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to i- i.i MMan jaMgwaggT I-WEEKL j.nai . . VT Tol 1. ASTORIA, OREGH, TUESDAY M0EMG, AU&UST 5, El 1. 16. ASTORIIK THE ASTORIAff. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, Monitor Building, A?toria, Oregon. I. C. IREIiAXB ...Proprietor Subscription Rates: Ono Copy onoyoar. - S5 00 One Copy six months 3 00 Ono Copy three months - 1 50 &J Single Number", Ten Cents. -2a Advertising Rates : Ono Insertion persquarc, 10 lines or le?7...S2 o0 Each additional Incrian, per square 2 00 YoHxly adv'ts per month, per square 1 50 Agents : . L. P. Fisher, 20 and 21 New Merchants Ex change, is authorized to act as Agent for the AisTORivN in San Francisco. Any friend who feel" an intorcst in the pros perity of this region, is authored to act as Agent for this paper, in procuring subtciibors. CITY INTELUGENCE. S. IN" Arrigoni advertises a sleeve button, of Bolivia gold coin, "which lie has lost, and is very anxious to recover. Stave Bolts. The bark Free Trade is owned in San Francisco by a firm that con sumes about 11,000 cords of stave bolts annually in the manufacture of -wooden ware, etc., and she is only enabled to carry annually from this region aboutlSOO cords. She arrived in the river July 17th and left yesterday, loaded with 275 cords from tlse vicinity of Cathlamet. The cargo is con signed to Flint, Peaboay & Co. Nehalem Crops. "We are very cert ain that no region of country 3'et discover ed can compare with the Nehalcm valley for line crops. The oats hare grown to a height of from six to seven feet ; wheat as high as a man's shoulder, with heads from three to seven inches long. Mr. 11. L. Jones, "who called upon us yesterday, as sures us that a pound of seed produces nearly a bushel of grain. He drilled in six pounds of wheat, and will have about five bushels for seed from it. Good tor Master Johnny. Master John Brown, a youth of this city who has already followed the sea for a living, was placed on board the British ship Middle hex while she was under charge of Deputy United States Marshall "Williams, and it is said he deported himself in a manner becoming the dignity of that high office. Johnny is less than eighteen years of age, and it may with safety be said none sc young was ever before known to command. a 11U0 ton ship loaded with a valuable cargo of grain lor Liverpool. Revenue Boat. Tlie new revenue boat, constructed for the use of the custom house officials at this port, now proudly floats on, the waters of our bay, and the d$ep humiliation of the officers, waiting fos a ships boat to come ashore and take them-, on boardjwhen necessary to make an infection, is removed Let us hfopo that- this is the beginning of a-.new em in affairs to dawn upon Asioria as a port of entry, by supplying the needful appliances to keep up some show of respect in the oye of the public The new craft has a-set of colore, and will soon be provide with sails and rigging. Ladies' Fair. Spiritual Hall was thrown open last evening for the first part of the fair got up by the ladies of the Catholic phurch of Astoria in, aid of the construction of the- edifice begun in this city. The fair is really a credit to the ladies, Mrs. S. 2$. A-rrrgoni, Mrs, A. S Mercer, Miss Fannie and' Miss Emily Ar- nsroni, Mi.s Jennie Clino, Mrs. Sarah. Vood, Mis Belle W elch, and others who have taken an active part, anc? wo trust their efforts will be liberally rewarded, as fit appears they will be. The- tables are nicely arranged, and very many fine ar ticles are on sale. The Hall will be open again this evening and to-morrow even ing,, and everybody in the city should pa tronize the fair. The Hall has been hand somely decorated, and it is about as pleas ant a place to spend an evening as we know of. A Staunch Tug. The new steam tugl being, built in this city by Spedden Bros,, h rapidly approaching the finishing strok es ol the builders haninjer. She is a model for staunchness a'nd ,&eryiQe. Her size is fifty-six feet length', seventeen feet beam,, anuVsix and-ono half -feet depth of 'hold. The btem and :sterrij. posts are twelve by fourteen inches in size j deck beams eight by ten inches j frame ribs six by eight inclies; outside planking three inches thick; inside two and one half inches ; kelson ten by twelve, bolted and fastened to the keel t twelve by fourteen inches, with eighty-five bolts of iron. The knees are of tide land spruce, and she is proyjdea with clamps between the timbers eight inches bquaro. The engines are Tjuilding for her at the Oregon Iron; Atks&iiiO Portland, ten inch cylinders, with return-tubular boiler, and when she is Jautfched she will be tow ed up theViver to receive it. The boat re flects credit upon the'"uilders. Clifford Snedden "planned and l&icT her off. She -Sii D.!t i .. tft nrvh ' rru v.:i Will COSU,ULOUl. $J.U,VW. 1. J-iiu uuuuiiig ui this tug .prores