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f'J sr : ,rol. XIV. Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning. January 7, 1881. So. 5. he !IPJyitJi WASHIKCJTOX CITY SEWS. Y MAIL AXI TKt.l-. KAI'H. Tin ttiliuiihlit KiT Kar. Washington, Jaw. 5. Setor Slater to-day presented to the senate resoltttious of the Oregon legislature and memorials of the Portland board of trade and As toria chamber of commerce pray ing liberal appropriation for im provement of the bar at the mowih nf t.ke Columbia. An official re-t port on the subject is shortly ex pected from Major Gillespie of the engineer corps, and upon re ceipt of this supplemental report. Slaiicr will introduce a bill to lc based upon its figures. Tin Chillier Trrcilj. W.iiin:tox, .Ian. 5. Uoittuiis sioner Trescott arrived in Wash ington this afternoon, and delivered the Oriinese immigration treaty to the state department, from whose possession it wili be transmitted to the senate bv the President within the next few days, prubnblv Fri day. There is no doubt of its prompt ratification. The commer cial treaty, it is understood, will be brought on by Commissioner Swift. Mr. Trescott maintains the same diplomatic reticence that he manifested in San Francisco, and courteously declines to say any thing in regard to either treatv. GENERAL EASTERN NEWS. BT MAIL AND TKI.HOKAl'H. x-iialor :articll Kcignv Joi.u.im, .Ian. o. The gover nor notified the senate that United States Senator Garfield has resign ed: referred to judiciary committee. raid his 1.-11 Drill. Jommpus, Jan. 5. Otto Dres sel, a leading wealthy lawyer, com mitted suicide this afternoon by shooting. He was a leading demo cratic - member of the legislature. His door was locked when the deed was done. It is supposed that he has met financial reverses latelv. In "ood CirniiiMuiM-r. New Yoke, Jan. 0. Members of the Northern Pacific syndicate announce that the subscrptions re ceived for Northern Pacific Rail road general first mortgage bonds considerably exceed the amount reserved for this market. They can receive no further subscrip tions except subject to London allotment, which will be as soon as practicable after the closing of books there to-nurht. GENERAL FOREIGN' NEWS. ItV MAIL AXI TKUKUKAfll. The 0.iit-eu'. Sirerli. London, Jan. G. The Times recaptulatos measures which will be announced in the queen's speech to-morrow, and says: There will be the Irish land bill which will neither involve rash expendi tures of public money nor justify the outcry against spoliation on the part of the landlords. Besides, there will be other bills for restor ing order in Ireland and for re newing the ballot act. To Hotel Runners. A notice which is very impor tant to hotel runners, and quite satisfactory to the public, has been issued by the steamship companies, and reads as follews: From and lifter January 1st, 1881, no runners or solicitors for hotels will be allowed to solicit passengers or dis tribute circulars, cards, etc, ou board the steamships of the Oregon Railway and Navipition company, and Pacific Coast Steamship company, between Astoria and Portland. They will not be allowed to board the steamships un til they are made fast to the wharf and gang-plank secured in either port Frequent complaints have made this order necessary, and it will be strictly enforced. K. Van Oterendorp, agent Oregon Railway and Navigation com pany. Goodall, Perkins & Co. , agents PaciSc Coast Steamship company. "Warrantee deeds at torian office. The As- PACIFIC COAST SEWS. KV MAIL AX TKUNDKAI'If. Wore Yewls Purchased. Sax Fraxciso, Jan. 5. The Oregon Railway and Navigation company have purchased the ship Xlajrcslk and barks Great "Western, Aureola ami J. 13. Bell. It is also reported that the company has purchased the iron steamer Mis sissippi of 1400 tons, and has con tracted for a new steamer of 3000 tons in addition to those mention ed in recent dispatches, storm :il ra. Poirr Towxskxm, Jan. o. Cap tain Sievcrt. of the burk .Jennie Pitts, arrived to day, and rejHrts that when in latitude ), longitude 14"2, on December 21st, during a heavy gale his hi nge-sct glass went to 20.2S, and that he could not use his spirit compass in his after noon observation. His chronome