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CO arm Vol. ix. Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning, May 23, 1879. ffo. 20. rf i (SBfc5E4S3 f lw TELE RAP IIIC. I l THE DALLES FIRE. The Business u:tricr.s of tlic Clly Almost Entirely Re.strojxd. TSic Flames Still ISnging at the JLnst I5ejort The following telegram was re ceived in Portland Wednesday evening by Capt. J. C. Ainsworth at 10 o'cleck: The Dalles, May 21. A heavy fire is now raging at this place. Nearly all the business part of the town is consumed. The Oregon Si earn Navigation company lose the oilice here and eng'ne house. Most all the rest of the property was saved. The railroad track through the town has been dam-a-ed. We will commence to re pair the track at day-light in the moninir. Another dispatch furnishes ad- j ditional particulars: The town is almost burned down. We think the lire is now under control. The lire commenced in the hotel, and swept everything before it on First ,,mt im,n Avr.,lrrm: rlrno-Qtm ! ' ; .TJll. Illll lfU.UIS.W . . WWWW and Moody's to the Umatilla house, inctluclina-' that, and burned one side of Second street clear, as far as French & McFa land's. The lire crossed o n and burned every thing irom - corner opposite Fred Derber's old stand down as far as Michelbach's shop including Hu mason's bick, occupied by Mr. Newman, and burned up to Con don's law offic, on the corner of Third street. There is some dan ger yet. The precise hour the -fire broke out is not known; bufr-ifc- -is--sup-'j posed to have started between 8 and 9 o'clock "Wednesday evening. After the telegraph office was de stroyed the operator took his m strunients down to the river below, ! attached them to the wire and en deavored to get Portland. As no one happened to be in the oliice at Portland at the time, he failed to get a responding signal. Fail ing to obtain a response the oper ator sent the news to Hood River, situated about midway between The Dalles and Cascades. The operator at Hood River, after get ting the news, began to call the Portland office, and fortunately some one being there the message was sent through. GENERAL NEWS. The exact majority of the new constitution in California isnot3ret ascertained, but it is between elev en and twelve thousand, probably nearer the former figure than the latter. It is stated that Secretary Mc Crary has decided to accept the position of United States circuit judge for the 8th district, to be made vacant bv the reservation of Judge Dillon, but will not leave the cabinet before the 1st of Sep tember. The bark D. C. Murray, recent ly arrived at San Francisco from Honolulu, reports that to the west ward of 140 degrees west longi tude she passed through about 800 miles of Portuguese men-of-war (acalophs), the water being cover ed for miles around. President C. B. Wright, of the Northern Pacilic Railroad com pany, has announced his intention of resigning his position, that he jnaj' be able to gain health and strength to undergo a surgical op oration for cataract. He will re , tain his seat in the directory. A newly built schooner, the Champion, Capt. McAllmond, of Dunginess, owner, left the Sound on the 20th. The creditors ob tained a writ for a debt due, sur jmsiiip; that the intention of the !nvner was to-escape to Bntishwa . tors. The cutter vVolcott was dis - P"ed with United States Mar- shal Clinker, who siezecl the vessel off Protection island, unci towed her into port, pending further ac tion. Mexican dollars continue a pre ju'um of twenty-five per cent, over Japanese puper money in Yokoha ma, The premium is merely nom- inal, there beinr no buyers or sell- ers except, lor tnmng amounts. Counterfeit treasury two "yen" notes, larelv circulated, and are believed to be executed abroad and introduced through foreign mails. Imperial residences in var ious cities are undergoing prepar ation for occupation by General Grant. News of the veto of the anti Chinese bill excites various and conllicting comments in Yokoha ma. Americans throughout China