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Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 23, 1873.
No. 24,
TRIWEEKLY 'ASTOMM.--
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THE ASTORIAN.
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CITY IKTEIXIGENCE.
John "W, Gearhartof this city receives
about 250 sacks of flour a month to supply
his customers.
Mr. mi Dorian, one of the pioneer
Steamboat engineers in these waters, who
has been in the employ of the Oregon
Steam Navigation Company almost ever
since its organization, is at present in this
city recuperating shattered health. "We
trust that Mr. D. will return to his post en
the finest steamer of the fleet, the Daisey
Ajnsworth, fully restored to that boon
without which all would be poor indeed.
Mr. John Badollet of this city who
has been to Portland for several days in
forms us that Charles Brown's ice works,
destroyed by the late fire, will again be in
operation soon. Mr. TV. H. Harris has
become associated witli Mr. Brown in the
rebuilding. The works are being erected
upon ground owned by Mr. Badollet. Be
fore the fire destroyed the works ice of fine
quality was produced in quantity sufficient
to prove the success of the enterprise.
Every season producers arc taught on
the part of buyers and grain speculators,
to surmise that there is an almost insur
mountable obstacle in the way of moving
the crop in the lack of tonnage. "Vessels
may be scarce but if so it it is simply be
cause they are not sought. If is true that
there are not ships enough afloat to move
the Oregon grain crop with profit, does it
not behoove Oregonians to construct a few
barkentines for themselves? Take which
horn of the dilemma you please, there is
more clean cash to be made out of one first
class ship yard at Astoria than all the first
National Banks on the Pacific slope. We
shall soon present the figures to establish
thia proposition.
Capt. I. Stevens of this city has some of
the gamest game chickens in the land
so game are they that they roost high, far
up where they breathe rarefied air, but in
substance they are about the same as tho'
their perches were a little lower down. On
Thursday chief engineer DcHufF, of the
steamboat E. N. Cooke took a notion that
he wanted a pair of those chickens to im
prove stock about Portland, where Spring
chicken is seldom known to attain a tender
age, and procuring a block and tackle
from the steamer, accompanied Irv to the
hennery, and between the two they suc
ceeded in hauling down as fine a pair of
Bramahs as ever left port. They will be
placed on exhibition perhaps at the next
State fair.
"When we look at the "Wheat samples
on our table, from ripening fields in this
vicinity capable of yielding from fifty to
seventy-five bushels to the acre, and then
stroll through the city to find only "Wal
lamet valley brands of flour in the market
for our own home consumption, as well as
foithe surrounding country, taking in- the
scope of three hundred miles of sea coast,
reaching back a hundred miles or more,
we are forced to imagine that something's
wrong; that .the remedy to those, grievances
w.a arc prone to complain of lies in our
hands. If the "Wallamet valley wish to ig
nore this region of country, if it is the pref
erence of farmers in that division of the
State to trifle away their substance in the
vain endeavor to build up for themselves
and Puget Sound what nature never de
signed let us withdraw from tho unpleas
ant and unequal contest, and by the erec.
tion of mills and construction of roads de
velop a community and a region fully
as able to maintain commercial relations
with the world, as the one we are now de
pending upon for our bread. This can be
v done, and it will be.
The work of filling Benton street, by
Mr. P. Sherman, shows a good job, and is
a recommendation for future contracts in
that direction.
Spcdd brothers new tug will be
launched next week. The propeller has
arrived and will be placed on the shaft be
fore the launch.
To morrow being the 87th birthday
of Mrs. Lamphire (Grandma), of this city,
the ladies of Astoria will celebrate the
event at her house by a donation party
to-day. All are invited.
A. J. Donaldson, late of the firm of
Donaldson & Peed, of this city, is prepar
ing for a trip to Sitka by the next steamer,
with the expectation of engaging in busi
ness there. Jack has numerous friends,
any of whom will wish him success where
ever he may prefer to take in the slack of
his lines.
The barkentine Jane A. Palkinbur
Captain Brown, will 3rfcar for Honolulu
al
this evening, it is expected, on the return
of Captain George Plavel, owner, who is
absent on business to Portland. The Car
afe go is well stowed, the vessel in fine trim,
and a speedy and profitable voyage may
be expected.
The schooner Elnora, Capt. Plshcr,
arrived from ClaUop Thursday evening
bringing forty-two head of mutton sheep,
and seventy-five head of besf cattle for the
Astoria Market. A portion of this stock
was purchased in Tillamook by Mr. John
Hobson, who scattered considerable coin
in that county on his recent visit.
Everything about the.mill and barrel
works at Knappton was in operation last
Thursday. The s-teamboat E. N. Cooke.
with George "W. "Weidler of Portland, and
a numerous party on board, made the trip
across the bay, and the visitors watched
things with interest about the extensive
premises.
