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C) -? twiaii VOL. XXX IV, ISO ASTORTA, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 2 IH90. PRICE FIVE CENTS r - ' f 5tx I aaal m b Hf SSbt &&MSsBBEBk&P'' iLaa .saaaaaaV Tour Money's forth IS V1IT OLT gi:t at Foard & Slokes Groceries and Provisions. rn:iiK m a Titst ca Store nti.l t Extremely Low Figures. ,.x.!s iVTiMTtsl alt our Town. -"igSosl Price I'.Ud for Junk. FOARD & STOKES FEESM FRUITS ! cam), mts, rrrc.j "prtlili; in Season. 3Poxc3L Porroll ni:sr-ci.Ass 5UrlT ioj in llio l:E';:r I . a o mm! lit-I. .sion.i, Oi;on. TMfa L & Auqbisbu, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and. Arch Heels. orrfc-K. K i ., I'i.wi i.'s lli.n'i. SBCOKD STREET t !WM ASTOKIA.OK. Magnus 0. Crosby Dealer in HARDWARE, IRON, ML: t--i Iiv uh I -1'ittinj."--, Su w, Tni .in:ind HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS nis I'al. Mrip I. iJ.hli -I lion. In .aid ropjuT. AU02?IO3ST A,V COMMISSION HOUSc -ATJLXTII OLSEN, a -iy.r io K t' .iSoldi'ii. vm1 M1Iim1 (.m:)iiKmiii liotiso . .h i;-oliof nil Koxli sold on enm- wlfcw Selt Ktw. Saturday. .oRnl I'-iwuriu .To'iblng ami 1'pliol iHtc "-inc. of rundtiire ou hand. 1om y w in Hat-gains in lionscliol.l M VUXEH vEi:-X Notice. Ims un.t. jlr. kieckivkd i:y thk L lttiaid T 4irecUJts-Jr School Distiicl . iij. uMllTanTv- a"; -jaw for r.11 -oil- lrnv UihIis and 'S oords Fir, to ho ile "iro4 at tlii vi'luml house in aid ditiu'l Tin Wtvotrs hm-i tin' nht to loji'd am ami nil hiN R order, oic. .1. W CONX. .1. ?. HI T1.1'K. Cliainu in. Clerk. A4ona..hniPHUli, lMHi. td iXSrWANCK. TNRtTEAJSrOE Fire aisil Marino ami Life VAN DUSEN & CO., Ag'ts, ASTORIA. OF?., f Uh Following Ui'lialriv Foieign and lMe i-omuiiHS : lrroI and London an 1 (lobe, Xoith JlntjvJi and Mercantile. Scottish Union and 'Na'mtcil. Hartford ol Connecticut, Coinmcr ciju on AJtfnnua, loudou and ltncushlre of laxorponl. Commercial Union of London, t.Htinotui of lndon. Northwest of l'ortland, MhIhaI laToof e York. rfmpt,Ubcnil Adjustments Guaiantccd i. AY. CASK Insurance Agent. i:kpi:ksi:nt,i inc. California Marine Ins. Co., S. F. Columbia Fira Mil Marine Ins. Co., Portland. Heme Mutual Insuiance Co.. S. F. Phoenix of London. Imperial of London. Robb & Parker, AGENCY OK Fire and Marine Insurance, VTitli :mi Aggregate Capital of S7O,000,O00- 1MPK1UAL. of Ixindon. CA1.1FOUXIA. or California. COXXUCTICIT. of Ilarttord. OAKI.AXI) HOMK, or Oakland I.! OX. of lmdon. 11 KEM AX'S FCXI). or C ilifornia. VJCKEX. of 1-ondon. For Sale, Entire Herd of the Goodwin Jersey Cows For sale after .Tune 1st, at Goodwin's Farm, itkipauon, ClatMip County, Or. City We have a large list of Fine Residence aud Business Properly in different parts of tho City. We also have somo Fine Lots in Hustler fe Aiken's and some choice corner Lots iu AlcCIuro's, with a splendid Yiew of the City and Biver, which we will Sell Cheap. Xo trouble to show property to intending purchasers. HOWELL mm sawn11 POWDEi Absolutely Pure TliK 'iovuU-i never vane4, A i.:'iv oi .flinty, streiiKtli and whole.some:u s.-. M.ire ecoii.uiiic.il than the ordinary kh-l-.a. d -ati not he sold in competition with :.i malti tude ot low list, short weight, a..u or p!:o plrite powders. Sold only in at lio l Uakino PonuBK.ro. JOG V'all-s' C. . LKWIS Id. .ICIINoN "cCO , AeMs. IMM land. Oregon. oi:i.o i. iai:kku. r.n: n s n ne-nn '3 ilBHOUll Sl'CCKSSOKS TO C. L. PARKEK, DILVIXltS IN CE3ERAL WERCH AWDISE Nov; Goods Arriving Every Strasw- TJliS WEEK. Dress - 3rOoc5Lis. The Old Stand - Astoria Oregon. CO TO TCASTM.A N'S AND G!T S5 Cabinets for S2 50. Morgan & Sherman (4ROOESSS And J).-aleis in Cannery jajjlies! jjccial Attention Given to Filling Of Grtiers. And Supplies I umislied . J r.-ii Lictoiy Terms. Purchases delhered in any jail i !!. -u Office aud Warehouse In llumeYiNctv lhniding on tu t S:.-.