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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1897)
THE DAILY ASTOttlAN, THURSDAY MOKNINU, DKCKMBKR 2, I8:7. JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Teb-phon No. W. ;trkms or iuhhckiition. DAILY. Best by mail per year 00 Bent by mall, per month io Served by carrier, per monta to WEEKLY. ant by mall, per year In advaoo....W Poatag frea to subscribers. All communication intended for pubB ' aavtlon should be dlreoted to the editor. Sstnea communication of all kind and remittance muat be addreaaed to Th Aalorlaik" Th Aatorlan guariLntce to It sub sciibnrs th largest circulation of any awwspaper published oo tb Columbia river. Advertising ratea can be bad on appU cation to th business manager. The Weekly Aatorlan. the acond old. t weekly In th atata of Oregon, has, est to tho Portland Oragot.tan. th J surest weekly clreulatloo In tho state. John F. Hundley Co. are our Portland scents, and copie of tho Astortan can , had every morning at their ("and, CI Third street Joseph Chamberlain say the expansion of the British empire is "furfKling the manifest destiny of our race." Tills may work until some other manifest destiny Is encountered, when trouble H likely to aasue. Foreign Immigration, after a lone pe riod or decline, begin to show an tn roaae. , Too heaviest Immigration to th Valted States on record west that of the yaars following the resumption of specie payments. Tie vealy newspapers that refer to President McKlnley a "Mac" should at tend a night school for knowledge and kindergarten for manners. No apology tan be offered for them except that they know no better. War between Austria and Turkey ha fcean averted by the surrender of the Ut ter. Trouble between Germany and Chl- However, may yet tako place. A con flict between these two nation might eily dranr Russia In, and tfcen the area f b distts-banco would be sure to pread, The unpleasantness between feermany ad Haytl. of counts, does not Involve the Monro doctrine, for Germany seeks redress merely, an) not an erten fcm of territory. In the China dlffl ttfty; though, th kaiser 1 suspected to lav design ot; territorial asjaraadUe asenV an If he shouM attempt to earry Vpm sot atisro -sronM a convulsion In tfope. These days " the gates of the Vemple of Janus are never tightly barred. JUJILROADS BREAK THE RECORD. CMeogo Thnes-HerahL Th flgsr es of fcicreaaed Tallway earn ing for three months past ten a story of wakened commercial and Industrial ac tivity that Is cold comfort to the pesst mnt apd apostles of calamity. The ne wko cling to th doctrine of despair and are determined o obscure every visible "evidence of returning prosperity are Un able 'to make any. headway against the snountaJn of proof contained In the, record f increased railway- earnings. IAsj th railroads are the heaviest suf ferers from Industrial depression, so they are uie heaviest gainer from restored prosperity In the various lines of pro ductive activity. They are without doubt ' the roost sensitive barometers of indus trial conditions. If the railroads are do ing a business that taxes the capacity of their rolling stock it is the surest slen ef Increased activity In manufacturing and trading. For the three months ending with Sep tember eight of the largest Tallway sys tems ahow increased earnlr.gs of over a million dollars each. At the head of the list etand.1 lihe great Bur!lni?ton system that reaches the vast corn field and wheat flilds of the west-rn rttatt-s, with an Increase in estrninys of 2.OT.L"7, while elosely crowding it Is the peerlvs Penn sylvania system, witih its enormous ln creaso of R.078,900 In earning. Other roads showlmr an Increase of over a mil lion each are the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Illinois Central, Canadian Pacific. Vnlon IiclHc and Erie. These are not the only roads, however, that ihave felt the quickening touch of industrial and commercial revival. Nearly every railroad In the countrv re- porta better earnings than last year. TVWle thl phenomeaai