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w ) HM 'MbSiM z& K -v- v gte ails gstaritm ASTORIA, OREGON: . C. IBELAXD .Editor. THURSDAY - Sept. 6, IS Unfortunate Ronmania. A comical intermezzo in the "bloody drama of the eastern Avar is presented "by the attitude and "behavior of Ro mania. Placed, as its ill luck would have it, in the very centre of all the conflicting interests and passions that rage around it, the position of this little country reminds one of the cele brated rope dancer Blondin, crossing the Niagara falls. Jammed in be tween Turkey against which it has re volted, Russia, its big ally whose friendly grip at times bears upon it with an alarming resemblance to a pair of manacles, and Austria, the pol icy of which power is still unfathom able, and which alternately smiles and scowls upon its lilliputian neighbor the situation of Roumania is indeed far from comfortable, and its states men and diplomatists, if it has any, are called upon to display a consider able amount of subterfuge, cleverness and dissimulation. At the beginning of the war, prince Charles of Hohenzollern, the Domni tor, seems to have indulged in very Ambitious dreams as to the future of his realm. It appears from informa tion which reaches us from a responsi ble diplomatic quarter in Vienna that a combination was proposed hy Russia in accordance with which, at the close of the war, Roumania was to be pio moted to the rank of a kingdom, and to receive as a reward for its active cooperation with Russia possession of the trans-Danubian province of Bul garia. This proposition, backed by Germany, met with a most decided opposition on the part of Jie Austrian government, which naturally did not care to see a new Slavo-Moldo-Walla-chian kingdom arise on the Austro Hungarian borders. Accordingly the idcaLwas-dropned, neither of the im plicated parties being sufficiently in terested in its realization. Thereupon the Roumanian government, seeing that no other advantage w;is to be derived by it from Russian "friend ship" except the blessings of a mili tary occupation, began cautiously and with great hesitation to execute a change of front, keeping one eye ben evolently and submissively fixed on St. Petersburg, but winking with the other eye in a knowing way in the direction of Vienna. Put a second bitter disappointment awaited the astute Roumanian diplo matist. Acting upon the supposition that a little scandal about Russia might not be entirely disagreeable to the Aiist.rin.ns. the Roumanian Charge 7 w d'AJFaircs at Vienna was directed to represent in a most cautious way to the Austrian government that Rouma nia was reluctantly yielding to supe rior force, and that she was ready to act upon any suggestion the Imperial Austrian government might be inclined to give as to further proceedings. The manner in which (his diplomatic communication was made to and re ceived by Count Andrassy is illustrated by an anecdote which is now current in the highest social circles of Vienna, and which is too good not to be true. In the first days of July the Rouma nian Charge d'Affaires made his ap. pearance at Count Andrassy's office with a voluminous file of official docu ments under his arm. Vt'ith an astute and suggestive smile he informed the Magyar Count (as Andrassy is nick named at Vienna) that he was empow ered bv his sovernment neither to read nor to leave a copy of those docu ments, but simply to "forget" them in his arm-chair. Having said this the Roumanian diplomist took his leave, actually "forgetting" the aforesaid documents. Returning the next day, he asked Count Andrassy if he had taken advantage of his culpable absence of mind. "No, indeed," replied the impene trable Count; I, too, forgot all about it. But yesterday, after your visit, the Secretary of the Russian Embassy came to see me, and as I was for the moment engaged I gave him your pa pers to look over. Ho pronounced fhnm fnhp. hiilv nntfirtaininffl" The face of the Roumanian Talleyrand may be easily imagined, for these fatal