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Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, October 17, 187
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the rate of $1 "') per iinrc per montli.
Tran-ient adverli-iiiir, by the day or week,
fifty cent.- per . iuare for each insertion.
To City Subscribers.
There are 5iich frequent chanpes in the resi
dence of our city patrons that we shall feel
obliged to any who make such change if they
will report the same to thi-sottico. Ulhorwio
w .-hall not be rc"-poniblo for failure of tho
carrier to deliver tho paper promptly and
legularly to them.
Tho little Columbia ran away from
the bis boast of Victoria, the Alexander,
under slow-bell on Sunday.
On tiii: TJppki: Rivin:. A P. C. from
The Dalles informs us that Cant. Fred
Wilson is now on the upper Columbia.
RliVENTK CrTTKK FOP. ASTOHIA.
The. new "Revenue Cutter Tom Corwin
Capt. J. W. While, has been designated
for the Columbia river, with headquar
ters at Astoria. The Corwin was built
for this district.
New City "Maps. Mr. II. Geaiharl
City surveyor, has just completed a very
handsome map of Astoria (in two sec
tions) on a large scale, which is admired
for the beauty of style and finish, and
its minute correctness.
City Matteiis. City Attorney Bell
has been absent for several days to Oys
terville on business. As there were sun
dry ordinances pending in relation to
city finances that needed the attention
of the attorney, the council adjourned
Monday evening, to meet again last
;.-ening.
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Mutiny. The crew of the Dinapore
mutinied on the morning of the 1.1th
-when the tug went alongside in the har
bor to take the vessel to sea, and would
not hoist the anchor. This detained the
ship until yesterday. It is but the natu
ral growth of that system which permits
a cargo to be taken on board at one port
t Astoria), while the erew is enlisted at
another port (Portland).
IxcoitiiECT. The name of Capt. Sib
son appeared in this paper as comman
der of the British bark Woodhall, due
lit this port from Hongkong. Our infor
mation was taken from Lloyd's register,
but we understand from Mr. Sibson of
this city, brother of the late commander
of the Woodhall, that Capt. Sibson died
sincethe report was made toLloyds from
which we have quoted, and that there
fore, the vessel is under command of an
other person.
Buy a Home. Although taxes are
high and rents are low, (says the St.
Louis Globe, and the words apply here
as well), a man who buys real estate
.and pays for it with his own money is
better off than he who gets five per cent
interest on a dejosit in a bank. The
withdrawal of deposits from the banks
ought to lead to a pretty brisk cash busi
ness in little houses and cheap lots, and
really it would be hard to find a better
-disposition to make of one's money.
U. S. Statutes. The United States
Statutes could be obtained of the depart
ment of state at the following rates:
Revised Statutes, lS7. to 187.1, $4 0.1;
Statutes at Large, toI. 18, 1S7.1, 4 0!;
.Statute at Large, vol. 1!, 1S7.1 to 1877,
2 ,10; bound in sheep. Postal orders or
certificates of deposit in First National
Bank at Portland, payable to the Secre
tary of State of the United States. The
above are the lowest possible rates which
can be procured, being ju.st what the pa
per, printing and binding costs the gov
ernment This information is given for
illMJ JCgai proiessiun.
:e at Tongue Point. Yesterday
rig at an early hour two very large
bear came to camp where the
workmen are employed upon the Tongue
Point depot and all hands started after
fie game, chasing them with stones back
into the bruslL Mr. Wheeler went for
his rifle, but before he returned to the
scei.e of excitement the bearing reached
a secure place, beyond capture. That is
a splendid locality for small gajie like
bear, cougar, elk, deer, and the like, and
it is said by some that even duck' tuul
snipe may be shot, on the opposite side
of the point. What an excellent site for
',a parkj in all its native wilduess.
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ALONG THE WHARVES.
The British bark Wigton arrived
yesterday.
The Drjjmclog will be loaded to-day,
perhaps.
The Buenos Ay res is loaded, and
nearly ready for sej
The Dinapore is lying at anchor at
Fort Stevens, part of her crew in iron?.
The. Ben llolladay delivered the
crew to the Factolus last night She is
now ready for sea.
The cargo-ballast of the Santa Clara
I was being hoisted out all night. She has
enough stiffening in to let all the ballast
out.