Increase In gross amlngw nay toe largely attributed to the bountiful crop In the rw astern and middle tales and the shortage of the European 'supply, whldh naturally demanded a qui'. k movement to our seaboards. It Is atoo due to a general revival In all line of trade. JL the grain traffic began to grow less, hot in general morohand.se and fuel grew heavier. pruuc, nunoreos factories, that -were started up again after a prolonged suspension of activity, has also helped to swell the mighty tide of Increasing railway business. It must also tt remembered that the Increase was se cured In spite of the fact Ovat the lake traffic this year was the heaviest on rec ord. The lake lines carried hundreds of thousands of -tons, taking the traffic di rectly away from 'the railroads that run to th swaboard. In A few week the ' rallroadn will be heavily taxed to carry j the Ixxindle welth of California's orange grove and fruit orchard. Th onuwe crop of California thU year la - ' timolol at 11,000 car loads, nearly aU of wlch. In addition to thousand tsc car loads of citric fruK, canned good and dried fruit, will And It way east. The outlook of the railway l FOR SCHOOL CH1LPKKX Port and, IItbjwi Now. IS, 1S?T Tti Oreston Society of Son ot the Amer ican Revolution la an organisation com posed ot dencwidiinta of ancestor who assisted In establishing America i inde- j peodewe. Any male dccend.uu of such ancestor 1 cllvrible to admission Into the j society. Tt itbicot are purely patriotic J ami historical. One of them Is to stlm ulate Interest In the history of the Am.-r- ! lean revolution and loyalty to tt prin-! i-lples. For this purpce the society offers three prist of $3, tl5 and 11 respectively, for the beot essay written by any student under M years of axe. In any public school In Oregon, on any of the following four subject:. 1. The Continental cm press he Influ ence nvaich caused It to assemble; Its character and rank a deliberative body: what h accomplished. i The cause twhlch ted to armed re sistance In iMassachunts. Including the contest of Lexington and Concord. 8. The Treton-Prlnceton campaign. 4. The urrerler of Comwallis ahd th causes leading up to It . TSssays are limited In length to twenty Ave hundred avords; must be written on legal cap on one side of the paper In th students' own handwriting and must be accompanied by the certificate of the principal of the school attended by the author, to the effect that the author Is a bona fide student In the school and ra been In attendance therein not less than six weeks during the school year of 1SS7-M. Essays must be forwarded to the chair man of the committee In chanre. Wallace McCamant, It Concord building. Port! nd. so a to reach him not later rhan Feb ruary 1. 18ST. In awarding the prtf the committee will be governed by these three considerations: L Historical accuracy. 5. Maimer of treatment. t Orthography, gran-mar, syntax and punctuation. Any additional Information relative to the competition which may be desired, will be cheerfully furnished by the chair man of the commute. The essay which Is awarded the first prize will he pub lished m run, with the name of the author. In the pubMc press. WALLACE 5TCAMA.VT. , ... Chairman. H. H. JJORTHIT. PHILIP 6. MALCOLM. A man's health Is the rope by wrrfch he climbs to success. If ne can keep hi health, be win go on' to toaeav Yet hi health ks tho very thing be neglect more Mian anything else. It la easTT Ito keep neakh than It Is to regain it. When a man ifeets hknseif running down. when tie real lies a loss of vitality and Miergy, he must call a halt The strands ef his rope are partlnsr rapidly. Dr. Pierce's GordWi Medical Discovery ha helped thousands of mem m just this con dition. It mnkes health, it makes pur rich blood, It forces out Impurities and kill germs. It doesn't make and differ ence what name you call your trouble by dyspepsia kldrwy disease rheumatism -consumption skin disease, the "Golden Medical Discovery" will cure It absolutely. Nome of these disease can retain hold I on the body twhen tt Is