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I. C IREtAXJ :.. .EDITOR
SATUBDAT....'..--.-. .vAEa 27. 1876.
A relic of the days of '43, has been
removed for a modern building at Ore
gon Gity.-
The Grand Lodge, I.- 0. 0. F. ap
pointed R.W. Grand Representatives,
A. G. "Walling of No. 15; long term
and H. G. Struve of No. 6, W. T.,
short term.
We shall part regretfully with
Dr. Dillon, editor' of the" Advocate,
who will shortly be relieved by a new
editor selected by the General Con
ference at Baltimore.
Capt. Eugene Millett of Austin,
is the cattle king of Texas.
He has some fifteen thousand head of
stock cattle on his ranch in Baylor
county, and many thousands on the
trail.
Col. Jos. S. Buckle, formerly of
this State, died at Washington City
this week. Col. Buckle was one of
the most enterprising men Oregon ev
er claimed, but he came here 20 years
too early for success. He was univer
sally esteemed, will be sadly mourned.
The Semi-Weekly Telegram,- a
neat and newsy sheet just started in
Independence, Polk county, Oregon,
has encouraging words about the
crops in that vicinity. It says the
farmers, as a general thing, seem in
good heart and expect good crops.
Fall sown wheat looks well all over
the county, and the spring-sown, that
has Come
line.
up, is looking unusually
Tuesday next, May 30th, will he
remembered as Decoration Day
throughout the United States. Deco
ration Day becomes the sabbath of the
year. It is a legal holiday and all
business is suspended, stores are closed
and the whole population unite in
memorial ceremonies around the hero
headstones, of those who gave their
blood to the Nation's life.
rress dispatches the past few
days may be of interest to politicians,
but the general reader, seeking news,
is of opinion that the speculations
and intrigues to kill off Conkling
when the butchers meet on the 14th,
at Cincinnati, is tin indication that
jobbery continues to such extent as '
to create a stench in the moral atmosphere.-
It is evident to candid ,
minds that Conkling Is not in favor j
with the administration party, but:
Air. Blaine is. AVe do not believe
that the Cameron's will cast their in
iluence in behalf of Conkling, but
that all that has been said on the
subject of such disposal of the votes
of Pennsylvania delegates, has been
with a view to carry wrong impres
sions respecting the movements of
President Grant. The fight will be
between Blaine and Conkling, and if
Conkling is defeated Blaine will also
be very apt to share a similar fate
sooner or later.-
New York is waking up to the
importance of opening improved water-route
communication with the
great lakes, on peril of losing her com
mercial supremacy if that be not done.
The enlargement of the Erie canal
from Buffalo to the Hudson, even if
practicable, it is preceded by a leading
journal, will not avail to save NTew
York's trade with the great Northwest.
In view of the early completion of
the "Welland canal, it declares that,
to compete with it, the Oswego canal,
from Lake Ontario to Syracuse must . be .ldequate t0 the local tonage offer
be enlarged so as to pass vessels of the j in'gj which will be nillch larger than
greatest draft and length that can go usual this year; the brick trade alone
through the Welland canal, and that , employs a fleet of scow schooners,
corresponding enlargement of the Erie 1 The "square-toed" schooner has be
canal must be made from Syracuse to come popular for inland water car
ihe Hudson river at a point say twen- j riage. Thiskind of craft costsless,sails
tv miles below Albany, so that Tessels
from Chicago, after passing through
the Welland canal, will have as free
communication with. New York as
with Montreal.
The Blue-Water Vessels.
From the San Francisco Bnlletin.
Just before the harvest the Bay,
which had few ships at anchor three
uiuuuio.rou.iJ
monens ago, Degius iu uu up -vim
deep-water vessels. One by one they
come in, discharge their cargoes and
haul out into stream until the new crop
of wheat comes down from theinterior
Probably there will be more mer
chant vessels afloat in this harbor a
month hence than have been seen
here since '49, when the crews rushed
ashore, and left the ships to rot at
their anchorage. There will be
something above a million tons of
wheat for export this year. This
item alone would furnish freight for
a thousand medium-sized ships. We
observe that some of the estimates
put the crop for export at 1,500,000
tons. If we include ores, wool, wine,
and other articles, no doubt there
will be 1,500 cargoes within the next
six months for as many outward
bound ships.
Very few of these vessels which are
to earn this freight money are owned
in this part. Yet every year we
make some important addition to the
mpri'hnnf. flppf.. Thfi hpsfc American
ii;n. Rh?n. tnir Wp nil in nil. isthfi
'J""o ""M'l - i -
Western Shore, iich was built by
Captain Simpson at Coos bay. She is
entitled to carry the broom, or what
ever other emblems is expressive of
supremacy. Her recent record is a
surprisingly good one. She is not
only the best sailer, but is a good
carrier, turning out her cargo in good
order, Capt. Simpson, a Maine man,
with his lungs expanded by Califor
nia atmosphere, got it into his head
that as good a ship could be built at
Coos bay as any where else. There
was plenty of cedar and fir in that
region, and, lumber was cheap.
