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- y T&jgpymmr?, ' 7t$gBSF? 0) f " -nr . . . .. Y i Vol. 3. Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 20, 1877. No. 91. . W llll . .!-. .-' I Jiu ..-?-- .i.'.-.'.TJ.j.jmvH.JUL ! ) i i I TTTfflrT ' - J -"- J'A.'I . lUlll tit . PWMH.., i. AA tlllW JL''L J?",1 laV-iJ.'Hl I t '.JimJULAfr IffW Wfl HI MIMP WllWIUfl Vi -j Astoria Letter. FOREIGN EXPORTS. Clatsop County Resources. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. ; Sto glailtj stemrx, ISSUED EVERY MORNING, (Monday Excepted), J. C. XRELANI : : PUBLISHER. Abtvrian Building, Cass Street. Terms gf Subscription : crved by Carrier, per week 2o Cents Snnf hv llinil limr mnntlic S:i (Ml Sent by mail, enc year. .Free of Postage to Subscribers. y oo The following intercstini; letter was writ ten by Mrs. C. SWoodworth to the Standard. Astoria. Sept. 14. 1877. A day of sunshine, sandwiched be tween two that were quite the rever.se, afforded the desired opportunity for a journey (o upper town, which could only be accomplished bv a feat of pedestran ship that required courage, as well as stout shoe leather; first there is a little sandy beach, then a log to climb, a space covered witli slippery rock, considerable mud. more rocks, stumps ami wind and the sightly little place is reached. As cending the green hills that rise terrace like one above the other, the glorious panorama of earth, sea and skv lies iW Advertisements inserted by the year at spread out in grandeur, lit for an artist's the rate of Slot) per square per month. hand. About half wav up the little Transient adrertirfn!:, by the day or week, Chapel, and summer residence of Bishop fifty cents per square for each insertion. , ;rorrjs arrest tic eye as pleasing proots of what can be done in these wild places To Liverpool, per Lochinvar. Sept. 1. Wheat 23.300 ctls : S4o,JlM) 00 To Honolulu perMattie Macleay. Sept, 1. . 202 barrels S 1,253 ) liol 25 20 00 asi 00 3,aso oo ."WO 00 2,:U3 JI2- S,7S3 07 To City Subscribers. There are such frequent chanpc in the resi dence of our city patrons that wo shall feel obliged to any who make such changes if they will report the same to this office. Othc: wise vro shall not be responsible for failure' of the carrier to deliver the paper promptly and regularly to them. with a little outlay of monev, time and taste. Close by the latter a little spring comes bubbling down from the moun tain bights forming a tiny cascade all embowered in delicate fern-', moss and fairy-like grasses, its crystal drops tit nk. Climbingstill higher Organized A branch of the Labor "World has been organized in Astoria. Town Pump. A new town pump has "been erected m Squcmocqha street op posite the Ciem. Live Hogs. As a part of the product of Tillamook county. Messrs. Kinney nave a fine lot of live hog at, their can nery for sale. Removal. The Western Union Tele graph company's office in this city has been removed to Brown's building next door to the Gem saloon. " Tested. Chief-engineer J. II. D. Gray, last evening made a test of the iiewT department fire hose, from Capt. "Flavors steam fire pump. Auction Sale. B. S. Worsley will continue the auction sale at lluxford & LaDow's this evening. Now is your chance to get groceries cheap. The Telephone. At last Astoria lias got it. It broke out between Bobb & Fulton's office and the Astorian oflice one day last week, and when our friends make an improvement in the connect ions, we expect our columns will be filled with legal locals lisped lengthwise in this direction. Volunteer Force. For some days past a large force of workmen have been, employed on the "West-Ninth street grade in front of the Catholic ;hurch propcrtv. They are working with a will and determination to do a good job, and it will not cost the church smy money; British Columbia Fish. We are informed that salmon packing in New "Westminster will be overdone the same as it was here. Our informant says that the Astorians engaged there have been very successful, and are regarded as very conscientious and straightforward gentlemen. Tillamook Productions. The car go of Tillamook productions brought around by the steamer Gen. Canby on the 18th was of considerable value, .amounting to 500 cases of salmon, 100 kegs of butter and 50 head of live hogs. A few cargoes such as this will he apt ..- .nil 4-1.- .wi.-- r .. mi:ii 'i Ml llll WIC 1IIH.