- ". "" Ff& "pft C3J r V ASTORIA OREGON ISSUED EVERY MORNING, -Monday Lxcoptcd. C. EREZ.AXD : : ITBI.ISXSEZI. Asiuriav BuiJlima. ilfiss street. D. Terms of Subscription : btirved by Carrier, per tvoek .25 Cent. Sont by mail, tour months ? 00 9ont by mail, cue year 5) 00 froo of I'ustase to Mibscribers. KAdvert;emontPii?ertod by the joar at tho rate of 1 ."U ler sqnure per month. Transient advertirfni:, by the day or weok, fifty cents per souare for each insertion. THE C1TX. The Daily astouiax will he sent by mail at 73 cent. a month, free of niagc. Ilcaa cm who contemplate a licence from the cilu can have Tub A.stokiax folhno them. Dailv or Weekly tuiUions to any ptKt-ojjiice with out additional "xjiensc. Adaresses man he enanaod a. often as uesir&L Leave orders at Oic counlina room. Steamer day. Steamship Oregon San Francisco. will sail for Steamship State of California due from San Francisco. Oregon strawberries, the first of the season, at Larsens. Stanley M. Grimes and wife, .are passengers to Astoria, on a visit. The Oregon left three hundred and fifty tons of her cargo at Astoria. Strawberries and Cream and Strawberries by the pound for sale at JSchmeers. Bethel services v. ill be held to-day on board the Jane A. Falkinburg by Chaplain Stubbs, in Portland. There was a bunch of keys left at 3VL C. Crosby's a few days ago. The owner will please call for them. The steamer Rip Van Winkle was laid up for temporary repairs 3Tes terday, and the Katie Cook took her place in the trade. . Mails for Sun Francisco via steam er Oregon, will close to-day on the firing of the gun. Bear this an nouncement in mind. Yesterday was a favorable time for burning out flues. We learn that three or four were burned out. No alarms were necessary. A burning flue, in H. S. Shuster's building, at noon yesterday attracted notice, but caused no alarm. Flues in this city are generally too small. Messrs. C. J. Trenchard, and Thos. Crellin, Mrs. Crellin, and Miss Kant and Miss Adler are passengers by the incoming steamer for Astoria. A young man by the name of Alles, from Westport, was adjudged insane at Astoria on Friday, and was sent to the asylum j'esterday in charge of W. B. Headington. We understand that on the oth inst. Mr. W. J. Denver, of Nehaleni valley, was married by Justice Hob son to Miss Annie Lcdford, at the residence of Mr. Walker. Two citizens of Astoria report to ns that Gus Sprague is deserving of a situation in the Oregon penitentiary, whether he gets it or not. Regarding their statements as fact, we believe so too. A pack of about twenty-five pounds weight of Sunday school books, papers, etc., made up by Mr. E. C. Holden, was taken to Nehalem valley by Ralph Jones j'esterday, presents from Astoria. Capt. Thatcher was surprised by a party of Astoria ladies and gentlemen last evening, who took their own music with them, and took possession of ship Garibaldi (Capt. T.'s home), und a splendid party resulted. It was a well-planned and a deserved tribute to a very worthy gentleman. Tho Garibaldi is now nearly loaded and ready for sea. She will sail for Liverpool laden with about 30,000 centals of wheat, and 10,000 cases of salmon. A 1awzz Screw JLoo.sc. Somewhere between Portland and Shoalwater bay there is a large sizvd screw loose in the mail matters. Let tars have miscarried or been entirely lost so often, this spring and summer, that we are requested to make a note of it, and call the attention of the postal authorities to it. It is believed that these letters are purposely stop ped to delay immigrants from coming in there. Procecuinjrs in Congress. Do you ever read the proceedings in congress? No, Never. What, never? "Well, hardly ever. glxs JQrdVjj stsrim GIVING UP TEE DcAD. Further Report of Disasters to the Fishing Fleet. RESULT OF THE TOO NEAR APPRO AC1 OF TIXY DO ATS TO THE SURGING BREAKERS. Pkte :soxs PoiXT,Chehalis Co. J Thursday, May tiUtli, 1879. J Editou AsTOtUAN : This morning two Indians came to my place and reported a dead man on the beach. In company with four (other men I went to the place des cribed bv the Indians and found the remains of a man, very much disfigur ed. The