-ej P. O. Itox IXt. Telephone Ni :r7. ASTOI&IA. Cti:8:2 0 Lafayette Street Grade Notice. Neticj: is lu'ieby jiven Hi tf 5 It.' Coin iiioii Council pioposi' to cstatiii-Si Hie ijnulc of l.afai'yttc street in the city of Astoiia, as laid out ami 1 cee: (led by Joint "IcUlure, as follows, to vit : At its inlcisection willi .Jeirei.son street at a height of :w; foot above t!io base of grades, as establish d by ordi nance No. 71. of the city of Atoi ia. At its intersection with A -.tor s ieet at a height of 01 feet on Use noil h side of Astor street and 01 feet n Ihtnnth side of Astor street, abovs -ai 1 ba-c of grades. At its intersection with -'i.rL slieet, at a height of 120 feet at the -Mirth .side of Court sheet, and 12.5 feet at the south side of Cotut street, above a:d base of grades. At its intersection with. Seventh street at a height of lTy. feetatthe noitli side of Seventh street, and 100J feet at the south side of Seventh street, aboe said base of grades. At its intersection with lahth sheet, at a height of 172 feet at the ioith side of Eighth street, and 17." feet at the south side ol Eighth street, above wud base of grades. And unless a icmonstrauc signed by the owners of two-thirds or the piop erty ftonting on said portion ol said street be filed with the Auditoi and Po lice .Judge within ten dajs ol the final publication of this notice, to wit. on or befoie Tuesday .June 24th, lK), the Common Council will cst-ibiish sa d grade. Uy older ol the Common Couneil. Attest : T. S. .1 i:wi: it, Auditor and Police Judge. Astoria, Oregon, June 12th, l&K). ?ii60IgiCCf : V -. : ;(S. IT IS THU ID13ACt r. J.J.7 Uh i cs the Xjcr find K'dii it I ' itch, cures In iJihf. DvjK-t ;i:t r n -p;k titc, Purifies tlie Ln;)urc Bloo.', :i. ,1 Iilalrcs Th'ycah Utin-: Used everywhere $laloiiie:sixfor$5 Property. & G00DELL. i!tpc:PFUNDERV;iai CROFFUTT'S STORY. A Halioions Fabrication Tlat May Cost Him His Position, osnonxn uitaEit as avjphaisex. Specal bv CUtfomia Associated Pkkss. WASiirxfiTox, June 22. Senator Stewart indignantly denies the report telegraphed all over the country re gauling a possible encounter between himself and senator Regan of Texas. It is nuderstood that he traces the ston's origin to CrolTutt, chief of the geological survey bureau who stands next io Powell in authority. It is al leged that Croffntt mali ciously circulated the story of a diflicnlty among the correspon dents on Newspaper Row, and it is rumored that Stewart and his col leagues on the irrigation committee, Messrs. Mardy, Sanders, and Casey, have laid the case before president Hai rison and requested CrolGtt's dis missal Trom the office, alleging incom petency among other things. A Good JTIuii for the Place. Srecial tTiiK AsroniAN.l WAsinxcrrox, .Tttuo 22. H. Z. Oabornc of Los Angeles, who was a prominent candidate for government printer, will arrive in Washington next Tnesdav. lie is a candidate for posi tion as a member of the board of ap praiser, to lie appointed under the provisions of a new administration bill, aud will likely secure the place, if the PuciGc coast'is to be represented on the board, as he has a strong back ing, both from California and the east SII.Vr.ie STILL RINGING. Opinion of iv IVciv York editorial. Special to TlIK Astorian.1 Nr.w York, June 22. The i'resi1, Washington special says the house committee will be likely to recommend the bill limiting purchases of silver to 1,500,000 ounces monthly, the whole to be the product of American mines. Buj ing such an amount, would it is understood, insure acceptance by the treasury department, of nearly all the: bullion produced in the country. This provision, the limited coinage men say, onght to satisfy Colorado, Nevada, California and other Pacific slope advocates of free coinage. Ac cording to the terms of the proposed compromise, treasury notes will be made legal tender, redeemable in coin, but the secretary of the treasury wiU 4- be permitted to exercise discre tion in redemption. Such a bill it is confidently pre dicted will bo passed by the house. In ease the senate does not concur, a joint conference committee can be depended upon to reach a settlement Chairman Couger will call tlie com mittee together to-morrow. Before the end ot the mouth it is expected the house will pass the limited coinage bill. Till: t'A-florS ItAC'KK. One of site Fastest Ilorscsi in tbc World. Sjieci.il to Tin: astoimajj.1 New York, June 22. Matt Byrnes, who looks after "Salvator," reports Salvator" as daily becoming better. The horse has not been pushed since tho suburban victory, but has done