full of rich, pore i Mood. ' ' ! Send SI one-cent stamps to' cover the sost of mailing only, and receive free a eopy of Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser. Ad- j dress. World's Dispensary Medical A mo- elation, Buffalo, T. I ' " " ' Football cushions in college colors will , be given largely as Christmas gifts this . year. j J. C. Berry, one of the best known cit. Itens of 8pencer, Mo., testifies that he cured himself of the worst kind of piles by using a few boxes of DeWltt's Witch Haxel fialve. HP had been troubled with piles for over thirty years and had ued many different kinds of so-cal'ed cure: the work and he will verify this state, but DeWltt's was the only one thit did meit If any ore wt?hes to write to him. Cha Rogers. The latest thxe l.s io h ivc a i-jr- mad'. of the naime materia'. a.- tiie tr--t dres, but It must be 7nountil In gold and sus pended from a gold chain. Wasting in Children can bt overcome in aim OS t all CaSCS DV the US of Scotfs Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil and the Hypophoj- phites of Lime and Soda. While It- Jc a cr irntiUr t,r ti,e 1 3. 41, - j: !Lt, i ' istence, in SCOTT'S EMULSION it U nf r.r.tw ,tl4M U.. it i. ' jaIrea,y dgy an(J : ,of uaataOLU absorption bV the I 'svstem. It is also cnmtiinfi njirr. ' tne nypOpnoSOhltCS, Which supply a food not only for ' the tissues of the body. but ' for the bones and nerves, and will build up the child when its ordinary food does not supply proper nourishment. B rare you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. Set that tlx aa and fish vc on th wrapper. AH druggists ; joc and f i-oo. SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists. New York. I talnly a, mot promising one and I In (Ml HlVC pV" Vl I strong contrast to tho d.u-k day ft 1S y , I STfTl' w'T' 1 and ISM, when the railroad lost In tholr jWjf j j If II J' operation trio rnoovHXi wum on JSUT5..J Jj I I 1 i 0 durlnir the former war and .S45.!4l I' -tjry,.,vJUvfj during the latter year. j SrVUji Before Retiring.... take Ayer's Pills, and you will sleep better and wake in better condition for the day's work. Ayer's Cathartic Tills have no equal as a pleasant and effect ual remedy for constipation, biliousness, sick headache, and all liver troubles. They are sugar-coated, and so perfectly prepwed, that they cure with out the annoy aces experienced in the use of so many of the pills' on the market. Ask your drug-gist for Ayer's Cathartic Pills. Mien other pills won't help you, Ayer's is THE PILL THAT WILL. MARINE NOTSo. Th steamer Columbia arrived In yes terday morning. The Tarn O'Shanter arrived ta yesterday afternoon and will load lumber at the Knappton mill. The Alice Blanchard, for 6 .in Fran cisco, arrived from Portland yesterday, and docked at th. Mala street dock. The Principality and Fills of Clyde are on the way down the river. On anchored at Brook field yesterday evening and tb other In Cathlamet bay. VESSELS BOUND TO ASTORIA. The following vessels are bound to the Columbia River, with name of master, rationality, rig. tonnage, where from and M of report 1 rail: Hyson, Hogg, Br str. S79 tons, Hong kong. Lscnbard. Oalson, Br str, lfia S tons, Yokohama. Oeorge Stetson, Murphy. Am ah, 17K tons, Baltimore, August a, LinlKhgowahtre, Anderson. Br sh, DSJ tons, Antwerp, July B. Drumburton, Spurring, Br bk, 1771 ton. Bwacsv ea,'July 1 Aiesley, Ewart, Br h. UBl tons, Car diff, May 1 Cambrian King, Hansen. Br sh,' ICS Urn. Shanghai. Dovenby Hall, Wblckham, Br sh, 1831 ton. Liverpool - Ben VoiHlcti. Abler, Oer sh, 107 tons, Santa Rosalia. Sprinrbum, Rae, Br bk, 2S00 ton. Cape Town. September S. Durbrldge. McLauchlan. Br sh, 213 tOTM, Table Bay, September 17. Poltallooh, McLeod, Br bk, &39 tons. Table Bay. Otago, Esk. Swd bk, 970 tons, Ham- burg. Dundee, Jarvhi, Br ah, IMS ton, Rlogo. Conway Caatls, Jones. Br sh, 191 tora, Valparaiso. Mlltonpark, Tumllty, Br sh, U94 toes, Acapulco. Commonwealth, Anderson, Br str, 8J tons. Tako. Vanduara, Beavan, Br bk, ISM tons, AJgoa Bay. Teenkal, Long, Br str, 3011 