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ASTORIA. OREGON:
SATURDAY IAN. 'J. 1881
. C. IKELAM Editor.
The Patrons of llic Astorian.
The editor of The Amokian
trill be a passenger by outgoing
steamship State of California, for
"the east. lie will be absent from
lioine about sixty days. In the
meantime the paper will be con
ducted and managed by Messrs.
F. "W. Balte and F. C Xorris, to
whom all bills muet be presented
i"or collection; from whom all or
ders nust be given: and to wliom
payments 6in aocoimt or otherwise
must b made. Mr. Unites will
occupy the chair editorial, and Mr.
Norris
s will have charge of tliojfr . ,jt rt i,;, an,i cargo passing!
X-s. Any assistance render-j orer buiM a raH.
finance
ca to mem oy xnenas 01
and Thk Aktoman will be.dulv
appreciated.
I). C. 1 1: bland.
The tallest trees in the world!
are in Australia. A fallen tree in
fJinn land ih.isiuimI 4;!.) fed from
the root to the highest point of
the branches. Another, standing,
in the Diindenong district in ic-
7 , .. -
torn, is estimated to be 4f feet :
'
from the ground to the top. I
Some idea of the great pi ogress i
being made m vine culture in Cali
fornia may be formed from the
fact that Los Angeles count'
alone, with 3,GS3 acres of land in
rines, raised last season. 5),000,
000 pounds of grapes, making
2,500,000 gallons of wine and o00
of brandy.
Carefully compiled statistics
show that during the past year
there have been constructed o,S:j9
miles of new railroads in this
country. The roads have been
built at an estimated cost of $30,
000 per mile, making over 175.
000,000, and most of this money
has been expended upon lines west
of the Mississippi river.
The' have a severe liquor law
in Mississippi. ICuch saloon keeper,
or retail dealer in liquors, is re
quired to give a bond of 2,000
and is liable in that sum if he sells
iiay liquor between twelve o'clock
en Saturday night and twelve
o'clock Sunday night, or on any
election day, or sells to any minor
or intoxicated person, or permits,
on his premises, any gaming, card
plaj'ing or any game of chance,
even for amusement. The prose
cuting: witness receives one-half
of the penalty, whether he be a
public officer or a private citizen.
Mail advices from New York
report that there is a continued
scarcity of available vessels' at that
and the neighboring ports, and the
freight market is consequently
firm, albeit the demand, as usual
at this period of the year, is by no
means active. The number of
seeking square rigged vessels in
that port is a mere bagetelle to
what it was at the corresponding
period last year. But there is a
large fleet heading in that direc
tion, and the chances arc. that they
will have much more tonnage than
needed between now and the re
sumption of navigation.
Captain Hooper, of the revenue
-cutter Thomas Corwin, who. it
will be remembered, made an un
successful effort last year to dis
cover the whereabouts of the.lean
nette, expects shortly to be again
dispatched to the icv north on a
second expedition. Captain Hoop
er has recommended at Washing
ton the necessity of starting early
in the season, so sis to be at
Behring straits in time to enter
the Arctic ocean ami derive any
advantages tlutt may be taken c
open water, lie will follow the
course which he thinks the .lean-
nette has taken and go as far
north, and if permitted, winter
there. The officers and crew of
the Corwin are .nil resolute men
and experienced seamen. She
will be fully equipped for her
northern voyage, and will probably
sail about the 1st of May.
The Trans-Isthmian Projects.
The past two weeks hare been
a period of increasing interest in
the three tmns-isthinian schemes
every one of which has now pass-'
ed from the region ol talk to that:
of action. The DeLesseps com-1
pany was the first to act, by put- ,
ting its stock on the market and
securing its ofiicers; the Nicaragua '
company then secured its officers'
and put in a bill for incorporation;
and Capt. Eads has recently
turned from Mexico, having oh-
tained most valuable concessions
from the Mexican government. Victoria ougui. in an conscience
He has not only permission to," lionesty to finit the bills hor
build his ship railway across the;'-'- She is rich enough to do so
Tehuantepec, but a grant of 1,000,- j
000 acres of land on the Pacific for
harbor and terminus, a strip half a
i . i '
mile wide, and a mile wme lor;
stations acro-s the isthmus, noweri
to collect a toll of io a ton on i
a,l toWmidi line on which
! ordinarv rates shail be cliargetl.
In return, Mexican ship of war,
munitions, mails, etc are to be i
carried free of charge. The road
must be begun in two years, and
completed in ten, dating from May
The mlenmce of Amcri.;No. 1 Turpentine in Barrels..
f ' . ... . ., . '
can feehii" is still heavily against n... inv. : Dnnu i
, a , ,. , Brown Japan, in Barrels.
the Del-esseps scheme, and lead- r t j
. , ;, na ,. fm.wl No 1 Hnah injRnrrolc i
ij i v uiiiwiiiivv .?
