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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1877)
cu r t mm P Jr JvJv I'M- 1 1' Vol. 3. Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning, November 16, 1877. No. 140. I '.IX ill. wj-r-j-.-f- ISSUED EVERY MORNING, (Monday Excepted), X. . IRELAND : : X'UBMSHEZM Attwimi BniUUiiy, Cass Street. Terms of Subscription : farced by Currier, jrer week 21 Cents ?at by insul. four months i4 WJ 'tjttut hyn3l, cue year. ... D-00 J'ree of 1'ostuge to jSubMjribei. J" dvcrti-cnients inserted by the year at iiusrnteof si .i per siu:irc per month. Ti:mJet :uh'erti-in, by the d:iy tr week, Slfty ;ents jer square for each in-etrton. To City Subscribers. There are .uck freiuent clmnpes in the rcci Iiieu of ouritv natron that ire slt:ill foul Misod to any uho make :ich change if they i v-iil report thovmne to tlii-sollice. Olhenxise wo hai! not tif re;.n:iMlle for failure of the :.i:rier to delircr the paper jcomptly and jiiwriy w laeitf Head J. rvr i:a i ss" itev. -ad." j73V-Fncy soaps, the beat in the Ciutrkot, from 10 cents t-cr w5 cets per Jnutr at S. S. Larseu'8. it -. . "Everybody is rushing to J.Sti: ac.ss new .grocery wiv. JB2f"Jf yori want a good krout cutter go to Henry Callous wagon shop and kVG vae made to order. .. JSTitATss sells the nicest. aud cheapest goods in town. btot 13T J ust recched lSi) lbs. fresh Cali fornia hams, and for ale at l." cents per jptmud. cash, at II. Aleander A: Co's. Fully ." per cent. avcd by buying si J. Stkai'.s' new grocery store. iJMr. Marlin has one of the most fi:rf iilSr vivititn! fiM-ncva in t.Tw itv ' and his fruit and vegetables are first 'sakxs. See advertisement. i highest ' T. Stkai' will nay he a:h rices for fre.h eggs and butter. sS-Liiwyers wanting briefs printed ' Tqv the December term of the Supreme I Court, will be accomodated at tiiis of-1 JSce to order. $-2 40. You can buv the best coal iil in patent faucet cans, at J.STi:.vrsj. j .. ,.,, - - j 3.N ill some person having a spare f ,. a? uM.,. r,.,.M.. ,. ijoA I 1S77, with accompanying maj) of the ; nt of warm iurkey, leave the same . At this office.' We will .pay for it. i Something for humdrys to look at. j Ciiemical Olive soap. 80 cents a oox, at .J. Stkauso". Z& The meeting of Rescue Engine -company, rto.i.'. lor i. . f'"Vj- iv" ,.-.. Wv.. .j fll-ill W.vln.Kil.iv -enmg Whs postpojied until next ed lHmed until he, x5w 21, at nesday evj the usual hour. Anil th tier Tbhe regular drill I meetings f will! bil Teld on AVednesdai' evenings 1)11 alternate weeks. i Just received fresh Berlin ctmsin, cultivated cranberries. -"Stkauss. Wis at J. Yesterday was daysx)f autumn. one of the glorious ....Sugar cured bacon at prices, tlxat lefy competition; also. Chicago sugar -cured hams and breakfast bacon, the best in the world, at J. Stkauss. A Portland firm advertises "short rut very choice silver salmon abdomens" ior sale. They are just the same as salmon-bellies here, and they are nice. Salem patent baker's Hour, Impe rial, Magnolia and Albany flour, very uheap lor cash, at J. Stjlauss. The members and friends of Grace church are requested to meet in the par ish school house on Saturday, Xov. 17th. :at 2 o'clock p. mn to reorganize the -ohurch guild for the ensuing vear. Avery large stock of can gotds. ,sudi as table and pie fruit, jelly, jam. .honey, tomatoes, corn, beans, sugar peas, oysters, corn beef, condensed reilk. etc. at prices to suit the times at J.Stiiauss'. ECTThe Nursery magazine or Is vember is at hand, and for a -child's japer 'it is certainly unexcelled,t at least by any we ever saw. Every iam--ily with children should take it. It only' costs 1.C0 per year. J. L. Sliorey, publisher, Boston, Mass. To jtliose" Who are subscribers to the Asio 'kXaV it will be Cuxnished for $L104 LOCAL JOTTINGS. The Ancon succeeded in getting tmt yesterday, but the Elder was less fortu nate. Yesterday morning the wind was from the northeast at Astoria, and from the northwest at FortCanby. A few nights such as last night will cause people in this latitude to begin to j think of the close of navigation on tlie river to Portland. We are informed that Capt. Fred. C. Congdori has been appointed pilot on the Columbia riwr by the, Washington territory commissioners. The school boys had to apply water to the steep side-walks yesterday to make them slippery enough for sliding. The mud was still soft, but the air was clear and dry. Messrs. J. B. Knapp. of Clarke coun ty, 11. C. Comegys, of Cowlitz county; and J. L. Stout, of Pacific count", have l.,,, nmninfef iillrif r-nimnt?niwMX for ,M U1 alP011UC(t pilot coillinteslOllLla 101 Washington territory. The Rev. T. A. Ilvland