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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1879)
(?) frnvt-. .yt r j , g S f&e ig&ila &si$vim ASTORIA. OREGON: D. C. IRELAND Ertllor. SUNDAY May 4, 1870. Imprisoned by Thousands. A Berlin diepatch says that thou sands of political prisoners, most of them arrested only on suspicion, are being sent from St. Petersburg to jails and penitentiaries in the centre and eastern Empire. These are the meas ures which despotisms usually resort to when discontent appears among the people. Russian history is full of in cidents of persons, in official life and otherwise, being hurried off to Siberia with no other knowledge of the fate awaiting them than surmises b;ised tipon the fate of those who had gone before. It has been 3aid that the doors of the Bastile opened in two di rections one for ingress toward the city, and one for egress toward the scaffold. The penal colony of Siberia has but one door that of ingress, which faces toward the Empire. Its door of exit is into the earth. A gov ernment exists and asks the support of the people, who send political pris oners to jail by the thousand, on the barest suspicion, with Siberia in the dim distance. It is quite natural that a dynasty which has exercised des potic power so long as the Romanoffs should seek to penetrate itself by such desperate measures, but the world will breath freer when its power over the lives of millions of human beings is limited. The Czar of Russia is said to be a well-meaning monarch, but he is hampered by tradition he has not the courage to defy. His methods answered a good purpose a century ago, but within the last hundred years there has been signs visible of a grow ing disinclination on the part of the people to hold life, liberty, and prop erty, subject to the will or the caprice of one man, or of one woman. A Singular Case at Law. That has always been considered a vise pi-o vi&ion of the constitution of the United States which declares that the life of no man shall be put twice in jeopardy for the same offense, but the application of the law, in a recent case, produced a singular result. One Orfield was tried in Livingston county, Ills., on a charge of murder in the first degree, and the jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree. A new trial was granted, for some rea son or other, and when this came on the court instructed the jury that, as the defendant had already been tried once for murder in the tirst degree and not found guilty, if they believed him guilty of that crime they must acquit him. The jury did beliove him guilty of murder in the first degree, and therefore, under instructions, re turned a verdict of not guilty. Thus, by a strict construction of law, one man, twice found guilty of taking away the life of another, escaped pun ishment entirely. A View of Compotion. As our readers generally know, the improvements which .are being made in the use of the electric light have caused the price of gas stock to decline all over the Union. In view of the competition, many companies have reduced the price of gas, some of which a contemporary enumerates as follews: In Boston the price has been reduced to S2 per thousand. Lowell lias the ar ticle furnished at SI SO. At Hartford, Connecticut, the price has been reduced from 62 75 to $2. Vieksburg has put down the prices from 4 50 to 4. Cleveland citizens get their light at S2, and public lamps and buildings are fur nished at $1 25. iSu Paul lias reduced the rate t $4, with liberal discounts, according to size of bill. Montreal has come down from 2 50 to $2. Of course, reducing the price of gas tends to keep out the electric light. Br. Philips, a London physician who was in lucrative practice in the Vv'esfc End, has just recovered a ver dict of 835,000 against the Southwest ern railway company for injuries to his spine received in a collision in De cember, 1S77. He will never be able to resume his practice, as partial para lysis is coming on. For three years previous to the accident his profession al income averaged 32,500 a year. English Paper Failures. Twelve paper making- establish ttients in England have become bankrupt since the beginning- of last December Scarcely any American paper lactones have been reported insolvent within that period 'Much jaiper for writ ing, for booksj and for newspapers has of