The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, February 01, 1881, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text" m glic JjiiUij stavinu. ASTORIA. OREGON: TUESDAY FEB. 1. 1S81 .C.IHIXAM Editor. The Now State. The all-absorbing question in Dakota at the present tihi is the division of the territory on the 4Cth parallel and the admission of the southern half into the union as a. full-Hedged state. The ctfnsus iaken the 1st of June showed that the portion of the territory seek ing state rights was composed of a population numbering 00,000, leav ing iu the northern hnlf of the territory oO.OGO. .Since the taking of the census then lias been a large immigration's in both sec tions. In the southern half of the territory the Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Paul, the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railways have constructed ami ironed over four hundred miles of railway during the past -ear, and have over two hundred miles more graded ami ready for the iron. These companies have about Mven 'hundred miles of railways now in operation in the southern portion of the territory. This extensive- railway building has had a ten dency to draw thousands to Dakota who would otherwise have staid east. "Where, in June last, only naked prairies existed, now can be found many little towns, some containing upward of oOO inhabi tants. The Mitchell land office shows that 12,320 acres of land was taken in the month of November last This, at the rate of 100 acres to each person, would show an immi gration of 800 persons, mostly heads of families; and counting two and a half persons to each J familv would show an increase of! . . . . . i 2,000-population in a month in the Mitchell land district, and as there are four such districts in southern Dakota, :t would indicate an in crease of population in this part f Dakota at the rate of 8,000 per month and 00.000 for the. year, which would give that por tion of Dakota south of the fortv- J sixth parallel over 200,000 people by December, 1SS1 as soon as it could be admitted as a state. Under the most disadvantageous circumstances conceivable, south ern Dakota will have over 150,000 population at the close of 1881. The iamijiration in 1S81 will not be less than 50,000, and the indi cations are that it will be nearer 200,000. Most of the railways built in Dakota in the last vear were-i through the free government lands consequently, they are being set- tied very fast, and the live hundred j or more miles that the company! propose to build in 18S1 will noar-J ly all be through the same kind of lands. Aside from the impetus the. extensive railroad building in Dakota has given to immigration, the excellent crop of 1SS0 in this territory, and the partial failure of crops in western Kassas and Ne braska will have a tendency to turn a large share of home-seekers to Dakota. "With this showing, congress should not hesitate to pass the bills now before that body divid ing the territory on the 40th paral lel, and granting the southern half authority to form a constitution and state government, and to elect senators and .representatives, pre paratory to admission to state rights at the next session of con gress. Before the lapse of many years, not only will southern Dakota have the necessary population for a state, but northern Dakota, Mon tana, Washington and New Mexico "will have populations suflicient for admission to the Union, and pos sibly all the territories but Alaska. The division of Dakota and the admission of the southern part as a state are an imperative necessity. The judicial districts are so large that it is now impossible for the judges to hold the terms of court ' in them. One of these districts has an area of 75,000 square miles. containing twenty or more coun-1 ties; another has 50,000 people and sixteen counties (more popu lation than several of the terri tones), with a single judge to hold all the courts, besides attending j two terms of the Supreme court of the territory. Dakota can never 1 he a suite like Nevada, but will ! be, like Iowa, largely- an agricul- tural and grazing state, and, con-! sequently, will be rapidly settled, j An lowan who recently visited the territory said that it would settle ten times as fast as Iowa ever did. Nature's Big Gas Tanks. I'Mlndelpltia Tek-sniph. Bradford. Pennsylvania, and neighboring places are lighted and heated bv natural r.is. In 1875 an oil company was sinking a well on a high hill west of Bradford. At the depth of several hundred feet thev struck a vein of iras. x- I r i tl r -.siou iiiMV require. lor. soups or No oil was found. 