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Cz-D Tri-Weekly Astorian ASTORIA, OBEGON: I. C. IRELAND . .Editor. THUKSDAT August 14, 1873 CIiATSOP COUNTY PRODUCTS. The "wealth, and prolific resources of the soil of Clatsop county could scarcely be overestimated, as may be .seen from an examination of a few samples of the productions of this soil now on exhibition at our office. Jlr. P. Bearman, living in the vi cinity of the Seaside House, Clatsop plains, has left with us the grain of iive stalks of Surprise oats, which is assuredly the finest we have ever seen in any country, and, it is estimated, will' produce from fifty to seventy bushels to the acre. Mr. Bearman sowed two bushels of seed to the acre, on clay bottom land, and feels confi dent the yield will not fall short of iifty bushels. The ground was pre pared in the ordinary way in April, but he thinks he should have sowed three bushels of seed. This grain is in the fullest state of perfection, and will weigh much more than the aver age per bushel. There is an abundance of land of this quality in Clatsop county, which lias an area of 1,280,000 acres, only a very small part of which is under cultivation. A very large proportion of the whole area is susceptible of high cultivation, and no more profit able employment can be found in any country, than that of opening and improving these lands. This lias been proven by the glorious re sults following the development of the soil of Clatsop plains and the val ley of the Nehalem. Ve have in our office at this time samples of wheat and oats from lands along the Fish-hawk river, a tribu tary of the Nehalem, showing what may be done in that direction. This wheat is of the white (Oregon) win t r, fall club, and red-bearded varie ties, and was grown upon lands own ed by "V. II. Lewis. It will produce scventv-five bushels to the acre. Now when any one says Clatsop coun ty will not produce wheat, here is evidence to show to the contrary. The oats on exhibition at our office in the sheaf, was raised by B. "W. Gilinore, also on the Fish-hawk, and the stalks measure eight feet eight inches from the roots. These reflec tions take home with you, toiling thousands in over crowded -cities, where you are compelled to labor in cessantly for a bare subsistence, pond er over the facts, and conclude to become a pioneer in a rich land like this where only a few years at most are necessary to place you in posses sion of comfortable homes, and the luxuries of well stocked farms. The Fort "Wayne, Indiana Gazette j-ay.-: R. P. Mink, of Kalamazoo, Michi gan, road master on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, died la&tMonday under very remarkable circumstances. "While directing hi groom in the attendance of the horses, he suddenly dropped and, as was supposed, expired. The weather being warm, the body was packed in ice :md brought down to this city en route for Valparaiso, Ind., for interment. Arriv ing at the destination where full prepara tions had been made for the funeral, the friends and relatives were thunderstruck to find evident signs of life around the body. It prcspired .freely. The funeral ol' course was delayed, and yesterday after noon blood flowed freely. Retoratives vore applied, but without effect, and R. Pw Mink is now a dead man, but it is past que-tion that he was consigned to his icy tomb while life was still abundautas the fact of his having so welL withstood the awful confinement attests. The political not is beginning, to boil, in San Francisco, and the approaching elec tion promises to be very "hot. The l)emo eratic County Committee had a boiterous .-esion Monday night. A murderous attack was made at Red wood city California Sunday nigbt upon an old woman named Mm. 