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.SWf-"," 31 - sr- . . ItM She gailg Sstwtau : WHAT STATESMEN EAT. THE VOTE OF CLATSOP COUNTY. ASTORIA. OREGON: A Visit ly Letter to the Capitol Restaurants. Official and Correct by Precincts, in the June Election of 1888. SDXDJLY. .MAY 16. 1690 IMPRISONED BY A SNAKE. se.vi: ititn.in, julk axo vik. Cii!rrNN. Judge. Db'tAtt'y, Senator. Representatives, Co. Clerk. Sheriff. Treasurer. County Commissioners. Assessor. School Supt. Surveyor. Coroser. An Unpleasant Night in a Fireproof Safe. ? T??re" ";- -jp TVenty j ears ago I "was the nianaj-- ing clerk in an English merchant's of fice. My work was heavy. Many nights I'sat at my books until the j snail hoars ot the morning. Once or t-srice I actually dozed off into a sleep, to be arakeiied by the woman "who cleaned the various rooms coming to her "Brork. The house I was connected with hud a branch establishment in India doing a large business, and many curious consignments of goods, quite outride of our usual articles of commerce, passed through our hands. Priceless cloths and native fabrics, brass and gold ornaments set with precious atones, collections of stones, botanical specimens, birds, animals everything, in fact, until at times the contents of the cases; if opened and spread out, would nave made a very average museum. One afternoon a large box was deliv ered from one of the ships labeled To be kept in a moderately warm place."" I was away from the ware house at the time of its arrival, and the men placed it in the outer office, un my reiurn j. casualty nouceu me caj-e on passing and saw that one end was slightly crushed, as if by some heavier case falling on it This was a mere accidental observance. My private office was just four wall-, hung with maps and charts. A writ ing bureau in the center of the lloor behind the door; behind the bureau a large iron fireproof safe some six feet hicii and four feet souare. standimr i twelve or fourteen inches from the wall, and a case ot books and three or i four chairs completed the inventory, I wa goiug to work late, sJiort tune 1 was alone in and in a the laigo building- I worked steadih until midnight 1 aniM and paced around the room for a few minutest A Mnnd a of a chair being movotl iu liie adjoining room, startled me. I stepped to the door and opened it. The light from a street lamp lit the room fairly well, and after a glance 1 concluded it mn4 have been fancy, and returned to my desk, leaving tl e door ocn. A few minutes afterward a faint, harsh sound came from the same di rection, a canons, rubbing sound, un deniabl. within the nest room, and quite as undeniably moving toward the door leading to where I was sit ting. 1 rx to mv feet and as I did so the head and neck of a huge snake pro- traded through the doorway into th l well-known room. I stood transfixed with horror. I When the reptile saw me it slopped ' for a second, its eyes grew more and ' mure aflame untifthey resembled two lnnd Kills or lire, its tongue darted in and out or its mouth, and the head raided higher and higher until nearly level with my own. I could hear its IvKiy coiling and recoiling iu fury in thc darkness beyond, and there T stood powerless, unarmed, and apparently uuablc even to move. F looked once around in a despair- mir search for some outlet of escape, i and, as 1 took my eyes from those or the horrible reptile, it lowered its hid and darted towasmcrd . Another sec- md and it would have caught me. when, seeing the open safe, 1 rushed in and shut the door. A small petty cash book fell to the lloor, nail m. nail out of the safe, holding the door open about half an inch, But for that lnok I would have s.pecdfly been MilTocated. Not think- ing of that I stooped and tried to draw the book inside, but the snake moving simultaneously with inyseir,luU dashed iteelf against the safe, aud in its brute fur. thinking the safe!nart and parcel of myself, had thrown its coil around it compressing the door so tightly that I fortunately could not remove the book, which was my sole means of ventilation. Halt crazed witn ingnt I nulled and lugged at it without avail. The