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.- ..w- - - ,, --rt -SWR"S VOL. XXXV, NO. 102. ASTORTA, O&BGOJy, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1891). PRICE FIYE CENTS S -" II, f idl ia Leavening Power. 17. S. GoVt Report, Aug. 17, 1889W miss ABSOLUTELY PORE BUSINESS CARDS. XT I. RAIlJIOXD, CIVIL ENGINEER. County Surveyor of Clatsop County. Office : Room No. T. Kinney' Brick, Asto ria, Oregon. DR H. XT. STKICKL.ER, rnrsiciAN, surgeon and druggist In simple cases, charges only for medi cine. Near Postofflco, Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon. T F. II.OiII.TON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Astoria, - Oregon. Office, three doors east Court Bouse, Third street ri J. CURTIS, Attrnej-t-Lw: Koterr Public Commission er of Deeds for Washington rerttory Office v ?r2reVs new brick building. Cor. Secoad and C.vs streets. TOH.V M. SJIITK. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Cass street, 2 doors back of Odd Fellows Buildtng, Astoria, Oregon. f q. A. BOWLBY, I veto racy and CeBBSeller at JLaw OfQco on Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon A R. KANACA, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Olfice over White House Cor., Astoria, Or. T II. KAKSELL, "real, estate broker AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Established 18S3. Third Street, next to W, U, Telegraph Of fice, Astoria, Or. Ww- PARKER, Real Estate and Insurance Agent, Conveyancer and Notary Public 113 Benton Street, opposite the Postoffice, Between Chenamus &Squeiuoquo Sts., Astoria, Oregon. A. . CLEVELAND. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offlce Flavel'a new brick building, corner Second and Cass streets ; up stairs. D RS. A. Lu AND J. A. FULTON. Cass street, between 3rd and 4th. Special attention to Diseases of Women and Children, by Dr. A, L. Fulton. Special attention to Surgery, by Dr. J. A. Falton. Olfice hours from 10 to 12 a.js and 1 to r.x. JAY TUTTLE. M. D. Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur. Office, Room c, Pythian Building. Office hours : 10 to 12 and 2 to 5. Residence, 639 Cedar Street. "O K. KILLER. Jt. 0. Graduate of Cleveland Homoeopathic Hos pital College, and Post-Graduate of New York City Polyclinic School of Medicine and Surgery. First and Main streets, Portland. Diseases of Womea a Specialty. gK.O.B.ESTKS. m YSIC1AN AND SURGEON. Special attention to Diseases UMSerzery. of "Women mcs: Opposite Telegraph Office, up Stairs, Astoria, Oregon. TK. P. A. KERS, DENTIST. Xeoms7&Bd8aFlavel'fl new Brick Build 1C. w. t. survey. L.T. BASIX J. W. D RATER. Barney, Barin & Draper, Attorneys at-Law. ;Oregon City, Oregon. Twelve years experience as Register of Ihe U.S. Land Office here, recommends us In our specialty of Mining and all other bus iness before the Land Office or the Courts. Bd involving the practice In the General Land OSes. Tfelsei, Lester & Anita, CIVIL ENGINEERS, Surveyors and Architects. Office, Rook 9, Fulvel's Bld'g 8BCOND STREET P. O. Box 81S. ASTORIA, OR. FARM AND DAIRY RANCH TO LET XvreMtr tB Thirty Cfcelcs Cwt JJTD 30 to 50 Aores of Fine Mdw Farming Land A Farm e( 180 acres, 4 to 8 acret of orchard te efeetee traits, cewpiet farm buildings, ear Asteria. Convenient to sell milk in tfce tky. All faralRC tools and dairy appli ances. One spaa fine Farm Horses and Wscea. Apply to this office, or to A. H. Sate, ea tbe prcwlBon, at Woodland Farm, YmHCtKlYer.Of. C. P. Upshur, Shipping and Commission Merchant Main St. Wharf, Astoria, Oregon. SPECIALTIES : Cannery Supplies Barbour's "Salmon Net Twines. NEPTUNE Brand Salmon Twine, WOODBERRT Cotton Lines and Twines SEINES and NETTING Of all Description Famished at Factory Prices. FIRE INSURANCE Effected in First Class Companies, Representing SlS,000,O0O FIKEXIX...... HOME, .--Hartford, Conn ..o.New York, Agency Pacific Express and TTells, Fargo A Co. H E-o- AUSTIN-:-HOUSE I. P. AUSTIN, Propr. Open All tie Year 'Mi. THIS POPULAR HOTEL Is new and clean and beautifully located on the banks of the Necanlcum, within five minutes' walk of CLATSOP BEACH, The most pleasant Seaside Resort on the Northwest Pacific Coast. Every attention is paid to the comfort and accommodation of the guests, and the table Is supplied with the very best in season. Here aro plenty of Clams and Crabs, there Is 'game in the woods and plenty of the finest fish in the streams. E. P. NOONAN & GO. (Successors to) 3". :E Hynes, DEALERS HJ Groceries Produce. "Water Street, Astoria, Oregon. TELEPHONE HO. 7. - P. 0. BOX XM W. F. Scheibe, CIGAR MANUFACTURER. Smokers' Articles in Stock. THE TRADE SDPPLIBD. Special Brands Manufactured to Order. MAIN STREET. - - Astoria, Or Thompson & Ross Carry a Full Line of Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries,, Give Us a Call and Be Convinced. J. B. Wyatt, DEALERS IN Hardware and Ship Chandlery, Pure Oil, Bright Varnish. Blnaclo Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spike, Galvanized Cut Nails. Agricultural Implements, Sewing Machines, Paints, O.ils, Qrooerleai JEttca Magnus C. Crosby Dealer In HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL. Iron Pipe and IPIttlngs, Stoves, Tin ware, and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Sheet Lead. Strip Lead, Sheet Iron, Tin and Copper. A NEW ENTERPRISE. City Express Transfer Company. H. D. Thing and C. E. Miller, PROPRIETORS. Headquarters at Main Street wharf. TELEPHONE NO. 43. A General Express and Delivery Business transacted. Tour patronage h acSctted. tchotl Tixk, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the taxea for School District, No. l, for the year 1890, aro due and payablo at the office of the clerk on Main street wharf. The Tax Roll will remain in my hands for sixty days from date, after which time thosa not paid will become delinquent. By order of the Board of Directors. J. W. CONN. Chairman. J. G. HUSrLEB. Clerk. Astori a, Sept. 4th, i860. AlderbrooK BARGAINS IN FOR A Few Days Only. BUY NOW! DON'T WAIT! Is Snre To Be THE Terminus of a Bail Road. Wingate & Stone, ODD FELLOWS'BUILDING, Astoria, - Or. James Finlayson t : Tailor 534 Third Street, Invites the gentlemen of Astoria and sur rounding districts to call and see his largo selection of NEW SEASON GOODS Suitable Far Ulsters, Overcoats, Suits, Trousers Comprising Scotch, English, French and American Goods ear A. Good Fit Guaranteed- Astoria National Bank IS NOW OPEN FOR GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS i m i Accounts of Firms and Individuals Solic ited on Favorable Terms. Interest paid on Time Deposits. Money Loaned on Personal and Real Estate se curity. Foreign aud Domestic Exchange bought and sold. C. T. Edea, President. John Hobaon, Vice Pres. A. B. Edoc, Cashier. D. K. Warren. I .., O. S. Wright. Erectors FIRST ANNIVERSARY BALL TO BE GIVEN BY THE ASTORIA AMATEUR DRUM CORPS AT LIBERT! HALL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th The rubllc, whom wo faithfully strive to please, are resptctfully invited to attend. The Best Music In the city has been secured and a pleasant evenlDg la anticipated. BtsTlckct admitting Ladies and Gen tleman, 81.00. May bo obtained from any Member ot the Corps, or at tho Book Stores and other business places, B. F. ALLEN &.C0. DEALERS IN Wall Paper and Oil Paintings : PRACTICAL : PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. All Work Guaranteed. Cor. Cass and Jefferson St?.. Astoria, Morgan & Sherman " GKROOEJRS And Dealers in Special Attention Given to Filling Of Orders. A FULL LINE CARRIED And Supplies furnished at Satis factory Terms. Purchases delivered In any part of the city 0ffic9 and Warehouse In Hume's New Building on Water 8treet, P. O. Box 153. Telephone No. ST. ASTORIA, OREGON LIDDICOAT & CRIBB. Carpenters and Ball tiers. Holt & McCurtrle's old stand, have over 200 plates and drawings of alt kinds and styles ot dwelling-houses, ranging irom-$900 to 112,000. Call and see them. V. H. COTFEY. Groceries and Prorisions. & 372 THIRD STREET. Butter, Fggj, Canned Goods, Potatoes, "Wood and Willow Wars. Et. ASTORIA TRANSFER CO. AND Livery Stables. Conveyances of any kind, on short notice. Transferrlne Baggage, ctc, a specialty. Telephone So, 12. H. W. SUBRMAN A CO. A Pocket Match Safe Free to Smokeit of Men Cannery Site! A-TRAVELER'S OPINION A Description of Astoria And Its SfirroflfluiBgs. DIS09VEEY OF TEE COLUMBIA. Graphic Account of tbo Entrance of the Pirat Ship, the "Oolumbia," May 11, 1792. In the Boston Post ot Friday, September 26tb, appears a very in teresting communication from a corre spondent in San Francisco. It also gives in a very unique style, a descrip tion of Astoria, and comically alludes to our style of streets and buildings, as reaching out over tho water. Some of tho statements as to the coming scarcity of salmon, and the prospect of this city always remaining qniet and unprogressive, are not warrant able, but the letter, as a whole, is so good, that it ia given entire, as fol fel fol eows: San Fbaxcxsco, Sept 15, 1S30. Kailroad and steamship companies cannot always cater to tho conven ience and comfort of passengers. Tho exigencies of tho freight and pos tal departments often sadly interfere with them. Thus, on tho Southern Pacific route from Portland to San Francisco, which abounds in mag nificent scenery, tho train is two nights and one day on tho way, the best part of its scenery being passed in darkness. Besides, owing to the heavy