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ASTORL OREGON
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THE CITY.
t3?Thc Daily Astorian wiU he scni'by
mail at 7"i cento a month, frccof postage. Read
tx who ctnilciuiiiriic absence from the city can
have Tiik Astokiax follow them, Datlv
Wuickly edition to any pot-oJTice with
aU cuidilianal expense. Addresses way he
tiAnv?d'cn:ofieiiax desired. Leave orders at
the amniina rtunn.
llTtlEF AXXOUXCEMEXT.
Road I. W. Case's now advertise
ment, particularly if you are in need of
garden seeds.
An elegant stock of the finest
atytas of valentines now open and for
-iale cheap at Adler's.
Gapt. jfunson has purchased an
engine, which will be placed in the
.sloop Magnet, after which she will be
classed as a. steamer.
A large number of masks will be
received at Adler's Monday evening.
Patrons intending to attend the mas
querade are invited to call.
Dr. Baker reached Walla Walla
by private conveyances tfrom The
Dalles. Major Truax accompanied
him, but the Doctor handled the rib
bone. Cannerymen and business men
in. general will do well to examine
Adler's new stock of BlanJl)Ool:s and
Stationery which he bought in the
East and offers at less thau Portland
prices.
The name of the Perkins' mur
derer caught b strategy near British
Columbia, is Suluskue, son of Peter
Le Mox Mox, a Cayusc belonging to
the Umatilla, reservation.
Snow, then rain, then -sunshine,
then cloudy, then clear, then a little
more snow, a little more rain, a little
more sunshine, little more cloudy,
clear again, etc., etc., was the style of
the weather at Astoria yesterday.
Mr. Dan O'Neill, the popular
Oregon Steam Navigation company's
purser, is at present doing the Cascade
route, acting purser of the Emma
Hay ward, but there is scarcely enough
business doing to keep him out of
mischief.
Look here, brother Kelly of the
Roseburg Independent, if you don't
ay away from that millinery shop,
and lot Mrs. Compton finish that wed
ding dress for Miss , we shall
be eonipelled to refer to your conduct
2t.t enrolling clerk.
Our friend S. B. Smith is happy.
A big English estate, valued at many
millions of dollars, is awaiting proof
of hcirsliip by a branch of the Smith
family in this county. Silas B. thinks
there would be about 6fty cents a
piece, if divided up equally among
the Smiths of America.
Salem is being victimized by a
traveling quack in medicine, propos
ing to effect certain cures or no pay,
only taking part pay in advance,
enough to make five or six prices for
the medicine, the remainder, to be
paid when the cure is effected,
in all probability will never be called
for.
.
People who receive their papers
through the carriers would do ex
ceedingly well by putting little boxes
with a covering, at their gates. It
would save them from the rain and
the pilferers gaze, ?froni the jaws of
bird dogs and the high winds, which
sometimes carry them off and casts
the blame of not getting the paper on
the carrier, or your neighbor. Put up
a box at your gate, xifdt is only a cigar
box.
Mr. Sam Gray's pet, n cross-breed
between a cat and -z. .coon, which es
caped some time ago, was killed night
before last by a dog. The collar on
iU neck must have been a source of
great annoyance to the animal, as it
had the appearance of having chafed
its way into the flesh. This coon has
caused many a fat chiclwa -.to submit
.to the eating-out process
Social Events.
The Masquerade Ball, which will
come off at Worsley's Hall on Friday
evening the 14th, promises to be a
very attractive afiair, and will no
doubt be largely attended. Every
necessary preparation has been made
by the committee, and nothing which
can contribute to the success and
pleasure of the event has been omitted.
Mr. Worsley deserves the thanks of
til the amusement-loving public for
his untiring and successful efforts to
f r.rnish them with amusements during
the dull winter months, and the
Soiree this evening, and the Masquer
ade on next Friday, being the closing
ones of the winter, we should like to
see his large room crowded on both
occasions, and for the benet of those
who intend masking, the committee
desire us to say that it will only be
necessary for maskers to show the
blanks to the committee in the com
mittee room, and those attending as
spectators, their invitations at the
door, and let everyone make it a point
to show "Genial Ben" that one and
all appreciate his efforts.