perspiration rolled down my face, my heart beat almost to bursting, and even with the book holding the door ajar I seemed to J)e at the K)int ot suffocation. Gapping for breath and utterly nerveless 1 fell against the door and slid to the floor :u a dead faint How Ions I remained so I cannot tell tierhaps a few minutes, perhaps an hour. At last my senses returned, ami, although dreadfully cramped by the position into which 1 had subsided inuii'uanvwfciMw, i iuh h.iu ui the power to rie and lay there gazing through the narrow opening at the two folds which encircled my refuge feel -ing a horrible fascination on that I shall never forget I even passed my nnger out ana xoucueu one, feeling a told me quivering movement that I the reptile had drawn 1 its coils to their utmost tension, in the hope of crushing the shell that held the precious kernel of myself. By an effort I collected my ideas' aniL remembered the box and the crashed cud. could readily acconut for the presence ot the intruder. I knew that it was customary to feed j them to satiety before shipping, or sending them off, and, as a rule, they arrived here still in a state ot stupor. This one might have had a long pas sage, and, coming out of the sleep wanted water, grew furious, burst the weak end, of the case, and finding me, attacked me by instinct I grew calmer and investigated my position thoroughly. I rsse to my feet, and as I did so my foot rested on some thing uneven. I picked it up and found it to be one of those long ink erasers, having a blade about four inches long, sharp as a razor, tempered like a damascus blade, the handle being about five iuches long aud flat in shape. It must have fallen out of the cash book, these knives frequently being shut in the books by the careless clerks. Taking the knife in my right hand, I thrust it into the thinnest fold with all my strength. There was a horrible, sickening, tearing sound, and quickly withdrawing the blade, I "tkrost'it again and again into the folds, RHtll at the third or fourth stab I saw the folds relax and go sliding down the sides of the safe to the floor, lying there squirming and writhing in convulsions. I dared not move for nearly an hour, aatil all peemed quiet; then opening the door I dashed across the room into tbe outer office, bauged-to the door, locked it and, hatless, rushed to the nearest police station. At first my story was discredited, aud I was al aaoet locked up as being drank, but eventually four officers armed with revolvers came with with me. We found the reptile nearly deaJ. bat still tremulous when touched, the cats with the keen knife, owing to the extreme tension of the coils, having aeariy -severed the body in half. It measured- jost thirty-three feet five iscfees from head to tail. New YerJ: Shr. Riwowhrr tbe Austin house at the SmM fe open the year 'round. Washington, May 12. Statesmen .ire human, and, being human, must eat. Perhaps we shall find something to interest us for a moment by step ping into the dining room most fre quented by law makers. Over tbe dht" is a sign: : TOR MEMBEHS ONLY. I i i - - - -;.; ! But we don t stop for that. No one ' linos. Wo vfillr in finrl find n snn.lrv . and usually pretty civil assortmenl of Ji M! lll.-i-VI.- L siaursuicii Miuiig rouuu me uiuu,(.'ar- mg and drinking. There is quite much drinking as eating, for bottler of beer and wine are even-where to be fieciu Of course there are temperance men a congress, temperance men who are teetotalers here as well as at home; but there are others who pose a5 pro hibitionists in the districts which they represent, and in Washington drink like lishes. One of the lirst things that attracts our attention as we enter is a little scene in the far room, devoted to the use of ladies. There sits a well known prohibition states man sipping wine witn a lenimme friend. The pair are evidently out for a good lime, for the sparkle of the wine is already to be seen in their eye?, and there is a bottle in the coder which has not yet been opened. Congressmen complain that the air in the hall of the house is dry and arid; that there is something in it which causes thirst. However this mnv be. the f.iefc remains that a stir prising number of them have their littles of beer before them. A few drink wine, but only a few. The aver- age congressman does not drink wiue when he has to buy it himself. The average congressman counts the cost of the things, because he has to. Liv ing is at best an expensive thing in Washington. 