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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-18
Notice to Contractors.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
y ceived at the Office Of the Auditor and
Clerk of the City of Astoria. until Friday,
January 10th, al O'Clock P. NJ, for the inn
provement OF the crossing Of West-9th and
Water streets, In Shively's Astoria, said cros-
sing Is to be built to its full width. sixty feet
(80) by removing all defective piles, str1n-
gers. caps. or other timbers. and substitu-
ting therefor new and sound piles, strin-
gers. caps, or other timbers, and by the re-
moyal OF all detective plank on said crossing,
and substituting therefor new and sound
plank not less than four inches in thickness.
Each bid must be accompanied with guar
antee signed by two responsible tax payers
TO the effect that If such contract be awarded
10 such bidder, that be will within forty
eight hours after notice OF such award enter
INTO contract therefor with good and suffi-
cient suritieS tor the faithful performance of
me work. The right TO reject any and all
bids Is hereby reserved.
by order of the Common Council.
ROBT. CARRUTHERS,
|. W. CASE.
c. s. WRIGHT.
Com. on Streets and Public Ways.
Attest +. q. NORRIS, Auditor and Clerk.
Std-ltw
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-01-18
Wanted.
$500 Reward,

We will pay the above reward for any case
Of Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia. Sick Head
ache, Indigestion, Constipation or Costive-
ness we cannot cure with Vests Vegetable
Liver Pills. when the directions are strictly
complied with. They are purely Vegetable
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cents. For sale by all Druggists. Beware OF
cOunterfeits and limitations. The genuine
manufactured only BY JOIN C. WEST Co.
The Pill Maker" 1si and 1873 W. Madison
St., Chicago. Free trial package sent by
mail prepaid on receipt Of e cent stamp
w. z. Dement,, agent.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31
A Labor Movement.

One of the strongest labor movements
ever inaugurated is now asitating the
Eastern States. Some Of its objects are
stated to be the passage of laws for the
unions, the prohibition of child labor,
the enforcement of laws for compulsory
education and the institution of the
eighthour system.
Banded together for se!fprotection
and closely studying passing events,
the leaders of the movement are urging
a closer communion among the trades,
so as to be able to meet any cont;n-
gency that may arise. The rallying
word seems to be "shorter hours and
better pay" and the effect is seen in
large and enthusiastic gatherings,
unanimity of action and a oneness of
purpose.
Says prominent leader: "The
Knights Of Labor have nearly 1900
Lodges, or assemblies, comprising work
men of all trades, and are particularly
strong in New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and
Southern Indiana. In Pittsburg alone
there are nearly $1,000 members, and
in Rochester 5000; yet this Order
does not support strike without hay
ing exhausted all means Of cancellation
and arbitration. Undoubtedly the Or
ganiZed Trades Unions number nearly
500, 600 men, and the Knights Of Labor
could, if they chose, stop every rail
road train, mine and work shop in the
Middle and Western States. Whether |
they will assist each other in the event |
of general strike depends entirely |
upon the nature of it, upon the time Of
its occurrence and upon the action Of
the authorities. \ foolish use of mill |
tary by the authorities might excite
workingmen to high pitch and cause
them to consolidate and conduct Il
systematic strike. The recent occur
rences at Omaha have already caused
much excitement among labor organ
izatiOns elsewhere"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

In Germany, between 100 and $50
chemists and Psychologists are employed
in not far from 80 experiment stations
and other institutions in studying the
perplexing problems Of farm science.
In every European country, excepting
Turkey and Portugal, this work is said
to be going on.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

pecting in Colorado and Arizona
everywhere the Argonauts are to be
found, except in California, which, for
solid pay, still holds the best mines
known.-.St. Louis Republican.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

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for constipation, loss of appetite, dizzi
ness and all symptoms Of dyspepsia.
Price 10 and - cents per bottle. For
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For lame back, side or chest use
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For sale at Thaxter'S.
That hacking cough can be so quickly
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it. For sale at Thaxter's.
Will you suffer with dyspepsia and
liver complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

A Kansas City dispatch says: Dick
Little, a notorious member Of the James
gang, has been captured and has made
a full confession, and will be used as
hands of the officers some time.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31
Where CaIifornians are Prospecting.

