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D w -m ' m anjtii'Ki!- - '" t jj-'mi-j jgjaA.g: Jim i nwt i iaaaaBBwgirimx-gEEgan&q' W-majB pp ga$ &jetoawx. ASTORIA, OREGON: D. G. IREIiAXD.... ..Editor. SATURDAY Sept. 22, 1S77 Indian War Letter. . From the special corresponence of the Standard, dated Sept. 2d, from the front, Ave collate the fol fel fol eowing: 1 am now in the great National park, and should take rreat pleasure in describing it in ill its sulphuric splendor, but as people have already been pretty considerably lectured on this sub ject, and as at the present writing he sublime scenery that surrounds , beer store, with its odor of Schweitzer, would be far more en hanting to me, I hardly feel like thrusting scientific talk or sul phates upon an unsuspecting pub lic. Should any of your readers want to know anything about the great "national laboratory" they will have to get a book and read it up. On entering the park, we began picking up half-starved and ragged -white men, who had escaped from the Nez Forces. A party of seven men and two women, the latter by name Mrs. Cowan and Ida Carpen ter, from Kadersburg, Montana, were captured on the -4th ult., all the men getting away after being taken twelve of fourteen miles; the women being taken to the Yel lowstone river, where they were secretly liberated by the new chief Poker Joe. Yesterday, a discharged soldier from the 2d cavalry, named Irwin, came into camp, having just es caped from the hostilcs. He re ports that the Indians are not forty miles away from us, having been lost for several days in the pine forests. There are two hundred and sixteen lighting bucks in the hostile camp, besides the boys and squaws, who use ajuns at time of bat tle, all of whom have four or more horses. Joseph of the "Wallowa valley has evidently been supplan ted as chief, Irwin saying that he sits quietly around, speaking to no one, poorly clad, and taking part in the menial work ascribed to squaws, such as packing mules and building iires. The new chief looks like a half-breed, and is called by some, Joe Hale, and by others, Poker Joe. He is a Nez Perce who has lived east of the Lole trail for 3'ears, and is well known about Virginia city and Bozeman, in fact he sent word by Irwin to a man named Kennedy to look after a house and lot of his at the latter place. He has been uniformly kind to captives, and it is owing entirely to his influence and kindly sacro-estions that so many of them no escaped. Just before Irwin escaped from them four Nez Perces had been sent to the Crow reservation to endeavor to induce that nation to join them in the war against the whites. Poker Joe told Irwin that if they could only draw the Crows into the fight they would annihilate the soldiers and get "heaps things," but if, on the contrary, these old allies would refuse to don red paint, then his plans were even unknown to himself. At present, among the Nez Per ces, a captive, is an old man named John Shively, a miner who has prospected all over the Pacific coast, and is said to have a great many friends there. He is retained by the hostiles as a guide, and is watched very closely. He was very anxious that his name be pub lished and some efforts made to re capture him. As for ourselves, we are plodd ing along like the weary plowman, trying by small marches of fifteen miles a day to effect a union be tween ourselves and the supply train, which is a day or so behind us. The poor management of our supplies so manifest while under the charge of Col. Weeks on the other side of the Lolo trail, has be gun to re-manifest itself, but in this case we can blame no one ex- cept General Howard, whose ener gy and desire to catch the Indians makes him forget all about such insignificant affairs as clothins; and food. At present it looks very much as if we -would be kept on the plains all winter, unless some of the department commanders help us by heading off our game. Sher man has telegraphed us to keep on after them until the end and we intend to do it. "We will come home by the Pacific railroad and steamer. Joseph P. Hale. Joseph P. Hale, the man who owned the xnano factory lately destroyed in New York, together with a hundred lives, by fire, turns out to he a fine scoundrel. His business was coun terfeiting pianos and loaning money at usurious rates. A correspondent says: You do not appreciate, possibly, the extent of this bogus piano forte curse, but there are thousands who have felt it keenlv. 