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ASTOISIA. OREGON:
TlimtSthU AUGUST 21. IS90
ISSUED EVERY MORNING,
P. W. PARKER,
Publisher ami Proprietor.
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The Astouiax guarantees to its adver
tisers the largest circulation of any newspa
ter published on the Columbia river.
One mortgage for $230 was filed in
the recorders s office yesterday.
Arrangements are being made in
Tncoma for the celebration of Labor
dny on September 1st.
All 11k business bouses of Captain
Flavel are receiving new coats of
iwiut, nmkingtbem look quite refresh
ing. The old shed on the dock of the
Ilwaco Kailway fc Navigation Com
pany is being torn down by Capt
Flavel's orders.
The new pleasure boat for Horace
Thing was finished yesterday and can
lx seen at the Main street dock. She
is a Ikymty and no mistake.
The sad news has arrived here of
I he death of Mrs. Gilman, wife of
Captain J. AL Gilman, which occurred
in Portland at 11:45 on Tuesday night
The contest between Fred Bogan
mid Pete Shea has been postponed
from August 2GUi to September 5th on
account of the illness of Bogan, who is
nimble to train.
A half drunken fellow was Ye-3
j.basire and insultiuj yesterday, and
v-. badly punished by some parties
who made no allowance for his condi
tion. Many families on tho Nehalera and
Young's river complain that no census
enumerator visited them, and it is es
timated that from one to two hundred
people have not been listed at all.
Some other steamer will probably
come down tho river on Saturday in
place of the &. G. Reed, as she is to
make an excursion on Sunday from
Portland to tho Lower Cascades and
return.
While Eniperor "William is visiting
the Emperor of Russia, he may as well
sympathize with him in having yester
day lost from the rauks of his follow
er John Carlson, who has decided to
beeoaie au American citizen.
Briefs in the suits for damnges,
growing out of the sinking of the Clan
Jlttckcurtc last DecemlHT, have been
submitted, and tho case has been
taken under advisement by Judge
Dandy, who will render his decision at
a later dny.
Taylor Coons, manager of Prof.
Gontrys equine and canine paradox,
is in the city and has made arrange
ments for his fifty wonderful educated
dogs and ponies at the opera house,
on Wednesday and Thursday tho 27th
and 2Sih or August.
A party of men under direction
of Foreman McKinney went over to
Frankfort on the steamer (. K., and
will engage in clearing up an ad
dition to the town which is being laid
out. Some sixty men wil! be employed
there in a few days.
Grading on the motor line is nearly
completed through to Washington
street; tlio piling for the trestle work
is all driven and tho superstructure is
about all in place, so that it will bo
but a short time hence when tho cars
will bo running into the midst of the
c.itv.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
picnic will start from tho church
at SiJO this morning; train hour at 9
o'clock sharp. A wagon will haul tho
iKiskets down from the chnrch to tho
Bay Railway station. The last rotnrn
train leaves the baseball grounds at
530 r. m.
Reliable information from the lower
Xehalem is to the effect that that sec
tion was entirely ignored in the census
count. Twenty families on Young's
river wcro also overlooked. The ag
gregate of such omissions throughout
tho state is something great, probably
amounting to thousands.
.Tames Steele, administrator of the
Hollady estate, has filed a suit in tho
circuit court in Portland, against the
Oregon Real Estate Company. The
suit is instituted for the purpose of
requiring the defendants to set forth
the nature and extent of their claims
to certain portions of the Hollady
estate of wliicli the defendants have
been in possession.
Large bodies move slowly, and fre
quently the TJnited Suites govern
ment is an illustration, so far as differ
ent branches or departments are con
cerned. James Turk, of this city,
realizes that fact, for ho has only just
received $200 pension arrears for ser
vices in tho Mexican war. when he
was in the navy, and at the bombard
ment of Ycra Cruz.
The readers of The MonxiKO Aa
tomax will observe that they get
daily from two to three columns more
of interesting reading matter than is
famished by any other daily paper in
this city, and the lines of reading in
Tiib AsToniAN are put close together.