The Elder is hard aground at St.
Helen's all day ye.-terday. It is high
time an appropriation was made by Con
gress to deepen the channel at that
point
Real Estate Sales.
List of deeds of lots and lands trans
ferred and sold and recorded in the oflice
of the County Clerk of Clatsop county.
Oregon, for the month of August past,
exclusive of patents from the general
government and title deeds from the
Commi:sioners of school lauds:
George B. McEwan and wife to
Marshall Kinney, lot 4, block
1(5, and .10 feet square, south
end lot 4. block 10 ?1,:KX) 0Q
Phoibe and A. Knapp to llufus
Knapp, l'?.) acres of land
claim in Clatsop county 700 00
John II. Butter and wife to Jelii
1 lainburger, lot8, block iw, Mc-
Clure's Astoria 100 00
Ed. O'Conner and wife to M. J.
Kinney, lot 7. block 4, Me-
Cl u re's Astoria 400 00
W. L. Worthington and wife to
John llobson, lots : and 4,
block 108, Olney's addition. ... 123 00
John A. Reynolds and wife to J.
O. Fruit, frontage of lot 4,block
1, McCIure's Astoria
M. J. Kinney and wife to W. B.
Headington, lot 11, block 0.1,
McCIure's Astoria
Worthington and wife, to Chas.
Angel, lots 3 and 4, block .1:?,
McCIure's Astoria
M. J. Kinney and wife to Baptist
Church, lot 4, block 0.1. Mc
CIure's Astoria
C. L. Parker to Inez Parker, lots
1, 2, :i and 4, in block 14, Mc
CIure's Astoria
T. P. Powers and wife to D. C.
Ireland, lots .1 and (5, block 21,
in Upper Astoria
100 00
400 00
vm oo
000 00
1 00
100 00
i Heirs of Jas. Welch to John
Welch, lot 2, :, 4,.1. 0,8. 0,10, 11
and 12, block 11, Shively's As
toria Heirs of Jas. Welch to A. Barry
and J no. Anderson, lot 10, blk
:, Shively's Astoria
ll.L.Pittock and wife to Conard
Buchler, lot i:i, block 70, Ol
ney's Astoria
W.L Worthington and wife to
2.000 00
212 .10
80 00
Hannah Hareson. lots ( and 8
block so, McCIure's Astoria.. KM) 00
John Robinson and wife to M.
A. Fuller, lots ( and 8, block
18. Adair's Astoria 200 00
John Ansig and wife to Joseph
Konigsberger, lots 1. 2, 7 and 8
block 142, Olnev's Astoria ... 1.10 00
W. W. Parker and wife to Cath-
arin Crang. lot 1, block 73, Mc
CIure's Astoria
Paul Corno to Charles Wright,
lot 8. block 24, McCIure's As
toria Conrad Boelingand wifetoMira
1,100 00
1.800 00
Bogers, lot 8, block 48, Mc
CIure's Astoria 1,000 00
Bowlby and wife, W. W.Parker
and wife to Henry Perella and
Olof Peterson, lot 0, block o,
Shively's Astoria 2.10 00
John Connor, executor of D.
Beach, deceased to Thomas
Monteith, the undivided 0th of
lots 0, 7, and 8, block 10; lots 7
and 8, block 17 ; lot4, block 44 ;
lot 1, block ,18; lots 1, 2, 3, 0, 11,
12. 13, 14, block 01 ; lots 2, 3, 4,
11, 12, 13 and 14, block .18, and
the frontage of lots 11 and 12,
block .1(K? McCIure's Astoria
as extended by Cyrus Olney. . 000 00
D.C.Ramev to J no. Gorno, south
)4 of John Brown's donation
claim, frlatsop county SOO 00
John A. Reynolds and wife to
Wm. Reynolds, east K of lot.1,
block 134, Shively's Astoria... 2,300 00
James Shively to Manuel Be
Rosa Mendos, : acres, t 7 x,
it 10 west, Clatsop county 3,10 00
John Badollet and wife to David
Ingalls, lots 3 and 4, block 70,
Olney's Astoria
Philip Johnson and wife to L.
