ay pi ,VJvJrM'Jllr Yol. 3. Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 25, 1877. No. 121. gr-Mi j inj.i.i JTtgJ Am lf jfe Jil' Jl'il' ij . . gfte g&ilsj Qslvxxnix, ISSUED EVERY MORNING, (Monday Exceptod), h JSECiANI) : : PUB&X.SIffEK. Aatoriaii BnUdinq. Cos. Street. Terms of Subscription z tecrved by Carrier, per week :2 Cents nnt by mail, four months 53 00 43imt by mail, cue year. . D 00 Free of Postage to Subscribers. H3T" Advcrtieracnti inserted by the yenr at ie nitc of $1 W por qiturc pur month. Transient advert'sin::, by t!ie day or week, iSfty cents ier square for cach&nscrtion. To City Subscribers. There are such frequent change in the resi tlenceof our city luttrons that wo haJI feel t i a ..!. ... . i - i. i rril ooiixoc io any who inahesm cimnpcva u bj will report the same to thioitic(. tithe: wim; avc shall not be repon-ille for failures of the I-. i,. .Kit.... 4l.n .......... ..i.i..(tti .nJ t regularly to them. niIUVl LU UKllw UIB lKijici inviuiHij unl . Look out for burglar-. There are Jots of, them ,vp the country and they may drop dovn to Astoria. Empire city has been sold. The re ceiver tubes immediate possession. The News wiil be printed at Marshfield in future. The face of nature was nicely wash ed yesterday morning, but like a crying Smby it was done at the expense of nu merous squa'ls. . -- The Dallas iteinizcr has changed its iress to a handsome six column quarto form. The Itemizer is one of our most emitted exchanges. .The Independent Order of Good Templars propose to treat their friends ttnd fellow citizens generally to some -theatricals soon, which will be enthusi astically received no don hi. - --- Messrs. Fairforwl & Sonmished load ing the Santa Clara and C. W. Cochrane Tuesday. The Abeona was finished yesterday, and we challenge any Port- land stevedores to load a ship quicker or better than the Santa Clara was loaded under the superintendence of Richard fish they can get, hut they do not get Lemon. She has 2.07," long tons of wheat' half as many as they can can. The 'that was put aboard at the rate of over i fish tire very nice, being mostly silver 7r, tons an hour, and the other vessels shies. We hope they may get enough were loaded with the same rapidity. If to induce them to return next season, there is anv quicker work or more com- j They were just one month too late for -petent superintendents we would like to Jlie st run; should have been here hear of it and them. b3r the first of August. 1 hey canned w, a small lot of cockles or clams, which deferring to Mr. G.W. Hume's can- 'vei-e truly very nice They want to .iierv enterprise on Gravs harbor the get a few bushels of-clams to can, more ., . .. , ., ,. , 'as an experiment than for present 'v.oarihr savs: "As fast as the fish are , r, t ,, , i-, ,-j1 r , , . . . profit, but the clams, like the fish. i.uc r vw,.o Wi. ..., uuvu. .... M.mi.i , a schooner, which lies in the .stream, and will be shipped out of the harbor on her and transferred i-o some other craft for foreign shipment. Last week, two men in one night, -caught ISO fish, and for some days past the ten boats have aver aged over iG0 fish per night. These salmon are .the anie as the Columbia river fish o-xily not quite so rQ. and are now in excellent condition. They are caught in the river and the bo-it3 go up .stream for miles, each night We :may reasonably anticipate that the number of fisheries will be increased, and that several of the streams emptying into Shoalwater bay and Graj's harbor will be made use of by enterprismg.cannery men- next year." Tb.ere.are about thirty dnen employ ed in the manufacture of boots and shoes in Seattle, and one of the principal man ufacturers inrorms the Intelligencer that he can not possiblj fill the orders given him, as he could not find help enough to do it. And yet prices aye good and wages are fair. FewT people stop to tin nk of the importance of the boot and shoe busi ness, a.id would be, pezhaps, astonished to learn that it costs more to shoe the world than to house them. That is by a .careful estimate an established fact. It takes the product of the labor of an .adult two days in the year to shoe each individual of its inhabitants. When we reflect that four-fifths of the inhabitants ire too 3'oung to labor, we can realize the extent of the burd a it must be o.i -those who can. We