grades, progress is slow aud tedious, so that all travellers except ing those for whom seasickness is the bete noire, whoso savage attack they dread more than any personal incon venience, prefer tho outside steamship route. Even this on their passage south is not scheduled to their liking, aB, the departure from Portland tak ing place in tho evening, tho grand scenery of tho lower Columbia i3 lost, although on tho return there is n bet ter opportunity to see1 it by daylight Leaving Portland Into iu tbo even ing on the fine steamship Oregon, morning found us fast to tho wharf at Astoria. City it is, like every collec tion, great or small, of houses in the west. It is the first city in the stale, tho first that was founded and the first that is approached from the sea. It came into life with a struggle, was choked in its infancy by the rivalry of tho Hudson's Bay company, and never grew up. It lives, in tho poetic proso of Irving, on great and ever re ceding expectations and on salmon. It seems to dread, going ashore. So it stays out in the river, built on piles. Tho streets are all bridges and the cellars of tho houses are watery depths. Lumber is cheap and planks aud water aro not dusty. The people aro not satisfied with tho land they sco behind them piled up in mountains where they occasionally go ashoro to hunt deer and grouse, Thi3 aquatic tendency is not peculiar to Astoria. Every town on the river pushes ilfcelf into the water. Nobody knows why. It is tho fashion, although land is abundant and cheap. 'Do not go far," said, .the captain," "for we shall bo offin an hour or two.'' There was not 'far to go. So we rodo up and down on one of tho plank Btreeta in a bobtail car and looked in at tho canneries. It will not be long before tho little prosperity derived from the fisheries that remains to As toria will be gone. The Sacramento, once abounding in fish, is now nearly cleaned out Tho Columbia super seded it, and now tho salmon of tho Columbia, though still abundant, aro not so plentiful, easily taken or economically packed as in tho waters of British Columbia and. Alaska. Doubtless in tho course of time they will become as scarce even there as in the Hudson, the Connecticut aud the Merrimac. The seals, too, will event ually disappear, and it strikes mo that tho easiest way out of the Behring sea difficulty is to let them be killed off at once, for wo can get on without seal skins as well as without buffalo skins. It will not pay to go to war in order that women may have seal Ekin jack ets. The Columbia river is navigable, with the exception of two portages, for 250 miles from ils mouth. To those who have the timo to spare, which few of our countrymen have, to make tho passage by steamers, (be whole of this distance is full of . attractions. It is more so than tho Bhine, for nature has built better castles upon its banks of lava than those old barns built of granite. Nothing at home will compare with it, except the Hudson from the Palisades to the Cat skills. Millions of money have been expended in making a canal around the first portage at tbe Cas cades, and at that at a low Btage of water it will be impassablet and it is contemplated to build a ship railroad around The Dalles. But the most serious obstruction to the navigation of the river is the bar at its mouth. A long breakwater is now being con structed in the hope of bbviating this difficulty, and Portland counts largely upon it to maintain her rivalry with the seaports of Pugot sound. I never cross that bar without call ing to mind tho spendid and adven turous seamanship of Capt Gray, of the Columbia, for which ship the river was deservedly named. Contrary to general inference, tho namo has not a national significance, excepting thus indirectly. When Vancouver was sur veying this almost unknown coast in 1792, ho mistook tho entranco of the river for a bay, and thns marking it on his chart, passed on to tho north. There he fell in with Captain Gray, who told him that he was confident that what he had mistaken for a more inlet or bay was, in fact, tho month of a Jarjo river. Vancouver ridiculed this idea and made somo remark not complimentary to tho Yankeeskipper's intelligence. This touched his pride and determined him to prove the cor rectness of his theory. Turning back from his route, ho again sighted the headlands. His ship vas commis sioned for no scientific purpose. She was not insured against any such at tendant risk. His business was to sell his cargo, buy another and come back to Boston. But the Englishman had ridiculed him, and he wanted the op portunity to pay him off in his own coin. The dawn of May 11, ninety-eight years ago, found him heading for the bar with a fair wind. Tho