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Astoria, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, October 9, 1877.
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fifty cent- jei .-jUiireibr ouch insertion.
To City Subscribers.
Tfiere :irc such fre'iuent ch.'injres in the rei
dencu of oureitv patron that ire .-hail fcil
oblitr'd to any who make :ieh clianpe if they
will report the same to tlii office. Othe: who
v.'o -haH not be reion-iUe for failures of the
carrier t deliver the paper promptly and
regularly to them.
0itmii:. Mr. Wheeler's orphan
schooner, the last vessel to leave Seow
bay, passed Chenamus street Saturday,
stud is now in the element that washes
"inc. shore-, of nations. The gap in the
street will be closed to-morrow. I
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Gone K.vsT.-rvev. P. S. Knight, of Sa-,
'lesti. was a passenger on the IJder en
mule for Detroit. Mich., to attend the
general Congregational association at j
that place. He will visit many of the ,
leaf mute schools of the east before re- ,
aiming, for the purpose of gaining such
inrormaiion as will aid in improving the
school m this state-
Okay's Bay. Mr. C. M. Stark, of
Gray's bay. paid us a call yesterday. He
report-- everything moveing along satis
factory in that part of Pacific county,
with a prospect of a mail route and a
post-office soon. There are thousands
acres of good land in that vicinity
which invites an immigration.
PniMAiiY School. Miss Gilliam's
nst rfiwiiV a
troop of little pupils in the public scliool I
Jms become so numerous that the direc-j ("ii.i:tkj:i:i. The neat little propel
lors have decided to divide the primary ler Kip Van Winkle, owned by Watson
department Miss Katie MacOregor I lroUias been chartered by thcKnappton
will take the room at present occupied ! Milling Company. She will continue to
by Miss Gilliam, and the hitter teacher keep headquarter in Astoria, and Capt.
yill le placed in a new room fitted up
for her on Cass treet.
In the Xk xt Cm:. A private letter
f'om Mr. John Badollet notes his safe
.arrival at the old home in Indiana, lie
anct with no accident on the journey.
"though lie was in f lie next car where the
jrobberv
occurred near Che venue, and ?
the train lie was upon approaching St.
Louis was ditched once, lie is in good
health.
Music. Dot Little German Band is
about to be introdueed to the music-loving
of this comimrfnTy. LValizing the
need of a jiublic institution of this de
scription "Nick" Squivlence has under
taken to organize a brass band. It is
most time we had one and there is an
immense amount of music here which
lias never had much encouragement to
be made public.
Statistics. visitors who are con
templating locating in Oregon would do
well to consult our Book of Statistics.
It is a valuable and instructive work and
fully worthy the attention of parties
.seeking homes in this community, as it
gives all the desirable information which
emigrants are seeking, and posts them
thoroughly with respect to the capabili
ties which Oregon possesses, to render
the new coiner interested.
Goxe to Yaquixa. The Corvallis
Gazette of the 5th says: '-Dr. W. C. La
Dow and family, of Astoria, came up
last Tuesday, en route to Yaquina Bay.
The Doctor will spend the winter at the
Bay, if he likes the '-.situation.' He is a
practical typo, and although he has been
off the 'case' about 2.1 years he has not
forgotten the '-boxes," as he practically
demonstrated by giving us a lift, last
Wednesday. He is a genial gentleman
;uul we should be pleased to have ldm
locate in our county.'
Ce:.ietei:y Wokk. Mr. Stewart has
been awaided the contract to put a hand
some stone coping and iron railing
arotuui the hit in the cemetery where the
remains of Mr. James Welch are deposi
ted. The stone coping will be thirty
inches in hight, surmounted with an iron
.railing, and will be decidedly the hand
somest work on the grounds. We are
lad to hear of Mr. Stewart's success in
these matters, and his presence among
tus will be a benefit to all, as he takes
gjceat pains to make his work attractive.
Sudden Bereavement.