Where CalifOrnians are Prospecting.
1t is a curious fact that in California,
where the discovery of the stores of
precious metals was made, and where
the mining excitement ran so high for
many years, the successful mines are
now mainly owned by Eastern and
foreign capitalists. The Californiars
have deliberately turned their backs
upon moderate, sure-pay investments
and wandered away. following the new
excitements up into Oregon, across into
Montana, and now they are still pres
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

A Cincinnati dispatch says: Hog
packing in the West shows that 5,74S,-
600 were packed during the Winter.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

General Rosecrans, though still con-
fined to his room, is much better, and
confidently expects to be able to occupy
his seat in a day or two.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

The Warden of the Illinois peniter-
tiary says that James Burke died in
that prison of grief and remorse. He
slew his brother, and the court and jury
viewed the crime so leniently that he
was sentenced to only five years i'm
prisonment. But his own estimate of
his guilt was much higher.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

Perpetual motion is perhaps impos-
sible to obtain, but you can approximate
it by putting boy on a chair at a
funeral and telling him to be still.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

Secretary Kirk woods friends say that
in sheer pity for him the President has
offered him the mission to st. Peters
burg.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

The origin of the word newspapers"
is not, as many suppose, from the fact
of its containing new things; but in a
former time 1795 to 1880 it was Gus
tomary to put over the periodical pub
LEGATIONS Of the day the initial letters of
the compass, n. f. w. s., to show that
the journal has information from all
quarters of the globe, North, East,
West and South. Hence the use of the
word news before all papers as general
information.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

The Pennsylvania Greenbackers in
tend to nominate full State ticket.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

aShIngton specials relate that Alec
Howell, the colorsd servant of President
Arthur, is assuming Congressional man
ners, and although married man with
three children, he maintains a young
woman for whom he has obtained a
ceased to support his wife, and when
she camped before the White House
door lately he was about TO strike her
and threatened to kill her. Howell is
very unpopular, and is known as
"Fresh, the Valet" He has been try
ing to get various clerks and even
chiefs Of bureaus discharged because
they do not pay sufficient court to the
man that brushes the Presidents
clothes.
Lizzie Mccall, who married George
Barry Wall, rich New York banker,
and shot him the other day in Brook
Ign, abandoned the uncongenial role Of
housemaid in a prominent Buffalo family
to become an actress. She first appeared
at the Buffalo Academy Of Music, and
is said to have led captive more than
one of the rich and eligible bachelors of
that city. The tragic excitement
which she at first was supposed to have
assumed On learning that her husbands
wound was probably mortal has been
kept up by sleepIessness and refusal of
all food until her mental condition is
now very serious, and she is physically |
Frustrated. She is now confined in the !
Raymond street Jail, in Brooklyn, and !
will probably be arraigned for murder,
though her husbands family refuse to
prosecute.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-03-31

Jay Gould's New York World rejects
the demands OF the striking compositers
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08
A Brakeman's Dream.


During the heavy rush OF freight
on the Erie Railway last summer
said a brakeman, 81 had been on
duty three days and nights, and wa.
completely jaded out. Between De
posit and Hancock our train broke
in two, and running together agair
caused a wreck. l was sent back
to flag the approaching train. Af
ter going what l considered a prop
er distance l sat down on the track
to wait. l was soon asleep with my
head leaning upon my hand and
my face turned ur the track. l
dream d that I was lying on the
track, and that the Atlantic express,
run me down, cutting off both my
arms and mangling me SO terribly
that l could not possibly survive.
| awoke with a start. and there with
in for,y feet Of me was the headlight
of a locomotive bearing down on me
at the rate of forty miles an hour.
| grabbed my red lantern and
sprang from the track, and as l did
SO the engineer saw me, there was a
whistle of down brakes, and the
train wa ssaved. Itwas the Atlantic
express, which I saw in my dream. y
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08
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Good Iiu NOR.