'Welch, by two burglar who entered her Ijojub. nd de manded money Being, told' .there .was none, one of them with & sjlungihotinflictw eu. serious ana possiory ii:injuria ujmju her person, A little girl, 6jcpil from th hou-p snd gaye the, lrni,, JptDiupon Sheriff Edrar ucceded i jniAtsiori the villains ;iu iuufeu umJWi uiU a; A Tko Udderzook Murder. For weeks past frequent allusions have been' made in the telegraphic reports tm Udderzook, as the murderer ,of Goss' Nothing very comprehensive could be gleaned from the dispatches, hut our Eastern exchanges relate that Goss, the murdered man, was a young Baltimore mechanic earning some $15 a week, who had insured his life for $20,000 in four different companies. His shop was burn ed recently and a mutilated body was found in the ashes. His widow then stied one of the companies for $5,000 and gain ed the suit, although the affair savored strongly of fraud on the part of Goss or his supposed widow, and through the con nivance of the attorneys she obtained the full amount. TJdderzook was the em ploye and confident of Goss, and assisted him in the swindle, and alter the money had been obtained he murdered Goss for the whole of it, and the body was recover ed. It now turns up that the body found in the fire was one procured for the occa sion from a cemetery in the vicinity. Goss is dead after all. Udderzook will he hung f jr murder, the pretended widow will go to the penitentiary for swindling, and the Insurance Companies will be reimbursed if they succeed in finding the money. Between the chase of the woman after the policies, that of Udderzook after the coin, and the Sheriff after both, it has been rather lively and likely to increase risks. Capt. Randall, is making a 113-dro-graphic survey of the channel between Portland and St. Helens bar, preliminary to dredging to a depth of seventeen feet, for which there is a 1 cderal appropriation. The San Francisco Bulletin says: Both Duluth and Tacoma, the Eastern and "Western termini of the Northern Pacific, are cities of the future. There has been a raging land speculation at Duluth, and probably the same thing will occur at Ta coma. But it will be years before this western terminus will figure prominently as a city. mmmmmmmmmmmmm ABOUT WOMEJi. A "Wisconsin girl is a cabinet maker. She ought to move to "Washington. English passee ladies are said to be marrying rich Parsee merchants in India. The lady admirers of Pore Hya cinthc have presented him with a silver. chalice. A Princeton, HI., girl actually died of grief because her new spring hat fell into the river and was ruined. Miss Mattic McClellan Brown is on her way to England as the accredited representative of the Good Templars of Ohio. An Irishman puts this question : "Would you rather go through a giddy waltz with a pretty girl than go through a pretty waltz with a giddy girl?" Of course. A Missouri lover called his girl a Mo. duck, in response to which mis understood compliment the lass lifted a handful of hair from the top of his hair a modified scalping operation. A Philadelphia mantua maker im prudently announces that she makes her dresses fireproof, not realizing that her customers wish toilettes to attract rather than to repel their flames. An old woman in Maine crossed over a bridge that was marked "dan gerous" without seeing the sign. On being informed of the fact on the other side, she turned about in great alarm and recrossed it. The Ladies' Sewing Society of Whitefield, N. H., has bought five acres of land for a cemetery, so that when anv poor girl breaks her back over a sewing-machine at fifty cents a day she may be sure of burial at corresponding rates. A girl in Macoupin county, III., told her lover she would marrv Jiim if he could milk three cows clean while she was milking two. He failed, and -it last accounts was practising on all the cows he could see, with the hope of getting another trial. The introduction of the postal cards is making fearful havoc with the eye sight of the distributing and assorting clerks in those offices where .females are employed. The male clerks, hav ing no inquisitiveness, of course are not driven to such a railroad rate of reading. Rev. Dr. Goodspeed, of Chicago, said in the course of a recent Sunday sermen: "The devil understood what was necessary to blast Eden, when he led the woman to be false to God, to herself, and to her husband. A bad woman, an untrue woman, is the prime corrupter of society, and the destroyer of its peace." A Vienna letter says one New York lady is said to have offered $50j 000 for a dinner service in -the Austrian' de partment, and to have shed tears of disappointment on.finding that it had been s )ld. She offered the same Bum. for a. similar set, to be got ready at a certain date, but was told that the demand, was impossible. ' 1 ill" '- ..!