On .Sunday last about 12 o'clock a lit
tic son of Mr. Cody, of this city, was
drowned by falling from a log in the
boom at 1 1 time's mill. As soon as the
alarm was given, citizens generally
turned out to search for the body, which
was found by Master .Joseph Fox. an
employe of this office, alnuit half past
two o'clock, i. M. The grief stricken
parent, have the svmuaihv of the entire
C5)mmuiiity. A friend contributes
, the following translation, on the death
J of ("corgie Cody, aged K years, drowned
l in Astoria, October 7th. 1.S77:
i When first 1 sjiw tliv bright, thy happy
I face.
In which uods image shone so pure,
so plain.
I wondered by myself if ever pain
( )r lines of sorrow 1 "t hereon should 1 race,
And from my heart a secret prayer then
went:
"O time, thy marks not on that forehead
place:"
My prayer was heard; alas, not as 1
meant.
My silent prayer was heard, then why
complain.
For time or sorrow can thee reach no
more,
And pain is unknown on that happy
shore.
So when on thy bright face I look again
I'll know that sorrow's path thou never
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lor mid thy childish play. so free from
TlJ!;l,,,";.1 caine aml took lllC(J honu. to
;0i. n.
Dij;d. An infant son of Capt. Al.
Harris was conveyed to the Silent City
f (. tie:ui on jsunday afternoon.
Pjlk Dm vino Capt. Mudge's pile
driver was ve.stcrdav located near the
Dolly Varden Pow on .Squemocqha
street, planting trees butt end-first for
more building.
Oysteuvii.lk. We were pleased to
meet Mr. W. II. Lupton. yesterday from
Oysterville. Mr. Lupton informs us
that times are a little dull on the bay
just now. but there is every prospect of
renewed prosperity in time, as it is a fine
region for most everv kind of business.
hiteomb will be in readiness at all
limes (when not engageil) to attend to
patrons as before.
The Pnici: of Wheat. Wheat
ought to be one dollar and fifty cents per
bushel all over the Wallamcl valley.
San Francisco pa.s from ?2to 2 2T per
ei "u"- "l ll,luu U1 "miU ,s ""'
I and two-thirds or a bushel. heat
adoal at Astoria is alvas worth as
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mm-ii as v m u niium iL riiii j" rancisco.
Xai:i:ow K-capi:. The death of lit
tle Georgie Cody from drowning on Sun
day, calls to memory the narrow escape
of a little son of Mr. C. L. Parker, one
day last week, from a similar fate. The
little fellow had fallen into the bay, but
Master Lincoln Parker happened to be
near at the moment, and saved the little
fellow.
Bets Aoaixst Time. We learn that
our remarks in Sunday's issue as to the
British ship Palawan making the trip
home in 100 days led to quite a heavy
wager between Captains Oliver, Mather
son, and McLean, the former backing
his noted cliyyer against either Candida
or City of Xankin. in the sum of 1000.
Capt Oliver is a son of Erin and bound
for his native isle, carrying the htavy
freight he does, he will have to crowd
the Palawan to soc the cove of Coik be
fore his competitor, the Canbida.
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Attempted Bujujlak y. Last Satur
day night an attempt was made to rob
Messrs. Lieneweber & Co.'s warehouse
at upper town, but the burglars did not
succeed in carrying away anything, un
less it was a stray bullet from the revol
ver of the watchman, Mr. Lewis, who
fired two shots at them before they left,
and one after they had got into their
boat. It will pay people well nowa
days to keep a sharp lookout about their
property, and be prepared to give noc
turnal visitors a warm reception.
J2S"Hepp, Damask, Satin-enameled,
Poicelain, Tran.-purent-embo-sed, Mar
ble, and a great variety e: tinted Iiri.-lol
board, suitable for elegant cards for ladies,
and hand-ome caids for bu-intes men;
jut received at The Astouiax office.
Call upon our Frank and leave your order.
The San Francisco press says: "Work
done in TjjeAsokiax office" will j-tand
alongside ot any city work. It is our in
tention to do ju?t as well by our patrons
as any eit3T, give u.- the work to do.
Every dollar made in the office i- invested
in the city. Pat ionize home industries in
every line of trade, if you would have
J your city properou.
AUTUMN.