II. Hubbard, .10 by l.K) adjoin
ing lot 2, block 113, Shively's
Astoria
200 00
350 00
Goincj East. Dan C. Barney has
sold out at Knappa, and is goinir back
to the old home at Peoria on a visit Mr.
John Ross leaves by the Elder to-day
for his old hoic in the east
Smp-MA-sTEifs Reading Room. Mr.
Peter Wilhelm has permanently fitted
up a shipmaster s readme room m con
nection with the Gem saloon in Astoria.
The latest shipping papers and home
ward and outward bound shipping lists
are kept on file. Telegraph olllce next
door.
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Wheat Ri g. There is but one way
to compete with the wheat ring at Port
land. Form a ring for pools on wheat
in store at Astoria. Wheat afloat at As -toria
is always on a par with wheat
.afloat at San Francisco. Recollect that.
CITY ITEMS.
g your banner's on the outer
wall. wery is give me one of Geo. W.
CorirVgenuine boquet special cigars.
Stcajm's official gazette for Oregon
gton territory. ou can get
book store. If vou wish
autiful song that Emerson
THist a Sweet Boquei," you
Cornart's music store, with
all the very latest music published.
"Boqucts Especial,'' this well
known brand of ei'iirs. at Adler's.
Eastekx Ovsjlj-Fresh lot of
Eastern Oysters ptfFPituiiier Elder at
Schmeers, Squemo(jqli. srfcet.
Mrs. Arrigonni is furbishing good
rooms with board at from .J to 7" and
upwards per week, according to location.
The new art tauiht4Tnd pictures
painted in the most beaulifulXstyle, also
all kinds of fancv and erna:
intal work
taught by Mrs. L. B. Com
sample of the beautiful pietu
See
at the
Bee ilive, where vou can learii
; and
the time of classes. Orders
11. Steers.
M.
Choice new sets of crockery, very
unique and novel ; also the self-righting
'spittoon."' that always keeps upright,
just received and selling at prices to
suit the times, at 1. W. Case's.
Board and lodging can be had at
Mrs. Munson's at reasonable rates.
The best cooking apples and pears
in the city are to be found at Bozorth'sj
who also keeps a full stock of fresh veg
etables constantly on hand at the lowest
prices. Call and' be convinced.
You can always get fresh oysters
in every style and at all hours, day or
night, at the Central Coffee Saloon, Con
coinly street, between Benton and La
fayette. J. McFarland, proprietor.
Vstoria Liquor Store, II. Marx &
Co., proprietors. Sole agents for Charles
Rebstock & Co., St. Louis. Mo. Ameri
ca's finest Stonewall whisky, Snow Hill
fire. Cooper whisky. For sale by all gen
eral dealers and saloon keepers. Depot
and Branch House of Marx & Jorgen
sen, Portland, Oregon.
Dry goods, millinery and notions
cheap for thirty days at the Bee Hive.
The Dance of Life, an answer to
the Dance of Death, at the Circulating
Library.
Dr. F. P. Hicks, dentist, rooms in
Dr. Welch's building, on Sqiiemoqha
street, oilers his services to the public of
A:toria.
Peter Runey is still in the market
with all kinds of 'building materials in
his line. Has just received 100,000 lath,
2.000 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. Single men feel like marrying
when they see the Diamond range at L.
P. Richnfan & Co's.
...Fresh oysters in every style at
Sehmeer's.
White wire goods in every style,
at L. P. Richinan & Co's.
Dr. B. R. Freeland has located per
manently in Astoria for the practice of
dentistry. Oflice in Shuster's building,
on Cass street, next door to The Asto
p.ian oflice.
KPhotographs! The latest styles
taken at Shunter's new gallery, Cass st,
next to tho Astorian oflice.
J7zi For clean towels, sharp razors,
and an easy shave, go to Gillespie ut Pak
kep. House Baths. Hair cutting, hliuni
pooning, and dyeing.
ESy"Little Van lias reestablished
himeif at the old corner, refreshed by hi
late journey to the Atlantic i;lntej, and
will a formerly attend to nil orders in hi
line as? general jobber.
AXOTHER VICTORY GAINED IX FA
VOR OF SPECIE 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.
X. WE1MAN.
Astoria, Oct 3, 1877.
SOMETHING NEW.
