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Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 23, 1S81.
No. 45.
GENERAL EASTEKX XEWS.
Itr MAIL AMI TKOttOKAl'll.
tattle l.tins Colorado ft-oiii Cold.
La Junta, Feb. 50. The ditches
near Caddo w are dotted with dead
cattle, on account of cold weather.
Hem. miow Mnrm.
XkwYork, Feb. 20 A driv
inir mi"' storm, about the heaviest
of the jscmsob, prevails here.
I'lrc al s1It Cllj. Colorado.
Sii.vkk City, Feb. 50. A fire
broke out at noon in a saloon on
Cliff street and destroyed a num
ber of buildings; total loss, about
..-o.ooo.
KigMilr r Corn.
Si. Loci-, Feb. 51. One thou
sand cars of corn, equal to a mil
lion bushels, was sold to-day on
the track at East .St. Louis for ship
ment to Baltimere: price 3H cents,
which is above the market. It
rocs forward at cut rate.
The Grave of Columbus.
clmfcti"
GolHHMton.
It is jrenerally supposed that
the bones of Christopher Colum
bus, the great explorer, are at
Havana, in the island of Cuba,
but recent investigations have
brought to light the fact that it
was Columbus son who was re
moved there. Let us go back to
the first resting-place of Columbus,
for death did not end his voyages.
He died in 150G in Valladolid.
north-central part ef Spain, where
lie was buried. Then he was re
moved farther south to Seville,
and a handsome monument erect
ed by Ferdinand and Isabella; on
it were engraved these werds:
To Castile and Leon
Colon pave a new world."
Columbus had made a request
in his will that he should be buried
in his beloved Hispaniola; and now
this idea was brought forward and
his remains deposited in the cathe
dral of Santo Domingo, Hayti
Here also his son Diego and grand
son Luis were interred.
At the close of the war between
France and Spain, in 1 79", it was
stipulated that Spain should cede
to the French "all the Spanish
part of the island of Sun to Do
jningo,' or Ha-ti. Accordingly
Columbus was once more as then
thought exhumed and conveyed
Ns, to Havana with great pomp and
ceremony. And a slab which
marks the plnee has engraved in
Spanish,
"Oil. KM inee. WUUSf f ti jSFrtU CmHt.
J!lOltsMd eeMtttfl NWUKM gWMftfc-4 ill the
lint.
Ami m wMK'NttHawoe of ur mmUm!.'
n 1SS, while men were working1
in the cathedral of San Domingo,
thev found a metallic casket which
held human remains; on the
cover under the dust and dirt of
three hundred years, were found
the .words. ''Discoverer of Ameri
ca. First Admiral, most illustrious
and renowned personage Don Cris
toval Colon.1' Every one who was
present accepted this proof that
the body of the great discoverer
had not been taken away to
Havana, but was oeiore their
eyes, and Diego's had been
removed by a mistake, oo, now,
the matter rests in this wav.
Learned scholars are thinking- of
erecting a monument which should
belong to the world, ami not
limited to the gratification of
local or national pride. But such
things move slowly, and perhaps
it will never be accomplished.
Here is a funny item from the
New York Pest: "A geutlemnii
the other evening objected to
playing cards with a lady, because,
he said, she had such a winning
way about her. We cannot print
these side-splittuig witticisms very
often. Many oi our subscribers
have guns.
Two cargoes of spruce limbs just
received nt Gray's wood ynrd. bend
in your orders in tune.
LIVINGS AT LIMA.
Some Curious Effects of the Protrac
ted War with Chili.
Inm the ew Yrk miu.
A gentleman who has just arriv
ed in this city from Lima told a
Sun reporter yesterday of the curi
ous effect that the war has produced
upow the price of commodities in
I'eru. The paper currency of the
country has depreciated to such a
degroe that it takes $11 of that
liHMiey to buy one of gold; and
many articles leing purchasable
only with gold coin or its. equiva
lent, their cost has been in conse
quence enormously increasea.
