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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
Fatal Cases Of Smallpox.

Considerable excitement was ocoa-
stoned this morning by the discovery
Of case of smallpox in a building on
Main street. The marshall few
around, hunted up the health officer,
q dray was prepared and the poor fel-
low was hurried off to that most bar
barous of all institutions, known as
the pest house, to die of course He
is entirely under the influence of the
disease and had to be carted two
miles over rough road to the pest
house. The unfortunate mans name
is Peter Carver, o member of the
Northern Pacific surveying corps.
His ohum died Of smallpox in Seattle
some days ago and six days after his
burial, Carver hearing of his
improper interment by the authori-
ties, went and dug up the remains
and gave them decent and human
treatment. He came to Olympia last
Thursday and was taken sick. To-
day the disease was pronounced
smallpox. The man who came up on
the steamer Willie from Shelton and
was placed in the cold warehouse on
the wharf, died and was buried in
the dead of night some ten days ago
Olympia Corr. Tacoma Ledger.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
The Parallel" Explosion.

Tbs Wave-power company of San
Francisco fled q complaint in the
superior court yesterday against s..
B. Peterson, ]. G. F. Winding. Christ
Peterson, J. G. NJ. Winding, William
NJ. Smith and Jacob Nelson, alleging
that the defendants were the owners
of the schooner Parallel, of which w.
E. Moeller was the master. The
schooner cleared for the port of Asto-
ria, on January 13, 1887, and had on
board cargo of explosives, consist
ing of dynamite and giant powder.
When out at the heads the Parallel
drifted ashore near Point Lobos. and
when the rocks were struck exploded.
The plaintiff claims that the explo-
sion damaged its shop, tools and ma
terials, at Point Lobos, to the amount
of S400, and destroyed motor en-
ployed to pump water by wave power,
the cost of replacing which was
$4,000. The plaintiff asks according
ly for damages in the sum of S4,400
and costs.-S. F. Call, IS.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
Prohibition That Prohibits.

By long established ruling OF the
officials In charge, the convicts in the
Oregon state penitentiary in this city
are permitted to receive and read all
newspapers except those published
in this state. The exact reason OF this
prohibitory enactment is not ex-
planned, although its terms are en-
forced with a rigidness that excludes
the state papers without exception.
Some OF the prisoners do considera-
BILE reading, while there are others
who scarcely ever turn the covers Of
a book or open a newspaper.-JouT-
nal.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17

A YOUNG Litch6eld, Conn, couple,
on their way to the parsons to be
married, were confronted with a tor
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17

rent SO deep and swift that their horse
could not be induced to attempt the
passage. But the hardy long-legged
groom was not to be daunted or
turned from his purpose. Leaving
his team in charge of friends. he took
his blushing bride-elect on his broad
back, and, half wading and half swim
ming, reached the other side in safety,
when the happy pair, hand in hand,
continued their journey as though
nothing unusual had occurred.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
FOOT OF LAFAYETTE STREET.
NOTICE.


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ undersigned did file on January 7th,
1889, In the county court of CiatSOp county,
!ate OF Oregon, petition In words and
figures as follow
ASTORIA, Oregon, January I, 1889.
To the Honorable County Court Of CldtsoD
County. Oregon:
The Astoria Street Railway company
hereby asks your honorable body TO grant
the right to Tits successors and assigns
to construct, maintain and operate, with
steam, electricity or animals. single or
double track railway, with necessary switch
eS, turnoutS and appurtenaces, for a period
OF nlnety-nine years from the granting of
permission in the following named streets
In Adalr'5 Upper Astoria.
Commencing at point on the boundary
line between Astoria, Oregon, aud AdaIris
Upper Astoria, Oregon, that Is intersected
by Fourth Street--FOuFth street to Brpn-
ham AYe.-BTenham Ave. to Third street,
Third street to Dickinson Ave. Dickinson
ave. to alley rnnning east and west through
block Two--alley through blocks Two.
Three, Four, Five and Six, or through alley
through block Fifteen from Brenham Ave
to Candy Ave.--Canby ave. to Third street
--or Candy Ave: from Third street to alley
in block One --alley through block One IN
Dickinson Ave. or any Street or pubIic
highway or alley running through block
Six, suitable to enter the town OF Alder
Dr00k.
ASTORIA STREET RAILWAY
per +. w. hEwELL,
Secretary.
And the said court has set Friday, Janu-
ary 18th, 1889, for hearing objections, il any.
by parties interested 10 the granting of said
petition. And the foregoing notice is q
dered published for five days in some daily
paper published In this city,
ASTORIA strict RAILWAY co,
per f. w. NRwELL,
Secretary
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17

