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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1881)
V) mkt Vol. xiy. Astoria, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 11, 1881. o. 8, GENERAL EASTERN XEWS. KT UAIL. AKD TKI.PWKArit. rimlj f Moar.T New Youk. Jail. S. The banks hold $4,319,000 above legal re quirements. (.'Id Weather IsnlH In irsinia. Phtkusbik, Va., .lan.S. There :s a very henry snow storm to-da' along the Petersburg and "Weldon lailroad; weather rery cold. .No More I'ree I.alior. run a;o. Jan. S. The members f the common council white en 3"-d in committee f the whole ;n ieviing municipal ordinances. ic-olrod to hereafter pay them .selves Uo for each day of actual VMT1CC. Daminse I). lee. I. I i wi xx ati. .Jan. otn. Aoout $100,000 to J.150,000 worth of barges have been destroyed forty miles above and below here by ice -orres. The lo;s is divided among; about twenty firms. 1 he steuincr Lyttle is in bad shape and may be mined. She is now in eighteen feet of water. WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. KT MAIL AXDTttl.WSRAPH. The Astoria Brninr. "Washington, Jan. 8. Amemo lial was filed in the house by Dele gate Brents of Washington terri tory, accompanied by a resolution adopted by the chamber of com merce of Astoria, Oregon, urging .speedy legislation and liberal ap propriation for improving the Mouth of the r-olumhia river. A eul!ile iwab. Washington, Jan. Sth. The moccasins, uecklace and othe lur- barous personal property 01 Jui Know How," a member of the Yanktonias tribe of Sioux, were to-day received by Secretary Schurz by mail, that Indian having no further use for them. The gift is accompanied by a letter setting forth that two years ago the writer havine: earned $25 bv working, became a trader in a small May at his agency. He is now worth from $2000 to$2i00, made in trade, and signs his name D. K. Howe instead of his former evidently inappropri ate tit'e. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. KV 3IA1I. AND TKI.KUI'AI'il. A N'r Dauser. London, Jan. 9. A dispatch frf-m Dublin points out that labor ers have been ignored in the land afrujrirle. but their turn wili soon come. If provision is not made for them, thousands of laborers -will soon be starving unless care is taken to supply their necessities, and the prospect of their being idle to any considerable extent is very disquieting. A large land league meeting was held at Drury Lanes, county Cavan, yesterday. PACIFIC COAST NEWS. BV MAIL AND TELKfiKATH Wreckage Afloat. Pokt Townsknd, Jan. 9. Capt. Hatfield, of the ship Mystic, re ports having passed a quantity of wreckage apparently cabin furni ture last Sunday outside cape Flat tery. He also saw au iron buoj adrift off the Columbia bar. Gustave Dore is working every night, and sometimes almost ah night, on his illustrations of Shaks pearcs plays. Some of the draw ings are said to be extraordinarily powerful. He thinks that Corio lanus is the poet's masterpiece. Z5!AI1 citizens of Oregon who desire to inform their friends in the states of the, condition and progress of this state, can have no more complete ami compre hensive volume of facts to send them than by subscrilumr for this journal. and havmc us mail it weekly to their mends. We mail it as directed, lor $5 00 in advance, we mail three copies of The Weekly Astokian one year. Warranty deeds, quit claim dmis and mortgages, for sale at tills office. Storms on the Northwest Coast. WittMwtt rwM?r. The prevailing winds of suns nier, wtui as, are ironi inc norm, and their effect is to temper the season ami give us cool and de lightful nights, even through mid summer, so that scarce ever a night oceurs wlten a blanket is nor need k! for comfort. This injures a good degree of health through the kott-t season. Makes lwrvcst work less oppressive for man and beat, and offers the sick better opportunity for' couvah-scencc, titan the heated storms known in all other parts of the United State.