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The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-02

A SIMILAR CASE.


Jack, I hear you have gone and done Il.
Yes, know most fellows will;
Went and tried Il once myself, sir,
Though you see I'm single still.
And you met her--did you tell mei-
Down al Brighton last July,
And resolved 10 ask the question
At soirsel So did I.
suppose you lsft the ballroom,
With lie music and lie light;
For they say loves aame 10 brightest
In tho darkness Of the night.
Well, you walked along together,
Overhead the starlit sky;
And III bet-old man confess it
You were frightened. So was I.
So you strollsd along tho terrace;
Saw the summer moonlight pour
All its radiance on the waters
As they rippled along the shore;
Till at length you gathered courage,
When you saw that none were nigh
Did you draw her close and tell her
That you loved herl So did I.
Well. needn't ask you further,
And I'm suFe wish you joy;
Think III wander down and Gee you
When you're marrisd--eh, my boyl
Whsn the honeymeon is over,
And you've settled down, we'll try
WHAT The deuce you say Rsjecied7
You rcjeoted1 So was I.
-.ypringfsid RsDubfieas.
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-02

DIThe little flower that opens in the
meadows lives and dies in season; but
what agencies have concentrated them.
selves to produce il 2 Sothe human soul
lives in the midst Of heavenly help.
The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-02

p0r Punch has had a clever sketch.
by Charles Keene. Of farmer suffering
from lurches Of a steamer as she met
the waves. "why doesn't the captain
keep in the burrows 2" he asks.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
4 81 mple Matter of Business l..

COMMENTS, in most cases unfav-
orable, have been indulged ia re-
specting what is termed Captain
Eads' threat to seek British cap
ital to aid the ship railway pro-
ject, in the event of a refusal by
the United States government to
avail itself of his offer, and vari
Gus sarcastic remarks have ap-
peared TO the effect that the
country will not be totally ruined,
even ii Capt. Eads should carry
his scheme to another market.
That which is alluded to in or.
der to create an unreasonable pre-.
judice against the great engineer
IS no threat, but the mere state.
inent of = business proposition.
Under the provisions of the char.
ter obtained from the Mexican
government certain privileges may
be granted in the matter of rates
of toll and free transportation of
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
WITH this number of THE DAILY

WITH this number of THE DAILY
AsToRIAN it enters upon its seven
teenth volume. Success is the cri-
terion Of merit, and it is'with salts.
faction we state that our efforts
to issue readable paper have been
endorsed by the hearty support of
the community. During the past
six months our daily circula-
ton has increased just one-third
more than it was, and the weekly
list is nearly one-fourth more than
we found.it. We appreciate the
generous support accorded us, and
shall endeavor to merit il.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
NEW TODAY.
Street Improvement Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of Astoria
propose to order the repair of that por-
ton of Washington street, in McClure's
Astoria, from the north side of Chena-
mas street to the south side of COncOm-
ly street. by replanking the same with
new and sound plank, not less than
three inches in thickness, and removing
all defective timbers and replacing the
same with new and sound timbers. The
sidewalk on the west side of said por-
tion of Washington street shall be re-
paired by removing all defective plank
and timbers and replacing the same
with new and sound timberS, and unless
remOnstrance signed by the owners of
two-thirds of the property fronting on
said portion of said street be filed with
the Auditor and Clerk of said city with
In ten days from the final publication Of
this notice the Common Council will
order said repairs to be made.
BY order of the Common Council,
+. c. NORRIS,
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, March 81, 1882.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01

