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Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, April 3, 1879.
No. 78.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
PaeJlic Coiit Disputck.cs.
A Mormon mob have capltr cd
Tooeic county, Utah.
Another victim to stock
gambling, A. Field, suicided in
Golden Gate park onlhe night ol
the 31 st.
A Pors Townsend cUspptch ol
the 1st says: TheBelLownbCv ida"
cce, which ceated aperCect furry
of excitement here, ."s qireiing
down. It Wbb roc the Met'iodi t
Ep:coopal church thot was drrgged
into it, asm'jht have been infe .d
but the Me hodist Protested..
Four members of a family
named Thomomy were found
killed and the bodies ho-ribly muti
lated near San Jose on Monday.
The mother of the family is miss
injr. It is not known whether she
was k'lied or escaped to the woods.
There is no clue to the perpetra
tor and no motive assigned for the
deed. The family bad no property
to excite cupidity.
Foreign Icws.
General MelikoSf telegraphn
that he has comple ed the baling
of ifccted houses in Well o L'.
Grant and party arrived a'
Singapore on the 31st. They'eave
on Fiiday for Sam, Sagon and
Hongkong.
Gen. Gaiibaldi has Wi't.en a
letter deprecating the proposed
cojonvJn,!? exoedtion to Nov
iy-wiw3yi . d ;,j linn mmmf, hhiiujii w i
Gu nea. He advjoes tbe projec
tors ;iistead to hold themselves in
readiness to complete the great
ness and rn'ty of Italy.
Ausl "a England, Rusoia, Tur
key rndlta'yhave consented to
take part in a mixed occupatioi o?
eastern Roume1'. JLuly, however,
has made some rservaloa. There
cok
will be no commander-' "-cic".
Each nationality will have :i.s own
commander, nd te oJe object of
the occupation wH be top -event
any conflict between the Tu !-
and Bulgarians.
In the Oliver-Cameron case
the jury rendered a verdict for de
fendant. The nearo exodus continues
in the northern part of Louisiana.
Ten thousand negroes had leCfc by
the time tbe fever of emigration
ends.
Prairie fires in B'g Sioux val
ley, and th-oughout southern Da
cota, on Saturday, we-e of unusi d
force and dest uclive beyond pre
cedent. A merchant of Eden
counted th'.iteen fa m-houses in
flames, and says that more than 4.0
farmers n that vicinity lo"t every
thing. A child was burned to
death, and its father terribly
scorched in trvina: to save it.
Three casualties are reported
which resulted in death by flames.
A widow intending
her husband in the
to succ?rd
in tne management
of a hotel, advertised that "the
hotel will be kept by the widow of
the former landlord, Mr. Browr
who died last summer on a new
and improved plan."
"If there is anything I hate,"
aid he, hurling the object in his
hand to the ground, "it is an empty
whiskey bottle I" "Then my
friend," calmly remarket- a strang
iier at hand, "why do you make bo
many of them?"
A Go ippfiijLeiler.
Ci ''t Loga.i .i Loitdo.i.
I learned a secret since I have lived
in London. It is one that concerns
men. Women have long been anxious
to know wh-t it could have been that
preserved the health and beauty of
Ninon de 'lEnclos to such a period
that men young enough to be her
grandsons were in love with her.
Books have been written on the sub
ject, some attributing the wonder
ful preservation of her be-uly
to a daily bath of ashes' milk,
and others to a similar immersion in
tepid water. The mystery is one I
have never penetrated; but the secret
I am about to impart relates to. the
wonderful preservation of their facul
ties and good looks by men about
town in London.. You hear old swells
of seventy and upwards dining out
every niwht, being seen at dancing par
ties often wriJing books or making ' hem
selves otherwise promment. How o
they do it? Why, simply by pracf '"sirg
Stephen Massett's plan of toL-l absti
nence, or nearly that They have
found by long experience that men
who drink to any extent cannot keep
well, and as for smoking, it is exceed
ingly injurious to some constitutions,
I see old beaux here at dinner men
who, if I thought about the subject at
all in connection with them, I supposed
werj two-bottled men or more who
quietly turn their first gs of sherry
into a tumblerful of water and dan'cj
that, and that only, to the exclusion !
of claret, burgundy, champagne and
liquors, the whole dinner through.
Oh, they toast you finely, and drink
with a will to the health of the Queen
and the royal family only observe,
they don't drhil:. They let the young
fools do that. They have cut their
wisdom teeth.
Pay-director Cunningham, one of
the most genial of American naval of
ficers, was in London recently, though
he is back in Washington ere this.