will read the pastoral letter of the house of bishops on .Sunday morning. The subject of the evening discourse will be man's extrem ity and satan's opportunity The entertainment given at Liberty hull laM evening by the young ladies of Astoria, for (be benefit of the Congrega tional I'hnivh was in every way success ful. The junkie and singing were ex cellent, and well sustained the reputa tion of our city for furnishing vocal and instrumental music of a high order. We have learned how it is that three daily papers live in Seattle. Tke poorest one of the three circulates 300 copies daily in Soattle. If vou want dull times in a city begrudgtngly pat- j ruuuce the printer. -According to the renori of James I jM' Tiemnii, the mining engineer and j Metallurgist appointed to inspect the Lucky Queen mine, and afia rs, the ,11 ii past management was oeen s. uungie somo iob all through. This may be satisfactory t tlie stockholders. The Coos bay Ivews says that any man who is incapable of making fair wages on uoos nav tnc year round lacks the energy necessary to cany on )llsnies5 independent of an employer. , , . , , , t, . Any man with a hundred dollars m 3iis pocket has capital enough to be in- j dependent of :aiy employer, if he has cntcl.prisc intelligence and grit. The'bill providing for a conven tion in "Washington territory to form a constitution preparatory to applica tion for admission of the territory into I the union as a state appoints April 19, 1S7S, as the day on which delegates to such convention are to be selected, and June 2, 1S7S, as the day on which the convention is to assemble. Walla Walla is named as the place of holding the convention. The number of dele gates is to be thirty. The constitution so framed is to be submitted to the people at the general election in 2so- vember, 187S; for adoption or rejec Uion. Xot long since two men stopped :it flip- illf nf ;m mmnctinnfrnfr ffiv i ... " mer liviag not far from Orynipia, and represented they were looking for a mill site. Before leaving tlie house next morning they handed the farmer a belt containing what appeared to be a large sum -of gold, for safe keeping awhile they should be looking .about tlie country. They asked the farmer if he had any silver that he could let ih&ai have uittil they should return. He .gave them $22, which was all he had. They sa'id that wasnot enough, and taking the belt opened one end and took out twenty dollars in gold. Then, 1 handing the belt back to the fanner, started away. The farmer thinking himself secure, did not bother himself about the strangers absence for sever al days, when he concluded to exam ine the contents of th,e belt. To t his astonishment it contained nothing but round pieces of iroiu. Of course he has seen, nothing of. ijg strangers .since. CAUGHT ON THE WIND. A Trip o 'Frisco f?? tlie Bene fit oi Heath Su-ldeiilj-Terxnmutcd Nipped in the Act of Absconding-. The uses of the Telegraph and an Effec tive Police at Astoria. ANOTHER PLUME IN OFFICER LAUCHERVS CAP. Verily the way of the transgressor is hard, and but few escape through, Astoria if the telegraph lines are work ing. Yesterday officer C. W. Laugh er, who is temporarily on duty as Chief of Police during the absence of Chief Ros3 at The Dalles received a dispatch from Chief Besser of Portland telling him that he had warrants for f.lii jirrnsh of two men iwissin' out hv .. -n, . i ,i j. -1 the Elder under the y.n de plume of Sam Mines and Ed. Alalour. Officer Laugh ery was directed to a person here who would know the abscond ing gents (1) by sight, but upon appli cation to the person f as directed no reliable information cojild be obtained. This left the matter ,bpcn for intui tion on the part of the Police. With nothing but that distinct ! inspection of the mmd w 11 en able a good officer to perforin and act correctly by perception, officer Laughery stationed himself near, the landing on the arrival of the Elder, and awaited developments. He was not on wfttch very loiig until a couple of nten appeared whom hespottsd as Mines and Malour. As soon as convenient he approached Mines and asked, for information, if his name was not Mines. !No sir," was ilm reply, "my name is Hamilton. Are you looking for Mines?" "I am," was the reply. "Well, 3ou 're mistaken in your man," sa3TsMines. "Perhaps 1 am," replied the officer, "but you look so much like the man I want that you'll do, anyhow, and I will trouble you to take a short walk with me." This was all done so quietly that bystanders within six &et of them did not observe it. Turning to officer Fancy, officer Laughery pointed out Malour, and extended him an invitation also, to view the city jail. On the