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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,-
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