Good Lord" Save Vs.
Red lead in cayenne pepper, chro
mate of leads in mustaTcl, sulphuric
acid in vinegar, corrosive sublimate
in pickles, prnssic acid in tea, scented
and colored clay in coffee, alum m
bread, sand in sugar, marble dust and
plaster of Parle in Hour, powdered
stone in soda, terra alba in cream of
tartar, damaged grain in Graham
me;il, chalk in baking powders, mer
cury, arsenic and copper in the color
ing of candy, creosote and salts of
cupper in whisky such are only sam
ples of some of the adulterations in
food and drink pointed out the other
day by Mr. George T. Angell, in a
paper read to the American social
science association of Boston.
Koticc.
A special meeting of the A. 0. H.
is hereby called for Sunday, the 9th of
February, 1879, at the Chamber of
Commerce, mt 2 o'clock P. x. by to
quest of several members. "Business
of importance. E. H. Fox,
President.
Pendleton is a very desirable
place to Eve, according to Bro. Tur
ner. He says every church in town is
occupied, every school house filled
with pupils, every hotel and restau
rant crowded, every saloon well pat
ronized, e.ery carpenter employed,
the blacksmith shops overrun with
work, the lawyers all idle, people all
happy and everything moving on as
lovely and quiet as though no Indians
were in the country.
The JEtna Life Insurance com
pany of Hartford,Connecticut,is one of
the reliable companies of the United
States. Its cash assets represent a
value of 824,000. Mr. Arthur Wilson,
the manager for Oregon and Washing
ton, called upon us yesterday, and in
forms us that Mr. E. C. Holdcn has
been appointed local agent at Astoria,
and Dr. W. D. Baker examining phy
sician. Hon. I. W. Case has carried
j a policy in this company for nearly
ten years.
The Oregonian has disooored
that the causes of Elshqp Purcell's de
linquencies, in Cincinnati, . are ilhe -direct
result of the "shrinkages of prop
erty values." Senator Grover can
be no more to blame for the shrink
ages in Oregon values, held as
securities for money loaned here
when he was governor, than Bishop
Purcell is for tho shrinkages in Cincin
nati, but the Oregonian does not ap
pear to have manhood enough about
the concern to prompt such statement
of the facts.
Judging from a privets -dispatch
from Chas DeYoung & Co. , jesterday,
the fellow who represented himself as
an agent of the Clironicle in this city,
W. B. Sewell, was not only a dastard
ly cur, but a fraud upon the De-
Youngs. Our grand jury let him off
easy because of the fact there is a
certainty of a moral stench arising in
any community from the trial of such
cases. He was therefore permitted to
leave. Sewell is a man of about five
feet nine inches stature, sandy com
plexion, hazle eyes, and long reddish
whiskers, rather pleasant address.
1 This is all w.o know, about him,
The Indian Question.
LETTER FROM 3IR. W. H. GRAY.
Clatsop County, Feb. 1. In The
Astorian of the 24th nit. is an article
headed ' 'Yakima Indian Affairs. " Fol
lowing the above, I find "The Other
Side," by D. P. Ballard, of Yakima
city. In this effusion he constitutes
himself the ce'nsor of Agent Wilbur
and of the government policy in rela
tion to the Indians, and also attempts
to prove that all, or at least 70 per
cent, of the Wilbur Indians are a fair
sample of the Perkins murderers; onlv
nineteen or twenty-tcne keep up the
forms of worship as taught by Father
Wilbur, etc. This Mt. Ballard would
be a wise man if he had not a foolish
head to guide him. He goes back to
an Indian by the name of Peter, whom
Gen. Fremont took to the states in
1844, to prove all his statements on
the Indian question.
I propose to occupy but a small space
in your paper to meet .suck statements
with the statement that the fools and
falsifyers are not all dead. There
may be in that commusiicasion a slight
semblance of truth, but it is covered
so deeply with ignorant predjudice,
superstition and bigotry, that the head
or heart that dictated that letter
could Rot certainly see it. I
have no doubt but this decided ex
pression of opinion oh my part, will
cause a yell from all enemies to truth
and humane treatment of the Indians,
an especially to all true American
moral influence over them. For the
last 3ear you are aware that I have
given this question careful attention,
not only through official reports but
through newspaper correspondence
and a personal visit to the Indians.