HENRY WILLARD is reported to have
organized in New York huge syndi-
cate, with a capital of SS,000,000,
to buy up and operate large list Of
electrical patents, including the stock
ticker service and the Edison electric
lighting and other inventions. The
object of the syndicate is to form a
great electrical trust" and to freeze
out all the concerns in operation that
do not come into the combine.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17

SUNDAY labor has been greatly in
creasing during the last few years.
In the city of New York alone there
are fully 100000 men and women who
work every Sunday at the ir trades or
vocations. A religious organization
there is trying to prevent the growth
of this encroachment upon the day Of
rest, and it has already begun its work
with the cigar makers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
Notice to Bidders.

Notice to Bidders.
GEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
y ceived until February lst., 1889 for the
whole or any portion Of the grading and
grubbing and clearing of ten miles Of the
Astoria and South Coast Railway, south Of
Skipanon Creek.
cations obtained at the Office of the under
signed, to whom all bids should be ad-
dressed.
The company reserves the right 10 reject
any and all bids.
HENRY 3. THIELSEN,
Chief Engineer and Superintendent.
Astoria, Oregon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17

For thirty-fve years John Hut
trick, of Lowell, Mass, had been pay
ing such attentions to Miss Catherine
Teresa McEnry that she was led to
believe that he intended to marry her.
In fact, she alleges that John made a
proposal of marriage to her and then
refused to carry out his proposition.
She has brought breach of promise
suit against him, demanding damages
to the extent of $4,000, and has re-
tanned Gen. Butler as counsel
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17

The Norwegian state antiquarian
nicalaysen has completed the excava-
ton of the ruins of an ancient monas-
terry on the west coast of Norway.
The assembly room, sacristy and re-
tectory have been uncovered and the
covered corridor running along the
court yard. The roof of the assem-
bly, hall seems to have been supported
by huge central pillar. All the de-
tails Of the architecture show a rich
and advanced Romanesque style, and
the interior arrangements are gener-
ally identical with those found in ear
ly English monasteries. Afew graves
were found and in one the remains of
an abbot, Judging from the cloak and
inter found with the skeleton.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17

ANOTHER cast-steel gun Of six
inches caliber will soon be ready for
trial at Annapolis. This gun is open
hearth steel. The gun whichrecently
burst at the proving ground was of
Bessemer steel. Both of these guns
were cast solid and bored out. DR..
Gatling, of Gatling gun fame, insists
that the guns should be cast with a
core and that cooling should begin on
the inside. 1t is probable that this
method will be tried before the cast
steel gun is abandoned. Cast steel
guns have been made in Switzerland
and found to be serviceable.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
SheriM's Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ dennquent taX-list OF school district
No. l, is how in my hands iOr collection
Those Interested will please lake notice and
save further costs by making immediate SCI
tlement. II A. SAIiDT,
Sheriff ClatSop county and ex- -ofticio tax col
lectOr,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
ADVICETO MOTHERS

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used for children
teething. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums. allays all pain, cures wind
chOlic, and is the best remedy for diar-
rh9a. .TWentY-fVe cents a bottle.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-01-17
For SaIe-Seaside Lots.