-. j) . '...?'. '.. "A WORLD OF CHANCE." Fort Clatsop, Aug. 11, 1873. Editor Asterian: "While walking with Mr. Frank Bar rows, of Lewis and Clarks river, the other lay, through his garden, examining the growth of the vegetables, the above-named storv with which almost every one is familiar, who attended school fifteen years igo came flitting across, my mind, with a freshness almost akin to reality. Tes, the roots of the trees spread themselves in the air, the apple-trees bore fruit in the ground, the coffee froze on the fire, and nearly distracted our friend with the tooth ache, as the ice instead of hot coffee came into contact with his grinders, the sun rose and set within a few minutes or hours, or staid away for. years, all jut as it hap pened, etc., and so on through all the af fairs of life. But our friend awoke and found it all a dream. The apple-foees right side up, the coffee hot as it should be, the sun going his rounds with regularity, causing apples to grow on the branches, potatoes in the ground no! stay! all seems right but the potatoes. Just before me stands one, two, three, half a dozen hills, with perfect po tatoes, growing to the very top of the vines. At every point where a limb from the stem puts out, is a well formed potato from the size of a small hen's egg down to the size of a small marble. These are of the early rose variety ? The same thing may be seen on the farm of Mr. Iless on Clatsop Plains among theDemick variety. Now arc we in a world of chance, or is the soil so rich that there is not room in the ground for the potatoes to grow so they have to climb out on'the vines, "who can tell ?" "What country can beat it ? W. H. S. To Investors. The Northern Pacific Railroad Company has now built, o nipped and put in operation, nearly ol7 miles of its main line of road through an excellent coun try and along what is known as the Y alloy Routo to the Pacific. The finished portions already enjoy a largo and fast increasing traffic. Tho sections approaching completion connect the chain of Lakes with tho navigation of tho Upper Missouri and Columbia rivers with Paget Sound, secure at onco a large and profitable business and entitle tho Company to about 10,400,000 acres of excellent averago land in fee simple With theso accomplished results, tho Com pany oilers, and is now rapidly selling, its First jNIorgago Donds. for completing tho construction and equipment of its road across tho Continent. After careful investigation, wo recommend those bonds as a well secured and unusually profitablo investment. They havo 30 years to run; principal and interest aro payable in gold; tho interest (soven and throe-tenths per cent) is equal now to about $yi per cent, in currency. The coupon and registered bonds can bo exchanged for each other, at tho pleasuro of tho holder. Gold chocks for tho semi-annual intorost on tho registered bonds aro mailed to tho post office address of the ownor. These securities havo tho following oloments of strength and safety: They aro tho obliga tion of a strong corporation; thoy are also a mortgago on tho Road, its right of way, equip ments and franchises, and a first lean on its net earnings. In addition to this usually suf ficient security, thoro is pledged for tho pay ment of tho principal and interest a Grant of Land, averaging about 23,000 Acres per Milo for tho entire length of tho ltoad. At the average price per aero at which other Land Grants havo thus far been sold, this real estate security will yield moro than $101,000 per milo moro than three times tho possible is sue of bonds. The Company has already s begun tho pro cess of redeeming and cancelling its first mort gago bonds, as thoy aro now being received, at 1.10 in payineHt and oxchango for tho Com pany's lands. JAY COUKE & CO., Philadelphia, Now York & Washington, Financial Agents N. P. R. R. Co. Comf. to tiik Fountain. Ono of tho most at tractive establishments in Portland is tho drug and perfumery