If the reading matter in The Astorian
wcro all leaded like that in tho ed
itorial column, the twelve or thirteen
columns we print solid every day
-would make mteen or more columns.
There would be tho same number of
words and the same number of lines,
but the lines being farther apart
would make more columns. But The
Asfosxax has no desire to make a
great display out of a small amount of
matter, so tho type is mostly spt solid,
sn-as to crowd the greatest amount of
information into the smallest space.
Wan iv.il.
-Two ladv and three men waiters
iwatetUatcly. Apply at Jiffs New Ites
tanrant fc
Thr Finest Photos
Are how taken by H. S. Shusler. Sea
new samples.
KcnirmlKT tlie Austin house at the
Seaside Is ojen Uio year 'round.
.The latest stylo of Gents' Boots and
Shoos at r. .1. Goodman fc Co.'s.
;Dclieieit8 Ice Cream
Served dally at the Columbia bakery.
WeiMkatrtTs Beer.
And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa
loon, 5 cents.
its-
PERSONAL MENTION.
C. W. Fulton was taken suddenly ill
yesterday.
Col. Charles IL Bccbe spent yester
day in the city.
Miss Mamie Gilbert went to Port
laud on a visit last evening.
A. Y. Allen and wife returned last
evening from a visit to Portland.
Mrs. J. Y.Crossen, from Tho Dalles,
is in the city, the guest of Mrs. L. B.
Logan.
Frauk Scott, of tho Frankfort Land
Company, is reported quite ill at the
Astor house.
Misses Sadie and Annie Gilbert, of
Portland, are on a visit to their sister,
Mrs. A. V. Allen.
Miss Edna Rau, of Portland, is down
on a visit to the Misses Sadie and
Birdie Schlussell.
Miss Almira Hawthorne has re
turned from an extended visit to rela
tives at Tillamook.
J. F. Halloran came np from Sea
side last evening and went up the
river to Portland.
Miss Barbara Houseworth, of
North Yamhill, is in the city on a visit
tp Miss Mamie Daggett
County Clerk Trenchard returned
yesterday from Seaside, where he has
been enjoying a vacation.
Ed. Deady, wife and family, who
have been spending the summer here,
left for a brief visit to Long Beach
yesterday.
Rev. David Dunlop, late of Belfast,
Ireland, now of Kelso, Wash., who is
principal of the Kelso Presbyterian
college, was in the city last Monday.
A. S. Reed, of the firm of Griffin ic
Reed, leaves this evening for a visit to
his old home and aged parents in A1-"
leghany City, Pa., whither he ha3 not
been since '84. While absent he will
extend his tour to various eastern
points of interest
Frank Sweet, notary public of
Wahkiakum county, Washington, was
in the city yesterday, and reports pros-1
pecta favorable in the way of new
settlers. A bridge is soon to be built
and a road opened, so that the bank '
of the Columbia can easily be reached,
and people will be greatly benefitted
tkereb.
Anxiously Awaited.
The engagement of tho great emo
tion actress, Maude Granger, is one of
the principal topics of conversation
among onjociety people and theater
goers in general. The coming of this
famous beauty and favorite artiste will ,
be an event far from the ordinary. It
will give our theater goers au oppor
tunity of seeing such a peformauce as
would be given on the stages of Wal
lack's, tho Union Square, Palmer's,
Daly's, or any of tho fashionable thea
ters of New York, "with which Miss
Granger has been prominently identi
fied. There'is not an actress on tho
American stage who has been connec
ted with so many notable New York
successes as she. Immediately after
the closo of her present tonr she re
turns direct Etist, when "Inherited"
will have an extended run at one of
Che leading New York theater?. A
strong feature of Miss Granger's cu-1
gagement will bo the splendid com
pany she will bring with her. Tho
sale of seats opens Saturday morning.
I'.iNSCiiger; to Portland.
The following is tho list of passen
gers having rooms who went up tho
river last night, on the steamer Tele
pliouc: J. Doheny, W. L. West. D. Collwell,
Judge Cole, L. Jackson, L. F. Hodge,
Mrs. Borthwick, J. Hilderbrandt and
wife,J. W. Gillett and wife, Col. C. F.
