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ASTORIA. OREGON:
TUESDAY FEB. 3, 18S1
&.C. IBKLA.ND.
.Editor.
Editorial Correspondence.
alack Hotei., San Francisco,
,Jan. 31 St. The good steamship
:State of California landed us safely
.here this forenoon, 4S hours from
lone. The ''State," as people are
"beginning to call her for short, has
-won the enviable reputation of
being the fastest steamship afloat,
sand she is one of the three finest
"in point of finish and accommoda
tion, the other two being the Co
lumbia and Oregon, all three
belonging to the Oregon-California
strade. Ameng the passengers
-donn were Hon. P. Wasserman,
Mr. Geo. T. Myers, Mr. Lowen
berg and Mr. Mendell, all 'good
companions on a voyage, hence
ur time was profitably spent as
we were all old Oregonians, except
Mr. Mendell, who resides in New
York, and the hours were whiled
away mostly in the smoking saloon,
.spinning yarns and old-time Orc
,jjn reminiscences, which would,
compiled and printed, make an in
tensely interesting volume. Capt.
iDebney, one of the peoples favor
ites, added to the mirthfulness of
the occasion whenever possible,
and Purser Bucknam occasionally
put in his oar where it would do
he most good. Our crowd nerer
.missed a meal at table, and only
"spent a cent," so to speak, when
the eld game of draw was called
-out to revive the days of '49 and
Tclieve tee monotony of Saturday
Sunday was passed in reading
and conversation. "We are par
ticular to state the fact for Bro.
livers' benefit, as he was neyer
.known to shuffle a card on
Ike holy day. We did think
-cf holding service on Sunday
Jast, as the only "speaker" on
board who makes any such pre
-tentions was Dr. York, and it was
considered doubtful if we could
shut hira off, if he got to go
ing, speaking was dispensed with.
Gapt. Debeny has been the recip
ient of numerous testimonials, one
-rery elegant one of which bears
this inscription in a horse-shoe
.charm surmounting a beautiful
yxr of antlers:
To Capt G. Debney,
Steamship State of California.
Fastest time on record.
Portland to Astoria 5 hours 5 minutes,
112 nautical miles.
AMoria to San Francisco 37 hours 35
minutes,
655 nautical miles.
.Bar to bar 340 nautical miles,
35 hours and 30 minutes.
Capt. Bochau, our pilot was con
siderably under the weather com
3Hg down, as he is treubled with a
severe cold which has settled in
" Lis eyes.
After reaching the hotel, break
fasting, shaving, etc., we set out
4o Tiew the city over, met Rev. A.
3 Perkins, satchel in handj home--jward
bvund, also Mr. Alsea Fox,
smiled a letter on business matters,
.4hen set out to interview Hon.
-Charles Crocker, vice president of
Central Pacific railroad, found him
2S busy as only a millionaire can
tbe, but as affable as when, in the
3ong ago, we rode the horse while
"he plowed as Indiana corn field.
The work these men, Crockers,
.Stanfords, and associates hare done
lor California can never be com
muted, dollars and cents can never
xepay them the debt of gratitude
due. Met a larger number of
Oregonians than usual in the city
-o-day. Business is lagging for
svant of vessels to carry away the
immense grain crop, which The
Astorian has not overestimated.
This lack of tonnage will have a
iinding effect upon finances with
in the next sixty days, and the pre
sent plethora of money will not
prevent many from going into
bankruptcy within the next ninety
days. The crop is kept back for
want of ships, not because fanners
-would not sell or have not sold
"the people are in debt to the mer
chants, the merchants to the im
porters, etc., and so it runs back to
ihe banks. A meeting was held
'Jzst week amongst the leading men
jsof finance, to devise some means
of staying the inevitable, but no
satisfactory conclusion was reach
ed. -The banks are willing to ex
tend credit, but demand taxes and
interest.
The storm which recently pass
ed over Oregon wound up here
on Saturday last, and to-day allj
along California, Pine, Front, Bat
tery, and the principal business
streets, tons of merchandise in
cellars which was in condition to!
become diluted with plenty of wa
ter, is being pumped up and runs
off in overflowing gutters of filth.
We leave for Chicago to-morrow
morning, regretting somewhat that
we did not make arrangements to
go through Arizona, but the die is
cast, and we shall trust to luck in
not getting snowed in. The late
storms overland give us hope for
a peaceful and uninterrupted trip
the plains across. d. c. v
American Beef in England.