water was too rough for a boat to take soundings ahead. Tho breakers were combing and dashing far out on the shoals from either headland. In view of the danger before him on this unknown shore ot shipwreck and Indian mass acre, the question arose with start ling abruptness, "Shall I haul off be fore it is too late, or shall I make the attempt?" It was decided iu an in stant "Port your helm! Keep her E. N. E." And then Gray, with his glass in hand, went off and seated himself on the foretopsail yard. Slowly tho Columb ia forged ahead, and, gathering way as the wind filled hor sails, she dashed onward, rising and falling on the foamy crests. Cool and determined sat the "old man" there with an ej e on the dark est and smoothest water ahead, chang ing the course as these indications were before him. Begularly was tho lead "kept going" from tho chains. Now the shoals from ten fathoms to nine, and eight, seven, six, five! He is coming to the bar. Suddenly tbe measured song, uBy-the-mark five," is followedby the shout of the ex cited leadsmen who has no time to sing, "And a quarter three, Sir!" "Steady as you go!" calls Captain Gray. "Steady!" repeats the mate. "Steady, sir!" answers the man at the wheel. A big sea heaves the Columbia on its crest; then she settles in its trough, then rises again and slides before it "By-tho-be-deep-four!" is now tho song from the chains; tho next cast gives "and a qna-her-tcr five!" the next "By the-her-mark,ten!" and the good ship, the first ship is over the bar. Tho long-time fabled river of the great west was now found. It had-como down from its still undis covered mountains to meet and wel come tho daring sailor. "With this triumph, there camo to him first of all, boyoud all other pride or exultntiou, the simple desire to fall in with Vancouver again and to hail him with "I told vou so!" This he did, and theu tho Englishman, piloted by tho experience of Captain Gray, entered the river and claimed it for his povercign by right of discover. History has told us how the conflict ing claims of tho United States and England were adjusted, how the title of the former was confirmed, and how our country is indebted for its mag nificent possessions on the northwest coast to this bold stroke of seamau sliip on tho part of Captain Gray, or the Columbia. In less than two years a century will have rolled sinco he mado the discovery which litis added a now empire to our domain. Assuredly the centennial should not pass unnoticed. What more graceful ami grateful tribute would there be to the memory of Captain Gray than tbo erection of a monument sur uftohTed "by his statue at the end of tho breakwater? Thero let him stand, like Liberty, with a torch in his hand, to guide the seamen of to day safely over the ground on which he took tbo first soundings on tho me morable 11th of May, 1792. J. C. & A Yctf ran Member Connecticut, always a littlo proud, is holding her head up a trifio higher thau usual just now, as she claims tho honor of possessing tho oldest mem ber of the W. C. T. TJ. in the country. A few days sinco I wont to organizo a union in New Preston, Litchfield county, that county which is celebrated for having tho steepest hills, tho most beautiful lakes, the best air in tbo state, and for giving to the world that trio of B's Bellamy, Beecher, Bush nell, and a Harriet Beecher Stowe. While there I called upon an old lady, a relation of one branch of our family. She seemed interested in my work, and I inquired if sho would like to join the W. C. T. TJ. "Why, yes," sho replied, "what do I have to do?" I explained. Whereupon she rose, went to the room adjoining and brought her membership fee, and I had the pleasure of tying on the white ribbon. Her name is Mrs. Betsey Averill, New Preston, Conn. Her postoffice ad dress, Washington Depot. She is only 103 years, i montJis old, is re markably bright and active, insists upon making her bad, caring for her room and clothes; eats any thing, reads with glasses, keeps up in the nows of the days; and more wonderful still, she had, tho day before I called, ridden down one of the steepest hills of that hilly region, more than a mile, to the church of which sho is a member, to partake of the communion. She said she frequently did that She is really moro activo than her son seventy-one yeara old. She presented me with her photograph taken when a hundred years old. 