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01 wwatj?1 v-J?"- """ vr'.Ml i.K9- V-" 3eyat,. m'L-jg--Mtr--' - t!i9,rit a.-$ :? TEI-WEEKLY Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Sept, 4, 1873. No. 29, Tol. 1. mum i ' ii wiiii "in i inrr i i ' -' - - j iwaHK ?'..' "21 " '-i-yjeiaM ASTOKlHl THE ASTOUIAff. FtJBLlSnKt) EVERT TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, Monitor Building, Aftoria, Orogod. IKG.IRSKAXB ...proprietor Subscription Kates: Qno Copy onoycar. ,..u...i" V'J qq Quo Copy six months , -q Uno Copy threo months.....-.....-."----- - x CS-Single Number, Ton Cents, "a Advertising Bates: Ono Insertion porsqunre, 10 linos or less...S2 SO Koch additional Insertion, per square 2 00 Yearly adv'ts per month, per square 1 60 Agents t L. P. Fisher, 20 and 21 Now Merchants Ex change, is authorized to act as Agent for the A4Tnitiv' in San Franci?co. Any friend who feels an interest in the pros perity of this regloh, Is authorized to act as Agent for this paper, in procuring subscribers. CITY INTEIXXGENCE. jwt understand the Idado is to make a special trip here soon. Mr. F. C. Carr of this city is lying very ill at his residence from a sud den: attack. Our Public School opened on Monday with the attendance of over one hundred pupils. The bark Sarah Scott, from this port last February loaded with grain for Liverpool arrived at that port on the 5th ult. The County Court was in session all of yesterday, Judge Moffitt presiding,-and commissioners Hill and McGuire present. The second lot of Oysters from Shoalwater bay arrived here last Tuesdaj' The business promises to be good tnis winter. Several -good situations are open to active young men in this city who may desire an education and would ibe willing to "chore" for board, while attending a course of studies xjither at our Public or private schools. We met a gentleman yesterday who has a job of winter wood sawing he wanted done, and he informed us .that he could find nobody willing to ' .doit unless it was chinamen, Where .are the idle boys and men? The steamer California, Capt Hayes, left for Puget Sound and Sitka loaded to her full capacity. She left .enough to load the Gussie Telfair, sind that steamer is expected to sail to-day for the same ports. -Business begins to loom up in Astoria, and if all the contemplated improvements here ire started tnib fall mechanics and laborers will be -in .greater demand than ever. Six wharf petitions avere presented to the Council Tuesday evening, nd the Board were not -able -to complete the business on the table., but a5jQiirned -until the next evening. Common Council Proceedings. A regular meeting of the City Council was held at the Council room Tuesday evening, Mayor Kippen presiding. Present, Messrs. Terrell, ranter, xagej Heed and "Wright. Minutes of the previous meeting were ronr! anil nnnroved. The special committee on rules for the government of the Board reported a set which were read and adopted. Pitition of Col. James xayior ana i ennintns for nermifchion to construct a wharf from "West Ninth street, to run North to 24 feet depth of water, thence Easterly along the edge of the channel nomfliosnmft dentil of water to the center of "West 8th btreet, was referred to the committee on .streets and public prop erty with instructions not to report until a burvey of the harbor can De naa. Petition of Capt. Bichard Hobson for permission to construct a wharf in front of lot three, block live, to run. w me bup channel in the Columbia river, with priv- elege to collect, wharfage on mercnanuibu etc., landed, was referred to the same com mittee without instructions. Petition of F. Ferrell for the prmhge of i. i.: A rAAnrr in "hi nresent consirucuug uuu. uui, v - r- -wharf, commencing at a point in the cen ter of West Ninth street, running thence in a straight line with his present whart, lor tne space oi atj r vVp r feet wide in a northerly direction to such point as may he established as the wharf line of the town of Astoria, thence West about tfou leet oy u iet iu v. f". " tersection with the East end pf block 5 , Olncy's Abtoria; also asking that that por tion of West Ninth street, already wharv t -.i ; , .i,iii "ho rfporrnized as a i , A . 