documents contained nothing more nor less than reports from Roumanian officials about the reluctance with which the presence of the Russian troops in the principalities was tolera ted by the population! Thus with all its astute and farsee ing policy poor Roumauia runs a great risk of sharing the fate of all who play a double game. If Turkey is crushed by Russia Roumania will find itself in imminent danger of being stifled by the surrounding Salvonian races, tend ing to unite. If Russia is defeated the small principality will fall back into its past insignificance, with the far from comfortable prospects of a possible Turkish revenge in the future. Roumania is but a leaf in the storm, caught by the whirlwind and borne away irresistibly, despite all its des perate efforts to control its own course. -Professor David Swing does not believe in boys furtively playing cards in the woodshed, or behind locked doors, but thinks that the father of the family should put up a card table in the sitting room and take a hand at whist with th em. 'Each home should have its games as regularly as its food or sleep." One Boston Bob has been tattoo ing about a hundred of the ingenuous youth of Philadelphia at a charge of twenty-five cents a head or rather an arm. As the artist chewed tobacco, and had an ulcerated mouth, and mixed his colors with saliva, the con sequence was that almost all his cus tomers were inoculated more or less severely with a painful and loathsome disease. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Oregoman never credits an item from this paper without some contemptible slur. It steals daily without credit. But when its writers know full well that it is apt to be de tected, then it savs the Astorian j " "claims" that it has gathered its data from reliable sources. This despica bleness, upon the part of that fraud upon journalism in Oregon, is begin ning to be noticed. CANDY FACTORY, THE UNDERSIGNED TAKE PLEASURE TO .vrTT-NCE TO THEIll PATRONS AND dealers in general that they have lately largely increased their fac tory and are now prepared to fur nish as goqd an assortment in their line as any house on the coast. Special inducements to cash custo mers. ALISKY A IIEGEL.E, I O. Hon 64. 10.- First Street. Factory n Aider Street, between First uml Second Street, Portland, Oregon. MISCELLANEOUS. BAKBOUES IRISH IXAX THREADS ANP SALMON JSrETTWlXES. v I. W. CASE, WJwlesale and Retail Barbour Brothers, 119 Pine street, San Francisco. Kenry Boyle. Manager. d.w.tf DEALER US' Assorted Merchandise Every Description. of W. E- DEMENT, DRUGGIST. ASTORIA. - - - OREGON. Carries a full Assortment of Drugs, Patent Medicines, PAINTS, OIL AND GLASS. Prescriptions filledjwith care Day or Night. i&r Manufacturer of Fishermen's "Relief. i-A sure preventative of Chapped Hands, anil I euro for Fish Wounds. rtSTDomont's Florida Water, price 50 conts. Xotes and Comments. The order of chivalry which con to ?nc flio cTVArvfpsfr. number of Jews is the order of the Cross of Christ, of Portugal. Orioles, "blue-birds, cat-birds, wrens and swallows, hitherto not known in the neighborhood of Vir ginia. Nov., have made their appear ance there this summer. A bottle has been picked up on the beach at Australia which is proven from documents contained in it to have been floating over thirty-five years. The data having been verified, so it is no hoax. Matt Carpenter thinks lie can break the Michigan liquor law, and will be retained to make the attempt by the Detroit saloon-keepers. . It ouaht not to cost 'muck unless lie has an -unusual thirst. A Scotch reprobate gives it out that !RIr. Barnum has arranged to bring Mr. Gladstone out to this country to "ive "public exhibitions in the art of wood-chopping. He had better bring the trees to be chopped. Eitzpatrick, the Montreal volun teer who bayoneted and killed a rough who tried to take his rifle from him while he was on guard on the 12th of July, has been presented by the officers of his regiment with $100. A young lady at Yassar needlessly set