CHOICE LOTS IN MULKEY'S ANN
~ ton to Ocean Grove for sale upon rea.
sonahle terms. Now is the time to buy bs.
fore the boom. Apply t.
GEO. NOLAND,
Or G. Il, Thomson,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

ARKANSAW TRAVEL
ued ovation How the happy yelled
Harrsoni How they did ovate
OF figured In the procession right
presidential carriage. fOamng stsed. Here
press notices:
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

-ER.
who have lived much by themselves whether dis
tricts Of New England portions OF the west
such men have not been accustomed has said
to empty their brains In loose small talk when they
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

AR * ANSAW TRAVE1
Inclined to vote the whole thing
As he older however. better and should
he live to manhoOds Will lively pleas
ure his days and the wonderful
saw of the famous MIR. Punch and Mrs. Judy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

already However. there were some
well-dressed folks at the banquet that
were . little on etiquette. A Oolorade
millionaire rot mad &C me because I
wouldn't let him have my toothpick.
before Was through with it myself.
The inaugural ball reminded ne Of
pie. There was thick under crust, o
very thin upper crust, and jam IN fact,
more Jam than any thing else. whsw.
how my head does achei
Yours, BILL SNORT.
The rest OF Colonel SHORTS letter
requests Johnny to send on money, @
he. Snort, had spent his "ultimate
scad." Reference 10 also made to dis
pute between Harrison's negro sten-
ographer and the colonel. which may
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

-ER. -
don't remember much about he banquet but he1pox
make succsss am told. by reliable persons WE wexo
there that made seventeen speeches. Of
the solid south being busted They say =
leave made o speech about daybreak ths oolernA
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

THE OUTRAGED EDITOR.
ny GEORGE BIRpskYE
He my sanctum penetrated, and looked up surprise
From the proofs correcting
lie a...aa EaL.a 1880. .l..L H. - l. -.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

Whistling Jugs.
The potters OF ancient Peru used 20
manufacture an ingenious musical
instrument which may very properly
be called a whistling jug. In oollec-
tions Of sntiq uities IL IL called ssipa-
dor or stirio. Specimens are obtained
from the ancient burial places Of Peru.
One Of these which 10 owned In Phila-
delphia Is described as follows:
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

OF conviyial complexion and irregular n
l inSinuated, mildly. that hadn't room
And that nothing was more preci9ass tina
Then he grimly smiled and nodded. Will
Asking II, 'mongSt my contributors. was
| was startled yes, and I'll confess tha
Came DER my editorial cheek and why
In such a way unusual. was this that In
Had been making an impression. thnneh
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

49,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

Ow good I was 10 my niEgsrs bsfors 80
ted TO Be freed. which amused 60
I hear.
blame for my unfortunate condifiom.
my glass every time emptied ~. n
Thisky I'D have been all right. Cor I
les.
he use, anyhow. of describing the ban
'wn In TexAs' IL / was to tell yeu that
three times for eoteLens aEx PDinEs
more would you. who live on hog and
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

! ! !
tie. The closed neck Of this double
vase Is modelled into Representatives
n of a birds head, thrush like In charac-
n ter.
When liquid is poured into the
open necked vase. is con-
pressed nto the other. and In escap-
ing through the opening 10
forced into the whistle the vibrations
producing sounds
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16
charged:


40, IN one ecStatic moment, but about
/ had written her ana told her that |
loved her-yes, and more.
Then my visitor continued: that my
cheeks were fair enough
But this writer cared for business and
not loving guSh and stuff.
That he thought IL wasn't proper, and he
hoped that I'd agree
To but raise the price of articles and let
love matters be.
All! then you must be her father. sir.
gaSped, with loving rife
Pray, then, say that may visit her and
WOO her for my wife,
How he laughed, aS loud he shouted,
why. she Is ne charming elf,
Just chose that Tor INV nom de plume.
I'm 'lmOgene' mNSvli"' Judge
OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.
AT THE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW
Ask your grandmother, or your great.
grandmother, If you be so fortunate as
to have one living. whether she ever
saw Punch and Judy, and she will
tell you yes. And she could also tell
you how her great grandparents used
to go to Punch and Judy shows in
their childhood days. In fact. the an.
tiquity of this entertainment dates
back to the early part OF the seven.
teenth century and, ii is said. is de.
rived from Puccio d'Amella, n Nea.
pOlitan peasant. whose humorous
martial pranks gained him such motto
and put on the local stage in the form
of the Punch and Judy show. In that
country 1t is still the medium of local
and political satire, and fayorite
conventional character in all Italian
exhibitions of fdntoccini or puppet
shows.
From that portion of Italy there
came this class OF entertainment.
which has for nearly two hundred
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