This is the case with all articles
sold by the foreign merchants of
the country, they have determined
to conduct tleir business only upon
a coin basis. A pair of slaves, for
instance, will cost all the way
from S2." to SCO or $?(). The
gentleman who imparted this infor
mation said that the passage for
himself and his wife, from Callao
to New York, cost 8,000 in Peru
vian currency. Ordinarily the pas
sage would cost In gold, for two
persons, something over 700.
With the price of native product-.,
however, and with the wages
of labor, rents, and hotel and res
taurant charges, the case is differ
ent. "While these have advanced
somewhat, the increase has been
more trifling in comparison with
the depreciation In the currency.
Board at the best hotels is not
over S-i a day in paper, restaurant
charges are the same in propor
tion, and rents have advanced but
sliirhtlv. The result of this singu
lar disturbance in the equilibrium
of prices is a condition of things
decidedly favorable to the for
eign mercantile community and to
strangers well provided with coin.
A shopkeeper will sell a hat for
0 in paper, and get two weeks
board for the same amount at a
good hotel, or he will seil a 50
watch for "5), and pay a year's
rent of a good house with it.
The experience of a party of
oflicers of the United States war
vessel Lackawanna, who took an
excellent dinner shortly after their
arrival at the best restaurant in
Lima, was mentioned in illustra
tion of this peculiar discrepancy.
There were six in the party, and j
they had, besides a very good din
ner, several bottles of wine. The
bill for the wliolc entertainment
was 00 p"er, which they ettled
by aying less tlian $0 in gold.
The wine alone would liave cost
more than tliat in New York.
The native jmpulation are com
pelled to yield to the necessity of
the situation, and accept the pa
per currency without changing
their prices in proportion to the
market value of the money, but
tlie foreign population refuse to
do so. A foreigner going to Lima
now with little gold could live
comfortably for a small outlay.
He could board at a first-class
lotel for thirty-five cents a day,
hire a horse for the same amount,
a servant for that much a week,
and rent a house for $3 to 4 a
month. The Peruvian bouse
owners who remain in Lima can
get along for the present, since if
their rents are cut down so is the
cost of food and service; but those
who have tjuit the country in con
sequence of the Chilian invasion
dn not fare so well, with their in
come, reckoned by the gold
standard, reduced to about one-
tenth of whnt they were a vear or
two ajo.
Atteutton every one! Hnve you
hoard of KeiidnHs Spavin Cure! See
advertisement.
For a first-cinss ovster stew, frv,
P1-;n-'J-i!K
m Alain street, nniroitt r . Lonb
Pamilito supplied by the hundred
the sack, opened or "in the shell.
A CLEVSR SCHEME.
How a Detective Persuaded a Fash
ionable Girl to Quit the Stage.
St. IxmK hiMican.
Miss Susie 1? was desirous
of becoming an acttcs. Tliough
not over seventeen summers, she
had for years jmst been or opinion
that she possessed histrionic talent
slightly inferior only to that of the
illustrious Bernhardt.
About a year ago she applied to
Manager for a then vacant
situation, deemed by the profes
sion to be scarcely above that of a
dresser. Tlie manager at first en
deavored to dissuade her from en
tering a stage career, but subse
quently, at the opening of the
present season, gave her a posi
tion, the arduous duties of which,
he imagined, would create in Miss
Susie's mind a distaste for the
theatrical life.
In this the clever manager was
mistaken. The young lady's ambi
tion was proof against the call
boy's sneers, and the super's
jokes. "With her talent was its
own fruition. She had neither the
mental or physical ability to quali
fy her for any prominent role, but
out of the ineffable courtesy the
manager allowed her to retain her
situation some six or seven weeks.
By this time the jokes of the dif
ferent members of the stock com
pany and tlni gibes of the under
lings had become so intolerable
that the lady amateur expressed
her complaints. They were re
ceived in a becoming spirit by the
power that is. ami remedied by an
intimation that owing to the dul
ness of the season the complaint's
services would be no longer re
quired. Had the matter ended
here ail would have been well, but
as he saw a small rivulet coursing
down the girl's face the manager
added he would probably be able
to employ her again in a short
time. The maiden wiped her
eyes, picked up her skirts and left.