The young man Patterson, accidental
ly shot in the vicinity of Mr. Bearman's
place on Clatsop plains, last Tuesday, died
the following day. ,It appears that he was
sitting on a log at the time of the casualty,
and while endeavoring to draw the gun up
to him by the barrel it slipped, and the
hammer striking the log discharged the
load which entered his right side and came
out at the back. It was a very painful
and distressing affair.
The Yaruna took a large party of ex
cursionists, ladies and gentlemen, to the
Cape yesterday. One of the most inter
esting localities about here is the light
house and fortifications, the immense guns,
beautiful grounds, etc., to be seen at Cape
Disappointment. Major Prank G.Smith,
Dr. Sparling and Mr. Munson, all seem
to add to the attractiveness of the place by
courtesies extended to visitors, and the
Earty yesterday all agreed that they never
ad a better time.
The Coos Bay News, the editor of
whom is Tom Merry, thus alludes to one
of the commanders on the Columbia river;
41 Our old commander, Capt. Richard
Hoyt, is now master of the elegant new
steamer Emma Hayward, in the Portland
and Astoria line. Dick is a genial young
gentleman and has, as he well deserves, a
legion of sincere friends. May clear
weather and good fortune ever smile on
his course down the river of life."
Preparations for the next Salmon crop
are being extensively made already, not
only among the regular hands, but on the
part of strangers. One gentleman who
has been carrying on a large cannery at
Collinsville, Sacramento river, expects to
establish here-next season. The Califor
nia legislature has restrictel fishing on the
Sacramento somewhat, but here, where
there are no restrictions and plenty offish,
so long as fishermen manage the business
as thejT do now, there is a field open to the
world for competition.
Pcv. Mr. Tcnny has left at our office
the top branches from one hill of the white
Dimmic potato, raised in the garden of
Mr. Swmson, about eight miles above
this city, which is a curiosity. Like the
branches of the early rose variety, left here
by Mr. Smith, of Port Clatsop, these are
loaded down with the genuine potato, (not
balls), nearly as perfect but not so large as
any found in the hills. This curious pro
duct has in no manner interfered with the
yield, as our informant states that from
eight hills one bushel of the product was
obtained, and the branches of every one of
the hills were filled as the one above des
cribed. It may be that this business of
raising the potato on both ends of the plant
is peculiar to Clatsop county.
Youngs River Falls Again.
On Thursdajr the 21st inst. the steamers
Mary Bell and Yaruna, gave a happy and
delightful trip to the Young's river Palls
and back, each having on board about
fifty ladies and gentlemen. The day
could not have been more agreeable, nor
the parties in better trim for such an ex
cursion. "We left Astoria at S o'clock
in the morning with an exchange of happy
smiles, courtesies and waving handker
chiefs. "We had soon turned the point
and were winding our way through the
turns of the river hurrying along slowly
(while the little tug Yaruna was hurrying
along rapidly), towards our destination.
At length, as waking from a dream, we
found ourselves at the steamers landing,
and taking the small boats as if we meant
business more than pleasure, we entered!
immediately into the lovely scenes of the
journey. Moss covered trees and limbs,
the wildest profusion of isK&rgrowtla; sn5
overgrowth and foliage of all the colors of
Spring and Autumn lining and over-arching
the banks of the deep and dark blue
river through which we passed with much
thought, feeling and admiration. After
footing it as usual from the landing of the
small boats, we arrived at the falls in
good time for lunch. Where, with logs
for chairs and an upheaval of rocks for
tables which .nature had carefully and
suitably arranged fcr us, the ladies
served out a bountiful supply for all,
of the very best things in this world.
This important topic thoroughly discussed,
the parties then subdivided into various
groups, and the craggy, bushy, hilly, log
gy trails and table rocks and projections,
and nooks around and about the falls were
lined and dotted with their wonder-gazing
and nature-admiring guests leaping and
darting across the stream and up and
down the banks gathering various berries,
moss, ferns and fish. Many albO, visited
the sulphur springs, a short distance above
the falls, where the scenery itself so diver
sified and enchanting, doubly satisfied us
for our pains It is remarkable, however
from the vast amount of slippery rough
ness and the large number of giddy and
.excited pedestrians, that there were so few
illustrations (not more than three or four),
of the principle of gravitation, i.e., a forci
ble contact of the head and limbs with
the eartVs surface including dry land and
water.