1 know newspatier men who have incomes exceeding a con gressman's salary, and they can't save a cent How the congressman who 1 has no income but his saliry and that is all the majority have manage j to make both ends meet after paying ejection expenses and entertaining their constituents, is more than 1 can understand. There is a law, or, what is the same thing, a joint resolution of congress. 1 forbidding the sale of liquor in the1 capitol. But, goodness knows, that ' law is a dead letter. One mnv have served him :is much beer, wine and 'whisky in either the house or senate restaurant as he cares to drink or pay , for. Nor does he need call for "cold tea' when he wants whiskv. as in the old days. The waiter brings him a cute little carafle containing a good sized drink,;and the customer pours it out and gulps it down. Every one knows it is whisky there is no dis- guise about it -though nobody pays any attention. Though there is'plenty of liquor and plenty of drinking iu the capitol, it mu-t bo said Tor the states- men that they drink in moderation, During this whole winter I have seen but one member of congress on the Hoor in a state of intoxication, and this one irets drunk about three times a week with painful regularity. In the enate there are two statesmen who habitually drink moie liquor than is good for them, but only two. Con - gicss is a pretty sober body. The average law maker usually breakfasts at 5 o clock and spemts an hour or two with his mail or in visit- mg the departments before going to the Capitol. He generally arrives at the scene of his labors at 11 or 11 !10, ' unless there is a committee meeting which he must attend. Then he ' appears an hour earlier. Between It! ; and U o'clock he goes down to the basement to get his lunch. The luncheon brings together congenial spirits. Gossip, anecdotes and badinage are plentiful over the ale and oysters. Here and there a pair of congressional dromios mav he seen together. Some of these good friends ! lunch together every day of their lives. Every day several lunch par ties are formed upstairs, and when one of these coteries gather about a table and sauce their food with wit and storv the cares of statesmanship aud sometimes even dignity itself are for- gotton. The sons of "War Governor Andrews, of Aliissachusetts, and of Randolph Tucker, of lrgmia, may i often be seen lunching together, as ' may any number of southern "bri- gadierv," anil ex-generals of the Federal .iu:i. , As likely as not McKinley, the apostle of the protective tariff, will be seen sharing a bottle of ale with Itoger Q. Mills. One armed Oates, of Alabama, chief of the anti-election law forces, is hobnobbing with Mr. Lodge, champion of the proposed legislation. Speaker Beed is at table, aud m merry converse with two or three of the Democrats who bnt lately were denouncing him as ti despot aud usurper. The lunch rooms of the capitol not only satisfy the cravings of nature, but soften many of tho asperi ties of public life, cement f nendships, avert enmities. Over there in the cor- ner, blending ice cream and strawber ries with their conversation, are two men who were up stairs twenty min utes ago, metaphorically and rhetori cally tearing each other to pieces. "l)o you think they will fight a dnelT' asked a stranger in the house gallery tho other day, when congress men llogers and Kelley were savagely at tacking each other in debate. 