should he .glad to see more of our boot aiid shoe business done at home. We have an abundance of hides and bark, and first class tanner ies making leather for us. Twenty years :igoLiey employed one hundred thou sand hands in Massachusetts making boots and shoes, ow they employ half that number, as the business lias become distributed all over the United States. In San Francisco they have about fifteen tiundred hands employed in-the busi ness. Astoria ought to supply -wrk for 00 men at boot and slioe making. Z.OCAI. : JOTTINGS. Bodell Bay and Emily Champlin are ready for sea. City of York and Edward James went up river yesterday morning. The Trojan lias chartered to load for Liverpool in San Francisco at -1 17s. The Hazard, Buttcrmer, and Nation al, left isan Francisco on the 21st for As toria. The Elder also left on Tuesday. Bev. P. 0. Jletzler. audit of the American Bible Society will preach this (Thursday) evening -at 7 o'clock in ihe Baptist Church. The Elder has several Astoria pas seugerson board, including Mr. M.J. Kin ney, Mr. C. II. Bain and family, C J Trenchard, Mrs. Trenchard and Miss Allie PaugburiL Mr. Isaac S. Junes returned from up river lat evening. Jle had the good for tune to meet a neph'ew at Kahuna. Mr; , , rn)llll, ; ..,-: ,,.l,,.i 1.a1,.. - " - '" "- VJ V!'-""i""' " not Seen but once ill 22 vejirs. The meet- IJi, 4lO fc C4JWJ VfJH . iiiir ..(c o li.mm- inn. Astoria merchants are shipping goods to New Tacoma upon orders.' We look for the time, to come when the PorJand merchants can be accomodated here in a similar way. Our friend Van Dusen has waited many years for this auspicious begining, and we congratu late him on the near approach of the iood t;me coming come. Capt. Ilusiler calls our attention to the fact that the Captain of the British iron ship Burmah ,' running between Melbourne and Liverpool, writes to S. F. thai, he has discovered a plan to pi event the erratic movement of the compass-needle on inrn ships. It is nothing nore nor less than to keep the cumpass embedded in a ho:: of earth, and the Ca,ia:n claim- that it is a perfect corrective of the evil sought to be reme died. It is worth a trial. SoMh Bend News. Our coiTospondent at South Bend, Pacific count, Washington territory, writes as follows under date of the 12th: Watson Bros, are canning all the , Mr. John Wood is improving and will be out after a while as good as ever. The schooner Marsh loaded with oysters for Bay center oyster company. Sailed on the lGth. The .Schooner Three Sisters now in, to load for the Washington oyster company, Bruce port. Also the schooner John McCul lough to load for the Bay center oyster company. The scliooner H. L. Tier nan will be at this place in a few days. Not much of 'interest to note. Weather fine. John Wood & Co. sowed last spring oi the Willapa, some barley as an ex periment; it proved a decided success. Grain full and heavy and the yield far beyond their most sanguine expectc tions. S. Good Words for the Home Paper. The New York Times . says you might nearly as well forget your chur ches your academies and school houses, as to forget your local paper. It speaks to ten times the audience, that your local minister does. It is read eagerly each day and week from begin ing to end. It reaches you all, and if it has a lower spirit and less wisdom than a sermon, it has a thousand times better chance at you. Lying as it I does, on every table in almost every house, you owe to yourselves to rally liberally to its support, and act from it as able, heightened a character as you do from an educator in your midst. It is in no sensce beneath no tice and care unless you yourself are beneath notice and care for it is your representative. Indeed, in its char acter, it is the culmiation of the im portance, interest and welfare of all. It is the aggregate of your pwn censer quence, and you cannot ignore it withr -! put miserably depreciating yourself. CITY ITEMS. ....An ng 3ou want that is nice in the stat rime, can be round at Ad ieapest prices- ler's at rackets are neat and cheap is scarce hut you do not neet money to trade at Adler's. vour sheet music go to Cor- nart for musical instruments, go to Cornarts; for jour violin and guitar string.