1 have had a poor widow come to my office to thank me for ex posing Hale. She was a music teach er, and had saved up 000 in nine years. "With that sum she was swin dled into buying one of his pianofortes and it became worthless on her hands in four weeks. She cried bitterly as she told me about it. Hale is uneducated, but has re markable natural ability. His per sonal habits are irreproachable, as he never drinks, never smokes, and is of the few professors in the Methodist church who do not hide their religious light under a bushel. There are those who doubt his being so very wealthy :is he is commonly reputed, but un questionably he is rich. Piano-forte making is less his business than money lending is, indeed, rather a conven ient cover, enabling him to get good information for use in that latter line. He is known as a borrower as well as a lender, but his thrifty way is to boriow at 6, 7, and 8 per cent., to loan again at 1G, 17, and 18 per cent. A certain well known manufacturer, not very long since, paid him 2h per cent, per month for a time, on a con siderable amount, and suffered still more in spirit, if not m pocket, from the old man's irarrulouslv telling all about town of the transaction. This year has hit Hale hard. He is said to have lost 47,000 by the recent failure of Yon Minden, his general agent; $25,000 by the failure of Red field, a Texas agent; $20,000 by the failure of Shaw, an auctioneer in Mon treal, who tried there to rush the bo gus "Thaiberg" piano-forte upon the Canadian market; and several thous ands more by smaller failures, prob ably in all fully $100,000, of which he will not be likely to get back more than a small percentage, and that after long waiting. His actual loss bv fire has been heavy. He had in the factory on the day of its destruct ion, about 2,500 piano-fortes, finished or in process of construction, a fair average walue of which might be, at $G0 each, a total of 8150,000. The factoiy itself, with all the machinery which it contained, may fairly be set down at 100,000. The indirect dam age to his trade by the time that must elapse before he can put any more of his manufactured goods upon the mar ket, during which he must lose a cer tain portion ot his customers, may be estimated at about 50,000. In all, the tire has hurt him to the extent of 300,000, or very nearly that amount, against which he has only to set about 55,000, so far as is known, of insur ance in companies, some of which at least, will hardly pay him dollar for dollar without a struggle. Another Fraud. Believing it to be the duty of the press to ex pose frauds and thus prevent the practice of impositions upon the public, we publish the following from a letter from Clackamas ceunty: "I desire to warn your readers against a man who is trav eling through the country selling the right to make, use and sell TV "niiiMill'c Vnirniiirr fluid ' TTft jri. jxi v Q claims to furnish a receipt for the manufacture of an article superior in every particular to the best brands of coal or kerosene oil, and also claims that his fluid will not cost more than one-half as much as common oil. He further claims that the fluid or oil is entirely harmless and will not explode. At this place we proposed to take the right of him and give security for the payment of the required amount, if it was as represented when made, at the end of a week, it taking that long to manufacture the article by his receipt; this he refused. "We then offered to take the right and receipt of him and I let him guarantee his work, giving security; this he also refused. We found, in experimenting, that it generates gas very rapidly and will ignite from a lighted match held more than an inch away from the oil. Look out for him and his oil and try it well before investing. If it is good, let him guarantee it; if not, let it be condemned before he causes mischief." 