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Astoria, Oregon, Thursday -Morning, November 35, 1877.
No. 139.
ISSUED EVERY MORNINO,
(Mrac2:iF Excepted),
Aitoncui Biuldhvj, Cass Street
terms of Subscription
xzrvofl by Carreer., jer week JXi Cents
Seat by mail, four months DO
Cietit byjna.il, cne year. ......... y 00
Pieo of i'ostajie to Subscriboi-s.
HS" WlvcrUcnicnLs inserted by tho ycur at
the rate of $1 oU iiorsiuarc ter month.
T nins-ient advortieini:, by the day or vrook, ,
lifty cents per square for ouch insertion.
To City Subscribers.
There sre such fro jucnt chanpes in the reKi- I
donee of our city patrons that t-hali feet I
uuiiecd t any who mauo Mich change? if they '
m-;11 lcport thc::iinetJ tlusoihce. Ulhcnvisc
uohall not bo roj.onrftlo for failures of tho '
carrier to deliver the paper promptly and ,
regularly to tbem.
Bead J. Strauss new ad."'
mi o. VT, - -. I
lhe Springfield arrived yestei-
.lay m tw of the Gmef, Reed piloting.
Evorybivdy is rushing io J.Stral'SS
iew grocer v btore.
iJ-The Wigton will be down to
day in tow of the Wonder, Strang .pi
loting. ..1. Stka uss sclkthe nicest, best I
nnd cheapest goods in town.
M..Tbe Grand Central Company of
Aarniington, Missouri, is a. fraud of
the first water.
Fully 'St per cent saved by buying
;;t A. Snt.vr.ss" new grocery store.
&&-If vou want a good krout cutter '
go to Henry Oallou's wagon shop and '
Jmve ene made to order.
J, Strauss will pay he highest
'ash prices for fresh eggs and butter.
jK5-Xtemember the entertainment
by the.young ladies of the Congrega
tional church this evening.
$2 40. You can buy the best coal
Vl in .patent faucet can. at J. Stkauss".
XWill some person having a spare
'jojjy of Harper's Weekly, June 22d,
J 877, with accompanying map of the
.seat of war in Turkey, leave the same
.at this 'jJticeJ We will pay for it
Something for laundrjs to look at
Oiemical Olive soap, 80 -cents a box, at
J.S'nurss.
i.j53fr. Boison, jeweler on Main
street, le-aves for San Franeisco to-day
by the Elder, for the purpose of pur
chasing a stock for the approaching
holidays.
.
Just received iresli Berlin, Wis
consin, cultivated cranberries, at J.
Stiiauss'-
.This is the season of lotteries
and grand schemes promising, great
results. Beware of all circulars and
advertising dodges, promising from
2UULUU to $3UU.UU profits on an invest
ment of from five dollars to fourteen
or twenty. ,
....Sugar cured bacon at prices that-
dcly competition; also, Chicago sugar
cured hams and breakfast bacon, the
best in the world, at J. Stkai'ss.
Persons who have not sent in their
petitions to Congress for a terminus
(not a station) on the Northern Pacific
.railroad, .arc requested to do so as quick
Ai possible. There is no time to be lost
.... Sal em patent baker's Hour, Impe
rial, Magnolia and Albany flour, very
cheap lor cash, at J. Stilauss'.
Look out at tke window if you want
osee it xain.
..Stkauss vriU gLveJialf apound
more
j sugar Jfor one dollar than any other
i in the city. All the same in coffee,
tore
beans, peas, and rice as wit)ijsugar,at J.
ivrnAUSs.
Mr. A. G. Allen, Fort Stevens, will
please accept our thanks' fur special
lavors- t t ,
Avery large stock of can goods,
uch as table ;and pie fruit, jelly, jam,
nqney, tomatoes, corn. ue;inssngarpeas,:p this measure is desired
ivsfjrs print lioif. miilttiisftd iimiIt-ft I .. . . ..
oysters, corn beef, condensed milk etc.
M at prices to suit tlie times at J..Sxie.u:ss
....J. Stbatjss has just received a
large lot "of Afden dried apples, pears,
plums, blackberries, raspberries and
pitless cherries, which' he will sell very
lb wt to make room for morewhicti will
arrive oa the steamer 'Chester,
LO CAL JOTTINGS.
"Mr. Chas. F, Speck has taken one of
Astoria's daughters, Miss Dolly Wine
sett They were married in Oregon city.
There is no uneasiness felt at the
failure of the Falkinburg to put in an
appearance from Honolulu, as freights
are dull over there
Richard Lemon our D'ick"' turned
the Biver Xith away from the dock on
the 33th, loaded, between daylight and
dark. The Pizarro was also completed
yesterday.