way to jail Mines ad mitted that the officer had his right man, but ignored any acquaintance with that other fellow walking with officer Fancy, but as Malour had told Mr. Fancy that his name was Malour, before reaching jail, there was not the least trouble in fixing the men as the pair wanted, and they will be taken to Portland this morning where they will answer to the charges preferred against them. If Astorians generally cannot get along without troubles from the metropolitans it is very pleasant to know that our police and the police of Portland have mutual good feeling, and an understanding which prevents criminals, and absconding debtors from leaving the state without answer ing to charges against them. The Coos bay News says: "We note a greater improvement in the As-torjan- than in any of our other ex eiianges. There is now issued from that office, a IVeeldy, a Daily and a Sunday edition. The Astoriax is doing good work :is an advocate of Astoria, and her future prospects, its editor has great faith in Astoria finally becoming the metroplois.of the Columbia- Its 1 deep water and proximity to the ocean lgiv.es it a decided advantage over Portland, which with its accumulated capital has thus far held Astoria down with all the advantages .Providence has given to her; but ,Bro. .Ireland appears to think theLoro is on 4 his side, andvtlatiheAsTOEiAjvbat support, must triumph in. making As- lioria assume the rank to whicfr her iwtural avuntaa. euJ;Hle her,.". "The Good Old Days." From. 1481 to 1820 the victims of the Spanish. Inquisition numbered 335,467- Those were "the good old days" when the religious mind of a man was moulded to run in a particu lar channel. The pages of history tell of fearful slaughters on account of re ligions intolerance. It makes the blood rim cold to review some of the appalling cruelties of that age, but it makes us love the freedom of our own land all the better to realize that any thing approaching such atrocities in ottr day and generation is calculated to arouse the indignation of every honest man and yet such things do happen sometimes as a sort of remind er of old times, as will be seen by the annexed paragraph, copied from a late eastern paper. Under the heading of "a terrible outrage in Bell county," a Texas paper says: Dr. S. J. Russell, a prominent phy sician and respected citizen, who re sides in the southern portion of Bell county, is an infidel or free thinker. Recently a mob of men went to his house, and, leading him to believe a sick person required his services, got him A woods, where, with leveled six-shooters, they compelled him to strip, and tied him. They told him they knew he was an honest man and a good phy sician, but they would tolerate no in fidels in Bell county, and "by the help of God," they would put a stop to his career as a free thinker. They then gave him one hundred lashes on hi bare back and turned him loose. They then stuck up a placard at the place, stating that if any more infidel lectures were given in that section they would burn out and hang all who dared do so; that they had fifty men to back them and were determined to stop infidelity in Bell connty. The reception of this news liere causes great indignation among the free thinkers in this city, of which there is quite a number, and a public meeting is talked of by them to ex press their horror at the proceeding and memoralize the governor on the subject. Remarking upon that outrage our proceeding, the Chicago Philosophical Journal counsels moderation in words as follows; It would not be well to be re vengeful in return. Those who have lifted their hands in vio lence to one of God's children, lacer ating his person, and rendering him J for the time being miserable, must be met in the spirit of kindness, yet they must be made to teel the strong hand of the kiw in vindi cation of the rights oi an American citizen. !The true spiritualist never resorts to violence, persecution or any dishonorable means in presenting the heaven-born philosophy of the angels to the world. As gently as the -flower blooms, presenting to the world its lainbow-tinted hues; as calmly and peacefully as the sun ushers in the mora, does spiritualism present its claims for recognition to humanity. The bigoted religionists of Texas, how ever, cannot endure the presence of one whose thoughts are freely uttered, and whose individual opinions are his private property. A few days ago a license was taken out in the comity clerk's office in Port-J land, for J. W. Smith to marry Anna Rosette Smith. The affidavit was signed by Samuel L. Smith, and the license issued by James A. Smith. The cannery of Jackson, Myers & Co., at