The intimation given in the
house of commons recently by
Chaplin, a Tory member for Lin
colnshire, of his intended motion
on the 22d of February next, justi
fies the suspicion that a foul blow
is contemplated against the United
States' export of cattle, in the in
terest of British stock-raisers. The
motion proposes to "prohibit" the
importation of cattle from countries
where disease is known to exist.
Such a measure once passed plausi
ble proof of the existence of dis
ease ceuid easily be obtained.
Chaplin justified prohibition on
the ground that the existing laws
requiring the slaughter of Ameri
can cattle on landing had proved
insufficient to prevent the spread
of the disease. No doubt that law
was itself passed in the interest of
English stock-raisers, as a discour
agement to American exporters.
That, however, having failed to
accomplish the end in view, more
effectual measures must be resorted
to. The attempt at prohibition
will most certainly meet with pow
erful opposition, and as it has no
public opinion to back it, except
such as can be created by the
activity of a single interested class,
it is sure to fail.
The Niagara Park.
The Toronto Globe sent a young
man down to the Niagara falls the
other day to see how the interna
tional park scheme is getting
along. He interviewed everybody
there, of course, and niade some
surprising discoveries. He found
something more wonderful than
the falls a rich editor. Mr. Por
ter, editor f a paper there, is
gradually buying up Goat island.
Last week he bought a sixteenth
of it for 14,500, and now owns
five-sixteenths, and he has offered
the owners $220,000 cash for the
rest of the island. He says that
the cost of the park has been set
as high as 10,000,000, but it need
not cost a cent more than a mil
lion. The Canada part of the park
will not cost more than $400,000.
The Canadian government has re
served a strip from the railroad
suspension bridge to the falls,
while on the American shore every
foot of the land is in the hands of
private parties. It is proposed t
add to the picturesqueness of the
Canada bank by running a street
car line from the bridge to the
falls. This would be, indeed, the
finishing touch. Nothing could
more enhance the beauty of the
cataract, unless it was a $aginaw
saw-mill, at the brink of the falls
The eruption of Maun a Loa is
still going on, but with diminished
vigor, and is likely will soon be
suspended altogether. The fact is
that the Hawaiian public did not
appreciate the show, and the at
traction will be withdrawn from
the boards. It didn't pay and was
very expensive to keep up, so we
cannot complain at the resolution
of the management to abandon
the enterprise.
K. A. Proctor is mentioned as
the probable successor of the As
tronomer Royal, whose retirement
is predicted. It . is said also that
Mr. Proctor will be appointed to
organize the British expeditions for
the observation of the transit of
Venus in 1SS2.
SEW TO-DAY.
Olympic ClubNotice.
PERSONS DESIRNc TO JOIN THE
Olympic GymnaMuni can do so by ap
plying to the undersfcued.
32-1 w Si TyM cK EAN. Secretary.
SODA WATER, " r
SjwrUnt Wuiis and Carbonated B-verages.
Apparatus for JIaklusr, IlottUnjr.
and IHpoiiHln:r.
Complete Ontars MatcraLs and Supplier
KstaWishecI 48 years. Illustrated and l'nml
CatnhtiH M-iit'to ail) addn ou application.
Send vowr order direct to
J 0 1.V 3X.VST1I BWS.
FliNt Atiiiie.rXh .v :5th Sts.. New York.
30-dtw.lm
VALENTINES ! !
ENGLISH VALENTINES,
AMERICAN VALENTINES,
PAINTED VALENTINES,
SACHET VALENTINES,
COMIC VALENTINES.
ARTISTIC VALENTINES,
PRANGS VALENTINES,
IN GREAT VARIETY,
AT ADLEKS.
Wei De Meyer's
CatabeH
OTJDEL3EJ-
ONE DOLLAR!!
Tile uiiDreecdenled Micrev of tills remark
able preparation, jaMifie Ir. XVri De
Jleyer in reducing the price to $1 a Pack
age, and six paokago. to .',. 25 eeuts a pack
age and new 4 cent stamp Cnrc. will he
given by us and Wholesale Druggists in ex
change lor the G cent Mamp IVei De
3Iej-er' Catarrh Cure.
D. I). DEWEY & CO..
30-Uw.3t 4; Dey St., . Y.
1080 Piles Wanted.
BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE FOL
lowiug piling are desired :
5TjO pileb, 12 inches diameter, 50 to 55 feet,
with bark.
2G0pile, U inches diameter, 4 1 tii 00 feet.
leeleu.
2V) piles, 14 inches diameter, CO to Ki feet,
leeled.
30 piles, 15 inches diameter, 50 to 55 feet,
with bark.