'tons, Hong, kong. G'enpark, Irish, Br Sh, 1799 tons, KIo j Janeiro, August 29. ; Gkmbank, Leonrd, Br bk, 13C8 tons, Calcutta, Genevieve, Touge, Fr bk, 987 tons, Hai Phong, October ZL ' Galcorm Castle, Mihon, Br bk, 1S07 ton). Table Bay. August 30. Henry Vlllard, Pattett, Am th, H7 tcr.s. New York, October 14. Oberon, Gully, Br bk, l'J&i tons, Newcastle, Australia, October 8. VerW Ji-dd, Br sh, 171a tons, WaU a too. 0;.maru, Fulltirton, Br eh, 1306 tons. li t ilin, October 14. Jacques, Bernada, Fr bk, 1400 tons, Ma- j'jtida. Indian Empire, Allen, Br bk, 1515 tors, Valparaiso. J ipKter, Funder, Dan eh, 1051 tons, To Kjlama. Chelmsford, Thomson, Er bk, 2157 tons, Cape Town, October 9. City of York, Jones, Br sh, 11CT tons, Byd.iey. Blairlogle, Mackay, Br bk, 1525 tons, Delagoa Bay, S-ptember 4. Hopiintt. Tork. Rus eh, 1305 tons. Port Natal, B-ptember Z. Mlltiades, Aylin;. Br sh, 1452 ton, Mel, &ourne, October IS. MacMlllan, Guthrie, Br sh, 1450 tons Yokohama. "-" 8eman' r ,n' 1705 ton, Shanghai. Lakemba, Bradherlng, Br bk im tons, Freemantle. J Can Robertson, PHI, Br h, 1640 ton, j Banta Roaalla. i British General, Thorn a, Br h, IBS ' ton, Newcastle, Australia. I Midas, Messenger, Br bit, 13C2 ton, Nagasaki. Br " Talorl. rirow. Er ah. 1 tons. New. ... ....u. IIornly Castle, Brltfht, Br eh, 1375 ton, Adelaide. tfumcralg. Johnscn, Er bk, 1851 ton. Ade'.aide, September 20. ThMIs, Oliver, B. bk, 12S5 tons, Naga saki, October 11. Jordon Hill, Walker, Br bk, 2178 tons, Melbourne. Port Caledonia, Anton, Er bk, 8120 ton, Nai-.sakl. Klntuck, Perrelle, Er str, 2SS1 tons, Yokohama, I Pmha, Munro, Hr sir. Wt Ion, Toko hams, Amara, Kent, lr str, lMfl Ions, lliMtg. kotg. Alexander Ftlack, P-unn, Hr bk, 1SI tons, Antwvrt. Watjen. Frlti. tier h, J7 ton, lllov Tai1 Shaftshury, CtinnlnghAm. Hr h. KTS ton, Sydney. Hrlstol. Molntyro, Tr sir. in Ions, Run Franolm-o, Fmllle, tMtniann, Oer sh, ITW tons. To-koham. M MUKIl Fi.Kirr. Wywc: on tho Way and In Columbia Klvor to Itd l.uniler. lAiira Miy. llanmen, -hr, S-tt tons, Hun KranoK-o, Novenler It Letltla, Puikkobye. ,hr. rJi tons, fcin FrnnclH NVemlnr 11 Tetiklo Maru. K.uuko, Jap hk, IRK tons. Yokohama. T:ni O'Slionier. Ptteron, lkln, Ja ton. S:nta Rosalia. I.U Schnnuer. Nells.vi. sch. ?tj tons. San FranclsM, November It tlOl.O KlKl-Ivs OF AISKA. Tho Alo.k. TmnsiHtrtwtlou and Develop went lx. of ChKig 111 . O.ipltal. Five MIIIUmi Dollar. This company Is the Inrci-st. strongvst and Nwt C(tiiltHxl tratoriaton and mevhfUuUlng comjvuiy In the Ala.ku rold field. Thre mnre and innMlkus stennt ship will leave SouttI June 1. and res-. ukirty thereafter, carrying both frrlght and p.issnKvrs. Theee steamers re especl illy flttiM fi tN convenience of vRsntrer an.1 are capable of carrying WO eju-h. Our passenger ami freight service on the Yukon river wiH be the best. The handling of merchants' freight made a spocaiWy. W. are the only rotnpany that guarantee ivomm delivery at Dawsoi City. We giianntee you a yer's supply of fool nl t mt and evenly arrival The irld I there. Tou tanl fulry as mis ehnnce a any other person. Do you want to be on of our first? If so, writs at once, securing passngo and berth. Our speoi.il transportation offer the b.nt nosr hefore the ptlUtc. Send for free copy of The Alaskn News, and also for our special off.r. Indu.llng transportation to the Klondike nd f.wd I ror one y.tir frv six h'Slml .v.llirs This will Intercut you If you intend go. Ing: If not. our stock offer ahiuld !ntr. est you. and you should become one of our stockholder. A limited amount of srock haa Just been assigned to the western agency for sale ai tl per share. A man or woman of smnll mean has the same opportunity a a rich person. If you cannot n tn Aaska nothing should prevent you being a profitable shareholder. Our company la, composed of men of tried business reputations, some of whom are the following : Hon. W. E. Mason. V. B. S. notor from TUlnoia Albert C. Blata. president Val nun Brewing company. Milwaukee. W. C. Rlnearson. general msenger agent C. N. O. T. P. R. R. Cincinnati. B