Hon. S. ILBarr Iras been appointed
administrator of the estate f Xei Is Olaf
son, deceased, and Wm. E. Smith.
I (known as Chinook Smith) deceased,
late residents of Pacific countv.
An arm chair formerly owned bv
David C. Broderick is the proper! v of Mr.
T . , 0 .,, , .. . , .
Jeremiah Smith of this city. The chair
,,. -mi.v.Wi.r1 in tv Smnii "h p.i.,.
l 1 ""'" "-' J"""
ick the day the latal duel was fought
with rf errv.
me work oi organizing the .
ami Walla met Vallev railroad co
is pror0ijnirVery satisfactorily.
The work of organizing the Astoria
company
Some
of the best men in Oregon are incorpor
ators. Men who mean business, and
meaning "business will make this a suc
cessful "business and accomplished en
terprise. Astoria is interested in several oil Is.
nit roduccd into Congress, among which
may be mentiened: A lull asking 20
000 for Sand-Island range lights: ."0.
000 for a light on Tillamook-hcad; .$:?00.
000 for the Cascade canal. These meas
ures were introduced by ScnatorMitehell
on the 22d ult
Tf anything further were lacking to
prove fhe fact that it is high time San
Fv.iium.sco business hkmi "-cnonillv sulw
soribKl for Tin: Astokia.v, this further
evidence could be seen In the "Way the
materiatefoTtheiurw A-storia city "hall
building are addressed to the contract centract contract
ors: ""Bain & Ferguson, Astoria, W- T."
That's a meaner blunder tlian the re
porter of the Philadelphia Press made
when he fixed Capt. .7. C. A his worth at a
Philadelphia hotel front "Oregon, Cali
fornia. Mrs. Abraham Bntts, of Ihvrt
mouth, IIass., is a model ntwspaper
subscriber. Although 75 3ears old,
she walked the other day all the way
from her home to the office of the
Standard in In ew Bedford and back
again for the sole purpose of paying
Iter subscription. The distance k 14
miles.
The Chinese Bill,
The bill introduced into Congress
by Representative Page of California
in regard to Chinese immigration pro
vides that from and after July 1, 1877,
it shall be unlawful for any subject of
China to enter within the iurisdirt.inn
f United gtate3 , h
. .
the day of such entry, with the col
lector of customs at the port where he
arrives, a certificate signed by the TJ.
S. minister resident in China, and
dated not more than GO days prior to
its presentation, that he conies to enga
ge in mercantile business, or that he
is the representative of some mercan
tile establishment in China, which
j shall be named in said certificate; that
I any Chinese subject coming into the
United States jurisdiction contrary to
these requirements shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on con
viction in the United States court be
subject to a tine of $100 or, in default
of payaaeat, be imprisoned at hard
labor for five menths: and the master
LaDf SUCkveSSSl bringing aUy SUck
"""" "-i " uueuieu. guuty ot
; misdemeanor and be puniched by $100
fine, for wkich the vessel shall be lia
ble. The bill finally provides that
J marshals of districts, under reula-
tions, to be prescribed by the court,
I shall cause all such convictions to be
returned to China, the expenses 'to be
: deducted from the fines imposed. Mr.
as
"a notice of intention" and as a reme-
, dy in ase no better is provided be-
fore the date fixed for it to m ifn
! operation.
' '
J. Stra"ussjs fully prepared to scl
you the best of teas cheaper thanrdu
i -havejjyer bought on this coast
THE CREAT BORE.
A "Worm Eaten Vessel on tlie
"Ways for Repair.
Work of the u. Teredo Nevalis"
on Pugt Sound.
A LITTLE JOKER THAT NEVER
TROUBLES ASTORIA.
When a wharf is built at Astoria it is
a great satisfaction io the builder to
know that his property will stand as
long -as time Lists, at least so far as
the ravages of the icrcdo nevalis are
concerned. The fresh -.ater of the
Columbia at this port is certain death
to the curious little pest llecently a
Puget Sound coaster was taken out at
Seattle for impairs, and the Intelligen
cer says tliai when she was .first hauled
out she was not supposed to be worm
eaten excepting on her shoe and guard
board streak, but in cutting into her
plank next to ihe keel, it was found so
badly eaten that the plank on the
whole bottom hadto be removed. The
reporter says,- We had the curiosity to
examine the boring apparatus -of one
of these worms which savants call ter
edo nevalis as it came out alive from a
piece of plank. It was so ingeniously
arranged that -to avoid .having to turn
the whole body in boring its hole, it
turns oiice around, cutting the wood,
and then -cuts again in reverse, there
being two lips to the auger which very
much resembles the new patent -expansion
bits now coming into so extensive
use. It has always been n query
to us how so true and roimd a hole
j as they bore could be made with a
body frocn six to ten inches long with
out a single revolution of that body;
but on Hose examination of the .bit
like head, the mystery was solved.