that;atileRstfone4 vessel' should iltmrtocyfergyar. : Shipping Intelligence. The water front of Astoria presented a lively scene Saturday evening. "Within half an hour eight steamers were in sight under way. 1. The Ajax, leaving for San Francisco; 2. The United States light house tender Shubrick, landing at the wharf from San Francisco ; 3. The steam er Dixie Thompson coming in from Portland ; 4. The Mary Bell leaving for Skipanon ; 5. The Varuna arriving from Cape Disappointment, Unity, and Port Stevens ; G. The Merrimac, leaving for Cathlamet bav; 7. steamer Annie Stewart foing alongside the shirj Middlesex; . Tne bar tug Astoiia coming in to her berth. It was a picture for a painter, and we would like to hare had Garrigan here to see it. Besides these steamers there were various small sailing craft darting here and there, coming into and departing from slips, and two large cjass ships riding at anchor in the bay , The scene may be taken as an indication of what the future of Astoria is to be. The bark Pree Trade arrived from Cath lamet bay in tow of the Merrimac Sunday evening, and proceeded to sea yesterday morning in tow of the tug Astoria. Shubrick Arrived. The United States light-house tender Shubrick, with Capt. J. H. Spotts, of the United States 2Javy, light-house Inspector, on boarcl, on a tour of inspection to all the light-houses and fog stations of the Thirteenth district, steamed into this harbor Saturday even ing from San Prancisco, and left for up the Columbia river yeterday afternoon. The Shubrick is officered as follews: Capt. J. H. "Winship, Lampist; Guss M. Jessen, Master; Mr. Giddings, 1st Officer; Mr. "Worden, 2d Officer; Mr. 1ST. Nightingale. Chief Engineer; Walter Scott, Assistant Engineer; and eighteen men. They will visit Portland before returning for their departure North. A Postal card note from O. P. Mason, Esq., informs us that he will visit Astoria on professional business this week. Mr. John Holjson, of the firm of Hob son & "Warren, of this city, has gone to lillamook county lor a band of lat cattle. Capt. George Pease, "W. A. Holbrook and several other visitors at the seaside, hastened to Portland yesterday on account of the fire. The schooners Adelaide, Capt. Lewis, and Pannie Bell were both in port yester day. They have been up to Cathlamet bay loading the Pree Trade. Prof. Hopkinson of Astoria will go to Tattoosh Island with th.e Shubrick for the purpose of completing some portion of the masonry at that point connected with the steam log whistle. "We learn from T. J. "Wiiiship, of the United States light-house tender Shubrick, that all lights in the Thirteenth District are to be furnished with the Punk float lamps, at an early date. The schooner Elenora yesterday brought over for D. K. "Warren, a quant ity of tide land hay from G. N. Daggett's. It is pionounceda !No. 1, and proves the quality of that kind of grass when cured and baled by experienced hands Mr. Holladay has started in to make the Seaside (Clatsop county) resort, famous throughout the land and he will soon be gin the.work for extending the house next season, increasing the dimensions by an addition of two hundred feet to the present building. "We of this region now, 'more than ever, feel the necessity of telegraphic-connection with the outside world. The sus pense and anxiety of the ucople here after the first news of the tire m Portland was received Saturday eveningtuntil something more particular came to hand, may better be imagined than described. -One of the finest pieces of handiwork we have. examined for many days wan shown us at Gape Disappointment a few, days ago consisting of a a Chequer andJ xmcKgumro.Qu uoara, wuicn is oemg. made Thy Mr. John Pry, of Company H., Pourth Artillery. The board, is of black walnut, inlaid with white Alaska cedar, with borders of Yew. woodbind Singapore teak. "We understand that Mr. Pry is making it to be presented tto one of his friends. The lucky possessor will certainly prize it. . The expenses attending the loading of, the British ship Middlesex, and the Ame rican ship Confidence, now here complet ing cargoes for Europe, willgreatly exceed what they should have been had the ves sels not attempted to go up the riyer. And tliis excess ot costs is an actual loss. ,A Benefit in fact to nobody, but the pYoduc- era naveito aear .iu vv auu proper -imrgus are ftmployed, and grain-warehouses' are occupied Astoria, xne saving will Jcry, nate'rialr ro "thqt ,mterestsr of ' the whole FROM THE ASTORIAN EXTRA, SATURDAY EVENING. Portland in Flames! 