ter varied )00 miles. He had to use a wooden compass and feels certain that the vessel was struck by lightning. He was 23 minutes out of his reckoning, the log show- nr 142 and the chronometer 183. The gale was from the southwest. The captain was on watch for eight davs and nights without re moving his clothes. He lost both lower top-sails. A Sleeping-Car Scene. St. Is Clohe-DctMoemt. It is rarely the fortune of rail road travelers to experience such a sensation as occurred to those who occupied one of the Pullman cars on the Chicago and Alton train which arrived in this city early yesterday morning, that is to say, rarely, except in cases of collision or accident. In tins instance it was neither n collision nor an acci dent, but a woman's fright, super induced, it appears, by a heavy supper. The car in which the in cident occurred was fairly filled. There were about twenty men in it, but only one woman. At about 2 o'clock in the morning there was a loud cry of "murder1' from the woman's berth. In an instant the sleeping passengers were awake, and in another instant they were all at the scene of supposed dis aster. If there had been any more women on board there would Imve been more shrieks not for help, but at the sight presented by the extern jMried relief corps. " We 1 ... . are credibly informed by one of the passengers contrary to the t;iii-ini iiiissiuii itmi (iiiv;ii ill ways sleep in the Pullman conches with most of their clothes on that the twenty who responded to the cry for help did not among them wear half a 'dozen pairs of limb gear of any kind, but were in the costume of Eden before the fall, plus an undershirt. The unclad crowd gathered about the woman's berth to inquire the cause of her cries. She insisted that she felt a mans hand in the region of her feet as if trying to rob her of some effects which she carried in the lower part of her berth. As the only man who was in the car and not in bed at the time was the .m.. A. 1 1 t.m vMtf.t ..st 4-1...4 . .. . ' i porter, her suspicions were direct - led to that nprsnn. and she asked i i 7 person, for his arrest. The porter, how ever, proved his innocence very speedily by showing that at the time of the assault he was in "the other encl,? of the car. The pas sengers wondered and consulted as the train sped on, and perhaps they would still be in doubt, if not in consultation, if it hadn't been for one a little'wiser than his nude brethern, who whispered to the crowd that he saw the lady eat a dozen fried oysters and drink buttle of Scotch ale for supper. bed again." "That settles it," they all said. ' not yur ?rust I" "cues," says the ! Iiniiertaiid of ttr, . , r- . i i " good book, and we mav add, put;we "Imers-iaa- OI -mea oysters aa sceum Marej- n fast fi or Eliwbeth is going nearly lightning. Lets all go to in nalaees at waterino- nlnce.s .-Mr ' nancr editors a ben WrtskiairlOH Letter. Itraiti' Carry the I:i.v. Authors and attists who have not cash enough in their pockets to defray their funeral expenses, were tliey to die, are invited to nearly all" of the swell receptions, while newly-en riclted bankers and lucky speculators often find it dif ficult to obtain invitations. Archi bald Forbes. tle ICnglish 'nvar corresjxxidenl," is just now tin? literary lion liere, and his soldier like form and whiskered counten ance tower up above our young gentlemen of the press. He is evidently writing this country up, and is an earnest seeker after in formation. Sum Itrrultardt Sulk. So it is said, because she cannot be presented at the White House, and declines to plav here. Her manager, however, will sell about"! two-thirds of the house at Balti more on one night of her playing there, in this city, and throw in excursion tickets. People can leave here at six, go to 13aItimore, wit ness the impHssive countenance of the s riled dame of the Camellias, and get bark here before midnight. The Sprasue Divorce Suit Excites no astonishment here, where it has long been known that the madam has undoubted proofs of her husband's infidelity and proposed some day to use them. Ilis friends have been equally free in associating scandals with her name, commencing when she was a girl in Ohio and ended with her present intimacy