-A.CU Ul Will X111U1UUUK ,,,?,. iji friends with twenty dollar pieces and j ":." " . i their hearts with much joy. So mote it be. ip,,r ;, t 1 for elves to drink ! the snowy breakers can be seen as they break, break, break in eternal rhythm to the muMC ol out ocean, more is omy an occasional sail to be seen upon the river, where hundreds have been seen until of late, Knappton, although eight miles away, can be distinguished by the smoke, and gleam of white houses. Looking down at Astoria proper, and thinking of the via leading to these de lcctaluVhills, thinks! to' myself "thou art so near and yet so far,"' and after a tour through a cannery, desei ted. save by a solitary workman making cans, we concluded to return on the Dixie Thorn -son. made welcome by those agreeable officers. Capt Pease and Mr. O'Neil. The crowd visits the wharves by day light, and scores of people seem to have a principal object in seeing the ships go out and come "in : but night is the better time, when the lights on the .'-hips and the distant light-house glitter and shine ! like the stars overhead, and the briny odor is borne landward by health giving breezes, when the half darkness softens rough outlines and imparts a charm even to commonest things. After a week passed here, with leis ure to watch the busy life, the water craft, improving of streets, and note as "the tide goes out and the tide comes in."' bearing the screaming sea gulls, it cannot but be regarded as a place that must take rank in the future of our state., a place not all of prose, but pos sessing much that may please the ideal une ining striKcs a visuor as remarK. able that no accidents occur to child ren. They frolic and play mo.st uncon cernedly all about the water lots and on roadways and sidewalks raised far above terra firma (or rather water), and escape scot free. "They are u.sed to it," 1 am told, which certainly appears to be the case. Pipes are being laid in some of the streets for bringing down water from the lulls. Tasteful homes are to be seen in every part 01 tne city. Alany new houses are in course of erection, and ad ditions, in the way of wings, bay win dows and porches, are to be noticed everywhere. It will be with unusual regret that we say "an revoir' to this busy place, so full of life and interest. Flour, Case ("oods, 10o cases Potatoes, lv sacks.... J lams, 2100 lb Salmon, 2S bbls 8) cases Miscellaneous indc. To Honolulu per Falkinburp. Supt.: Flour. ."0 bbls $ 300 00 Salmon. 12.) bbls 1,012 00 110 pkgs Si I 03 Jtf cases 220 00 Lumber, spars and boltd 2,012 52 Oat and bran ho u5 Miscellaneous mdse Toil 00 5.S12 55 To Victoria and Naniamo por str Cal ifornia. September 3th: Flour. 1532 bbls $ 8,770 50 Wheat, 112 centals 1,323 71 Uran. Meal and Mid dlings. ar,7i: hk. n-io os Miscellaneous mdse 5.0&) IS 10,032 50 To Queenstown. por Kinclune. Sept. 11. U heat S;.:K).i ctls- -10,533 74 To Queenstown per Mountain Laurel, September 13: Wheat, 2V!1 centals 40,381 71 To Queenstown, per Greta, Sept. 19: Wheat, GbVWO bushels S0.1S0 S2 By favor of our worthy assessor, A. Knappjr., we are enabled to give the following summary of the resources of Clatsop ceunty: Acres of land, 01,103 lown lots Improvements Merchandise and implements Money, notes, accounts, stocks, ete Household goods, carriages, ete... Horses and mules (237) Cattle (2,052) Sheen and "tints ( .4:kA ' Swine (COS) Gross value of all property Indebtedness Exemption Total taxable property CITY ITEMS. Ladies' workboxes. a fine assort ment received per Ajax at Adler's book store. Neilson's Grand March"' "Gather ing iShclljj&by the Sea Shore." and all the Talue. ...$ 205,123 .. 418,217 ... 428,405 027,089 272,453 G5.37S 10,703 3S,4!)5 2.5SS 2,051) .$2,071,305 ...$733,010 S$,0t2 .$1,245,227 WiiyDei.ayed. The steamship Geo. W. Elder failed to get off on time, we are informed, in consequence of obsta cles which nature has placed in the Co lumbia preventing the tree navigation of ships inland beyond Columbia city, drawing over l(i feet draft of water. latest ceivet stregs -IrVl t. you wftiKvitng illii tll Whlll l man L lit etc ciscqp. and sheet music just re- nart's. 1 have any piece of music ut extra charge, oy call- .Sv-vsunia agent uu ouei- s Music lloue, San Fran- Have von read ,the Dance of Death.'"' 