For a month no one heard of
her. At the end of the month she
tripped into the manager's office
and reminded him of his promise.
That functionary was busy, and
rashly told her to call again. To
his great consternation and the in-
s-
tense amusement of his friends,
she did call again. iut twice only.
ii,t- fiiir.nt tKtf. tituAt i.i! rA i
v.,.v, ....v ...,, ,v-i
several weeks. She became a
ventablo I;urboMr. lc haunted
the stage and bored the aetoi-s.
She was the otic great, constant
trouble of the manager's life.
Some days ng a gentleman, who
had become somewhat familiar
with tle situation, suggested to
Chief Mf-Dotfougli the advisability
of- detailing a detective to deter
mine whether the lady was not
mentally unbalanced. The detec
tive reported a mania for the stage,.
and encouraged by liope of reward,
laid a plan to cure the patient.
He spent much time in forming
the lady's acquaintance. lie gained
het confidciiee. Jle told her tales
of the French drama, where he had
figured as the detective of the
play, and told her of the stage
beauties and leadinjr artistes with
out number. He told her of girls
that had aspired to histrionic fame
and who, because not possessing
such wealth of talent as she was
endowed with, had drifted to a
lower social josition. lie enlisted
her sympathy in behalf of these
dramatic wrecks, and undertook to
show her tlie life of those whom
the stage, as he said, had made
members of the under world. He'
took her to .several variety per-
foriuances, the better mes first,
the worst ones last, and thou by
etsy gnidntiows Jw reached house
where the srirls were deddediy
?.',.,,
or' disreputable.
At each plnee tbey we toUl by
j girls, who liad been previously
s thoroughly drilled by the detec
tive, sad stories of their fall from
grace, due to their pitssiou for the
tinsel ami glare of the stage. The
ruse was successful. As the de
tective led her out of the last
Ikhisc, the girl with eyes full of
tears tremulously but earnestly
framed her renunciation of all de
sire to be an actress or a star. As
tlai blaze of the footlights burned
dimmer she saw higher the light of
iKine. She resolved not to be her
own temptation, and determined
to lead a humble if necessary, but
at all hazards a pure life. The
detective's report concludes with a
statement that although to effect
his task he had wrongfully slander
ed the stage in general, he had re
lieved the theatre of a serious
bore, and perhaps saYed the virtue
of a freakish girl.
The Peruvian s-yruu lia cured tliou
shiuI who wereMinVrnii; from dyiciH
in.U'lilit. liver complaint. boil, humor-,
female coniiilaiitt. etc. Pamph
lets free to anj address. Scfh V. Fowle
fc Sons. Boston.
.MISCELLANEOUS.
Machinist Wanted.
1 PPLV AT
Tills OFFICE. 1
Dissolution Notice.
aUIE PAKTNEKSIIIPHEKETOFOKE EX
. Wins between tin uiHlerKmrd i thi
day uitMHveuliyiHUtHHi wnwnt. AH tleW'
due the late firm uill Itc jmiil to A. Uindor.
who hxkwe uHtlinricd to collect nd reeeit
fortheNUHe. A. ('IXI)Kl'.
.T.J. KILEV.
.Worm. Feb. Hth. lsl.
580 Reward.
mWENTY OOI.I.AKS WILL KK PAID
X for the recover of chcIi of tla ImhIUt
nrfoiirChiiiuineii drowned mCohtiiilHH rier
nenr I'.rooklield on Wcdnevlnv lat. while
gohtg Imih Hilar riM-k to Kntoktk'hl. Om
;! txn:nt-4ne enr of axe.aiHl ImhI oi
hi peroti at the time a iIkh-K of ;naiMl
M.veH dollars in iler. T)m- mihuI .f
tweiit -three eai old ami had a pMolawl
m en dollars in Mhcr. Tliethinlwas twenty
ftHir ears old and lmd tlirve twent tlollars
gold piece", a twentx-Rveeeiit jHece.aiol a
sllverwatch. Tlie fourth wa; twenU-cight
enw:land hndsl". hi - 1e av.i
reward will be paiil b tin undersigned.