.. f n..r ...-...- ....... .I......
.i v,u,. ...vro j,.., wi..,;-
ing that its financial success is) ' ,
genuine. In the discussion beforej CoachVamisKeS. in Cases.
the house committee on the 11th j ' -
instant, with reirard to the Pana- j - . . . .
ma canal and the MollHMoctril.ejSI,1,,(, AllllllllUlto Paint.
the Nicaragua minister, Captain j Will IKOX axii wood wokk.
Mads and his counsel, and the edi- j JAMES LAIDLAW & CO..
tor of the North American Review. io N" Front street. Portland.
were among those who appeared i .
in opposition to the canal. .Mr. i fU A TT7 ItA f f C! I
American, read a private letterl
from France statimr that the;
French press had been subsidized
$40,000 in favor of DiI.ess;ps
scheme.
tieneral Grant's four-column
article m the Chicago Tribune of
January 11th. was merely a recapi
tulation of the subject. The im
portant part of the article is the i
summary of the practical advan
tages of the two routes. The
General calls attention once more
to the admitted fact that the pre
ponderating opinion of engineers
is in favor of the facilities of the
Nicaragua route, and that its sur
veys have been much more ex
haustive and reliable; the more
healthful climate f the Nicaragua
route, the steadier water supply,
and the cost estimated at $41,000,
000, and therefore very sure not to
go aboTC 4100,000,000, are con
trasted with ihc sudden floods, the
impassible and malarial swamps
of the Panama route, the calms of
Panama bay, and the engineering
difficulties that will brine the cost
of this caual to some $400,000,000.
It is. of course, needless to say
here, in parenthesis, that the
friends of the DeLesseps scheme
deny that the climate is more un
healthy in Panama than Nicaragua,
that the engineering difficulties
are greater or the cost more threat
ening. The article in question consists
lamely of a summary of the need
and advantage of a canal, estima
ting the cost of the Nicaragua one
at $75,000,000. its business at
1,000,000 tons, its expenses at
$1,500,000, and its earnings, there
fore, (at $2 50 a ton) at $S,500,000.
Th- Pacific coast of North and
South America is credited with
the most of this 4.000,000 tons,
the Asiatic trade being thrown in
unestimated.
As to the ship;rilroad scheme,
no decided rivalry seems to have
been roused between this and the
canal scheme. Captain Eads,
nevertlieless, though joining with
Uk friHdsof the Nicaragua!! route
to oppose tin Panama, urges
the advantage of his road over
eitlier. 1 1 makes the distance from
New Orleans to San Francisco, he
says, one-thrd (1.200 miles) sliort
er than by way of Neiragua; and
his position in general appears to
be that Panama is bad, Nicaragua
better, but Theuantepec best.
Nevertheless, his plan remains,
among the three, farthest in the
background of public interest.
Gladstone, the British premier,
has done a bold but commendable
tin nsr, in refusing us jrive the
sanction of his cabinet to an ap-
propriation by parliament of 3200,-.
000 to pay the debts of that royal
scapegrace, the Prince of Wales, j
Hi- even had the eourage to tell j
Queen Victoria that she ought not j
to a?k the country to pay oil the
Jebts of her spendthrift son. lf,
as the fri,'mls "f the hltter
re-jlhtf dtJlU uf lhe l,ri,,w were h -
curred b y the prince acting as the
j representative of his mother, then
without any trouble. j
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mHK imikinksed offeus fh:
Ahh-h, "! " m direct from j
English Lustre Black Varnish,
IN BAKKFLS.j
Turpentine Aspheltm Varnish,
i.aim:ui'
Benzine Aspheltum Varnish.
IN P.AT.HEUs
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nui i v uuuiii iirwui ( wiwi
UJUUo no'mon in Dnnrftlc
IAN ELEGANT LOT OF
CLOTHING
SPIT.VBI.E FOK THK
SPUING TRADE.
ALSO
A Great Variety of Articles at Bed
Rock Prices, at
Air. Loeb lias made arrangements to pav
the highest, cash price for all Minis of f urs.
pells hides, etc.
X. LOEB,
Main Street. Astoria.
TRENCIIMD & UPSHUR
DEAJJEKS IX
SHIP 6UANQLEBY
PROVISIONS,
STEEL.
GOAL,
Builders ? General
HARDWARE,
PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
AORNCY OF THK
imperial Mills Flour and Feed.
Chenaraus Street, Near Olney,
ASTORIA. OKKi;ON
A Piano
IOK SALE OR IlKXT.