hair of his head was nil gone, his face was so far gone that we could not tell airything about his features. Ilis dress would indicate a sailor. He wore stogy shoes, blue cotton over alls, blue woolen drawers and under shirt, bluu cotton over shirt ; two short clay pipes, tobacco and comb in one pocket, and four dollars and eighty-five cents in silver done up in a flannel cloth, a one bladed pocket knife with the figure of an anchor on the handle. He had evidently been in the water several weeks. We pre pared a grave, made a co'iin, and gave the remains as decent burial as we could under the circumstances. Day before yesterday the Indians found at the entrance of Grays harbor a fine fish boat, containing a fish net, butcher knife and the sails belonging to the boat, oar-locks, etc, all in good order. The bout was uninjured. The Indians launched the boat safely and 3Testerday sailed it up to the head of the harbor. The boat was marked "18 Hume & Duncan." I presume it came from Astoria. There was also found on the beach, by two young men, a new net about three weeks ago. The floats are branded A. A. P. Co. The net was not damaged in the least, and it was cleaned, washed, and put away in the dry. The owner of the boat and nets no doubt will be pleased to hear from them. Glenx Pbtersox. T'lSHIXG DISASTERS. Another boat, unknown, capsized in the breakers yesterday abreast of Cape Hancock. Our informant could not tell whether the men were saved or not. The Italian taken from a boat which went to sea on the 3d, and re turned on the Gth, more dead than alive, is still in the hospital at Fort Stevens. He was in Win. Hume's No. 8. Boat No. 22, from Cooks can nery, Clifton, attempted to save a man who was clinging to the bottom of a boat on the 5th, "but were compelled to abandon the effort. It is not known who he was. Friday evening, about six o'clock, boat .No. 69 belonging to the Asto ria Packing company was struck by a sea below Sand island which com pletely ended the boat end over end. The net was lost but afterwards luck ed up by one of Watson Bros, boats. The men swam ashore on the island and were brought to the city by the steamer General Canby yesterday. Boat No. GO, belonging to Humes cannery, got down so near to the breakers yesterday that the men were compelled, in taking up the net. to throw overboard six.t3T fish previously catched. The net was filled with the largest sized salmon. They got out of the scrape, hailed the steamer Gen. Canby, and were brought to the citr, their boat loaded to the thwarts with fish. Church Vo trees. The Grace Church Strawberry festival will be given Tuesday even ing. Strawberries and cream, and ad mission free, at the Episcopal church festival Tuesday evening. Services in Presbyterian hall to day at 11 o'clock. Sabbath school at noon. All are cordially invited. No evening service. A strawberry and ice cream festi val will be given on the loth inst., for the benefit of the Congregational and Methodist church of this citv. Divine worship will be conducted b7 J ,T' ,W,!f "i theo Congregational cuurcn or inis city, ounuay morning and evening. Subject, morning, "Resistance to evil." Evening, "The moral Culture of Courtship.'' Rev. 0. Parker leaves on the next trip of the Oregon. There -will l-r ilivinn snrvirn in finico flirrh T.hiK a. m. and i m., the Rev. Mr. Seli-1 wood officiating. It being Trinity Sunday the holy communion will be administered and the oflertory,in ac- cordance with the notice already given will be for the Jipuwonnl rand, lou are coraiallv invited to attend. A new lot of Dolman's just receiv ed at the Bee Hive, and to le closed out right away by IvI. H. Stears. Boat sponges, wholesale .and retail, at Dements drug store, Astoria, Five thousand just received. SUvfxr nnoL-nfrnc: phnifr Tillnmnnlr Kf f of HY-cMinnnpr TTnnni;! rll -.i7P j p... ;, . ....... r of packages from 20 lbs. to 40 lb kegs at Larsens. ANONYMOUS. Accompanying the following !:ncs. from whuji we know no., is a statement, showing it to he a sister to the waif mentioned recently as being worthy of j a father. Our correspondent says : ; u Waii's most always nave metiers; tins