That agents within and without the
Yakama and Nez Perces Indian agen
cies should be the special object of
hatred is not to be wondered at; those
agencies are standing proofs that the
Indians can be civilized and become
not only christian "herifcics" but Ameri
can citizens.
Show me the same conversion of
our American or English people that
I have .seen in the years of 1839-40
among the Indians named, and I would
say a thousand were converted to
Christianity; and here let me say, that
I have the testimony of the Roman
priests t show, that they claim that
many thousands of our Indians have
been "converted" to Romanism siuce
1838. That that sect claim at least
four Indians belonging to their church,
to one belonging to the American, as
ifchey (the Homanits) call the "hereti
cal" protestant churches. It is an old
adage: "Straws show which way the
current in a storm Tuns. vice is
bold when true moral or christian sen
timents are cast aside. Falsehood
travels faster than the truth.
Can any sane man tell me why it is
this desperate effort is made to return
the Indian bureau tb the war depart
ment which had control of the Indians
for over sixty years? without accom
plishing as much for their civilization,
all over our country, as has been ac
complished by President Grant's peace
policy iu ten years?
A close observer of this Indian
question for more than 40 years would
say why not give the peace policy time
enough to train one generation of In
dians to test its results? The war
policy lists alreadj' had three genera
tions. Mr. Ballard appears, if his
letter is true, to seek a residence near
them, and to know all about their
moral condition; also, of the necessity
of the change. Has he been dis
charged from its services.
Respectfully, etc W. H. Grct.
An article from .the Toledo Blade of
December 12th, Teviewing testimony
before the joint commission regarding
the transfer of the Indian bureau to
the war department, is omitted for
want -of space. Ed.
TVliy Tlicy Pay Dow.
A good many people who .ore not
acciiBtouied to paying fare in advance
on river steamboats can .-see the point
better, perhaps, after reading the fol
lowing from a late Paris paper:
One of the great and comfortable
steamships which the Yankee con
struct descends the Mississippi with a
vertiginous rapidity.
When, lo! a cry makes itself to be
heard:
"A man in the waters!"
"Stop!" cries himself the Captain.
Then, turning himself towards the
purser, he demands: "Has he paid
his fare?'
"He has paid," replies the purser.
"All :aricrhta!" howls the captain,
.and the steamer retakes its course,
leaving ihe passenger behind.
If the -unhappy man had jut ,paid m
.advance he might hawie &ei -Bared.
Real Estate t Auction
We call attention to E. C. Holden's
auction sale of city lots on Saturday.
These lots will all be valuable in the
near future, though the chances are
they will bo sold cheap enough now.
Lot 5, block 37, adjoins upper town
and Finn town; lot 5, block 49 is in
close proximity to Mr. Devlin's resi
dence; lots 2 and 9, block 91, are close
to the cemetery lot, and one block
north from Mr. Williamson!, block,
all favorable location..
The Cental System.
The grain and flour dealers of
Liverpool and New York are mak
ing vigorous efforts to introduce
the cental system in estimating the
weight of all breadstuffs. It is
recommended that a barrel of flour
shall contain 218 pounds, 200
pounds of flour, leaving IS pounds
for tare; and also, that when flour,
oat-meal, etc., is packed in sacks,
they shall weigh, exclusive of
tare, -equal parts of a cental.
The Portland board of trade
has Teceived a communication
on this subject from the New
York Exchange, and the sub
ject is now under consideration.
Tins is only another step towards
an adoption of the metrical system.
Sinse our decimal system of cur
rency is easily applicable to the
cental system above mentioned, a
world of labor and perplexity
would be saved if the suits estion
of our English neighbors were
adopted.
Card From Mr. Nowten,
Upper Astoria, Feb. 0. I pToclatm
to all -who suffer from Rupture, that for
ten years previous to getting one of Dr.