: AH4rU) MItS. C. II. 1'AKKMK.
Mm
lit Uh Parker Houm'
Wanted.
1 ? CCf TOUXDS RACSOFallkmiN,
1'J.VUO dranaiMHlry.at lht UiiiuivIIk
shop. Main street, ly
.I.JOl'LIN.
BLANK BOOKS
PRINTED AD BOU.N'D TO ANY SI.E.
and ruled to any erdtr, at
Thk Astobux office.
AIISCELLANEOU8.
G. W. HUME
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
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fTP X TIj O
OTXl-vJOJiJL vJLlL O,
PROVISION'S, LUMBER.
KTC, ETC., ETC.,
TIN PLATE
IJLOCK TIX, PIG LEAD,
SEAMING COPPERS,
SOLDERING COPPER
SALMON TWINE,
COTTON TWINE,
NET LINES.
MANILLA HOPE,
SAIL CLOTH,
ANCHORS,
OARS, FLOATS,
MAUI.S, HANDLES,
MURIATIC ACID,
LACQUER, VARNISH,
TCRPENTIN K. RENZIN E,
COAL OIL,
GUM ROOTS, RICE. ETC., ETC.,
IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
antokia, - - oiti:;o..
MRS. DERBY
is
SELLING HER ENTIRE STOCK
UF
MILLINERY GOODS
A.T COST.
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Dr. Warner's Health
,1 CORSET
J f &n .
ttrtii oiuy uv imrt.-uiiM.'u in
' a. A-toria at
.URS. DERBY'S.
Mu-onii- Unit Kuildfng.
iK-rof Main and Snuemi
eor-
' MrerU.
Squemoqlie
Barboiu'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,
311 3Iarket Street. San FranrUco
HENRY DOYLE & Co.. Maimers.
Chas. Stevens & Sou,
CITY BOOK STOKF.
BROWN'S BUILDING
losltr tlie
BEI.I. TOWER,
In room lattly occupied by
S'hmeer's Confectionery.
Larpst ai Best AssorlEDt
Of novelties In the- stationary line umuiIK
found hi a llrst-elass book store, coailstlng of
HOOKS. F1XK STATIONERY,
GOLD l'KX OOODS. AL15UJIS.
CHROMOS. FKAIES.
STEREOSCOrES. DIARIES.
AH of wbiclt will be sold at prices nhlch
DEFY COMPETITION.
1. S. TIip latest Etibteru and California
periodicjds eoiistantlv on hand.
CIIAS.STEVEXS & SOX.
WILLIAM EDGAR,
Comer Main and Chenainu? Streets,
ASTORIA OREGO.N.
UKALKK I
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
AND THE GENUINE WOSTENHOLfA
and other Enslfch Cutler
STATIONERT!
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Meershaum Pipes, etc.
A Cue stock of
Watclir and .JVwelr.v. JIukzIi- and
Hreecli I.nadiu:? .Sliot iuii? and
Itllle-.. irovulvci-j.. 1'i-tnU.
and liiimnnitioit.
3IAltI.K
Ij.YSSKS.
I.M A KINK
AssiHlmeiit of fine NrECTAll.ES al EYE
CIUSSIS.
SHIPPING TAGS
rp!E U1L?T OUALITY. WILL BE S'uJ)
X by the hundred, or by the box. printed or
plain, to suit customer, at
Z The AhTOKUx office.
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PEBSONAXi.
Y'e predict the time will come when, all our friendsr subscriber-;,,
and every reasonable person will purchase their Household Furniture
of CHARLES HELLBOBN, 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, Hugs, Picture Frames, Brackets, in fact
everything you can ask for. He treats you liberally, gives you wh;w
you buy, and never loses a customer. W
Always remember HEILUORX'S Furniture Emporium, Main
Street, opposite Masonic Hall.
THE DA1LT
1 A S T 0
AVI'OKIA.
T EXPECTED AXD COMilKNDED BY ALL FOK IT ""
Impartiality, Ability, Faj.rne.s8 and Reliability.
THE PAPER FOR THF. COMJiEKCIAL ilAX.
FOK THE FARMER, FOR THE MECHANIC,
FOK THE MERCHANT, FOR EVERY PERSON.
XJ:K3XN: BY .11.111.. '
I'u-T.c:K fKKK Tl AM. .-UHH'KIUKIli.. 1
DAILY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR .y (H)
DAILY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS ...'." 3 OO
"WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEArTn ADVANCE go
WEEKLY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS i oo-
Otf-Potnuwters are au4lionzed to act as asents for Tiik Ahroui.x
" THE ASTORIA."
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE
HAS THE
FASTEST AX J) BEST PRESSES.