with a distin guished republican. If the case reaches trial it will rival that of Queen Caroline of England, and show a rotten phase of "high life." Here Sprague has been regarded for some vears back as a harmless I semi-lunatic, keen and sharp in busines matters, but insane when he thought of politics or women. MisSprague has been trying to rent her late father's house north of the city to the French Minister, but he fears that it will be an expensive place to keep up and an inconven ient location. Christmas Tiitc Is near at hand, and it will he a merry Christmas here, especially to the republican office holders, who shook in their boots after the Maine election. The glorious old anniversary will, of course, be celebrated with the usual iras- tronomic Iwnors, while old punch- bowls will be filled with eggnog, and the Gallic charms of the pro- duct of the wine cellers of the Widow Clicptot will be rivaled by the Teutonic excellence of the nntontv; nf tlio riii'imt l'.li!iiirwi n..,i., r-,... ii :t. ,.;..,.:,i. ' j n..i.., r m.....:.t. ..:.... "i. ' 1 j all high and low, rich and poor, nitons iiuiii iwh-iii:mi mi;. im, niiit j j white and black, will drink was i,mil! liNTKi r. ' --- The Fickle Goddess Fortune. Swn Kranei-eo Alt a. The Goddess Fortune, like some other females, is not always relia - oie. Due lias ncr ireaKs. at limes i bestowing her bounties with a lavish hand, and again sweeping away what her devotees have ex - peuded soul and body in accum- initiating. .1. R. Keene has been lone of her favorites" for some years until he was able to send his racers, or trotters, to England to compete for victory on the English turf. Then he purchased British thoroughbreds for importing, lie had his summer residence at New port, and about whatever else he desired, and his name rang in the markets of stocks, whether of j "lines, railroads, or horseflesh, as iinfflineh as the silver and sold 1" " - " - from themiucs and the mint, or the clinking of the shoes of his racers. But the said ijoddess jrot miffed evidently about something, and so took revenge on Keene's British racer on its way across the Atlantic and stopped the poor horse on his , .., !.! nomp-stretcii, consigning mm to ! the Atlantic instead of to the race- track or the stables. And, as if "t yet satisfied, she now puts a ! match to Keene's Newport suih- aimer residence, worth $100,000, ' and smiles amid its ashes. "Put ' Keene ot:i: oiv.v ll 1 had kumvu in the UMM-uittg How wearily all the dji Th words unkind wttuld'tnHilrie mr mil That I anl when im went awx I tent hen nam careful. tUrihic. Nr given ym needles 1111 : Kill we e mit own with look and tone V.V might Merer take ktek again. For though in the uiet evening Ymi may irfve ate the kiss of pVaee. Yet It misht te that never fur me The pain of the heart should iimw inau g twin at mornlie: Who ueter eorae home at natal ! Aim! har1 have hrokt-n for- harsh wnrds M4(eii. TTmI sorrow ran neer -et rhchl. We liae rarcftil tlwxtght for the stranger. And smile.- for the -ohh-Omm jtwest ; IUit nil forouruwn lh Mtlrrtone. Thoush we he nur own the ltesl. Ah ! lii with the eurve liHtient. Ah ! ihvw with the Hha.te of -ern, Twete a erwel faie'were the night loo hue To nudo the work of inora ! Conduit Mgasii. Uncommon "Weather, sail 1'raiieiseo Alia. For some time past men con sidering themselves astronomers, sous of science, and all that, have been buy in prognostications as to whut natural phenomenon was to take place at this time, this year particularly. Commencing with certain uncertain data and supposed predictions, drawn from the positition of the Pyramids of Egypt, or of certain Hues thereof, these self-esteemed wise men have been rather busy prophesying dire calamities or cataclysms which are to disturb the elements and put an end to stock speculations, as well as other things, marriage in- A eluded. And jjrow wiser still. some of our newspaper sharps have jheen announcing an unheard of! rise of the tide, which was to oc cur yesterday, together with the most awfulest storm known since Noah launched his old awkward Ark with its menagerie, which would have given Barnum terrible gripes of jealousy could he have seen them. Now, these fearful prognostics