For Glassware, 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 charge.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
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FL.1CTEB.
Dr. J. M. Hinkle, of the National Sur
gical Institute, with a competent corps
of assistants will visite Portland, Oregon
Rooms at St. Charles Hotel. October 22d.
to November 1st, 1877, inclusive. No
other institution in the world has suc
cessfully treated so many cases of Spi
nal Curvature, Disease of the Joints,
Paralysis. Club Feet, Piles, Fistula in
a no, Scrofula, Masai Catarrh, etc. Pa
tience from almost ever county in the
United States have applied to it for re
lief, either at the home Institute at In
dianapolis. Indiana, or to one of its grand
divisions at Philadelphia, Pa., Atlanta,
Ga., or San Francisco, Cal. The afflicted
cannot afford to miss this opportunity of
being cured at home. TheDocior nia'kes
no charge for consultation and examina
tion, and his terms for teatment are
witliin the reach of every one.
Canaey Birds. for sale ?.t GjResr
pic', Parker houc bathe.
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The Soft Shadowy Days.
Autumn is wandering on down the
descending path, and soon wjll the sea
son's stately robes rustle the fallen
leaves and flutter in the sullen blasts of
November. Imbued as they must be
with a soul-deep appreciation of the
etheral beauty and tranquility of "the
soft shadowy days," our readers will
thank us for grouping these delicate pen
pictures :
SLMIMER DYING.
On the scarlet mountains yonder,
Summer lies down to die;
She gathers her robes of splendor
Around her royally.
Her tender, purpling mosses
Pillow her royal head:
Her myriad, gentle grasses
Are weeping about her bed.
It fails, the precious promise
Of her beauty's golden reign ;
It came, the loss, the longing,
The silence, and the pain.
She was cruel in her splendor,
She mocked us in its reign :
She held her careless carnival
Above our idol slain.
'Tis not the hand that crowns us,
The hand held out to bless;
'Tis the hand that robs and wrongs us,
That we often caress.
Still, O, beguiling Summer.
We o'er thy beauty lean ;
Thou didst rob us, yet we love thee
Discrowned, we hail thee queen.
All passionate fervor faded,
With eyes at last serene.
Turned toward thy conqueror, Autumn,
Thou art dying, O, our queen !
All that thou gavest to us,
In thy morning's gracious glow,
All thou hast taken from ns.
Only our God can know.
OCTOIIER.
Solemn yet beautiful to view,
Montli of my heart, thou dawneth here,
With sad and faded leaves to strew
Pale summer's melancholy bier;
The moaning of thy winds I hear.
As the red sunset dies afar,
And bars of purple clouds appear,
Obscuring every western star.
Thou solemn month ! I hear thy voice;
It tells my soul of other days,
When but to live was to rejoice,
When earth was lovely to my gaze !
Oh, visions bright oh, blessed hours,
Where are their living raptures now '.'
I ask my spirit's wearied powers
I ask my pale and fevered brow.
I look to nature, and behold
My life's dim emblems rustling sound
In hues of crimson and of gold
The years dead honors on the ground ;
And, sighing with the winds, I feel,
W bile their low pinions murmur by
How much their sweeping tones reveal
Of life and human destiny.
When spring's delight sonic .moments
shone,
They came in zephyrs irom the west;
They bore the wood-lark's melting tone,
They stirred the blue lake's glassy
breast;
Through Summer, fainting in the heat,
They lingered in the forest shade;
But changed, and, strengthened now,
they beat
In storm o'er mountain, glen and glade
How like those transports of the breast
When life is fresh and joy is new;
Soft as the halcyon's downy nest,
And transient all as they are true !
They stir the leaves in that bright
wreath
Which Hope about her forehead twines
Till Griefs hot sighs around it breathe,
Then Pleasure's lip its smile resigns.
Alas ! for Time and Death and Care,
What gloom about our way they fling !
Like clouds in autumn's gusty air.
The burial pageant of the spring.
The dream that each successive year
Seemed bathed in hues of brighter
pride.
At last like withered leaves appear,
And sleep in darkness side by side.
ALTII3I.V 8UX.SII5XE.
Mild as the glances of angel eyes,
Soft as the kisses of first born love,
Down through the haze of the Autumn
skies
Comes the glad sunshine from the
realms above,.