express satisfaction of so summary a plan at disposing of the question at issue. Europeans merety eince surprise, having, in most cases, an ticipated different action. The Chinese take contradictory views, eve among themselves. In the immediate neighborhood of Hong kong, the port of emigration, where the friends and relatives of u"5 uinese now nwvmenca reside, much ffnitification is shown. The . i -.i i idea seems to prevail that future persecutions are impossible, but there is no indication of inc-eased departures. Around Shanghai the populace are apparently indifferen and officials are relicent. The Strikes in Xow York. New York, May 21. The ac tion of the longshoremen, brick layers and other trade unions on strike, or threatening to strike, is severely criticised by some of the morning papers. At a meeting of thebricklayerscfnifitttee ' perhiisP sions was given their men to work conditionally at specified places; but would HGt allow them to work on new buildinq-s on any terms, save those which are authoritative- ly prescribed. The Bulletin says: We have it on good authority that many long-shoremen who have been going about idle on the wharves du ring the lasi. forinight would be glad to return to work on the steamship companies' terms, but for the arbitrary I decree of a similar cemmittee: and there are evidences of like species of dictation and terrorism at Pittsburg, where the committee is busy organ izing another stike among iron and sieel industries. The steamship com panies, unable to get laborers here, are circulating printed hand bills in adjacent rural districts offering em ployment. G. W. PARKER, DEALER IX GROCERIES AX1) PROVISIONS, WHITE LEAD. PAINTS and COAL OILS, Itraoius. Brushes and WooiIen-ware. Tobacco, Cigars and Stationery, Gent's Furnishing Goods, 12tc. Near tlic Corner Main nud Concouily Hts., Astoria Q g pa ES & s g 525 3 8 H B r ' H fe: 3 O g SB o & TT Jb VOSS, CRICK I.ATJEK, Cement, Plasterer and Builder of any kind of Brick Furnaces. rieasc leave orders at Wilson & Fisher'? store, Chenamus street, Astoria. 7-lni I. "W. CASE, IMPORTER AND WHOLFSALR AND RE TAIL DEALER IN &EMML MERCHANDISE. Corner Cheuamus nud Cuss streets. ASTORIA OREGON, LETTERHEAD PAPER, I --" TfcTmr,T rT nr vixr n?? tjiTT txc?t !jX quaUQf..t TPf.ATKoffis. BANKING AND INSURANCE. BANKING AND INSURANCE. BANKER, AX I) INSURANCE AGENT. ASTORIA, OREGON. Exchange bought ami solil on all parts of the United States and Europe. OFFICE HOURS-From 8 o'clock A. M. until 4 o'clock i m. Home Mutual Insurance Co., OF CALIFORNIA, J. F. Houghton.. President On as. R. Stokv Secretary Hamilton Bovi, i Gko. L. Stoky. j .Agents for Oregon Office Northeast corner of Stark and First streets, Poutland, Okkgox. Net CjlsIi received for Fire Prem iums in 1877 $335,511 04 Assets, .Ian. 1, 187S - S57S,0C5 S3 Liabilities Losses v npaid $a.Cs 37 Dividends " l.a7 no 5.505 37 Surplus for Property Holders $572,470 47 Jx)sses paid in Oregon m six car&.SH4,ric 7J I. IV. C SK. Agent, Astoria. Oregon. $67,000,000 CAPITAL. LIVERPOOL ASD LONDON AND GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN TILE OP LONDON AND ., . japmBUBG&A.. OLD CONNECTICUT OP HART FORD, AND COMMERCIAL OP CALIFORNIA EIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Representing a capital of SG7,000,000. A. VAN DUSEN. Agent. COMMERCIAL UXIOJf ASSURANCE COMPANY OIT LOKTDOKT. Capital SI 2,500,000. MATT II. SIBSOK, Ageilt, Astorhi, Oregon. FISEMEX'S FBID INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALlFOlfiltlA. ORGANIZED IN 1SG3. Total Lossch Paid Since Organization. $3,630,435 S- E. C. HOLDEN. Agent. Astoria Oregon MAGNUS C. CROSBY. DKALElt IK Stoves, Tinware, and Houso Furnishing Coods. Hardware, Brass Goods, Lead and Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Engineers Supplies, Sheet Lead, Iron, Copper Brass, and Zinc. C. H. BAIN & CO. BEING NOW PREPARED WITH greatlv increased facility to furnish the public with all kinds of Seasoned A Ho. 1 Lumber, Boat Lite, Doors, fiiows, BL1NDS3 TRANSOMS: And all kinds of hard