4No,' replied a veteran observer, "they will probably go down stairs and split a small bottle." The average congressman lunches modestly. Oysters on the shell or roasted are prime favorites. Bread and milk is another, popular dish. Four famous bread aud milk eaters are rising Jim Morse, of Massachu setts; Cogswell, of the same state; Barnes, the Georgian heavy weight; Farmer Funston, of KansaB. Half-and-half, a mixture of cream aud milk, is often called for, and occasionally a dish ot pure cream; bnt the proprie tor ot the restaurant points ont to us tho interesting fact that it is always the city and never the rural member who wants cream. The man from the farm has been educated in the school of domestic economy, which teaches that eating cream is wastefulness, since cream makes butter, and butter can l)e sold, and milk will take the place of cream, why not eat milk? Therefore milk it is for the farm boy or farm man, milk in his coffee, milk on his fruit, milk with his oatmeal or rice. An old phi losopher of my acquaintance says that it this drinking of milk in the country and consumption of cream in the cities goes on for a hundred or two hundred years the people ot the cities will be come so superior to those of the conn- try in brawn and brain that the latter will be in danger of falling into serf dom. This is an extreme view. Pie is also a prime favorite with hungry statesmen. It is more than a luxury it is a staple. If the supply l PRECINCTS. Astoria No. 1 .... .Win ia No. J A-turhiXo.a I'jiper Astoria Hear Creek .-as i 132 113 18 Kna).i uvsip i 74 Clifton . 35 1C ?.?!""' v: "' 44 13 John l)a ' ......... Young's Rier nhliaiK Lrftisninl ClaxktVs. . !:hd'aka Wsper 30 12 . 12 1! m: 1U7C of pie in the capitol restaurants were j to be suddenly cut oil, 1 fancy tne shock to congressional nerves would throw the wheels of legislation out of gear. To see pie eating in its highest state ot development one does not need to go down stairs to the dining room. In certain little alcoves and shadowy nooks of tbe main corridor of the old capito! nooks whose echoes are ot the days of Webster, Clay, Cal houu and John Quincy Adams is the art of pic biting practiced to perfection. Here comes great statesmen to cat pie and doughnuts and drink milk, nil served bv a solemn old woman, who has been in the very spot and self same pie business for a quarter of a century. At this rude counter one may see sucn men as speaKer iteeu, judge 1'aysoii, uauot ljoage, x. it. ilitt Koswell P. Flower, Julius Ca?3ar Burrows, Mclvinley, judge IJeed, ot Iowa, "Billy" Mason, Frank Lawler, ex-speaker Carlisle, W. D. Bynum, Ben Butterworth and Tom Bayne standing side by side and devouring pie and milk with railroad station eating celerity and uuconventionality. There are some secrets about the manner in which statesmen eat. For instance, in the house of representa tives are a half dozen or more men who are never seen iu the restaurant nor at the old woman's pie counter. If you want to know how these men lunch you must go down into their committee rooms, where, in a secluded corner, they may be found opening a snug little basket put up at home by the hands of their good wives. These are men who find it almost impossible to live on their congressional salaries, and who are forced to economize in any way they can. Occasionally in the house itself one may see a man like Judge Holman eating from his desk, meanwhile watching with eagle eye the proceed- ings going on about him proceedings in which he tikes such lively interest that ho cannot spare the time to go nut to eat A PATHETIC EXTRACT Th.it .Many Will Urad With 3IoM Ee-. 'I saw my wife pull out the bottom ilmwor of flm nll hiironn llik iwnim , ;md I went softly out and wandered Uj, un& down until I knew she had ihhut it up and gone to her sowing. ' We have some things laid away in that 'drawer which the wealth or kiugs nld pot buv aud vet thev are relics .which grieve us until our hearts are i sore. 1 haven't dared to look at them fr :. vear.bnt I remember each nrtinle. There are two worn shoes, a little chip hat with part of the brim gone, some .stockings pantaloons ' a coat two 'or three spools bits of broken crockerv a whip aud several tops. Wile, iHior thing, goes to that drawer every day of her life, aud prays over it and lets her tears fall upon the precious arti cles, but I dare not go. Sometimes we speak of little Jack, but not often. ii nas ueen a iong time, out sometiow wo can't get over grieving. Some times when we sit alone of an evenimr, I writing and she sewing, a