1 he force of ". , . '. . . . ., x .t . i ',- sauces. 1 his nutricine is admira- the gas was such that when it was i .. j -n e r .i "lv qualified to sustain physical ignited a pillar of fire more than j .- l - c. e 4. ' i e i mm 1 viiror, and can be preserved for fifty feet high was formed. I lie) ' . '. . . r .i nil if anv length of time if it is kept roar of the ras could be heard for- - a a mile and more This burned for months. The heat was such that the grass and foilage grew in the depth of winter as luxuriantly for hundreds of feet around as it did in the summer. Strawberries rip ened near this well in Feb r for a TMirt tinll lisil ltor.u tinrtntinr . Iens: tune before the feasibility of utilizing it was thought of. A belt oi urj' territory, out yielding vast volumes of g:is, w:is subse quently found to exist in the vicin ity of the original gas-well. A company was formed to carry the j gas into the city. It is now dis trilmtnil -ill ivr thp nliri hv Mh teni Mutrls: iiiituiiird at llniuif bnafc tnouteti an otr tne pi.ux u i,mffly t ,mir Hrxa,i lHH.mr nmioeks. nines. - as-mne with iets at- pijn.. . - 0-u ptpt, J-i 'fetched, is run into parlor and kitchen stoves. The su pply of gas is controjled by a stop-cock on the pipe. When a fire is wanted, a lighted match is thrown into the stove awl the ras turned on. The Up1115 iiERM(JXEi offers for j X hIc mi hand and to armedin-ct iroiu hre is started at once. The gas! Vrk possesses great heating qualities, Engjsh Lustre gack Yamish, and apartments are warmed asi ... ,.., quickly and as well by it as by coal. ! Gas'for illuminating purposes is jTurpsntine Aspheltum Varnish, conducted into the house the same ' ,N i'Ain:Kl.: as artificial gas is taken in. AtjBenzine Aspheltum Varnish, first the light was not brilliant audi ,x itpV steady, ewins: to impurities. Pro cesses for refining it were invented, and now the natural illuminator is unsurpassed by the finest manu factured gas. It is so cheap that people seldom turn out their lights. It burns night and day in stores, hotels, private houses, and streets. Consumers pay by the month instead of by the thousand. Gas wells have come to be more valuable than oil wells, and the sudden and phenomenal appear ances of oil in some of the princi pal wells in the gas belt has creat ed consternation aniens: the owners and consumers. For years the gas h:is flowed from the wells in unremitting volume. That oil was not to be found there it was thought had been conclusively set tled. A few days ago one of the wells ceased in its gas supply. It was found fo be half full of oil. Fifteen barrels of excellent crude oil were pumped out and the gas flowed again. One or two of the other gas wells exhibited the same phenomena. It is necessarj to pump the oil out daily before the gas will flow. This sudden ap pearance of oil in territory that was considered dry has not yet been satisfactorily explained. The Term Foolscap. The New York World gives a very pretty fable about the origin of "foolscap" paper. It ays that at Lee, Massachusetts, a half-witted youth sat upon a rock, on the top of which was a shallow depression containing some water. In this puddle the boy dropped his linen turban, and with a stone, foolishly and idly pounded it into pulp. The sun dried the "stuff" or fiber, which had spread itself through the water upon the bottom of the pud dle, and soon it was lifted out a sheet of paper foolscap, in fact. This yarn, like the foolscap, is evi dently made of whole cloth. The term is derived from the water mark, a fool's cap and bells, that was the distinguishing characteris tic of that class of paper for many years. Nutricine. Attention has been directed by j M. Moride to a new