all he has been asked to do. He cleans his manger out at every meal, and seeni3 to be enjoying life, Byrnes does not believe any horse in the world can beat "Salvator" at tho suburban dis tance just now. A V4liDCRlTL SWIItUTtKR. Crosses Iast River Ileund Hand aud Fool. Sjieeial t.Tiu: AsrouiAX.j Nuw York, June 22. Gene Mer cadier, bound in 125 feet of hemp rope, with two straps over his arms and legs, swam across East Kiver today, in forty-five minutes. In each hand he carried a two-pound iron dumb-bell, to show he did not use his hands to propel himself. AXinratcit cvcroNi. The Tohii of IMcasanteu Ktroycd. Ue- Stci.ll toTlIH ASTOUIAK.I Omaha, Neb., June 22. a town ot about 200 -Pleasanton, inhabitants, situated on the Union Pacific road, about 20 miles north of Kearney, was struck by a cyclone about 2 o'clock this afternoon, and nearly every house in the place destroyed. No one was killed so far as reported. The land lady of the hotel was badly hurt, and a druggist from Bertrand, named E. E. Howendabber, was struck on the head by a flying board and seriously wounded. Did Net Legalize Gambling-. Trenton, June 22. A bill to legal ize book making at race courses is dead. Tho governor had it filed in the state library along with other re jected bills. Fine Tabic Wise Delivered at,fiO cents a gallon, to any part of the city. A line line of pure California wines at low prices, at A. V. Utzingcr's Cosmopolitan saloon. I' a s I IT MAY COME TO ASTORIA. Tie Great Norton Railroat Heal ing This Way. .VEir ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC. Special by California Associated Pkess. Chicago, June 22. The Great Northern railroad will soon be ex tended to the Pacific coast. The only thing that delays the beginning of the work is a definite selection of the route. The money necessary for the completion of the work has been raised in London, where in two days after the books were opened, SlfJ.OOO, 000 was subscribed. Work will certainly begin on the line to the coast before the first of July. Surveying parties have been in the field for a month, and have at least three passes through the mountains; and as many different routes. As soon as it is decided what is most feasible, the work of construction will begin, which will give the Great Northern the shortest route to the Pacific coast WHAT A 3CAN COSTS. Diary of a Householder Who SpeBt $40,000 la Twenty-Six Years. What does it cost to bring up a fam ily? A gentleman, whose experience will bo recognized as having points in com mon with other householders, has pre served an account of the expense to which ho has been put in rearing a family of four children. The follow ing statement recently entered in his diary, is copied by tho Indianapolis News: "To-day I close my diary. Twenty six years ago I undertook to keep an accurate statement of all ray earnings and expenses, so that I might know actually how much it costs to live in the married state. Then all was an ticipation. I and my young wife counted our resources and our ex pectations. I was receiving $15 a week, with a promise of more. I owned, a house comfortable enough for frngal young people to begin life in. We were spared house rent, therefore, and our expenses have never included this item. Betrospect ively, I see that we have brought up four children in comparatively easy circumstances. My health has been good and my earnings have been con stantly received. -I now raceive $30 a week and we still own the homestead without any great addition lo its wealth, except in an in creased amount of furniture. I have' little more money than I had when .H rst married. Perhaps, all told,Tliavo $3,d00 now of assets; then I had, per haps, $2,500. We have never wanted for bread. Sometimes we havo felt the need of more money. Three of the children are now making their own, way. next ween me lonrtu graduates at high school, having received the same schooling that the others have had, and will begin to look out for himself. "1 snail not necessarily be at any more expense on account of my children, and this diary properly ends now. Would I be willing to go through the same experience again of rearing a family r 1 asked my com panion, who has borno the greater part, this same question, and I know she spoke with a heart full of love, but was compelled to Bay : 'Not for all that money could buy would I go through again what has been neces sary to rear our family.' ''Expressed in dollars, the totals are these! In twenty six years we have received from my wages and inciden tal moneys that came through my wife and the children .