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"Professor" Higgins, who made an ascent from the Port Vale grounds, Cobridge, England, had an extraordin ary escape. When the balloon was being freed from the weights one of the men in attendance disarranged the parachute from the side of the balloon, and before it could be replaced the baloon had risen, and the parachute was dangling below under the trapeeze, upon which the a3ronaut was sit ting. The bulk of the people around evidently thought that this was part of the arrangement, but several who had accompanied Higgins knew that a terrible mistake had been made, the consequence of which might bo fatal. Higgins, in a conversation with a pres3 representa tive afterward, said he found out what was tho matter directly tho balloon began to rise, and realized tho peril he was in. Before he had made up his mind what to do the balloon had reached an altitude of nearly three miles. Ho then swung himself off his seat and dropped into the open para chute. He got entangled in the cords and then the descent began,' the parachute -with Higgins turn ing over and over like a bale of cotton, the movement down being very rapid. Higgins says he lost consciousness for some seconds. Then he felt the folds of the para chute resisting tho wind and checking the rate of descent The aeronaut was swinging under it with one of the cords under lii3 left arm and another round his left leg, and he was able to slightly regulate the twisted para chute with his right hand. Ho alight ed safely on a building near Stoke Station. His limbs were numbed and much discolored through the strain of tho ropes. xV most exciting balloon adventure was witnessed recently in France. The balloon "LaPatrie" ascended at it o'clock in tho afternoon from the ga3 works at Conrbevoie, a suburb of Paris, the car containing two voung men, named Lo Prince and Du muid, both about 20 years of age. On leaving the ground the balloon caught in tho branches of a tree, a slight hole being made in tho envelope. Nevertheless, it rose rapidly, being carried along by a violent wind, but when passing over the Bois de Boulogne at tho height of 1,000 metres an explosion occurred and the balloon, with an enormous rent in it. began to descend with alarming ra pidity, while the crowd assembled on Antenil race course were anxiously watching the movements of the balloon- Fortunately the envelope was torn in such a manner as to form a parachute, and the aeronauts, pre serving their coolness, threw out the ballast, and, owing to their clever management, succeeded in ab'ghting at Issy, near Paris, without accident, ono of the young men only being slightly bruised. Tho aeronauts were londly cheered by tho crowd. A FREJIIOJI TO SUBSCRIBERS. A Liberal Offer to Old and New Sub scribers, Either Daily or "Weekly. Atteution is directed to tho extraor dinary premium offer for The As tokiax which is advertised on the fourth page. A complete set of Dickens' works is offered with the Weekly Astoriax for $2.75. A com plete unabridged set o Dickens in twelvo volumes for 75 cents additional is an extraordinary offer when one considers tho extraordinary amount of reading matter offered. This offer is extended to old subscribers who re new their subscriptions, as well as new one3. The Mammoth Encyclopedia is another premium which is offered on the same terms as above. For a de scription of this rare offer seo adver tisement on the fourth page. To old subscribers who send S2 for a new subscriber to the weekly, will bo sent twenty-five novels to bo selected from a large list to be published very short ly. Or, if tho old subscriber sends S2.75he will receive tho novels and the now subscriber will get either of the premiums above offered which he may select. 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The adoption of an electrical motor would mean a vast saving in operating expenses and repairs, and would, do away with many of the sources of complaint which undoubtedly exist, although the roads are frequently abused for occurrences or stringent rules which are absolutely necessary for the safety of passengers. Tho history ot the attempts to se cure an electrical motor for the ele vated system is an interesting one, for it covers a great part of tho history of the development of the dynamo and tho electrical motor. The three com panies which have tried to solve the problem are the one of which Stephen D. Field was the principal; the Sprague and tho Daft company, which is now the United States Electric Traction company, of the Boreel Building. The Field and Sprague companies failed to come to an agreement with the elevated company, and then Col. Hain turned his attention to the Daft system, and yesterday he said to a reporter of The Journal of Finance: "I am in hope that the United Elec tric Traction Co. will perfect its sys tem so that we can utilize it within a short time." The United Company has been at work on tho Ninth .avenue line for several months, and this is what they have accomplished with