The foliage in the park, touched by
the magic brush of the painter Autumn,
is assuming most brilliant colers: the
leaves with their pretty hues are lifted
by the wind, go hurrying after each
oilier in a merry chase ami at last fall
ing to the ground, carpet it with a fabiie
worthy of the Orient. -Eastern Ex-chmuje.
Indeed, it is a beautiful sight
it. Hie j
i leaves
wind that gaylv embraces the
in its Hying grasp also raises the dust in
huge clouds, and with one s eyes blin
ded, the mouth and throat choked up,
and the oars filled with gravel, the
beauties of nature seem doubly beau
tiful. Cid i forma Exchawje.
OI5EGON AUTUMN.
The summer's breath is faint upon the hills,
Jlcr feet are weary in the vales and woods,
And autumn with a tlrovy inccn-e tills
The nooks and glades and leafy solitudes.
Soft on the grassy bank the sunshine sleeps ;
The air a wealth of misty radiance holds ;
Nature with dreamy cye her vigil keeps,
Ami all the scene in pensive beauty folds.
ITY ITEMS.
let. ineuire of Mrs. .J. W.
Mun--o
ind lodging can be had at
Mr.-, y
s at reasonable rates.
1 Whiskies, the best in
the worh
r sale bv Strauss. Who also
has the finest and freshest fruits from
California and Oregon farms.
Dry goods, millinery and notions
cheap for thirty days at life Bee Hive.
TheDanceofLife.au answer to
the Dance of Death, at the Circulating
Library.
Dr. F. P. 1 1 icks. dentist, rooms in
Dr. Welch's building, on Squemoqha
street, offers his services to the public of
Astoria.
. . . .Thev all want it. They do ? Well
they can get a little of everything at
A diet's store next door to tile Wnite
House.
....They air like it. What? Adler's
Innocent cigar! Smokers and dealers
will do well to examine Adler's stock be
fore purchasing elsewhere. LVS.ooo just
received bv steamer for the wholesale
trade.
Peter F.uney is still in the market
with all kinds of "building materials in
his line. Has just received 100.000 lath,
2.0(.o bushels of sand, and a large stock
of first quality of brick at his warehouse
foot of Benton street.
The "Dance of Life." an answer
to the Dance of Death, by Mrs. J. M.
Bowers. For sale at the City Book Store.
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-
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nrv absence from the city for a time af- ,tl1 the lieat exhausts its moxious ex-m-a
few davs. I halations, and then it crumbles into
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ter
Have you seen the Bismarc stove'?
Xo? Then'call at once to-day, upon L.
P. Bichman & Co.
...Fresh oysters in every style at
Sch nicer. s.
The Sunny Hearth is what you
want for vour private office. Call on L.
P. Bichman & Co. and see it. Beautiful
stove. .
...Mrs. Dr. Burr, Iloiwimthic phy
sician, has removed to InM'nnM(U'iice
four doors from Liberty hal.
White wire goods in every style.
at L. P. Bichman & Cos.
Dr. B. K.Freeland has located per
manently in Astoria for the practice of
dentistrv. Office in Shuster's building,
on Cass 'street, next door to The Asto
i:iax office.
jCS-Photographs! The latest styles
taken at Shuster's new gallery, Cass si.,
next to the Astorian office.
fr For clean towels, sharp razors,
and an easy shave, go to Gillespie at Pak
kek House Baths. Hair cutting, sham
pooning, and dyeing.
E-aTLittle Van has reestablished
himself at the old corner, refreshed by his
late journey to the Atlantic states, and
will as formerly attend to nil ordeia in his
lino as general jobber.
tXOTIJER VICTORY GAINED IX FA
VOR OF SVECIE PAYMENTS.
After this date, coin will be used for
change, and tickets dispensed with: all
drinks and cigars five and ten cents, at
the Chicago House, Main street. Astoria.
Astoria, Oct. 'J, lbTT.
SOMETHING NEW
For Glassware, Crockery. Powder and
Shot, dun Wads. Percussion Caps. in
fact everything that is ikseful as well as
ornamental.
al, go to J. n uearhart, wno
sells cheap for cash.
Goods delivered
tree of charge.
Canary Birds. for sale at Gilles
pie'?, Parker house baths.