So he quietly drew his plans, went up
to Coos bay, and almost before the
public knew what was going on, had
J one of thebest wooden merchantships
in the world afloat. She is not only
good in the estimation of her builder,
but she has a long first-class rating.
At sea she is staunch and easy under
sail, and during a recent voyage flew
along in a gale with nearly all set, at
at the rate of about 300 miles a day.
for several days in succession. Of
course, under such a press of canvas,
every man was on the watch. It was
good sailing, such as experts can do
when the man at the wheel has an
i officer to watch him that ho makes
no mistakes, and that no spars are
1 carried away.
Now this is a long stride from the
point when the question was raised
as to whether any ship built out of
timber grown on this coast would be
worth having, to the point when the
best merchant ship in the world is
put afloat from this same timber.
The Pacific Slope recently built at
this port had also a high rating :
but we have yet to hear from her in
blue water. II or builder and owner
was satisfied with her, and good
judges who saw heron the stocks and
ready for sea pronounced her as good
a ship as ever sailed out of this port.
jbesiues tnese large snips we nave a
number of barkentines and brigs built
here which are first class vessels.
Probably the fastest sailing brig afloat
is the Nautilus, a regular packet be
tween this port and Tahiti. Her
average time is about as good as the
steamers make. The Nautilus was ,
built on th's coast and will probably
be a sound vessel fifteen years hence.
There are one or two large ships, we
believe, building up the coast, which
will probably be a afloat in a few
months. e have, also, a fleet of!
schooners, built; of fir and cedar,
which are large carriers and good sea
going vessels.
According to present appearances,
, the bay vessels now afloat will hardlv
about as well, and is a large carrier.
They are not handsome, indeed; their
lines, if they have any, are such as
will make the modern 3rachtman turn
iip ' his nose ;very'" "time". " As . for
yachts, we nave hardly yet anything
which would venture far out of sight
of land. The New York yachts sail
i nrrmnrl T.nnr Tsljind. or trn dnwn to
:, r,7. . . , . ,
the capes of Virginia, and occasional-
ly one or more stretches across the
ocean, bringing up at some European
port. The San Francisco yachts have
never ventured around the Farra-
lones, we believe, although two or
three of them are very well fitted
for outside sailing.
Letter From Shoalwater Bay.
South Bend, W. T. )
May 23d, 1S75. J
Editor Asteriax:
Since my last note, I find it
hard work to gather items of an in
teresting character, yet such as we
have we will give. The citizens of
South Bend and vicinity, have turned
their attention to matters of educa
tional interest, and went to work with
a will, and built a commodious school
house, and had a school in operation,
all within two weeks. House 20x30
with eighteen feet ceiling. The lum
ber and the site was gratuitously
furnished by John Wood & Co. , the
citizens furnishing means and muscle
ifor its completion. It wasa necessity,
there bein? no school house in the
district, and there are thirty children
large enough to go to school.
Business follows the old channels,
no hurry and bustle, yet considerable
is done. Since my last the schooner
Concordia loaded with ' oysters at
Bruceport for the Shoalwater Bay
Oyster Co. The schooner H. L.
Tiernan, Capt Mitchel, arrived here
this morning, and the Enterprise,
Capt. McAllep, this afternoon, to
load with lumber for Simpson Bros.,
San Francisco. These vessels aver
age about one trip a month, and carry
from 175,000 to 210,000 feet. The
mill here can keep tliree such schoon
ers employed.
Some enterprising parties on the
Wallapa have entered into con
tract with a party to cut a wagon
road from the Wallapa to the Cheha
lis near Claquato, paying $500 for the
work. When this enterrjrise is com
pleted, this place will be easy of ac
cess from all parts east and north, and
we hope to see a tide of emigration
turn this way for a time, until some,
at least, of our fertile valleys are pop
ulated. There is room, and employ
ment for many more persons than are
here now, and the great drawback is,
an e;isy and speedy communication
with the outside world.
More Jlsox.
"Hooray for Blain."
Some highly emotional Blaine man,
en route to Cincinnati by the steamer
yesterday evening, lying over at As
toria, indulged in the following out
burst of poetry on the subject of his
enthusiasm. Though we remember
to have read verses which, on the
whole, were more elegant, the author
has achieved one poetical exploit of
which he may well be proud. He
has conquered a difiicutly which has
heretofore baffled the most ingenious
political poetaster in the land. He
has found a rhyme for Conkling.