W. Orlfflfh. president First NaUontd Bank, Vlcksburg. Miss. 1. B. Legnard. capitnUst. Legnorl building. Chicago. Frank H. Hecht. of Charles Kaestncr Co . Chicago. D. C Edwurds. pnssenge,. traffic mana. ger. C. H. A D. R. R.. Cincinnati. Cr.arie H. RockwtJ. trafflo mnnnger. C. I. 4 L. R. K fMonon Routel. Chtca4r. T. H. Ftoeter, Fostoria and Vlcksburg Miss. J. M. hllllps, cashier First National Bank. Vlcksburg, Miss. For informatl'm address and make all money payable to W. L. DUDLET. gen eral agent. Halter building. Seattle Wash. A toast recently heard wa, "The men, God Ne) thenv-Jthey have need of Mem. Ings." Don't be persuaded Into tiuylng ln. ments without reputation or merit Cham berlain's Pain Balm costs no more, and ft merits have (been proven y a teat of many years. Such letters as tho follow Ing from L. C, Bagley, Huf-nemo, Cal.. are constantly being received: "The tx-st rftmedy for pain I have v r used is Chamberlain's Pnln Halm, and I say so after having used it In my family fr ex-veral years." jt curr.g rhnimatiem, lame nrV, sprains and swertlngw. For saM by the E-tes-rVmn Drug Company. If hats wem re .novel in church, as th.y iti, In the th-.itr-. m;my r,m-n would bn m'rc tnly devollonal. Aft-r li'-.irine rnn- frln,i ontlntially prnl'-lnar rr-i.-tmlx-rlaln' folic, f'hole-a an-1 rlarrhw Ttm'dy, fnrtls Fl'rk, ,t Ana helm, California, pur'-hax.-.l a bottle of It for his own in an ! now nit r-nthu!-a-le ovrr Its wonderful work a nnne can be. The 25 and 7) cent Hze, for sale by Estes-Oonn I'ruif fompmy. "U'hat a peculiar senitrm it u when n mother reallz'w for the first time that her daughter Is n-ally grown tip. A cup of muddy -ofre bt not whole, some, nerth-r is a bottle f muddy medl. clnr. One way to know a reliable and skillfully prepared blood-purlfler Is by Its freedom from sediment. Ayer's B.ir. sarm.rllla Is always bright and sparkling, because It 1s bti extract and not a de coction. To have a "Sunday go to meeting frock1 Is denmed essentially bourg'-olse. These Jay one rmt be well gownr-d all the time. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggist refund the money If 1t fall to cure' 2oc. For sal by Charles Rogers. The pertton who ordera turkey (usi don't gfH crarrtierry mmce with It fee, that there are good ground fir a law suit somnwhere. 'I 'tpe V-Ing a confirmed dyspepilc by taking Ayer's Pills In time." Thin Is the perrinre of many. Ayer's Pill, whether ns tan aft ev-d Inner pill or ns a remedy for liv-r complaint. Indigestion, flatulency, water brash nnd nauea, ore Invaluable. ' AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSKRTtXO W THK COl'KTS (U'R KICIIT TO THE r.XCI.DSlVIC I'SK tK TIIK WRD "C ASTORIA," ANI1 " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS Ol'R TRAHK MARK. , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, vf Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA." the same that has borne ami does now sjf2 JT m cvcrll tear the facsimile signature of (&tf&&uu wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA."' -which has been used in the homes of tho Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at tho wrapper and see that it is the kind vou have always bought ySTZZZ m and has the signature- of CCtVcZt wrap per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher j President. , .? March S, 1S97. G s.C.,l. Do Hot Bo Doceivod. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which evert lie does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought". BEARS THE FAOSIMILE SIGNATURE OF ' ' Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. NOTICB OF F1I.INO ASW-SWMKNT FOlt THH IMPKOVBMKNT OF HUM) BTRBBT FROM TIIK WIT StOK OF NINTH STIlF.irr TO TIIK WBHT 1.1NB OP 1HV-K8 I ANO IT IN THE CITY OF ASTOIUA A3 AV OfT ANP RIU'Kn 11V JOHN M'OLt'RE. Nulh" 1 ll-rxtiy given ttliLt the Asses, ment IU41 containing tli sim-H.iI nwnt fr tho lmiirovemt of llnrxl street. fron the wmt aids of Nlith strert in the wt tins uf 14-x-ks lit nnd IT In the City of Astoria, a Wild out and rernnli-d by John MiMjIuro. hiu liew nir.1 in th offline, of th Auditor ami IVItee Judge, and I now open fir lrteilon. anil will M rsmnia "(Km until the 11th day f reeemher. 