!
exhibitions of Jfdnoccin puppet
shows.
From that portion of Italy there
class entertainment,
which has for nearly hundred
years been gwen the smaller thea.
and museums, and the
streets of all metropolitan cities in
both the old and the world The
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

NJ EMMA c. DowD.
The ready smile. the happy weird.
ThA kindly. loving deed
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

with hole or opening between them.
The neck of one OF these vases 10
closed, with the exception OF small
opening in which . clay pipe IL In
serted leading to the body Of the whls-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16
an -

INN W.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

TIL
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-16

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26
A FAULTY DAM
Lets the Water of Spring Lake Out
With a Rapid Rush.
Three People overtaken and DrOwned-Many
Persons Leave Their HOuses-A Man
and Cow Save Themselves

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Aug. 25.-spring
Lake reservoir, near Fiskville, in the
northwest corner of Cranston, about one
hundred and fifty miles from this city,
which supplies whole row of mill viii
lagos along the Pawtucket river, burst
this afternoon. Three persons were
drowned and some damage done to prop
erty. A man named Yeaw, who was
about a quarter of mile OFF, noticed the
water coming through the masonry of the
dam, as he describes it, in q stream
about IS big as q barrel. The hole
was apparently growing very rapidly
and the only living object in sight was
COW few hundred feet across the field
and Yeaw says he started to run and
made up his mind to rescue the cow
When he reached the animal, the field
was big lake and the water was up to
his neck. He got out of it, however,
and so did the COW. Meanwhile
down the valley were Mrs.
Green Tew, aged sixty, and Mrs
Hawkins, aged ninety, and Mrs
Tew's son, seven years old. They were
walking through a strip of woods and
were OVertaken by the flood and drowned
Their bodies were found in wood
through which the water quickly ran IN
til it emptied in the Pawtucket river. The
river rose rapidly and caused alarm
among the people along its banks, who
thought the POnegansette reservoir, the
largest in the state, had gone
Many of them left their
houses and fed, but the flood
subsidized as rapidly as it had come The
path OF the water from the reservoir was
through thinly settled country and the
only damage 10 property was the wreck
ing of stable belonging to Russell
Matthewson, the capsizng of carriage
shop belonging to DR.. +. K. Clarke and
the demOlishing Of three road bridges.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26

coffee make any difference on account of
the weather in this most important fea-
ture of the breakfast table. An expert
in coffee maintains that the best coffee is
made in the old fashioned tin coffee pot.
'Don It give me any new pattern ar
rangement for making coffee, he says.
% the old tin pot Is the only kind of cook
ing utensil that preserves the aroma and
the full flavor of the coffee.
After the coffee has been boiled and
settled pour it in good strength upon a
cup half filed with cream and hot milk.
Most true coffee epicures have beverage
prepared with full strength that will give
delicious aroma and true but delicate
favor to a cup of rich cream and boiled
milk. Rather peculiarly the average
American drinks about the same amount
of coffee now that he did eighteen years
ago. In 1870 the average consumption
for each person was seven and half
pounds, in 1888 it was seven and two
thirds pounds, showing that the taste for
coffee neither increases nor decreases.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26
CnIIision and q Fire.