child will call out iu the street sis our boy used to, and we will both start up with beating hearts and a wild hope, only to find the darkness more than ever ii burden. It is still and quiet now. I look at the window where his blue eyes used to sparkle at my coming, iit i, ,, nfc thnr T list fnr hi pattering feet, his merry shout and ringing Taugh, but there is no sound, There is no one to search my pocketr ana tease lor presents, and J. neves find the chair turned over, the broom down or ropes tied to the door knobs. I want someone to tease me for my knife, to ride upon my shoulders, to lose my axe, to follow me to the gate when I go and be there to meet me when I come, to call 'good night' from the little bed now empty. And wife, she misses him still more. There are no little feet to wash, no prayers to say, no voice teasing for lumps of su gar or sobbing with the pain of a hurt toe and she would give her own life almost to wake at midnight and look across to tho crib and see our boy there as he used to be. So we pre serve our relics and when wo are dead we hope strangers will handle them tenderly even if they shed no tears over them." CANNED GOODS. They SlionU be Eaten n sible. Sooa as Pos- An "expert" says that canned goods should be turned out and eaten as soon as possible. If kopt at all, the food should be covered up and put in a cool place always, however, turned out of tho original tin. The liquor around lobsters, salmon and all vege table excepting tomatoes, it is desir able to throw off and throw away. Lobsters and prawns are improved by being turned out into a sieve and rinsed with clear cold water. Never on any account add vinegar, sauces or any kind of condiment to tinned foods while they are in the tins, and never leave such mixtures to remain an hour or two if from forgetfulnesa it is done. All tinned goods are put up as fresh as it is possible to be, but, unless corned or salted, will not keep if turned out, as freshly-cooked goods will, and certainly not longer, as many thoughtlessly supposed or expect they wilL Sardines, if preserved in good oil, and if of good quality, will be an exception; so long as the oil is good the fish can be kept in the tins. But seven days is long enough to keep these before eating. Consumers should not buy larger packages of canned goods than they can consnme quickly; if they should, most of the fish and meats can be potted after recooking, sauces and seasoning being added. If the nose and eyes are properly used it is as impossible to partake of an un sound tin of canned food of any kind as to partake of bad meat, fish or vegetables from a shop. Grocers' Chronicle. XT 3: 134 itt 117 19 70 31 2 u; 41 14 31 11 as 14 VJ 139 138 71 133 113 75 14 C3 31 1 .13 20 IB 18 18 33 31 17 i: :e H 30 12 19 22 13 23 12 11 IS 12 4 4 12 14 3 40 5 14 14 4 sn 1077 1S no:. EDITORIAL PERSONALITY. No Longer the Doniiuaiit Factor iu Journalism. IX r Kit KS Tl XC It KM 1XIS C KXC K.S . New Youk, May 10. What has become of the great editor? I am moved to lay this question before the i profession because ot the emotion 1 feel after reviewing some old files of t prominent papers and contrasting the wonderful personality in the edi torials with the lack of it in most journals now. Have universal educa tion, the growth of population and increase ot fairly good writers reduced the- great one to the ranks or rendered him obsolete? When I began to re ad newspapers no one asked: What does the New York 2'ribunesay? They asked: What does Greeley say? Similarly they asked: What view does Prentice lake of it? These two dominated the thought of the Wabash valley in those days, aided or thwarted, of course, to some extent by John D. Defrees and the editors at Cincinnati, Toledo aud St. Louis. The smallest item in the Louisville Journal was potent with the personality of George IX Prentice. It was popularly taken for granted that Horace Greeley wrote even- im portant editorial in the New York Tribune. And when Toledo, Wash ington, Cincinnati or other city papers were quoted, the first question asked was as to the name ot the editor. He was responsible to a degree unthought of now; the