Beautiful pictures it sketchcth now,
Touched with the glowing hues of old,
Painting the valley and mountain's brow
With purple and opal and red ami gold;
A whisper of beauty the spirit fills,
Tales of a laud that fadeth never,
Sunshine that gildeth the beautiful hills,
Oyer the bank of the shadowy river.
Beautiful rest for the weary soul.
Earth hath no beauty akin to this !
Anthems of gladness forever roll
Over those halcyon plains of bliss.
Down the steeps of life's western hill,
Beautiful sunshine of hope and light
Every shadow and hope dispel,
Lift my spirit from realms of night.
S ft as the beams of the Autumn sun,
Sweet as the death of the summer
flowers,
Gather thy jewels one by one,
Take my soul to those fadeless bowers.
INDIAN' SUM3IEI?.
Just after the death of the flowers,
And before they are buried in snow,
There comes a festival season,
When nature is all aglow
Aglow with a mystical splendor
That rivals the brightness of spring
Aglow with a beauty more tender
Than aught which fair summer could
bring.
Same spirit akin to the rainbow
Then borrows its magical dies,
And mantles the far-spreading land
scape In hues that bewilder the eyes.
The sun, from its cloud-pillowed chain
her,
Smiles soft on a vision so gay,
And dreams that his favorite children.
The flowers, have not yet passed away
There's a luminous mist on the moun
tains, A light azure haze in the. air,
As if angels, whilst heavenward soaring.
llftd left their bright robes floating
there.
The breeze is so soft, so caressing,
It seems a mule token of love,
And floats to the heart like a blessing
From some happy spirit above.
These days, so serene and so charming,
Awaken a dreamy delight
A tremulous, tearful enjoyment,
Like soft strains of music at night ;
We. know they are fading and fleeting,
That quickly, too quickly they'll end.
And we watcluhenrwith yearning affec
tion, As at parting we watch a dear friend.
O ! beautiful Indian Summer !
Thou favorite child of the year
Thou darling, whom nature enriches
With gifts and adornments so dear !
How fain would we woo thee to linger
On mountain and meadow awhile.
For our hearts, like the sweet haunts of
nature,
Rejoice and grow young in thy smile
Not alone to the sad fields of autumn
Dost thou a lost brightness restore,
But thou bringest a world-weary spirit
Sweet dreams of its childhood once
more.
Thy loveliness thrills us with memories
Of all that was brightest and best;
Thy peace and serenity offer
A fortaste of heavenly rest
This is a season enjoyed, we believe,
by all. The sportsman looks forward to
splendid shooting, rambling rubolists to
delightful nooks in wood and dell, and
the school boy is sure to look forward
with pleasure to the days,
When the sound of dropping nuts is
heard,
Though all the trees are still,
And twinkle in the smoky light
The waters of the rill.
& Small is the sum that is re
quired to patronize u newspaper, amply
rewarded U patron, I care not how hum
ble and unpretending the gazette which
he takes. It is next to impossible to till
a sJiei't with printed matter without put
ting into it something worth the subscrip
tion price. Eveiy parent whose .on is
away From home at school, should sup
ply him with a new.-pnpor. I well re
niimber what a marked difference there
was between my schoolmates who had
not acce.1 to newspapers. Other things
being equal the tiiat were always decidedly
superior to the last in debate, composition
and general intelligence. Daniel "Web
ster. jS"While the advertiser eats and
sleeps', printers, steam engines, and print
ing presses arc ut work lor him, trains
and stages are taking his words to every
corner of the country, to thousands of
readers, all whom glance with more or
li interest at thi iiiHssnfrA nrprMJiWl Uiv
'them in the solitude of his oflice. No
preacher ever spoke to so large an audi
ence, or with so little effort) or so elo
quently, as vou may with the newspaper
mau's assistance, speak to the public.
iWe publish birth, marriage
and d"ath notices free ot charge, but ex
pect them to be sent to tho office. The pay
I? not largo enough for us to wear out our
patent loather bots in searching for tho.
particulars of gratuituoug items of any kind
MONEY KEPT AT HOME IS A
.w - profit bayed. Patronizj Aatoriaaa.
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