Beebe, M. Wise, II. L. Ball and wife,
Miss M. Gilbert, L. Serranco and wife,
N. Ludington and wife, W. Phillips, J.
Harrington, J. Welch, F. ,1. Good
enough, H. B. Holder. II. S. Clongh,
T. B. Hall, H. M. Cloughlon. J. C.
Friendly, F. L. LaGrande, B. Rost,H.
W. Hamlin, S. J. Connor, J. A. Bige
low, W. L. Baker and W. Steel.
MARINE NEWS A.'I NOTES.
Tho schooner Arton aid arrived at
Knappton yesterday from San Fran
cisco to load lumber.
Tho Bteamer Oswego, Capt C, M.
Smith, of Portland, is at Arndt &
Ferchou's iron woika and machiuo
shops, being repaired and overhaulod.
The steam schooner Augusta, Cant
Paul Schrader, arrived yesterday from
Tillamook, bnngiug.51 kegs or butter,
from 70 to 100 pounds each, which
were discharged at the U. P. dock.
Tho steamer will load at Kinney's can
nery with supplies and material for
the Kinney cannery at Nchalem, nnd
sail to-morrow.
Quite An Increase.
Tho whole amount of school fund,
interest as divided among the several
counties of Oregon during 1S89, was
S130.377.20, while for this yaar it
amounts to $144,372.15, an increase of
S13.90i.93.
The total number of school children
last year was 93,093, and the number
reported for 1890 is 99,567, making an
increase of G,4G9. Multnomah county
receives tho largest apportionment of
any county in the state. For 18S9
Multnomah's share was S19,6A3.4fJ;
this year she gets S22.422.80. Last
year Curry county received the small
est apportment, $82040 for fjSQ chil
dren; for 1890 Sherman county gets
the least S865.65. Last year Clatsop
county had 1903 children and this
year there arc 2168, an increase of 263
for the past year. The amount of
money received from the state school
fund this year for Clatsop county is
S2.998.60. The increase in tho num
ber of school children for tho past year
in Clatsop county is not as great as in
some other counties of the state; for
instance Marion last year had 7364
and this year 794S, an increase of -584
for the year. If the number of births
for the past year in Clatsop county
can be taken as an indication there
will be a great increase in the number
of school children next year.
An Energetic Lillle City.
Within tho past six months there
have been erected in McMiunville,
Yamhill county, twenty-three new
residences, in addition to a fine large
business blook now under way, and
an extensive lumber factor. Mo
Minnvillo's population is recorded by
tho census at a little upwards of 1,400.
Tho city owns and operates water
works and electric light sj-stems, and
displays a spirit of progressiveness
and healthy enterprise, generally.
The growth of residence estate is al
ways an after thought in tho increase
of a city's population, and reasoning
thus it is safo to presume that the
enumeration has hardly donoMcMinn
ville justice, in counting her popula
ion at the numbar naun J.
WeiHiiard Beer
At the Sunny Side saloon. Furnished
rooms up stairs.
Go -to jthe Columbia bakery for all
kinds of cakes.
FBOM JUDGE TATLOB.
Interesting Comments on tlie Letter
of Presiflent Reifl.
TIM It AY RAILWAY I'OSITIOX.
AsTOiUA, Aug. 20, 1890.
Editor Astemak:
The time for the annual election of
directors of the Astoria and South
Coast Railway company is approach
ing, and this morning's issue of "your
paper contaius a letter from the presi
dent of the said company, which ap
pears to have been written for the
purpose of creating a panic among the
stockholders, so that while they pur
sue either the Bay Railway company
or myself, some one else can get away
with the watermelon. Heretofore I
have refrained from discussing the
railroad situation in the newspapers,
but when falsely accused with being
the author or of dictating a statement
which reflects injuriously .upon my
former associates in tho directory of
the Astoria and South Coast Railroad
company, for whom I entertain the
highest regard, and between whom
and myself the best of feeling exists,
so far as I know, I deem it but just to
them to deny the accusation; and I
most emphatically say that I had
nothing whatever to do with getting
up tho article referred to. I neither
wrote nor dictated it; nor did I
know that such an article was
being prepared or written pre
vious to its publication, further
than that I was informed on tho
evening previous to its publication
that au article bearing on the railroad
situation was in the printer's hands,
bnt what it contained, or when it was
to be published, I had no information.