Mukilteo, has been shut down for the season, and the employes have all gone. Next year it will not be the only cannery on Puget Sound. We understand tjiat several of the Colum bia river fishermen have been on tlie Sound lately, looking for sites for simi lar establishments tube set up early in 1878. We, says the Seattle Tribune, welcome their coming heartily, and we hope that oue wood working and furnishing houses will prepare theni- selves to furnish these canneries quite as advantageously as Portland and Astoria dealers hivqiiitherto furnished if u n t x.' - on,; those on the Columbia, .river. A- XTus . , ... , , . . ... trade will be one of the Jngge kind io Seattle jet year,. . w CITY ITEMS. ....TOfc&Hl. germau Vrlj by Mrs. Munsor, a good r woman who urn e:stands and dining room. OF e. After a few Slmst be absent from Astoria until ....J. Olsen ve for the holi ewelry ever of- davs, the line fered in Asto prices. Don t San Francisco Drug store, CI? place, Caufield 8 street. Win. McCormiek, dealer in fruits from the farms of Lewis river, has a choice lot of apples to-day. Corner of main and Chenamus streets. Eating apples 75 cents to $100; cooking 50 ents ; pears 75 cents : eggs 50 cents, and everything m proportion at Bozorth's. Call and satisfy yourself. Splendid lamps, and the best of oil at II. Alexander & Co.'s. Crockery sold at K. Alexander & Co.'s for the next 150 days at San Fran cisco cost. Kinney's compressed corned beef and Tillamook clams at retail at E. S. Larsen's and llickmott & Bailey's. Mrs. Arrigoni is furnishing good rooms with board at from G to S7" 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 the times, at 1. W. Case's. You can always get fresh oysters in every style and at all hours, day or night, at tw Central Coffee Saloon, Con comly street, between Benton and La fayette. Thos. McFarland, proprietor. Dry goods, millinery ami notions cheap for thirty days at the Bee Hive. TheDaneeofLife.au answer to the Dance of Death, at the Circulating Library. Dr. F. P. Ilieks, dentist, rooms in Dr. Welch's building, on Squemoqha street, otters his set vices to the public of Astoria. Peter Iluney is still in the market with all kinds of building materials in his line. lias 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 LiCe,' an answer to the Dance of Death, bv 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. Astoria. Peter Daviseourt, uro--prietor. " ...Fresh oysters in every style at Schmeer's. White wire goods in every style, at Magnus C. Crosby's. Dr. B. It. Freeland has located per manently in Astoria for the practice of dentistry. Office in Shuster's building, on C;iss street, next door to The Asto iiiax office. 3J- For clean towels, sharp razors, nod an eay shave, go to Gil!epie atlJAR jckr HoubK Baths. Hair cutting, abani poonmg, and dyeing. v AXOTIIEIt VICTORY GAJXED JX FA VOR OF SPECIE PAY21EXTS. 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. : 1877. CONSTANTLY OX IIAXD. Lupulin yeast gems, unique flower pots, crockery and glassware, chinawai e, holiday goods, &e.,v &c. Besides the beta assortment of groceries, dried fruits anil other things too numerous to mention. Sold cheap for cash. J. W. Geajwiaht. Caap.y Birds. for sale at Gilles pieV, Parker honc hiUh. Smr-MASTEr.'s Heaping Boom. Mr. Peter Wilhelm has permanently fitted up a, ship-master's reading room in con nection with the Clem saloon in Astoria The latest shipping napers and home ward and outward bound shipping Jists are. kept on file. Telegraph office next door. J. Stkavhs has just received a large lot of Alden dried apples, pearf, plums, blackberries, raspberries yand pitless cherries, which he will sell very low, to make,-room for more which will arrive on the steamer Chester. workmsf iiAhe h&kitcucu Ajbenq davs Mr. fif will! next sunn vfll recej ma, and i. mViirnr 4-fti IV ui iiv. u VII najmfo Mont expeditious routato Oregon is by rail to San PmfteNco, California, and ; thRiicu to Portland "Oregon, by Shedireet learner line, nihug. every Saturday. . morning-.. .1 . Stu AUfes is fully prepared to sell you the best of teas cheaper than you have ever bought on this coast. Oregon, tho queen state of the north wett holds in her right hand long life and unusual health, and in her left great wealth and power, and invites the indus trious from all parts of the world to come odpartakp.of them.' . . .For 20 days only, I will sell crock- cry, lamps, glassware, table and pocket cutlery at -San Francisco wholesale Pn In.order to make room for one of tafe largest andjbestselected stocks of the saine kind ol goods now on the way frpmKew York, for J. STRAi-South J s'e of Clnainjwsfi, Astoria, Oregon,- 'Y ..-.MV. iL