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ASTORIA. OREGON:
SATURDAY-
JAN. :2. 18S1
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I.C. IKEL.t.Vn.
A Russian imperial decree is
published reducing the import
duty on .lalt, increasing1 that ou
foreign goods, imposing a tax on
trade guilds, and doubling the
storage dues on merchandise de
posited in the government ware
houses. The decree was to take
effect on the 13th inst.
The rirh planters of Hawaii find
the rice bird an ever increasing
curse. One plantation alone, t-m--bracinir
an area of about one hun
dred and fifty acres, is put to an
annual expense of about four thou
sand dollars for powder and sliot
and labor in the endeavor to pro
tect the rice from the little pests
And they estimate an additional
loss, frcm rice actually destroyed
by the birds, of not less than two
thousand dollars per annum. After
the birds are all killed oil', as in
France, planters will perhaps sur
render to the grub worm.
The San Francisco Bulletin ac
cuses Redpath of blasphemy, for
calling the Rev. Dr. Ilepworth a
flunkey and a coward. In the
same article the Bulletin admits
that Redpaths description of the
wrongs and sufferings of the Iri.li
were as truthful as they were
graphic, and Hepworths were very
different, "this reverened almoner
for American charity must be a
falsifier as well as a flunkey and
coward," and though the Bulletin
claims such language when appli
ed to a person as flat blasphemy,
it should not refrain from calling a
spade a spade. We do not think
the Queens conduct in Irish affairs,
though anything but praisworthy,
justified Redpath in calling her an
infamous woman, but we have no
..such tenderness for her son, the
duke of Edinburgh; fur his own
brother, Wales, who knows him
best, has called him a cad.
The New York Tribune is of
the opinion that the De Lesseps
canal bubble must burst, for the
statements of possible profits put
-out by De Lesseps through the
press must prove too strong for
the stomachs of the most ignorant
French peasants. Some of these
estimates are based on the idea
- that California wheat will pay
thirty-eight cents a bushel to the
canal company. This is sixty-one
and one-half cents a cental, and if
the vessel transporting the wheat
receives an equal sum, the naked
freight, to Liverpool, without in
surance or other charges would be
1 22A cents a cental or $27 4G,
equal to o 9s a long ton. As
freightby the horn generally ranges
from 2 os to o 10s, there is :is
little probability of our wheat be
ing transported through De
Lesseps' canal at any such toll as
over the Central Pacific railroad.
How will the Spanish subjects
' receive the double declaration of
their King, that his government is
endeavoring to extend the foreign
trade of the country, but that an
increase of taxation is necessary to
augment the naval forces and
strengthen the national defences?
At what point of her frontier is
Spain threatened with invasion?
And with what nation can she con
clude and equitable treaty of com
merce? And if trade means peace,
and the Spanish government has
onlr trade in view, where is the
necessity of preparing for war?
" If the questions were not deemed
impertinent, an answer would be
acceptable, not only to the people
of' Spain, but to other nations
those particularly that the conduct
of her naval officers has seriously
and repeatedly offended. It may
be very politic for a wasteful gov
ernment to give offense to a friend
ly power from time to time with
out going to the extreme of war,
so that a pretext may be had Tor
taxing the people in view of a
possible Avar; but it seems to us
that both the insulted nation aud
the taxed people should not allow
this game to be played too often
t their expense.
How Senators Elect Talk.
General Miller says: "1 expect,
gentlemen, the next six years will
be the most laborious period of
my life. I desire t do nothing,
ami nave no uusiness, no interest j
ii i . ,.
to devote my attention to, save
public affairs. 1 shall attend
strictly to the duties of my ofiice.
and shall have no business to dis
tract my attention from it, I shall
have nothing to do but to repre
sent the interests of California
aud to do my best for the inter
ests of the whole people." Col
onel Fair says: There is one
matter aniens: others that 1 will
endeavor to accomplish, and that
is to secure the free coinage of
gold and silver. If this can be
done a great advantage will have
been obtained for the people of
the Pacific coast.1
The WiUamet Flood.
Work on the east side road has
been vigorously pushed, and con
sidering the great amount of labor
to be performed and atteuding
difficulties, results are satisfactory.
The train north from Roseburg
reached Junction Thursday, and
the one south from Albany reach
ed Harrisburg. Repairs between
these points ivfll likely be finished
by tiiis evening. The water
having receded, Roadmastcr De
Clarke with a large force of men
got to work at Clackamas bottoms
Thursday morning, but it was
hardly possible to get that por
tion of the road in running order
last night. 1 f it should be repaired,
a train will start this morning
from Portland, and passengers will
get through by making a transfer
at Clackamas bridge. The regular
train will resume trips Mon
day, beyond nerad venture. The
Willauict will have receded
enough to allow boats to
pass through the locks at Oregon
cit, but the deposit of mud has
been so heavy during the long con
tinued high water, that it has be
come necessary to clean the canal.