foot upon the cast-off ulster of a banana as she was tripping down the reat staircase, and reached the bot tom in such a heterogeneous condition that for a while she didn't know if she was a Yassar or a peel. It is difficult for a man who has carried a letter, given him by his wife to post, about in his pocket for six The Xew York Sun has a strong and just article on the practice grow ing amomg army officers of simply signing only their surnames to tele grams. It is, as the Sun justly says, an aping of the manners of the Eur opean aristocracy and should not be tolerated by the de facto secretary of war. The Sun does not set forth that the practice is evidence of a desire to erect a fraudulent military aristoc racy on the ruins of the American re public, and that the sentinels on the watch towers of freedom should at once sound the tocsin of alarm. That ho we er, is the fact. The Sun is alto gether too lenient in simply calling the practice "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman," for which the only punishment is dismissal. The man who deliberately signs his surname only to a dispatch should be torn to pieces by wild buffaloes, though exception might be made in favor of the young and thoughtless who have been led into this vice by the example of their superiors, and not by deliber ate villainy, and also of officers who are in a hurry. Reduce the army to two men icith wooden legs. BOOTS,. SHOES, Am) SLIPPSB.S, A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT, COMPRISING OYER SIXTY CASES, OP THE BJiST QUALITY AT LOW EST POSSIBLE RATES. W- CASE, T OUIS HAGEN, Squemocqha street, next door to the Episcopal church. Cabinet Ulukcr and Unlcr alter ftfi, Will tako orders for all kiu-oof NEW FURNITURK, and ropairing promptly and neatly done, at low prices. lap ailjarriap Slop. Squemocqha street botweon Washington and Polk streets. ASTORTA OREGON If ESItY G AJMiOlT, Proprietor. milE PROPRIEToTuttUNGS WITH HIM JL an experience of 23 years jn tins business and having constructed vehicles of all dis cription from A. BiiRjyy of J25 rounds Weight TO An 8,500 'Pound Wagon, Is nronared to eu'arantoo satisfaction to any who may patronize him. Ho will uso nono but the best materials, and will make wagons and carriages cquau to any shoi in tho country. xjsrPersons in wjmt of wurk will savo money by finding this shop. BS-BIacksmithing and ship work promptly attended to. ' Of PIKE & SMITH, The rapid sign writers are now prepared to do House and Sign Painting, GLASS GILDING, CARRIAGE PAINTING, GRAINING, KALSOMLMING, BAR TOP POLISHING, And all work pertaining to the line. Having had many years experience in our business we solicit a share of the public pat ronage. Shop in Parker house, Astoria. WEST SHORE MILLS, STEELE'S PAIN ERADICATOR, The Most Wpnderlul Discovery the Age I -The World Movch, and Tnlcss wo Pro gress mv so Backward. Nothing Itoiniilus Stationary. Put up in larco bottles, and for salo by druu"ist5 and dealers. If you happen to oo inTlocality whcrQ STEELE'S PAIN ERAD1 CATUH cannot ha obtained, send to tho near est wholesale druggist, or tho Agonts, CRANE & BRIGHAM, ui.nU0nln TYrinTfrisfR- Snn Francisco. nSTFor sale iri Astoria by It. F. Caufield 1 IV T llnmJnf UliU II -l xviuiviw uoitx. At South Bend, Pacific county, W. T., Aug. 19th, to the wife of Charles Brown, a son 11 pound'1;. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A' TTENTIOX FIREMEX. mmMgm A regular meeting o nnmnnnv D. OI ASlOrUl. W Recorder's office on Thursday at 714 1. nu me usual lines upon" absentees. uy oruer m J. C. Trulltn G. F. Parker, Secretary t -k ill Miel JepXfi Y1 UC W 13E scue engine 1 at the ;th, 1877. nposed r, President, Jta WHITEHALL FERRY -and EXPRESS KOAT. BETWEEN ASTORIA AND UP PER ASTORIA. .-.-. ." vr-,xT'T, 1.n Ia.ta 4-rx r..-.., tit. i,..lli tlint tliov li:ivi pst.'inlislieu jl """"".i'""" " v...