Pierce & Son's Magnetic Elastic Trusses
I groaned from a terrible Itupttjre, and
used four steel trusses during that time,
but these steel trusses seemed to aggra
vate -my malady. By some direction of
good fortune 1 came under the. able
treatment of Dr. Pierce & Son. procured
one of their Trusses, and for six months
I have not taken it off, and I believe that
I am 3iov completely rttrefl. This cer
tificate is freely and 'Conscientiously
given. I am advanced in years, anil
have mo object in deceiving the public.
1 do t.hls to relievo those who will heed
my notes of rejoicing, and to earrv the
glad tidings to whoever may -wish it.
ThomasNewton
Astoria, Oregon.
To Dr. Tierce & Son.
d&wit COD Sacramento St., Cal.
AROUND THE CITY.
August Danielson, the proprietor
of Astoria Liquor Store, is sole agent
for the celebrated Daniiana Bitters. It
is the best medicine for Dyspepsia. Try
a bottle.
Trenehard fc Upshur have at their
store samples of cedar net floats made
by Pixlev, at Westport, -and which will
he furnished in quantities to suit at
S3 00.
Squivalence says the Chicago
Iloiise is supplied with a register jfrom
the City Book Store, and that he is
pleased with the prospects ahead for
business.
Good Templar entertainment at
their hall on Friday evening next. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Admission free. Por particulars see
posters.
A small house to let in a desirable
locality for residence. Inquire at this
office.
Capt J. C Hustler wishes .to give
everybody timely noiice 'flint 'if that
school tax is not paid within a few days
costs will certainly follow.
If you want anything in the line
of Cigars, Tobacco. Notions, Fruits, etc.,
cull at Fosters, on the Roadway.
P. J. Goodman, on Main street, has
just reeeived the latest and most fash
ionable style of gent and ladies boots,
shoes, etc. '
Mr. .f. Stewart. stone and marble
cutter of Astoria will guarantee satis
faction to all ordering work of him, and
will do a better iob for less money than
any outside workman. His work in the
cemetery here should be sufficient recom
mt nuation. isetore you let your con
tracts for work of this kind It would be.
well to call upon Mr. Stewart
Fresh oysters in every style and
at all hours at the PioneenrestaTirant.
A stunningly beautiful selection
of valentines were 'opened at the City
Book store yesterday. Call around anil
see them.
Valentines, all kinds, C. A. May's
Parties "in want of good Cedar
Shingles will do well to apply to H. C.
Comegys, Kalama, W. T.
Newspapers, Periodicals, Station
ery, Notions, Cigars, and Tobacco, at
Hamburger's Variety Store.
Photographic Back-grounds, Park
and Parlor scenes, the. cheapest and best
Pictures in Oregon, at II. S. Shuster's
new Art Gallery, Astoria. .
Fresh oysters in every style at
Schmeers'. See advertisement.
Your complexion is sallow, and
skin yellow, your liver is affected.
uotain irom your druggist a bottle of
Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier.
Keep your blood pure and your
health nuisfbo good, the great purifier
is rfunder'sTegon Blood Purifier. All
Astoria druggists have it now.
Peter Runey Is still in the market
with all kindsof building materials in
his line. liar, fjust received 100,000 lath,
2,000 bushels of and, and a large stock
of first quality of briefcat his warehouse
foot of Benton street.
Get your "hatfke&R GBed for -a little,
money at Bailey
Woodnf fiOfl 'kinds, nod afipiendid
lot of pitch -vood, at Gray's vharf,tfor
sale in lota to suit purchasers
Fresh fruits and vegetable '
Bailey's.
New invoice of those Medallion
Ranges at Magnus C.Crotfby's.
Shipmasters wishing to wKiure
seamen ca kae- their wants supplied
by calling at tfee- -Chicago house, Main
street
liODGino Hou8 Persons requiring
fiirn toll art nr jinAtrnik'h a J .-. ..,-. V..
S4ui.twni.uui bbhuubucu 1UULU3 vilU UD1
accommodated at reasonable rates at
JfrHunecjpt Chenamus st Astoria.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ASTOItIA, OREGON.
Trucking, Draying, and General'
Team Work
Done to order, and satisfaction guaranteed.
BWood for sale, and delivered to order. .
Q. T. HELD,
CALEDONIA SALOON.
Corner -of Front and A streets.