This was done yesteiday by sluic
ing, aud boats will resume
regular trips to-day. Except
from Salem, no mails have
been received from the east
side of the valley since last
Thursday, and none from points
beyond Albany since Tuesday of
last week. Three days overland
mail is some place between Rose
burg and Redding just exactly
where the authorities do not
know. But all delayed mail will
be down on Monday's train.
He is Dead.
The papers are telling of a pilot
in Victoria who has invented a fly
ing machine. He took it down to
cape Flattery and tested it. A
heavy weight was attached to it
and it rose like a bird in the air.
Next a pig was tried, and he
squirmed through the atmosphere
like an enchanted horse floating on
pinions. An Indian was next fit
ted with the apparatus, and he
soared several hundred feet in the
air. They omit to mention that at
last he adjusted himself in the ma
chine, look wing, fell and broke
his idiotic neck; kicking convul
sively at the tangled springs these
were his dying words, "Give this
to the next dauiphool that .thinks
he's so infernally smart.'
The boers of South Africa have
been badly treated by the English,
foolishly and unnecessarily so,
since the second capture of the
cape of Good-hope from the
Dutch. The Irish peasant farmers
and the boers of the Transvaal
have been driven to resistance by
the failure to obtain redress for
grievous wrongs by peaceable
means. The policy of the crown
and the aristoctatic branch of the
government is the first to slaughter
them until the survivors submit
from fear and then grant as a favor
what had been demanded as a
right. This policy of refusing all
concessions until rebellion breaks
out, then killing the leaders and
giving the survivors what the
leader asked, is as old as the
mutiny at the Nore. The crews
of the fleet stationed at the mouth
of the Thames in the French war
refused duty because they had
been paid no money for three
years. The Kings advise! s in
those days hung the ringleadi r
and paid the men, and every hon
est Englishman from that day has
condemned the act as a cowardly,
cold blooded murder, and mi fut
ure generations will condemn the
Queen and her cabinet if they
have recourse to force before offer
ing justice. The boers are far off,
aud are being deliberately slaught-
ered.
XEW TO-DAY.
Sheriffs Notice.
THE STATE. COUNTY. AM) STATE
School
TAXES FOR 1880
Uuvf lio n:ifil tiofnn Kt'!nMt-v lt tit snve
w-ms auu rxpeiues.
- . - - . -.i -- .-
A. M.TWOMHLY.
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
AMnna. Nov. Cth, ISso. if
PIKE & STOCKTON.
KCOXJSE, SIGONT
AMI
-CARRIACE PAINTERS,-
PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING
A -I'hl..T.
GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED
TO.
carhop next dr i .WiHfcw oKw.ih
ShMlir- 1HiHm-.
D. K. W ARRK. T. U'. ETG
Astoria Market !
OiM'OSITE OCCIDENT IIOTKl.
ASTOKIA. - - OttiJ..
WARKKX A EATOX. Proprit tMft
(Stefrr i Warien & Mciiuire
Wholesale anil Retail Dealers in
Fresh and Cured Meats
A full line of
FAMILY GKOCEK1ES, FLOUK. FEED
HAY. CANNED FP.U1T. VEGE
TABLES, ETC
nr Butter, Erct. Cheese, etc. constantly
en hand,
xs-y Ships supplied at thelo-ren rates.
FIKST (il(AXl)
B. B.
B.
'SIVKN P.l THK
OLYMPIC CLUB,
AT LIKEKTY II ALU
Friday Evening, Jan. 28. 1881 -
INVITATION COVMITTKK.
K. Van Ditseu,
C. W. Fulton.
.1. E. Tliaiua.
fr. r. llh'k-
E. A. Noye.
I'KtiKITlON roMMITTKK.
Hon. I. W. Com.
C. .1 . Tmtclinnl.
Wim. Iim'I,
II. if. Van Dmm-m.
F. W. Newell.
C. II. Hide.
Hun. 1.C. Ireland.
F. U Parker,
F. W. Kaltes
t. II. CiH'lMT.
J. Halm.
Dr. .lav Tutlle.
Fi.oei: maxokus,
F. 1 .licks.
F. I- Inrker,
.I. E. Thomas.
E. A. Noye.
F. W. FiTtriiviii,
Ticket.