CNCDNArT, ONO, Aug. 25.-At 10
O'Clock tonight, near Coney Island, the
big steamer Commonwealth, coming
down the river, came into direct collision
with a little Aarbor steamer, the Lame
Duck, going up the river just a quarter
OF a mile above the Newport and Ciucin-
natl railway bridge, and utterly ami
Inflated the Lame Duck. There was a
crew of five on the Lame Duck and four
of them were picked up unlnjured by men
in d yawI. Mr. George B. Alexander,
the engineer and the fifth man on the
little craft, went under the revolving
paddle wheels OF the big steamer Com
monwealth, which was backing, and
came to the surface near the guard
OF the boat where pluczy
passenger caught the exhausted engineer
10y the hair and held him up until others
could draw him on the boat, where he was
found to be uninjured. The Lame Duck
used to run on the great Kanawha river,
but Of late has been in harbOr service
here. She was valued at $4,000, The
strange part of the story remains to be
told. The Commonwealth immediately
after collision discharged her big load of
passengers and returned to her landing.
At quarter past Il, less than al hour and
half after the collision, the
commonwealth was on fire.
A double alarm was sounded
but it was of no use. The big steamer
burned to the waters edge in less than
three-quarteTs Of an hour. She is a total
loss. Nobody knows how the fire started
The loss is about $50 900, pretty well il
sUred
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26
WHAT IOWA MEANS.
" Here is the Spot to Dwell in Peace" One
Authority Says.

Here is the Spot to Dwell in Peace" One
Authority Says.
According to a writer in Harper s, the
state Of Iowa derives its name from the
tribe known as the Iowa tribe. Much
learning, or at least research, has been
wasted in the attempt to show the orthog-
the Indians themselves. While Wash
ington Irving, with the license allowed
to an imaginative writer, states that the
meaning Of the word is beautiful, -
and recounts the incident by which that
phrase was first applied to the country,
saying that the tribe who, in their wan
behring's, arrived at the highest point in
the Iowa pTairies, looking over the vast
eXpause Of country uninterrupted by
hills or swamps, inYOlUntaTily uttered
the WORD "IOwa, - meaning ''beauti-
full. - But probably a better authority
for the meaning of the word was Antoine
lie Claire, a half-breed of the Sac and
Fox nations, who always asserted hu-
mOTousIy that he was the first white man
born in Iowa, though his mother was an
indian. He was employed for many
years By. the United States as an inter-
pTetsr5n its dealings with the various In
dian tribes. His definition Of the word
was, Here is the spOt-this is the place
to dwell in peace. - It is very GER
tain, however, that the name of the state
and the name of one of its secondary riy-
eTs, running through a large part of the
center of the state, is derived from the
name of the tribe.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-26
PACKING HOUSE FIRE.
Swift & Co. OF Kansas City Lose $780,
000 by a Fire Yesterday Morning,
One of Their Men KilIed-DefeetlFe Water
Supply Reported-ZIhe Steamboat
Commonwealth Burned.
Packing House burned.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 25.-Ihe I'M
mense packing house of Swift s Co.,
corner of Armour avenue and First street,
Kansas City, Kan, was saved from total
destruction by fire to-day by fortunate
shift Of the wind. AS il was, the smoke
house, a structure of corrugated iron
40xl40 feet, was wholly destroyed, and
the rendering house, l2SX4O feet, was
consumed The fire started at
$3.50 O'Clock this morning, in the
smokehouse from some cause unknown.
Fire has broken out several times lately
in the same place and it is supposed it
originated in some defect in tiues. The
fire departments Of both cities responded
to the alarm and they were on the
ground in sufficient time to have checked
the fame in its incipiencY. When the
hose connections were made and water
turned on it was found that the pressure
was wholly insufficient, the water barely
running out at the nOZZles. Handi-
capped as they were, the fTemen could
do practically nothing TO subdue the
flames, which by that time had
almost consumed the smoke house and
had communicated through viaduct to
the rendering establishment. AS yet
nothing could be done bat let the water
fall in slow streams from the nOzzles of
the hose upon the fire and the flames had
their own way for about an hour. BY
this time the fire had got full Roadway in
the rendering works and fed with in
nammable contents, oil and lard,
gave promise of spreading TO
the main packing house works not more
than forty feet distant. Just at this
time the wind, which had been blowing
N the early morning from the south,
shifted to the northwest and carried the
flames away from the adjoining build
ings. During the fire Master Mechanic
Tate fell from the roof of the smokehouse
while trying to descend by a rope and
was instantly killed. The total losses on
buildings, machinery and stock is placed
b. Superintendent Young at $3.50, 900,
with SI20 900 insurance, placed with
fOTty-tWO companies.