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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

Desperate diseases require desper
ate remedies some times. The people
of Lexington, eastern Oregon, bought
the BunchgraSs Blade, and ther
killed If.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

There will be big lot of folks 60
ing up to Portland this week-over
$50 Astorians. There is meeting of
the grand lodge, K. of p, the Colum-
bia Waterway association, Seaside
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

C.L. Parker is fitting up his store
property, corner Second and Benton
streets, putting in new front, etc,
and may occupy it himself if he does
not rent it to other parties.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

JEFF has roast duck and cranberry
sauce and all the delicacies of the
season for dinner to-day.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

Service at the Methodist church
to-day at the usual hours. Even.
ing subject: "Christianity in Busi.
ness" Young men especially invited
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

The telegraph Office and the city
hall each received new corner street
signs yesterday, "Third and Gene
We've"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

"A rainbow chaser" is the latest
metaphorical title of visionary man
Well; that isn't as bad as a chippy
chaser.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

Congregational church to-day at
ii o'clock A. NJ; theme, Resist
not evil" Evening theme, 1.-The
surest, best triumph;"-7:30
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

LudlOw's Ladies' $500 Fine Shoes !;
also Flexible Hand turned French Kids,
at p. j. GOODMAN's,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

1HE AsToRIAN guarantees to its adver-
users the largest circulation of any newspa-
per published on the Columbia river.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

The Capital Journal reports su
gar beet three feet in circumference
There was sugary beat in this Office
yesterday four feet in circumference
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

The correct wriggle in sassiety this
winter is to wear a ring on the
thumb.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

There is an average attendance
OF 100 pupils at the upper Astoria
school.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

Divine service in the Swedish Lu-
theran church, upper Astoria, at 10: 81
A. NJ, to-day.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

The Clan Mcpherson, Hesperides
and Arago arrived in yesterday after
noon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

Subhow dearly everybody has 4;
code i'd lis 'ead: bust be the weather
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07
Weinhard's Beer.

And Free Lunch at the Telephone Sa-
loon, 8 cents.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

Sun rises at, 6:02; sun sets, 5:34.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-07

SAN Francisco, Cal. Oct. 6.-Loun
Sloss and l.. l.. Baker, as assignee o
VIM. I. Coleman & Co., have brough
suit to recover $45, ,255.25 from the
British Columbia Packing company
of San Francisco, claimed to be du,
Coleman & Co. upon an open ant
current account.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
AS G0Od aS d fish Yarn.

He Yuma Sentinel not content with turning loose laguna full of aIiiEators upon an uuSuSpecting public, "acknoWicl%cs the coon" in the following moist manner: The great work of cXcavatiug the Mo hawk canal is being pushed as rap idly as men and money can posse bly lo 1t. In one of the cuts which runs down twelve feet small Olla was found about six weeks ago and nothing thought of 1t until George Norton one day picked it up and noticed its peculiar appearance. The olIa rcsemblcd an earthrn bot tie, and it's narrow neck was sealed up with a thick coating of mesquite gum, whilst the outside of tEe Yes Sel was painted with very rcnIarka- bic and tantastically designed draw ings. Upon breaking the sealed top 1t was found to be filled with corn, weighing about thirty pounds. The corn was snow white, aUd the kernels large, yet extremely tender. The corn was planted i'll a tract of nearly ten acres, and just D days from the date of planting, roasting ears were taken from the field. The corn is very sweet and produced an immense crop. The plants did not grow over two and a half feet high, and bore from three to six large sized, well-fiIled years of corn. All who have aeen the corn on the Mo hawk canal speak of the big yield that this strangely found seed gave. Slr. Norton has "tol lp.d' the corn and will use all that natures t. seed q large patch of corn land next season.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
The Spirit of a Tiger.