wood at very low rates, Asks an examination of their prices and large lot of goods which will be sold low for CASH. Steam Mill Hear Weston Hotel, Cor. Cienerive and Astor streets. T. S. JEWKTT. B. S. KIMBALL. D raying & Trucking. $K ASTORIA TRUCK & DSAy CO., Sqatn&ucniitt-fit., between Cass sndMain, CoBiraLfwr iniyin&made aad Jatisfaetioa cumnted. Order loft at the Occident ilo tlor.feirwdby wall preuptly- filled. JBWKTT A.JELMBAIiL. TTV iV WHOLESALE TRADE. teJ & & 5 W. HUME Corner of Water and OIney Streets, ASTORIA, OREGON. WHOLESALE DEALER IN y mi. -hit i m i ! am Mmm iitro' AD PROVISIONS KTC, ETC, AGENT FOR THE Golflen City Meal forls. B. V. IAYJE & SOX'S STEAM ENGINES, V - 1BBIT KUBBER BOOTS. Tlie National, Hayward, and Pure EuLLer. LIVERPOOL SALT. Fishermen's and Cannery Su)plies, A SFECIAI.TY. COTTON SEINE TWINE AND NET LINES SOLD AT SAN PRANCISCO PPJCES. Oars, Cordage, Blocks, Oakum, etc. Special Notice. Star of the Columbia, 150 Fire Test Kerosene, Turpentine and Varnish, Sail Cloth, Made expressly for light soil boste. For sale at G. "W. HUME'S, ASTORIA, OREGOK Fcfc c2u i. MISCELLANEOUS. D. K. Warrkn. C A. McGuiaKl Astoria Market ! Corner of Chenamus and Cass streets, ASTORIA, OREGON. WARREN & McGUIRE, Proprietor (Successors to IJobsuii J: Warren. Wbolesnlo and Retail Dealers in all kinds v Fresh and Cured Meats! A full line of Family Groceries, CANNED FRUIT. VEGETABLES, ETC. jfcB" Butter, Eggs, Cbeeso, etc. constantly n hand. ifciJ Ships supplied at the lowest rates. Washington "ISarket, Aialr street, - - Astoria Oregon, BEKGMAN G BEBRT P ESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEX XXtion of the public to tho fact that the nhovo Market will always bo supplied with FULL VARIETY BEST QUALITY FRESH ANCURED MEATS! Which will be Fold at lowest rates, wholesale and retail. Special attention given to suppij njr sinus. ECLIPSE MARKET. West-Eirhth Street, near the O. 8. :'. Co IVJinrf. JOHN W. WELCH ruorRTETOU A f:i tX. Iv fJEXERAL ASSORTMENT OF FAMI- xSL ly Groceries, :md the various kinds of first-elnss Meats and Fish, furnished in best ot style at the market, or delivered to any part of the city. Ordersfiiven to the messen gers, or left at the market, will be promptly tilled. My endeavor will be. bv prompt attention and fair dealing, to please' my patrons. 2TA11 kinds of country produce taken in exchange for goods, and delivered to patrons free. Ear(!ive me a call. WMAT Is All This Blowii AM! "BrH'A V-E- JUST" RETURNED?' FROAt THE EAST AND WML . SELL MY GOODS AS AS ANY HOUSE IX THE CITY And am not going to say anything abont.it A Square Deal Guaranteed r At the corner of Main and Sqnemoqhe atfi., ASTORIA, - OREGON. It is no Use of Talking, J. K. "WIRT'S is the cheapest place to buy ltUITS OR VEGETABLES, As he has dircet from San Fnmelsco by every steamer, all kinds of vegetables, such as is in the market. Apples. PenR, Celery, Caulifofcer, AwparaKUM. Parsnips, ICeeia, Cat rots, 1'otntoew. OranpoH, And from Clatsop every day EGGS. BUTTER, CHEESE. AND HONEY. Ako : keep the 1 est of CIGARS. TOBACCOS, AND LIQUORS. Call and examine before where. purchasing el J. K. WHIT. EXTRA QUALITY OATS AND POTATOES FOR SEED ! At J.II.D. GRAY'S; Astoria, Oregon. Having just received a new stock, ennsistiug of a splendid asiortment of flats. Caps, IJoots and 8Iioc, Groceries, Canned Fruits, etc. also : Watches, Jewelry anl Cutlery, Besides a choice lot of TOBACCO, CIAHS AX PIPES. Wines and Liquors, Stationery and fancy Articles, Which we are offering at the lowest living prices. Very reipectnilly. JAMES MgOEE: At McGee's new building on the roadway. A W. fKHGUSOX, Contractor and Builder, All kinds of Carpenters and Joiners "Work promptly and neatly executed. PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, and BILLS OF MATERIAL Furnished on short notice at reduced rates. Shop Next dcor east of Episcopal church, " It- A Q. Tt HEII, . CALEDON'IA' SALQOKv Corner of Front uo JL ttreete;- PORTLAND .-- - 0HMQ.M. j-. rLa(i1lniUhtrinjjJi8 CcmiT:HrtjHl ', 4 S5- .iAV'j 232 -