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? ASTORIA. OREGON?
. Q. VftELAXD Eckitor.
TMfttSDAY
March 20. 1870 I
'California is growling "like a
bear with a sore head' because of
the small amount of appropriations
for that state this year, Oregon
having received double the amount
allotted to California. Prior to
this time that state had a consid
erable advantage over Oregon in
this respect. Tbe appropriations
for this year speak well for the
energy of Senator Mitchell and
colleagues, aid gives us a. hope
that "neglected Oregon" will be
negl ecte$ no more.
The Oregon Sentinel of the
j&th savs: "The Times is ;a error
when it says the Sentinel opposed
Mr. Mitchell last spring. "We aver
11 ally that it never did anything of
the kind, and when we repeat that ,
John 11. Mitchell was tiie best
representative Oregon ever had
we only echo the convictions of
many Jackson county democrats,
who have no party ring in their
isoses.
The Columbia Chronicle should
do us justice. The Astoiit-ax has
Htated repeatedly the very facts which
"t'he Chronicle reiterates, that -within a
few years Washington territory's year
ly average of grain will surpass nearly
any one state in the Union. And
as this event seems to be inevitable
it is well to have it distinctly under
stood that the territory fignres promi
nently, though not conspicuously, in
the cereal interests of the Pacific coast.
The Leeds Mercury is one of the
"best of the standard British Tiewspa
pers. A late number contains an able
and excellent article on -the Chinese
question, in which the condition and
character of the Mongolians on this
coast are clearly and correctly stated.
It was written by Mr. W. Scott Came
ron, lately city editor of the San
Francisco Call, who left California
last November for Leeds, to take a
responsible position on the Mercury,
.which he fills in his accustomed supe
rior manner in the upper walks of
journalism. Mr. Cameron is tlioroug
ly conversant with the subject, having
'had nearly seven 3Tears' of experience
in Portland and in San Francisco, with
uncommon 'advantages for acquiring
information from personal observation.
On Sunday night a hack-load of
San Francisco drummers, with their
trunks loaded with samples, left this
place, says the Polk county, Oregon, j
Riverside, about eleven o'clock, and
"hastened to Dallas, in order to get
"there in advance of another of the
-same ilk, who had "done" Independ
ence in advance of them. The night
was pitchy dark, the mud was deep,
and the rain fell in torrents, and as
Koon as our peripatcctic friends left
'town their troubles commenced. As
soon as 'they 'reached the lane leading
to LaCreole,they were stuck in the mud
and stayed for hours. Getting out of
this they lost the road, and had to
camp in the rain until day-light.
"Early in the morning their brother
drummer started with a fine team, and
reache(i Dallas as soon as the "trio who
left in the night.
Gratitude is a very highly com
mendable feeling, says the Bee,
and President Hayes may congratu
late himself on having aroused that
passion to an unlimited extent in the
breasts of his friends and faithful fol
lowers the Chinese of Portland. These
Jieathens are deeply exercised orer -the
president's veto of the restriction bill,
and desire to attest their gratitude to
the executive for his decided stand in
their favor by sendiug'irim a valuable
present. For that -purpose a sub-
-RcriHwuu luib uue-u wineu. ana sow
; -.: l i i...i..i j r.rtr
so far contributed by the Oregon On-
-cntals.
mi . , p ., I
xne nature or xne girt nasi,rulis and llfti.v.ma fciiat c;rcleQ ex-
notyetbeen uecidedon,but it is intend
ed to be both original and unique in de
sign, with an appropriate inscription.
The required amount will be collected
.in a few days, and the gift purchased
. ,and forwarded to Washington.
Last year, when the new locomo
tive J. W. Sprague was i)laced on the
Dalles and Celilo railroad, it was
found that she conk! pull a heavier
load than the S. G. Reed, though the
latter was the faster of the two.
nen navigation closed, the Heed
was taken into the shops and thorough
ly -overhauled. Her cylinders were
bored out a sixteenth of an inch,
thus enabling her to work a greater
amount of steam. The Empire says
she now is able to pull two more cars
than the Sprague. The way in which
the work has been done on her, re
flects great credit on Mr. Curtis, the
master mechanic at the company's
shops.
The Inland Empire says: "Several
years ago an old rotten river steamer
called the George Peabody plying on
the Potomac river, wjis cut down to
the water ways and built up anew.
The fact of the owners having ex
pended three-fourths . of her original
cost upon this job, gave them the right
to re-christen her, and she was called
the William Taber. She now is about
to be put on the line between San
; Prancisco and Portland, and we warn
the traveling public against helping to
brim, about another Pacific Oleaster.