19T. trlor to w!U.-h tlm all objection to nunli sment pal mtiat be fileil In writing with the Auditor and Pollc Judge. The Committee on Street and Public Way, toa-ether with the Itfwnt of Aa esor of th City of Atorl.t. will met In ths council chamber of the city hall In th City of Astoria, on Wedrnwdav. Dscember 1S.17. at th hour of 19 o'clock a. m.. ,to rvlsv and equalise uch a sewnnent. and therafter report their sc. tlon to th (Vmmnn Council. Py opler of the Common dvincll. Attest: IT. E. NF.tJON. Amlltnr nnd Police JudK Aorla. Org,in. No-emler T. 1W. NOTICE OF INTENTION Tt lMPIUiVE COLUMBIA AND ALAMEDA AVENUES. Notice Is herely given Hut the Com mon Clunell prtpoie to Improve fdum. bla avenue from It Intersection with cenlor Hn of Bond street to an Inter 'tlon with tho center line of A lame-la avenue and Alameda av-mue from the mt Un f Lincoln tree to ,i line drarrn from the northwest cornt-r of lot 4 of block IS. Taylor' Aatorln, to the rntithw-Nt corner of lot SD of Mo. tt 2 In ald Taylor' Astoria. Said Improvement to conlt of driving I p4le, In eich lient. with bent cntr 15 ft. apart, to the widih of S) ft., from t connection with Bond treet Improv- ' ment. at It Inflection wth Cidumnta I and Taylor avenues, to the center of I Columbia, avenue; tlicn. e nu!hcrly alon-f I the center of Columbia avenue to the j hlirh wate.- mark and placing thereon stringers and planking the some, to th I width of f feet with pound fir pl'ink .1x12 Inches la!, I ; Inch npart. and trim I hlifh n"er Una southerly along the cen J ter of foluir.M.i avenue to It center line Inter-ectlon with renter line of Alameda I aven.ie. atvl AI ime.i.i avenue through i the center thereof, ftom the erist line ' of Lincoln street to n point of nterec. lion with "i lln driwn from the north. weit eorner of lot I of block 11. Taylor' Attort:.. lb- ,t t:t!iu et ,-riril,,r f t 30. of l,!.,rk 2. of T.iv ,r'- A torln. by t-rolliie ":e ..me to tlie . et,ibllche.l grade, to the whl'h of Jo feet and plnclnt th'Teon trlnger and iil.mk. Ing pome to the width of 10 fiet w'th fir plunk 3x1! Inches and by placing rail Ing therein where necftnnry, Said Improvement to be maile at th" r-xpenPft of the land nbiittlng upon, aid aoj,icnt to, or otherwlxc beneft'el thnrely a required by the charter of th City of Astoria. The land nnd premie upon which the peeial assessment shall tie levied to defray tlie copt of nch Im provement and the district emlraced therein, and the lots, block, and pir"e of land to be a.-ed shall be known and designated as the Columbia and Ala. mela Improvement dls'rlet No. 2". Said district embracing mid lots, bloekn and parcels of land to he assessed for said Improvement shall consist nil the land. Ms and blocks embraced within the fol lowing boundaries, towlt: Beginning nt the northeast corner of lot . of block 1, Taylor' Astoria, n laid out and recorded by the Penlnpiil Land and Trust Comptiny, thence west, erty acros Columbia avenue nnd nlong the north Htw of block 2 to the north west corner of lot . of ald block 2: thence southerly along the west line of said lot , to the southwest corner there of: thence westerly nlong the center of said block 2 to ho northwest corner of lot 30 fherrof; thence southerly nlong Iho west line of nald lot 30, across Ala. medfl. avnnue and along the wrt line of lot 4, of block IS, to the southwest cor. ner of snld lot 4: thence easterly nlong north line of alleyway running through block 18 and 19 to the southwest corner of lot !, of block JIB: thence enst along tli line of MM lot I to the (oilthwMt 'corner thereof: the no north along al Hoc of Wcvlui IIS and 1 to the norllio. copier of bb'k 1", Iheaic wet along north tin of said block I to the north east ciwncr of lot I thereof; thenr north to south line of Bond strent; thenr west : along tle soullt lUk of HmhI '.r'l 1 ' It lntwm.'Uun with CulumU avenu j thenc uthrty to point of beginning. Itim.tte of th eper.e of surli im ! provemrnt ant th plan and specific tlon therefor and map of the locality to .tw Improve.! will bn depiltl In the orfle of tlm Auditor and Polio Judg for putv. Ilc eamlnU4vt befor ssu-h Improv ment I undertaken: that at the nut meeting of the 0Nmmn Council after h final piilnVatlon of this nolle of Im jprvement. to wit.: On Friday, Dec.gi ler 1. IW7, at 7 o'clock p. m . of said dv. the Common Council will conld-r any ob)e-ton to uch Improvement b' Ing made, and If rtmonatraoe against such Improvement, signed by the re drnl of the city owning more than one rnlf of the property rt be ard In uh dKri.g 4wllie4l bertn, and In which ti-1al tsmrnt I In m levle.1. son It he flle.1 with ths Auditor nd Pollc Judge, before the said rcu1r meeting of th Common Counrtl. no uch mrk or Imprwwmerri will be ordered ecep by (lie twiv-tnlnlti vol of all tb memters of the Common Council leet rte. t Astoria, Oregon, thl t3d day of November. 137. H. E. NET.RON, Auditor and Police Judge. CITATION. In the county court of tlie slate of Or. Kim, for tlie county of Chtlaop. In 1 Ik nutter of I Ito stiute of Joph L M'Mire. dncenwil. . Citation. Ti all heir ttt th lve.imcd Jonph I.. More. iIhywwI, greeting: In llw name of the Ptnte of Oregon. you art tx-rolry ritnl ami rolred to ap Pnr In th county court of the state of Oregon, for the county f Ct"1'. on Monday, the third day of January, IW, at 10 o'clo k In the foretrn of that day, riime IxVug the flmt day of Janunry term of raid court, and thon and there to allow riu If any exlat, why tn order of sal should not I made of ithe follo'1ng de. scclU-d renl etitute 1-lotiglng to snld de iei,pe, nnd sltuntc.l In Clatsop roiinly, suite nt Oregon, Ho-ww: The sxxil ! onc-iiiartr ff sftlfn Ni. 2, In the (own. hip No. f. north of range No. 7. west of Cie W I ) 1 iinctte merldliin. containing 1'a I. r. ..f land. nrcorHug to the prayer of the pci tlon of ''. A Bottom, ndmlnl. tr.il ir of said estate, filed herein, pray Irir for ui h onlc. Vltne.. th lion. J. if TV Oriy, judg.t of the cnur.ty court of tlie tnt of Ore. iron, for the county of clntanp, ami the peal of said court bTeto affixed. IM 21th rv of Novemlier, A. T. 1W7. Atte.t: V. I. ni'NIUU fS.ol) Chrk A. & C. R. R. R. TIME CARD In KnVct Oct. 2, IH!)7. Laav Seaside for Astoria via Flvl at 1-.ua a. m. and 1 P. m. dally. Laav Atorla for Beaald via FUval at 10 a. m. and 4 p. m dally. All the Above Trulr Arc Dally, riarble and Granite MONUMENTS, iriHOFP A MINAR. Kit K. Morrison Ht., Portland, Or A 1,1, KINIiH Of CKMF.TEKY WOKK Astoria Public Library READING ROOM FREE TO AU Open every day from I o'clock to l:M and 6:t0 to : p. m. Subscription rata tt pr annum. 8. W. Cot. Eleventh and Duan B treat COMMKKCIAL HTIUOICT KXTKN810N IMPltoVKMKNT NMTI'MO. N'tli I lirttdiy given llial tb Com mon Cuiliuil iruHie ti Improv Com. nieroal irei nnd Twenty third slreel, vis. : I'oiiimiMvlnl l'iel frmii h rat lino (if Hevviltectilh licet to the wv( Hue nt Twenty. third street, and Twen ty. Iltlrd street from the north Una of Cotnmcivliil liect In Kxi'liaiitf- tret. Huld IniproveiiMUit Io eiinll of driving pi to, six pile In each bent with bant (liter IS fret ' part, tid placing I hero, on cap mid an Instei to tl mil a lit h thereof, nnd plunking lb am l th width of SH feel ItiiMiitt'i lh renter thereof and Io Dm rtnMIhed grad with new and ound fir plank Ixtl Ineh, and by building sidewalk on both aide lliorntf, twelve feet wide of llr plank rxl Inch.-, nid building rallhis on both Idn thereof, In Aivordaui'o with th plan nnd imdllcattona tbrrefor nd In runloriiilty to OiMliiaiif No. HH, on. tiled "An ordinance relating to th Im. prnvemen of strt." Raid Improvement to be nuide at th rxiieiip of III bind abutting upon, and adjnrenl to, or other l ieiiflid thereby a required by the charter of th City of Astorlo The land and ptv-ml" Ukiii which the vtal nenient shall bn lerd to dnfrny tlie co! of iioh litiprovement nd the dl.lrlil enibrncd tliervlii and th lot, block and parcel of land to lie rpeil pliill be known and ilmlgnatnl a the Commercial and