MIX CHUXG & C(..
OrCHIX LUNG. Portland. Oregon.
Atoria. Oregon. 27.diw Im
IV A It IS IECIiAi:KD without
FI'RTlir.K XOTICK
a -Vf- " And no teme. of rn'JK'c until
&1$L j2i eer limn lu.Vtona haaiM-H
"Mill of clothes
)IAIK IIV 3IKAXY.
IjhiK at tlie price :
Pant o nler frMii -Pant.
( tcmiine Fn-nch ( "aiHere -Suit
fnn. .--..
soo
1-' 50
i W
Tlie iut Iiih id mihiiiW on iht- etwt to
seh'rt fmiH. P..I. MEAXY.
Men-ham Tailor. Parker Hue. Atna.
SUM VATEB, "SI
Mineral Water,
Ginger Ale,
sparkling Yim-aiid (arNHi.ilini !8-er.ige.
Apparatus for ninKiitzr. t'ottlin.
mid Ili.spciioingr.
cmijHCt. Oiilht. Manr.il and m.nhe.
Kui.nin-.Ui.:r. iiiiiime.i ..ml !ihv.i
j Catalogue -n: manx ali!-..iua-litv.tii.
-i.ii.iir ,riM'rA'"rj.1 ';
.JOIIX .1IATT"U.1V.
l"ir5 A.i- im-. :Mh. Tin -r.. i w Yrk.
.T-dtW.l!ll
WlLSOX & P ISHEF
ibAi.i:i:- in
LUBRICATING OILS, COAL OIL,
PAINTS AND OILS.
Sheet, Round, and Square Prepared
Rubber Packing.
PROVISIONS, MILL FEED,
GARDEN SEED, GRASS SEED.
Which will he exelinnseil for eoHntry nro
duee or M sit lowet pnee.
Corner Cneiiaiuu and Hamilton streets
ASTORIA. OREGON.
THE ASTORIA
Photograph Gallery
CAKh SIZK PHOTOI-RAPIIS.
jv.2 ."( Per Dozen.
CAItlXKTSIZK PHOTOGRAPHS
S OO P-r Dozen.
E3"-Sleeial rate for faniihe.
DRESS MAKING.
.MK. K.W.I LLSLK. - MAINTKKET,
In 3aoatc Iniddiac. next duor to Mr-.D-rby's
I nun jirei:mil 1o d
FIRST CLASS DRESS MAKING
AMI
PLAIN SEWING OF ALL KINDS.
IHiiesof Ator.aare n-i-ctfiill olk-ltel
for a share of tln-ir ntnrti:ure.
CtTAsenev for Knttnek Katteni.
MACNUS C. CROSBY.
UKVI.K): i
'Stoves, Tinware, and
1 House Furnishing Goods.
' Hardware, Erass Goods.
Lead and Iron Pipe, Pipe Fittings.
r r t
, Engineers Supplies, Sheet Lead. Iron
Copper. Brass and Ziyi.
S'i
Iff kjft Tt?
BANKING AND INSURANCE.
BANKING AHDJNSURAHCE.
BROKER, BANKER'
-AMI-
INSURANCE AGENT.
ASTORIA, --- OREGON
OFFICE HOURS:
FROM S O'CLOCK A. 3L UNTIL 4
O'CLOCK P. .M.
Home Mutual Insurance Co.,
OF CALIFORNIA,
.1. F. IIOl'KIITON.
Clt AS. K. STOK ...
Uho. I Sto-icv- .
...President
.......Secretary
.Agent tor 0"tson
Capital Hkl H in I. S. gold
coin S AX) 000 W)
I IV CASK. Agent,
Clteiihiiuis street, Astoria. Oregon.