$40,900 or say $40,000 besides the amount of in crease in the permanent assets. Given a plant of about $3,000 and two em ployes, man and wife, it has taken, therefore, about $10,000 to each man produced. This, of course includes all employes expenses. The plant is slightly en hanced in value, but the employes have seen their best days. The qual ity of the goods is yet to be demon strated. Prospects, happily, point to cessation of labor and an increase of receipts, but there is no certainty about this. The employes are proud or tneir work, but don t want another job. "Some of the items of expense have been these: Doctors' bills (twenty six years), $2,100 (and all paid prob ably the only instance on record); groceries, average per week, first five years, $7; next three, $9; remainder of tho twenty-six years, $13 a week. For ten years it has taken on an average one pair of shoes per week for the fam ily, including myself and wife. The most annoying thingl have ever known is the rapidity with which children wear out shoes. Only ine thing ap proaches it the high price of ch5 dren's shoes. I never could under stand how, with all the civilization of the age and the demand for cheaper results, children' shoes have not'"ben. reduced in price. The human -ahoe is a failure. No man not rich can afford to buy shoes for a family, and if I had to do it I would go to Timbuctoo, where neither horses, mules, camels nor men are shod." Kindred Park. On the completion of the Astoria & South Coast, and Albany & Astoria Railroads,' this property will be worth a great many times the amount for which it is selling at present Remember thw History of Other Cities And Bny some of this Property before it is too late. Lots Selling Fast Buy Now! HOWELL & BQODELL - -3BB " k r . ?'v-' osJsH ' " - - - JniaB -v "" " - i ., "- iL ' c Jsaaaaa! -,-&." "-ist ' -'2'- '- r , 'k:-, , ,s - ' - - " ,j V-fe"klliaaaaaal HaaaasM3iSaMaK-Ahc!hBBac'pr'j' - - as; z--mi2ggggamimimjmmmamtmatmimil00i0gij0ggf A FISHERMAN'S FIANCEE. Crazei iy Grief, Drowns Herself In a Portland Slough. DAMAGED IX IjAVXCHISG. Special by California Associated Press. PoRTiiA2Df June 22. The body of Maggie Kearn. aged seventeen, was found floating in a slough, in the southern portion of the city this morn ing. The girl had been missing since last Sunday night, her widowed mother saying nothing, thinking that the girl had eloped. The deceased was affianced to a fisherman, to whom she had written if he did not come to Portland to see her previous to last Sunday she would end her life. The inquest will be held to-morrow. Damaged, lp LaHHchlu. Special to TnK astoriax. Portland, June 22. When Union Pacific's new steamer torian, for the Sound trade. the Vic launched here last week, she struck the bottom of the river, damaging the boat to such an extent as to detain her completion five or six weeks. The damage is considerable. AJf ABLE-BODIED YARN ATkoosaud Nevada Wolves Cleaned Out bya Fiddler. A Mill Creek miner thus winds up the story of a fight between a thous and wolves that besieged his cabin one night recently, in the mountains "of that region, incited to frenzy by the notes of the aforesaid miner's fiddle, says the Virginia City Chrenicle: "I fiddled and they fit and eat each other till the band began to thin out Every time I gave an extra rap on the a suing they howled louder and pitched in afresh. Thev kept it.up for three hours when there wasnt more than forty or fifty left, and they so blamed foil that they conld hardly waddle. "But I fiddled and they fit for a sec ond wind. When one threw up the sponge, the others bolted him in a twinkling. By and by thero wasn't more than a dozen left But I fiddled and' they fit and feasted. '"When they got down to three each one laid hold of another's tail, and chawed for glory. The ring kept growing smaller, but I fiddled