kind of food to which the name "nutricine' has ! been given. Its preparation is I thus described: Raw meats, from ; which bones and tendons have been carefully excised, is passed! into suitable machines along with j nitrojjenized alimentary sub- J stances, such as bread, to absorb' the water of the meat, and pos id nos-1 siblj' to form new combinations with it. After'the mass thus pre pared is dried in a stove under a mild heat, it is pulverized and sift ed. A powder of an agreeable taste, and varying from yellow to gray in color, is the !ro n alhuuusii. lat. or gummed water is added to this powder, solid cakes or cubes may be made of it. and these solid forms limy be broken up. as occa- from the deteriorating influences ofan atmosphere change with moist ure and froai the action of heat. NEW TO-DAY. r f MONTHLY ot- Rklnjio.s. i w eraiiriu. Send 3 ce ti'pforannleie.les. Address. mr nt A. MVIXitH ESTER. Manager. r.O. Rex uu;. san rrnncNco. Cai. T? V. NOTARY PUBLIC, AriTUlXEKH, tVU.MISSION AND IX Sl RANCkVgEXT. Lost-Broe Adrift. ON THE NICHT OF JA.NTARY mIi. a sniidl .skill, tainted xrcvM ouNlilf, and loan nHorcu iimiic: nan the name "Annie .'Vr1 """' !" paw lormionwuioi llux 1" it n-enverv. ClTTlXi: I'ACKIXt: CO. Easlf CHir. Jan. Jit. ISM. UVd.vwtf lIRA'ISHBS iD JAPANS No. 1 Turpentine, in Barrels. Brown Japan, in Barrels. No. 1 Coach, in Barrels. White Damar. in Barrels. Coach Varnishes, in Cases. -ALSO Silicic Aluininate Paint, FOU IKON AND WOOD WOKK. JAMES LAIDLA.W fe CO.. IC X Front Street. Portland. TRBMliJRD & UPSHUR DEALERS IN SHIP eUAMLEUY PROVISIONS, IRON, &TJSJ2L, GOAL, Builders S General HARDWARE, 3STua.XXaS, PAINTS, OILS, ETC. AOF.XCY OF Til K Imperial Mills Flour and Feed. Chenamus Street, Near Olney, ASTORIA. OREC,OX .MISCELLANEOUS. CSbIW BCXJffilXS Wholesale and Retail Sealer ix- -p-. .-. -- -rr- a JC L YwOJl1JL .'XJliC, PD flVISIfliVS LiiMlHfll ' KTC. ETC., ETC., TIN PLATE BLOCK TIN, PIG LEAD, SEAMING COPPE115, SOLDERING COPPERS, SAiMON TWINE, COTTON TWINE, NET LINES, MANILLA ROPE, SAIL CLOTH, ANCHORS, OAlt.t FLOATS, MAULS, HANDLES, MURIATIC ACID, LAOiUKB, VAKSISII, TCltPKXTlXE. HENZIXH. COAL OIL, GlM BOOTS, RICE. ETC., ETC., IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT. AKTOISIA, - - OREttOX. MRS. DERBY SELLING HER ENTIRE STOCK -OK MILLINERY GOODS AT COST. &gi Dr. Warner's Health $ COKSET & tl' l'Crtll Hll W MUtVilOM'd III Vt 1A.- A-jtoria at Wk : -"" . I. .1 I Mnumif Tlr.Il IliiiMiiK. ...,r. W"'c,l nvrufMalu ami Squemixilie - ' turt. Barbour's IRISH FLAX THREADS Salmon Net Twine. Cotton Seine Twine, Cork and Lead Lines, Cotton Netting, ail sizes. Seines Made to Order, Flax and Cotton Twine, Fishing Tackle, etc. barbourTrothers, 511 llarket Street. San Fratiiico HENRY DOYLE& Co.. Managers. Chas. Stevens & Son, CITY BOOH STORK. BROWN'S BUILDING opiisite the BELL TOWER, In room lately wcviipied by iy'hmeer's Confectionery. Largest ai Best Assortment Of noreltles in the tatIoitary line usually found in a firrt-clavj hook store, consisting of BOOKS. FINK STATIOXKKY. COLO TEX tSOOOS. ALBUMS. CHUOMOS. FKA11KS. STKBKO.SCOPES. DIAKIKS. All of which wHl he sia at prices which DEFY COMPETITION. 1. S. The latest Hastem and California ierimllculs constant!) on hand. CHAS.STKVEXS.tSOX. WILLIAM EDGAR, Corner Main and Chenamus Street?, ASTOUIA OREOOX. PKlLKlT If CIGARS AND TOBACCO, AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM and other English Cutlery. STATIONERY! FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS Genuine Heershaum Pipes, etc, A Hue stock of 1"atche. anil .leweley. 