great mass of readers accepted or rejected a statement on his authority alone. At a somewhat later date every city had its recognized editorial authority, whose utterance in his particular Geld carried tremendous weight A hundred thousand voters accepted the opinions of "Deacon" Brass as second only to the gostel. tram ocean to ocean Samuel Bowles had a personal follow ing that no man now has. Whitelaw t-i .. - i Reid as "Agate" gained a personal strength iu the west which is not even now exhausted. The signature f "E. D. M." in the Cincinnati Utizttlf , would cause 100,000, old subscribers to read the dry eat article. Halstead, ' Medill, Watterson, Cowles, Dana, Wash. Mcljeau, ltiehard Smith and many more had each his personal fol lowing, ami in a different Hue so had ' Storey, of Chicago, and the D? i'oungs, of Sail Francisco. In like manner the journals t.f mam smaller citie3 acquire 1 a prominent personality. It was not the Dayton Jouriuifjlmt Major Biekham v. ho" was queted: not t lie Omaha ffvmltl, but l)r. Miller; not the Denver A't , but Byers, and so on all over the country. Major Bickham had literally created a newspaper ower at a center where . there was apparently overwhelming' competition from three sides; and when Omaha had, perhaps, a population of 10,000 Dr. Miller made the ltralil sound as if it were the exponent of an ' iuteroceanic and transcontinental me- tropolis. It is pleasant to note that both these gentlemen are still vigor ous and their personality still shines through the editoritil accumulations of reuciu years. When this editorial personality had declined aud almost ceased iu the cast it seemed for a time to iucrease in the far west, and many a small town would have been totally unknown save for the editor. If any one had cared to inquire, The Kunsas Gaz etteer would have told him that White Cloud was a village in Doniphan county; but "Sol Miller's White Cloud Chief" was known and quoted far and wide. It had a personality which completely overshadowed that of the town. The same was measurably true of the Parsons (Kan.) &, the Salt Lake lleciew, the Territorial Enterprise (of Nevada), the Burlington Ifawkeye, fioneer inacx, .La Urosse Democrat. and many other journals in the new states and territories. When Helena. Mont, was so far in the wilderness that one armed himself for au Indian fight to rearch it, it had one of the spiciest papers in the United States, and more than one vil lage station on the Pacific railway boasted of "a paper you could swear by," as the citizens put it Where are all the young men who made their youth and humor, their strain? hope and budding talents manifest iu these papers? Absorbed bv the great city dailies those who are still at tho desk their personality is lost, bnt the great daily pays them better than the personal organ did. The panic of 1873 and the following "hard times" were contemporary with a tremendous chancre in iourualism. The great newspaper corporation has iaKen its pick or the local geniuses, and in its many departments they are, so to speak, swallowed up; they write, perhaps, better than ever, but the reader no longer feels that he is in close touch with the one he knew so well. Of the editors in the greatest cities (great, I mean, in their relation of their sections) I can just now recall but three whose personality is greater than that of their papers, and in many respects greater tlian that of the city in which each is located, viz.: Charles A. Dana, Murat Halsted and Henry Watterson. Henry AV. Grady was a fourth, but his place is not filled and it is very doubtful if it will be. The day of separate individual enterprises is past; the day of great aggregations alike of talent and capital, has come. The personal domination of one writer is only to be looked for in compara tively obscure local papers, and even there it is seldom found. Ludlow's Ladies' aoo Fine Shoes; also flexible hand-turned French Kids, at P. J. Goodman's. 35 's- : t 38 15 327 :m :xo 1 12C 114 131 121 124 115 111 10; 1 5 lit n r, 32 35l 33 33 12; :o 13 11 30 1 12) 1 31 11 11 30 10 lt 23 I 1 100; WW 1I3 COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT. To