4Vnm tVift onntemnlated rouuwiiy "wi" " 'L.rorA Pp x. -u XmnnrMMxi withm 60 davs. was referred also to the same committee without instructions. Petition of H. B. Parker, and Col. James Taylor for permission to 'build a 1 xill .!.? nnmcc fh Nnrth find OI lots one and two, block seven, wharf not to be leas than tnirty xeet m wmi V'"" and South, and to extend on tho. front from the Tange of East line ol lot two, was reisrreu w uic aui v. -- Petition of Ben Holladay by J. G. Hus tler acent, for permission to roof over the North Pacific Transportation Company 'a -, e . t vr.v. ari nf Main street. leaving an open space of thirty feet for city purposes, was referred to the same commm.ee. CHAMBER 0$ COMMERCE Pursuant to notice members" of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce assembled at the rooms of that organ ization Tuesday afternoon, ana com pleted the incorporation. Nearly the whole of the stock was subscribed, and the shareholders elected a xsoara of Directors as follews: Col. James' Taylor, D. K. Warren, Capt. J. H. D. Gray, A. S. Mercer and B. C. Ireland. The Directors met immediately after these proceedings and chose tne 101- lowing officers for tiie ensuing yeai, President, D. K. Warren; Vice Pres ident D. C Ireland; Secretary & S. Mercer; Treasurer Dr. S. Kinsey. Thp. Board was well attended, and the session lasted from z p. m. until nearly 5 d1 clock. Short addresses were made by Judge Philo Callender, Judge Moffitt, Messrs. I. W. Case, Dr. xrtnaaxr. Jampfl Wftlp.h. Cant. Gray mi,Bi'" v : . '. , . . and D. C. Ireland, all tending to a consolidated effort in behalf of Asto ria' as the future great city of the north west. It was shown that whenever the Courts, Legislature, or even Con gress, desire to know anything con- rprninp the commerce oiuregon, As toria is called upon to furnish the facts and figures, and it is for the pur pose Of collating, publishing, and dis- seminating abroad, statistics oi wns character, with a view of attracting attention to this port, and correcting errors concerning it, that the Astoria Chamber of Commerce is organized and estauiisueu. A report was received from Messrs Case, - - a o . nnmmiMoo fmnfYinLeu lirav ana John J. Valentine, esq., General nnerintendent of Wells Fargo & 0$. -express business, on this coast, arriv ed last evening intending to spend jx few days in this part of the coun try. Accompanied by Mc. A. Van l)usen, agent at Astoria, lie visited the Seaside last evening, going hj the VarunaC They .will jeturn this .evening. was received trom .aiessrs yuse. Snow, a committee appointed by Astoria Fire Company jSo. 1, asking the Council to purchase for the use of said fire Company 40 fire buckets, four light strong ladders, etc., with hooks, spikes, etc. was reierreu iu wc ww and water. . , . nrt m, :i nnmmUfaa ornnintP.fl tO se- loot room for use of the Council, reported favorable to fitting up rooms in the house of Astoria Engine Company No. 1, in connection with the Company. -r o -NT a :; too-rrrnntftd license for two billiard tables at the wine room of the Occident Hotel. . Petition of the Astoria Farmer's Ware house Company, presented at a previous meeting was taken form the tabl, and discussed. , ,. m nr-.. " . a g -rrtwnr rh .Tames Tay- i a td "violi hv -nermission ol the Council, addressed the Board upon the subject. . , , ... Pending this discussion upon the bill which wa? read a first time, the whole matter was referred to the committee Proposals for filling the mterscction of Benton and Concomly streets were open ed, and the contract awarded to J?. &ner man for the sum of $194 00. . Council adjourned until last evening at 7 O'CIOCK. The parlor entertainment given Vv Indies of Astoria at Spiritual Hall Tuesday evening, was largely attend ed, and the well prepared programme was enacted in a highly satisfactory manner. Such amusements mignt be given frequently with profit to all. The ladies succeeded so weu this time we hope they will try again. The ship Boswell Sprague from this port for Liverpool with wheat last winter, is reported at Valparaiso July 15th discharging for repairs. The Boswell Sprague encouutered a severe gale on trie passage, some ac count of which we published. MtSCEliliNEoftS ITEMS A Boston paper comforts bathers with the assurance that " Sharks are now plentiful off the Massachusetts south shore.' ' Tt is said of some of the prisoners in the New York Tombs that they are men of many trials, out tney seem likely to survive them all. A Western pugilist says he has lived near a river all his life and never went in swimming. He must be one of the " heavy weights." A hero of Kock Island, 111., has challenged, the Mayor of the city to fight with scythes. This must be an edifying example of Scythian cus toms for the citizens. George March, Paymaster of the iron works at New Albany, Ind., is omrmcr