PORTLAND - - - - OEEGOX
fi3Late bnteher In the Central Market.
pIIAS. A. 3TAY,
DKALF.R. IX
Foreijrn and Itomcstic Fruits,.
Nuts, Candles, Yankee Notions, Toys.
Finest brands of
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Chenamus street, - Astoria.
TTrilVMAM TURNER.
BOOT BLACK,
OCCIDENT SHAVING SALOON.
Astorta, Oregon.
Astoria Liquor Store,
AUG. DANIELSON, Proprietor.
Water st. Roadway, - Astoria, -QBEOoar.
Importer and dealer In
WINES, LIQUORS,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CIGaES.
Sole agent for the celebrated
STONEWALL WHISKEY.
Branch of MARX & JORGENSEN, Portland.
Washington Tffiarket,
Malv Street Astoria Oregon,
JSEJiGlKAN cC BERRY
T ESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEN
JL t;on of tho prfblic to tho fact that tho
ahovo Market Tvrll always ho supplied with a
FULL VARIETY BEST QUALITY
FRESH ANDCURED MEATS!
Which will bo sold at lowest rates, wholesale
and retail. Spenal attention given to suppij
ns shus.
D. K. Waerkn. C. A. McGoibb
Astoria Market !
Corner of Chenamus and Cass streets.
ASTORIA, OREGON.
WARREN & McGUIRE, Proprietor
(Successors to Ilobitm tb Warrcz.
Wholesale and Retail Dealors in all Kinase
Fresh and Cured Weals!
A full line of Family Groceries,
CANNED FRUIT. VEGETABLES, ETC.
KB-Buttor, Eggs, Choeso, etc. constantly
en hand.
9 Ships supplied at the lowest rates.
IT IS A POSITIVE TRUTH-
That housekeepers can do better by dealing-
with J. lv. VIRT, on Main street, as
he keeps the best of
FRUITS, CANDIES, NUTS.
LIQUOFvS AND CIGAF.S,,
SMOKED SALMOM,
SGLOGNE SAUSAGE,
JERKED SLK MEAT;,
And also from Clatsop every other day
FRESH BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE,,
CLAMS, DUCKS, CHICKENS,
And everything that Ik needed in the cook-,
hit; Hue at the lowest living prices.
Call and examine before purchasing else
where. J. K. WlItT.
CITY BOOK STORE,
MAIN ST., ASTORIA.
CHAS. 8TEVJEW8 & SOIf
Invite the attention of purchasers to their
siock, just laid in
The Finest Selection 1
The Cheapest Prices 1
The Greatest Worth 1;
RECEPTION POCKETS;
LADIES' DIARIES AND PURSES
COMBINED:
COMB AND BRUSH POCKETS:
CUTLERY, JEWELRY, CHARMS,
ETC., ETC.; "
LADIES' FANCY BOARD, ETC.;
GOLD PENS AND PENCILS;
PAINT PENCILS, GUTTAPERCHA
GOODS;
EXCELSIOR DIAFJES, BLANK
iBOOKS, STATIONERY, ETC.
&A goods sold at lowest cash .prices.
CHAS. STLVKNS & SON.
-City Book Store to Main street, two doors,
join the Pioneer Restaurant, opposite lhtft
bakery of Mrs. C. Binder.
Charles Heilborn
MANUFACTURER 0
An4 Dealer n
FURNITEmJBEDtHN&
ALSO IMrOUTElt OF
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, TVAIX,-
PAPER, SHADES, etc.
ES""A11 kinds of repairing promptly at-,
tended to, :uid furniture made to order.
A full line of .picture moulding awl,
name, brackets, window cornices, etc.
jSy-Full stock and lowest prices, corner of
giiupmncaha and Main street. Astoria.
A RARE CHAWCL
I WILL SELI, ANY OR ALJ, OP TED
'following described property, yz .
&OD Acres Sec 22, T.-8, tf. ef . 9 ire,
otfJhaart qaarler.
JLiso. in Olneya Astoria
Lte ,., aafi A, U Klrk l
&ets 3,.-4.-V4t, la BIefc (
la BUefc Mt
Krt fc&ir mt Stock S.-3 1-3 trn
, ' DAVID INQAllg.
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