Good humor is rightly reckoned
a most valuable aid to happy home
life. An equally good and useful
faculty is sense of humor, or the
capacity TO have little fun along
with the humdrum cares and works
of life. We all know how it bright
ems up things generally to have q
lively. witty companion, who sees
the ridiculous points of things, and
can turn an annoyance into an occa-
sion for laughter. 1t does a great
deal better to laugh over some do
mestic inishaps than 10 cry or scold
about them. Many homes and
lives are dull because they are al
lowed to become too deeply impress
ed with the cares and responsible.
ties of life to recognize its bright,
and especially its mirthful side. In
such household, good, but dull,
the advent Of q witty, numerous
friends is like sunshine on a cloudy
day. While it is always oppressive
TO hear persons constantly striving
to say witty or funny things, it is
comfortable, seeing what 4 brighten
er little fun is, to make an effort
to make some at home. 1t is well
to turn off an impatient question
sometimes and to regard it from a
numerous point instead of being
irritated by it. wife. what is the
reason l never can find clean
shirt?' exclaimed a good, but rath-
er impatient husband after looking
all through the wrong drawer. His
wife looked at him steadily for a
moment, half inclined TO be provok-
ed then, with a comical look, she
said Il never guess conundrums, l
give it up" Then he laughed, and
they both laughed, and she went
and got his shirt, and he felt asham-
ed of himself and kissed her and
then she felt happy, and so what
might have been the occasion for
hard words and unkind feelings be-
came just the contrary, all through
the little vein ofhumor that cropped
out to the surface. Some people
have peculiar faculty for giving a
numerous turn to things when they
are provoked. 1t does just as well
to laugh things off as to
scold them off. Laughter is better
than tears. Let us have a little
more at home.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08
\ Star Route Fraud.

Boss" said a colored man APP
preaching stamp window at the
Little Rock post-ofiiee, 'how much
will Yer charge ter send dis letter 10
Memphis 2"
six cents" answered the clerk
"but you have not addressed it to
any one ?n
Il know dat. | amt got but one
stamp, an / thought dat eff yer
would take it ter Memphis fur dat
price. would send it ter Mary
Smith +; but eff yer charge more, I'd
send it ter Carline Brown, what
libes at Brinkley, bout half way to
Memphis"
at will cost you Just as much tc
"a letter to Brinkley as to
send i: TO Memphis"
How does yer make that out
1t don't cost. as much ter 20 Tel
Brinkley on de train as it do tel
Memphis, an de letter will go on do
train"
That's the law, old man.
Il unerstans yer now. Dis is q
star route Office. o, Use got yer
Wanter make three cents outer me-
does yer? Wall, I'll gist hab dis
matter 'vestigated. | hain't said
anything bout de star routes, bu,
frum dis time Use gwine ter fling
myself"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08
What Caused a Goose to Get Tired of
the Water

One would hardly believe that q
goose could be broker out of the
habit of going into the water, but a
case OF this kind has occurred at
Clinton. A boy owned large gan
der, and he thought it would be .
good joke to tie fish line to the leg
of the gander, with hook properly
bated, and watch the result So he
fixed the gander with line on one
leg about ten feet long, at the end
of which was a pickerel hook and a
frog for bait. The gander was driv-
en- into the mill pond, when he
swan around for half an hour, turn
ing flip flaps, and diving for feed.
Suddenly the gander felt a pull at
his leg, and he looked as surprised
as the Lone Fisherman" when he
caught a whale. The gander SEEM
ed to think there was something the
matter with him, and he looked
down at his feet under water to try
and see into it. The pickerel began
to yank, and the gander made up
his mind that he was not well and
wanted TO go home. He started for
the shore, but the pickcrel on the
hook wanted to go the other way,
and it was nip and tuck for time.
The gander, TO those on shore who
were watching, seemed frightened,
and would act at times as though
saying his prayers and asking for
mercy and then he would get mad
and try and fly ashore, when the
pickerel would pull him back.
They say it was a fine study to
watch the expression on the features
of the gander. He seemed to realize
that 4 change was about to come
over him, and while he hoped for
the best, he seemed to be prepared
for the worst. After half an hour of
the hardest work he had ever done,
the gander came ashore, and drag
ged six-pound pickerel up the
bank, and the boys came and took
off the pickerel and put on another
frog, and tried to induce the gander
to go and take another swim, but he
wouldn't have it. They couldn't
drive him in. He looked as he ran
throu.. between their legs as though
saying, Boys, this may be fun for
you, but you have crushed noble
nature. No more pickerel in mine,
if you please" and he flew off to-
ward the barn, squawking as though
his heart would break. This was
several weeks ago, but since the
gander has never gone into the wa
ter II.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08
Guiteau's Money Cost to the Country