and they chawed until there was only a bunch of hair left, and that mowed away down the JiilL Tho snow was a)l?ed.;with blood and trampled down icu' iocu xj.cuu3' uuu uuues were strung all down the canyon, and there was fu enough in sight to stuff a cir- cus tent It was the dandiest dbg fight I ever saw." The Home Taper. When you are married to the brightest and best girl in the country, where did you look for that notice that meant so much to you and so lit tle to nearly every hotly else? To your home paper. When your home was invaded by the blue eyed girl or the bouncing baby boy, to whom did yon make it your business to convey early information as to the sex, the time and the weight? To the editor of the home paper. In after years when some manly young fellow takes the blue eyed girl to a home of his own, or your once bouncing boy, now a man is given a partnership in a store because he has just brought home somebody else's daughter and setup an establishment of his own, to whom do you personally exhibit fpresents and load up with bride's cake and to whom do yon look for that complete description of the interest ing event down to the last pickle fork and individual salt which, once more means much to you and a very few others, and so little to anybody else? To this same editor of that same home paper. And when trouble comes in the home and you add to your possession that desolate bit of realty, the lot in the cemetery, and somehow the sun doesn't seem to shine just as it used .to, and there's the flutter of crape at the door and odor of the tube rose in the front parlor, and the chair that has for years been beside yours at the fireside and opposite you at the table is vacant when all this happens, who makes it his business to write in tender strains of the one whose life has grown to be a part of yours, and whose sympathy and good deeds to others havo long been known and recognized if never publicly announced? The editor of the home paper; and he's only too willing to do the little I that he can to help you over the hard Bpot in roe roaa. And all these years have you adver tised in this home paper, and done what you could to help the editor fight your battles in municipal and county matters, and encourage him as he has worked to build the town and bring business to it? ueo. W. Martin. "NpIHa TMnTTenirr Whn Tina nnfimil all the cities by her clever acting will appear at toss' opera house next Thursday, with her clever company in "Lady Peggy." The sale of reserved seats will begin to-morrow at the New York Novelty Store. Astoria, Or. BISMARCK INTERVIEWED. Severe Laws ani No Concessions to Mnrierons Nihilists. HE EULOGIZES CATBiri. Special by California Associated Pbess. Berlin, June 22. Prince Bis marck has been interviewed again, and when asked to give" his impres sion on the subject of Nihilism in Russia, he said: "No concessions can be made to Ni hilists who will be murderers one and all. The only way to deal with them, is to strengthen and sharpen the law, to bring it to bear upon them with in creased stringency. There can be no question of yielding to those wretches. Nothing kindly or conciliatory can be offered to people who do not even know what they want, but are per fectl' ready at "all times to commit any sort of and number of heinous crimes." "As for Egypt and Germany," said Bismarck, emphatically, "I regard it as an impossibility that these countries should be at war. It is singularly un likely that they should ever quarrel seriously. Were that to happen it might lead to a continental conmct, even if Egypt should abstain from taking active part against the United States by sea or land. But this con tingency is as widely improbable as that we should draw swords against Egypt. We are both fair dealing peo ple, who know one another welL and we respect one another sincerely." Bismarck spoke favorably of Caprivi as "a fine soldier, a man of remarkable intelligence, and varied information, and above all a thorough gentleman. Caprivi's appointment a3 reichskang ler, was an absolute surprise. He accepted it from a lofty and loyal sense of duty, free from any charge of overweighing personal ambition. Mo has a clear head, a good heart gener