1 have not. Have you one of "Helen's Babies?' I have not. Have Arrivals. By the Dixie Thompson last evening a number of the leading members of the Portland bar, including Hon. J. N. Dolph and Mr. Geo. II. Dur ham, arrived in Astoria. Captain Geo. Flavel also returned from a business trip to the metropolis, and Mr. A. B. Co valt. general agent for the Pacific Mu tual Life Insurance company, came also for the purpose of establishing a branch in this city. Utilizing an Electing Appara tus. it lias ueun discovered tnat the wires of an electric apparatus used in Providence. Ithode Island, for lighting street lamps, can be utilized so that any vou "Utner l'eopies LUimrcnr' ae: policeman, wnerever in me ciry ne may Then whv the duce don't you get them ? I be, can talk with an officer at head-quar-Allat Adlei's. , 'tens, by simply stepping up to a lamp- Makried. Mr. G. W. Cornart will please rccept the thanks of the editor and all Lands for a bountiful remem brance on the occasion of his marriage with Miss Mollie Knox of Portland. The interesting event occurred on Sunday evening last, at the residence of fife bride's parents. George, we wish you and yours a long and pleasant journey down the river of Time, and may your vovage upon the sea of matrimony be a pleasant and prosperous one. Burial of Mrs. A. D. Wass. The remains of Mrs. A. D. "Wass arrived here by the. Orizaba night before last, and were conveyed to Grace (Episcopal) church yestenlay forenoon, where a large number of sympathizing friends met to listen to the funeral address by Bev. T. A. Hyland at half past ten o'clock, after which the remains were conveyed to their final resting place. Let us hope that her happy spirit, freed from the sufferings of this life, has joined those gone to walk the gold-paved streets of the joyful city, and swell the angel uie ungnt nerenuer. j.one on earth more deserving of a blessing in that undiscovered country. none will be more sadly missed, than Mrs. Wass. White Clover. A correspondent the other day desired to know whether white clover was indigenous to Oregon, or if not, how it was introduced in the country. Governor Curry, who is an old settler, answers through the Even ing Telegram: "The growth of white clover which now appears to be indigoi -oiu to the country, was first introduced by the Hudson Bay company through seed imported from England. About Fort George, now A-'toria, in 3S40, the soil was already sodded with a beauti ful growth of this kind of clover. It was about this time, or subsequently, that the seed was sown plentifully at the in stance of Mr. Pettygrove, the town pro prietor, about Portland, wherever the brush or log heaps were burned. It was generally scattered broadcast without any preparation of the soil, not only at the places named,but elsewhere through out the valley.5 Take Your Local Paper Do the city papers say anything in regard to your own town'.' Nothing. Do they contain notices of your schools, church es, improvements and hundreds of other local matters of interest which your home paper publishes without pay? Not an item. Do they ever say a word calculated to draw attention to your county and aid in its progress and en terprise? Not a line. And there are men who take such contracted views of this matter, that unless they arc getting as many square inches of reading mat ter in tiieir own as they do in a city pa per they think they are not getting the worth of their monev. Board and lodging by the day or week at the Astoria Beer Hall, Main street, Astoria. Peter Daviscourt, pro prietor. Persons wishing the services of Dr. J. Welch. Dentist, will bear in mind that business will necessitate his tempo rary absence from the city for a time af ter a few days. White wire goods in - very style, at L. P. Itichman t Cos. - ...Fresh oysters in eijhry style at Sehmeer's. Stoves and fall goods for house keepers in great variety at L. P. Kich man & Cos. Mrs. J. W. Munson is prepared to take a few boarders, with or without lodging. First-class billiard table for sale, cheap for cash. Inquire at the Occident hotel, Astoria. Mrs. Dr. Burr, Homeopathic phy sician, has removed to her new residence four doors from Liberty hall. Dr. B. B.I'reeland has located per manently in Astoria for the practice of dentistry. Office in Shuster's building, on Cass street, next door to The Asto- itiAN office. Perfection Stonewall Whisky, hand-made sour mash; Snow-hill Whis kv, lire cooper sweet mash; acknowl edged from its refined taste and delicacy of llavor to be beyond comparison the best in this country, sold at tfie Astoria Liquor Store by II. Marx & Co., Water street roadway. "Photographs! The latest styles taken nt Shuster's new gallery, Cats bt., next to the Astorian office. J&Sr-San Francisco beer, Steilaeoom beer, Atoria beer, bottled beer and En glish porter nt the Chicago house, Main btreet, Astoria. N. "Wyuian, proprietor. iSSf Por