-. Then again, the south winds which prevail through the winter, bring warm air from that direction, while the ocean currents that sweep up the Asian coast from the Indian ocean ami curve down the North American coast with a broad sweep, carrying with it the well known characteristic of the gulf stream, also help to modify our winter, and supply the fogs and rain that create the much abused web-foot climate .of our coast legion and western valleys. It is true that we occasionally have sharp spells of winter, and crhaps once in ton years our rivers freeze un for a short time. November ju.t passed was clear and frosty most of the time, and showed as beautiful fall weather as could be desired; there was a sharp cold sjell early in December ad navi gation was impeded for a week, when the warm south wind came ami swept the snow oil' the great plains that extend to the Uocky mountains. We are writing this ott K.i.t,j.s. u-j. ..: rc.juT wv had a warm rain and this morning we have good weather for farmers to plow, and, indeed, our country cxohanres brine: us word that plows are doing lively work, for a week or so past through the whole Willamet valley. After the first of January we do not expect cold weather to be excessive and the experience of many years leads us to anticipate a mild winter from now on. In 1S72-' there was not a serere frost all winter and flow ers bloomed in all the .gardens from November to March. Last year, in December, there was a cold term that lasted three days, and in one night the mer cury dropped for an Injur be low zro, but within two days the season was like spring time. There are storms, of coure. on tlic Pacific ocean, but we hear of no Mich wrecks as strew the Atlantic coast, and the mid-ocean storms do not consign ships to the deptlts as thev so often do there. On land here, never, since the earliest settle ment of the country, was anything like a hurricane known, until the 6th of January 1SS0, when a storm swept up from the ocean to the southwest and ploughed its wa nerth-easterly to the headwaters of the Columbia river in Montana. Much timber was leveled and some houses and barns were unroofed, and with that single exception no storm of magnitude has been known here in half a century. "We read of blizzards in Minnesota ami devastating hurricanes in the southwest, and terrible gales on the Atlantic coast, but such are actually unknown here. We have winter storms when the southwest winds swell to a gale aud bring to our ears the surf beat of the ocean; some timber may fall in the mount ains, and the farmer may quit work for a few days and have time to read his newspaper, but they are only storms that are disairree- able without being dangerous, Our prevailing winds are off the ocean, from the southwest and the northwest. Thav are the regular - trade of the north Pacific, which enable vessels to keep good oiling, and when they grow into a storm the tempest bears no comparison to tle storms we read of elsewhere. It may be claimed, then, Uiat the emigrant to the Columbia valley can have faith that nature here; in summer, winter, and