The poetry was written on a slate
which was broken into fragments,
and found on the steamship dock at
an early hour this morning ;
Hero's a health to tho man named Blaine now,
j 11U UiltlS liuiu iiiu uiuaiaiv ui AUUiiiv. nun .
.lliougu no iiaysuuu ikus uu
In his hair, but yet we
Will whooj)-er-uu well for lilaino now.
Xowaglasof small beer called 4'kronk" brinjj
Let us drink to the torso of Conkling.
Then we'll pull down our vest
And we'll build up in the west
A political bier for Conkling.
The schooner Jed. F. Duren,
which arrived in Calis recently, re
ports having sighted a small boat
containing three men, and in endeav
oring to rescue them the boat was
capsized and the men were lost. The
sea was running very high. It is not
known who the men were.
It is claimed that onPuget Sound
the actual expense of running a steamer
in the night is JL5 per cent, greater than
running during" the daytime.
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For fine.. and Artistic Photography, go to
Buchtel k Stblte, 91 and !)3.1'irst street,. Port
Taiid, the'only'urst class Gallery in.Uregon.! -
Mr. Charles Stoll has just opened
a larse and magnificent new stock of !
furniture at his store rooms on Main j
street. If any article is wanted in
the furniture line from the Elizabeth-,
ian styles to a plain wash stand, he
can till the bill. His store is a credit
to Astoria, and people ought to stand
in with him, in his efforts to keep pace
iron tne times. Jbaaies ana gentlemen, ,
friends and fellow citizens, - call and I
see this stock.
OCCIDENT HOTEL ARRIVALS.
ASTORIA, May 26, 1S7G.
Chas Adler S. F Dr S Hemenway Ft C.inby
J B Foster " JL Hepburn Jr. fain.
A S Powell Monmouth T S Edwards Springfield
EBidwell " LTLuper Junction
J H Hutchinson Portl'd Cyrus White Wallapa
Mrs G M Jessen and P Leary Jr Ft Stevens
children Portland Daniel Sutherland City
A Booth Chicago .Robert Carrutherc Ojs-
X Nelbon City terville
NEW TO-DAY.
N
TOTICE.
The public are hereby informed thai I
decline the nomination for county Cofo
nor tendered to me by the central com
mittee of the Independent party of Clat
jop county. C. STOLL.
Atoria, Mav 27, 1876
OILAS B. SMITH.
Attornev-at-Law.
ASTORIA, OREGON.
Oftico in Warren &. McGuire's building, op
posite Occident Hotel.
Eggs for Hatching.
WRITE LEGHORN E0WLS,
BAILEYS STOCK,
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
Non Sitters, Good Layers.
EGGS, $2 00 PER DOZEN.
Orders accompanied with cash or npproved
jawbone promptly attended to.
Da.v. J. INGALLS.
Astoria, Orogon.
Wht SiiVefcljj Durtwian.
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER:
THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR.
The Only Paper Published at the Sea-Port of Oregon
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SATUKDAT Mai 27. 1876.
LOOK AT TII1S.
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Three Copies of To-Dajslstorian,
CENTSJ
BSTWhichis Just Tho Thin?
send to your friends abroad.
to
Particular Notice. , j
Advertisements intended for insertion in
Tiik Astoui v.v should be handed in on Thursday-afternoon,
invariably, to insure their in
sertion tho following Saturday.
THE PEOPLE'S INDEPENDENT
Candidate for Joint Representative
from Clatsop and Tillamook counties, Capt L
II. D. Gray, will moot tho Citizen of Young3
River Precinct at the Grangers Hall, at 11 a.
m.,May'J7th.: Astoria Precinct at 8 p. m.;
Westport, Clifton, and Knanpa, if possible,
May 2Dth; Clatsop, at Pres. Church, at 1 p. ni.,
and expects to leave Astoria for Tillamook
with the steamer Gen. Canby. at 3 a. m.. May
lst. and will speak at lloquarton and Garri
baldi while there, returning to Astoria either
Thursday or Friday, June lt or 2d, and will
address a grand rally of citizens at Spiritual
11 alb Tho opposing candidates having been
challenged to meet him on tho stump, and giv
ing no definite answer, are again publicly in
vited to meet Capt. Gray at tho tlmo and pla
ces as above mentioned to discuss tho local and
political issues of the day, and tell what he
knows about farming.
RAISING REPUBLICAN CATTLE
AND DEMOCRATIC SHEEP.
The presence of ladies is specially invited.
J. O'-BUIEN,
N. KOFOED,
T. BR AM EL,
Ex. Committee.