government ships and mails to that
country from whence the assist
ance comes. If the United States
lend their aid they share these
grants with Mexico to the exclu-
sion of other nations, but if Capt.
Eads obtains assistance elsewhere
the country extending the aid
reaps the benefit of the low tolls.
1t is an important part of the
argument to show how much this
Government will gain or lose BY
its agreement or refusal to guaran-
tee interest on the ship railway
bonds, and Captain Eads would
not be justified, if he did rot state
plainly what advantages would be
lost to the United States by their
refusal and who would profit there
from, and in so doing he uttered
no threat.
1t is matter of great import
ance whether American vessels
shall pay half as much toll for
transportation across the Isthmus
as those of any other country cx-
cept Mexico, or twice as much as
some favored country, and wheth.
er or not our war vessels, property
and mails should be carried free.
Captain Eads would certainly be
very blamable if he passed over
his own country and sought aid
elsewhere, the extending of which
is to be accompanied by 50 many
special privileges, and his stating
that, in the event OF the failure of
Congress to pass his bill, he will
cross the Atlantic for assistance
and take his charter with him, is
in no sense the utterance of a
threat, but simple reference to Il
business proposition which it would
be we'll for Congress to consider.
Our commerce, reduced as it is,
cannot afford to pay double the
rate Of toll charged British ships,
for instance, to get from the Gulf
Of Mexico to the Pacific ocean.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
Street Improvement Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council OF the City of Astoria,
propose to order the Improvement Of
that portion Of Concomly street, in
McClure's Astoria, from the west side
of Main street to the east side of Spruce
street. by replanking the same with
sound fir plank not less than three in
chcs in thickness and by removing all
detective spiles and stringers and tim
barS, replacing them with new and
sound material, and by removing all de-
fective plank and timbers in the side
walk and replacing the same With sound
plank and timbers, and unless remon-
STRANGE signed by the owners Of two
thirds of the property fronting on said
portion OF said street, be filed with the
Auditor and Clerk of said city, within
ten days from the final publication of
this notice, the Common Council will
order said improvement 10 be made.
BY order of the Common Council.
F. c. NORRIS,
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, March 81, 1892
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
Street Improvement Notice

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common COunei! Of the City of Astoria
propose to order the improvement of
that portion of ChenamuS street in
McClure'S Astoria, from the west side
of Cass street to the east side Of Jackson
street, by replanking the same with
new and sound fir plank not less than
three inches in thickness, and the side
walk on each side of said portion of
said street, shall be repaired by remov-
ing all defective plank and timbers and
replacing them with new and sound
plank and timbers, and unless remon-
STRANGE signed by the owners of two
thirds of the property fronting on said
portion of said street be filed with the
Auditor and Clerk of said city, within
ten days from the final publication of
this notice, the Common Council will
order said improvement to be made.
BY order of the Common Council.
+. c. NORRIS.
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, March 81, 1882.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
Sidewalk Improvement Notice

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of Astoria
propose to order the repair of that Dor
ton of the sidewalk on the west side of
Main street, in McClure'S Astoria, from
FSquemoqua street to jefferson street, by
removing all defective plank and tim
bers therein ana replacing the same
with new and sound plank and tilnbers,
and unless remonstrance signed by
the owners Of two-thirds of the proper
ty fronting on said portion of said
Clerk of said city within ten days from
the final publication of this notice the
Common Council will order said repairs
to be made.
By order of the Common Council.
T. c. NORRIS,
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria. March 81, 1882.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
NEW TO-DAY.
Sidewalks Improvement Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of Astoria
propose. to order the Improvement of
that portion of the sidewalk on the
north side OF Court street. between the
west side of Olney street and the east
side of Main street. III McClure:s
Astoria, by removing all defective plank
and timbers therein and replacing the
same with new and sound fir plank and
timbers. and by placing therein such
other plank and timbcrS as shall be
necessary to make and construct good
substantial sidewalk of the same width
and upon the same grade as the present
walk, and unless a remonstrance signed
by the owners of two-thirds of the
property fronting on said portion OF
said street be filed with the Auditor and
Clerk Of said city within ten days from
the final publication Of this notice, the
Common Council will order said i'm
.provement to be made.
BY order of the Common Council,
f. c. NORRIS,
- Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, March 81, 1882.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
To Be Congratulated.

