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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1879)
3) U ASTOKIA OREGON ISSUED EVERY MORNING, (Monday Excepted), Astorlmi Buildhig, Cu-v Street. i. Terms of Subscription : feervod by Carrier, per -vrcek 25 Gents Bant by mail, iburmOnths - S3 00 "Sent by mail, cno y"d&r - Froo of Postage to .Sub?criiers. .9 00 ttST Advertisements inserted by the year at the rate of Si o'J per square per month. Transient advertising, by the day -or week, gfty cents per square for each insertion. THE CITY. C3rT7ie Daily Astorian" ?"iH?;e sent by wail at 75 osit c month, fro" of jwstaac. licad cn"jio eftiAcmiiHateabfiaivf from the citu can have Thk Astoi:iax follnv'ihcm. Daily tr Wekki.y editions to ami ost-officc with out additional erpctmc. J df Irenes maybe awnyed ax often as desired. Leave orders at Uuc:nuiti:iQ rt&tn. The Edith made a trip to Ivnappa with supplies yesterday. See the new advertisement JVlessrs. Wilson & Fisher. of Postmaster Chance fowarded mails Tto Knappa by tkeEdith yesterday. You can get fresh oj'sters in every style at the Walla Walla restaurant. The first job of printing done by steam in Astoria was for John Badol--let & Co. The barkentine Portland is due here from San Francisco. She sailed on the 28th. The barkentine North "Bend arrived at SartFrancisco on "bhe30th " from Knappton. . m News to-day is favorable to the opening of the Dali2 and Celilo -portage to competition. iJr. Aug. u. Journey lias our thanks for nroplendid stereoscopic view of the Cascades canal, by Sinister. Capt. Berry has agreed to stay out of the sofa raffle and let. somebody else have a chance to win something. "We are unable to.ascertain -wlieta-ar or not a steamship will leave -San Francisco to-morrow for Astoria; but .presume that there will be one. Geo. Hill has let the contract for a variety theatre building on Benton street, which will be ready for the fishing season of 1879. Sir. -Kimball ?s the contractor. Mr. Worsley will give 'another of those delightful soirees at his hall on ' Saturday evening next. For three or four hours splended enjoyment, we have never seen them equaled. Ben being full of fun himself knows how to niako the time pass pleasently for all. Doirt fail to attend on Saturday even ins. County, commissioners court 'lias been in session at Astoria this week and we have dropped upon some of whvsand wherefores concerning Hie question of roads in this county, par ticularly in the direction of Nehalem valley, and we shall stir the matter with a long pole, rest assured of that, s if we are informed correctly. We-can stand no nonsense of any kind. We observe that there are several vessels marked in the list of our co temporary, the Commercial Herald and Review, as en route to San Fran cisco, from various ports which we cnow to be erroneous. The Prince Ru- dolph, British Commerce, Sabrina, Eu- j prs; publishers; editors, and ,,r . . . ... ! authors; the cause of temperance and ropa and Mountaineer are most of them j the ir sodal roforms here, or knden-end departed for other j Saturday Jan. 11th. at the Con-reports. There may be such nustakesm igational church. Subject, "-home our list, if so we will thank our co- j arid foreign missions and the conver UempoEryto corrects us. j satiws 0f the wrld." j The services on Sabbath fcm. 5th The steamship Oregon made ,m,flm..fT,rt; farm to Prtlnfl vns- i .cm i r. t i : ii leruay. one ieit.ti.ai.uriu -very quieuy, at an early hour in the morning; so -,iff. in fnp.f. thai, nobfidv rlrpnifd n"" "- -j rf her departure, no notice -of "the j hour having been announced by the! officers of the ship, andshe not only J lofhcnmp.of hor Tiassfencers .here. butv,ia,'s"c'l,ISC,,Pal cuurcn. the Astoria mails. The last we heard f her she was stuck in the ice some .u. ..... L- a , a i-i t-i i.f ..f . ,- UOUJ.S UOllJW OA-UlttUlrt, uui uu VU4; rt"v , tit us Have Roads. Communicated. On last Thursday, Jan. 2, our mail carrier was x)ecuary fortunate. He started on his . route from Astoria, reached his boat at the old mill, reach ed Youns river and found considera ble ice so much that he concluded Hie must si ve up his trip. 5.rire steam propellor Yarnna, having been sent with freight lo the Klashaiiine farm, came p.lonir