ous nature, great working powers, and is altogether a nrst class man." Venice, Gondola, Honeymoon! Special to The Astorian. London, June 22. Mary- Anderson Navarro and her husband, are enjoy ing themselves in Venice. The happy pair shun hotels. Thay will return to the United States, probably in Sep tember. Aa Official DocHneat. Gust. Wilson, the Russian vice-consul, who left here last evening, on an official visit to the czar of all the Bns sias, has not been to his native land for forty-six years. He is armed witli an official document in the form of a passport issued by the Russian consul in san jrrancisco. xi is a large four page sheet of heavy paper, elegantly engraved. On one side it is printed in Russian and on tho other in French, and commends the bearer aaa. loyal subject of the czar, who has faithfully represented Russia in the United States, and is entitled to the respect and protection of all officials of that government, and a safe return to America. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria fVhca Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When sho vraa a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, the clang to Castoria, Then she had Children, she gsvethem Castoria Remember the Austin house at the Seaside is open the year 'round. The Steamer Eclipse. Will make regular trips to Knappa and Swensen's Landing, on Saturdays, leav ing Knappa at 7: so a.m., ana leaving Wilson & Fisher's dock at 2 v. m. For freight or passage apply to the captain, on board. Fresh Bread and Cakes every day at Columbia Bakery. All orders deliv ered to all parts of the city. The latest style of Gents' Boots and snocs at i .i. uoop-jajts. All the patent medicines advertised in this paper, together with the choicest Eerfumery, and toilet articles etc can e bought at tho lowest prices at J. W. Conn's drug store, opposite Occident hotel, Astoria. Ludlow's Ladies' S3.00 Fine Shees: also flexible hand-turned French Kids, at P. .1. Goodman's. JACOBS OIJ, Cures Backache. Backache. Backache. Martinez, CaL, October 1888. I could hardl j walk or lie down from lame back; sofTered several weeks. St. Jacobs Oil permanently cured me, other remedies hav ing failed to do so. FRED.mrrMAN. agi Cloverdale, Ind., Feb. 8, 1887. From a bad cold pains settled in my back ana i sunerea greauy ; connnea to neq ana could hardly move or torn. I tried 8. Jacobs OU, which cored me. I do not fearJectuWncav JIK3. M. We M z - a 7 s -. "SSaa ACROSS THE COLUMBIA. Visit to Knannton anil Frankfort, fasUDiton. ASTORIA SEEXFIiOH TXEItirElt. Though yesterday was not as fine a day for an excursion as might have been, in consequence of the rain and the hazy atmosphere, yet a representa tive of The Astorian improved the opportunity of taking a view of Astoria from the river and visiting the Washington shore. Under tho guid ance of Capt. J. BT. Lamley, the steamer 1Ve7i07ia was only twenty-five minutes in going across toKnappton, six miles over the broad Columbia river, where several passengers were landed. At the wharf of tho Columbia mills, owned by the Northwestern lumber company, were two vessels. One was the barkentine North Bend, which is nearly loaded with lumber, and the other was the handsome four-masted schooner Novelty, which had just ar rived m ballast, from ban Jb rancisco. Making but a short stop at Knapp- ton, the steamer went up the river about two miles to the new town of Frankfort A substantial imrovement is a long wharf which has just been erected and reaches to tho channel, so that large vessels can make fast at the end and load or unload cargoes. A tract of 203 acres was sold for $7,030 somo time ago, but it has been laid out in blocks and lots, with broad streets, and lots are selling rapidly, some of them bringing several hun dred, dollars each. Three large two story building3 are up, one not yet completed, though tho lower floor was used on Saturday night for a ball. Tho front or store windows had not arrived,- but the end was temporarily boarded up, so the room could be used for a dance. Difficulty is experiencediu procuring lumber, for though in the very midst of timber, and surrounded on three sides with heavy forests, there is so much lumber shipped