Returning from the grand, the beauti
ful and picturesque at 3 o'clock we passed
along some luring agricultural scenes of
various kinds of vegetables in the thrifti
est conditions together with wild cucum
bers and tame oats. The day's trip af
forded a little of the cream of romance and
a good deal of gay and wild delight in
general. And if we consider the getting
up of the outfits it represented very clearly
and forcibly the idea of muchness. Both
parties, however, intermingled with a
wonderful amount of good grace and cor
diality and no discord except the unearth
ly yells of the steam whistle of one boat
against the sweet and gentle voices of song
and conversation in tho other. The little
rivalry however was much more pleasant
and agreeable than otherwise and the
parties landed on their return at 5 o'clock
p. m. with mutual good cheer and satis
faction. The steam tug Yaruna proved her
capacity for speed on the trip to Youngs
river falls, Thursday, and established her
reputation among the excursionists as a
fast craft. One of the passengers congratu
lated Captain Gray on the improvement
in her time since a new propeller had been
oast! Considering that the new propeller
is still on the wharf a question arises as to
the extent of further improvement when
id is piaceci on tne snait lor use.
Pishing is said to be good at the Cape
since the demise and departure of the her
ring family last Tuesday, as chief engi
neer Pox. of the tug Abtoria, on tla,t day,
caught twelve pogios at one haul of a tom
cod line. The leisure hours at that place
can now be profitably employed.
Capt.Hamblin of tho sloop Eliza took
a jolly load of Portlanders to Unity a few
days ago. "W. H. Harris, Clerk of Mult
nomah county acted as recorder of ,the log
while Charley "Watkins took the surveys
and settled the accounts with Neptune for.
all. He was generous, to a fault. The
party returned last evening, from Shoal
water bay.
TELEGE1PH dispatches.
The United States.
Portland, August 22. Gold in New
York to-day, 115; Portland Legal
Tender rates, Sot buying, and SGI
selling.
New York, August 19 A petition
was signed yesterday by a number of
prominent stockholders in the Pan
ama Eailroad, expressing confidence
in the sufficiency of security offered
by the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, for the loan of a half million
dollars and demonstrating, that it is
to the interest of the Panama Eail
road Company to assist the P. M, S.
S. Co.r urging upon th& Trustees the
propriety ana advantages of loaning
money required by the Steamship
Company upon a mortgage on the
steamers Colorado and Acapulco.
Per contra, a protest is in circulation,
to-day, for signatures of the Panama
.Kaiiroaa stocKnoiaers, announcing,
that in case of loss from such loansr
each, director will be held personally
responsible. The protest sets forth,
in detail, the financial distress of the
P. M. S. S. Co., and considers it mor
ally certain that sooner or later, the
Company will go into bankruptcy.
Yicenzo Motto, of Crosby street, an
Italian padrone, was brought before
Commissioner Osborne to-day, charg
ed with violation of the civil rights'
law, in holding Italian boys in invol
untary servitude, and inflicting on
them punishment not allowed by the
laws of this State. He was- commit
ted in default of bail.
Among the awards at the Yienna
exposition yesterday, were the fol
lowing for the Pacific ceast: Joseph
Neumann, California, for cocoons;
C. G. Watkins, of San Prancisco, for
photographs; G. P. Kuptel, of Cali
fornia, for minerals; Sutro-tunnel
Company y of Nevada, for mine mod
els. August 20. A number of gentle
men from England and Scotland will
start for Kansas to-day, in company
with George Grant, of London, who
has purchased a county in that State
for the purpose of founding a colony.
The main purpose of the project will
be agricultural and the principal
features stock raising. It is stated
that the Mennonities, who have gone
West, brought with, them to this
country $340,000 in gold, of which
sum, one man, Peter Isaacs, own 140-
000.
The Stock Exchange was thrown
into a fever of excitement this morn
ing by a renewal of the rumor of the
serious illness of Commodore Yander
bilt, and still later reports that he
was dying. For a time there was a
great rush to sell stock. Dealings in
Yanderbilt stocks were large and ad
vanced with the excitement. In
quiry showed that there was no foun
dation for the rumored illness of the
Commodore, and there was a short
reaction from the lowest point of the
day.
Cincinnati, August 19. An excur
sion to the Pacific coast by about 30
prominent citizens, among them the
Mayor of this city, is under, consider
ation, and at a meeting to-night a
committee was appointed to make in
quiries concerning facilities.
Fort Scott, August 20. A special
to the Monitor from Lescygnes, the
county seat of Linn county, repre
sents that there is a great excite
ment at that place. A mob of 400
men had taken possession of the town
and arrested the Sheriff. They de
clare that they will hang the Sheriff
and burn the town unless he delivers
the person of ELillard to them. Kil
lard is the man who murdered his
wife and two children and his wife's
sister at Twin Springs last Sunday
night, and afterwards burned their
bodies. The Sheriff has been keep
ing the prisoner hid since the arrest
and still refuses to tell where he is
concealed. The mob are determined
and trouble is apprehended.