I was not, however, surprised to seo
U2h a move made within a few weeks
previous to the annual election, and
the projectors of tho Bay -Railway
Company are good subjects to use in
tho endeavor to stampede the stock
holders of the former road. Necessa
rily, either tho Bay railway or Trul
linger's logging road would, have to be
used as the "jack in the box."
As a stockholder in tho Bay Rail
way Company, I confess I would
like to possess and operate tho two
roads together, but, Mr. Reid to the
contrary notwithstanding, I have nev
er dared hope for such resnlts. Had
I expected or hoped for it, I would
hardly have resigned from the direct
ory when I did. However, possibly it
would bo bettor for Astoria's .interests
if the Bay Railway Company pos
sessed the Astoria fc South Coast rail
way, than if tho Pacific Construction
Company and its friends owned it
In order that tho stockholders of
tho Astoria & South Coast Railway
company may not become alarmed,!
will say to thjm (and I speak by au
thority) that tho Bay Railway com
pany will not attempt to capture their
road for two years, and in tho mean
time they can devoto their entire at
tention to tho Pacific Construction
company, whoever or whatever it may
be. I would suggest to said stock
holders, however, that it they expect
to resist tho blandishments, wiles and
persuasions of tho said Pacific
Construction company, they would
havo to act as a unit, and steps should
bo taken by them at once to place
tho voting power of their stock in tho
hands of a very few persons, in whom
they havo confidence, that it may bo
voted as a unit Unless this is done
Astoria interests are likely to bo de
feated iu the October election. Of
course 1 mako theso suggestions in
tho interest of tho Bay Railway com
pany, that it may have a chance to
capture the Astoria fc South Coast
railway, at the expiration of tho two
years' parole, which I have promised
it above.
Mr. Reid has heretofore threatened
to publish mo in the newspapers. I
havo uo desire to outer into a news
paper controversy with Mr. Reid.
Neither do I shrink from ono as I
have material part of which is in Mr.
Reid's handwriting and over his
signature which would furuish very
interesting reading for tho people of
Astoria. I am no longer a director
in the Astoria & South Coast Railway
company and shall not only deem it
my privilege but my duty, to answer
any false accusations which may bo
made against me. I am willing to
stand on the record I mado while act
ing as a .director in the Astoria &
South Coast Railway company, and
am ashamed of but one of my acts,
and that is my having favored enter
ing into the original contract with the
Pacific Construction company. But
having myself been deceived and
misled through the blandishments
wiles and nursnasions of tho said
Pacific Construction company, I have
takep this opportunity to warn the
stockholders against following in my
footsteps.
Yery respectfully,
Feank J. Taylor.
Speaking of work beginning on the
Union depot in Portland, tho Ore
gonian says: Now that work is
begun on the Onion depot and a new
freight depot, and the Vancouver
bridge is as good as begun, it may be
expected that something definite may
be heard from tho Hunt and Hunt
ington roads. Everything comes to
those who wait, and tho people of
Portland have waited with patience,
in fact, they may be. considered the
boss waiters, and they are igetting
everything they want The building
of the depot, filling of Couch lake,
and the beginning of work on the
Yancouver bridge, the approaching
completion of a third bridge across
the Willamette, and the consolidation
anil consequent extension of street
railways will have a tendenoy to make
the real estate market, lively and ad
vanoe tho prico of property, especially
on tho Peninsula.
A DOCTOR'S REBTXKE.
Immense! y3XoralacliIcf-ih&& ' Gea
o rally Suspected.