Mr. Cunningham spent so much time
in San Francisco that I have no doubt
news of him will be of interert to
many of your readers. He is full of
life and gaiety, and had plenty of nice
invitations herein the whole time he
remained. His jidus Achate in Eng
land was Mr. James Ashbury, M. P.,
one of tbe richest young men in the
kingdom, and very princely in his
ways. Mr. Ashbury has two splendid
residences, one here and one in Brigh
ton, both superbly furnished, snd
each fitted out with a perfect staff ol
servants. This is rather rare for a
bachelor. Mr. Ashbury entorfc. irod
Cunningham at Brighton, and thn
placed his elegant town house at
liis disposal, though he was not to
be 5n itself, but Mr. Cunmngham pre
ferred to stop at Morley's. Mr. Asl
bury's parting gift to Mr. Cunning
haai was a curious one. In appear
ance it was nothing more than a stone
about the size of one's thumbnail, c;r
cular below, flat on one side, some
thing like a cornelian in color, with a
doe'ded speck of white about the size
of a pin's head in the centre. What
was it? Simply a petr'led human
eye. Very rare, and worth a great
deal or money to a connoisseur in
cuch curiosities. With its fellow, it
was taken from the sockets of the
head of a Peruvian mummy, where
some peouliar condition of the eye, or
some unusual agent used in embalm
ing, had petrified these watery globes.
Mr. Ashbury wears his mounted sis a
scarf-pin, but Mr. Cunningham sjys
he thinks he'll place his along with
some other curiosities he has got,
for he don't altogether fancy ic
as a personal ornament. Women
in society are going fairly mad
over Mrs. Rutherford Clay's living
beetle, which she has harnessed up
with gold chains and wears as an
ornament. She got this thing in
Mexico six months ago, and it has
never eaten since it hrs been in her
possession. I should loth it mycelf,
but I hear ladies constantly asking
where the scarabea aan be bought. 1
should think a necklace of live b-etlcs,
and a pair of ear rings and a finder
ring of petrified human eyes, wouIdTo
to use the current by-word ui 1
jam
i
"Heal jam ! eal jam !
.lummy jam ! jammy jtm !
Far better than mam:uc e,
Real jam.
There are two periods in a wo
man's life when she does not like
to talk. When one is we nevcv
knew, and the other we have for
gotten. "The only joke women like to
read are those which reflect ridi
cule on men." "Yes " says an
exchange, "on taking up a paper
a woman invariably turns to the
mani.itrf column."
BANKING- AND INSURANCE.
BANKING ANQ INSURANCE.
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BROKER, BANKER
INSURANCE AGENT.
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ASTORIA,
OREGON.
Exchange bought and solig all parts of
tho United States aiwJEuropev
OFFICE IIOURS-yronOTo'clock a. m.
untiMo'clocKr. m.
Mutual Insurance Co.,
OF CALIFORNIA,
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J. F. HOUGHTON"
...President
CHAS. It. STOKY
...Secretary
HAMILTON" 1JOYD. I Aeehts for Oregon
Geo. L. Stoiiv. J Anisior uregon
Office Northeast corner of Stark and First
streets, Fortla2d,0;regox.
.Net Cash received for Firearem-
iums In 1877 ...&..... 335.511 W
Assets, Jan. 1, 187S ...,Ir...... S578.0G5 83
Liabilities f
Looses xnpaid $3,638 87.
Dividends" 1.057 W. 5,535.37
Surplus for Fronezty Holders... $572,470 47
Losses paid In Oregon in six sears.$114,5l6 72
I. W. CASE. Agent,
.Astoria, Oregon.
$6730OO,O0Q;lJAPITAL.
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND
GLOBE,
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN
TILE OF LONDON AND
EDINBURGH.
OLD CONNECTICUT"OFiHART
PORD, AtfD
COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Representing a capital of S7,M0,000.
A. VAX DUSEN. Agent.
COUmERCUUL TJISIOX
ASSURANCE COMPANY
Capital SI 2,500,000.
LVTT 3L SIBSOX, Agent,
Astoria, Oregon.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF CAX.IFOR3XA.
ORGANIZED IN 18G3.
Tofnl Lossch Paid Since Ornnlzntion.
$3,630,435 35.
E. G. HOLDEN, Agent.
Astoria Oregon.
C. H. BAIN & CO.
BEING NOW TREPAHED WITH greatly
lncrt'ased facility to furnbh the public
utn an Kinds of
Seasoned A No. Humber,
Eoat Lumber, Doors, finite,
BLINDS, TRANSOMS:
And all kinds of hard wood at very low rates,
Asks an examination of their prices and
rgp lot of goods whiclM ill he sold low for
ASH.