] The dread of ghosts is common ta all aboriginal races of India, from which 1t has been very cener- ally adopted by their Aryan con querors, and even by the lower classes of Mohammedans. All ghosts are believed to be mischiey- ous, and some ef them bitterly ma Iicious, and the only means en- pi"yed to oppose their rancor is to build shlines for them, and to make them offerings of a fowl, a pig, or, OD grand occasions of a buffalo Any severe illness, and more espe- cially any epidemic disease, such as smallpox or cholera, is attr;b- uted to the malignancy of certain of these spirits, who must be p:c- pitiatcd accordingly,
 The man tiger Is, perhaps, the most dreaded of all these demoH ghosts; for when tiger has killed man the tiger is considered saf. from harm, as thc spirit ot the man rides upon his head and gLi les him clear of dargcr. Accordingly, it IS believed that the only sure mode of destroying q tiger who has killed many people is to begin by making offerings to thc spirits of lis vie tims, thereby dcpriving him nf the'r valuable services" The ghosts most pr' p;tiated are of those wlio have met a violent or untimelys death, whether by design or byltc-. cident, including poison anal dis ease. Even Wretchrs who are hang. ed for thcirscrimes are. believed to. have the same powers of. causing evil to theeliping# as those who have been killed by tigers or by light ming or by any other violent cause. -Londpn Gr"pilir.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
Burned fer a Witch.

4 Los Angeles dispatch reads: " Frank Semon, formerly a police
 man here, who has been on the Colorado river for some months, re- turned to this city to day and rec lates q horrible case of death by fire inflicted ny a band of Mojave h. dlanS on young sQuaw nea, Rock Springs in the eastern part of San BrrnarClino county. About three weeks ago the squaw, who was but eighteen years of age, and quite comedy had iR some way acquired the reputation of being bewitched. Tie head men of the band con- clUdcd to put her to death. The girl wa> stripped naked and bound to a stake, around which had been piled wood and brush and the com bustih!cs seton fire. IL was two hour<befor4tle girl died, ,duringthat time she kept up an incessant shriehin=, while the Indians danced about her and addesl fuel to the flames until the victim was burned to a crisp. Tie Indians told Semon that it was severalyyears since they had buried witch, although sev- eral had been condemned to death, but had managcast6 escape"
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
Che way of Winning.

Hiram s. Stevens. says he Star. k an oii timer in Arizona politics and was chairman oftl e fast meet ing ever held in the Territory for for the purpose of party organiza- ton. He served in Congress from 1875 to 1878 but was beaten at the election in 1880, and laughed heart ily yesterday while telling how it was done The race was pretty close between him and lis oppo- nent, who managed to capture ene of the Democratic stronghoIIs hy means of a very tough job, by which the clerk of Pinal county was induced Co send the returns from there to Alaska, where they p.cha- bly remain to-day, as titcy never at Prescott. He had n majority of 226 in that county, which was not counted and he was thereby drfcatcd.-Epitaph.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
Captain ki&d'S Trust.

The late lamcnted Capt. Kidd as is well known, made the bulk of his property hy one of those littlc private affairs" now known by the name of "trusts" He joined with some other gentlemen of leisure and wealth, purchased a vessel, pay ing for it ia the most honest ard legal way and then set sail to make money out of any one he eoukl get into his power. The essence of a trust is investing your money i'll such d way that you can squeeze all the money out of another, so that he cannot help himSclf This is all Captain Kidd did wien he sailed the ocean, and if q few people get killed while the Captain was man. aging his respo4sibIc trust to the best advantage, il was because they persisted in interfering with kIdd'S strictly "private affairs" Since Mir. BIaine'a famous speech drclar ing trusts 'privatc affairs" !" We have taken a different view of the life and character of Capt. Kidd from that found in the pages of history. What Mr. Froule dsd for Henry VIII, Mr. Blaine has done for Ahc late Captain Kidd. A good busi ness man has been misunderstood. He was called apiratc, when he was only doing his best for a large trust.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

The sad news that comes from Paris tn the effect that Senator Stan- ford of California, is the victim of queer malady, making him sleep when he wants to be awake and stay awake when he wants to sleep, or rather makes both involuntary, marks the breaking up of a great physique, and Gorshadows the po- iitical end of ope of those famous earl Calilurnians who used to cut such wide swain in W aslington. These men all of them genial and most of them generous, bold and rcsoUrcefui, have nearly all pissed out of notice The oft-repeated story of the vanity of riches is told in their life stories with the inexor- able voice of fate, and the scores of men in Washington that Leland Stanford has lifted up into the sun light of prosperity watch with sor- row lis passing under the rod" Washington Correspondent.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
Free Whisky is the Drink.