the Honorable County Coiat, Clatsop C'rxti.i.mkx: As per your request, . County Wai ranis endorsed, hut not paid, ! Warrants called, but not -ciid Warrants iinlop:ei, but not cal It'll Total t.ice .ilnenf unp.ti.l warrant.. Aecriu'il int.'rcI mi ealk-tl warrant- T..t:il :.il.:nci otu.l tiintl llitt iinti. ! J. V.. Element, County Treasurer, in Account with Clatsop County I 1'rom .I:-.miJiry 1st. 185)0. laiiiiary 1. To balance pr report ... II. A. Slav. .1. i-f P.. tint's . do t!o do ...... C. .1. Tit'iii-liard, fes. te is. A.Smiilt. taxes I;: .1. P. Austin. Ilrense . C. .1. Trenchant Ice?, eic tl. A. Smith, taxes ISM) tj A. 51 iv.tmr. ftr II. A.'nWi. 1 1 s iv do il .... Pt'liT Uracil &(i.. lieciiM'.. II. A Miiidt, tnts 1S& C. .I.Trenclurd. fth. etc II. W. I'nicliard. fines C .1. Trr'M'hard. fees, etc . . li. A. Sin'ilt, t ies ib. ivi.y M mil 10. t - April VI I'-'. 14. CONTRA. Awl I. i:y p liil State Treasurer 4. " iarra!its....... 4. " interest on ai:ie .. ' II. warran s M. interest on vanie..... ' H. ' warrants IS. " interest on sain-.... 19. IJii Ittlancc . ., G0UUTY CLERK'S REPORT. Kvprnsr of Clatsop County, 13SJJ mid 1S5MJ. Warrants wore nntercri issued as- follows, lo-wit: I.nOO Inly. 18s9. ut to Date. i5,Mrd of prisoners.. j I'xKiLse or county ja:i i.lcVT.V'0! I justice s co court. ............ justice's court . .. .... ' county court ....... .. " silarics and Res of oinccrs of llxpense of repairs ami improvements of strci'ts. etc. I'xpcMM. of asssiir"s uftU'e " coroner"" :iui. " nnds :tn I b ld-;es iiisine nit! pauper print tn; ami stationery ... im.l water ami i?i Co "!." O N i survv.or's oliice .. .... e!io .1 silperilitt'ii :!:" i!il'. it iaf and lav ' - ......... v..:rr:iitsli.t ami reis-ued .... " lo pi;, bowls .rid interest .. ep -ti v eo'l. ef t ti s Of Hie.: i e:d!oi.ti:es Kr mU-cst on :i rants . . r"r uiri'xMii soldiers ami sailors I or nvordri's olllee ... - Ills seen th it v.lide older, v.er.'i-sued tin t.n.M.s and rders ar paid mid caiire:ed. Financial Itepor! oi Clatsop County, April 2.:, 1SJH). rOII.N1 V WAKKA.NTs.. INsTl M 1.SH-N5 I Outs andiuj; and uuua d. :.spr report. lc.:n tM) Issued siie- .Ian. l. ltoo I'ald s !ire"ian."lTw.7"!"! M 2 I5!5 Kt :: S IKS S" , , " ! ir n tint outstanding.. 'irtlSlct :irS317 13; Ol'TSTANDINU. I'or lhS! and 1&5...... ..7..".....L l'orlSai.dlS&7.7.."..". For ls and lsS0.'!!r"."."'."!!."."."..7!.".' For iSso and 1K I.ess cash iu county fund w Total. At date of Treasurer's .statement. Apiil loth. hands not called for. .. .. .. Amount Treasurer's reports... I.e vs cash on hand.. S. AJINDT & FERCHEjN AS I QUIA. - OltEGON. The. Pioneer Machine Shop ..vrKSMITH i U!OP Sr.tlcr Shop 11 kinds of ENGINE, CANNERY, AND STEAMBOAT WORK Promptly attended to. A-tpecmiLy made of repairing CANNERY DIES, KOOT OK LAFAYETTE STREET. AUOTIOX AND COMMISSION HOUSE. MARTIN OLSEN, Successor to K. C .Tlolden. The tiniest established Commission House in Oregon. Goods of all kinds sold ou com mission. Auction Sales Every Saturday. (Jeneral Repairing, Jobbing and Uphol stering done. Fine stock of Furniture on hand. When you want Bargains in Household Goods go to MARTIN OL8E.X .'tm-m.'Z sarmVk 4! 3 120 120 101 10 55 3S4 34G 127 120 107 23 to 132 W 9 39 32 ID ISO CI 41 44 126 115 10S CS C2 8 34 40 28 13 10 3S 42 IS 2S 20 13 18 21 10 3! 8 S 30 11 20 19 23 23 35 10 IS 3 l'J 15 47 5 11 S3 S 14 I G 30 II 23 14 II 31 11 21 11 13 15J 181 toll 752 10;9 G3 050 bb3 1009 Astoria, Oregon, April 19lh,lSP0. County, Oregen: I find the following to he the amount of April mtli. 1SD0: ? 2,1!"S 7S ....... . . . . 4I,acs Gl ...$17,007 42 322 SS 415 S17.420 : Itespoetfullj, .1. U. DEMKXT, County Treasurer. S 2.S91 02 S S 73 50 00 230 ai X,lbS 47 333 3T 305 00 25,000 CO 3 Xt 5.330 20 10.105 7 200 CO 10,331 32 40 0J ," 00 27 90 2fi05 5S 71,401 73 $77,333 70 S21.C07 97 11,0S 77 407 02 l.(B9So 177 19 10,241 77 13 S3 29.000 30 $77,333 70 From I .Tan'yl, Prior. Total. 1S00. I .rrt 4". I, ico ID l.co.5 ot :S)2 ! .171 Its 7C7 MJ 2,175 ar a.oi 4.: 5,a 78 5' :5 1.15S fl 1,757 J7 1'Ji. CO ill DO 437 CO 1,112 15 2,511 55 3.023 70 1.1.T7 53 1,117 KI 7o) oo i,o"W oo i,t:w oo I.i5 ih) 211 45 :xn: 15 SsS 17 !C: 01 I.S22 12 li 21 sa: 15 l.7t5 a: lit III 5l; :W 5!7 70 .2' wi ::j2 '(i f.5t oo 75 1)0 175 U) 250 IV 15 CO 45 00 Ik OO I 28 10 1IH 00 1IC 40) r0 52 II SI 115 : Ji 00 21! 