Stam Mill Near Weston Hotel,
Cor. Genevive and Astor streets.
ECLIPSE MARKET.
West-Eiglitli street, near tlie O.
S. X. Co's Wharf.
JOHN W. "WELCH .Proprietor
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FAIT
lv Groceries, and the various kinds of
first-class Meats and Fish, furnished in best
of style at the market, or delivered to any
part of the cirv. Orders given to the messen
gers, or left at the market, v ill be promptly
filled.
Mv endeavor will be, by prompt attention
and "fair dealing, to please my patrons.
C2T-A11 kinds of country produce taken in
excliance for soods. and dellv
rered to patrons
free. B-Give me a- call.
Q. T. HEED.
CALEDONIA SALOON,
Corner of Front and A streets.
PORTLAND - - - - OREGON
CSTLate butcher in the Central Market.
CJKSE,
"WHOLESALE TBADE.
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G.W.HU3YIE
Coraer of "Water anil Olney Streets,
ASTORIA, OREGON.
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
Q-rooeMeS
-AND
PROVISIONS
ELlfe. ETC,
AGENT FOR THE
(Mien City Chemical forte.
B. F. 3PAXXE & SON'S
STEAM ENGINES,
laylM-IoriiiffJacMneiiy,
RUBBER BOOTS.
The National, Hayrvard,
and Pure Euhber.
LIVERPOOL SALT.
Fishermen's and
Cannery Supplies,
A SPECIALTY.
COTTON SEINE TWINE
AND NET LINES SOLD AT SAN
FRANCISCO PRICES.
Oars, Cordage,
Blocks, Oakum, etc.
Special Notice.
Star of the Columbia,
150 Fir Test Kerosene.
Turpentine and Varnish,
Sail Cloth,
Made expressly for light sail boats.
For sale at
G. W. HUME'S,
ASTORIA.
- OREGON
MISCELLANEOUS.
E. S. LARSEN
Wholesale and Retail Grocer,.
AND DEALER IN
CROGKERY, CLASS,
AND PLATED WARE
Flour and Feed !
JS"I am now prepared to furnish th&
choicest and best goods In my line, at the'
low est cash prices. Tatronage Is respectfully
solicited, References: 3Iy patrons.
E. S. LAESEN,
Wholesale and Retail Grocer. Astoria.
JPURE CFDER
VINEGAR!
250 Gallons Pure Cider Vinegar
in 25 Gallon Packages.
For sale by
ES'This N thebesfc quality of vinegar that
is made ; it is warranted pure cider vinegar
put up by an Oregon factor, and persons itt
want of a good article, uholebate or retail,,
are invited to call on
E. S. LAESEN,
Cor, Squemocqhe and Cass streets, Astoria..
Is All TMs BloiM Atat
I HATE JUST RETURNED
FROM THE EAST AND WILL
SELL MY GOODS AS
ODFrFlLaj
-AS. AN.Y-HOUSiLIN.JCEIILCIE
And am not going to say anything about It
A Square Deal Guaranteed
At the corner of Mam and Squemoqhe sta.,.
ASTORIA, - OREGON.
Washington .Market
Main Xtreet, Astoria Oregon t
BERGMAX & BEBItY
-pESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEND
Sf tion of tho public to tho fact that the
above Market will always bo supplied with a
FULL VARIETY BEST QUALITY
FRESH AND CURED MEATS!
Which will bo sold at lowest rates, wholesale
and retail. Special attention given to suppij
nc shiDS.
D. K. Warrex. C.A. McGuisk
Astoria Market !
Corner of Chenamusand Cassstreets
ASTORIA, OREGON.
"WARBEN & McGUIRB, Proprietor
(Successors to Hobnun it Warren.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all kinds o
Fresh and Cured Meats!
A full line of Family Groceries,
CANNED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, ETC.
jnsr Butter, Eggs, Cheeso, etc. constantly
on hand.
3" Ships supplied ai tho lowest rates.
J. STRAUSS,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer Iu
WINES AKD LIQUORS,
CONSISTING OF
AAA OLD VALLEY WHISKYV
CUTTER WHISKY,
OLD KENTUCKY BOUEBON,
MARTEL BRAY,
HENNESIE BRANDY,
GRxPE BRANDY,
HOLLAND GIN AND RUM,
ANGELICA, PORT, SHERRY ANI
CLARET WINES,
PORTER, ALE, AND ST. LOULS
BOTTLE BEER.
These goods will only be sold at wholesale,
and at lowest figures. Come and sample
them before purchasing elsewhere.
J. STRAUSS,
ASTOEIA, .... OREGON.
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