These plies are wanted about June, but
those requiring to have the bark on would
have to be cut before the sap runs. 1'iles to
be rafted and delivered in the Columbia river,
where a steamboat can reach them.
M. P. CAI.LEXDEK.
Kuappton. W. T.
KiiHpplon. Feb. 2d. 1N1. dCt-WlL
O -SECOND- O
MUSICAL CONCERT
OK THK
Assisted by the leading talent of Astoria,
and Prof. Francis
At Liberty Hail, Tuesday Ev'ng,
FEBRUARY i, 1H81. '
PROGRAMME.
Selection, band, -Quartette,
- -Overture.
"Caliph of Bagdad" -Violin,
Cornet and Piano.
" :YearnIng' Tenor Solo,
Song -and Chorus, "The Little
Ones at Home" -
Members of the baud.
Electric Polka, (sleigh belLs ac
companiment) -Soprano
solo. -
PAUT SKCONIi.
Galop De Concerte, band -Recitation
Comet solo -'
Piano solo, "Alice"
Duette, "Itobin Run"
Soprano Selection,
Tilliard
Boieldieu
Marion
Procho
ILdroud
I. Ascher
W. Ganz
BAiiillieii
7. Overture, "Murmuring of the
Forest,' ....
Violin, Cornet and Piano.
HOMK, SWKBT IIOMK.-
Reserved seats, 75 cts Gallery, -
.7) cts
E. R HAWES,
Dealer jm
Cannery Supplies of all Kinds.
Aent for the eelrbrated
MEDALLION BINGE,
HIGH CLOSETS, LOW CLOSETS,
PLAIN CLOSETS,
IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS OF
ALL KINDS.
Brass Goods, Hose, Etc..
WATER CLOSETS,
BATH TUBS, Etc.
jALL "WORK WARRANTED'63
TWO DOORS EAST OF OCCIDENT.
MISCELLANEOUS
G. W. HU1VIE
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
IN
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS, LUMBER.
ETC. ETC., ETC.,
TIN PLATE
BLOCK TIN, PIG LEAD,
SEAMING COPPERS,
SOLDERING COPPERS,
SALMON TWINE,
COTTON TWINE,
NET LINES,
MANILLA ROPE,
SAIL CLOTH,
ANCHORS,
oars.:kloats,
mauls, handles,
MURIATIC ACED,
LACQUER, VARNISH,
TURPENTINE. BENZINE,
COAL OIL,
GUM BOOTS, RICE, ETC., ETC.,
IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT.
ASTORIA. - - OREGON.
MRS. DERBY
is
SELLING HER ENTIRE STOCK
MILLINERY GOODS
jOlX COST.
Dr. Warner's Health
CORSET
,2?? Can only be purchased in
Astoria at
MRS. DERBY'S.
Masonic Hall Building, cor
ner of Main and Squeiuoqhe
streets.
Barbour's
IRISH FLAX THREABS
Salmon Net Twine.
Cotton Seine Twine!
Cork and Lead Lines,
Cotton Netting, all sizes.
Seines Made to Order,
Flax and Cottin Twine,
Fishing Tackle, etc.
barbourTrothers,
511 Market Street. Han FrascLBco
HENRY DOYLE A. Co.. Managers.
Chas. Stevens & Son
CITY BOOK STORE.
BROWN'S BUILDING
opposite the
BELL XQWEJS,
In room lately occupied by
Schuieer's Confectionery,
Largest ant Best Assortment
Of novelties in the stationary line usually
found iu a first-class book store, consisting of
BOOKS. FINE STATIONERY,
GOLD PEN GOODS, ALBUMS.
CHROMOS. FRAMES,
STEREOSCOPES. DIARIES.
All of which will be sold at prices which
DEFY COMPETITION.
P. S. The latest Eastern and California
periodicals constantly on hand.
C1IAS. STEVENS & SON.
WILLIAM EDGAR,
Corner Main and Cbesamus Streets,
ASTORIA OREGON.
DEALER M
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
AND THE GENUINE W0STENH0LM
and other English Cutlery.
STATIC JSTEJEOT 5
FAIRCHILD'S GOLD PENS
Genuine Iileershaum Pipes, etc,
A fine stock of
Watches anil Jewelry. Muzzle and
Itreerh Loading Sbot Guns and
ItUIcH, Uevolvera. IMHtoln,
and Ammunition.
MARINE
GLASSES.
ALSO A FINK
Assortment of fine SPECTACLES ami EYE
GLASSES.
SHIPPING TAGS
THE BEST OUALITY, WILL BE SOLD
by the hundred, or by the box, printed or
plain, to suit customer;, at
.The AST6EM3 oSce.