00 io.4 is 75 ie.ee: -s: 2t,u"2 as i.t w iri l wis 02 S-'o.tu: ii!$2i tc.t l'J $n.fe7S r Amount allowed. iooooo r.,500 oo "Oft) 00 ,ooo oo $40,150 1 0 3 5 OUT IV) 5C0 00 tiOO OJ SI.UH) 00 lotlie amount of 32.oo0.00 t i pa Imiiils. lli.it li ::t:u lb.N-S'i KSC-S7 1&7 tS 18sS-) lsSO-DO M7 15 $15 S25 iss 520.0V. 50 Site's:.; 20 41C -W 5.117 i: 11.5 75 CO 15 5rlt,(ilt 85 t$,o;i si i;o!5ll.l2 2IS17.2:'I 50IS15.KS.; :n 5 55 00 lti 05 517 18 :UJ U) H,I2 21 17,281 50 15,688 31 $43.4 13 72 12.KS 71 .585.810 01 1800, there were warrants iu my ...... . . ..... ' ; 1.2C5 73 17.007 42 $18..".G315 12.C3S 71 SJ5.721 14 C. J. THENCIIAKP, Clerk. I. W. Case, BANKER. Transacts a General Banking Easiness Drafts drawn available in any part of the U. S. and Europe, and on Hong Kon;, China OFKirK Houns : 10 a. at. to 3 r. 21. Odd Kritiows Building. Astoria. Oregon. E. P. N00NAN & CO., (Successors to) J. P. HYNES, -DEALERS IX- Groceries Produce. Water Street, Astoria, Oregon. TELEPflOXE SO. 7. - P. O. BOX S90 Enlarged and Refitted to Meet the Popular Demand, FINEST RESTAURANT IX CJTT ! Shoahvater Bay and Eastern Oysters. Private Rooms for Dinner Parties, etc. Meals Coooked to Order. TIIIBD STREET. ASTORIA, OR. ASTORIA TRANSFER CO. AND Livery Stables. Conveyances of any kind, on short notice. Tnuisferring Baggage, etc., a specialty. Telephone No, 12. H, W. SHERMAN & CO. SCO 00 2.0CO 00 CC0 00 ::.5oo oo I.JXO 00 cr.0 03 i .ooo oo :.ttf oo 500 00 600 00 500 CO 10.!;00 00 ::,oco oo ns Restaurant 375 SSC 311 127 114 111 23 59 29 25 3U 11G 11' 121 124 122 107 10 71 70 7C 5G 25 23 G C2 38 20 29 23 IS 29 13 17 25 11 Ifi 12 48 5 11 11 4 Hi 13 35 10j 25 13 19 231 11 12 34 12 2t5 11 32 15 19 20 12 5-1 14 40 II ii' l'J S 4 10 4 13 850 S57 SI U90 S21 KEEN 315 Have Choice City and Suburban Property for Sale. Fire and COVERED IN THE Astoria, CITY BOOK STORE. Spring Season 1890. Baby Carriages, Doll Carriages. Bird Cages, Croquet Sets. Hammocks, Base Balls and Bats, Foot Balls. Fishing Tackle. Air Guns. Wagons. Picnic and Lunch Baskets, Roller Skates, etc. THIRD STREET, GRIFFIN BARBOUR'S Irish Flax Threads HAVE NO EQUAL ! S&rft gflJtt7k WoKcmiWrfniy --irTHT'- Cm1" M9HMTm rHHH'flBlHKKB!"""1 GRAND TR1X PARIS 1878, GRAND CROSS OFTHE iiEGION D'HONNEUR. They ro eived the ONLY GOLD MEDAL For FLAX TILREADS at the London Fisheries Exhibition 1883. And have been awarded HIGHER PRIZES at the various INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS, Than the goods of any other XHRSAO UANTJFACT1XRBRS IN THE WORLD, Quality Can JLlways be Depended on. Elan Mermen HENRY DOYLE & CO.. 5 1 7 and 5 1 9 Market Street. SAN FRANCISCO. ACENTS FOR PACIFIC COAST. W00DBERRY SEINE TWINE, ROPE and NET TING Constantly on Hand. SEINES, POUNDS and TRAPS Furnished to order at Lowest Factory Pricei. SEALANO The terminus of the Ihvaco ami EST SUMMER RESORT ON THE of the Bay, at deep water, and only twelve miles from the bar. The coming County Seat and Commercial Metropolis of Pacific county. Now laid out. Lots on the market from 30, and upwards. For particulars and full information, call on or address B. A. SEABORC, Stockton & Welch, Real Estate Brokers, AND EMPLOYMENT OFFICE: City, Suburban and Acreage Property For Sale. I MAIN ST ASTORIA, OR., P. 0. Box 511. l 1 320 382 128 344 122 124 103 20 57 29 25 17 37 11 33 11 35 12 19 376 127 69 61 29 27 17 25 3551 3 2 3 8 "l 9 4 2 "a 1 i ill 110 123 133 109 16 54 23 25 m 124 t'4 60 58 31 2T 17 103 60 3G 14 53 27 29 13 21 29 15 19 25 10 31 10 Gl 8 17 21 19 14 44 5 31 14 14 35 8 40 6 11 12 31 45 10 29 4 11 12 11 10 29 11 21 14 4 13 19 3 941 JsGS 95 1004 84; 993 794 COOK AND Marine. BEST COMPANIES. Oreson. Spring Season 1890. A Splendid Stock of Fine Stationery, Blank: Books School Books and Supplies Just Received, A Full Stock of Paper Novels. PIANOS AND ORGANS. ASTORiA, OR. : & : REED. gtftiM" no UEr. Shoahvater Bay Railroad. use THE GREAT- NORTHWEST COAST. Lie? at the head Il'waco, A, No curbstone brokers epl0jihT -I -t