67,000,000 CAPITAL.
LIVERPOOL AND LO:rON AND
GLOBE.
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN
TILE OF LONDON AND
EDINBURGH.
OLD CONNECTICUT OF HART
FORD, AND
COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Roprcicntins a capital of S07.000.000.
A. VAN DUSEN. Agent.
j HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
A..I.MKCI.F.K. C.S. WRIOHT
OCCIDKAT HOTEL.
MEGLEK : WRIGUT. Proprietors.
Astoria, Oregon.'
milE rKOI'KIETOKS AKE HAPPY TO
JL announce Unit the aboe hotel ha been
reimintedand refnntidied, adding greativ to
the comfort of iUguots ami is now tlie Gest
liotel north of San Fnuicbco.
i W. KOWLK. AL ZIKUKK.
CL1RE.I)0. HOTEL.
P0KTLAXD. - - - - OKEGON
ZIEBER & KN0WLES, Proprietors.
Free couch to and from the house.
utThk Daily Astoiua. ia on Ah- at the
Clarendon ilotel reading room.
Pioneer Restaurant Hotel.
.MAIN STKEET. - -3Iri.
!S. X. Arx-Isoui.
- ASTOKIA
Proprietors
THETKAVELINO I'L'KLIC WILL FIND
the Pioneer first class in all respect. and
a lmre of their patronage I respectfully
solicited.
ST'IJ'Hinl and Iwlinghi thedaj or week.
Post-office Restaurant.
MAIN STKEET. - - ASTOKIA.,
.IOSEPII MATTHEW.-. PKOPK.
mills ISA FIRST CLASS KESTAIKAXT
JL keK ihi tin- European plan. Fn-shos-ter
in eer th- Main street. Ieteen
ClteiiiiiiMis and .qiH"iiHeo.iie.
ROSCOE'S FIRSf CLASS
Oyster Saloon.
-- MAIN STKEirr. ASTOKIA. TZ1
mi ie t iki:sic.ni:i is plmvsew to
JL announce to the
Ladies and Gentlemen of this City
That he i now if jMired to fnrnih for tlH-m,
; in Brt ela style, ami eer stjk-,".
OYSTKKS. HtiT COFFEE. TEA, ETC.
AT TlIHl
Ladies" and Gent's Oyster Saloon,
MAIN STKEET.
Ilese sh e ine a call."
KOsCOE DIXOX, Proprk-tor
The New York Oyster Saloon
Will erve to tiK-ir customers frotuj'this
ate as fotwws :
TEA. COFFEE. CHOCOLATE.
IIaterii Oy-ter AIavuj on Hand.
Ami Hill lekcpt as a firt cla 0ter Sa
lHHi.in lirst ci.is t j Ie.
DANIEL OK NT. Manajrer.
PIKE & STOCKTON.
-CARHIACE PAINTERS,-
PAPER HANGING AND WALL COLORING
A Sl-friALTI.
GLAZING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
BP9-lwii m-ict dMir t Atorian Otliee, in
Shnster's building.
First Class Saloon,
CHICAGO BREWERY DEPOT,
On the KtKtdway. opposite the On-;oii Kail
hj aiMl XaMjT.ition Co's wharf.
Xew Bagatelle Table,
iTIie Chiin-M- imit so.i
Tlie elMih-est Itrand of forvijjn ami domestic
wixFW. hiroiihA.n ciai:s.
Rrllet hicao Bver.vn
BUSINESS CARDS.
J.A.
BOWLBY.
ATTORNEY AT LAAV.
Chennmiis Street. - ASTOKIA. OKEGOS1
ri XV. FUIiTOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASTOKIA - - - OKBGON
Orttce over Page & Allen's store, Cs5 street
t xv. nou it.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASTOKIA ... - OREGON
Office over Warren & Eaton's Afcrki Mar
ket, opposite tlie Occident Hotel.
Tj V. IIOMKX.
NOTARY PUBLIC",
ACCTIONEEK. COMMISSION AND 1N
Sl'KANCE AGENT.