There is also a strange apparatus at
the tail, a sort of serrated, folding
beak, which closes like a trap, and re
mains .stationary at tlie epening of the
imncture as a guard to f orfend against
intrusion. The tabular, gelatinous
body, having a consistency like that of
a jelly-fish, stretches out as well as ex
pands, as it extends inward, .and in
vestigators sajr they have found undi
gested chips and shavings of the wood
in their alimentary canal. Altogether
it is a wicked little specimen of cre
ation and an ugly one.
Occupation for Idlo Hours,
III.
I'm found in pastor and also in people,
1 dwell in the church but not in the
steeple;
Pm in parson's gown but not in his book,
I'm betrayed by a glance but not by a
look.
I'm now out of breath and really must
pant
You may guess if you can and also
Kant. m. c. c.
IV.
I'm as wicked as I can be,
Behead me, and wicked still FH be.
If now you will slightly transpose what
is left
You will find of all good, I'm still sadly
bereft.
In fact you may do with inc just what
you choose,
rne truunui ana goou l win ever
abuse.
Seek not! I'm easily everywhere found;
E'en one to a printer is usually bound.
m. c. c.
The answers will be given on Sunday
ucxt
Hon. D. J?, Thompson, deeply
engaged in mining operations in soutl-
ern Oregon, says that future,, mining
there depends almost entirely upon
the results that; will follow $he efforts
of present mine owners; if .hey suc
ceed in realizing what they expect, and
what the country expects, mining will
increase,, and, more capital.be intrc
ducedinto the country; but if they
fail there is. little reason to believe that
mW miningenterprises TiilLbe pro
jected for maxiv- years JfcQcojnejdf ever
Onr Alaska Investment,
II. AV. Elliott, in Harper's Magazine.
A decade has elapsed since the
double.crested eagle flew from the
dreary length and chilly breadth of
Alaska, and during that time the
intense materialistic eyes of our
fellow-citizens have been keenly
scrutinizing the rugged land, the
timber thickets, the furry beasts,
and the tinny viit:ints that are
purely and essentially Alaskan,
with the uiidisguied determination
to strike in at once where l would
pay. They have struck this far
once, and only once.
Few understand, or understood,
the underlying motives which
prompted the purchase of Russian
Amciica; lor the truth is that the
idea was a suggestion at first on the
part of Seward to divert the gen
eral feeling of opposition arising
over "my policy," indorsed and ad
vocated so energetically by his
chief, and the purpose arose wkhin
the distinguished Secretary's mind
by a sudden cognizance of the fol
lowing facts. The charter ot the
old Rusian America company ex
pired in liG2. The company was
deeply in debt, and the govern
ment was hesitating over the advi
sability of renewing the lease to
the same company and under the
same terms; and while hesitating
in this way from year to year, a
company of American merchants
in San Francisco made, through
the Iiusian consul there, -overtures
for the purchase of the exclusive
right -of trade in Alaska for a stated
term of years. Baron Stoeckel,
Russian minister at Washington,
had occasion soon to call Seward's
attention to this matter, and then
the idea entered the -Secretary's
mind -of purchasing the country
out and out, tor, he reasoned, it a
few ot our traders find the enter
prise of practically owning and
controlling that vast era, one to
simple and profitable, why should
not the United States government
at once possess itself ot Russian
America, since it evidently begs
tor an owner? And, acting on this
logic, Mr Seward moved promptly
with negotiation, and fousid a will
ing coadjutor in the form of the
Russian minister; ainl we all know
how, in a storm of mingled appro
bation and lively opposition, the
treaty was finally ratified.
And so we took Alaska ten years
Hgo, just as the big boy takes a
strange to', full of great satisfac
tion, and fired with intense desire
to investigate its inner workings,
and. like the boy, we have made
the examination, and like the boy,
we have laid the toy aside. Kow
we pitied the ignorance of our
Russian friends, wtho declared, in
response to onr call for information
regarding its natural resources,
that they had been so engrossed in
the one idea of getting furs that
they really udid not know of any
thing else."
However, though we have lost
the wild apples ot Sitka, and have
failed to see the skimmer of golden
fields ot corn at Jtodiak, yet we
have much to please and far more
to interest us in Alaska. It is a
paradise for the naturalist, a happy
hunting ground for the theologist,a
new and boundless field for the
geologist,aud the physical phenom
ena of its climate are something
wonderful to contemplate. It is,
and w'ill be fjr years, to come, a
perfect . treasure trove for these
gentlemen; bat, alasi it bids fair,
from what venow know, never to
be a tieasure-trove for the miner or
agriculturist
The many friends, of Captain Mc-
Nulty will be sorry to karn that he is
again . compelled togiye up bis.pcB-
tion- as, commander of the Mountain
Queen owjng to a return of his ecen
illness. ...