store of our old friond Samuol M. Smith, corner of Ash and First stroets. Mr. Smith was for many years senior Gartner of tho firm of Smith & Davis. And, c-ides being a thoroughly practical druggist and chemist is, withal, as gonial a gontloman as over grasped a hand in friendship. NHig store is fitted up and stockod in a magnificent manner with ovorything usually found in a completo stock of drugs, chemicals, porfum erios, etc, Hut tho featuro par excollenco if tho soda fountain, ono of tho famous Arctk patent, an immenso affair, a monumont roared in marble and silver to the health of tho thirsty. It has deliveries, on opposite- sides, and can accommodate a rush. It is stockod with Kissengon, Congress, Vichy, Soltzor and different lauds of syrups. The cooling appar atus is the most perfect in use, and tho pro duct of that fountain a draught that surpasses "the nectar of the gods.-" Beaver Lodge No. 35, I. O. O.P. o5iX5r Meet every Thursday ovoning. SSsat o'clock, in. tho Odd Fellow's "easF'Halli cornor of Cass and Jefferson 4im streets, Astoria. -Members of tho Order are invited to attend. By ordor, f. G, MARKIEW. At the house of Capt. Spear, Knappton, W. T., August 12th, by Rev. "r. A. Tonny, Major J. Clinton McKay of Knappton, and Mrs. Mary Jackson, formerly of Hoston, Mass. JSEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sleeve Button Lost ceive a reward of 31U for it on presentation to tho undersigned. S. N. ARR1GONI, au tf Occident Hotel. CRACKER MANUFACTORY Oregon Bakery, E. OPITZ, Proprietor, Eirst Street, near Vine, Portland, Oregon MANUFACTURE all kinds of Eancy Bis cuits Crackers, Pilot Ship and. Naval Bread. Ordeye addrew ed as above promptly fctttndtdto '" '. fI ' " auUtf , Tho finder of a gold (Bolivia) coin SLEEVE BUTTON, with two fastonings for tho Sloovo, Tnnrknrl wiHi t.lin initial ' S. N A.." -will re -SH NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Established Twenty-two Years. ' ; S. J. McCormicfc PTJBLISHEPv: Franklin Book Store! BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 19 First Street, Fortlnnd, Oregon. Constantly on Hand, a full Stook of STANDARD SCHOOL BOOKS, 1 And Stcqilc Stationery. J. Kraemer & Co., Importers of and "Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS AND SHOES, 47 Front Stroot, Portland, Oregon. 0FFEi TO TIIE TJIADE FULL LINES of Mens', Boys', and Youths' French Calf and Kip Boots; Ladies', Missos and Childrens Shoes of all grades, and also a full lino of Slippers. an 14 tf Schools ! St. HELENS HALL, .AND TIIE. i. "Will Ro-opon in Portland, on MOXDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1873. Allen & Lewis, Shipping and Commission Merchants, and "Wholosalo Dealers. 18, 20 and 22 North Front st, Portland Oregon San Francisco effice: Cornor of California and Front Stroets. James Laidlaw. Honry James Gate. Laidlaw & Gate, Importers and Commission Merchants, 23 Front Stroet, Portland.' Oregon. London Agents: REDFERN, ALEXANDER & Co. "W. Jackson & Co., Front Street, Portland, Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Crockery , Glassware, Cutlery, Plated Ware, Wooden Ware, Coal Oil, Furnishings, Etc., Etc. And also Agents for Perkins & House's Patent Metallic Kerosene or Coal Oil Safety Lamps! JKifOurstockhaving boon selected and ship pod direct to us from manufacturers in the East and Europe, wo aro prepared to sell to tho trade at such ratos as wo think will induce trade. aul2 tf R. C, JANION, Liverpool. JANI0N, RITODES & CO., Victoria, B. C. Janion & Ehocles, Importers and Commission Merchants Front Stroot, Portland. Lloyd's Agents for Oregon THE PIONEER ENGLISH HOUSE IN tho city, and tho founders of a diroct lino of Clippor Ships between Liverpool and Port land, offer for sale tho largest assortment of se In Portland. SSSU Agents for Gilvoy's Dundee Bags and Hagging ! Tennent's Malt Liquors ! Blood, Wolf &.Co.'s Malt Liquors! and an extensive assortment oi wines ana Spirits. ' aiilStf FOR SALE FOUR PAIRS OF - DARKBRAMAS! KST Fowls four months old, full blooded, and of tho Boylo Strain $15 00 per pair. Address, THOMAS L. BIRNIE, j29tf Cathlamot,W.T. WASHINGTON WATER PIPE MaMactiii -ai later Co, OF OLYMPIA, W.T. AVE