may all prove true, in j . i i j . xaiiLii k.i:u i j it icauci ju.i uui have the pleasure of perusing this erudite discourse, or, rather, this talk about an erudite subject. But should that awful high tide occur, we fear for the stabilitv of Meiggb' wharf, which has so long remained as a shakv memento of one of our j earliest and most energetic citi- I xUii. So look out for "that high tide and that huge storm. ' w Massachusetts is described as a ! tat(J whicl (librnm(.,nVs 100,000 1 male citizen- annual! i male citizen- annually, because j they cannot read Emerson and tin- i derstand the Rev. Joe Cook. . - " hussia pronoses to mcrea !)i-oiose to increase lier revenues by a tax upon foreign shipping. The tax will be heavy i and is expected to return about j 0ioo6,000 roubles per : iunum. German papers record a fresh instance in winch the substance 1 nsa by Iudians for poisoning their j arrows, curare, has proved an j effective remedy for rabies and hydrophobia; or. at any rate in bad eases, a means of removing' the painful spasms accompairying the illness and making it so dis tressing. What was once the Anderson ville prison-pen is now covered in the northern portion with oaks sixteen feet high, while the south ern limit was this year a thrifty j cotton field. The old caves are jail obliterated or else converted intodeep gullies by the rains of fifteen years. The stream which was once such an asrent of death ! is now a clear brook about four feet wide and ten inches deep. Elizabeth Thorn nson, the New York philanthropist who has -iven Rway $600,000 in charities, says that most of it has been used to encourage idleness and crime, and that hereafter she means to assist God's worthy poor who are striv ing to do sometiiinsr to make man- h.;ml richer and better. From this course, that to give news- efit. Good for I the dear girl! Her head is level. BANKING AXD INSURANCE. BANKING AND INSURANCE. I. W. CASS, BROKER, BANKER ANIH- INSURANCE. AGENT. ASTORIA, ... OREGON. OFFICE HOURS: FROM a OCLOCK A. 31. UNTIL 4 O'CLOCK P. U. Home Mil Insurance Co., OF CALIFORNIA, i .1. K. UncciiTOX ..President Ciias. !C. Stokv Secretary (5ko. L. Stokv Agent for (on QHjJ iKiiil uti in U. 8. tuAil whii . 5 .TOO 000 00 I W CASH. Aent, CheiimiL-- street. Astoria. Orejion. $67,00tf,000 CAPITAir LIVERPOOL AND LOON AND GLOBE. NOF.TK BRITISH JL'JD IF.RCAN- TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART- FORD, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA EIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Representing a capital of SO7.0O0.O0O. A. VAN UUSEX. Agent. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, .1. MKf.I.KK. , OCCIDENT C.S. WKICIIT IIOTKI.. MEGLER & WRIGHT. Proprietors. Astoria, Oregon. riWIE PROPRIETORS ARE HAPPY TO X announce Unit the above hotel has been rfHinteIand refurnished, adding greatly to the comfort of ifegiieVNamI is now the best hotel north of San Francico. Pioneer Restaurant Hotel. MAIN STREET. - -Mrs. S. X. Arrisoni. - ASTORIA I'roiirietor mil E TRAVELING PLT.LIC WILI. FIND the Pioneer lirt class in all resnecLs.and i ji Miurr in iiirir intirviisigv v rvsjiviiuiuy i iH'ltl'i EBRounl and lodging by the day or week. Post-office Restaurant. MAIN STREET. - - ASTORIA.. JOSEPH MATTHEWS. PROPR. rnillS IS A FIRST CLASS RESTAl'RAXT JL kept on the Eurieiin plan. Fresh oys ters in eery style Main street, between Chcnauiits and Siiemoeihe. r. W. KNOWLFS. CLIREADOA PORTLAND. - - AL.ZXKI-.KU. IIOTEE. - - OREGON ZIEBER S. KN0WLES, Proprietors. Free roach to and from the houe. esrTiiK 1) ii.y Astokian t on file at the I ClareiHloii Hotel reading room. HOTEL 2.UR RHEIWPFALZ li:i'TS('IIKS fiASTIIAl'S. j HENRY ROTIIK. - - MANAGER.! 'Xf FriHit treet. Ieleeii Main and Salmon, I POItTLANI). ORECON. J Ihmrd and Unlsing. per we'k ...- (Hi iitmni hnu ihicihk. H-r un .............. i u itardtwitlHHit hnlgingi Krweek... 