2SEAV ADVERTISEMENTS. ATTENTION. z4 On r.onnf. oi tormvflor n u & nership, alljh news, e in- tdis will plesef come and settla tfir ac otherse,f t will be lor conccjjm. nEEFDELSOBJ & BR0. IE3VAKD. nbove stun will be paid bv the nn- doKjciu'd for vidiMK'o which will convict any satjn kivpoj in Astoria of .selling liquor or bei1 to minors. 1). C. IRELAND, Mayor. J&tori.i. Oregon, Sept. 27, 1S77. ' GEORGE W. GSRART, Is constantly receiving a large invoice of SHEET MUSIC AND MUSICAL C5-OOIDS; OF ALL DESCRIPTION. ALSO Books, Stationery, Willow Ware, and Bird Cages. ALSO FIXE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC ( JIQARS 1 7T0BACGI J sawcf amsumstat JJ rerrrrmrwn i,j J All the Iicailins: Xewsnancra., Xovcls ami Magazines Con stantly on Hand. Agent for Sherman fc Hydo's Music IIouso, San Francisco. North .side of Chenanms street, between Ca.ss and Main - - - Astouia, Okkcox. TISSOLTJTION. The co-partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of Classen &l)aviseourt, Astoiia, Oregon, is by mutual consent dis solved. The undcrsiinuMl will continue the business as heretofore, at the Astoria Deer Hall, and settle all bills. T. DAVISCOURT. Astoria, Oregon, Sept. 17, 1877 8i)-yv BUY aroa'E BUT THE STEW FLORENCE SEWIN6 KSAGKiNE, T IB 1ST in the For sale at the CITY BOOK STORE. J. H. D. GRAY, "Wholesale and retail dealeriin. FLOUR, FEED, OATS, HAY, STRAW, WOOI, etc., Also wholesale dealer in Shoalwater Bay OYSTERS, Received fresh from the lied four times a week. On the wharf foot of Benton street, Astoria, Oregon. GrREAT REDUCTIOW IN PRICES!! THE ptoNEER Boot & shoE Corner of Cass and Squemocqha streets. ASTORIA, OREGON. FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS I WILL SELL ALL MY LARGE STOCK OF Mens', Boys', Ladies', Miss es and Children's BOOTS AND SHOES At a considerable reduction from -previous prices, many kinds AT COST! C.J. SMITH. Prop. fcy u Tm vjjw. dehtf ioyvajQ rJhirw? m 'mzs givtfn 30 flt tl' tj 3 9fe 8 1 B 8 1 BSM&'tt.3SS&EH " v nnfe5r2ss jMISCELLAXEOMS. T ATHS, BATHS, J -MUi Hot, Cold I Shower KBgk&P Steam and J2s2&5 SULPHUR Baths Occident Hotel Shaving Saloon, NlEDERAUKU .t UxiLKXHART, Propi:iktop.s. ttir Special attention paid to LADIES' and CHILDREN'S HAIR CUTTING rtr Private Entrance for LatlicsfK J. It. Sl'Rl'l'VKIi. Late of Corvallis. C. H. STOCKTON. Late of Kalania. SHEPPARD & STOCKTON. HOUSE, SIGN. CARRIAGE. AND ORNA MENTAL PAINTERS. ASTORIA OREGON. GRAINING ASi-scr.ii.TY. KALS0M1NING, MARBLING A7iD GLAZING done to order with neatness and dispatch xTLcavo your orders at the NEW SHOP, on Main street, Astoria, Oregon. BUELDllC P2ATERSALS. JUST ARRIVED: 40,000 BRICK; 100 WINDOWS; AND 200 DOORS; "WHICH WILL RE SOIT) A? LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN OREGON. RAIN & FERGUSON, Astoria, Oregon. Uharles Heilborn3 MANUFACTURES OP S2s JT& And Dealer in FURNITUREandBEDDING. ai.so iMroirn:.: of CARPETS. OIL CLOTHS. "WALL PAPER, SHADES, etc. 2rAll kinds of repairing promptly at tenden to, and furniture made to order. drA full line of picture mouldings and frames, brackets, window cornices, etc. w-Eull stock and lowest prices, coiner of Squemocqha and Main street, Astoria, F. S. MEADE, MERCHANT TAILOR, AND Dealer in Gentw Fine Furnishing CIIKXAMUS ST., - - ASTOKIA.01JEGOX "FRENCH, ENGLISH and AMERICAN CLOTHS, CASSLMERES and YESTINGS, & jf .Stf mm CONSTANTLY ON HAND. WEST SHORE MILLS. Poot of CON COM LY Street ROADWAY, A of nrio Ornrrnn l" w-,w tSgs J. C. TRULLTjSGER, - - Proprietor. of tho abovo Mill Is now prepared to fill all orders, largo and small, for ovcry kind of BUILDING LUMBER On satisfactory terms. "NIL DESPERANDUBI. Lime, Brick, Sand J2L3DL& LAT3BC; ALSO t AS CHEAP AS CAN BE LAMED IN ASTOEIA. Can be had in any quantity at my wharf. CS"Agent for sale of San Juan Lime. PETER RUNEY, Astoria. E. C. HOLDEN. L. LAUGHERY. HOLDEN & LAUGHERY, UPHOLSTERERS AXI) FURNI TURE IEAIiERS. At tho old stand-HOLDEN'S AUCTION ROOMS on Chenamus street All kind3 of upholstery and cabinet work dono to ordor. Manufacturers of Lounges, Spring Beds, AND Of any sizo and quality. Picture Frames and Furniture Manufac tured or Repaired by Experienced Workmen- 3Second hand Furniture bought and sold. I T". ' . 