ABE PREPARED TO MANUFACTURE "WATER OR GAS PJPE, TWO, FOUR and SIX INCH BORE, at tho shortest notice, oithor in tho rough, with tho bark on tho Pine, or banded and coated with Asphaltum ana Cdal Tar, so as to stand any Pressure required for "Water works. The Pipo" is warranted to givo satisfaction, Orders are. Folicted, and will be filled at the, fttaitwt notice. ' ' For lilt tfi, PBjyjto ft.?fwk --. S.liOWJe. BwrtUrj, iu Oscar Kilbourn, AUCTIONEER Office 40 First st., Portland. X. B. RIOIIARDSOX. S. I. X. OILMAN- A. B. Richardson, AUCTIONEER Cornor of Front and Oakrt., Portland. Oregon. Auction "Silos of Keal Estate, Grinderies. General MercHandiso avd Horses. Sales Wodnosday and Saturday. K" Large assortment of Groceries, Liquors, etc.. at Private- Sale... .Liberal advances made on consignments. A. B. RICHARDSON Charles S. Wright,- - ,- AUCTIONEER Cor of Main and Chonamus Streets, Astoria. Uoos received on consign ment and sold to tho highest biddor. PKOFESSIOXAL CAKDS. O. P. MASON, K ATTOKNEY AT LA"W, PORTLAND OREGON, fiLand Cases and Titles a spocialtjVa DR. ft TV. DODD, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ASTORIA, OREGON. Dr. A. D. ELLIS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON .Offico on Stark Street, Portland, Oregon WM. L. McEWAN, RESIDENT ATTORNEY, AsTOltIA, OltEGOX. H. B. PARKER, JUSTICE OF TIIE PEACE, ASTORIA, OREGON. 0ffM Always Roady for Business. ""Sa A. VAN DUSEN, NOTARY .PUBLIC, Astoria, Okkgox. H.,H.NORTHUP, ATTORNEY AT LAAY, (Rogister in Bankruptcy), ffice In Holracsr Building, Portland. KRUMBIEN & GILBERT, ARCHITECTS AND DRAUGHTSMEN, INVENTOR'S EXCHANGE, Creo's Building Portland, Oregon. CSTho Best Counsol; tho Best Draushs men; tho Best Model Workmen, and best Patent Agent at "Washington; the only roliable? place to get your intentions put through in short notice. M. CHURCH & SON, Merchant Tailors, nave removed to tho OLD rObTOFFlCli Room, opposito Odd Fellow's Temple, First st, Portland, Oregon Call and select your Cloth ing for the season jSl tf STEAMERS, STAGES AND SLOOPS U. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS. From Astoria to Clatsop Bead I East HORSES! Good CARRIAGE! EAVES ASTORIA EVERY TUESDAY Thursday and Saturday Mornings. Arrive Same Mornings at tho OCEAN HOUSE, GRIMES HOUSE, - ' SUMMER HOUSE, And SEA SIDE HOUSE. RETURNING Leavos thoso Honsc3 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, connecting with steamer to Portland each way. i3Distanco twenty-four miles, faro Si HO. II. B. PARKER. Proprietor. The Steam Tug Varuna "Will leave Astoria overv ' J&Jrf TUKfiDAl AJJD SATUltUAl J ... - w . . -m-w ... .-T - lUorning, lor FOHT STEVENS, CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, And UNITY, Carrying Mails, Passengers and Freight. USuOther days of tho week sho will bo ready to go anywhero that business may justify. Is prepared to lighter cargoes, freight, hay, cattlo and wood. J . H. 1). (IRA Y Agent, Astoria. Oregon Steam Nav. Co. NOTICE Boats of tho 0. S. N. Company will leave As toria as follows : ' FOR PORTLAND, and intermediate points Daily, every Morning (Sundays oxcopted), at ti o'clock, lloturning, leave Pertland: FOR ASTORIA, and intermediate points On Daily ovory Morning (Sundays excepted), at i o'clock. "J. 0. AINSWORTH, Pros ONLY REGULAR PACKET BETWEEN ASTORIA AND CLATSOP. Carrying the U. S. Mail! The woll known slaop jfc- MAKY H., IJPgs, X V POOLE .....; Master Leaves Clatsop ovory Monday, Wednesday and Friday, on arrival of Stages, conneectingr at Astoria with tho stoamor Dixie Thompson. Returning, leaves Astoria every Tuesday, Thursday 'and Saturday,- connecting with tho Coaches for tho' Beach. Extra trips made to accommodate tho travoling public. FOR SKIPANON LANDING. N AND AFTER THIS DATE, UNTIL, further notico, the sido wheel steamer Allk Mary BeU, J. N. FISHER.".!.. s..... MASTER Will leave Astoria daily. On tho arrival of steamers from Portland car rying PASSENGERS and BAGGAGE to the Skipanon Landing, connetting with STAGED FORHE fTJlLSm.HOlCrSE ! aad alP$oit$oa MClatsopf Plkiris. K4uraw will leavf'Skipajtbs same evening. ' ' xnAnKVfi ifmmmm xpmyU DOftCCU Of t ivaeoNDON, AUCTIONEERS. ra. .& mt hwlu?&