1 tf PropBrty-Full Particulars, So far as Km! FIRST DISPATCH: T-A-SAWER TO C. H. LEWIS! Asteria: Office, August, 2, 187& The Dixie Thompson from Portland brings news this afternoon of a fear ful destruction of property in that city by fire which commenced at 4.30 a. m. in. the furniture Store of Hurgren and Shindler, corner of Sal mon and Pirst streets. Mr. C H. Lewis, of the firm of Al len (Si Lewis, was a passenger by the steamer, and received the following dispatch at Kalama, from Mr. T, A. Savier : Portland, August 2, 1S73, 8.45 a. m. C. H. Lewis- Pire spreading; all business suspended!, Vaughn's mill; Knapp, Bur rell & Cos warehouse; jorthrap & Thomp son's store; Everding & FerrelPs store; and "Walker's mill are gone. Puss house is now burning; St. Charles hotel in dan ger, tsigneo) T. A. AVUi.K. The- Puss House, (burning), is full six blocks from "Walker's Mill (gone), Vhicli will" give-some idea olths ex tent" of the conflagration- Hurgren & Shindler' s establishment where the fire started, is about midway be tween those points, one block fartfter removed from the river. It is a terrible- blow to Portland more destructive,-we fear,., in propor tion to tlic places), than either that of Chicago ou Boston. THE NEWS ON SUNDAY. Mr. J. M. Bloomfield arrived from Kalaina Sunday, August 3d, . by the Merrimac from Cathlamet. He left Kalama by the Fannie Troup on Sat urday. The latest news received at Kalama (10.30 a. m.), stated that the fire was still spreading, and 22 blocks were destroyed, up to that hour. We await futher details with a dread of the result. THE VERY LATEST. The Emma Hayward arrived' here at 4.15 p. m. yesterday;. The- Orego nihn contains a diagram of the burnt district, wThieh extends along the river front from Clay. street to the open space burned out last December between the International Hotel and the American Exchange. Eight blocks on the river side of Front were- destroyed, from John P. Walker's mill to the International which in- cluds the. Puss House,., Geo. Aber nethy's Store, Everding & Ferrell's store, Metzger's Glue works, Jones Co's CofFeQ and Spice works, Walter MofFett's wharf and vtfrehpusej G.$V.; Vaughn's fine brick flouring Mill, Besser's steam Saw Mill, W. F.- "Wil cox's Stair factory,' a'r6w of wooden buildings owned by ' Joseph ' Knott, and Walker's large'Sash, blind and, door factorv. -, 1 ay 1 e. of Front street iaJT.vAl x. i-om iav7s .wagon fabVorvT'DavidyLonnarte's foundrv nm Patton Hoiis.eretropolisHolelfl).r. Clay' to' Tarnliill streets thgre .was, not a. buildinVavkL "Weathorford's drug store, John Lake's tin store, and a large number of other buildings. From Yamhill to Jefferson street, ten blocks are wholly burned reach ing Westerly to the East side of Sec ond street. In this tract was located several expensive buildings, includ-ing-Emil, Lowenstien & Co.'s furni ture establishment, C. S. Silvers store, Smith Bros, foundry, the Ice works, Elisha Corbett's fashion stable, and over one hundred other places 'of business. These accounts show that in all about twenty two blocks were destroyed. The Bulletin says the scene on Front street at 7 o'clock was most painful. Families who had been driven hurriedly from their homes were seated on the side walks north of Taylor street. Several had saved a few articles of furniture and apparel, but many waited until the last moment thinking their place woidd be fortunate enough to escape, and they were devoid of almost everything, some even having no m$ro raiment on them, than would cover their body. By seven o'clock the entire- upper portion of the city seemed, a vast cloud o& fixe, and its roaring. was loud er than that of a Niagara- The heat was so great that pigeons flying high in the air in terror dropped dead on the ground. The firemen were strug gling manfully everywhere, butnear ly three hours of the most arduous labor had completely exhausted them. Barges were towed alongside Car ter' s wharf, and large quanties of merchandise and household articles wTere placed aboard them, and each as soon as filled was towed to the middle of the stream... Everything that could float was utilized in. fact, and made to do good service. The descriptions of the. scenes- are appaling. Portlandjias indeed suffered but will rise again. Many of .the leading citizens have already taken- hole) of the matter with a viewr of soliciting aid from abroad.which will no doubt ha, cheerfully contributed? inas much as Portland in prosperous times lias always manifested the disposi tion to aid other cities in-time of dis tress like this. The Portland Fire department give the Salem boys the honor of saving the St. Charles Hotel,, and thereby saving hundredsJbf thousands, of. dol lars, that would surely have -been, swept away- They came down from the Capital by the Oregon and Calir fornhi railroad 57.inilesr Jn one hour and eight minutes. The Vancouver boys, were brought .overall short time; by the Oneatta. . The loss is estimated a 1,15S,675, by the oregonian; insurance $231,030 loss above insurance $827,625. But few accidents occurred con sidering the magnitude of the fire. Mr. Sam Lowenstein was severely hurt on the head by a falling hook) and the injuries will perhaps prove