For 20 days only, I will sell crock-
ery, pmpslassware, table and pocket
cutlery at .San ' Firancisco -jvholesalo
prices, .in order to make room for one. of
the Isijsestandbesteelected stocks of the
samcMnd ofgoods. now on the -way.
IroiibNew Xork, lor J. Strauss, South
f ide.oJLChenamuajyet, AstoOregm.aE parUkufif thGPV..
CITY ITEMS.
J. Olsen
eceive for the holi-
days, the fin
f jewelry ever of
at San Francisco
iered m As
prices. Doi
the place, Caufield's
Drug store,
....Win.
us street
ick, dealer in fruits
Lewis river, has a
from the f;
cnoice lot o
apples to-day. Corner of
main and Chenamus streets.
Eating apples 75 cents to Si 00;
cooking 50 cents; pears 75 cents: eggs 50
cents, and everything in proportion at
Bozorth's. Call and satisfy yourself.
Splendid lamps, and the best of oil
at E. Alexander & Co.'s.
Crockery sold at It Alexander &
Col's for the next SO days at San Fran
cisco cost.
Kinney's compressed corned beef
tmd Tillamook clams at retail at E. S.
Larsen's and Hickmott & Bailey's.
Mrs. Arrigoni is furnishing good
rooms with board at from $0 to $7 and
upwards per week, according to location.
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 tlie times, at -J. W. Case's.
You can always get fresh oysters
in every style and at all hours, day or
night, at the Central Coffee Saloon, Con
comly street, between Benton and La
fayette. Thos. McFaiiand, proprietor.
Dry goods, millinery and notions
cheap for thirty days at the Bee Ilive.
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 JSquemoqha
street offers his services to the public of
Astoria.
Peter Pumey 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.
Single men feel like marrying
when they see the Medallion range at
Magnus C. Crosby's.
Board and lodging by the day or
week at the Astoria Beer Hall. Main
street, Astoiia. Peter Daviscourt, pro
prietor. ...Fresh oj-sters in every style at
Sehmeer',s.
White wire goods in every style,
at Magnus C. Crosby's.
Dr. B. E.Freeland has located per
manently in Astoria for the practice of
dentistry. Office in Shuster's building,
on Cass street, next door to The Asto
niAX office.
;rPhotographs! Tlie latest styles
taken at Shuster'.s new gallery, Cnsast,
next to the Aatorian office.
;2&r For clean towels, sharp razors,
and nn easy shave, go to Gillespie atPATi
K.KR House Bathh. Hair cutting, sham
poonmg, and dyeing.
-ANOTHER VICTORY GAINED IN FA
VOR OF SPECIE PAYMENTS.
After this date, com will be used for
change, and tickets dispensed with ; all
drinks and cigars five and ten cents, at
the Chicago House, Main street Astoria.
N. WEIMAN.
Astoria, Oct a, 1877.
COXSTASTLY ON IIAND.
Lupnlin yeast gems, unique flower
pots, crockery and glassware, chinaware,
holiday goods, &c, &c Besides the best
assortment of groceries, dried fruits and
other things too numerous to mention.
ik)ld cheap for cash. J. W. GEAnnABT.
Canary Birds. for sale at Gilles
picV, Parker hou-p hnfhs.
Snip-MASTEit'R Beading Boom. 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 file. Telegraph office next
door.
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term, anil
tforgtf;
Chenaul
McCorfn
irmof
Most expedition route to Oregon is by
rail to San Finnci-co, California, and S
thenct-to Portland, Oregon, by the direct C
steamer line, sailing every Saturday .
morning.
The Albany Democrat is informed
that the. Brownsville woolen factory, .,
since their recent unfortunate loss ot"
a. dryer by fire, have, put in a dryer .
which sayesjabor anil runs ,by steam.
The oldi way ofcdryinip by stm iias thua
been dispensed with, "and the labor, of, ",
that deparfcmentof the institution very
mnch simplified. "We are glad to learn -j
that the factory is in full blast again
turning out its -admirable fabrics "with .
more than usual industry, Tliia is
one of tho moat substantial manufac
turing institutions in the state, and .
the gentlemen connected with its maa
agenient have just reason to be prod
kof its success
; Oregonrthe que sUta of the? nortli- ,
wesiiioldf in her rigM hand long life jnw.
unusm) health, ?d io bor left grctt --wealth
and nower. aad invite tho Indos .
LtridEf ftom.all prVt norW-to w
tt y.
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