even in storms; will show no vindictive moods. A thunder storm is a very rare occurrence lnre, o rare that many jiersons born and raised here have little idea of the terrific char acter they have east. It is ossi ble. sometime in summer, and occasionally in winter, that thunder is heard, but it occurs very seldom, and sharp lightning is a phenome non almost beyond the imagination of a native of the country. The general hculthfuhiess of the coun try is of course promoted by the j uniformity of seasons and our free- J dom from the great extremes and sharp vicissitudes known elsewhere ' and generally througlwut the! world, and for the same reasons we have secure cro5 and less care and expense for wintering stock. A country that may be said to have no severe storms possesses an equability of climate and tempera ment that insures many practical benefits insured to most other ! countries. The Columbia River Valley. St. Hekll CoteiMbiilH. I The Columbia river is to the far J west what the Mississippi is to the ... .. . , Atlantic states citv on the Columbia like New j Orleans. This country has been " like a skeleton without flesh orjtreme. 'i the child at his first school ; sinpw-. RMilrniifk will be thft .... i n t n.i I smewK mhnbitants the flesh. The firliinv 5iiri iiwai'. r-h.i.. :..- , . . L. lands ill the Willamet vallev caus-! century, we uein to kwk xor some- ed it to be settled first. Portland thing better in this department of! is the natural result of that circum-iknowled-'e from those who assume to r . . ...'instruct. And it is to be found in stance. But a greater city will, Kendalls Treatise on the horse, sent! spring into existence. The times t by mail to any person for twenty-five 1 rloman.1 it. Thi nnint wl.oro nil ! Cents, postagj liaid. Applj to Tnn . ., , . , ! the railroads make junction on the i Columbia will bear off the palm.' . .. ,.. i A tew years ago Chicago was a quaannire. inhabited bv bull-frogs! - and mud-turtles. uc do not i , T , , e .. - . ! blame Portland for attempting to hold the supremacy, but she can-1 not. Nature is acrainst it. and . . . . a t , those laws, capital cannot overcome. The renort of Gen Roberts of the! l nc report oi v.en. uoueru.. oi me iSorthern racihc iailroal. leads us, in thU h!i,.f Tle citv must be V1' U',Wr "l "Y1" lmHl'' -M,r- " to tills oeiiei. lltC Cll must UCltriiri nr drimiiiier atul vm-.ilit. on the Columbia river. That is a J S'MftSia? Il;.'::... AMOK.A. ..... OKH;o settled point. Mr. UoIkmo, --J;;- M S t S XK'SrE the cost of the road will be S SSSTi , SX' ittead of neater tlmn' that esti-i-Vra T i- 7M..T. mated, that the value of the lands . . 11,1 i , , , is uicaiciiinuie, inai uie oosuicies in tl.n ....- Vo ,.,. ,.., .!... entitk-d. ork for All. bv N lekrrson. the .a are not greater than I Mark J(l Wn. ANo R fH.2m .u.,. j se encountered in building "Tin- lK-inoit ufthe WikmIv" by Iliet.; .1 ;.. ,i. l.: .,.,- -jNiekerftiiHiHl Cere. Also Mr. Charles! tlw: roads in tlie Atlantic states W quete: lhe opening of the union and Central Pacific railroads, forming the commencement of the work ... ... , ,. which will .open, at the earliest practicable moment the direct line of railroad br the ralles of the Co- lumiiia, to uie raciuc tiae-waicr, on the river and on Puget-sound. In my opinion this has settled the whole question; for it is only necessarv tor intelligent men to visit this Pacific coast, to become impressed, as I have been, with its wonderful advantages. So all may calculate on a great future to the Columbia river