and took him in tow, and broke through the ice till it reached AlcMullen's place. -It gave up the trip, returned, and left its freight at Mr. Hastle's. The mail man succeeded in breaking the ice till he.reached below Metz's place; had to leave his boat in the ice, take his mail on his back and foot it through the brush, till he reached the post-office at Olney, for the night. The next day, January 3d, a party of four men commenced, and were all day cutting the ice to get io the place where their freight was landed, and till 10 o'clock in the even in" in getting back to the landing on the Klaskani. And why was all this? Has it been to gratify-the spleen or malice of -an individual or a neighbor hood, or af a whole road district that fifty, or seventy-five days work, raid over three thousand dollars should be expended to make a road and bridge one mile and one-eight;, 'through' the farm of Mr. Jacob Kamm, where a good, passable wagon-Toad and bridge has been made and freely given to be used by the public for six years past; that vhc people of the county should be taxed to pay costs and damages, and be closed up by ice twice within the six years, their mails stopped, and cut oft' from any correspondence with the county seat? To gratify the mal- fice ot a rew at tne inconvenience or many settlers, and an extensivecouR- try? "Now, gentle render, my impression is, that the records of the county court of Clatsop county will show that more money and time has been spent by order of the court within the past six years to force a short road across Klaskanine farm than it would cost to open a road and build a bridge across the Walkski creek, tmaking siyfch. road a good passable wsigon road to the county seat at all seasons of the year. There is in this road district No. 1, a property tax of 17,oo3 00. Mr. Karnm's farm is taxed' on road, $8, 060 00, which is over one-half of the property' tax of the- district. He has not only made good, passable roads through 1ms farm, "but has urged by his agent the opening of a road to As toria, and lias offered to double his work, and has actually performed more work to open a road to Astoria than all other workers in the district. Most of the road work put upuni pro posed road to Astoria lias, by some unheard-of, and perhaps malicious, manner, been lost to the county, show ing a decided lack of judgment in the selection of viewers in the selection of suitable ground on which to make a road and the appointment of super visors, who have refused to call out and apply work in' that direction. If bOIIIBOOIv s loes Z loucUBU lul ! Klaaka"i 1, -ice, don't . get near I ,.. 1 1 i . i x 1 1 Til. ' the men who are on their wav to As j tom with beef catlIe from Nehalem, nor airy body else nvho wants to go to Astoria; from or .to. Neiiaj.dxt. "Week of Prayer. The members and friends of the Congregational, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches will observe the week of prayer by a series of union meetings to be held as follews: Friday Jan. 30th, at the hall of the j Presbyterian church Subiect, the ujan. rjth, will be conducted py l'fclle crclieswusnal,. separately -A- cordial invitation is extended ?to There -will fee -divine service as usual on , (Friday) evening in 1 i"An advertisement per is worth forty "directory' i uu'1 loonsn imuations nK... .T--1! V, ,. cu.it, .,. ,i.. t... i j.i, .t.:i !.,. all. "Ogive thanks unto tfce Loud; faction to all ordering work of hi m. and deeds anmr.ilm ionnli " I ,l,1J Vl,u ', ,i i.i1.ncnFnmi,i,fv..n... .. -v, ,,Wi.w. , .........i.irv lliTI SIIIHIMI Ul ciillli-n.ui.n..wil . 11V. II4IL i Iva,1- ;.- ...:.. i i. ..i L. r Boantios of the Bell Punclx. Chicago Times. The craze of the country over the itfoffatt bell punch died out suddenly, rout in Yirginia, the home of its in ventor, it continues to punch with care,, and is adopted as a permanent institu tion. The returns for the last year' show that it has registered for the state treasury a half million of dol lars less than was hoped, yet many times more than was realized under the old license system. The weak spots in the law are being ascertains!, eva sions detected, and remedies will be. npplied at'ishe present meeting of the assembly. Astor Lodge Ng. "G, Knights of Pythias, elected ofircers for the ensu ing term Wednesdaj' evening, as fol fel fol eows: L. Hartwig P. C; Geo. W. KeaC. C; T.EroemserT. C; Wm. Douglas Prel.