away, that it is difficult to procure enough for home use. ne original owner ot the tract, after selling 203 acres as above stated, reserved four acres for a homestead, and now refuses $7,000 for it Owners of Frankfort property feel confident that a railroad will soon reach them, attracted by the rich tim ber and by the fine advantages for connection with deep water com merce. Just below Frankfort is a tract of twenty-threo acres which had been claimed for timber land entry, but is contested by another man, who states that it is mostly valuable for agricul tural purposes, yefcit is very rocky, quite steep, in some places almost a perpendicular blnfF, and could never be plowed. It is located in section ten, township nine north, range nine west. Leaving Frankfort after landing a lot of doors and sashes, the steamer heads down the river, and after going nearly a mile runs in near the shore. Having announced ner coming uy me shrill steam whistle. Stopping oppo site a solitary house near the shore, backed by very steep mountains heav ily timbered, a boat puts off to meet us, and L. A. Borchers leaves the steamer and goes to liis house. It is a pleasant location, but lonely, for it is approached only by water, having no road leading to it They have no neighbors' cows and chickens to bother them, but keep several boats and can come or go at pleasure. They have a fine view of Astoria and the river, and can see all tlie vessels pass ing up or down. Steaming away from the lone resi dence, Knappton is soon reached and a stop is made at the wharf of the Co lumbia, mills to take on wood. This afforded an opportunity to go on board the Novelty which presents a singular appearauce with its four masts schooner rigged, and no jib. She is constructed expressly for car rying lumber, and can take a cargo of 800,000 feet. A hasty tour was made through the Columbia mill which was found tobo remarably well equipped with engine and machinery capable of turning out 75,000 or 80,000 feet of lumber daily. Everything was neat and in perfect order, and a large supply of logs was floating in the water near by, ready for use. There are planers and ma chines for dressing lumber, and quite a commodious machine shop. Leav ing tho -wharf at the mill the steamer goes to the main wharf at Knappton where there is a postoffice in the large general merchandise store owned by the Northwestern Lumber company, wnicii is also tuo owner oi the mill, as well as a number of other mills in various places, and they own the vessel which take their lumber to San Francisco, and bring back their groceries and other goods, thus re ducing expenses and increasing their profits. The steamer Eclipse was met here, which had been, to Ilwaco and Fort Canby with an excursion parly and was returning from there, and. after landing part at Knappton was going to Deep River with the balance of the, passengers. Knappton has quite a collection of houses, somo of which are pleasantly located, (one in particular which ap Acreage. ' 5 . - J! have some Good Acreage and some small Investors will do well to call on or write to will find it to their advantage to list it with us, are the best Correspondence Solicited, j! HOWELL & GOODELL. ;jr m peared remarkably neat, and wat Mr rounded with flowers, Tinas and shrubbery in abundance. One of oat passengers who landed here wai a lady, and was met by two boya witk an extra horse, on which she wat io ride seven miles on a trail over the hills and through the forest to her home. Leaving Knappton at 6 o'clock, the rain ceased, the clouds rolled away, the atmosphere grew clearer, and a fine view was afforded up and dowm the grand old Columbia river. Aa w approach Astoria, one cannot help thinking how deh'ghtfully it ia located, and in fancy the veil which hides the future is lifted, the dim and shadowy future becomes the visible present, and lo, the scene is changed. The uneven hills are graded, cable cars are paaning up and down on a dozen streets, pala tial residences with towers, balconies and verandas are seen in abundance, the whistle of locomotives are heard, trains are arriving and departing, the sea wall has been constructed, and be side tho solid pier are steamers aad