valley. St. Helen, if she is made the ter minal point, will become a city like San Francisco; if she is not the terminal point, she will grow and become a thriving city, for such a town site is not to be found on the river; and behind her is Co- lumbia county, with an immense body of excellent farming lands, j and. great wealth of timber, coal -and undiscovered riches. She wjH ' share the universal prosperity that ! will visit the towns on the Colum - ;bia river. All up and down its part ot the continuous railroad 1. .eu urem-sirai selections aim Linmi.;ntmn Kr,.. , new uiiisic on the jimiul stand under' cominunication between the At-1 (he lwu,ersIliu ,lf a. (!eor5e Lambert bintlP. nntl P;lftl(ir. 1 tMo ciri,:il fnrlnt --!il t m Tlio niitirtniiiiii..ut will' shores will cities, towns and vil lages arise as by a rub of Alad dins lamp. The Columbia river valley will enter u)n an era of prosperity, not by the slow toil and struggle of years, but within the next semi-decade will come forth fullgrovw and full armed, like Minerva from the cleft ahead of Jove. T1k chances for St. Helen are splendid, and ultimate pros perity is certain. AROUND THE CITY. A fnl I assortment of rouutrr and grocer.- scal can 1m found at 31. C. Cm-lyV. at lxKIiaa price?. V. .?. ( hmhImmu. on Main st r-t. has ju-t rec-ived the latent and most nte.ii-ioiuUU- t ! of gent and ladies boots, -hot?, ftc. For a fir-t-ela.- oyster stew, frv, tMtii-roa -t fancy nw -t. go to Koseoes, on M i ?4re-. iK-iti- N. Loebs. -HpHail by tbe hitiHlred or the Faiuili aek. hI or in the -hell. ..I. Stewart. -tone and marble A -Sofia will uuarantc' ati- all n''riii;Aork of him. and betw-r ioh for Ie aioney than ule workman. IIi work in tlte Jhmv -IhniIiI !m' sufficient recom n. l!ifonHi let your eon - work of tin- kind it 'would be ll ajxHi Mr. Stewart. I!orc KUucation. ,.,,jt,.r fa'A,:; an .i ,ut.ltJ tra -well ! COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA mething written we have m'FIBE INSURANCE COMPANIES. In imUst! ri'ferei 21 e to a genoral disposition ' . . . .. - recoiieciHui oi navm mane . Hiaony hoys m tneir teens, as well as boys i nuttiircr years, to enlighten ami bles tlie world with their pro- "." uowledge of the horse and his I History uiir dooks ami newspapers are fill ot this kiul ot literature, and ! it van s in style from the production I of the child at school, commencin" irith- ' b. br.i. luo fnnr ! nnrl rt tail; u " to the elMiiLnt trilmte of the j fc.lu,fU viieniienjiotesirom.JoiK mat Ins no. . is clothed with thunder and iliere is to oeuitlc rv nf iu, j),tril.s is terrible. I He s. -lleth the battle afar off, the nuf: "- ,,fp caf,s fd tl,e shtiuii r I.etwoen tliiis twi o.x- aniiH " uu the imdesBioiiRl , literal i.-. we have even uradeof ire- temio, and each profossiiig to have . Msr ti wlKilt sllblirct. As M.nnuicl, lbi rlivsi- nf thi ninprfPtifh al Pf M c " ? ? V , " . Astori N office, or address D. C. Ire ann Astoria. Oregon. ' AMlTSEilEXTS- i-.w.kmwlks. al.ziki.kb. l.liu'l. Vai:iktie-.