Dr. Kins, tho eminent medical wrlterrlm
a lonrncd disquisition on our national com
plaint, constipation, says:
Tho great quantity of cathartic pills, eta,
which aro taken by tho people of this coun
try aro productlro of immensely mora mis
chief than Is generally suspected. Truo, the
physic unloads tho bowels, but Its action
tnid5 to diminish tho tonp of tho Intestines;
so Hint, instead of removing costircness, it
a. Tavatcs it, Waving tho bowels in & moro
torpid condition.
Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla was designed
to fill just such a contingency as tho doctor!
arralgnmont anticipates, Tic: instead of bo
lug a powerful mineral purgative, ifrli
mild vegetable laxative, that, owing to IU
solvent and gentle stimulating properties, is
so certain a relief In constipation that it has
been given away to hundreds, not to bo paid
for unless it was of positlvo benefit It re
places constipation almost immediately
with n natural easy habit, and is so -solid
that, unlike drastic purgatiTes, it can t
taken indefinitely with perfect safety.
-AlltheOhoicestDelicacies, made by
only first-class men at tlie Seaside
Bakery.
SEASIDE ITEMS.
Seaside, Aug. 20, '90.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Megler are hero
for a brief visit.
Will McCormac opened school here
last Monday.
Mrs. Tatton, of Astoria, is the guest
of Mrs. C. W. Stone.
Mrs. A. R. Cyrus and Mrs. Byers
and daughter were here yesterday.
Mrs. J. W. Conn, daughter and
friends will bo here until Saturday.
Dr. Alfred Kinney and wife came
down Monday from Gearhart Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn are here from
Astoria and indulging in a bath in
the surf.
Miss Dickenson was taken ill last
Sunday, and went back to Astoria
Monday.
Mrs. J. T. Ross went up to Astoria
yesterday morning, and will return
this afternoon.
The road between here and Seal
rock beach has been completed and is
now open to the public.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Worsley,
and two children came down and
Bpent yesterday on the beach.
Mrs. W. W. Parker and Maudie
Stockton came down Monday evening
and are at Mrs. J. T. R033' camp.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Pease of Skip
anon paid Mrs. Clara Johnson and
Mrs. Clara Bragg a visit yesterday.
Miss Amy Powell and Geo. W.
Heald returned from his homestead
to-day and went to Astoria this even
ing. George Miller, of Portland, came
down yesterday morning with ten
men to locate on claims on the Nc
halem. Miss Rockwell, daughter of the
artist, Cleveland Rockwell, is the
guest of the Misses McKcau at their
camp.
Miss Adair, Sam. Adair and Mr-.
Adair have come down to spend sev
eral weeks on Miss Adair's homestead,
near here.
Rev. Dr. Gordon, pastor of the Bap
tist church of Portland, accompanied
by his family, who are now sojourning
at the Seaside a few days, will bo the
guests of Mrs. W. W. Parker for a
week or two.
AUSTIN' noosE.
From Astoria. E. C. Lewis, Max
Younir. C. W. Loneherv. Mra. J. W.
Conn, Miss Edith Conn, Mrs. M.
Foard and family, Miss II. Larson,
Fred Harlow, B. S. Worsley and wife,
Master It H. Worsley. P. Lne.v. V.
Boelling, J. F. Halloran.
rom Portland. T. G. Brownson
and wife. Geortre Miller and wifn. f.
A Wrvrutv- mfa mirl nliill "XT, f C
Harlow,. Master L. A. Harlow, Rev.
.ur. uoruon and tamiiy.
I'rom I'ortland, Alo. James B. Sm
nott. From San FrnnciHen. Mrs. .T T.n.
normand, Miss L. Lonormand, Miss
Lotta Smith.
From Baker City. H. E. Stafford.
i:eal estate transfers.
Deeds filed or recorded on Aug. 20,
1890, as reported for The Morxixo
Astoriak by the Astoria Abstract
Title and Trust cempany:
A. J. Cloutno to C. A. Mc
Guire, land in S. W. H of
seo. 15, T. 6 N.. R. 10 W. . 2
M. J. Kinney et al to George
Wold, lot 1, blk 29, New
Astoria , 180
E. A. Noyes and wife to
James Hess, lots 10, 11 and
12, blk 11, North addition , 170
Oregon Land Co. to Chas. E.