3Iuzzle ami Hreeeh Loading Shut (iuiiM and It I lie. Kevolvcr... Pistols. and Aniinniiitlfiu. MAKI.VH CliASSIX LM A KINK AsMirtuiPUt of fine SPECTACLES aul EYE CHESSES. SHIPPING TAGS riillK BEST QUALITY. WILL BE 'LD JL by the hundred, or by the box, jirintcd or piam, to iuit custoraerr. nt The Astoc'15 ofSce. BSfNAlT T "SVe predict the time 'will come when all our friends, subscriber and every reasonable trc son Will purchase their Household Furniture of CHARLES HEHBC RN, Main Street, Astoria, opposite Masonic hall building. Ihe seils ft very superior article of Carpets, Elegant Furniture, Fcldfnor CUwtrs, Cape May Patent Rockers, Handsome Chamber' Sex Parle auits, Rus, Picture. Frames, Brackets; fact evert!npgyou cji aiV for. H treats you liborally, gives vou what von Jaruv, and never lsos a customer. Alw.ivs remember HEILBORX'S Furnitnrp Kmnnrinm r.,; Street, oppOhiteMasonic Hall. THE DAILY Bl S T 0 ASTUICIA. TESPECTED AND COMilKXDED IJY ALL FOU ITS Impartiality, Ability, Fairness and Reliability. THE PAPER FOR THE COMMERCIAL MAX, FOR THE FARMER, FOR. THE MECHANIC, FOR THE MERCHANT. FOR EVERY. KERSOS. T ER M S: II Y .11 All.. IMtnT.ktJK KRKK T AM. StUUi:!IIItKIU..i DAILY. ONE COPY ONE YFIAR 9 00 DAILY, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 3 x WEEKLY. ONE COPY ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE WEEKLY. ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS iMTTir.uiuv.ters are autnorued to art as agent, for The A.roi:iA" THE ASTORIAN STEAM PRINTING PIOUSB HAS THE FASTEST AX J) 11 EST PRESSES, AXJ) TYPE OF THE LATES'J STYLES, cr We ininlia-..- Taper. iMnK Ink. unit oilier m;il-n;iN f Hi. nininif:iiturirs at lowest r.iri; rates. Ami esm therefore afford to uve, as r arua, do. tlie ln-st arm-le.. wliile ei.ar;.inu Cards, Envelopes, Circulars, Bill Heads and Letter Heads. THE EVERY DAY WANTS OF THE COUNTING ROOM AND THE WORKSHOP ARE SUPPLIED AT PRICES WHICH CAN NOT BUT GIVE SATISFACTION TO ALL. TH COLUMBIA r A. if I Mis IS SITKRIOK TO MOST, A.XD IS KXCKI.l.K!) It XOXK OX THIS COAST. JOHN HAHN, - - PKOPK1ETOK, CHENAIIITJS STREET, - ASTORIA, OREGON. CxTOrders lelt at the CKCZLIANIA BEEK HALL will be promptly attended to.- MISCELLANEOUS. - r E. C. HOLDEN, ir-.. D. .!..- -tA t- cvr - n 1 Heal Kotate Aset nnilroM rj aucer. AKent for the FlUEXEVS FlXD IXSUh- A.NTK CUM TAX vVr San Franeieo 1 COMMISSION AGENlnd AUCTIONEER, Kent, ami Arrotitfl Collerleil. ami iv ! turns promptly iHaile. Regular Kites la. 1 SAT I lAVs jii I O :SO A . ."t . tureoranyothefK.Md-?to li.spo.e of eiiiiei at .inetioii or pnite sale htiould notify me soon as convenient before the dav of sale Xo torase c,,a'Kt,lngIggJ Auc til" " " Auctioneer CENTRAL MARKET. tlenenil asMirtiueiit of table stoek constantly on hand. Midi as Canned Fruits and JellvJ Bacon, Hams, Shoulders, Lard, lUUiSi. BrTTKII. CT1VPKP I Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, FISH. l'Ol'LTKY .WD HX31K' In the season. tic; IKS XX n TACCO. nest of AVIXIX AAI) I.Kil'OKS. All cheap far CASH. ;mhI sold on com-liii-Min. Opposite I. W. Case's store. .!. KOIICERS. Wilson & Fishef lKAI.hU IX LUBIUCATING OILS, COAL OIL, PAINTS AND OILS. Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared Rubber Packing. PROVISIONS, .MILL FKKD, GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED. Which will be exchnnsed for eimntrv pro duce or M.dd at liHe-.t prices. ConitT Cliifiiamtts and Hamilton Streets ASTORIA. OREGON. S1' 'UJSS. The uudursiued Ls prepared to furnish a larte number of Spiles and pars at hL piacuon siiort notice, at reasonable rates. Apply to C. G. CAPLES, Columbia City. AND WEEKLY R I A okkc;oa. 2 00 1 00 BREWERY MISCEIXANEOUS. G. HANSEN, 'ASS STREET, ASTORIA, lias jut opeueu a hue stOi-k of j WATCHES ! JEWELRY ! DIAMONDS ! 'SI I , V RF FTP JiJJ l iiv " .njij. 1j,., 'n.e finest m the market, ' Mr. llanen iles not ais1i to be understood as ha ing artieles In his sttn-k too numeroii; to mention." but he has A Fine Selected Stock, and Will Guarantee. Every Article to be as Represented.) rriecf. are- A'othins hen the OTiat ity of the .oodM In Coiinidered. f3rl fully undettand my business, and cannot be swindled in buying, and having- inane personal vieetion 01 every article I h:ie for sale. liae no hesitation in juarantee- this stock. iiis u 10 oe ;is n-prevnieu. i an aim inspect J. HANSEN. Casf Saeet. Astoria. PETER RXyreETY. ASTORIA. OKECiON, ! BRICK LAYER PLAIN .WD ORVMENTAI. JE LAS O? JE1 H.DES S,. Orders left at Ote.Oecidetit Hotel, or at my Warehouse, foH of HeMeH Street, promptly attendeit to. T IME. SAND. BRICK, PIASTER. LATJI, -" Cement, and all materials m my line, furnished to order. srspeelal attention paid to Furnace work and Ranges. Cistern ork warranted good or no pay. tfiTAKent San Juan and New Tacotua Llrae. BIER