sailing vessels with the flage of the principal nations of the world oa their masts. Such a picture may yet be realised, for it depends upon the energy of oar people, as it is within their power to make this vision a reality in the not far distant future. WHAT A BOY DOES. Those of Yon Who Wear Traasen WieV Appreciate Tkb. He comes out of the front door, bright-faced and happy. He cosmes out for no particular reason, observes a writer in the Washington CapiUtf, save that he wants to be moving abdml He is full of physical action, and he must get some of it out) of him. before bed time or he won't be fit to aleep. He doesn't know this with his hoen, but his body knows it; for, after all, the body does a great deal of its owa thinking, independently of what we call consciousness. He standi oa the- top and looks up and down the street. He doesn't know what he is lookiae; for. Indeed, he is not looking' foe anything. He just looks with a sort of undefined hope that he will ser something suggestive to him of what to do. He jumps down the steps aad goes to the gate, hangs on it a ao ment, makes a few sounds with his voice such as . nobody but a boy can make, and nobody else woald make if he could. They don't meaa anything. He makes them because well, because he is a boy. As if he had suddenly thought of something to do, he bangs the gate open'and rMeas down the middle of the street, yelliat like a young Indian. But he has not suddenly thought of something to do. " He has simply done that becease he couldn't think of anythiag -to do and must do soniethujts;.' Then he picks up a atoae and fires it at a dog, and cringes aad feels sorry if it hits the' -mark. Se doesn't want to hurt the dog. jSe throws the stone because -lie m 3flsn dog and the stone are there 'and itis handy to do so. For a few sesoall at, stands and looks up into a tree at " nothing. Then he breaks into a raa again, and suddenly sits dowa oa "the, curbstone as if he had accomplished something and was content. ' mmt'.- Deal Gently Wltk tha Statue. If it prove refractory, mild discipline la the thing to set it right. Not all the aansaefg draughts and boluses ever invented caa' a half so much to remedy its disorders aa a few wineglassfulls-say, three a day of Hast at ter's Stomach Bitters, which will afford Jft speedy reilef, and eventually baalsa. ever dyspeptic and bilious symptom. 'Sick Mte ache, nervousness, sallowness of the eess plexion, fur upon the tongue, vertigo, sea those many Indescribable and illjaarMaMa sensationscaused by Indlgestionjue tao aaea perpetuated by injudicious dosing. A mediate abandonments such random 4 advised experiments should be the-list Slip In the direction of a care ; the next steegSe use of this standard tonic alterative, wMafc has received the highest meaiaai nrwt irtr tmnFaiorlanfafl TWTinlow4tTtf fclAt ItVU UlljyiWVUbU'iU UIMiH.MI ADTICE TO HOTMKM. C Mns. Winslow's Soothing STav should always be used for childreai tecthing. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind cholic, aud is the- best remedy for disx-rhoea.Twenty-five cents a bottle. I- Maverick National BANK, BOSTON, MAM. . CAPITAL SUUPLUS Accounts of Banks, Bankers and Cersora tlons solicited. -. Ourfacillties for COLLECTIONS are excel lent, and we re-discount for Banks wfesa balances warrant it. -. Boston is a Keserve city, and bsiaaees with us from Banks (not located la ether Keserve Cities) count as a reserve. , We draw our own exchange oa Lofts- rand the Continent, and make cable translate and place money by teiegrapa tnioegaeac the united States and Canada. .- c We have a market for prime, Iratiaas Investment Securities, and invite" wBBa from States. Counties and Cities, wsea is suing bonds. i J Wo do a general Banking BusiSess, su la vitc correspondence. ASA P. POTTER, PrfltlMt. JOS. W. WORK, Cashier. ROW IS THK TIME I ROSS&WIBT Are ready to raise and move bosses, . Wu are the boss at buildlnar streets. , v.alks and bulkheads. SbmulBg bosses a specialty. JacK screws, diockuw. roueis aaa cribs for rent. Shop on Fourth St., set. Cass and Genevieve. Ranches,-in good location, at a '. us, and parties having property to seal as our facilities for disposing of iroattij. s Wfe- - s v "1