-, got) Cornart's; for everything in the music line, go to Cornarfs "music store, Clienamus treet, next door to De men ts drug store. Tillamook canned clams for sale at E. S. Larsen's. Vny person in want of building materials froiuKuney's wharf.duringhis absence, can get the same bv applving toT.S. Jewett, or A. Wing. Genuine Louisiana Bull - dozers (five shooters), at Adler's. Mrs. Arrigonni is furnishing good rooms with board at from ( to :S7 and upwards per week. according to location. Choice now sets of crockery, very unique and novel; also tiie self-righting .spittoon. that alwaj's keeps upright, just received and selling at prices to suit the limes, at I. W. Case's. Hoard and lodging can be had at .Mrs. Mtuison's at reasonable rates. The best cooking apples and pears in the city are to be found at Uozorth's, who also keeps a full Mock-df froh veg etables constantly on hand at the lowest prices. Cail and'be convinced. You can always get fresh oysters in every st le and a"t all hours, (fay or night, at tin Central Coliee Saloon, Con comly street, between Benton and La fayette. Thos. MeFarland. iroprietor. Astoria Liquor Store, JI. Marx & Co., proprietors. Sole agents for Charles JJeb.Ntoek & Co., St. Louis. Mo. Ameri ca's finest Stonewall whisk j Snow Hill fire. Coo)er whiskj'. For sale by all gen eral dealers and saloon keepers. Depot and Branch House of. Marx !t Jorgen sen, Portland, Oregon. Dry goods, millinery and notions cheap for thirty days at the Bee I live. The Dance of Life, an answer to the Dance of Death, at the 'Circulating Library. Dr. F. P. I licks, dentist, rooms in Dr. Welch's building, on Squemoqha. Mreet. oilers his services to the public of Astoria. Peter Buney is stjlljn the market with all kinds of buil(1ipgmateiials in his line. Has just received 100.UOO lath, 2,(KM) bushels of sand, and a large stock of first quality of .brick athis warehouse foot o Benton street. ' - The "Dance of Life,' an answer to the Dance of Death, by Mrs. J. M. Bowers. For sale at the'Citv Book Store! ! Board and lodging by the da y or week at the Astoria Beer Hall. Main street. Astoria. Peter Daviscoiirt, pro prietor. Single men feel like marrying when they sec the Medallion range at L P. Bichman & Cos. ...Fivsh oysters in every style at Schme.er's. White wire good-, in every style, at L. P. Bichman & Cos. Dr. B. B. Freeland has located per manently in Astoria for the practice of dentistrC. Office in Shtister's building, on Ctkss street, next door to The Asto j:iax office. ;53KPhotographs! The latest styles taken at Shtister's new gallery, Crs si., next to the Adrian office. 0'Zi" For clean towels, sharp razors, and an eay shave, go to Gillespie at I'ak kkii House Uatiis. Hair cutting, sham pooning, and dyeing. JjSTLittle Van has reestablished himself at the old corner, refreshed by his late journey to the Atlantic states, and will as formerly attend to all orders in his line as general jobber. AXOTJ1ER VICTORY GAIXED IX FJ. VOll OF SPECIE PJLYMESTS. Alter tins tiate, com win ue used lor change, ami Jickets dispens oil with; all (iriiiKS ami cigars live aim len cents, ai the Chicago House, Main street, Astoria. X. WEIMAN. Astoria, Oct. ., 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 .1. W. Gearhart, who sells cheap for cash. Goods delivered free of chartre. Canary Birds. for sale at Gilles pie's, Parker house batfis. Ship-master's Beading Boom. Mr. Peter Wilhelni has permanently fitted up a ship-masters readme room m con nection with the Gem saloon in Astoria. The latest shipping papers and koine ward and outward bound shipping lists are kept on file. Telegraph olfice next door. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.. Oregon offers great attractions to those in search of new homes, to-wit: Hoalthy and attractive diversity of surface. Grand scenery and mild climate. No excessive cold or boat. Average temperature, sum mer, 67, winlor G9, Thunder-storms very rare, hurricanes unknown. Death rate lower in Oregon than in any other State, east or wet. Soil of unsurpassed fertility, especially suitM to cereals, fruits, flax, hops, and bay. No failure of crops in Oregon for thirty years from any cause. No droughty as in .California. Great abundance of the finest fruit. Stock-raisin tr vprv profitable. As a fanning country Oregon is not surpassed by any part of tng union. jrmeri fiiie el ...Those!) at Alen. M MJlllllfll Notes from 3Irs. Dnnhvny. In her letter of the 8th, Mrs. Dnni