their motor, "Ben Franklin," which the daily pa pera have dubbed "Fire Spitter." This motor ha3 handled an average Ninth avenue train under the most sovere conditions without an accident or detention of any kind, and proved its ability to make tho trip from the Batterj' to Fifty-ninth street on sched ule time, and this, too, without auto matic brakes, which limited the speed of the run between stations only a short distance apart. The Franklin weighs ten tons less than a steam motor and, of course, thi3 great decrease in weight, coupled with the fact that an electrical motor has no reciprocating parts, saves a great deal of tho strain which a steam motor imposes on the structure of the roads. This means a greatlv de creased outlay for repairs to the vast system of bridges, or as railroad men technically put it "maintenance of way." A short time ago tho Journal of jj iiuuce puuusxieu an arucie on tne increased tractive power that a cur rent of electricity gave a motor, when it was passed from tho wheels to the rail. Advantage is taken of this fact by the United system and at an ex perimental track at the company's works in New Jersej a small motor of the Daft type, weighing GOO pounds, was made to ascend a grade of 2,900 feet to tho mile or 5M.9, a feat that when it was first announced, caused a big commotion in tho cngineernig world. The record of tho "Ben Franklin" is that it hauled an ordinary Ninth av enue train on schedule time, running between regular steam-drawn trains every day for a month without delay or accident, and this, too, without auto matic brakes. The cost of operation of an electrical .plant to operate the Ninth avenue road ha3 been figured out by the Trac tion company, as follews: For 2i trains, 3,157 horse-power, including an extra 10 per cent of power for emergencies. This power is to be obtained from four 800-horse-power engines, only two of which are to be used, excepting during the hours of heavy travel. These en gines will require 41 tons of coal of a grade that can be purchased at from S1.S0 to S2.25, and at tho highest price would cost S92.25. The electrical motors will not re quire a fireman, of course, but tho number of employes will not b9 de creased, a3 their services will be needed in the central stations. The steam motors require 40 tons of high-grade coal a day, which costs about $200. Tho United Electric Traction com pany say that they are ready to equip the Elevated system with motors and central stations that will operate the entire system at an equal and probably les3 cost than they can be run by the use of steam motors. On tho other hand the Elevated company is not en tirely satisfied of this, and Col. Hain said: "Wo are in hope that further improvements will bo made by the Daft company so that wo can use their system." Just what will be done in the future neither CoL Hain nor the United Electric Traction company will say, but continued experiments are to be made, some of them to be with a storeage system. N. I7. Jourtial of Finance. Symptoms of Consumption. William J. SiiAr.rLES.PonT Oram, Morris Co., N. J., writes: "My business is that of sharpening mine drills and 1 am inuzh exposed to smoke and gas. About three years ago 1 began to have a bad cough, with con sfderable indigestion and pains in my chest. My physician told me I had symptoms of consumption. By the ad vice of my father, an old friend of Bkaxdreth's Pills, I commenced using that valuable remedy. By the lime I had got through the second box 1 began to pass a very disagreeable humor or pus. I began to improve very rapidly after this, and g cw stronger and better every day. My cough is now well. 1 sleep well at night and have no more indigestion." 'T always," says tho mother of the great Goethe, "seek out what is good in people, and leave what is bad to Him who made mankind, and knows how to rognd off the angles." Bsiflilcn's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Jilie um, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 23 cents ner box. For sale by .1. W. Conn. Death of China's Wealthiest Xaa. The London Times says: The mail which has just now arrived from China, brings news of the death at his palace at Honam, in Canton, of proba bly the wealthiest man in China. Ia the history of the foreign trade of China no name is so celebrated as that ofHowqua. For the last forty years of its existence he was -the head of a unique corporation of monopolists iaiown as the (Jo-Hong, which was usually composed of eight Canton merchants. His wealth was almost fabulous. In 1834 he put it down himself at over S26,000,000. In 1841, wheu Sir Hugh lougn levied a ransom of S6,000,OOO on the city of Canton. Howaua ad vanced over 1,000,000 to the