-, Ed. D. Curtis M. of F.; A. E. Withers M.of E. ; Jno. 0. Bozorth K. of R. and S;;Fred Colbert M. at A. ; Ed-w. Black 1. G.; Nat. Jones, 0. G. The event was ratified bra sumptuous repast over oysters at the Walla Walla restaurant, and which was generally i rouueuve oi mucn goou leenn, actea as a sort of re-union among the Knights. j - Some rears ago Minnesota, was spiked all over with thousands of "drive-wells." These wells were purchased and paid for with out the slightest suspicion that the parties selling them-werc in fringing any patent. "When the pump'hacl been used some years, the agents of the patentees sud denly swooped Gown upon them with n claim for royalty not against tl lose who sold, but against the purchasers. This claim was resisted, although the agents ofTered to compromise on a basis of $5 00 for each well. Then be- rrnii lirin:irinn in flip ITnitoil Sr.ntns o o w district and circuit courts, and de- cision in favor of the patentees was recently rendered'to'the effect that .the selling of the tubes was an "infringement of patent. The patentee is therefore entitled to royalty on -every one of these "holes in the ground1' in that state. There is probably no doubt that the patentee can legally claim any amount he may also choose to levy upon the owners of the wells. The Miwnssotans are naturally in disrnant. SA gord point about aSvertising, in general, is that such announcements never offend. We never dislike that which appeals to us for our good opin ion, for the very act seems to say to us that our iiood -opinion is valued. AROUND THE CITY. Call at Mrs. Derby's when you wtsii anv article in the millinery line. Trimmed hats selling at cost. Call and see stereoscopic, view of Cascade canal, and photographic copy of 1S7S charr of the Columbia river bar. Mt If. S. Sinister s art irallery. Photog- ! raphy is truly a science. Fresh fruits and vegetables a bailey's. Get your baskets-filled for a little money at Bailey's. ...Fresh ovsters in every style at Schmeers. See advertisement. Xew invoice of those Medallion Kanges at Magnus C. Crosby's. Fresh ovsters in every byz and at all hours at'the Pioneer restaurant. ....ShipniRfitrrs wismnj- to secure QPimiPii can hne ilioir-viants supplied to in- nnlliiiL- at the Chicago iiouse, Main stiver. . . Wood of all kinds, and a splendid lot of pitch -wood, at Cray's' wharf, for sale in lots iosuit purchasers. P. .7. Goodman, on Main street, has iu-Jt received the latest and most f;isiiT lonable style -of Kent and ladies boots, .shoirs. etc. J.odgixg House Persons requiring furnislind or unfi'ruisliod rooms can he accommodated at reasonable rites c:t Mrs.Iunson's Chenainus st, Astoria. Peter Kunev Is still in the market witliall kiwis of buiUlig materials in iiicifnn. Hnsiust received 100,(K)0 lath, "f "T " 2.000 buBlirfp of sand, and a Iarjie stock of first qualitv ot oriCK at ms wareuouso foot of Benton street. Vr.-.T. Stewart, stone and marble win cuarainee saus- ,.iwi.Tifv hn ineriuation. Before you let jour con tracts for work of this kind it would -ibe well to call upon Mr. -Kte.wa--t. Mr Patpr MVilheJir whaf nerma- nentfy JVttcd up wsbimnaster's reading s- rrf:miuMi1i tin' lipiii snlnnn i.icr licrtj sirft KCOL "II - J.ClUiiU'U .....-- , Uln 'i',1,,.. l. ontfor nf Astoria in. a newspR- rooimn H"1""";; ei s.; r,o" ;" 'cards and in Astoria. Ti.-i.uw"inittPwo !.-....'." ::a i.mimivnrrl and outwnrdbouud ship- . .xtvinn in tlio in.ine.DUiiuinv,. I. W. CASE, MERCHANDISE. A- FULL STOCK OF UEHERAL MERCHANDISE, ALSO- - Christmas and New Year IN '.ENDLESS VARIETY". -AND Splentlid Assortment oi KID GLOVES. M Lie o Gents Bats ai (Innrlsl u uuuuu. t mm Tom ETC., ETC., ETC. L W. OAS Has now to offer to the people of Astoria . and vicinity the finest display of USEFUL AND FANCY HOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND Every Other Day in the Year Yet shown to the Citizens of Ciatsop County. JUST RECEIVED. A splendid assortment of I.auterjuugj Io dia Steel andElcetru. A'l RAZORS, IVORY HANDLED PLATED KNIVES AND FORKS- Those are the finest oods manufactured. .We BefyGompetition. C"A No.l Cedar Shinnies on hand, for sale in lots to suit purchasers. I. W. CASE, Corner Chenamus and Cass Streets. .ASTORIA. .OREGON. 