late been exported from this country to South America, and there is a growing demand from Germany for coarse American pa per. The Scotch have a reputation for gravity, yet Punch received more jokes from Scotland than from any other part of the United Kingdom The Scotch also do more laughing at theatres than either the English or the Irish. The cattle plague is becoming more and more formidable in Bo hemia. Several hundred places have been attacked by the disease. They are surrounded by a military cordon, and as far as possible pre vented from carrying on inter course beyond its boundaries. The loss to the inhabitants of the dis trict is very considerable, and is not totally represented b that of the cattle slaughtered. Agricul ture in many places is at a stand still, the cattle which serve as beasts of burden being locked up wherever the disease appears. The plague is believed to have been in troduced by several head of Rus sian cattle imported by a Galician dealer. Eastern trout do no thrive in the waters of California. All the coast streams have been stocked with them, but they soon died out. This is ascribed to the sandstone formations through which the streams run, and which make the waters muddy. In some of the clear mountain streams which run through slate and granite forma tions, the fish do well. The Cali fornia fish commission corroborates this theory by its experience with eastern trout in San Leandro lake. They had just distributed 20,000 of the fish, about three weeks old, when heavy rains came and made the waters muddy. The result was that three-fourths of the trout died, and the rest were saved only by being removed to clear water. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. G. Y. PAHKER, DEALER IN' GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, WHITK LEAD. PAINTS and COAL OILS, Brooms, Brnshcn and AVootlen-wnre. Tobacco, Cigars and Stationery, Gent's Furnishing Goods, Etc. Near the Corner Main ami Concomly Sts., Astoria. pEO. LOVETT, CLEANING and REVALUING PKOMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Benton street, opposite Post-office. Astoria. GUNS, LOCKS, AND SE1VIXG MACHINES ItEPAIRKD. KEYS FITTED AND LOCKS REPAIRED, SAWS FILED, ETC.. BY F. W. AVASS, Main street, next door to Geo. Ross. Q 3 ! J 2 E h3 8 T 5 3 L r fv ir tf 3 S s O ra 83 o Wilson & Fisher DEATjEHS IK LUBRiCVTlNG OILS, COAL OIL. PAINTS AND OILS. Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared Rubber Packing. PROVISIONS, MILL FEED. GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED. Which will be exchanged for country pro duce or sold at lowest prices. Corner Chenamus and Hamilton Streets ASTORIA. OREGON. TTOX KOSS, HOUSE AWDS1CM PAINTER. Shop on Cass street, Astoria, Oregon. e?5" Paper hanging and Kalsomimlng a specialty. aarAn -work guaranteed to give satisfaction. MISCELLANEOUS E. S. Larson ASTORIA, OREGON, A"D TILLAMOOK BAY. Jobber and Dealer in FIEST CLASS Groceries, Crockery, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY Key West Havana Bamestio GigMB, All the Leading Brands of TOBACCOS. California and Oregon Fruits I WssBtshkn Foreign and Domestic bs BEiH MqmrBi I make Veg etables one of my .Snprvm ll.iPQ 7 S?n?T riJUJULLUlUlUU a ,TTl'. S3" Cannery and Mess House men supplied and will profit "by sending orders direct to me. Having the only complete and first-class stock of goods in As toria, and not surpassed "by any north of San Francisco. We also have pleasure in saying, that with our facilities of buying goods, we CAN NOT nor WILL NOT he undersold, taking the quality of goods into consideration. S3" All goods guaranteed as represented, and delivered free gratis, for nothing,' to any pur chaser in the city that will come, order, pay for the same. E. S. LASSEN, ASTORIA, - - - - OREGON. 250 Gallons Pure Cider Vinegar, . in io, 25 and 45 Gallon Packages. For sale by 33, S, LARSEjSF- Another consignment just received. VrrARKATJEn to be PUItE CBlDEK VHtTEGAIT. E. S. LARSEN, Cor, Squcjxocqhe and Cass streets, Astoria. 1874 SPRING HAS 9 fff1 A ?HSf!3!W,a,W:1tf!S.?5itfS The l)et selected stock ever before carried in this city. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND 'SHOES, HATS, CAPS. CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, CARPETS, MATTINGS, A FULL LINE IN EACH DEPARTMENT. We call especial atttentinn to our extra large invoice of PRICES WAY DOWN. WE SELL ONLY 1011 CAf II. NO CKEIHT. NO III 1E SHALL rXDERSJILL 3IE. :o. sac u tis: :o xj jr. q- ies :ol, MAIN STREET. ASTORIA, OREGON. Solo .A sent for the Xoiv American Sewing IHaenine. NEW &PRINQ nd OT F A. TAN DUSEN & CO. Have just received a full line of Spunc and Summer s-oods oj the erv finest quality which were bought dunn? the lecent tumble in stocks. u lien cash commands a premium and are therefore prepared to sell the same at less rate than the same quality of goods can be purchased elsewhere. These goods consist m part of Clothing; Gents Furnishing Goods, Hats nncl Caps. Cadics Bres fiootls. 3XH.sliiis. "Priji. IZosfcrr Boots anl Shoes. Xluhhcr Hoots. Oil Clothing. In addition to the above hae laid in a full stock of BlILDEKS MATKKULS. X1IL5. PAOTS. OILS'. ETC. The quality of our CltOCKTO&X AXDr GLiSWAKE". Tilll. T?TC Cannot be ijcelled ami our prices defy competition. Family Groceries ami Irovisio23 a Specialty.. Oregon City Im perial Xxtra Flour at 85 ."JO per Barrel. WARDS CLATSOP BUTTER ALWAYS IN STORE. EF-ARency for Singer and "White Sewing Machines. Wells, Faiso & Co.' Kxnre otliee. comer of Cass ami Jefferson street. ' OF OOBSl Cohen & coopeE WQE LINE fT7 Latest styles. Sold at prices lower than the material can be bousht for. AX.SO: A IiARGK ItlXJG OF CIiOTII ASD IJEAVJEIt (A. SPECIALTY.) Black Cloth Cloaks - $4- 50 " " " -5 00 " " - 6 00 Mlawk FIbB'SQ Meb Besvsr BImms, SOMETHING NEW, $14 00. Special attention Full suits for $7 00 and upwards. The public will do well to give us a trial before goimc elsewhere, for we COHEN & COOPER. BUSINESS CARDS. 11. I. M. SEVERN. PHYSICIAN AND SITKGEON. Larskn's Building, - astokia, Oregon. Ofilce Hoar?,. From 9 to 12 A. M., and from :i to 8 i i. I". F. DENNIPON. Y. J. TAYiOR DENNISON & TAYLOR, ATTOKXEYS AT X. A W. Astoria. Oregon. Office T'p stairs in Parker's building, comer Chenamus anil Benton streets. C. XV. FUJLTOX, ATTORNEY AT LATV Oftii-e. Pages new buililing, Squercoqhc street, Astoria, Oregon. "TKK. J. AY. OLIYJSi:, EOIEOrATHIST, Office. In Shunter's Daguerrean hull fl ing. Entrance Second door ahove that of the Daily Astorian. Cass street. llesidence on JeTc-ion ntreet. corner of Main. mOCTOK HATCH. JLJ I Suer ':sf sill v treats all Chron Disease-. AND DISEASES OE "WOMEN AND J CHILDREN. I Caneer eured by a new ami painless methml. oiiice ciienaimis reet. corner oi v.iain street. Astoria. D Tl. .7. O'lIKIHT. CURES BILLIOXJS AND IKTF.RMITTEKT FEVEKS With frem one to three doses of Ids harm less medicine. Also. Priva! d'aes fueeefully treated. Off'oe O'Brien's hotel. A .storia. Oregon. OTTO I51IFISSE, WATCfLIiVKER AND JEWELEH. US RF'OVED TO Main street, Parker's building, ASTOBIA, - - - - OKERON. "V573X. BECK, Kanufaetarcr of Soots and Shoes. All kinds nl repairing neatly and X&& promptly attended to 2L1 w& i 3IAIN ST., - ASTORIA, OP.EGOX. SEASON! 1879. OPENED AT I IBB 6TQQK ssiras: DRESSES Ji ajiisf fcfes', a Black Cloth Cloaks - $7 50 " " " - 9 00 " " " - 10 00" is called to our AUCTION SALES. E. C. HOLDEN, Notary Public for the State of Oregon, Real Estate Agcut anil Conveyancer. Agent for the FIBEMEX'S FUXD INSBir- ANCE C03IPAXY of .San Francisco. COMMISSION AGEN1 and AUCTIONEER. Rents anJ Acronal Cnlleeteil. and rc- fnrns pvoHiptly made. Begular sales day, SATIRBAYS at 2 3. M. N. B. Parties having real estate lnrr.V tureorany othergiMKl to dispo.se of either at auction or private sale sliontd notify me soon as convenient be for the dav of sal. No storage charged on gwds selt at Auc tion. E. c. iroLr.x. td AEttloneer. MISCELLANEOUS. WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner Main and Chenamus titreets. ASTOKLA OBEUOX. CIGARS AND TOBACCO, AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM and other English Cutlery. FAIR CHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Sleershanni Pipes, etc. A tine stock of IVatelie aiI IeeIy. ItCnzzIc anc! ISreeeh Joadijig Siml CJujis. Revolvers. I'istolK. l:rlcr Killex. and Anuniinatloij. T. KF.ID, "" CALEDONIA SALOON. Corner of Front and A streets. PORTLAND - - - - OP.EGO fiWLate butcher in the Central Market. D ATIIS, BATHS, JS TEriSS Hot, Cold, Shower, 'QATtis Steam and SULPHUR Bath;, Occident Hotel Shaving Saloon. NiEDXP.AUKn t Uhlkxhart. pROPRIKTOr.S. CSSpecial attention given to ladies' anA children's hair cutting. Private Entrance for Ladles. igv-rtf "ff"