way to the Is ew Northwest has the follewing: Did we tell you about a meeting in Walla Walla, at the theatre, where, through the kindness of manager John Jack, of the famous Annie Firniin troupe, we lectured one evening, be fore a very large assembl, upon the "Use and Abuse of Amusements?" Speaking of the theatre, have we told you that in our opinion John Jack is the most deservedly popular caterer to the public taste for legiti mate amusement whom it has been our good fortune to meet since our itinerant wori; began? If we have n't said it before, we take delight in say ing it now. And whenever cr wher ever one, or dozens of you, may chance to have opportunity to attend his plays, go. You will not regret it. There are thousands of people in the great Northwest who need just such relaxation from business, and all great or even petty troubles, as they can get in no other way so easily or cheaply as bj attending some entertainment of the kind, where they may be stirred to tears or laughter by witnessing the proceedings upon the mimic stage. Waitsburg, though not as rapid in growth tis Dayton, is a center of consid erable trade, and contains many ex cellent citizens. Like its more suc cessful neighbor, it is surrounded by an immense alluvial district, where the husbandman may reap immense returns for his toil. Many of the settlers forn.erly lived 5n the Wil laniet valley, all of whom are well pleased with their location and sur roundings. But the cry for a railroad resounds through the land, and the people accept the inconveniences of staging with many a mutter of discon tent. Yet the stage road is in excel lent condition, and is well equipped with Concord coaches and substantial roadsters. Mr. Fettis, the gentleman ly proprietor of the line, spare." neither labor nor expense to keep the high wav in repair, and his drivers have reduced their business to the nicety. of ji science. Once, when we were so fortunate as to be upon the outside seat, the coach encountered two wagons loaded with lumber, and coupled at the length of twenty feet or more, and we were on a narrow grade, where the least mischance would have precipitated the whole concern from a steep embankment into eternity "Easv, now, now mybojs! Steady, there; whoa!" said the driver, co:ix ingly, and the frightened and shrink ing horses held their ground while the traces of the passing mules slapped their shins, and a projecting piece of timber well-nigh upset our top-heavy diligence. The danger past, the dri ver iit his cigar, and for once we for gave him for smoking. Though Umatilla does not grow in size, it is the center of a rapidly-growing trade, and its inhabitants are pros perous, xrogressive, and intelligent to a high degree. We found only one person who tried to 'put on airs," and she was once a servant, who inveigled a gentleman into marrying her when women were scarce in those parts; and ladies tell us that she rules her hus band as with a rod of iron. We do not doubt it. At The Dalles there is a woman who is a very successful merchant. We had ard wl t ah sho wna !, nmi , . ftllP ,:-' and how much opposed to our mission, so, seek ing a little fun, we entered her store when we knew there were several cus tomers present, and asked her to take the people's paper. Good reader, you should have heard her snap: "I don't believe in tyrannizing over the men !" she said. "I Delieve in letting them manage their own busi ness. " Everybodj laughed and waited de velopments. The termagant went on with her speech. To have heard it, you would have thought the gentle creature, to be consistent, should her self crouch at the feet of men, where she consigned your humble servant. Somebody came up and wanted a statement of account The man's rights woman cast her flashing eyes around m fury. Where's thr.t Chapman?" she asked, alluding to her hen-pecked husband and law-maker. The sheepish subordinate appeared. 