We, of Astoria, are to be con-
graduated upon the superior mail
facilities we enjoy. In our younger
days we were taught that "P atience
is Il virtue" Virtue is a good
thing, but we stand in danger just
now of having this virtue business
overdone. We are of the opinion
that this thing of delaying the mail
is about aplayed out" The Will
annette got in at half-past eight,
yesterday morning; at fifteen min
utes to nine we went over to Wells
Fargo's Office; the agent had his
box up from the steamer and was
we'll along with his work: those of
us who were fortunate enough to
have mail in Wells Fargo's box
got it at a Christian hour. At
=
twenty minutes to eleven we went
up to the post-office and found the
u. s. mail had not yet come up
from the steamer that had arrived
over two hours before. Now, we
don't care a continental imp reca-
tion who likes this or who doesn't:
but this pull-dog-pull way of
doing isn't business. If this were
a little one-horse crossroads of a
post-office where a dozen men sat
around the village store while the
weekly mail was leisurely called
of, and each one sung out "Here"
when he heard his name, it would
be all right: perhaps it's all right
anyhow, only we don't see it that
way. Can any one in the post
office or out oft tell why the mail
is not delivered with more prompt
ness? The business interests of
the place and its Importance de-
mand recognition of the fact that
time is money, and a man that
wants to answer his mail before
his correspondents forget what it
was they wrote to him about, does
not care to wait more than half
day for it. This is not a matter
that needs fine language TO set it
of; it demands plain talk, and in
that we hold a flush and stand
pat.
There is no charity job about
mail service; Uncle Sam pays good
money for good work, and we all
whack up good many dollars in
the course of year for having
this work done. Any business
man in this town that would run
his business in such a way would
be sold out by the sheriff inside
of SIXTY days.
In this we are either right or
wrong-and if any one can show
as that we are wrong, that it is
right to keep men waiting half a
day for mail already overdue
our columns are at his service.
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Sidewalk Improvement Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council Of the City of Astoria
propose to order the repair of that por-
tiOn of the sidewalk on the soutn side of
Squemoqua street, in McClure's Astoria,
from the west side of Main street to the
east side of Benton street, by removing
all defective timbers and planks and re-
placing the same with new and sound
timbers, and unless q remoustrance
signed by the owners of two-thirds OF
the property fronting on said portion of
Clerk of said city within ten days from
the final publication of this. notice the
Common Council will order said repairs
to be made.
BY order of the Common Council,
4. G. NORRIS,
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, March 81, 1882.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01

In the instructions s'to mariners"
lately issued by the Portland
Board of Trade, there is observ-
able little of the jealous feeling
against Astoria which we had
hoped was nearly obliterated.
Under the subheading of char
Dor charges" we find the follow
ing: Wharf charyes-Portlaud
none, Astoria 25 cents per ton;
We are informed by the owners of
wharves here that this is untrue.
The custom at Astoria is the same
as at Portland-to charge the
shipper the wharfage and not the
ship.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-04-01
Street Improvement Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of Astoria
propose to order the improvement of
that portion OF Main street, in McClure's
Astoria, from the north side of Cinema
mus street. 60 the south side of Concom-
ely street, by replanking the same with
new and sound lir plank, not less than
three inches in thickness, and unless q
remonstrance signed by the owners OF
two-thirds of the property fronting on
said portion Of said street. be filed with
the Auditor and Clerk of said city With
in ten days from the final publication Of
this notice, the Common Council will
order said Improvement to be made.
BY order of the Common Council.
&c. NORRIS,
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, March 81, 1882.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Up IN THE WORLD.

Inc snnfiower used to be common country
ian and bank and gawky, with hat Of black
.; line lovely Lady Lily. heir of kingly race.
Irembied when he stared at her and turned
away her face.
The Roses laughed and nodded, and shook
their drops of dew
NOW really You do not suppose that he would
look at your
The pr1m and pretty Misses Pink stood gig.
Cling in row,
And all because young Sunf1ower wished to be
their beau.
The white and scarlet Hollyhocks put on an
air pathetic;
Though once they weren't considered espec-
tally aesthetic;
And even little Nasturtium was saucy enough
to say:
-'.I am better than that big creature, I can
prove it any day."
But now the times have changed, indeed. The
gardens poor relation
Is at the very head and front of modern deco
ration.
With the stately Lily. side by side, in glory he
ON plaque and panel, high and low, on screens
and portieres.
The naughty flowers that scarcely deigned to
know this parvenu
NOW throng his court with anxious looks, and
beg q word or two.
The Lily. smiling in his face with shy and
sweet regard,
No more remembers when he lived, a clown,
in the back yard.
Mrs. z. N. Butts, in Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
Youths Department.
THE CONSCIENTIOUS CORREG-
GIO CAROTHERS.