clean towels, sharp razors, and an eny shave, go to Gillespie at Par ker House Baths. Hair cutiiug, sham pooning, and dyeinc ESTLittle Van has reestablished himseif at the old corner, refreshed by his late journey to the Atlantic slates, and will as formerly attend to all orders in hia line as general jobber. JSSTThe Capital, on Main near Squemocqlm street, "Wm. Appleby pro prietor, is one of the snuggest and most quiet places in the city, where the public can get the finest quality of wine?, liquor. and cigars. post and attaching to the wire a small telephone which is carried in his pocket. New West3iinstei: Convent. Through the politeness of Mr. Denman, who has been employed upon the new convent which is being erected in New Westminster, we are informed that the building will be three stories high, of brick, eighty by forty-five feet in size, with an ell of forty feet, and covered with a mansard roof. The contract for its construction was awardetf to a couple of gentlemen from Portland. Mr. Den man says the work progresses very slowly lor want of materials. The St. Paul Tribune says Hobart Pasha is a Minnesotian. Who comes next. A severe storm passed over por tions of Texas on the 17th, damaging railroads greatly. Old man Tweed is testifying yefc in New York. He w;is reviewing John Morrissey on the 18th. Maggie Moore "struck oil" at the Union Square theater September 18th. Enthusiastically received. General McClellan's residence has been declared to be West Orange, N. J. That's where he gets bis washing done and does his voting. Another Turkish victory is re ported in Schipka pass, and a Russian gunboat badly demoralized at the mouth of the Danube. The butchers go on, but reports are conflicting. A dispatch from "Sturgis," dated near Yellowstone, Sept. 1G, says the troops have had. another two days' fight with Joseph. No food for two days. No particulars. Joseph still marching on. New troubles have broken out in the Chinese quarters of Placer and other towns of California. The celes tials are gathering at jTolsom. Twen ty houses were burned in the the Chi nese quarters at Grass 'alley. Loss $20,000. The California rifle team are being lionized in New York. The fact that the 'Soldier of Marathon" has been won by a California team, and is on the way to the Pacific, will do more to stimulate military marks mamship than any that could possibly have happened, and it is with the wep ons of the service that precision in shooting is desired. Newspaperial. Thanks to the pur ser of the Orizaba for file of late San Francisco papers. The Greta Cleared. It will be seen by reference to our table of foreign exports that the Greta carries away ftUWjO bushels of wheat for Queenstown valued at SS0,lj0 82. For fear that some over fastidious persons in Portland, who have such high regard for truth and veracity as to condemn us for giving the export of Oregon as we do without men tioning Portland, (not that Portland pro duces anything for export, you know, but because Portland likes to see Port- laud in print), we will remark that the Greta took on board tit Portland, and before she arrived at Astoria:7,150 bush els of this cargo. All the balance (2ti,510 bushels) was taken on at Astoria, amounting to nearly one half the cargo. The bonus paid the" Greta for an airing of the rigging in the very mild climate at Portland, so free from" storms, and all that sort of things, lacks considerable of being enough toT pay the increased ex penses of the ship, a"nd if you doubt our word in this respect, apply to the master on board for further particulars. Bur.NiNu Petroleum Under Steam Boilers. Successful experiments have recently been made in Italy on a method of burning petroleum under steam boil ers, which consist simply in pouring the oil over a thin layer ot asbestos. ' The petroleum burns with intense heat, while the asbestos, being incombustible, is not affected, but serves as a means of re taining the oil and acting as a wiek. During the experiment sheets of paper placed beneath the furnace were not in jured, although the heat from the oil above was most intense. Ship-master's Beading Boom. Mr Peter Wilhelm has permanently fitted up a shipmaster's reading room in con nection with the Gem saloon in Astoria The latest shinning miners and home ward and outward bound shipping are kept on file Call and see him. SOMETJUXG XEW For Gla.ss.ware, Crockery, Powder and Shot, Gun Wads, Percussion Caps, in fact everything that is useful as well as ornamental, go to J. W. Gearhart, who