The expenses of the trial of Gui-
teau, apart ttom the cost of his aw-
ful crime are considerable, Just
what it will amount to cannot be
told, but at the least calculation S35,
900 will not be in excess of the
amount needed to settle bills. The
Department of Justice will fix the
compensation to be paid Judge Por-
ter and Lawyer Davidge, but they
will not be less than $1,000 each.
Judge Porter who has been under
heavy expenses during his residence
here, would probably regard $4,000
as an inadequate fee for his services.
The district attorney and marshall
are both paid fees. The fees of ju-
rors viii amount to 81, $40 and their
board bills at the National Hotel
will aggregate between $1,000 to S3,-
500. For witnesses, including mile
age, there has been paid SS,O9S,S5
of which sum $3.50 70 was paid
on behalf of the Government and
$3.50 for the defendant. About s5,
600 will be required to pay expen-
ses of reporting the trial. The
printing from day TO day, has been
done at the Government printing
office, and its cost mus. amount to a
considerablesum. Seven deputy mar
shals will receive 81, ,302 for watch
ing and protecting the murderer in
court. There are also miscellane-
Gus items, such as physicians char
ges for attendance on the jury,
chairs in the court room and scores
of small expenses that will amount
to at least 81 600.
1t is not improbable that all the
expenses Of the assassination from
the time Of the shooting ofPresident
Garfield to the day when the muir
derer IS hanged, will be s250,0o0.
In advance Of the auditing of bills
by the select committee of the House
appointed for that purpose, it is inn
possible 10 say what the cost OF the
illness and funeral will be, but
there are many items which it is
impossible to charge for distinctly,
incidental to the crime, i.l..t ,uust
be met in the regular appropriations
for the civil expenses. The physi-
clans, as announced in these dis
patches some time AFRO. will make
no charges for their services. Each
OF them will present a statement
giving the length of time he was en-
ployed, the character of his services,
his expenses, ETC., and leave the
committee to fix the remuneration.
A great number of miscellaneous
bills have been presented to the
committee.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08

on the red clouds of evening, arch
ing low to the horizon I; on the se-
rene and shining pathway of the
stars. Let us think that his dying
eyes read a mystic meaning which
only the rapt and parting soul may
know. Let US believe that in the
silence of the receding world he
heard the great waves breaking on a
further shore, and felt already upon
his wasted brow the breath of the
eternal morning.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08
A World of Good.

One of the most popular medi-
cines now before the American pub
lie, is Hop Bitters. You see itevery-
where. People take it with good
effect. 1t builds them up. 1t is
not so pleasant to the taste as
some other bitters, as it is not a
whiskey drink It is more like the
old-fashioned bone-set tea, that has
done world of good. Ifyou don't
feel just right, try Hop Bitters.-
NisEdd Nelcs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-03-08

George and Tom Quaintance arr
mill hands, working for Custer &
Crowley on Sugar Run, in the lum
Der wiIds Of Cattangus county. N. \.
Ike Hitler is a log jobber for thu
same firm. A few days ago Ik'
came inlo the mill with the ney.
that he lad tracked a big bear to il
den tw. miles up the run.
The Il was shut down at once
George Qaaintance loaded sho
gun viii, a piece oflead pounded in
to slug shape. Tom Quaintanct
armed himself with an axe. Ike
Hitler took five barreied revolver
that they kept at the mill Ths
three men found the den without
difficulty. It was triangular en-
closure, formed by the trunks o
three large trees which had blown
down. The hunters separated sur
rounded the enclosure, and ap
preached itfrom different directions
When within ten feet of the spo1
George Quaintsnce said in whis'
per.
aStand still boys | see his eyes Y
"No you DON'T" whispered Ike
Hitler "cause l see his eyes look
ing plumb at me-"
"What is the matter with You fel-
ers ?" said Tom Quaintance.
"Here he is lookin' at me from un-
der this log"
George put his gun up and took
aim.
"Dont shoot - said Ike. "You
won't hit him in vital part. and
he'll come tearin' out on top O. mel"
"He'll come a plungin' on to me,
you better say" insisted Tom.
"Well, 1 see his eyes and Pm 60
in to shoot at the same," said
George.
Bang went the gun. The mex
minute out from under the log next
to Tom rushed an immense bear
1t made direct for him. He drop
ped his axe.
"Didn't / tell you so ?" he howled,
and away he went toward the nill,
with the bear,after him. He hadn't
made ten jumps before another bear
sprang out from under the tree next
to Ike Hitler. 1t started for Ike.
He threw his revolver at it.
"What did l tell you p he yelled
to George, and away he went with
the bear close behind.
When George Quaintance recover
ed from his astonishment he made
up his mind to investigate. Hewas
sure he had seen the eyes of a bear
when he fired. He looked over in
to the enclosure. There lay big
bear, stone dead, with a hole be-
tween its eyes as big as walnut.
George returned to the mill. Ike
and Tom had been there some time.
Their bears had given up the race.
The men refused to go back with
George and help him in with the
dead belr, and he had to call on
others. The other bears have asyet
escaped the pursuit.