'If you don't 'tend to your business, I'll have to turn you off and hire a book-keeper!" exclaimed the believer hi womanly subjugation. The Price of Wheat. Wheat ought to be one dollar and fifty cents per bushel all over the Wallamet valley. San Francisco pays from $2to 2 23 per cental. A cental o wheat is a bushel and two-thirds of a bushel. Wheat afloat at Astoria is always worth as much as wheat afloat at San Francisco. "The European Plan." The following, which we clip from The Grocer of Sept. 22d, 1S77, illus trates the style of death notices prev alent in Liverpool tins fall. If that style should be adopted here it would be the means of reviving a dull adver tising seasen: OBITUARY. The death is announced of Mr. W. Gary, of Sales House, Shepton 'Mal let, at the age of eighty-one. The de ceased, who was highly respected in Somersetshire, had carried on for more than half a century a large business in English and foreign cheese. His death will not interfere with the carrying on of the business. The above obituary is followed by an interesting article on "The Sausage, Season." Benching Out After Trade. From the San Francisco Bulletin. The Chicago Tribune recently called attention to the fact that there had been a great revival and expansion of trade in that city. The secret of the revival was that the whole area of country tributary to Chicago was filled with money, or its equivalents. Agri culture in the west has had a good year. The markets have been better than usual. But so much could not be said of manufacturers and mechan ics. The war in Europe has helped to sustain the prices of farm products. But it has not increased the wages of the mechanic nor given him much ad ditional employment. Chicago reaches out westward for trade about as far as Wj'oming. The difference between gold and greenbacks is now so small that we hear little about the special advantages of buying for paper money in Chicago. N While it has not been a good year for agriculture in California, there i3 a vast country tributary to San Francis co, in which the crops have been good, -md which may be said to be ''full of money." One may find now-a-days merchants in this city from Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington territory, with some as far east as Ida ho and Wyoming. All this country is commercially tributary to San Fran cisco. The Pacific coast is an empire in itself. Its productive capacity has been this year probably somewhere be tween three and four hundred mill ions. It will never be less. The great areas of unoccupied territory are fill ing up rapidly. We have not such a populous back country as Chicago, and the throng of country merchants who come here is not as great. But every year the difference is reduced. The duties on direct imports paid in San Francisco are more than five times greater than are paid in Chicago. The former is much more prominent as a buyer at first hands. The mild mannered Brick Pome- roy, in his Democrat, advises the kill ing of all congressmen who dare to fa vor the resumption act in the ap- proaching term of congress. Advertising by Splurges. Profit able and successful advertising is an art founded upon principles which may be said to constitute a science. Most sa gacious business men who advertise ex tensively do not go upon blind, irregular impulses, but proceed according to an in telligent and well-considered system which they have deliberately adopted. Such men understand perfectly that one of the most valuable secrt3 of profitable adver tising consists in constantly keeping them selves and their special line of business be fore the public. The name of the fijmf its location and the articles or class of articles in which itdeals, must be familiar ized to the public eye, and through that to the public mind. It is the constant dripping that tnake its impression upon even the hardest Tock. To effect this, steady and continuous adveit'ging is far better than occasional splurges, no matter how showy and attractive. It is no doubt true that a big splurge three or four times a ycr.r, tilling a colum or two with display heads and double-leaded matter, has its effect. But unless thoe spasmodic oppeals are supplemented and reinforced by mall standing advertisements they are in danger of making no lasting impression. In the long run the persistent advHtiser, whose name staros the reader in the face every time he lakes tip his paper, will accomplish his object much more effectually than his rival who relies upon a splurge every three ot six months. This in a principle which needs only to be started ir. order to secure recognition by sagacious business men; and almo-t all men of that class who have succet'dfd in building up a great business- by advertising have acted upon it, -