sells cheap for cash. Goods delivered free of char:e. lists Wheat King. There is but one way to compete with the wheat ring at Port land. Forma ring for pools on wheat in store at Astoria. Wheat afloat at As toria is-alwavs on a nar with wheat afloat at San Francisco, .Recollect that. CLEJllIXG OUT S.LLE. The entire stock of B. Hamburger will be sold at immensely reduced fates in order to clear out balance on hand prior to the arrival of new goods selected per sonally by Mr. Hamburger. The goods must be sold ; prices no object. Call and be convinced. Especial attention is called to the immensely reduced prices in our dress goods. B. II amijurger. Main street, Astoria. Canary Birds. for sale at Gilles pief, Parker house batijs. Given a Whack. The board of trade got a whack in its face from the the Bee a few days ago when it must have made its stinger felt. The Bee says: 'As a proof of the gross wrong done by that statement, we cite the following railn a I project, all of which are intended to oe the means of 'internal transportation:' Benton county is heroically striving to build a railroad from Corvallis to Ya quina; Jackson and other southern counties are crying loudly for the exten sion of the Oregon and "California rail road; the citizens of Kosehurg and vicin ity an making efforts to build a railroad to Coos-bay; some means of 'internal transportation down the Umpqua river are loudly called for; the people of Washington and Yamhill counties and of Astoria demand the Northern Pacific branch: and. last, but, on ac count of their total isolation in winter, far more pressing, the people of Union and Baker counties demand, and have demanded, a railroad to navigable wa ters. We have mentioned none of the localities where more steamboats or irt.amships would be a blessing to the preducers: but think the array 'of facts which we have cited will convince any one of the falsity of the statement that tho railroads we now possess are ad equated for the internal transportation of the State." The Oban Bay. This vessel arrived at Astoria yesterday with a portion of her cargo on board. The want of water in the rivers just now does somehow seem to fail to corroborate the state ments of the Portland press that "any ''vessel that can cross the Columbia river 'bar can come to Portland with perfect "safety, and load to her deepest water 'lines, and depart with even greater "safety than the same vessel can proceed 'to sea from Astoria." Bear in mind also that at no time in the history of xVs toria has there ever been a vessel of any class damaged by grounding or from other cause, between Astoria and the sea. and that the losses on the Columbia river bar for twenty-seven years past do not amount to one thousandth part of one per cent, for that whole time. Direct to Astoria, Mr. M. Wise inform.- the Indies and gentlemen of As toria and vicinity tlmt he h:w opened bw store with a nice aborted j-lock f goods, which hi proposes to m-U at bed-rock pri ces for eah. ImernlKr the pbic. oppo site IS. Ft Caufield'e Dmij; Spue. . Oregon offers great attractions to those in search of new homey, to-wit: Healthy and attractive diversity ol surface. Grand scenery and mild climate. No excessive cold or heat. Averaire temperature, sum mer, 61, winter 39. Thunder-storms very rare, hurricanes, unknown. Death rate lower in Oregon than in any other State, east or wet. Soil of unsurpassed fertility-, especially suited to cereals, fruits, flax, hops, and hay. No thilure of crops in Oregon for thirty years from any cause. No droughts, n.s in California. Great abundance of the finest fruit. Slock-mus-i:ig very profitable. As- a farming country Oi''n is not surpassed by any part of the Union. jSJ"It is too late in the day to argue to intelligent business men the propriety and necessity ot advertising themselves. The fact i- too well organized now that only tho?o houses which advertise judi ciously pro-per, ind only thoe pull through the hard time successfully which kep thi-ir names and wares constantly riefon the public eye. The experience of every intelligent and educate 1 business man is clear unon this point, and hence the columns of a newspaper, especially in what are called "dull tunes,1" will give the ro-ter of the business men of n place who may he relied upon as intelligent, prudent and enterprising. Only th.-Q who understand the art of advertising (and it i-, an art), know that the elfeetive m de. :s to keep the public constantly and steadily apprised, of what tfiy have for sipe,' X . a i m