You cannot make a good ship by put
ting sound timber upon a rotten bot
tom. The Walla Walla Statesman says:
"During the past week we had occa
sion to telegraph a large sum of money
to some stock broker, either in Port
land or San Francisco. To that end
we hunted all through the Portland
papers for a stock broker s ad. , for we
were inclined to have our work done
there, as it was nearer home; but, to
our surprise, we could not find the
name of a single firm. The commis
sion fiiey would have made from us
alone would have .paid for a whole
yotfrs insertion in a first-class paper;
and so we had to send at double ex
pense for telegraphing all the way to
San Francisco. It is to be hoped the
business men at Portland will wake
up as spring opens. Green things
generally -do."
A satisfactory test of the Hotel) -kiss
gun was made recently by the
military at Vancouver, The experi
ments have proved this arm to be
most destructive and a marvel of force,
strength and accuracy. If placed on
the river bank opposite Vancouver it
can, with ease, project a shell into
Portland, a distance of more than six
miles. It is a rifled gun of French
make, but of American invention and
patent. It is designed more especially
for fighting against savages, and will
be a terror to the Indians in case of
war next summer. They can no more
rest in fancied security five or six
miles distant, and make fun of the
soldiers. The gun weighs 115 and
the carriage 145 pounds. At an eleva
tion of twenty-four and one-half de
grees the ball was thrown six andone
fourth miles, consuming thirty-five
seconds in the flight. There &vo but
two of the guns in this department,
but in a short time there will be an
additional number obtained.
A gentleman just returned from
Fort Klamath, 'describes to the In
land Empire the late breaking up of
the ice frozen over Big Klamath lakes,
which lie says was very grand. The
ioc was thawed all round the edge of
the lake, and a heavy gale setting in
from the northwest the ice began to
heave and -swell as the wind und waves
increased, till at last it commenced
yielding to the drawing waves, 'break
ing with a thundering sound that
echoed up and down the lake, from
point to point and hill to lfill. From
Modoc point the view was splendid.
The gale soon -swept all the ice from
Pellican bay, and it was driven rap
idly eastward, piling floe r.pon floe,
till it was 'twenty-five or thirty feet in
thickness. Our informant says the
scene was indescribably grand, and his
caddie horse trembled and quivered
with terror as the broken floes came
crashing and surcrins with irresistible
i w
. forcu to the eastem sl,ore, accom-
j p:inie(1 hy the swarms 0f screaminj
u I :.... :,.:;,.
cnuuiy uvcr uie uiKe.
The Bonanza saloon, Walla Walla,
j has been closed as a disreputable house
I after a disgraceful row between
i soldiers, .gamblers and harlots.
BORX.
In the Grays river settlement. Febn
ary 25, 1879, to the wife of A. Ilolden,
daughter.
NEW ADVERTISE3IENTS.
JUST RECEIVED.
NeWyfcff)ds for the Season
OF 1S70.
A FULL LINE OF
Oil Skins, Rubber Boots,
And everything needed for the
EjSIIFSG TKA35E.
.ALSO :
A Full? and Complete Stock,
Consisting in part of
A FULL4! 01 flTUiUf1 FCm.M?-.
LINE OF U LU I H I R U AND ISOYS.
j
Gents Furnishing Goods;
ALSO :
Large Stock of Family Groceries;
Canned Fruits, Etc.;
ALSO :
"Hatches, Jewelry. Marine ami iicra
;in.M's, etc:
Besides .i choice lot ot
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
"Wholesale and Retail. Call and see.
1ST, XXXE2B,.
MAIN ST.. - - - ASTORIA, OCX.
Special Notice.
Star of the Columbia,
A HIGH TEST KEROSENE.
Turpentine and Varnish,
Sail Cloth,
Made expressly for light sail boats.
For sale at
G. W. HUME'S,
ASTORIA. - - - OREGON.
3IAS. A. MY,
DKAl.KR IX
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
Nnts, Candies, Yankee Notions, Toys.
Finest brands of
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Chenamus street, - Astoria
MAGNUS C. CROSBY.
DEALER IN
Stoves, Tinware, and
House Furnishing Goods.
Hardware, Brass Goods,
Lead and Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings,
Engineers Supplies, Sheet Lead, Jron,
Copper, Brass, and Zinc.
Who is Elected?
OF THE
Great Eastern Saloon,
'CGNCOMLY ST., ASTORIA.
TIMS FAVORITE RESORT HAS JUST
been refitted and stocked with
ALT, THE JBEST JJKAXnS
OK
Imported ami Iomcstie Wines und
.Liquors, C'israr.s and Tobaeeo.
J2T" San Francisco Beer five cents, glass
3fotiee- Fishermen Attention I
milKKK WILL HE A MEETING OF ALL
I JL Fishermen opposed to the license law at
Metropolitan nan, on
Thursday livening;. 3Iarch 20.