Twenty-third Street Miilit No. tl Hall dlMtrbi ftnibmoltig 4ld b . block and tHircrl of land In ) mhwI for I1 ImprovifiifS't lirtll r.Miol'Pt f alt lh' Intnla, tot and b.kn aiithraccd alihtn tlie folowlng bouixlnrle. to wil l tllni.lng at tli outhwrst corner of bbk N 153 In thai pan of lb City of Aalorla, s laid rail tn.l recorded hr J M. Sliltelv, thence easterly and along tti poo th tin or Mock m. 1.11. im. 7ii. irs and Iff, to the south!! comr of lot 4, of block 1J7, betes southerly along 'ha rest lln of 1 1! I. of bbvk IM. tn tb southeast corner of aid lot I, block iV: thrno eofftrrly Along tti n.irth lln nf Kichang trel to a point whnrn the north lln of lrxehang tret If produced Inter, sect th eaat lln of TwMtly-thtrd tret; tbenrs northerly to th (outhwnst corner Of lot . blivk 144: thence easterly through th center of blm-k 144 Io th outhit corner of htt J. block 114: then-e north WralrrtV nbwig Oin rt line of lot t Mo.k 111, nfi hundred and fifty f4: thence norrherly parallel to (wtf lln of Twenty. third ttcr. to th pier hd lln: the-i.- atiatcrly ilitn tha pier lid lln to a point of Ititerwtlon on th e 1 1 n of Seventeenth tr-l If xtnd1: thtiu soothrrljf along the mat lino of Hever.trrrHh lrrt If tM1d, to th pliv of beginning. Kstlmate nf th smiii of such tin prnvmnt anil th plana ant specifica tion tlwrfor ar1 map nf the locality to b ImpriMrtil will l doplts1 In th offle of th Auditor and Pollc Ju V fo nub. Ilo smlflUon lfr ei-a Improv. nutrt 1 umlrrtnkn: lb! at tb nit meeting of tb Common Council after th final puMlratlon of thl nntkw nf 1m. prnvmnrnt, to wit.: On Friday, Decern, tier 1 1W. t T; o'rlwk p m , of I4 day, lh Common C.s!inoll Will conli1er any ntOertlnn to audi lmprormnt b Ing mad, nid If a rmotrnc agslnst nch Improvement, dgnrd by th feat dent nf lb c4!y owning mor than on, tuxlf nf th property to lie epMrd In siifh district a dnarrlhed brln. and In whtch spsrlgl pepmcn I to b Ievle.1. liall 1 filed" with tl Auditor nnd Police Judge IWot tli said rtgiilar meeting nf th Common Counolt, no uch work r Improvement will ! ordered except by lh two-rlilnVs viW nf all the mmler nf th Common Council et. Tutted t Atnr1. Oregon, this til dajr nf November. IW. If. P. NKIJtON. Audltne and Police Judg. KLECTION NirTICK. Notice I hereby given tUit un the Ith fny of Iir-initT. 1SJ7, a general elec tion wilt b brtd In Hi City of Atorla, Oregon, f tr city tifTlir. rximety; 1 Mayor fo- tli tin of two year. I Auditor and police JuiVir for the term of two ycor. I City Attorney for tb crm of twft year. I Trrsiirr for the term f two year. I Surveyor for tb term of two year. I BllHntrn1c of Street for lh term of two yeors. 1 pidlc Commissioner fir the term of lx yenr 1 lliir'ir Manter for th term nf two vea rs. 1 Crunellmnn In th First Ward for tli term of tbr- yeir. I Councilman In the Second Wurd for lh term of three years. 1 fViutiHImnn In the Third Ward for the term of three year. Th polling pliirra and Judk-e nnd clerk of dloctlnti nre hereby dcslgntted ns follow: rirtRT WAnn. Polling i,i-- No. 1 -At brick engine houn on Alor street. Judge -11. 11. Ferguson, Wlll'nm Kd. gar, Perry Trulllnger. Clerks-!,. V.. Pie. I1g, A. M. flmllh. Polling place No. 2 -At engine lions In City irn.Il building on Commerlnl stree. Judges-O. C. Tulton, Anton We-Iund, C. A. Mmthena. Clerks-chas. May, V. Poelllng. RHCONn WARD. PoJHng pliice No. Sd',1 Commerilal street In Welch l!ock. Jtid- P. II. Welch, W. I,, nolm, C. R. Thomon, Clerks llnrry Orny, J. r Orntke. Polling rvlac No. lAt Oolumbln en gine company No. S. Judge Ltldwlg Inrsen, JVinoh Moore, Oils Tloentgen. Clerks Adolph Johnson, Noll Crosby. THIRD WARD. Pofllng place No. 6 At old school house. JudgesJohn ISnberg, Knoch Peterson, O. Bettum. Hlerk O. F. Mor. ton, Ole R. OIen. The polls will 1 oiien from S o'clock a. m. until 4 o'clock p. m. Tiy order of the Common Council. Attest: II. R. NRIBON, Auditor and Police Judge. A storla, Oregon, Nov. 25, 1S57. A Handsome Complexion 1 one of the greatest charm a woman can pop sens. fuxzoNi'a Comiuixiom 1'owuaa give It.