Cosner, the S. $? of blk
54, Pacifio addition 250
Oregon Land Co. to E. J.
Swafford, the N. of blk
54, Pacific addition". 230
George G. Shirley and wife
to Seventh Street Terrace
Co., lots 3, 4, 5 and G, blk
10, Young's additien: 40Q
J. E. Boyer and wife to Fred
Robinson, lot 5, blk 9,
Chelsea GO
Deeds filed, 7; total amount. S 1,312
Proviously reported this year 1,574,181
Totaltodalc...
.S1,575,49:J
ExterniinaUqn AYonM Settle tlio ltrlirlm;
Sen Tronlilc
Sax Fhaxcisco. Aug. 10. H. Liebes,
president of tho North American Com
mercial company, said yesterday:
" Three years ago the Alaska Com
mercial company made an affidavit,
stating that there were 3,000,000 seals
on Pribilhou" islands, yet our last re
port from our agent there, dated oarly
in July, states that 20,000 skins. h,ave
been taken and that the rookeries
were almost entirely deserted then. I
havo been in the business for twenty
years and I predict that it Behring
sea is not closed to the sealers of till na
tions during July, August and Sep
tember at least, fur seals will be found
only iq museums. Any one will realize
the danger of complete extermination
when destructive methods of tho seal
ers aro shown. Practically, every seal
taken by poachers is a female, soon to
give birth to its young, and only ono
oat of six shot are taken. Thus the
16,000 seals taken by poachers up to
July 1 of this year, means nearly 100,
000 females killed, with as many young
ones."
For the Accommodation of Fishermen
O. B. Trescott lias established a
station for receiving sturgeon at the
George Hume cannery, where fish will
bo '.received.from fishermen direct or
from any, of the Tiver boats on and
after Monday, the 18th inst
Tho newest comet is hovering
around the bowl of the Dipper.
A Pliystolau's Opinion.
Diu A.1L Spauldixg of Grand Jlapids
.Mich., says: ''I prescribe Hibbarcl's
Itheumatio Syrnp in my practice, ami
unhesitatingly reoonimed it. It operates
noon the liver, kidneys and bowels, de
stroying the poison in tho blood and
tissues. It 13 a grand tonic and ap
petizer, and for a diseased stomach or
dyspepsia, has no equal." For sale by
J. W. Conin
JltieiBS'TFiUt Board.
Parties desiring comfortable rooms
with board, at reasonable rates, can be
accommodated at Mrs. E. ('. Holden's,
corner Main and fourth streets.
Your Friends
At the bench will appreciate a nice box
of fruit Thompson & Koss have a fine
assortment, and will give careful atten
tion toillsnch orders.
Fine JTalile Wiuc
Delivered at GO cents a gallon, to any
part of the citv. A. line lino of pure
California wines at low prices, at A.
W. Utzinger's Cosmopolitan saloon.
2. Ulia HUG ui jip,nio anil vipiuunoD
can be found at tho Columbia Bakery,
B96 Third street.
Good Goods and low rates at the Sea
side Bakery.
Ludlow's Ladies' S3.00 Fine Shoes ;
alsoflexibleJiandrturned French Kids,
at P. J. Goodman & Co.'s.
A iTnA 1rk mrrnfTfta
'GPAMER" STOPS HIS PLOW.
He Hol5s President Reid. Down to
tiie Main Point.
jit ;rjr. jskii get tjii: swag?
At tiie Grange, Aug. 20, 1S90.
Editor Asteriak: I stop my plow
to "pass the time of daj"with "William
Reid as he passes by iu the president's
car en route to Hillsboro. My letter
seems to have worried him overmuch.