At 7 -JZS0 o'clock.
To hear the opinion of Judge K. P. Shattuck
on thevaliditvof the licerse lav., as passed
hv the hist legislature, and to discuss other
matters of importance. Rring -a salmon or
50 cents along with you to help the cause.
Rv order of J. G. Roiirson, I'res.
" J.IVekf.r. Secretary.
!ateni for Sale.
Tho right to manufacture and sell
JOHN . BROKMSEJTS PATENT
(No. 1&9.90TI. April 2, 1S77).
IinrorcnicKt in RtD'D SI.AT
AlKH'STERS.
In the States of California and Oregon.
03" For particulars anil description, which
cannot he given in a hrief advertisement,
call upon oraddress. T. lillOEMSEK,
"Walla Walla Restaurant, Astoria. Oregon.
nrroTrc.E. All persons Indebted to the un-
! JLi dersigncd will please call and settle
their accounts by the first of Apr.l. as I in
tend going to San Francisco soon to lav in a
large stock of millinery goods, and desire to
settle all accounts before leaving.
31 US. II. A. UKKBY,
T. S. JEWETT.
B. S. KIMBALL.
Draying & Tracking.
.cEaSSE
ASTORIA TRUCK & DRAY GO.,
Squumucqiie st hetwccn Cass and Main,
Contracts for x'ruyingmade and satisfaction
guaranteed. Orders left at tho Occident do-
1 JJ3WETT& KIMBALL.
Xadies Attention !
1874. SPRING
HAS
ffPJMJh'
The best selected stock ever
MHBmll'I
DRY GOODS, CLQTHINC, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS, CAPS.
CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, CARPETS, MATTINGS,
A FULL LINE IN EACH DEPARTMENT.
We call especial atttent'on to our extra large invoice of
PRICES WAY DOWN.
AVE SELL ONLY EOR CAf II. NO CREDIT. NO HOUSE SHALL UNDERSELL ME.
:o :or jSl. t& is it :ol cs- :e3 3E5. ,
MAIN STREET, - -.. ASTORIA, OREGON.
Solo Affcnr for the Xew American Sewing: Hachaiic.
BUSINESS CARDS.
MISS T T.. AT,TJS3u
Late of California).
Offers her services to tlie people of Astoria
and vicinity as a teacher ot
Instrumental and Vocal Husic
jar-Miss Allen may be found at Mrs. M.
KoKers Hoarding house. Cass street.
p YT. FULTOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAAY.
Office. Pages new bnilding, Sqncnioqlic
street, Astoria, Oregon.
D
R. F. CPvAXG,
PHYSICIAN ANDSURCEON,
ASTORIA, OREOOX.
Office liooiil ino. 7 over C. L. TY.rker's
store. Opposite Dement's drug store.
Du.
J. W. OLIYEIJ,
iioircoiwriEisT,
Office. Tn minister's Pagnerrean build
ing. Entrance seeond door above that of
the Daily Astokiax. Cass street.
Residence on Jefferson street, corner of
Main.
TJOCTOR IIATCBI.
Successfully treats all Chronic Diseases.
A1SD DISEASES OF "WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
Cancer cured by a new and painless method.
Oflice Clienamus street, corner of Mam
street, Astoria.
D
R. .1. O'ISRIISX.
CURES RILLIOUS AXD INTERMITTENT
FEVERS
With from one to three doses of liis harm
less medicine.
Also, l'rivate diseases successfully treated.
Office O'Urien's hotel. Astoria. Oregon.
O. F. liELL. A. MEACIIEX.
HJEJiJa & MEACKEX.
Attorneys at Law and Notaries Public.
Commissioner or Deeds for California and
"Washington Territory
Astoria, Orejjon.
Office Corner of Squemocqhe and Cass
streets, up stairs, over L. S. Iarsen's store.
B. F. DKNXISOK. F. J. TAYLOR
DENNISON & TAYLOK,
ATTOItXEYS AT X. A W.
ASTOIITA. Okeoox.
Office Up stairs in Parker's building,
comer Chenamus and Ronton slrcots.
F.
D. WJNTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in City Ilnll Building.
ASTORIA. OREGON.
J.
STEWASKT.
Stone and Marble Cutter,
ASTORIA. - - - OKKGOH.
All hinds of building work, and monumen
tal work attended to promptly and to order.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
otto mrrsfKK,
WATCfiMAKER AND JEWELER.
II S ISEMOVED to
Main street, Talker's building,
ASTORIA. - - - - OREGON.
Q.EO. liOVKTT.
TAILOR,
CLEANING. and REPAIRING PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO.
Renton Btrect, opposite Tost-oflice. Astoria.
Manufacturer of
Boots and Shoes.