A writer in the North American Review, makes some startling as sertionS in regard to beverages most popular with the human race. Cof- fee is especially dangerous. One cup of the muddy and aromatic fluid leaves night-shade on the brain, which lasts longer than the eclipse of tie sun, and produces a pcrcputibIe and deleteriOus effect upon the optic nerve. Evidently q race of persistent and universal cof- fee drinkers is bound to become 8 blind race. This is terrifying, but according to the same authority, tea is a little less dangerous. lt produces nervous diseases that sometimes end in insanity. Beer petrifies the brain. Wine Is a slow polson. Whithcr then shall a thirsty mortal turn? to water? Wa ter, we are told, is thc favorite con veyancc for the germs of disease, "D;p:heria, typhoid, scarlet fever and many other infectious diseases travel much by water" Plainly, the Republicans aze right. Free whisky is tie orlv hope ofthe race.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

Nogaice people take the cake As il general thing they are as fail of curiosity as politician is of wind \ few days ago officers were expect ed to arrive from Sonora with a prisoner and long before train time ihe vicinity of the depot presented the appearance of a camp meeting ground. When the officers got off lhe train and started fer the Mcxi- can jail tine crowd started pcIl melI and acted more like lot of lunat- ics than sane people. Some got tangled in wire fences, others in old wagons and carts and some blindIy dashed against houses and p'ck burros that stood in their way Nogales Herald,
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

MT. Frank Proctor came in from Santa Rosa Valley last evening. whe for the 2Ist six months he has been boring for water Al the dtp:h of 7GO feet he struck a flow of wa ter, which rose in the well 20 feet, he continued to bore, and although he went down some 10 additional feet, tic sand pump failed to bring the debyis t0 the sHrfacc. The only explanation that can be offered in the premises is that strong cur rent of water exists and washes the drill borings away as rapidly as made Tie Santa Rosa Valley ie miles wide, but the drill shows 1t to have been nothing but an immense wash, in which powders, quartz. granite, cement, clay and sand iS iudiscriminate!y mixed. In thc distanccran the drill passed through seven or eight beds of sand, vary ing in thickness a!l the way from three inches to as many feet. There not, Mr. Proctor, says, class of rock to be found on thc surface that is not to be found in tine well. H. IutcndS to keep at work and may possibly strike artesian water at a few hundred feet lower down. Tycson Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
HENRY Y. Corr.

or the stage as well as on, the comedian William Warren, won th, affection of those with whom h, came in contact. Not few Storic, are told of him which show hin. in the pleasant light of a genial anG kindly gentleman, and ott~u as a witty one. His retort 10 a lady who remonstrated with him for not go- i2g more into society Is wofth re cording: Why shouId I go about? Mr. Warren demanded. Because everybody wants to meet you." Was the reply; If you would only give Us chance We should be de lighted to li"nize you." "Gh, we'll, returned the comedian, its mnch better as 1t is; I never knew of but one man who was not spoiled by being lionized." "Nho Was that?' she asked. The prophet, Daniel. :" was the ready response.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

An accident occurred on tie 2. P. railroad by which one man was killed and two others quite seriously wounded. The accident is said to have been the result of gross care lessness on the plrt of the injured men, who Were thrown from a hand car upon which they were riding with the consequence above mon toned. The two injured men were brought to the hospital yesterday and are doing as well as possible. The name of the party killed could not be asceytalned.-Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
N0yei Duai in France.

The French critic, Albert Dtlpit,
 aNrw Orleans creole, anl M. Fe- byrc. of the Comcdie Franchise, re- gently decided to settle the differ encc arising cut of the mutpal at 'ackS on each other by means of Il duel, Their seconds arranged the preliminary conditions of the which were that Delpit should read aloud to his adversary q five act comedy prepared by him for the Comedic Franchise, after
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

Sitting Ball says: Soon We shall not have enough ground to stretch our tepces and rest our limbs. We shall have to pay taxes and be poor and ragged like the pale faces" The untutored sayagr is wiser than many prominent statesmen. He knows that the tar if Is tax.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

A little Mexican glrI was brought up from Charleston yesterday Suf- icring from the effects of snake bite on tLe feet and stomach. Late fast nlght the little cue was suffer ing intensely, and itwas not thought possible to save iser life. She is hut seven wears cid, and was un- conscious of danger when playing with a rattle snake which fastened its tangs upon her body.-PPros- pectOr.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
COPP'S LAND REVIEW.
The Chinese and the Public Domain