A VAN DUSEN.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Chennmiis Street, near Occident Hotel,
ASTOKIA, OKEGON'.
Agent Well.-,, Fargo & Co.
PENTIST,
ASTOKIA.
- OKEGOK-
Koom. in Allen'.s buililtiitr tin stairs, coma
of C;i and S(emociIie street.
TK. 31. I. JEXXIX.
PHYSICIAN AXD SUKGEON.
Gnuluate University of Virginia. 1868.
PhyIcian to Kay View hospital, Baltimore
Citv, 1SO-T0.
Of kick In Page & Allen's huildinz, up
tair, Vstoria.
TAY TUTTJLE. 31. I.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Okkice Over the "White House Store.
Kksidknck Xet door to Mrs. Munson's
Iioarding hoitse, Chenauuis street, Astoria
Oregon
T C. OKCIIAKD.
DENTIST.
Dental Itoomx.
SIIl'.sTKi:'t
Photograpli Building
TT A. 3reIXTSH.
3IERCHANT TAILOR,
Occident Hotel KuildiHg.
ASTORLV - - - OREG05-
C.
if. baix tt co..
DEAI.KIt IN
Dooi-m, IViudowM. rtliudx, Traa.
somi. Lnnihor. Etc.
All kinds of Oak Luniher. Glass, Boat Ma
terial, etc.
Steam Mill near Weston hotel. Cor. Oea
evle and Astor streets.
"I G. FAIRFOWL & SON,
STEVEDORES AND RIGGERS
Portland and Astoria, Oregon.
Kefer by permL-sion to Kogew, Meyers Jk Co,
Allen Jc Lewis, Corbitt & Madear,
Portland. Oreson.
y3I. rilLKXIIART.
Occident Hotel Hair Dressing Saloon
ASTOKIA - OKEOOX.
Hot. ilil, Mnmer,
Mcaiu and sulphur
BATHS.
Sliecial attention t:ien tMadtes'an
rliildren' liair cultiii;.
Prnate Entrance for L.idn.v
Willi.di nt.
PKACTICAL
BOOT AJ) SIIOK
MAKEK,
Chknami's Stkekt. opiM.ite Adler's Boot
store. - Astokia, Ouk;ox.
tsr Perfect fits guaranteed. AH work
warranted. One ine a trial. All orders
nromptly Hlied.
J. T. B0RCHERS,
CONC03ILY STREET. ASTOKIA.
Manufacturer and Packer of
CAVIAR, SMOKED SALMON.
C;uh paid for freh
JJLACK STUHGEO' SPATV2T.
Smoked Stnnjeon, and inoked Salmon put
up in tins to ship to an) jwrt of tlie world.
ALo, trout lhiit (salmon egjts) pnt up in cara
ami warranted to keep an lenstli of time.
Depot at lingers Centnil iiarket. comer
C:u.s and Ciienniuus streets. Atona.
Music Lessons.
T. F. CULLEN and C E. BARNES
TEAC HEKS OF
VIOLIN, PIANO, GUITAR, COR
. NET AND BANJO,
Would like a few pupils on either of the
alMve instrument..
Terms Eiqlit lesions for fh e ilolkirs.
vr-Orders left at Steens & Sons book
store will be promptly attended to-
3E3. A.. XJIKTJSr-
dealer in
FAMILY 'KOC'i:ttIES.
SAIIJS. Mil.!. FEED XXJ II AX
Cash iaid for country produce. SmalL
profits on c:lsi sides. Atona. Oregon, cor
ner of Main and SqiieiiMcu.he streets.
qPILES.
Tlie uiiderstgned Ls prepared to furnish
a htrze nutnher oi Sjrfles and Spurs at hi
ptaeeouslnirt notice, at rensonnme rates.
Awdy to C. . CAPLES,
Cotiunhia City
BLAXK JOOKS
FtlTEIi AND DOU.ND TO A i alZfi,.
and ruled t any order, at
Pk Astwas effice
Mt
"se.