All kinds of renairinsr neatlv and
promptly attended to M
MAIN ST., - ASTORIA. OREGON.
TTUGII ST001
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
AND GENERAL JOBBER
ASTORIA, OREGON.
KBITouses built to ordort.and satisfaction
cunrnnteed. Shop on Squemocqha street,
next door to the Episcopal church.
Astoria Steam Laundry.
J. T. BORCIIE
.Proprietor
Astorin. Oregon.
No nibbing or scrubbing, and no thnrning
your clothes too pieces. Buttons sewed on
Ulld Hotline momtni!
twin viiiiiirst iiicuueu.
fcsiNeat work at reasonable prices,
us a call.
ve
J. H. D. GRAY,
Wholesale and retail dealer in.
OXSTJEBS, tej tlie SACK.
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
General storage and "Wharfage on reason
able terms..
JttJ
SEASON! 1879.
OPENED AT
before carried in this city.
AUCTION SALES.
I? C. HOLDEN,
Notary Public for the State of Oreqon.
Ileal Ms tat c Agent ad Conveyancer.
Agent for the FIREMEN'S FUND INSUR
ANCE COMPANY of Sun Fnmcisco.
COMMISSION AGENT a,nd AUCTIONEER.
Rent anil Aeeonnt. C'olieffrri. ami re
turn, prnisjptlj mnile.
Regular sales day.
SATURDAYS at S P. 31.
N. R. Parties having rear estate, lurni
turnorany other noods to dispose of cither
at auction or private sale should notlfv iw
soon as convenient before tbe ilav of .sale.
No. storage charged on goods sob' at m-t,)I-
r. CHOLh.-N.
I" Auctioneer.
MISCELLANEOI'S.
"I. W. CASEf "
IMPORTER AND WHOLFSALE AND RE
TAIL DEAI Ell IN
CrfflEML -MRCIAIDISE,
Comer Clienamus and Cass streets.
ASTORIA - - - OREGON.
ASTGRIA CANDY FACTORY
-AXD-OYST
E It SALOO '.
HAVING ENLARGED MY STORE
have now on band the largest and besS
assortment of plain and French candies i
iun. ui-su, Jill HIUUS oi
CAKES, CRACKERS AND BISCUITS.
All of which I offer for sale at the hwwi
cash price, -wholesale and retail at
SCHMEER'S CONFECTIOPJERY.
Oppaite tbe bell tower.
Retail -candy from 25 to 73 cents per pound.
Fresh Eastern nn1 Rhn:ilivntprvL I .,
j-.
bay oysters served m every style.
TlfAIlTlX A 3IAYNES,
CRYSTAL SALOON,
On the Roadway, - - Astoria, Oregon.
.Tlie very best quality of wines, iquore
and cigars at wholesale or retal.
Astoria Liquor Store.
AUG. DANIELSON, Proprietor.
Water st. Roadway, - Astoria. OitEoy
Importer and dealer in
WINES, LIQUORS,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CIGaRS.
Sole agent for the celebrated
STONEWALL WHISKEY.
GERMANIA BEEP. HALL
AND
BOTTLE BEEB DEPOT.
Cuknajius Strkkt. Astoki.u
Tho public nro invited to cm and leaje
their orders. Splendid Lnger o cents a la?s.
Ereo Lunch every nijrht.
WM. IJOCK & Co.. Proprietor?.
G
1EORGE ROSS'
.pr
i$ Billiard Room
Tlie only Rilliard Room in the city wheio
no liquors are sohL
-HTFAV TAKLE .ICST PUT UP. GEOKtiu.
J i. has a cosy plane .and keeps on hand tuc
lest brand of Cigars. Also. soda, canuj.
nuts, etc. OppoMte Altona Ciioi 'House.
D5-tf GEO. ROSS. Propnetwr.
(!' THE A8TOTUA" r.LILLI'G)
HAS JUST RECKIYED A LOT OF NEW
goods, consisting of
MEN'S AND ROYS
ALE AND SIP E00TS
Buckie and Congress Gaiters,
"Women, Misses and Children's
BUTTOK1 BQGTS,
Which will be sold at the very lowestprice
IT IS A POSITIVE TRUTH
That housekeepers can do better bv de alius
with J. K. WIRT, on Main street, as
he keeps the best of
iFKUlTS, CANDIES, NUTS.
LIQTJOKS AND CIGAHS,
SMOKED SALMON,
BOLOGNE SAUSAGE,
JERKED ELK MEAT.
And also from Clatsop every other day
FRESH BUTTER, EGGS, CUEESE,
CLAMS, DUCKS, CHICKENS,
And everything that is needed in the cook
ing line at the lowest living prices.
Call and examine .beiore purchasing else-
where. -J. K. WIBT..
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