Correggio Carothers was man Of much re-
nOwn;
The dolls he made and painted were the talk
of ali the town;
In a room half shop. half study, he would
gaily work away,
Completing, by his diligence, one dozendolls
q day.
II II Glanced to be fine weather, every Mon
day he would go
With q number to the toyman's, where he d
lay them in row;
And some would be so beautiful that one
could scarce refrain
From kissing them: while others would be
very, very plain!
" Correggio. Correggio," the toyman oft would
cry.
" Oh, why do you persist in making dolls no
one will buyf
In my second-story wareroom have hum
dreds stored away;
And. If each had pretty face, they'd not be
there today
My work is conscientious, sir" he proudly
would ext lain;
" As dolls are mimic people, some of them
must needs be plain.
1cannot, assure you, give good looks to
every doll,
come to all!
Malcolm Douglass, in st. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
A Marriage Prevented.

The question how near couple car
come to being married without actually
becoming man and wife was answered
in very extraordinary case reported
not long ago from Lyons, in France. All
the preliminaries, including the mar.
rage contract-the bride being an heir.
ess-had been arranged with the utmost
harmony, and the day had arrived for
the civil marriage-which, under the
law of the Republic, is the binding one
on the morning, and for the blessing
of the priests at the Cathedral altar in
the afternoon. The parties were before
the Mayor, and what Chicago lawyer,
addressing divorce jury, called g the
fatal question" had been asked Of each
and duly answered; whereupon the
Mayor had rendered his personal as well
as official congratulations, and placed
before them the attesting document
which, when signed, made them law
fully man and wife. At this critical
moment the proceedings were inter-
rupted by the entrance of telegraphic
messenger. The couple paused, pens in
hand; the witnesses stared in surprise;
and the Mayor dropped his spectacles
in a nervous fit as he handed the
message to the brides father. The
telegram ran as follows: "Mon-
sieur Ohe bridegroom) has
already been married in Germany, and
his wife lives. Vouchers are on their
way to you by post" The Mayor, as
he is bound to do under the Civil Code
when warning comes, postponed the
authorization for week. The week
passed, but no vouchers came. Every
body agreed the telegram was a mali
cious trick, perpetrated by some revenge
full rival-everybody excepting the bride,
who had been brooding over the tele-
gram and, to the surprise of every one,
believed it. She sent back the dia-
mond ring, the silver candle-stick, the
gold-mounted prie-dieu, the breviary Of
the lady who was almost her mother-in-
law and annulled the settlement. The
Judge de Paix of Lyons and the Mayor
had a consultation with the lawyers and
the notary; and it was unanimously
agreed that the couple, as the English
peasantry put it, were still couple and
not pair. All inquiries instituted by
the bridegroom with regard to the send
er of the telegram proved fruitless; the
only information ever obtained being
that it was paid for by "veiled wom-
an in black. "-Chanbers' Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
The Crimes Of q Day.

Seven wives were murdered by
their husbands in single day recently.
In Michigan wife called in a police
man to protect her, whereupon the
husband shot her, the officer, and him.
self. At Ridgetown, Ont, a wealthy
farmer shot his wife as the climax of q
violent quarrel. In Illinois husband
committed murder and suicide because
he was not prosperous in business. In
Iowa wife was stabbed to death by
her husband in consequence of her re-
fusal to provide him with whisky. At
Canton, Ohio. woman was shot in a
manner that indicated that the crime
had been perpetrated by burglars. but
it has TRANSFERRED that her husband did
it. At Milford, La, negro woman
was poisoned, and at Adelphi, Tenn, a
bride of a month was thrown over a
precipice. 1t is strange that none OF
these wife-slayers was actuated by
jealousy.-M Y. San.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14