-(;!i. Hill, pro- .r .wi-v-nii-v Tfrnr pnetor. F reilUere. iiiaiiager. TIk com-' tLARwDO HOTEL, pany at present eoiiM-.tsof the following ' PORTLAND - OREGON talentt-darti'.t'. t'eiuelian: Mr. Cha-. ' " xu-kiTMin. one f tla- oldest min-trel , ZIEBER & KN0VLES, Proprietors. tf nAjuerKM..nj , aml fnB lhp llot,e ecwt: Mr. A.. I. Marker, the celebrated ' s"nKU", Ajroiti.N ison Tile at the Irih delineater: Mr. Fail Uw. in (hnwl.H.HrtritMlHiinH.w. . diiUhiMns- Mr. Dean ami Mr. -MorieejlTVTpTTprTT ,,,',iM-:--Ir MraikhT.ii.lii m1oM. O-VIHiL Z.UK JiilJiiliUi'iJ AliZ., jim lwrllHK.: Mr cMiarUv- Barium, idan- DKITSCH is ASTHAl's. wand h flat xpr.me: Mr. Oeo. Lain - j olio of -ivcialtie. einisMmx I'f'nnPpnD'? TIDOT PI ACC J songs and dances. Irish, dutch and negro' nUoUUL O illiOl ULnOo . eeceiitrkMties. aihl the Christmas play IJarnes in an appropriate guitar solo. I Mr. Kiehard Hnue ilia smire drum mIo., - juerrj i nnsinias ami a up -ew j wth iir i-ver jKipulnr iiun-trel llrstlLadieS and Gentlemen 01 this City !besinat7.noi.M. Kiitraneeon Ik-iitonj I street. Private boxes on theiiaiaiis. I Handsome wedding presents at! j the City Book store. j w. Gearhart has some A No. 1 apples, and a general assortment of dried fruits, Mr. WnTLoeb isTgTt at Asto- Pafr,rtb n.-r,,,-,.!;-. .T.;ff in.nnnn company of Xew York. This is one of the soundest companies doing busi ness in the United States. Its total assets, all equal to cash, amount to SS,552,877 11. John Rogers has just received at the Central market a large invoice of coal oil, assorteds brand, and for sale at reduced rates. Be also keeps a general assortment of jroceries, liq uors, tobacco, cigars, fruits and vege tables of best quality, which he offers at small profit for cash. A nice lot of eastern oysters at TtoseiiM- nrrirfH vpsTMtLiv bv at p.impr Columbia. Call around. You will find 1 tuem first as3' All ye who want hay of the best -'. S- h find it at Grays wharf. t Dresses cut, fit and made to I by M. Dainr Curran Cass street, near the Congregational church, i in Mr. Thomas Logan's house, Astoria. BANKING AND INSURANCE. BANKING AND INSURANCE. i. vr. CASE, BROKER, BANKER INSURANCE ACENT. - - - OREGON. ASTORIA, OFFICE HOURS: FROM S O'CLOCK A. M. UNTIL 4 O'CLOCK P. M. Home Mutual Insurance Co., OF CALIFORNIA, .1. F. Hot" ohto.v ("has. K. Storv Uuo. Ite Stokv Preklent .. Sectvtar .Agent for 0"oii Cailal itl up in l. S. pta e1!! S duO 000 UO I W CASI. A;et. Clienamiis '.treetV-toria. Oregon. $67,000,000 CAPITAL." LIVERPOOL AND LOTTON AND GLOBE, VOP.TH 2RITI3H 11D &RRCAS TILE OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH. OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART FORD, AND prenting a ca,.Ual of MIT UOO M)0. A. AN 11 1 .-sKN. Affint. " HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. ,.,,. ' "" C. S. Wl'XGIIT HOTEL. OCCIDENT MEGLEK & WRIGHT. Proprietors. Astoria, Oregon. milE I'ROPRIKTORS ARE HAPPY TO reimliited and n-fMniL-hcil.nililhig greatly to tiK eiHMHrt oi u-giH-iNaiiu imjou tne uest iHrtel north of San Fraiiei-en. Pioneer Restaurant Hotel. MAIN STREET. ASTORIA I'roprietor 31 it.. S. X. Arrlzoui. milKTRAVKLING PUBLIC WILL FIND the Pi-ieer firt ela-. in allrespecH.and -ban- of their patronage i- l3.::-.v ;uid soikmiii. cyi'oard and longing by the day or week DTnffioo DaM,HMnt rOSl-OTTICe neSiaUrani. - " JOSEPH MATTHEWS. PROPR. I rilHIS IS A FIRST CIVSS RESTAURANT j JL kejrt m the Enniean plan. FrtIi oys ter in every Mk Main street, between j CheiKiniits and S'iueiHKi)ie. 1 henry ROTIIE. - - manager. 22 Pront Mnet. iH-rween Main and Salinmi. i 5j. r llstfIT SfllOOll J.i UJMLL Odiuun. SjjJjW muvstppft isitii-n MAIN SlKhlvT. ASTOI.IA. mil E iNOI:RSI:NEI IS PLEASED TO - ainMwiK-e w uie That lie Is now preimred to funiisli for tlietu, in first iM.v.Mle. ami every style, OYSTERS. HOT COFFEE, TEA, ETC. r tuk . .. . . n .. ft . 0 , Ladies and Gents Oyster Saloon. MAIN STREET. Please give me a call. ROSCOE DIXON, Proprietor i The New York Oyster Saloon Will serve to their customers from this ate as follows : TEA, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE. Eastern Oywtersj Always on Hand, And will be kept aa first class Oyster Sa loon, in first class style. DANIEL GRANT. Manager. DE3. -A.