1 ou Meals it-iits ; Ludsnig -i", to ."o cents. Remember Ilenrj Kotlie ulieu u uo to Portland. ROSCOE'S FIRST CLASSIgixirATs: OvstcM Ssilcinn. iM MAIN STREET. ASTORIA. milE fN'liERSIGNED IS PLEASED TO JL announce to the Ladies' and Gentlemen of this City That he is now prepared to furnish for them, in tlrst class style, and every style, OYSTERS. HOT COFFEE, TEA, ETC. AT TIIK Ladies and Gent's Oyster Saloon, 3IAIX STREET. Please sive me a calL ROSCOE DIXOX, Proprietor The New York Oyster Saloon Will serve to their customers from this ate as follows : TEA, COFFEE. CHOCOLATE. En-tern Oy.ster? Always on Hand, And will he kept as a first class Oyster Sa- loon, in first class style. D AXI EL GRAXT. Manager. dealer iu FA3UI.Y (SKOCEKIES. zAir;s.iiiLr. feed xsn HAY. Cash paid for country produce. .Small profits ou cash sales. Astoria, Oregon, cor ner of Main and Sque.mouho street.. YVAK IS DECLARED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE And no terms of peace until every man in Astoria lias a new suit of clothes MARK BY MEAXY. Look at the prices : l'ants to order f nun - - SS 00 Pants. Genuine French Cassimere - 12 50 Suits from - -- -- -2300 The finst line of samples on the coast to r'Smt Tailor. PaHeMiJJSa. BUSINESS CAEDS. "El V. JIICICS. DENTIST, ASTOUIA. - - - OKHGOJf. RtHHtts in Alan's Itwihlnie; hj states, oorner' of Ca-s ami SHiHOctlte treto. T .. 3IeIXTSH. . MERCHANT TAILOR, Occttient HotH IlHiMut, ASTORLV - - - OREGON. , i. w. r.oitu. c. vr. fcltos- uoitK it rri.To-. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ASTOUIA. --- - ORHGON OBk'e In I). K. Warren's Imiltlitig, np stair? HIMtsitethe Occitlcnt Htt'I. Q. A. B0WL1JY. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Clienniims Street. - ASTOUIA. OREGON" TTi:. 31. I. JKXXIWS. l'lIYSICIAN AXI) SfRGEON. Cnuluate University of Virginia. 1S68. i'liysiciun to Ji' View hopHui, UitHimore City. lSfii-T9. Onieein tln Astoihan Inilling. lately oc eupietl by the WWern UiiMwr Telesropn cuniany, Astoria. A VAN DUSEN. NOTARY. PUBLIC. Comer Cass :uul Jeffersoa Streets, ASTORIA. OREGON. Agent WelLs, Fargo & Co. C. ii. iiAiar & co.. DKAI.KU I Doors. 'WlndowM. Itlinds. Tra moius. liiimiier. Etc. ea-Rills of materials and estimates made without "h:irge. Steam Jtill near Weston hotel. Cor. Gen--evi ve and Astor streets. W.11. VIIIjKXIIAKT. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon ASTORIA - OREGON. Hot, Colli. Shim er. Strain and Sulphur BATHS. J37-Sierlal attention given to ladies' and hildrcu's hair cutting. Private Entrance for Ladies. TA V TI'TTIiK. 31. I. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Ofkick Over the Wliite House Store. Rrsiiknck Net door to Mrs. Muasoa'a boarding house, Clienamius street, Astoria, Oregon. QPILES. The undersigned is prepared to furnbtt a !ttgc number of Siilc. ami S)Htrs at bis placeon short notice, at reasonable rates. Apply to C. ( 5. CAPLES. Columbia City. J G. FAlKFOWL & SON, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS S&J& Portland and Astoria, Oregon. Refer by permb.-uon to Rogers.M.eyer3&Co Allen &. Lewis. Coroitt Jt.Macleay, Portland. Oregon. WII.f.IA.11 FRY, PRACriCAL BOOT A'D SHOK MAKER, Ciikxamis Stiskkt. oppisite Adler's Book store, - Astokia. Okkcox. . 1ST perfect fits guanmteed. All work warranted. (Jive me a trial. All orders promptly tilled. J. II. D. GRAY, Wliolessilf and retail dealer in. ALL KIXHS OF FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc; General storage and Wharfage on reason able terms. Foot of Reiitou street. Atoria, Oregon. G-1.AZIER, ASIORIA. - - - - OREGON. Will contract foruork iu liKllne and fur nish the gins. Small jobs done to order.. Pass street, next dixirto the corner of Jeffer son street, Astoria, Oregon. f C. ORCHARD. DENTIST. Dental Rooms. SlIL'sTEU'S Photograph Riuldiu J. T. B0RCHERS, CONCOMLY STREET. ASTOKIA. Manufacturer and Packer of CAVIAR, SMOKED SALMON. 0;ish paid for fresh BLACK STU11GEOX SPAWN. Smoked Sturueon. and smoked Salmon nut flim up in tins to snip to any part of the world.. Abo, trout halt (salmon eggs) put up In cans ami warranted 10 Keep any lengiu Depot at Rogers Central ilarket, Cassaud Chenamus streets. Astoria, Wilson & Fishef DEALERS IX TT A jES.I7S7".A.:EL:E3. LUDR1CATIXG OILS,. COAL OIL, PAINTS AND OILS. Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared Rubber Packing. PROVISIONS, HILL FEED, GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED.. Which will he exchanged for country pro duce or sold at lowest prices. Corner Chenamus and Hamilton Streets. ASTORIA, OREGON. . t.JMMh -vf M