full wretch you think he may have been,
he has specialized with, and lost. Leave
him. He can never have cared for me.
He has denied my every request, frus-
trated my every wish, devoted every
hour of his life, not to me, but tohis be-
loved profession NJ Amt viii receive
me. I shall leave this place tomorrow
morning."
"But, Ellinor, the world'-
"Let the world Judge between us.
What can the world say of me? shall
live with my aunt, as I did before this
cruel fortune was bequeathed to me.
Mr.. Margrave-guardian--you will &C
company me to Paris, will you notp !
am so inexperienced in all these sort of
things, so little used to help myself,
that dare not take this journey alone.
You will accompany me?"
81, Ellinor?" Again the dark eye
lashes shiver over the gloomy brown
eyes.
"Yes; who so fit to protect me as you,
to whom with his dying lips my father
committed my guardianship? For his
sake, you will do me this service, will
you notp'
"Is it service, Ellinorp Can 1 be
doing you service in taking you away
from your husband?'
$50 be it, them" she said scornful-
ly. "You refuse to help me; will 60
alone.''
"AloneP'
"Yes; alone. I 60 tonight, and
alone"
A bright flush mounted to Horace
Margrave's pale face, and a vivid light
shone in his handsome eyes.
"Alone, EllinorP No, no." he said,
"my poor child, my ward, my helpless
orphan girl, my little Scotch lassie of
the good time gone, l will protect you
on this journey, place you safely in the
arms of your aunt, and answer to Henry
Dalton for my conduct. In this, at least,
Ellinor, will be worthy of your dead
fathers confidence. Make your arrange
ments for your journey. You have your
maid with you?"
Eyes, Ellis, a most excellent Great
ure. Then, tonight, guardian, by the
mail train"
81 shall be ready. You must make
your excuse to Sir Lionel. and leave
with as little explanation as possible.
Au reuoir"
As Ellinor Dalton and Horace Mar
grave left the little boudoir, gentleman
in great-coat, with a railway rug flung
over his shoulder, strobe out on to the
terrace through the door of the conserv-
atory, and lighting cigar, paced for
about half an hour up and down the
walk at the side of the house, thinking
deeply.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14
.Wbat harm bas the lad 4

-"What harm has the lad done
your asked, an old gentleman, roughly
collaring boy who was warming the
Jacket of another urchin with bit of
wild grape vine. s'He amt done me
no HARM "What are you thrashing
him for, theng' .sCause his father and
mother never ticks him, and Pm doing
it for charity Brooklyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-14

Georgia has probably the smallest
foreign-born population OF any state,
only 1864 out of 1.542, 600 total; she
probably has also the largest per cent
native to her own coil, over /, 400, COO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-06
SUJCInY Mr. Tobn p;.L

A SUICIDE.- John Richwine. aged
about 50 years, native OF Pennsylvania,
but since the war a resident of this place.
left his home on Friday the 18th instant,
and went into the woods and hanged him
self. His remains were found on Mon
day last, about $50 yards to the right of
the railroad track % miles towards the
Yadkln river, In dense thicket. His
flesh had been devoure6 by birds and
dogs and his bare bones lay scattered
around for some distance. His head was
still In the moose Of the rope, which was
fastened to a small pine tree, only five
feet above the ground His death must
have been produced by the most deter
mined perseverance.
1t Is not certainly known what cause
led to this suicide, though it is conject-
ured that destitution-poverty- had
much to do with it. The deceased had a
large family, most of them small children,
whom he supported by house painting
He was soldier In the Federal army and
was entitled to pension, and the pre-
llminary papers for drawing 81, 800 reach
ed the pOstofice in this place on Satur-
day, the next day after his disappearance.
But it appears that he was in pressing
want with no relief at hand on the fatal
day Salisbury Wotchman.
SO this old soldier, who helped save
the Union, died like dog, for lack of a
dollar, while the swarms of Harpies ut
Washington fatten on public taxes