He "does me proud" to attribute my
bucolics to Judge Taylor. Judge Tay
lor never saw the letter until it was
published, and never heard of it until
it was in tho printers' hands. I came
in from the Grange to the seaport a
few days ago and soon heard of the
contention whether those bonds and
the stock, amounting to over 3600,000,
under the J. H. Smith Seaside contract,
had been put up as collateral oulv, to
secure Smith's debt of SiG.760, or
whether they had been turned over to
the Pacific Construction company as
its absolute property. Nearly every
body said they were only up as colla't
eral, and if the S1G-7G0 was not paid to
Smith in fivo days after the engineer s
report of the completion, they would
be turned over to "William Reid's Con
struction company. One shrewd
fellow, however, a brother granger,
told me that in the deal
Reid got the SG00.000 and odd of
stocks and bonds absolutely whether
the Astoria & South Coast Railwaj
Co. paid or not, and practically with
out consideration. He told me where
to find tho contract. I read it, found
he w.i3 correct, and then wrote tho
article simply to apprise the treneral
public of something they had not
dreamed of. I am told that Conn,
Case and Page thought up to that
time, that tlie stock and bonds were
ouly np as collateral and were re
deemable by paying oil J. H. Smith.
What "Wm. Reid and D. IC Warren
(the other two directors voting for it)
knew on the subject, I can't
surely say. Reid, at least, probably
understood it It was pushed through
hurriedly, though Jndge Taylor in
sisted on two days' time for examina
tion. No man cau hastily esamiuo
that complicated agreement and clearly
understand it. In view of these facts
tho innocent directors should be ex
cused for being gulled. No longer ago
than yesterday somo prominent and
intelligent persons who had perused
the contract were stoutly asserting
that tho Astoria & South Coast Rail
way Company could redeem by nav-
ing off J. H. Smith. Mr. Reid's letter
this morning will disabuse their
minds. It shows that tho granger
was correct. He admits the construc
tion company has got the stock and
bonds and says it was entitled to have
them, because (substantially) it had a
lien for what it had done on tho
Hillsboro branch, and tho Astoria
people could not get tho Seaside di
vision completed unless tho Pacific
Construction Company signed tho
contract (with Smith), and that the
eompany would not sign it unless this
concession (I call it a donation) of
over 000,000 in stock and bonds was
mado to it as for construction of the
road to Seaside, which that com
pany never constructed. He denies not
tho chief proposition of "Granger' viz:
That the Construction Company gets
tho stock and bonds in any event, but
only iusists that the stock and bonds
aro worth less than a half million, and
that ho was entitled to have them.
How that is, and how it stands
as to whether he overreached
the directors in getting theso
great advantages will probably be
settled by the courts, Mr. Reid "vows
very solemnly that ho will not stop at
Seaside, but will puttho road through
if ho lives. If ho is suro of that and
can fnrnish a reasonable guarantee,
ho can get all the balance of the stock
and bonds and $200,000 besides. But
when he sneers at the poor lloatablo
quality of Astoria railroad bonds, he
leaves us honest graugcrs to snspect
that having by his dodge obtained a
quarter million dollars worth of prop
erty (according to his own estimate)
out of a too confiding people, ho has
at least saved himself from loss upou
his effort to build a railroad on wind,
and will hereafter await events unless
tho strong arm of tlie law lays hold of
that unconscionable contract and
shows him that ho cannot thus deal
with a whole community.
Granger.
'it is a fact,' that Hood's Sarsaparilla
iloes cure scrofula, salt rheum, and other
diseases or affections arising from im
pure state or low condition of tlie blood,
iiveronnipj; tiir. lirod ffnlitiT. pronto n
Reed appetite, and gives strong! li to
every part of the system. Try it.
Telephone loili;in House.
J5ej.t Beds in town. HoomS per night
CO and 25 cts., per, week SI .50. Jtcw and
clean. Privato entrance.
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I will open on or before August 1st, the Grandest
Line of Clothing Ever Shown on this Coast, which
I will sell for LESS MONEY than the trash which
is now' being faked off on the Public as Bare-Bargains.
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Wingate & Stone,
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AC.ENTS FOii
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FINEST SUiViiVlER RESORT
ox
Olatsop Beacii.