th a latest defaulters. He was anrnminent church member, much respected, active in charities, enjoy ed everybody's confidence, etc Southerners are quite numerous at Cape May, it being the nearest con-fiidp. rftsorfc for them. The ladies are easily detected by their beauty, and the gentlemen by their sang froid, somewhat careless costumes, and huge sombreros. Thp. two murderers who were hAiHTAd in Baltimore the other day are reported to have ascended the scaffold, "beaming with smiles," Some of their beams, it is stated, were preserved by the Sheritt, to oe used in the construction of a new gallows. Tnntnrprs on tdirenolocy who subsist on collections taken up among their audiences, had better keep nwnv from Louisville, where the hat is filled with nails, peach stones, but- Whian'is Something Bare foroboc. Just thirty years ago this summer, a little child three years old, was playing on the stoop of its father's house, in Quebec The house was in Richardson street, and in what-are known as St. Boch suburbs. For some, ii v;iit. mireowflsftntof the reason uiecuim duui .. g way for a time, and no one kept watch of its movements. When the famijj came to look for the little one, a grep favorite with them all, it was gonj. Inquiries were instantly madein every direction, but in vain. Weeks months, and years rolled away, and fK nhild -wjis unheard of. Ateflas? the family mourned their txeasurpS dead. One morning lastjMay afgen tleman went from Quebec to Mon treal, and", being in the latter city, stepped into a shop to ouy a nai. This gentleman was a friend of the family who had lost the child, and whose name was Bichard. He ob served, on entering the shop, that fT,o vnor'c name was Richmond. This trifling and partial coincidence would have made no impression had he not noticed a surprising resem blance between Richmond, the hat ter.andthe Richard family in Que bec Going home to his lodgings, he-nrT-nfA th adventure to his mother, who lived in that town, and, after posting the letter, felt strongly re moved to return and cross-question-Richmond touching his orfgfru- This was done and to some purpose,- for Richmond declared that ne naa urcu reared from infancy by an Indian woman, whom he had been taught to regard as his mother. She had al ways been kind to mm, uuu uy isfilled witn nans, peucu atunco, - wnyD uc -- - tons and bananas. Chiropodist, how- until her death-bed, confessed the i i oUxr without. r n,f ah had stolen him from ms A very powerful donkey engine to be used in the pile-driver being pnnst.rnc.tP.d for the Astoria Farmer's Warehouse Company, arrived on the steamer Tuesday from San Francisco. This all means business, evidently. Mr. Thomas Smyth and wife were Mfln,T0 hv the schooner Louise y"o- J - , . ..,. r Morrison, which lelt uysiervme San Francisco on Sunday last, aney go to remain in California. The United States paid $7,000,000 fnr Sitka, and vet it becomes neces sary to ship hay from Oregon to keep cattle alive, after they are imported there for soldiers beef. Tim hnrkftntine Portland, con- i&tructeaatSinipson,sshlPftl:dNorth Bend, Coos bay, was successfully launched on the 23d ult. From in fflt;nn o-Wnp.d urivatelvt we are informed that she is a perfect beauty busy. The Columbia River Manufac turing Company dispatched the brig OrientTuesday with200,OQ0 feet as sorted tember for the San Francisco market To-day the schooner Supe- :n !,. wif.ii oon.000 feet, and Tl fir" VC M 1 I 1 .llldjl. II AW- --' i - on Monday the Webfoot will clear with 400,009 feet Besides this Mr. Kinsey, General agent and Superin tendent of the company nas fMauniB .engaged for one ship foreign, .and is ju want of another vessel ior tuc cuu Francisco market. Since his arrival hfire tSie Knappton mills are kept ThA lumber for the Astoria Two distinguished professors, who have been for some time past oc cupied exploring the northwestern territories, are called " bone sharps" by the avidity with which they col lected fossil remains. jt is suggested that railroad trains in Iowa, infature, be provided with a mitrailleuse, and an experienced gunner to work it, as a protection against the possiointy oi unuwici curence similar to that which took place there. ever, never leave the city without ducats. OnA of the workmen in the Ports mouth Navy Yard in going from his wnrt 1fitp.lv droDDed his dinner bask et and dropped a quantity of Govern ment copper. An order being given to weigh the copper in tne yaru, iu was discovered that not less than six tons were missing. Onp fine evening, not long