Washington, August 19. A num
ber of letters have been received
here from Quakers and other friends
of the Indian peace policy through
out tho country, asking executive
clemency in behalf of the Modoc In
dians. Many of the letters raise the
question that the trial of offenders
was illegal under a decree of the Su
preme Court in tho Milligan case to
the effect that in cases where civil
courts are near at hand, a military
tribunal had no jurisdiction. A noth
er question raised is that Gen. Canby
was.killed while acting as a Peace
Commissioner and not as an officer of
the army in war. These questions
will com'e directly before the Presi
dent for his action.
Foreign News.
London, August 19. A Herald cor
respondent at Cairo reports the break
down of a steamer with Sir Sam'l
Baker on board, near Shaduan- Is
land. A tug had gone to her assist
tance.
August, 20. Bombay dispatches re
port that destructive floods have re
cently afflicted the Province of Agra
and that 3,500 native houses have
ben swept away. There has been
some loss of life.
The cholera has broken out in the
Province of Bosnia.
A desperate engagement has just
taken place between a force of Car
lists numbering 240 men and three
columns of Spanish Republicans.
The battle was fought in an open
country between the towns of Berga
and Cazeras and resulted in the de
feat of the Republicans with a loss of
two hundred men and one gun.
Madrid, August 20. It is reported
that in the event of a recess or ad
journment of the Cortes (which is re
garded as not improbable;, Castelar
will visit London, Berlin, Yienna
and Pome, to endeavor to bring
about the recognition of the Spanish
Republic.
Halifax, August 19. On Sunday
last Peter, a mailman of Bridgewater
is supposed to have lured his wife in
to the wood, murdered her, and then
set fire to the woods with a purpose
of destroying all traces of his crime.
The remains of a woman supposed to
have been his wife have been found
in the burnt district in the woods and
the mail man is now under arrest.
Pacific Coast Items-
San Francisco, August 20. Chas.
Purrows, a well known gambler, fell
down the stairs at Congress Hall to
day and -fractured his skull. He
died at 9:30 this evening.
The steamer Arizona tirrived this
evening from Panama and way ports.
She reports two additional deaths
among the steerage passengers both
on the ISth inst. named Henfy Her
bert and John Dee. This makes three
deaths, from natural causes, and one
suicide on the passage from Panama.
Shasta, August 20. A terrific fire
has been raging at Trinity Mountain,
25 miles north of this place, for a week
past, destroying a great amount of
timber and extending for miles on
each side of the telegraph road, injur
ing the Western Union line consid
erably, rendering repairs on it daily
and making it dangerous to passing
freight teams. The fire is still raging.
Eureka August 20. C. B. Green,
who formerly lived at Walla Walla,
has been missing from the stock
range where he was attending his
horses. It is supposed he has been
murdered for the purpose of getting
possession of his stock, as two of them
were sold by a party who had been
lurking around there. The officers
have had a party of Indians search
ing for the body so far without suc
cess. Truckee, August 20. The Eastern
bound passenger train ran off the
track at Camp Eighteen, ten miles
east of here. Cause, imperfect frog.
The engine, express, mail and bag
gage cars and one sleeping car were
ditched. No one injured.
The Statesman learns that Capt.
Corno did not succeed in launching
the Mila Bend, but would on the next
tide. Indefinite, rather.
The Olympia "Water Pipe compa.
ny is shipping 8,000 feet of pipe on
a San Francisco order, by the brig
Perpetua, via Seattle. C
Churcli Xotices, ;
Graco Church, (Frot. Episcopal) Rev. T A
Ilyland Rector, Divino services every Sunday
at 10 a m and 7 r m; Sunday Schoolfat Ipji
Congregational Church, Rev A "W Tenuy
Pastor. Divine services every Sunday at 10
x m and? p m; Prayer Meeting every Thurs
day ovoning, Sunday School meets at 12 ii
Come to the Fountain. One of tho most at
tractive establishments in Portland is tho,
drug and perfumery store of our old fiiend
Samuel M. Smith, corner of Ash and Hrst
stroots. Mr. Smith wjis for man y y caxs senior
partner of tho firm of Smith & Davis. vAnd,
besides being a thoroughly practical druggi?t
and chemist is, withal, as genial a gentleman
as ever grasped a hand in friendship. His
store is fitted up and stocked in a magnif.cci.t
manner with everything usually found in :i
complete stock of drugs, chemicals, pcifum
ories, etc, But the feature par excellence-is
the soda fountain, ono of the famous Arctic
patent, an immenso affair, a monument reared
in marblo and silver to tho health of tha
thirsty. It has deliveries, on oppo.-itc siolc,
and can accommodate a rush. it i steel ed
with Kissengon, Congress, Vichy, Seltzer ai.d
different kinds of syrups. The cooling appar
atus i the most perfect in use, and tho pi fa
duct of that fountain a draught that sur asses
"tho nectar of tho gods."
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