Sinr-MASTEifs Reading Room. Mr.
Peter Wilhelm has permanently fitted
up a ship-master's reading room in con
nection with the Gem saloon in Astoria.
The latest shipping papers and home
ward and outward bound shipping lists
are kept on 111
file. ?TcJegrapn office next
tloor,
LOCAL AND DOMESTIC.
The young man who assisted a
Philadelphia medium swears that he
has been recognized as seventeen dead
friends in the course of a single even
ing and that, too, when he was mak-
j ing no effort to personate the party.
I A bill nnssnd linfli 1imi:r of flr fni
riturial assembly on the 4th, changing
ie tjme 0f the dirtriet court at Walla
Walla, from the od Monday in October
to the fourth Monday in November.
Word w:is telegraphed to Walla Walla
to prevent summoning of witnesses
and jurors for this month, under the
old law.
Senator Morton is steadly im
proving, and his family is much en
couraged. Alexander EI. Stephens is
at Augusta, Ga. He is in improved
health. Gen. jS". B. Forrest is conva
lescent. Solon Robinson is recovering
from a dangerous illness in Browning
ton, Conn. Mr. Delane of the Lon
don Times has been so sick that he has
had to abandon his office as editor, and
seek health on the Mediterranean coast.
George L. Fox is being eared for by
his sister .it home in Cambridge, Mass.
Brother Moody is ill through over
work. The ex-Queen of Spain recently
notified the Pope that she wished to
make a pilgrimage to Home, but lie
dreaded the political significance which
might be attributed to the visit, and
sent word that he thought that it
would be inopportune. The ex-Queen
however, seemed to have set her mind
on the journey, and wrote direct to
the Pope saying that she was on the
way. The answer which reached her
was couched in such peremptory, terms
that she went to Yiena. She is to
stay in Paris, during the winter.
Several attempts have been made to
cultivate chestnuts in Oregon, but
many persons who tried and failed,
relinquished the trial, saying the cli
mate was not favorable to their growth.
A successful refutation of these asser
tions was shown the editor of the
Standard, last week by Dr.Gleun,in the
shape of an immense chestnut grown
in his garden, on Second and Colum
bia streets, and taken from a tree five
years old grown from the seed. He
will exhibit the nut at the state fair,
and it will no doubt have a tendency
to encourage the cultivation of these
trees in the state.
A war correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News describes Biela, some
time headquarters of the Russian army
in Bulgaria, as a sink of unutterable
abominations. ' 'There is not a drain
in the place; dirt lies where it falls,
dus' a dust made tip of a "thousand
abominations, animal and vegetable,
which fills throat, eyes, ears' clothes,
clogs in the hair, make clammy the
hands with mistiness, and makes a man
loathe life and himself. The members
of the Imperial suit were quartered all
over the town; some in the cabins of
the Bulgarians most, however, in
the abandoned Turkish houses. The
floors were of mud, or rather dust;
there was no glass in the windows,
and there was not a scrap of furniture
of any kind. Poor Prince Galatzin
lay on his little campbed, racked with
the pain of acute fever, worn almost to
a skeleton, lie, like three more of
the generals, his brother adjutants to
the Emperor, were poisoned by the
malaria of Biela. The Emperor him
self looked pale and wan, althcxt h the
Romanoffs are a healthy and stalwart
race. Gen. Ignatieff's voice was feeble
and slow, the glow of color had left
his cheeks, his eyes were heavy and
dim, his hand burned with fever not
yet exorcised. For three days and
nights he had suffered terribly with
what from his description appeared to
have been acute gastric fever."