Wri ten for :he g.. Johns Herald.
 The Chinese Question is just at present the all-absorbing topic of public and political discussion, and bill prohibiting the immigration into this country of chinese persons nas been passed by Congress, and is now before the President, who will probably sign it now that off cial information of the rejection by the Chinese government of the treaty recently prop 1scd, has been received.
 Quite flutter of txcitement was creaLed few days ago hy the an nouncement in the public prints that Assistant Commiss: oner An derson. of the General Land Office, had rendered decision to the eff feet that a Chinaman who in 1887 declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States could legally initiate a homestead entry.
 l. is quite certain, however. tlat whatever may have been the .foun- dation upon which the rumor was based. and whatever may have been the opinion of the Assistant Commissioner upon the subject a; the time of the publication, no such decision was promulgated, and that officer iF now firmly of the opinion that unless a Chinaman can concluSively show that he had declared his intention to become a citizen of the United Sta'es prior to the amendment of the Naturali- zation Laws in 1875, he can never become qualified to make an entry of public lands under any of the laws where citizenship Is a pre rc- quisite.
 It appears that the district land officers in one gf the Territories per mitted three Chinamen, who had filed their declarations citizenship in 1883, to make a mineral land entry, and the case ca me before the Assistant Commissioner for con sideration. lis judgment Was em phatically recorded against the le- gality of sNch an entry, and an order of cancellation with privilege of appeal was made, but the en- try was canceled outright, With0u; d word in the decision about tlc right of appeal, on the ground that only citizens ot the United States, and those who had legally deciar- ed their intentions to become such, can make entry for mineral lands, and thu as the Revised Statut,s as amended by the act of 1875 cX- cluded MongoIianS from the priv ileg" of becoming citizens, the en- try was illegal ana utterly void.
 Very few Chinamen have ever become citizens of the United States. ] am inforA:ed that out of the thousands that have come here only sixteen were ever naturalized If this be true. and no change oc- CUTS in our naturalization laws, the public domain wi!l not be absorbed to any great extent by Chinamen unless those sixteen prove unusual " prolific in offspring.
 HENRY Y. Corr.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

Benedict ArnoId's pass to Major Andre was recently offered to Mr. Morrill,, of the senate library com nrittee. The possessor Is a direct descendant of PaulIing, one of the scouts that arrested Andre when heQtteMpted to pass the picket un- der the naluc of Andersen,
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

Jesse D. Carr, the rich ranchman ofFrcsno county, California, has been ordered by government agent to remove wire fence which he has built around 4t,OO0 acres Of government land.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18

Lieutenant Colonel Snyder, late in command at San Carlos, has been relieved and stationed at Fort Lynn, Colorado.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
A-&-6Z

Bi>hop Nll5rriorce was famous for his wit, which sometimes dis turbrd the serenity of his flock, and likewise caused the more modest constant d! prehcnsi"n. Thc',iaugh- fer of friend of his was to be mar rieI in the neighborhood of a coun- trv-hoUsc where he was stavimg. Her bridesmaids were to be the Miss Legs. 1t breakfast on the wedding day d girl at the table asked thc bishop if he were going to the mar riagr ceremony. Yes my dear; l nm going to see her legs "Oh, bishop!" remnnstrated the hostess. "Yes," he added. ''the Miss Lrggs are too beautiful not to attract an old fellow like me"
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
--D-A%

ReaviS has returned from Spain. says San Francisco dispatch, with conclusive @ proofs of lis owrer- ship Of Arizona. Hughes linaH- cial prospects are thus looking up again.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
on CleyelandS e1ee6 n
 .9ybnI oJRdQEg Hon.d d9NEgaHus

tet Hon. 7Asd4Yaud oKearney $1'OC0 to $50O that Cleveland would carry the State by twenty thousand plu- rality.
 At Jamestown, the other day, Ed S!iney, proprietor of the Kent House at Lake Chautauqua, produced $5O,- coo in certified drafts and offered to bet any or all of it even on Cleve- land. He got nc takers,
 George Thatcher, the colored min- strel has deposited in the hands of a wcII-known Plainfield, N, J., man $l0,0O0 to be bet on Cleveland. He will give $1O,OOO to $8,OOO, or s G00 to $IO00, in two bets, payingss g bonus of $50 for the placing of tie bet. The bet has stood open for three weeks, with no takers.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-10-18
StrawS as IBdicated by Bets.

At BTidgepors Conn., citizens made up purse If 5000 to bet on Cleycland's election.
 Levi Johnson, of ofi9amestown, N. Y, bet$l 900 even with 0. E. Jc