,
hanging by her neck from the bed post.
She had committed suicide during the
early hours of tho morning. The act
was caused by despondency, brought
on bv disease.
Sore Throat
Is particularly favorable to the con
traction of Diptheria. Heed tho warn
ing and use Darbys Prophylatic Fluid.
It at once allays the inflammation of
the throat, subdues the pain and gives
permanent relief. It promptly and ef
fectually destroys all contagion and
diptheritic germs. It is a safeguard
against Diptheria, and should be ussd
on the first symptoms of sore throat as
a gargle.
THAT HACKING COUGH can
so quickly cured by button's Cure.
uaranieu u. ,j. j. ueraenr.
A county official, of Pacific county,
writes CoL DeTiere to have a law
passed declaring that pennies shall
not be legal tender. He does not wish,
"our noble country disgraced" by pen
nies. Now if the colonel will have a
law passed that water shall run up
hill when a proclamation is issued to
that effect, that a pint measure shall
hold a quart, and that every loaf of
bread shall weigh a ton and be sold
for a quarter, our noble country will
not be disgraced. Reveille.
Col. Mervin Donahue, of San Fran
cisco left liis relatives $75,000 and the
bulk of his fortune for a home foraged
men and women. He gavo 825,000 for
a fountain; 820,000 to the Catholic
San Bafael orphan asylum, and $100,
000 for other Catholic charities.
Special to The Astorian.
Portland, March 12. This morn
ing Bev. John W. Sellwood, pastor of
St. David's Episcopal church, died
after having been in feeble health for
three or four years. He came here in
1856 and was tho son of Bev. John
Sellwood. The deceased was a good
and highly respected divine.
Death oran Old Pioneer.
Special to The Astori an.
Portland, March 12. Last night
Mr. Gilmore Kelly, uncle to sheriff
Penumbra Kelly, died very suddenly
ac nis resmencs is Lowell's valley.
Kelly came to this stato in '58 and was
abont 70 years of age.
A Crazy Prophet.
Special to The Astorian.1
Oakland, Cal., March 12. G. A.
Ericksen, the Norwegian crank, who
prophesied the destruction of San
Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and
Berkley on April 14, was examined by
im the commissioners for the msanothis
We afternoon and committed to the Stock
' ton asylum.
Catarrh Cured,
A clergyman, after years ol suffer
ing from that loathsome disease, Ca
tarrh, and vainly trying every known
remedy! at last found a recipe which
completely cured and saved him from
death. Any sufferer from this dread
ful disease sending a self addressed
stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Law
rence, 88 Warren St., New York City,
wilk eceive the recipe free of charge.
All the patent medicines advertised
in this paper, together with the choicest
Eerfumery, and toilet articles etc can
e bought at the lowest prices at J. W.
Conn's drug store, opposite Occident
hotel, Astoria.
Kcmetnber the Austin house at the
Seaside is open the year 'round.
THE GOOD OFFaCS OF:
Is well illustrated in
the care of neuralgia,
tho chief symptom of
which is, an intermit
ting pain which follow
the course of the nerve
affected. St. Jacobs Oil
by gentle rubbing and
applied frequently, will cure
NEURALGIA.
196 Sackett St., Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan.31, 1889.
I was taken with neuralgia in side ana
suffered 6 months. I was given up by doc
tors, but was enrtd by St Jacobs Ofl.
MICHAEL McOINir.
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