- TJi:N":Kr. dealer in FA-MILT GIIOCERIES. XAILS, I"Iir.r. FEED AND HAT. Cash paid for country produce. Small profits on can sales. Astona. Oregon, cor ner of Main and S(uemocqlie strepts. 1VAK IS DECLARED WITHOUT FUKTIIER 'VOTIC.E And no terms of peace until every man in Astona lias a new suit of clothes MADE Y IEAXY. Look at the price : Pant to order from - - - SS 00 Pants. Genuine French Cashmere - 12 50 Suits' from - -- -- -2300 Tlie finst line of samples on the coast to 1 select from. P. J. MEANY, Merchant Tailor, Parker House. Astona. BUSINESS CARDS. Ttni. I). RAKER. 31. I. OFKICK Next door to CH. ttafters rosf-ik-Htre, Ca St re et. OirieK Ilouie From .. x. to II A.sc atMl fryw 2 1 m. to 4 i M. TL1 l HICKS. DENTIST, ASTORIA. - - OREGON. Khbs in Allen lHiikH up Matos, corner of Catot SttHMH)- $trttts. TTJ .. 3IfIXTOSH. MERCHANT TAILOR, OecioVnt litMel IHiiMiwe. ASTORIA - - - OREGON. .T. H. ItOltK. C. W. FULTOlf IJOltll fc FIXTOIV. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ASTORIA, .... OREGON Oflkv in I). K. "WarrenS iHiiklittg, up stairs np-Ntsite the Oecalent Hntel. Q. A. BOWLBY. AT10RNEY AT LAW. ClicnaHias Street. - ASTORIA. OREGON" Tk- l i. ji:xxixs. PHYSICIAN AND SUKGHOX. Graduate University of Virginia. 1868. Physician to Ua View iHi-irital, Ruitimore City. lSfli-T0. ORice in the Astokiax biiihliwc. lately M eupieil by the Wtstern Union Telegrapu ctHiipany, Atoria. A VAN DUSEN. NOTARY PUBLIC. Comer Cass and Jefferson Streets, ASTORIA. OREGON. Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. Q II. JiAIX it CO. DK.Xl.Ki: IN Doot'N. tViudowx. Itlindn. Tnui-soni.-. liiinibi'r. hit v. sfe"Hii'.s of niaterala and estimates mode without I'lutrge. Steam Jlill near We-ton hotel. Cor. Gea eviveaud Astor streets. W3I. I'lIIiKXIIART. Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon ASfORIA - OREGON. Hut. 4'oltl, Muter, Mram and Sulphur BATHS. 35"Spenl attention given to ladle' and hklreii itair euttiiH. Pr'Tat " TWiref"- f i n. JAY rITJ.K. 1I. I. PHYSICIAN ANl aUI'uLON. Okkick Over tlie White HoiLe Store. Rkidknck Next dxr to Mrs. Malison's I)(wnliig house. Cheiianuo street, Astoria, OregtHi G. FAlliFOWL & SON, STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS Jf$ Portland and Astoria, Oregon. Refer by permission to Rogers.MoyersJk Co Allen Jt Lewi.CoioittJfcMacleay, Portland. Oregon. J. H. D. GRAY, Wholesale and retail dealer in. ALL KIXDS OF FEED, Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc General storage and Wharfage 'jn reason aoh terms. 1mK ot Benton street. Astorui, OregtHi. s-- IXI.AJil.S. GLAZIER, DENTIST. Dental Itooius. SlIl-s-TKUV Photograph I'uiMm C. K. .I.U'KI.N's j. A. aiOXTGOilKKYi PIONEER STOVE AND TIN STORE Sole Agents for the Magee .Standard Ranges, Etc. ASTORIA, - OREGON. First Class Saloon. J. .1. RILEY, - - PROPRIETOR, On the Roadway. opiMisiu the Oregon Rail-" way and Navigation Co's wharf. New Bagatelle Table, (The Chinese must go.) The choicest brands of foreign and domestic IVINES.IilQUORS AXD CIGAK&. 3-Best C'hieaso Beervftt GER3IAXIA BEER HALL BOTTLE BEER DEPOT. Chcmucs Steeet. ASTOStt. TheBest ofJLagerBCts. a Glass Orders for the ia Brewerr Left at this place will be promptlyittend ed to. IS'-No cheap San Francisco Beer sold aC this place I J. WM. BOCK. Proprietor, 40 Ja.i'Tii ri i.i ii ji iwi.i . 1 ,miittiwrdr1h t if - -Mm, r--!fiijAi!i&8tafci t-Ju