authori ties, no was the leading tea mer chant of China of those days, the congou teas which he grew on his own estates being especially renowned" on the London market The Napoleon of the trade of China died, aged 74, in 1843, and was succeeded by his son, who died last month. The magnificent gardens of his resi dence in Canton were one of the many sights of the city. He was always pleased to show them and his man sion to English visitors, and he never failed to draw attention to the pres ents which his father and himself re ceived from successive British sov erigns in recognition of services ren dered to British subjects in Canton. The younger Howaua was nearly 60. years of age at tho timo of his death Important Supremo Court Enllng. In the Supreme court Thursday, in the matter of Amos W. King et aL vs. J. K. Brigham et'al.; continued till October 27. Court adjourned until Mondav. tho 13th. at 930 a. m- Thn judge to-day issued two important oruers, changing tne time or conven ing court One changes the time of meeting of court to 930 a. m. Bule8 was also amended as follews: "Causes triable at Salem from each judicial district shall be docketed to gether and cases shall be placed on the docket in the following'order, un less otherwise erdered: First, cases from the Fourth district; second, cases from the. First district; third, cases from tho Third district; fourth, cases from the Fifth district. All cases tri able at Pendleton shall be placed on tho docket and heard in the order directed by tho court. Cases trans ferred from Pendleton to Salem, or vice versa, shall be placed on the docket and heard at such time as the court may direct The court may, in its discretion, direct any particular cause or causes to be advanced on the docket and heard at such special time as it may by order fix for that pur pose. Died at-no. Chicago's oldest colored resident, Mrs. Buth AnjL Hilton, died a few days since. Mrs. Hilton was 110 years of ago at the time of her death. She was born in Batler county, Virginia. Her parents were slaves, but she was free-born, as they were given their freedom before her birth. She was married when 20 years old, and was the mother of ten children four of whom are living. Tho old lady was a remarkable woman in many respects. Until her death she retained her faculties, aud just a week before her death left the house for a walk of sev eral blocks. Sho was vigorous and hearty, and never had a day's sickness during her life. For -fifty years she conouctea a iarm near Washington, Pa., and came to Chicago to live abfnt ten years ago. Although uneducated, sho was bright mentally, and her memory of happenings for a period of iuu years was remarkable. The Nicaragua Canal. Two of the largest dredges that were used in excavating at Panama and were lately purchased by the Nicaragua Canal company have ar rived at Orreytown and are getting ready for work. About 1,500 men are engaged in construction in Nicaragua and their health continues good. President Warner Miller thinks that the prospects for the completion of the canal by tho assigned date are ex cellent. Miss Eunice Goodrich Will commence a week's engagement at the opera house on Monday evening next. With the exception of the open ing bill, "The Pearl ot Savoy," the repertoire will be new. As this is the first engagement of the Goodrich company in Astoria, the management offers a special inducement. To every person who purchases a reserved seat ticket at the New York Novelty store for Monday night, previous to 6 p. M. of that day, a reserved seat ticket ad mitting a lady that evening, will be presented free. So buy a ticket, young man, and get a ticket free for your wife or best girl. S. S". Karr, of Almond, N. Y., claims that he was the last Union prisoner to leave Andersonville prison. He se cured the Bebel flag, which had eo long floated over that prison and tho wretchedness and misery its walls in closed, and has it still in his possession probably one of tho most interest ing relics of tho Civil war. It is said that flock3 of sheep can be protected from coyotes, wolves and other wild beasts by placing a good sounding bell on each animal. West ern men say that this device is ef fectual. Tho laundresses of Benares, in In dia, are boycotting the Bajah, Shiva irrosnau, because no has decreed, that tney must pay taxes. JACOBS OH Cures Backache. Backache. .r -.:vm"wv" t , Aiaruncz, CaL, October 2, 1883. I could hardly walk or lie down fron lime back ; suffered several -weeks. St. Jacob Oil permanently cured" me, other remedleahav--Ins tailed to do so. FRED. HrETMAN'. TVn Cloverdale, Ind, Feb. 8, 1887. r.7i ,.,, b. , tuuuueo. 10 Deq ana , muunuituuii;. uoaociearrecurrenck MRS. P. M. REUHEau