THE MOST EXTENSIVE
SklifeX AXD
s--v.
j Can be fouml at
A fE. S. UARSEN'S
f k Main Street, '
NM Between Chenamus and
v P Squemoqha streets,
4 TT NC ASTOIU A, OREG ON.
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A girl to do gwierul hou(i work
Apply at Mks DAGGETT'S,
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TO LET.
A larso front room '21 slnrv will bo let
.at-jcasonablo rates. Anplv at
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THIS OFFICE.
LOST.
A hunch of fcpys on a ring. The
finclor will be liberally rewardrd on leav
ing them at thib office.
D
OG TAXES.
All taxes on doi? running atlanro with
in the Corporate limit of tho town ot Astoria
wil bo due and payable on or boiore .rune L-t,
187U. DAVID IxGALLS,
td Treasurer.
M
TOTICE.
Stockholders in the A-tnria "Milling
Company are hereby notified that a meet
ing will bp held at A-toria. on Saturday,.
Jnneod, 1S7G. for the 7mrio-eot" electing;
officers for the enduing year, and tianj-aet-ing
such other business n mav come be
fore the meeting. D. BEQUETTE.
Astoria, May 22rt, 1S7G.
N
TOTICE.
A special meeting of the Lejr.il voter? of
School District No. 1. will be held at tho
School House in Astoria, on Friday eveninsr
May 25.1S7t, at 7 o'clock p.m., for the pur
pose of lovying a tax in said Di-trict to pay
off the indebtedness due on 1 'dock 74. purchas
ed for School purpose, also to take in consid
eration the plans and specifications of school
house, and tho ways and means to raise money
to build the samo.
By Ordor of .Board of Director".
.1.(4. HUSTLEK.
Astorie .May 0, 1S7IJ. miitd Clerk.
TMSH NET FOUND.
About fifty fathom of net vn pick
ed up bv my boat at Snas I-lnnd. Alnv
24th. 1S7G. Wm. FALKIXBURG.
Brook field, Y. T., 3Iay 24th, 3S7G.
Facts Worth Knowing.
A. W. Cone, - - Astoria
SIGN OF THE O0LDEX SHOE.
Cannot be beat in tho 5oot and Shoe line.
Call and see him.
SIGN OF TUB GOLDEX SHOE,
Mo hi Street, A xtu) in.
BL
OODED SHEEP.
About tho lirst of June, tho undersigned
will visit
Clatsop and Pacific Co mi tic
brimnng with him from the famous stock of
Fetors : Seveiance. California, several
. TJtorou;rh!ri'l .ISciino Mucks,
One year old. which will be old cheap.
PUT SMITH, Portland. Ogn
WATCHMAKER and JUW'JSLER.
RA CUTTING
ANXOUXCES TO THE PEOPLE OF
.Astoria and vicinity that hois now pre
pared to do all kind of
WATCHMAKING AND JEWELLING
in the neatest possible manner. All work
warranted.
ivw Agent for tho WALTH AM and ELGIN
Watches. IRA CUTTING.
Chenamus street, Astoria, Ogn.
QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS!
IS THE MOTTO OF
L. K. G. SMITH,
Chenamus Street, Astoria, Oregon,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Cigars iv.iil Tobacco and all kinds or
Smokers ArlJrles, Stationery
and Cutlery.
GEjNIJISE jMEERSTTAUM pipes
A Speciality.
Solo agent for the Celebrated Othello Cigars.
Dealears in tho abovo lino are respectfully
solicited to examine Stock and Prices.
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M. EDGAK,
Corner Main and Chenamus Streets,
ASTOlllA OREGON.
DK.VLEr'iN THKCHOIChSr KRANDS Of
'Tobacco and Cigars, and the
Genuine Yostenholm,
and other English Cutlory.
Fairchilds Gold Pens.
And all sorts of
STATIONERY, NOTIONS ETC.
THED KROSEL,
House and Sign Painting,
PAPER HANGING,
' . KALSOMINING, ETC.,
.Special attention paid to Country work.
Shop on Squemoqha street,
4 .ASTORIA, - - - OKEftOX.
Astoria Brewery Saloon,
And Bottled Beer Depot !
i MAIN STREET, ASTORIA.
RUDOLPH EARTH,
- !! MICHAEL MYERS',' "'
l Proprietors.
The Best Ouality Lager JBeer,
jftvtTcents a glass, o
'RS7Tho patronaffo of tho public is respect
fully solicited. Orders for Lager, or liojtled
Beer, in any quantity, promptly filled. "
BST'Fpoo Lunch lay and night. 1
':tf& DUS32N HAS JUST liE
: -V - cnived a find lot of PItlNTS. jvhieb
ho i3 selling very cheap. ' ' M. -stf
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