5: flACNUS C, CROSBY DKALIUt IN Stoves, Tinware, and Hous9 Furnishing Goods. Hazilwar3,15rass Goods, iLsaaiftUIronPipejipe Fittings, Engineers Supplies, Sheeilccd, Vran) ' CoppeSrass, and Zinc. COAL LANiyJORJBAiiE. -t nf ACHES of iron and cal lands -lor LOU ale. situated near Columbia -city. Oregon. Price 5900 cash down. For particulars impure at .f iiiEASTonjN office. ml AUCTION SALES. ip C. HOLDEN, Notary Public for the State of Oregon. Real Estate Agent and Conveyancer. Agent for the FIREMEN'S FUXD INSUR ANCE COMPANY of Saa Eraucisco. COMMISSION AGENTand-AUOTIONEBR. Rents anil Accoants 'Collected, and -returns -promptly made. Regular sales day, SATURDAYS nt JJ P. 31. N. B. Parties having real estate, turcii ture or any other goods to dispose 'Of either at auction or private sale should notify me :is soon as convenient before the day Of sale. No storage charged on goods sold at Auc tion. E. C. HOLDEN. td Auctioneer. AMUSEMENTS. otqlxususxs Dancing iicaclenw Page's building next "door to E.S. Larsen. Gexts CLASSOn Monday and Thursday evenings, at 7 :;io. Ladies Class On Monday and Thursday afternoons, at 2 :.. Boys Class On Tuesday and Friday evenings. itW r.'vO. Missies Class Wednesdav and Saturday at 4 i. jr. Wednesday evening for the entire school. Ncmer.dinitted except scholars. Saturday evening SOIREE. TEims Ladies and gents class per Mtmth $5" oa Boys and Misses class per Month 2- 3u HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. TUKPIX HOITSE. D. L. TUltriN - - - Pkoprietoii, MAIN STREET. Between Squemocqlie- and Jefferson, Astoria, Oregon. Roard and lodging per week S6 50 Roard per day....7. 1 00 Single Meal 25 Tne table will lie supplied at all times with the best the market affords. pARKER HOUSE, ASTORIA, OREGON, II. B. PARKER, Proprietor. THIS HOTEL is the largest, most comfort able and best kept hocebiu the city. Is supplied with the best of spring water, hot and coId"-baths. barber shop, ami a first-class saloon with best rif liquors and cigars, and fine billiard table, 'nee coach to and from the house : charges reasonable. SI GO to $250 per day. according to room occupied. Astoria, July 15. 187S. QCC1DENT 'HOTEL, A. J. JIEGLER, C.S. WRIGHT, Proprietors. Astoria, 'Qreg&n. The Proprietor? nro happy to announce'tha the above Hotel has been REPAINTED AND REFURNISHED Adding greatly to the comfort of its j-u.trafcs AND IS NOW THE BEST HOTEL NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. RS..-S. N. ARRI-GONI Has re-opened the rioncer 'Restanraut ok Mam stroat. Astoria, FOR THE RECEPTION OF BOARDERS, by the wcek,hiy or single meals. carFresh oysters in every style at allhours. pALACEfLODGING HOUSE. (Alisky & negele's new building) Gouienof Morrison and Third street, PORTLAND, OREGON, ,"2?"Furni.shed rooms intuits, or Single? by the day, week ormonth. MissH.MENEFEE, Lewee. Puget Sound Clams, AND Puget Sound 'Oysters, The BEST. Q T.10R SAI.F. IN LOTS T0SUTT AT THE J? AVaHa Walla Restaurant. Ke"C:ui and give these fish a fair trial. Theo. BROEMSER, Prop. JUST RECEIVED. BOILED CIDER; PLUM PUDDING, IN CANS; CODEJSII BALLS, IN CANS: PORK AND BEANS, IN CANS; EASTERN CRANBERRIES; ZANTE CURRANTS; FRESH CITRON; ORANGES A-ND LIMES, tiho finert over bought in the market: CRYSTAL1 DRIPS, GALLON CANS;, NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES. PICKLED HERRING IN KEGS. JUMBLES ETC., ETC. MUSCATED RAISINS. 2-ft PACK AGES, VERY FINE; PIGS FEET, 1-tb AND 2-1b TINS; CIIICJKENS AND TURKEYS, IN: TINS; EASTERN AND OREGON HAMS, best quality. Also, a fine a5Fortmontof BREAKFAST BACON AND OTHER: MEATS. AT J. W. GEAOIAI2a"S. NOTICE CAIHTJOSJ. ' rpni: FNDERSIGNED HERERY CA"-i.rton3-rwrybody and gives no&iee that he will not he responsible for any--debts fou traetedthv aJivU.er-perhor: than himself, for or onJds ucconni without Jils written order, after this date. Also that all moneys due the undersigned on current accounts must be settled and paid-' within ten days, othenvisc they will he, pui in the hands of an attorney for collection. H. B. PARKER. Astasia, Oregon. 3au. ,181b. i?2i . Tfr passed. Jalama ar2:I5-T.-'3i. -"uuft- aiuuccu uy umy .a Y1.7 v tc . v"- 9. ' ' -".A " I