3 ftSrJid AUCTION SALES. E. C. HOLDEN, ' AUCTIONEER and COMMISSION AGENT CHEXAMUS ST. ASTORIA. OREGON. Consignments respectfully solicited, bills col lected and returns promptly made. Regular Sales Day. Saturday, Refer by permission to U. S. WRIGHT. WARREX & McGUIUK JIox. J. Q. A. BOW LB Y A. VAN DVSL'.W .7UGEAKiLr.T. E. C.'lffOIjDEX. Auctioneer. "O S. YVOKSLEY. AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANT. Cilice, on Main street opposite Washingto Market. SAX.E8 1AIIAT From 7 to 0 o'clock P. M. Regular Sales Day, Sniurclay. n 1 O'CioclcA. 31. Will purchase and soil real cs-tatc, merchan dise, furniture, etc. Consignments respectfully solicited. Diagrams and terms to bo had on application to the Auctioneer. D, S. WOKSLLY HOTELS AXD RESTAURANTS. UNION HOUSE. Cor. Squemoeqlia anil Lafayette Streets, ASTORIA, OREGON. npms house haying been JL newly re-painted and furnished throughout is now open to the accommoda tion of the public. J35" The hffuse being in new hands now can guarantee satisfaction. Iloanl and Xotlain?: er IVcelc... XSonril icr Week 5 ! 4 K MES. M. E. TUKNER, Proprietress. Private Lodging House,, Mrs. J. W. MUNS0N, Proprietress. CHEXAMUS ST., ASTORIA. Choice Rooms (famished) to 1st bv the Month, Day or Week, at reasonable prices. tfSTThis is a nevr, hard finished house, in a quiet locality, on the 2d block below the Cus-tom-houso; it is nil nowly furnished, and hsis been built rut and mouse proof. Apply at tho suinll house next door. Xone but respectable persons need apply. QCCIDENT HOTEL, A. J. MEGLEU, C. S. WRIGHT, Proprietors. Astoria, Oregon. The Proprietors aro happy to announce tim tho abovo Hotel has been Repainted and Refurnished, Adding greatly to tho comfort of its guests AND IS tfOTV THE BEST HOTEL NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. It. H. CARD WELL. C. II. PERKINS Farlier House Hotel, Corner Main and Concomly streets, ASTOUIA, OltEGOX. Car dwell & Porlrins, Proprietors. rrWIS IS THE LARGEST HOTEL IN AS X toria, now and now furniture, furnished in first class stylo. Tho tablo will bo supplied with the best tho market affords. Accomodations to suit tho times, from SI 25 to S2o0 per day. Steamers and sail boats leave the wharves and slips near tho Hotel, daily for Fort Ste vens, Fort Canby, Skipanon, Fort Clatsop Set. Side, Ocean Beach, Knappton, Chinook, Unity, Oysterville and othor places of resort in this vicinity. JKrhoro aro now five lanre salmon can neries in Astoria, which emploj sons in tho various branches of making Astoria as it now is, a po to visitors, independent of its coo summer climate. pALIFORNIA RESTAi WATER STREET ROA. Opposite Oregon Steam Xavigat "Wharf ASTORIA Tho abovo new Restaurant from andaftor to-morrow, Su 7th,lb7u D.BUSAX Oregon City Brewe ic. Humrmsi. & bro, On tho roadway, opposite 0. ASTOEIA, OREC . 1 Besides tho colobrated Ore1 will keep constantly on hand ' finest Wines, Liquors and Ci salo and retail. Orders promptly filled and? anteed. Boer fivo cents a gl froo lunch. Astoria Brewery And Bottled Bee MAIN STREET, A? RUDOLPH BABTJET, MICHAEL MYERS, Proprietors. The Best Quality Lager Beerr FIVE CENTS A GLASS. t3 Tho patTonago of tho public is respect fully solicited. Orders for Lager, or Bottled Beer, in any quantity, promptly filled. ,isas rce Lunch day and night rORKECT PRINCIPLES y Demand that bills berende promptly, and to do it nteely. set your Id 1 - : ot.-.. x . 1 paper ana ouiemenu prisma at 'iJtiJfe ASXORLAN