is the case with my poor fatherless waif.' It is published because we con sider its sentiments weihy: Oft, when a child, I played with gee. In the flittering sands beside the sea; And never a thought as I watched ius wave, That the beautiful sea was a mighty grave. But Time has laid its hands on my brow ; Tilings have changed, and look different now. Now, as 1 view its power with pride, Mv heart with emotion swells with the " tide But receding, it draws from my brerst a sigh. And oft time the tear drops from my e e. Tea's arc but tinny opnng of the sea. And 111 dash thi-m back to it, cheerfully ; And chide it not. Tor my grief and pain, For ihose tears have b.-oeght peace to mv heart aa'n. And when Time lays its hand upon my, crown, To cut the mortal from immortal down, Then lay me cose by the mighty sea, Where ever is heard its minstrelsy, Its Mmbinjj, sighing, moaning, crying. Dashing, foam" m;, ceaseless ro:.ming. From shore to shore, Srnging a requiem over its dea:l, That sleeps in silence in its pearly bed. O, bury me near to the beautiful ser, For 1 levc'it: I love it, because it is Lee. n. j. i:. Vacant Iamls and Goal. From a gentleman who has been lately exploring the country towards Forest Grove from Astoria, we learn that there is a large scope of valuable country vacant for settlers, right and left of the military road leading south east towards Cornelius. The land is exceedingly rich and mellow, well wa tered and susceptible of making good homes for those who are disposed to pitch into clearing up lands ready for the plow. In Nehalem valley alone are excellent quarter section homes vacant for a thousand families. A few settlers are there and on Fish Hawk who are very much isolated, and will be, until the railroad shall p:iss through that country from As toria to Forest Grove. There are vast coal fields along this route which .will yet prove a bonanza to our county. Further researches will be made short ly as to their actual worth. The vein as found is six feet deep. Messrs. S. G. Caudle and E. E. Brandy have been awarded a contract by the gov ernment to survey four townships in that vicinity, on the headwaters of the Nehalem. They will start out as soon as the weather permits. A Now "Way of Raising Potatoes. San Fra.icheo Chronicle. A subscriber writes to us all the way from Missouri in regard to a new process for raising potatoes, which we summarise. In the first place, he s:tyo the man who practices the system has grown rich at potato raising, always having a full crop and always producing more to the acre than his neighbors. F;rst the ground is well manured and made perfectly mellow, when the po tatoes are planted with a plow. As soon as they come through the ground he takes a small plough and throws a furrow from the center each way, so as to entirely cover up the 3'oung potatoes, which soon, however, grow through the rew covering. After that all the weed ing is done by hand, e'ther pulled up or hoed oil" close to the ground, but in no case is the ground to be again disturbed. The yield, he says, is cnonnous. The man who practices th;s novel method lips no scientific revelation to make, but simply contends that the potato roofs should never be disturbed, and also claims that if planted in the first place as deep as it ;3 des'rable there is danger of some of the seed faibnirto come through. Tuaster Thomas Hare has return ed to the city for tho summer vaca tion, from schooi at Forest Grove. jt is oaay enough to see why t Kew York HcRlld tne " ( the proceed ings and results of the Darien canal congress a farce, and says the con gress disregarded American interests. The route advocated by the Jlerald was not adopted. The Union telegraph company expect to have its lines or wires . connecting. Bvston, Washington and Chicago, and all intermediate j 0nts jsl "fu operation on or be- fore A 1QJ I There are nine steam and water-power saw mills in t-radius of twelve miles around Dayton W. T. As a 'consequence lumber is furnished at low figures, com j paratively to the people of that thriving town. Common lumber i T 1 , i'A. HI JUVIUU, YlllIC Ar - -p. wl,: Q ' '- ul -' tOU, common ! lumber commands twenty, dollars ' per M. in Walla "Walla. '.. ARGU?1D THE CITY. Fresh California fruit can be had , at C. A. May's on the arrival of every steamer. A full assortment of counter and j grocers scales can be found at M. C. urosuy s, at bottom prices. Magnus C. Crosby is sole agent for the Medallion Range in the Astoria market, which is unquestionably the best range on the Pacific slope." Call and examine. The boss knight of the shining Sheffield blade and a first-class hair cutter, can be found at the Parker House. Prices, 2, cents each for hair cutting, shaving, dyeing, shampooing, and bath. Owing to making a change in her business. Mrs. Steers oilers her stock of millinery, notions, and ladies and child-re-is ready made clothing, underwear, jewelry, musical instruments, books and stationery, at the lowest figures. Call at the Bee Hive and see for yourself. Goto the Little Bee Hive, branch of the old Bee Hive, for books, music, musical instruments, blank books, sta tionery, and notions generally, where for a short time you can get "bargains. Remember the Little Bee Hive, next to Dement's drug store, and look at the nice goods ottered very cheap bv Mns. Steeks. Bergman & Berry have two new bonis for sale very cheap, 2(5 foot keel. Notions, candies and fruits of the the best quality, at C. A. Mays. Persons wishing to prepare for fishing on the Sound, or for small fish will find a quantity of suitable twine at .1. II. D. Gray's. It is just the thing for ) trout and herring nets. Fishermen can get a square meal at any time, at Pike's restaurant, Unity, for fish. References : Fishermen who have eaten there. J. S. Mayer has opened Rudolph Barths beer hall near the Fishermen's cannery. Call in when you are passing and retresh yourself wfth the best lit the market. Mr. G. Hansen watchmaker and jeweler of long experience, has perma nently established himself in business in Caufield's drug store, Chcnainus street, Astoria. Watches and Jewelry cleaned and repaired. Gems re-set. En graving a specialty. All work guaran teed. Give him a trial and he your own judge of his workmanship. He will soon add to his stock a well selected in voice of Watches, Jewelry, Silver and plated ware, which he will he able to sell at very low prices. lee cream, and fresh fruits of all kinds at Schmeers, opposite the bell tower. Also tresh oysters, in every style. A new lot of full bound blank, and receipt books, specially for use in can neries, at the City Book store. There is no use talking Max Wag ner of the Great Eastern saloon is the only man to please his customers well. He keeps the finest San Francisco beer in the city, it sparkles like champaigne. Fresh fruits and vegetables at Bailey's. Rooms to let. by the dav, week, or month, at Mrs. W. II. Twilight's. Oysters served in every style at the WTafla Walla Restaurant. , Now that building is reviving in Astoria, bear in mind the fact that Peter Buney is well supplied with all kinds of building materials which he is prepared to dispuse of to all at very lowest rates. "When you are looking for a place to amuse yourself, drop in at Max Wag ner's, Great Eastern saloon, and listen to the organ and take a glass of his fine San Francisco beer. Get vour baskets tilled for a little money at Bailey's. White Darling potatoes at Berg man? Berry's. Now is the time for cleaning up our houses, and ornamenting them. For this purpose you can find nothing that will add to tlie appearance of your parlors so much as a pair of those beau tiful ehromos at the City Book store, sold for nearly one-half the usual cost of such pictures Call and see for your selves. P. J. Goodman, on Main street, has Just received the latest and most fash ionable style of gent and ladies boots, Mhoes, etc. M. C. Crosby is prepared to do all kinds of jobbing in the plumbing and steam fitting line: also, bath tubs, and water backs for stoves and ranges fur nished on shortcut notice. The proprietor of the Chicago house.w horn cverj body knows as a popti- ; lar caterer, has "fixed Ids hotel up in j splended stylo. It is all newly painted and furnished, and is one of the most j