The state is protected on the west by
the coast range from the strong gales of
the Pacific ocean, and on the ear-t from
snow storms and cold winter.- by the Cas
cade range, The trade wind? of the Pa
cific, from the northwest, keep the sum
mer months of Oregon sufficiently cool to
impart vijror and energy to body and
mind. The trade winds from the .-outh-wc?t
in winter, and the warm current.- of
the Pacific ocean are sufficient to keep th
winter month- mild, comfortable and
healthy; the one protect- from extreme
heat, the other from extreme cold. And
the magnificent s:ow peaks of Mount
Hood, Mount Jeffer.-ou. and their companion-,
stand a- faithful sentinel-, on the
Cascade range, ready a soon a- the -un
goes down, to coo! the labor aud toil. The
coast, ca.-cade, and ether mountain
ranges, the ocean bteezc,-, the ocean cur
rent, and the mountain .-now pcnk. are
worth all the doctors in the United Stnte
to the people of Oregon, for lengthening
life and securing health. They aru o
mnny physicians that are in con.-tnnt nt
tendaneeto guard and protect the health
of the people.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Experiments in a mine in Corn
wall, England, with the telephone,
point to the probability of its being
employed in conveying signals from
deep mines to the surface.
A London tailor has this sign in
his windew: "No American orders
taken without a deposit." Above a
bar in Chicago may be read: f:No
trust for allegded English noblemen."
Mrs. Woodhull, Miss Claflin, and
several Plymouth Church folks rode
up together in the elevator of jthe
Langham Hotel, London. Olive Lo
gan, who chanced to see them, says
they "looked daggers at eaeh other."
A Polish association of Chicago
has purchased an extensive tract of
land in Arkansas for the purpose of
there establishing a colony of their
countrymen. Fifty Polish families
from the vicinity of Chicago have al
ready settled there, and two hundred
more are expected before the close of
this month.
The Mayor of Liverpool has given
to that city a $200,000 art gallery, and
a service of plate worth 830,000 has
been given to the Corporation of Man
chester. Three years ago a citizen of
Bristol left a splendid house to be used
as the Mayor's residence, and soon af
terward another man left an almost
priceless collection of old British china
to be placed in it.
The Catholic newspapers of Que
bec say that a miracle was Avrought in
a church there. A woman who had
been lame for years and had used
crutches, was, immediately after par
taking of communion, cured of her
lameness, and enabled to return home
without her crutches. It is also said
that French, a Canadian, who fifteen
years ago joined the Baptist church,
was on witnessing this, reconverted to
the Catholic faith.
At Dartmouth Park, England, a
boy three years of age was given an
old wooden pipe by his father, with
which to blow soap bubbles. The fa
ther washed out the pipe before letting
the child have it. After using it the
boj- was taken ill, and three days
later he died, his death, according to
the medical evidence, being undoubt
edly caused by the nicotine contained
in the old pipe, which he had sucked
while blowing the soap bubbles.
No dividend has been paid for
two years by the Hudson's Bay Com
pany in consequence of depression in
the market for furs and sealskins. This
great commercial company finds its
vast territory and its numerous s;ilaricd
sen ants rendered almost useless by
the commercial stagnation of the
world. Furs are articles of luxury,
and as such they are largely dispensed
with in these hard times. The share
holders get nothing on their capital,
and as the regular servants employed
in overseeing the company's territory
receive a share of the profits as part
of their payment, they are being se
verely cramped by the absence of all
dividends.
New Boat. The Independent i.s
informed that Jacob Kamm,President
of the Vancouver Transportation Com
pany, who has for some time been trav
eling in the East for his health, has
greatly improved and will shortly re
turn home, bringing with him the
machinery for a new boat. The new
steamer is to be more commodious
than the Vancouver, and will be built
staunch and strong. She will be ready
for the Portland and Vancouver route
sometime next summer,
Goy. Thompson's Ditch. A recent
visior to. Gov. D. P. Thompson's big
mining ditch on the Applegate, in
Jackson county, reports the governor
driving ahead with that and omitable
energy which always characterizes his
labors. Being a very successful orgai -izer,
he has his little army of 400 men,
representing nearly all tiie nationali
ties, so disposed, along the line of the
ditch, as to make them most effective.
All the camps are supplied with black
smith shops, and all the necessary
appliances, there is a saw mill in near
proximity to the ditch, capable of
cutting 13,000 feet of lumber in a day.
Already many miles of the ditch have
been completed, and Gov Thompson
confidently expects to finish the entire
work early this month.
Eighteen thousand persons emigrattd
in 1S76 from the Eastern nnd Western
State to Oregon,
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