A XI) TYPE OF THE LATEST STYLES-
bc We pureliaNe liier. Card. Ink, am! oilier materials ol lhe manufacturers
AX LOWEST I.1VIA; 11ATKS.
And i-aii therefore atlord to use. a e alwaj do. tl.e In mmi Ueles. n ,i)r t-iir:u
Cards, Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads.
THE EVERY DAY WANTS OF THE COUNTING ROOM AND THE.
WORK SHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN-
NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL.
THE COLUMBIA BREWERY
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IS SUTKMOK TO .MOST, AND IS KXCKI.I.hD 11Y NONE ON 'nilS COAST.
JOHN HAHrV, - - EROPKIETOK,
CHENAHUS STREET, - ASTORIA, OREGON.
tfB-Orders left at the GEItMANlA KEEK HALL will he promptl) attended to.-Vn -
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tp C. HOLDEN,
Notary Public for the State of Oreqon.
Krai Ktale Agra! and Coej3ecr.
Agent for tlie FIi:KMKN"S FI'ND 1NSU1C-
AXC'E COMPANY ofS:ui Francie.i
COMMISSION AGEN1 and AUCTIONEER
Krnls ami AreitHUl rnllreletl. am! rr.
Iuth prouiftllj utuilr.
Kesular .sales lay,
SATl'RIIAYK nt 10:30 A. M.
N. B. Parties liatiut; re:U estate, lnriu
tureorany other xoods to db-iiOM' of eillie:
si auction or private sale .should uotli y me
s'kju as convenient before tlie dav of Ale.
No.slonige eliarged on oods sUt at A ue
tlou. K. C.HOLbEX.
td Auctioneer
. CENTRAL aI ARRET.
General assortment of table stoek ennstanll)
on tuuid. .such as
Canned Fruits and Jelly,
Bacon, Hams, Shoulders, Lard,
KC5C2K. IirTTtill. CIIIlESK.
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, :,,u,,Ha,'e Aot,,,Mfir",,t,M tl,etual"
FISH. FOI7I.TKY .I20 AMe! ",3 ' f lh" Considered.
In tlie season. i
f'l:iir; A'I Tim frf wiT"! full uudeiMund my business, and
.ii..it ..if JUliAilu. eannot be m nulled in buin, and havii!-
made personal selection of every article 1
Bst ol WINKS' AI T.lll"OUS. ; IiRefora!e, Iiae no hesitation in guarantee
I iik: it to be a represented. Call and inspect
All cheap fr CASH. Goods .sold on com- ! t,,is st,Mk- ,. V:Ly?L ,
iHLs-.iu. OPiosite I. W. CaseS More. I Casi Mrert. Astoria.
.1. i:oix;ei:.s. .
Wilson & Fislief
OKAl.KKs. IX j
LUBRICATING OILS, COAL OIL, j
PAINTS AND OILS. ;
Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared
Rubber Packing. ',
PROVISIONS, .MILL FEED. i
GARDEN SEEP, GRASS SEED. '
Whleli will In' exehaned for eoHHtry pr
luce or mM at lowi.t priee.
Comer C)ieuinti nml Jl-tmiltoit Streets
ASTORI V. OREGON.
Q PILES. .
The undersigned Ls prepared to furnish
a Iariw number f Spiles and Spurs at hi?
plaeeou short notice, at reasonabiu rates.
Apply to C. G. CAPLES,
C'olmnbui City.
AND WEEKLY
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UBEUOX
MISCELLANEOUS.
G. HANSEN,
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I CASS hTKECT. - - ASTOK1A,
llu.jst niniica a UueiiMk of
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WATCHES !
JEWELRY !
! DIAMONDS I
j SILVER WARE, ETC.,
' 'Iliehuet in the market,
i
! Mr. lluiiM-n does notibli to be umlerstoud
;is having articles In h$ stock too uiuueroiw
I to mention." but he has
U Fina Selected Stock, and Will
i
j Guarantee Every Article t
be as Represented.
PETER RTTKTErST,
v.vroitiA. oi:i:iiON.
BRICK jtSlTteu LAYER
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PLAIN VI OKN VMhNTAL
JE Ija. S T 3E3 tt. JE1 JEi.
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Orders left al tlw 0-kI lit Htel. ir .it n v
VreHoise. fKit i Kenton Mreet. prompt.)
attemled to.
7 IMK. SAND, ICICICK, Pl-VSTRII, LATH,
" Cement. aHtl M mnterfab In my line,
fHroishetl loonier.
irsecinl atteutioM piid to PnrtMtce work
and lMiKa. Citetn wofk warranted good -or
no pay.
eSTAsent Sum J win and NewTacoma Lime.