WOO
ctrFiill Quadrille Band from Portland.-- j
TREMHARII & UPSHUR
DEALERS IX
SHIP CHANDLERY
PROVISIONS,
IRON,
STEEL.
GOAL,
Builders Genera!
HARDWARE,
PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
AGENCY OF THE
Imperial Mills Flour and Feed.
Chenaraus Street, Near Olney,
ASTOKIA. OREGON
A Piano
IOK .nAI.E OU KENT.
? Ai.l to MH.S.C. II. I'AKKEi:.
7-lHi at tin r-irkrrHoitM.
E. R HALVES,
CHEN AM US STREET. ASTORIA,
IS NOW I'UEI'AIIEI) TO 1)0
ALL KINDS OF PLUMBING
AND PIPE WORK.
Jtath Tubs, Closet ?s Etc. Sheet
Iron and Tin Work.
Sp
ILES.
The undersigned Is prepared to furnish
a large number of Spiles am( Spars at hi?
place on short notice, at reasonable rates.
Apply to C. G. CAPLES.
Columbia City.
MISCELLANEOVS.
G.W. HUME
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
GROCERIES.
"flPROVISlOXS, LUMBER.
ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
TIN PLATE
BLOCK TIN, PIG LEAD,
SEAMING COPPERS,
SOLDERING COPPERS,
SALMON TWINE,
COTTON TWINE,
NET LINES,
MANILLA ROPE,
SAIL CLOTII,
ANCHORS,
OARS, FLOATS,
MAULS, HANDLES,
MURIATIC ACID,
LACQUER, VARNISH,
TURPENTINE. BENZINE,
COAL OIL,
JGUM B001"S, RICE. ETC., ETC.,
I IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
ASTOKIA. - - OREGUX.
I MRS..DEKBY
I
', SELLING HER ENTIRE STOCK
-Oh
MILLINERY GOODS
AX COST.
Dr. Warner's Health
CORSET
mTS ? "?Ciii onlv It purchased in
UiJpra irj Astoria at
t ISS&Si 1 .11 KS. DERBY'S. '
Srfift Ma-oiiKIIalI Kuildiu:;. cor
my I nemf Main aud Squeiiioqlie
l i streets.
Barbour's
IRISH FLAX THREADS
Salmon Net Twine.
Cotton Seine Twine,
Cork and Lead Lines,
Cotton Netting, all sizes.
Seines Made to Order,
Flax and Cotton Twine,
Fishing Tackle, etc.
barbourTrothers,
511 Market Street. Han FranelMto
HENRY DOYLE & Co.. Managers.
Ghas. Stevens & Son,
CITY BOOIv'sTORE.
BROWN'S BUILDING
opposite the
BEIUX. xawE,
In room lately occupied by
Schmeer's Confectionery,
Largest ait Best Assortment
Of novelties in the stationary line usually
found in :i Drst-class book store, consisting of
BOOKS. FIXE STATIONERY,
GOLD PEN GOODS, ALKU.MS.
CHKOMOS. FRAMES.
STEREOSCOPES. DIARIES.
All of which will be sold at prices which
DEFY COMPETITION.
P. S. The latest Eastern and California
ueriodicals constantly on hand.
CHAS.STEVENS jfc SOX.
WILLIAM EDGAR,
Corner Main and Chenamu? Street!,
ASTORIA OREGON.
DKALr.r. i.x
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM
and other Enslbh Cutlery.
ST ATIO ISTE HIT!
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Weershaum Pipes, etc.
A tine stock of
Watches and .lewelry. rfliuu-Ic and
Itreerh Load in: Shot Gnns and
Itltlcx, Hevolver. 1,'lstolK,
and Ammunition.
MAKIXE
GLASSES.
A1SO A FINK
Assortment of fine SPECTACLES and EYE
GLASSES.
SHIPPING TAGS
rnilE BEST QUALITY, WJLL BE SOLD
X by the hundred, or by the box. printed or
plain, to fait customer?, at
Tut: Astohtih ofSce.
PERSONAL.
"We predict the time will come when all our friends, subscribers,,
and every reasonable person will purchase their Household Furniture
of CHARLES HEILUORN, Main Street, Astoria, opposite Masonic
hall building. He sells a very superior article of Carpets, Elegant
Furniture, Folding Chairs, Cape May Patent Rockers, Handsome
Chamber Sets, Parlor Suits, Ruirs, Picture Frames, Brackets, in fact
everything you can ask fur. lb treats you liberal!, gives you what
you buy, and never loses a customer.
Always remember 1IEIL130IJXS Furniture Emporium, Mur
otrect, opposite -Masonic 11:111.
THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
; T 0
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TJESPECTED AND COMAIENDED BY ALL FOR ITS
Impartiality, Ability, Fajwiess and Reliability.
THE PAPER EOR THE COMMERCIAL MAN,
FOR THE FARMER, FOR THE MECHANIC,
FOR THK MERCHANT, FOR EVERY PERSON.
TEUMS: BY MAIL.
llllsTAUK MIKK TO AM. SUIShCllIISKKS.I
DAILY, ONE COPY ONE YEAH S9 00
DAILY. ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 3 DO
"WEEKLY. ONE COPY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE 2 00
"WEEKLY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 1 OO
otTPost masters are autlioned to act as agents for Thk AhrontAN
THE ASTOEIAlf "
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE
HAS THE
FASTEST AiYD BEST 2RESSES,
AArJ) TYPE OF THE LATEST STYLES.
rJ- We purchase Paier. t 'ards. Ink. land oilier material of the manufacture!:
AT LOWEST L1VIA; KATES.
And can therefore afford Hi hm a e always do. the hest articles, while cliarginir
OnSTXjfST 3VfOXESH.-A.,3?E3 PRICES.
Cards. Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads.
THE EVERY DAY WANTS OF THE COUNTING ROOM AND THE
WORK SHOP ARE SUl'PLIED AT PRICES "WHICH CAN
NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL.
THE COLUMBIA
&n
IS SUPERIOR TO MOST, AND IS EXCELLED BY NONE ON THIS COAST.
JOHN HAHN, - - PROPKIETOK,
CHENAMUS STREET, - ASTORIA, OREGON.
99-Orders left at the GERMANIA BEEU HALL will be promptly attended to.5
MISCELLANEOUS.
ip C. HOLDEN,
Notary Public for the State of Oreqon.
RealKstate Agei-I aniK'on-jrjnHcer.
Agent for the Fl P.EM EN'S Fl'ND INSUR
ANCE COMPANY of San Francisco.
COMMISSION AGENT and AUCTIONEER.
Kent anil Accounts Collected, aud re
tarns promptly made.
Regular sides day,
8ATUBDAYK at 1U:30 A. M.
N. B. Parties having real estate, lunu
tureorany other goods to disio:e of eithei
at auction or private .sale .should notify me
soon as convenient before the day of sale.
Nohlorage charged on goods .soli at Auc
tion. B. C. HOLDEN.
td Auctioneer.
CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY
STOCK 2
AN ELEGANT LOT OF
CLOTHING
SUITABLE FOR THE
HOLIDAY TRADE.
ai.so :
A Great Variety of Articles Suitable
for Presents, at
Mr. Loeb has made arrangements to pay
th highest cash prices for all kinds of furs,
pelts. Tilde, ete.
N. LOEB,
Main Street. Astoria.
CENTRAL MARKET.
General assortment of table stoek constantly
ou hand, such as
Canned Fruits and Jelly
Bacon, Hams, Shoulders, Lard,
TAiGS. Bl'TTEK. CHEESE.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables,
FJSII. POl'LTUY AM) CAME
In the season.
CIGARS XSD TOBACCO.
Best oV 1VESES A3iD X.IO.VOISS.
All eheap fer CASH. Goods sold on com
mission. Opposite I. W. Cage's store.
,J. KODGERS.
H I A
1-$
OK EG ON.
BREWERY
MISCELLANEOUS.
G. HANSEN,
CASS STREET, - - ASTOKIA,.
Has Jitst openeu a nne stoek of
WATCHES !
JEWELRY !
DIAMONDS I
SILVER WARE, ETC.,
The finest iu the market.
Mr. Hanen does not wish to be understood
as having artieles In his stoek 4 too numerous
to mention." hut he has
A Fine Selected Stock, and Will
Guarantee Every Article to
be as Represented.
Price are Xotliiujf-iheii the Qual
ity of the tioods in Connidered.
3T fully understand my business, and
cannot be swindled In buying, and having
made personal selection of every article I
ha e for sale, have no hesitation in nanintee
Int; it to be as represented. Call and inspect
this Mock. G. HANSEN.
Cass Street, Aston:.
PETER RXJISrETST.
ASTOKIA, OKEGON,
BRICK
LAYER
l'LAIN AND OIJNAMENTAL
PLASTERER
Orders left at the Occident Hotel, or at my
Warehouse, foot or Kenton Street, promptly
attended to. -
o 'S
LIME, SAND, BRICK, TIASTEK, LATH,
Cement, and all materials in my line,
furnished to order.
B-Speclal attention paid to Furnace work
and Kanges. Cistern w ork warranted good
or no pay.
tffl-As'ent San Juan and New TaeomaLime.
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