ODD FELLOWS BUILDIPJG,
Astoiia, - Or.
8 and 88
Two Choice Blks in Adair's Astoria
rei: saw: i:y
Van Onsen & Co
Lots in Block "8" S200.
Lots in Block "88" $150.
Half Cash, Balance in Three
and Six Months.
"SFAII lots stalccd at four corners.
UNION MAM CIGARS!
Ask your dealer for the following brands
of cigars; Australian Ballot. Y. Is. Knim
fc Co., lti l'erfccto';. La Itosa del Vuclta,
Innocence and Eight Hour League. The
Union Label on cacli box. For further par
ticulars apply to John Ilahn, Astoria, Orc
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H. Cooper.
Lois in Case's Astoria ire to on Sale
AT TIIE OFFICE OF TIIE
Astoria Real Estate Co.
PRICES FKOM SI 50 TO $250 EACH.
TER3IS --One-Half Cash; the Balance in Six and Twelve Months.
's
Is the Choice of the Connoisseur.
Superior Facilities for Shipping in Car Load Lots.
Orders for any quantity to be directed to
H. WEINHAED,' Portland, Oregon.
Corner Twelfth ami 15.
J"Jbi"Jb,?S
SECOND - STREET
(Opp. Telephone Landing.)
Is tbe Bon Ton Restaurant or tlie Town
(A3fl Tim FINEST ON TIIK COAST.)
Dinner Parties, Banquets, a Specially
The Finest Wines nnd Liquors.
Privato Entrance and Rooms.
N. r.'. Xo connection with hh old place on
Main Street.
Main Street House
RESTAURANT.
Tho above .Restaurant is Just Opened,
with everything New and
First Class
This is the Cleanest and Quietest
Place in the City.
BARLOW &
Ko Chinese
J. BIGGS.
BIGGS. HALL & CO.,
Frankfort Real Estate Co.
nPT7TPi7c i Cor- Commercial nnd Tearl Sis., Frankfort, Wash,
uhil-ij -j Fiavers Brick Block, -135 2d St., Astoria.
Investments Made for Non-Residents, a Specialty.
t i nnv fi J Correspondence solicited. Maps, Circulars and all information
l . o. boa tib- -j cheerfuly furnished.
Nsimi & Engross
MASUFACTTJr.IXa
Jewelers and Watchmakers.
Jewelry-. Watclics. ami Clocks
Repaired at Kxtrcincly
ff.o-iv "Prices.
628 Third St., - Astoria
FERD FERRELL'S
New Barber Shop
:-: IS NOW OPEN :-:
And he Is ready to serve his friends to their
satisfaction.
GIVE HIM A CALL.
SIIOr-Next to rhil Stokes' store.
LIDDICOAT & CRIBB.
CarpcntcrS and Builders.
Ilolt & McCurtrie's old stand, have over 200
olatcs and dmwlnzs of all kinds and styles
of dwelling-houses, ranging from 5900 to j
5i2,uoo. uaii ana see uicin.
e Styles
Lager Beer !
Telephone 72. P. O. Box 405
TAURANT
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HAYDEN, Prop's.
Employed.
H. B. HALL.
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Life Size Portraits
SS.OO 03SrX3T
You may during the next SO days get a
GENUINE CRAYON PORTRAIT
Which we guarantee NEVER TO FADE for
the greatly reduced price of
i'-z $5.00 ONLY :-:
Tli so pictures have, uefore been sold
everywhere, from $10.c0 to 25.00, but we
will now give
Every One a Chance
To obtain a good piece of work for the
small sum mentioned, if ordered within one
month. We can make a picture of any
photograph, tintype, or daguerreotype.
Leave your orders with Mo. II. A. Derby,
or send direct to Mrs. May D. Ottnat, l'Jl
('enter street. Chicago, 111., formerly of San
rraneisco.Cal. Jf cash accompanies order
w e will allow you a discount of 10 per cent.
CHICKENS! CHICKENS !
Fresh, Young and Tender,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
AT
BLACK'S RED CORNER
Poultry Market.
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