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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.
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ti'pforannleie.les. Address.
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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
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"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.
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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