since, a brilliant company that had assem bled in a Roman theatre to witness a new play, felt more astonished to see a lady dressed in the extreme Yioi-triif. nf fashion, blue from the bows on her towering, well-powdered coif fnpp. to the diamond-decked shoes on her tiny feet, enter one of the first I boxes with a "skip and jump," fol lowed by a number of young men m full uniform and evening .dress. Her extravagant style and general " loudness" soon betrayed ner iden tity, and the name of Cora Pearl be gan to be whispered about the nouse. All -eyes were upon her, and she ooAmAfl to eniov the sensation, for, learning far out of her box, she shook vor fon and smiled to her acquain tances, while the ladies glanced at her in astonishment, and tne men razed at her liberally displayed charms. All the while sue Kept up a loud and impudent chatting with her fact that she had stolen him from his parents' door when he was an infant and brought him into the forest a mong her own red brethren and raw- ed him for her own. xx j Dame she said she had forgotten, but gave him the name of " Richmond" as something like it. After the squaw's death, the young man went onT, d tried to find his peo- . r v it pie. But the change oi name,, his own extreme ignorance and great simplicity, and the probable absence at the timer of his parents, prevented his success. Afterward he made his way to Montreal, and got into tne trade he was following when discov nA Tho fltorv was ouickly convey ed to the Richard family, and the mother came to Montreal, where, by certain birth marks, known to her self, she was able to corroborate the .i-xsi. f, irmfr-lost child. The process, being the opposite of that employed with an equally mysterious hatter in "Box and Cox," is pro nounced entirely satisfactory by the Poo;n -Ass. whichis consequent ly in the enjoymeutof a sensation of strictly home manufacture, combined x.u ti i-n tat merit of strict veracity- If a hatter, with anything like lyric propriety, can be transformed into - . wa have here the structure of an opera at least as good as that of loud and impudent chatting with her ,,Bohemiaxi Girl," and enterprise admirers in the box, which, as soon . . compOBers Bhould hasten and 'the best buflt craft ever it up Farmers Warehouse will begot out on this coast. When completed sue will cost the V.iilders about- $40,000 We have evidences of the superior -rade of crafts that can ue conbtruci- at Knappton. The Oregonian learns that the Webfoot has completed her cargo of grade of crafts that can oe conrucir lmnber at Kliappton. Capt. Uage edof Oregon fir, in the Melancthon, i wU1 De pleased to hear it, no doubt. Oregon ete.d of ft cjr sui , - canacitv nun yr r . . K Sadv in western New lorK I . " . m ,1 nnf 1. Wnmncthe nostoince uewiiinciii. cause no one came to her picnic She issued a bushel or soot invitations, a UnA cmt thft (rrounos, music, Ctu., . n ,-noriv. hut no one came. Puzzled I a ,.wnnr1 bp.vond measure, she .f frT1-.A Tos"t-office and found that all her invitations had been sent o tfio novnltv had worn off, became an intolerable nuisance to the well-bre-d audience. So while Cora was lauging her loudest, a gimand gigan tic gendarme appeared in rue uua, and informed her that the syndic of the city had required her to return to her lodgings. This she did, re luctantly; but next day, unabasnea and loud as ever, she astonisneu aim aroused the good Romans oy numg .. , !..-. t.. --rn.,i voctprriftv lecai ..fehall 1.MI th'e.ippcawnco ortl.pi.oru. 10 j --j ya ins native composers should hasten to make use of so promising au xuui0 enous growth. Tho lovers of "a good glass of Port wine" will rejoice to hear that the vintage of 1873 promises to be one of the most remarKaDie uw-i, been known for many years. We refer to black currants. T.hA rpsults of Miss Faithful's re- rtTn1n LraLTsp enXr e .cent viSit to this country are four out in au nerauoui i . , . .!,!, !,;. now delivcnng throughout, even to ner poou.e uug, ; -- Mlowin28ub;cctS: which lxad heeu ayea over : u -- -- ' ..r,, ..p,,. But he paid dear y terms aaonmen ii- "r Orators. Amcr. for. disgusted with tne azure wnge.ui " "" "." r;-v'-vr -.. . . . Ito&e dead-letter office hecanSe;theviui u v iron-whitehair JZr- -i iinnca r -ii':iii inn iim viiw .i. . . . Tn, i ii, noiSduo'us dyclcIUedhi.tf.'l iW bir -a one instead ot a ,two-uuiiu ! and the poisonous dye ! kilied'himV iQS V,- if- .ifT .fi--ai,V."-tcrSWlUi prou-l sat--7ienuera .-. , 1 stamp, as required by law. iafaction. 1ILII11. Ill btivnv " I ... L-ri L at S5.