fatal. Tnomas Johnson and E. D. Backenstos were also injured badly. A private letter from a gentleman of Portland to his wife, visiting in this.city. contains the following : The fire we had in December last was as very siaall affair compared with .this one That burned over three blocks,tkis one over tw.enty. It; started., in Hurgren & Shindler's furniture store at aquaiterafter four in the morning, .and we did not get it under control until nearly noon. It burn ed ever outh and most son and Tamhill streets were very much injured, some burned and many torn down. E very-one Ipetween those streets vmoved, cut andagseat many north of and' -hoe store was not burned,, but most ythinjr clean from Yamhill street Mrs. McGibeny wero doing finely tjiere, td Clay and back to Second street j h.avInS kc,,a b,"Sin Sacml. -onwh . of the buildings between Morri- ,... t,v wWirh the Children JULomson on jpuv-t movea.. ,'e savea ine-j -aiunsQn'tf lamuy iai evening, imirmng St. Charles Hotel, Dut'tit is in ?a very de- r Astoria id-dtiy by the stumer VarunaV1 moralized state alsdorthrup &$tioinp- "'.-Jrhere arc four nupils at the schoyffor . sm'sBpnyrpnajaiphill, the olind (aught in'Salem bv Misimi'. x 'That block occupied by Reese as-avbooU SyU At the late term of the sehoof W4 -f ?.- TV- L . . J -TT J It I of the block was torn down. The Congre gational church was saved, but everything between that and- the river was burned, including the new brick Engine House, the two steam saw-mills, "Walker's plain ing mill, "Vaughn mill and 34 other houses belonging to him, Moftett's brick and. wharf, etc. etc It is a sad sight to walk, over the burned district and see the vat: amount of property destroyed estimated at one million of dollars. The worst feat ure of it is that it has thrown over 2000 people out of employment and many of. them out of house and home E ver3Tthing gone Every street from the Court Houae back to Eight i lined with furniture Another bad feature is, that there were -probably one half of the city exposed tb SmalLPox There is no uc in denying it Tho city is recking with it, particularly the Chinese quarter Men. were running, around the streets with it and'their bed ding was thrown into the streeto thereby exposing thousands The fire is supposed to be Incendi ary as fire was set in several places- during, the day. One man -was caught in the act, and chased into a burning building by the Police where he was burned. His bones were found this morning. Others were arrested and are now in jail includ ing one woman. A torpedo was thrown into the tow er of the Odd Fellows' building, but was found and. put out. . I never done such a days' work in all my life, as I did yesterday. Eat nothings until late -in the afternoon, and was. so tired last night and nervous that I. could; not get to sleep until morning,. To-day I am as sore as though I had 'been pounded, with a club. "Wherever" we had a riskn building, or stocks of goods, I was there, helping pack and giving directions. Some of our in- sured were so excited and crazy that I had to take their keys away from them, and take charee of their stores Our company was very fortunate,' as the most of our risks were in the heavy business portion of the city Our loss will bo very small com pared with some of the otfier companies You will get something of an idea of the fire by reading this but you can never realize it, until you come to see it City Election. Tho nit election under the amended charter for Municipal Officers in this city came off yesterday. Three tickets were in the field, and l30 votes were cast. Follow Fellow Follew ing: ia tft result; FOR MAYOR "W P Kippen 51 A.TanDuson ,...)0 James "Welch 2U FOR COGN'CILMES. C. S. Wright 2j W. W. Pnrker WO Granville Kood . - John.llobsonf - ' C. H. Pako '' F.Perrell OS G. Davidson " M. Jlogprs , , J- II. 3. Aiken J J. ,WoIth 1 - " FOR-RgCORDEB. Chferlcs Stevens 12'3 FOR TREASURER. , David Ingnlls 123 FOR COMMISSIONER. " ' ' E. A, Taylor. : . 32 . JameyW. Welch $ John fcdollot .-... 2J FOR MARSHALL. William Chance V William liaymond - Ul Several votes were cast for Mr. Chance for StreetCommissioner, but he was not a candidate,. jvnd declined the honors. Politics did not enter into the contest at all, but some considerable work was done for favorites. The result is generally satisfactory to all parties we belieye, t A atasical Society was organized at Oysterville on Monday evening1 la?t, with about thirtyy members. Hon. Miles Standiih Grivwold wa chosen President ; Mrs. John Crellen Vice President ; Mn. I. A. Gfark Secretary, and F. C. Davi- Treasurer. Our informant say, Prof, and ev every, afternoon, and with the soch-ty , every' evrning. They would conclude their j visit-'with a eonteit Satin day evenirgVa'' nraisemoetino- Sunday evoniner. visit Caoe Di-ai)pointmont raud reipaiiv with Mr., mutes twenty-right were hxnttendance. r