attractive place. on Main street. Call areund: every luxury of the season at j the Chicago house. Mr. J. Stewart. stone and marble' cutter of Astoria will guarantee satis faction to all ordering work of him. and , will do a better job for less money than anv outside workman. J lis work m the I cemetery here should be sufficient recom niendntion. Before you let your con tracts for work of this kind it would be well to call upon Mr. Stewart. O r is. Hi EN h-A J2i 5? ri BE 1 o CO F ? Contractor and Euiider, All kinds of Carpenters and Joiners AVork promptly and neatly executed. Piu-LTTS, SPECIFICATIONS, and BILLS OF MATERIAL Furnished on short notice at reduced rates. SnoF Next door east of Episcopal church. AaiUSEMENTS. G-EAND OPENING OF- Hill's Hew Variety TMatre,. Containing six NE"W AND ELEGANT BOXES, SITTING ROOMS, ETC. The Decorations of the New Theatre were executed by jIr. F. Holt. NEW AXD ELABORATE SCENERY. Painted by Mr. "Win. "West. Architect and Builder Mr. Kemble. On and after this date will be given a First Class Entertainment, Which for Refinement and Novelty cannot be equalled on this coast. Our Per formance Commences with our First Part of B1a!e and Female GRAftD OLIO, Consisting of Singing, Dancing, Acrobatic Feats, Negro Sketches, Trapeze Performers, Pantomimists and Jugglers. HOUSE CROWDED RIGHTLY To see our Refined and Vnequallert enter tainment. New Acts, New Song's and com plete change of Programme twice a week . GEO. XIII.!.. Proprietor. Entrance to Boxes and Circle on Chena inns Street. Performance to commence at eight o'clock precise. TIIERE WILL BE A BALL GIVEN AT MUSIC HALL ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1S79. MISCELLANEOUS "TVTOTICE. All persons knowing themselves JJ indebted to the undersigned are re quested to call and settle the same as soon as possible, as under the eirciui stances funds are necessary. We mav be found at the onice of Warren & MeGiiire for the present. 1 KEXCHAlib & Ur&HUR. Astoria, May 1, 1S79. STKEET IMPROVEMENT NOTICE. No tice is hereby given that the Common Council of the city of Astoria propose to or der the improvement of that portion of Astor street from the west side of lifayette street to the east side of Genevive street, by grad ing and building of sidewalks on eaclf side of of said street, and unless a remonstrance signed by the owners of two-thirds of the property fronting on said portion of said street be filed with the Auditor and Clerk within ten days from date of this notice, the Common Council will order said improvement to be made. By order of the Common Council. It. H. CARD WELL. Auditor and Cleric. Dated Astoria, June 6. 1S7S. 32-dloc Astoria Liquor Store, A. DAXIELSOX - - rROmiETOli. Keeps constantly on hand the finest as sortment of Wines, Liquors and Cigars, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Call and see for yourself, on the roadway, near ihe Oregon Steam Navigation Com panys dock. KSW BAKERY. Main street, opposite the Parker House. C. CAltOW, rilOFBIETOU Of the above named New Bakery, Respectfully invites a share of the public natro his ); atronage, conlldent of his ability to plua.r itrous. G. W. PARKER, DEALER IX GKOCEKTFJS AX1) PIM) VISIONS. WHITE LEAD. PAINTS and COAL OILS, IJrooniN, Uruslitvs and Wooricn-wnre, Tobacco, Cigars and Stationery, feitt.s ITsES'tiisSiiii;? Goods, Etc A'ear the Corner nlafji a:nl C'oiieomly Sts.. Astoria G. 51. 15AIN tfc CO., DKALKU IX Doors. WisMlonvs. 155si:ls. Trail- soiris, Tiint:Icr. 2tc. Steam Mill, Near Weston Hotel, Cor. Cencvive and Astor streets. SflAGFSUS C. CROSBY- DEALER IX Stoves, Tinware, and House Furnishing Goodo Hardware, Brass Goods, Lead and Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings, ngincers Supplies, Sheet Lead, Iron, 0opper, Brass, and Zinc. Wilson & Fisher DEALERS IX I :OI-.3E.23nct7r.S:S3. LUBRICATING OILS, COAL OIL, PAINTS AND OILS. Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared Rubber Packing. PROVISIONS, MILL PEED, GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED. Which will be exchanged for country pro duce or sold at lowest prices Corner Cherramus and Hamilton Streets ASTORIA, OREGON.