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Astoria, Oregon, Friday Morning. January 7, 1881.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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