- v"::r t.... Whitehall rerrv uoat uciwecu jiumia Foot of C0NC0MLY Stroot ROADWAY, Astoria, Oregon J. C. TRULLINGER, - - Proprietor. of tho abovo .Mul ls novr prepared to fill all order?, largo and small, for overy kind of BUILDING LUMBER On satisfactory terms. ? weeks, to make her believe that its tardy transmission is due to Sir. Haye's had taste in making an ex Confederate Postmaster-general. The Michigan State Millers' asso ciation have assessed each run of stone in each flour mill in the state $3 to fight the Cochran process suits, 2 to he mid to the National association, the balance to be retained to fight any suit which may be brought to IVIicliigan. The death of Brigham Young is a marked event in American history. Few men have cut a greater figure in the history of the country during the last quarter of a century than he ha?. He was a remarkable character, and will be long remembered as the leader of the Mormons. The Italians are in a sweat again over the mutterings of Vesuvius. If the old grumbler can get up a bigger bust than the United States have been in of late it will have to beat even the .memorable one of historic renown. Our "bust" cametnear swallowing up not a city or two, but the whole government. above, and will leave Case's steps, foot of C:us street, at 9 o'clock a. m.( and 3 o'clock p. in., dailv, until further notice, for Lpper As toria and return. FAKE 25 CENTS EACn WAY. Packages carefully delivered at reasonable 1" , i..i.fi...Kt.,(nn(P Tlon. uruers may nu iciu iii wu; i"p Y'r cmvcb,'r, pi.cr toCTjgjUjW. ggftP"- REMOVED. A- H- POHL, Tailor, EAS KEMOVED HIS SHOP TO MAIN street, between ConVomly and Cliena liuis streets, where lie will attend to all busi ness m his line. . . .,o. promptly at-77-8t nessm nis nne. 5jy-Cli:uiinj5 and repairing tended to. (live him a call. Great Beductiost IE 3E1L X O IE2 S -AT- THE PIONEER "R'o or & sSoE &rnojE$JEi Corner of Cass and Squemocqha streets. ASTOEIA, OREGON. FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS I WILL SELL ALL ItfY LARGE STOCK OF Mens', Boys', Ladies', Miss- 1 -M ! 1 es ana imiaren s EOOTS AND SHOES At a considerable reduction from previous prices, many kinds C.J JV r & VJSK o. f-W m . .f- - M & SSPUkX Lr. dfxs, y&z'x Y7BA . THE MOST EXTENSIVE 020) Only First-class Stock, CAK BS FOUND AT E. S. LAESEN'S Corner of CASS and Sqnemoqba Streets, ASTORIA, OREGON. New Invoices BY EVEHT STEADIER. CAT.T, ANT) v CJ r P T. O Hi j ' f. .v.v sA .-7 ro.& Mv A .a c vN X ii . ' . z 1W 7 vVV M - Vtf - M td HENRY SJQTOLINGEB, DEALER IN STOVES and TINWARE, JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. SlIOP On Squemocqha street, between Main and Casa, street?, Astoria. Oregon. B- B- Franklin, UNDERTAKE, YswMJS R AND CABINET MAKER, Squomocqha fjtroot. nest door to Astorian building, Astoria, Orogon. BSrAll work done in a skillful manner, on short notice and at reasonable prices. GEORGE W. GORNART, 1EAI.ER IX FIXE 1JIP0RTED lESTlC AND DO- AT COST! SMITH, Prop. NIL DESPERAXTOUH. Sand QlQABS TOBACcQ 3J00KS, STATIONERY, NEWSPAPERS, nD CAGES, YILLOW "WARE, ETC., ETC. SOAP, PERFUMERY, AND NOTIONS. A FULL LINE OF MUSICAL GOODS AND SHEET MUSIC CONSTANTLY ON HAND. All tlic Zieaclins Newspapers of tlie Nation Constantly on Hand, North side of Glienamns street, between Cass and Main Astoria, Oregon. Lime, wX3LC3L Brick, T.BT'-fggr? a LEO ai larMe 1st AS CHEAP AS CAX BE LADED II ASTORIA. Can "be Lad in any quantity at my wharf. j3SS"Agent for salo of San Juan Lime. PETER EUKEY, , Astoria. M.JIEY?5R' ASTORIA BREWERY, Ilaving all thonecessary machinery for first class work, skill f'U Rrewcrs. and using nono but tho best qtmlity of materials, tho Proprie tor is propureijl to manufacture LAUbll libbtt in any quantify, from a single bottlo to a bar rel, and put jit up in good condition for ship ment or immediate ue. Families and keep ers of public Biouscs promptly ana resumny ma i r ArPVlOR Prnnnfitor. supplied. M. MEYER. Proprietor. SPELLfflO, BOOT nd SHOE MAKER,, JsTORIA, OREGON. Ha3 jus ; received a splendid stocK of LEATHER and TRUTING Tho best order, at the finest of Boo ts and Shoe in Oregon, and will now fill aj lowest nncea. ior mu wrai. !t pi .She --