'$S5K
ml
tMSfc
THE DAILY AND WEEKLY
r- -s.
"DESPECTED AND COMMENDED BY ALL FOK ITS
Impartiality, Ability, Fairness and Reliability.
THE PAPER EOR THE COMMERCIAL MAN,
EOR THE FARMER, EOR THE MECHANIC,
FOR THE MERCHANT, FOR EVERY PERSON.
T ETC MS: BY MAIL.
(posta;k kkkk to am. suiisckibkks.
DAILY, ONE COPY ONE YEAR..ZZ. 9 00
DAILY. ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS 3 00
"WEEKLY, ONE COPY ONE YEArTn ADVANCE 2 00
WEEKLY-, ONE COPY FOUR MONTHS l 00
3"PosUiiasters are autnonzed to act as agents for Tiik Autokian
THE ASTORIAN
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE
HAS THE .
FASTEST AND BEST PRESSES,
AND TYPE OF THE DATES! STYLES.
r "We purchase Paper, Cards. Ink, and other materials of the manufacturers
AT LOWEST J.1TIXCS RATES.
And can therefore affordfto use, as.we always do. the bet articles, while charging
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.
JIISCELLAXOCS.
TRBNCHARD & UPSHUR!!,,? -S
SEALERS IN
SHIP CBANBLEB
PROVISIONS,
IXOjY,
ISTJSEL.
COAL,
Builders general
HAKWARE,
PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
AGENCY OF THE
Imperial Mills Flour and Feed.
Chenanms Street, Near Olaey,
ASTORIA. OREGON'
VARNISHES 1ND JIPAA'S
THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
sale on hand and to arrive direct from
New York
English Lustre Black Varnish,
IN BARRELS.
Turpentine Aspheltum Varnish,
IN BARRELS.
Benzine Aspheltum Varnish,
IN BARRELS.
No. 1 Turpentine, in Barrels,
Brown Japan, in Barrels.
No. 1 Coach, in Barrels,
White Damar, in Barrels,
Coach Varnishes, in Cases.
ALSO
Silicic Aluminate Paint,
FOR IRON AND WOOD WORK.
JAMES LATDLAW & CO.,
10 V Front Street, Portland.
J. H. D. GHAT,
"Wholesale and retail dealer in.
ALL IZIXJDS OF FEED,
Hay, Oats, Straw, Wood, Etc.
General storage and Wharfage on reason
able terms. Foot of Benton street. Astoria,
Oregon.
.MISCELLANEOUS.
iThe Only Machine Shop
And the best
BLACKSMITH
SHOP
In the city.
All kinds of
ENGINE, CANNERY,
-AXD-
STEAMBOAT WORK
Promptly attended to.
A specialty made of repairing
CANNERY DIES,
MACHINE SHOP, NEAR KINNEY'S AS
TORIA FISHERY
ASTORIA, OREGON,
BRICK
LAYER
FLAIN AND ORNA31ENTALI
3E jlb, s a? :e3 h. :e xl
Orders left at the Occident Hotel, or at my
Warehouse, foot of Benton Street, promptly
attended to. ' J
T IME, SAND, BRICK. PLASTER, LATH,"
, Cement, and all materials in my line!
furnished to order.
Special attention paid to Furnace work
and Ranges. Cistern work warranted good
or no pay. b
gAi;ent San Juan and New Tacoma Lime.
Wilson & Fishep
DEALKBS IX
iec-l:ol:d",toa.:ele3.
LUBRICATING OILS, COAL OIL,
PAINTS AND OILS.
Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared
Rubber Packing.
PROVISIONS, HILL PEED,
GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED.
Which will be exchanged for country pro
duce or sold at lowest prices. "
Corner Cheuamus and Hamilton Streets
ASTORIA, OREGON.
GERMANIA BEER HALL
AND
BOTTLE BEER DEPOT.
Chdiamcs Street. Abtobiju
Th eBcstof Lager 5 Cts.hi .Glass
Orders for the
ia Brewery
:o:E3-fciUrt.
Left at this place will be promptly attend
ed to.
. tSNo cheap San Francisco Beer sold at
this place'
AV3I. BOCK. Proprietor.
First Class Saloon,
J. .1. RILEY. - - PROPRIETOR,
On the Roadway, opposite the Oregon Rail
way and Navigation Co wharf.
New Bagatelle Table,
(The Chinese must go.);
The choicest brands of foreign and domestic
lVlXES,IjIl1TOUA2n CIGARS.
flSTBent Chicago Beer.-ffa
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